Quitongo's Left Peg Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Those below were tweets about their other players in the Scotland squad. I find it telling that the Irish support is 6 times more popular than the Scottish one. The tweet about Southern Ireland was completely unnecessary but did the job it was intended for: whip the faux-Irish element of their support into a lather. Say what you like about Celtic, but whether it be tri-colours on tracksuits, celtic symbols around the crest or tweets supporting a direct rival of their own nation - they know how to manipulate their support in every way possible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 My sole insight into this exists in seeing the Celtic pub that's 100 yards from my front door having both two saltires and two tricolours hanging outside today when I came home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Celtic - a Scottish team. Fucking disgrace that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 f**k selltik and sevco c***s one and all 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Those below were tweets about their other players in the Scotland squad. I find it telling that the Irish support is 6 times more popular than the Scottish one. No good wishes for the Failed Statelet XI? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Any Irish person I've met has supported an EPL team and didn't give a f**k about Celtic, which makes tweets like that all the more pathetic. Move on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Celtic - a Scottish team. Here is a better screenshot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Those below were tweets about their other players in the Scotland squad. I find it telling that the Irish support is 6 times more popular than the Scottish one. The tweet about Southern Ireland was completely unnecessary but did the job it was intended for: whip the faux-Irish element of their support into a lather. Say what you like about Celtic, but whether it be tri-colours on tracksuits, celtic symbols around the crest or tweets supporting a direct rival of their own nation - they know how to manipulate their support in every way possible. From what I seen on Twitter last night, it was non Celtic fans who were whipped up by the Celtic tweet. The perma want to be offended mob reacted exactly as they were expected to react. That's probably the most embarrassing thing about the whole incident. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitongo's Left Peg Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Here is a better screenshot ImageUploadedByPie & Bovril1444377831.589395.jpg And your point? Celtic are a Scottish club, remember. There was literally no need to tweet support for Southern Ireland when success for them would mean failure for their own nation. I can't remember Celtic wishing them good luck on other weeks, so why this? From what I seen on Twitter last night, it was non Celtic fans who were whipped up by the Celtic tweet. The perma want to be offended mob reacted exactly as they were expected to react. That's probably the most embarrassing thing about the whole incident. All you have to do is look at the replies to the original Celtic tweet to find hundreds of Scots, most of whom will have questionable at best Irish heritage, getting all excited about it. Nobody would have batted an eyelid had we not been in the same group, or had our success not hinged on their failure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 All you have to do is look at the replies to the original Celtic tweet to find hundreds of Scots, most of whom will have questionable at best Irish heritage, getting all excited about it.Nobody would have batted an eyelid had we not been in the same group, or had our success not hinged on their failure. Our success didn't hinge on their failure. Had we not bottled it and conceded a last minute equaliser we would still be in with a shout, and the whole of Scotland would have been praying for Ireland to win their next game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitongo's Left Peg Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Our success didn't hinge on their failure. Had we not bottled it and conceded a last minute equaliser we would still be in with a shout, and the whole of Scotland would have been praying for Ireland to win their next game. And on that tone, if Ireland hadn't beaten Germany then we'd have still been in with a shout, equaliser or not. The point is that they are the group rivals of Scotland, so wishing them luck in any way is counter-productive to Scotland. If Celtic feel that their Irish heritage is so strong that they believe they are Scottish and Irish, then just don't tweet anything about the games. Simple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 And on that tone, if Ireland hadn't beaten Germany then we'd have still been in with a shout, equaliser or not. The point is that they are the group rivals of Scotland, so wishing them luck in any way is counter-productive to Scotland. If Celtic feel that their Irish heritage is so strong that they believe they are Scottish and Irish, then just don't tweet anything about the games. Simple. Scotland failing last night had nothing to do with Ireland and everything to do with Scotland. It's hypocritical to criticise Celtic for their good luck message when we were 5 seconds away from the whole of Scotland wishing them good luck on Sunday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitongo's Left Peg Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Scotland failing last night had nothing to do with Ireland and everything to do with Scotland. Agreed. It's hypocritical to criticise Celtic for their good luck message when we were 5 seconds away from the whole of Scotland wishing them good luck on Sunday. And what would have happened in that scenario? Ireland & Scotland would have been through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 And your point? Point is, they wished Scotland well as they do before every game. When people just post the Ireland tweet it almost takes it out of context as if they're supporting Ireland when that clearly wasn't the case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Let's not forget either the Ireland manager was a very successful Celtic manager. I hope Celtic wish Ireland well before every game, only because it seems to upset people for some bizarre reason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Do people actually, really care about this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Do people actually, really care about this? Yes and so should you. I don't want the supposed top team(s) in this country: Supporting the opposition of our national side Talking our game down at every opportunity Telling everyone else they're shite / not good enough / holding them back Hooring themselves to any passing league structure that meanders past, because jesus anything would be better than here Attacking trams, policemen (in civvies or not) or wrecking cities when representing Scotland in Europe. At least you won't catch a celtic fan waving a saltire so the uninformed might not realise they're from here. I don't think that's unreasonable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I'm not sure if I should be flattered or worried that a poster is desperate for my attention 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitongo's Left Peg Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Point is, they wished Scotland well as they do before every game. When people just post the Ireland tweet it almost takes it out of context as if they're supporting Ireland when that clearly wasn't the case. Let's not forget either the Ireland manager was a very successful Celtic manager. I hope Celtic wish Ireland well before every game, only because it seems to upset people for some bizarre reason 'rico - you are at times one of the best Celtic posters, but oh so often you're dragged back down to the seabed with the rest of the benthos. The point is not that they wished Ireland well. As has been said on many occasions now, Celtic F.C. sent out well wishes to Scotland's direct rival for a play-off spot. It doesn't matter if they've wished Scotland well previous, they still made a point of segregating themselves from the rest of the nation. No answer yet as to why Celtic didn't wish luck to Northern Ireland though? Seeing as well, one of your most popular players/managers in recent times represented them and all that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitongo's Left Peg Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Celtic also wishing Scotland well makes it a non-story. Still it lets the anti-irish crew on here get a hard-on for a while. "anti-irish crew". I've never been part of a "crew" before. This is exciting, it's like bloody Streetcar or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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