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Let's all laugh at Rangers!
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ha ha ha ha haa
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Talk of British teams is counter-productive. I'm not just speaking as an independence-supporting republican.
There are moves afoot in the world of football to take away the unique recognition the soi-disant Home nations receive for their part in inventing the modern game, but it's an anachronism that sits unfavourably with some groups of clubs and national teams.
We would do well to drop it with equal alacrity as the OF tag.
The SFA could give a lead by having a non-unionist URL. Unless they're being deliberately ironic.
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Wily Wisdom of Walter?
Good alliteration Paul. And thanks for clearing up what www stands for.
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I said last night that the huns would come out and start going on about winning the Uefa cup.
Sky sports news has just interviewed a huns fan rep who said that winning the Uefa cup would make up for not going thru to the last 16 of the Champs League.
Priceless!
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just a test to see if i'm finally able to post again
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Sweet
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Pumped
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Repeated from end of last thread:
Malone, our 2002-3 Euro earnings were reduced due to the fact that we did not play in the CL group stage. Rangers have done that and pocketed that cash already, and can now look forward to probably at least 2 more home gates from the UEFA Cup. Note that they get a UEFA Cup group runner-up first, so potential opponents are likely to be from: Zenit, Panathinaikos, Fiorentina, Basel, Zurich, Braga, Spurs or Helsingborgs. Even they should be able to beat most of that lot over 2 games.
And for the romanticists out there I expect Henke to announce his retirement imminently and take no further part in this season's UEFA Cup.
Bambi, no I am not suggesting that Rangers will go on an extended Ueaf [sic] Cup run. However, they may go on a run in the UEFA Cup. :o)
pfayr, aye, but more than likely the gate receipts from just one more game! :o(
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The Narrowbhoat tim.
How about a team consisting of celts whose first letter of their christian name, matches the first letter of their surname.
Malkay Mackay
Mick McCarthy
Gary Gillespie
Jimmy Johnstone
Mark McGhee
Mark McNally
Jiri Jarosik
Dixie Deans
Dion Dublin
Dariusz Dziekanowski
Can any one help with a keeper?
Therags...
alwaysavoidalliterationCSC
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At last,afer a lifetime in the wilderness,i can post my musings here,where they will surely be appreciated.Sorry,got a bit carried away then,was asked earlier,would i rather have last sixteen or final of yoofa cup,no competition,in with the big guns,EVERY time,leave the lesser trophy for those more deserving,god bless LYON.
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tinytim,
Shouldn't that be Sweet 16?
:oD
/Bishop B
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C1st -At the risk of spoiling a grand day for European football[ and having the Jeremy Kyle CSC run amok on the Blog] what's wrong with being British? Are the Celts not British, and vice-versa?
We need to reclaim Britishness from those who think it only exists post-1707, and return it back to its ancient, woad-daubed roots.
Give Britain back to the British, and save it from the Brits.
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Theragswerepublicansdisdain,
Michael McGovern?
/Bishop B
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The rags,will try to think of a keeper,but would have Willie Wallace before that polish coward everytime,will never forgive him for trying to hide behind a teammate at the penalty shoot out against Aberdeen.
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Celtic_first, the talk of the UK losing it unique status in football terms will never happen as UEFA, need as many countires under it influence as possible to counter the threat from FIFA, so the more countires the better, and I dont see how it affects any other countries, if we are not good enough we just would lose the places in the CL and UEFA cup.
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Andersbhoy
The four (note, not five) Home nations have an unduly strong influence over things like rule-changes.
It's much more than just adding to the numbers.
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Some comments on the last thread.
Anyone who is happy with lower attendances at Celtic park because they believe that the support is better,is deluded.
Lower attendances isn't the road to ruin.It is ruin.
We won't make an additional £15mill from another CL game (we are only guaranteed one tie ).
We have a tight budget,we won't spend big in Jan ,unless we sell big in Jan.
Rangers are favourites to win there game in hand ,and unless we beat them in Jan,they would be likely to go top of the league.
We MUST beat them in Jan.
What Gordon Strachan has achieved in getting us to the last 16 is a real bonus.He and the team have punched above there weight in this arena.
However, we must win the SPL.
Walter will be under big pressure if we pump them in Jan.
Likewise if we are beaten and Rangers march towards a treble. Mr Strachan will feel an immense weight on his shoulders.
Today is a day to gloat.
Sweet!
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THERAGS
What about
Charlie! Charlie!
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tiny tim
all true but leave spl reality for another day
today it`s CL reality and it`s wonderful
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Especially for Sellik First
The Great 'O' Antiphons
O come, o come Olympique Lyonnais
And drive those wretched bluenoses away
Who lurk in lonely exile here
Until their new messiah doth appear
Rejoice Rejoice Karim Benzema
Shall come to thee oh Last Sixteen dreamers
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Len Brennan
Very good.
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Oh Grosso you were magic and are Fab
Vercoutre you were just as bad as Rab
Squillaci, Anderson et Francois Clerc
You played the dastard darnel aff the park
Rejoice Rejoice.....
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Paul67
After the S Moscow draw would you please keep the team you do not want to yourself
AL
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tinytim said:
We have a tight budget,we won't spend big in Jan ,unless we sell big in Jan.
What about selling "big" Jan ?
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pfayr
I will.
"Let's all laugh at the darnel."
They are hurtin.
They are boakin.
I'm lovin it.
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O Kim Kallstrom, Toulalan and Govou
You simply tamed the monkeys in their zoo
You triumphed over wickedness and night
And beat the dreaded darnel out of sight
Rejoice Rejoice...
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Theragswerepublicansdisdain
How about Bobby Boyle for Goalie circa 1912-13. No place for Bobo Balde or has Ghord frozen him out of your team too.
More Themes CSC
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I was thinking about the institutional bias of Radio Clyde/STV/Herald and all the rest...
There's a view that it's actually working in our favour.
The more DJ/Hugh/Darryl etc bat away any criticism of Wally & Co (disagree with the status quo and you're either a 'scattergun' reactionary or lifelong anti-Smith-ite) and last nights phone-in was just typical, the longer it'll take their fans to call for change.
So when they continue to leave Boyd on the bench, Burke in the wild, just one-up-front, lack inspirational match-winners, leave creaky oldsters in defence, promise 'big-name' signings (and not bosmans, honest) etc etc... the better for us, non?
Laptop Loyal, I salute you all!
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O Ben Arfa now you know how much we Hatem
We're glad you really gave 'em suck a batin'
Three goals without reply down Govan way
Noo Watty needs tae jet-propel his sleigh
Rejoice Rejoice....
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WG
Very good. Where can one hear the real O Antiphons online, in real time?
Some clued up monastery somewhere must broadcast live vespers by now, you'd have thought. In not, I suppose a podcast would do.
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Baz67
You worked it out mate.
Salute!
I don't hink that we will sell him in Jan ,but we should be looking to cash him in, before his value falls much more.
He is proving to be an expensive flop .
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O Bazza your prediction wiz so wrang
Brahim Hemdani's simply rhyming slang
While Ally's downing quarts of vintage port
At least the clown's noo aff Question ay Sport
Rejoice Rejoice....
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O Darcheville you were such a naughty bear
You booted the wee baw intae thin air
The Copland Loyal watched in sheer disgust
As Duffield of old - a certain score you must
Rejoice Rejoice.....
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Top form WG
Oh how we laughed.........
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O Darchy things went downhill after that
Yir face wiz screwed up like a scalded cat
You lashed out in your own heroic way
And got first handers oan the Timotei
Rejoice Rejoice......
......and back to work he goes....
FTD
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The rags
How about
Dodgy Douglas
Hapless Hedman
Gonnae no dae that Gould
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BigChipSuk - Helsinborg? That would be a good team for Rangers to come against dontcha think. They would bring quite a large travelling support, although most of them would have to travel a couple of miles ;->
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Unsung heroes
Andy Lynch
Joe Craig
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Of the teams we can face (Man U, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Sevilla, Barcelona or Porto) I'm not sure who we should be hoping for. Every one of them would fancy themselves to beat us, but every one of them could leave Parkhead with a headache. I'm of a view that we're better-off against bigger teams, where we rally against the insurmountable enemy. I fear that we may underestimate Sevilla. Barca may be just too good for even our fortress. My romantic side says Real Madrid. I think we'd beat Chelsea though :)
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Loosehands Latchford
Stretching it CSC
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BMX, aye that would be funny.
David Murray: What sort of a ticket allocation would Helsinborgs be looking for?
Helsinborgs' New Security Consultant: Em, just give us the Sellick end, eh?
If we bought tickets (somehow), would we get in with our usual football clobber!?! That would be hi-larious.
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Paul Telfer may have had his critics, but tonight's Eventing Times proves he was "Celtic Class":
Ex-Celtic defender Paul Telfer has cancelled his contract at Bournemouth to help their cash crisis.
The 36-year-old needs surgery on a foot and is out for the season.
Chairman Jeff Mostyn said: "This is an amazing gesture of support. Paul could have had his operation and received full pay. I can't think of a greater gesture of support for the football club."
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Just like to say a big thank you to Walter and Ally for giving CQN one it's most fun filled nights ever !
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Len Brennan - Belter.
Johnny Quest - Quite.
Narrowbhoat Tim - Tiff.
I fully support Gordon Strachan's decision not to play Dianbobo Balde.
Paul - I hope you have your money on Gretna, the odds will drop drastically during the transfer window.
therags...
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Apologies to all for the rank bad outburst last night.
Drink totally screws up the concpt of cynicism, sarcasm, and a bit of repartie.
That was a thousand times wrong, innaccurate and as deserving of every barb as anything that any rat-faced hunothy would post.
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa.
Now off to the CELTIC PARK ticket office.
Instead of three tickets for Tannadice on Bioxing day, they've sent me FOUR.
I'm going to try and bargain my honesty on squeezing a tckt for Inverness on Sunday.
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Pfayr, deleted, language.
Spirit of, good point.
Therags, worth considering.
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oh and just changed my ringtone to the Champion's League theme.
There's only one team in Scotland that can rightfully play that, (and should do on Jan 2nd!)
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Fighting The Fuzz Since 1888:
The odds of us getting Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Sevilla, Barcelona or Porto are greatly reduced by Liverpool and Arsenal finishing second in their group. As they cannot play Man U or Chelsea they each have to play one of these five teams.
That drops the available teams to three from these five plus the two english clubs.
One of these three clubs is likely to be Inter Milan as Roma also finished second in their group
Therags...
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Harry Hood.
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paul67
apologies
finding it hard to contain myself
euphoria has set in (at least for today)
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Side splitting tv. Blue Bells on cable. Car crash material. Revisionism at its finest. Now it is the desired oucome to reach the Eufa cup. Ho HO HO!
