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5-0 easy easy....
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I was looking on Wikipedia at their Greg Hemphill entry and was amazed to see this:
Hemphill is known to be a supporter of Celtic F.C.[4]
Now, you click on the wee number four to find out from which authoritative source Wikipedia got their information and are taken to a list on CQN posted by Pablo in April 2006.
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Is AB playing tomorrow? Or has he already gone under the knife?
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DBBIA from the last thread I dont think im making BBs before the game but planning to be in after it to meet TTTT.
TTTT is going to be there before the game as well so make sure you take plenty of money.
I was going to double carlisle with gretna but jsut found out the gretna game has been called off for some reason.
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Paul,
I love football. There are many reasons why; The passion, the tension, the opinions, the camaraderie, the one up man ship.
But most of all, yeah most of all, I like the way it provides people with the opportunity to make fools of themselves.
Glasgow Rangers and the SFA are exceptional at this. From David Murrays assertion he would spend £10 for every £5 we spent to Jim Farry's pitiful attempt to keep Jorge Cadette away from the Celtic team, we have seen and heard and laughed at it all.
And now the end is near, Glasgow Rangers already look ridiculous, but not nearly as ridiculous as when their title hopes evaporate against Gretna in January.
Rangers will not win this match. We have all seen how life, and its most important sibling, football, loves to make a mockery of those who think they know best.
I suggest you put some money on it and use the proceeds to ensure you get to see Celtic progress to the Quarter Finals of the Champions League.
I will see you there.
Therags...
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Nowt to do with Celtic - who do you reckon for Hatton v Mayweather on Sunday morning?
Funny feeling I know who our man from Salford will go for.....
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No longer the Biggest Chicken in Scottish Football
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Since their tannoy announcement I look forward to this fixture.
So I'll be urging the Bhoys on till the final whistle.
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dontbrattbackinanger
Artur Boruc had a surgery yesterday.
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Thanks to Noel and Winston for help with today’s article.
Theragswe, an excellent call.
Celtic First, yes, I found that when searching for “Celtic Quick News” once. That kind of link helps push CQN up the search engines.
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6-0 McDonald all 6 put your hoos on it....i am
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Advent shopping complete for 2007 - two Glaswegian streets and thirty minutes of sheer hell
now for some London Pride
I deserve it.
WG
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Mayweather v Hatton- what the Ring thinks will happen
They don't give RH much chance, but if he can get one good body punch through Mayweathers defence then who knows.
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Zbyszek -cheers for that. Can you answer my other question- how many goals/games has Zurawski had in the Euro08 qualifiers?
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when is the actual kick off for the Hatton fight?
cheers
TLWIO
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Mayweather v Hatton.
TKO in favour of Mayweather.
Can Hatton win, course he can. Any boxer can make a mistake and walk on to a peach. Mayweather likely too? not IMO.
Mayweather, to big, to strong, to quick, to good.
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TLWIO - 'kick-off' is 2am
Paul - You could also encourage cqner's to use the "no follow" attribute. That will prevent cqn from boosting the page rank of undeserving sites.
Also if anyone is linking to celtic quick news, use the term celtic quick news as the link text. (or are there other keywords you would prefer?)
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dontbrattbackinanger
Zurawski scored only goal. One goal against nine scored by Smolarek is not a good achievement. His position in our NT is not a typical striker. Zurawski had a few assists and he was always to calm the play.
I don't know what the club is going to with Maciej Zurawski but from my perspective of today for 99percent he is in Galaxy.
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04.00ish, Sunday morning.
Although RHattons mum has asked for a postponement as he may get injured, and he's promised to help her put her Xmas tree up back home in Stockport.
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For anyone who might have forgotten, Fergus McCann is a genius.
Ideas man
And did you know that £1.5m for Lennoxtown came from the wee man's pocket?
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Hatton/Mayweather too close to call, but Mayweather was definitely rattled at the face-to-face yesterday.
BUT... I do have a tip for the Khan/Earl fight. (Fellow player in son's football team knows Graham Earl) Khan to LOSE!!! Graham Earl is definitely up for this one.
...You heard it here first!
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I remember my dad telling me that, I think, in 1967 when Celtic won every competition they entered, RFC made an excuse not to play them in the Glasgow Cup Final. All around the city where FTP had been daubed on walls, the legend 'Feart Tae Play' was added! Sums up the Gretna scenario in my mind.
St Mirren can be stodgy and wee Gus has them fired up to compete early so we'll have to be on the ball from the first. Confident though.
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Zybszek, again thanks. My worry if he goes is our lack of cover for our main goalscorer, SMcdonald. And I'm also not convinced JVH is playing well enough to be an automatic choice.Is MZ setting up the chances for Smolarek?
Smcdonald is a good player, but not exceptional, which means at some stage he'll either get injured, or the goals will dry up.
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dontbrattbackinanger:
And that was in 13 games. Even Andy Selva of San Marino scored the same amount in 10 games.
I can't help but ponder the January transfer window already. For me, we have to offload Balde, Gravesen, Quinn, Riordan and Zurawski. All five are nowhere near a game for the Celtic first team, and in the case of Quinn, never were.
As for St. Mirren, well, I think it is important we maul this team. At the beginning of the season we scored 4 against Falkirk, and 5 against Hearts, St. Mirren and ICT. Since then, 3 has been our highest return.
For a reminder to the SPL, and as a statement of intent, we should rack up as many as is humanly possible, especially considering our CL exertions are over for a few months. 5-0 or 6-0 AT LEAST.
I don't expect this every week, but against a team just as bad as Gretna, and at home, where due to a shortage of defenders we should really just use this as an excuse to field more strikers...nothing but a rampant victory will do on this one occasion.
My team for Saturday:
M. Brown
Caldwell
Pressley
McManus
Hartley
Jarosik
Brown
McGeady
Killen
JVOH
McDonald
Subs: McGovern, O'Dea, Sno, Donati, Bjarnasson, Riordan, McGowan
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Celtic_First
Another wee footnote. He's probably mentioned it on CQN before, but my good mucker BAZ_67 had a quite CHAMPION encounter with Greg Hemphill at the Boavista game in Portugal. He was sitting right next to Greg and Paul Riley who plays Winston.
At the end of the total, there was obvious total euphoria. "Winston" was actually in tears and BAZ_67 was hugging them both.
BAZ says to "Victor":
"How good is this, Victor......I wonder what Jack'll be saying about it......."
Victor is creasing himself laughing and replies:
"Jack'll be seek. He'll be greeting himsel tae sleep in his wee hun hoose"
Ah.......the memories.
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Tully57
Thanks.
Apart from Glasgow, which city links Greg Hemphill to Fergus McCann?
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Lardo66 - The Glory and The Dream has a bit on the Rangers incident you're mentioning - in was 1969, they were in with a shout in the league, still in the Scottish cup, in the semi of the Fairs cup and obviosly the Glasgow cup, their form had been slipping, although they were still winning, we were out of Europe and playing good stuff so we pressed for a date for the Glasgow cup game. They were scared of a good beating and withdrew from the competition citing a "congestion of fixtures". Backfired completely, lost the league, bumped out of Europe by Newcastle, horsed in the cup final byus 4-0. Here's hoping for a repeat of that.
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dontbrattbackinanger
I cannot tell you how many assists Zurawski did for the others. Simply I don't know that. I can tell you that Leo Beenhakker doesn't doubt Zurawski's fitness for the national team. I many games Maciej played most of the time and if I'm not mistaken never had started from the bench.
As you know he was a great scorer in Poland and had a good season for Celtic. I don't belive he forgot how to score the goals.
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Celtic First
Toronto where Fergus emigrated to and Greg was born.
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Andycolo
You're on the right track. It's not Toronto, though.
Both were born in Glasgow.
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Hello from Barbados where it is 10.15 am and the temp has already reached 80. Watched the Milan game with a few tims in a place called Bubbas Sports Bar. Big barn of a place with about a dozen customers watching in air conditioned chill which failed to dampen our enthusiasm. Locals were a bit bemused and amused by our behaviour but joined in shouting for the Celtics. Trying to persuade my wife it would be a good idea to take a break from the sun and go and watch Lyons profgress for the good of Scottish football.
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celtic_first: i will go out on a maple leaf here and say Montreal?
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One obvious item is missing from this impressive collection
Any ideas what the trophies are[ and then Gordon will post and all will be revealed!]
