Chris Moran

Nothing ever lasts forever...so far

[Chris Moran @Subterranean_C]

Time to step back from here for a bit, at least while the regressive winds are blowing. I can still be ignored elsewhere

@subterraneanc.bsky.social

[David 🍀 @thedavidcurrie]

@granddesigns Matt, 34, makes ethically sourced scented candles for anxious dogs. His partner Bryony runs a consultancy teaching FTSE 100 companies how to reconnect with moss. They’re building a six-bedroom passivhaus entirely from compressed seaweed. Budget: £2.4 million.

[Dexys Midnight Runners @DexysOfficial]

I, Kevin Rowland (the son of Irish immigrants) and the main songwriter of ‘Come On Eileen,’ am disgusted to learn that Nigel Farage has used our song to make his entrance for his party conference. Myself, and all of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics.

@ByDonkeys .

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

UEFA backing down on its boycott threat is self-evidently a victory for the FIFA president Gianni Infantino. And that’s a defeat for football. The widespread desire for Infantino to resign was not just about his shameful plan to sell off parts of the World Cup. The desire was to call to account a president enthralled by the rich and powerful, whose reign has seen political and commercial interference in football.

Take your pick of: Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami being parachuted into the Club World Cup; handing out a peace prize (that’s the Nobel Committee’s prerogative); the suspension of Cristiano Ronaldo’s ban so he was available for all the World Cup group stage for Portugal; and sponsored hydration breaks.

Any more? Yes. The phone-call from the White House that led to the review of Folarin Balogun’s ban; the loss of respected FIFA staff like Kevin Lamour; and the vote-winning plan to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 which will kill qualifying, dilute further the quality of the tournament itself and reduce the number of nations that can host such a bloated event. And on it goes.

There could well be more now that UEFA appears a paper tiger. Infantino will be emboldened by Nyon’s retreat. Yes, it’s good for the players that the Women’s Under-20s World Cup in Poland goes ahead. They've worked hard to get there. It's not their fault that Infantino's actions plunged the sport into civil war. And the fact that FIFA tournaments are going ahead with a slightly sheepish European flock is particularly good for Infantino.

His supporters will be delighted. Those wavering may see UEFA blinking first and so throw their support behind Infantino. He now has more time to rebuild his support and ensure he gets voted back in when the presidential election is held in March. Four more years.

Any resistance movement within FIFA will surely melt quietly away, knowing that UEFA was not maintaining its initial, lauded firm stance. Pity. When the game needed strong, enlightened leadership to step forward, UEFA stepped back. Pity.

[MSM Monitor @msm_monitor]

Interesting review of the BBC Scotland 'Welcome to Glasgow' Disclosure programme.

[Il vecchio Martino @OldMartens]

@gilescoren I hated Liddle because he was a racist, who beat a pregnant woman senseless and fantasised about raping teenage schoolgirls. Oh and he was cunt. Hope he rots in Hell for eternity.

[Al Sam @apsamuelson]

@gilescoren Liddle was a former BBC man sexually attracted to children in the traditon of Jimmy Savile, Stuart Hall, Rolf Harris, Huw Edwards and others. Why would you want to go into bat for this?

[𝐌𝐬𝐧_𝐒𝐢𝐬🦅🇹🇷 @Msn_sis0]

La republication de Lewandowski sur Instagram :

"Ils ont annulé la sanction de 3 matchs de Ronaldo. Ils ont annulé le but décisif de la Colombie, et maintenant ils annulent le but de la Croatie.

Pourquoi la FIFA traite Cristiano Ronaldo et le Portugal avec des égards particuliers ?"

[ROPoem @R0Poem]

We need to cleanse football of any American influence after this world cup .. and fifa needs to be replaced entirely or football is finished

[Paul Brennan @CQN]

Am I living in a universe like the movie Yesterday, where no one else saw this?

[TheTributeAct @TheTributeAct]

@20MinuteTims @Pmacgiollabhain The professionally anti-Celtic have all gone crazy.

[TheTributeAct @TheTributeAct]

KMI findings cannot change results. This noise is all about the moral high ground and pressuring refs for next season.

However there is no moral high ground in cherry picking the KMI findings you like and discarding the rest. It’s an all or nothing thing.

[Chris @NNracingHQ]

Three anonymous individuals whose identities are never published, with no power to change any result, dismissed by most of Scottish football as irrelevant for the entire season.

