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Red card for Bryce
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First first post with first post?
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darn
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His[ MON's] other teams include Grantham Town, Shepshed Charterhouse and Norwich City.
He took Wycombe into the Football League. He got Leicester into the Premiership, and into 3 English Diddy Cup finals, winning two of them.
Not a dusty CV by any stretch of the imagination.
It follows on [tangentially]from Delia's post but the strength in depth of football in England is much stronger than this side of the Border. Compare the records of managers who have worked in both environments- very few have gone from Scotland to England and been successful . Hoopslegend Kenny Dalglish must be unique in being more successful in England than here.
It's a pity [ no,it's actually a disgrace] that Bolton did not try and win their UEFACup tie. It would have been instructive to see how a team facing relegation from the EPL did against the Horribles.
[If Boltonbhoy is lurking I would be interested to hear what the Bolton supporters feel about Megson's decision not to put out a strong team in Lisbon.]
That was FTLT, once again I wear la Lanterne Verte with honour.
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Not been around since last week.
Have I missed anything? :-)
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It may have been instructive to see a team from Foreign playing the team of Aliens, but I'd be worried about the outcome. I fancy Sporting Lisbon's chances against them more than Bolton.
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It may have been instructive to see a team from Foreign playing the team of Aliens, but I'd be worried about the outcome. I fancy Sporting Lisbon's chances against them more than Bolton.
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Will you all stop this MON V WGS stuff.
MON is no longer the Celtic manager, WGS is.
Get over it, and fully support the man doing the job.
I very much doubt the MON would want the job again anyway.
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Welcome Tricky, almost a dream debut.
DBBIA, Cadizzy, I don’t know how strong Sporting are, apart from their 5th spot in the Portuguese table, but at least they will put the effort in against Rangers.
HoopsIdid…
In Martin O’Neill’s second season, just after Rangers had eliminated Celtic from the League Cup, I heard someone insist that MON was not a shadow of the manager Jock Stein was, “Stein was here for 13 years and reached the League Cup Final every single season”.
We know we are in trouble when our current manager is being compared to one of his poor predecessors, not a great one.
Pavarotti was no Caruso. “Fact.”
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Paul,
It is often the stomach that makes one wobble.
Composure in our passing and shooting is required.
I think tonight could be an opportunity for a fringe player to make his claim - Hutchinson, Killen or Riordan should be given the opportunity to partner Georgios tonight.
Therags...
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dbbia - Most Bolton fans were quite pragmatic about it and agreed with Megson's decision realising that premiership survival is more important to them. However, after the first team's performance against Wigan on Sunday I think most of them now wish the reserves had played at the JJB and the first team in Lisbon!
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Paul
Well done in getting Caruso and Pavarotti a mention in the same sentence.
Martin42 will have big tears welling up in his eyes, muttering: "That's my bhoy."
And quite right too.
MetropolitanOperaHouseCSC
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I only saw the last 20 minutes of Sporting-Bolton, including a fabulous goal. It could easily have been more.
What the Hoops had was real pace on the counter. If Rangers should be required to come at them in search of an equaliser at any point, Sporting Lisbon could hurt them.
Come on the Hoops (I mean our Hoops, tonight).
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BB- thanks for that; although as often happens 'saving' your better players for the next game doesn't work out.
Again being pragmatic their town is being spared a visit by the Pillage Peepil. I seem to remember a pre-season game being called off because the Bolton gendarmes were unhappy at the prospect.
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dbbia - you are correct. Jimmy Phillips had requested Rangers as the opposition for his testimonial but Greater Manchester Police blocked the request. When he asked if he could have Celtic instead they said ok! Says it all really.
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It could be a new source of tension on the blog, after Gary v Dianbobo, Gordon v Martin we could have Luciano v Enrico.
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On Jimmy Phillips - I once got into conversation with him in a pub in Bolton. I said that I had been very disappointed when he left Rangers to which he replied "So you're a Rangers supporter then?" His face was a picture when I replied "No. Celtic!". He was a nice guy though and took it in good spirit.
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Boltonbhoy and DBBIA
I have it on good authority that the police in Birkenhead would block any future visit to that neck of the woods after the UEFA Cup game against Shels in 1998, which could not take place in Dublin for security reasons.
