Celtic fans have taken Graham Spiers to task over his concerns about the League Cup Final going ahead at Hampden on Sunday.
A decade or so again Spiers was one of the most high profile journalists on the Scottish football scene but these days he makes a few appearances a week in The Times (Scotland) while promoting his own podcast.
The match at Hampden falls 24 hours after Dundee United visit Ibrox but that gathering of 50,000 fans seems to have escaped Spiers’ attention and concern.
A year ago Hampden was empty of fans as Celtic completed their fourth successive treble with celebrations severely muted as they were when St Johnstone went on to lift two trophies.
Concerns about the pandemic have risen over the last few weeks but it seems fairly well established that being out in the open air is less of a threat to health than being indoors.
All across Scotland people will be on buses and trains, even airplanes. They will be in shops and shopping centres but it seems that Hampden Park on Sunday has been singled out for concern by some.
I’m amazed this Scottish League Cup final is going ahead on Sunday: 50,000 people descending on Hampden in packed cars, buses and trains. It’s an #Omicron jamboree.
— Graham Spiers (@GrahamSpiers) December 17, 2021
Cherry picking at its finest. Disgracefull.
— Boristhehead (@BigPatsy01) December 17, 2021
30,000+ at the Edinburgh Xmas market today, 50,000 at Ibrox tomorrow – do they have the convivial immunity so beloved of the Tories? ? Strange you’re looking so far ahead
— Slimshady (@Slimshady1961) December 17, 2021
Or the game at Ibrox before the Cup Final even takes place. Seem very strange to just highlight 1 particular game.
— Kevin Reynolds (@ReynoldsK1888) December 17, 2021
Are the games off tomorrow ? Have you inquired on how the 49 police officers are recovering from being seriously assaulted by rangers fans in George Square?
— MIB (@Mibbeesayes) December 17, 2021
Any other games on in Glasgow on, say, Saturday?
— Chris (@RodneyFarmer) December 17, 2021
Spot on John
— David Dolan (@alphamalemav) December 17, 2021
That’s right Graham the Omicron variant won’t be going anywhere near Ibrox on Saturday ?
— YNWA??? (@Frankiebhoy8881) December 17, 2021
Wonder how many people got onto trains and buses or car pooled to go to work this morning? Don’t focus on this Omicron crisis through the prism of sport. If you think we need a circuit breaker just say so!
— Provoction in mitigation! (@chrisshields10) December 17, 2021
Graham, I think even you know now you’ve had a bit of a nightmare here considering your own team will have had around 90-100k within their stadium in the same week..
I get it’s paint Celtic in some sort of negative for certain journalists this week but this is pretty daft..
— LubosEleven (@ElevenLubos) December 17, 2021
Oh goodness me…!
— Graham Spiers (@GrahamSpiers) December 17, 2021
Class reply
— Linda jamieson (@Lindaja84676445) December 17, 2021
This is very surprising, apparently only celtic and hibs fans are spreading omicron this Sunday. The rangers and Dundee utd fans packed into cars buses and trains filling ibrox the day before are immune. ?
— WorldsBestFan (@worldsbestfan) December 17, 2021
And that folks knocks the old paranoia theory smack bang on the head. Well done mr. Spiers ???
I love being paranoid….seems to give you a clear insight into the shithole that is Orange, free masonry Scotland and yet one of the key components of paranoia is lack of insight !! Feck off Graham ya typical thick ignorant, racist hun ,
It’s just Graham acknowledging zombies can’t catch a human virus
mr leitch was saying something similar the other day about travel arrangements to hampden being a concern but no mention of concern about games being played twenty four hours earlier ?. paranoid no us .
Well, the Govan mob did prove beyond all doubt that they just don’t do viruses. NOT A SINGLE CASE.
What more proof do you all need?!