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Skippy is cross between buzzbomb and Wispy!
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I want a win on Wednesday but I will accept a draw against AC as a good result.
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Milan playing at Catania on channel 5 just now.
I enjoyed the latter part of the game yesterday but Aiden was goalmaker too!
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Folks
I hope we can now leave the JR thing on the last thread. I sense the pot boiling and set to spill over - valid arguments or not.
Onwards.
Those two initials I love to see on Celtic Quick News - CL.
Champeens Leeg Feetbaw.
Oh, and if there is anyone out there that can make every copy of High School Musical 2 (Either displayed, burned, recorded etc) dissappear I would be forever in their gratitude.
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I knew Paul would start a new post while I was typing!!!
Hi again,
Not posted for ages. Thought i'd back up what one poster said last night about playing our left and right midfielders on their natural side.
yesterday by playing mcgeady on his natural side and playing the more defensive hartley on the left we did not need to have doumbe and naylor feeling like they had to bomb forward and get crosses in.
this meant they were just defending. no more gaping holes at the back.
i think until naka is back playing hartley on the left is wise as naylor needs a bit of help and protection at the moment.(from us too!!)
jvoh seems to be getting it tight the now but when you've got our left and right midfielders now getting to the by-line and whipping crosses back into the box he's going to get you goals.
the supply he'd been getting amounted to these high looping crosses from naylor which were no good to him.
defenders will mop these kind of balls up all day. sutton and hartson didn't like these crosses.
they would have been the first to tell agathe and thomson to get to the by line first.
our first goal proved it yesterday.
our third for skippy proved the benefit of having mcgeady on his natural side.
by playing this system we have better crosses in the box AND protection for our full backs.
On the appointment of John Reid my only concern is when in his lifetime has he managed a company?
In Brian Quinn we had a former Bank of England manager.
He has a hard act to follow.
Emjay
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Can anyone from the north stand verify this one from yesterday because I was raging at the ref.
When skippy first-time flicked the cutest of cute passes through to jvoh yesterday in the first half was it offside?
Just another reason why I was off my seat so many times at this absolute calamity of a referee.
We won 3-0 despite the dougie mcdonald yesterday.
Emjay
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How much do you think Scott McD is worth in the open market now - £4 Million and counting I reckon?
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Tin already well esconsed on my noggin...
But I for one was waiting for, though not praying for, a lay off for JVOH. I think he's a bit lost in the team just now. For his size, I find him ineffectual at hold up play and he seems to be spending a lot of games getting up of the grass swearing. he's too easily managed off the ball. I look forward to seeing how WGS aporaches his line-up without JVOH, because it's obvious he's usually one of the first on the team sheet. A great opportunity for our remaining forwards to... Carpe Diem!
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AC Milan trailing 1-0 at half time against a very average Catania.
Leaving the field to whistling from the crowd.
I hope Milan improve second half.
I dont want the hoary old media dragging out the headlines about Celtic beating a waning side.
'GG
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I'd just like to say a big fat told you so to the people I said to about my belief that McDonald would become our 1st choice striker! So... I told you so!:)
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hail hail japanese tv!
half time @ the san siro...
milan playin like hit without the ess... losing 0-1
the 2 CB's are bonera & kaladze - (nesta on the bench maldini in the stand... you dont rest CB's do you?) the pair of them having 'mares! against a very avarage Catania (who?)
this is the second time in 2 days i've watched them... they play this 'xmas tree' formation
4-3-2-1
kaka & pirlo are class... seedorf not too bad either
but there is no midfield width in defense or attack - everything going through the middle. they could be easily stretched!
right at the death of the half the ball broke to inzaghi... i thought defo goal, it rebounds off his shin goes out for by...
lets hope their confidence stays low!
2nd half kickin off now
should i bother with updates?
tbdT
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aw duck with an eff
went for pee...
it's 1-1
kaka pen?
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double duck
nesta on (so he's no pranged - for kaladze - injury)
Gilardinio's on tae
donno who went aff
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...ambrosini (lets hope he's pranged!)
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Four Masters 1-7 Glenties 1-5 in the donegal minor final. Well done the wee masters
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milan sliced open very easily...
i remember Nesta being awesome?
Bonera = liability :o)
we can take this mob! if we put the shackles on Kaka
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Catania begining to settle for 1-1...
not a great policy
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just seen the Kaka pen replay...
joke!
it was Caldwellesc v spartak
defender falls with hand planted to the ground ball plays off chest & arm = pen.
have refs ever played the game?
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5mins to go...
even if milan sneak a winner - they know... but more importantly I KNOW >
they played like hits, their confidence is low, they're not even creating chances & we are CELTIC!
hail hail
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MOTM - Pirlo
he's yours skoosh!
Hartly on Kaka
aiden go have fun
skippy never stop trying
Mick & Gary deep breaths!
shockwaves in europe
2-0 THE HOOPS!
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Final score:AV Milan 1, Catania 1
Really think we can get a result against AC on Wednesday after watching them struggle to overcome a workmanlike Catania side.
They had a hard 90 minutes and looked weary and jaded and lacking self-belief.Some real class acts such as Kaka, Gatuso, Oddo, Seedorf and Pirlo, but Catania coped comfortably.
Inzaghi and Gilardinho looked poor and Gilardinho got dogs abuse from his own fans.
And it took a well dodgy penalty to get AC a draw. It was an identikit of Gary Caldwell against Spartak with the Catania player sliding across the grass and the shot striking him on the arm without any deliberate attempt to play the ball.
Catania, who had won only once in Serie A this season, restricted AC to largely shooting from long range and AC's build-up started to become rally laboured and slow as they struggled to find a way past the packed Catania defence.
I think if Gordon Strachan can bring some solidity the defensive aspect of our side then we have a much better chance than I initially thought.
I would like to see us go with a 4-5-1 formation with little Scott McDonald on his own up front.
With McDonald on fire at the moment I am praying for a 2-1 win to Celtic.
Can't wait for Wednesday now.
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FT MILAN 1-1 ST MIRREN
gattuso tried to start a barny @ the end... wee nobk
signing off
tbdT
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AV Milan: That's a new team I have invented.My disjointed typing reminded me of AC's thoroughly disjointed display this afternoon.
With 60,000 roaring on the Celts on Wednesday night Parkhead will be rocking and I am confident we can end our scoring drought against them.
If we can get the same numbers of players behind the ball as Catania did we can certainly frustrate them like the way they were today.
Their front two were devoid of ideas, had no understanding of each other's play and were firing blanks. Long may that continue.
Th body language of AC's players suggested that it is not a happy camp in Milan at the moment.
But I don't have to warn fellow Celts that the man who inspire them and change the game is Kaka.
If we can isolate and contain him for 90 minutes we could pull off a victory of massive proportions against the European Champions.
And that would be an even greater triumph than beating Manchester United last season.
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Milan looked ordinary but they do have Kaka!
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Agree with you sixtaeseven. Scott McDonald is very much like Bobby Lennox. What a great find he is. He has a very difficult style making it hard to mark him, he scores goals, makes goals and has an endless battery.