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What about Micheal McGovern. Is he still not ready for this team
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I've concluded my in depth (not!) statistical analysis of the 2007-8 Champions League group stage and I can now reveal the shocking truth as far as Celtic & Rangers are concerned. These are their respective rankings (out of 32) when compared to all group stage participants...
Total shots (most): Celtic 28th, Rangers equal worst
(Most) Shots on target: Celtic 25th=, Rangers 28th=
(Most) Goals scored: Celtic 24th=, Rangers 18th=
(Least) Goals conceded: Celtic 11th=, Rangers 19th=
(Most) Corners won: Celtic 26th, Rangers 28th
Caught offside (most): Celtic 30th, Rangers 24th
(Most) Yellow cards: Celtic 16th=, Rangers equal worst
(Highest) %-age possession: Celtic 22nd=, Rangers equal lowest
(Most) Points won: Celtic 15th, Rangers 17th=
These stats seem to indicate that neither Celtic nor Rangers offered much in an attacking sense in the grand scheme of things, both ranking particularly low in terms of shots, corners & offsides... all indicators of a team's attacking authority on a game. And both looked rather poor in terms of discipline, with no team earning more yellow cards than Rangers, and Celtic having the individual player who committed the most fouls (Scott Brown).
We're going to have to buck our ideas up a lot if we are to get any further in the competition!
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NO HUNS IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
NO HUNS IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
As for christian names and surnames what about Harry Hood
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109 steps,
Fair play chief, we've all been there.
Hail hail
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What about a non-caucasian starting XI,
Tony Warner
Du Wei
Paul Elliot
Bobo Balde
Evander Sno
Bobby Petta
Shunske Nakamura
Regi Blinker
Momo Sylla
Dion Dublin
Ian Wright
Therags...
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109 steps
As one of last nights gloaters I refrained from going off on one when you posted -- it definitley looked like a classic post in haste repent at leisure.
No offence taken by most im sure
As bambi says weve all been there -- if i had a pound for every time ive had to apologise for outbursts in drink wed be certs for the CL final.
TLWIO
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Therags,
You missed out the King of Kings!!
Go to the back of the class.
/Bishop B
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The rags
If you're going down that route, go back, start again, write down LARSSON, and take it from there.
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len brennan and celtic_first - ahead of dion and wrighty?
You two are on crack. He just won't fit into our way of doing things. His debut was atrocious, he made chic charnley look world class.
I will not stand for this revisionism. Let's remember the true Celtic greats.
therags...
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Therags.. Are you Wattie the Waistcoat in disguise?
;o)
/Bishop B
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January should be a time of loaning out our best promising youngsters for half a season. I would suggest the best two go to Gretna.
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The rags
Belter.
Larsson, the poor mans Ian Wright....
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109steps
i can always sniff out
" my client had too much too drink defence "
there but for the grace of god etc
hail hail
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Bishop B - mibbes aye, mibbes naw.
Alobundy - I concur, not sure how aiden and skoosh will feel about it, but needs must.
Michael__67 - Does that make Jordan Larsson the rich man's shaun wright-phillips?
Therags...
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Rags
Would probably be about as much use against Croatia too
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The achievement of Celtic being in the top 16 top teams in Europe again is remarkable considering the resource pool we draw from.
We top the league of 16 from this perspective:
Celtic, Scotland, Population 5 million
Portugal, 11 million
Greece, 11 million
England, 51 million
Italy, 58 million
France, 60 million
Turkey,71 million
Germany, 82 million
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Theragswerepublicansdisdain, you missed the following:
Michael McGovern GLK (present)
(?)Bobo Balde DEF (present)
Barney Battles DEF (1895-1904) - a real fighter
Danny Dawson DEF (1932-38)
Danny Doyle DEF (1891-99)
Thomas Turnbull DEF (1899-1900)
Hugh Hilley DEF (1921-30)
John Jack DEF (1950-59)
Michael McKeown DEF (1888-91)
Patrick Power DEF (1894-95) - the original Paddy Power
Willie Waddell DEF (1940-41)
Charles Cairney MID (1949-50)
Murdo McLeod MID (1978-87)
Stuart Slater MID (1992-94)
David Duncan STR (1942-44)
George Gillian STR (1940-41)
Harry Hood STR (1968-76)
John Jackson STR (1917-18)
John Jordan STR (1946-47)
Konrad Kapler STR (1948-49)
Matthew Mair STR (1901-02)
Matthew McVittie STR (1953-59) - he takes the biscuit
Martin Morgan STR (1908-09)
Michael Mulvey STR (1892-93)
Michael Murray STR (1890-92)
Thomas Towie STR (1892-93)
Willie Wallace STR (1966-72)
Malcolm MacDonald UTY (1932-45)
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From Lyon with love
MERRY XMAS
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Bigchipsuk
If I gave knighthoods for services to the alliterative Glasgow Celtic starting XI, and I don't, you would be on your knees in front of me, anticipating the gentle touch of my sword.
Therags...
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therags
this is a family site
please
:¬)
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In the end nature has a way to balancing everthing out so the natural order of things continue, Celtic are Champions of Scotland so naturally they should stil be in the Champions League, the Huns being the first loser team in the SPL to Celtic's Champion winning team are naturally now in the Uefa Cup with all the other wee diddy teams like the Sheep Molesters.
See Natural order of things, just like the old football cliche 'it all evens up in the end'
Zen CSC
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It is notable that one third of our SPL bookings this season came in one game, and we must have a few players only a yellow card or two away from a suspension.
Expect to see bookings in the next four SPL games for Boruc, Caldwell, O'Dea, McManus, Hartley, Donati, Brown, Jarosik, McGeady, JVoH and McDonald.
With that lot suspended in addition to our injury list, we'd be unable to fulfil the fixture on 2nd January, and the SPL would be forced to award the game to Rangers by default.
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pfayr - and what a sight we are.
therags...
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Tremendous Tully?
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Just watched the goals again on Celticlover's clip.
David Weir?
I mean, come on.
What exactly was big Davie doing at Lyon's third goal?
It honestly looks like he was trying to make a decoy run to give Benzema even more space.
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My Celtic Unsung Heroes Eleven
John Fallon
Matt Lynch, Jim Brogan, Jock Morrison (for my wee pal John in Canada, his grandson), Andy Lynch
Mark Reid, Tommy Callaghan, Charlie Gallagher, Mick Conroy
Joe Craig, Johnny Crum
Manager Dr. Jo
Asst. Manager Willie McStay
Bench - Sno, Caldwell
Modesty CSC
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WG, 12:55
:-D
poetlaurietCSC
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The Narrowbhoat Tim, I was speaking to Tommy Callaghan yesterday, I am sure he would be delighted to know he made your list.
Malcolm, fine sentiments, alas, deleted, language violation.
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The Rags,
Never mind missing out Larsson in your non-caucasian XI, where's Derek Whyte ?!?
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much as i am enjoying the aftermath of last nights events, i have a slightly unpleasant feeling when i think about the CL as a whole....
seeding systems generally are a bad idea at the group stages of the cl....to compound that by not allowing clubs from the same country to be drawn together is a disgraceful carve up...
when you get to the last 16 stage there is no question in my mind that there should be a free draw and yet again uefa favour the big countries with a favourable home tie in the second game and ridiculously stipulate that teams from the same country cannot meet..
Uefa's motivation is to have a final with 2 teams drawn from england spain or Italy...they must have been sick to their boots a couple of years ago when porto got through against monaco....
...enjoyable though it is to participate in this competition, it would be much better if once the teams got to a group stage that there was no seeding , no rule over teams from the same country meeting and no 2nd game advantage in the knockout stage....but i suppose that would mean sport took precedence over commerce....probably unthinkable for uefa
paul67
do you know if the club are lobbying for any changes to the distrubtion of tv monies, given that our games are now shown UK wide on Sky.....it is surely an anaomaly that we receive a share based only on the scottish market....we should receive the same share as the english participants if our games are shown as part of that contract
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Can anyone help with a Geographical Starting XI
Frank Welsh
Ramon Vega(s)
Jim Melrose
Bobby Lennox(town)
Steve Fulton
Jimmy Johnstone
Joe Jordan
Jan Venegoor of Hesselink
Dion Dublin
Gerry Britton
Therags...
p.s. malceye - don't you mean eric black?
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The Rags,
Derek aka "the sunbed kid" Whyte
He could also be in the rhyming slang XI.
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Paul as a kid it use to bothered me when the fhans use to get on TC back when he first started with the bhoys but he won them over eventually. I hope he is in good health.
My next Celtic 11 is going to be controversial, I hope you won't delete it but it might upset people.
Machiavelli CSC
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My dear friend, Malcolm
Nicely done,pal.
Just watched the highlights of the game..
If ...I simply hate, to use that subordinating conjunction!....
Nevertheless, If I must....then, so be it!
I reiterate... IF, the G.A. had taken a mere couple, of their many easy opportunities to score...
Then?
Who knows? We may not be feeling so pleased....and dare I say this?
You bet I will....
So Pleased and RELIEVED, this fine day!
Your friend sounds like a keeper!
Buy him a drink...and commiserate..
And tell him this from me....
But, for the grace of St.Patrick... who I am SOITEN, was sitting on OUR Goalpost Bar, during our recent home CL conflicts.. and Defying the Onslaughts of All of our Visitors...
We would not be in such a fortunate position...this same, fine morn!
"You win a Few... but why do I feel right now...that you seem to lose the Most?"
A much more Accurate, but less Comforting.... forlorn, Assuagement... to one's feelings, after a defeat!
Kojo
Yer pal.....who thinks ye're swell.
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BigChipSuk
I've noticed that Celtic's shots to goals ratio is normally quite high, we might not shoot a lot but when we do they often go in the back of the net.
There are plenty teams in Europe who'd shoot on sight and therefore have a high number of shots on goal.
Do you know the win bonus teams get in the UEFA? I think it's around £500,000 in the CL and £200,000 for a draw.
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TheRags,
Henrik Largsson?
Chris Sutton Coldfield?
Also, i believe Venegoor and Hesselink were family names as opposed to locations:
The name derives from the 17th century, when two farming families in the Enschede area of the Netherlands intermarried. Both the Vennegoor and Hesselink names carried equal social weight, and so - rather than choose between them - they chose to use both. "Of" in Dutch translates to "or" in English, which would mean that a strict translation of his name would read 'Jan Vennegoor or Hesselink'
TLW:PedanticCSC...
butNotAsPedanticAsTheRags...ForThoseThatKnowHim
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The Rags
Willie Lyon how could you miss that one.
