Surprise Leckie article! Criticises Celtic fan violence and intimidation and doesn't mention Rangers.

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The Celtic Way.

An ironic setting for the squalid, shameful scenes that had riot cops scrambling and players fleeing last Sunday night.

After all, isn’t The Celtic Way meant to be about style, about grace, about looking after those under the greatest pressure? Isn’t it meant to be about charity?

That’s what we’ve always been told. They even erected a statue of Brother Walfrid outside the main stand as a permanent reminder of all these values and more.

Yet in the midst of a first poor run of form in ten long years, it all appears to have gone…well, I was about to write out the window, but in truth it feels like the more fitting image is that of a crush barrier smashing against the glass.

Because today, The Celtic Way has been hijacked by a vigilante mob whose watchwords are intimidation, intolerance and violence — storming the stadium after this latest defeat, attacking police, forcing all inside to flee through side doors.

Bullying a manager with a history of mental illness. That last one, that’s the truly disgusting bit. The fact Neil Lennon has been so brave and so honest in speaking up about his own deeply personal issues.

The fact he’s laid himself bare to try and help others cope with what’s going on in their own heads — and yet, he’s currently coming in for the sort of targeted abuse that can cause untold psychological damage.

Not that the vigilantes give a toss. All they care about is ten in a row, this mythical achievement which has robbed thousands of their senses, of their perspective, and their basic decency.

All they know is that anyone whose imperfections threaten to deny them what they see as their right should have their character torn limb from limb.

Well, I don’t care if they are right and that Lennon should be sacked. I don’t care if they are right when they claim he should never have been hired in the first place.

But I do care, very much indeed, that their means of getting what they want is a never-ending campaign of verbal abuse that has morphed into physical threats.

Especially when they then justify their own appalling behaviour by claiming they have no option.

That’s how it reads on social media at least, that what happened in the wake of Celtic’s 2-0 home defeat to Ross County in the Betfred Cup was the fault of the club’s board for not listening to the fans, and emptying the dugout after the 4-1 loss away to Sparta Prague.

So, is THAT The Celtic Way?

Do what we say or we’ll tear the place down? Wield the axe when we click our fingers, or we’ll haul Big Billy off his plinth like Saddam?

I’m guessing that, for nine out of ten diehards, these attitudes are abhorrent.

I’m guessing nine out of ten will be way more sick at how their colours are being dragged through the mud than they are at a rank rotten run of results.

Yes, many of them will also want a change of manager. Yes, many of them will also be gutted that the Blessed Ten is slipping away. But most will also be capable of understanding they have no more of a right to success than they have to employ mayhem as a reaction to failure.

Trouble is, it’s the one out of ten who have the loudest voice these days. It’s the one out of ten who hog everyone’s attention.

It’s the one out of ten who Peter Lawwell, below, and Lennon himself, have helped elevate above the herd, who now believe themselves to occupy a higher tier than common-or-garden punters.

They get their own designated corner of Parkhead. They get to stand when everyone else has to sit. They get the league trophy placed in front of them on presentation day.

So who’s surprised that, like all spoiled children, they have developed such an overwhelming sense of entitlement? That they commandeer whatever section of away grounds they fancy, whether or not fellow fans have paid to sit there?

That they revel in getting Celtic in trouble with their pyrotechnics and pseudo-political banners?

That they have the brass neck to use Parkhead as the backdrop for publicity stunts demanding Lennon Must Go?

Who’s really surprised that they see what panned out last Sunday as some sort of duty to the badge, that they regard themselves as the only ones who truly care?

As it pans out, of course, the truly laughable aspect of their outrage is had they stayed home, Lennon WOULD most probably be gone by now.

The word coming out of Parkhead is the board were ready to act, until it all kicked off and they decided not to make it look as though they were pandering to mob mentality.

Done in by their own self- importance. How brainless can some people get?

But even if Lawwell and Dermot Desmond let the dust settle and then announce Lennon’s gone, which, for me, wouldn’t necessarily be the right call, because it’s shoddy recruitment more than poor coaching which has landed them in the mire.

