kennie makevin

Another meaningless scudding from the meaningless champions in a meaningless league. That's what people have woken up to. That's the reality. Embrace it !

And they get a trophy

Clammy ? Does no one use the word 'close' anymore ?

Really depends on which Englebert Humperdinck you're referring to...

I can only speak for the Celtic half of the twins but I have met many 'Celtic minded' folk over the years who are highly intelligent, extremely pleasant people and wonderful company who can be relied on to talk erudite sense on just about every topic under the sun except football and the team they support. It's genuinely baffling and rather sad. The can be vociferously and correctly anti racism, sexism, fascism etc etc but openly support a football club whose very business model relies upon fanning the flames of secterian division. They champion equality of opportunity while their club pursues Thatcherite 'survival of the fittest' economics. And of course they moan and wail about 'unlevel playing fields' whenever they are ritually humiliated in Europe without the merest hint of irony regarding the set-up in Scotland. Oh well,. nobodys perfect !

Suggesting that Hearts, or indeed any Scottish club apart from their pals, would be tough to beat isn't about giving Hearts credit, it's about giving Celtic credit. Credit which, given the vast financial chasm between the clubs, they don't deserve.

Yep, there has to come a time when clubs treat matches against the old firm as the meaningless slice of nothingness that they are. A contemptuous fielding of youths and no hopers is just the ticket I feel.

More dull ??!! Is that even possible ! The issue is the Old Firm (and yes,of course, they still exist) and their obscene financial power. Either they agree to give up that power - share gate receipts, equal distribution of TV rights etc - or they are invited to leave. Nothing else really will halt the death of competitive professional football in Scotland.

Precisely...we have two too many clubs in this country.

That cretinous flasher should get his own nickname.

No it isn't it's simply understanding that context can totally change how something is viewed. A Union flag fluttering in a country parish church in Kent in December being a totally different proposition from a Union flag fluttering from a tenement window in Bridgeton Cross in July is another example.

As ever it's all about context. Volunteers fighting for Irish freedom in the early years of the 20th century singing 'rebel songs' is clearly neither secterian nor offensive. Football supporters singing same songs in a Scottish football ground as we approach the middle of the 21st century is. Which is why they sing these songs.

Tell the Old Firm to leave, leave now and don't come back. We then dismantle their stadiums brick by brick, aluminium sheeting by aluminium sheeting and build decent low rise social housing in their place. Probably won't make a blind bit of difference to the kind of result we saw last night but by God Scottish football and, more importantly, Scottish society would be a far far better and more decent a sport to enjoy and a place to live.

Do explain what is remotely relevant about Irish rebel songs at a football match in Scotland in the 21st century please.

Bear

Well it is for the rest of us

He doesn't want to talk about it.

The last truly great Celtic side was 69/70 and the top Dutch side that year utterly horsed them (as did the top Dutch side a year later). They were as good as the top Portuguese side that year tbf. All three leagues have dipped in quality since then so it may be meaningless .

'A 2 hore race' - you got that right !!!

Whoever says that money can't buy happiness should read this joyful post. This gentleman is a cheering, smiling, shouting, jumping up and down repudiation of the sour notion that financial muscle and it's ceaseless and ruthless application somehow devalues success. What arrant wishy washy wokery nonsense that is !!

As it's a given that Celtic/Rangers fans are the top two when it comes to glory hunters who might the least glory hunting fanbase be ?

Your own career being all that matters to you is the very definition of being a raging Tory.

A pedent writes: "Northern Ireland isn't part of Britain"

Interesting that the programme notes express concern that 'the front rank' for the upcoming game against England at Wembley 'is lacking in power' . Well that front rank put 3 past England.....!!!!!

Rogers & Hammerstein or Marsden ? Who's to bless and who's to blame ?