It's a Conspiracy

[amochriebear 3]

As the potential SFA charges mount up, is the perfect mix of man and club doomed from the start?

Neil Lennon is a prisoner of Celtic's history; he is the poster boy for Celtic's dark forces and the man the sinister element of the Celtic support can comfortably identify with; and have genuine expectations of, after all, they believe that Lennon, truly, is one of their own - but it doesn't end there.

We, as Rangers fans, have been unable to fully comprehend the conspiracy myth that is so ingrained on Celtic hearts, because it is certainly a myth, but it's not just the lower orders of the Celtic support that unendingly bleat about 'conspiracy': it is a part of the Celtic psyche. From the streets of Royston to the leafy lanes of Bearsden, the song remains the same: it's a conspiracy.

The extremist element in the Celtic support is vociferous in its grievances, but scratch below the surface of an educated Celtic man, and that same attitude lurks: it's a conspiracy.

On a recent train journey, a friend of mine listened in as two well-dressed and well-spoken gents, both Celtic men, chatted about their club. It didn't take long until the conversation turned to the world being against them. Both cited fathers and grandfathers who believed that Celtic had been discriminated against, and this mindset still prevails - and flourishes - today: it's a conspiracy.

Whatever view Lennon has of the world around him, he is imprisoned by Celtic's past, and there is an expectation that he should stand up to an 'establishment' that has supposedly had it in for Celtic since Adam and Eve were at primary school. This is a colossal burden to carry, but it has a beneficial side for a manager too: it's a convenient excuse for failure.

The more the Celtic manager rants, and the more he complains, the more unlikely he will be taken seriously by people with who have a soupçon of respect for their own intelligence. Increasingly, other than Celtic's many media sycophants, people look at the Celtic manager and wonder if he's up to a job that is a genuinely high-profile position, not just in football, but in Scotland.

Neil Lennon is in danger of being the grievance poodle of a century and more of Celtic conspiracy-delusion, and if he's not careful, it will ruin his managerial career before it has even started.

If Rangers and Celtic are still playing football in these parts a thousand years from now, the conspiracy psyche will still be a basic element of what it is to be a Celtic supporter. It won't be based on facts - it never was - but it will still be clung to with an iron grip, because if it is ever let go, the responsibility for Celtic's failings will have to be shouldered by Celtic Football Club.

Now tell me, how likely is that?

[Carsons Dog 9,878]

I want to know what school Adam and Eve went to.

Thats the real issue here.

[viennacalling 42]

I want to know what school Adam and Eve went to.

Thats the real issue here.

[TheNuts 552]

great article. i liked

[djbroxybear 658]

:chopometer:

[Ozblue 4,331]

I want to know what school Adam and Eve went to.

Thats the real issue here.

They went to Eden agricultural school

[Ozblue 4,331]

As the potential SFA charges mount up, is the perfect mix of man and club doomed from the start?

Neil Lennon is a prisoner of Celtic's history; he is the poster boy for Celtic's dark forces and the man the sinister element of the Celtic support can comfortably identify with; and have genuine expectations of, after all, they believe that Lennon, truly, is one of their own - but it doesn't end there.

We, as Rangers fans, have been unable to fully comprehend the conspiracy myth that is so ingrained on Celtic hearts, because it is certainly a myth, but it's not just the lower orders of the Celtic support that unendingly bleat about 'conspiracy': it is a part of the Celtic psyche. From the streets of Royston to the leafy lanes of Bearsden, the song remains the same: it's a conspiracy.

The extremist element in the Celtic support is vociferous in its grievances, but scratch below the surface of an educated Celtic man, and that same attitude lurks: it's a conspiracy.

On a recent train journey, a friend of mine listened in as two well-dressed and well-spoken gents, both Celtic men, chatted about their club. It didn't take long until the conversation turned to the world being against them. Both cited fathers and grandfathers who believed that Celtic had been discriminated against, and this mindset still prevails - and flourishes - today: it's a conspiracy.

Whatever view Lennon has of the world around him, he is imprisoned by Celtic's past, and there is an expectation that he should stand up to an 'establishment' that has supposedly had it in for Celtic since Adam and Eve were at primary school. This is a colossal burden to carry, but it has a beneficial side for a manager too: it's a convenient excuse for failure.

