EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 13: Hearts Head Coach Derek McInnes ahead of a William Hill Premiership match between Heart of Midlothian and Falkirk at Tynecastle Park, on May 13, 2026, in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Mark Scates/SNS Group via Getty Images)
On Wednesday night, the greeting faced wee moaning Hearts manager Derek McInnes called the late penalty awarded to Celtic against Motherwell “disgusting.” He suggested Hearts were “up against everybody” after Celtic’s last-gasp winner at Fir Park ensured the Scottish Premiership title race would go to the final day.
I mean, what? How dare he?
Every time a decision goes in Celtic’s favour, out come the daft comments from the moon-people. Celtic do not deserve it. Celtic get all the breaks. Celtic are being helped.
They moan and greet and rage as if the whole of Scottish football has been personally constructed to offend them.
Managers have been sanctioned for comments about officials in the past. Neil Lennon and Brendan Rodgers both come to mind, in the last two seasons. In those cases, they were making legitimate points about standards and accountability.
McInnes is nowhere near that. Not even close.
There is always a pattern to these things. I can feel it before the words even leave their mouths. The same old script, the same bitterness dressed up as “concern for the game”, the same furious scrambling whenever Celtic refuse to lie down and die.
My Ginger Witch instincts were already tingling before I even heard what McInnes had said after Celtic’s dramatic late winner against Motherwell. You could set your watch by this bitter wee man having a greet. I wasn’t surprised when I heard it, but the bitterness of it was surprising, only because most managers don’t say stuff like this out loud. But I guess he thinks he’s special. Most of the Peepul do.
“Disgusting.” Talk about narratives. Talk about being up against everybody.
The implication hanging there in the air like a bad smell was obvious enough. Something was fixed. Something was bent. Something was corrupt. Honestly?
How dare he?
There is criticism of refereeing decisions, and then there is stepping over the line into poisoning the well entirely. McInnes knew exactly what he was doing with those comments. He knew the kind of reaction they would spark.
He knew the hordes who would lap it up because, for some people in Scottish football, every single thing that goes Celtic’s way simply must be suspicious.
Celtic get a penalty? Corruption.
Celtic win late? Conspiracy.
Celtic dominate Scottish football for years? “Something wrong with the game.”
No. Here is the truth they can never stomach: Celtic win because Celtic are winners. Celtic find a way because this club is built on mentality, belief, pressure, standards and relentless desire. That is why the Hoops walk out of chaos with trophies in their hands while others storm to the press room and greet into microphones.
This latest nonsense from McInnes absolutely stinks.
The penalty itself? Was it dramatic? Of course. Was it debated? Naturally. Football thrives on debate. But there is a massive difference between saying, “I disagree with the decision,” and hinting darkly that officials are deliberately manipulating outcomes to suit a storyline.
That is dangerous territory.
Managers have been punished for less than that.
I remember the sanctions handed to Neil Lennon and Brendan Rodgers over the last couple of seasons. Both were hammered for comments regarding officials and standards. Here is the thing that really fascinates me, and my instincts scream it loudly: both Lennon and Rodgers were treated swiftly and harshly because they are Celtic men.
There, I said it. Because somehow, when Celtic figures question officiating, the outrage machine spins into overdrive.
Respect for referees. Integrity of the game. Disrepute charges incoming.
But when someone like McInnes practically suggests there is an organised effort to engineer a title race, suddenly some in the media treat it like fascinating punditry instead of a direct attack on the credibility of Scottish football itself.
Funny that. Very funny indeed.
I am tired of the double standards.
Absolutely exhausted by them.
What makes this even more laughable is that Celtic have spent years dealing with questionable decisions going against them while being told to stay quiet, get on with it and stop “playing victim.” Celtic supporters have watched stonewall penalties ignored, offside goals stand, ridiculous VAR interventions and baffling inconsistencies.
Yet somehow, the moment one huge call goes Celtic’s way, the whole country is supposed to enter national mourning.
The desperation is palpable.
Because this is what sits underneath all of it.
Fear. Fear that Celtic are still standing. Fear that despite every prediction, every smug headline and every expert telling us the dynasty was wobbling, Celtic continue to rise.
Again and again.
Like something ancient and unstoppable. Like a force woven into Scotland itself.
I said it before and I will say it again: people cannot cope emotionally with Celtic’s resilience. They want the champions humbled. They want the empire to crack. They want to see the green and white brought low. But Celtic always seem to emerge from the fire stronger, louder and more defiant than before.