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The rags
Oui, monsieur.
Greg Hemphill went there when he was six. Fergus famously first made his fortune there, without which, what might have become of us?
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DBBIA
Great photo. I mean, the trophies are great and everything, and Big Jock looks justly proud, but what a table. What an absolute beauty.
I can sense that it was really the table that attracted you too.
Modern tables are right flimsy, aren't they?
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Zbyszek/dontbrattbackinanger:
Zurawski got three assists in qualifying.
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celtic_first,
I am sure the Kelly's would have thought of something...
I have never reconciled my feelings from that time. I was happy to be saved but devastated it had got so bad.
I really feel for a lot of the players of that period. Paul McStay in particular.
Therags
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dontbrattbackinanger
4th one along front row :
CQN 5'S Trophy ?
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DBBIA - Thats easy...............
The Big Mans Right Leg......
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DBBIA
Was the table one of the trophies?
If not, it should have been.
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BMX
Thank you. My CFC history is, at best amateurish so I'm always grateful for sensei like yourself to keep me right. Got the decade and the gist right though!
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C1st - that table is such a fine piece of work it could only be graced by these Bhoys!
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DBBIA
Aye, but without the Subbuteo Dida there.
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Theragswe, thanks for the tip, especially on using “Celtic Quick News” when linking from elsewhere, I had not thought of that.
Interestingly, I just Googled “CQN” and we came top of the list!
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And is that a photograph of John F Kennedy on the wall.
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bmx
a good bet at long odds is the draw
two good fighters whose styles will clash
it could turn into a boreathon
also the money men would love a rematch
18-1 in hills
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i would like to see a few of the players we are trying to offload being put in the shop window tomorrow
we should be comfortable against St Mirren
i think Jan needs a game tho to get a goal and get confidence going
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Kieran Fallon found not guilty
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what does anyone think of Charlie Nic suggesting arsenal's Senderos as a centre back we should be looking at?
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"4 POINT LEAD ON OFFER AGAINT ST MIRREN" not "of offer". Honestly, the standard of spelling on this site is atroshus.
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Mark McGhee is SPL manager of the month for November after battling away wins at Kilmarnock and nine-man Inverness, and an impressive 1-1 draw at home with St Mirren.
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i have been pondering recently all this talk that Gordon strachan has had no money to spend compared to MON
How much has gordon spent, not Net i mean outlay altogether
Paul67 listed MON's spending in a previous article as
2001 £13.2m
2002 £14.62m
2003 £5.43m
2004 £2.46m
Total £35.71m
as thats outlay thats why i am asking what gordon has spent in outlay alone
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Lyon have been denied in their request to have this weekends game against caen postponed ......they musn`t have the same degree of influence with their football association as the huns ,surprising NOT
WDH ..hate to be pedantic but they jacked fallon`s case in due to lack of evidence ...an absolute disgrace as Fallon has been saying since he was arrested that they had no evidence against him .....he was right
but has been denied the right to work becase of a case which it now appears couldn`t be proved from the start.absolutely digraceful
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Remember how both rangers and ourselves qualified for the Champions League having beaten "quality" opposition?
Spartak are top of their group unbeaten and qualified with a game to spare, whilst Red Star are bottom of their group with 0 points and with no chance of qualification even with 1 game left and 3 teams going through.
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pfayr
I knew you'd pick that one up
What with being an ex jockey.
I think when they brought in an Aussie expert to interpret the Jockey club rules the thing looked hilarious
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Itz- as it's coming up to time for Santa CQN Spelling Monitor is letting things go.
For now.
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See- againSt.
Modern spelling is rubbish.
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Itz, doh! My spologies.
Antsman, Martin also spend circa £18m in 2000.
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paul67
i sourced this froma piece you done on MON and McLeish spending, just realised you only done the years they were competing
it doesn't feel as if martin spent £45m in 3 years?
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Senderos
I think every centre half we have at Celtic down to youth level is better than Sendros. Charlie talks rubbish at the best of times but this takes the biscuit. For only £5 million as well. DOH!
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I really think the postponment of the Gretna game will come back to bite Rangers, as their next six games are against the top six.
I also think Celtic will relax now and go on a good run with players coming back from injury.
It's also the perfect time for arthur to go under the knife,
So by the time he comes back we could be 10points clear.
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Paul67
I agree that sometimes it can b hard 2 get up 4 a game like against St Mirren at Celtic Park 2moro, It will be freezing and, well, it's St Mirren. Still we can't have exciting champions league football all the time so it's on with the SPL fixtures unlike of course our rivals who appear 2 feartie 2 take on the mighty Gretna. The way I look at it, it's a chance 2 get some points on board and stretch our lead at the top. Having being down in the dumps after dropping points at Tynecastle then somewhat underwhelmed on losing in Milan but going thro' 2 next stage of CL, I genuinely am looking 4ward 2 the game 2moro, even if, as I suspect, I will b freezing my b**s off.
Hail Hail
abitnippycsc
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WGH NICE ONE :¬)
The entire case was a joke
a mate of mine is a pro golfer and one of his sponsors is a friend of Fallon`s .He was told that Fallon had nothing to worry about from day one ...either over confident lawyers or a crap case
good lawyers such as those that Fallon had are never over confident
it was very interesting to listen to the polis interview who considered it a shame that the jury didn`t get to give a verdict
shocking...what about the fact that there was no evidence
trial by media
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WDH even
sorry typing is as good as ever
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drogeda
Nicholas is a n afront to our football club and the sooner the media get someone other than him to comment on all things Celtic the better
he`s an ill informed, media toadying hun apologist reptile
who imo has nothing of value to add at any time
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pfayr,
hear hear & Hail Hail.
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Antsman, no, Martin certainly didn’t spend £45m in 3 years. Not knowing the context of these figures, they look like the amortised charge for transfers in the season ending in the year quoted.
01bhoy, agree. This postponement may well do them no good.
Merryleebhoy, I am feeling cold after reading that.
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DBBIA...
Those trophies?
I recognise most of them.
From left to right :
Glasgow Cup, not sure, Reserve League Cup, Manager of the Year Award,Empire Exhibition Cup, the very large trophy behind the Empire Exhibition Cup may have been won on tour in the USA and Canada, Reserve Scottish Cup,Coronation Cup, St Mungo Cup and the Ibrox Disaster Cup, which I believe Rangers want back (presumably because the Blue Room is bare!)
Photograph of JFK on top of the "wardrobe".
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Gordon, so when do you think the pic was taken- presumably very early on in his time at Celtic, as none of the 'majors' are on show?
And given the recent shameful BJK campaign, I hope we're in no hurry to return their trophy!
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Gordon- there's a mention here of a 'DKennedy Cup',
won during the 1951 Tour of the US, against the' Chicago Polish Eagles'
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antsman @ 15:11
Generally speaking, everything Charlie Nicholas says regarding Celtic is at best to be taken with a pinch of salt, or worst discarded at a moment's notice.
In this example (i.e. suggesting Senderos), he actually comes up with a player who would probably be a decent enough player for Celtic.
As I've said many times before, Premiership players costing anything like their true value are not worth the money they are quoted. Senderos would definitely improve the Celtic defence but he simply isn't worth the money as there are surely players from other countries of similar or better ability who would be worth a fraction of the price.
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Just doing the usual scouting through google out of boredom, came across this. Playing for both Celtic and Rangers is one thing, but in these circumstances, well, you couldn't script it.
'On August 16th, 1906, Rangers played Celtic in a benefit match for Finlay Speedie. During the game, Celtic keeper, David Adams cut his hand on a nail, inadvertently left in a goalpost following a 5-a-side game. Rangers immediately offered Celtic a loan of their reserve keeper, Tom Sinclair until Adams was fit again. Sinclair didn’t lose a goal in Celtic’s first six league games. He even won a Glasgow Cup medal when Celtic took that trophy. Later on, he was transferred to Newcastle where he won a league championship medal – all in the same season!'
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DBBIA...
I reckon the photograph was taken in 1966 or maybe 1967.
I think the very large trophy was won later than 1951.
There is no chance of us giving them back that trophy (we have gifted them enough over the years!)
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paul67
given the money they had for transfers a comparison on what MON and GS spent would be interesting reading?
My recollection is martin spent big then these players lasted for years meaning average spend is not that high tho initial spend was
pgtips
if these players are out there we need the much vaunted scouting system and database to start producing them? so far the CBs have been pressley,virgo,du wei and caldwell with occasionally roy keane?
