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Well said Paul
Let's hear it for the Bhoys
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There is only one GOD
and it belongs to Celtic
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Paul - i am enjoying it. This has been a period of transition and some of the football hasn;t been great to watch, but we have been the best team in Scotland by far over the last 5 years whilst also reducing debt, building a stable business platform for the future and being successful on the park and as a business.
I'm confident that our team will perform well this year and that there will be some fast attacking flowing football and the GOD will continue for many years to come.
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Maleys bhoy, we should see two strikers, at least, leave.
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I'm very happy that the media is ignoring our transfer successes. Just wait until the season starts and we run away with the league - what will they say then? Isn't it adding pressure to the other lot if the media insists against all reason that they are going to run us close?
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Paul this is indeed very positive and a good stepping stone for the future. If we can get the defence sorted out and a real striker of proven quality in then we could truely be in for a Generation of dominance.
The huns will spend something so i would rather we pulled away from them and left them to the fate they deserve.
Rather dispointed in the blog so far. Lurked but did not post as it seems you have very few regular contriubuotrs more like a small group posting most of the time not good for debate.
Whilst its great to be a tim we need to avoid self appreciation societies.
Anyway hope you can get more people interested as this is still one of the best sites around.
Enjoy the close season
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We need to be able to streamline as well. Financially as well as for dressing room happiness we need to move some players on.
Some players are happy, in fact some all too happy to be a squad player and pick up their bumper wage packet.
In three positions we have too many bodies, some of them must be moved on. Including players I believe could break through, at least as cover, we have:
Centre-backs:
Pressley
O'Dea
Kennedy
McManus
Caldwell
Virgo (who?)
Balde
Cuthbert
By the looks of it we're looking for a top quality signing for this position, please Gord!
Centre-mids:
Sno
Brown
Gravesen
Jarosik
Donati
Bjarnasen
Hartley
Ferry
Grant
Not sure if we're done in the transfer market here or not).
Strikers:
Zurawski
Riordan
Miller
JVOH
Killen
McDonald
Beattie
I'm pretty sure we'll be hoping for another.
So that's 8 possibly 9 central defenders; 9 central midfielders; 7 possibly 8 strikers.
Now there's nothing like having a quality squad to choose from but there's an optimum number for each position and this is taking it a bit far.
It's not as if all the players are even quality and think of the wages taken up by some of these guys.
IMO we need to sell 3 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers. And we had better start soon because as we have seen in the past it can be more difficult to move a player on than to bring a new one in.
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Sir Paul.....
Pinkety, Pinkety...Oh Pal o' Mine!
Bask! Bask! Bask!
How Sweet it IS!
An' why no? Blaw yer Brass Section!
Ye an' Fargo were richt! So ye were!
Remember,all those irritating and irksome darts,that were thrown at ye, willy nilly,by the Anti- Boarders?
Neg Anon......
Whaur ARE YOU! Come oot...ye're NO SPIED!
Paul, lad.....
YE DONE GOOD, KIDDO!
An' as another chanter once said..
"Ye Ain't Seen Nuttin', Yet!"
Now, to Bed!
We jist got in....been Celebrating with some Celtic Movers and Shakers.
What a good time was had by all!
Kojo.
Tired, But Happy....
Donati?
Pure Gelatto on the Cake!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM! MMMMMMM! MMMMMM!
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Paul - is that what YOU think or what you've heard ?
I agree that we need to lose 2. A difficult choice though, the obvious ones to me would be Kenny Miller and Beattie.
kenny - loved his attitude and selfless running and movement but sometimes it was actually to the detriment of the team because we then lacked a player in the box when a midfielder looked to deliver a cross.
Beatts - Very strong quick player and can finish. On the minus side, injury prone and poor first touch (2nd touch usually a tackle)
Magic offered us nothing last season - although he did play in the world cup and then struggled with injuries for much of the season. But if he comes back with the right attitude and his batteries recharged, he could be a 30 goals a season striker.
Deek - Great player, clinical finisher, lightning feet and a wonderful 1st touch. There is a reason that WGS doesn;t play him - whether it's because he's not big and strong enough or whether it's a discipline issue I don't know. I just hope he get's his chance this year.
JVOH - must stay - no injuries this year please
Killen - worth a gamble. Great scoring record for our feeder club.
Scott macDonald - will score goals - he's quick, good poacher and a right handful for big defenders.
