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First?
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First?
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An honour and privilege.
Childish I know
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Is everyone on a lunch break?
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going for the record.....
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still going.
What's the record anyway
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7 from lovejoysalegend on previous blog????
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equalled it......it's lonely in here
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Now to read Paul's article
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Paul - Any mention of Gary Irvine, Paul Lawson & a few others being told to find themselves a new club?
Also - on the Spartak Moscow astroturf pitch. The emphasis of Strachan's Celtic is to play football on the ground, so this should be to our advantage. I would be more worried if we had players like Balde & Valgaeren in the team then we would be up against it.
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I see on Randalstown Celtic have been offered a couple of artifical pitches to train on, Petershill Juniors and Montrose. surley can't hurt
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Lets hope Riordan gets a chance up front now that his court case is over.
He was at that for 4 days which could be the reason he wasnt even in the squad for the Killie game.
Fingers Crossed.
Hopefully Naka will be back too,
TEAM:
Brown
Wilson, Kennedy, McManus, Naylor
McGeady, Brown, Donati, Naka
JVOH, Riordan
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Paul, any other (incoming) transfer news?
Hopefully we will see Bobo, Tommy G, Jiri go soon with the apropriate players coming in in return!
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It would appear that as soon as McDonald is available, he will immediately partner JVOH
which is a bit of a slap in the face to Riordan
but i think McDonald will be an excellent wee player for us
he has all the skills needed to succeed.
His only failing is that he is untried at european level, but thats only due to the fact that he hasnt been given a chance there yet so good luck to him
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Dobbo,
only transfer news I have is the spiderman ones I got for my wee bhoy
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As the Doumbe deal looks like it won't go through till next week, surely this can't be seen as a panic champs league buy. At a reported £400k and £5k week that seems reasonable for a back-up squad player especially when it is one that the management have had 6 months to get familar with. Know excatly what they are getting.
Instead of going for panic buys for the Champs League is it possibly not just the case that the manager has sufficient belief and trust in the talent at his disposal to get thru this round.
While keeping his ear to the ground on any other potential buys before the window shuts.
i know I want to believe that he and the team have sufficient self-confidence that they will qualify. It won't be easy, but then anything worth having should involve a bit of graft.
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Remember that when graveson and JVOH signed, it was well into August
I still have confidence we will deliver another 2 cracking signings
we are still hot on the trail on Santi Exquerro (Barca Striker)
although we need to move fast as Everton are now sniffing around him
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Please just get three points tomorrow, us ugly as it likes.
Listening to Billy Stark during the week on Celtic TV and he said these surfaces have improved a lot since the one Dunfermline had down,his take on it they are good for playing football on the deck but they still bounce high so the players will need to attack the ball and dont wait on it bouncing.
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Collie/kojo ,
The Night of long knives has begun.
It will last 3 weeks.
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I liked what i saw of Doumbe last season, but if he's only being brought in as back up that's pretty worrying. I dont think Wilson Or Naylor are good enough in the full back positions and would rather they were the back up.
This might seem harsh on Naylor who i thought was great last season, but i just cant help thinking that it was a flash in the pan...I hope i'm wrong and will hold my hands up if that is the case.
Also on Wilson, i hope he can recapture the form he had when he forst arrived, but he was not playing well last season before the injury i dont care what Strachan says!!
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Lennondinho18
you make a good point, also I think we've made various bids for quality players who either dont fancy the SPL or have received better offers.
These are the restricting times we (Celtic)live in.
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jsm69 (13:29)...
First?
jsm69 (13:29)...
First?
Surley (sic) you can only be first once?!
;o)
jsm69 (13:41)...
I see on Randalstown Celtic have been offered a couple of artifical pitches to train on, Petershill Juniors and Montrose. surley can't hurt
It certainly does hurt if you do a sliding tackle!
Lennondinho18 (13:43)...
TEAM:
Brown
Wilson, Kennedy, McManus, Naylor
McGeady, Brown, Donati, Naka
JVOH, Riordan
IMO put McDonald in for JVoH (on current form) and that should be our starting XI whenever they are available.