Although, of course, as you both know, none of this really happened; we just make this stuff up all the time.
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celtic_first - tha last 20 minutes of the Sporting-Bolton game were Sportin's best. Bolton had controlled the game up until then. They then realised that they actually had to score to go through and that was when Sporting strated to pick them off. I agree with you, if Rangers have to chase the game Sporting will murder them. On the other hand, if they actually manage to get ahead somehow, Sporting might struggle to break them down.
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Paul, you have refreshed some of my earliest Celtic memories with regards to the Celtic & Aberdeen Scottish Cup games in '87.
The first game was at Pittodrie was it not - 2-2? Seem to remember the players all wearing trainers becuase the ground was so icy. 0-0 at Celtic Park in the replay (my mam and dad let me stay up to watch the highlights with some tea and toast - immense!)and 1-0 to Celtic at Dens in the third tie.
We then went and got knocked out by Hearts at Tynecastle in the next round? Sounded like a fixed draw!
We need a reaction tonight, no question. I reckon this game will set the stall for the remainder of the season. Tempo, passing and goals please Celtic.
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Come on Gordon! Play O’Dea, Donati, Sno, JVOH & Gorgeous George tonight!
Let’s hammer them in style.
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Been a while since I posted, so I'll keep this long.
I watched both of Rangers' games last week. V's Bremen and then V's Dundee United. They followed a pattern that might very well define the season.
In short, how often have we watched a Rangers game this season and said at the end "How did they win that?" On numerous occassions they have been outplayed or simply poor, yet have come through with the required result.
On the other hand, Celtic have the opposite problem. I have walked away from games often this season thinking "How did we NOT win that?" The last 2 in particular. Against Aberdeen, we ought to have scored 3 or 4, and against Dundee United, apart from the 20 minutes in the 2nd half when the hail/sleet squall hit, we were in control.
Ignoring some poor performances from us, and some rather good ones from Rangers,(yip, they are capable of good performances) on balance Walter Smith has built a team that somehow gets the result. This is what it has been designed to do. He's not so stupid, Wally.
I sincerely hope we are not sitting at the end of the season, looking at the league table, thinking "How did we not win that"
To avoid this, Attitudes must change pronto.
On the topic of Gordon, I believe he has done a pretty creditable job on the whole, and indeed, excelled in some aspects. Some elements though have been less than excellent, and that is all we would expect.
For those who support him, we will point out the successes. For those who oppose him, you will point out his deficiencies.
Gordon though will be gone once the season ends, irrespective of the outcome of the league. How do I know? Read his book. If he wins the league, that's 3 in a row. Good enough. Job done. Nothing left to prove. Refer to autobiography quotes re Alex McLeish.
If he looses the league, given the position of (relative) strength we were in last summer and through the first 4 months of the campaign, the club will find it difficult to justify the failure publicly, and Gordon will walk away. While Brown and Donati have not achieved what we had hoped yet, and that is Gordon's department, it was the club that failed to deliver the transfer targets required in the summer, not Gordon. This failure hit home in December.
Will December prove to be the turning point in the season? Or will March?
However it works out, let's march to the beat of Strachan's drum till the season finshes.
Bye the bye, I reckon Mourinho would take the Celtic job. It would appeal to his own sense of greatness.
Taxi for Bunnet?
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Whether the first leg is home or away Walter will be happy if it finishes 0-0.
Something we need to bear in mind for the 29th is that they are not a team that can easily recover from being a goal behind. I know they equalised twice on Sunday but there was a penalty turned down and the equaliser was a gift. An early goal for us at the Badgerdome will knock them out of their comfort zone.
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Bigtrainpete
With your 'immense toast' comment, DBBIA will be on any minute to say that toast these days is just not the same and that modern life is garbage.
On the tenors, it may be an unfair comparison.
In Caruso's day, you could whistle at the mouth of a mine and three guys would pop up, all of whom could hit a high B with no problem at all.
It's really hard to find anyone these days who can hit a high B. Walter Smith came close ten days ago, right enough and may have another crack at it on Saturday.
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Big Train- was that game live on TV? The shady side of the pitch was very frosty, and there was some discussion that if not for the TV cameras the game might not have gone ahead?
It may have been one of the first live games shown under a new TV deal.