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antsman
that`s an interesting point re initial spend against the service of the player
eg Zurawski cost £2M has done next to damn all since his first season
whereas
Sutton £6M but played for over 5 years and was instrumental week in week out for us
BBJ in the same bracket as CS
Zurawski will leave /be chased at the end of the season ...no resale value and not much use whilst here , he`ll need to be replaced , this will cost money
MON bought his share of donkeys but most of his big money signings were good
CS/BBJ/Lenny/Thomo/Joos
all good players and all were valuable to us for most of their long contracts
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pfayr
that is what i was getting at
these players cost more but the turnover was less and the service was better, tho the higher wages should be considered
but for say CS at £6m we got 5 seasons out him
compare for example zurawski who we got 1 good season out same with big jan (so far) or Virgo at £1.5m
i am not saying which record is better but think as its something used as a major plus for GS its worth a debate
we are in team 3, where as with martin it was very much almost team 1/2 for many years not constant rebuilding
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Antsman you would also have to take into consideration what MoN was left with to work on. He had Henrik, Lubo, Paul Lambert, Johan, Jackie mac etc all in the team when he arrived.
I think MoNs big signings all done well (exceptionally) for us and a lot of his small fee signings as well it was the middle (cost) guys he seemed to have a problem with.
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1965
Bobby Murdoch and John Hughes were in the Scotland team beaten 3-0 by Italy in a World Cup qualifier in Naples. Jock Stein gave up the position of temporary team manager after this match.
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GL2
I asume you mean guys like Sylla,Guppy and Laursen when you mention middle cost guys
his big money ones as per my last post were great forus
whilst guys who cost nothing like Varga and Agathe also did very well
rather than building up numbwers in the squad i`d prefer us to spend on a couple of quality players as i think we have enough mediocre players and a wee bit more quality in some areas
the general age is good, we have enough back up ( apart from FB)so get some better quality in (and of course full back cover )
btw i`m not overly impressed with the idea of Murphy from Hibs as he is no better than LN and will be over priced by his club
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1976
Celtic sign Johnny Gibson on a free from St Mirren, one of the wundersignings
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thats quality being required in some areas
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gl2
good point
it could be argued gordon had aiden, mcmanus,o dea, maloney lennon et all
however the main focus should remain on transfer market performance not the team performance
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pfayr
in my opinion the only areas we have genuine quality is gk, and some of the midfield. we have alot of 'good enough' players but a bigger squad
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antsman
AB is the only world class player in the SPL
however it`s a bit harsh to suggest that AMCG,SB,Naka andSMCD are only good enough they are better than that
if they were only good enough we could not have progressed in the CL
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Senderos is of The Faith and is tall and strong.
I'd therefore suggest the Swiss Guard.
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antsman
sorry read your post again
the midfielders i mentioned would come into your category as some of the midfield of course
i do think that SMCD is better than good enough at present
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pfayr
i said some of the midfield i was referring to naka,aiden and brown.
Skippy is not, in my opinion, a top quality striker well not yet anyway.
pfayr - i never defined good enough so you have misinterpreted it. we have enough quality to qualify, your implying we need 11 quality players to qualify, we don't. just look potentially at rangers
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antsman
don`t understand what you mean about the mian focus being on the transfer market and not team performance ...that imo would be very dangerous ..we could end up off the pace in the league and having no success in the market
lose lose situation there
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JeromeK, you have mail.
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MON spending £45m sounds high.
The way I work it out, from memory for the first three years;
Sutton £6m
Joos £2.5m
Thompson £2.75m
Lennon £6m
Douglas £1m
Sutton £6m
Laursen £1.5m
Hedman £1.5m
Fernandez £1m
Sure I've missed someone.
£27.25m, in the credit column you have Viduka and Berkovic, which would probably take that down to £18m or £20m.
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bmx
You have Sutton listed twice.
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pfayr
my point was about what both managers had to spend and the value they got as the argument is often gordon had much less money than martin
reference to what players they both inherited has no bearing on what they spent or value for money thats a comparison on their general success
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bmx
think u have a sutton instead of a hartson
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bmx
Sylla and Guppy to be added also
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antsman
i think i get it
the lesson is unless you get lucky , the more you spend on players the better they will be and the more you will get out of them
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Key issue for us going forward is build from a position of strength.
We have a world class goalkeeper. why not use some of the cash from the CL run to keep him for a few more years. So what if he wants £30k a week he is worth it.
We have naka and thank god for the time we have had him but i suspect his departure draws ever nearer.
We have a cohort of potentially special young players
Aiden
Brown
Odea
McDonald
SNO
wilson
We have some solid pros
M Brown
McManus
Hartley
Pressley
Naylor
Doumbe
Caldwell
Killen
kennedy
We also have some players that flatter to deceive and that need a kick up the backside.
Jarosik
JVOH
donatie
We also have some surplus to requirements either because they are not good enough or circumstances dicate a departure
Zurawski (magic my btm)
Balde
riordan
We need to take a leaf out of the Mon era and say team 4 is to be built for the future and only supplemented as required.
To restructure every year is a dangerous strategy.
My view would be punt those we have to punt and buy
A back up to Artur
A left back of quality
A centre half that has composure and pace
A midfield player with vision and drive. if that means selling Donatie and Jarosik i have no complaints
A reliable deadly striker to partner McDonald. Once again if JVOH goes then so be it.
This could be done for around £7 million.
Considering our net spend in the summer was £2 million and that we could get
Balde free up £1.5 in wages
Zurawksi £100,000
Riordan £500,000
JVOH £2 m
Donatie £800,000
We then could do this with a net spend of just over £2m is this to much to ask?
Ps maloney no thanks he had his chance
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the price question.
Accepting that many of the quoted figures bear as much relation to reality as hugh keevins' nose for the truth, if you are searching for value/return on investment you have to take into account the total spend i.e wages etc.
That is easy as it has all been printed in the accounts and essentially capital outlay + operating costs are well down as percentage of turnover under GS as under Martin, and that also takes into account the hangover of Alan T, Chris S, John H, Stan V and Bobo B. (even a bit of Stan P)
I am sure that Paul can give you much more accurate figures, but the accounts are publicised and the chairman's and chief exec statements refer accordingly.
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D'OH! The second Sutton was clearly meant to be Hartson, and Sylla was the one I was sure I had missed. Think Guppy arrived for hee-haw.
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ps Maloney, yes please, I'd give him a second chance!
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109 steps
wages is factored into overall value
however
if u have say
magic and Jan, who now rarely play together. they cost jointly £4-5M and have a joint salary of say £35k per week
compare that to a £4-5M quality striker on £30k a week like say a john hartson
whats better? genuine quality or not but with a back up?
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Antsman,
I think I can see where you are coming from but not sure.
Wages are expenditure and with any transfer fee, lost ticket sales due to disatisfaction will accrue under total cost.
Return could be contribution to team, money generated through major trophies, runs in competition, sell on fees, and others such as shirt sales, other merchandise and additional ticket sales etc.
Value is simply the ratio of one to the other.
I have no axe to grind here. I thought Martin was crucial and the right man and personality at the time.
I think now that Gordon is the right man to take us forward.
Football as a business always will be 'grey' concept until the day we become real customers and let our feet do the walking (not just by not attending) but by switching allegiances.
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109 steps
ok, take your point
whats more likely to bring you success and sell more shirts, big name quality players or 2 good players? its a grey area i agree completely but i have not seen a magic dvd like we did hartson or sutton for example
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109 steps
ok, take your point
whats more likely to bring you success and sell more shirts, big name quality players or 2 good players? its a grey area i agree completely but i have not seen a magic dvd like we did hartson or sutton for example
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109 steps
ok, take your point
whats more likely to bring you success and sell more shirts, big name quality players or 2 good players? its a grey area i agree completely but i have not seen a magic dvd like we did hartson or sutton for example
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Antsman,
No doubt about it that Sutty or Bindividual return on merchandise would far exceed anything so far we've created in the last two years.
But as I said you have to take into account Total costs and value, and the two last 16's will probably be worth 5-6 million on their own.
However if we could get another BBJ or Sutty even with the outlay of 6 mill required for each and that 'guaranteed' quarter final places or even semi's) then I am right with you!
The return would probably be worth it.
I think we may have the resources to do that, but I am not sure that the transfer targets are out there (at the moment).