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Agree with the team above ,think it's the best we can choose from at the present time but think mcdonald will be JVOH partner long term.
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Killerheels
totally agree mate
fingers crossed the sharp suited man is still working away on a few deals
would be amazing if we pulled a few out the bag
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JackD
A bit negative there on Naylor and although I agree Wilson didn't have a great season last year he never really hit a run of games and I think he's a bit of a confidence player.
He was getting up and down the park nicely against Kilmarnock and we seen his pace for the first time in a while saving us from an almost certain goal with a last ditch tackle where he must have made up about 25 yards.
Not too pleased about the Doumbe signing - I didn't think he gave much from what I seen last season and believe it's showing UEFA cup ambitions. What annoys me more than anything is why couldn't we get the deal through in time for the deadline?
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We need to start raising our game as of now.
Hopefully every player tomorrow will be running about like maniacs.
The killie game too many were below par, which is not what we expect for the 1st game of the season
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Big Jan looks short of confidence at the moment
dont know exactly why
hopefully that will vanish tomorrow after he rattles in a hattrick
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malone19
I agree it is a bit negetive on Naylor and it's not normally my style, but I've got a feeling he's going to be a flash in the pan...
Wilson i thought had a great game against Killie, infact it was like the Wilson of old..Hope it continues.
I disagree about Doumbe..I think he played well last season in the few games he got. I just dont see how it's taken all this time to sign him. Obviously it's the cheaper option we've went for. That's the worrying thing for me.
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We needed to start raising our game months ago.
Given their lamentable record at CP we couldn't have asked for an easier opening fixture,except perhaps Gretna.
After a bright opening we seemed to succumb to the wierd Man'flu that affected so many of our performances last year.
Perhaps what's wrong with JVH is he thinks he's getting a game regardless,as the other forwards are not putting him under enough pressure to justify his place.There should be keen competition for every place in the starting line-up.
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malone19...
Not too pleased about the Doumbe signing... it's showing UEFA cup ambitions.
Rangers scored 2 coefficient points more than Celtic did last season, so our ambitions are not so bad then.
Lennondinho18...
Hopefully every player tomorrow will be running about like maniacs.
Careful what you wish for. Imagine eleven Tommy Gravesens running about the pitch!
Big Jan looks short of confidence at the moment
So drop him to the reserves to bag a few goals and get back with the programme. And get Deeks & Killen up front against the league leaders.
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My team for tomorrow
Brown
Wilson, JK, SMcM, Naylor
Naka, Brown, Donnati, Aiden
Magic, Miller
I think we now have a lot of potential flare in middle of the park and we need player with pace up front to take advantage of the interplay and passes in to channels.
Unfotunatley I 'm getting a bit worried about what JVoH is offering. Never thought he has the skill or presence of Sutton, or the presence and poaching ability of Hartson. But hopefully he can at least get back to scoring goals.
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Does anyone know if there are still tickets available tomorrow?
Not usually a sell out at Falkirk and live on TV also.
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Kingoh,
I asked at the park yesterday and was told no tickets left.
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14:01, BigChipSuk
second one was cuase first post didn't seem to register then I got 2 the same.
surely I'm not surley(sic) surly, sir :-)
It certainly does hurt if you do a sliding tackle! thought that as well as soon as i posted. Ouch
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Thanks Oleg
Guess it's Setanta for me unfortunately.
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KINGOH
nae chance mate
we only got 500
reduced from last season for some reason
try some supporters clubs though
BIGCHIPSUK
point taken mate about 11 tommy G's!
but u know what am sayin,
100% effort required to win this game, no running to shut people down
I demand SPRINTING!
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Red Star Belgrade, the Scottish club's Champions League third qualifying round opponents, have fired coach Bosko Djurovski.
He has been replaced by Milorad Kosanovic, who returns for a second spell as Red Star boss.