Or my memory might be needing tweaked[again]
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dontbratt -
yes, live on tv. I was up there and we thought the game would be postponed. There was talk if the cameras hadn't been there then it would have been. Changed days, if there was a two-month drought Fir Park would still be unfit for purpose.
Wwho'srecoverinGfromPaddy'sdayintake
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BBC reporting the Gretna players considering a strike.
I think it was Thom_the_thim who said last week that regardless of the destination of the league flag this season can't end quick enough and I agree totally.
Celtic are now being used as a bargaining chip between Gretna players and the administrator.
Classy stuff. Well done SPL.
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Gretna players considering striking over unpaid wages according to the BBC.
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Bigtrainpete/DBBIA,
My memory is a wee bit rusty on this game but maybe some of our older posters will remember [WG/Nafos/Awe_Naw etc :-)], but i seem to recall we were 2-0 up and cruising and big Rambo hit the bar but somehow in the last 20 mins or so Aberdeen came right back into it and scored twice to take us back to Celtic Park.
Was in the jungle for the 0-0 at Celtic Park, big crowd, more than the odd swaaaaaay as was the norm in those days, but not too much in the game to get excited about.
In fact my main memory that night was of one of my mates getting lost after the game - it was his first ever game at Celtic Park - and us eventually finding him wandering around trying to find Dalmarnock station. We managed to miss the last train home to ML2 into the bargain!
Also think Chocky scored the winner at Dens Park in the 2nd replay.
Be good to think we could rustle up 55,000 tonight Paul, but somehow can't see it - more like 35,000 I would imagine.
Once more we are in a must win situation. We do so and, with all due respect to QoS, we will have yet another Hampden SC Final to look forward to. Canny beat Hampden In The Sun at the end of the season, especially if (sorry WHEN!!) we manage to bag 3IAR before-hand.
CMON THE HOOPS,
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
PS - Dennis47 from last night, I was absolutely mince at the 5s
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Bunnet, I have the same reactions as you do after watching us and them. Whatever derision and joke names we aim at Smith (here's a new one, The Carmyle Cardigan), he knows what he is doing with regard to getting the best results out of a not great team even if the tactics resemble Scotland under Craig Brown.
As DBBIA indicates, and as we saw on Sunday, they are not good at getting back into a game if they go behind (see Craig Brown again). If we go at them hell for leather at the Zoopark and score early, it will make them vulnerable to losing 2 or 3 since they will have to come out at us. In saying that, I wonder how their fans will react if they start with a defensive
4-5-1 against us and we are doing all the pressing.
PS Wikipedia-spot for the day. The entry for Ian McCall refers to him throughout as Jobby with a later reference to "Jobby in the Shoe". I know what a jobby is, I know what a shoe is and I know what Ian McCall is (a jobby in the shoe presumably) but can any reader enlighten me as to why he is, if indeed he is?
Also Sporting v Rangers. Is this the first time the words "Sporting" and "Rangers" have appeared in the same sentence?
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Paul67 et al -
I hate to be the one to add a cautious perspective to this thread but, initially, I thought you, Paul, were going to refer to the similarities of Season 1978-79.
Celtic were again drawn away to Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup Quarter Final (the monotony of this draw and venue was in direct proportion to Aberdeen's rise to European prominence, they were the thorn in our flesh back then not so the darnel). Anyway the match at the dungheap took place on March 10th 1979 and also ended in a 1-1 draw. Wee Johnny opened the scoring for Celtic in the 25th minute but The Barrel levelled for the Dons a minute later.
The replay took place three days later in the Land of Heart's Desire and Celtic found themselves a goal behind after one solitary minute (Davidson). Steve Archibald, a prominent pest against Celtic, doubled the northerners advantage eleven minutes later and we were two-down with 78 minutes remaining. The Buzzbomb came on as a sub for Alfie and reduced the deficit to 1-2 but we couldn't force an equaliser. 37,000 groaned.
Teams for the replay:-
Beloved
Latchford, McGrain, Lynch, Aitken, MacDonald, Edvaldsson;
Provan, MacLeod, Conn (Lennox), Burns, Doyle.
Befleeced
Clark, Kennedy, McLelland, McMaster, Rougvie, Miller;
Sullivan (McLeish), Archibald, Harper (Scanlon), Jarvie, Davidson.