However on a total team cost versus total team return at the moment, I believe that value is pretty good.
Of course feelgood factors such as the methods of achieving the return on investment are notional (a bit like the value of Ibrox).
Right that's the limit of my o'level economics so off to Pub!
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Zurawski was injured. Has he really had a fair run out since he came back? I don't think so. I remember how deadly he was running on to a ball side by side with a defender. He always seemed to get a good shot away.
He's surely worth another go, although Strachan does seem to "go off" players. Jiri came back into favour, though, so why not Magic?
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And another thing, when will the Scottish media tire of their: why don't Celtic fans like Gordon Strachan, stories? Perhaps they persist because these can be trotted out ever more stridently whenever the team do well. The Evening Times's Thomas Jordan managed to write two stories on that theme just today.
Of course it's because they themselves hate him. How could he have been so brilliant and amusing when he was down there slaughtering the English journos with his pawky Scottish wit, only to have become now a snarling, disrespectful paranoic?
They'd just love him to leave.
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Bobby Lennox justed turned up on the picture board on Question of Sport. Wearing number 13 too - in the days of just two subs we were one of the only (if not the only) team to use a 13 rather than 12 and 14.
Nice to be able to watch QoS again now that Sally has gone.
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dennis
Zurawski only seems to drum up enthusiasim when he is playing for Poland .
I have never been so frustrated with a player in my entire celtic supporting life .I think he is the best finisher at our club ( therefore the league) by a country mile .He is however a work shy , lazy, time waster who should be shown the door ASAP.
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pfayr
last season at east end park Zurawski did an amazing turn on the line which impressed me. Since then i agree very poor and no real effort.
If we get anything bite the hands off
If we get nought at least we get him off the wage bill.
109 steps where exactley would maloney play
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Pfayr,
Yes, I know, I hear that, and during the 5, or 10 or 15 minute spells he's on for he doesn't seem exactly fired up, but perhaps his confidence (as opposed to his hamstring) just needs a tweak. Maybe he doesn't feel wanted. I think the manager should give him a decent run in the team. If it doesn't work out, well, fair enough. Certainly big jan's not really going to be missed for a game or two. There's another disappointment.
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Dennis47 :- Perhaps the reason they keep printing those stories is that they can keep reading about Celtic fans not liking Mr Strachan on Celtic forums. Even on here which I believe has a rep for being a sort of pro happy clapper and pro board site you have had plenty of posts against Mr Strachan. I would say in this case they aren't setting the agenda they are following it.
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dennis
i think that Zurawski must be exhibiting the same level of interest in training otherwise i would expect him to have been given a decent run out ..
I agree entirely re JVOH , i defended him earlier in the season but he is really beginning to p1ss me off now , another soft non trier.
As for Killen , never Celtic class and has no footballing ability, he can`t control the football and gets smaller as he jumps for the ball ......therefore he has his difficulties to overcome in being a target man...our young players must be better than him ...otherwise we`re in bother as the youth system is not working
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PS
thank god fot wee Scott
he is carrying our entire forward line at the moment if he wasn`t performing we would be in some difficulty
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ESno gets regular first team action because he's the best young player at the Club.
Unfortunately if you feel the answer to that statement is Yes then it's as worrying as if you feel the answer is No.
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Celtic tv
says there`s pile of injuries at the moment in midfield JJ,SB, MD..any chance for a run out for young Teddy or Riordan
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Ted-
they are not creating or following the agenda-just stirring the pot with a big wooden stick.
TinyTimothy has seen the light- by the way.
and I won't tire of reminding him of it tomorrow ........:)
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Martin42.
What time are you going to BBs,I should manage to get there about 11.45.
How many CQnrs are going in the morning.
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The Celtic fans who dislike Gordon Strachan are a very small minority so surely it is not a fair reflection of this to continually print 'why dont Celtic fans like Strachan' articles.
That would be like regualarly printing 'why are rangers fans bigots'.
Thus unfairly suggesting a large number of fans are the same as a minority section of the support.
I would have to agree that the 'journalists' who wrote these articles proboblay have an axe to grind with our manager.
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Noel,
Tiny Timothy is going to see Manure tomorrow and sample their hospitality.
Oldtim67,
I'll probably be there around midday, possibly with Chennaiseabird.
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In The Times tyoday there was an article on P Leguen. It seems his performance at hundom has transfered to PSG.They are currently in the bottom 3 and haven`t won a home game . He has fallen out with a lot of the established first team players and is playing young boys who are not up to the job .
His reputation as a manager is in tatters
just shows what a stint at dignity fc can do for you :¬)
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"Celtic Advance: China Post sports headlines in Taiwan, wonder what the Daily Record/Sun said?
Oregonbhoy
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Noel90 :- When it comes to stirring it they have few equals.
CelticFCNumeroUno :- Without being too sure (as I don't get to hear as much about it as yourselves) I'd tend to agree with you that it's a minority but from previous posts on here it doesn't seem that small a minority. Though I will admit that again going from posts on here it does seem to be changing.
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On the everyone hates Gordon Strachan debate. I've heard plenty of Rangers fans saying that if Walter Smith plays 4-5-1 and loses against Lyno he should be sacked. Sounds like he has exactly the same problem, some people just don't like him.
Perhaps our minority is more vocal because they keep being asked the question.
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pfyar -just shows what a stint at dignity fc can do for you
get you the scotland manager's job?
:-P
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Sorry, I meant "Lyon" of course. But I'm sure Rangers would rather play a patch of laminate flooring. :^)
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Celticsephiroth
It's Lyon Rangers are playing. They asked for the fixture against Lyno to be postponed for the greater good.
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Celtic_First
The two Davies are obviously worried about the pace that Lyno has.
(I of course refer to Davie Davie Weir, as the song goes.)
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eldiegobhoy.
I'll see you in there.
I do'nt think I'll be wearing any colours,but I'll try and get the big table next to to the left of the fire.
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ed
To be honest it seems to me that its the same bores going on and on about Gordon.
Its a couple of people making the same point 100 times,so it seems like theres more of a problem than there is.
Certainly i know of one such person who i just blank out now when he starts.
A vocal minority maybe
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SuperCelt-20.58
:)))))))))
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Seems rangers refused to play so lyno were given a walkover!
Coat...
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Lyno have a great PR department though.
It seems that no amount of mudslinging will stick to them.
I'm with Richard....
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I bet everyone's just sitting by their PC's right now trying to come up with Lyno puns.
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The Corinthian Casuals would NOT want to play a game against laminate flooring, under any circumstances,no . Firstly there is no guarantee they would win [o.k. if Mr Brines was reffing] and secondly as any fule kno laminate can be slippy and there is a significant risk of injury.
Other potential opponents who have been ruled out prior to their' I BR#X Xmas glamour tie' against Lyon include:
-A stick found lying on Edmiston Drive. Risk of eye injury
-A kitten found in a shoebox in Kinning Park. Risk of ringworm
-Several bottles , each postmarked Barcelona, containing a mysterious pale golden liquid. Risk of almost anything.
-The guy from Kasabian who scored the wonder goal on SoccerAM when he was completely out of his face. [Think Bert Konterman on acid.] Risk too awful to contemplate
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Is a game of "Risk" out of the question for Rangers?
Or are they afraid that Barry will stick one of the wee plastic bits up his nose.
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Beware Lyno's flair players!!
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Lyno have a terrible record against Dutch opposition.
Ajax normally wipe the floor with them. :)
How many coats can one man collect in an evening?
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The Lisbon Lynos were clearly the best floor covering ever to come out of Scotland.
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The headlines after the 3-0 Rangers in in France
"Kings of Lyon"
How about if they lose at Ibrox that is countered with.
"Kings of Lyno"
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Oldtim,
You are likely to be there before us, so please keep three seats.
We should be there around noon.
See you there,
Martin.
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Noel,
Is Martin 02 coming with you tomorrow?
Cheers,
Martin.
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Oldtim-
Keep me two.
Be there around halfnoon.
Don't let EDB or any other St.Pats or MLwanners steal them.
Please.
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EdwardU,
Can I print off and read out your reply to me?
Maybe one time, I look forward to that day.
Cheers,
Martin.
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Martin-
Yup.
Says he canny wait-will be wrapped up like a wee sheep.
And he doesn't drink beer yet.
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lyno..wipe(s) the floor with dignity!