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Lennondinho
Thanks for that. Already sent a few texts to guys in clubs. My application was unsuccesful.
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Hi all, anybody got positive news on transfers? Iv a feeling in my water were going to be over the moon shortly?
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Apparently Falkirk no longer have the wee stand opposite the main stand so we only have the stand behind the goal this time, hence only 500 tickets
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mickthetic,
anyone in particular you have hunch for?
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KINGOH
Setanta it is mate then!
I was dying to go as well
Mon the Hoops
Will be interesting to see how the SPL/SFA react to the singing the mora
as most away fans in this country actually think the soldiers song is a sectarian song
unbelieveable
lets hope its sung for 90mins the mora. A know the last time at falkirk, they all went mental when we sung it.
same at St Mirren as well
they shud look in the mirror as they are the ones being sectarian as they detest anything irish
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The Case For The Prosecution:
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...
We sit here today on the back of two championships, two domestic cups, record progress in the continents top competition and the best set of financials ever generated by our historic club.
And yet....all is not right in the Celtic family. Whether it be over the airwaves, printed in the fish wrapper or scrawled in cyberspace - there is growing evidence of a serious schism in the heart of our dear club.
Now some will argue that such a large family will always have many factions but this is not the case here. Pre season jitters have been replaced by early season agitation, apprehension supplanted by fright, fear succumbing to outright dread. What is the cause of such anxiety and apoplexy?
The answer is simple. Our manager.
Now this answer may be recreancy to some but the evidence is there and it is growing.
We accept that Mr Strachan had a huge task in front of him when he first took the job but he has been given enough time and money to produce an entertaining and successful side. Can anyone say, hand on heart, that this has been achieved? Celtic enjoy a considerable financial advantage over our nearest rivals yet they are able to mount a serious challenge this year with only minimal investment. Where have the days gone when we looked forward to going to Ibrox and predicting how many we would win by? I need not remind you of the outcome of the last two old firm matches let alone the standard of performance offered by the team on each occasion.
We have been sold a vision of fast and flowing football, a return to the glory days of the famous Glasgow Celtic where our name was both feared and loved in equal measure across the world. Quick, attacking football with flair and passion to excite even those who do not care for the club. I ask you, again, to look inside yourselves and ask – when did you last enjoy a Celtic match? When were you lifted from your seat by an audacious performance? Is this really a team of which you will tell stories to your grand children in the decades to come? Will the achievements of the swashbuckling strachan teams go down in Celtic folklore?
Or will the truth be told.
That in the face of little resistance from anywhere in the league, a Celtic manager abandoned a centuries old philosophy and instead offered up pragmatism where perfection was once the desire. When did Celtic become a ‘just in time club’? When was doing ‘just enough’ acceptable to the family? In the face of such poor competition, Mr Strachan should have been using his vastly superior economic advantage to build a dynasty. Make no mistake – in the current environment, Celtic should be so far ahead of the competition that bookmakers don’t even make odds.
That we are not is the fault of our manager. We were once told that the Celtic shirt does not shrink to fit inferior players. It makes me wonder where such names as Pressley, Telfer, Dublin, Virgo, Camara, Caldwell and Miller will be recorded in the great paean of the Celtic past and future still to come.
Millions more have been wasted on such luminaries as Gravesen, Jarosik and Hartley whilst we have had to endure the curtailing and diminishing of natural talents like Riordan and Maloney.
We are told that Team 3 is nearing completion yet still there is no consensus or understanding of the great man’s vision for Celtic. Fans turn up to matches expecting to win ugly if it all.
Such meagre rations are not acceptable. Not now. Not ever.
In the space of the next 3 weeks, our great club may find itself out of Europe’s top competition and languishing in the bottom half of the SPL. That this is not a hugely unlikely scenario is beyond contempt.
We were promised a team builder and 3 years later he is still building having forgotten to put in the proper foundations. The failings are obvious, the weaknesses cruelly exposed on a weekly basis. This cannot be allowed to continue.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury I call for a vote of no confidence in our manager.
