Jute Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 Not been to Falkirk for a while so no first hand knowledge but mates son who played for Stirling Uni on it last season said it was awful. St Johnstone pitch was damaged, according to them, after a game was put on as SKY cameras were there when it should have been called off. St Mirren I am convinced have allowed their pitch to be like that as it suits their style. In the end a well maintained grass pitch imo is always going to be better than a plastic one. 1 Quote
wee toon red Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 (edited) So Celtic in the final then, as expected. Four goals in 11 minutes for a 4-0 half time lead. Edited April 20 by wee toon red Quote
RicoS321 Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 (edited) Fantastic entertainment at Hampden once again, as the plucky underdogs storm into a three goal lead. What an achievement. Does anyone actually watch that pish? Edit: four, as @wee toon red points out. Shouldn't have taken so long to write my post. Edited April 20 by RicoS321 Quote
OrlandoDon Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 Celtic are pish! We’ll easily take down st Johnstown in the final! Quote
Panda Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 "This is like a home game for Celtic" says the commentator. And that is exactly why us being offered anything less than a 50/50 split for the final simply hands Celtic an advantage before a ball is kicked, and they clearly don't need many more of those. 1 Quote
wokinginashearerwonderland Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 15 minutes ago, Panda said: "This is like a home game for Celtic" says the commentator. And that is exactly why us being offered anything less than a 50/50 split for the final simply hands Celtic an advantage before a ball is kicked, and they clearly don't need many more of those. I don’t know why our fans place so much emphasis on the ticket split being such a great advantage. If you want proof of this just look at our record. At HOME, we have played Celtic 51 times since 2000/2001 and have won 5 of those games. Coincidentally we have also played them 51 times away in that period and have won 5 of those. If anyone really thinks a 60:40 ticket split for the final will make any difference to the result they are deluded. We might well win the final but the ticket split will make absolutely no difference to the result. Quote
OxfordDon Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 Is it just me or is Neil Lennon slowly morphing into Baron Harkonnen from Dune? 1 Quote
Panda Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 34 minutes ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said: I don’t know why our fans place so much emphasis on the ticket split being such a great advantage. If you want proof of this just look at our record. At HOME, we have played Celtic 51 times since 2000/2001 and have won 5 of those games. Coincidentally we have also played them 51 times away in that period and have won 5 of those. If anyone really thinks a 60:40 ticket split for the final will make any difference to the result they are deluded. We might well win the final but the ticket split will make absolutely no difference to the result. Okay well, thanks for your "deluded" insult. So you don't think players get a lift when the crowd is louder? No-one is saying that will be the main factor in whether we get a positive result or not, but Celtic having the majority of the crowd, and Aberdeen's being miles from the pitch behind the goal, gives then yet another advantage, of which they'll already have many on the day. Quote
RicoS321 Posted April 20 Report Posted April 20 1 hour ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said: I don’t know why our fans place so much emphasis on the ticket split being such a great advantage. If you want proof of this just look at our record. At HOME, we have played Celtic 51 times since 2000/2001 and have won 5 of those games. Coincidentally we have also played them 51 times away in that period and have won 5 of those. If anyone really thinks a 60:40 ticket split for the final will make any difference to the result they are deluded. We might well win the final but the ticket split will make absolutely no difference to the result. Interesting. I suspect points won might be a better barometer. Or stats involving other teams to get an idea, overall, of home advantage. Either way, we get better results, and play better, at home against them. We don't beat them home or away very often, so it's probably not a good benchmark. Other factors might explain those victories better. Quote
Reekie_Red Posted April 21 Report Posted April 21 Aye but it's supposed to be a neutral venue. It should be 50:50 to begin with, and if Aberdeen don't sell their allocation in a certain time frame, the remainder can be offered to Celtic. It was said here well before the semis, we will be punished for not bringing a full allocation to Glasgow for a 12.30 semi-final kickoff. Had Saturdays game been a 3pm kickoff, I am confident we would've matched Hearts crowd-wise Quote