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I can't make it to the game tomorrow so if embdy in fife wants a ticket they could pick it up from me in Dalgety Bay in the morning. Email thetic@pandj.plus.net if you are interested.
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Antsman and Pfayr et all apologies I replied to you then had to leave earlier.
I think what Gordon has done is build a team without any superstars who have done nearly all of what is asked and sometimes more.
MoN had a team which also done that but with some world class stars. I believe MoN was too loyal to his players and did not move them on quick enough. Yes they dleivered but they required freshening up near the end...
I believe this may be traced back to him not getting picked for the European cup final when at forest. Probably a big assumption.
Both were/are the right guys at the right time.
Pfayr my middle value players were the guys you said.
antsman to nit pick only Neil Lennon was a first team pick out of the line up you put forward at 17:32 and the rest cant be measured against Henrik,lubo,johan etc.
Here is another wee bit since we are painted as a blog with a financial perspective.
Is Naka the most cost effective player ever. When you take in his goals ie man utd, killie last year also his shirts sales and media exposure in the far east. We must be able to to track his revenue generation quite easily.
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GL2
Naka must be great value for money
would be surprised if he was better than Larsson though
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Martin-
posted this elsewhere tonight-
think you might like it-
I do
Celtic Quick News
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pfayr Henrik was the only other I could think on but the shirts sales and media exposure in the far east swung it for me. Henrik was by far a better player.
Are you in BBs after the game tomorrow?
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Martin42 :- There is no problem with that, I'm just sorry I couldn't make it.
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Greenlion-
Martin O'Neill missed one European Cup Final as he was just coming back from injury and played in the next one.
Or the other way round.
Roon ye.
:)
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GL2
unfortunately not
it takes planning for me to get a night out
my usual partner to the games is GF ,my 13 year old son,he is neither able to drive nor buy a drink , going with him tomorrow
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Sarah Michelle Gellar just been banned from FollowFollow-
SMG
nicked from the HB.
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noel, and kate bush
an oldie but a goodie :)
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Noel he missed the first 1 due to coming back from injury. He said he was fit but Clough did not believe him. If you read any book or interview when MoN is quoting on this he is deeply disappointed and it comes across as Clough never played him as he had cover. As the other guy who was coming back (I think Frank Clark could be wrong) was played.
As I say I think he was too loyal to players he bought. I think that the 4 main players he bought are up there with the best players I have saw play in the hoops but to increase guys contracts when they were on their way to finishing was not good.
The board have a part to play as well.
Here is a question for all. If Martin had stayed would he have kept Chris, John, Alan, Didier and Bobo in the team?
As I said both were/are right for the time.
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Keep it down in the morning lhads, those poor wee orange men need their lay in.
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In a list of Alltime great games Risk may well feature; but not ahead of Subbuteo, which is Numero Uno.
I expect it is also on the G51 banned list- player gets accidentally stood on, necessitating repair with glue .Risk of inhalation of glue vapour, causing eg AHutton to run screaming round the dressing room, hallucinating he's the b#stard son of Cafu and Michelle Mcmanus, resulting in abandonment of proposed training session in which all XI Corinthian Casuals practice spending 90 minutes lined across the goal, Wattenaccio turned up to well ...11
Noel- I shall be disappointed if the Jellyshark doesn't put in an appearance tomorrow
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DBBIA I preferred Striker...
presstheheadcsc
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Those look like pix from the late, great Henriks Tongue. My personal favourite was Six of Two; that lassie could assimilate me into her collective any day.
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pfayr @ 15.48
Totally agree about Nicholas.
I have now decided that he is/was 2 different people.
The first one is Charles de Goal.
Remeber the one at Ibrox when he left Dave McKinnon chasing shadows, takes on the whole defence and toe pokes by the keeper (ex Killie guy me finx) into the net and does his wee jink in front of the Broomloan.
Fast forward to last week and his major faux pas and his constant sniping at Celtic. He comments, live on Sky, immediatelt after the Shaktar game..."Celtic can't draw away from home in the UCL.".....Spartak Moscow ya numpty!! Total apologist and has nothing to give to the average viewer/listener on tactics/play/signimng targets..etc etc. When has Nicholas said anything of note that has made you think of a footballing issue in a different light. i.e he has made a valuable and interesting point? NEVER.
Tommy Burns was disgusted with him a few years back when TB told him something in private and Nicholas ran to the paperrs with it.
I now have managed to split him in 2. \The one who scored beautiful goals for my team and one who is a complete ham shanker.
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GL2
The contracts that MON gave his main players before he left caused a real problem for us and i`m sure restricted WGS budget
No reasonable reason has been given for such generous contracts other than they must have been part of the budget at the time and the board`s desire to keep MON happy
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dontbratt - they do indeed.
although the kate one is not from H.T. but actually a special request from a CQN aul haun!
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GL2 -
you dodged me at BB last time round.
I can be there post-Vigil at St Michael's so around 6pm
Suit you sir ?
WG
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im getting red carded for a while as the oldest cub has claimed me so im feart so I need to log off.
If anyone is in BBs after the game tomorrow give me a shout. You will recognise TTTT he looks like he needs a candle in his mouth.
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Kate is of fine Irish stock
and............
December Will Be Magic
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Supercelt-
Kate Bush-
Class.
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GL2 -Striker seems a bit far-fetched, although we have had a few players who have headed the ball like a tortoise facing a stoat.
Even the giant Subbuteo corner taker presaged the arrival in the game of the likes of Peter Crouch.
Anyways, the Martinists were well paid but they were also producing the goods. How much were we/are we paying the likes of Gravesen and Hesselink?
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To Winningemmell
I am with you all the way on 'Advent shopping'.
I wish I knew what we could do to snatch Advent back from the retail industry sharks.
Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day … they don't care. They just want money.
It's depressing.
Thank heaven for Celtic.
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WG just noticed before the big yin takes over. I was in BBs the last time I met Jinkyredstar, Caddiizzi (I will get it eventually) and a few others. pfayr was next to us but we did not know.
I will make sure i'm in tomorrow post game. We will probably head straight in last time we went to mccuills first.
I will look like a tall hairy guy next to the baldies who will be with me and if TTTT and Mrs TTTTT turn up I will be like a tall hairy guy next to baldies with a fine looking lady.....
Hope to eventually meet you tomorrow
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Supercalt- I'm pretty certain wee Kate was also originally featured on HT.
The Bhoy behind that site was a genius. I hope he's utilising his talent to the max and not a working stiff like the rest of us.
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What did one snowman say to the other snowman?
can you smell carrots?
Disnaegatanybetter.csc.No1
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smashin milk bottle
well put
CN has been intensly irritating me of late .
My ire was raised after his piece in The Star about AB blessing himself
and,
was heightened by the carry on last week (his banter with jim blue and white and his FAKE celebration )
however i always struggled to completely denounce him because of his previous good deeds for us
your separation gives me catre blanc
cheers !
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Sellik First -
I fear it is a lost cause.
If you remember this time last year I wearied over how the Brits celebrate Advent, a time of preparation and repentance. As soon as Christmas starts the fun ends. In my adult lifetime I cannot recall a single Christmas song being played on radio from St Stephen's Day on.
Why ?
And how does Spain compare ?
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dontbrakk, maybe so but not in that pic.
I know one of the bhoys behind H.T. and after much persuasion they decided against coming out of retirement, due to the expert wizardry in photoshop these days.
in sadder news, just got dumped out of the CL by liverpool, lyno, and spartak moscow..not as easy as WGS makes it seem :(
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DBBIA - from end of last thread. You would get big odds on a betting slip for matching GL2's face.
After all, it's only about once a century that a "John Merrick" lookalike comes along.....
TTTToilpaintingCSC
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TTTT-
Not true.
Check out 99% of the employees of FC Rangers-
Mask Un Club
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WG
Spain fares well by comparison, Deo gratias.
I must say that I have never spent Christmas in Spain. When I was in first year, they changed the rule in Valladolid and allowed us home. We always jumped at the chance, as I'm sure you'll understand.
I kept that up during my seven years in Madrid; always desperate to get home, see my family, see the Bhoys …
But I know for a fact that in Spain, Advent is Advent. The O Antiphons are sung loud in convents and monasteries in every major city.
The retail industry there is onto the same game and is encouraging people to give presents from 'Papá Noel' on Christmas Eve night or on Christmas Day. But this is in addition to the tradition.