#8
(seeing what it feels like to be a mineshafter for a day so the above is hypothetical………mostly…..)
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great no 8
Top class
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'lets hope its sung for 90mins the mora'
way to go lennondinho18. thats the stuff. who cares about points and our clubs reputation.
I think you've just hit on something. We need to pay less attention to important matches and be more focussed on singing songs that bear no relevance to the occasion.
FJ
By the way, happy 12th birthday when it comes along
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No. 8
In the next three weeks Celtic will be firmly in the Champions League, We will be top of the SPL and you will be delighted with the final outcome of the tranfer window. You too will be enjoying the football and proud of team 3.
Don't do it, don't go the miiiiinnnnnnnnnne
KittochWhoSeesTheLight.
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Whilst not wishing to hear it sung for 90 minutes, I don't think the singing of the Soldier's Song can have any impact on our clubs reputation.
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X don't wanna get into the "great song debate" but why would singing 'the soldier song" lead to point deduction?
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Been out of the loop for a bit - anyone have an update on when Lennoxtown is scheduled to be ready for us to use?
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The Doumbe signing concerns me a little.
We made efforts to sign him at the end of the season. We decided against taking him for whatever reason, presumably he wanted too much. He then disappears, turns up in Sheffield where he is again knocked back, does another Lord Lucan for a few weeks and suddenly in negos with us again.
This suggests to me that in the meantime we have failed to secure other targets ahead of him for the full back positions so we have had to go back and take him as third or fourth choice perhaps, which suggests to me - 'did we really ever want him or is he just the best of what is left?'
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if the soldiers song is non sectarian why are you worried about points deduction, personally I would belt it out all day if I had the chance, it's a lovely tune and it winds up these parochial muppets.
ps. proud to be Scottish and love the Irish!
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I know I'm generalising but the 'lets hope its sung for 90mins the mora' is usually held by those who want to sing the other songs with the add ons.
Last week I was standing in the pie queque at half time. The guy behind me started singing willie Maley to himself. Nice I thought. But, to my dismay and annoyance, even though he was singing it to to himself he had to add 'and the IRA'.
My point is we need to be disciplined. Yes we can sing the soldiers song. Do we really need to?
Personnally I would much rather wind up falkirk by scoring goals and playing great fitba and singing celtic songs (without the add ons)
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Great!The songs debate!
Nurse-the screens!...
What we are up against is a propaganda machine that makes Dr Goebbels look like Ken Barlow.
Already this week any offence thay have ever caused anyone is set aside by the[justified]furore over the racial abuse in Montenegro.
They are setting their buttons to record,just hoping our support will give them the evidence they need.And for what?
So we can sing songs about Ireland,a country a lot of the choristers would struggle to find in a map of the British Isles?
Do we not have enough Celtic songs?
Do we not have more songs of our own than any Club in the World?
Is this season going so swimmingly we can afford to have points deducted?
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Cheers Kittoch, whilst some of it was tongue and cheek, i was suprised how easy it was to convince myself that there is no hope!
Mineshafters...keep me pencilled in for a seat on the bus....just in case mind.
#8
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Rakwarrow I hope this works
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/2007/08/football-media-rights-holders-face.shtml#c8330508733664821290
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This is better
Lennoxtown
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Killerheels i wish i was in the know but alas am not, midfield mystro would do me fine as i feel the strikers will come good and the defence (first choice )will do just grand
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I don't for a minute think the Soldier's Song is sectarian, but I'm not convinced the SPL will agree.
Even if it came to a points deduction and we appealed it through the courts if necessary, would it be worth the hassle? I think we have enough to worry about this season without the distraction of a potential off-field battle as well.
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kittoch,
go'on yersel, its bright up here.
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WOW signing how about Gudjohnsen from Barca
BF
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The Futures so bright I gotta wear shades.
The Futures bright, Its Green & White.