Here is my 'They couldn't give a T*ss about Celtic' starting 11, some of the players I've picked might be controversial as in Paddy C but I have never forgave him about his comments last year on the chances of the bhoys against Manure and he has become Mr Manure.
Players like Slater I might have been a bit unfair about, did he not care about the bhoys or was he just carp.
There were an abundance of forwards to pick from though and that was difficult, I know some people would put SM in the team but I am holding out to see if he comes back. CN is in it because he left to early but mainly for his TV work and because he sits besides that grinning Orc on Sky.
4-3-3
Broto
Crerand, Rafael, Vega, Henchoz ,
L. Miller, Berkovic, Slater
Nicholas, Petit Le Merde Johnston, H. Camara
Bench Kharine, Cadette,
Manager Macari
I'm not Bitter CSC
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##On the 12th day of Christmas, Lyon gave to me...
...4 midfield numpties,
...3 cracking goals,
...2 defensive errors,
...1 sending off,
...and the miss of the cen-tureeee!##
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Looking ahead...
19 days til the window swings open....
Plans have been in place say the management team....money's too tight to mention says kojo.......MON looking for a left sided midfielder say the papers...mmmmmmmmm
Will the tiresome saga of wee shaun kick off again ?
Will Tommy Gee wing his way back to us like an aimless prodigal son ?
Will we find any elusive missing full backs ?
Will our worldwide scouting system move beyond easter Road ?
Will magic and Deeks organise their leaving gigs ?
...and who will our goalscoring machine be to see us over the SPL finishing line ?
- Lafferty - Noooooooo !!!
- Nish - Noooooooooo !!!
- Frei or Bendtner - Yes please :)
Big Wavy
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Hi lhads and lassies,
Have been down with the flu since I came back from Milan. Which was the best trip I have been on since Seville.
Tic the first Scottish team to qualify for the CL latter stages twice.
I hope we get Sevilla or Porto they would bring back so many memories for oh so many different reasons.
We may not spend big this winter but if we dont buy some full backs we will be asking for trouble.
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TLW - you assume I was referring to Jan's surname, when in fact it was his first name I was using. JAN as we all know is the amtrak station code for Jackson, Mississippi.
Apology accepted.
Therags...
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the narrowboat tim -
Agree completely with your assessment of Pat C, the hard man who dodged national service by claiming to be a serial bed wetter. It worked as well.
Other candidates for your 11 would be Wayne Biggins, Di Canio, Jim Melrose (last spotted taking his boy to Ibrox) and for me, controvertially, McNamarra.
Celtic captain on the worst day since 1989, knows the manager is leaving, walks out because he "Gave his word to Glenn Hoddle"!"! Give me a break, who is Glenn Hoddle when you've got Celtic on the phone asking you sign.
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the huns in my work are seriously upset they are all in disbelief.
did anyone see the beast on sky telly last night he was so upset that his only thought was about the money that rangers will loose out on and that the celts will take about 15mil.......now 2 and 2 make 4 so i presume the beast is still a big shareholder with the huns.it was hurtin his pocket bigtime
walter for scotland anyone!
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Barcabhoy, how TV money is distributed is an anomaly, but not one that is about to change.
The Narrowbhoy Tim, TC looks about the same age today as he did when he was playing.
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Just been looking at the coefficient position - yes I'm one of those sad people who likes spreadsheets.
We started the season ranked 24th in Europe, so are punching above our weight to make the top 16. However, we are provisionally ranked 36th for next season due to the Seville points being disregarded. Getting through the next round could potentially jump us up to 30th. But either way we are looking at pot 3 or even pot 4 next season. That's after we qualify directly as Champions of course!
Rangers started the season ranked 45th, so last 32 of the UEFA Cup would be about their natural level. But next season they are provisionally 33rd. A couple of rounds progress in the UEFA could see them as high as 24th!
Still, there is only one Scottish team that has made the top table 2 years in a row! Let's not worry about next season as yet.
Paul67, Porto would be my top pick for the next round. Seville probably second, but their European form is much better than their league record.
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Some people say there shouldn't be political
posts on CQN. I disagree!
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Paul
I haven't been a Narrowbhoy since I gave up smoking in my late twenties I'm more of a Hartson type.
Slimmers CSC
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Kojo
The Tinytims would like to wish you and your pals,all the best for the new year.
I am praying our luck holds in our quest for 3 in a row.
That, and a drop in interest rates ,to help maintain a very good Scottish housing market.
I have promised Little Miss Tinytim a visit to Steverino's, and Flushing meadows this summer.
So the sheckles will help.
The new years fixture is a game that we must not lose.
Infact, a win is almost a must.
2008 will be a year of great opportunity for us.
Little Miss Tinytim will celebrate her 10th birthday on the day that we play the darnel.We will be in the Aljurab in Dubai on our way back from OZ.
I plan to bring a little bit of the eastend, to the middle east.
Exciting times,the empire is not finished .It is about to diversify and expand.
I plan to provide mortgages and property to our many new friends from Poland.
Tinytim who recalls,
No Irish Need apply.
Merry Crimbo
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THEY may not have the prestige tie that Celtic will get for their magnificent efforts in getting through their tie, and there will also be a reduction in revenue from maybe £4million to somewhere near half that.
Darcheville said: "I always take responsibility for myself but the referee got it wrong. Maybe it was a yellow card. I was very surprised when I saw the red card."
- Jock Brown it would seem concurs
"There is a fine line at the top level, I've seen that close hand in the last couple of months.
"Chances go the wrong side of the post, or over the bar, and then quality teams can kill you." _ Davie Weir - no mention that having a 37 year old Donkey at the back can undo you as well
"But the Slovakian official, who was heavily criticised for his handling of the 2003 Uefa Cup Final between Celtic and Porto, didn't even book the player." _ Lubos Michel finally gets criticism from the laptop loyal .... Mmmhhh wonder why ?
"And Sasa rapped: "I was fouled after I had played the ball. The player deserved a yellow card or even a red card for it. But the referee didn't do anything.
"Maybe he didn't see it. But he saw Jean-Claude Darcheville make a tackle late on and sent him off. But it wasn't as bad as the tackle on me." - beg to differ - Awe Naw
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Tinytim
A genius idea. Good luck to you with it.
I was involved in a magazine cover customer relationship management a number of years ago and sat on a judging panel for some awards.
One of the best new business ideas we came across was a new bank in Germany set up by the children of Turkish immigrants specifically for the Turkish community, who had become more affluent and needed and wanted mortgages and other services.
They could get them from German banks, of course, but the culture of the new bank just made everything easier to follow for them.
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Sir Paul...
I crave a boon!
Who is TONY HAGGERTY?
I believe that he is a Scottish Reporter....of no note....
However...
I have been advised by my Spirit Guide....( an she could advise me, anytime,pal!......ed)( No tales out of the office...what takes place in the office... stays in the office!)
She alerted me to take note of this young chronicler.
Pray enlighten me as to his Niche, in the Panoply of Soccer Punditry.
She says that He is a Tim...and
that got my attention.
Over to you.
Kojo.
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Rags, I'm presuming they all have to have played for Celtic...
Willie Angus
Craig Burley (in Wharfedale)
Hugh Clifford
Alex Crawford
John Curran
Rab Douglas
James Drummond
Michael Dunbar
Thomas Dunbar
William Dunning
Barry Elliott
Willie Fernie
Mike Galloway
Martin Hayes
Atholl Henderson
Anthony Hepburn
Leslie Johnston
George Johnstone
Tommy Johnson
Maurice Johnston
Peter Johnstone
John Jordan
James Kyle (of Lochalsh)
Walter Lees
Dugald Livingston[e]
George Livingston[e]
Dick Madden
(Bridge of) Allan Martin
Bent Martin
Lee Martin
Frank McCarron
Tony (Melton) Mowbray
William Naughton
David Nelson
James Nelson
Andy Payton
William Ribchester
Andrew Ross
Charlie Shaw
Hugh Shaw
Cillian Sheridan
Peter Somers(et)
Chris Sutton
Bobby Templeton
Thomas Towie
James Walls
Jim Welford (on Avon)
George Whitehead
Thomas Whitney
And lest we forget...
Thomas Lyon
Willie Lyon
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Oops, I think Tommy Johnson should have been deleted from my cut & paste!
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malone19,
Rnk Team Shots Goals Shots p/gl
1 Valencia 52 2 26.0
2 PSV 57 3 19.0
3 Benfica 86 5 17.2
4 Dinamo Kiev 63 4 15.8
5 Schalke 71 5 14.2
6 Shakhtar 77 6 12.8
7 Besiktas 47 4 11.8
8 Steau Bucharest 47 4 11.8
9 Stuttgart 75 7 10.7
10 Marseille 63 6 10.5
11 Celtic 51 5 10.2
12 Chelsea 90 9 10.0
13 Werder Bremen 80 8 10.0
14 Fenerbahce 78 8 9.8
15 CSKA Moscow 67 7 9.6
16 Rosenborg 56 6 9.3
17 Sporting Lisbon 77 9 8.6
18 Porto 65 8 8.1
19 Slavia Prague 40 5 8.0
20 Lazio 59 8 7.4
21 Lyon 80 11 7.3
22 Roma 73 11 6.6
23 Barcelona 78 12 6.5
24 Man Utd 83 13 6.4
25 Real Madrid 79 13 6.1
26 ACMilan 72 12 6.0
27 Seville 82 14 5.9
28 Rangers 40 7 5.7
29 Olympiakos 60 11 5.5
30 Inter Milan 64 12 5.3
31 Arsenal 68 14 4.9
32 Liverpool 83 18 4.6
So you don't want to be letting Liverpool, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Olympiakos, Rangers, Seville, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Man Utd or Barcelona have too many shots or they'll crucify you.
Hang on a minute, did that say Rangers in the middle of that lot? Good grief man, it did... it's a good job they're out then!
Someone else will have to comment on financial bonuses in the CL & UC, as I haven't a clue.
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not been able to post for quite a while but wanted to comment on article by paul a while ago about the "target man" method by celtic.
This is not a phenomenon started with mark(o) viduka, who by no stretch of the imagination was a target man.
Are you forgetting pierre, cascarino?
onto the game on tuesday.
sure scott brown improved, wouldnt be hard to improve on his performances over the last few months. He has been shocking and played quite well on tuesday but expect so much more. I love the guy and think he will be a revelation for us, but he needs to get involved in games more, improve his touch and his passing over small distances is shocking, snoman must rightly think every touch of his is rounded on but brown is given so much leeway.
This is my point, in my opinion every celtic player should be given the leeway brown is given.
