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Gordon_j, apart from Rangers' other game at Motherwell (an appropriate name for a team whose pitch does actually resemble a well), you seem to have missed out the UEFA Cup Final, which their people are so confident of reaching.
And they may also have to find an alternative date for the game at CP on April 27, which falls between their UEFA Cup semi final games... that is if Celtic agree to a postponement for the good of Scottish football!!!
And Paul, when you get your CQN Certified Blog Engineer qualification, does that mean you'll be visiting The Palace to collect your CBE?
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Think I was doing the same as you, Paul.
Here's my take:
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Just having a look at the fixture lists and trying to work out how the season can be concluded!
If as likely, Rangers play their replay against Thistle on Sunday 13 April (they don't have a free slot before then) what happens if they win? Presumably there wouldn't be time to sort tickets, etc for a semi final on Wednesday 16th, so this could be used for one of their outstanding league games. I have heard that they would visit us on this date.
We still have the away game against Motherwell to be fitted in which could be played on the cup semi weekend if Fir Park is usable by then!
Post split, we are likely to have 3 home and 2 away games, including 1 against them. Now I would assume that they would not want two games within a few days so Saturday 19 is probably out. Sunday 27th loks most likely, as they don't want a decider.
So our fixtures could look like this:
23 Mar - Gretna (A)
29 Mar - Rangers (A)
05 Apr - Motherwell (H)
12 Apr - Motherwell (A)
16 Apr - Rangers (H)
19 Apr - Dundee Utd (A)
27 Apr - Rangers (H)
03 May - Falkirk (H)
10 May - Motherwell (A)
18 May - Hibs (H)
10 games to win the league!
But the last 4 weeks we would be playing only one game a week.
Rangers fixtures could look like this:
22 Mar - Hibs (H)
29 Mar - Celtic (H)
03 Apr - Sporting Lisbon (H)
06 Apr - Dundee Utd (A)
10 Apr - Sporting Lisbon (A)
13 Apr - Partick Thistle (A)
16 Apr - Celtic (A)
19 Apr - Motherwell (H)
24 Apr - UEFA semi?
27 Apr - Celtic (A)
01 May - UEFA semi?
04 May - Hibs (A)
07 May - Queen of the South (N)?
10 May - Dundee Utd (H)
13 May - St Mirren (A)
18 May - Falkirk (A)
24 May - Aberdeen/ St J (N)?
And they still have Motherwell (A) to fit in - but where?
So if they get the the semi of the UEFA there is a real problem. They could not possibly be allowed to play a final game on 21 May - surely the last league games have to be played together? So the only solution would be to delay our final league game to midweek.
We have an advantage over the last few weeks - but need to get a result at Ibrox to make sure we are in a position to take advanatge. A win is obviously preferable, but a draw may well turn out to be a good result.
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Given the propensity of British people to throw money into objects containing water, surely Gretna's financial woes would be eased far more effectively were they to continue playing their games at Fir Park.
And by the way, as nobody has commented on it, has anyone worked out who is in the picture attached to my blogger header? Click on the picture and have a look!
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U2_1888 (From the previous threat)
I don't think we need to change from the 4-4-2 system when up against 10 defenders. We should always have 2 centre backs as to do so otherwise leaves us open to the counter attack, but in games when we're up against a tight defence we need the full backs to get forward and help add extra width. We haven't had that most of the season because of a lack of RB but since Hinkel has arrived we've had new options on the right. As he settles in I'm sure his understanding with Naka will continue to improve and will prove to be to a good option for us. He's already got himself on the score sheet after all. Naylor is someone I'm less comfortable with as an attacking threat, I think he's much better now than he was at the beginning of the season and he even got a goal recently to but his crossing is still not up to standards. You lose a lot of width when you go to three at the back as you lose the overlapping full back option . 4-3-3 may be an option but I'm not sure, I don't think experimenting at this time of the season like that will backfire though.
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First post for a while. After watching the Aberdeen game I thought, CQN ? Naw not ready for that tonight after tonights disappointment. I know what I´ll do I´ll put on Celtic TV and be entertained. Celtic TV was and still is showing reruns of our first away game to Gretna!! How that game of all games ended up on Celtic TV as pleasurable viewing to be paid for I don´t quite understand. Akin to inviting Herod round to babysit for you surely?
