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any chance?
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Evrybody must be out on Christmas 'Dos'!
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Whitedog
As I said, the range wasn't extensive and the rabbit was in a heavy sauce with those Bohemian dumplings.
It worked for me.
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Now, the big news.
J.K. Rowling is working under the Imperius curse, controlled by someone from the dark side.
I have proof.
Her wean's name is David Murray.
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Stevies,
from previous thread
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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AweNaw,
replied on previous.
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just recieved this text, so you guys on here probably have it on site !!!!
on the 12th day of christmas lyon gave to me:
12th of december:
11 orange buggers:
10 points for lyon:
9 goals against:
8 bears a crying:
7 points not enough:
6 fergie growling:
5 british qualifiers:
4 midfield numpties:
3 cracking goals:
2 defensive errors:
1 sending off:
and the miss of the centureeeeee
(sorry of its been done already, made me laugh)
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just recieved this text, so you guys on here probably have it on site !!!!
on the 12th day of christmas lyon gave to me:
12th of december:
11 orange buggers:
10 points for lyon:
9 goals against:
8 bears a crying:
7 points not enough:
6 fergie growling:
5 british qualifiers:
4 midfield numpties:
3 cracking goals:
2 defensive errors:
1 sending off:
and the miss of the centureeeeee
(sorry of its been done already, made me laugh)
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mackybhoy it was done just before your second post.....
DBBIA a hard 1 to call tomorrow
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Celtic_First
sounds a treat.
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also, the thing thatmade me laugh more, and the fact that its a taboo subject, and no one wanst to highlight it,
was the fact that stuart mccall went on at h/t ranting at the rangers support to stop booing and support your team !!!!!!!!!
now, imagine if that happened at paradise..........
at lot has been said about true fans, this week.
this is where we can always be better than them,
please remember that......
i for one, get great satisfaction from it......
also the route i have to take to get on here is absolutely puzzling..... dont know how ive done it, but you may here from me in march !!!!!!
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lol
wish this could be easier to use !!!!
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Apologies in advance if this has already been done but I have just received it and it made me laugh!
David Attenborough is to do a documentary on the latest unexplained freak of nature. Apparently a pack of Lyons managed to attack 11 donkeys and then escape from 50,000 raging bears!
On second thoughts maybe that should have been 5,000 raging bears!
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Whitedog
It was between that and a pinot noir.
Would you have gone for that?
I almost did, but thought it might be a bit light.
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Big up to Pastyface !
We should be well rested by Sunday.
3 points are a must for us and Hearts this weekend.
We won't be as well rested as Gretna tho'.......
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Celtic_First
sorry for stealing the blog Paul
I think even though it was a heavy stew I would always stick with a white for a bunny- a fragrant riesling, viognier etc.
People often mix it up with hare which is a lot bloodier hence a good red but I suppose it is game so a light pinot noir would have been nice.
I really need to find a different Blog
Hail Hail.
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Heres hoping the Cousins of William can do us a favour tomorrow against the huns. Its a bit like cheering Saruman's Orcs against Sauron's Orcs. Speaking of Cousins, G.Spiers has labelled Cousins the new Basil Boli. With JCD being compared to Vossen, its like old days in the home of badgers.
Does anyone know when the draw for the next round of the Champions League is? for some reason I thought it was today.
Will there be Sno up in the Hielands on Sunday.
Sneeuwen CSC
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you are too kind Noel
It helps to have your job postponed for a week
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Big Joe’s back……………………………….
Back again………………………………………..
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Big Joe’s back…………………………………..
Big Joe’s back…………………………………..
Big Joe’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
Hi Paul…………………………………………
What a great few weeks for the BHOYS……………….
Last 16 and all that………………………………………..
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Tasttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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And 2 everyone on CQN…………………………………………..even W.G.
Let the festivities begin……………………………………………
BifJoefaaTherigsWhoLivesInSPAINetc,all
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Going by the last couple of weeks it seems like December is turning out to be a month of Sno!
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Awe Naw
I can have sympathy with this article but the following?
"New Celtic fans will be well aware of the club’s Irish links. However he will always stress that this is in the past and is history. Celtic is now most definitely a Scottish club. There will be little time for the old breed Celtic supporter – the supporter who might support the Irish national team rather than the Scottish national team having watched decades of abuse of Celtic and its players by the Scottish Football Association. This will mean little to the New Celt who can never understand why a person born in Scotland could not support ‘his own country’. As for Aiden McGeady, some will whisper that he's a traitor to his country. Leave history beside the politics at that door."
As a Scottish born of Irish descent OLD Celtic Supporter who attended his first match in 1956 and my first Scotland International in 1957 I would suggest that your man should " away and bile his heid" Celtic always was a Scottish Club formed principally by Irishmen to unite not to divide. These comments I find divisive and insulting to Scots Celtic supporters. We should celebrate all that we are not just a part of it. That indeed would differentiate us from others.
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Paul 67
I believe this starting slowly malaise has been in evidence much longer than a few months, in fact I believe it began in the last MON season and that fast starts since have become an exception much to our cost. Certainly I'd prefer to see them out of the traps snarling.
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Just wondering? Has anyone heard from EdwardUrsus since Wednesday night?I trust he didn't get hurt in the 2nd half stampede??
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There is a bit of generalization going on with that comment also. I find a lot of young Celtic fans to be the ones who promote the Irish-ness of Celtic the most albeit not always with a mature 'heid' on, which makes me think of a time on a bus in Clydebank were a couple of 14-15 year old neds on the bus shouting IRA etc trying to wind others up. I find a lot of younger fans really appreciate the Romanticism of the the Irish links to our club which is great, but there are some who rather adopt certain aspects of our relationship for unsavory reasons which is disappointing.
Yeah I've branched away from my original point a little but what I was trying to say was that Celtic's Irish history is not something which new fans tend to ignore.
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Derbyshirebhoy,
As a proud Scotsman, Celtic supporter and Scottish national team supporter I find his/her comments accurate and spot on. The author does not say or intimate that Celtic is not a Scottish club. To say anthing else is not based in fact. It would be a lie of course unless Ryanair got involved;-)
What he is hinting at in his article is that there are Celtic supporters who are becoming more and more marginialised by "sanitized" Celtic. Whether it´s financially or through some kind of modification of a percieved ethos (i,e politics, singing etc) or those Celtic supporters born in Scotland and supporting Ireland first are also now becoming marginalised.
Your "away and bile yer heid" retort just proves it.
Hail Hail
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WDH - Nice to see you dispensing culinary advice still.
Kojo - TH and NC are not the only Tims at the Record, we are growing in number.
Martin, friend of Mr Cameron, Are you based in mainland Europe? And did I meet you at St Bride’s last Christmas morning?
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Brian :- There was no danger of a stampede as the ground was almost empty when I left :-)
To be fair to my fellow fans most (apart from the subway loyal) stayed until the last couple of min.
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GL2-What's tough to call- to go Advent shopping with Haraldina or stock up with Kendal mint cake and head for another top of the table clash at Brunton?
Like Celtic Carlisle have ropped daft points lately but they'll make it an interesting afternoon for Barry Hearn's snooker loopy Os. Dont be shocked if Carlisle pocket all three points, and leave their visitors needing snookers.
Anyways, UEFA Cup round of 32 starts Feb 14th. For the good of Scottish football we need to start petitioning now to get the Rang### v Falkirk, and the Killie v Rang### games postponed, to give the Wattmeister more time to prepare. Given events on Wednesday some improvement could be made on the way Mcgregor collected the ball from the back of the net.
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Ed, I'll probably get stick from my fellow fans on here for this but unlucky for going out, Rangers gave the group a fairly good go especially considering you weren't given much of a chance before the tournament began. I only saw the highlights of the Lyon game so I can't comment on that but the first game away and the victory against Stuttgart were good, particularly the former which was a brilliant result. Lyon deserved to go through in the end but you kept on fighting until the end and on another day you might have got stole a point. I'm not saying you should have taken points against Barca but I think Smith's negativity against them and his unwillingness to chase after the points even when losing was setting the wrong message. It doesn't matter who it is you're up against you have to go for the points in a group format particularly when you're already quite low seeded. Every point counts, with Celtic beating Milan and Man U, as well as you winning beating Lyon away shows that we're more than capable of winning against the odds.
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EdU-good to hear you're very well & with us!! - Well done on staying then until the bitter end -couldn't have been easy!You would make a fine Celtic supporter - faithful through & through et cetera!!
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Sean :- I couldn'tdisagree with anything you say, if you are going to get beaten by a team like Barcalona then why not get beat having a go, that way you might just get something.
To my mind the problems the other night were multiple, among them a lack of teamwork, a lack of any variation in play, too much reliance on a hopeful ball into the area from the mddle and not one player playing to his potential. I normally don't comment much on a game til I've watched it again n the box but no way am I watching this one again.
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Brian :- I don't know if it'sa case of faithfull through and through or what I consider to be more likely, the fact that I'm a miserly sod who reckons paying for 90 min means I want to see 90 min :-)
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Champions League last 16 draw summary:
Porto: Schalke 04, Olympiacos, Celtic, Lyon, Roma, Fenerbahçe, Arsenal
Chelsea: Olympiacos, Celtic, Lyon, Roma, Fenerbahçe
Real Madrid: Liverpool, Schalke 04, Celtic, Lyon, Roma, Fenerbahçe, Arsenal
AC Milan: Liverpool, Schalke 04, Olympiacos, Lyon, Fenerbahçe, Arsenal
Barcelona: Liverpool, Schalke 04, Olympiacos, Celtic, Roma, Fenerbahçe, Arsenal
Man U: Schalke 04, Olympiacos, Celtic, Lyon, Fenerbahçe
Inter Milan: Liverpool, Schalke 04, Olympiacos, Celtic, Lyon, Arsenal
Sevilla: Liverpool, Schalke 04, Olympiacos, Celtic, Lyon, Roma, Fenerbahçe
Liverpool: Real Madrid, AC Milan, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Sevilla
Schalke 04: Porto, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Barcelona, Man U, Inter Milan, Sevilla
Olympiacos:Porto, Chelsea, AC Milan, Barcelona, Man U, Inter Milan, Sevilla
Celtic : Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man U, Inter Milan, Sevilla
Lyon:Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Man U, Inter Milan, Sevilla
Roma:Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla
Fenerbahçe:Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Barcelona, Man U, Sevilla
Arsenal:Porto, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Barcelona, Inter Milan
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Narrowboat Tim,
THE CL draw is to be made on the 21 DEC. The day I go off on vacation for two weeks :-)
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Sean & Brian :- Sorry I replied to Brian but headed it Sean.
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Celtic Animal Kingdom Eleven
4-4-2
Falconer, John
Hogg, Bobby, Lamb, Peter. Lyon,Willie (anything to get that last name in), Hynds, Thomas
Guppy, Steve, Falconer, Willie, Peacock, Bertie, Fisher, James
Heron, Giles, Sharkey, James
Manager, Lou Mackeral
Assistant Manager Eric Blackbird
Bench - Matthew Mair, Rabbit Douglas, Budgie Byrne, Roy 'Feed the Bear' Aitken
David Attenborough CSC
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Reports are that Steven Pressley (groin) and Ryan Conroy (ankle) might not make the match this weekend?
If that is the case, who do you think Ghord will play in the back 4?
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Paul,
’The contrast between the Falkirk and St Mirren performances could hardly be more marked; straight from kick off against Falkirk we could see Celtic’s intent to win the game’
Haven't posted for a while so bad form coming on and being a bit negative BUT I've been thinking this for some time!
A wee while back you posted an article on this teams inconsistency – too true!
BUT
Inconsistency & Predictability??????????????
At first sight can seem counter-intuitive, however Celtic have proven this season it’s
NOT
We are struggling to build on last seasons dominance of the SPL
Totally predictable
We managed to get through the group stage of the Champions League BUT our away form was poor
Totally predictable
Our Scottish Cup run falters and dies
Totally predictable
Injuries have taken there toll on vulnerable positions – i.e. allowing a world class team to target young O’Dea lacking in match practice and playing out of position.
Totally predictable
SOOOOOOOOOoooooooo it dis’nae take a genius to make a few more Predictions
In January Celtic will fail to strengthen to the required level and fall in Europe’s next hurdle
The SPL will be tight right to the wire and Rangers will win it by a nose
Am I the only malcontent who thinks where we are is just NOT good enough and we need to raise the BAR – It’s what the Ghuys promised when Gordon took over and I for one would like to see it delivered, GS said it would take him three seasons to build the team he wanted!
ImHo we need to be much MORE consistent and much LESS predictable!
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Chairbhoy as part of the pedantic squad on this blog, we are still in the Scottish Cup, you have confused it with the League Cup. Or away form in Europe is quite poor but it is improving all the time, (Moscow e.g.) and who knows it might get better in the next round, WE ARE STILL IN IT, and I believe we will improve there. I'm what you called a cheap Optimist if its my round my pint is always half-full if it is your round it is always half-empty.
Jaiky CSC
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Chairbhoy seems to have made everyone dive for cover!! -but - 5 pts clear at the top of the league -last 16 of Champions League (again!!)- top goalscorer in the SPL - Aiden Mc Geady hat-ticks!! -surely we must be doing something right?? Ok There's always room for improvement -but let's try enjoy the good times -heh?-Also don't tell me we're suddenly out of the Scottish Cup!!??
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Paul67, from prev thread.
Much appreciated my friend. As I said, drinks on me!
Bazza
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Apols Aidan for casting aspersions on your hygiene!!- that would be -hat-tRicks!!
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The Narrowbhoat Tim, Brian,
Apologies it wouldn’t a post of mine without the odd factual error - of course I meant the League Cup, Moscow was good however so was the Nou Camp, we’ve managed an away performance from time to time – therefore I believe the predictability thing still stands.
True we ARE in it we are top of the league and we ain’t doing to badly
BUT
I’m a pragmatic optimist, with the level of performance we are seeing at present we need a bit more Pragmatism and slightly less on the Optimism, hope your pint is more than half full very soon!
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Paul67 I don't think it's as much Celtic being slow starters, as teams that play us are UP for it and we gradually wear them down..
The last 12months were probably the best in the buisness at it.
I have a passion for big odds value bets HT/FT is the current fix
losing/HT win/FT pays over 20s it's a torture at times but when it comes up, 20s for Celtic just to win a game can't be bad, and you don't half enjoy the second half.
Falkirk came to play, Hearts and St Mirren never that helped us
As for the fatigue it has been a factor coupled with the injury toll
I'm a great believer in mental fatigue and the the biggest boost we will have next week is looking forward to the draw for the last 16 then going out the next day and gubbing Hibs we owe them one and they won't have big Art to help them this time.