KittochWithHisBansOn
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no 8 am sorry but i feel you are over reacting,God man the season is 90 mins old? I realise its cause the club is in your heart but, is what you say helping? Wgs deserves time i say let him have it!
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The SPL can't decide that the Soldier's Song is sectarian, it's an impossibility.
Adds on yes, but not the song specifically - it's no more or less offensive to anyone than GSTQ or Flower of Scotland!
They cannot abritarily start fining and deducting points for whatever song they chose - that in itself would be discriminatory. What if we start singing the Italian National anthem in support of Massimo?
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Are there 'official' words to the Soldier's Song sung by Celtic fans ?
ps The Soldier's Song contains my favourite add-on :
Soldiers Are We (some are big).
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Great_No_8 you are so full of mad dogs shite it is unreal. The Celtic Family? How can you be part of a family when you do nothing but criticise and whimper!
Alex Ferguson has spent over 50 million alone this summer recruiting new players to a fast flowing football team. Add that to the multi million buys of Ferdinand, Carrick, Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney etc and you have a fast flowing side with an abundance in skill!
Now lets see how Gordon can match that! He has peanuts to play with in todays transfer market! Even if he did have the millions that ferguson or any other epl manager has he then has the job of actually trying to get them to come to the spl over the epl!
Now catch yourself on and actually be part of the family. Celtic represents a fight in life. We may not have some of the players that other teams have but we can match them as a team and our support is the best that the world will ever see!
C'mon the Hoops and bring on Spartak Moscow! They are the ones that will be worried come Wednesday!
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ban singing all together, it's far too loud............in fact just ban everything!!
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you're right DBIA. We do have a good few song to sing ourselves.
I do miss the ol' days of D-I-canio, and "if it's not Jorge Cadete....it's di canio" though.
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Great No 8 what are your feelings on our previous manager Martin O’Neill. Are you as vociferous in detailing his failings as you are our current manager?
I think you are being a bit harsh on Strachan and want to know if this is a feeling you share about Mr O’Neill.
The same Mr O’Neill who signed such luminaries as Momo Sylla, Steve Guppy, Ulrik Laursen, Rab Douglas, Magnus Hedman, Stan Varga.
He also got to sign far more expensive players than Strachan in £6M for Sutton, Lennon and Hartson.
The football under O’Neill was not much better at times save for one factor, we had Larsson to get us off our seats. How many times were you sitting wishing he would take Lubo off the bench to entertain us? How many of those games were dire?
I agree football at tail end of last year was poor but must be hard to motivate players when so far ahead.
He is also on team 3 because he inherited a team 1 that was dead on it’s feet.
His team 1 done it’s job, won the league, his team 2 done it’s job, won the league and got to the last 16.
Martin O’Neill is a very popular figure with Celtic fans and rightly so, given what he achieved at the club. However was the challenge he was up against any better than Strachan faces….by making it to Seville we took our eye of the league and gifted a treble to a very poor Rangers team. We also threw away a 5 point lead with 5 games to go in his last season. We also lost qualifier to Basle (taking a 2 goal lead to the 2nd leg and playing 4 centre halfs!!) prior to the Seville run and I don’t recall such a groundswell of opinion that that manager had to go.
Martin O’Neill inherited a squad with Mjalby, Lambert, Petrov, Lubo and Larsson.
Gordon Strachan inherited a team with much less options.
Also had Martin O’Neill been our manager in last 2 years, would we have done any better. You talk about curtailing Maloney but it was Strachan who gave him a place in the team and made him the player he is just now. O’Neill used him sparingly and it is likely had he been in charge over last 2 years we would have sold/freed guys like Maloney, Wallace, Pearson and Beattie for much less than we got and also our current club captain would have left.
I think he is doing a decent job and deserves more credit for the job he has done.
I also think we have enough to get past Spartak and even if we don’t would not be looking to sack Strachan based on that alone. ALL managers make poor signings, Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho all of them. IT’s the nature of the sport and it’s what makes it so interesting.
I vote against your vote of no confidence!