The Aberdeen game on Tuesday like Celtic TV seems to sum up Celtic. We are in serious ostrich territory. Nothing and nobody seem intent on giving scant regard to our input. This is the era of the PLC and we better get used to it. This choice of material can only be described as a "filler". Treading water in the viewing material sense. Second rate and without a seconds thought for the targeted audience. A malaise that need permanent addressing at a club like Celtic or dissatisfaction takes hold and the media peddle the crisis management theme. I think the powers at be must enjoy this atmosphere as they bring it upon themselves so readily.
The SPL leaders who have had three bookings in the SPL since the turn of the year get goals scored from handballs in semi finals and get stonewall penalties turned down in finals so that a nation can strongly and without shame hasn´t it always been that way? proclaim that their Phoenix has arisen. A Phoenix that always sends out his Auntie Sally when performing badly. The latest news bulletin regarding Barry Fergusons injury is telling. It´s aimed at opposition players and referees. It´s not a safety net in case things start to go awry for Rangers as anyone who saw Broadfoot stay on the pitch at Ibrox last night will testify too.
This is nothing new for us but something new for Strachan and his squad. Losing Lennon meant we lost this know-how and conceit on the pitch. Lennon never felt sorry for himself as this is exactly what is intended. We demonstrated at the highest level the extent of our ambitions last summer by allowing our own evolution to be influenced by Rangers. We never wanted to pull away from Rangers. The SPL being a Celtic procession to the title is good for business but we tightened our belts and were reactive rather than pro active.
If we fail to win anything this year then whoever was responsible for sanctioning this decision should provide all shareholders and customers with a full explanation as to their thinking. I hope it was Brian Quinn
Will a resurgent Rangers that has won the treble mean an increase in season book sales or a decrease at Celtic Park ?
I hate to say it but with little accountability and no communication it would seem that this would be the only way. Cancelling Setanta subscriptions would help as well.
Celtic players get booked for celebrating a goal off the pitch and Rangers dont. Aiden Mc Geady has been booked more times in the SPL this season than the entire Rangers squad has been booked in the SPL this calendar year. JVOH is a black sheep and can be kicked and pulled without fear of retribution from a referees card ? WGS can get threatened with a 10 game expulsion for what exactly?
So what ?
If WGS, the players, backroom staff and board were not aware of the pantomine that was about to follow follow following Walter Smiths coronation then they should all resign en masse. If they are sulking en masse cos its not fair then - tough mammary glands.
WGS needs to show that he´s not just a first team coach but that he´s a manager and during a game. There seems to be a whiff in the air that quality and quality alone will ultimately shine through. If thats the case we are actively proving that we are wrong.
I thought we were unlucky against Aberdeen but I have seen far too many games this year that have went exactly the same way and that leaves me with the distinct impression that the problems we have are not being addressed and that we are treading water. I would like to know why?
Rangers as Partick Thistle and the officials proved yet again last night are ordinary. Super ordinary. Bog standard ordinary. Rangers have been lucky and unlike most other teams they dont have to make their own luck, not within the confines of the SPL anyway.
I dont give two tuppenies about the cups they are a distraction to the main event. I want to see a team and especially a midfield that is acutely and instinctively aware of the restriction of trade that they must operate under and they see it as an extra and positive challenge. Petted lips huffiness and a resignation to the unfairness of it all is not on the agenda and is not an excuse no matter how aware they may think we are of it.
If the penny hasn´t dropped with the players and management by now then it´s a serious issue.
We never used it as an excuse before and only because its a bit more blatant now means nothing. Time to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and show what a good team we are. Well a better team than Rangers thats for sure. That´s all that matters
NoexcusesCSC
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Bigchips
I'll go for Henke Larsson and Alan Rough.
Paul
That St Mirren game notion, is that yours, or has someone who gets paid a big whack to run Scottish football come up with an idea for once?
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I was under the impression that games couldn't be carried forward past the split ie all teams have to have played their 33 games by then.
It wouldn't be the first time that a side would have to play two midweek games, say a Monday and a Thursday. Rangers should be made to complete their games in time as they have contributed to this with their cancellation of games for 'the good of scottish football', their pitch being a paddy field and having not slotted outstanding games into a midweek when they previously had the chance (December).