WG
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Wg
Get on the phone to Gretna and tell them you will join them on strike
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WG- So you don't subscribe to this 'Motherwell microclimate' that JBoyle was banging on about at the weekend?
Toast with lashings of butter, honey or marmalade is one of the 5 major food groups, except at this time of year when hot cross buns can be substituted for bread.
Subt/Pablo- if you'e lurking. Not going to CP tonight as have neither time nor ticket.
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A strike can only be effective where an employer has something to lose. Greta has no assets and nothing to lose. The players may be top of the Administrator's list of current outgoings but as creditors owed money they are behind HMCI.
If a strike pulls Gretna down they have no chance of back wages and no chance of future wages.
Not sure this is a sensible strategy for the playing staff irrespective of how frustrated or hard done by they are.
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Toast with lashings of butter, honey or marmalade is one of the 5 major food groups,
Tell that to the poor sods in Cuba
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we couldnt afford mourinho.
the board would pay it either.
hes barca bound anyway.
let gordon win three in a row b4 listing new bosses.
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thats wouldnt...oops
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Arthur Lee -
three strikes and they're out.
Gretna should be out of football by now. Somehow WE will come a cropper out of all this buffoonery. The following need sacked on account of The Gretna Fiasco :-
DUFFIELD
GOLD
EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER SO MUCH AS BEEN TO GRETNA
MOTHERWELL
THE HUNS
ALISTAIR DARLING
DUFFIELD
GEORGE W BUSH (SKULL & BONES MM)
KENNY CLARK, THE CELTIC FAN
SWALIX
DUFFIELD
ANYONE CONNECTED WITH DUNDEE UNITED
ALISTAIR STEWART, THE NEWSREADER (DARNELIST GIT)
ALLARLICE (HUVNY FURGOAT THAT HUNLUVIN, SAWLIX CUDDLIN RAT)
DUFFIELD
HERTZ
SPUDS
NEVERTON
DUFFIELD
ONIONS
ALSATIONS
PAUL BURRELL
JUDAS ISCARIOT
BARRABAS
NAFOS
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I'm going to bed for an hour before I go off on one....
FTD
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I doubt there will be a big crowd tonight as many of us have been moved from the upper tier to lower. And it's on TV.
On Gretna, the players' action may well bring things to a head. In essense they want a guarentee that Gretna will be alive to the end of the season - and that is the question that the spl should be asking.
In or out - no day to day posturing, procrastinating and prevaricating please.
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Cad- any minute/day/week/month/year now the 'poor sods in Cuba' will be able to pick up on this info as Raul Castro has lifted the embargo on PCs and DVDs and across the island dark-haired beauties with eyes like melting chocolate will take a break from rolling cigars on their glistening thighs to catch up with the craic on Nuevos Rapidos de Celtic.
Raul v Fidel?
Discuss.
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Cadizzy
I'm not 100 per cent on this but I vaguely recall stories of an Ibrox dressing room prank, which I think involved McCall, a shoe and a jobby.
As I say, I'm unclear as to whether McCall was the perpetrator or victim of said prank, but even if he wasn't involved, his name and jobby make curiously apposite bedfellows.
Anyway, tonight is an opportunity for the Tic to actually play a game of football, stretch hopefully eager legs and get back on track with a winning performance.
We should be able to beat the Sheep at home, even with a smaller crowd than normal.
We just need to score a few, just to sharper appetites for the rest of the league campaign..simple game this football.
STANDING UP
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aWengering anGel- Alastair Stewart?
Anyways, glad you've put up that list as it is Walpurgisnacht soon and I'm looking for names to go on the bonfire.
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There is nice article about Celtic on Legia site.
If somebody wish to leave greetings it will be nice.
Scroll down to: Dodaj swój komentarz.
In field: autor- put your nick
In field tresc - leave your comment.
Legia site
Zbyszek who is also Legia supporter
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The latest on wee Barry Bottler:
"Smith aims to spell Ferguson when he can, and the midfielder will not feature against Partick Thistle tomorrow in the Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox.
He may also be rested for the SPL game against Hibs at Ibrox this Saturday, and he will not play for Scotland against Croatia next week in George Burley's first game as manager."
So if he doesn't play for Scotland in midweek the he won't be able to play in their game the next weekend, will he?