IN my opinion brown has been as poor if not poorer than donati, sno, jirosik etc over last period of few months.
However you do not hear the groans at his (frequent) poor passes that are heard when any pass from aforementioned players goes astray.
I find hypocrisy among celtic fans staggering. Bobo is not worth 28k so all his performances now judged on that. If being consistent then browns performaces should be based on fact we paid almost £5m for him. Has he played like a £5m player?
He did well against benfica when moved to right, had a fabulous game against hearts at parkhead and thats the sum total.
Dont get me wrong i think he will be great and would never drop him but at moment we arent getting value for money from him yet he is immune to criticism.
Maybe its just cos he looks like the king that he gets away with it, just wish that all the others were given such a platform and leeway to perform and sure their confidence and performaces would improve also.
I look at Sno's performances and cant fathom why the such intense criticism he recieves, he contributed more in his cameo against st mirren than the entire midfield. MY only conclusion is there is a form of racism against him from a section of supporters at club.
On the crowd on tuesday, no real surprise really.
As posted a few months ago, check out the main stand at these games.
st mirren? full. falkirk? full. 90th minute? full.
On the game some commented on falkirks play, what about celtics play first 15 mins? could have had 4 in that period alone. falkirk had ball once game over as a contest, their penalty as much as the one when JVOH headed onto guy on line.
Referee and north stand linesman were shocking all game.
As for Moutinho, did ok, falkirk fans didnt have a high opinion of him last year, has added a few goals this year but if we sign him as some on here suggested then a huge step back for us, we shouldnt even be considering a player like that.
sorry to bore yous, i know its not very up to date.
so edward, cousins the new scapegoat for the fans/media? strange as i thought your lot were particularly fond of your cousins? :) :) :)
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The rangers official site are asking people to send in pics for their "BLUEPRINTS" so I sent them a picture of the LISBON LIONS hope that makes them feel really BLUE
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Add Lyon's Teabags to the list of banned foodstuffs from the Ibrox catering services.
Has anyone any info on the cost of a Christmas lunch there this year?
Any increase on the top value £16.90 of last year?
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Tinytim,
that'll be the Burj Al Arab - Very nice!
Don't forget to pack your winter woolies. Night time temperatures are occasionally dropping as low as 20°C at the mo.:-)
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Considering the turkeys on show last night, there should be free meals for everyone who stayed to the final whistle.
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My dear,dear, friend... TinyTim.
And your fond wishes...right back at ye!
My Week Day Gals...thank ye...
My Friends thank ...thank ye..
Mabel,she thanks.... ye
An...o' yes...My Agent thanks ye!( and ..... I thank ye!.....ed)( Almost forgot about you,ed!...by the way...it's a secret ....but ed..is not my alter ego!... he is a REAL WARM BLOODED GUY! he makes life a little more upbeat with his interjections!)
Sorta ambivalent, to read that you are going to visit Wynn's again...
Be prepared to bring plenty of Monoply Money, when you visit!
All of His charges....AT THE GAMBLING TABLES... I cannot speak for his Accomodations.... have Escalated Upwards!( Upwards? where else would they "escalate"...ed)( You caught that Foxes Paw....here is another.now that you are in the mood.... How about... the old... "HOT WATER HEATER",bit?)
My friends in High Places...tell me that the British Mortgage Market is now beginning to revive from it's slumber... Good News..All around! Between you and me.. the U.S.A. Mortgage Demise...has been slightly mis-reported... It's the old....
Give a dog a bad name... and he will nevah answer to it!...out of pure spite!
I expect a turn around here...next year.. That being...of course... an Ante Presidential Year...dinna forgeeet!
And remembet... when Wall street Strikes up da Band... Da FOOTSIE DANCES!
Bottom line...
Your line o' work looks A OKAY.... for the NEAR, Future!
A very Merry Christmas to you and your Darling Wife...and bonny bairn(s?)
Kojo.
Yer pal.....who thinks ye ur da Greaaaaaaatest!
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Gordon J, there is unfinished business with Porto.
Narrowbhoat, :-)
Kojo, I am unfamiliar with his work.
‘Chips, been busy this afternoon?
3inarow, the lineage was broken before Viduka.
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3inarow
i suggested after the aberdeen game that i thought that a section of the support was guilty of racism against Sno ..i used to see it against Agathe
imo it is the only reason why is singled out as others are at least as bad if not worse
S Brown ..i agree with you on this one , he has had a few very good performances but as many awful ones
i thought he was crap on sat and against milan amongst others ...he still has a lot to prove imo
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Sir Paul
Thanks for your effort.
Remember the name.....
TONY HAGGERTY.
With a name like that...he gotta be a Tim!
So far my favority Scottish SOCCER SCRIBE... is Glenn!
Hey! One outa...God knows how many?...I don't!....
Is ....let's face it... and tell da Truth( For Wancet!....ed)( Ye sure know how tae hoit a guy!)
A terrible, terrible, reflection on the state of Scottish Soccer Reportage!
So,naturally... Ah wiz hoping that my Spirit Guide had found an Up and Comer, who identifies with... Cosa Nostro!
Kojo.
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All...
"Cosa Nostra!"
Thanks,ed..... for nuttin'!
"Ready, when you are, C.B.!"
Kojo.
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pfayr can you expand on the racism suggestion please.
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3inarow
there is an element within the support who I think are guilty of racism. Their prejudice will form part of the volley of criticism that Sno endures. By "element" and I am not referring to a distinct organised group of individuals that might be found at other clubs. However, references to "black this" or "black that" are not uncommon at Celtic Park. My own prejudices suggest that those who utter such remarks are guilty only of a lack of education as opposed to anything more sinister. Not that this makes it any more excusable or acceptable.
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Thom the Thim
I hear coqup au vin and french fries are on the menu and it is going to cost a few million
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Had the 'pleasure' of bringing 4customers to one of the lounges at Snake Mountain last night as our resident SS Officer is off on paternity leave. (a wee boy - called him AllisDair in case yer wondering !!)
Oh how I enjoyed the evening, collar & tie & full prawn sandwich brigade hospitality !
Had to sit on my hands and nearly bit through my cheek as I shook my head pretending to be frustrated at "our" poor performance - as my mobile beeped incessantly !!!
I then took customers to "One Up" bar in Glasgow afterwards only to see Jim "Where did it all go wrong" White, Gary "First name terms" McAllister having a few scoops with Malky Mackay ????
Big Malky obviously won a bet and was gettin a free night on the raz with the 2 bluenoses !!
ALLEZ OL !
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The diary returns....www.thelordofthewing.blogspot.com
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ardoch it was me who mentioned racism.
like malceye i do not think it is "sinister" racism and more to do with their age/ upbringing at that time but it is racism nonetheless.
Agathe got it as have many away players from those around me, black this and monkey are not uncommon utterances. Often a player they have never seen before will have a comment made as he comes of the bench. I do not think they mean this maliciously but this vocab has been part of their life and they are too far on in age to change now, it is just part of their common speak.
Sno's performances have not merited the abuse he takes from around me, it is beyond not liking him as a player and his colour can be the only thing that i think of.
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Maybe they just think he is an out and out dud.
I'm no fan of his put it that way but I'd never call him anything colour related. Only the hard of thinking stoop to such language.
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From FF-
Why Rangers Got Humped Last Night-
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bobby russell -
Join Date: 31-07-2006
Location: Copland Front & Law
Posts: 298
Away Kit last night
Lyon to blame for this, they knew what they were doing with regards to kit choice.
White is their home kit which should have been worn automatically, allowing Rangers to play in the home kit.
Lyon took the decision (in my opinion) to wear their European away kit to create a clash with our blue, therefore leaving Rangers with no choice but to play in white.
Subtle mind games from the French.
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:))))))
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not for a second saying all those who boo him are racist, just saying that there are an element of those who boo who do not like him for those reasons.
There are also many who just think he is a dud and find his style of play something to dislike.
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Noel,
You have mail.
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what does an arsonist and rangers have in common?
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Kojo 1711
I used to work beside TH's brother Danny. He was a season ticket holder in the North Stand until he moved to England. A smashing guy and a good Tim.
I don't read the rag his brother writes for so I'm not sure about why you want to know, but I am 100%sure he is a Celtic supporter.
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My dear friend, 3inarow...
I do not beg to differ.
Mr.Sno drew the ire of a wide section of the Celtic Support, by his deficiencies..... Slow in Reaction Time.... Dallying when he should have been Sallying... A plethora of Mis-directed passes....
In long or short... Sno deserved to be reviled.. he did not deserve to be Booed... but that is a Personal Choice which was made be some supporters...and I stand by in my defense of EVERYBODY being allowed to EXPRESS themselves....as THEY SEE FIT.....in short... That is their Inalienable Right!
If A number of Celtic Fans, decide that Mr.Sno's Soccer skill was being subdued by deficiencies in his applicatian of same.... and therefore, by their lights...it boded for a spot...or a splash of the Boo Factor... then....
Who am I to disagree?
The same judgment in my part was extant... in the Case of Didi Agathe....
He was a gay deceiver... everyone Knew that he had the Fleetness of Foot...to out race...anyone that he came up against... yet he persisted in wasting this factor, by aimless running... and therefore, succeeded in enraging the delicate temperament of many Celtic Fans...including this writer.
Whether he got his allotment of Boos.... is neither here nor there...as I have dealt with my feeling on that..elsewhere.
In Both cases...
Racism, was never an Ingredient in the Revilement Mix.
I refuse to believe that there is/was, any hint or tint of the Race Card at the crux of the Desparagements that were/are showered on Either player.
Racism, is a subject,that I normally would not breech.
In this case...I have made an exception....
No, my friend....
A player.... Any player to be more precise... who is vocally abused by a fan...is by common sense...
Needing that little bit of Rough encouragement to draw his attention to the fact that He ....the Player,that is...
IS SIMPLY NOT UP BEHAVING UP TO SNUFF... and it is therefore being suggested..however crudely...
THAT HE SHOULD GET HIS FINGER OUT... FORTHWITH!
Never, underestimate the Perspicacity of the average Celtic Fan...
He knows when a Player deserves the Ragged Shaft.....or Not!
And he is not slow in informing his target,either.
Mr.Sno has improved his game.. and whether one agrees with me..in that...it does not change the fact... that Mr. Sno HAS MENDED HIS WAYS...and ....Started to Fly in the right direction.
Therefore.... the chastened Mr.Sno... now, knows to what limits of patience..that the Average Celtic will endure,before there will be unseemly(to the limit breecher)repercussions.
I expect that Mr.Sno will now continue to improve....and the cat-calls will therefore lessen to insignificance.....