Sheridan - one for the future, needs to stay.
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Hi Paul and fellow Celts,
You have hit the nail on the head Paul! Forgive me, but, out of curiosity you understand, I browsed the Sunday Smell website and had to laugh at the 'Rangers possible purchase?' headline and the solitary article, way, way down the pecking order, which mentioned DOnatti; an interview with Enrico Annonni giving his views. Like you Paul, I thought is this all they can say...? Surely this IS news...?
This was a great reminder to me why I very rarely go there (the Sunday Smell website or sister toilet paper) and why I never buy them.
I will now have to steel myself to resist future temptation when our next even bigger signing comes along.
Whilst I do think Smith&McCoist will have a positive influence on Rangers this season, I am SO looking forward, with great confidence, to next season and I expect us to step up another gear.
Yours in Celtic,
Jim.
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i know a fair few of the celtic first team are still on foreign shores on holiday to return in a day or so.
i think we will see a lot of player movement this week. the batteries are being put into the revolving door as we read.
the 31st of august is still a heck of a way off.
our main objectives look like being completed before we even fly out to the uhrencup
its a great time
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Test-from my phone
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Just to add to this and emphasis the imbalance we only have:
Fullbacks:
Naylor
Wilson
What happened to the Doumbe deal? I'm not convinced he's as good as people think but believe he'd be adequate cover for both positions.
Wingers:
Nakamura
McGeady
Riordan (although I don't think defensively he'd good/willing enough to play here for Celtic)
O'Brien is possibly good enough for cover here.
Brown can play on the right but I'd think he'd be first choice with Donati through the middle.
Basically we've too much cover through the middle (the part of the team ironically that wasn't as good as it should have been for the past 2 years) and no cover at all out wide.
I'm actually amazed how we coped last season - Telfer leaving was felt, I think many only started to realise he wasn't as bad as they thought after he left (and we had Caldwell playing as fullback).
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Jim the Tim - see Gordon's comment above which I echo.
It will be all the sweeter when we dominate the Scottish league for many years to come. I truly believe that the gap between us and Rangers will widen and the gap between Rangers and heart, hibs, aberdeen will narrow.
We must not be complacent though, we must carry on the way we have been doing over the last few years and build upon our already growing European reputation.
hail hail
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Yours in accord Paul.
We don’t need credit from the likes of them; the record books will speak our successes long after those cretins are redundant.
But Please,
Pray my Ghod, Please,
Let nobody rest on their laurels.
The double has gone. It’s in the history books. Next season is a totally new chapter.
From the fan, who can only afford one game every so often, (but a MASSIVE SUPPORTER none the less), to all those wealthy geezers, centre stand;
Let’s do, whatever we can, to make the dream of a G.O.D. become a reality.
From the ball boy to Brian Quinn and his board. Think about tomorrow and how we can make it ours.
Not so we can dominate Scottish football (that is a prerequisite and not an easy one either)……….but that we can compete, respectfully, at the pinnacle of European football.
(Read who the AC Milan supporters considered their biggest hurdle to success was last year. We’ve got respect, now I just want to go one step further).
PS
I think a little bit of PASSION is creeping its welcome way into the thread leader.
Don’t let them get to you.
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I can still recall, with great disappointment, the day Brian Quinn stepped out onto the pitch at Celtic Park to unfurl the Championship flag and have his brief speech cut short by a mindless minority of home supporters. What this man has done for the club is incredible and we are honoured to have a financial genius and great man of such stature guiding this magnificant club.
I'm looking forward to being there to see him unfurl the flag this time and get the reception he deserves.
Hail Hail Mssrs Quinn, Lawell and Strachan. Here's to many more years of running rings 'roon the Minty one. Murray must stay!
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In Marquis Murrays own words-
"I have 80% of the Scottish press in my pocket....."
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Noel 90
He can keep the press in his pocket - I'd rather have the trophies in our cabinet !
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Paul
Very well said my good friend.
Our "Superstar" boardroom and manager epitomise the One Team strategy.
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taken from monthehoops
A different viewpoint on the amount of trophies won debate.
In a quiet morning in timdom with not many newsworthy stories to speak of my thoughts are turned to an argument I recently had with one of our brethren from the other side of the City.
Article continues below
The debate ultimately headed towards the last stand of all Rangers fans arguments, The Alamo if you will. "But we huv won mair trophies than you".
