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Russells run was badly and illegally ended by a St Mirren defender, namely Lee Mair. It should have been a penalty as the ball was not won by the defender. In his guilt and to try and deflect away from his foul the aforementioned defender accused Russell of diving which ensured a short burst of after words. Lee Mair in the heat of the moment didnt appreciate the truth being spoken and grabbed Russell by the throat and pushed him away. A straight red card for lifting his hands in an aggressive manner. However Russell did not like this chocking and pushing action, so carried out a strange manouver, where with both hands he grabbed Lee Mairs jersey and preceeded to slam him with his chest - an old tribal greeting. Enter the snipper in the bushes ajacent to the stadium, he fired a clear shot that struck Lee Mair right in the Kyle Lafferty, his legs went like a guy kicked in the jewels by a donkey. The ref was away from the scene but the stand side linesman had a great view of the action, or Lee Mairs back, so he would likely not have seen the throat grab, but did see the bullet from the snipper. On departing the field of play, Russell in his shock saw a manager called Lennon, and started shouting his opinion on his teams tactics in an audible manner which the majority of the crowd were also thinking. Hope they appeal, as I think there are grounds to reduce this to a yellow, but there was contact, chest to chest, but the snipper is the one who should be responsible, as otherwise it was handbags. As far as Russell Duncan is concerned, you are still a legend, and this will not sour the memories we have of you in the red and blue

Although he made what appeared to be one or two minor mistakes, the ref did not seem to be influenced by the demanding screams from the away end, and the alleged simulation from one or two tic players. Thought it was played in a very sporting manner between two teams until the home team scored a third goal, when the professionalism of the away team shone by the placing of invisible rope and a sniper in the crowd. However, the childs reaction from the away coach who became annoyed and kicked the bottles out of his pram was a wonderful sight to see. After counting to ten one thousand times the coach formerly known as public enemy no 1 came out and gave what I thought was a rather mature intervew, which the majority of home fans will agree was the biggest shock of the night. Good night for the referee, the game in Scotland, and the good name of ICT. Conspiracy theory thought about the Old Firms determination to make it a ten team spl, only way they can think of trying to get rid of us legally because we seem to annoy the hell out of both of them. Seriously would we have had so many young players in the team this year if it was a ten team set up. I thinks not. 12 aint perfect. 10 is worser, weve tried both but when did the spl try 14 with a sensible end of season home and away split, with a minor trophy available to the team top of the bottom half, and even a split meister award for the team top at the split ( believe this happens in Germany ). Hell gone way of topic Referee was in my opinion the best we have seen this season. We will probably never see him again however,

I dont like Mr Lennon, but nowt to do with his religion or his club. More to do with the fact he was a very very good player who resorted to cheating against us when he got Juanjo sent off. And I dont like when he tries to convince us all that his team doesnt get decisions - sorry that is a universal feeling for supporters of every club, but generally the bigger the club the more decisions going for them. Got a very big wrong decision go for them today which they couldnt take advantage of, more to do with the ref having one angle to see the decision from. I wonder what would have been said if this was at the other end of the park. One thing that could be worse than whats happened with all this stupidity lately, Graeme Souness being in the opposite dugout. Someone who on the blue side of Glasgow also attracted the wrong headlines throughout his career. I can see what Caley D is saying, but it does stink of a Rangers / Northern Irish protestant linked idiot. However I feel that Celtic, and not just Neil Lennon have upset a few folk this season, it could be a former referee that they have upset, or a Hearts fan, St Mirren fan, an SPL employee who would have cause to get a disillusional chip on the shoulder. When the culprit is found I hope they really really make an example of them, as they are of the sickest kind of human being. By the way Lennons actions walking off the pitch today was the sort of response you get an idiot doing, much like Souness would have done. Thoughtless, provacative and crazy. Now lets try and get rid of the provocation between the two clubs, no union jacks, no irish tricolours, no provocative singing. Find them and ban them. Both sides say it is mainly a problem at away grounds so they cannot identify the culprits, SORRY but last year the Old Firm took the responsibilty of selling the away game tickets themselves. They must know who they sell them too, surely. However fans behaviour and singing was much improved today, long may it continue, these issues should be treated the way drink drivers are, named and shamed

