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Go back twenty-five years and the Glasgow Herald was considered a decent blatt. It had been providing a news service to west, central Scotland for in excess of two hundred years. As the millennium approached, it's Editor was Aberdeen supporting Harry Reid and it's daily circulation was 120,000. The mixture of local news, national and international news combined with varied witty and incisive Columnists gave it's readership what it wanted. The necessary robust Editorials and vibrant correspondence pages took the readership to places of discomfort. The Glasgow Herald was a successful broad sheet newspaper. Now, my fellow Gersnetters will correctly note the millennium was the tipping point for newspaper sales, it has been a downward trend ever since. However, Harry Reid was replaced by old Etonian, Mark Douglas Home in the year 2000 and, the Herald spiralled into an accelerated slump. Douglas Home appointed two Deputy Editors, former Celtic View Editor, Kevin McKenna and soon to be SNP MSP, Joan McAlpine. The Columnists hired highlighted nepotism, the Editor's wife, west Belfast born and bred, Colette Douglas Home, preferred prejudice in Ewing Grahame and, the useful idiot, Graham Spiers. Five short years later the circulation had diminished by two thirds to under 40,000. Today, the circulation hovers around 12,000. The chief Columnist is Kevin Mckenna and being a product of his conditioning he pens articles reference his obsessions. The man who founded his own amateur football team at Glasgow University, 'the Vatican Strollers', the man who was allowed to resign the Editorship of the Celtic View after saying, "the IRA bombing of the Enniskillen Remembrance service was a legitimate act of war" and, the man who Nicola Sturgeon proclaimed, "the poster boy for Scottish Independence" has spent a quarter of a century moulding what is left into his own image. This year the Herald rescued the career of Gabriel McKay - he wrote when seeing the late Queen opening the Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park, "where are the IRA when you need them"? Kevin's charity has extended to Angela Haggerty, accepting an invitation to be her son's Godfather. The Godfather has overseen today's sub-editor headline, "Celtic had to lock out the Green Brigade before Glasgow City Council closed down Parkhead". The headline travels across an entire spectrum and concludes with the fantasy of Glasgow City Council contemplating closure of ra Stade de Gadd - the morons' oxymoron.

On Sunday evening he received a telephone call from Peter informing him, "duty calls".

Can see an actual tangible improvement on general play and performance under clement though. And can almost see a game plan / style of play too.

Special mention for Balogun - slotted into the back four and had a decent game

And not forgetting their pro-independence sister "newspaper" The National, which is no friend of ours either. The Rangers Review is sadly from the same stable and help keep afloat the aforementioned blats, and that's why I boycott it.

Extraordinary: Lammers, and Dessers, and Clancy all had good games.

Pleased for Lammers and Dessers, both scoring excellent goals. Balogun was very good in defence, Lundstram bossed it and was MOTM and Danilo finally scored the goal he deserved. 5 different scorers and a clean sheet. Great night's work.

I actually thought he simply redeemed himself after spilling the first shot, but then i saw it was deflected, so absolutely outstanding double save.

That's football for you! I thought he had a mare 1st half. 🤣

Surely it’s time the Onion Bears were banned from getting tickets to our away games. These pyro and smoke efforts are only damaging our club and add nothing to the game. Game now abandoned after 2 mins of play due to those selfish self-centred idiots.

Judging by what you provide on the Juke Box thread, you must have felt right at home.

4.67 xG. I'm in tears...

Okay crystal balls

After the pyro interruption, we notch early through Ryan Jack. During the next twenty minutes we have two one on ones with the Dundee keeper and despite both opportunities being in and around the six yard line, we fail to beat said stopper. The game should be out of sight already and the three points packed for the return journey. I hope the Gaffer installs some desire and urgency to get the job done before Dundee wake up to our vulnerabilities.

Fire alarms are going off - hence the delay

The events of 2nd May 1999, together with two helicopter Sundays, left such deep scars on the Celtic psyche that they will never fully recover from. Now, the slightest sign of Rangers on the horizon sends the average bheast into a spiral panic.

The real story behind the banning of the green 'brigade' is something that the pusillanimous Scottish press and other media will not touch, or even get within stone throwing range of, and it is this: Hamas' Commandant for Scottish Affairs -yes, of course there is one, thank you, AirMiles Aonghas - telephoned Peter @Parkhead (International Speed Dial -if you know, you know- from Qatar) and the conversation went something like this: "Fuxake, Peter, fuxsake! Ah know that we asked for fullest international solidarity and support, but, and you fuckin' know oor position, no' thay cunts! Get thaym tae fuck! Stoapped! Noo! Ah'm under pressure, here. We're getting enough bad press. So, Ah'll no' tell ye again! By the by how's yer driveway?" "OK, understood! Will do!" And so it came to pass...immediately. Alternatively, Messrs Adidas, a sponsor, who until now, has shown no shame, whatsoever, about supporting pederasty, has, finally, chugged the golden chain.