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Rankgers will expect us to line up 4 4 2 at Ibrox and use Aiden and Naka as supply routes from both wings. They'll play 4 5 1 as always. Maybe its time to move it around a bit. Perhaps a 4 5 1 ourselves?
Boruc
Hinkel Caldwell McManus Naylor
Aiden Naka Hartley/Donati Sno Robson
Samaras
That allows us to link Aiden, Naka and Sammy inside and outside with a short passing game with some midfield options too and Hinkel who is comfortable with short passing.
There seems little point in playing wide crossing for headers given their set up and propensity to flood bodies on the 18 yard line. Dundee Utd and Thistle both opened them up through central short passing not wide crossing.
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"Scotland play Croatia on Wednesday, however, under the circumstances, the SFA should free Rangers players from their commitments to allow them to play St Mirren on Tuesday 25 March, which might be enough to prevent an end of season shambles."
Paul, you surprised me with that comment. A bit too sensible and "for the greater good" for my liking. The more games Rangers players have to play the better regardless of the shambles risk
Can we please stop all this talk about them getting to the semi finals of the UEFA Cup? The mere thought of it is making me anxious It would be a step too far. As you can see from Gordon_J's post that would still give them 6 more games than us left to play.
Gordon_J, I think they play St Johnstone in the semi final of the newly christened other diddy cup. Aberdeen play QOS
All cup competitions are rubbish
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Thanks Gordon_j,you just gave me an unexpected first. Let's hope Rangers' multi-faceted season climax contrives to see them do likewise for Celtic!
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aw naw...
that's actually your second post in a couple of hours..... and it's a repeat?
You're slagging Celtic TV for the same thing?
Is that just lazy posting?
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Cadizzy said...
All cup competitions are rubbish
I concur, with the exception that a last 16 in the Champions League is greater than winning the CIS, SC and UEFA :-)
Paul
I think they should be able to play against either St Mirren or Motherwell on the morning before they play us.
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Bigchips
Just for clarity. There is no such thing as "the British people". If you had said "peoples" that would be a different matter.
This is why anyone portraying themselves as, for instance, the quintessentially British football club is so last century.
It's a new dawn, it's a new day.
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Paul,
if your suggestion does come to fruition, it will be interestimg to see if those players who were down to be "rested" for the Scotland game, like Captain Fantastic, make a miraculous recovery for their club game.
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BigChips, :-)
Celtic First, no, playing St Mirren next week was my idea.
It is also worth noting:
After Rangers next three games (home to Hibs, Celtic and Sporting) Rangers have 11 guaranteed games left to play, 9 away from home.
Progress in the Scottish Cup would be played at a neutral venue and further progress in the Uefa would be home and away.
Cadizzy, would you rather Rangers had a game the midweek before playing us or not?
Mort, an excellent suggestion.
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bigchipsuk,
Congrats on the first. Call it a reversal after a stewards' enquiry.
Yes I assumed they would not reach the final. They may not reach the semi, but obviously that won't be known until after the quarter final tie. So I put it in with a ?.
Cadizzy, yes they play St Johnstone not QoS, but it doesn't affect the dates.
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Marvin
That should be Captain Bamtastic
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Paul or anyone in the know...
Has it been decided yet where Motherwell's home matches will take place while Fir Park is being "fixed"? I know Gretna will play at Livi but haven't heard if a decision has been taken on Motherwell's games.
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dumbhoy,
:-)
I never moaned at Celtic TV for repeating the Gretna game. I moaned because they actually chose to serve it up as entertainment rather than an indication of how poor we are at breaking teams down.
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dumbhoy,
I prefer Barry Bottler after he chose to hid in the shoot out rather than lead from the front.
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Celtic_first, not only are you first, but you are right first time... about Henke at least. The identity of the other guy is a mystery though, certainly not Alan Rough.
This picture was obtained from Helsingborgs FC, which is the Helsingborgs floorball team, as opposed to the football team, Helsingborgs IF. Our Henke actually played for them as quite an accomplished floorball player during his early days as a footballer. Fortunately for Celtic he chose the right path!
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dumbhoy,
I didn't name name's but I think you've got who I was on about.
