[CL] Champions League 2012/13 (58 Viewers)
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Celtic aren't known as Paranoid FC for nothing.
Last time there was a big thing around refereeing and Celtic was a couple of years ago.
A referee gave Celtic a penalty and then, correctly, changed his mind and ordered a bounce-up to restart the game.
This correct decision resulted in everything from heaps of articles in papers about Celtic being victimised through to death threats being sent to the referee and his family.
The refereee quit.
How do you think that sort of intimadation in order to make sure referees don't dare to go against Celtic in the future tallies with Celtic's insistence on fair play?
Remember, though, Celtic fans are the best in the world.
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Pity that they don't exist any more.
Last time there was a big thing around refereeing and Celtic was a couple of years ago.
A referee gave Celtic a penalty and then, correctly, changed his mind and ordered a bounce-up to restart the game.
This correct decision resulted in everything from heaps of articles in papers about Celtic being victimised through to death threats being sent to the referee and his family.
The refereee quit.
How do you think that sort of intimadation in order to make sure referees don't dare to go against Celtic in the future tallies with Celtic's insistence on fair play?
Remember, though, Celtic fans are the best in the world.
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Pity that they don't exist any more.
Unfortunately there is a whole lot of misinformation in that letter with respect to all the match fixing stuff that it renders it a complete joke. Poor guy who wrote it, didn't do any research and just went by what he read in the headlines. All this letter does, is show the inferiority complex many Celtic fans have in European football.
Hello, I'm Alex, I run the Celtic Journal on which the article 'An Open Letter to Michel Platini' was published on. I did not write the article but I'd like to take this opportunity to put some things straight.
Firstly the article was not an attack or attempt to discredit Juventus - instead is was criticising Michel Platini's decision to make those inappropriate comments regarding the draw. Not only because he is a Juventus support but after all he is the head of UEFA the governing body and should be neutral - especially based on past events in football generally regarding match fixing. Platini should have remained neutral after all.
The over-reaction from Juve fans seems to stem from one users twisting the story to make it seem as if it was a personal attack on Juventus and linking back to match fixing. This is entirely not the case.
All I can say is the draw will be exciting for both sets of fans - anybody writing off an opposition at this stage of the Champions League is very silly - Juventus have arguably one of the best midfields' in the competition are clear media favourites but football is funny game, especially with Celtic's home record in Europe - you can never really say what's round the corner and that's the magic of football.
You will be most welcome in Glasgow and I like many others Celtic and Juventus supports look forward to this game!
Firstly the article was not an attack or attempt to discredit Juventus - instead is was criticising Michel Platini's decision to make those inappropriate comments regarding the draw. Not only because he is a Juventus support but after all he is the head of UEFA the governing body and should be neutral - especially based on past events in football generally regarding match fixing. Platini should have remained neutral after all.
The over-reaction from Juve fans seems to stem from one users twisting the story to make it seem as if it was a personal attack on Juventus and linking back to match fixing. This is entirely not the case.
All I can say is the draw will be exciting for both sets of fans - anybody writing off an opposition at this stage of the Champions League is very silly - Juventus have arguably one of the best midfields' in the competition are clear media favourites but football is funny game, especially with Celtic's home record in Europe - you can never really say what's round the corner and that's the magic of football.
You will be most welcome in Glasgow and I like many others Celtic and Juventus supports look forward to this game!
You did a very good thing then, because that's one of the worst articles I've ever read.
I fail to see the point in it. Attacking Platini for his silly statement is fine, but what was the point of mentioning the scandals in Italian football? Looks like the Celtic fans were given a perfect alibi for the potential elimination.
"Platini was a Juve player, he said that Juve will easily make it through. And it's possible that Juve fixed the matches because they have some shady history".
I fail to see the point in it. Attacking Platini for his silly statement is fine, but what was the point of mentioning the scandals in Italian football? Looks like the Celtic fans were given a perfect alibi for the potential elimination.
"Platini was a Juve player, he said that Juve will easily make it through. And it's possible that Juve fixed the matches because they have some shady history".