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Inkybhoy, thanks for the reply. My sister has now pardoned you for your attack on Carmyle.
Curiously enough, Maurice Johnston's entry has no mention of jobby, not even in French.
DBBIA "...dark-haired beauties with eyes like melting chocolate will take a break from rolling cigars on their glistening thighs..." Who in their right mind would be caring about toast?
I know one should never correct the spelling monitor but Nuevos should be Noticias.(wee sign that means I'm only kidding)
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Any news on the latest fitness of Bobo and Mark Wilson? I know Doumbe hoped to be back soon, but neither Bobo or Mark played in the reserves win over Rangers.
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Winningemmell, 1979 replay.
I was remembering that match. Billy McNeill`s first season as manager. I think it was the first time ever that Celtic had lost a replay at Celtic Park.
All ended well that season, though. :-)
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Very distressed that Paul put up a new topic immediately after a thorough, weighty, authoritative piece from me. (This happens too often to be a coincidence!)
Enthusiasts for thorough, weighty etc. stuff will no doubt seek out and marvel at my previous post. For the benefit of lightweights, though, I quote below the SFA rules on the gate money from tonight's tie:
[gate receipts] shall be divided as follows:-
(1) A levy of 5% of the monies received from all admission charges to the match shall be paid to the Association within three days of the date on which the match is played.
(2) The ground club [i.e. the home club] shall be entitled to make a deduction of 20% from the gross receipts.
(3) When, after payment of the levy and of the deduction foresaid, half of the remainder of the receipts exceeds the guarantee [£400], the said remainder of the receipts shall be divided, equally, between the two clubs
Thus we see the SFA in their true guise of socialist utopians.
This rule applied to SPL games would transform the accounts of every club in the league - 37.5 per cent of the Celtic Park receipts at twice, plus similar from Ibrox, is an enormous sum for the Motherwells and Dundee Uniteds of this world. And, I concede, 57.5 per cent of the home receipts would represent a major cut to ourselves.
All I can say is that 57.5 per cent of something is better than 100 per cent of nothing, and nothing is where we're headed if the SPL's other members continue to founder ...
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Can't see that ever being agreed for league games, deliasmith. The Cup is something of an "extra" in financial terms and gives the smaller teams the hope of an occasional jackpot draw.
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Cadizzy,
No harm intended to your sister or her dugs.
I can't help it if Smith was born in Carmyle.
STANDING UP.. not wanting to restart Carmyle-The Halfway hostilities
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Sunday back in douby according to BBC. Gretna players threatening to strike.
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deliasmith,
I admire your indefatigability on this one. I do not doubt the logic of "57.5 per cent of something is better than 100 per cent of nothing" but as I said last week, this assumes your premise being correct that the smaller clubs will founder. Even if you convince me, you are not going to convince the clubs (us and them) to part with that amount of revenue in any circumstances. Even if they come round to the view that the league will crash and burn, they will have that belief about it whatever changes are made they will not see your way as the solution.They will see that as an act that delays the inevitable and makes them poorer..essentially, good money after bad. That is why we and they have looked, and continue to look, at options outside of Scotland.
Many have talked about clubs amalgamating but that is fraught with problems. Clearly Celtic would never merge with Rangers. That is unthinkable; but it is just as unthinkable to a diehard fan of Dundee/Dundee Utd. Hibs/Hearts..and further down the foodchain, Morton and (much,much,much further down) St Mirren. For example, not many people would leave the civilised riverside environs of Greenock for the wastelands of Paisley to watch Renfrewshire Disunited. You may say that these are only the diehards but that is all these clubs really have. (How many fans of any team would say that they were NOT a diehard).
I liked it when we had two leagues only and played each other twice a season. Financially, the change to 3 leagues and then 4 only served to benefit the (fewer) members of the top league and was bad for Scottish football overall.(My father reckoned that change was only made in desperation because we kept winning the 18 team first division). I don't suppose we will ever go back to those days (four games good two games bad!)
I do not have an answer but I do have a conference call in a minute so that gets me off the hook for the moment.
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Ah cudny sleep, Ah kept havin unwelcome dreams starring Drew Jarvie and the adult actress, Bobbie Lennox who......er,,,sumbdy told me about.