That is what is truly enraging them. Not the penalty. Not the referee. Not VAR. Celtic. Celtic’s mentality. Celtic’s refusal to collapse. Celtic refusing to hand over the throne no matter how loudly others demand it.
The funniest part is that the people crying most about “narratives” are the very same people who spent the season pushing their own. Celtic were supposedly finished. Supposedly weak. Supposedly vulnerable. We heard all the nonsense.
Then Celtic keep winning, keep fighting, keep dragging themselves over the line, and suddenly the story changes to corruption and conspiracies.
It is pathetic.
I watched the fallout unfold, and honestly, I could almost hear the collective rage across the country. The bears greeting. The pundits fuming. The anti-Celtic brigade clutching at straws. Meanwhile, Celtic simply kept moving forward like champions do.
That is what killers do in title races. They survive. They endure. They strike late when others are gasping for air. Mostly, they work. They ignore the noise.
Deep down, I think McInnes knows that too.
Managers do not start throwing around loaded words like “disgusting” and talking about league narratives unless frustration has fully consumed them. That was not calm analysis. That was emotion. Raw bitterness. The kind that appears when Celtic once again refuse to follow the script written for them by everyone else.
My instincts tell me something else as well. These comments may come back to haunt him. Scottish football authorities cannot selectively decide when accusations against officials matter and when they do not. If Lennon and Rodgers were punished, then consistency demands scrutiny here too.
Unless, of course, the rules only truly apply one way. That’s what McInnes is suggesting. In a way he didn’t imagine, maybe he’ll soon find out. Or not.
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Aye! McInnes should be dealt with but don’t go holding your breath, Paulina.
Let’s all hope that his misery is rammed down his throat on Saturday.
Now the BBC are promoting an article on Hearts’ owners calling for “fair opportunity” and that the title be “decided by the players on the pitch rather than by the match officials” etc.
When will The SFA take action? Probably never because it’s not Celtic doing it.
Your articles have been batting the ball out of the park and have been excellent, Witchy.
I get greeting face was emotional, i get he’s a hun, i get he’s the manager of a club that’s led the league for the majority of the season, but his comments after the game should surely see him reprimanded. Remember when BR criticised Beaton after a game against Hertz and called him and the other officials “incompetent” the media was all over it. Its been very quiet from the Scottish meeja regarding the remark uttered by torn face.
Another thing, the haters are overtly setting a narrative for the upcoming title decider, and attempting to pressurise the officials, that in itself is “disgusting.” Personally, I think McInnes is going down the Pampers route and is shiting himself even though Hertz only need to draw.
What next from these idiots? Maybe they’re going to travel a Trumpian road and not accept the decision if we win the league. I cannot wait for the game to end and to listen to the fussin and fighting that will inevitably occur when we win. Imagine we win it with a 90th minute penalty for a handball and the subsequent furore? We’ll own the whole of Scottish football if that happens.
“Moon people”
Lol.
Love it !
Witchy instincts? Nah that’s just you knowing from experience how far- right bigots of the orange variety work hen. We’ve been living with that all our lives and know it fine well.
They squeal when defeated and create all manner of sneaky and narcissistic ways to bring Celtic down.See Boyd for details,I mean he even looks sneaky and can’t hide it.
What his name?..Derek “up to his knees in Fenian blood” MacInnes was perhaps being succinct, but not in the way he framed it.
What he thought “disgusting” was the fact the “Fenians” have clawed their way back from the depths of a pitiful season to one win away from being Champions… again.
Despite Jamestown.
His orange whinging is de rigueur manipulation by way of faked revulsion that referees are helping Celtic and therefore now owe Hearts a favor to balance it out.
Standard manipulation technique.
Although perhaps he did genuinely find it “disgusting” that Sevco supporting referees would give a decision that applied the correct rules of the game towards Celtic rather than stopping us at all costs.
The reason Jock Stein said ” If you’re good enough,the referee doesn’t matter”, is because Celtic have been up against biased Scottish referees probably for our entire existence. Their bias against Celtic is normal, traditional, a wee laugh.
So my God how dare they go against this ancient tradition !!!
It’s “disgusting”.
Winning against these peepil will always be mmm yum yum delicious but this time it will be like a second helping.
I think McInnes could be in bigger trouble than BR or NL, because not only is he implying conspiracy rather than incompetence, he’s also commenting on a decision in a match his team didn’t play in.