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Celtic (from): Mark Brown, Wilson, Kennedy, McManus, Pressley, Naylor, Hartley, Donati, Nakamura, Scott Brown, McGeady, Vennegoor of Hesselink, Zurawski, Killen, McGovern, Caldwell, Miller, Sno, O'Dea.
Balde/Gravesen and jarosik are not making the squad anymore. fingers crossed they will be moved on soon.
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mick, rw, you can rest easy....I am just trying on my hard hat and rigger boots for size, haven't committed to the mineshaft yet....
Plus, a big no no on the sweary thing!!
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Oleg well said
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Thanks Mickthetic. It was a bit long winded but think too many people are too quick to criticise and always have the glass empty not even half full. It's not Strachan's fault we are in a poor league with limited revenues.
Roll on team 3 and 3 in a row. Hopefully teams 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 do their job as well.
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Oleg
We've got 9, it's 10 we're after!
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my personal favourite was one we made up in the early 80's at Falkirk, we had the whole enclosure sing "Jim Sira of Airth" inspired by a clapped out old advertising hording on the opposite enclosure for car repairs.
We had many a Holsten Pils that day.Ahhhh memories of following the hoops
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i wonder if prewsley will be straight back in the team tomorrow now he has served his suspension, if he is would it suggest he is
first choice
he needs a game as he will replace JK on the plastic pitch
i really hope its neither and he is on the bench at best
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You may well have went round the block but to me you are right, 90mis into season and ppl are panicing cause rankers have not lost a goal in 3 games,who have they played? a very poor I.C.T, And a team with no strikers and no goalkeeper, come on pppl get behind the team
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soory, that was Jim Shira
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sorry, that was sorry
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anyone know if the moscow game is on tv next week?????
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Oleg,
This is typical of the conversations I have with my big mate Althetim.
In defence of Great_No_8 he did say that he was pretending to be getting ready for the mineshaft and therefore playing Devil's Advocate for the many who actually think like that.
Boys night out tomorrow for my brother's birthday where we will no doubt debate long into the night the relative merits of the famous Glasgow Celtic!
Hoping for a good performance and a victory so that I can relax for the evening!
Hail Hail!
RobinBhoy
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Antsman,
It's already been confirmed that the Doc's have given John Kennedy the all clear to play in Moscow. I think Mick is suspended for the game so It'll likely be JFK and Pressley over in Moscow.
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a good weekend to you all, I am off for a beer. It's boiling here.
Hai Hail, m'on the hoops 3-0 Saturday( to us)
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There's no way the Scottish football authorities could label the 'Soldier's Song' as sectarian............the Irish government would 'flip'. In effect, Scotland would be labelling Ireland as sectarian..........cue legal action, UEFA involvement and jokes featuring the words 'pot, kettle and black'.
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thismancraig
After 9 he might chuck it as the fans don't like the football or the signings he made!
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emdy seen smashymilkybotty around?
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Sorry ghuys....totally unrelated to todays topic, but something thats been bothering me for a while, and maybe some of you can answer this wee poser.......If the plural of foot is feet, why is the plural of boot not beet????? anyone??
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31003 lol but man you have too much time on your hands? Get a hobby
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moscow game on tv next week???? anyone??? yes? no?
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Hi, can anyone suggest a decent pub in Edinburgh city centre to watch tomorrow's game in. Preferably near St Andrew's Sq.
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Paul seems very quiet today, maybe he is at a signing press conference!
or maybe he's just away to the loo again!
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The game is on Setanta.
DBBIA/HappytohelpCSC.
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Oleg - really well put. A lot of the Mineshafters seem to forget a number of the not so great times under MON like: the last minute goal at Dens Park where the ball rolls in off Didier Agathe's ear, David Fernandez coming on as a sub at Pittodrie getting caught offside 26 times then getting subbed off again, Momo Sylla coming on at left back in the San Siro, Liam Miller coming on far too late away to 10 man Anderlecht, a 10 Man Shaktar Donetsk keeping the ball off us at Parkhead, Tommy Johnstone's shin winning us the league against St Mirren, Bobo doing his best impersonation of Marvin Haggler in the last 10 seconds in Lyon, Bobo doing his best impersonation of Souness in Seville, Stephane Henchoz out of breath after 20 mins in the 2nd last league game against Hibs, Defending on our own 6 yard box for the last 25 mins at Fir Park on Black Sunday, Rab Douglas throwing in 4 goals against Rangers in the 4-4 draw.