The more the Celtic manager rants, and the more he complains, the more unlikely he will be taken seriously by people with who have a soupçon of respect for their own intelligence. Increasingly, other than Celtic's many media sycophants, people look at the Celtic manager and wonder if he's up to a job that is a genuinely high-profile position, not just in football, but in Scotland.

Neil Lennon is in danger of being the grievance poodle of a century and more of Celtic conspiracy-delusion, and if he's not careful, it will ruin his managerial career before it has even started.

If Rangers and Celtic are still playing football in these parts a thousand years from now, the conspiracy psyche will still be a basic element of what it is to be a Celtic supporter. It won't be based on facts - it never was - but it will still be clung to with an iron grip, because if it is ever let go, the responsibility for Celtic's failings will have to be shouldered by Celtic Football Club.

Now tell me, how likely is that?

To put it quite simply; it all stems from the time it was decided to copy Edinburgh Hibernia and commence brother Walfrid's theme park in the east end of the city, which was envisaged as a meeting place to keep poor Catholic Irish folk out of the protestant soup kitchens and give them a haven to eat pies and moan about being deemed as second class citizens by the local populace who could actually string a sentence together and who knew that the word "Boy" didn't have the letter H in it.

This of course resulted in giving them a self induced inferiority complex which quickly expanded to total paranoia when their Irish brethren from across the way in Edinburgh accused them of stealing their colours, their players and their biscuit tin.

"See Bhoys" said brother Walfrid, " this place is pyoor mingin sho itis an everybody is agin us an they cheat us at every turn, even the brethren from across the way are callin us scum"

Now down through the years, they wore this badge of the oppressed on their sleeve, which suited their agenda to gain sympathy from every Tom, Dick & Declan who saw society as the "Foreigners" instead of the other way round, so that the more decisions that went against them, the more the myth built up to where we are today.

The problem with creating an illusion of being the poor oppressed innocent, where you are continually accusing people of cheating and making unjust decisions against you and the only defence you have is to scream to the heavens "CONSPIRACY" is that the people you are accusing are the very same people who have the power to administer more pain on you.

It's like going to court for a traffic offence and telling the Judge that he's a rotten cheating fucking lying bastard and then appealing his decision.

They will never let go of this inferiority complex that they have because it's now inbred in the majority of them from the cradle to the grave UNLESS they decide to pull up the goalposts and go play in dear old Hibernia across the water, but even then they will still be looking for clarification as to why they never got a throw-in or a corner kick against Sligo Rovers.

[linfield1690 4,248]

fuck them that is all

[delparlane 5,284]

To put it quite simply; it all stems from the time it was decided to copy Edinburgh Hibernia and commence brother Walfrid's theme park in the east end of the city, which was envisaged as a meeting place to keep poor Catholic Irish folk out of the protestant soup kitchens and give them a haven to eat pies and moan about being deemed as second class citizens by the local populace who could actually string a sentence together and who knew that the word "Boy" didn't have the letter H in it.

This of course resulted in giving them a self induced inferiority complex which quickly expanded to total paranoia when their Irish brethren from across the way in Edinburgh accused them of stealing their colours, their players and their biscuit tin.

"See Bhoys" said brother Walfrid, " this place is pyoor mingin sho itis an everybody is agin us an they cheat us at every turn, even the brethren from across the way are callin us scum"

Now down through the years, they wore this badge of the oppressed on their sleeve, which suited their agenda to gain sympathy from every Tom, Dick & Declan who saw society as the "Foreigners" instead of the other way round, so that the more decisions that went against them, the more the myth built up to where we are today.

The problem with creating an illusion of being the poor oppressed innocent, where you are continually accusing people of cheating and making unjust decisions against you and the only defence you have is to scream to the heavens "CONSPIRACY" is that the people you are accusing are the very same people who have the power to administer more pain on you.

It's like going to court for a traffic offence and telling the Judge that he's a rotten cheating fucking lying bastard and then appealing his decision.

They will never let go of this inferiority complex that they have because it's now inbred in the majority of them from the cradle to the grave UNLESS they decide to pull up the goalposts and go play in dear old Hibernia across the water, but even then they will still be looking for clarification as to why they never got a throw-in or a corner kick against Sligo Rovers.

Quite enjoyed that (and the OP as well).

[Blueshoff 10,475]

I want to know what school Adam and Eve went to.

Thats the real issue here.

the name of it didn't include the word 'saint'!!!

The conspiracy deepens.......................

[Rangers_Youth 6]

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