the best wee league in the world SPFL 21/22

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watched Celtic for the first time in a while against Livi last weekend, really impressed with O'Riley.
Brendan is probably more of a hindrance than a help at this point but Rangers don't look to be up to much this season.

o'reilly has been class, need more reo next to him in midfield tbh, rly loved that palma goal today. not a huge brendan fan but they shd win the season regardless. be lucky to get any results in the champions league tho.

rangers look dire so far so thats fun.

lol

Bye then Michael Beale. You weren't even comically rubbish, just not very good.

I love Matt O'Riley.

lampard in

celtic in europe, man

I just think of the Champions League as a way of getting into the Europa League.

need to get third for that !

Working out permutations of the ways we can fuck up qualification groups should be on the national curriculum

Absolute shocker of a VAR, obvs.

We need one point right? And Norway have to beat Spain and us? I don't think Spain are very good but Norway are shite even with Haaland.

Euro 2008. We've been here before. Georgia away is heralding unnecessary feelings of deja vu.

Believe me I'm trying hard to convince myself here.

Are you sure you're even Scottish? As soon as it went to VAR I suddenly remembered my place and why optimism isn't a thing that happens. Calling it for a non-existent foul then suddenly finding an offside decision that didn't flag VAR instead is this year's whatever-the-fuck-that-Hutton-against-Italy thing was.

https://gifer.com/en/Acau

Is this just rolling Scottish football forever?

someone has chucked a pie on the pitch “in anger” during morton vs dunfermline and i genuinely feel patriotic at how this image could only exist via scottish football pic.twitter.com/TVkGZvHjZI

— Adam Park (@admprk_) November 3, 2023

EPL fans can moan about referees and VAR all they like but they should check out Scottish referees sometime. Anyway, as I do periodically, I annoyed myself by looking at Rangers FC's stats for the season. In their last 8 games in Scotland (League and League Cup) Rangers have been awarded 8 penalties (it's actually 9 in their last 10). They missed two of them but, nonetheless, James Tavernier (that's the right back, James Tavernier) is now averaging a goal every second game for them - a scoring rate few of their strikers have been able to match in the last few seasons. To be scrupulously fair though, Celtic get their fair share of dubious penalty decisions too.

The one you've all been waiting for...

Penalties conceded versus Touches in the Box (against)....

*Runs for cover* https://t.co/e8fXnsY69O pic.twitter.com/iTtUuZqJD5

— Jaymes Monte (@ArabAnalytics) November 28, 2023

Penalty to Rangers!

In an attempt to stay relevant and bait some cheap interaction…

Rangers do get slightly more pens than avg (relative to touches in box) but not significantly so.

Aberdeen also above the avg line.

Celtic, Hibs, Killie, Dundee have right to feel aggrieved. pic.twitter.com/a1a0PG6I42

— Jaymes Monte (@ArabAnalytics) November 27, 2023

sevco = penco, backed by data

Tavernier's scoring record in general is better than a lot of actual forwards - he's scored 80 goals in 292 games for Rangers. He's once been their leading goalscorer for the season and twice been runner-up. Admittedly he does score occasionally from free kicks and open play too but nonethless...

serial loser but

Turns out Arbroath's sub keeper might be the best striker in Scotland at the moment.

Arbroath had to bring on their substitute goalkeeper as a striker

He just scored from 25 yards out

PEAK SCOTTISH FOOTBALL pic.twitter.com/rU72uJifCL

— Fitba Patter (@FitbaPatter) December 30, 2023

kyogo tho

KYOGO ON HIS LEFT! ☄️😮‍💨 #CELRAN | #cinchPrem | #COYBIG🍀

pic.twitter.com/oLT4L6usND

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) December 30, 2023

First goal was pretty good too!

Lovely hit, vague shades of that ridiculous Joao Pedro goal from the other night

definitely bumping this to valorise hatate’s worldy yesterday

reo is a gem

also rangers lost to ross county today, thats a spicy meat-ah ball

beautiful wednesday

gorgeous, stunning really

This lad making me proud of my hometown. What a hero!

Ball boy throwing the ball away is quality 🤣 Can’t believe they subbed him🙈 pic.twitter.com/LZFWCVPRMN

— Michael McCahill (@MichaelMcCahi10) April 28, 2024