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Sir Paul..
Is there a game on a Parkhead ..da day?
From the contents of the contributions, so far... I would think, not!
Palomine... today, is the foist day of the start of the Term o' Trial!
Starting today.... it will be the start of a journey,for ra Bhoys... that will either end in TRIUMPHANT TRUMPING, o' oor Rivals....or...
An Ignominious fall, to the Gates o' Hell!
If we do not elevate our Hose, soon... and make sure our Garters are Fully Functional..
Then ,my dear..... Embarrassment and a Dolorous Fate, shall be our Reward~( Dolorous?...Hmmm!..nevah seen dat one, on dese pages,before... things are getting real swanky ....ed) ( Nevah, let it be said that I do not do my bit,to keep up the TONE, of this blog... some of the expressions that are creeping in, lately...are ....wella... no too nice!)
So,then
What is your Celtic Mid-field, for da day,pal???....
I fancy..Naka, Hartley, DONATI(???? Surprised?...Na...no YOU!)and McGeady...
Dat's dat...
over and oot!
Celtic 67 Aberdeen 0
Kojo.
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Latest on Gretna
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DBBIA 13:16
All I can remember from that first game (6 years old at the time): It was live on STV; its was a Sunday (because I watched it at my Granny's - always visited on a Sunday!); the pitch was frozen; the players were wearing those Adidas trainers and the ball was an Adidas Tango; Danny McGrain was playing for Celtic and the score was 2-2.
The rest of you will have to pick the bones!
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WG
I was thinking about that game you mentioned too.
My recollection is of Doug Rougvie's warm up. Instead of just running up and down a bit, he would come to a juddering halt on the level of the 18-yard line, but close to the wing on the Jungle side at the old Celtic end, pretend to watch an imaginary Davie Provan go past him, then swivel like a hippo in Ugg boots and race back to the bye-line.
It was obvious that he had been told Provan would put him under pressure and that it was all about how well he recovered.
It looked very odd at the time, but he was very effective for Aberdeen that night.
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Cadizzy/Inkybhoy,
Not sure of the date or venue but I believe it was Ian McCall who famously parked a "Greyfriar's Bobby" in the shoe of Simon Stainrod, who was his then manager. I believe this was they were both at Falkirk.
I'm sure others will flesh out the details.
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Celtic First, he sure will.
Bigtrainpete, correct, 2-2 at Pittodrie.
TheTokenTim, correct, McLair at Dens.
WG, that one is out of the grasp of my memory.
Kojo, I would go along with that midfield.
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ianinjesy -
aye, league similarities as well. At the end of 1978 we were sixth in the SPL and teams were using other teams' grounds. Plus ca chinge.
Vic Davidson returned on the last day of March,1979 and played that day in a 1-2 defeat at Easter Road.
That season we
lost three times to Hibernian, twice to Dundee Utd, lost to Aberdeen away 1-4, lost to both teams(Hertz & Mothers, oh the joy!!!)who would be relegated, lost to Morton.
I still don't know how we won the league. 48 points out of a possible 72 was enough. 66.6% Ah think.
DamienThornCSC, ML2
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Cad- d'oh! 'Noticias' No wonder the lovely senoritas haven't replied to my e-mails- I typed in the wrong URL[?]
Delia- I think your idea might be as popular as tinned mince and frozen mash. Unfortunately as you know we need every bawbee we can at the gate to make up for the disparity in TV revenues.
Anyways, remember to keep any posts short and to the point, just like your uncle k.
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Wg
I will let you into a secret
We got more points than the rest (now dont tell anyone)
Love
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My dear, friend Mark....
I see that my effort... to improve the crassness of tone, that is steadily creeping into the texts of our subscibers....... and is in dire danger of becoming Pervasive..... has fallen on Blind eyes.
Wella.....
If you have not got my drift...
I will spell it out....
Fugggggggetttttahboooooot....
The Shoe Business...that is.
O.K.?
That kind of intimations ...we can well do without.
I know that you were not the one who started this descent into crudeness...
But, Please do not join the instigator..
Kojo
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Sellik First -
a lot of steel in that Dons team. Hated when they beat Real in the ECWCF but they're probably the only club in Scotland I slightly respect.
FKC (joost in case you think I'm going......er...soft!)
