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1. Hollywood producer 05.29.07 / 11pm

   If you’re going to have player awards and you want Rangers players to turn up then this is the way to do it, ensure that a Rangers player will win something, otherwise the seats go unused.

   Livorno FFS gie yer hied a shake mon, they ended up 11th in the Italian league 12th if Reggina hadn’t been docked, they were 3 points away from relegation and they earned 16 points less than AC Milan the team we played scoreless for two complete games, they should have posted the points to you and saved the trouble of travelling to Glasgow.
   European contenders…. that’s like saying Scott Brown wants to play for you lot.
2. TOMEX 05.29.07 / 11pm

   Word I’ve spleed worstest this season

   ^^
3. lospalmas7 05.30.07 / 11am

   That Livorno thing really got on your t1ts laddie didnt it? Even the fawning press mentioned it to rub it in! Thats like Rangers fans looking at the opponents in the EC of 1967 and analysing how shyte one or two of them were (the few that there were) but we dont and we are lucky enough to have a Lisbon happy club pull out and TV special every year since. Get over it. Rangers did it first!
4. Fat Eck 05.30.07 / 12pm

   Rangers won nothing. League was over by Xmas. THEIR team wins the double and qualified for the KO stages of the Champions League and it’s the 40th anniversary of the greatest achievement in Scottish Football history, their european cup win - but STILL they’re loudmouths are more interested in trying to bad mouth one good Rangers result in last season’s UEFA Cup Group stages.

   Amazing.

   Thank god they’ve still not cottoned on to themselves …

   Yup - I think we’ll be okay, Troops … I think we’ll be okay.
5. Lone Star Ranger 05.30.07 / 12pm

   Best Performance in Europe: Kaka 8-)

   …which leads to the funniest moment of 2006-2007…the singing of “Kaka, Kaka, ha-hah, ha-hah, hah-hah” to the tune of the Billy Boys at the Beggardome….pure dead brilliant 8-)

   Player you’d never get tired of punching: Neil “The Lurgan Bigot” Lennon

   Player Least Likely to make the cover of Cosmo: Aiden McGeady

   World’s first Surviving Charisma Bypass Patient: Gordon Strachan

   Journo you’d most like to meet in a Dark Alley (fnaar, fnaar): Spiers

   ….the list goes on… 8-)
6. lospalmas7 05.30.07 / 12pm

   I’d like to boot him up the dark alley to be honest :-) On the subject of WGS, even non Rangers supporting people have cottoned on to him. “Wasnt he that faintly amusing little chap on a Sunday night with the nice chubby boy at 11′o’clock? My, hasnt he been found out now that he has to string more than 2 sentences together” Kinda thing.
   He strikes me as one of these boys at school who sailed dangerously close to the line of “leave him alone I know he’s a cheeky cahnt but he’s wee” to “fack it, he’s old enough to know better” SKELP!
   Still, the lack of Celtic mindedness might get him first!
7. Derek 05.30.07 / 3pm

   “Celtic mindedness” - I’m sure it’s code for something but can’t think what.
8. Tim Waits 05.30.07 / 3pm

   I’m surprised you didn’t take Prso as your player of the season. He certainly seemed by far the best player you had the few times I saw him. Was he injured too much to be a contender? As for our best laugh of the season I think I’d vote for September through January . . . it just seemed to get more ridiculous every week.

   Now, with that out of the way:

   It will be no secret to anyone who visits Celtic sites, listens to phone ins or knows a Celtic fan that our season, while successful, has been loaded with underwhelming performances. In fact, given the moaning about Strachan’s managerial ability (contrary to what appears to be the received wisdom here, I have not heard anyone seriously question his “Celtic-mindedness”) and the slack play by a squad that should be wiping the floor with the rest of the very very sorry SPL, I can only imagine what kinds of rivers of blood would be flowing right now if we had, say just for example, gone two whole seasons without winning a trophy. It makes one shudder, doesn’t it?

   So highlights are at a bit of a premium in what seems to be a sea of one goal victories ground out in dismal fashion. But the consensus for highlight of the season is (unsurprisingly) vs. ManU at Celtic Park. Nakamura’s sublime kick and Boruc’s stunning save of the inevitable penalty award to the Mancs were two of the best. And before you all start bleating about how you made it to the last 16 first, that particular piece of information was unknown to us, our captain and apparently our manager while we celebrated beating (over two legs if it had been a knockout round, btw) what has become one of the most annoying franchises in all of world sports. Beside Chelsea.

