"Don’t anybody start talking about morals, because we don’t have any in football" - the rolling Scottish football thread, season 2014/15

smooth segway into the new thread sktsh

irl office lol

Never has a man looked more The Accused than Leigh Griffiths in a suit

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74300000/jpg/_74300438_leegriffiths.jpg

Has his missus got all the hair he couldn't hold on to?

she looks more wig than wag iyam

Perfectly chosen photo on wikipedia

http://i58.tinypic.com/jgtjsy.jpg

Please, I was having a good day till I opened this thread.

That should cheer you up! We used to have that, now we have, well, someone none of us knows anything about!

1-1 away to FC Luzern, would have taken that before kick off.

At least he's taking it on his forehead not taking it on the fucking chin like in every post-match interview ever. Still, I think we can agree he looks like every fucker that paid to watch one of his teams.

Great result.
Aberdeen ok so far at 0-0.
Motherwell have lost an away goal but lead 2-1.

Draws all round. Fingers crossed we get everyone through.

If Celtic get through they'll face the winners of St Patrick's and Legia Warsaw (currently 1-1) in the next round.

Europa League: Aberdeen will play Real Sociedad should they progress from their match with FC Groningen.

Europa League: St Johnstone will face FC Zestafoni or FC Spartak Trnava if they can beat FC Luzern in the second leg.

Europa League: Motherwell will take on JK Nõmme Kalju or KKS Lech Poznań if they overcome Stjarnan in Iceland next week

plum tie for the dons there

Indeed. St Johnstone's potential opponents, not so much (basis for this: I've never heard of them therefore they can't be in any way relevant or good). Am aware of both Motherwell's potential opponents, specifically Poznan for inventing the huddle and having a ton of mad ultras who make the Green Brigade look like a Sunday school picnic.

Celtic v St Patrick's Athletic in 1998 remains one of the worst games of football I have ever seen in my life. And I watched that Iran v Nigeria game in the World Cup.

This is gold:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-match-reports/sacramento-republic-1-rangers-2-3886112

Would totally go to Championship football matches if you always got free food for Ian Black fouling someone and free pizza for someone scoring against Sevco. And you could piss off to the shows half-way through.

Seriously, why the fuck are they flying half-way round the world for this when they could just play a Sunday league team in Strathclyde Park? I thought they were skint?

Are the Pars playing all their pre-season fixtures against teams in their own league? (NB This may be complete bollocks, but I know they played us and I see from that Record page they also played Rangers. I can't be arsed looking it up though, and truth be told this is a rhetorical question because I don't really care.)

The Pars aren't in that league.

Ah, that'll explain it.

dunno how reliable this is but...

http://www.vipboxgb.co/football/238436/1/celtic-vs-kr-reykjavik-live-stream-online.html

Have to say kudos to the Celtic fans: I live near Murrayfield, but didn't hear a peep from Scottish rugby fans, nor the Tweens at their One Direction concert, but can hear the football!

Best fans in the world iirc :)

Weird game, playing well and dominating but all goals coming from set pieces or stupid mistakes. Was fearing the worst, entertainment wise, early on as KR basically set up like Levein era Scotland - needed the early goal to open it up a bit.

Dying at this

The Huddleboard ‏@huddleboard 8s

I like Liam Henderson even if his head does look like a balloon with not enough air in it. #celtic

http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/players/1/2014/324x324/250056848.jpg

haha, that is gold.

Mon the coefficient! Aberdeen through to play Sociedad, and St Johnstone and Motherwell both a goal to the good in their ties.

I don't hate penalty shootouts quite so much anymore.

Congratulations! Shame Motherwell couldn't hold onto their lead.

So long Tony Watt :(

Amido Balde is apparently a better squad option :(

Loan deal for Jo Inge Berget, who couldn't get a game at Cardiff :(

Yay! Away goal!

No! Conceded shite goal!

Sell England World Cup Goalkeeper Fraser Forster while there's still money in him!

It's that time of year when we say...

WE NEED A FUCKIN LEFT BACK!

Is that not all year every year?

aye but louder in transfer windows

I like Packie Bonner as a co-commentator.

WE NEED A FUCKIN CENTRE HOFF!

RIGHT BACK AN ALL FUCK SAKE!

FFS DEILA OUT

(getting in early this year)

GREAT DEILA TROUBLE

at last that's Ambrose out :/

to be fair to Ambrose, that was fucking clownish

Possible candidates all look worse than more Lennon imo

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standing by this

Down to ten men and we have an away goal in the bank just fucking take the 2-1 you dick! Cunts bombing forward leaving holes everywhere.

Could be on the end of an Artmediaesque doing here.

More clowning at the back, this time from Mulgrew. Legia miss the penalty.

I've had to stop watching for the good of my health. I'm about to burst something here.

My stream died. Thank fuck. This shite is killing me.

Right I'm back in. Got some more swearwords ready.

We've subbed on Izzy THAT'LL FUCKIN SHORE THINGS UP

I know he's a keeper and not meant to be silkily skilled or w/e but he seriously can't kick a fucking ball. We apparently knocked back £7.5m for a footballer who can't kick a fucking football.