The truth is that it will only mask the real issue facing a troubled club. Which is that these vigilantes and their outrage when the world doesn’t roll over at their feet are damaging The Celtic Way far more than a chronic inability to defend set-pieces.
 
The Celtic Way.

An ironic setting for the squalid, shameful scenes that had riot cops scrambling and players fleeing last Sunday night.

After all, isn’t The Celtic Way meant to be about style, about grace, about looking after those under the greatest pressure? Isn’t it meant to be about charity?

That’s what we’ve always been told. They even erected a statue of Brother Walfrid outside the main stand as a permanent reminder of all these values and more.

Yet in the midst of a first poor run of form in ten long years, it all appears to have gone…well, I was about to write out the window, but in truth it feels like the more fitting image is that of a crush barrier smashing against the glass.

Because today, The Celtic Way has been hijacked by a vigilante mob whose watchwords are intimidation, intolerance and violence — storming the stadium after this latest defeat, attacking police, forcing all inside to flee through side doors.

Bullying a manager with a history of mental illness. That last one, that’s the truly disgusting bit. The fact Neil Lennon has been so brave and so honest in speaking up about his own deeply personal issues.

The fact he’s laid himself bare to try and help others cope with what’s going on in their own heads — and yet, he’s currently coming in for the sort of targeted abuse that can cause untold psychological damage.

Not that the vigilantes give a toss. All they care about is ten in a row, this mythical achievement which has robbed thousands of their senses, of their perspective, and their basic decency.

All they know is that anyone whose imperfections threaten to deny them what they see as their right should have their character torn limb from limb.

Well, I don’t care if they are right and that Lennon should be sacked. I don’t care if they are right when they claim he should never have been hired in the first place.

But I do care, very much indeed, that their means of getting what they want is a never-ending campaign of verbal abuse that has morphed into physical threats.

Especially when they then justify their own appalling behaviour by claiming they have no option.

That’s how it reads on social media at least, that what happened in the wake of Celtic’s 2-0 home defeat to Ross County in the Betfred Cup was the fault of the club’s board for not listening to the fans, and emptying the dugout after the 4-1 loss away to Sparta Prague.

So, is THAT The Celtic Way?

Do what we say or we’ll tear the place down? Wield the axe when we click our fingers, or we’ll haul Big Billy off his plinth like Saddam?

I’m guessing that, for nine out of ten diehards, these attitudes are abhorrent.

I’m guessing nine out of ten will be way more sick at how their colours are being dragged through the mud than they are at a rank rotten run of results.

Yes, many of them will also want a change of manager. Yes, many of them will also be gutted that the Blessed Ten is slipping away. But most will also be capable of understanding they have no more of a right to success than they have to employ mayhem as a reaction to failure.

Trouble is, it’s the one out of ten who have the loudest voice these days. It’s the one out of ten who hog everyone’s attention.

It’s the one out of ten who Peter Lawwell, below, and Lennon himself, have helped elevate above the herd, who now believe themselves to occupy a higher tier than common-or-garden punters.

They get their own designated corner of Parkhead. They get to stand when everyone else has to sit. They get the league trophy placed in front of them on presentation day.

So who’s surprised that, like all spoiled children, they have developed such an overwhelming sense of entitlement? That they commandeer whatever section of away grounds they fancy, whether or not fellow fans have paid to sit there?

That they revel in getting Celtic in trouble with their pyrotechnics and pseudo-political banners?

That they have the brass neck to use Parkhead as the backdrop for publicity stunts demanding Lennon Must Go?

Who’s really surprised that they see what panned out last Sunday as some sort of duty to the badge, that they regard themselves as the only ones who truly care?

As it pans out, of course, the truly laughable aspect of their outrage is had they stayed home, Lennon WOULD most probably be gone by now.

The word coming out of Parkhead is the board were ready to act, until it all kicked off and they decided not to make it look as though they were pandering to mob mentality.

Done in by their own self- importance. How brainless can some people get?

