Milo Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 From today's papers: - The Heart of Midlothian manager, Jim Jefferies, has said that the chaos surrounding Wednesday's Scottish Cup Old Firm derby was positive for Scottish football.The Scottish Football Association chief executive, Stewart Regan, said he was "deeply embarrassed" by events during and after Celtic's 1-0 win over Rangers and the head of the Scottish Police Federation called for Old Firm games to be held behind closed doors after 34 arrests were made at Celtic Park and more than 200 were made elsewhere. Jefferies said that the match, in which three Rangers players were sent off and the Celtic manager, Neil Lennon, was pulled apart from the Rangers assistant, Ally McCoist, would increase Scottish football's broadcasting revenue potential. Jefferies said: "It was tasty, wasn't it? In terms of the application side of things, obviously a bit spilled over from the game the previous week. It just sparked off. It was a very tense situation and probably [the Scottish Premier League chief executive] Neil Doncaster will be the one who will be happy because it was good telly viewing at times. Maybe not the football, but certainly the passion and all that. That's what they're saying TV wants." Jefferies dismissed claims that the match had been a disaster for the Scottish game. He said: "How is it a disaster? It will show around the world how much it means when Celtic and Rangers play. That derby is known the world over as one of the most competitive there is. Yesterday will highlight it. I think they're making it more out of order than it actually was." Jefferies also downplayed the post-match confrontation between Lennon and McCoist. "It was run of the mill stuff," he said. "We've all been there and done it. It's a little taster for the future." I'm a bit worried about his final sentence, "it's a little taster for the future" - it isn't, not if I can help it. As the French say, "Quel Fud!" source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/mar/03/hearts-jim-jefferies-celtic-rangers?intcmp=239 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Ha ha ha! Never mind the ba'; let's get oan wi' the game! He's right in that Neil Disaster probably loved it. What's his favourite phrase (when it suits him)?: "It's what the fans want." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vom Itorium Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 What it also did was gloss over how dire the actual football played in the game was. Result for everyone involved except us poor folk have to live in this paranoid, bile-infested cauldron of hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Maybe if he spent a night in the A&E of the Royal or the Western Infirmary after the game then it might quell his admiration for this charade which masquerades in our national sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillresigned Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 It's just exactly the type of reaction, one would expect from someone professionally connected to football in Scotland utter p*ss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erzamacaroonbars Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Maybe what he meant was that the standard of football was so low that we will be glad of the distraction. Think Rangers should re-sign Kevin Muscat! The world may well be watching but they are laughing at us, Jeffries comments suggest all he is interested in is the money coming in from TV rather than quality football, the comments do him no service. Time for the Ugly Sisters to go. I don't care where, just go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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