   Add to that an impressive display against Benfica at home, Kenny Miller breaking his duck against you lot (he and Thomas Gravesen earned a couple of extra months of goodwill with their goals, now squandered entirely) and comeback wins at various points (against ICT was probably my favorites) and you have a handful. Not enough to satisfy the Celtic support, of course, because winning is just the minimum and playing good football while you do it is the goal.

   Last but not least, I am pleased to see that several of you are turning up the bitterness re: Strachan. I remember when he was appointed he was considered the “cheap option” by many (including quite a few of us) and not expected to survive very long at all - especially not after Artmedia, Motherwell and Clyde. As I recall many Rangers fans were as smug about our new manager as we were disturbed about yours. Two league titles later and he’s not quite so amusing any more, is he? I hope your hatred for him grows by leaps and bounds, but not as much as I hope he gets this Celtic team playing the kind of football that not only wins trophies but does it with some style. Scott Brown looks like a promising piece of the puzzle and may just turn out to be the perfect replacement for the departing Neil Lennon. I can hardly wait to see if Brown gets booed as consistently as Lennon, since both are narky, rude and pugnacious midfielders and that’s the only reason Lennon got stick . . . right?

   TW
9. Lone Star Ranger 05.30.07 / 4pm

   “I can hardly wait to see if Brown gets booed as consistently as Lennon”

   By yous or by us? 8-)
10. Tim Waits 05.30.07 / 4pm

    Last I heard you were all singing Brown’s name with gusto. It would make you look a bit fickle to boo him now, no?
11. barca72 05.30.07 / 6pm

    “over two legs if it was a knockout round btw” LOL that now goes down as funniest comment of the season. If your aunty had balls she’d be your uncle.Fucking priceless really. Next best,” the inevitable penalty award to the Mancs” why inevitable? you truely are a Timmy, how fucking hilarious to read such paranoid pish keep it coming lovin it. Seriously? inevitable? ha ha ha ha ha ha
12. Tim Waits 05.30.07 / 7pm

    Glad you liked it - I aim to please. But exactly how badly did ManU beat you over your two CL meetings? I forgot the scorelines. Did you win either of them?

    And I’m glad you can laugh. After two trophyless seasons I would probably be a little less cheerful. But keep the old chin up, you loveable polis-battling, pitch-invading, European-ban-commemorating scamp, you!
13. Hollywood producer 05.30.07 / 9pm

    Listen Tim we can’t be too hard on these peepel, after all they went above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that we won the league in a canter.
    Remeber the hype- 5 Captains of various teams around the world- PLG the best young manager in the business, and to cap it all …. “BarryGate” with his muppet Boychenko, conspiring to have their Manager- sacked “by mutual consent” of course.
    We also can go back and read such litteral lines from the LapTop Loyal as “Rangers by 20 points” and “Celtic to be a distant 3rd” accompanied by “The Ibrox bound Scott Brown” who according to Phat D.J. had a hanshake agreement to go to the darkside, and even before the deal was done he and his snide co-hort were expounding that “their were honest people who stick to their word out there” what would anyone know about honesty with connections to Watty. If contact was made without Hibs approval does tapping up ring bells, what about the contact alluded by Weir and Murray before Watty was aproached by Sir minty.
    The list goes on and on, and remember this is just over the last 10 months.
    I sincerely hope that you lot believe that you’re as close as you say, and more to the point I hope Watty and Minty believe it
14. barca72 05.30.07 / 9pm

    Ha HaHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahahahahha Inevitable penalty hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha over two legs hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha no please stop it hahahahahahaahahaha
15. barca72 05.30.07 / 9pm

    Sorry Eck literally spilt the side laughing there 8-)
    Inevitable penalty, you canny blame me haahahahahaahaha sorry off i go again
16. Hollywood producer 05.31.07 / 12am

    Well, now that the filthy cover has been drawn back from the cesspool that is Ipox in the unending struggle to sing whatever they wish, you now have a friend in the highest of places in Scottish football; Gordon Smith the Grecian formula face of hundom is the new chief exec. of the SFA, sing till your wee hearts are content and continue to be Scotland’s dirty secret, however, remember UEFA’s watching.
17. Derek 05.31.07 / 7am

    TW. Prso has had a fairly poor season, and I doubt he would be in running for the POTY, even if fit.