It would be interesting to know who the comeback kings over the last year or so was for say the SPL EPL if anyone had the stats
o1bhoy
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Brian
I concur with your assessment, we are doing something right, the football has improve from last year and when our other creative talent Naka comes back from injury it will improve more, plus I believe we will bring in a few better players in January.
We are in a better position than the other lot from the home of Badgers.
BTW my pint glass is half-empty, whos round is it?
Skint CSC
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Chairb- Like you I can't see us strengthening our squad with EuroCL quality players . Our participation in the last 16 will be regarded as a bonus and as long as we don't get embarrassed the Board are happy for us to make up the numbers.
And also like you I don't see much evidence of team building, as every season we appear to be starting from scratch in all outfield areas of the team
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o1bhoy has that bet came up this season? Out of curiosity.
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If any CQNers are making a weekend of it up in Inverness check out the upstairs Bothy Bar at Hootenanny's on Saturday, where a fellow tim will be doing a late night spot of piano blues. Think Sam Cooke's "Bring it on home to me" might feature:
"If UEFA change your mind
About leaving me behind........."
I'll get my coat.
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Another Bohemian Dumpling
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On next season's Champions League...
We may or may not go straight into the CL groups next season, assuming we do the business in the SPL this season. I believe the changes to the qualification criteria (which weight it even more in favour of England, Italy & Spain!) take effect from the 2009-10 season.
Next season, as things stand the SPL Champions will only gain automatic entry to the CL group stage if the CL winner this season has already qualified for next season's group stage by virtue of their own domestic performance.
The current country rankings are as follows, with the number of automatic CL group qualifiers for each:
1 Spain 2
2 England 2
3 Italy 2
4 France 2
5 Germany 2
6 Portugal 2
7 Romania 1
8 Netherlands 1
9 Russia 1
10 Scotland 1?
Of the 16 teams remaining in the CL only Fenerbahçe & Olympiacos come from countries not ranked above Scotland, so we definitely don't want either of them to win the CL this season! The other teams, with their current domeatic league positions are:
Real Madrid (ESP) 1
Barcelona (ESP) 2
Sevilla (ESP) 9
Arsenal (ENG) 1
Manchester United (ENG) 2
Chelsea (ENG) 3
Liverpool (ENG) 4
Inter Milan (ITA) 1
Roma (ITA) 2
AC Milan (ITA) 10
Lyon (FRA) 1
Schalke 04 (GER) 7
Porto (POR) 1
Celtic (SCO) 1
So it looks like our best route towards an automatic CL group place for next season would be if this season's CL is won by Real Madrid or Barcelona, Arsenal or Chelsea (probably), Inter Milan or Roma, Lyon or Porto.
Or CELTIC.
Info obtained from:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/access2008.html
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o1bhoy, comeback kings...
SPL
EPL
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Evidently Celtic have further injury worries ahead of Sunday's game with ICT. The Daily Mail reports:
"Celtic have fresh injury doubts as well as a long list of confirmed absentees ahead of Sunday's match at Inverness.
Defenders Steven Pressley (groin) and Ryan Conroy (ankle) will each have their fitness assessed closer to the Clydesdale Bank Premier League game.
Celtic are already without Artur Boruc (knee), Lee Naylor (calf), Mark Wilson (knee), Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe (Achilles), John Kennedy (knee) and Shunsuke Nakamura (knee)."
Provisional squad: Mark Brown, Gary Caldwell, Stephen McManus, Darren O'Dea, Jiri Jarosik, Maciej Zurawski, Massimo Donati, Evander Sno, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Aiden McGeady, Scott McDonald, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Michael McGovern, Dianbobo Balde, Chris Killen, Tommy Burns, Tea Lady, Ball Bhoy, Willie McStay or Willie McGoe, (Steven Pressley), (Ryan Conroy).
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Quick question before I dash to the youngest cubs brithday party.... im really looking forward to it!!!
If you were a team in pot 1 which team would you pick out of pot 2 to play against. I would say apart from the English teams , as it would bring up the usual Battle of britain crap, everyone would pick us. We will be percieved as the weakest team punching above our weight to be there.
In reality I think it is a bonus to be there but will be hoping to go further.
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DontB,
’as every season we appear to be starting from scratch in all outfield areas of the team
Too true, Gordon was proud of the fact that we’ve reached the last 16 in successive seasons with two different teams – my emotion was more one of concern, I do believe if we don’t strengthen our weaker positions in the January sales we will be rebuilding the team in August.
If you look at Big Jock’s teams of the late sixties and early seventies you see remarkable consistency – SURE it’s a different game now but the way the Lisbon lions fused with the Quality street ghang was a work of Art.
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Greenlion, erm Fenerbahce, Olympiakos, Schalke... possibly Porto or Sevilla.
Then Celtic.
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Of course Porto & Sevilla won their groups. But if they hadn't...!
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Chairbhoy,
I think you will find that Celtic have achieved everything what they set out to do in Europe this season already. All targets that have been set out have been met. Everything else is just a bonus and it allows us to dream without fear of being ridiculed. The focus will now be on regaining the key to the CL competition as this is the only place where Celtic plc can turnover a profit.
A similar situation happened last year - our first time in the final phases of the CL. The last time we played an even younger Darren O `Dea at the San Siro where he was getting rave reviews. What must he be thinking of his career when one year and 5 first team appearances later he´s doing it again only this time at left back !!!
The comment´s issued by PL after the Milan game was very interesting indeed. Not only the content but the timing , the purpose and most interetsingly the motivation of such a comment will not be lost on the faithful.
Expect Rangers to outspend Celtic in the January 08 transfer window. I mean how long has it been since Rangers beat Celtic ?
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Donty
You should give health warnings before anybody clicks on that link, I've just enter the age where strokes can be an issue.
Far be it for me to disagree with you but I think there are evidence of team building. I think there is a core group of young players that Wee Ghord is building a team around, each year we try to add to it, I don't believe this thing about year 3 team being the finish article, its a slow building process. If we can keep the core group together, add to it with similar age players, we will have a hell of a team 3 years from now, with tons of CL experience.
You can't tell me that the team that is undefeated at home the last 2 years in Europe is not a team.
The problem is that everybody wants instant gratification. I blame X-factor and Pop Idol, Simon Cowell has a lot to answer for.
Sack Cowell
Smack Duffield, vote him off.
My pint is still half-empty.
Louie Walsh CSC
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I've had it twice Aberdeen, Gretna best games are all SPL away games big ones at parkhead and CL if you think we can score 2 i.e. not away games ha ha
neary had it Shaktar and an other told you its torture
away games if you get it up once it has payed for itself
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Narrow -any chance you are confusing your pint with Ibrox at about 9.30pm Wednesday night??
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TNBT and DBBIA,
I can see both of your angles and where you are coming from but if this summer we lose Boruc and Nakamura then we are probably treading water. If this happens I expect WGS last season at Celtic will be next seasons .. unless he loses the SPL this year .. where he might walk even earlier
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Awe_Naw,
This is the concerning thing, the last sixteen seems to be ‘good enough’
WELL
If I felt we were really one of the top sixteen teams in Europe at this stage of the game I’d be happy but the fact is we ain’t.
DD isn’t the CEO or the Chairman but he is a major Stockholder and when he said Celtic would be one of Europe’s top clubs I believed him.
’I think you will find that Celtic have achieved everything what they set out to do in Europe this season already’
I must concur – however I’d like to see DD’s ambition shared by the Board. Wouldn’t a European semi or final be Grand.
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Awe Naw
Sorry been doing a little work for a change.
As I said I do have a degree of sympathy with his view but ask you to consider that if such references serve to annoy me who has supported Celtic for so many years do they not serve to increase the reasoning behind the development of this so called "sanitised" Celtic?
There are some of us with whom the agressive Irishness which some fans display does not sit easily and when someone suggests that older Celtic fans would support the Irish National team before Scotland as if that were some rite of passage in being a "true" Celtic supporter they rightly invite the comment " Ach away and bile yer heid" Using the Aiden Mc Geady example weakens the argument. You can add Jim O Brien to that. What are they if not New Celtic Fans?
I simply ask when did the first Scots born player first play for the Republic of Ireland? Charlie Gallacher I believe? Why? Because he was Irish? No but indeed for exactly the reasons that he was not a first team Celtic regular he would not have played for Scotland as a regular. He had an opportunity to play International football and took it. Good for him but the development of players declaring for Ireland now is the NEW and not the OLD thing.
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daveymatey, cheers for that very very interesting to see the two top teams are the ones who 'try' to play open attacking football.
As BIG JOCK would say i dont care how many they score as long as we score more......
Also interesting to see where 'them' are, no heart springs to mind
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Its alright Brian someone just bought me a pint and its full again so I believe that the Holy Goalie and Naka will both stay ANNAOAN, even if they did leave I think that it would bring in £20 million for the 2 players, Wee Ghord unlike Mon has a history of finding goalies, replacing Naka would be harder, saying that I would be gutted if Boruc left, hes my favourite player, he should've of been made captain.
The huns will not win the league this year, they are a poor lot, they shot their lot on Wednesday, they will be selling, they will not outspend Celtic in January. The huns have always been morally bankrupt, now they are nearing financial bankruptcy.
Song for the Laptop Loyal, "It is time for you to stop your sobbing" the Kinks
Full Pint CSC
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Edward
I know you'll not be watching again but I unfortunately had to go out so I'm looking forward to Rangers TV tonight:>)
By the way is there any truth in the rumour that the squad has retired to a darkened room to lie down on the news that they're expected to fulfill tomorrow's fixture?
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Re the slow start business I have quite a few times heard Gordon say in pre- match interviews that in the first ten minutes we'd try not to lose the game and for the next 80 we'd try to win it. That may explain the slow start.
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Works finished, pub time, I usually say that the tide is in I must set sail but the canal has been frozen the last 2 days in deepest darkest midlands. So boats frozen in harbour have to drink with the landlubbers, no plundering tonight.
Two sure things " Celtic for 3 in row' and it to Sno on Christmas.
Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin CSC
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Yet another fine day to be a Bhoy......as if their's ever a bad day to follow my beloved Hoops.
So any genuine maybees aye...maybees naw transfer gossip on offer.....after all it's almost the silly season again.
Kojo's info from the other day does not exactly make me rub my hands with glee....we can only hope for a couple of quality signings and hope our bank account can take the hit.
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Chairbhoy,
I think the last sixteen is good enough based on our present stratedgy.
I agree our home and away form is so obtuse it explains our participation in the last 16. If we can sort out the away from then I´d argue with you that we are in the top 20 and DD should be heartily shaken by the hand and invited to dinner for restoring our European reputation. I worry that we are playing with our domestic reputation however.
Anything further than the last 16 would be Grand .... and we build on further from there ... onwards and upwards only.
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Paul
Is it possible or indeed likely that TG will be returning from Everton in January?
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Enjoy your evening Narrowboat Tim.
It was good craic today.
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Narrowboat Tim @ 1715
Whereabouts in the deepest darkest Midlands? I'm up there tomorrow (Dudley, UB40 country)) playing in a Tex Mex restaurant called Arizona Crossing!
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Derbyshire,
Why should Celtic be more interested in your view than the authors ?
I don´t understand your assertion on the instigation of the bile yer heid comment.
Charlie Gallacher, Aiden Mc Geady, The Rangers laddie that's declared for N.I .... good luck to them all that´s their free choice. For Celtic fans to start to question that choice for player or fan is quite simply not what we stand for.
We dont care if we win lose or draw because we are more than a club. Fergus raised us from the ashes in the early nineties. Modernisation was a necessity as was re-iterating NOT REDEFINING what we stand for.
But now our obsession with not upsetting the apple cart and playing the PR game so as to not upset anyone, as damaging profits damages Celtic, even to the extent of alienating our own support is short termism in the extreme and not good business sense. In fact all it does is divide our own support and shouldn´t even be a business decision. That is part of the article, and I fear, as do many that Celtic are more than cosmetically trying to change Celtic´s outwardly perception by appeasing bigots. As our new chairman would know that´s not the answer ... education .... education ... education ... Hammering the Rangers into oblivion would help also on that front as well but that would affect the old firm ;-)business model.
Hail Hail
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Derbyshirebhoy :- And to think I was the one that was called caustic earlier :-)
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Awe Naw
To repeat I said I had sympathy for the article - just not that part. Your last para I entirely agree with. There should be room for all that we are. We just are not entirely Irish though some would have us that way.
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Derbyshirebhoy :- Just in case of any confusion with another [ost I was meaning the Rangers joke at 16.35
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Edward
I knew you did. You're too wise to involve yourself in the other - oh and by the way it's not all doom and gloom. I'm sure you'll get the draw tomorrow:>)
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Derbyshirebhoy :- A draw? Haven't you read the papers? We have been promised the league and possibly the UEFA cup. It must be true or it wouldn't be in the papers.
Or as my more cynical part thinks I'm meant to be distracted from Wed night.
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Derbyshirebhoy,
History will show that Celtic fundamentally have never done anything wrong and that the ethos of the club how it was set up and what it is based upon was all positive. We have nothing to apologise for or be embaressed about except possibly changing from a charitable organisation to a commercial one. I always console myself with the fact that Celtic have made much more money for Charity been run as a commercial venture. If it was solely ran for charity purposes it probably wouldn´t exist anymore either so I have to be thankful for small mercies.
I do feel however that there are many Celtic fans (Irish, Scottish, Angolian, German ... you get the picture) who are now far more inclined to protect the damage done to our heritage and identity and feel far more reticent towards the effects of these business decisions.
I would rather see 60,000 Celtic fans sing at SPL games the Irish national anthem than none of them. There´s nothing wrong with it at all.
There are those Celtic fans who would rather I didn´t because they have bought into the fact that doing so is somehow bad for the club.
The people that would have us believe that we are solely Irish need to look at our name. We are Glasgow Celtic. If they can´t see that Celtic is a Scottish club then they are living a lie. I have never met an Irish or Scottish Celtic fan that thought we were solely and Irish club. I am 42 years of age.
Derbyshirebhoy as always it´s a pleasure communicating with you hope you have a fine weekend. A 3 pointer so to speak
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eldiegobhoy@17.20
please don't ask questions
upsetting ones like that - near ruined me friday night
hail hail
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Ed. do you think Sebo would have put that one away?........
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Apologies To Ted
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ANNAOAN :- At the risk of proving DB wrong about my wisdom and being pedantic (though staying out of your debate) I don't think you are Glasgow Celtic, just as my team aren't Glasgow Rangers. No Glasgow senior team (10 so far)has ever had the word Glasgow in their name.
