Ben10 2,194 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I'm afraid that would be me! I'll get back to you shortly right or wrong as he's running out of time I'm afraid. That said I won't stoop to a level were one Rangers supporter describes other Rangers supporters that have different opinion as morons.No, morons will be morons regardless of which team they support. I'll refrain from offering my hand in brotherhood to a few individuals on this board, thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,633 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD4NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 This article is enough for me to wonder what goes on behind the cloak of Septic...hmmmm !!He didn't half put the boot in." Celtic was a big mistake for me, that's for sure. Celtic never understood me , and I for sure never understood them. It was a club with an image which was full of its own self importance and role in the world. The club was going through a troubled time and when manager John Barnes got the sack, my days there were numbered. It's hard to say this but I feel that I have to point out that Celtic, certainly at that time did not react well to people who they did not consider were 'one of them". I am Jewish and proud of my religion and background, Barnes and Ian Wright felt the same as me, and they were quickly ostracised when results went against us. After one midweek game which we lost, Wright and Barnes were subject to really disgraceful racial abuse in the car park. It was at that point I knew I had to get out. I found it really disconcerting having to play in front of a huge crowd where many fans had PLO flags and celebrated terrorist actions. They were backing an organization which, after all, wanted the destruction of the State of Israel. How could I give one hundred percent for such a club with an ethos like that? The Celtic Rangers games were utter madness, and I had to remind myself for which club I was playing! I always stood up for the sovereignty of the nation and the right of law. Celtic seemed to be going for the opposite, by supporting terrorist groups from Spain, Ireland, the Middle East and Africa. It was crazy!". Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP-FOREVER 5,231 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 This article is enough for me to wonder what goes on behind the cloak of Septic...hmmmm !!No cloak - balaclava mate......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 107,780 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 He didn't half put the boot in.It's a fake Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nornirondc 0 Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Here is the full statement and not the photo shop version ....But as what's already been said, it doesn't look genuine - just looks like a photo with some writing posted over the top of it. Not even photoshopped, bitmapped! Berkovic lifts the lid on latent racism at Celtic Park by Robert Miller. The years have may have rolled by, but Eyal Berkovic retains the looks and spirit of a man which belie his thirty six years. Sitting relaxed in the rustic tranquility of his spacious villa in the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Berkovic radiates a certain calm and peace which is at odds with his colourful, and at times tempestuous career as a professional footballer. "Looking back, football has been good to me and my family. It has enabled us to achieve a standard of living that would not have been possible had I followed my original path as a chartered accountant. I was pretty academic at High School and good with numbers. My father especially wanted me to go into business and establish myself with a reputable company. He saw football as nothing more than a diversion from my main focus in life. Years later, he recognizes that I made the right call, though the old man would never bring himself to admit that I was right and he was wrong!". Within Israel Berkovic remains a controversial figure with his constant, and at times acerbic criticism of Israeli football in general, and the national team in particular. Just about every major figure in that sport has received the sharp end of Berkovic's vitriolic tongue. " Look, I am not proud of what I have said in the past, but the fact is somebody had to speak out. We were amateurish in the past and were led by people who as they say in England, "could not organize a piss up in a brewery". In recent years Israel has become a far more professional team and that is seen in our results. Nobody and I repeat nobody, likes coming here, as they know they will get a tough game. I would like to think that by putting my head above the parapet, I have in some way helped address the deep seated problems that beset our team". Berkovic's career can serve as a paradigm for foreign players and their growing influence in the English Premier League. He moved from team to team and from North to South with alarming regularity. " My arrival in England coincided with the big bucks from SKY television and for that I will always be grateful. We literally saw our salaries double overnight and with the right agent, we were able to command excellent wages operating from a position of real strength. I think that you have to realize that a footballer's career is relatively short and you have to make your money while the sun shines." Berkovic is convinced that the SKY money has been a force for good in football as it has helped make the Premier League the best in the world. It can offer top salaries and can therefore attract the very best from all over the world. He spent two troubled years outwith the EPL and it is at this point that his mood changes as the conversation takes an unexpected and dark path. " Celtic was a big mistake for me, that's for sure. Celtic never understood me , and I for sure never understood them. It was a club with an image which was full of its own self importance and role in the world. The club was going through a troubled time and when manager John Barnes got the sack, my days there were numbered. It's hard to say this but I feel that I have to point out that Celtic, certainly at that time did not react well to people who they did not consider were 'one of them". I am Jewish and proud of my religion and background, Barnes and Ian Wright felt the same as me, and they were quickly ostracised when results went against us. After one midweek game which we lost, Wright and Barnes were subject to really