Anyway enough of this bickering - what i would say about the current Celtic team is that we lack personality & character. For me the fans frustration or disillusion is that a number of players don't look too bothered. That's maybe why Zurawski has come under a bit of scrutiny lately because his body language is the same regardless of whether he's playing well or poorly. The fans want to see a bit of fight from the team particularly from guys like Venegoor & Hartley
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Game being shown by Setanta at 5 0 clock.
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Germ - I'd head down Broughton Street to the Cask and Barrel. TVs everywhere! About 5 mins walk from St Andrew's Sqare.
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Some numbers to chew over:
W26 D6 L6 F65 A34 PT 84
W30 D2 L6 F85 A35 PT 92
W31 D4 L3 F98 A26 PT 97
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I assume those are the points totals we won the league with against those we lost with with 2 higher totals.
However as I said O'Neill had Larsson in one of those seasons and a few times we seemed to stop after going 2 or 3 up and goal difference cost us.
the second time we were 5 clear with 5 to play had just beaten them in their own midden and blew it big style.
Our current poor defence does not look too bad against those other 2 teams (Admittedly we have Boruc now) and whilst well down on goals, what do ou expect when you lose Sutton, Larsson, hartson, Bellamy. The money isn't there to get guys like that, or if it is we can't get them to come to Scottish football.
Also I would argue that Hearts, Hibs, aberdeen and Utd have improved in last 2 years not just us getting worse so has made it harder to accumulate the higher points margin.
Don't get me wrong O'neill's strongest team would beat Strachan's but O'Neills team in his one year without Larsson couldn't beat Motherwell with a 1-0 lead. I am not here to critise a very succesful manager, just to defend another very succesful manager.
Also agree we lack character and a bit of heart, too many forwards scared to put their foot in where Sutton and Larsson would have put their head in, we have been spoiled/lucky/blessed with great strikers in the past. We need another one now.
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cheers for the info Kittoch and don'tbrattbrak.... although i'm working until 7pm wed....arrraggggghhhhh
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Amhrann Na bfiann is irelands national anthem , not " a soldiers song" nice ditty that it is
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They are last year's winning record,M o'Ns last season,and the Seville season.
So even a weakened M o'N team,with a manager understandably distracted by his wife's severe illness,and lacking the best Celtic player since DMcgrain retired,could give the current champions a run for their money.
Anyways,it proves nothing.
Events will unfold and shake everything out,same as always.
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If you want something to think about between matches, reflect on this, from the Financial Times of 8 August:
“Winners and losers from the subprime and credit markets turmoil range from risk-hungry hedge funds to safe and boring-looking cash funds for retail investors; from high-street specialist mortgage companies to some of the world’s biggest investment banks; and from ordinary corporate borrowers to highly leveraged private-equity backed buy-out deals.
Since the smart money began using new derivatives indices to bet against the subprime market in earnest near the start of the year, concerns over lending standards have spread from mortgages to corporate debt.
From a world where most market participants carried similar exposures and were betting the same direction, the withdrawal of liquidity, or cash, from the system has been rapid and dramatic and has been the biggest single contributor to the wild girations the debt markets have suffered in the summer of 2007.”
Bear this in mind when you hear, read or are tempted to contribute a “This is the time to gamble/invest ” rant. And don’t forget: Manchester United season tickets rose by 14 per cent; 42 (forty-two!) English league clubs have experienced administration.