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Just read a wee snippet in the Sunday Mail about Gattuso coming to Ibrox, asking which saint had her picture on the CHANGING room wall only to be told it was the Queen.
I don't want to seem naive but I was genuinely surprised to learn there is or was a picture of the queen on the changing room wall.
Anyone know if its still there?
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Huge task for Irish rugby team. Conceded an early unconverted try before O'Gara kicked a penalty.
Dropped goal from the Pumas made it 8-3.
Four tries, sadly, looks beyond Ireland.
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TheLongWait :- As far as I know it is still there.
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No-one's took me up on the comparison of goals scored between the first eight league games of last season and this season. Last season we'd scored 14 with 5 of the 8 at home. This term we've scored almost double (27) with only four home matches played.
The darnel have scored 24 and we have responded well.
I think it's an interesting statistic.
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There've been a few queens in their dressing room.
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Canajuanbhoy
I can see the similarity but The buzzbomb had a gear of pace that SMcD doesn't have .His goals to chances rate was also much better.
I think that there is a small likeness ,but not a great one.
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I bet Lizzy's got a picture of the darnel in her dressing room an naw just for some regal reciprocation.
The wummin that played her in a recent movie had a picture of St Mirren in her dressing room.
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EU
I assure you I'm not having a go here but I assume it is genuinely intended/expected to inspire the players ?
WG
whaay haay!
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tinytim, you're right about the pace.
With McGeady's display on the right side yesterday anyone else think that we need to switch Naka and Aiden on a regular basis.
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I once compared Tully57 to Bobby Murdoch.
He's never let me forget it.
And it was only because he wore his socks around his ankles.
I've been compared to the following players ;-
Johan Cruyff (in my smoking days)
Pat McCluskey (in my 'health farm' era)
Andy Ritchie (in my Duracell fitness days)
Charlie Nicholas (in my bare feet days)
George Best (in my ecumenical free-drinking days)
Gerd Muller (in my Muller rice for lunch days)
Henrik Larsson (in my dreadlock days)
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nEverton lead Zoro 1-0 at Badison
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Brian O'Driscoll try coverted by O'Gara to mke it 10-8.
Ground rocking but Pumas score drop goal to regain lead at 11-10.
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Brian O'Driscoll try coverted by O'Gara to mke it 10-8.
Ground rocking but Pumas score drop goal to regain lead at 11-10.
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canajunbhoy.
I agree and have discussed this with others plenty.
i think the reason he doesnt is because Naka doesnt have the pace to get to the byline and is much more effective when he comes inside.
That little feint and shift of weight he does is sublime and as often as not results in him winning a free kick.
I thing Aiden is better on the right but hes being sacrificed to the left for Naka -- by and large it works , but on Aiden's current form it might need to change.
Personally I'd like to see them switch during the games more often.
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When the mothers and hertz visit Megiddo they probably take their own pic of the queen so they don't feel left out.
I wonder what's behind the picture of the queen ? It's probably a secret telephone with a direct link to Duffield.....
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Thebhoydavetokyo
Drop me an email through the club website. Missed your call at the last game, bar too noisy!!
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TheLongWait :- I'm sure that at one time that would be part of the reason but I think that would have been lost when a multinational pool became the norm. Now it's puprpose is largely symbolic showing the clubs strong pro monarchy tradition. There also used to be one in the managers office I don't know if it's still there
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..... or a dumb waiter whereupon Derek Johnstone's half-time pies were served.....
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wg
A picture of the Queen's behind?
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WG :- The portrait isn't that big :-)
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..... or a freezer containing body parts of John Greig's many victims (ie evidence for him being The Greatest Ever Ranger).....
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..... or a fine selection of twelve voodoo-dolls placed there on the night of May 25, 1967....
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......... or The Ghonk...
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the long wait is over,
I would like to see them switch more often during games too. Mixing it up could cause chaos for defending teams trying to match defensive tactics. Not many teams have the players like Naka and Aiden to be able to do this. Might be a competitive advantage.
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..... or George Niven's gloves from a decade earlier tagged - ONE CARELESS OWNER.....
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Sir Paul.......
Missed the game yesterday.
Just watched the re-run on Chan67.
Twice..... as is my wont.
Here is my observations:
I agree with you,pal...
Young McGeady was super.
He has found his proper niche,on the right.
Why Mr.Strachan...has persisted on playing Aiden on the Left,is a mystery.
Aiden was very comfortable in every way,now that he was on his preferred side of the field.
His Crosses, in particular were, DEADLY and Accurate.
It is also a plus that Scott Mac. feasts on passes from the RIGHT!
And his partnership with his dashing and bustling namesake, will provide a bushel of goals,as time goes by.
I agree with my friends, in that I am disappointed that the Celtic powers that be are determinedly insistent, in playing a Large, Muscle Bound, Behemoth, as a Center Forward, when it is self-evident...
That a Guid Wee Yin...is Always better than a Big Stumbling Big Yin.
Examples of this abound...
Joe McBride, Bobby Lennox,Dixie Dean,Larsson,ad infinitium....even Chris Sutton, WAS NOT A PROLIFIC SCORER... Big John did score consistently,but he was the exception...and his partnership with the peerless Mr.Larsson did not hurt one little bit.
It goes without saying that Jvoh in particular, although he is blessed(?) in Stature...
SELDOM WINS A HEADING DUEL!
... and when he does come out on tops after a clash of bodies, is frequently accused of fouling.
Thereby, cancelling out, whatever advantages that exist,in the strategy of playing a man of his physical attributes as a spear-head.
The Milan game is shaping up to be an anticipatory heart stirrer.
I am confident, as usual, that Celtic will once again, rise to the occasion, at the Parkhead Citadel.
As I have aleady mentioned.
Mr.McGeady has been played in his TRUE POSITION...
Whether, this has been brought about by pure chance, or... as I would like to think...
By Design...
It is never the less... an eye opener!
Please, Gordon...
Retain Aiden on the Right Side!
You will not regret it.
Kojo.
P.S. the Three Cousins are right...
Double Drum should be the Celtic choice for Right Back.
In yesterday's encounter, he played a very STEADY Game... and he proved that his crosses into the opposition territory,although few in number, were dangerous.
I also noticed that there were very few crosses into the Celtic Goalmouth,emanating from Celtic's Right flank,thanks to the staunch and tenacious tackling of Joe.
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..... or Lambchops' sectarian karaoke video (featuring Neil McCann as backing soprano) in salubrious nightclub...
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or possibly an escape tunnel dug by PLG in a Shawshank style.
out of respect to EU I wont repeat the "Swimming through a mile of human excrement " line from the movie.
Oops , just did.
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nEverton 1-0 up at halfers
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long wait - superb
talking of dramatic escapes, I hear Miss Moneypenny has died, God rest her and her powder blue dress.
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Ireland's dream looks dead. Pumas 21-10 ahead.
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WG
Would there be any other kind of waiter at Ibrox?