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Shootthatdug :- Even Van Vosen would have put it away.
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the bourne
I suggest if you want to continue to enjoy your Friday night that you don't look in to CQN in case Paul confirms that your worst fears are about to be realised.
I read somewhere that TG rarely gets a game at Everton and may well be coming back. Not to say another club won't take him tho not sure that he can play for another club in this season.
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Eward,
is your middle name pedantic or were you the mastermind behind the Cambuslang move ?
Ok then if any Irish fan tells you that Glasgow (sorry ed)-Celtic are solely Irish get him a pint of Guinness and he´ll quickly know that he´s not.:-)
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Noel90 :- Shouldn'y you be doing homework with young Martin or something I'm sure no one on here is interested in gmes their team didn't play in.
I would also like to say that this isn't sour grapes speaking but I can't.
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..in Ireland :-)
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Awe Naw
Many thanks - and the same to yourself of course.
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ANNAOAN :_ I don't think I've ever heard any Celtic fan say that even the odd Irish one I've spoken to.
On the Cambuslang bit if you had moved there you could have incorpared the town in your name, after all there is a Cambuslang Rangers.
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ANNAOAN :- I've heard a few folk say that but is there really such a difference in taste?
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Ed,
I have only ever been in Dublin and the Guinness there was something else
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ElDiegoBhoy
he has only played three games for everton in total
and is presently injured, we are very unlikely to get him off the wage bill.
hail hail
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thebourne
Can he play fullback ha ha"
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ElDiegoBhoy
don't put ideas in wgs's head (:/)
Hail Hail
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E D B,
You got mail.
Martin42martin
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made the mistake of going for a pint intown tonight after work. went to your favourite watering hole...bb's...too many once a year punters for me. better back in blantyre for a quick pint
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Awe Naw, whit wiz it then?
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Sir Paul
As you may or may not know this ...hold it! hold it!
I am pushing on a String...Again!
Just who am I kidding?
You know... in fact.... EVERYBODY KNOWS... this about me...
I am a Dyed in the Teflon, CONFIRMED FANATICAL Adherent.. of the....ta da!
PUNISHMENT OR REWARD SYSTEM!
"Good Boy! Bad Boy!"
And why am I that?
I'll tell you, why!... ( Wull ye hurry up!... Ah'm gettin' Aulder here,by the minute!.....ed)(So diz cheese...an' whisky...an'... the waitin' time ALWAYS, improves da flavor!...so quit bitchin' an' sup yer Pablum!)
To carry on, regardless...
The reason is simple...
Because, THAT SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE WOIKS!
( Cut oot the POLITICS,man...or ye'll Lose the Lot a 'Em!.....ed)(Politics Smolitics...who said anythin' aboot Politics?)
I use it all the time...well, not All of the Time...say... hmmmmmmm...
Twenty per centum, give or take, a centum!
Although, in my daily practice... I am more inclined toward the REWARD... part of the System!
Not that there is anything wrong with the Punishment Part!... which can be a very Cathartic Experience to the Punisher!
But, I have found that in the day to day Governance, of my own People, that the Reward Dangle... comes oot ahead!(Did ye no mean tae say... "Angle"..there?....ed)(Na! Na!.... think aboot it, next time.... before ye open yer gub!)
Now ,what has all of this verbosity, goat tae do with your Leader Column?
You are dying to ask that,no doubt!
I am glad that you asked..for to be frank...I had almost forgotten.
Yes!... to push on...
In your burst of remarkable perception, were you perceived that Celtic, during the past... few months....make that... Years?
Were starting most games...well ...not ALL games!...but.( Dae we hiv tae go thru all that again,mac?...ed)(Quite!)
in a very Ambulatory Manner... in fact, it seemed/seems that the only time that Celtic decided to ratch up the old gear box...was when their opposition of the day...had scored of goal!
Not good...my friend, not good at all,at all.
Now this is where....The Old Punishment or Reward System... kicks in.
Before, the Game of the day would start...
Mr. Strachan and the Members of his Crack Back-Room Staff...
Would inform the Celtic Stalwarts of this.....
" From the Moment that you Kick-off the Kick-off, today... All of you...and that includes, even the Goalie... will be TIMED... on how long it will take you to complete a Movement on the Ball.
For example.....how long it will take you to make a pass to a colleague...
Now, after months of research and patient observation...we have arrived at certain Figures.... And these Figures represent The LEAST amount of time, Allotted..not only to t the above action...But also including the following.....
Say Taking a Shy....or a Free kick...or a Corner...or a Bye kick....and these Figures are written in stone....well, not exactly written in stone..more like written on a piece of paper...
Be that as it may... we know exactly, how much time that an individual will need to equal our reckonings.
Gentlemen..right from the Git Go... you will be under that implacable JUDGE ... THE STOP WATCH!
Which will be manned at all times, by the eagle-eyed... STOP WATCH, WATCHERS!
Therefore... if our Standards are not met...the following Punishment will be doled out to the Failures:
No Bonus Money will be paid to him/them....in the Event of a Celtic win...
In the Event of a Celtic Loss...
A Fine will be imposed on the Failure/Failures of the exact amount of a Win Bonus.
Meanwhile, in the Event of a Celtic Win...the Players who have met the Standards... shall receive their own win Bonuses...Plus the Bonuses that have been with held from the non qualifiers...those being portioned out, to the Standard makers as an extra inducement.
All of this, will I am sure.. quickly rectify the present Lollygaggying ..that has settled into the pattern of play of the present Celtic Team, in an alarming number of encounters.
Disagree?
Sure you will!.... and most of my readers, will agree with your disagreement!
But that is my solution... and I know it will woik!
Kojo.
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Kojo
I'm sure they will do something very similar with the players to what you suggest - ProZone stats - but an upping of the pace all round would be nice.
In other news a colleague of mine told me on Wednesday he decided at the last minute to go to the Rangers game. Having paid £40 for the 'privelege' he took his seat a bit late in time to see the move for Govou's goal and reminded himself that despite having seen Rangers a bundle of times in the last 10/15 years he had never actually seen them win in Europe. We've started a kitty for him.
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I sweat blood trying to re-establish my posting credentials when they expire. What happens ? Why do I have to go through that hell? And what are these wee crosses for? I'm frightened to click them.
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Dennis 47
I think Paul touched on this latest nonsense from blogger earlier today.
They'll end up driving users away.
Now listen carefully, do not click on the "x". Well maybe o.k. if there's no one else near you!
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test
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Thanks, Diego. I'll just leave it alone. Embarrassed that it took a Rangers fan to point out that we are not,Glasgow Celtic. Much too parochial a name for our global appeal.
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Sorry again Ted......
from CM.
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Noel
This is a strategy. They're lulling every other club in the yooeeffa cup into a false sense of security and then they'll come out with all guns blazing!
I'm sure ther's much more fun to come.
Pity Paul disnae do gloating threads.
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Big Joe! You’re back! Great news.
How have you and Mrs Big Joe been?
Spain for Christmas?
Brian, to his considerable credit, Edward was here on Wednesday night after the game.
Chairbhoy, long time no…... Good to hear from you, even if your predictions raised a smile.
Your predictions; I blame Tommy Boyd :-)
EDB, no, Gravesen is contracted to Everton until May, at which time, he will become our asset, or our liability, depending on how you look at it.
Kojo, hmmm. Punish and reward, of course, but if you if it’s completed passes you after, let’s get Neil Lennon back!
OK, I was tuggin’ your ‘tache there.
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The BBC have Sno commenting again about might having to reconsider his position in January because of a lack of starts. The BBC isn't reliable so I don't know how useful the comments are. Whether it is true or not, I hope he stays as he's starting to get some sharpness and I think he has bags of potential. I think he has won some of the fans back as well. I can understand why he would want to leave as he's good enough to get a regular start at a lot of good teams and sitting on the bench here isn't exactly helping him much. But I think Gordon has a lot of faith in him and I suspect he'll be get plenty of football this season. Alternatively there is always the option of a loan deal. He says he loves the club and wants to play here so it'll be in his interest to at least stick it out until the summer.
Whenever a player voices his concern over not getting first team football and possibly considering moving on there is always a plethora of people saying "sell him if he's going to moan". I hope that isn't the case. He isn't slagging the club off, he just realises that there is some heavy compitition for his position and it might be in his interest to move on. It was the same for Jarosik also. It doesn't do any talented footballer to play reserve team football even if it is Celtic.
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Paul
Thanks for that. No way would Gordon play him.
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ElDiegoBhoy
I think if Gravesen comes back and merits a start he will play. He got some stick for not playing him near the end of last season but I think the fact he's barely featured for Everton as well even with Moyes being a big fan of him suggests that he didn't deserve a start at the time. But if he improves he might be envolved. I'd happily see him sold so we could use the money on some new players.
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Paul67,
I take it Gordon is helping his big mate out with the scouting as well. I see Birmingham are targetting Kadlec:)
Joking a side if he was good enough for us a year ago what is wrong with him now? He is available at a cheap price. If our scouting which has been heavily invested in is just showing up SPL players (Hart, Robson, Murphy etc..) then i reckon questions need to be asked. Bargains can be sought anywhere. Just a matter of expanding your search and not limiting it to these shores.
Just a thought but season tickets sales may take a dip further next year if this is the calibre of player we are going for.
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Noel90 :- OK even I have to admit that one is funny.
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EDB :- You said "Pity Paul disnae do gloating threads" I take it you didn't look in on Wed night.
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David Edgar. Not so much Mystic Meg as his petard is hoisted.
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Big Paul……………………………………………
Its good 2 be back……………………believe ME
I am afraid I wont be back in Alba for Christmas.
But…………………………………………..
Mrs big Joe and the 2 bHoys……………………………………
were back last week.…………………..
they reported………………………….
Cold……………………………………………….
Wet…………………………………………………….
Windy……………………………………………………..
So it looks like a BBQ on the beach on Christmas day : - )
BigJoewhoPREDICTSthatScottyBwillbePullingTHEstringsONsunday
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Paul67 :- Would the tache you are pulling be a very prominent one on the face of a self confessed money making meglomaniac.
Have Kojo and Mr Desmond ever been seen in the same room?
BTW if either of them read this it is of course only allegedly and in my opinion any or all lega;l action should be directed at Paul for allowing me to post this.
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Good question from another site:
Name 11 players that have played in a world cup final that have also played in the premiership, but not for arsenal, chelsea, man utd or liverpool.
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Another triumph for Dr. Noel, the cybervet.
While I'm here, concerning the comments about the vandalising of the Dali painting, on the lasr thread.
When Salvador was informed of the act, he was reported to be delighted, because his work caused a reaction, even though it was a negative one.
Must be like a young player improving if he gets booed regularly. It must be better than being ignored. :>)
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Ted-
fair play to you-
You've got these.
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Edward
I looked in on Wednesday after the game. The comments were tame in comparison with other sites who were having an absolute ball.
Fun was of the Tommy Cooper level - and is actually continuing today.
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Bloke-
Matterazzi for Everton is yin.....
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Juninho for Middlesbrough is twa.....
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Noel90 :- Though I hope not quite as many.
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EDB :- I'm surprised, from reading that you would get the impression that some of your fans don't count my team as their second favourite.
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This is a good transfer rumour web site specialising in the EPL and there are one or two players who are either leaving or joining Celtic. pity about Murphy going south and JVOH staying put.
RUMOUR MILL
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Ed
You've always a retort. Good on ye.
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EDB, if I did gloating threads I would never run out of material.
Big Joe, as my match report said last week, the weather was relentlessly seasonal.
Edward, no, Kojo is miles ahead of Demetrius in Celtica experience.
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CelticLover-
Can't believe a word of it-
not a mention of Man Uniteds £20,000,000 bid for Alan Hutton.
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Paul
This recently introduced blogger "box" thingy is even worse than emoticons.
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If this Blogger tag keeps appearing in my posts I'm changing my posting name to Bognor
George V CSC
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Gordon Strachan 14/12/07
Cheers to Kublacan[again]
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SFTB...
Still OK for the long trek north on Sunday?
Weather report says it's to be 2 degrees in Inverness
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EDB, Blogger has scarcely moved on since first we stumbled upon it. Development budget has been allocated to move us on.
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Gordon
Should be fine. Could not rumble up any more interest in going from the kids- some excuses about working and Xmas shopping. No sense of priorities. So it's just myself.
Reckon our team needs us. It's cold enough in Inverness in the summer months so I'll wear more layers than the Benfica team in Donestsk.
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Lisbon Lions Do Lennoxtown
-KublaTV.
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Paul 21.35-
er...BetaBlogger?
still have nightmares about it.
and it isny any beta.....
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Paul
Presentationally (is that a word..ed) it is dreadful. Why are "they" doing this?
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hi paul. fellow celts .
reading through the posts .i think like myself, the majority of us hoops fans are resigned to the fact that there will be no major spend in january. i cant speak for my fellow celts ,but i am not in the least surprised. but make no mistake we have a battle on our hands to secure that top spot here in scotland. and if our top men dont think that, then we really are in trouble . the team imho is starting to get there , but new and better players must be brought in to replace the ones who just dont do the business . for more than a week on here, we have gone on about the gretna postponement, agree the whole thing stinks . but we the fans are the only ones going on about it .our leaders, as they always do just accept everything thrown at us like the nice people they are. but the truth of the matter whether rangers played or not ,we didnt beat st mirren .a team celtic should be back heeling. so we cant blame anyone else for our own failings. when that window opens in january .p l. d d. or whoever signs the cheques, should be ready with pen in hand to sign players to fill in the areas we need strengthening. and if our scouting network is as they say, the best in the business. the players required should already be singled out . for and make no mistake .we have a fight on our hands here
hail hail
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Bloke109
Ravanelli
The German guy with Middlesboro
Klinsman (TTTT lost a few pounds on)
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bloke109
Klinnsman - spurs
Hamman - Man City
Ziege Tottenham
Reuter - spurs
Djorkaeff - Bolton
Guivarich - Newcastle
Petit - Bolton ???
Baggio - Blackburn
Karembu - Boro ???
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Bloke 109
How about Hamman and Zeige, Guivarche, Djorkaeff and Dugarry.
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SFTB...
OK, see you at 09:30.
I'll be delighted if we get all 3 points and avoid frostbite.
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Bloke 109 whats the rules? I took it they had never played for any of the 4 teams but if you allow doublers like Cheat chat Awe_naw used (petit, Hamman etc) then its different.