Kojo.
Yer pal....who likes ye.
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test
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From KDS-
Recommended by EDB-
Hun Parachute
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long time watcher. first time blogger..
nice to see JOHN FALLON get a good mention; (unsung hero) he went through a hip replacement op today in Glasgow Royal..
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Go on then Bazza.......
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Scrolled down before reading comments again.
Yesterday's Herald published a letter fron some fella who was furious at the SPL for allowing the "Old Firm" such latitude with fixtures, while denying a postponement to Aberdeen. There was a good rebuttal today (they did not print my less good one). This guy seemed honestly to believe that we got equal treatment with Rangers. The Old Firm tag works a treat as a smokescreen for the favouritism that is rife in Scottish football.
Ok. Now I'll go back and read the other posts.
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Absolutely none.........
an arsonist wouldnt throw away his last 3 matches.
boom boom
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I'll get yer coat Baz.........
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hahahaha, cheers mate!
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My dear friend, Ciara's Dad
Thanks for that welcome piece of info,pal.
When the matter came to my attention that Celtic had indeed a friendly friend... who actually had the temerity ...if, NOT the Goood sense...to work for the Scottish Daily Record...
Then it followed as sure at Worse Luck always follows Bad Luck!... that, I would be interested to know, just who this Prince Valiant was...
As I mentioned to Sir Paul... There is a singular dearth(Huh?...ed)( Yeah! I agree...it's a peculiar, woid!) of Pro Celtic Soccer Scribes....
By my count... Only ONE.....in existence....
I was delighted at the notion that mebbe, just mebbe...that figure was in Danger( Tae some, tae, some!...ed)( ye goat that right!)of being Doubled in number, presently.
Thereby, lies my interest in one....
TONY HAGGERTY.
Accordingly, your knowledge, which you have added, in the matter, has confirmed what my Winsome Spirit Guide had firstly, informed....
She will be pleased.
Kojo.
Yer pal....who thinks yer swell.
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ardoch
i think 3inarow and malceye have covered everything i was going to say
i am of the opinion that an element of our support , mainly due to ignorance , distinguish players as a result of there colour
as i stated in an earlier thread i witnessed it first hand in Villareal with abuse that was being given to Agathe
the participants are by no means organised or substantial in number but nonetheless imo exist
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John Fallon was a good goalkeeper. He had the misfortune to understudy the incomparable Ronnie Simpson.
Hope he comes through the hip op in good fettle.
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Is everyone still on Cloud 9, like me?
Reading some of the reports about last night had me in pleats of laughter. The "journos" were obviously hurting badly. Edward's team are RUBBISH and they know it.
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Maybe it's Sno's size and style that attract so much criticism. All his movements seem big and deliberate, as if he feels that he has just a nano-second more than everybody else thinks he has. This leads to a sort of ecstasy of angst amongst the support. It has to be said that quite often he does seem to have that extra instant.
I must say, though that anyone who uses the word,"monkey" or the word,"black" as abuse, is racist. No question.
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On the 12th day of Christmas, Lyon gave to me ...
12th of December
11 Orange Bar stewards
10 pts for Lyon
9 goals against em
8 bares a crying
7 pts not enough
6 Fergie growling
5 British Qualifiers
4 Midfield Mingers
3 cracking goals
2 defensive howlers
1 sending aff
AND THE MISS OF THE CENTUREEEEEEEEE !!!!!!
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Sno, I think, suffers from nerves.
But if anyone cant see that this boy is going to be a player, well, they are prob the same people who said Aiden would never make it.
Sno will be some player in the not to distant future, I just hope its with Celtic.
FFS hes only 20/21 years old....
BTW Donati will also be a star for us.
Oh aye, still laughin at the rangers.
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I wonder if last night's performance has knocked a couple of million pounds of the transfer fee to be commanded by the white tofu?
I know Cousin & PLG complained about the drinking culture at Ibrox, but Hutton falls down so much during a game you'd think he'd taken his hip flask onto the pitch with him.
I see that Wycombe released Rab Douglas from his loan spell yesterday. Just in time for him to nip up to ibrox to give young Rob Roy some coaching. You can see his influence at the first goal.
I think I might watch some Rangers TV tonight.
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sftb
mind and clean your tv afterwards
:¬)
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sftb
I think having to miss the next European match will cool Milan's interest in Nutton.
I heard the current ditzy blonde on Rangers TV tonight state that "Walter's YOUNG team will have gained a lot of experience".
I don't think it is racist per se regarding Sno. I think it is more hairist.
I heard Latapy receive the boo treatment the other night and the common link is surely their coiffure.
As for the boo boys. They just don't know a player or the game for that matter.
Tommy Callaghan-wrong. Telfer-wrong. Aiden-wrong. Evander-wrong/
Plus, Caldwell is improving with every game he plays at full back.
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Anyone see the state of the John Brown on Sky there?
Looked as though he had raided Huggy Bear's wardrobe.
Undignified.
Paul does Platini have plans to balance the co-efficient points gained in UEFA Cup?
It's not right that last 16 in the premier competition can earn less than last 32/16 in UEFA Cup.
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My dear friend, thebourne..@20.04
Excellent, pally!
Simple, Succinct and Splendiferous!
I look forward to further appearances,by you... on this very stage...
Reveal your light from under that Bushel!...( Huh?..ed)( right again,pal.... I don't write 'em ...I just quote 'em!)
Kojo.
Yer pal...who likes yer style.
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sftb
hutton was dire last night ...back to his best of last season
anyone watching that will take a step back as he was under very little pressure and yet his distribution was woeful
the boy is fast but is a diver, a hacker and his passing is of Caldwelldinho standard
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Kojo,
TH is indeed a Tim and he's not the online one at the Record. A certain Mr. Cameron is also a good guy and a very good friend of mine.
All the best,
Martin
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pfayr
You were right about the need for dettol. Apart from John Brown's dress sense, they showed pictures of Kenny McDowell in the dug out last night. He looks like Uncle Fester's less attractive cell mate.
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Thom-
Latapy got pelters for being an ex-hun.
Talking of huns-
John Brown on SSN
-must be having hard times with his jaiket on in the hoose.
MaybehispowercardranootRSC.
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Anyone notice the 5 yr ban and arrest of an Airdrie fan for giving a Nazi salute? Could be interesting precedent.
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Noel,
I knew that. I was just trying to be whimsically jocular, in wry, disingenuous manner.
I can't be serious all the time, after all, yesterday was a good day; I got all my Christmas shopping done.
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san frantic
the airdrie guy would not have be able to use that red hand excuse
as was put about when they disgraced themselves in Israel
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My dear friend, Martin
You info is at odds with my info...
Which is a fertile field for growing..... Confusion!
I was under the impression... now it looks like I'll have to change that woid...to Misapprehension.... that the individual in the box.... did INDEED WOIK FOR THE SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD!
Am I living in error?
Now, I'll admit that my informant ... cunningly,now...it seems...
deemed it ...totally unnecessary to
identify with clarity.... precisely in what capacity....... that TONY HAGGERTY was employed by the Scottish Daily Record...
Just like the script....always says...
I ASSUMED ...when I should have... PRESUMED!( Is There a Difference,then?...ed)( Apparently...in this case....there is!)
Please cast the light of enlightenment on this Quandary ...that has suddenly Quanded( Whit?...ed)( If a Quandary cannae "quand"...then... whit kin?)
In which Dept. of the Scottish Daily Record will one find Mr. Haggerty...if indeed....
He even Woiks, there... at all?
Kojo
Yer Pal.... who thinks ye're greeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaat!
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sanfrantic
I often see many fine examples of the Aryan master race on my journeys through Aidrie.
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Bonjour tout le monde, ici MecCentNeuf
Correct me if I'm wrong on the name of the Airdrie fan... Ian Bear? Apparently he has previous for an incident in the woods.
John Brown ('Bomber' when interviewed by Bhardwaj) works with Braveheart Promotions and represents James McCarthy of Hamilton. Evening Times indicates it is unlikely we will sign him. McCarthy, that is.
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Kojo,
He works at the Sports Desk at the Record.
Cheers,
Martin
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Ian Bear In The Woods
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that pic was courtesy of Rioskorrie.
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bloke109
braveheart promotions are the hobby horse of barry hughes
barry`s in a bit of bother at the moment and has a serious charge outstanding ...he was lucky not to be on remand
the longevity of braveheart promotions is questionable at best
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The Airdrie Aryan master race haiku
The Airdrie Aryan master race
Cold chips still stuck upon his face
From the supper, much to his disgrace, he fell asleep into last night.
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Kojo, Mr Heggarty; on second thoughts, I have met him. Several years ago, way before Celtic Quick News, when the Lisbon Lions got together to plan their commercial re-launch. He was doing his bit for the Lions and attended a couple of meetings I was fortunate to be involved in.
Welcome Blantyretim. Thanks for the update on John Fallon
Roybainstache, Platini has made no plans to change the coefficient rules.
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My dear friend, Martin
Thanks,pally.
Well, that clears that up.( Funny... why does matters never get cleared DOWN?...ed)( True... while on the other hand ...why does one never get Fed-Down?)
The Scottish Daily Record... Sports Desk...
Sounds rather impressive?...eh?
My source has been vindicated,after all.....she will be pleased.
Kojo
Yer pal... who thinks ye're swell.
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Sir Paul
Thanks for that further piece of info.
However, the circumstances in which you became acquainted with this fellow....Does that not, NOT beg the question?...As you know I never resort to begging....since my sainted mother told me that I was big and ..ahem... ugly... enough, to woik for a livin'.
Ah! The Question... I quite forgot... em... Aha!
Does the Lisbon Lions still have a web-site?....and is it a successful one?..
Kojo.
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Kojo, ‘tis a funny old world. The Lions had a web site to assist with the commercial venture, and, at the time, www.lisbonlions.com would direct you there. When time moved on, the Lions halted their web site and commercial venture, now the aforementioned url take you to a most delightful place.
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tony haggerty has attended a few q & a sessions around the blantyre/coatbridge area. think he works out of edinburgh office of the daily ranker
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I tuned into Go Bells last night to enjoy some imaginative in depth analasists from our deluded conpatriots, however much to my chagrin they simply contrived to convince each other that they are not a horrible rabble of shirkers never wheres and never will bees in fact quite the contrary seemed to be the majority position. as the gavel banged down bringing the show to a triumphant and relieved ending I found myself unsatisfied and bemused with the verdict, I felt the parameters of debate had stifled reason and fact in favor of fantasy.
they say it like they wish it where .