    You haven’t heard anyone criticise Strachan’s “Celtic-mindedness”? Very strange, because I have heard it a lot, particulalry on phone-ins (although I’m first to accept they don’t represent the rank and file), and also understand that it has been said on more than a few occasions on certain websites.

    The few people who try and claim it’s due to recent performances have their arguments blown away by the fact that the criticism has been going on for the whole period of Strachan’s tenure, and not just the past few months. There was a period of time during last season when everyone seemed to be raving about the style of football and there were still murmourings.

    Hatred (or bitterness) for Strachan? There’s not much to hate. As LP7 says, he is annoying, and his behaviour does his club no credit, but not someone I can summon any great dislike or respect for.

    “I can hardly wait to see if Brown gets booed as consistently as Lennon” - So you are expecting Brown to punch a Rangers player on his old frim debut? Are you expecting Brown to frequently gesture to opposition support, to spit on opposition scarfs, to use sectarian language, to come out with pronouncements on the Irish issue, to abandon pregnant girlfriends and then textually abusing them? Hmmm. You’ve got high hopes for him.

    I look forward to you singing “like me and you, he’s a Provo too” to Brown.

    HP, what songs are you alluding to?
18. OzzieBoyBlue 05.31.07 / 10am

    Howlywould Producer, still using the casting couch as the only way to get girls?

    My fav memory of last season was cacking myself as artur fatduc tried to pull out a (and you’ll appreciate this producer) ‘Hollwood’ save at big Ugo’s winner and making a complete cock of it.

    Eck, the burds in Kazakhstan are magic, bye the way. So’s the beer :-)
19. lospalmas7 05.31.07 / 11am

    And Gordon Smith gets the obligatory thumbs down from our “good guy” Earl Haigs. More integrity than Ive seen on nearly every football commentator, who I genuinely respected for the even handedness of his somments, even though they may criticize Rangers. And yet they still hate him because he used to play for Rangers. Proof positive they are beyond help./ I I make no exceptions here I’m afraid.
20. H.P. 05.31.07 / 3pm

    Derek, You mean Neil lennon did all that before his first game in Scotland because thats when he first received the vitroil from “football minded punters”
    Lostinpalma, there are many ex rangers players whom I and most Celtic fans don’t mind, this keechs reputation is formed due to his comments as a”pundit”
21. Derek 05.31.07 / 4pm

    HP, which comments of Gordon Smith’s comments upset you so much? Which songs were you alluding to earlier?

    You come and make these innuendos and fail to back them up with any substance.

    As for Lennon, he did one of them during his first Rangers game. If you have issues with other teams I suggest you go onto their websites and raise them there, although the facts back up the fact that he is a scumbag both on and off the pitch.
22. colp 05.31.07 / 5pm

    Just watched stv sports news,proof positive who runs the “anti sectarian”campaign against RANGERS!Also dont get me started on the “nazi”style Catholic posturing about womens freedom.Who runs this country?
23. Tim Waits 05.31.07 / 5pm

    Derek:

    “to use sectarian language”

    Leaving aside the rest of your bile for now, this reminds me of something funny. I once saw a video clip, advertised by its poster as proof that Lennon was a bigot. It was silent, but had captions that read “dirty orange bastards” and the like that could, with a little imagination, be linked up with his general lip movements. It was an impressive effort. Of course, no microscopes, precision microphones or lip readers are necessary when it comes to the Rangers support - a mobile phone seems to do just fine.

    Lennon took tons of abuse and when he returned it the same fans who had been abusing him in the most vile and personal ways cried like weans. I find it hilarious. But what will you do to distract yourselves from the lingering rancid culture at your club now that the punch-throwing, gesturing, spitting, politics-opining, girlfriend-mistreating Neil Lennon, who never would have gotten the abuse he did simply for being a Catholic from Northern Ireland who signed for Celtic (never!), has finally left the scene?
24. Boaby 05.31.07 / 5pm

    @TW:

    > simply for being a Catholic from Northern Ireland who
    > signed for Celtic

    Anton Rogan.
25. Hollywood producer 05.31.07 / 8pm

    Tim, when you said
    But what will you do to distract yourselves from the lingering rancid culture at your club now that the punch-throwing, gesturing, spitting, politics-opining, girlfriend-mistreating …. I thought for a moment you were talking about Nando
26. Derek 06.01.07 / 6am

    HP, I see you still unable to answer the questions. Want to withdraw the allegations?