GL2 pureasthe drivensnow CSC
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If any CQNers are making a weekend of it up in Inverness check out the upstairs Bothy Bar at Hootenanny's on Saturday, where a fellow tim will be doing a late night spot of piano blues. Think Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me" might feature, as a tribute to our friends from Govan:
"If UEFA change your mind
About leaving me behind........."
I'll get my coat.
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GL2
How was the party?
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Noel
great video
Isn't Joe Mcbride looking good and talking a lot of sense. Wonder why he never made a go of management?
jimtim
Do you think that if we spend our precious funds on the January sales players, rangers will be investing their smaller amount in buying some refs?
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EDB ehhh lets say it was interesting and a preview for Christmas day when everyone comes to my house...
I think this could be the first Christmas day since the cubs were born that I could be a bit worse for wear ... on truelly medicinal purposes before we even get them all in.
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Blogger Greenlion 2-
The rules is-
No Googling-
or it would have been sorted in 5 minutes........
GoogleWorldChampionsCSC.
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GL2,
tut tut GL2 you can´t make the rules up as you go along. You´ll be cancelling posts next in preparation for the next quiz ;-)
Bloke109 ajudication called for.
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When you think back to all the hysteria about closed doors games, ejection from CL and match bans that were talked about in the aftermath of McHendry v AC Milan, is it not surprising to see Anderlecht only fined £13000 for all the lighters and stuff thrown on the pitch against Spurs? A player was genuinely injured there and the attack was much more severe than the Rapid Vienna incident.
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Noel and Awe naw I will stand by my pure as the driven snow statement on this 1 (only) as I think im about to get evicted....ok I did not google but I looked on CM and KDS and I could not see the answer...
On the blogger sign debate...its doing my head in. If I come in through explorer I cannot post and cannot see the orange B (not you Ed)
If I use Firefox I can post and see teh orange B....
I think i'll stick with explorer
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Noel, aye, Beta killed half our contributions.
EBD, this is a branding initiative, there solely to put their name in a more prominent place.
Jimtim, I see no reason for concern. The team have delivered very well in the first half of the season, we have the resources to make sure they do as well in the second half.
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Paul
Development budget is good. It's the time of year when the thought of a CQN annual comes to mind.
Think what that would have done to your development budget.
Man, it would have everything, even a wine supplement compiled from Whitedoghunch's posts.
SFTB
I agree. Especially as Anderlecht have plenty of previous form.
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Not had the chance to post this week and having read all the posts, there's not much left to add to the comments, especially since the Rangers game.
Here's a couple anyway:-
1. Jock Brown's live commentary. Just after Darcheville has been shown the red card, on watching the slow motion replay, he says
"well that's nothing at all, quite incredible, how in the world is that worthy of a red card, scarcely worth a yellow I'd have thought".
Seriously. To be fair, it was only a single foot stamp onto the ankle of a player lying on the ground. I suppose he could have used two.
Has anyone in the media picked up on the fact Uefa review all red cards in the Champions League to decide whether more than a one game ban is appropriate. I don't expect to see Darcheville playing Uefa Cup football after Christmas.
2. Just before the Darcheville sending off, the camera pans to the Lyon fans, who are all sending goodwill gestures to the Rangers fans in the Broomloan Stand. One in particular breaks away from the singing, bends down, goes into his bag, and pulls out the no doubt newly acquired Celtic away strip and holds it up in the air. Great stuff.
Anyway, on serious matters, Sunday starts (continues) a crucial period of games until 6 January. Away games against Inverness, Dundee United and Motherwell, home games against Hibs, Gretna and Rangers. In comparison Rangers have away games against Aberdeen and Hibs, home games against Hearts, Motherwell and Dundee United.
These games will go a long way to deciding the league.
Paul67, I agree, the team has delivered well in the first half, but that is despite the lack of recruitment in the summer. The league is closer than it should be at the moment because we allowed others to close the gap. Hopefully after this period of games we will emerge with a lead (factoring in a presumption Rangers will win their games in hand). Hopefully we then rectify the recruitment shortfalls of the summer during the January transfer window and put the distance between us and the rest there should be.
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BloggerJimTim-
Hit the spacebar after every full stop for readability-
Please.
Apart from that-
I am pretty sure that the players we need are already in place-
or-
just about done and dusted.
Why are they not in the Scottish Press ?
Would you trust them ?
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Paul67,
Re: Jim tim
It will depend on the the type of quality resources available.
I am not advocating going out to spend million of pounds, but a better type of player could have been bought with a touch more being made available in previous windows.
I said in August that Celtic have reached a crossroads where they could put Rangers well out of their reach.
As i posted many months ago Celtic have been gambling in previous transfer windows especially August by not investing in a better type of player. We took the gamble not to invest to heavily as we believed we had enough to contain Rangers.
I'm glad to say i was wrong and that the gamble has paid off. Unbelievably, with a bit of luck we have reached the last 16 and stayed in contention for the SPL. However, only just!!
My plea to the board is you now have another chance to put Rangers well and truly out of sight. Use this opportunity!! There is only so many times that gambling will work. One day it will backfire big time. Allow the problem positions to be sorted sensibly and with the quality the manager requires and enought of the Camara, Virgo, Killen signings. Let's target a better quality of player.
We can do better than the Harts, Robson, Elkobi's of this world.
Bargains and better quality can be sought together!!
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Blogger WGS-
If you aren't already employed in the Celtic scouting system-
you should be.
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My dear friend,JimTim
Your latest effort held my eye, as it is..I Feel.. Remember I did not say, KNOW!..that the contents of your contribution,was pretty much representitive of the thoughts of many another like minded Celtic Fan.
That part of the Gospel is all there....
par example....
The Celtic Board do not understand the present perilous situation that we are faced with.( Watch yer prepositions,pal... I thought I had cured ye o' that!)( So did I.... but it seems that I jist canny gie it UP!)
The Gospel continues,thusly:
If we do not ante up more...well ante... then,we will suffer for our ill advised Parsimony.
The tract continues in this vein....
One must always "Speculate to Accumulate".
I see this ancient and hoary aphorism and it's derivatives,Popping up from tine to time,on these very Pages...as a Persuasive Argument in countering the Celtic Board's More Prudent approach.
Which,in the Lingua Franca.. is...
"Mak siccar that yer Eye is no bigger than yer Belly"...
Which,translates like something along these lines...
"Watch the Pounds and the Pennies wull tak care o' themselves!"
Take this to heart... and mark it well.
Transfer and WAGE INFLATION is here and it AIN'T GONNA GO AWAY!
Running and Looking after the Finances of a Successful Soccer Team, these days...
Is like working as a Stevedore...at the Docks...in Jamaica...when a Crate,Full o' slightly over-ripe Bananas is spilled.
If ye dinna tread very carefully, before ye know it...ye wull be surrounded by Banana Skins... and ye know jist how sneaky and perfidious tae yer physical safety...a Banana Skin kin be!
Same kind of Careful Watchfullness applies tae the Celtic Movers and Shakers.
Tread Carefully... and keep yer
Money Close tae yer Chest!
And so far, that technique has woiked rather well...
Our Net spending at the last Window of Opportunity was a little over... Mebbe under... we wull quibble...
But it wiz....
NO VERY MUCH!
And...lo and behold... what was the result o' that show of Excellent Financial Husbandry?
A very Pleasing Performance by the Cut Price Selectees... if I may be allowed to boast!
Still TAP O' DA LEAGUE... Still in Da Scottish Cut... basking in the glory and Anticipation of CL Games after..CHRISTMAS......!
Wella, WELLA.....
It seems to me...and a few others.... that THIS CELTIC BOARD, Knows a thing or two...in fact...
I WOULD HAZZARD A GUESS...jist a guess,mind ye.....
That PIERRE AND THE BOARD KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!
There ...
I said it ... FLAT OUT!
So... Believe,in the Celtic Board.. they ur the Good Guys..
Leave matters of running the ship in their safe hands... they wull guide us safely thru the storms.
That is my parting advice... take it or no,it doesn't matter a whit to me..either way( ENUFF ALREADY... WE get your Drift....ed)
( No need to lose the Rag,pal... by the way ...what good does it do to carry a Rag about with you,anyhow..Personally,I do not care a Continental if I should lose an old rag or not)
Kojo.
Yer pal...who likes ye.
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Blogger Kojo-
I agree.
I think........
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My dear,dear friend, Noel....
Of course..ye think...
And jist like Rene says....
You probably "Am" as weel!
So, my prognosis is.....after my diagnosis..
You are a perfectly Healthy Fine Figure of a Man... with a Robust Mental Balance.... ( Sounds good tae me, pal...ed)( That's a rap!)
Kojo.
Yer pal....who LIKES DA WEY YE THINK.....Ah Think!
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Over the Festive season the next 6 teams TFOD play are the top 6 here is how they went against said teams first round of fixtures...
PL 6 W 2 L 3 D 1 PTS 7
Now i'll say that again....
PL 6 W 2 L 3 D 1 PTS 7
As i said played 6 with 7pts from a possible 18pts and over these set of fixtures they at OOR place, hibs place, and the sheeps place.
So if were NOT 10pts CLEAR IN NEW YEAR
we will need to buy good but i dont think it's panic stations....
can i say that again...
PL 6 W 2 L 3 D 1 PTS 7 only this time only three teams
o1bhoy
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Gordon and Evander
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Gowan
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Blogger 01Bhoy
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Evening bhoys,
I have enjoyed the discussions tonight but am now going to listen to some music.
The playlist will include,
James Gallway and Phil Coulter in The Ashokan Farewell,
Bing Crosby with, Now Is The Hour,
Johnny Duncan with, Last Train To San Fernando,
Billy Joel with, Mr. Piano Man,
Sam Cooke with Saturday Night At The Movies,
The Drifters, Save The Last Dance For Me.
and Rod Stewart with You'r In My Heart.
To finish, Big Pav with Funicculi Funiccula.
After that lot I will be ready to turn in, in the best possible mood.
STAND UP FOR THE CHAMPIONS,
Martin
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Blogger Martin42-
Like your playlist and especially your finale-
I hate to say this -
but......
STAND UP FOR THE CHAMPIONS
STAND UP FOR THE LAST SIXTEEN
and the jam tarts.........
until 4.50 tomorrow any way......
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Noel,
Will be delighted to go with your suggestions,
STAND UP FOR THE CHAMPIONS,
STAND UP FOR THE LAST SIXTEEN,
STAND UP FOR THE OPPOSITION AT IBROX TOMORROW AND EVERY WEEK,
Martin.
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kojo and noel90 especially for you
now that the laughter has began to subside
follow following d' archie veels miss of the
centureeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
we need a laugh again before bedtime and so
for a tommy cooper moment - if he were alive today
I met this bloke with a didgeridoo and he was playing Dancing Queen on it. I thought, "That's Aboriginal."
This lorry full of tortoises collided with a van full of terrapins. It was a turtle disaster.
I told my girlfriend I had a job in a bowling alley. She said "Tenpin?" I said, "No, permanent."
I went in to a pet shop. I said, "Can I buy a goldfish?" The guy said, "Do you want an aquarium?" I said, "I don't care what star sign it is."
I was at a Garden Centre and I asked for something herby. They gave me a Volkswagen with no driver.
Batman came up to me and he hit me over the head with a vase and he went T'PAU! I said "Don't you mean KAPOW?? He said "No, I've got china in my hand."
I bought some Armageddon cheese today, and it said on the packet. 'Best Before End'
I went to buy a watch, and the man in the shop said "Analogue." I said "No, just a watch."
I went into a shop and I said, "Can someone sell me a kettle." The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "Where is he then?"
My mate is in love with two schoolbags. He's bisatchel.
I went to the doctor. I said to him "I'm frightened of lapels." He said, "You've got cholera."
I met the bloke who invented crosswords today. I can't remember his name, it's P something T something R.
I was reading this book today, The History Of Glue. I couldn't put it down.
I phoned the local ramblers club today, but the bloke who answered just went on and on.
The recruitment consultant asked me "What do you think of voluntary work?? I said "I wouldn't do it if you paid me."
I was in the jungle and there was this monkey with a tin opener. I said, "You don't need a tin opener to peel a banana." He said, "No, this is for the custard."
This policeman came up to me with a pencil and a piece of very thin paper. He said, "I want you to trace someone for me."
I told my mum that I'd opened a theatre. She said, "Are you having me on?" I said, "Well I'll give you an audition, but I'm not promising you anything."
I phoned the local builders today, I said to them "Can I have a skip outside my house?" He said, "I'm not stopping you!"
This cowboy walks in to a German car showroom and he says "Audi!"
I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said, "Nearest the bull goes first" He went "Baah" and I went "Moo" He said "You're closest"
I was driving up the motorway and my boss phoned me and he told me I'd been promoted. I was so shocked I swerved the car. He phoned me again to say I'd been promoted even higher and I swerved again. He then made me managing director and I went right off into a tree. The police came and asked me what had happened. I said "I careered off the road"
I visited the offices of the RSPCA today. It's tiny: you couldn't swing a cat in there.
I was stealing things in the supermarket today while balanced on the shoulders of a couple of vampires. I was charged with shoplifting on two counts.
I bought a train ticket to France and the ticket seller said "Eurostar". I said "Well I've been on telly but I'm no Dean Martin.
I phoned the local gym and I asked if they could teach me how to do the splits. He said, "How flexible are you?" I said, "I can't make Tuesdays or Thursdays."
I went to the local video shop and I said, "Can I take out The Elephant Man?" He said, "He's not your type." I said "Can I borrow Batman Forever?" He said, "No, you'll have to bring it back tomorrow"
so to bed and then the day before inverness
hail hail
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BlantyreTim
Hail Hail from a fhellow Bhlantyre G72er.
What pub do you go to?
Its weird that theres talk on here of Celtic developing their Commercial side, while The Celtic pub of Bhlantyre remains shut.....The name?
The Commercial.
I was a customer.
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Blogger HailHail-
I phoned you a taxi 7 minutes ago.....
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Noel 90
Youve made YouTube my mist watched TV channel.
Just read one of your comments about Matterazzi, dont know if it was mentioned on here but the other week when John Barnes was comentating on Fiore v Inter he was going on about The Matrix almost signing for Celtic before he joined Everton.
Think he broke records for bookings in the EPL, think it may have been world records if he had headed North.
Hail Hail
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My dear friend, Hail Hail...
I gotta tell ye this,pally...
I luv wan liners...!But, They are difficult to put over...because....
It is one thing to be able to tell a funny joke..... but a One Liner.... requires a
FUNNY GUY!
I aways plump for a Funny Guy...every time~
Bob Hope could tell a Funny joke and his one liners were very topical....