U
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I really don't get why people are not appreciating Jan so far this season. I think he's been holding the ball up well and yes I admit he doesn't run around as much as Scott but neither do I want him to though. He went off injured yesterday but his time on the park I thought he was working really hard and was involved in the goal as well as almost breaking their offside trap a couple of times but for poor decisions from the linesman and a better final ball from our players. But most importantly Jan is scoring for fun and Scott claims he enjoys playing with him. They're only gonna get better the more they play with each other.
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Wg
are you heading to the T after mass?
what a hangover ive got right now
AndrewsLivers
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Sean South-
Do Ireland now drop into the oval ball version of the Uefa Cup ?
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Arthur Lee -
not till much later
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noel -
the egg cup ?
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Arthur Lee -
I'll text ye 9ish
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sean
can't agree I'm afraid
his goals (Which I cannot term as being scored for fun) are masking an out of sorts player. I can honestly say I do not know Jan's true worth to Celtic. Please don't (Anyone) bombard me with stats - I'm talking BBJ against Liverpool here.
As I said earlier, there's a bit of me pleased Gordon Strachan has to field a team without Jan. Time will now tell.
U.
JVOH has not the guts or guile of Chris Sutton, who when not scoring goals, was making them for Henke.
I see it as a one way street in regards to Skippy and JVOH right now - even Aiden's against Hibs was started by Skippy.
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Uly -
they must be, they've been waiting forty years....
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Bluenoses 2 Boro Zero
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Hi all
Far more positives than negatives from yesterdays game.
Artur kept us ahead when we were cut open on the deck down the middle in the second half
Joe Doumbe had a solid game, the midfield worked hard and I think Paul Hartley is now playing with belief
The refereeing was a joke and the ammount of times McDonald penalised Celtic and let the Arabs away with the same offence is not in my opinion honest mistakes
At times Massimo needs to win more 50/50 balls too often he gives the impression he is trying to nick it past the opponent rather than putting in a solid challenge but some of his passing is a joy.
Scott MacDonald is working like a trojan and is now scoring regularly.
The defence really only allowed the previous chance and a header for Dodds who found himself free at the back post.
On to Wednesday then, a win would be a massive result but we find it difficult to create clear chances against this team so hears hoping for a change in this.
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Uly -
NAFOS is firmly in the anti-JVOH camp, just thought you'd like to know.
Having said that NAFOS' pro-player list is a very short one indeed.
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well and truly pumalled
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lovely evening for Mass in ML2, won't be long till Advent.
All Atheists And Non Practising Catholics Are Loved And Welcomed Here.
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Sean
i agree with you re JVOH
he gets pelters from some on this site ...much of which i think is unjustified
i think he has scored 6 goals this season , as good as anyone in the league and i think he has laid on a few
he can look a bit languid at times but i think thats just the way he is
having watched killen miss a few sitters of late i know who i would rather have in my team
as for the other alteratives
Magic has had enough chances ..his time is up
and Riordan with SMcD would be too lightweight
sometimes you don`t appreciate what you have until it`s not there
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Killen me softly
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My dear friend, Sean....
You are not alone in your admiration of the qualities that Jvoh represents,resulting in utilizing a Tall Strong Leader as an attacking spearhead.
I and my friends beg to differ.
It seems to me that this strategy is a failed one.
My primary objection to using a Tall, Strong Center Forward, is this...
IT ENCOURAGES THE TYPE OF PLAY THAT IS EXAMPLED IN THE SHELLING OF THE HIGH AND HOPEFUL BIG KICK, DOWN THE CENTER OF THE PARK!
This is done, of course, more in HOPE than in anything else.
It is certainly a useless method of attack.
As... in the case of Jvoh...
He seldom wins balls in the air,especially when his back is to his opponents goal.
The result is .... LOST POSSESSION to our opponents,who immediately are in the position to mount a swift counter attack.
This tactic,of using the High Forward Pass,which is frequently employed by the Celtic Defenders,is silly... in light of the sparseness of any advantages that accrue...therefore... defeats logic.
Mobile , Tricky, Quick of MIND... and Fleet of Foot, Raiders...
Have always been, and will always remain,as my preference.
You and I shall never be in agreement on this subject.
You see it your way and I do not.
Kojo.
Yer pal.... who thinks your swell.
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I think Jan is a different type of player to what people expect him to be. As he is a big guy people expect him to be a bruising target man but I think he's more of a poaching striker who plays on the edge but one who is adept at playing the target man as well. For this you don't want him dropping deep all instead you want him lurking around the box.
I would consider Macdonald to be our target man which can also explain why if you ignore his goals yesterday his goal to game ratio wouldn't be as impressive. Macdonald drops off well and picks the ball up in great positions and moves away with speed and close control. As he's always dropping off he's not in the box as much as he could be to score more.
I think these are the roles they're being asked to play and I think they're doing them well, but that's personal opinion. I think some(not all) are analysing the performance of the players, Jan in particular, and expecting him to do the things Macdonald is doing.
I would also expect Killen to be the alternative target man if Macdonald isn't around and Zurawski to be the prowling poacher if Jan is out. ALthough we have a number of options.
More so, I know we don't have complete confidence in Zurawski but I don't think he's as far out of the picture as some think.
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My dear friend,Wg
Whoever this Nafos Person is... tell him I like him,already.
The fact that he is a non admirer of The Petted East European, is sufficient to warrant my approval of his perception...for starters.
Now, that you inform that he is also, an Non Booster of the Ambling Netherlander.....wellla, wella...
Nafos, I salute you! You are a Rara Avis!
Thanks, WG.... for that little piece of enlightenment.
Kojo.
Yer Pal....Who thinks you could make a fine Script writer...
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Kojo -
should see him tomorrow and will pass on..
to chapel...
WG, your friendly ML2er
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Sean,
You know your fitba' and talk sense.
Not many of us left!!
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thanks for your reply Kojo. You make some valid points but there are somethings worth mentioning.
You rightly make the point that our players often punt the ball forward to the tall man in hope when there isn't any midfielders making themselves available for the pass or if they're just lacking creativity at that point. But this isn't Jan's fault. Is it fair that he should be punished for defenders punting the ball to him all the time especially when he's also up against big 6.2ft+ defenders as well? I think he wins quite a lot of headers but you're right it is irrelevant if he does or not because even if he does win the header he's going to find it hard to find another Hooped player against a well organised defense and this leads to a loss of organisation.
I also think that one of Jan's greatest abilities is holding the ball up and linking with others when he recieves the ball on the deck. I think he does this more often and I think the team would benifit much more if we looked to play the ball to him across the grass.
This is a healthy debate to have all the same. I think we have a few options available if we want to alter things a bit. I just thought I'd show some support for Jan though.
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My dear friend, Sean...
I will be the last person to admit that I am wrong.
However...
Even I must cocede that NOBODY...not even me!( Whit?....ed)( I know that must be a bit of a shocker... but, as I've told ye before...I am mis understood... I often wonder why?)
No, no one.. can ever be One Hundred percent right, in ALL of their conclusions.