This is a popular and indeed true argument that we have all had to endure throughout the years, perpetuated by the flag waving Dundonian in the Setanta Sports advert.
"Yes". I replied, but we have won the European Cup.
"Ancient history" my ORC friend gleefully proclaimed, "That was forty years ago"!
It is at this point that I knew I had him snared, hook line and sinker! The old "that’s ancient history" argument does enough to render our greatest ever achievement as lesser in the average currants eyes, but it also renders their "most successful club in the world" as void also.
Now for the science bit.
Let us compare the amount of trophies won in the last 40 years, first by our rivals
Scottish League Titles (17)
1975, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005
Scottish Cup (12)
1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
Scottish League Cup (18)
1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005
European Cup Winners Cup (1)
1972
Total trophies won: 48
And now for Celtics record for the same period
Scottish League Titles (21)
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 19741, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Scottish Cup (16)
1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007
Scottish League Cup (10)
1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1983, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006,
European Cup (1)
1967
Total trophies won: 48
So the next time one of our supremacist xenophobic cousin’s approaches you with the argument that they are the most successful team ever, counter his argument with the winning of the European Cup. When he retorts with (and trust me, he will) "that’s ancient history" point out the statistics above to him. Let him know that in the last 40 years the only trophy his team has won more times than Celtic is the League Cup! Stick his 51 titles up his arse by reminding him that we have won that particular accolade 4 times more than his contemptible organisation in the last 4 decades. When he is flailing on the ropes, finish him off with a quick one-two of "four more Scottish Cups" followed by a roundhouse called the European Cup.
Enjoy watching his face hit the floor!
Yours in Celtic (and getting it right up them)
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I'm glad you brought this up Paul. For a Scottish Club (Celtic) to lure an exciting prospect (Massimo Donati) from the European Champions (AC Milan) & for it to receive limited press coverage in Scotland is unbelievable. In one newspaper this took 2nd place to 'Faubert swoop as big as Gazza and Laudrup'. After 3 paragraphs you stumble on the small matter of Bordeaux not looking to sell their midfield asset & the price on the French Internationals head being between £7 - £10 million. I doubt that Rangers have this kind of budget for their full summer spend, so why run with the story at all & why should it then dominate so many column widths in the Scottish Press?
The two other humourous spins this summer have been Rangers signing Jean Claude Darcheville, a player allegedly worth £3M, but the Ibrox club cleverly snapped him up for free. Some journalists decided to omit from their articles that Darcheville couldn't get a game at Notts Forest a few years previously. The other good one so far is that the best young player in Scotland (Scott Brown)would cost Celtic close to £12 million when you add up the wages & potential bonus & his car insurance & his monthly Asda bill & his dog's monthly pedigree chum....blah blah blah
Whilst there's no guarantee with any signing you make, it's reassuring to know that the club is doing it's homework in advance of the transfer windows. Also i would sooner see us make this type of signing rather than chase a blue chip signing, as our recent big name signings such as Jiri Jarosik (Chelsea), Thomas Graveson (Real Madrid) & Roy Keane (Man Utd) have been pretty underwhelming.
It's the low key signings such as Lee Naylor or the players we've acquired from value markets who we extensively monitored that have been central to our success such as Nakamura & Boruc. It also ties in more with the history & profile of the club as the underdog - which takes us nicely back to Lisbon & we know what happened there.
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Paul67,
it´s good to see them getting it right. It tells Mr Strachan that he is being trusted. I think the fans deserve enormous credit and their contribution should never be over looked. I hope that we manage to hold onto the likes of SN, AB, JJ, TG an MZ they are CL class and I just wish that we would stop openly touting players that have just won us a double and done the best we have done in Europe for years.
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Vargas'Shampoo-hate to disagree with you but I thought RK made a difference to our midfield in the half season he played.We'll draw a veil over the Clyde debacle but I remember him sorting out the Pondlife with a relish that was notably absent from the last few times we played them.
Have to agree with you regarding JJ and TG.Which is one of my worries for next season-the time for Celtic supporters to be really worried is when things appear to be going swimmingly.Team the third hasn't kicked a ball yet..
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Afternoon Paul/CQN
I believe you may be doing yourself and like minded websites out of some credit here Paul.
Could it be that a lot of Celtic fans are just simply not buying the rags anymore and so the market has shifted? I don't think I am alone on here in that I don't buy newspapers but rely on various websites for my current affairs and celtic fix every day.
