If you live in Glasgow what else have you got to live for except predjudice.Miserable lives in a wet cold city spiced up by hatred, they cant let it go so they play out a 2 team competition every year and think its important.Let them get on with it. If Lennon has got any sense he will walk away and find a better life for him and his family.
Quote from: TaxDodger on May 13, 2011, 04:15:24 PMQuote from: John M on May 13, 2011, 04:05:06 PMQuote from: TaxDodger on May 13, 2011, 04:00:45 PMWhy should waving British flags at a football match in Britain be condemed? There's a difference between celebrating Britishness and being anti-Catholic.Totally agree there is.But in the context of Rangers handing out 40,000 flags to their supporters before a game with Celtic, what do you honestly think the intent was? Having a 'Britain Day' or trying to wind up the Celtic fans? Well, whether they were trying to wind Celtic fans up or not, can Celtic fans really complain about a team waving the flag of the country that both clubs play in? I understand their complaints when Rangers fans start singing songs about William of Orange and the like, but I don't think there's anything wrong with displaying the Union flag.I suppose it's as others have said, there's a reason they only do it against Celtic.Anyway, my point was that actions like this should be carefully considered. For instance, there's nothing wrong with Catholic Arthur Boruc blessing himself before a game. But when he does it only infront on the Rangers fans, it's obviously more of a wind up than a celebration of his faith.
Quote from: John M on May 13, 2011, 04:05:06 PMQuote from: TaxDodger on May 13, 2011, 04:00:45 PMWhy should waving British flags at a football match in Britain be condemed? There's a difference between celebrating Britishness and being anti-Catholic.Totally agree there is.But in the context of Rangers handing out 40,000 flags to their supporters before a game with Celtic, what do you honestly think the intent was? Having a 'Britain Day' or trying to wind up the Celtic fans? Well, whether they were trying to wind Celtic fans up or not, can Celtic fans really complain about a team waving the flag of the country that both clubs play in? I understand their complaints when Rangers fans start singing songs about William of Orange and the like, but I don't think there's anything wrong with displaying the Union flag.
Quote from: TaxDodger on May 13, 2011, 04:00:45 PMWhy should waving British flags at a football match in Britain be condemed? There's a difference between celebrating Britishness and being anti-Catholic.Totally agree there is.But in the context of Rangers handing out 40,000 flags to their supporters before a game with Celtic, what do you honestly think the intent was? Having a 'Britain Day' or trying to wind up the Celtic fans?
Why should waving British flags at a football match in Britain be condemed? There's a difference between celebrating Britishness and being anti-Catholic.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on May 12, 2011, 11:16:58 PMNeil Lennon ought to ask himself why it is that Celtic have had more successful managers, more 'Celtic-minded' managers, managers at greater times of strife in Northern Ireland and Gordon Strachan, yet none of them have attracted such a constant reaction as him. A roundabout way of saying Lennon had the 'reaction' coming to him.Reaction - death threats, bullets in the post, attacks on pitch, being kicked unconscious on street, having his car driven into.He has had a decent first season too, their points tally has improved from Mowbray's farcical regime. Lennon might be a bit of an idiot but a bit of perspective wouldnt go astray.
Neil Lennon ought to ask himself why it is that Celtic have had more successful managers, more 'Celtic-minded' managers, managers at greater times of strife in Northern Ireland and Gordon Strachan, yet none of them have attracted such a constant reaction as him.
If you live in Glasgow what else have you got to live for except predjudice.Miserable lives in a wet cold city spiced up by hatred