In my case...maybe a mere Ninety Nine per cent!
Therefore,in light of this...
I reluctantly agree with SOME OF YER POINTS, regarding the advantages that are inherent, in having a Big Strong Target Man!
Kojo.
Yer Pal...who enjoys a good exchange, such as this..
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Thanks Tom the Tim but I could do with proof reading my comments in the future as my spelling & grammar is awful!
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I agree with sean about JVoH, particularly the holding the ball up at the deck and McDonald being able to hold it up aswell.
However I feel that JVoH should be coming off for Killen instead of McDonald (and Mcdonald for Zurawski). When Killen and JVoH were upfront the pace and guile McDonald brings is missed so badly. I actually think that Killen and Skippy could do a good job together although wish I had more evidence to base it on than Saturday.
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Back from the euchy celly -
Lazarus and The Rich Man, a tale for our times, and talking of garments of purple, I see Hertz beat the Buddy Hollies.....
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WG
Don't know if this is on in the world of Murdoch (not Bobby), but your team are hanging on a wee bit away to Getafe.
But don't worry, the ref, Undiano Mallenco, seems to be trying quite hard to make sure things work out the establishment's way. You know how these things go.
An hour on the clock. 0-0.
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Uche nearly breaks the deadlock for Geta.
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Real Madrid score on the counter-attack.
Sergio Ramos. 65 minutes.
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Are Real Madrid's opponents supported exclusively by bus conductors? - as in c'moan Getaf
I'll get my bus conductors tunic on.....
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Hamptontim
Aye, it always looks funny when you see it written down. G before an i or an e in Spanish is always the same sound as J, that's to say our 'ch' sound in loch.
Geta, the short form of their name, sounds just like jeta, which means you've got a brass-neck, that you're a cheeky upstart, which is exactly what this team was last year when it gave Barcelona a hammering in the cup last season to overcome a substantial first-leg deficit and go through to the final.
They are managed by Michael Laudrup, who was the best player in his family.
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His da was the second best player in the house.
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Big Baptista nearly made it 2-0 a wee while ago, but hit the post.
Getafe hit the woodwork too earlier on.
I'll say something else about Baptista after the game.
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A minute to go. Free-kick to Getafe.
Off the post again.
The guy on Radio Nacional just said that made two off the post for each team. I need to pay more attention.
Three mins added.
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Last minute of stoppage. Free kick to Geta.
Casillas catches. All over.
Getafe 0-1 Real Madrid.
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"His impact on Celtic has been as telling as Shunsuke Nakamura’s in his first few months in Scotland".......... Sorry P67 but IMHO, that is hyberpole of the highest order......... He has something about him BTW but c'mon!!!!! Hope the coming months add evidence to your statement, really - but thus far, decision making apart, the bhoy has 'done ok' (sic).............
TBM
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just catching up on the posts.paul have to agree completely about the match yesterday.
seem churlish to say that the hat trick hero wasnt man of the match but have to agree big time with your assertsion of aideniho as mom.thought he was brilliant yesterday hope he continues that level of performance.
ps re dr.john hope he goes to town with mr.mcnee after the slanderous attack on boruc today.hope the club dont let it lie.time he was brought down a peg or five.must have been under the influence(as normal)when he wrote that bile
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One More Time.......
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dont think its hyperbull on Paul's part in description of SKIPPY.
he set up goal in spartak and scored goal against them at paradise. so str8 away he has banked us c£5M.
and he's now got a hatrick to take us to top of the league.
PAUL can i ask a question.....
the Herald piece on Brian Quinn mentioned a disagreement with O'niell which stated the argument was over a particular piece of data can you shed any light on what that piece of data was???
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The beauty of this blog is the coverage we provincials get of football worldwide thanks to the likes of Celtic_First doing Spain tonight. Thanks to all the guys who give us Celtic match day updates my refresh button is on its last legs.
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MFA
I heard it was over the fact that Quinn and the board wanted O Neill to take a gap year with Robertson and Walford taking over for the season. MON would then return at some point last season.
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Lurkybhoy
Shucks.
Just for you, this wee tale about Baptista.
When he scored the decisive goal in Real Madrid's home win against Betis on Thursday night (2-0), I was in a cracking old-style restaurant in the capital, near the Avenida de América.
This place has not changed one iota since I started going to it 20 years ago to watch the football highlights programme on Sunday nights. I didn't have a TV.
I like that. I like the fact that some things don't change.
Not all change is bad. The whole area is much more multi-cultural than when I lived there, with lots of Latin American people to be seen and heard on the streets, plus a fair number of black and Asian people.
I didn't watch the game, but told the waiter that I'd know if there was a goal from the noise of his regulars in the bars downstairs and shuffle over to see the replays.
The noisiest guys in the bar were four affluent looking guys in their 20s. The loudest of them, when Baptista scored his fine goal, kept saying: "El Negro. Ha sido el Negro. Gol del Negro."
Even people with little Spanish will recognise the vocabulary that got national team coach Luis Aragonés into such hot water in 2004.
How foul it sounded in these now cosmopolitan surroundings. And I'm sorry, but my experience is that Real Madrid has more of a problem with its support in this regard than most other clubs in Spain.
Perhaps there is an 'establishment club syndrome'. What a doctoral thesis that would make.
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Hooptatic.
That explanation sound's very unlikely to me.
That is not a problem with data ,it is a problem with circumstance.
Far more likely they were disputing what funds MON had available or had spent.Especially when compared to Alex McLeish.
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Sorry should be Hooptastic.
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Celtic_First
The story's even sadder because of the age of those guys. Youngsters can't claim ignorance.
If I comment any more I'll have to change my blog name...
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Tinytim
You are probably right, just a rumour I heard from a pretty reliable source. Although he did say then that he wasnt positive about it.
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Lurkybhoy
I agree. That's why I mentioned their age. It was also very sad that the loudmouth guy coming out with this garbage felt (and was) able to do so without compunction. No one batted an eyelid.
On your blog name, I think you should keep it and keep posting. It'd be a brilliant piece of irony.
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TheBarcaMole, Scott has scored or has an assist with the overwhelming majority of our goals this season. Comparing this to Naka’s early contributions at the club is statistically testable; I suspect that it would hold up to scrutiny.
Noel, the disagreement was over Celtic’s wages compared to the wages of the “majority of the clubs in the FA Premier League”. Brian Quinn said our wages were comparable with all apart from the top five, Martin O’Neill said he was told that this was not the case (which it was).
The led to the ‘abacus’ incident.
Hooptastic, there was never any question of Martin O’Neill returning.
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Paul-
It was McGroryForArsenals query.
Cheers for the info anyway........
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Paul67
Yes Paul, you are correct that was what the incident was about.
I think if he was being honest,Mr Quinn was partially glad to see MON go.
I think he felt that MON was unhappy with the financial constraints that the club were putting on him.MON saw what was coming and jumped ship.
It is admirable that Mr Strachan has done so well within these constraints.Especially in last season's CL.
I suspect we shall never know BQ's private thoughts on the respective performance of our last two managers.
