LAST LAUGH FOR HUGHIE

And so the laughter continues. Bisto FC turned up at Easter Road today, thinking that was all they had to do. It was an atrocious game and it was hard to make out which team was on Premiership wages. Sooperally just stood there, throughout the whole game, with his arms folded, while the Rovers manager was jumping about, encouraging his team. Attempts at goal were few and far between for both teams; shots either went wide, over the bar or straight at the goalie. Finally, after about 120 minutes, Rovers broke the deadlock.

After this display the Bisto Kids are not so cocky any more about their chances against Dundee Utd; in fact, they're absolutely shitting themselves now. I've a feeling that Ibrox won't be exactly full on the day! And, of course, they all want rid of Sooperally now. It's taken them long enough to realise that the Walter Smith style of management is no longer appropriate. Smith would be in exactly the same position with no big bucks or EBTs available anymore.

Before the match Sooper was more intent on having a go at old Hughie Green than he was in getting ready for his team's very first cup final. He said that Hughie would get no credit if Bisto won; so I suppose that means he can't get any of the blame for them losing! All blame for the defeat is Sooper's alone. Maybe he should swallow his pride and back the return of Green and his stunt of handing out tea. After all, it's the only way Sooper will get his hands on a cup!

Amazingly, Sooperally doesn't seem in the least bit worried. Any other manager would be sweating like a whore in confession just now, but not Sooper. Either the guy is even more stupid than we all thought or he knows that Bisto can't afford another big severance pay-off. I think I subscribe the the former theory: the guy is as thick as a pile of Yorkie bars. Why else would he be quoted as saying, “I definitely believe we can get a result against Dundee United.” Hey, Eddie Izzard - that's what you call a real comedian!

The Leigh Griffiths saga took another twist yesterday with the revelation that he was leading a sing-song about Rudi Skacel. The claim is that the song was racist. I'm not sure about that but it was certainly offensive. Of course, the Bisto Kids are all over the story, which, to me, is part of the reason why Celtic will need to get rid of him. That sort of behaviour might be condoned at Ibrox but the message needs to be sent that it will not be tolerated at Celtic.

There's no point in playing the 'Whatabootery' game or making excuses; there is no excuse for this behaviour. Somebody said that he didn't actually sing the song, he just shouted out the start. Now, if a Bisto player stood in a pub and started singing, 'Hullo! Hullo!' leaving the rest of the pub to finish it I think we would all still be condemning him. We would also condemn any of The Peeppil trying to excuse such behaviour. If we then make excuses for Griffiths then we are guilty of double standards. Let's leave that to the Bisto Kids.

Somebody else says that Griffiths is stupid for singing this song in public, where he could be caught on video. I'm sorry, but that makes it sound as if it's okay to sing offensive songs as long as there's nobody around to record you. Nobody should be singing songs that offend others full stop; unless, of course, it's the mock offendedness of The Peeppil. Griffiths needs to be shown the door, no matter how many goals he is capable of scoring.

No news yet of Edinburgh being trashed. I would imagine the Bisto Kids were too embarrassed to do anything but slink off home. There was trouble before the match, though, with pitched battles in the Grassmarket. I had to laugh at the name of the pub the trouble kicked off in. Remembering Phil Mac's describing The Peeppill as having a 'hive mentality' it was funny to see that they had all swarmed off the train and headed to The Beehive.

Finally, on a serious note, I would imagine that you are as disgusted as I am about what is going on in Qatar. What amounts to slave labour is being used to build the stadia, hotels, roads and the rest needed for the World Cup in 2022. Already young men have died from working in the intense heat. Their passports are taken from them so they can't run off home and they have to live crammed into unsanitary slums. A month's wages for the workers, when they are actually paid, is the same as the price of a ticket at one of the matches. I'm sure you will agree that it is an absolute disgrace.

Fifa have a web page where you can ask questions of them. I have written demanding to know what they are doing about the situation in Qatar and I would urge you to do the same. If enough of us complain then they might actually get off their fat arses and intervene to improve conditions for the workers in Qatar, or give the World Cup to somebody else if they don't improve.

I have also e-mailed the SFA to see if they are complaining to FIFA and if they intend to take part in the competition leading up to the 2022 World Cup if things continue as they are.

If you want to get in touch with these folk then this is the e-mail address for the SFA:

info@scottishfa.co.uk

The page for asking questions of FIFA is:

http://www.fifa.com/contact/form.html

"Ello there, ladles and gentlespoons, the Cheeky Chappie here. No, 'ere missus, don't take on so; you'll do yourself a mischief. Now 'ere's one of me best jokes, straight out the blue book. Laugh? You'll wet yourself, missus. 'Ere goes then, stop me if you've 'eard it. Listen! Listen! I definitely believe we can get a result against Dundee United! Eh? I don't care what I say, do I? It's all clever stuff, no rubbish, missus!"