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Arthur Lee -
that might not be enough this season !!!
Kisses
WatersGilmour
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Five seasons in one season
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
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cadizzy,
Were the two former Inverness clubs not deadly rivals? And did many not threaten to boycott the new merged team that started in division 3. Where are they now?
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Gordon J
they went on to support
Clachnacuddin F.c
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Clachnacuddin F.c.
What league are they in??
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I wonder who the unnamed club were that Gordon didn't want John Park to show to the unnamed player.
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oh and 3-0 to Celtic. ANOTHER clean sheet and a goal for Brown. No bookings also.
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Kojo,
I have been reading CQN for years now and have never once got your drift.
If Paul67 has any issue with the tone or content of my post, he may delete it as he sees fit.
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Gordon J
Highland League
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1978-79
League joint-top goalscorers
McAdam - 7
Lynch - 7 (5 pens!!!)
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Wg
Does Own Goals count in Lynch's case?
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I'm looking for Celtic to beat the gretans by twelve goals if the game goes ahead.
Tonight is all about going through (preferably before the Teser shuts).
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WG- the end of that season is what sticks in the mind- 10 men winning the League.
If CQN had been in existence then it would have gone to DefCon 6 a few times that season, as the Hoops faltered before they triumphed. The year of Wim was not dissimilar, two steps forward and one step back. Perhaps this year will follow the same pattern.
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Arthur,
That kind of proves my reply to Cadizzy's original point about the difficulty of mergers. Many fans opposed the Inverness merger but the merged club is now much stronger than either of the former ones, or indeed the one that the diehard fans support.
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arthur Lee -
13/04/77
none of those goals would have made it to the goalline in the Fir Park of the 21st Century !
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dontbratt -
STILL my best game to this very day
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Mark
If you wish to hide behind incomprehension, then there is nothing that I can add to elucidate.
Crudeness of language, on a Family Blog... is not my bag.
It is obviously, yours.
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I posted a few comments last night from the Sporting v Nacional game. I watched it here in Madeira on SportTv but i understand from a mate that Setanta shows all Poruguese games. If theres a rerun id reccommend it as Sporting were excellent. They won 4-1 with the Nacional goal being late on when they were coasting. This year they have been inconsistent definitely, but 5th place makes it sound worse than it is. Porto have the league sewn up and then theres 4 teams on 41 and 37 points, Sporting being the last of them.
They possess (as they always do) some of the brightest talent in Portugal.
Veloso, 21, will it appears join Man Utd for a fee similar to his ex colleagues Ronaldo and Nani.
Joao Mountinho is captain of the side at 21 and will im sure move at some stage for big money.
Liedson is the player that will break Rangers hearts if Weir doesnt break his legs. A Brazilian who never shone enough to be capped when even Sheidt did, he signed for Sporting 3 or 4 years ago and has been the league's top scorer since then. He scored twice last night and his record for Sporting is something like 110 in 160 games.
They are a good skilfull side when they want to be. I watched them earlier in the year demolish Porto more comprehensively than the 2 0 scoreline but ive also saw them struggle against poor teams.
A bit like us i guess.
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Kojo, are you Francis Gay from the Sunday Post? What a sheltered life you lead for you to be so offended by fairly innocent, though admittedly toilet, humour. It's good to know that you will come down from on high, mend our/my rotten ways and save the blog from crassness. As a dyed in the wool capitalist based in Las Vegas,you will no doubt be dealing with something you know all about.
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League Form 78-79
WWWWLWWLLdLLDLWdDLWWWLWWLWWDWWWLWWWW
bad sequence - only 1 win in 11
good sequence - only 1 loss in 11
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Kojo
You want to talk football and not t**ds. fair enough. I note you select Donati for tonight. Was it not yourself who after 3 matches were suggesting the lhad was weel short of the necessary class and couldn't pass wind (oops) never mind a ball? Would you not prefer another of our silky midfielders to start?
Me, I want 3 forwards in a 3 4 3 formation. Lets look like we mean business (for a change).
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Okay, ghuys, enjhoy the match.
My sister kindly provided me with another stash of Teser vouchers so no prizes for guessing my first destination.
Passover imminent - let's give the lambs a roastin'.
WG, Purveyor of UnLeveinedBread & Bitter Herbs, ML2