    TW, HP has it right. Look at the abuse Ricksen took. That must have been for his religion too. Right? It couldn’t have been for what he got up to on (and off) the park, could it, because that wouldn’t fit in with your agenda?

    I’ve seen games that Lennon took no abuse until he makes some gesture and gets thte abuse that ANY player in that position would get from opposition fans, but after it guys like you and the press come out with the religious card, and pity poor Neil for the sectarian abuse he takes. It’s pathetic, because it cheapens the arguments that those with genuine complaints have.
27. lospalmas7 06.01.07 / 8am

    As yes, Gordon Smith is a keech because he said he is a Rangers supporter. Fuck me sideays thats grasping.At least, unlike the vast majority of pundits and guys involved in football, he has the courage and HONESTY to do so. And is the view so posioned amongst the bigoted hoardes of Tarrierdome, that they cant work out that he knows he will be under greater scrutiny because of that? Cant see the wood for the Orange trees you bunch of facking nutjobs. I’m PMSL at the lot of you!
28. H.P. 06.01.07 / 3pm

    Wife beater, drunk, druggie, sectarian actions, sounds like Gazza to me, but wait a wee minute he didn’t get anywhere near the abuse our Lenny got, I ponder why.
29. Derek 06.01.07 / 4pm

    Your Ricksen example back-fired on you, so you are trying someone else.

    Compare Ricksen and Gazza and ask yourself why only one of them got abuse in every ground he visited. And it’s nothing to do with religion.

    But that would involve you trying to justify something, and you seem unable to do that,

    Anyway, if you are so concerned about people getting abuse because of their religion, you should avoid using sectarian terms yourself, as you did earlier in this thread.
30. lospalmas7 06.04.07 / 10am

    HP Can we just quantify the “abuse” poor wee Lenny actually got?
    Now I know this probably flies in the face of everything that our lovely media would have us believe about Scotlands greatest import form another part of Great Britain and NI, but if we exclude the boos at football matches lets go through them?
    For the record, I know of four and Im willing to hear of any more
    1/ Painting on the ground about him “near” his home. So obvious it was the work of neds, not brave enough to be doing it within 2 streets of his house, that it was embarrassing.
    2/ Hang Neil Lennon picture on FF, that I believe got FF shut down for a couple of days because the BBC chose to make it a news leader. Unbelievable facking gash, from an organisation who makes ignoring both sides of a story an art form. (There were/are Celtic sites with the same and worse available to highlight chaps). Utter bunkum.
    3/ Guy gives poor wee Neil the vickies going over the Kingston bridge. Right, thats it! I want every Celtic supporters bus that passes ours pulled over and every person jailed for hurting my feelings by giving me the vicky! Fuck me sideways was that serious?
    4/ And lastly, poor wee Neil being assaulted by two “hooligans” whilst going about his lawful appropriate business!
    My arse
    He was allegedly travelling home with a slapper of a DJ who he had pumped that evening, and the two boys gave him pelters at the lights. Being the law abiding poor wee flower he is, he actually pulled the car over and GOT OUT TO CONFRONT THEM!! In the name of fck. If you or me did it, we’d have had an evening stopover at the Hotel Big House! the two “hooligans” were pimple faced students who couldnt have fought there way out of a paper bag and our Neil chose to get out and get involved.
    There is a huge list of incidents that have happened to Rangers players that havent even had the light of day throughout NL’s “career” in Scotland. I’m glad he is going and I’m glad that it is unlikely we’ll see his fat arse in Scotland again.
31. Jimmy the hun 08.28.07 / 6pm

    This year i fear the worst. We have had a good start but i dont think we have the depth we need. Our singings have been very poor quality. We are now looking at second rate players. We will do nothing in europe andit pains me to say but finish second again to a far superior celtic side. I wathed there game against hearts and its been a long time sice we have played as good as that. We need changes and need them now. Some sort of share issue to raise funds and stop buying on the cheap while celtic take all the best talend available.

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