;-)
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Bigchips
Floorball looks from that shot like a cross between netball, Ker-Plunk and curling. It could have a big future.
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Te first old firm game at cp is scheduled for 16th april. this is the one postponed from january. the nex has been pencilled in for the 19th
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Paul,
"Cadizzy, would you rather Rangers had a game the midweek before playing us or not?"
good point!
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Paul said: "If Rangers progress to the Scottish Cup semi final, the possibility of a replay in that game must also be considered, which could take place on the date the final itself is due to go ahead."
Then perhaps Rangers (should they qualify) could play their Scottish Cup semi final on the morning of the day that the Final is due to be played... and then the winners of that SF play the Final in the afternoon.
Celtic have certainly played more than one competitive game on the same day in the past, and modern players are supposed to be so much fitter than the players of old. So why not?
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All MODERN Cup competitions are rubbish, bring back ties that stretch to 6 replays and 4 postponements due to a proper winter.
Bring back orange balls and groups of frostbitten supporters piling straw onto the pitch so the game can be playable.
Bring back big Yogi in sandshoes as the turf won't take a stud; slaloming through the defence like a rhino on skates.
DBBIA/TitusOatesCSC
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Paul67,
Is there any reason why the authorities could not tell Rangers they need to play 3 games in a week and get on with it?
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off topic from the Guardian
"Heart of Midlothian will report record debts of £37-38m when they publish their accounts for the financial year ended July 2007 within a fortnight. The Edinburgh club, owned by the Lithuanian Vladimir Romanov, owed £28.4m in 2006;"
Murray will be green with envy at such a paltry amount (maybe not green)
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Given the current performance levels of the SFA and the refereeing 'fraternity', surely the easiest way to solve the huns fixture pile-up is to cancel this year's Scottish Cup competition altogether and simply award them the trophy!
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Paul et Al,
If the hierarchy at the SPL/SFL had any backbone they would make rangers play the outstanding games on the Tuesdays before their UEFA cup games on the Thursdays.
Its up to rangers who they put on the field of play - strong or weak team - The SPL/SFL need to prioritise which is more important to them and not compromise the rest of us.
For God sake its not rocket science is it.
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Sean @ 12:18,
I think that getting the full-backs forward is absolutely critical to our set-up. Given that our wide midfield players play on the 'wrong' wings, it's hard for them to get to the byeline and whip a cross in with their 'bad' foot. (What I'd give to have Aiden's bad foot!) An overlapping full-back rampaging past can provide a devastating option to Aiden / Naka. Hinkel was doing it, Naylor; not so much.
Want an example, look at Barca's goal against us at Camp Neu!
My dad came up with a really interesting observation. Strachan's team is set up to win most games, and in most games creating 3-4 chances will win you the 3 points. The problem is that winning most games isn't enough at Celtic. There's 114 points in a season, and you probably need 100 points to win the league. You need to win almost all the games. Gordon's approach will prevent you getting relegated in the EPL, and in a good season you'll finish in the Euro places. Celtic need someone who has a burning, aching hunger to win every game.
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Paul and Gordon_J
I just noticed that on both your prospective fixture lists that Celtic are due to have a home game on the final day.
Surely in a tight title race Celtic will be away on the final day or am I just being paranoid?
Love Street - 1986
Rugby Park - 2003
Fir Park - 2005
Also since the SPL began in 1998/99 Celtic have played away from home on the final day SEVEN times and only twice at home, both to Dundee United.
If as we are told so often that "things even themselves out" then we should be getting a home game on the final day but I won't be holding my breath waiting on it.
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Somehow I think that the option of extending the season is not a goer.
Euro 2008 begins on 7th June!
International squads will get together no later than the day following the currently scheduled last game of the season.
Poland, Holland, and possibly Germany and Greece will have demands on our players!
It has to recognised that Novo, Cuellar, Cousin and Darcheville are stonewall certainties for key positions in their international sides as well as favourites for 'player of the tournament', (aye right)!
Anyway extending the season for one team is simply not a 'competitive' option and extending it for both is not available either as Celtic, the international teams, the SFA and UEFA would be against it.
Taking on the combined forces above would also only highlight the utter shambles that the ego-centric SPL administration and incompetent club organisations have managed to conjure up.