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RogerMilla - from the Department of the Taoiseach (http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/):
National Anthem
The National Anthem, called The Soldier's Song was written in 1907 by Peadar Kearney, an uncle of Brendan Behan. It was first published in the newspaper, Irish Freedom in 1912, but was not widely known until it was sung at the GPO during the Easter Rising of 1916.
The chorus was formally adopted as the National Anthem in 1926.
What I say is, Ireland is too important to be left to the Irish to look after. What they need is a solid dose of Scots certitude.
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Paul
It gaes sumtin' like dis....
"Incarcerate da Pennies! Or, soon ye'll hivnae Anyies!"
Dis is da Credo, dat Pierre vows every Morn,
Afore he Shaves an' Waashes up,or, eats his Wheaties or Corn!!!
Double Drum he Waanted Mair... so Pierre done tole him straight...
"If dat's whit ye darn well waant... Den feel free tae tak da GATE!"
Sheffield, wis in harmonee,wi' Pierre...and done tole him tae dae da same!
Thocht, Double Dee, "It's back tae Celts...or... ah am gangin' Hame!"
So, Double Drum noo returns to Celts... a leetle bit Chastised an' Wiser!
When he is dealin' wi' oor Slick Pierre...
HE'S DEALIN' WI' A MISER!
No Mystereee, at all, at all....
Dat's how it SHOULD, be done,
One must ALWAYS, in BIZNESS, be a HARD NOSE!!!!!!!!!...
Fur,
In BIZNESS wan must be SERIOUSLY, SERIOUS!..
It NEVAH.. Should be FUN!! !!!!
collie.
Tail's Awaggin', Awaggin'
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Rw 1798
You are a sentimental dreamer.I bet you were one of the individuals who suppoorted the cause of our old custodians,all in the name of the Celtic Family B/##t.The product being produced at the moment is not good enough and people are walking away.Celtic supporters are consumers like everyone else.THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION,TO DISATISFACTION WITH WHAT IS BEING SERVED AND IF NECESSARY WITHDRAW SUPPORT.
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Welshaar
Ye've goat a point, withoot a doot,
Da fans ur disappointed,
(Altho' yer Woid, "withdraw", is far too Harsh,)
Fur tae da fans, Celts ur NO jist a TEAM...
DEY UR Right up der...wi'
DA ANNOINTED!
We faithfill Fans we Love da Celts,
It is a maitter o' da HEART!
An' as far as dis wee duggie goes....
CELTS AN' ME, WULL NEVAH, NEVAH PART!
collie.
Tail's Awaggin, Awaggin'
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Oleg - 15:48
Well said....and looking at the posts over the last week or so, needed to be stressed.
WGS has done well in a time of much more controlled spending.
Considering the calibre of player he has in relation to what Saint Martin had, I'd say he's done very well.
fsjim
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Welshaar-agree with a lot of what you say;but I don't think we are'consumers like everyone else'
It is not like choosing to shop at Sainsbury or Tesco,it's a different kind of commitment.Things have to be worse,and for longer,before people will drift away from their team,but the players and manager are lucky they were appearing at CP,and not the old Glasgow Empire.
Looking at the big picture,it will be easier to break into new markets if we are putting on a show;the supporter base is not likely to extend much outside the diaspora if the team is trying the patience of the diehards.
Except in sect114.We're stuck to our seats like barnacles in superglue.
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Delia smith
while the Soldiers song was receiving this solid dose of certitude it also received an oh so subtle word change down Parhead way
" the despot and the slave" then became "the death of orange slaves"
Nonsense like this, sung in front of a scottish press on a mission, is just fuelling the sectarian fire
providing the ammo they are desperate to find
On this point alone keep this song
out of fotball matches and by all means belt it out at celtic nights
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G.O.D.
A generation of Denigration
A generation of Doomsaying
A generation of Depression
A generation of Damnation
A generation of Dangleberries
A generation of Darkness
A generation of Debilitation
A generation of Decampment
A generation of Dat's it I'm bored now.
You're right no.8! It's no fun in the mineshaft.
Let me die in my footsteps
I will not go down under the ground.
