Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers applauds on the touchline at Celtic Park Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Gas Scottish Cup, Quarter Final, Celtic Park,- 09 March 2025 Photo Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock
THE NOTAPRODDYGAL – 7.5/10 – Played his strongest current team, resisting the temptation to be cute or controversial. Ruthless suits him best and back to the bench for Idah suited Celtic best. Calmac might be a worry – if he’s injured. If not, what’s going on Brodge? You’ll probably know the situation there before you read this; me, I’m writing it with further Guinness in mind and it’s the least-researched, most ill-informed but stunningly acute take on the game you’ll ever see… But do your own flaming extra-curricular digging, m’kay?
Referee Nick Walsh Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Gas Scottish Cup, Quarter Final, Celtic Park, – 09 March 2025 : Photo Stuart Wallace Shutterstock
MIBBERY – 5/10 – Hmm, sneaky few incidents got us riled up; but thankfully came to nothing. Right at it with Hibs taking shies from anywhere they wanted on the park, and also let go an achilles-ripper on Reo that would have had the assailant sin-died at Mordror. However, they got the last-greet as they have all season to date, even accounting for the scandalous Easter Road shenanigans that had them in raptures for all of three hours.
Har-de-har.
Celtic fans
prior to the Celtic v Hibernian – Scottish Gas Scottish Cup match on March 09, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
OVERALL – 7/10 – Well, it was a festival of green and white under refreshing spring sunshine as seven thousand drug mules crammed in from Capital and lived in hope. And hope was all they had, ultimately. But it lasted quite a while as we failed to kill them off and stressed out the home legions with unusual passivity through the final quarter. Upon reflection, however, that was more akin to competent professional game-management; retaining possession, drawing them out, working their legs and running down the clock.
It just added an anxious edge to proceedings, it being a cup-tie thus the spectre of unwanted upheaval lurked in the strong shadows, hissing threats of extra time and shocking upsets…But despite us fluffing many lines, the late drama was ours to deliver. That we did, with a flourish, as the subs combined to bury the resolute Hibernians and spare us a dreaded junkie-choir rendition of ‘Sunshine On Meth’.
So onto the semis and wondering if we’ll draw the Zombies or see them in the final. Eh? What’s that, Lassie? They are stuck down a well and that’s where they’re staying because they need a good wash and they’re not going to be at Hampden anytime soon?
Well, I never…
Go Away Now
Sandman
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In the absence of the Sons of William we may have to make do with the Cousins of William in the Final again, although none of the potential opponents outwardly should cause us much angst.
Please just don’t let it be Livingston and the jailbird, I really can’t stand his whiny voice and gurning sour pus. ‘Mon the Saintees!
Hopefully we get the Diets in semi so we don’t get the hate filled songbook in the final.