ZvonimirBoban

Apologies I had other things going on than Pieandbovril the last 3 years

What is so funny that Richard “ha ha ha” Gordon can’t stop laughing at?

Apart from Steve Clarke it seems

Martin Canning until the end of the season. Was part of a great hibs team.

A goal in the league cup final v a very poor Aberdeen side on the day and a goal against minnows in Europe. He’s completely anonymous in every old firm game and for Scotland. International football is a big game every game and he’s always found wanting.

The commentary is dreadful. There has been several games where they have used the radio commentary with the highlights online only to change it back to commentary post match pretending to be at the game. I don’t know what the reason for this is as the radio commentary is live and far superior. Surely can’t be that difficult to do.

Personally haven’t seen enough in Christie that merits a start for Scotland. I’d like to know when he has ever turned up in a big game for club or country. A decent enough player at home to bottom 6 teams but not an international player. IMO

3-5-2 when fit: Marshall McKenna Porteous Tierney Paterson Robertson McTominay Mcginn Gilmour McGregor Griffiths

One minute later? He’s getting on the bus in the video without a bag on. Seems a strange series of events. Good to see him rising above it in any case. Horrible treatment.

I’m actually pleasantly surprised rangers fans seem to largely condemn this. Just the racism, sectarianism and bigotry to weed out now.

This really worries me. Game of opinions but I have not been impressed by James as well. He seems well out of his depth. Whittaker will be fine for the odd game but we really need a new right back.

Just listened to this back. Derek Ferguson admits “growing up as a rangers fan and singing certain songs” and that “these songs are no longer acceptable”. Not only that, he can’t see the connotations an orange kit and Richard Gordon helps him out by saying it was a marketing ploy to honour the Dutch players of the past. In any other society these guys would be sacked without hesitiation. Sportsound pandering to bigots in 2019. What an utter embarrassment.

The same dinosaurs have been on that show for as long as I can remember and whilst 90% of the content is old firm related they have never challenged the sectiarian elephant in the room. Richard Gordon “nipped it in the bud” as you say and that’s the problem, they’ve been nipping it in the bud for decades and look where we are now. We need to be highlighting, shaming and challenging these behaviours not turning a blind eye. UEFA has stepped in and with one action it has already prompted more reaction and discussion than Scottish football has conjured in history. Lets not confuse the two, sectarianism and racism are the same thing, something uefa has had to make clear. Ferguson’s comments on how the songs are not appropriate NOW is another example of how sectarianism, unlike racism, has been dismissed as banter. Richard Gordon et al do nothing to help Scottish football move into the 21st century. Get these Neanderthals off air and stop pandering to the bigots by making excuses for orange order kits.

Beyond cringe. The worst thing on the Internet just now

Utterly shameful the BBC have allowed those comments from Dodds and Ferguson to pass without challenge. If the club was genuine about tackling this they wouldn’t feed their fans the opportunity with this choice of kit, and let’s not be silly, it clearly has connotations. To suggest otherwise considering Rangers long history with sectarian rhetoric, from signing policies to bigotry in the stands is a nonsense. Dodds and Ferguson are part of the problem. They are feeding the culture by spouting that ridiculous attempt to legitimise clear profiteering from bigotry. The Scottish media have been as much to blame for turning a blind eye to it. It’s now taken external organisations to act against Scotland’s shame. Embarrassing.

Heckingbottom results v teams who finished above last season: Hibs 0 Celtic 2 Hibs 1 Rangers 1 Hibs 0 Killie 0 Hibs 0 Celtic 0 Rangers 1 Hibs 0 Killie 1 Hibs 0 Hibs 1 Aberdeen 2 Rangers 6 Hibs 1 Form: LDDDLLLL