No matter how many times they are led a merry dance Ibrox fans just can’t help themselves.
Thanks mainly to the idiotic appointment of Wilfried Nancy at Celtic loyal bears have convinced themselves that they have uncovered a managerial gem in Danny Rohl.
If that was the case the gangly German would have been snapped up by an English Championship side last summer. He wasn’t.
He turned down the Ibrox job twice. Finally in October he was able to strike a deal to take over from Russell Martin.
At Hampden in the League Cup semi-final Martin O’Neill handed out a managerial lesson to the rookie. O’Neill had been in the job five days.
Only the generosity of Nick Walsh and the hard work of the VAR team kept the score-line respectable.
The 33 days under Nancy caused untold damage to Celtic.
O’Neill is back trying to fire fight. In 10 SPFL matches he has collected 28 points.
There has been a few bumps and scars, the football hasn’t been eye-catching but the points have been collected.
FEAR AT IBROX AS O’NEILL RETURNS TO HAUNT
O’Neill is a serial winner, he isn’t at Celtic to boost his CV or to stamp a philosophy on the squad. He is here to win.
And every Ibrox fan knows that.
His name haunts them.
At the turn of this century O’Neill turned over wee Dicky. The Little General was a genius until his side got slapped 6-2 at Celtic Park. He never recovered. Neither did Rangers.
A week after that 6-2 humbling Ronald de Boer was signed up onto a Discount Option Scheme. Tore Andre Flo followed a few months later.
Those tax liabilities remained unpaid 12 years later when Rangers went into liquidation.
O’Neill was the architect. His name haunts bears of that generation. Future generations have been reduced to convincing themselves that Tavpen is a legend.
And yet they still hope.
Hammering Kilmarnock and Queens Park sent them to Fir Park full of Battle Fever.
Between 9 and 9.30pm their dreams were being played out.
They dared to dream, Steely on his watch-along. Martin and the Rabble as they grappled with reality after the Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Stephen Welsh double whammy.
His wee face when he thought they were winning the league tonight aaawww…and he 100% thought that.
— This is how it feels to be Celtic … (@bladdered_plank) February 12, 2026
OH STEELY…
Steely is iconic. His pain is legendary, as is his craving for attention.
One week in 2022 he was calling out Giovanni van Bronckhorst for everything. Days later he was drooling over thetiny Dutchman as he cleared out at Glasgow Airport.
Micky Beale and Phil Clement both went through the same cycles. Love quickly turns to hate, the managerial cycle iswell established.
In his ‘adult life’ Steely has witnessed one SPFL title win. While watching a stream, with fans banned from attending. The scenario that James Tavernier thrives in.
— Celtic Supporters Podcast (@theCSP_pod) February 11, 2026
The in-mates at the Rabble are made for parody. Martin can’t help himself.
Going live every day of the week little is kept secret, every thought and emotion is shared. Celtic fans love it.
That deja-vu feeling is emerging again. All of the symptoms are in place. At least he knows how to cope when the inevitable arrives.
Someone better tell these mugs (aswell as the 🤡 on @ClydeSSB last wk that said they would dominate and win comfortably!!) they don’t get pens, play v 10 for 85mins or Queens Park every wk 😂😂 A mean, tell me you don’t pay attention to anyone else without saying it 😂😂 ….. pic.twitter.com/2iOplVms2L
— David Bryson (@DavidBryson1985) February 12, 2026
Motherwell will never be respected by arrogant bears. It goes completely against their in-bed superiority complex.
Being outplayed for more than an hour is tough to take.
Wasting time when you are in front and playing against 10 men doesn’t sit easily with bears starved off success over the last 14 years.
The more that they are denied the more that they crave.
And as fans of every other club across Scotland knows- it is the hope that kills them.
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by Dando
I now have my doubts as to whether the German genius will recover from the “happy with a draw” comment…
Dust down the Murty sky light…
HH