However....and this is inside stuff...
Most of the Time that the Audience Laughed loudly at his material, was the fact... that he WAS FAMOUS!
Danny Thomas told us..that when he was an up and coming young comic.. story teller,really...in Detroit... I think Detroit...might have bin Cleveland.....
Any how...
One night, at the club where Danny was performing ...and not gettin' much in the way of laughs!.....
Bob Hope, who was visiting tha city,dropped by,and happened to be in the Audience.
Danny,ever alert to the right thing to do...besides, he was slowly dyin', anyway...
He invited Bob up on to the Stage....beside him....
Now to explain... That particular day had been one of woeful and inclement weather in the city.
And Danny noticed that Bob had a dried out piece of Mud...which was rather prominently adhering to one of the legs of his light colored flannels.
As Bob faced the audience there was a collective anticipatory intake of Breath by the audience... Danny said ...you could feel it strongly...
And Bob's Opening Line was....
As he very pointedly ,lifted his leg and displayed the mud spatter on his trousers to the audience...
"The Taxi Drivers here, sure never have read the Manual...which plainly states...Don't over charge the fare... and At ALL TIMES....
Do not drive so close too the Side- walk, on a rainy day~"
As Danny says... He was struck by the Volume of Laughter and bosterous Applause that emanated from the very appreciative audience. Frankly, he was Amazed at the crowd's reaction.
He knew that....Anybody else...besides Bob Hope... telling such a flat one like that, would have been greeted with silence... which would soon be broken by a few not so nice cat-calls!
As Danny says.....
Bob Hope was NOT A FUNNY GUY...But he WaS A VERY FAMOUS ONE!
Again on the subject of One Liners.......
Henny Youngman had the most god--awful material... it was schoolboy stuff... straight out of Joe Millar....
Nevertheless...
I and everybody else simply rolled in the aisles, when we caught his act...
Because...
Like I always said...
Give me a Funny Guy... and you can keep yer lousy over worked material.
Funny Guys.. Buddy Hackett....
Charlie Callas....Schnozzle Durante...
Could read a phone book.... and the Cat would Break up~
Kojo.
Yer pal...who is jist havin a wee bit fun.
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anybody there?????? The oldest cub has just gave me back the controls and im waiting on the lioness to come in from a night out.
Ladies night
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A wee bit of disco
EWF
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A bit more fun...
A few slight hints in jest during the week had me thinking..
The LA 23
Said he wouldnt play for another EPL team, would he play for another Spanish or Catalyan team? wouldnt imagine Italian, French or German teams would appeal.
Theres been stories of 'Majic' heading to LA, dont know if its for Hollywood or Football, he's been trying to perfect his footballer act lately. To give him his due he does have experience of what its like to be one.
US soccer league has finished and he hasnt really played a good run of games in at least the last twelve months.
Hes not cup tied for the Champions League.
The greatest living manager has just taken over his national team, being close would impress. Also must be realy wanting those extra few caps.
The Spice Girls are 'recording' in england in the new year, Im guessing he will be told to be within the watchfull eye.
Even if he was paid £50-100,000 a week by Celtic Im sure it would be recoverable. My Sister who has no interest in Football (Thinks Champions League fever is a mental illness) was at the Sydney Olympic stadium to see those two greats of world Football Sydney FC 5 v L A Galaxy 2 or 3. 82,000 sell out, and apparently tickets were like gold dust. Obviously ticket revenue wouldnt be a big plus but whatever the increase in CH67 subscribers was once Naka settled we should expect a lot more? Sale of shirts? Im guessing there would be quite a few .
If it was only a 'lazy journalist/roumor monger' (only joking)seed that was planted cheers, but it did get me thinking.
Hail Hail
Beckham crossing into a classic Larsson leap for the first of many goals on 2 January 2008.
The celebratory tanoy tune 'Champions League tune'
Has anybody else noticed how many free adverts a certain Danish beer company gets from paragraphs like that. Im not going for it. (If the company is interestd, you know where Iam)
All I know is from the above is... If Chianti and a few CQN comments did................................................
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00:25, Kojo
Bob Hope. I watched something the other week and a few talking heads noted that he didnt write a thing he said on stage. Huddle of writers apparently. Im imagining similar to the very underrated Studio 60 on Sunset Strip More4 Thursdays.
Before my time but shocked, think it was a repeat of the top 100 stand ups, the Whitehill Cafu wasnt placed.
Led Zep 1973 Madison Square Gardens recorded from CH4 during the week now on, now were talking.
Need Noel90 coaching CSC
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Beckium my arsium.... Great player and would be a big seller on the strips but unless we were going to lose our whole midfield where would he play.
Can he play full back
another song ive got on.
OJ
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Since awalk is not about to slap me down
a song from my courting days.. well see'ing the lioness is not in
CLICK HERE
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a good looking burd with an amazing voice...hopefully not sexist
DCLEE
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right im away to bed with this as noebody is talking to me
PW
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GreenLion.
Sorry, before my day, however Im, listening to Led Zep so I guess it might say something. Being 33 80s music has always made me think of east kilbride, just the impresion Ive had, hope your not from there and not offended by my inferance.
Led Zepppelin that was on CH4 wasnt the Video/DVD stuff, quite impressed that its new to me.
Whole Lotta Hail Hail
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GreenLion
Didnt get chamce to read your stuff. What you saying?
Hail Hail
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Estadio nacional (if you dont mind EN) as its a lot to type.
Im just in a wee period of waiting on the lioness to come home and I thought I would listen to music from our time.
Like this... its better than zeppelin....
TTD
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just back from the xmas nite out and am proud to saythat I refused to dance to "loch lomond" by runrig.
Anything by runrig is as foreign to me as "deutchsland deutchsland uber alles" and i was born on a Maryhill street (there's another song in there somewhere!)
Runrig must die
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GreenLion
I liked it for a wee while, but it had 80s East Kilbride wrote all over it.
Thats my memories of those type of songs.
Hail Hail
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EN good night and god bless and to the manylurkers as well
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East Kilbride
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Sally
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the rattler
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Hipsway
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what I miss most about home.....
Hail hail
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Willie Maley
Thanks to Pablo for this one
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Hey Jude
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Wannabe's
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Madness
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Too Much Too Young
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Radio Nowhere
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Orange Crush
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Waterfront
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Road Trippin'
Hi Paul. Sory for taking over the blog, but it was quiet, i was drunk.....
G
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georgiebhoy
drunk n' charge of the internet
good music though
hail hail
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test
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test
good morning
dumfries prison @9am
must dash
hail hail
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Has everyone left the blog?
Ulcyr
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Curly :- It looks like it. Perhaps they have all joined PFAyr as a guest of her majesty, after all we both know just how much Celtic fans love her.
P.S This isn't to say that all Celtic fans should be put in jail but the idea does have attractions :-)
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Morning Edward -
Hope you will not be too upset this afternoon after your team suffers it 2nd 3-0 home defeat in a row. I am simply dreaming of someone with a foreign surname taking over Alan Johnston's mantle of being the last Hertz player to score a hat-trick over at your hoose.
Clyru
(dreaming pleasant dreams.csc)
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Ted-
Rangers must be desperate
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...I wonder if a few astards, uggers and ampots have signed up to logger since their randing initiative?
hris
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hris -
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Noel90 -
Is that a new manager that Ted's team have now? Valter Schmidt?
urly
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Morning alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Where has all the JJb money gone????????
Where has all the lboggen bloggers gone???????????
BigJoeWhothinksNOEL90bROKEtheBlog,heDIDb4
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hi paul. fellow celts.
paul. wgs. noel90. kojo. thank you all for your reply. paul. i hope you are right in us having the resources to invest in the team. music to my ears my friend.
noel90. ive been told off on here before about that. never was the brightest pin in the box . anyway i posted with my heart not my head. dont want them to win the toss against us .and there are a few like me i bet. but sorry m8.
wgs. i think you and i are singing off the same song sheet.
my friend kojo. i will refer you to my reply to noel90 above. but my word, i fair like your posts. and i feel i have contributed when i get a reply from you. or paul. i maybe see things a bit different from most on here, but most of you are more in the know than the likes of myself. i would love to see our hierarchy, take on the press more on our behalf. the same applies to the workings within the s.f.a. i would expect our leaders to be aware of the dangers lurking from across the city, and i would also expect them to be aware, that if we have not put sufficient daylight between us and them, as we have witnessed on countless occasions strange things take place. all i am asking is, we have room for improvement within the team , please let those improvements take place. cheers m8
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match preview on www.thelordofthewing.blogspot.com
Joe, the blog is not broke just hungover...boik....
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Jimtim-
it just makes it easier to get your point across-
which you did any way.
Good stuff.
Any truth in the rumours that
bigjoefaetherigswholivesinspainanddrinkstennentslager
is back ?
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Cheers for that Keving…………………………
Hey Noel………………………………90
Remember a couple of years ago…………….
When big P was away…………………………………
On holiday or something……………………………
We broke the BLOG…………………………………….
Well we got the blam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BigJoewhoTHINKSsuperCeltwasINVOLVED2
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Where has all the Tennents gone.
BigJoesaysNoel90TennentsLagerisWAYbetterTHANstella
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BigJoe-
you started it.
Well, you AND Supercelt.
innocentbystanderCSC.
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'morning all...
A hangover is not so bad - you could feel like this.
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December 15
1888
Celtic's sixth competitive fiture
Scottish Cup Quarter Final
East Stirling 1 Celtic 2 (McCallum 2)
Att - 3,000
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1950
Pat McAulay is transferred to Luton Town
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Morning WG -
How's ML2? Ur ye heading northwards on the morrow?
AB53 is fine
Lurcy
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1953
John McDonald is transferred to St Mirren
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Ulryc -
Aye...avec wife, son and son's mate. I'm thrilled at the prospect.........not.
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Newsnow has us interested in Andreas Hinkel, the German full back playing for Seville.
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Winninggemmell………………………………………
How is my old………………………………..
sparring partner……………………..
good I hope…………………………………. : - )
The question is……………………………………
Regarding my Fantasy team………………………………
Will…………………………..
Cesc Fabregas………………………….
And…………………………………………………..
Robin van Persie…………………………………………
PLAY manana ??????????????????????
BigJoewhowouldLIKE2know
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..... combined with entertaining the in-laws today it's the weekend from hell
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Big Joe -
I'd go for......
benched to start
and a win
for
The Goonahs.
Who'llbewatchinGintheheilans
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WG -
Speaking of hell, best not remember this week from 1984, eh?
Lycru
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Better keep MrsWG away fae the loch in case sumbdy's oot wi a camera and a harpoon....
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Ulryc -
or even worse this very day 1973, my first Cup final defeat. Red Hand Davidson strikes again.
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WG -
Can I safely assume that you are refering to the Airdrie goat-herder who lead his flock hither and thither by playing a flute-like instrument? With one trooser leg hoiked up to knee level?
Yrclu
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did emdy see this ludicrous article in yesterday's Scotsman?
Two quotes, comedy gold:
But so intense was Rangers' predicament at the outset of this journey, and so heroically did they perform in the first three games, when they gathered all seven of their points, it's hard to shake off the scent of a unique chance gone a-begging...
and, my favourite...
The enduring nature of Celtic's refusal to let any European opponent leave Glasgow with a point this season suggests nobody should rule out Rangers' chance of matching this season's performance in next year's Champions League..."
What? WHAT?! Can anyone make sense of that last sentence?
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Ulryc -
aye, that wid be him aw right - whit time's the darnel/hertz panto start ?
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thegreentrumpet,
Comedy gold indeed; that last quote is totally ridiculous - the biggest presumption being that Rangers will make the Champions League.... at all
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WG -
I believe that the loyalists party and goat roping starts at 15:00 GMT, and hopefully will end up in tears yet again for our friends from south of the Clyde.
Clyur
(hertz for the day only.csc)
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Ulryc -
is this also the day of the Unpostponable Sheep/Mothers collision ?
If so I want a resounding victory for the oil drillers.
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Oh Please Santa - Please can we have
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WG -
Tis indeed that very gemme. Will you be going along to you local ground, sporting a reed tee, carrying an inflatable sheep and giving it "Fit like loons?"?
Or not, as the case may be?
Curyl
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is it just me or does everybody have an
orange b in front of their user id?
no offence intended edwardursus
hail hail
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Have we signed andreas hinkel?
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Anyone any info please? I heard for 3 million from Seville? Sorry if I have missed this; been lazy this fine morning.......
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neverbeten
just a story at the moment but its from a better source than the daily retard
hail hail
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Just switched my phone from last night. I have 3 voice messages and umpteen txts from hearts and rangers "fans" giving it the usual slur on the late great Jock Stein.
Im mega peeved off.
After the media initially saying something a couple of weeks ago, its all went silent.
I was thinking about writing to sir fergie at man u, an ex hun who work with Jock Stein, if he said something about it, the whole of britian would take note.
Does anyone think this is worth a shot, because if nothing is done, the 2nd of Jan aint going to go down quietly and I can sense trouble.
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Whats with the orange B's. B for Bigots??
PS Hinkel, come on down.
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BAZZA, please do the following and you will feel better; GUARANTEED;
Ignore the texts, DO NOT RETURN THE CALLS AND DON'T BE SILLY RE SAF.
Right. Now, pretend for a minute you are a Hun....
See, it ain't all bad mate.
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bazzabhoy
you have given your phone number to the wrong people.
celtic are carefully monitoring the situation with this chant, and i suspect that rangers are accutely aware also.
my opinion is we let it lie and do not publicise it.
hail hail
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Re-Hinkel, I had the vrowe look at it, she doesn't understand German so well, but thinks it says something about a swop or what would more likely in the context, loan. (wechsel)
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Ulryc -
Ah didny no the gemme wiz it Myrrh Park or I'd have donned ma Rudloph nose and sallied down to Lower ML.
Anyway good luck to the not-so-wise travellers from the east. May they find what they are looking for.
I need to deal with similar here, who have followed a shining star from Grange of Lindores so laters amigo and don't let Herod's hordes upset your weekend.
WiseGhuy
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Re Hinkel, with a bit of help from Google translation of the article posted by Yogissannies, this is the gist of it;
Andreas Hinkel is reported, by FC Seville, as going to Glasgow Celtic in Scotland.
Spanish media have consistently reported that Andreas Hinkel from the UEFA Cup winners FC Sevilla will switch to Celtic.
The Scots have reportedly agreed with the 25-year-sided defender a transfer fee of three million euros.
Hinkel arrived in Seville in 2006, from Stuttgart on a contract valide until 2010
Recently, VfL Wolfsburg also have expressed interest.