Perhaps the denizens of darkness are still clinging to the tabloids as the main source of light?? If that be the case then perhaps teh tabloids still feel that a little bit of positive spin will keep them coming back for more.......until of course the editiors decide that the story of their downfall will sell more sheets....
#8
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Paul
I'm Lovin it
you are spot on as there is a total denial of what we are currently doing.
As i have said to you before, the media coverage recently has been shocking.
When we were linked with Donati, what clip do u think STV pulled out the bag?
Donati gettign caught offside
shocking
Roll on the new season where they will all be unable to deny the event, as the event will be unfolding right in front of them
Hail Hail Shun
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If the situation was reversed all we'd be hearing about from the Scottish media is Rangers gearing up for their assault on the CL.
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Posted on the last thread, just before paul got busy again.
At 25/06/07 12:33, Tom the Tim said…
Could it be that Murdo is merely massaging their expectations in order to keep the illusion going that they are still players in the transfer game?
As has been suggested here and I agree, the longer the media keep the hordes in denial, the deeper the hole becomes.
More articles like that please, Murdo.
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O Ye, wha’ Paradise do haunt,
Wi’ a ’the poor ye noo can vaunt’
Tae pick an’ choose the anes ye want
Remember this.
Its no the first an’ no the last
Ye’ll go amiss.
But Aye we know, ye tremblin’ Willie
Ready are we tae no be sillie
Ye’ll no see us reject a billie
For want o’ faith
Wha’ luves the paths o’ fitba’ fair
Can wear the claith.
But Tims, ye mustnae get sae high
Abune yer station bye an’ bye,
It’s no’ permittit, I maun sigh
An’ tae be terse
Ye’ll only fa’, an fa’ fae high
Upon your erse.
Na Willie, ye huv got it wrang
For noo’ it’s time anither sang
Was heard richt loud and proudly lang
In oor wee toon.
We’ve risen an’ we’re noo the best
An no’ too soon.
Ma minty Lord, for me, an’ mine
He’ll no forsake, for Auld Lang Syne
He’ll never let me writhe and whine
Tae sic as ye
Our time will come again, I swear
Our micht will be.
Epitaph
Here lie the banes o’ unco pride
Left oot tae bleach an’ shiver
Withoot a sark or claes beside
Tae cover up the emp’ror
It goes in cycles, so they say
It’s ane turn then anither
Well, mibbes aye an mibbes nay
But this I’ll tell ye brither
Oor Harley is a guid true steed
It’s weel oiled, it’s a braw thing
While them, they're like a wabbit weed
Upon a Penny Farthing.
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Vargas shampoo,
Many moons ago (I think it was November 2005) you asked about a certain Felix O'Neil.
I went and checked up on some stuff and compiled the following (and then forgot to post it).
Better late than never.
RE: FELIX O’NEILL
Courtesy of
An Alphabet of the Celts By EUGENE MacBRIDE & MARTIN O’CONNOR with GEORGE SHERIDAN
Name : Felix O’Neill
Role : Right Back
Born : Motherwell 21st December 1889
Career : Shotts United/ CELTIC 21st December 1910/(Alloa Loan 26th January 1911)/CELTIC again 3 November 1911/Bathgate 7 September 1912/Dykehead 25ty September 1912
Celtic Debut : versus St Mirren (away) 1-1 Scottish League 18th March 1911
After “some great games for Shotts united,” Felix O’Neill played his solitary league match for Celtic in place of Sunny Jim Young in a half back line reading O’Neill, McAteer and Mitchell. At Alloa he played against Celtic in a friendly at Recreation Park on March 4th 1911 alongside ex-Celts Willie McOustra at centre-half, Pat Geehrin and John Young (Alloa won 2-1).
Hope that helps.
Hail Hail
Estadio
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What happened to that deep hole outside Celtic Park that was inhabited by a few punters?
Frequently referred to as the "mineshaft".
I heard it was sold to EdwardUrsus ?
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Big Liam
I believe that notoriously 'Hard to let' site was eventually purchased by Minty's property development arm. Sold as boutique style apartments with lovely views up into the moonbeams...
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Hello Paul and thanks for the welcome greeting on last thread.
I love the fact, that the media don't give us the credit. I get a buzz from it, knowing how much it upsets them that we are doing things right at all levels throughout the club.