But even if Lawwell and Dermot Desmond let the dust settle and then announce Lennon’s gone, which, for me, wouldn’t necessarily be the right call, because it’s shoddy recruitment more than poor coaching which has landed them in the mire.

The truth is that it will only mask the real issue facing a troubled club. Which is that these vigilantes and their outrage when the world doesn’t roll over at their feet are damaging The Celtic Way far more than a chronic inability to defend set-pieces.

Even a broken clock’s right twice a day.
 
The part that gets me, style and grace?. They people are the most ungracious reptiles on this planet. As for style don't make me laugh, if style means to him, you can pick one of them out, your right they have a style. Anybody that knows anything about style, talk to me, I'm an old guy, but I have style. Rangers style.
 
It’s the one out of ten who Peter Lawwell, below, and Lennon himself, have helped elevate above the herd, who now believe themselves to occupy a higher tier than common-or-garden punters.

They get their own designated corner of Parkhead. They get to stand when everyone else has to sit. They get the league trophy placed in front of them on presentation day.

So who’s surprised that, like all spoiled children, they have developed such an overwhelming sense of entitlement? That they commandeer whatever section of away grounds they fancy, whether or not fellow fans have paid to sit there?

That they revel in getting Celtic in trouble with their pyrotechnics and pseudo-political banners?

The time to call them out was when they hung religious effigies in a mock lynching. Not when they told their manager to get to Fuk!
 
He couldnt even call the green brigade out by name. What a shitebag.

Oh, and yes Bill. The "Celtic way" has long been everything you mentioned and more. Obsessing about religion, obsessing about a club that apparently died. Demanding a title they didn't win during a pandemic. Asking for titles to be stripped and awarded to them - more titles they never won. Causing a referee strike over a correct decision. Propagating far fetched conspiracy theories about masons denying them titles. Physically assaulting a referee for giving their rivals a penalty. Covering up paedophila and harassing anyone brave enough to come forward with their story. Collectively calling anyone who has the audacity to ask for an inquiry a sectarian bigot. Collecting money for the IRA, and have players attending funerals for murderers. Having to issue letters questioning the basic hygiene of supporters.

When I hear about "the Celtic way" all of that is what I think of. Its most certainly not style and grace.
 
He seems to have a very strange perception of what the sellik way actually is and a lack of knowledge regarding their history.

Style, grace and charity - You're having a feckin' laugh.

Irrespective of what Bro Walfrids intentions were (and even the popular version regularly spouted is open to question) they very quickly abandoned any charitable intentions.

Throughout their entire history when faced with adversity bullying and intimidation has, in fact, been numero uno in the bheasts playbook and that fact is equally true for fans, players and management.

The GB and others who turned up the other night were simply following the example set by their club since their very inception.

The celtic way is a way of life that no decent individual with any form of moral compass would ever follow.
 
The arsehole forgot to mention the word ' bigotry ' in his description of the mob.

This is all driven by bigotry & hatred of Rangers Football Club B&R, you’re right.

They thought they had a slam dunk in their pocket that they’d beat us with forever.

They started singing their song about it 5 years ago.

Now the man with the bionic anorak is making them look pretty stupid.
 
I don't want to be a broken clock folk so just say I come from a mixed background, but do you know what? Gives me the best perspective to say ... Those CHUNTS are the bigots. Past nine years has made even the most functioning of them to cognitively become a shit-hose of a person.

They're behaviour past few years has been the worst I've seen. The effigies, the banners, etc. At least we just thought they were scum back in the day.
 
The Celtic Way.

An ironic setting for the squalid, shameful scenes that had riot cops scrambling and players fleeing last Sunday night.

After all, isn’t The Celtic Way meant to be about style, about grace, about looking after those under the greatest pressure? Isn’t it meant to be about charity?

That’s what we’ve always been told. They even erected a statue of Brother Walfrid outside the main stand as a permanent reminder of all these values and more.