In addition, more clubs from the Bundesliga have expressed interest in Hinkel.
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Hinkel would be great. Hope we are still in for Mendy!
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neverbeten, just counted my fingers and toes, just the 10 of each so not a hun and feelin better already mate!
thebourne - i know you are right, just so frustrating "bjk" has taken over as "i wish my wife was thid dirty" on the back of vans etc. disgusting. There is nothing we can do about it.
I hope Celtic make a public statement calling on murray/rangers to do something about it before 2nd jan.
2-1 to the mini huns the day.
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subterranean @ 10.52
Very good - how about lueroomisbare for a logger name?
thebourne @ 12.53,
I think the correct phrase is dirty orange b.
neverbeaten,
I put that link yogissannies gave us through babel fish but, as usual, the English translation was almost as impenetrable as the original German. I think the article is saying that we're on the verge of agreeing a 3 million Euro bid with Seville but that Wolfsburg are interested in the player as well...maybe
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"from the UEFA Cup winners FC Sevillawill SWITCH to Celtic", I'm taking it, "Switch = Weschel, and not swop or loan, I did say she didn't understand German so well!
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Dick Byrne
thanks - of course you're right
don't mind them so much now that it
seems we've all got to suffer them.
hail hail
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On Hinkel, I understand this is a live one and expect a permanent deal to be done.
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Forget about Hinkel; here is the latest transfer target, although there is something wrong with this picture.
Fotoshop OTT
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Good to hear you have awareness of this latest speculation Paul.
Fingers crossed it's a quality left back in the bag......
Best not get too greedy but another couple of quality additions wouldn't go amiss I reckon.
Speedy winger (who can whip crosses in) \ striker combination would be smashin !
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If we do get Hinkel it will be the biggest signing since Gravesen.
Put your mortgage on Rangers today.They almost always start with an early goal,completely unlike us.
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How about mendy? Available on a bosman - right back and is RAPID!
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Isn't Hinkel a right back?
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test
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hinkel i thought was a right back
However players of this calibre are very much cause for optimism
is he not CL cup tied tho?
I remember he was a big thing in Germany a little while bag but apparently Wolfsburg managed by Magath his old mentor want him as well
For me mark wilson needs to be the cover and a new first choice right back sought
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Sorry that my post will probably cool down your enthusiasm about a Hinkel but... It's true that the German TV "N" said about the interest from Celtic. On the other German site Hinkel's agent Klaus Schaude said to "Wolfsburger Allgemeinen Zeitung" the local newspaper : There are quite big chances that Andreas Hinkel will play for Wolfsburg.
EDB He is right back but also can play on the left.
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Regarding Hinkel or any other January target - I for one couldn't give a monkeys if they are cup tied for the CL.
If they are young, decent and better than we've got, bring them in. We've got a league to win - we won't win the CL.
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hamptontim
Totally agree with you but it's a shame that he is CL cuptied after a total of 10 minutes in appearances.
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Apparently Chic Dung has reported it as a done deal for 2.1million (as per KDS forum)......didn't actually hear the report myself.
Looks like Hinkel can play either side of the back 4......will await seeing him being introduced by Gordon \ Peter L before kicking off a 'Mexican wave'....
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Better no be fn Ginkel
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Peter Lawell has told Chick Young that Hinkel is one of a number of possibles and the deal has not been done.
So there you are.
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Cheers for the info Ianinjesi:
Looks like another Chic 'exclusive'......so many times that wee nyaff tees himself up and is left looking like an eejit ! How does he stay in a job as a reporter? What does he actually report?
Still we can but hope it's a definite possibility for Hinkel :-)
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Had a look on the lad's personal website. He seems an impressive charachter.
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what time rangers penalty?
i'll go for an early one this week because they will
be so out to help them over their miss of the
centurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
penalty @ 23minutes foul on the white tofu
just outside the box and not a foul (:-/)
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Don't know anything about Hinkel, but if he is a German international and Ramos brought him to Seville, he must be a decent player. Good tyo see that January business is well asvanced.
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is this possibly being done quickly with view to him being available for the old firm game?
its deffo going to be a game which has a big impact on the title race
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Hinkel is CL cup tied, mad e two appearances and played ten minutes.
BF
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Have rangers had their penalty yet?
Clyru
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Paul67,
That's a signing in a half if true about Hinkel.
The boy was most sought after player in Germany when with Stuttgart.
Now we are talking if this comes through. £2.1 million a snip for this guy. Quality bargain :)
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Hearts go one down.
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team, what happened to the blog, how come we have all these icons now
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Hail, Hail
Everybody will be happy to know that the ice has melted on the canal and my boat is free, I did not have to resort to canibalism like the Franklin Expedition, a couple more hours who knows.
Latest from Minas Morgul:
Sauron's Orcs 1 (Lee Grishnákh 18 min) Saruman's Orcs Uruk-hai of Midearthin 0
Laptop ringwraiths are circling the dark tower were tyrant Murray's face is red and in his best Robrt Plant's voice is screams bring the SPL title back, bring it back, bring it back, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, bring it, bring it bring it, bring itttttttttt.......
Battle of Evermore CSC
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A half dozen rangers players practically diving into the crowd during goal celebrations...hmmmmm... I thought there was some kind of rule about that........it seems not!!!
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Half Time Standings
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Hibernian 1-0 Falkirk HT
Donaldson (pen) 21
Kilmarnock 1-1 Gretna HT
Invincibile 27
Skelton 5
Motherwell 3-0 Aberdeen HT
McCormack (pen) 8
McGarry 12
McCormack 45
Rangers 1-0 Hearts HT
McCulloch 18
St Mirren 0-0 Dundee Utd
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Mark McGhee will be enhancing his chances of a Scotland appointment if he keeps up this winning form at Motherwell.
Murray will have already instructed DUFFIELD to remove this threat to Rangers finishing second.
'GG
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HaHaHaHearts have equalised!
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hearts have just made it 1 1
Andrius Velicka 56 mins
Happy days
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1-1 Velicka!!!!!
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Hearts SCORE.
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Unlucky Rangers
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one each at hundom
velicka hammer of the celts scores , does us a turn this time
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Gretna go 3-2 up against Killie.
Maybe Rangers will have further reasons to regret avoiding them as Gretna hit a bit of form.
'GG
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Hearts SHOULD be fresher.
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The Hinkel speculation is a good indicator for those of us sceptical of the board's intention to strengthen the team for the run in to THREE IN A ROW.
He's is CL cup tied I suspect, so clearly the manager is focused on THREE IN A ROW.
They clearly recognise the need for an international class full back.
As the manager has stated from time to time, plans are in place and moves are already underway to secure their targets.
Well done Peter and Gordon.
It doesn't do any harm to give us us a little glimpse of what's going on behind the scenes.
'GG
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test
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GG
not cup tied
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WDH
league tied
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Latest from Minas Morgul:
Sauron's Orcs 1 (Lee Grishnákh 18 min) Saruman's Orcs Uruk-hai of Midearthin 1 (Lithuanian type Orc 56 min)
The head rangwraith Walter Nazgul is raging, if he loses this he might get thrown into Mount Doom.
The Nazgul in the cardigan looks to bring on a large Troll to play up front alone so to continue playing anti-football.
The hordes in the stands are turning ugly, so nothing new there to report.
Baggins CSC
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Maloney just on the pitch scores from free kick.
Prodigal Son CSC
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WDH
Good news indeed.
This may be a memorable Christmas shopping spree.
'GG
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Maloney scores for AV
will that be the transfer fecked again
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Just to change the subject a wee bit (getting back to transfers) i thought i'd give my two penneth on the positions we should look to strengthen in and some of the names we seem to be looking at.
Goalkeeper. The mad monk i guess will come on a bosman. Brown to go on loan.
Full back (i happen to think we should stick with the centre back options - at least untill the summer, although if we can get £1m for bobo we should take it.)
Hinckel - left back who can play right back. £2.1m quoted.
Mendy - right back. Bosman for the summer, or nominal fee for January. It seemed as though we were going to sign him in the summer, although Liverpool have said (in the Mirror!) to be interested.
Murphy - from Hibs. I guess Hinckel would be prefrable at LB.
Hart - Aberdeen. I guess unlikely.
Midfield partner for Brown. I think Donati should get the season for this, but i have been a wee bit disappointed with him so far. I'd like to see a player with Brown's "puff" and Naka's technical skills on the ball (notwithstanding free kicks!). As for names, i have no idea! Appiah may still be on the radar, but with the African cup of nations i would be suprised. I like the look of Ever Banega of Boca - but the big boys may be circling!
I assume Sean Maloney will return. I hope we can get James McCarthy of Hamilton for the long term.
Striker seems to be where we struggle, and where we will spend money when the time is right (and i doubt that will be in January).
McFadden
Lafferty (burnley)
Keane (why not!)
Doyle (see Keane)
Fletcher (long term, but has signed a new deal with Hibs - may give it a season or two).
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I'm listening to Clyde on PC and I hear them conducting an auction for various kit items from footballers.
I think they could raise a fortune from Celtic fans if they could get the Hound of the Baskerville's boots from the
MISS OF THE CENTURY
'GG
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WDH,
Hinkel came on a sub a couple of times in the Group stages. Wouldn't that make him unavailable for us in the next round?
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tounge tied
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dobbo
of teh strikers you mentioned they wiil either cost a fortune Doyle and Kean or are no better than what we have
midfielder of the quality you quote ...certainly but can`t see us signing lampard or xavi
hinkel ...thought he was a RB .?
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Mculloch scores
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laces tied
and
dickie bow..tied
mirth over huns 2-1
ucking ish
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Dick Byrne
he's no coming anyway but that was the uefa cup I believe.
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Pfayr
thats the problem with strikers - unless you get them on a bosman, there is no guarantee of goals, quality etc unless you spend big.
I think we have money to spend, but only if the right player becomes available.
Remember, should we get rid of Bobo, Jiri, Tommy G et al that is a fair few quid freed up to put towards new players.
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horse bets .still running ( although race finished )
coupon burst
huns score in dying minutes
if kestrel lager made saturday afternoons
WDH
hinkel ..for sevilla in CL
fulltime mordor 2-1
misery
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WDH, you might be right about him not coming but he definitely came on as a sub against both Slavia Prague & Steaua Bucharest in the CL. He only managed a total of 10 minutes, mind you, but I guess that would be enough to rule him out for us.
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Thomo scores equaliser for Leeds 1-1
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Goalkeeping error from Hearts 'keeper hands 'Gers a lifeline.
'GG
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BBC reporting the Hinkel story
With the return of the prodigal Shaun, things could be looking good in January!
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The Tubes will be bouncing in the tube on their way home to their pits.
Got to get maxium points tomorrow
Mon the Hoops.
Disappointed CSC
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Narrowbhoat
too true mate
must stay at least 5 points ahead before the next match with them
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I posted my fears re the SPL the other night but you guys turned me round with reaseonaed argument and emotion (I'm a pushover)
To-day's result shows that we cannot afford to drop ANY more points in the SPL - Rankers are geared for this tournament, I fear we are less so.
Tomorrow and all the remaining SPL games are cup finals, we cannot afford aye ooff the ball events like Hearts and St Mirren - Rankers will throttle points out of every game - we have seen it before.
We are better in footballing terms buit our approach to to the cold wet SPL worries me.
Inverness is another potential bananna skin.
I hope to be proved very very wrong.
Hail hail
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At 15/12/07 17:09, jinkyredstar said…
I hope to be proved very very wrong.
Positive vibes on that thought.
'GG
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GG got my numbers wrong
masi
musar
who the
craig gordon dropped today ?
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Jinkyredstar, . No banana skin tomorrow...write it out one hundred times, pour yourself a Highland Park(you must have a double!), big breath (fill your own line in there) and relax. You need to watch out for self fulfilling prophecies.
Why do we all have a big orange "B" beside our names?
A Paranoid Tim
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Losing is not an option tomorrow, the teuchters will be up for it. Who will play left back tomorrow? Is Pressley playing tomorrow?
Its too quiet about Naka, is he near returning or will he leave in January. Has he been seen lately is he recuperating in Japan? Will Naylor be back before January, Will Ghord bring in another striker? Will Pressley shave off that scraggly beard? Is Paull Hartley really Peter Petrelli and has Hoopy the Hound findly been house trained?
Inquiring minds need to know the answers to these questions.
0-2 for the Bhoys tomorrow, the first clean sheet away for over a year as M. Brown returns to his old team.
Curiosity Killed the Cat CSC
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Cadizzy
Highland Park duly poured!
Whit did a ah tell ye aboot self fulfulling prophecies?
Just realised I wrote "aye oof the ball" - see what happens when your sober.
Don't get me wrong I'm right up for tomorrow - Tennants Bard (lucky pants an awe) but I just have that dread creeping up - stuff them in Jan and all will be well.
Hail hail
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The Narrowbhoat Tim,
A frind of A friend.....alawys convincing, has it on good authority that Naka is going back to Japan in January.
Hope it's not the case BUT like you I find the silence on the subject somewhat disconcerting!
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whitedoghunch
Gordon's been dropped for the past 3/4 matches.
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derbyshirebhoy
never knew that.
Naka is fine who asked ?
And has been training.
Love starting a sentence with and.
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I am not decrying the friend of a friend's view because clearly sometimes information from such sources are correct. However,it is our nature to worry when we hear nothing definitive about issues where we want absolute cast iron statments (in this case Naka's continuing presence in Glasgow next year). I may be over optimistic/in denial or even have taken my "aye oof the ball" but I cannot think of one footballing reason for him to go back to Japan yet. Family circumstances, of course, may be the reason but he has said on several occasions, and fairly recently, that he and his family are settled. I prefer to view it as the club saying nothing because there is nothing to say.
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And, as whitedoghunch says, he has been training. And I started the last sentence with "and". And the last one also.....
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OK so you make a wee typeo - and you instigate the CQN "aye oof the ball" awards -
Darchville on Wednesday - no brainer
Hail hail
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And another thing......
Anybody be in Tennants tomorrow?
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I expect JC will be there (not the one with an upcoming birthday). Do you have his number or shall I text you it?
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Somebody better tell Shaun if he's wanting back he better stop scoring. This happened last time when the move was all but done. At this rate MON won't sell again:)
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MON saying shaun is settling and he hopes he is there for years to come
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Following on from my best Celtic Foreign Eleven, best Celtic Irish Eleven, Celtic couldn't give a t*ss about playing for Celtic Eleven and my personal favourite Celtic Viking Eleven. Here is my Best Celtic from Literature Eleven.