With our season starting a few weeks earlier, pre season will also be earlier. Since we had problems getting games arranged last pre season in Englandshire, will it be even more difficult this year. Tel did say in an interview they would like to do England again. Why not try to get Torquay, Plymouth, Exeter and Bristol City. A step up in levels each game

apparently Emerenko has said to the old firm come and get me, then added it would be difficult to get in the team at celtic park, but Rangers need to bolster their midfield. Hmmmm which one is he aimimg for then. Best player in the SPL this season by far, and Goodwillie for the young player. Thought Nick Ross might have been nominated here but unfortunately not

not a chance at the moment. Top country ( Norway ) will get an automatic place. Then all the countries who are above the magic number of 8 go into a draw as to which two countries receive the 2 other places. No understanding on how they rate with fair play but its over the entire league and not just how nice one team is. At Xmas Scotland were rated 7.94 but had 16 countries ranked higher. However this draw for the two remaining places is a lottery between all teams who rank ABOVE the figure of 8. So if Scotlands ranking were to rise we would be in a draw of probably around 10 others. Malta were seemingly the unfairest country to watch honest footballers, but Englandshire were ranked second. Better at coning the ref maybe

Simple thing to do is highlight the cheats on the tv and reports and shame them into being an honest professional. Many clubs have them and come straight to mind - Celtics Hoopper, Aberdeens Mackie, Uniteds Goodwillie and Conway, Rangers Lafferty, etc All repeat offenders but they keep doing it, so why dont we show them up for what they are. They spoil it for others. Tell them to put studs in their boots so they dont run like they are on ice near an opponent.

It erks me when all away teams say Inverness is a hard place to take the points, especially when they have been the team with 12 men, one wearing black! No excuses, tonight we were not up to the task as a team, Utd were the better team and outplayed and out passed us. However, we didnt need the ref giving every slip, trip and fall to united. Two players in particular werent wearing studs tonight, as every time they were tackled, or not, they went down. Disgraceful tactics in my opinion, but a ref on a poor night bought into the fact that the team with the best disipline and least fouls conceded in the league turned into a South American hatchet eam for the night. We must have had 3 games worth of fouls given against us tonight. Some how I think this then feeds into the psychie of the players, as everytime they went to tackle the utd players they were getting pulled up for it. I noticed that they were even lifting their arms before the utd players were hitting the deck and yet when we were getting fouled on most occassions the ref played on. NOT FAIR, BUT WHY DOES IT SEEM TO HAPPEN ? Do refs hate coming North aswell, so they take it out on us on the pitch . Tonights ref was certainly inconsistant and was by no means a "homer" . The crowds reaction also seems to confirm that this was not just my thoughts. Ironic cheering if we got a free kick. Several times tonight a foul was given against us, where a minute later a similar foul against us was waived away. Blatant dives or simulation by utd players were not dealt with by the ref, Mssrs Conway and Goodwillie were an embarresment tonight. Thought the SFA and SPL were going to get tough on the simulators. Though their antics were not inside the box it is very frustrating to see players use these tactics minute after minute, right throughout a game We need stronger referees, and a 4th official who can use technology - replays and tough action on cheats to rid it out of our game

They keep saying a top 14 wont work. How do they know as we aint been there, but we have with a top 10, and we can all remember how dire the prospects were for kids progress. Old firm still get the 4 games a seaseon as does the telly folk, but the prospect of more kids cutting there teeth in the top league has to be better for the future. I will always go watch ICT, but must admit I would be less likely to subscibe to paying to watch the top 10 on tv, The likes of Dunfermline, Raith, Falkirk, Dundee etc can make the spl attractive. Dont let the bully boys get what they want - as they arent looking out for the fans or scottish football. Vanity and greed.