Yet in the midst of a first poor run of form in ten long years, it all appears to have gone…well, I was about to write out the window, but in truth it feels like the more fitting image is that of a crush barrier smashing against the glass.

Because today, The Celtic Way has been hijacked by a vigilante mob whose watchwords are intimidation, intolerance and violence — storming the stadium after this latest defeat, attacking police, forcing all inside to flee through side doors.

Bullying a manager with a history of mental illness. That last one, that’s the truly disgusting bit. The fact Neil Lennon has been so brave and so honest in speaking up about his own deeply personal issues.

The fact he’s laid himself bare to try and help others cope with what’s going on in their own heads — and yet, he’s currently coming in for the sort of targeted abuse that can cause untold psychological damage.

Not that the vigilantes give a toss. All they care about is ten in a row, this mythical achievement which has robbed thousands of their senses, of their perspective, and their basic decency.

All they know is that anyone whose imperfections threaten to deny them what they see as their right should have their character torn limb from limb.

Well, I don’t care if they are right and that Lennon should be sacked. I don’t care if they are right when they claim he should never have been hired in the first place.

But I do care, very much indeed, that their means of getting what they want is a never-ending campaign of verbal abuse that has morphed into physical threats.

Especially when they then justify their own appalling behaviour by claiming they have no option.

That’s how it reads on social media at least, that what happened in the wake of Celtic’s 2-0 home defeat to Ross County in the Betfred Cup was the fault of the club’s board for not listening to the fans, and emptying the dugout after the 4-1 loss away to Sparta Prague.

So, is THAT The Celtic Way?

Do what we say or we’ll tear the place down? Wield the axe when we click our fingers, or we’ll haul Big Billy off his plinth like Saddam?

I’m guessing that, for nine out of ten diehards, these attitudes are abhorrent.

I’m guessing nine out of ten will be way more sick at how their colours are being dragged through the mud than they are at a rank rotten run of results.

Yes, many of them will also want a change of manager. Yes, many of them will also be gutted that the Blessed Ten is slipping away. But most will also be capable of understanding they have no more of a right to success than they have to employ mayhem as a reaction to failure.

Trouble is, it’s the one out of ten who have the loudest voice these days. It’s the one out of ten who hog everyone’s attention.

It’s the one out of ten who Peter Lawwell, below, and Lennon himself, have helped elevate above the herd, who now believe themselves to occupy a higher tier than common-or-garden punters.

They get their own designated corner of Parkhead. They get to stand when everyone else has to sit. They get the league trophy placed in front of them on presentation day.

So who’s surprised that, like all spoiled children, they have developed such an overwhelming sense of entitlement? That they commandeer whatever section of away grounds they fancy, whether or not fellow fans have paid to sit there?

That they revel in getting Celtic in trouble with their pyrotechnics and pseudo-political banners?

That they have the brass neck to use Parkhead as the backdrop for publicity stunts demanding Lennon Must Go?

Who’s really surprised that they see what panned out last Sunday as some sort of duty to the badge, that they regard themselves as the only ones who truly care?

As it pans out, of course, the truly laughable aspect of their outrage is had they stayed home, Lennon WOULD most probably be gone by now.

The word coming out of Parkhead is the board were ready to act, until it all kicked off and they decided not to make it look as though they were pandering to mob mentality.

Done in by their own self- importance. How brainless can some people get?

But even if Lawwell and Dermot Desmond let the dust settle and then announce Lennon’s gone, which, for me, wouldn’t necessarily be the right call, because it’s shoddy recruitment more than poor coaching which has landed them in the mire.

The truth is that it will only mask the real issue facing a troubled club. Which is that these vigilantes and their outrage when the world doesn’t roll over at their feet are damaging The Celtic Way far more than a chronic inability to defend set-pieces.

The Celtic way is harbouring paedos...speak up on that ya kunt
 
Everything thing those Rhat Journos are simply trying to do is cause a reaction from the theam. It's laughable.

Old Knew Keevins came out of retirement for it, they've all got their pay per view and big bets on for the ten.

Then it's gone. Pooft, just like that.