disgraceful racial abuse in the car park. It was at that point I knew I had to get out. I found it really disconcerting having to play in front of a huge crowd where many fans had PLO flags and celebrated terrorist actions. They were backing an organization which, after all, wanted the destruction of the State of Israel. How could I give one hundred percent for such a club with an ethos like that? The Celtic Rangers games were utter madness, and I had to remind myself for which club I was playing! I always stood up for the sovereignty of the nation and the right of law. Celtic seemed to be going for the opposite, by supporting terrorist groups from Spain, Ireland, the Middle East and Africa. It was crazy!". As if to underline Berkovic's anger, was the fact that shortly after his departure from Celtic, (the man who released him) Martin O'Neill signed John Hartson who had assaulted the slight Israeli at a training session when both men played for West Ham. Even a quick glance on youtube years later, does nothing to dampen the sheer brutality of the unpremeditated attack on Bekovic. "The signing of somebody like John Hartson by Celtic did not come as a surprise to me. It was a marriage made in heaven. The fans finally had found somebody who embodied everything they stood for, and I for one was not astonished that he went onto become a cult figure at their club." As for tomorrow's derby in Glasgow, Berkovic will be tuning in to watch the game though it comes as no surprise at all to learn that he will leaning towards the blue side of Glasgow tomorrow. Berkovic, like him or loathe him, usually gets the big decisions right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 It's a fakeTaig. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP-FOREVER 5,231 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD4NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSee there's a new pope.............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 107,780 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Taig. Chuck ar la Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Chuck ar laAye alright Barrie Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,610 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 tarrier clergy take and give it up the shiter, FACT ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP-FOREVER 5,231 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 even if he did say it - should he not have done some basic research about the company he was joining before taking the money and trousering it? its not rocket science to check up on your employeers"Join Al Qaeda! hours of endless fun in the sun!"They were in for another Israeli pre-season. And if you've ever been to Israel, the very first picture, at the entrance in their holocaust museum is the fucken pope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancedeangers1 287 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Seen the original article ages ago and it pretty much aligned with what most outsiders thought. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govan Front 78 43 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Just flicked through this - so the quote is real after all? I've seen it a few times but never as part of the unabridged interview quoted above & every time it's surfaced the bheast has never been far behind in an attempt to rubbish it.Another thing which appears to annoy the bheast, something I seen in the discussion section of some football story concerning us (obviously most of the comments were left by the unwashed) was a point someone had raised asking why ra sellik fly the tricolour above porkhead & emblazon it on their strips/trackies/teeth? Obviously the replies came in about "histry 'n culchur n'at" - the reply back was along the lines that they should really fly the Union Jack then - as until the 1919 Irish war of independence the entire isle came under the Union flag so they should display that instead if they wanted to be historically accurate & the tricolour was only there to appease the republican sympathizers and really has fuck all to do with anything...Something to remind them of if the mood takes you, they somehow don't appear to appreciate it very much Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 70,782 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Who cares.It's Rangersmedia stop talking about them ffs you obsessed nutters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearethemighty 186 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Ffs seems like were getting a wee bit obssesed with that lot on here lately.Eyal Berkovic hated Celtic that much? Who gives a flying fuck?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govan Front 78 43 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 To be fair, it's in General Football & Sport - these are people who've tried their damnedest to bury our Club recently & a mild case of "get it up ye" does them good once in a while Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nornirondc 0 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 To be fair, it's in General Football & Sport - these are people who've tried their damnedest to bury our Club recently & a mild case of "get it up ye" does them good once in a while That was my intention from the off !! Thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Soprano 13,964 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Sure my auld Grampa's got a VHS tape I used to watch all the time when I was younger. The bastard certainly knew which team he was playing for when he scored at Ibrox on it done some stupid fucking chicken celebration iirc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,633 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 John Hartson kicked his heid aff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD.1872 890 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Seen a tarrier on twitter post earlier tonight, word for word, that he will be "withdrawing all support for celtic until they send the Zionist Ghershon back to his murdering homeland". Unreal Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,286 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Seen a tarrier on twitter post earlier tonight, word for word, that he will be "withdrawing all support for celtic until they send the Zionist Ghershon back to his murdering homeland". Unreal I did burn all the books Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.