You know on second thoughts, I hope they try to extend it, just to see the farce that would result as the whole world viewed the mass punch-and-Judy extravaganza that would surely send the suits, their disgusting disregard for the fan, their pathetic dishonest strategies and the repulsively parasitic medjia all spiralling together into the pit of sulphuric oblivion!
We could then take the resulting morass of melted keech and spread it out on Fir Park and at last the whole sad bunch just might give something positive back to the greatest game ever conceived!
Just maybe we could then start again!
The revolution is nigh!
Hail hail
Estadio
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Mort, you would expect that, if we have 3 home games after the split, it would (and should be) H/A/H/A/H. By extension, they should be A/H/A/H/A. However, we must have had 3 home and 2 away in at least a couple of those 7 seasons so I won't be holding my breath either.
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Morning bhoys n ghirls,
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REQUIRED!
it is the second time i have seen that the games against the FILTH are scheduled for 16th n 19th.
Here is my dilema.
I work 2 days 2 nights 4 off (usually great for getting away for footie. At any one time only 2 people from the shift are allowed to be off at the same time. There are 3 Filth mongers on my watch (who are all very smug I might add!.
Time off is ok, but with the games being when they are roumered it will be manic.
I start on the 16th and will be on nights on the 19th!!
So i will require these dates confirmed by someone... ANYONE ASAP.
If we all apply for the time off, then its first come first serve!
I cant miss these games gents.
Does anyone KNOW that these dates are correct? Or is it just educated geusses? I wouldnt want to take the time off just to find the games are not on these days, and end up workin when they ARE on.
Please help
Paddy
IcantMISStheseGAMEScsc
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Might seem a bit unorthodox but why even persist with two central defenders when we are playing most SPL teams. Why do we need two, to mess up the high ball into our box, when one can do the same job - just as effectively?
I’d suggest that maybe we could push either Gary Caldwell or Young O,Dea further up the park and they could adopt the role of the holding midfielder, allowing at least one, if not two, of our more recognised midfielders to push further up the park.
If we were to start with a 3-5-2 which could easily adapt to a 3-4-3 or even a 3-3-4 as the game develops surely the weight of numbers would increase our chances of scoring.
Conversely, if subject to the break, such a formation could easily adapt and resort to a flat back four, with two covering midfielders, without too much effort.
I just don’t see the need for a second central defender when we are playing most of the one man up front formations we encounter so frequently.
A very large percentage of the Celtic support appears to be of the mind that the league is now blown. I don’t personally share that view, but in its acknowledgement, I would adopt a much more cavalier attitude and set out my stall with a dare to win attitude rather than the fear to lose preference we seem to have adopted.
We have to go for it and go for it with a passion and attitude that will indelibly wipe any doubts of ‘if only’ from every player and supporters mind.
Whether you are staying or going Gordon – the next ten games are going to be your chance, and your chance alone, to make Celtic history.
If I were you Gordon, I‘d unleash Hell, because you have nothing else to lose and so, so much to gain.
Oh! and as a matter of record – I would have Bobo Balde and Darren O’Dea, along with, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley and/or Barry Robson in every team between now and seasons end.
I wouldn’t look for any favours, from any quarter, in the run in, but if they are on offer… I’ll take them. I’ll bite your hand off for them but I won’t expect them.
I would instead look to the battlers if it’s going to come to a fight. Our very own battlers. Others have had their chance and in some cases, been found wanting; why not give heart and guts a chance?
Oh! And three men up front would be nice!!!
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cadizzy
I just quickly checked there and we would have 3 home and 2 away games when the final Celtic Hun match is at celtic Park.
In 2001/02 we played H-H-H-A-A
In 2005/06 it was H-H-A-H-A
I know we will be told that we play the same number of games at home and away throughout the season but a home game on the final day if it comes down to goal difference could make all the difference.
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Stuart (13:01) said: "...There's 114 points in a season, and you probably need 100 points to win the league. You need to win almost all the games."
And my English colleagues keep telling me how easy it is to win the SPL!
In 2002-3 Celtic dropped just 17 points all season, losing just three games, yet they did not win the league.