Fifty five f***ING titles. Yessir.
 
Everything thing those Rhat Journos are simply trying to do is cause a reaction from the theam. It's laughable.

Old Knew Keevins came out of retirement for it, they've all got their pay per view and big bets on for the ten.

Then it's gone. Pooft, just like that.

Fifty five f***ING titles. Yessir.


And yes folks, I'm drinking on a school night lmao.
 
Yet in the midst of a first poor run of form in ten long years, it all appears to have gone…well, I was about to write out the window, but in truth it feels like the more fitting image is that of a crush barrier smashing against the glass.
Rhyming slang?
 
So we're all meant to congratulate Leckie for eventually spotting that the green brigade are no more than a shower of objectionable deviant wankers now that they've spat the dummy out?
Yet when we were pointing out, over not a few years, their IRA banners, their effigy hanging, their rampaging at away grounds, their anti poppy demonstrations, the brawling in Amsterdam, Sunderland, etc, etc, and their shitty club's acceptance, and encouragement of it all, WE were in the wrong?
 
A lot of surprising anti Celtic articles, journalists coming out to condemn Celtic. Appears like they are jumping ship and know the league title if coming home to us. Working his ticket back into Ibrox in my opinion. Watch the bbc follow up with a bridge building attempt

After Sunday night they really couldn't have done anything else..

Just win on Sunday boys and pile the pressure on.
 
Didn’t finish it. He’s a mentally challenged c_unt that has mentally challenged c_unt oozing from every sentence. “Manager with mental illness” poor wee Neic, never acted like a c-unt and a Ned ever eh? “The blessed ten” ha where do you start with that pish. Fkin jakey slimeball c_unt!
 
How many more 'brave men' are we going to be media-subjected to that exist in Parkhead-World. First if all it's John Kennedy (not JFK) now it's Lennon. Whose next, Leigh Griffiths who fought his way back from self-inflicted addictions? Pass me the Kleenex and sick bag. Extremely poor journalism from 'The Lackie'.
 
Downtrodden, underprivileged and victimised ?
Try separatists, bigoted ambulance chasers !
Will try every whim available, current political sham benefit provided (the Celtic way)
This national disgrace of an institution and all its supporters and sympathisers are kidding no one. After dominating (and use the word loosely) they are found out to be the utterly disgusting rabble we have all known of.
Leckie is only the latest of the lackies to jump on the shocked bandwagon.
Small minority ? Vomit inducing media lapdog.
 
Still playing to the gallery. Trying to have his cake and eat it.

“Calling out” the groin brigade” but ignoring many of their crimes: the effigies, the bricks through coach windows, the pyrotechnics thrown indiscriminately at opposition players and fans, etc, etc.

Instead it’s all about “pyoor Neic”, how he’s being made to suffer by these nasty, nasty men. Painting him to be yet another victim. Just like thumbheid. Just like Burns. When in fact they are all culpable and all part of the problem they helped create. Neic threatens women with knives. Thumb is a convicted racist bigot. Burns publicly defended and supported a paedophile. They all acted badly, showed their true colours and are therefore undeserving of any sympathy.

Where’s the criticism of the mhedia, who have whipped up thus frenzy over the last DECADE. Who have ignored the groin brigade’s terrible behaviour until now? Who have misrepresented the facts, twisted them out of all proportion and context and on many occasions outright LIED to suit an agenda. An agenda which has been “Celtic = good, Rangers = bad”. Where even now they refuse to even allude to the biggest, most sickening scandal in world sport for fear of upsetting their audience.

They talked up celtic and talked down Rangers and abandoned any semblance of objectivity for a decade, encouraging the idea that Celtic would rule Scottish football in perpetuity and ridiculing Rangers’ efforts and now they criticise the morons in the celtic support for buying into an idea they themselves created?

Pardon me Bill if I don’t fawn over your far too little, far too late, far too mild slap on the wrist piece. You’re still part of the problem. In other words, as Realger34 summarised perfectly:

Still a prick
 
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