I am really excited and looking forward to the start of the season. I couldn't believe the Brown signing, we were told for months it was a done deal he was going to the teddies. Another media act of folly.
Add in Donati to the the other signings. I do hope we see Gordons Celtic Vision become a reality this season.
I still think Tommy G can make an impact, we will be playing a faster style of football which will suit him. I was disapointed like everyone with his form last season. I was raving about him from the rooftops when he signed. The old saying "ability is permanent, form is temporary". I hope this proves to be right.
Some size of squad, can't keep them all happy. I expect ghuys to be leaving shortly?
Oh, and i dig your new domain name. G.O.D. Indeed.
Cheers
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See we have been watching the Roma midfielder Ricardo Faty.
him and Fanni would go well together.
we better hope that Bobo does not get a game with they two playing.
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Paul67
"..this is your Generation of Domination. Try to enjoy it."
I have been enjoying it for the last 7 years.
On looking back the G.O.D. began I believe on August 27, 2000.
We just didn't realise it at the time.
So there have been one or two hiccups along the way.
But consider the managerial merrygoround that has marked the last 7 years.
Martin and Gordon have seen off 3 Rangers managers and will likely witness another change if Wattie and co do not have enough fingers to insert in the dyke. This kind of chopping and changing is unforeseen in Rangers' history, and as we have all experienced, is the mark of a side in decline, smelling of fear and desperation.
As the fab four sang "I like it."
'GG smiling on a sunny Monday
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Estadio - I really appreciate you researching that - that's really good of you. So now i know for definite that Felix O'Neill (my great great Uncle) wore the hoops in 1911.
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BigLiam,
David Murray purchased that site for £16.90 through one of his property vehicles. It now resides in the Rangers balance sheet valued at £32m in order to maintain a net asset position.
Vladimir Romanov is interested in purchasing it so Herts can play there next year when he turns Tynecastle into a multi million pound apartment complex.
It is rumoured that we are going to replace the mineshaft with a smaller cheaper, Scottish mineshaft with a lot of potential from Hibs.
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With regards to the number of CB and Central NF players;
When you talk about the midfield, I would have to think that someone from Gravesen, Jarosik, and Hartley is likely to go. I would prefer it to be one of the 1st two.
As for the CB, I would think Balde will be gone and Virgo will go back out on loan. I would like to think that everyone else stays.
We are light at the full backs, but a couple of the wee bhoys were out on loan last season and will probably be kept closer to home this season.
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ah, big liam,
i can tell u what happened with the 'shafters.
they stayed in their firey pit.
we filled it in at the 'celic' end, they kept on diggin
and popped up in govan right on 150 Edmiston Drive.
there it now resides filling up by the hour with a right band of
unearthlies, next stop, the herald offices, the daily record and sunday mail offices, the scotsman offices the news of the world...ad infenitum
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I cannot for the life of me get annoyed about any of this. Let's see: a media that is congenitally pro-Rangers in it's outlook; a dearth of quality online fanzines of any quality for Rangers supporters; by contrast, a healthy number of fairly robust Celtic websites; why bother?
Everyone knows that while Davie Provan is expected to denigrate Celtic at every opportunity, Derek 'DJ' Johnstone plays the part of Lord Haw Haw, propaganda merchant in chief for Edminston Drive. Where other ex-Rangers players such as the Wildean Mark 'Um, err, hmm' Hateley deliver eviscerating commentary on the state of Rangers with pearls such as 'I ,um err, expect Rangers, err, to deliver a much stronger challenge this season' we have Charlie Nicholas (never a true Celt in any case- onstage with Maggie Thatcher back in the day) sticking the boot in where there is no boot to stick.
Let us accept and enjoy the fact that we are buying better players than they are. We have more money than them. Whereas we are run by some of the brightest and best brains at executive level -in any industry never mind in football alone- they have a megalomaniacal individual whose best days are behind him. We pull in more money than they do. We have a bigger fanbase than them. We are welcomed all over Europe- the only people pleased to see Rangers fans in foreign shores are local polis looking forward to a few hours extra over-time and the opportunity to bash some bigoted bonces. They have the white elephant over at Moonbeam Park that is losing money hand over fist, we will soon have a great facility at Lennoxtown. We were shrewd enough to engage the local community and it has garnered no end of positive goodwill from local people in the area. We have a very marketable tradition, history and a fantastic looking strip- they resort to selling some Chinese football team's top in their shops to appeal to the lowest common denominator amongst their support (sorry did I say their shops, I meant the shops that JJB own- they've even sold the income for the next x amount of years in a transaction which was the footballing equivalent of one of those Cheque Cash till payday places). You might have noticed that I've not even mentioned the team on the pitch yet.