Baba's word not mine,but i do agree with them.
"He is just a real old gentleman."
Have we ever been served better by a chairman?
His age and experience brought great wisdom.I am very sorry to see him go.
Hopefully JR can facilitate us getting into the EPL.
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What do you make of this article by broadfoot.
CLICK HERE
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Tinytim-
"I think he felt that MON was unhappy with the financial constraints that the club were putting on him.MON saw what was coming and jumped ship.
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Are you suggesting Martin O'Neill used his wifes illness as an excuse to leave Celtic Park ?
That's the last straw.
I'll see you outside the main stand on Wednesday.
That's if there is any room for another cyber-square-go...........
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liam perrin would get better info from peter sellars than plg/if its got dawylls name on it then treat it with the contempt it deserves..
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Big Liam-
If PCs had DNA-
It would show that the article was typed up at Murray Park and forwarded to Broadfoots e-mail address.
With a big-fat cyber cheque attached of course.......
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Noel90
I think he would have gone if she had been in good health.
Her health obviously had a bearing on his decision to go.
As was stated he could have taken a year out and come back.
Celtic said that he was offered this option.
In my eyes he was at loggerheads with the financial situation that Celtic faced .
I think that he may have gone after Seville if we had won the league.
All that being said.
There is no greater fan of MON than me.
With DD's backing he regained our place as the benchmark team.
He regained our pride.
I will never forget what he did for us.
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The Main Talking point tomorrow will be George Galloway in the daily record.
Depending on the editor of the daily records discretion , It will make an uncomfortable day for Old Minty at ibrox.
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The debate about John Reid is no doubt a valid one, although it's all a bit "student politics" for my tastes. However, at 20.36 yesterday Kano brought out the big guns, with a list of people who, he implies, don't need a court to be considered war criminals - of the same type as Dr Reid, I assume.
One or two of the names on that list (Guevara? Chavez?) might be debatable. One - Salvador Allende - needs, I would suggest, to be justified. Particularly given the tone of Kano's posts about the political views of others. So what, exactly, makes Allende a war criminal?
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Noel90
I will be in McChuills,on Wednesday about 4.30pm ,if you fancy a pint.
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Evenin all.
Enjoyed yesterdays game, was delighted to see Skippy proving he has the goals in him. I think the earlier Buzzbomb comparison is spot on.Both electric over the first ten yards.
As one who has criticised Aiden's final ball, thought he did really well yesterday and looked more comfortable on the right. May he carry on in this vein.
Looking forward to Wednesday. Watched Milan today, they looked out of sorts against a very average Catania. Lets hope they bring this form with them.
Look out for Gilardinho though - diving bassa.
Big liam, re broadfoots article.
I could have written better with a crayon and my eyes shut. Rubbish.
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Liam
I was going to say that Broadfoot had lost it a long time ago, but as a former daily reader, I think it's really that he never had it in the first place.
The guy is indicative of the mediocrity of the Herald now, and I'm not just talking about the sports pages.
There are still some decent writers there, and they have recently gone through horrible cut-backs, leading to strike action.
Quite how Broadfoot survived the cuts is beyond me.
I was talking to someone who commentates on Radio 5 Live, not Roddy Forsyth, but a good friend of his, who told me that the print media had recently insisted on having separate briefings from those their broadcast and online colleagues attended. I didn't know that.
If you think about it, it's a tacit admission that what we once needed the newspapers for in our quest for information about our clubs is on offer to us 24 hours a day.
R. Murdoch, as I've said before on here, never said a truer word when he told the BBC that all media outlets still had a future as long as they offered quality content that their audience could not get elsewhere.
If the Herald is doing that, in any of its sections, these days, I'd be happy to hear about it. Michael Tumelty's reviews of concerts are really the only example I would consider for inclusion.
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Tinytim-
We'll never forget what Martin did for us.
However-he left Celtic Park more than 2 years ago.
Time to move on.
And thank God how lucky we are to have Gordon Strachan take over from Martin.
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tiny tim
my feelings are that if seville went in our favour then mon would have walked away.perspective being that how could he have improved on what he had done?
mind you gordon would have to win the big cup to appease some posters on here and then again that wou;dnt have been enough
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Tinytim-
I won't be back from work till 6pm.
I'll take a raincheck on that pint.
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Big Liam
I am in the minority here.
I thought that his atricle had balance,and posed some legitimate question's and examples of inconsistencies.
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I think i am only coming to terms with him going now.
Pity about the raincheck.
The Bhoy was brill yesterday.
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Awalkacross...
I agree with what you just posted.
I am one of the fans ,whom he has to work extra hard to please.
He has made us better to watch this season,we are scoring more goals,than last season.
I would like to see us win more headers and add a bit of steel to the side.
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The thing about Broadfoots article is that he refers to the Big Jock Knew chant, but bottles out of actually naming it and condemning the Hun support, but rather tries to lump it in with other chants, by other clubs supporters, in an effort to divert attention away from it. He has tried to look balanced but forgot that some, if not all, of the papers readership are actually more astute than him.
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Thetinmanspal
That is a very good point and one i missed.
He mentions the DC and ID chants by name.
Therefore highlighting our faults and not the FTP brigade.
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While we're in political mode, I don't know if this was recorded on CQN, but the Financial Times reported on Thursday that Dave Whelan of JJB has promised to make £1m available to David Cameron as soon as a general election is declared.
David Murray will look on this as a good use of Rangers supporters' money.
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O'Neill and Strachan
In many ways Strachan had a harder job on his hands at the start of his reign than MON. Not because of May 05 but because O'Neill had been so successful.
Martin quickly made a rod for his own back with the early success he enjoyed back to back leagues and a Euro final in 3 quick years. All help to raise anyones expectations for the club. 2003-04 was also great. In sharp contrast to 2004/05 wich was a major shock to the system.
However back in the summer of 2000 (before 6-2 and the instant turnaround in our fortunes) we would have quite easily settled for a one off league title.
Now after all the success we have enjoyed just winning the league is not enough for some, it must be accompanied with a run in Europe.
Therefore thanks to Martin's success the Celtic manager's job is now much more difficult.
But thankfully Gordon is doing a grand job.
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tiny tim agree work to be done and the reactionary brigade want to stop the garbage.some of us seen 2 remember the 90s.gubbed in perth(adios liam)5000 at dens in 93 struggling to a draw.horsed by falkirk in scottish cup and mwell for that matter.jeez what do we do about gilardino/ronaldo as opposed to baptie/arnott/stainrod etc people want to have a reality check..
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sorry dens mite have been 94 gerry creaney scored the goal
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Scotland on Sunday today.
A Labour MSP "Singing the Sash is not Sectarian"
A church of Scotland Minister " Celtic fans and Catholics revel in deing downtrodden and have romantic notions about Ireland"
Duffield "It all starts with Catholic Schools - it gives them the appearance of being different"
OK so we have been rumbled - we all love the number of panalties denied and the fact that in 4 of the last 5 games Rangers have had dubious ones awarded - it really makes us feel great.
