The sort-of-new Scottish Football thread pt 2 and a half

I thought Rangers were the Protesting club?
:-P

(except for the small boys that always do comedy dashes round the pitch when Celtic win the league, evading lumbering fat blokes in yellow jackets and leaving them spinning around looking foolish, because they're always funny)

On Off The Ball just now, they've just claimed that John Martin (comedy Airdrie goalie) may be making a comeback. Daily Record photographers must be rubbing their hands* in glee.

* clad in comedy oversized goalie gloves, obviously

xpost to Gerry before Ailsa ruined my comedic timing

I don't imagine too many St Mirren fans will be at the Inverness game on New Year's Day. There was a reason New Year's Day was traditionally a derby day - everyone was too fucked to get any further than the nearest football ground. Now the fixture "computer" throws up a fucking 3-4 hour journey.

Jiri Jarosik? Form? SRSLY?

(Shaun Maloney's current form is "being knacked", yet Thompson still can't even make the squad, let alone the bench, let alone the team)

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(Scotstvo seems not to think it's a bad idea, so I don't think you can classify "actual Celtic supporters" as some sort of hivemind)

I still think Pressley is the best Scottish defender and should have a few seasons left in him at the top level. He's only 33.
Still, it's a case of wait and see.

Any other possible signings for the old firm on the way? Not seen a paper for ages and haven't been reading the web about it either.

Bwahahahaahahah.

John Kennedy, Andy Webster, Steven McManus, Russell Anderson, Gary Caldwell, there's five for starters. Zander Diamond. Mark Wilson if we're moving outwith centre halves. I'd probably rate David Weir above him too, but that doesn't mean I'd want to sign him either.

He is markedly slower at 33 than he has been in previous seasons, and I don't see him getting any better as he gets older. If we're going for an experienced Scottish head, I'd rather, say, Christian Dailly, who is the same age, faster, more experienced, more versatile and NOT CUP-TIED. But I don't see the point of this signing at all.

this china captain had better be good

At least no-one seems to be getting their knickers in a twist about the fact that Pressley used to play for Rangers.

On reflection... Pressley = fucking dud. Seriously. Wins less headers than he used to, can't run, continually pulls jerseys in the box.

I'd rather have Bobo hopping.

(I'm out with my dad for a drink tomorrow so I won't be meeting you for teh game btw)

Not much of a centre half though :-P

Anthony Stokes has scored a fair few goals (one against us that took Falkirk to penalties against us in the CIS Cup), and got Neil Lennon sent off last week. Don't suppose he's endearing himself to the Celtic support much. He looks a pretty good player. Then again, so did Derek Riordan, so again, I'm not convinced Celtic need him or that he'll be great if he gets there.

xpost!

(Onimo, no bother, just if you were around - I'll see you on Tuesday)

(Scotstvo seems not to think it's a bad idea, so I don't think you can classify "actual Celtic supporters" as some sort of hivemind)

I'm an actual Celtic supporter in the haven't-actually-been-to-a-match-since-the-late-nineties mould, so I don't know if I'd include myself in that :D.

Are you on crack?

Also, how shite must Alan Thompson be to not get on that bench today?

Apparently as I don't have Celtic TV and missed Friday's press conference I'm not a Celtic fan.

I'm not a real Celtic fan either, apparently. The £400 I spend on my season ticket, £84 (and counting) on Champs League tickets plus sundry other expenses (not to mention being one of only about 20,000 sad enough to pay £12 to watch a half-arsed attempt at not getting knocked out of the CIS Cup by Falkirk on the coldest Tuesday night ever), etc etc, means nothing when you realise that I only heard about this little outburst from a Hibs fan.

Maybe not the best-advised comment he's ever made, but this was after having told the interviewer twice that he wasn't prepared to talk about anything other than the game. It was a total throwaway line that's been blown out of proportion.

Talking of windows slamming open - Jelavic not selected for Rangers today.

Novo and Boyd back at Ibrox would surely be pure lolz.

Also Healy starts o_O - must have made a hero of himself with that assault on James Forest. Just needed to catch the manager's eye, and wee James's kneecap.

Kerr and I on the esspeeell thread on proper-ILX