We have fantastic strength in depth. The youth teams dominate at all levels. We have the critical mass and have had sufficient exposure in the Champions League that even if Murray and 'Watty' could find some money from somewhere (Murray must have something down the back ae the sofa, or at the very least a bring-n-buy would pack them in at Ibrox) in a straight fight any player worth his salt and with ambition would pick us (sorry Nacho).
So. We have more money. We are a bigger club. We are more successful on the pitch and commercially. We are a positive, outlooking social organisation that creates links with fans old and new that other clubs, never mind those that have been up to their knees in bile, can only dream of. We have a team, a manager, a board and a fanbase that all moves in unison together. Having said all that, I ask you this, who gives a stuff what the sports editors of dwindling-circulation rags deem to put on their back pages?
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I see Sky are reporting that Besiktas are interested in Gravesen. It's looking like the outgoings may be starting.
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TG's agent starts the wheel
pack yer bags
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TFTH,
I found myself nodding in agreement at every paragraph there.
I must've looked like that wee dog in the Churchill adverts for a minute or so.
You cannot have a fight with only one person. Similarly, those who write articles to spark a reaction, will cease to do so when there is no one there to react.
At that point, the tabloids wil be in direct competition with the rangers news.........which rangers will no doubt have sold off for an up front payment
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GG-I think Gerry and the Pacemakers sang'I like it'.
I don't think it's a Lennon/Mccartney song which was written for them,either.
I also think Wattie will be at Ibrox longer than his boss.He must be under less pressure in terms of fans expectations than any other manager in the SPL.
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TUTFRUTS-While I'm in the mood for splitting hairs-wee Derek J would be Dr Goebbels,and wee Davy would be Lord Haw-haw,if we were pursuing this Third Reich analogy,which I'm sure you're not `¬)
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DBBIA
Ah the vagaries of a fading memory.
Age doesn't come alone.
However, I still remember the big pictures without necessarily remembering the details.
'GG still smiling
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The Scottish media won't mention Celtic until we lose a pre-season friendly.
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Maleys bhoy, there are several available for sale, but getting a buyer is now always easy.
Gweedore, what is there to debate? As I have said often, turmoil sells, and brings huge numbers to Celtic Quick News.
I hope we never again see the visitor numbers reach the levels recorded when we lost to Clyde.
Kojo, you can party better than I can.
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is this ok paul?
its a link to pictures of our training camp in the hills
on the kerrydale street website.
rebel HQ
looking pretty impressive for only phase 1
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Tutti Fruiti Traction hoose - You talk complete sense - the Radio phone ins & Scottish tabloids are a waste of energy & are fine to refer to when you're 12 years old. (Apologies to any sensible 12 year olds who read CQN), however that doesn't mean that they should have Carte Blanche to print or broadcast whatever they like. As long as i've been alive there has always been distorted coverage of Celtic in the Scottish press.
Although Newspapers are a dwindling Industry, they can still heavily influence the working man, which on occassion can lead to our Club uneccessaryily coming under severe scrutiny for nonsense such as losing a pre season game. Similtanouesly the team on the other side of the City are somehow able to avoid the same level of intense coverage. There is a tedious trend where Fantasy is given more coverage than Reality -remember the one about The Casino at a time when McLeish's team on the park were a laughing stock. As long as the Tabloids continue to print Rangers Propaganda & unfair coverage of Celtic news then we have to dig in deep till people see sense.
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Paul67 -
this dumbstruck business...... did you OD on yesterday's gospel or are you simply appealing to the lost prophets in the mineshafted wilderness?
Zechariah
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BBC: Donaiti in on Friday for medical and to complete the signing of the contract
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Spirit of AL @ 13.37
You could also point out the irony in the fact that after telling us that 1967 is ancient history and no longer relevant, they then proceed to sing songs about 1690
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i see the other italian lad all of a sudden prefers Palermo, i suspect this is more because he knows we most likely no longer want him
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Tobi
are you saying that paul67 is ancient?
