Jealous Rangers fanatics wince as diddy claim about Celtic backfires
Fraser Wilson mans the phones and old rivals fight once more
Euro fever is back as Celtic and Rangers tackle Young Boys and Manchester United knowing Champions League and Europa League progression could be secured. Donât think for a minute that means a united front on the Hotline though. Not a chance.
More of that in a minute but starting with Rangers, Record Sport revealed Ianis Hagi is willing to sit down and discuss an extension to his contract in the summer. Jimmy Mac, Glasgow, said: âBoth Rangers and Hagi must meet in common ground, neither can undercut or overprice themselves. Both must be reasonable and I would say to Rangers, if you want to keep you're best players, never attempt to low ball otherwise you are guaranteed to lose. Hagi has always been loyal and never hidden his love of Glasgow Rangers.â
Sticking with the Ibrox club and Jim McLean, Rothesay, said: âI thought Philippe Clement couldnât spout any more rubbish after the last few weeks but he excelled himself with the comments after Sundayâs win over Fraserburgh. Did he really know who they were playing?â
On to the midweek action and regular caller George Wilson sparked a Euro debate when he claimed Celtic had been handed a âwalkoverâ draw and will only face âproper Champions Leagueâ sides in the knockout stages. Joe Hailey, Baillieston, bit back: âWell George, that âproper Champions League sideâ wonât be Rangers, will it? Havenât you got enough to worry about playing the âworst Man Utd team everâ? Should be an evenly matched game eh?â
Peter Lyons, Blantyre, added: âIâd just like to remind George that before a ball is kicked to start a season the number one goal is to win the league. The champions Celtic are second to nobody in this category. For some obsessed fans it's all about the co-efficient cup. Oh, how we laugh at this.â
Fellow caller Alan Flett was also in the firing line for claiming Celtic are happy to âplod along in the SPFL lapping up routine wins against drossâ. John Rush, London, said: âThe histrionics from the used-to-be most successful club in the world is comedy gold. We hear how Celtic are playing the diddy clubs while Rangers, in the diddy competition, are playing Europe's elite. Celtic can gain a play off place in the Champions League by beating the Swiss champions while Rangers can gain a place in the Europa by beating England's relegation fodder. Hopefully they both achieve their aim.â
Glen Mitchell emailed: âJust to remind Mr Wilson and Mr Flett, that their club is the worst ever in Champions League history. Also that the answer about who Celtic play in Scotland is correct, it is all dross and that includes the Ibrox club. Freak results do happen, as it did at their place, same as it did a few years ago at Hearts' place.â
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John Scott, Grassmoor, said: âCan someone please explain what Alan Flett' point is? He claims Celtic are content to plod along in the Scottish league playing dross every week. So is he saying Celtic should head south for a tougher league challenge? If that's the case, where does that leave his beloved Rangers? Being dross in a league full of dross. No Celtic to keep Rangers fans awake will provide a quick return to the eighties with a half full Ibrox. Or half empty depending on your outlook eh Alan.â
Meanwhile, tributes continued to flow in for Scottish football greats Denis Law and Jimmy Calderwood. Scott Gowers, Edinburgh, said: âI think a charity Denis Law Memorial Cup should be set up between Manchester United and Scotland each year. A fantastic player, the only Scot so far to be voted the worlds best player, he did this whilst with Manchester United so a memorial cup makes sense. The Scottish Cup draw is a tribute in itself to Jimmy Calderwood as he did so much for both Dunfermline and Aberdeen.â
Frank Jackson emailed: âBeen reading about the legend and people debating Scotlands greatest. It is a generational subject, therefore being 80, The Lawman occupies No.1 spot for me. RIP Dennis Law and Jimmy Calderwood. The latter would always stop and have a chat, was never in a hurry to go. Lovely man.â
And Stephen Johnstone, Ardentinny, added: âScottish football has lost another character in Jimmy Calderwood. He took Aberdeen and Dunfermline on a rollercoaster and was as colourful as his tan. There should be a bronze statue in his home town as he was up there with the best in management.â
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The X Games will experiment judging halfpipe runs this week in Aspen using artificial intelligence, the cutting-edge technology that could someday play a role in the way subjectively judged sports are scored.
Long a trendsetter in action sports, the X Games and its new CEO, freestyle skiing great Jeremy Bloom, teamed with Google founder Sergey Brin to build the technology.
Using Google Cloud tools including Vertex AI, Bloom thinks this experiment has potential to change the game on halfpipes, then maybe on slopestyle courses, skating rinks and anywhere a judge is used to score a contest.
“Part of subjective sports, we see it all over the place, is that even at their best, humans can get it wrong,” said Bloom, who was a freestyle skier at two Olympics while also playing college football at Colorado. “Sometimes getting it wrong has huge implications. What if we could give judges superpowers and they could see things they couldn't see with the human eye, and this technology could help inform them?”
The specter of a judging mistake lingers over every high-stakes contest, and even with its more laid-back vibe, snowboarding, which is now a fixture in the Olympic program, is no exception.
At the last Winter Games in Beijing, the sport narrowly avoided a potential scandal in the men's halfpipe final. Japan's Ayumu Hirano landed the most difficult trick in the sport — a triple cork — as part of a strong, top-to-bottom run, but was ranked behind another rider who didn't do the trick after two rounds.
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The AI at the X Games this week won't have any impact on the official scoring, but will be a gauge of what's possible in the future. Bloom said thousands of hours of halfpipe footage, along with the judging criteria, have been loaded into a system that will be shown on the TV telecast and be made available to the live judges.
The AI will be programmed to watch haflpipe practice and predict the top three finishers. Then its powers will be used to judge and commentate on three different riders as they go down the halfpipe.
“It's early days, but the technology sort of blows your mind,” Bloom said. “It's the power of what it can do when you give it clear direction. It's pretty amazing what this thing can do.”
In snowboarding, judges look at elements like the height of the jumps, the difficulty of the tricks and how well they're executed. They ultimately deliver scores on a 100-point scale based on how runs stack up against each other.
It's a nuance unlike figure skating or gymnastics, where individual tricks have specific point values. Bloom says all that is being taken into account as they work through the experiment.
He does not envision a future with no human judges.
“I don't think this replaces the judges, Bloom said, but I think it gives them power to ensure objectivity.”
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