Duffield wake up we are different.
As are Italians, Indians, Muslims, Jews - it's a multi-cultural society. However being a Celtic Supporter and God forbid a Catholic or even worse someone who dares to Bless - (NOT cross) themself( I'd be OK with Make the sign of the Cross)or ever muttering the dreaded words - shhhh
Irish , Ireland or any associated word - is a cause for national uproar.
I thank the Scotland on Sunday for exposing this book on Rangers - it will be a right laugh to read - provided your blood pressure can take it.
Seville67
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Broadfoot
Whilst the points raised so far are valid does nobody find the opening stretch rediculous. Firstly, without having been at the meeting, decides that the Committee upheld Dougal's view? There is no record of this anywhere. He then goes on to castigate Strachan as a serial offender of something that he dislikes and suggests that Celtic and Strachan are guilty of 'legal simulation' by deciding to apepal against a stonewall case that is fully supported??
Luckily there are no current vacancies for investigative reporters for anything of consequence!
This is real tabloid late night kebab posing as succulent lamb methinks.
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Seville 67
I think the most rediculous bit was that the book was put together because good old protestantism hasn't had a fair crack of the whip in explaining itself to the multicultural world. However, if this is the membership application, perhaps it should rejected for lack of understanding of the rules of association?
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dumbhoy.
The whole article is ridiculous.
He has no idea what balance is.
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If you contrast the quality of contribution to that of Spiers Gibbons, A Smith even M Grant it is obvious that something has happened at the Herald and that the Sub-editor now inhabits the Badger's Lair and not the paper's offices.
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Big leam.
What I read into the article was, that it was Anti Celtic, but peppered by a couple of sweeteners on Hartley and Caldwell,He's a snyde bluenose journalist that does'nt give credit to anything Celtic,even the snippets about Hartley, and Caldwell, should'nt have been printed.
winning gemmell.
Thanks for posting your best wishes from you and awnaw,I wish I had got to B-Bowsters as I would have liked to have met you both.
I went to the game,but on hindsight I should have stayed in hospital overnight,now I'm trying to get up the strength to get to Celtic Park on Wednesday.
On the game, Aiden was better than I've seen him for a while,But unlike Paul I did'nt think he was MOTM,If Scott McDonald had'nt scored the hat-trick and worked tirelessly all match,then Aiden would get my nomination as MOTM,but a hat-trick does it every time for me.
Lastly,I thought Celtic were an all inclusive club,embracing everyone that wants to support them.
Celtic first at 23.30 on the last thread made a good point.
I think were inclined to take everything on a personal level,on this blog.
I'm talking about John Reid taking up the Chairmans job,I'm not a great lover of JR but some of the comments are a bit over the top.
I'm going to sit on the fence for a while,regarding the future chairman,but I'd like to say this about him,he'll argue Celtic's corner fehemenently and he'll probably win the arguement,thats why he had so many jobs in government,he was a troubleshooter.
Big Leam.
I forgot to add,why did'nt he mention the racist comments directed at bobo from the Ibrox hoards,along with his comments about Darcheville.
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WG offered a list of players he has been compared to over the years and remarkably forgot to mention his playing style dopple ganger - Mr Francis McGarvey!
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watching MOTD2.
Big eck.
Good man I know.
Good manager I believe a lot on here think.
Certainly straight to the point on that programme tonight.
Thanks Noel.
You are a generous man like the rest of the family.
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Did anyone else notice that in Bremner, Bird and Fortune tonight, Bremner as Des Browne, Member for Kilmarnock and Loudon, Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Scotland, had a Celtic scarf hanging up in the office!?
Obvious question. Since the previous Defence Secretary was The Rt Hon Dr John Reid, who was the last person in that post who was not a Tim?
Is it 'cause we're so hard?
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What about the irony of the Defence Secretary having to be Tim and the fact that that's the very area of the team that we're all most worried about!?
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Abbot
That would be big Rangers admirer and erstwhile object of an Orange Order controversy (he insisted he wasn't a member), Adam Ingram.
No one is as hard as Reidso right enough, as you know well.
Paxman, Humphreys, Naughtie, Frost, Vine, Marr … Reidso had them all for breakfast (frequently, except in the case of Paxman).
I fear for Chico and Duffield, I really do.
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i also thought broadfoots article was balanced, he at least has publicly outed in the written media the scandal of rangers supporters campaign against the greatest manager in the countries history.....
....however he wasnt the first to do this ...george galloway continues to expose this type of subhuman behaviour....all credit to him...and to the couple of rangers supporters who totally condemned the campaign and rightly praised Jock Stein as a great man and a great manager......
sadly georges bravery saw him threatened live on air by one of the reptilian supporters of this campaign....not that it will put him off......i feel sorry at times for decent rangers supporters....no other club in the uk has a section of their support who so regularly expose their sinister side....
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Here's a wee note from The Economist Style Guide.
Avoid giving anyone you're writing about the title Doctor unless they're actually a medical practitioner.
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Sorry, that was especially for Dr Abbot there.
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Celtic_First,
are you saying that anyone with a PhD is a pr*ck?
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Abbot
Are you trying to imply that I'm merely jealous?
If so, you're right.
But The Economist style guide has the same status as the Bible in my game, so who am I to argue?
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WG Who said this?
We played against schools with names like St Mary's or St Peter's and the games were very competitive. When you are competitive with someone then you automatically think they are the enemy. That is the case with me.
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I have posted on here previously that the only thing that can stop us domestically are the men in black.
After our game yesterday, and having just watched highlights from Fir Park yesterday, it is apparent that they (referees) are giving it a right good go.
Shocking decision not to award a penalty to Motherwell. Strangely not commented upon by McCall and Hendry.
As for their penalty, Beasley was looking for it and referee duly obliged.
I don't normally watch Setanta's highlights programme - now I know why. Amatuerish is being kind to it.
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Am I right in thinking the guy who runs the Celtic ticket office is named John Paul Taylor?
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wizard
it was not a pen for motherwell he ran into naismith - in my opinion
beasley also never went down on the first tug which he would of done if he was looking for it, he then had his leg swiped
just saw celtic highlights, missed game on sat due to leaving late and shocking roadworks backed up to bonnybridge
mcgeady's crossing looked so much better on his natural foot, food for thought for gordon
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Mr First,
you have no need to be jealous of anyone. FACT!
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Sorry antsman, we will agree to differ.
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Wizard of Oz.....
I agree with you. I think Mark McGhee said Rangers claim was a penalty so that he could not be accused of bias when he claimed Clarkson's was. Beasley went down far too easily!
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Beasley's dive.
Mark McGhee said he thought it was a 'stonewall penalty' after the match yesterday. Today he said having seen it on TV that the player "went down easily".
Translation: He dived.
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Haven't seen either incident but I'm betting Beasley went down far too easily.
As a professional footballer who is less than 9 stone (apparently) you would only have to look at him and he'd fall over.
He was a good player at PSV and I was surprised he struggled at Man City. What a pity his career is now over.