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great thread paul nice to see more positive feelings about our club. I stopped looking at your site at the end of the season because of the negaivity towards not only our club but to you paul, I've always been a great believer in your views long may our domination continue, and I hope the majority appreciate it
hail hail paul/ and all cqn'ers
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More Floyd on Celtidelia.
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I thought I was seeing a seismic shift on Scottish football reporting on the back page of today's Metro (free on the 267 Glasgow to West Crindledyke - the reason why destination windows on buses are so wide is to fit West Crindledyke in (it's a suburb of Newmains by the way). The headlice is
MURRAY MISERY
However it's to do wi a Hibs fan who has a sair wrist. Probably an autosexual.
WimbersGemmell
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...... I mean I've heard of Tennis Elbow but never Tennis Wrist. I believe Boris Becker had Tennis Balls.....
Love All
WimbersGaloshes
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WG,
I can only imagine the headlines if we get this defender from Nice. The lower spectrum tabloid sub-editors (mirror, sport, star etc) will go to town with our current back four.
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TLW
Does fanni have a beard?
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I once had Housemaid's Knee, must have been too much genuflecting as an alterbhoy.
I've also had cheese in a cauliflower ear.
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lefty -
I don't care how many Fannis we sign. The darnel had a pair of Dicks in Guff and Advocata Nostra and no-one mentioned that. I just hope no-one changes the second word in Sure Its A Grand Old Team......there were three Boabbys in the Lison Lions if you include Wee Bertie for goodness sake, whit's the problem here.....?
WorldlywiseGemmell
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i was wondering what anyones thougts were on the riordan interview today
he says he wants a chance up front he feels he can be the man to partner jan?
still begs the question re strachan saying he was "not comfortable" up there claiming these were riordans words?
is it just down to his alleged offield antics
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....... I mean we've all got to be called something haven't we ? But if Fanni gets the number 4 jersey it begins to get interesting as regards what goes below the number
SALE
LIFE
EVER......
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If he gets number 8 the permutations are startling...
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antsman
I would like to have seen him up front last season when we struggled for a period.
I personally think he is more effective from a wide position. He spent most of his time at Hibs, wide.
I think Gordon Strachan has been on record saying "he is the most natural finisher at club".
I thought he was really unfortunate last season, he should have been given more games. But hey I am not the manager. I don't see him on a daily basis. Gordon must have his reasons.
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Deek still has that court case hanging over him i think. If he would learn to behave, which im sure he will, he'll get his chance.
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Deek still has that court case hanging over him i think. If he would learn to behave, which im sure he will, he'll get his chance.
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Does Massimo Donati even exist?
Not at all by the standards of the laptop loyal.
How can they lead with an imaginary bid from Rangers when Bordeaux say there has been NO contact whatsoever?
Lodge666's handiwork again methinks......
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jimbatt -
you've sentenced him twice already
WG
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Does anyone out there have any update on the Simon Ferry and Charlie Grant? I know they both missed almost all of last season with injury.
The official site mentions them in an article about the lads called up to the Scotland Under 20 squad for the World Cup and that they are still getting treatment at Celtic Park.
Does anyone have an idea of what the injuries are and when they are likely to be fit? They both seemed outstanding prospects when watching them play for the Under 19's a few seasons back.
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Noel
I find it funny now. It used to bother me, not anymore. Don't read the rags anymore.
Oh, how much they dislike a SUCCESSFUL Celtic.
Hoopy days
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If the darnel fail to make a Marquee Signing then the Scottish media will try to inflate any Wendy Hoose signing into a Billy Smart Big Top one.
UnicyclyinGemmell
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WG,
If he is listed in the teamsheets after Naylor, Balde.....then Tam Cowan will be using the same joke for the next 10 months.
And it's just as well we got rid of Wei in case he played between Naylor and Balde.
Right, innuendo time over. Back to ignoring the media (and more importantly gettting these figures to my client in order to keep me in meangingful employment)
TLW
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.....that's what we need, a blue touring circus in G51 to be opened by Dick Acrobat. Davie Dodds could be in charge of the elephants wi McCoist in charge of the clowns. McFlurry could be the ringmaster. Wattie could be the animal tamer and the press could all get in fur nowt.....
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.......Hutton could walk the tightrope.....
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......Bain could be the juggler.........