Was only trying to say that the way the Government and Police are, if this was a Muslim publicly saying thngs that could induce hatred, then they would be getting severely reprimanded. Just because its sport doesnt make it alright. Any way, the man at the top, Mr J Reid, seems to back everything that conspiracy theories against Celtic mean, and this from what is meant to be a upstanding former member of Parliment. Every team at some time doesnt get the rub of the green ( no pun ), and a poor run of luck. But it often happens to the teams near the bottom with a bad team. We could easily complain plenty about some refs and decisions against us. You never hear them complain when a player dives to win a penalty, or free kick, or score an offside goal, or get away with a booking when it should be a red. To me both Rangers and Celtic are the most physical teams in the league, and for years it has amazed me how they get so few bookings and red cards, yet when they play in europe this average seems to go up horrendously - it that cause refs arent biast towards one or another. The real issue sometimes is your team werent good enough on the day or the night. See Rangers didnt have a problem scoring against the Accies, but Celtic should have easily outscored a poor Accies team with injuries and poor form but their team couldnt muster a goal from open play. Hamilton have probably not had much luck this season, injuries and so on, but often that luck will change somewhere along the line - just hope its not to soon for them. However the blocking what they are saying, no, they can still say it but not to the press. Thats something they should sort out in meetings and through discussions rather than slagging things off in the press. How would Celtic like it if the SFA and SFL started slagging Lennon for his players behaviour, or his behaviour, or the Clubs. Oh hang on a minute, they have started to publicly criticise Celtic. If they dont back off , both of them, and sort their differences in private, it will be the whole of Scottish football suffering again. Neil Lennon is just the puppet the public are seeing saying these things, but the thoughts of the board must be exactly the same, as thet certainly havent distanced themselves from his remarks. Yet if it were us or County that we shouting our mouths of about south bias, we would have been dealt with by the SFA and SPL severely by now

I thought that after the referee debarcle caused by Celtic, our clubs were going to be given more respect by to all in the game. Didnt seem to last wrong. But it will always be bad when supporters buy into what the club is saying, and unfortunately you now have the green half walking around saying to most its not fair, we getting cheated everytime we dont get what we want. Lennon was bang on the mark with his comments when he took over at first, but now he has the job full time he just opens he mouth and spurts out all the things he shouldnt. Danger is the Celtic fans are buying it, but its starting to effect the blue half aswell now - bullets in the post! How far is this going to go before there is some real problems - with two very important old firm games coming up, one contentious decision against Celtic could cause a take two of Hampden way back. The SFA/SPL HAVE TO CONTROL THE GUY - HE IS A NUT JOB IGNITING THE PETROL. IF NEIL LENNON WAS MUSLIM HE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER HOUSE ARREST BY NOW, LOCKED AWAY AS A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. I saw in the Sun the other day a list of games where poor decisions had effected the games outcome, Lennon says every second game - but its actually been 3 games out of 30 this season ( Rangers penalty, Hearts, and Hamiltons goal ) . Think we could argue to a similar amount, but we have common sense in our manager. ( How many decisions have Celtic had that shouldnt have been, penalty dives etc ) Solve the issue, ban Celtic from issueing all derogitory remarks, reduce his ban to 2 or 3 games, but any more outbursts double it, next offence quadruple it and so on. And hit players for cheating ( Gary Hooper ) because that is worse than the innocent wrong decisions that happen in games.

Have we not had slightly higher average attendances for the Rangers games compared to the Celtic ones. Opening day against Celticb was 7545, which is slightly less than a couple of Rangers games I think, but timimg just before xmas and weather uncertainty would have kept some away on Saturday. Its only a guess but does that mean there are more Rangers fans in the North, or is it the other way about? Certainly have a better record against the blue half

Coxie and Pedz, cause ICT are a different animal with the two of them on the park, but saying that I have a fav keeper, 4 defenders, and 4 attacking midfielder/wingers/strikers. However love them or hate them, I think we click better with Pedz and Cox

I know of several different ICT tops and scarves that have made their way to NANORTALIK, in GREENLAND. They have also been worn in Iceland and the Faroes, but mainly winter in Aarhus, north Jutland in Denmark. Myself, I have worn the colours in Greece, Spain, Paris, Denmark, New Orleans, Las Vegas and Dubai.

