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The Journos · 14 October 2026
"Benfica will inflict real pain on them." Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks join Peter Martin before Celtic go to Benfica in the Europa League and Hearts host Nordsjaelland, and the panel can't agree on Celtic.
Celtic: damage limitation in Lisbon, or a chance to "kickstart something"? Colby Donovan, Dane Murray, Liam Scales and Kieran Tierney as a back four "in real trouble", a lightweight midfield, why "it's not the manager. It's upstairs", and Cameron Carter-Vickers: "is he injured or censored?" Plus the AGM and talk of an online meeting, the tennis balls at St Andrews, Dermot Desmond, "a nasty element", and what reconciliation with the fans would actually take.
Hearts: Tony Bloom says he'd be disappointed if they don't win the league within 10 years. Jamestown Analytics, Derek McInnes, nine games in a month, and whether there'll even be a Premiership in its current form in 10 years, with Real Madrid and Barcelona back in the European Club Association and the Premier League a closed shop.
Rangers: "a clear freeway towards the title", or "not a great side"? Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock: three up, then a second half that fell through the floor, and Steven Pressley's Dundee next.
Then Hugh's warning: "The big problem we know with football and misbehaviour, well, we don't know, but we heavily suspect, is not alcohol, it's cocaine." Plus facial recognition at grounds, civil liberties, stewarding on minimum wage, and why "you're accountable for that seat".
Hugh MacDonald has highlighted cocaine use as a bigger problem than alcohol at football matches in Scotland and the UK. Do you agree? Is the proposal for facial recognition to combat fan misbehaviour a step too far by the police and an encroachment on our civil liberties?
THE JOURNOS HIGHLIGHTS
0:00 Welcome to The Journos with Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks
1:32 Benfica v Celtic: "damage limitation"
2:28 "Benfica will inflict real pain on them"
3:17 Motherwell 0-2 Celtic and the ball over the top
4:47 Hassan, Høgh and Jota: "you want out of Glasgow"
6:21 Donovan, Murray, Scales and Tierney: a back four "in real trouble"
7:23 Colby Donovan and Dane Murray
11:14 Recruitment: Henrik Larsson, Virgil van Dijk and the one-year window
12:52 Kieran Tierney: "only 25% of a back four"
13:08 Cameron Carter-Vickers: "Is he injured or censored?"
13:58 Carter-Vickers' discontent: "a massive red flag"
14:22 Breaking ranks: the Lisandro Martínez parallel
15:32 Who's the authority figure at Lennoxtown?
17:36 The Celtic AGM: an online meeting?
18:20 "A PR own goal" and the open goal fans missed last year
19:30 Dermot Desmond chastened? "Preposterous"
20:12 "An ongoing civil war" and a nasty element
21:32 What would a PR strategy look like?
23:05 The People's Front of Judea
24:00 Motherwell: excellent Celtic fans and Danny McGrain
24:35 A new non-executive director: what would reconciliation look like?
26:47 What Celtic fans want
28:01 Hearts v Nordsjaelland: "the level that Hearts are at"
29:24 Tony Bloom: win the league "within the next 10 years"
30:23 Derek McInnes, Jamestown and the summer split
31:14 Nine games in a month: Europe will stretch Hearts
32:28 Will there be a Premiership in 10 years?
33:42 "A group of greedy people": the Premier League's closed shop
34:26 Barcelona, Real Madrid and "a house of cards"
35:04 The ECA in Copenhagen: Real Madrid and Barcelona are back
38:31 Hearts as the third force
39:38 Predictions: Hearts v Nordsjaelland and Benfica v Celtic
40:23 Can Hearts win at Celtic Park on Sunday?
41:25 Rangers: "a clear freeway towards the title"
42:51 Rangers after Kilmarnock: "not a great side"
45:29 Dundee v Rangers: Steven Pressley "will not be intimidated"
46:53 Saturday night at 8:00: the TV slots
47:36 Scotland women in Paisley: pint tumblers in the stands
48:23 "Not alcohol, it's cocaine"
51:15 Facial recognition at football grounds
54:30 Stewarding on minimum wage and police costs
55:14 "You're accountable for that seat"
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