tom_widdows Posted April 21 Report Posted April 21 Leeds and Burnley both promoted to EPL after the latter beat sheffield united. Burnley have only conceded 15 league goals this season with two games to go. The current record is 30 Quote
Jute Posted April 21 Report Posted April 21 Was at Sunderland v Blackburn today and on today’s evidence cannot see Sunderland making it up through play offs. Plenty of possession with loads of pretty side ways passes but created very few clear cut chances. Quote
wokinginashearerwonderland Posted April 22 Report Posted April 22 On 20/04/2025 at 17:52, Panda said: Okay well, thanks for your "deluded" insult. So you don't think players get a lift when the crowd is louder? No-one is saying that will be the main factor in whether we get a positive result or not, but Celtic having the majority of the crowd, and Aberdeen's being miles from the pitch behind the goal, gives then yet another advantage, of which they'll already have many on the day. It was not an insult, just a belief that what you say is not true. I really don't believe that the players would notice any significant difference between having 26,000 fans of each team in the stadium or 31,000 Celtic fans versus 21,000 of our own. I am not saying that it should not be a 50:50 split, just that it won't make any difference to the result. If it really made such a difference then our home record against them would be a lot better. Quote
Panda Posted April 22 Report Posted April 22 2 hours ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said: It was not an insult, just a belief that what you say is not true. I really don't believe that the players would notice any significant difference between having 26,000 fans of each team in the stadium or 31,000 Celtic fans versus 21,000 of our own. I am not saying that it should not be a 50:50 split, just that it won't make any difference to the result. If it really made such a difference then our home record against them would be a lot better. If we don't get a 50-50 split we won't be getting 21,000, never mind 26,000. We'd get around 18,000, the majority stuck behind the goal, miles away from the pitch, while Celtic would have fans filling the rest of the stadium including the whole of the north stand. It's not "deluded" to suggest Celtic would get some advantage from that. Quote
Jute Posted April 22 Report Posted April 22 John McGinn reduced to sub appearances for Villa these days. Quote
Elgindon Posted April 22 Report Posted April 22 Derek Adams managing to get mighty Morecambe relegated out of the EFL Quote
RicoS321 Posted Friday at 20:42 Report Posted Friday at 20:42 (edited) Partick beat Falkirk in the seventh minute of injury time. Are Falkirk going to give us the bottle job of the century? Edited Friday at 20:42 by RicoS321 Quote
tom_widdows Posted Friday at 23:34 Report Posted Friday at 23:34 (edited) They are fortunate the league is decided by points, then goal difference, then goals scored, and THEN head to head record. The latter seems to be the main tie break in a couple of euro leagues and if that was the case in the championship its Livi - 3 wins 1 draw Edited Friday at 23:34 by tom_widdows 1 Quote
tom_widdows Posted Saturday at 16:10 Report Posted Saturday at 16:10 Brora with it all to do after conceiding 2 late goals 4-1 FT Caley thistle safe for another year Im now starting plans for my annual trip to support county in the playoff final Quote
OrlandoDon Posted Saturday at 16:17 Report Posted Saturday at 16:17 Can’t find the ‘Ferguson Must Stay’ thread?? Quote
Elgindon Posted Saturday at 20:48 Report Posted Saturday at 20:48 Peter Pawlett with the Peterhead winner to secure them L2 title Quote
Jute Posted Saturday at 21:57 Report Posted Saturday at 21:57 Adam Emslie with another goal for Cove and another assist from Lobban. Quote
BigAl Posted Sunday at 19:38 Report Posted Sunday at 19:38 McTominay with a first half double tonight for Napoli. He really is having the season of his life out there. Man Utd never utilised him properly during his time there. Looking good value to be in the running for top midfielder in Serie A this year Quote
Jute Posted Monday at 07:02 Report Posted Monday at 07:02 11 hours ago, BigAl said: McTominay with a first half double tonight for Napoli. He really is having the season of his life out there. Man Utd never utilised him properly during his time there. Looking good value to be in the running for top midfielder in Serie A this year Gutted as was just about to stick him on as first scorer last night but got distracted and forgot until he scored. Quote
RicoS321 Posted Monday at 07:03 Report Posted Monday at 07:03 Just now, Jute said: Gutted as was just about to stick him on as first scorer last night but got distracted and forgot until he scored. Then you'll surely have immediately put the money on him being second goalscorer? Quote
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