Weans get most of their presents on the feast of the Epiphany, when Jesus got his.
Now, some parents argue that this leaves too much of a school holiday to fill without presents, and then no time at all for the weans to play with their new toys before schools starts back. I can understand that.
If we lived in Spain now, I think we'd give presents on both feasts. How we divided it up would be up to greater powers (Mrs First).
The main reason I can confidently state that Spain does Advent and Christmas better, though, is that the big gathering is still Noche Buena (the Good Night), Christmas Eve. The finest food and wine comes out then. It's a time for huge family groups to gather and celebrate together.
Some, like Paul Le Guen's family in Brittany, will go on from there to Midnight Mass, but it would be fair to say there would be sitting room in most churches.
Christmas Day is more of the same, perhaps with a separate branch of the family.
After that, for the Twelve Days of Christmas, families, friends and neighbours visit each other constantly. They drink cava, eat special seasonal sweetmeats, exchange presents.
At the beginning of this post I mentioned that we could not get home to Scotland quickly enough to celebrate Christmas.
As the years go on, I find myself yearning for the Spanish Christmas I never knew. Maybe I'd be disappointed in it. Maybe it's what you make of it.
But pretending Advent is Christmas is ruining Christmas. Lord have mercy on us.
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Noel90.
I'll try,but if theres gonny be a fight, I'll give them up.
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TTTT- there are only a few people on this blog [eg Kevtic] who care how the mighty Carlisle are doing and while I appreciate his interest is often pecuniary I hold GL2 in filial esteem
PS His real name was Joseph
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My wife, who is bit of a (green &) white witch once predicted all the goals in the Everton v Rapid final from 1984.
Since then she has continually came up with correct predictions e.g. she sais during the early rounds of the last world cup she saw Italy lifting the cup.
The other night she predicted the Shaktar result and said it would be late, then the Milan result and followed it up with...Don't worry Benfica will win.
She now says we will get Inter and we will beat them...
I have never put money on any of her "visions" but feel free...
worth 10p?
for an uptodate reading call 0909196721. Calls cost current Tennents lager price. Once lines close you may still be charged for your call.
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Oldtim-
Give them up at your peril.
Martin 02 bites ankles.
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SMB-
:)))))))))
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martin.
Just spotted your post.I'll be in about 11.30 if theres no hold-ups traffic wise, I will order the drinks, if you let me know what your supping.
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Sellik First -
ta for a comforting post.
in this particular house in ML2 we celebrate Christmas from Christmas till the Presentation of The lord on Feb 2. From The Missal: " Today we celebrate the close of the Christmas ferstival of light. "
My kids think I'm mad but they love it really.
Always try to do something special on the night of Feb 1.
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DBBIA - what a coincidence!
G L 2 - the elephant man.
G L 2 - the elephant man.....
One for the auld hauns!
TTTT
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noel.
Same goes for you,I'll get a round in then your seat will be safe.
let me know what your supping.
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WG
Excellent. That explains something that was a cultural shock for me at first in Spain: people didn't use to have Christmas trees in their houses (it's changing; you probably witnessed the arrival of the great Christmas Tree in the Cathedral Square in Milan on Tuesday), but they had nativity scenes.
These were and are, often, extremely elaborate. People had the Magi (who, naturally, started out of sight) move a tiny bit closer to the crib every day. Now, the thing is, in keeping with your ML2 tradition, people kept these going all through January, and at first I couldn't fathom it.
Good on them. Good on you.
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TTTT-I expect it's a Greenock thing.
Looking forward to seeing [some of ]youse tomorrow.
Scratcher time
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Winningemmell,
I was with John this morning and he is getting better by the day.
He has been out walking these last two days but said he felt old when an 80 year old with a walking stick overtook him.
I passed on your best wishes and he said thanks.
I wanted to take him to BBs tomorrow but he was terrified of being bumped in a crowd.
He is still very tender and sore, especially hisback and side.
See you soon,
Martin.
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Noel,
Bravissimo
Bravissimo,
Bravissimo.
I do too.
Big Pav, just the best, I was blest to see him twice in person.
Those concerts will\live in my memmory.
See you and the ankle biter tomorrow.
Cheers,
Martin.
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What / where is BBs? I feel like Im missing out on something.........
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Sellik First/Martin42 -
thanks for the info, tired here and an important day beckons.
Good night and God bless you, yours and all here.
WG
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EdwardU,
Thank you,
I look forward to THAT day with you and us.
You are just like Big Pav,i e
The Best.
Talk soon,
Martin.
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Danny Gall,
Babbity Bowsters is a pub in Blackfriars Street in the Merchant City.
A few posters from C Q N, meet there occasionally before a home game.
We are meeting tomorrow around noon and if you can make it along, you will be very welcome.
Hope to see you,
Martin.
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Cheers Martin,
know it well, don't think i can make it though - something to do with putting up a xmas tree!
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Oldtim,
The main thing I want tomorrow is the great company of all my friends from C Q N, just be there and I will be happy.
Cheers,
Martin.
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TTTT are you allowed on now... P is being too lenient.
There may be 4 of us tomorrow including a Port Bhoy so dont get feart
I thought you would have been watching Cleo on Later.
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oh aye I just bagged 200
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I can listen to most music and read most books but Jazz I just cant make my mind up on...anybody on here recommend any good stuff to me.
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GL2 - funny you should say that. The 80 year-old Cleo Lane came out with the classic "I fell in love with my pianist and I had plenty of pianists in my time!"
Plenty of life in the old bird, but I was never a fan.
Who's the Old Portonian?!
Don't believe all the Chosen One hype - Klinsmann still a live contender and a decent price!
TTTT
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gl2...jeez not for me either..lurking playing big dish,steely dan,eagles,minds,propaganda have tape in for jools..making best of daughter staying at pals...a mate who I respect talks about alexis korner and his stuff a lot
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GL2
Sí, amigo.
Jazz Record Requests is available for listen again on the BBC Radio 3 website. It's great for trad jazz (say, 1930s till 1950s) with the occasional more modern thing chucked in.
Jazz, in my opinion, tends to be where the really serious musicians who don't go down the orchestral/classical route end up. Often it's people who had no real classical training, but people like Benny Goodman prove that the link is there.
And singers?
Anybody who doesn't love Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington etc does not love music.
Later, Dave Brubeck and Miles Davies took jazz up a notch and are fabulous. In the 70s, with Weather Report, Herbie Hancock etc, I cease to get it really.
I like Diana Krall (Mrs Declan McManus), but not so much Katie Melua etc as I don't think they're serious enough about the music. Personal opinion.
Give Jazz Record Requests a go. It's brilliant. As is the whole of Radio 3.
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Celtic First/ WG,
Excellent posts on what Christmas should be.
For those going to the game tomorrow :
Let it Sno, let it Sno, let it Sno.
If he plays, give the boy your support. If you feel you can't, then stay away and put up your tree, or go shopping, cut the grass or whatever.
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GL2, awalk - some decent stuff on Channel 4 in competition with Jools just now.
The late Alexis used to have a show on Radio 1, I believe.
I'm not a big jazz fan, but love all the "Round Midnight" stuff, Charlie Parker and especially anything by Chet Baker.
Now, how to avoid trawling Youtube for music clips for the next few hours....?!
TTTT
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TTTT you have met the portonian in teh crown but he is younger than us. I hope you are right on Klinsman ...well kinda but I expect the nazi english press to veto it.
I cant see by Capello.
Awalk im loading up 'down by the riverside' by ken colyer's skiffle group which has him in their line up. I will listen to it after David gray has finished what he is good at.
You know that people have their JFK moments I can still remember where I was when the first time I heard Hotel California but i have never been able to be a great fan of the Eagles. I like them but not to a great level but that song I love.
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gl 2 brand x as well...see if you have heard of the drummer..celtic first made some good shouts there have one or two of the his in my collection diana krall etc..but dont really go for the humphrey littleton/george melly and the footwarmers stuff mind you deffo some good stuff in that genre although it would take some digging...
ps peter sellers was also a jazz musician in the early days as was spike milligan
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TTTT do you remember the shaking pyramids? I was in shopping with the sis tonight and 1 of them was walking by and I said to her remember him she looked at me as if I had 2 heids... I said yo uforget where your a**e is from sometimes
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gl2 can heartily recommend long road out of eden their new album absolutely brilliant!in my top 3 for this year
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awalk spike milligan now theres a read... I loved all his stuff about the war it is now that long since i've read it.. f' im getting old.
