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

Yeah it feels like we've got a pretty deep squad. A few youngsters have got frustrated enough with lack of game time that they've left - e.g. Jason Holt, or Brad McKay to you! - but it seems pretty harmonious..

I think that's the nature of it, in a way it's good that players want to go off to play. Mark Durnan seems to have done well after leaving us for QotS - wanted first team experience, didn't want to just go out on loan.

I sat tonight in the pub and listened in hilarity as some bluenoses argued over which of their talented giant squad they wanted to keep. A surprising amount of them are very highly rated, it seems! (no-one likes Kenny Miller though)

Utterly rotten refereeing ruined that game the day. Never a red card for either VVD or Paton (since he wasn't even involved). Ciftci shouldn't have been on the park to score. Going to be so sick of the sight of Dundee United by the end of next week.

Oh, and the penalty wasn't a penalty either.

Artur Boruc Dance - HIT: https://youtu.be/dUdK5yBRh70

TROPHIES! YAAASSS!

Not the best of games and with the tackles still flying in we may not need a ball by the time we play Utd for the 4th time in a row on Saturday.

GET EM OFF RONNY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py--D5N8erE

I assume he's saving that for the treble.

Wasn't the greatest game I've ever seen, but a trophy's a trophy. Kudos to whoever it was (internets suggests Adam Matthews) who walked by Broony then sat slumped against the goalpost for a second. The team has a definite look of a team about them. Now can we sign a striker please?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CANZUFBW8AA5xIf.jpg

with the tackles still flying in we may not need a ball by the time we play Utd for the 4th time in a row on Saturday.

two more reds tonight - and another should have been given to Cierzniak

There's now terrific amounts of man-love for Deila all over the internet (and not just because of the sight of him in his pants). Got to say he's winning me round. Not entirely convinced by the contents of his squad, but he talks a good game and it all seems to be heading in the right direction.

Bloke on KDS says his mate met him out in the pub and had a wee word with him about giving the media too much ammo with talk of trebles and he might want to wind his neck in so they don't try to trip him up and make him eat his words. Ronny apparently just says to him "I know. I don't care. Bring them on".

He's got confidence, I'll give him that!

(was going to say he's got balls, but that's evident from the youtube clip...)

I'll give him one thing, I haven't seen any evidence of anyone pining to get Neil Lennon back for a while.

We're all scared Lennie might have something to prove and attempt the pants and press-ups trick.

Aaarrgghhhhhhhhhhhh! There's a mental image I'll never shift.

Didn't realise Hearts could wrap up the Championship title this afternoon if results go their way. Though that does involve Rangers beating Hibs, so I'm guessing sktsh will have to keep his champagne on ice for a couple of weeks.

not this afternoon, this weekend.

A draw in tomorrow's game will be enough.

Aye, not going to happen though, is it.

Three cracking goals from Celtic thus far. Dundee Utd so sick of the sight of us that they haven't even bothered turning up.

no a bad wee touch for a centre hoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMvaSVSQ7O

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ok dunno what's happening - maybe embedding disabled?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMvaSVSQ7Ow&feature=youtu.be

Michael Chopra plays for Alloa!

Also good candidate for fat footballer thread now, Or else Alloa have the least flattering strip imaginable:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/19/26BFB28C00000578-3001692-image-a-57_1426725346953.jpg

lino looking for a job in Scottish football

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eL67lUQFSc

well that was a walk in the park - Dundee Utd gave up before they arrived

Hrm, the romantic in me would rather we won the league at tynecastle. And I'd always rather hibs beat rangers. I can wait a week. (he says, invoking the wrath of roman god of hubris AlbertKidd)

Congrats youse on the league cup btw- though your constant dundee utd fixtures are doing nothing to disprove the old saw that there are only two teams in scottish football

Congratulations to Hearts and all their supporter.

(watched about ten minutes of Hibs v Sevco. Not very good)

:D

congratulations Hertz

Neil Lennon talks a bit of pish:

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2881/scottish-football/2015/03/23/10109402/lennon-rangers-return-to-premiership-essential-for-Scottish

Crown jewel Samaras sold for £0.00

Guidetti charged with singing "the huns are deid" on Dutch telly.

http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=2566&newsCategoryID=1&newsID=14500

Aye. And we never sold players ever before that xpost

please tell me he pronounced it "deid"

There's a video of it somewhere. It's deid to rhyme with super Swede.

(maybe the offensive comment is referring to himself as a super Swede rather than an average Swede...)

"he's a super Swede and the huns are deid, walking in Guidetti wonderland". He was asked about songs sung about him and sang it. I have zero clue how the SFA are going to make this stick, and Celtic should fire their lawyer if it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UljTJvS8Dic

http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/4268

good stuff all round

http://www.celticfc.net/news/7948

Celtic Football Club is extremely disappointed with the ticket pricing for our forthcoming Scottish Cup semi-final match against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Celtic argued strongly that the pricing for North Stand tickets should be reviewed and lowered, to be brought closer to prices for other parts of the stadium.
‘As in previous years, due to Celtic supporters being in the vast majority, a huge number of our supporters will be required to pay a ticket price which we believe is too high.
'Clearly, we feel that SFA and other Clubs involved should have taken a common sense approach to this matter in the interests of fairness for our supporters and to ensure attendances at the matches are as high as possible.’

^^^this over £23 ticket for cup semi vs ICT.

Celtic are currently selling tickets for Partick Thistle in the league next Wednesday for £26.

Fucking clowns.

wow, mcnamara supposedly made half a mil off armstrong and mckay-steven

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl/jackie-mcnamara-cashed-in-over-player-sales-1-3737692

RIP Turnbull Hutton. Slightly less morals in Scottish football tonight :-(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32195362

Fewer, even. Stupid grammar.

Ah damn, he seemed like a good one. Didn't know he was ill. RIP

Post-split fixtures out, and Celtic don't have a single 3pm Saturday kick-off.

Oh, and Rangers get to play their final game of the season a day after everyone else (except Hearts, obv, but they've already won). Hibs understandably unhappy about this.

http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/5353

Rangers = Sevco, obviously. Oops. Nearly made it through the season without doing that.

Half of the players who are set to contest the play-offs are out of contract before they start.
Keith Jackson tweeting that it'll cost one club £100 on short contract extensions.

er that should be £100k

Can't believe the powers that be didn't anticipate someone from their predicted best league in Scotland/only show in town Championship (ran away with with seven games to go, like...) might get into the Scottish Cup Final. Thought Hibs, Hearts & Sevco were too good for everyone else and all that carry-on?