Normal service was resumed on entry to Celtic Quick News, where everyone was talking about the same game I had seen on the old idiot box, the reason I knew this was because the words echoed the images my own eyes had captured earlier bringing me much joy as did the magical number 7.
Hail Hail Lyon.
HO HO HO Darnel.
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Paul
Ye got me! LOL.
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Emd else heard about us being linked with the Italian Lucarelli from Shaktar?
BF
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EDB, aye, I keep that one up my sleeve.
Bhoysfour, Lucarelli is one of the best paid football players in Europe, and is certainly the most overpaid player in Europe. His chances of raising the red flag on the front steps of CP are extremely limited.
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paul67
done me as well :¬)
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Rangers 0 Lyon 3 -
a fans reaction.
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Sir Paul
I suppose that you being you, are much too much, of a gentlemen... to expand on that tantalizing tid-bit?
Speaking of odds!( Ye wur?...ed)( not really!)
Sid has just informed us... that under the spell of his friend Nutsy's magnetic personality.. he... that's Sid......
Has just splurged( Is that the correct term?...ed)( It is ...if ye know Sid..like I dae!)...
TWO HUNDRED DOLLAHS.... with the Local Odds Maker... whose name happens to be LEROY...great name.. doncha think?
On Glasgow Celtic to Win the Champions League Cup!
According to Nutsy ...who knows all there is to know about throwing excellent coin of the realm after the Ghosts of Formerly ...excellent coin of the Realm...
Claims that the Odds of Celtic, taking the Whole Enchilada!...Nutsy's Technical Terms..are legion!..... but usually, quite meaningless,anyway!
Are.......
Sixty Eight to One Against.
Which, still according to Nutsy...
Will throw a wholelotta Cabbage... amounting to the kingly sum of......
THIRTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED, CLAMS..! on the TWO HUNDRED DOLLAH BET, BY SID!
Which equates...still, accordin' to Nutsy... in English Funny Money
of ...
SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED KNICKER..give or take a mite or two.
So, how can one resist that?...
Apparently.. Sid could not...and acquiesced to Nutsy's Blandishments...
As they say in Downtown Warsaw...
"There is a Sucker born every Minute..and Twice... On SUNDAY!"
Kojo.
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Noel
Wonderful!
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pfayr, thanks for that. It's interesting to note you have been monitoring this also. It is a sad state of affairs in the 21st century. Scotland really is a wee backward country.
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Kojo, the whole Lions phenomenon deserves to be handled sensitively.
68/1. Hmmm. You know what? Any team who can reach the quarter final can harbour thoughts about the final itself, and any team who can reach the final…..
I’ll hold my coins until after the draw, but if bets are to be placed, they will need to happen before January, no point allowing the odds-maker to change things as a result of the transfer window.
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Alledgedly-
The presenter on Celtic TV -(Des Clark?) has just said-
"Tune in tomorrow we`ll have a Lisbon Lyons special... I mean Lions"
Class !
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It may be a help to those like me, who will be sitting next Frid by the computer awaiting the draw in order to book flights, to understand how the parameters are set and the odds on Celtic being drawn against a particular team.
1. No team can be drawn against a team from the same qualifying Group.
2. No team may be drawn against a team from the same country.
These two rules impact on the probabilities for each club.
This is the info that the bookies will be using in setting their odds.
CELTIC
v
Porto.........12.2% possibility
Chelsea.......18.2% possibility
Madrid........11.6% possibility
Milan ........
Barcelona.....11.6% possibility
Manchester....20% possibility
Inter.........14.2% possibility
Sevilla.......12.2% possibility
So the good news is that it's a cheap trip, the bad news is that it is Man U. Hey! Why worry? We would have progressed last year on the basis of the two meetings.
Exciting isn't it?
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My dear friend, Blantyretim...
Thanks,pal...
The evidence has now become crushingly evidential...that TONY HAGGERTY IS A TIM of GOOD and LONG TIME STANDING!
Only one question remains to be Satisfactorily answered....
Has he a Column or the even a Hope of one...Currently ....in the News Paper of which Frank L. Baum claimed, had the most influential influence in his writings...or so he had been perceived to mouth, from his padded cell?
The plot thickens...
Kojo.
Yer pal.... who likes yer style.
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CelticLover-
Brilliant.
Still want Real then Porto tho'
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Noel, if you're still around, I've just asked you a wee question on your blog.
I already asked it on here but nobody replied
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Kojo-
would he sharing your padded cell ?
That was a joke by the way-
before you end up going in the huff with me again.........
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Sir Paul
Hey!
After reading what you had to say on the subject...and what you say... makes a lotta sense...
Mebbe, I have been a trifle hasty in my cynical Pre-judgment of Nutsy's entrepreneurial adventure in forlornness( Such a woid?....ed)( Sure is.... Wanna Bet?)
I'll think it over...and get back!
Kojo.
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Noel
I agree. 1. Madrid
2. Porto
3. Sevilla
My problem is that my son lives in Manchester and his mother misses him so I can benefit a lot if Man U come out. There is nothing like a mother's love for her son(s).
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My dear,dear friend, Noel....
You know me bettah than that!
Anyway..Howdya think I knew what Frank L. was attempting to say...
unless. I had SEEN it... with my own eyes...?
Kojo
Yer pal.. who nevah evah goes in the Huff!...well... that's no strictly true... now, that ye bring it up....well, mebbe...under the maist serious and debilitatin of circumstances....Ah suppose that mebbe ah ...........ad infin.
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Regretably for reasons explained previously I think we'll be limited to Inter Milan or the two English clubs.
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We're not in Kansas any more Kojo...
When I am less tired I must relate the reactions i received today from the blue blue men at my work.
Quite nasty and vitriolic in their hatred of us - not Lyon or indeed their own team's performance.
Let me leave you with this small mot (nothing bon about it except flute)
As a Hearts!!!! supporter plays the champions league music on his phone to rile up the orcs, my colleague is wont to cry...
'Shameful, your behaviour is disgusting when you lose but worse when you win!'
'You have no dignity and make a mockery of Scottish football. Yous (For he used yous) did not have the humility to just celebrate winning the title that stopped us getting ten in a row, your team had to wear T-Shirts mocking the fact'
True words my friends, true words.
They hurt. They hurt and they hate by each degree
I leave them and us, with these lovely words from Liam and the boys of Hothouse Flowers...
If the lonely night surrounds you
Yeah you're weighed down by gloom
No you don't like what it feels in
Your dark and dirty room
It'll be easier in the morning
It'll be easier in the day
Sun will shine on through your window
We got light to lead the way
Looks like the bottle has run empty
Yeah your heart is torn and dry
Lord you don't like what it feels like
Through your sad and lonely eyes
Looks like the highways never ending
Yeah your legs they feel like lead
Lord you're twisting yeah and turning
In your wide and lonely bed
It'll be easier in the morning
It'll be easier in the day
Sun will shine on through your window
We got light to lead the way
Looks like you got no one you can talk to
And your heart is torn'n'blue
Yeah you look in no direction
I guess these words might pull you through
It'll be easier in the morning
It'll be easier in the day
Sun will shine on through your window
We got light to lead the way
It'll be easier in the morning
It'll be easier in the day
Sun will shine on through your window
We got light to lead the way
Snoresville mailcar overnight express now boarding for M L 3. Last call for ML3...
Night all.
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Quality.
Ever thought about a career as a singer/songwriter.........
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Merry Christmas from The Champions League
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Noel,19.07 whits this aboot, has bobby russell the pointer jumped the dyke?
From FF-
Why Rangers Got Humped Last Night-
"Unread Today, 09:48
bobby russell -
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Paul,
Thanks for the info on Lucarelli, but it sounds like you don't rate him anyway.
Kojo, I posted on previous article
about your thoughts that our January targets were done and dusted, care to expand on your info or thoughts?
BF
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bhoysfour, Keevins has a better idea who we`ll be signing. And he knows hee haw, the donkey that he is.
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Shoot that dug -
Bobby Russell-
not
Boabby Russell......
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The rags from earlier Geographical 11. You missed the obvious Greenock Morten Weighorst.
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Shoot that dug,
It sounds like your no to keen on the Kojo prediction machine!
I think that aside from the two fullbacks we are looking for I would also like to see a natural striker upfront, thought Big Jan was the man when we signed him, but he has struggled quite a bit, still think he should be playing a little wider and not as a target man.
If we come across a good one we should spend the money.
BF
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Nice Gesture
Paul Telfer
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Paul67,
With reagrds your comment about a tall guy target man type. Kind of agree. I take heart in that Gordon said back in August that targets not available may be tried for in Januray. I then take heart and small hope that Mr Frei is still in the mix.
I now i keep on banging on about him. But if Celtic were to get him he will become a legendary striker with us. They guy is great player and a deadly goalscorer.
I rate this guy really highly.
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My dear friend, BhoysFour....
Before I go....
I will give you collie's mentioned mentionables.........
The Colchester Chap
The Hibernian Potato
The Hamiltonian Pair.
The Capital Tool.
The Foxes Kit.
The Dundee Baritone.
From Me...
A distinguished English Gentleman of some past glories.
That's off the top of my head... I am in haste, to go on an much anticipated assignationary adventure, with my nubile Spirit Guide.... You can understand my eagerness......Canst Thou?
Farewell and Ta Ta.
Kojo.
Yer Pal... who likes ye.
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We`re in the last sixteen
last sixteen
Bhoy, do we love them so
We were too good
for the uefa cup
Unfortunately they`re no
We laughed at the huns
on Wednesday night
They only needed a draw
They could have achieved
What Celtic had done
had Jean-Claude
no miskicked the ba`
We`re in the last sixteen
last sixteen
Bhoy, do we love them so
We were too good
for the uefa cup
Unfortunately they`re no
Oh why did we laugh
When Darcheville went aff?
And why was there glee at three?
Oh, Wattie, ya hun
you brought us much fun
You signed Davie Weir on a free
We`re in the last sixteen
last sixteen
Bhoy, do we love them so
We were too good
for the uefa cup
Unfortunately they`re no
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The Colchester Chap - Elekobi
The Hibernian Potato - Murphy
The Hamiltonian Pair - McCarthy & Offiong
The Capital Tool - Driver
The Foxes Kit - Kisnorbo?
The Dundee Baritone - Robson
A distinguished English Gentleman of some past glories - Beckham
Having followed closely the reforming of the Spice Girls, they will be based in the UK as they record and prepare for world tour etc. Beckham will not play in the EPL as he has vowed not to play against Manure. He would want to play in the CL and win a final trophy (or 2. Or 3.). He's the only decent player of the aforementioned. May I be the first to type:
David Beckham of Celtic.
I dunno. You miss just one dose of your medication.