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....... and, oh yes, oh yes..... the masonic lodge the saftey net
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If our French target signs my biggest fear would be the headline if he gets nervous and makes a bit of a mess of anything ie
"Fa... flaps"
Sorry cant even bring myself to type it
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.......Keevins, BFDJ etc the sideshows
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.....Archie McPherson the candy floss
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riordans court case will be up soon, i know details of it but probably not best to post them.
it is for this "yob culture" certainly and i think it is reason enough to leave him out the team if strachan wishes to, its just the contradiction between the pair about where he wants to play.
my guess he will be in the papers by october saying he wants out and offski to a championship team for a healthy profit by end of january
he played wide as part of a 4-3-3 at hibs tho which is completely different from wide in a 4-4-2
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.......Bazza, the lady who stands one-footed on a (white) horse
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We've signed a Pirlo (or maybe a Di Rossi) but an Italian centrocampisto it is!
Bellahouston 82 csc!
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TuttiFruitti,
I want to be brave here and defend Davie Provan.
Davie is totally 100% honest and calls it as it is. If we are poor he calls it , if rankers are at it he calls it. He was the first to expose the joke contribution to the Barca 11 of £25K from Sir Minty. I think that branding him with the loyal laptop brigade is unfair to one of our own.
I personally would hate to have the rangers cheerleaders on the radio and in the press as so called Celtic pundits as they merely insult your intelligence.
That is why most of the rangers masses ( wrong choice of words ), love them.
Seville67
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antsman,
there is no Deeks story, this was published a few months ago almost word for word , so as they press don't want to give the hoops any credit - they rake up a load of old dross.
Seville67
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......and Duffield, master of magic and illusion
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.....that's black magic btw
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Paul,
I think you will find that the posters you refer to in your opening article, who are missing, were more or less hounded from the site because of the self appreciation society due to their differing opinions.
Secondly it is great to see us signing players and spending money but who is to say donati and brown will be any different from the large expectations placed on gravesen and jarosik only last season.
Obviously we all hope they are a success but a bit early to gloat methinks.
Who on this site can give an honest assessment of donati? The kid looks good fom the utube clips i have seen but i am sure scheidt looked good on video to barnes too! I am not saying the kid is bad he could be a world beater, i dont know but neither do most on here!
And we have yet to purchase a quality striker and defender which we obviously still need!
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seville67
i suppose they need to find something negative if they have nothing positive for rangers, can't of been months ago tho as he talks about the scottish cup final in it
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antsman,
the journos change a word here and there but in essence it is an old article.
Seville67
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Re "Fanni" comments earlier:
How about a back three of:
Naylor Balde Fanni ?
Coat's on....
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Evening Times headline (Darrell King):
'Faubert swoop as big as Gazza and Laudrup'
The article quotes Gilles Rousset, who actually says:
'He might not have that big a name like a Paul Gascoigne or Brian Laudrup, who have signed for Rangers in the past. However it will be just as much of a surprise signing for me if it happens.'
Er, not quite the same thing as the headline then.
Rousset is given a full page to air his views, which amount to 'if any club signs a good player, he will do quite well.' Rousset says things like:
- I'd be surprised if Bordeaux let him go
- Rangers can't afford him
- prices quoted in France are £7m-9m
- he could use the SPL like Boumsong, and Rangers could profit, but he was a Bosman, and Faubert, er, isn't
Damarcus Beasley is expected in Glasgow within 48 hours: 'My future has been sorted out and I know where I will be playing my football next season'. And that's it. Not quite the same thing as 'deal closed'.
Does anyone know if Darrell King is a novellist? His fiction writing is top notch.
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Paul67@3.30'what is there to debate-lots of stuff,I hope.
This third season under the Ginger Helmsman is going to be the most interesting.
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Philip
As my brother regurgitated my email to him this afternoon in his post of 17.37 today - it certainly gets worse if we re-signed Du Wei and slotted Wei in beside /naylor and Balde...
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philip trousers
or when boruc injured how about
brown balde fanni - i'll get me coat
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Shelbourne 1916
My colleague in Italy who is a Milan fanatic, says that Donati was signed as a very promising youngster, played one season at Milan then was loaned out to get experience but "disappeared" for a couple of seasons so was not considered good enough to displace Gatusso but last season had a great season at Atalanta. He says he is good enough to play in Serie A or a "similar" league quite comfortably.
I would suggest that this means that he is definitely good enough to play well in Scotland.
RobinBhoy