On Jazz I remember my folks listening to Duke Ellington once or twice and i went out my way to buy them LPs of them for Christmas... lets say the smile did not stay on their face for long
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awalk - I've got a Brand X LP stashed away somewhere with a crocodile on the cover.
Bill Bruford - Yes/Genesis/King Crimson, etc.?
TTTT
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awalk whats the other 2?
Did you ever listen to Theatre of Hate?
I hear they are doing a tour...
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gl2 have read his war time memoirs rommel,hitler my part in his downfall etc...must be as bad as u agewise..remember Q and Theres a lot of it about ffs..
as for the xmas presents bit my da was a big shadows and elvis fan so really couldnt go wrong..ma was a beatles person
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I was brought up on Sinatra and Dean then Streisand and Diamond but mainly the tv I think thats why I rebelled back to music and reading
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As Ancelotti admitted we have one world class player in AB, we have international class players in Hartley & Brown (and possibly although not consistently Nakamura), McGeady has definitely improved and is in the next batch with McDonald & JVOH and both Caldwell and O'Dea if they improve.
The rest of the squad is pretty average, but then even the Real Madrid's have their Gravesen's as well as their Ronaldo's & Raul's.
Football isn't necessarily about the weakest link, its often whether the opposition are savvy enough to exploit the weakest link.
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all we need is Pablo and heraldo back and this would be a CQN night of old.
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tttt bill bruford did play with them I think..was thinking more about phil collins
gl 2 numero uno Steven Lindsay-Kite
turned up in the Sunday times top 10 of 2007
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2961411.ece
and magic by the boss...
theatre of hate??kirk brandon or was that spear of destiny??
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pggtips - that's my preferred choice for the last 16, Real Madrid.
We'll beat them and WG won't be a happy bunny!!
TTTT
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gl2 last neil diamond was a stunner 12 songs all stripped back..
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Before I head off to my scratcher, I forgot to say that I wished that more "fans" at CP embraced the same sentiments as Thom The Tim.
I'm still keeping the faith about big Evander and hope that he manages to prove a lot of people wrong.
It's interesting to see how my fellow fans in 408 now percieve Aiden, especially after some of them had previously vilified him.
Hopefully, he'll provide inspiration for some our young emerging talent.
BTW, did anyone else hear John Robertson say on Setanta that he thought that Aiden had barely reached 50% of his potential so far?! I hope he's right and we get to benefit from his progress for a few more years.
TTTT
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pggtips Naka is def world class he has proven it in my eyes even at international level.
I would love to get Madrid especially next round as I think it would be easy to get tickets as they wont rate us.
awalk not to paint a graphic picture the times mag is left in my cludgie for reading and I read this article without putting 2 + 2 together. Must have been thinking of something else.
I focussed on the Robert plant stuff.
Neil Diamond The Jazz singer what an album and film... alongside west side story , south pacific, grease etc. I have them all.
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TTTT see you tonight in BB's
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gl2 steven lindsay turns up at nine not 2 thankfully..brilliant album and fills the gap between blue nile albums...
as for robert plant have asked santa for the alison krauss collaboration.apart from that only have the brilliant plant single big log from 82
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The music talk tonight seems to be concentrating on Jazz and Rock n Roll with some light and even a classical thrown in. I think you should all take of your green tinted specs and listen to the Blues, the best music on earth. I'd say around 60% of my music is blues.
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last thought for tonight do you think that moving to Bobby Lennox town will hurt us?
A new player will not realise what the club means without seeing the daily coming and goings.
I think that Liverpool have never won a league since moving training ground.
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awalkacross...,
Yes, Phil Collins was the original drummer in Brand X - I saw them in Edinburgh many moons ago.
Re great jazz albums - once you've heard Miles Davis's Kind Of Blue life will never be quite the same again.
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gl no chance give em the stadium tour first
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Ed post it and I will listen
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Sorry Ed, not that Kind Of Blue...
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dick.. was prety certain of that..always liked the collins/genesis stuff of the late 70s and 80s...indeed phil collins was the last act I saw in the apollo in 1985 before it shut
thanxs for that
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right bhoys and ed im away to bed good night and god bless.
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gl take care
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At 08/12/07 01:00, EdwardUrsus said…
The music talk tonight seems to be concentrating on Jazz and Rock n Roll with some light and even a classical thrown in. I think you should all take of your green tinted specs and listen to the Blues, the best music on earth.
*with you there Ted, just read the Clapton and Ron Wood bios and they took me back tae mah youth.
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GL2 :- Sorry for the delay I hope you are still around, this is one of my favourites. Click the link at the bottom of the page to download.
EC, JB, JP Little red rooster
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tontine am reading clapton at the mo..just got to the falling over and snapping the fishing rod bit..you honestly wonder how hes alive after what he done..
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edward,what are you doing up?
Shouldn't you be in bed with the rest of your mob taking it easy and looking after yourself before your game on Wednesday?
Careful,if you continue to whow yourself at this time,when you are supposed to be in bed,the SFA will come and .......
do nothing probably.
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Of course I meant show yourself
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Kano :- Your post is banal, puerile, childish and opportunistic and would be more.... Ah forget it, it would be easier for a labour msp to defend donations lol. I've said I think it was a bad move and could lead to chaos. Then there is the flak that myself and my fellow fans are getting. All I can say is that if it helps then it will maybe be justifiable. My own opinion is that we should be able to put out a team of fring players and still have no trouble with Gretna and I don't mean that in any disrespectful way towards them.
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kano :- Damn. I was looking forward to whowing myself as soon as I could figure out how :-)
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The Christmas season is upon us.
Technically WG reminds us that it is Advent.
We have 5 home games in the next month, including one against the Mighty Gretna.
15 points at home is a must.
We need to start off tomorrow with a convincing win.
I'm a wee bit concerned about it.
Some of our players looked a little shell shocked on Tuesday, and Skippy and Brown may be injury worries.
Like Teddy Bear, I believe we should be able to field a few fringe players and still comfortably beat a side losing an average of almost two goals a game.
St Mirren should present little threat to us. They have found the net only 9 times this season.
So it's really in the hands of our attackers. Now is the opportunity for JVOH and McDonald to boost their goal tallies. JVOH should be relishing the prospect of facing the Saints' more than generous defence.
Scott Brown and Hartley need to dominate midfield and get the ball to McGeady to let him create gaps for the strikers and advanced midfielders.
I am sure the Boss has informed his team how important a convincing confidence boosting win is tomorrow, and the bhoys will be keen to recover from Tuesday's disappointment.
I expect to see a couple of substitutions shortly after half time when the game is won, so perhaps Majiec will get a chance to show some form.
'GG predicting a 4 goal victory.
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Coincidence, providence or justice that our next three games are against the 11th, 10th and 9th teams in the SPL?
What an opportunity to boost our goal difference.
'GG
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GG 03.12
What comes around goes around
just remember that the huns were given that draw as the first few league games just to give them a wee start
now it`s december , they are soon to be out of the CL and they are behind us in the league ( and hopefully falling further behind)
the next month will have a major bearing on the outcome of the season
if we win our games up to the Scottish Cup then we will be well on our way to 3 ina row
hail hail
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dontbrattbackinanger:
seven of nine, I think, is what you are looking for. ;)
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Some of you in your travels through Europe may have come in contact with fans of St Pauli ( these fans have adopted Celtic) supporting as, vociferously as any Celtic, the Bhoys against the might of Europe. Their commitment is amazing and the following link is proof of what I have found:
St Pauli
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Have resisted posting about this before now at risk of being accused of baosting but me and Mrs. Blind off to see Led Zeppelin.
They are a 'celtic' band.
Honest.
@mon the Zeps.
' mon the Hoops.
Sept points, s'il vous plait, for my return.
Oh let the sun beat down upon my face............
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Blindle-
never heard of them.......
CelticLover-
from your link-
""When I first saw Celtic play in Cologne, I was stunned by the friendly and exuberant atmosphere created by the supporters," says Pauli fan liaison officer Heiko Schlesselmann.
"Normally, your true fan is only interested in his team winning. But the Celtic fans just wanted their team to do its best.
They were proud of the players for giving everything for the cause, even if they lost,
and never once booed their opponents." In short, the clubs are bound together by a shared ideology emphasising fraternity and communality over individualism."
