Martin O’Neill
Morning, all.
The big breaking news story for every Celtic minded person yesterday was that our legendary manager, Martin O’Neill, was admitted to hospital to undergo what has been termed a “small procedure.” No further details are available, and I think it would be intrusive and wrong for any of us to speculate further.
Martin is recovering in hospital, where he is likely to remain for a few days. We wish him and his family well for the future.
Haste ye back, Martin.
Shankland now on.
I think the Poles need another.
Motherwell finish 1-1.
Awe Naw
I’m very confused.
These are 3rd round ties. The BBC stats aren’t showing any VAR officials in the line ups yet Motherwell got a VAR penalty award. I’m pretty sure there’s no VAR in the huns game as it’s never been mentioned and I think there was a possible red for them in the first half.
5 added minutes.
Raskin carded for cynical foul.
Curtis hits post
Taylor on bench for PAOK. Down 0-1 to Anderlecht.
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 CSKA 3
Paide ( Estonia ) 1 Rapid Vienna 4.
Billybhoy
The official UEFA match record for Jagiellonia Białystok v Rangers lists:
Video Assistant Referee: Momčilo Marković (Serbia)
Assistant VAR: Aleksandar Živković (Serbia)
2-1 away isn’t the worst result for the zombies. Gives them a chance to overturn it at home. But it means they won’t be 100% focused on the game this weekend. And even this early, they can’t afford to drop more points this weekend
Poles are poor so would expect Huns to overturn deficit.
Game highlighted how the poorer leagues in Europe are struggling with quality gap.
Both teams failed at the basics
Benfica 1-0
2 minutes, 5 guys waiting in box for cut back.
Keeper has stopped it being 3-0 in 5 minutes.
Awe Naw
Cheers mate.
👍
Hearts keeper saving Hearts from a gubbing here.
I was listening to Clyde there. Deek’s honeymoon period is over. Some of them have seen enough already! 😀
I’m not particularly surprised – they are absolute shite! I reckon this team will pick them off at Ibrox. The hun hordes will urge them forward and this team will exploit that.
Ajax 3 Shelbourne 0 after 56 minutes.
The Scottish FA has scrapped the Key Match Incident panel – its independent panel that reviewed major refereeing decisions in the Premiership.
Separate to the KMI panel, SFA head of refereeing Willie Collum will continue to provide monthly video explanations of key decisions
Benfica who are decent making Hearts look out of their depth.
Scottish football needs to address its slide to irrelevance.
But expect blazers to sit on fat arses and do nothing.
MIT
Makes no difference.
Can’t remember them ever calling our shit referees to account for their frequently poor decisions.
I know it’s a bit early to come to a conclusive judgement but when watching the newly purchased McInnes hun superstars. I got a feeling of deja vu that I also had when witnessing Caxinho’s, Warburton’s, Beale’s, Clement’s and Martin’s superstars.
Reus playing a blinder.
But 2-0 from a corner.
2-0 Benfica from a corner.
Nobody on far post.
Shambles. They should have a set piece coach.
Oh! Wait a minute!
Hearts chasing too much when holding position would be more effective.
Benfica 2-0 from corner.
Losing their set piece coach to us affected them.
Hopefully the guy will improve our set piece ability this season.
Awe Naw@8-22
They will look better with Scottish refs.
But the descriptions of their talents by SMSM as in previous times look like the blue tinted specs aren’t accurate.
Watch when a Benfica winger or midfielder starts running towards goal. He has 5 or 6 of his team mates running with him.
Exciting, entertaining football, compared with the slow horseshoe of death we watch so frequently.
Hibs 0-0 after 34 minutes.
BBC ridiculously far behind.
Hearts hit bar.
BBC still stuck on Easter Road at 14 minutes.
Pathetic. 22 minutes behind.
Iniquitous IV@8:32
The coaching in Scotland is generally negative and poor.
Too feart to commit men forward because teams not organised to deal with any kind of turnover.
When Celtic turn possession over we react like a version of Wacky Races.
After 18 months of negotiating, and dalliances with other clubs, Rumor today is Real Madrid and Vinicius Jr have agreed on a new 6 year deal.
Penalty Benfica. 3-0
Penalty Benfica.
When they attack, they go 3-2-5, with 5 forwards equally spaced across the front.
3-0
9 European goals conceded by Hearts so far in 2 and a half games. More to come, then they will be gubbed in the Conference League.
4th goal chalked off.
Ajax 3 Shelbourne 1 after 90 minutes.
In added time.
Both Austria Vienna and Rapid Vienna win away from home. Salzburg scoreless with Pafos at half time.
There was a very interesting debate on Radio Clyde last night. They had a guest on discussing the impact of Brexit on English teams due to their inability to source young players from EU countries. Since we left, EPL teams have raided Scottish teams instead. Over 100 have been lured South but only 6 or so have made the step up – such as Doak and Gilmour.
Most end up either dropping down to League One down South or come back up the road and try again here. The average wage in League One is £7k per week whereas they would be lucky to get £k800-£1k at the likes of Killie or Falkirk etc. The
It was quite a depressing listen and does make you wonder at the point of Academies up here given the lack of opportunities for young players in Scotland with what Tony Watt and Alex Rae described as a dreadful current SFA set up allied to the cross border raids hoovering up anyone who looks half decent.
The panel didn’t seem to have any idea what can be done to improve matters.
Greg Taylor came on in 63rd minute in PAOK home loss to Anderlecht and played midfield.
Now cup-tied in Europa.
4-0
4-0. Brilliant from Argentinian. One mistake, ball instantly dispatched into net.
A player is no longer “cup-tied” in the old sense for UEFA club competitions simply because they have played in qualifying rounds.
The change is that:
A player can represent two different clubs in UEFA competitions in the same season, subject to UEFA registration rules.
Playing for a club in Champions League, Europa League or Conference League qualifying rounds does not automatically prevent a later move to another club and playing for them in UEFA competition.
However, there are still restrictions:
A player cannot normally be registered by two clubs in the same UEFA competition phase in a way that breaches UEFA rules.
Registration deadlines and squad-list rules still apply.
A club must have a place available on its UEFA squad list.
So, for example:
Player A plays Champions League qualifying for Club X.
Club Y signs him.
Club Y reaches UEFA competition later in the season.
Player A is not automatically barred from playing for Club Y.
The old “cup-tied” rule (where appearing for one club in Europe blocked you for another) was effectively removed by UEFA in recent years to make transfers easier and reflect the modern transfer market.
AWE NAW
Thanks for the explication!😊
Every day’s a school day on here!
HH
INIQUITOUS IV😊
IQ IV
I’m just a day in front of you buddy
Awe Naw
August 6, 2026 9:23 pm
IQ IV
I’m just a day in front of you buddy.
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Aye, but I had to repeat a year!🤣
Hearts score nice goal. 4-1
Billy Bhoy,
The majority of these players are recruited to provide padding for the academies for the one or two real prospects who will eventually provide a £20m profit. There is never any intention of developing them. If they do then great but it’s a side effect
Hearts playing better.
Free kick in dangerous position.
Euro ref gives full 10 yards for wall. What a difference from ours!
Over the bar. Hopeless.
Hibs 1-1.