Eric Knott

2 weeks ago | readceltic.com | Paul Larkin |Eric Knott

There are certain lines that cannot, should not, be crossed in the footballing world, yet Celtic have been on the receiving end of many mind-blowingly crazy decisions that cross lines that would astound you down through the years. Both on and off the park. Cheating by referees is one of those lines should never be crossed. Because what are referees there for after all? But to uphold the laws of the game on the field of play.

2 weeks ago | readceltic.com | Eric Knott

So, almost a month later, the SFA have come to a verdict on Vaclav Cerny’s behaviour at Celtic Park. Indeed, in their view, it was all just a bit of tomfoolery. A bit of innocent jiggery pokery, but in order to keep up the pretence of actually doing something about it, they’ve issued him with ‘a formal warning as to his future conduct’. In other words, there’s a good boy, just don’t do it again. The SFA’s compliance officer, Martin Black, decided it’s not worthy of anything more than that.

2 weeks ago | readceltic.com | Eric Knott

Last night, on the Trinity Tims podcast, we talked about the farcical coverage in the media of late with regard to Greg Taylor moving to Ibrox. I haven’t really written anything as it’s been well covered by James over on the Celtic Blog. However, I couldn’t resist today when I saw the latest piece of garbage in the Record on it. If I’m honest, I didn’t think after last night this would get any more coveage. But the media are running with this, and the story is starting to grow legs.

2 weeks ago | readceltic.com | Eric Knott

You’ve got to hand it to the Record, they really do their best to keep the bright side out. As the whole Fakeover nonsense starts to unravel, they’re coming up with exclusives galore, and ways of spinning a £76 million loss at Leeds into a positive. Of course, Keith Jackson is the go-to guy when it comes to all things Fakeover. And what he says goes. Until it doesn’t. Which it won’t. Eventually. In reality, you can sense the desperation at the moment.

2 weeks ago | readceltic.com | Eric Knott

Well, it’s all becoming rather predictable over Ibrox way, isn’t it? Last week, I wrote a couple of articles in relation to this weekend’s fixtures. I stated that although it was a meeting of two rookie managers at Ibrox yesterday, I thought that David Gray would have Barry Ferguson’s number. I echoed those sentiments on the Trinity Tims podcast, and I’ve been proven right.