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No-one's mentioned really mentioned this potential fixture but I have had a premonition post my Lyons pump Rankers one from a few weeks back. It is this - we'll be playing Chelsea. Security nightmare ? Yes. Exotic trip ? Non. Prospect of winning the tie ? Absolutely. With Drogba in the African Nations' Cup,and our nemesis Mourinho gone, why not ?
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malceye
Decent shout. Much as I don't rate Lampard, you tame him and Kalou as a goal-threat with pace aside, they can be beaten. Horrible place to go though, as you say.
While the list of potential signings above isn't inspiring, I'd back us against anyone over two-legs.
Meanwhile over in the Cup the Big Boys Forgot, Rangers will get Bolton.
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Why not Malceye? I quote from the BBC website's article about the new Chelsea boss having his contract extended:
"The former Israel coach lost his opening match at Manchester United, but has since guided the Blues to a 16-match unbeaten run."
That's 16 games unbeaten in the Champions League and the self proclaimed "best league in the world". Chelsea against Naylor, Pressley, McManus & Caldwell... it's not really a dream scenario!
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Paul, where's me photies?
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Kojo , Cheers for that!I am looking forward to January's window being opened.
My preference in the next round, would be the Reds of Manchester.
I don't think they would want to be drawn against us.
I fancy our chances for progression no matter who we play.
BF
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BCS
A so-called "battle of Britain" fixture is just what we need to raise the stakes for the players. Those defenders you have highlighted have just beaten 3 excellent teams in the group phase. With a bit more of a raised game, why not tame them in London ? By all accounts we were due to be reduced to pulp by ManUre last season. In terms of the results that didn't happen. Put it this way. Whoever we play, we will be the underdogs and the "bigger" team will have it all to lose. I also think we're more likely to achieve a result away from home against an English club than we are against continental opposition - and I include Porto in that assessment.
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At 13/12/07 17:40, Kojo said…
I expect a turn around here...next year..
Despite the post Guy Fawkes sell off and fall off, all the major indices are still in positive territory.
Indeed the NASDAQ is showing double digit gains YTD.
In other words the dip was, like Celtic's loss of form, temporary and recoverable with a little tinkering.
Normal service has already been resumed.
'GG checking the charts
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I've been reading the comments for 1&1/2 hours and thought one or two were excellent....Sno & Racism and how Scott Brown has been Lillian Gish but cost £5M....BUT what about Wayne Cascarino of Heselink? Has he got a diddy twin?
Virgo, TG, JVoH, MZ,JJ, MD apart from Artur No.1 and Naka (one sason wonder?)...Would you let GS loose with the cheque book? If he fails in the big race with the cardigan then he will be judged...like Sno!
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At 13/12/07 21:36, Paul67 said
Nice one
Indeed you're not wrong.
'GG
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Kojo,
If Bloke109's list is correct???
And, If we sign even one of them,
then then you can be assured that season tickets will not be renewed en masse next year. TOTAL MINCE EVERYONE ONE OF THEM.
How many squad players do we need?
Sign 2 or even 1 half friggin decent player who will walk into the team and, hopefully, improve it. Forget Europe, 3 in a row is a must.
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At 14/12/07 00:06, Bloke109 said…
The Foxes Kit - Kisnorbo?
New England Revolution Defender of the Year Shalrie Joseph
'GG
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Happy Holidays
Even to ED
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Noel,i also seen that very suspicious entry on fascist fascist,if,as we suspect,it is indeed B Russell,the windae pointer,well,i'll have to wash my hands of him.Somehow though,i doubt it,for the simple reason that i have only known one man who's dislike of all things hun matches my own,and it is the aforementioned BR,toodle ooh.
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Johnnyquest-
You have to admit that it would not be unlike Bobby Russell [of windae pointing fame] to disappear in a canoe and then turn up on FF claiming to have been suffering from amnesia and to have been a hun all along [even though he isn't].
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Some good pics on a thread from The Huddleboard-
Dignity
and
3 monkeys
poor Uncle Fester......
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December 14
St John of The Cross
Pro - Sign of _ _
Pro - Alex _
Pro - Wishaw _
Con - _ My Hand With Silver
Pro - Hot _ Bun
Con - _ Keys Inn
Pro - _e & Blackwell
Pro - Christopher _
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David. 02.33
Excellent! Thanks for the link.
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Today in 1896 the Glasgow subway opened, making it the third oldest metro system in the world, after London and Budapest.
With the Empire Games coming in 2014 it is proposed the network will be expanded to look like this
Anyone interested in an uplifting story about triumph over adversity should try and catch the Sam Baker interview with Bob Harris from last night's Country show on Radio2.
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Today would be a good day to hop onto the subway and go and have a look at this
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WG - Crosskeys Inn shurely must be a Pro ?
Or is it no longer a Celtic Pub ?
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John. (At the top of the page PODIUM No. 1)
I have to stop laughing now as the pain in my sides is getting hunbearable (see what I did?).
I wonder what oldbear 1972 thinks of his teams performance.
On a more serious note, I thought the gers fans card display was very impressive.
...but they cannot compete with Fenerbahce v Galatasaray!
Are Turkish supporters mental or what...
here;
http://tinyurl.com/2xtb6l
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Morning Bhoys & Ghirls
Running out of ideas for Celtic theme elevens but here it goes.
Celtic Viking (Scandinavian) Eleven.
Hedman
Edvaldsson, Mjallby, Rieper, Laursen,
Gravesen, Weighorst, Bjarnason, Riseth,
King of Kings, Brattbakk
Manager, Jock Rammstein
Assistant Manager Eric the Red(Black)
Bench - Noggin The Nog, Darren O’Din, Andreas Thor, Bobo Beowulf
ABBA CSC
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Bazzabhoy, you have mail.
‘GG, aye.
‘Chips, I’ll do it over the weekend. You gave me food for thought, what do you think of this:
Celtic Quick News does not carry photographs, principally because most photos used on the web are ‘stolen’ from the rights holders, however…….
If CQN contributors with suitable kit and ability were to take their cameras along to games and grant CQN free licence to use their pics, I could build up a stock of photos and start to use them.
Thoughts anyone?
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Really unimpressed at the way Blogger have started to brand each comment.
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Paul I'm fairly new to blogging, what do you mean by 'Brand each comment'
Confused CSC
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NBT, from this morning, the word “Blogger” has been added before each user name, and the Blogger logo now appears beside each user name in the add comments page.
They way to add value to a business is not to stick your branding everywhere, it would suit them better to match the functionality available with pretty much every other blog system.
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Kojo - distinguished Engligh gentleman of former past glories
David Beckham
Charles Dance
John Hurt
Ian McKellen
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DBIA
Wonder if the SPT have approached Mastercard for sponsorship of the Underground.
It look suspiciously like their logo!
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We've all become slaves to the Google /Blogger collective.
We need to rise up and fight the machine.
I AM SPARTACUS!
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Beckham will not get coppola numero cento per Inghilterra while playing for LA Galaxy.
Swap with Zurawski? ;-D
Chris
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Paul67 @ 10.06; was treating myself to 15 mins on the blog, coffee in hand, and was diverted into trying to shift the annoying little box containing the word "Blogger" and a red x in a smaller box, (what you usually see on a site when a picture hasn't come up). This partly explains --thanks. No way, then of getting rid of it?
RE: the point made about photos @ 09.53 - it might be worth looking at Facebook. There, a huge amount of pictures may be put up and unlike other systems, you don't get plagued by ads in the Inbox.
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St John of the Cross was a brilliant poet and drew the picture of Christ crucified that inspired Salvador Dalí to paint his famous version, the Christ of St John of the Cross.
It's the St Mungo Museum in Glasgow now, but used to hang in the gallery at Kelvingrove. A local worthy slashed it in 1961 because it was a graven image and offended his sensibilities, but the work is restored magnificently and Glasgow, in spite of opposition from Spain, has managed to hold onto it.
We are not worthy.
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Celtic_First @ 10.16: agree 100%. When I was last up a couple of months ago (Dundee Utd. 3-0 weekend!), was able to take the elderly parents to see the Dali, for the first time in some years. It has, in fact, been returned to Kelvingrove which feels like its rightful home. It's splendid -- and so is the restored Kelvingrove itself.
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And talking of logos, SDali also designed this wee gem
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Yes, one of his lesser-known works. It hangs in the Copland Road Gallery of Fine Art.
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Orange Bs all over the blog - I'll make no further comment!
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Paul
Thanks for the explanation, I thought my new computer was acting up, the red cross is a bit of an eyesore, can't you change it to green.
Celtic 1st
As a child I used to go to the Kelvinside Art Gallery all the time mainly to stare for hours at the Dali painting of Christ of St John of the Cross. (that and the bee hive in the windae) I remember when the bampot slashed the painting. I believed the controversial part of the painting that got the idiots upset was is that you are looking down on Christ who is looking down on the world as if to say that you are above Christ, if that makes any sense.
I still go to Art Galleries, not as often but my favorite is Tate Modern in London, the best free entertainment in the world, the crack in the big hall cracks me up and when they had the 3 slides there, you become part of living art, ridiculous, saying that they do have a good room with Dali paintings and other good surrealists artists
André Breton CSC
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Daveinlondon, no way of getting rid, but another straw on the back of the decision to move from Blogger…..
Facebook and a few others have stacks of photos, but unless explicit permission is give for use on CQN I would be reluctant to publish.
Celtic First, CoStJoTC is back in Kelvingrove.
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Daveinlondon
I didn't know it had moved back, thanks.
I do remember requests to take it back, but the authorities felt St Mungo's would suffer greatly without its 'star player'.
The argument was that Kelvingrove needed it just as badly, which I don't particularly agree with, but I take your point that the painting does seem 'at home' there.
I've got a wee bombshell, also linked to the arts world, that I'm going to keep for the new article.
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Nothing to do with anything but I can highly recommend the 5 Disc DVD release of Blade Runner. The set contains four different cuts of the movie and the entirety of disc two is a documentary about the making of the film and is the first time Harrsion Ford has spoken about the film.
Superb
RoybattyCSC
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Please be aware the following is highly highly likely to be as credible as the Rangers back four but made me laugh...
Make em laugh…make em laugh….who says we are skint ?? Not according to the impeccable 'sources' at football-rumours as we shop for the following in the sales :
Maloney, Villa to Celtic £1 million (Jan)
CELTIC WANTED LIST. (NOT ALL will SIGN) :
1. JONES–SUNDERLAND £6.5 MILL
2. ROBBIE KEANE–SPURS £4.5 MILL
3. FINNAN–LIVERPOOL £2.5 MILL
4. SHOCK–FEYENOORD– GIO VAN BRONK–£1.5 MILL
5. DAVID MURPHY–HIBS £1.7 MILL
6. HENRIK BACK IN. TALKS ADVANCED. GIO HIS BEST MATE.
7. APPIAH–HIS AGENT KEEPS ASKING.–£5.8 MILL
8. Taylor–Pompey–£5 mill
9. maloney already agreed £1.5 mill
10.Nugent–Pompey–loan deal rest of season.