Aberdeen fans have turned on former heroes, if he didnt get instant results can you immagine how they would respect the former captain of their most hated rivals. Cant really see this as a job for someone who already has a management post. Reckon they will go for someone who is out of work ( no compensation ) and who has nowt to lose basically. Only two jobs our Tel would covet, ones in the blue of Glasgow, and the other the blue of Suffolk, and I think he would prefer to stay north of the border!

Pity the trains are off! First benefit ive seen with the weather

It was Labours fault, they are the ones who made a bollocks of it all. Everything Cameron touches cannot be saved. But they were shouting they had 7 garanteed first votes, only got 2 hmmm, and one of those was their own voter. Think the rest of the world might be tired of 1966 getting rammed down their throats. Happy its the Russians, new era for FIFA, and QATAR, dont know much about them. 1.6 MILLION people. Think i would have prefered the Aussies, but let them prove us wrong. Hopefully we have a chance of getting their, both times

Anyone know what kind of level of frost the USH can deal with. My job is often influenced by the weather, so i need to be aware in the Winter. Its likely to be -8c saturday noon, with as low as -15c overnight. Thats not the end of it though, as it will get worse in December, possibly not getting above freezing for the next 4 weeks. Sorry to be so doom and gloom, but i can see a few weekends getting called off, giving the SFA time to sort out the refs and Celtic.

think they both have strengths of equal merit

Think Yogi, Jim McIntyre or their captain to be given a player manager roll. Any other SPL manager would be insane to move, even Billy Reid, so it will be someone on the dole, or an up and coming lower division manager. Mind Ossie Ardiles name always pops up.

loved the bit midway through the second half, 3 Barca players decided to ghost past a Real player using 3 backheels within a second. The best team performance ever seen, well Reals 380 million euro team looked poor, but Barca were soo good, dont think anyone would have got near them last night. We should ask Barca to loan us a couple of youngsters, but they would have trouble getting into our team just now

Who has been doubting Foran by the way. Injured from last season, missed most of preseason, did about 10 days training, came back in a friendly, got injured again, had to have operation, did about 10 days training again and back into the team. Takes players time to get back to their best - and that means games. Leave out your inspirational captain, naw get him on the pitch and his enthusiasm, experience, skill and grit overcomes his lack of sharpness, which is now there. Legend of a player, and will be here as long as Terry and Mo are

Yeah I heard some of that Scotty, but it always gets reported that whoever we play were off form or poor. Under par Celts in two papers today, Lennon saying they were poor, etc etc. And you can get two teams playing well, in end to end games Sure we have had more positive mentions lately, so we should, 4th in league, 3rd top scorers, unbeaten away, extrordinary for a non O/F team to achieve the year away mark. Certainly got the year the hard way, Tannadice, Easter Rd, Rugby Pk ( this season at least ) St Mirren ( again only non O/F to win ) Pitodrie, Celtic Pk. Tynecastle to make it a full calander year also

Read somewhere in the past week that Aberdeen turnover was just over ? 7,000,000 last season. Does anyone know what the turnover is for each spl club, and how far adrift are we from our opponents. Know it will be Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs but what distance is our budget from the rest?

If he had been correctly demoted by the ref management this would not have happened. He was right to cancel penalty, but wrong to change report sent to Dallas. We all make mistakes, but none of us get our windows smashed, or our employers threatened and so on. If SFA had dealt with the situation properly Scottish football politics wouldnt be in such a damn mess. Celtic will now feel they have the upper hand, and can bully the authorities. What will be next, Celtic allowed to choose the refs, and all will be ok until they make a mistake against them and whooosh it all starts again. Find it strange that of the five sacked along with Dallas, two were Catholics who thought the email was light hearted enough to forward, to people outside the SFA. So if you only forwarded it to a colleague seems that you are not anti catholic / anti celtic. Seems that we just dont understand how big the chip on the shoulder of the Celtic family is, glad we live in a different world from that goldfish bowl of Glasgow. Wouldnt it be ironic if McDonald turned out to be Catholic, something that never even crossed my mind until 5 weeks ago, to question any refs religion.