ian1964 10,409 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 ...........by bigging up small achievements HUGH believes under-achievement is being covered up at Parkhead while talk of Trebles involving the Ramsdens Cup embarrasses Ibrox club. WHEN Albion Rovers go further than Celtic in the Scottish Cup it’s time to hold your hands up and come clean. And when you’re photographed holding an advertising board aimed at selling tickets for Rangers’ ‘title run-in’ when your team is 23 points in front with 13 games left to play you might at least have the decency to look embarrassed. But part of the deal now with Scottish football is you agree to have your intelligence insulted at regular intervals without ever complaining about it – or even admitting that it’s happened. A properly-developed grown-up, however, should reserve the right to examine the nonsense they’re being fed and give the now traditional answer in return – are you having a laugh? Neil Lennon tells everybody Celtic have had a “brilliant” season. But how can a brilliant season possibly contain an extra-time defeat at home to a lowly championship side in the League Cup, and without managing to score a goal in two hours of play against Morton? How can a brilliant season include a Champions League group stage in which, for the first time, Celtic looked as if they were out of their depth? Finishing bottom of the group while taking a six-goal beating in Barcelona, and failing to make the consolation prize of the Europa League, is what it is. A worrying glimpse of a difficult future at that level for Celtic while their squad is voluntarily diminished in quality season after season. Also, how can another season without a Treble being won during Rangers’ time in the lower orders be excused on the basis that only Jock Stein and Martin O’Neill have managed that distinction throughout Celtic’s history? If those two men could manage it when Rangers were battling them for everything then they should be left out of the argument. The question is why can’t a Treble be won by Celtic when the championship is a given at the start of every season for the current team? And on the subject of perspective, Rangers fans are now supposed to swallow industrial quantities of guff about their team’s current standing. I’ve no doubt Lee McCulloch was only delivering the party line when he was used as the frontman to sell tickets for the remainder of this season. But he can’t possibly believe in his heart of hearts that reaching the Scottish Cup Final in May would be the equivalent of the run that took Walter Smith’s side to Manchester for the UEFA Cup Final against Zenit St Petersburg. Lee was part of that run and must know the difference between beating Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen, Sporting Lisbon and Fiorentina and getting past Airdrie, Falkirk, Dunfermline and Albion Rovers. It’s an insult to the memory of those involved in Europe to compare their efforts to a romp through the lower leagues. Whatever Rangers have done in the Scottish Cup this season is no more, or less, than they should have done under the circumstances. And spare me this ongoing fantasy about the Ramsdens Cup forming part of a hoped-for “Treble”. That word is being used by those who clearly don’t mind having their intelligence insulted. The truth is Celtic and Rangers are not what they once were and have chosen to live in a world of their own invention for the time being. Lennon asks if it’s realistic to expect Aberdeen to challenge Celtic for the title next season when there’s an obvious gulf in points between them at present. “Have you looked at the league table?” he asked during his press conference at Lennoxtown on Thursday. So the manager uses realism when it suits him, and questions reality when there’s an inconvenient argument to be made for saying Celtic’s season has been inadequate. He should have a look about him this afternoon when Celtic get a skeletal crowd for the visit of St Johnstone and take a reality check. Celtic fans are disgusted by under-achievement and if Rangers are cavorting around Celtic Park with the Scottish Cup after the final is staged there then their disenchantment will rise to a new level. Two clubs are trying to take two lots of fans for mugs, and only the gullible are falling for it. The rest have used the evidence of their own eyes, exercised adult judgment and decided to stay away until these two clubs are more recognisable. That’s why season tickets are still on sale in February. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hugh-keevins-celtic-rangers-conning-3150978 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I think we could yet have an excellent season. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Give Keevins his due. All this "new Club" guff seems to be forgotten. However, I certainly don't feel I'm "having my intelligence insulted" by feeling a sense of achievement by winning three trophies. Given where we were, and how our squad had to be totally rebuilt from new, I think we've done remarkably well. The truth is that I regularly feel my "intelligence is insulted" when I come across red top articles like this by hacks who could produce much better had they cared to improve their skills over the years. An article after a quasi Le Penseur moment and a whisky is certainly not journalism. It's a blog - and these days, Shug, people do that in their spare time. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisabeer 409 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 and you keep conning us spew, by masquerading as a journalist. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,409 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 You just can't win with these alleged journos,if we don't turn up and try and make the best of our situation and enjoy it, we fans would be slaughtered for not backing the club/team!, now because we are turning up and trying to make the best of it and trying to enjoy it we're wrong as well!. Here Shuggy, why don't you just feck off and leave us alone to try and enjoy our football,oh! and BTW, we are turning up, we don't need to be conned!. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Don't see how you can disagree with anything he said there 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,409 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Give Keevins his due. All this "new Club" guff seems to be forgotten. However, I certainly don't feel I'm "having my intelligence insulted" by feeling a sense of achievement by winning three trophies. Given where we were, and how our squad had to be totally rebuilt from new, I think we've done remarkably well. The truth is that I regularly feel my "intelligence is insulted" when I come across red top articles like this by hacks who could produce much better had they cared to improve their skills over the years. An article after a quasi Le Penseur moment and a whisky is certainly not journalism. It's a blog - and these days, Shug, people do that in their spare time. Agreed. How anyone can agree with anything this clown says is beyond me,unless you're a BHEAST,utter tripe he spouts/spews!. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Wee Spewy has finally got some balance in his life, he's now got a chip on each shoulder. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Agreed. How anyone can agree with anything this clown says is beyond me,unless you're a BHEAST,utter tripe he spouts/spews!. Can you elaborate on which parts of this article were incorrect? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 You just can't win with these alleged journos,if we don't turn up and try and make the best of our situation and enjoy it, we fans would be slaughtered for not backing the club/team!, now because we are turning up and trying to make the best of it and trying to enjoy it we're wrong as well!. Here Shuggy, why don't you just feck off and leave us alone to try and enjoy our football,oh! and BTW, we are turning up, we don't need to be conned!. If the club or us did not take the Ramsden seriously we would be met with a hurricane of complaints re "unfounded arrogance" etc 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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