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antsman / fatherandbhoy.
My take on the Rangers penalty was that Beasley got into the area and then basically stopped trying to get away from the defender, felt him at his back and fell over.
Motherwells penalty... If that collision had happened in midfield, Motherwell free kick would have been the decision.
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Wizardofoz.
I'm just glad that we have T/V now to see how blatent the ref's decisions are, regarding Celtic.
I started watching Celtic 56years ago and there was no recource for the decisions that went against us.At least we can see the blatently bad refereeing that we've had to put up with over the years that T/V replays have come in.
Years ago,you just scratched your head, wondering how they got away with it.
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oldtim67.
The thing is, no-one will do anything to stop it.
Cos we're all paranoid.
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Celtic's home record in ChampionsLeague:
1-0 Porto
1-0 Rosenborg
4-3 Juventus
2-0 Lyon
3-1 Anderlecht
0-0 Bayern Munich
1-3 Barcelona
0-0 AC Milan
1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
1-0 Copenhagen
3-0 Benfica
1-0 Manchester United
0-0 AC Milan
Played 13
Won 9
Drawn 3
Lost 1
Goals Scored 18
Goals Conceded 7
Points 30
No goals conceded in last 6 home games.
10 shut-outs from 13 games.
At Celtic Park we need fear no-one.
Hail Hail
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Sellik First -
what do these three teams have in common tonight ?
Celtic, Arsenal, Real Madrid ?
oldtim -
another time, for sure
JGB -
you've proved it - FACT is stranger than fiction - ITYFM^
WG
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fatherandbhoy -
Duffield MM ?
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re the darnel and referees, it's a case of dogs and testicles; always has been, always will be, like night follows day.
Mr Dougal has still to enter the fray...... like The Joker on It's A Knockout.....
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Very pleased with yesterday - lets hope we show some courage on Wed - a real up and at em performance will scare a Milan side who seem genuinely rattled by their poor start to the season.
I think at times you protest too much Paul - your articles are becoming increasingly slanted - the subtext too easy to read - you dont have to do this you know (and generally more expensive players are better - not always mind - but you know market forces n that).
The aricle on the SoS was fascinating. This book is the response to Celtic Minded and various other intellectually minded and challenging discussions on Celtic. As the article says they feel their side is not being put.
I think its quite right they get the chance to make their case - because the beauty of it is how silly they look. If the Smith article proves to be as one sided as the SoS are making out he has made a grave mistake. We will have the opportunity to show him up for what he is - we cannot miss it. Its a massive error of judgement.
As for the rest of the articles it will be the usual attempt to defend the indefensible. This is again terrific as it will be the ultimate shot in the foot. They cant help it - they believe in the nonesense - but any rationale person reading this tripe will have the growing concensus on Rangers (i.e. backward and embarrassing) firmly confirmed.
It is interesting indeed that when the Celtic books came out there was in fact very little about Rangers in there - whereas I imagine this will all be about us.
My favourite will be the one about how we revel in our victim status - a classic attempt to dehumanise those who you would subjigate - brilliant - should be a right riviting lead with a public campaign to rid ourselves of the puppet CEO of the SFA to follow - will that make 3 of them? Do we get to keep the next one?
I'm sorry Edward - but its all rather sadly true - any attempt to make an academic argument over the inherent bigotry and prejudice will end in tears for your "institution".
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WG
One thing they have in common is that they are top of their respective leagues.
Another is that they all have white in their kit.
Only two of them have won the European Cup.
Only two of them have signed Martin Hayes.
Only one of them had banners with SS on them behind the goal until our children were on the scene.
Only one of them (not the same one) can fill your heart and soul.
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Sellik First -
right first time !
WhodiznyGivereally
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Nite all -
SACK DUFFIELD
WeknowGordonisamoron
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Abbott @ 23.21
I've looked at the wikipedia list of Home secretaries and I would guess that
1) Sir Samuel Hoare (37-39) was not one of us i.e. celtic supporter.
2) Michael Howard (93-97) was not one of us i.e. member of human race.
Davie Blunkett's dug was also in charge of the department when his master was otherwise engaged. She was surely a Celtic supporter.
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Nite all.
No more to say.
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Gordon Smiths views taken from the SOS article.
SFA chief executive Smith said in his section of the book: "Growing up in Ayrshire, the biggest factor I encountered in terms of the Catholic-Protestant divide was in schools football. I think it is one of the saddest thing in our society. I have nothing against Catholic schools, but there is no doubt about it: in the west of Scotland it brings in an inclination right away to think of people being different.
"We played against schools with names like St Mary's or St Peter's and the games were very competitive. When you are competitive with someone then you automatically think they are the enemy. That was the case with me."
Well as someone who also grew up in Ayrshire I can tell Gordon Smith that if the biggest "factor" he witnessed of bigotry in Ayrshire was catholic schools then he clearly had his eyes closed and ears covered for a large part of his life.
Walk down the street of many an Ayrshire town in July and you will see flags and banners of sectarianism freely on display. Every Saturday from May to August orange marches are in progrees in almost every town. Sectarian attacks on catholics are common and frequently extemely violent. Catholic churches are regularly vandalised.
I could carry on all day about the stench of bigotry that prevails in Ayrshire find it deeply insulting that Gordon Smith chooses to ignore every evidence of anti-catholic hatred to lay the blame at the door of Catholic schools. Its the last refuge of the religious bigot to try to deflect blame away from yourself and onto the doorstep of the victims.
"When you are competitive with someone then you automatically think they are the enemy." What on earth is this supposed to mean. Does that mean you are the enemy of every team that gives you a good game. I take it many non-denom schools also gave GS's school a good game so where they the enemy as well. Will France now declare war on Scotland because they lost to them in a tight match and will Israel launch a first strike on England. Perhaps we should expect trouble from the Milan fans if we play well on Wednesday.
Its laughable I know but this shows the type of man we are dealing with. Its only catholic school teams who were the enemy because they were catholics Gordon. Get it?
This must be a huge mistake by Duffield and he shold be called to account. Will he? I doubt it but lets not be kidded, this mans an out and out bigot of the most odious kind and will do everything he can to undermine us as a club.
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Seem to have the blog to myself for the moment. Oh well.
To all Oz based tims. The Milan game is being shown delayed transmission at 7am on Thursday morning on SBS(council telly). If you can avoid the score it should be ok.
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Michael - I noticed that. At first I saw that ESPN had it on at 1pm and I thought, there's no way I can hold out that long, so was delighted to see it listed on SBS for 7am.
Already arranged with my boss that I'll be in late.
Can't wait.
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Summer is now officially over.
The Boys of Summer have completed their 162 game schedule and the coming week sees the start of Baseball’s Fall Classics.
October is also shaping up to be a real meaningful month for our club’s ambition to win the 21st century’s first three in a row in the SPL.
We have a varied fixture list, with 3 league games against Gretna, Rangers and Motherwell, 2 CL matchups against Milan and Benfica and then end the month with a CIS cup game against Hearts.
Six victories will see us all in seventh heaven and firmly on track for a treble.