Ally (the night of the) Hunter
John (The Man who would be) King, Peter ( The Silence of the)Lamb, Stephane(The Darling Buds of) Mahe,
Willie (pick a pocket)Fagan, Andrew (Glengary Glen) Ross, William (the Secret) Garden, Robert (casebook) Findlay, John Brown (school days)
Oliver (I want more) Anderson, Ebenezer (are there no workhouses) Owers
Running out of ideas Eleven.
Booker Prize CSC
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Cadizzy
If JC is in I'll see him OK, his lucky floorborad is in a different part of the bar.
Just wondered if any CQN types haunt T's - met a few Kerrydale Street folk in the past and others from Glasgow Uni CSC.
And just wondered.....
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is anyone else getting annoyed by Sno's comments
he needs to back up his big words with performances
he was going nowhere till we signed him
I would sell him he is not 1/2 the player he thinks he is
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antsman
No footballers are half as good as they think they are.
It takes a big ego to go out in front of a big crowd and take the abuse from fan and foe.
I agree re Sno. He has to realise he needs to be patient and earn a place in the starting XI
'GG
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Commentators' euphemisms
"An absorbing fascinating game." Boring 0-0 draw.
Any more?
'GG
PS I'm watching Fulham and Newcastle cure insomnia.
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I'll say two words to Sno
Ibrox October!!
The manager started you and nothing happened. Always caught on the ball. losing posseion in dangerous posession and not tracking runners. This has not just happened at Ibrox.
I don't think Evander can have any complaints, WGS has gave him many chances and i have felt we have been a man down with him in the team. I rate Bjanrsson higher than Sno.
This story that he's to young blah, blah, blah. Agree to an extent however, was Owen to young when he peoformed at the World Cup at 18?? Rooney, Huntelaar, Van Persie,Casillas, Giggs. All regulars at 17 and 18.
If your good enough your old enough.
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What we have to realise with these 'want away' reports is the context of any interview.
Take Evander - guy with dodgy suite and digital handheld recorder sidles up and says-
"Would you like to play more first team football?" - answer is obvious
"Is playing in the first team important in your International career?" - answer is obvious
"If you don't get enough first time football would you consider moving on?" - answer is obvious!!!
20 year olds and hackneyed hacks go together like fish and chips - add a greedy agent (representative of Salt & Vinegar Inc) and you have the rceipe for a put up job.
And at this point we should also take into account the language issue - I find it hard enough to get my meaning across in English, especially when I take my aye oof the ball!
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Cadizzy @ 17:50,
And I sincerely hope you are right, however it must have been close to 6 weeks ago I heard the rumour. On 31-October Naka was rested (sure he deserved it) for the Hearts game and hasn't played since.
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WGS-
As CQNs resident cyberscout.......
why did you not have Hinkel on your radar ?
P45couldbeinthepostforyouCSC.
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jinky
Evandar always has plenty to say about himself and his ability he believes he has
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Blogger 'GG-
I've just had a skwatch at your fancy new ultra modern avatar.
Nice.
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Noel
I'll never tire of watching that and reliving the relief and pleasure I felt.
'GG
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antsman
I don't know why it would bother the fans when Evander says he wants to play more often.
Now, if he were saying "I'm not sure I'm good enough for this team", I'd be worried.
To be honest, when players talk through their mouths, I'm rarely interested; it's how they talk with their feet that concerns me.
Evander said nothing disrespectful. Let WGS handle these matters.
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Newcastle score from very soft extra time penalty to win 1-0.
Two weeks in a row they have won in extra time.
Sam leading a charmed life.
'GG
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Noel90.
Just goes to show you how top secret it is these days. Never heard that name getting banded about.
Nice suprise. If we get him then what a difference we'll see. Guy is a player. Tall, Fast, can tackle. As i said earlier, highly rated in Germany.
Hopefull it will materialise. Need him for Jan 2nd especially.
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sftb
my whole point is he is looking to be in the first team and when he has been his feet have not done the talking
in january i would like to see
Sno
Bobo
Riordan
Zurawski
leave to fund some more activity
I would like to see teddy b back in the first team fold as well
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Interesting news today about Andreas Hinkel.
He said at the end of November that he wanted to leave Seville "as soon as possible".
Every comment I've seen seems to suggest that he's a very accomplished player (as he must be to feature in this Seville team in any capacity). Seville fans regret his decision.
He is being kept out by Dani Alves, who, everyone thought, was going to leave in August. The Dani Alves-Jesús Navas combination seems to have left Hinkel largely frozen out.
Perhaps he wants first-team football to get in the German squad for Euro 08. Perhaps he doesn't see eye to eye with new Seville manager Manolo Jiménez.
There certainly seems to be little love lost. He's been left out of the (injury-hit) squad for tomorrow's game away to the mighty Real Valladolid "for technical reasons".
This one seems to be written in the stars. We will draw Seville in the last 16. Appropriate, because we are the only opponents who could pay a proper tribute to Antonio Puerta, the player who died after the Getafe game in August.
The Hinkel link would make it even more interesting. Andreas may not be able to play, but he'd be an important contributor to the team-talk.
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Noel90,
I wonder if Mr Paul67 is preparing and writing the next post on Hinkel.
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It looks likely that 3 of your 4 are going. I would still be surprised to see Sno leave as I have no doubts that he will play in one of the big leagues and will command substantial transfer fees in his future career.
If he leaves now, we would be lucky to get £1 million as he is playing less often than he did last year. People forget he started games like our CL win against Man U.
I think he's making good progress and that most of the criticisms of his play (too slow, only passes back etc;) are myths. If he can sort out his reckless tackling, he'll get more game. That is, if our fans don't drive him away sooner.
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Why wouldn't Sno want away? Everything he does on the pitch is scrutinised unfavourably by a substantial section of the support. He can't even make a comment about his future(notice not a word about booing) without criticism. Under the circumstances I'd want away.
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WGS-
Not until it's officially done and dusted-
I think.
Take your point about Hinkels deal being done on the quiet-best way to conduct a superb piece of business.
SFTBs-
"when players talk through their mouths, I'm rarely interested;"-
Great line.
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sftb
playing against man u goes for little, david marshall hero in barcelona ended up at norwich
I do not believe its a myth he is to slow, but he is not the only one
His pass for riordan against st mirren was tremendous and if it was scott brown it would of got alot more attention
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I like the bench players getting frustrated. Sno , O'dea , Riordan should all be champing at the bit and when they come into the side they should try and cement themselves there.
Pity some single Sno out. O'Dea was just as bad at Ibrox in October and has made comments about being frustrated and I'd bet your baws he'd be asking for a leave of Celtic tomorrow if he was consistently being booed.
WGS,
Your being a bit OTT with comparisons to players of early age you mention as these players are all top players. We have to realise we have a lot of raw talent which will take time to flourish. Not every great player makes it at 17 or 18. Most just count themselves lucky to be given a Pro contract. Then they go forth and learn the game especially on our islands.
If your old enough your good enough doesn't apply at Celtic. One bad game and the supporters will turn. We demand instant success. If we had a young Ronaldinho like the one PSG had he'd be hounded out already. You can have all the talent in the world but if you haven't learned the game then your in for a rough ride at Celtic if your a young player. They are allowed no time to develop under the demands of the Celtic support.
All the players you mention Rooney, Huntelaar, Van Persie,Casillas, Giggs , broke through as talent and were spotted and brought into teams surrounded by TOP talent and allowed to flourish. They were given time to allow their talents to develop along side TOP PROFESSIONAL players. The coaches at these clubs allowed the players to be developed. Rooney didn't score a Champions league goal for three years after a Hat-trick debut in a qualifier yet Man Utd persevered. Giggs was a consistent substitute in the earlier years , Van Persie (Whom MON nearly signed) learned his trade from Henry and was used sparingly from the bench , Huntelaar likewise. At Celtic you must be nearly the finished article due to the demand to win every game even reserve fixtures. That is , unless your a young player from the highest echelons of the game like Messi for example.
Celtic fans must realise that player like Sno have to be given time. Our team is filled with raw talent and some average players who are punching way above their station. Being a young player in such a situation must be difficult.
Sno's last contribution was a 35 yard pass to Riordan to rescue us a point. Yet all I hear is him being caught in possession by Kaka. Too many grumblings about whats been and gone.
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Sno's fast enough as he showed getting back to block Kaka.
Some players have fast twitch muscle and quick stride patterns. Others use their long legs to eat up the ground. Sno is the latter type. He is languid in movement but covers enough ground.
He sometimes has that Dutch overconfidence in that he invites a tackle right on top of him before he will pass the ball on. I'd prefer release to be just a fraction quicker. Nonetheless, to play at CL level, you have to be comfortable on the ball and not panic when pressed. Sno can do this.
Oh, and BTW, David Marshall's career is not yet over. He is playing regularly for Norwich and has impressed a few observers playing behind a poor team. I'd expect his career to flourish even if Norwich go down.
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Anyone who thought it was cold last Saturday should have been at Brunton Park this afternoon. After a first half in which Carlisle were suffering from a bad dose of the D'Archevilles we got the goal to sustain our push for the big P.
Only heard about Hinkel from Chico at lunchtime. A 25 year old German international fullback sounds almost too good to be true. But the fact his name has so far not appeared in these pages[ as a riddle,doggerel or in plain English] is reassuring as it increases the chances of it happening.
Oh, and Narrowboat's comment about the Mint having a 'Robert Plant' voice is duly minuted by the Kerrang!CSC. In the week when everything that's happened in music since the Zeppelin called it a day was trampled underfoot we like to think that Sir David would have a voice like Tiny Tim.
Sir Percy de Plant is 100% Celt[with a K.]
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Maybe the best solution for Sno is to loan him out. What I saw of him last year, he looks like he has tons of potential. He needs playing time. We shouldn't give up on him yet.
WGS using Rooney, Huntelaar, Van Persie,Casillas, Giggs is a bit OTT, look at McGeady has turned out, last year I was cursing his choices of passes or hanging on to the ball too long, I almost gave up on him, but he proved me wrong, he's been out of this world.
So I say don't shovel Sno out the door.
Yeti Fan Club CSC
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sftb
every player, every human has fast twitch muscles
sno never caught kaka tho there is a big difference. Marshall career went downward, you are suggesting sno will command major fees big difference
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Donty
Apologies on saying the Sauron Like Murray had a Plant like voice, that should have read Plank-Like voice screaming Bring it back to his godless minions.
ZOSO CSC
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settingfree/gordon -
what are your plans for the Invers tomorrow ? Fancy a meet ?
WG
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Good to hear news of a fullback arrival.
In my opinion having an unbalanced side isn't helping anyones cause even the young players.
A reserve goalkeeper and 4 center halves covering the back 4 dosen't add up to a naturally balanced side which can accommodate young lads coming in. The chances of a mistake increase. Even up front and in midfield we've been disjointed. If Aiden had been injured we have been forced to play 4 central midfielders along midfield.
4 center halves + 4 center midfielders one off form striker with a reserve goalie and young lads on the bench makes a pretty unbalanced team. Great management to keep things running pretty smoothly. Now hopefully the board allow young Gordon the cash to balance the side and see what we can really do.
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Antsman ,
Not many catch Kaka , Just ask Man.Utd.
But as the young lad just said to me , you don't have to catch Kaka when you have Scott McDonald in the box in the last minute!
;-)
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antsman
Some careers take a backward step to get regular football and then make it to a bigger club in their prime. Gattuso went from rangers to salernitana before arriving at AC. I'm not saying Davie Marshall will get to the San Siro but he'll do better than Norwich, I'm betting.
WG
Better let Gordon reply to this. It depends what time his bus arrives in Inverness to see whether there is time for a meet up. Gordon might be able to tell you and me when we get there and whether there are boozers near the park.
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antsman
Some players have quick accelaration others don't. The point being made is that Sno once going isn't slow (not saying he's fast!). There are plenty of nippy forwards out there who aren't really that fast but have a burst of pace - McDonald being an obvious example.
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enrico
good point about the balance
i think jarosik will be gone in january or the summer
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Enrico etcc.
My use of Van Persie and Hunteaalr is because they followed the same path s Sno. They came through the Ajax and Feynoored setup like Evander. They came through that setup and were included at the same age as Evander to the first team.
My point is that obviously the guy never showed up there like these guys. He was also loaned out to a few Dutch clubs as well.
I hope i am wrong but i just don't think the guy is that special.
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sftb
excellent point re gattuso
malone
i know that but its not a case of some players having fast twitch and others not -everyone has them
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What about Leon,
Lucky bhoy!! Kylie and Danni to please. I'm in the wrong business.
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Tuned into the West Brom v Charlton game today,Hoping to see Beattie or Big Bad John,
Waiting for the 'match' of the day at Ipox to come on, and the Ghods had promised a 0-0 or 1-1 draw.
The Hawthorns won 4-2 and if they play like that every week i'll tune in again Mowbary has a nice wee side there, Phillips scored soon after he came on in the last 15min Bednar scored but.....
ZOLTAN GERA really caught the eye scored 2 and 1 assist 9.9pts
His contract is up in the summer he plays midfield for Hungary and forward for Brom scored 1 and 1assist in hungarys win over Italy in August a certan MON is trying too buy him maybe a phone call to big tony would not go amiss.
after watching 90mins of end to end free flowing football, Ipox was dire very dire
Even big Archie kept saying TFOD were rank my draw was set in stone then out of the 'blue' sorry
Boyd was taken off..... and boooed off the park...
then the 'finish' cause i can't say 'winner'
That Tarts Keeper
tru it away...
tru it in...
tru it back...
tru it over his shoulder i thought they were going to have to surgically remove him from the nets
game set and 'match' of the day yea right
I for one am lookin forward to the 2nd,
Negate Hutton, keep the ball on the deck, get in behind them....
Will WGS play McGeady right or left anybody
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settingfree -
been at the Invers all our games, no pubs near the ground. Are you on-line right now and I'll quick post my moby number ?
acknowledge receipt right away and I'll delete ?
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WG
OK
Put the number out there and delete it before your enemies get you.
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I have been wondering for a while whether our wage policy is having a detrimental effect on team selection.
It has been stated that we now operate a reduced basic scale, augmented by appearance and bonus payment.
Has this led to new signings like Jarosik, Donati, JVoh, etc., expecting to be regulars, even though their form may have dipped or even when they need a rest?
If this is the case and the manager feels an obligation to keep them happy, then opportunities for fringe players like Sno, Teddy, etc., will not be as plentiful as we and they would hope.
The team has been crying out to be refreshed recently, but due to the importance of every game, we have felt obliged to go with our strongest team.
