the best wee league in the world SPFL 21/22

Absolute shocker of a VAR, obvs.

We need one point right? And Norway have to beat Spain and us? I don't think Spain are very good but Norway are shite even with Haaland.

Euro 2008. We've been here before. Georgia away is heralding unnecessary feelings of deja vu.

Believe me I'm trying hard to convince myself here.

Are you sure you're even Scottish? As soon as it went to VAR I suddenly remembered my place and why optimism isn't a thing that happens. Calling it for a non-existent foul then suddenly finding an offside decision that didn't flag VAR instead is this year's whatever-the-fuck-that-Hutton-against-Italy thing was.

https://gifer.com/en/Acau

Is this just rolling Scottish football forever?

someone has chucked a pie on the pitch “in anger” during morton vs dunfermline and i genuinely feel patriotic at how this image could only exist via scottish football pic.twitter.com/TVkGZvHjZI

— Adam Park (@admprk_) November 3, 2023

EPL fans can moan about referees and VAR all they like but they should check out Scottish referees sometime. Anyway, as I do periodically, I annoyed myself by looking at Rangers FC's stats for the season. In their last 8 games in Scotland (League and League Cup) Rangers have been awarded 8 penalties (it's actually 9 in their last 10). They missed two of them but, nonetheless, James Tavernier (that's the right back, James Tavernier) is now averaging a goal every second game for them - a scoring rate few of their strikers have been able to match in the last few seasons. To be scrupulously fair though, Celtic get their fair share of dubious penalty decisions too.

The one you've all been waiting for...

Penalties conceded versus Touches in the Box (against)....

*Runs for cover* https://t.co/e8fXnsY69O pic.twitter.com/iTtUuZqJD5

— Jaymes Monte (@ArabAnalytics) November 28, 2023

Penalty to Rangers!

In an attempt to stay relevant and bait some cheap interaction…

Rangers do get slightly more pens than avg (relative to touches in box) but not significantly so.

Aberdeen also above the avg line.

Celtic, Hibs, Killie, Dundee have right to feel aggrieved. pic.twitter.com/a1a0PG6I42

— Jaymes Monte (@ArabAnalytics) November 27, 2023

sevco = penco, backed by data

Tavernier's scoring record in general is better than a lot of actual forwards - he's scored 80 goals in 292 games for Rangers. He's once been their leading goalscorer for the season and twice been runner-up. Admittedly he does score occasionally from free kicks and open play too but nonethless...

serial loser but

Turns out Arbroath's sub keeper might be the best striker in Scotland at the moment.

Arbroath had to bring on their substitute goalkeeper as a striker

He just scored from 25 yards out

PEAK SCOTTISH FOOTBALL pic.twitter.com/rU72uJifCL

— Fitba Patter (@FitbaPatter) December 30, 2023

kyogo tho

KYOGO ON HIS LEFT! ☄️😮‍💨 #CELRAN | #cinchPrem | #COYBIG🍀

pic.twitter.com/oLT4L6usND

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) December 30, 2023

First goal was pretty good too!

Lovely hit, vague shades of that ridiculous Joao Pedro goal from the other night

definitely bumping this to valorise hatate’s worldy yesterday

reo is a gem

also rangers lost to ross county today, thats a spicy meat-ah ball

beautiful wednesday

gorgeous, stunning really

This lad making me proud of my hometown. What a hero!

Ball boy throwing the ball away is quality 🤣 Can’t believe they subbed him🙈 pic.twitter.com/LZFWCVPRMN

— Michael McCahill (@MichaelMcCahi10) April 28, 2024

woot

Last 20 minutes from Celtic was shocking.

only had the radio on and popped to the shops to avoid most of the angst

as many opportunities that rangers had to equalize none of them felt very dangerous, just a creeping dread lingering for about 20 minutes

Lackadaisacal, complacent, just doing enough to get by. It's the Brendan Rodgers effect!

It did have a feeling of the 3-3 game when it went to 2-1, and we were in severe danger of Hibsing it towards the end. Also for the love of God can someone just say no to Matt O'Riley when he goes towards the penalty spot with the ball in his hands?

Also Lundstram nearly snapping Johnson's leg in half, straight red every day of the week, Kenny Miller greeting that getting sent off for a potential career-ender is everything that's wrong with football these days, FFS, where do they find these loonballs*?*

* Ibrox, I know

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I'm not sure why Rangers play John Lundstram, what is he for?

humiliation kink

Found out Paramount Plus has the Scottish league rights, gotta pick a club before next season. Hibernian? Good name + green.

all the good left wingers choose celtic

tbf James Connolly was a major Hibs fan

point in favor

Malky 'texts' Mackay now sporting director at Hibs so I would steer well clear:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/22/malky-mackay-cardiff-city-iain-moody-text-messages-fa

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24320514.hibs-fan-group-seethe-club-malky-mackay-appointment/

I very much like the cut of Adam Idah's jib. Hope we get to keep him.

hes been a welcome surprise

celtic shirt spotted at my school by a kid from honduras wearing the luis palma 7, le digo "son los campeones de escoterra!" and he was like si? and i was like yeah

*worn by

Another utterly shit second half performance by Celtic. They get worse after Rodgers' half time team talks.

So Rodgers won his double but we're going to get absolutely murdered (as usual) if we play like that in Europe next season.

absolutely, but adam idah has that dog in him

Didn't see the game, having arranged something ages ago for yesterday afternoon but have watched Idah's goal several times. Assume ok to forego the rest of it?

Well, nothing much happened. O'Riley and Hatate looked like they were already on their summer holidays.

ICT to go into administration after a training ground share with Kelty Hearts fell apart.