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Email sent, quite short but its about number of complainers I guess right?

Was just a laugh. A wind up to any lurkers from the dark side. :spl:

The old trial by tv was always predominantly us and to a lesser extent them.

Alex Salmond was quoted in the Scotsman at the end of last week claiming that sectarianism will kill our game. Apparently European football authorities would take action and there would “not be a football game left” unless Scottish politicians tackle religious hatred. This is the same European football authorities who had no interest in examining prejudice expressed inside Scottish football grounds until Scottish media and political figures highlighted the issue of religious intolerance to UEFA and pressed for sanctions against Rangers. This is the same European authorities who routinely ignore more serious cases of bigotry and racism around the continent. Including the following examples from Russia and Poland: Russian fans thanking West Brom for taking Odemwingie, a black player, away from their club. Polish fans of Legia Warsaw displaying a jihad banner, an anti-Semitic display. There are numerous other instances in major European countries, such as in Spain with severe racism issues against black players in high profile fixtures a regular occurrence. Now this is not to say Scottish teams should be excused of any offensive behaviours, but it does highlight that without the influence of our own media and politicians, UEFA would have had little stomach to tackle a supposed problem in Scottish football. Where our journalists and politicians also harm our national game is in exacerbating what is in fact a rather small problem within Scottish football and Scottish society as a whole. Leading academic Steve Bruce from Aberdeen University is rarely quoted within influential media in reference to sectarian issues, with charlatans like Tom Devine more often sought for a sound bite. Professor Bruce has conducted research into sectarianism in Scotland and has found a significant disparity between actual incidences of sectarianism and perceptions of occurrences of these incidents. Despite many people in Scotland believing that it is rife within society very few have suffered because of it. For example, two thirds of those surveyed in Glasgow felt sectarian violence was very common, yet less than 1% had suffered because of it. 53% felt employment discrimination was common yet only 1% had reported they had suffered because of it. In the second example half of the victims were not catholic. So, our politicians and media are aggressively pushing this anti-sectarian crusade largely on the basis of an assumed anti-catholic prejudice within Scotland, despite the fact that it is demonstrated to be a very small issue in Scottish society. Other forms of bigotry and prejudice are a greater issue in Scotland though are not highlighted by those in a position to do so. Professor Bruce puts this inconsistency between the perception of the size of the sectarian issue and it’s actual prevalence within society down to the beliefs of opinion-leaders such as politicians and mass-media which are distorting their perceptions. What this all demonstrates is that our media and parliamentary members are exaggerating an issue within Scottish society and then actively promoting it to European football authorities to damage the standing and success of our club sides in continental competition. The question Alex Salmond should be answering in parliament is not about a sham-crusade against an artificially inflated issue, but why are the media and politicians killing our national game? 1 - http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/39Sectarianism-will-kill-our-game39.6845170.jp 2 - http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Beware-myths-that-tarnish-sectarian.2603272.jp

I dont have a sense if humour in the face of defeat. So fair play for that comment.

Agreed. That's why I said it can be an easy win. I was arguing against the point that it must be 4-0 before it becomes easy.

Nuts, keep forgetting international are coming up again. Maybe, not a great time for us.

Couldn't have worked out better. :spl:

Hibernian keeper to be hauled in front of disciplinary panel.

I think it's daft to say 4-0+ is winning easy. A game can be easily won 2-0. A game can even be won 1-0 easily, though the result will always look a bit precarious until the final whistle.

Apparently there was trouble at Haymarket train station when Celt*c fans boarding the train home to Glasgow took exception to a member of staff telling them to "Mind The Gap". ___________________________________________ Can't take the credit. Funny railway pun based thread on FF.

Why is such a clearly limited footballer in Lennon considered a "legend"? He's hardly on a par with Gough, McCoist or Laudrup is he. I would be embarrassed if we considered someone like that a legend.

Do they honestly believe this:

His only tactics is having the wingers switching flanks and accusing Strachan of "systematically ruining the club" are two of my favourites there.

Deluded start to the day. I'm not looking forward to it but i'll predict a 3-0 win.

And you do it to football fans. We're used to it, but we don't like it and dont have to meekly accept it.

If that was ever funny, it stopped being so very quickly as people kicked the arse out of it.

A in the title? Who has the best chance of stopping four in a row?

Was it not a Udinese youth/reserve side?

192 games - 128 goals. 2 League Titles. 2 Scottish Cups. 2 League Cups. Top scorer in the league in four years. Excellent servant for Rangers imo.

If Celtic had got a win today that would be about 2 or 3 coefficient points right? The national coefficient is divided by the number of teams competing. So that would be less than half a point towards the national coefficient. I think the positives for Celtic of progressing in Europe will outweigh any minor contribution to the national coefficient. Factor in that the seedings often dont count for shit; look at Man City and Dortmunds seedings in the champions league this year, and it just doesn't seem worth supporting the tims in Europe. I dont think the coefficient argument holds a lot of weight. The only way it might do is in terms of guaranteed qualification for CL, but that is never going to consistently be a guarantee and the tims are just as capable of taking advantage of that (by winning the league) as we are.

Leading 1 nil nearing half time. Missed the start. Surprised they've managed that. Co-commentator with the almost cartoony Irish accent is really licking Celtic's arse atm.

Much like when Leggo's blogs were posted on here we're debating over a minor and irrelevant issue (in this case the way the announcement was signed off, in leggo's case his spelling errors and typos) as opposed to discussing the bigger issue.

No, I was making the point that his own Rangers career didn't necessarily start quite as it ended up.