The Preen Brigade

These clowns get worse by the day.

Last night was nothing to do with Palestine, it was all about these self-important super fans.

To be fair, they have obviously thought out their strategy at least as far as their limited brains would allow and they had anticipated what Juke and Silver pointed out yesterday...that the club would point the finger in their direction and try to get any closure restricted to that corner.

As well as supporting Hamas, they are also learning from their playbook. I don't think that should be a surprise. A key element of the Hamas approach is the use of innocent civilians as cover. Unfortunately it's one of the things that will contribute to the high number of casualties we're going to see.

That's exactly what the GB playbook is here. They are using the rest of the support as a shield. That's why we had paper flags being foisted on people in the Lisbon Lions Stand (and who is funding that btw??. I think we should be told).

Then we had the spectacle of about 20/30 masked neds making their way into the North Stand before the game with their large flags. Almost all of them headed back into 'their' section after KO.

That wasn't about supporting some poor family in Gaza that's living in mortal terror. It was just about trying to make sure that it's not only them that gets the ban but the whole North Stand into the bargain.

Propaganda is another key Hamas weapon. It's code for lies and deception and the GB statement was largely a fabrication and the comments about 'alleged concerns' and 'disingenuous claims' are an absolute outrage. I've seen multiple examples of questionable behaviour but Fir Park was especially bad.

I saw them coming though the car park at Tim Hortons and charging the police to turn right towards the main stand. Thankfully the police remained calm and a few horses and vans appeared fairly quickly. When it was clear that they wouldn't succeed the neds ran away. It could have turned very nasty, was completely unprovoked and almost certainly planned.

Then at the ground, I watched them enter the stadium and, almost immediately, open the emergency exit doors. Thankfully, the police moved quickly and blocked the gates to stop people accessing the ground without tickets. Fir Park is pretty crammed as it is any you don't need any more people in once it's at capacity. It's putting other fans in danger.

Once it was clear that the police had the situation under control, there was then a gathering around the team bus and more masked needs threw objects at the bus. I couldn't see who the intended target was because it was busy around the bus but it's irrelevant. I saw lighters and similar objects being thrown as well as what appeared to be a folding chair. Sheer neddery.

Their other comments about providing 'full backing for the team as always' are actually laughable given the number of 'protest' stunts they've staged over the years. Even the tories wouldn't be that imaginative in defending themselves.

I'm not sure why the club are hesitating here and I'm even less sure why they continue to enable this bunch of thugs.

Time for them to go. They won't be missed.