I like the featured picture of this article,but where is Derek’s Spiderman mask? ?
I like the featured picture of this article,but where is Derek’s Spiderman mask? ?
It’ll work this way…
If Hearts win the league they’ll probably give him a six game suspended sentence down to three to make it “look good” – They won’t care as his work will be done especially if officials swing it for them…
The Scummy’s will go along with it “he got the same punishment as the rest”
Apart from Slippery Gerrard of course !
PS – Glad ya mentioned “Ginger Witch” Paulina as we’ve not lost a game since you’ve mentioned her – Please dispel your ‘magic power’ For Celtic Just one last time tomorrow !!!
We have to win this tomorrow!
The anti Celtic hate jury have ramped their enmity & hostility up to seismic proportions.
This is due in no small part to their Sky panel, McCoist & of course, the all seeing eye of Derek McInnes.
I commented in another article about the need to retain dignity and humility at all levels of life, including football, but these bitter people are the complete antithesis of this.
Our fans should be contacting Sky, BBC, Talksport with complaints about the levels of bias on their platforms, and the inferences made by their so-called experts ( McCoist, Boyd, don’t make me laugh,) that occur whenever Celtic show resilience against all odds.
It has outraged most, if not all of us, and this title win would be one of, if not the best title win ever, based on everything that has happened this season!
Paulina, if your witch instincts are a sign of your spiritualism and faith then fair enough.
My faith and spirituality has gotten me through many things and I’ll lean heavily on it tomorrow to get us over the line !
If we, god willing, manage to, I’ll even say a wee prayer for McInnes, McCoist et al to be relieved of their bitterness!
Of course, not all prayers work !
Keeping the faith ! HH
Could this have been McInnes’ “Kevin Keegan” moment?
Have they all forgot the 2-2 draw the diets stole from us at Tynecastle when with us 2-1 ahead Trusty was correctly booked for a foul on Kabore in the 77th minute, only for VAR man John Beaton to overturn it and advise the card be upgraded to a red? The tackle didn’t deny Kabore a goal scoring opportunity as he was 25-30 yards out on the left flank with the ball curling away from goal. IF he’d been able to keep the ball in play he still had a helluva lot of work to do with the Celtic defence piling back in numbers and Shmiechael to beat from an angle. But the red card reduced us to 10 men and down one defender Braga grabbed an equaliser in the 87th minute. The huns leapfrogged us into 2nd place and we remained 6 points adrift of the diets in 3rd that day as a result.
The Celtic board actually did some work and appealed the red card, pointing out that VAR can only be used in cases of obvious error and that the referee had a clear view of the incident and he decided correctly that a yellow card was appropriate. There was no obvious error other than Beaton’s decision to upgrade it to a red. The SFA rejected the appeal and charged us a £650 fee for having the gall to question a decision the referee had already ruled on with a decision against us and a card for our player.
Where was the media’s outrage then? This was us cruising towards cutting the gap to 3 points instead of remaining stuck 6 points behind, dropping to 3rd place and Trusty suspended for the next 3 matches. Their mood that weekend was jovial and celebratory. There was no heated discussion the length and breadth of Britain by every talking head with a mic in their face. It got a replay on Sportscene with the harshest viewpoint being that the VAR over-ruling of the on-pitch referee’s decision was “controversial” in some people’s opinion.
The hun entity has never been a legitimate one that meets the basic criteria of being a football team. Over a century of sectarian employment policies that run contrary to the lowest bar of being a recognised football club should still see them – the dead, liquidated Oldco version – stripped of every honour and erased from the history of the sport. The tribute act should have nothing to be a tribute to. But we and the rest of Scotland, along with successive UK governments, tolerated it. We still tolerate them attacking us in the stands, we still welcome them shortly after into our home stadium. We still have to put up with decisions like the one mentioned and the glee in the SMSM when one of their sash wearing brethren hobbles us with inexplicably bizarre VAR overturnings. Save us your tears you illegitimate, tribute to nothing actors – we’re going to need as much of them as possible on Saturday for 60,000 of us to swim in down the Gallowgate as we repaint the city Green & White and then do the double so don’t wear out those tear ducts yet, there’s more pain for you animals coming before the season ends and Fanny Baws will just be a 3rd rate spectator greetin his eyes out with the rest of you and the bottlebag diets who will finish the season with f-all to show for it too.