When did Vladimir Smicer become an authority on Celtic fans, and when did he experience how "aggressive" we are?

03/19/2025 08:36 AM

Vladimir Smicer, he of Liverpool fame, is in the papers today, further inflaming tensions surrounding Vaclav Cerny’s behaviour last Sunday at Celtic Park.

His comments in the Record this morning do absolutely nothing to help this situation, and Smicer is basically saying that Cerny could become a victim in all of this.

How does he say that?

Well, he pretty much insinuates that Cerny will be attacked by Celtic fans if he goes into Glasgow city centre.

Because apparently, some of us are “aggressive”.

He in fact insinuates we’re so bad that we’ll make life extremely hard for Cerny if he signed for the Ibrox side on a permanent basis.

Now, I’ve never heard of an Ibrox player being ran out of Glasgow by Celtic fans, but Smicer seems to think that we could do this to Cerny after his behaviour on Sunday.

We don’t want to do anything to Cerny.

What we do want, is that he’ll be dealt with through the correct channels, and justice will be done.

Instead, we have the likes of Smicer now making Cerny a victim.

When he is the furthest thing from that.

Here are Smicer’s comments from today’s Record:

But Smicer believes his actions could have an impact on Cerny’s time in the Scottish Premiership when faced with “aggressive” Hoops’ fans.

He told Sport: “He should keep his nerve. But it’s sometimes difficult for players to keep their cool, not to react to the outbursts from the stands.

In any case, Cerny will have to be careful when he goes to the centre of Glasgow. Some Celtic fans are aggressive, and it could be difficult for him to stay at his club.

Have you ever heard such garbage in all your life?

Celtic fans won’t make it difficult for Cerny to stay at his club.

In fact, that should be very easy for him, he clearly fits right into the culture over there.

Cerny himself has spoken out about the incident on Sunday, and his response is as pathetic as the incident itself.

Get a load of this:

I don't want to say too much, I can't. I find it a bit absurd.

The stands are so close, to have open water… I didn't even know what was happening at that moment. I just ran. It's a derby.

Okay, where do even I begin with that load of bollocks?

What’s he even saying?

That players shouldn’t be allowed to have open water when the stands are so close?

Because they might lose the run of themselves and spray fans with it?

You know?

Because it’s a derby.

And he didn’t know what was even happening at that moment?

Clearly he did, his side had just scored, Cerny knew that would drive Celtic supporters mad, so he felt that spraying water on them would make them even madder.

He knew exactly what he was doing.

To pretend otherwise is to take both his own side, and the supporters he sprayed for fools!

So there you have it.

Poor innocent Vaclav Cerny had no idea what he was doing.

And now, as a result of having no idea what he was doing, his countryman Vladimir Smicer is telling us that Celtic fans might get aggressive with him in Glasgow city centre.

Obviously we’ll have a lynch mob lying in wait for him on until he’s run out of town.

Thus jeopardising his chances of playing for the Ibrox side on a permanent basis.

Because, of course, Smicer knows this from having experienced our unchecked “aggression” and the way we’ve run Ibrox players out of town in the past.

He would do well to keep his mouth shut, and refrain from making needless, inflammatory assumptions.

Cerny created this mess for himself.

Imagine if he walked into Glasgow city centre and a Celtic fan walked up and sprayed him with a water bottle?

Now, that’s something we’d never hear the end of, I’m sure.

Those pesky aggressive Celtic fans, yeah?

Cerny better watch his back now!

Honestly, you couldn’t make this crap up!

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