What is obvious is that our fringe players need top team exposure, so that there can be a seamless substitution when batteries need recharging. A dilemma for the manager.
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WG
OK
Got it
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WG
I'll phone you when we're close to arriving. We can then see what the options are. I'll phone my sister in law who lives there for advice on anything tolerable near where the buses park.
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Fair comment WGS about Huntelaar and Van Persie, only time will tell if Sno is going to be a player, but if he does become a player then I hope we still have him playing for us instead of finding out when he is playing for another team. I believe you can never have enough good young players.
Sadly because of the league we play in we have to find gems that other teams might have overlooked or have given up on. I mean that is why we picked up Donati and you can possibly put our newest target Andreas Hinkel into that catagory.
Time to set sail in my bhoat for the nearest pub, looking for comely wenches and beer, I will probably have to settle for tankards of beer.
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of........ and all that carp.
William"Greenock" Kidd CSC
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settingfree -
we need to drink in town amigo, the park is very far away from the speakeasys.
I should be there by noon.
I'll be staying after the match for the Arsenal game.
WG
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If the Hinkel deal comes off. Any more christmas suprises for 2nd January?
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My dear friend, Enrico Anonini...
Spot on,Ragazzo!
Like you, I am pleased at the reported reaction, by Evander, to his lack of regular foist team games.
My kinda thinkin'......of course, ANY player who is not playing on a regular basis.... AND WOITH HIS CONDIMENT!!( IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!) should be slavering at the chops, to get oot der....and Show those godarn Sons of a Lady Dog... what he has to offer.
That, is the Beauty of the Capitalist System( HuH?....ed)( Euphemistically speaking, of coures... Say I... holding ma hauns up!)
Competition!...Competition and even MAIR COMPETITION!.. fur a PLACE IN THE SUN!( Weather,noo? who mentioned weather...ed)(Keep readin'... you'll get it.......eventually!)
Somebody Twice, said this...somewhere,sometime...
"COMPETITION IS A SIN!"
"COMPETITION IS A SIN!"
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In which I entirely agree..but, PRIVATELY!..in the woild of FINANCE!.... ...but NOT, in the woild of Soccerdom!
Therefore....
It is in NOT AT ALL necessary to
even do so much as, BLINK...on learning Evander's intimated Displeasure concerning his minimized playing time, on the field of play!
Good for you Evander!
And here is a message,young man...from us to you...
If you continue to improve in your performances, as you have done so in your LAST TWO APPEARANCES...
You shall soon find out that the System of Competition for places... can..and WILL woik, in YOUR FAVOR,for a chinge!
And, YOU... will be invited to the Banquet,while some other( Donati?...ed)( Shrewd observation,pal...mebbe,aye, mebbe,mebbe!)Celtic stalwart, shall have to Partake of his Meals in the Kitchen ,along with the rest of the Unexalted!( Is that a woid?...ed)( Na! but, is darned well should,be!)
In the small matter of the sudden interest by all of Celtica.. prompted by, the Notification of Celtic's acclaimed interest in a Young German Player, we have this to say...as a matter of interest...
The coterie, does NOT have the inkling of a sqiff of a morsel of a nano centimeter(Dat's Sma!....ed)of ANY IFORMATION TO FORTIFY... THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION,REGARDING THE NEWLY MENTIONED TARGET!
I am sorry...but that is a fact!
Does that mean that this Rumour is not a Rumour?
You tell ME!
The fact that this information is indeed a FACT...and the Fact that the coterie has been UNAWARE ...of the Celtic Interest in this fine young man... is ...I must point out...to some, to some members.....
IS IN FACT ... MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE!
( Run that by me again...whit ur ye saying?...ed)( Confidentially,pal... I hiv nae idea!... ah goat maist o'that stuff, aff o' da Pookah....he ayeways uses it....in his closin' argument...)
Kojo.
Yer pal... who likes yer style.
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Hoopslegend TMowbray has got the Baggies going well, and playing some good stuff. I'd like him to be the next Celtic manager, I think he would give us attractive football plus structured youth development.
I don't think the problem of keeping senior players happy is a new one- M O'N regularly played CRSutton in midfield so that he could give JHartson a start upfront.
Our use of substitutes this season is sometimes poor. It is different when a tactical changes have to be made when the Cunning Plan goes wrong but at other times we have bees sitting comfortably and changes don't get made 'til the last few minutes.
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Just posted WGs mobile number on FollowFollow !
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WGS ,
The guys you mention are the cream of the crop. Players like Sno take time to develop. Very few players are ready at age 18-21.
I'll see if I can get an article from John Park. He specializes on spotting the late developers in the game. Every player developments physically and mentally in different ways. By 21-23 you will most probably see full physical development but how many mentally mature teenagers do you see these days? Some have talent but the wrong attitude early doors at 18 but loose their way. By 23-24 they start to become level headed and more professional so they're developed late.
Compare and contrast McGeady and Riordan as a little example.
Van Persie and Huntelaar are now 24 years old.
Van Persie lacked discipline at the age of what Evander is now. Other clubs looked at Van Persie and got put off by his discipline problems at the age of 19-20. Now Van persie has got to the age of 24 at Arsenal and is more mature and accomplished due to the Arsenal youth set-up , good teachers in Wenger and Henry.
Jan Huntelaar is also 24. In his earlier years at the age of 20 he couldn't get a first team place at PSV. He moved around clubs on loan like De Graafschap who were then relegated with him in the side and they failed to extend his contract. His career only set off in 2004 aged 21 while playing for AGOVV Apeldoorn. He became their top scorer , learned the game , moved to heerenveen and then Ajax.
As you can see Evander is only at the Earliest of stages in his career and these players you mention didn't make it right away. It was only through development and proper coaching from good coaches that these players developed their talents. Evander is a bit different as he's a midfielder.
As you can see Evander has had CL experience at the tender age of 19 and has showed up on first team starts the same as your examples above did. Evander shouldn't be compared to these Dutch guys as he's only 19-20 years old. He has another 4 years of development to go yet before comparisons can be made.
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Noel
That's a real bad idea.
Once they guys develop opposable thumbs they'll be texting him bad words.
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SNOjustME..... as he now likes to be called is full of dutch courage/confidence when he was brought in for last seasons CL games he impressed everyone
He also predictied we would defeat MAN UTD at parkhead where if i remember he replaced a dropped TG not bad for a 19yr old
I think all this boooing stems from the 3-0 TFOD game where he froze and WGS should have hooked him very early, but he is showing he can stand up to the boo boo brigade, at FEYENOORD it is common for the Surinamese bhoys HENKE was booed and even considered quitting he was at such a low....
I was at a FEYENOORD V AJAX game94 the nooordbhoys hissed for the full second half i thought it was cause they were down 2-0 my cloggy mate told me AJAX are Jewish so we remind them of the gas..... feck i thought our singing was cuttin it.
SNOjustHIM
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SFTBs-
it's the texts going BACK the way that would be the ones worth reading........
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SFTB @ 21.01- you never know, he might just convert some of them...
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Kojo,
Was a Hinkel a suprise to you or were you throwing us all off target incase any of the "meeja" are reading this site?
Superb mate if that was the case. I notice how Murphy and Robson story has gathered pace over the past few weeks with our friends in the media.
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Lad's,
Come to think it Colle did mention a few weeks ago that full backs had be signed and sealed.
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no darnelistexts received yet, they're aw usin thir fones to vote fur that wee hun.....
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My dear friend, Enrico...
Just as soon as I agree with a fellow contributer... Ouch!
Up pops a bone on contention!
So whit else is Noo, Huh?
Na! Nevah evah use the COMPARISON CARD...in one's effort to bolster a Point of view,when dealing with, Homini Erecti!
Comparisons of Players attributes, along with Nostalgic Reveries.... are a SIN!
In other matters ...... COMPARISONS ARE... A SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY, WHEN ONE IS ENDEAVOURING TO PROVE A POINT!
HOWEEEEEEEEEEVAHHHHHH!
Strangely..or not so strangely...when one realizes that ONE CAN NEVAH EVAH COMPARE THE INNATE QUALITES OT HUMAN BEINGS.... who I am afraid... by the very fact that they are HUMAN... defeat the application of endeavouring to compare one Person to Another...
It Just Disnae woik.....
God made People under whit ah call ...
THE SNOWFLAKE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM!( Whit...ur we still talkin aboot Evander,then?...ed)( Not necessarily, but it doth relate)
I am sure that you, pal.. will not require me to offer any further information re my choice of woids....
The SNOWFLAKE SYSTEM..says it all!
Well, mebbe a wee succinct explanatory phrase....
"AWE PEOPLE UR NO THE SAME!
So......
Well, I will leave it at that!
Kojo.
Yer Pal.. who likes ye.
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SFTB & WG...
Just noticed your posts.
Our bus leaves at 9:30 in the morning and we probably won't reach Inverness until 1.00.
As WG pointed out the ground is a good distance out from the centre of town , a 15 or 20 minute walk.
WG, we might be short of time however we can call/text ahead and let you know how we are progressing.
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Barca are 2-0 up at Valencia after half an hour thanks to 2 wonderful goals from Eto'o.
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WackGemmell
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E'to scoring 2 & getting into gear ... Barca will be "one to avoid" in the next round for sure.
PS - to get rid of those annoying blogger logos ... suggest you use Firefox as your browser & add-on AdBlock to block the image ... works a treat for me
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Kojo ,
You've summed up what I've been trying to say all day !
"AWE PEOPLE UR NO THE SAME!
Same Wavelengh CSC
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Danni Minogue
Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow!!
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My dear,dear friend, WGS
Your thinking along the lines..... that I am quite liable to insert a dash of Obfuscation,in order to Cloak the truth, when a Player is mentioned in the Press... as a Celtic Target...when and.. Only! ... if I perceive, that it would be unwise on my part to stamp my Imprimatur on the news.
Be that as it may... in this case...
I am saying categorically and emphatically that the coterie have had no information relating to any Celtic Interest in a GERMAN PLAYER!
collie is elsewhere at this time...indulging in what collie indulges in.
But, you are correct...
The little whelp....did say that the Full Back replacements were, indeed, in place.
For myself... I believe that the window ultima will bring relief to our DEFENSIVE inadequacies.
And I still maintain ...there is a strong probability that a Mature Gentleman will be procured in order to Season our Fledging Strikers.
We are in dire need of that kind of help.
Kojo.
Yer Pal... who thinks ye ur swell.
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Hun through to final ffs
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C'mon Amphybian
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Noel,
Just not enoigh people
STOOD UP FOR THE OPPOSITIUON AT IBROX TODAY,
Nearly enough, but not quite, we nearly made it so we will just have to wait till next week.
STAND UP FOR THE CHAMPIONS,
Martin.
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Gordon -
fine, are you headin straight home afterwards ?
WG
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Go on Leon
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Winningemmell,
How are you and yours getting on?
Have you heard any more about Margaret R?
John is progressing well, he is out and about, but tries to avoid crowded places, his body is still very tender.
Will talk later, Cheers,
Martin.
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A win tomorrow guarantees us the Christmas Number One, I think the drama next door is getting to me a tad.......
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Winningemmell,
What final would that be then?
Martin.
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Martin42 -
I'll get back to you on MR, regards to John.
I'm fine and so are mine, hoping to catch up with MT over the festives, let you know if I do.
WG
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Messi off injured on the stroke of half time. Already a doubt for the game next Sunday against Real Madrid.
I'm not one for predictions, football is too fickle and we all know anything can happen, but I'll happily forecast that the game between Barcelona and Real Madrid next weekend will eclipse anything the EPL big games will throw up tomorrow.
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WG...
Yes, straight back home (with all 3 points I hope)
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Martin42 -
it's a karaoke thing on ITV.
I said I'd sing Roamin In The Gloamin but they never got back to me....
Same old ......
Sack Cowell
WG
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The Barcelona bench tonight (with Ronaldinho, Bojan, Zambrotta and Deco) must be worth more than the entire SPL.
None of them even got on when Messi went off: Giovani got the nod.
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Hampden In The Sun 21.45-
Cheers !
Martin-
They got out of jail today.
Next time........
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Kojo,
Micahel Owen on loan with a view of a permanet in the summer:)
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Gordon g
Lyon won on Wednesday! Catch up man!!
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Dannii is Willie to Kylie's Paul.
A mature gentleman can only mean the return of HoopslEgend Ainslie Harriott.
Today is the anniversary of the disappearance and death of Glenn Miller. There are numerous theories about his accident but the most likely explanation is his aircraft was the victim of 'friendly fire'.
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Hampden in the Sun,
Followed your tip and now there are no more orange "B's" on my page. good stuff.
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Got ma first darnelistext after revealin ma moby number on CQN, content as follows :
Whos th@ plonka Noel90, WG ?
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Hopefully we'll see a second Leon win this week, but he might need a Van Vossen from the Welsh lad.
TTTT
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Abbot, how are you?
I've been meaning to call.
If you notice, I think everyone else was ignoring that guy, although I was half expecting someone to repeat the comment from the other night: "Move along, hunothy."
This all happened as a result of Noel posting WG's phone number on FollowFollow.
However, if Noel had thought that through, even the guys on FollowFollow will now be able to identify him and his long reign as an undetected Timposter on FollowFollow is surely at an end.
Unless …
… Noel's a double agent and just wants us to think he's a Tim.
Hmmmm.
It's like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on here.
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The Abbess and junior Abbess are X-factor daft. I come on here for some football...to that see my Blog-hero WinningGemmell has also lost it!
Say it ain't so.
(C'mon the Artful Dodger)
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TTT - glad to help ... very occasional poster, but fervent lurker ... hope to start contributing more
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Abbot, that wean should be in bed.
3-0 Barça. Eidur Gudjohnsen.
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abbot -
it's a hun v The World
C'mon World
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An hour on the clock. The Valencia crowd are totally distraught with the Koeman-Bakero dream team and want Rafael Benítez back.
They are turning into the subway loyal.
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Celtic First-
I got paid 30 pieces of silver for posting his number.
They said it was awful long for a postcode..........
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2nd huntext just in
LEON is NOEL backwards, c'mon NOEL
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There's more to Roni being on the bench than I thought.
He's on the verge of equalling Johan Cruyff's total number of games for Barcelona. I think the guy on Radio Nacional said 139, doesn't seem like many.
What's Frankie R trying to teach Ronaldinho by making him wait?
Is the Brazilian genius on his way out?
He must get on tonight and then break the Cruyff total against Real Madrid, a special night for a special player.
Here comes the second substitution; it's Deco
