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'Butchered' is an understatement.

Dis Clement even shake the hand of the Dundee manager before he scarpered down the tunnel?

Unlikely , as they were playing Ross County .

Hmm, I see they have to play Dundee midweek

Dis Clement even shake the hand of the Dundee manager before he scarpered down the tunnel?

That's a real 'Welcome to Scotland' for Phillipe Clement.
He thought his team could walk on water - even Dundee water

First penalty given, it did look like a hand ball.

 Rangers might will need 3 penalties, I don't think this ref would give them.

The hand of God is not with them.

Tuchel seems very annoyed about this call Bayern didn't get!

https://x.com/graefe_manuel/status/1777808412354433443?s=48&t=phQ2HHkWD0UVsLqr_FKpag

Tuchel: "What makes us really angry is the explanation on the field. He told our players that it's a kids mistake and he will not give a penalty like this in a quarter-final."

Yeah that's what it looked like.

100% Penalty - Referee and even more so VAR bottled it!

Like the mistake a Spurs goalie made from a throw in when touching the ball in a failed attempt to trap it before it trickled into the net. A kid´s mistake for sure:

Saka up to his usual tricks, the ref got it spot on.

The only thing from a Monaghan point of view about yesterday's result is the added inconvenience for Tyrone.

"In December 2023, public sector jobs as a proportion of the population were 11.7%, which compares to 8.8% for the UK as a whole."
So,what do these extra people do?

Very little.

Those are the 2nd level teachers.  Nurses & Doctors should not be jammed  in alongside that lot of wasters.

Well deserved  for Cavan, the only criticism I'd have is that the game should have been in their bag long before their second goal. Dreadful lifeless  performance by Monaghan and management.

Celtic need to call out Beaton and his officiatating.  Very poor but not unexpected. A no penalty given to get them in the game. I knew he'd give them a gift of a penalty. Celtic need to call that out.

In saying that, Celtic being 2-0 up and 3-2 up in injury time and giving up the draw is poor.

Disappointing but league still in Celtic's hands. No more slip ups. Know what is at stake now in terms of winning all the games.

Beaton made the correct call at first and he was just a few paces away from it. But he didn't have any choice when VAR intervened. Var repeatedly showed the incident from only one angle  and only from after the touch by Johnston. What the ref didn't see on the VAR replay was Johnston's outstretched leg shifted the ball away and that's what Silva ran into and dived in an obvious simulation.

In general the ref did well but he did choose to miss 3 or 4 yellow card fouls for Rangers players

Celtic have been poor this half. Not sure what Suttons on about it's a penalty all day!

I thought it was very soft pen. Clearly pokes the ball away. Would have only been a penalty if it was foul play as getting the ball doesn't matter during foul play.

Not even the Ranger's co-commentator thought it was remotely a penalty.

Handy win for Monaghan tomorrow?

If Cavan are as poor as they finished the league it will be handy win for Monaghan. However this is championship playing the neighbours and live on BBC and RTE if no kick and competitive showing from Cavan it will speak volumes about them.

Cavan were pretty bad in the league but still were hard to beat. Meath for example should have had them beat out the gate by half time in Breffni but by the 60th minute Cavan were ahead.
Monaghan are brittle and low on confidence, plus they are missing their big attacking threats.

Best value bet is Monaghan ahead at HT but Cavan by a couple at the end.

I hope you go ahead and put a shít load of money on that one.
Anyway that's enough talk about other teams in Ulster, let's get back to chat about the AI Final Derry ('the second coming') V the Dubs

A Gentleman in Moscow. Only the 1st episode out so far but I thought it was excellent and hope that continues. I read the book years ago and thoroughly enjoyed that.

The TV dramatisation is a credit to the book, a great watch.