Until a 2-1 majority opinion lands in a direction that suits the narrative, at which point they become the definitive authority on the integrity of Scottish football.

The panel hasn't changed. The attitude toward it fluctuates.

[The Celtic Way @celticway1888]

🗣️ "I haven't contacted the police yet, but I may do."

Martin O'Neill has revealed he received a barrage of ugly calls and messages in the build up to Celtic's title decider vs Hearts after his number was leaked online.

🔗 https://t.co/x3RhXRVqgb

[Pie & Bovril 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @pieandbov]

The morning after the night before.

Firstly, it’s 2026, let’s stop using still images to try and confirm anything that happens on a football pitch. Video brings context.

Secondly, and related to point one, for fucks sake use some common sense. An image showing two balls and an English Premier League badge on the Motherwell shirt is actually being circulated by some people as “proof” of what happened 😂

Thirdly, unless you are genuinely blind, I think we can all agree on one point now. The ball absolutely DOES hit his hand, the evidence of that in slow motion and zoomed in, is absolutely clear.

Fourth, the distance on the ball is because Nicholson does indeed head it, but he heads it with his hand between his head and the ball. Again that is absolutely clear when you watch it zoomed in and in slow mo, IMO.

So, and this is only my opinion of course, the only debate to be had is about whether the hand is in an unnatural position or if his hand has ended up there because of contact from Trusty.

For me, whilst his arm isn’t making his silhouette bigger, you can’t really say it being on his forehead is a natural position 🤷‍♂️

Whether a nudge by Trusty pushed his arm up there is I suppose up for some debate but that’s pretty subjective, again IMO, and could be argued either way.

So, despite the initial furore, by me included, I genuinely can see why this has been given.

In terms of “the worst VAR decision of all time”it’s not even close to being as bad as either of the penalties Hearts didn’t get just three days ago at the same ground.

Most neutrals, me included, want Hearts to win the league, and that incident last night was massively disappointing, but I think we all need to calm down a bit.

What it has shown though, is that we desperately need more and better camera angles if we are stuck with VAR, and we also need much clearer and consistent decisions on handball cos we are making an absolute arse of dealing with it up here.

Some refs give what others don’t, and it’s incredibly frustrating (again see Fir Park on Sat night).

That’s my 2p worth anyway, all I know for sure is it’s a very good time to be a football forum owner 🤪

[Chris Sutton @chris_sutton73]

Now the dust has settled.. The reaction from many high profile people is way over the top. John Beaton was advised to go to the monitor and saw that the ball hit the arm in an unnatural position Bottom line is people would hate to see Celtic win the title again and that is all.

[Slimshady @Slimshady1961]

@EasyPeasy_3 He literally headed his hand onto the ball 🤣🤣🤣

https://t.co/nGPb9LFCsL

[Pie & Bovril 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @pieandbov]

@Paul____Wood Come on mate, I didn’t think it was a penalty but when you see that angle, close up, it looks pretty clear that he’s headered the ball with his hand between his head and the ball.

[Pie & Bovril 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @pieandbov]

In fairness when you see it zoomed in like that it does look like it’s hit his hand with his head behind it.

Humble Pie & Bovril? 🥴😂

[Everything Celtic @aboutceltic]

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[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Jack White on Trump depicting himself as Jesus Christ in a new meme:

"Hey evangelical Christians? Remember that anti-Christ you been squawking about all these years and how he'd present himself as Christlike and bring about the end of days with a final war in the Middle East involving Jerusalem? Well...check out your boy now!

"Listen, if the felonies, epstein files, rapes, bombing of schoolchildren, gestapo ICE agents attacking his own citizens, threatening to invade Greenland, Cuba, Venezuela and Iran all didn't convince you that you fell for this deranged grifter, maybe this lil' post will? How can any so called Christian support him after this blasphemy? How could any Catholic support him after he attacks the character of their Pope multiple times? How did so many millions of people fall for this conman? He's already got worst President in the history of America on lock, but I'm gonna go ahead and take the honor of pronouncing trump 'Worst American of All Time.'

"P.S.: after some backlash (looks like SOME christians actually take their own religion seriously) trump is now saying that this AI image depicts him as a doctor for the Red Cross! He lies, then lies about the lie, then doubles down on that lie with another lie and they Just. Keep. Falling. For. It."

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