Bonner on Griffiths

"he plays well up front on his own because he doesn't have to think"

Maybe he was hiding in it from Steven Gerrard.

Correction: it was a wardrobe door, not the full wardrobe.

How's his missus's doing-a-job-for-£300 charity drive coming along? Maybe she could play at left back?

Adam Matthews away to Sunderland, apparently. Which leaves us with with only four right backs.

So long AM! Usually excellent at right back and also memorably good one time at left back. Chipped in with a couple of stunning goals too.
Also well done for mostly staggering your injuries with Lustig so at least one of you was available to keep Efe out of the way of the buses.

That wee run of swapping-a-right-back-for-a-right-back worked well with two half-fit candidates for the role.

Also, should we start a new thread now that Aberdeen and St Johnstone have kicked the season off already?

Indeed, though I'd like a do-over please!

Yeah, not the best of starts, was it? Tried to watch a bit of it, but Armenian telly stream wasn't playing.

Another potentially major injury for Davidson not great either.

Given the heat and how little was known about the opposition (and the likelihood that they were going to be reasonable opposition) i'd not been expecting much - a draw or a narrow win, so it's not the end of the world. Not higely confident we'll turn them over next week, though.

something something Nadir of our scouting strategy

gonnae stick my big challopy neck out and say he won't cut it in Europe any better than whoever he's supposed to replace.

was it well known that van hooijdonk is an agent now? I had no idea

(commiserations on the euro tie michael)

Yeah, what a bummer.

I am almost out of the deep pit of despondency that followed my attendance at the game.

Wasn't much of a game, they were happy to foul and break things down, we toiled. Some bizarre decisions. Couldn't make numerical advantage count. They score from a long overhead ball. Had to field a makeshift midfield through injuries, then lost both central defenders due to injury during the game.

All excuses though. Just wasn't good enough over the two legs.

The blessing is we don't have to go through to the next round missing something like seven starting first team players.

Wow, that was some result from Aberdeen the night.

hey we won a CL tie
vs a terrible team
on a shite pitch
and lost a goal

so much to look forward to!

wtf @ SPFL scheduling SIX Celtic games in 28 days during the fucking CL qualifiers?! Arseholes.

Shall we have a new thread and what shall we call it?

(non-ILF got a bit clusterfucky lately eh?)

I think we should have a new thread. Did anyone say anything silly recently?

Well done us, and well done sheep. Mon the coefficient!

Aye well done Aberdeen (so far, no jinxing!) and nae luck StJ and good luck ICT. Let's get a coefficient that starts future seasons in August!

Surprisingly I don't think anyone's said anything all that stupid lately, or not of the quotable variety.

Ann Budge is no Mad Vlad

Those were second legs - sheep through, ICT are out.

Oops - thought they still had a tie. Four weeks of no football and I'm lost.

Wait. Got it.

I had it in my head we played Tuesday and tonight was Wednesday and the Europa ties were tomorrow.

Did anyone see the Daily Record article the other day where King says Rangers will only be bigger than Celtic again when the fans pile enough money in the tills? Don't get me wrong, I think football clubs should operate within their means, but the article seemed a little bit pleading.

Here we go: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dave-king-rangers-never-big-6118402

The headline may just be mischief.

Great result for Aberdeen tonight. Had a feeling McInnes would have them well prepared.

They have Almaty in the next round, but Aleshkert actually beat them tonight which should give the Dons some confidence. Brutal bit of travelling, though.

I was gonnae moan about travelling till I saw Aberdeen's draw.

lol wtf etc

http://m.stv.tv/sport/football/clubs/st-johnstone/1325286-watch-st-johnstone-striker-graham-cummins-zip-eyelid-to-tracksuit-top/

the url doesn't lie

They'll be zipping their eyelids to their trackies: Scottish Football 2015-16

there's no way im watching that, the very idea is freaking me oot.

Useful away goal for Aberdeen to keep the tie alive. That was apparently the longest journey ever taken for a European tie.

Remember Legia Warsaw were all #letfootballwin when they forfeited a tie against Celtic?

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33778475

Seems they're okay with undeserved 3-0 wins now.

http://m.stv.tv/sport/football/clubs/celtic/1326254-john-collins-says-scottish-teams-not-clever-enough-to-trouble-celtic/

No disrespect but yous are all shite.

John Collins humble as ever.

Someone set us up a thread.

Kingsley can't wave.

"Kingsley can't wave" - the rolling Scottish football thread, season 2015/16
"John Collins, humble as ever." - the rolling Scottish football thread, season 2015/16

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CL99t7AWIAENzCz.jpg

Ha, awesome.

Thread title needs to be Kingsley-based. Someone think of one and I'll lock this one. Still too shocked at the sight of Tam Rogic scoring a goal to think straight.

If it was that easy they would win the treble every year: etc 2015/16

New thread: "You've no right to be angry with John Collins". SPFL, season 2015/2016