(Dare to dream the big dream)
Buoyed by victory against Milan, our visit to Gretna ML1 next Sunday should be a guaranteed three points, and see us pull away from our closest challengers, before we meet, greet and beat them on the 20th. My prediction is for a 2-0 victory. Note the away clean sheet.
Mark McGhee’s resurgent Motherwell will be the next SPL side to try and breach our goal at Celtic Park just three days after our Lisbon trip.
Why are we being forced to play just 3 days after a CL game when Rangers get 5 days to recover from a HOME game?
Despite the travel rigours, Celtic have too much class in depth for Motherwell to repeat last Saturday’s moral victory.
Rangers would seem to have a marginally tougher SPL fixture list with all their October games being against the other teams in the top 4, Hibs, our good selves and Dundee United. Although they face third placed Hibs at Ibrox,
(how fortunate that the random computer fixture list gave them 2 home games in a row after a European tie)
based on their lucky point against the 5th placed Motherwell on Saturday, they are brittle enough to drop at least 2 points especially after their trip to Lyons.
A Celtic victory at Ibrox will see us 6 points clear. With their early form and confidence draining away Barcelona and Dundee United should pile on the misery for Rangers’ fans.
I expect All Hallows’ Eve will heap further horror on Rangers' fans as they wake up to the realization that
Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United and Motherwell are in the draw for the CIS Cup semi final,
Celtic are at least 7 points to the good in the SPL and......
they are third in the league behind Hibernian.
‘GG checking his crystal ball.
PS SMACK Duffield
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Thomas
Yes it will make a big difference being able to watch the game at home with a few beers instead of dragging my rearend to a pub at some ridiculous time of the morning. Did you also know that from Oct 9th Setanta will be available on the Foxtel platform again making it easier to watch the matches in the house.
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George shows our sports press up for what they are
Silence ? not for George
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michael collins
you cant draw the conclusion that gordon smith is a bigot because there was a rivalry between schools football, and because he viewed his local rivals as the enemy
anyone who ever played football at schools level in the west of scotland , and that probably means most on this board, will recognise the intense nature of that rivalry......because we wanted to badly beat our nearest neighbouring school , and viewed them as the enemy, does not make US bigots...it was just a rivalry
personally speaking at my school we had as intense a rivalry with the next closest catholic school as they were a much better team than the local non denominational one..
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Michael - No I wasn't aware that Setanta was coming to Foxtel. That's great news. Does that mean we will see ALL Setanta live matches?
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Barcabhoy
Smith is speaking only about catholic schools or Schools with saint names in front. The rivalry he is alluding to is BECAUSE these schools were catholic schools and because the games were competative he regarded catholics as the enemy. This is the gist of what he is saying as a explanation of why in his opinion catholic schools are the "biggest factor I encountered in terms of the Catholic-Protestant divide "
Its religious bigotry pure and simple.
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Thomas
Virtually all Celtic domestic matches are live on Setanta although the odd one gets moved to delayed transmission if there is a big gaelic,hurling or rugby match on. Interestingly enough in the case of the cream buns its generally only their away fixtures that are shown.
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Anyone read the Herald report on our game? Broadfoot holding the crayon again.
Stunning journalism - apparently JVoH didn't win a single header against Wilkie. Which makes our opening goal something of a mystery...
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If the Duffmeister finds the sporting rivalry between schools of different denominations'one of the saddest things in our society'he needs to get out more.
Duffield=splitter
Anyways,usual mixture of fixtures for the wee Celts:
Farsley Celtic 1 Ebbsfleet Utd 1
Stalybridge Celtic 1 Hyde 0
[Stalybridge are through to next round of FA Cup]
West Allotment Celtic 1 Durham City 2
Cleator Moor Celtic have been given the weekend off to prepare for the ACM game.
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Stalybridge are now only 9 games away from Wembley.
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The Scottish media community. They don't like it up 'em. This is taken from a Scottish media portal.
Daily Mail Gatecrashes Cosy Launch Party
01/10/2007
How to win friends and influence people. Spike hears of disquiet among some hacks that only two newspapers were invited to report - as they lavishly did on Friday - Celtic football club’s new training complex.
But while the invitation appears to have been extended only to the Daily Record and the Scottish Sun, at least one other newspaper was also able to devote large coverage to the Lennoxtown development.
But Spike understands that a member of the Scottish Daily Mail staff just so happened to be passing the building at the time of the Record and Sun’s visit.
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Morning fhellas,
Doesn't the SPL table look good ? Lots of great debate at the weekend on here but my favourite quote of the weekend came at the end of an insipid Milan display when the commentator said :
"This is a team who are just not enjoying their football at the moment"...
If Kaka can mysteriously go down with food poisoning then we just may be on to something....
Wednesday night. I can't wait.
hail hail
Big Wavy
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Andrew,
some strikers only win headers when in sight of goal. Mr Broadfoot probably plays in defence. :-)
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new article posted.
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Setting Free
David Blunkett's dog does have a link to Scottish Timdom.
During the intense talks on the use of the former prison at Dungavel to house asylum seekers and their families, the emeritus bishop of Paisley, John Mone, flew the flag for the asylum seekers.
This by the way was long before the SSP and others took up the cause.
Bishop Mone was summoned to Westminster to hear at first hand why the UK government felt it was fair to keep children locked up in Dungavel.
He had to use all his skill as a diplomat to find the right moment to bring into the conversation a request to pat the dog's head on behalf of a parishioner in Paisley.
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Morning fellas,
I'm sure most of you heard strachans post match interview after the win on saturday.
I just listened to it and his comment about Nakamura made me laugh.
Reporter: So is Nakamura going to be fit for wednesday
WGS: I couldn't tell you, last time a seen him his mouth was full of sangwiches! and his translator was nowhere to be seen! so no, I couldn't tell you if he will be fit for wednesday.
I honestly don't understand why some fans think that Gordon's "attitude" with the media is embarassing. Most of these interviews are verbal swordfights in which these guys are hoping to get another headline of "strachan says....". More power to your elbow Gordon.
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P.S
Did anyone else notice that Hibs are just 1 point behind us and the FOD.
Couldn't believe it when I saw the table this morning.
Well Done John Collins.
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To the purists amon us ( which must be all of us, I presume) tomoorow we have the chance to honour THE player above all who epitomises playing football the Celtic Way: George Connelly. He was THE outstanding talent (IMO) among Danny, Kenny Dalglish and Davy Hay (and, of course, that is really saying something).
I well remember his keepie-up against Dynamo Kiev, I think, when he was only about 15. Up and down the pitch from the old Celtic End and back. No sweat whatever. But what stays with me was his sheer class on the ball. 40 50 yards passes no bother at all.
His contribution against Leeds Und was probably his most important but the goal that sticks in my head is the one against rangers, where he mugged captain blood and scored at a canter. He seemed to efortlessly stroll through games. Wonderful memories, especially to sustain me on a day when the nerves are already jangling.
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Anyone got a link to George Galloway's comments about our rival's nice wee song?
