JABBA THE AGNIVORE

ANOTHER POISON PEN

Happy New Year everyone and hope 2013 is good to you! So did you see 'Only An Excuse?' Obviously the BBC is running scared these days they way Jonathan Watson went so easy on Rangers. Rather puerile jokes and a new catchphrase for the Death Eaters: 'Nowt Surrender.' Meanwhile Celtic were lambasted as perennial whingers and well-known for letting off smoke bombs! Strangely I've seen more smoke bombs on televised games from Ibrox than I've seen at Celtic Park. The difference is that one set of fans is reported in the press, while the other isn't. 

Speaking of such, Jackson ends the year on a foul note in the Daily Record. He laments the poison in our game but, apparently, this poison all comes from Parkhead! 

"Yes, 2012 will be remembered fondly by some. They will cherish the memories of how Rangers were savaged by a foaming-mouthed pack and then ripped limb from limb.
These bloodthirsty ghouls would gladly watch it all happen again tomorrow, such is the depth of their hatred but it is time now for the more gentle, civilised and decent minded among us to rise up and to quietly take our ball back."

Is this guy on the same planet as the rest of us? The hatred is due to the sheer bile, bigotry and arrogance that has emanated from Ibrox for years; and still emanates. Rangers, under Murray, destroyed Scottish football with their spend, spend, spend philosophy. Everyone else had to spend to keep up. The ultimate disgrace, and the real kick in the teeth, is that Rangers spent other people's money and then refused to pay it back!

We have vile blogs, one run by a supposed journalist, casting aspersions on anyone with a Catholic or Irish background. All they go on about is vengeance and getting their own back on those that are supposedly destroying their culture (Ha!) The hatred and bigotry is there for all to see; yet Jackson is out to blame everyone else!

Seemingly, though, the tin hat on this 'Year of Poison' is the behaviour of 'Celtic fans' at Den's Park. He lashes out at any 'Whataboutery' saying that we're all missing the point. So singing banned songs at practically every game, as Rangers fans do, is okay is it? Rangers fans being arrested is not up for debate, is it? According to Jackson it's up to Lawwell to deal with things. Only Celtic can stop the poison, apparently, leaving us all in no doubt that all Scottish football's ills are down to Celtic.

Oh, I'm sorry, Jackson mentions the death threats to Neil Lennon as part of the poison. He makes a point, however, of telling us that the death threats were 'crayon scrawled,' letting us know that it was just stupid people or kids doing this - nothing serious, then!

As I have already mentioned, I'm a bit skeptical about these so-called Celtic fans causing trouble. Have a look at this picture, which accompanies Jackson's rant:

Notice how there are some folk there with their faces covered? This is usually seen at anti-government demonstrations, where peaceful protesters are infiltrated by anarchists hell-bent on trouble. In other words, when folk go to the bother of hiding their faces it is because they are out to cause trouble from the start! Do you think a section of Celtic supporters purposefully went through to Dundee to deliberately cause trouble and drag Celtic's name through the mud? Look again at the ones with their faces covered. Do they look like the 'drunken neds' that the papers have been telling us about? Or do they look like people that went to Den's Park with the express intention of causing trouble? I know which one I think!

So Jackson's suggestion that Celtic should 'hunt these people down' is just a way of bringing more opprobrium on Celtic! Obviously, if I'm right in my suspicions, there is no way that Lawwell, or anyone else, will ever find out who these people are. Then we will have to listen to the Death Eaters and the agnivores telling us that Celtic have done nothing to solve 'their' problems!

Then again, maybe I'm just being paranoid. Maybe I should start a list of 'Enemies of Celtic,' eh?