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Blindle-NOW I'm jealous! Just stay clear of the red snapper..
CTAX-Correct, but in Henrik's Tongue she appeared as Six of Two.
Anyways, time to saddle up Shoeless Joe and head north.It's going to be a cold,cold day.
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Noel
Have you been into Mrs90's purse yet or is Martin02 treating you today?
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dbbia
It's a balmy day here - all of 4 degrees.
See you in BBs.
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El Diego-
getting caught raiding Mrs90s purse is punishable by death.
I just tapped her instead.
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Christmas Hangman
470 to beat.
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December 8
The Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary
marked in 1951 by
Scottish League Division A
Celtic 2 (Lafferty 2) St Mirren 1
att - 20,000
and in 1906 by
Scottish League Divison 1
Celtic 3 (Quinn 3) St Mirren 0
att - 10,000
Not a bad anniversary for multiple goalscoring.
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December 8th has conjured a mixed bag of results and it hasn't all been sweetness and light. However it was the date in 1888 for Celtic's fifth-ever Scottish Cup tie and this happened :-
Celtic 9 Clyde 2
Willie Groves got 4, Tom Maley got 3 and Jimmy McLaren and Neil McCallum got the others in front of 8,000. So historically it seems to be a day that favours multiple-goal scorers.
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Remember the days when I would slyly ask who the darnel were playing at the weekend ?
Now I don't even bother.
Purgatory Card.
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Morning fholks -
Finally back in after PC problems over the last couple of weeks. Is anything exciting happening?
Thinking about getting one of those half-price season tickets (well, I am an Aberdonian!!). Does anyone know if they are still on sale? It would give me a foothold for the full bifta for next season.
Urlyc
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andycolo@14:21:
You're lucky. I was stuck in Bridgetown at the time of the Milan return leg last year and ours was the only game not being shown either at Bubbas or in the hotel. Couldn't get a reliable streaming source either.
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Just heard that Alan Gow has handed himself into Govan police station claiming amnesia.
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ZURAWSKI HEADING FOR LA - AGENT
Posted 08/12/07 09:55EmailPrintSave
Out-of-favour Celtic striker Maciej Zurawski is poised for a glamorous move to LA Galaxy, according to his agent.
The player's Polish representative Jerzy Kopiec expects to hold talks with the club next week and claims Zurawski could be joining forces with David Beckham in the New Year.
"The offer from Galaxy is very serious," he told the Scottish Daily Mail.
"They are really determined to sign Maciej and treat him as a big star.
"I am flying to Los Angeles this weekend to make things official."
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Ed,good to see you went to bed soon after your last comment,and you are having a lie in,wouldn't want you exerting yourself before a big game now would we?
Oh that's right,you called the big game off,instead of the one that will confirm what you already know.
UEFA cup participation after Christmas.
P.S.
Think it would be good for us in a "roundabout way" if you did qualify.
But only after the fact that you had qualified.
Would much rather be supporting Hibs,Aberdeen,Dundee Utd,In fact,even Hearts.
And more importantly,Gretna.
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Sorry about going back to erlier posts but..
Celtic First
Greg Hemphill is top Tic man, I remember celebrating league title in The Montrose Bar (now demolished) on the Broomielaw a few years ago, and the Big fella was well up for a party.
And Paul Riley, he of limpy legged Winston fame, spotted him at Christy Moore's Barrowland gig earlier this year. Good taste in music as well as football.
Green Lion Two.
The Shaking Pyramids _ I used to work in McChuills with Jim Creighton, guitarist with said band. Great guitarist, rubbish at cards.
Skippy hat-trick today, and one each from JVOH and Aideninho. Ho reply from Chic Young's favourite team.
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Curly,don't do it.
Don't buy wan,even over and above being an Aberdonian(If you are a real Aberdonian,you will know who Cup-Tie is,he is a semi regular golfing and drinking buddy of mine)
They should be banned,don't get sucked in.
tickets are available for every game you want to go to.
Buy tickets for the games you want.
The only thing good about season tickets,is they cost a fortune,and you you pay for stuff you don't want,or need,and it gets you a ticket for two of the four Rangers games on the days you have to do shift work.
Carry on being a rebel in the face of corporate fraud.
You know it makes sense.
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Morning, just up.Can't make the game (backshift).
Celtic_first, Vallidolid? Tommy Holleran? (now sadly deceased)
At least three today methinks.
Jim F if you are reading GIRUY!
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Kano :- Thanks for the reply, I note you are hoping that my team get put out unlike our legal friend from my neck of the woods who seems to be using a flawed crystal ball to assure himself and others that a team we cuffed 3 - 0 on their own patch is going to put us out. I wonder if that is what is meant by the legal term pregognition :-)
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Edward - methinks you do protest too much?
Sadly for your mob, football is not a simple mathematical progression - Lyon are a different proposition from the team you played a couple of months ago and I think Wattie knows that only too well.
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inkybhoy - did you know Davie Duncan and Railroad Ken too? Great band the Pyramids.
Good looking lad Davie, great singer, drummer ditto, talented artist too, women flocked to him, and a nicer fellow you couldn't wish to meet, life can be very cruel sometimes. ;o)
Bangles went to see them in LA many moons ago and were inspired to write Walk like an Egyptian afterwards.
Thought James King and the Lone Wolves that Jim played for as well were the best of the best though - oootstanding.
3 - 0 da hoops.
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Golden but oldie story from this morning's sermon which encapsulates the Jesus & Mary chain
Jimmy is out walking down Beachy Head when he slips off the precipice, grabbing a branch to keep himself from falling into the watery brine. The roots of the tree are weak and he feels the branch giving way :
Jimmy ; " Sweet Lord Jesus, come to my help. I'll do anything if you save me. "
Jesus : " OK Jimmy, trust in me and I will save you. Let go of the branch. "
Jimmy : " May I have a word with yir mother ? "
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HamptonTim :-You may well be right :-) However without any bombastic statements or feeling over confident and being aware that Lyon will probably never have a game like that again I'm still fairly confident that we will go through.
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Ed just listened to your link you put up. Very good sound. I could listen to that.
inkybhoy and serutiku on the pyramids I really just remember them from when I was a wee bhoy honest but they were always touted as going to make the break. I went through school with Davies brother.
Right heading out to the game between dropping off and picking up the cubs...
We have not lost a goal at home all season and against a low scoring team so you know what will happen.
It's going to be a long cold day maybe we should have asked for our game to be called off.
See you in BB's post match.
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Ted
precognition
and only if it was
premonition...possibily
will i put money on lyon no with my record at the cream cookies i`d be better off backing you lot ....there are some things in life that can`t be done :¬)
ps i remain unreconstructed in matters of mutual support
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'Morning chaps...
At 08/12/07 00:13, Thom The Thim said…
For those going to the game tomorrow :
Let it Sno, let it Sno, let it Sno.
If he plays, give the boy your support. If you feel you can't, then stay away and put up your tree, or go shopping, cut the grass or whatever.
Excellent sentiments. I'd like to see Wee GS give Big ES an attacking midfield berth today. He's scored a few for the Dutch U-21's, and maybe a couple of goals against this mob would a) boost his confidence, and b) get a few people off his back.
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new article posted.
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Ed,as I said ,in a roundabout way,perhaps not.
Just that I can't find myself actually
"wanting" it.
As I said,or pehaps didn't,it may well do Celtic some good in the future.
If this may be the case,then I wish you all the best.
Though,not necessarily your club.
I was given pelters for wanting Celtic to lose the year before last,so your club would not qualify for the Champions League.
And strangely,mostly from celtic supporters.
The fact that i would rather support just about any team apart from your own in Europe,does not blind me to the fact that you may actually do us some good by qualifying.
But then again,as Paul is constantly saying,perhaps it would be better if you dropped into the UEFA cup,and won a couple of games against,perhaps Aberdeen,if they qualify.
In fact I will take that back,i would prefer Aberdeen to beat you twice.
Same points for the country,after all.
I know it doesn't make much sense,but Good luck to yersel,but even after all the reasoning and civil conversation above.
I am sorry,I have changed my mind,and I hope your team gets gubbed by at least three goals,and ye a' troop hame tripping ower yer petted lips.
God,is it great to have bi polar disease.
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pfayr, I read with interest your reference to your sonGF, aged 13, and his inability to purchase a round. My thoughts? thats a fine one coming from YOU..........
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