posted Oct 6, 2007

'Every Celtic fan who refuses to have orange in their Irish flag is a sectarian bigot ... and there are 1000s of them'

This is the most ridiculous comment yet! Let me educate you a wee bit mister 'Rampant Lion'......

The Celtic club colours are green and white, while the Irish tricolour is comprised of green, white and orange. Therefore, a Celtic fan donning the green and white is merely wearing the club's colours, not committing an act of sectarianism as you so rant.

Furthermore, if an Irish flag does not contain the colour orange, it is not an Irish flag, but simply a Celtic one.

See? It's not that difficult to understand really..... go have a wee sit down and think about it, I'm sure even you'll manage to fathom it eventually

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posted Oct 7, 2007

"It would have been understandable if the Celtic manager permitted himself a flash-back to the day he too was attacked on the same pitch – and with considerably more force than Dida. It happened on November 8, 1980, as Aberdeen, under Alex Ferguson, travelled to Glasgow to tweak the nose of one half of the Old Firm in their own backyard, something Fergie relished, whether it be at Parkhead or Ibrox."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article2604211.ece

"But it was not the 2-0 victory for Aberdeen that made the headlines. It was the unprovoked attack on Strachan by Celtic fan John Poderis. Journalist Jack Webster, author of Aberdeen’s official histories, recalls the scene: “It happened on the left-hand side of the pitch as you look from the main stand. Gordon was operating on the Aberdeen right wing beside the old Jungle, which was really a corrugated roof on an enclosure, where the most die-hard Celtic fans congregated. "

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posted Oct 8, 2007

Celtic should get the same as other teams as far as punishment for similar assaults.

It does not matter as most mhanks on here say, that it was merely a tickle and Dida overreacted.The offender could just as well battered him or plunged a knife into him.

Dida although was a disgrace in the way he acted was fully justified in his dive to draw the upmost penalty on celtic.Play was stopped and although I think it looks absolutly silly and childish to collapse, he made damn sure a big deal was made of it.celtic would have done the same and the howls would be unbearable.I wonder if AC Milan had won, would someone run out and stab Dida?

BTW, why is it that it is always celtic fans not Rangers fans getting on to the pitch and assulating players and refs??

Good on him.

As far as a keeper and a professional footballer during play , he is tops.

As far as off the field and off play,he looked like a fud, but was willing to look like a fud.

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posted Oct 8, 2007

Dida although was a disgrace in the way he acted was fully justified in his dive to draw the upmost penalty on celtic.Play was stopped and although I think it looks absolutly silly and childish to collapse, he made damn sure a big deal was made of it.celtic would have done the same and the howls would be unbearable.I wonder if AC Milan had won, would someone run out and stab Dida?
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how exactly is it justified, your right he could have had a knife he could have done anything but this is true whatever, dida didnt know to go down like he did, if he had stood up it would have been the same - you contridict yourself.

The fact he was strechered off is a disgrace. I wonder what the family of the spainish player thought of him lying on that strechter even though he was perfectly fine.

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posted Oct 8, 2007

though people make valid points about the incident, "the fan could of had a knife" "dida was right to get the best advantage he could" etc, i do feel many are missing a greater point and one that says it all about the culture that we live in.

the fan didn't have a knife, dida wasn't hurt,

why is it too much to expect for dida to be a man, turn the other cheek, and get on with the *#$&*@% game??????? ffs

no doubt celtic will ban the supporter and review their security? nobody died, nobody was hurt, THERE WAS NO INCIDENT!

dida ought to be severly embarrassed by his behaviour, the milan physio ought to be absolutely furious with him for wasting his time and effort like that and the fan ought to be banned from parkhead, end of story.

trouble is dida won't be severly embarrassed, because we live in a society where so many people think that its ok to behave like that in order to eek out 'any advantage'

what has happened to humanity?

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posted Oct 8, 2007

More to the point, what's happened to sportmanship?

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posted Oct 8, 2007

this boils down to the win at any cost when will the players on these fab wages realise evry cheating move they make is watched by millions i hope what the refs miss is judged in retro what a sad state for football

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posted Oct 8, 2007

Mr.McNulty`s comments was as usual another piece of sad patronisation of Celtic by the Scottish press.When UEFA was looking into Rangers supporters tendency to sing these stupid songs(who made the complaint incidently) the press were falling over themselves to condemn and invite the severest sanctions.When a fan from their favourites behaves appallingly ,we get this sort of trash.

1 further comment regarding the inhabitants of Castle Doom.
Quinn goes overboard about Dida,they were quiet enough when Petrov went down like a ton of bricks after being hit by a plastic cup at Ibrox a couple of years back.
Did they ever find the idiot who threw a lighter at Ricksen , perhaps not.

Lets hope they are fined ,points deducted and banned for a couple of years.

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posted Oct 9, 2007

After Dida's over-reaction, UEFA should ban him for the rest of the group stages. The fan who ran onto the pitch last week should be banned from matches for eternity. And Phil McNumpty should be arrested for crimes against the English language.

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posted Oct 9, 2007

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/martin_samuel/article2610181.ece


"Will Celtic ever learn?
In the charge to condemn the outrageous behaviour of Dida, the AC Milan goalkeeper, it is being forgotten that a Celtic fan did run on to the pitch during the Champions League match last week and did make physical contact with a player. Only a pat, we are told, not a slap. And, coincidentally, that was precisely the excuse on March 13, 2003, when El-Hadji Diouf fell into the crowd at Celtic Park, playing for Liverpool in a Uefa Cup tie, and was struck on the head by a Celtic supporter. Diouf’s reaction was equally reprehensible – he spat, Dida dived – but the fact remains that neither incident would have happened had the locals kept their hands to themselves. What would persuade them that this is the only suitable course of action? Award a 3-0 victory to Milan, perhaps."

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