The Moveable Feast. As BBC Licence Fee payers, we take our place at the table and await service. Of course, as Rangers supporters we know the menu offered differs greatly from the one proffered to the PQ Gang Hut's fellow supporters. If and when we are served, often the fare is rendered unpalatable by presentational condiment. No such concerns for our separated brethren, their gastric juices flow knowing most careful consideration has gone into the content and presentation of every dish. The Maitre d, Peter stands at the pass determining what, where and, when will be served. It is over three weeks since the Green Brigade's reaction to the Hamas raid into Israel and finally, PQ have chalked the event and fall out to the Specials blackboard(chalkboard if you prefer). Yesterday was Halloween and it was appropriate that tangerines and monkey nuts were served. An uncredited piece appeared on the Beeb Scotland website entitled, 'Celtic suspends Green Brigade group from matches'. The Sellik Board has levelled four main charges at the Balaclavad Bhoys : 1. the widespread and unsafe use of pyro'. 2. rushing turnstiles and forcing fire exits. 3.illegally gaining access to Celtic Park. 4. violent and intimidating behaviour towards Stewards. During the 24 hours the piece has been up, it has been edited/updated on two occasions but, continues to be served with a couple of the most unpalatable seasonings omitted. PQ have not mentioned the vile 'Pig Watch' episode, even cutting the photograph to partially obscure the prominent banner. Further, the impression of the entire GB being banned is the deliberate foretaste, the lasting back of the mouth aftertaste ie only 200 season tickets have been suspended is NOT included. Simply, Sellik after legal consultation are willing to reimburse a couple of hundred folks one third of the way into the season but, have no intention of losing the revenue from the other 2500 GB members seated in the north curve. The website piece was the appetiser for today's Chris McLaughlin main course to camera from the PQ studio. Tom English is currently unwelcome at the Brendanbowl and Chris remains on the grassy knoll/studio in solidarity but, continues to promote, 'Eat Your Greens'. All and all it confirms what we know so well, at PQ it is the way Peter tells them.

Objectivity no longer exists in most areas of the Scottish press. That lot infiltrated it from the 80s onwards and that's why we are where we are today.

The rain has stopped there now and apart from the odd shower, it's expected to be dry between now and the game.

I think McKenna will peddle whatever the hierarchy down London Road way tell him. I've never seen much capacity for original thought.

You missed my (perhaps poor attempt at a) joke, mate. It was a play on the word offence, and there's one club who are constantly taking offence.

v Referee - Kevin Clancy Assistants - Calum Spence and Drew Kirkland Fourth Official - Peter Stuart Video Assistant Referee - Gavin Duncan Assistant Video Assistant Referee - Jonathan Bell Missing - Steven Davis (Knee), Tom Lawrence (Calf), Rabbi Matondo (Knee), Zak Lovelace (Muscle), Borna Barisic (Muscle), Kemar Roofe (Knee and Calf), Dujon Sterling (Ankle), Nicolas Raskin (Ankle), John Souttar (Muscle) Live on - Rangers TV

Very interesting interview - fitness an obvious concern and explains the amount of injuries we suffer. Almost down to "last man standing" situation. Not ideal given the run of games we've got coming up.

I could he wrong, and happy for some one to prove me wrong, but I think Tavs number without penalties would still be on the "High end" for defenders, both domestically and in Europe (a EL level).

So we only won 4.67 nil then 🤷‍♂️😜

Don't tell anyone now 😱

I can't be the only one laughing at Ryan Jack knocking it and running down the line 🤣

Make that 3

We should be out of sight ... but dreary me, that's some shocking football at times.

Has he ever had control of any match

Drink three, quickly, just before kick-off, and you won't notice him playing..... .......Oh, wait......

I decided after the Hibs LC semi I'm never going back to Hampden. I hate the place.

Lammers starts. I don't think the four cans I bought will be enough.

Brilliant 26th

I always think a team needs a solid spine* and we really haven't had one for a while. A commanding centre half, a good midfielder who can also put the graft/boot in and a 20+ goals a season striker.

No worries mate, it seems to be intermittent. Also got locked out on Sunday but back in now 👍