The host returned from his holiday, meaning we could finally record the end-of-season pod.

Paul and Chris talk us through their day at the cup final sponsored by Baby Guinness, it would appear. We then review the current squad and play a very sh*t version of Shag Marry Avoid. "Staying, Going, and Should Be Going" doesn't quite have the same ring to it. The outcome is that a major overhaul is on the cards, which leads us nicely into a discussion about who will carry it out.

Media reports at the time of recording suggest the two main candidates for the job are Martin O'Neill and Robbie Keane. It's fair to say that there's more enthusiasm for one candidate than the other.

Don't get carried away, "enthusiasm" is very much a relative term.

We end the podcast with the announcement from the calm and collected Paul about who gets the honour of being our RGC of the Year.

We should be back when there's news about the "new" manager, but in the meantime, we thank each and every one of you who have downloaded and enjoyed the pod this season.

As mentioned, we now have a Substack site and we're hoping to put some content on there that hopefully you'll enjoy. There's an article from Davie Farrell that's well worth a read.

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As the pod heid bummer, Paul was up that Italy over the weekend he takes the host's chair for this week's episode.

Obviously, there's a huge amount of joy about Saturday, and it appears that the utter headloss from everyone about the Motherwell game increased the desire to win on Saturday.

We discuss the game and the post-match scenes like the grumpy old men we are.

Of course, we talk about the final on Saturday and the prospect of a domestic double.

There won't be a pod next week, so we'll be back in a couple of weeks for a season review and preview of next season.

The RGC of the week takes one on behalf of all the bed-wetters in the media

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What should be another incredibly giddy recording is somewhat derailed as we react to people absolutely losing their sh*t over what was a handball. The level of outrage has taken us all by surprise.

As Paul is currently honing his spaghetti wrangling skills in Italy, Davie Farrell steps in for this recording

Davie does an excellent ex-pro explanation of what happened, and Chris calls all of Davie's pals in the media a shower of c*nts. Classic case of playing to your strengths.

We look forward to Saturday's game and have another laugh at the lads from Govan, and again, we get a former coach's explanation of the "disappointment" at Ibrox.

The collective head loss as a result of the penalty gives us a couple of RGC contenders

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What a fantastic day, actually, that was a good weekend, wasn't it?

As you can imagine, there's a lot of giddiness to go around. Our review of events at Celtic Park takes up the first bit of the pod and we have a right good laugh at 'thaym', their manager, their captain and their fans

Then we move on to the carnage that followed in the pub afterwards, and there's a gig review from Chris and Paul and a frankly incredible choice of post-pub/pre-gig scran by our man in the West

A preview of Wednesday's game follows before the host tells of another shocking confession following hard on the heels of "Tennis Clubgate"

Finally, there was a two-horse race for RGC this week, but ultimately a man who has given Celtic fans so much joy over the years who nicks it.

Incidentally, if you want to enjoy some flute music in Ayrshire here's the link to the festival we discussed

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That was the weekend that was...

Our men in the East and West were both at Easter Road on Sunday and we get their views on a game that wasn't short of incidents. A game that we should have won, easing up, ended up in a nervy last ten. It's as if Celtic have forgotten they are based in the heart disease capital of Europe.

We look forward to the Derby on Sunday and have a right good laugh at events at Tynecastle on Monday evening.

There are a few tennis puns and some chat about the POTY awards too.

In the week that ST renewals came out, we had a chat about the Collective's suggestion that fans wait until the last day before renewing. That leads into a discussion about the potential relocation of The Bhoys. Spoiler alert- We think the club have made a rip-roaring c**t of it.

As always, we are so grateful to each and every one of you who listen to the pod.

Hopefully next week's episode will be a real gidfest after positive results at Fir Park on Saturday and Celtic Park on Sunday

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As you can imagine, there is cheeriness by the bucketload in this week's episode. We came within a bawhair of the perfect footballing weekend.

An unconvincing convincing 3-1 win for Celtic, a hilarious win for Well and were it not for Hibs doing what Hibs do, we could have been in the box seat for the run-in.

We look forward to next week, and arguably, by the time we record the next episode, we should have a much clearer picture of who is likely to win the league.

In other news, the new contracts for Scales and McCowan get discussed, a Godfather disowns his Godson, and we make a plea for support for the pod's furry friend, who is doing a charity walk next week.

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You’d think a six-two victory in a semi-final against Premiership opposition would be a cue for an upbeat and giddy podcast.

Well, no, it wasn’t. Podcast big boss and head honcho Paul is in Spain, leaving his two underlings to hold the fort. Davie Farrell steps in and, unusually, he gets to talk about a game we actually won. However, it has to be said, he isn’t entirely positive about Sunday’s performance. Without it being a spoiler, Davie has a fairly revolutionary idea that we should start the game with our best players on the park.

We look forward to Falkirk on Saturday and have our say on whether we think we can win the league.

The RGC this week is one of friends from Govan who inadvertently gave a bunch of Celtic fans a great day out at Hampden.

As always, we appreciate all your kind words and support but please spread the word to any grumpy Tims that you know

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There was a full turn out of the podcast team at Saturday's game, so Chris has taken over hosting for this week's episode.

We look back at Saturday's game and the post-game sesh before looking forward to Sunday's semi. Despite the win the mood in the camp isn't particularly cheery. We take the opportunity to look at each department of the team and in truth there's not a lot of positivity in that regard either.

We hold our own POTY award and goal of the season and it's slim pickings and no mistake.

There's a quick discussion about the Haughey Monorail proposal, and it's clear that for the two ST holders on the pod, some further details will be required before they are likely to get involved.

A sneaky attempt to ambush the host when we get to the RGC nomination is thwarted by the host throwing himself under the bus.

As always, we are grateful for all the positive feedback (and the less-than-positive feedback, too) feel free to spread the word to the miserable aul' b******ds in your lives

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