11.2 players from spartak moscow–big secret–
12. benni McCarthy £1.5 + Sno, Combined £3.7 mill
13. Bedtnar–Arsenal £4 mill
PLAYERS OUT
1. Balde–Sunderland–swap liam Miller back
2. Sno–Blackburn part of McCarthy deal (3.7 million)
3. Riordan–WBA–£1.8 MILL
4. Magic–£1.5 mill–LA Galaxy
5. Rest all kids on loan
Crystal Palace have made a £1 million pound offer for Celtics out of favour star Riordan
James McFadden £6 million to Celtic
Aberdeen might also lose Zander Diamond to Celtic as he has yet to sign new deal.
Big Wavy
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Cheers, Paul.
I wasn't so much meaning get pics from Facebook, more a thought that FB could be a useful way of making such pics available to the membership, if you were ever minded to set up a group and profile. We use FB here for, ahem, professional purposes and we find it pretty good and the safest of all of those social networking sites.
Am now minded to pay another visit to the Dali when I get home next week. Can't wait; ticket supply permitting, hoping to get to two home games @ CP, 22nd & 29th. That is unless we cancel Gretna in view of a huge fixture a few days afterwards ... for the good of Scottish fitba, of course ...
Right, 15 mins on the blog has turned into 45. Better get some work done!
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CelticFirst :- Re your comment on the Dalipainting, we may not agree too often but in this I'm with you 100% I can't say I'm a great lover of art but it's the most magnificent painting I've ever seen.
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Good man Edward.
I'm pretty sure you and I would agree about a lot of things.
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Big Wavy - Nugent (Portsmouth) to Celtic (even on loan) would be a great acquisition. I watched him many times for Bury and for Preston. However, you may find that if Everton get what they are looking for from a sale of McFadden you may find "Nuge" goes to his spiritual home at Goodison.
Celtic_First - good to see you back on blog - how was Prague? Totally agree with you about the painting. A close second for me is Picasso's Guernica - but I'll need to arrange another trip to Madrid to see that - maybe in February perchance?
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http://www.etims.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2052&Itemid=29
AN ABSOLUTE PEACH OF AN ARTICLE. A MUST READ FOR ALL CELTIC FANS
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Hi Boltonbhoy
Long time no hear from you. I was just thinking about you, wondering if St John of the Cross was a 'copa' feast day.
As you were the keeper of the list, I realised right away that you would know.
I'm assuming it was.
As soon as I saw the mention of David Nugent, I knew you'd post. I remember what you said about watching him when he played for Bury or someone.
It's funny how things haven't worked out for him at Portsmouth. It's not as if that miss he had against Fulham was above 2.5 on the Darcheville-Van Vossen scale.
Prague was great. Brilliant food: rabbit, duck, et cetera. I was struggling to get any information about the game against Falkirk and was beginning to panic, until I stumbled upon a wee place that not only had broccoli soup, steak and chips and a cheeky wee Frankovka, but also WiFi.
That was excellent at the end of a hard day.
Hope all is well with you and yours.
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Edward,
You might appreciate participating in this existensialist work. ;-)
Chris
bluePeriodCSC
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Copa feast day? Can't remember to be honest. But, as you can well imagine, I'd have done my utmost to ensure that it was! You remember well - I did post on the blog while Nugent was still at Bury that he would be worth a wee look. I'm sure he would be a huge success if he came.
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I know this is pedantic of me (anybody still there?) but am I the only one who grew up calling the Kelvingrove "place" simply the Art Galleries? It does have Dali's magnificent work restored in all it's glory.
I have just discovered our forthcoming fixture list and I am hoping to attend 3 or 4 games shortly. Best Christmas present of the lot.
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I absolutely love that painting, it used to hang on the stairs at my primary school (obviously not the original)
I had no idea it was at Kelvingrove though, I must visit asap to see it.
Some interesting names being mentioned today, can't see us getting many if any of them though.
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Pedantic Parkheadcumsalford
We always called it the Art Galleries. The great thing I remember most of the Dali painting was that you climb up stone stairs to where it was hanging. It made the painting seem grander if that was possible, I have to agree with EU that it is one of the best paintings, I use to have it for wallpaper on my Laptop up till a year ago.
Brian Sewell CSC
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Brian Sewell is a Tim, you know.
That'll be him on that FollowFollow list. It's getting so as you can't even find a decent, plum-voiced, art critic that will treat the Teddy Bears with a bit of non-paranoid, unJesuitical fairness.
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Paul67, fine by me. But you should really state Copyright: [Name] against the photos, preferably superimposed onto each pic... which I have no idea how to do myself! Contributors may be happy to grant you permission to use on this site, but may not want other people making prints etc. and selling them for their own profit!
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Dali and the painting caused a great stir at the time because of the angle of the view.
Many found it degrading because the viewer is looking down on Christ.
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We're originally fae Paisley with Argyll links but we knew the place as the Art Galleries; plural, always.
There is something about that painting that has echoes of the city and of west of Scotland. You visit it almost like you vist an old friend. Perhaps it's the foresight of, was it Tom Honeyman, who procured it for the city ... and the audacity of a place like Glasgow, with its reputation at the time, even to imagine giving a home to an acknowledged modern masterpiece?
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Celtic_First said: "Prague was great. Brilliant food: rabbit, duck, et cetera. I was struggling to get any information about the game against Falkirk and was beginning to panic, until I stumbled upon a wee place that not only had broccoli soup, steak and chips and a cheeky wee Frankovka, but also WiFi."
Where was said establishment? I am going to Prague for a week at the end of January, so any tips appreciated.
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LOL @ Celtic_First!
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BigChipSuk
there is a simple way of making the images not possible to download- not that I know how to do it mind.
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Sunterranian :- lmao, it was a very blue house the other night with a very blue bear residing in it. It was one of those rare times that you could listen to blues to cheer yourself up because compared to the mood I was in the music seemed so upbeat :-)
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Parkheadcumsalford :- That's what I knew it as when younger, it wasn't until I left Glasgow that I heard it called anything else. I haven't been up since it was refurbished but I do remember it as a brilliant day out with very helpful staff who had a pride in the place and enjoyed passing on knowledge of the exhibits.
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CelticFirst :- Once again I agree with you, fairness is unjesuitical ;-)
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Paul/Bigchipsuk - if you use a flickr account, you can direct the link to flickr, that way the owner keeps their copyright. You are not displaying the image you are just showing where the image can legally be viewed.
therags...
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That was very casuistic of you Edward.
You'll soon be on that list as well, if you're not already for rubbing shoulders with the likes of us.
I was at a posh reception at the galleries one evening, and the staff were outstanding. I was with some people from outside Scotland and was talking to them about the Glasgow Boys.
They said, 'Well let's take a look at one of the paintings.'
We were meant to stay in the foyer area but I asked one of the women in uniform about a painting called 'Auld Wullie, a village worthy' by, if I remember rightly, a painter called Ferguson.
The museum woman says: "Aye, I know the one you mean, but we had to sell it to pay the electric."
This brought quizzical looks from the assembled group, until she said: "Och, I'm only joking, what are yes like? Come on, it's doon here, I'll put the lights on specially so yes can see it. And if it does go missing now I'll know who's responsible."
I remarked to one of the people there: "You don't get this kind of attention at the Guggenheim in Bilbao."
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And LOL @ EU!
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Celtic First
I did not know that Brian Sewell was a Tim, come to think of it I guess that is why he did that show following the pilgrims to Lourdes. Paul Merton once said to him that he had the poshest voice in Britain and that he made the Queen sound rough. Old Brian he is so far in the closet he has adventures in Narnia.
http://www.briansewell.co.uk/home.html
very culture mob are we here at CQN.
Byzantine CSC
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Bcs
Try Legends sports bar in Prague
it has sky sports and was even showing celtic home games a couple of months back
AL
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Pul67, you have mail mate,. Cheers
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Bigchips
This was in a wee hotel near the Old Town Square. The main attraction was the WiFi, but the food and wine were great too. As SOAL says, there are hundreds of places around there.
A lot were a bit too touristy for me, but I asked in the place I was staying if they could recommend a place with good, traditional Czech food.
The place they directed me to was called: U Krkavcu, in a street near the square called Dlouha.
It was a bit dearer than most of the places in the area, but not extortionate.
It's called a wine restaurant, but the choice of wines wasn't extensive. Even so, they gave me a local Cabernet Sauvignon that was superb.
Because you didn't have time to open the wine and let it breath, they decanted it over a candle flame into a fabulous wide-bottomed decanter, gave it a great shoogle around and poured it.
I loved it. I don't know what the candle flame was all about, but Whitedoghunch will, no doubt, be able to tell us.
Plus, the food was brilliant: lots of game, a lot of pork.
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With reference to using pictures on the website I'm with Paul.
To be avoided as its an area not really dealt with in copyright terms but I'm sure its something lawyers will be working on as we speak.
In my work putting pictures on an editorial website costs money.
Getty Images are in the process of creating a website for 'the man on the street' where you can search, rate and email to friends. Its just a beta site at the moment so it doesn't look great but worth a look
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Also having seen Brian Sewell on numerous occasions he has rather a lot of chiffon scarves in his closet
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AweNaw,
No hidden agenda with this question (honest!) but do you know the author (Tuairim)? If so, can you tell me roughly how old he is?
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Celtic_First
I'm chuckling here because I thought you knew the way you wrote it.
Possibly it was stored somewhere a bit too cool and it was to bring it up to temperature.
The 'shoogle' is a great tip to get oxegyn quickly round a good wine if you don't have time to let it breathe- mind the sedement in the older ones though or hoof it quickly as I do.
Rabbit and Cab Sauv tsk tsk
the duck I could forgive....
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new article posted.
'Chip, good point.
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Bazzabhoy, I'm on the case.
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Stevies,
No I dont know the author. I have never heard previously and have no idea who he/she is or how old.
As I have mentioned before our present customer base demands success to the level of being abusive. That´s what they are paying for. To be associated with winners - nothing else. Once we stop winning and we will. It will be absolutely fascinating to see how we adapt to that situation when it arises and what changes will be witnessed because of it.
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Thanks AweNaw,
I couldn't agree more.
Personally, it makes me quite sad.
