I think the Old Firm do a pretty good job of that by themselves.

To be fair though, the fact that I am a Celtic fan means that I probably see more of him play.

I don't trump up every player to be great because they play for one of my teams, and are seen by their supporters as some form of demi-God, as anyone who knows my stance on Elano would agree.

Personally, I reckon a fan of a club knows more about the capabilities of it's players than those on the outside do.

Why did the phrase "every cloud has a silver lining" appear in my mind after Dundee United's penalties defeat to Rangers in the CIS Cup Final?

I wonder.

Still, I felt the same after finding out whilst standing outside Hampden that our tickets had been lost on the way and I ended up in the pub.

It would have been harder to take had we won.

Bloody hell. Now that is the ultimate in chokers!



Brings a tear to the eye of the committed football fan does that one!

Indeed. My brother will now NOT be getting a birthday present on Thursday!



I dunno if he was pickpocketed or not but needless to say, I missed our sporadic visit to the national stadium yesterday through no fault of my own.



Typical Dundonian thieves.

Such pick-pocketing behaviour is rife at football finals. I remember my hand not leaving my pocket for three hours before the Play Off final in 1999 such was my paranoia about the ticket going for a Burton.

You should report it as CCTV could possibly pick out which buggers where sat in your seats.

PS I remembered a glorious tale the other day of a colleague who grew up a Rangers fan but by the time I started working with him in the early 1990s, he was a committed a Dundee United fan.

His conversion to United was made when he went to University in Dundee, but the demise of his Rangers supporting days came when he was a small boy on the terraces of Hampden, and at half time he sat down on the terraces in the midst of his crowd. Apparently whilst he was sat there half the Rangers support decided to have a p[iis[/is in his Parka coat hood. Something he failed to realise until the heavens opened and he put his hood up in an (unfortunately fruitless) attempt to keep his Bay City Rollers tribute haircut dry!

Brilliant!

Looks like the treble is in the bag for Rangers then.

At least Dundee United made them work for it on Sunday which is more than Celtic have done all year.

Utter garbage that was tonight.

End of season party next week at Ibrox.

A double whammy for me this week then. At least a Rangers v Celtic Cup Final would have opened up the fourth spot in the league guaranteed the UEFA Cup. Now I have to hope for a Rangers win in the Cup to help my own side. Preferably though, United finish third and Queen of the South win the Cup!!!

Oh. Celtic. I know I am not your biggest fan but compared to Aberdeen I LOVE YOU!!!! Gutted at that result last night.

Now I am off to hunt out a Queen of the South avatar!

Was chuffed to see Celtic lose.

7pts clear with a game in hand now.

And superb last night. Marched straight into the semis!

What the man said.

I'm really starting to believe the Quadruple may be on.



Rangers are riding their luck to an extraordinary degree in Europe. Can it continue? Fiorentina and Bayern are a cut above what they have faced so far.

I just don't want them soiling my seat at Eastlands!



The fixture backlog should be crippling Rangers but they seem to have a belief in themselves that they are invincible at the moment, and the treble is all but in the bag.

I would have believed a few weeks ago that the backlog, together with two home Old Firm games would have given Celtic an excellent chance of the title but it's too much now.

In real terms it's ten points, and Rangers can afford to rest a few players for the odd game until they come unstuck.

A fifth win on the spin against the Hoops will clinch it on Wednesday, and, the way Celtic are shaping up at the moment, it's looking likely, tired legs or not.

Aye, but neither of them have Willo Flood in their side so Rangers will be ok.

We Are The People!!!
GSTQ

Queen of the South take the lead over Aberdeen.

Aberdeen equalise.

WTF, 4-3 to Queen of the South now. Absolutely cracking game.

QOTS have taken the lead four times now, everytime (up until now) Aberdeen have been able to peg them back.

Full time, QOTS in their first Cup Final.

Sod Celtic. I'm a Queen of the South fan now.



Unbelievable scenes!

Amen to that.

On a side issue, if it is a Rangers v Queens final, will the bluenoses with "Queens 11" printed on their shirts be showing their support for the underdogs?

Derby day. Whose gonna win!?