The same season Man Utd dropped 31 points and lost 5 games, but still won the EPL by 5 clear points. And last season they dropped 25 points and lost 5 games, but still won the league by 6 clear points.
So which league is easier to win?
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Aw Naw...
Far enough. I'll accept your original post was good quality so it must be a good quality repeat!
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Why dont they go back to what happened years back when they had games on Tues, Thursday then Saturday ?.
NoOldFirmTagPlease
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And of course, Mort, last season we played C-R-A-P in our last 4 league games, although we did at least manage to beat the sheep!
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Fabrizio
I think you have the plan in reverse? To protect the integrity of the Scottish Cup, not all SPL fixtures will be honoured, but since Les Huns are sooooooooo far ahead it will only be fair to award them the SPL title!
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Mort,
taken from the BBC
"An injury-time penalty by Mikel Arteta clinched the SPL title for Rangers in ...."
25th May 2003
Home or away es "ist Scheiss Egal"
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Stor Mha Chroi,
Spot with regard to the preferred personnel for the run in.
If fit, Bobo Balde would be in my team every week if the only alternatives were the current incumbants.
Brown ans Hartley were superb in midfield at Pittodrie. I would have both of them plus Robson away from home every time, with Naka as an option off the bench.
Four in midfield when two of them are Naka and Aiden is asking a lot on heavy , tight pitches and in turn puts our defence under pressure as they aint the best physically, defensively or positionally.
4-5-1 for Ibrox, no Naka....until 70 mins.
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This league is not lost.
We win our games and we win the league it is a simple fact.
My concern, and the first finger of dread started to creep in on Tuesday evening is that we seem incapable of putting the ball in the back of the net.
At times we seem to want to walk the ball in. That is difficult against the tightly packed defenses that we encounter in nearly every game.
WE CAN STILL WIN THIS LEAGUE!!!
WE WANT TO WIN THIS LEAGUE!!!
WE WILL STILL WIN THIS LEAGUE!!!
Hail Hail
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Mort, no decision yet on Motherwell.
‘Chips, why not, indeed.
McManus69, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday is a possibility, but I don’t know of any precedent in Scotland. It has happened in England, though.
Cadizzy, Hearts debt; dizzy.
Ticketyboo, good point.
Mort, no, Celtic will be at home on the first day after the split and on the final day.
Estadio, good point about Euro 2008, forgot about that.
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Stuart...
Re: Your 100pts to win the league... Theory...
Last year we won the league with 84pts...
2006... We won the League with 91pts...
2005...We LOST the League with 92pts...
2004...We won with 98pts...
I said 6 months ago our New Signing Policy/Budget/Salary Cap ect... ie signing 8 spl Players...
Results in us being More CHAMPIONSHIP than EPL... The winner of the championship can be Champions with the equivalent of 16 DEFEATS and 2 draws... Scary stuff...
o1bhoy
budgetsareforChancers.ellorsCSC
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"Infamy Infamy! They've all got it in for me" says WGS
Gordon Life is Rubbish
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Due to recent games that the Great unwashed have struggled against specific sides I am VERY VERY confident.
If i could hand pick teams to play them in the league before and after, I couldnt have picked 2 better teams... and at thier best venues respectively.
game before us?
Hibees at Mordor. As much as they pushed them in bothe the game at easter road and the replay that they lost at mordor, they seem to get more points (in the last 3 years) away against them as opposed to at easter road.
After us? they are away to united.
After the final they will have a point to prove. United have (i believe...could be wrong) taken more points off of them in the last 2 years than anyone else. And have a good record at tanadice.
My honest thoughts on how these games will go?
Hibs - Draw
Champs - We Win
Utd - Utd Win
putting us in complete control.
5 points ahead, they will ofcourse have a game in hand but their fixture congestion is HORRENDUS. They are looking tired ALL over the pitch.
And we will also have 2 games at paradise to look forward to.
BRINGem ALLonCSC!!!
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BigChipSuk 12.17
Is it Henke goin tae the clinic to get Konterman removed ?
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Rob, yes. :o)
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Is anyone lase having probs with posting their first post after logging on ?. Error message appears and then message posts !.
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Paul,
I'd like you to ask your man in the know if he would please make public (on my behalf, I know i can't speak for all Bhoys), the clubs displeasure at the continual flagrant rule bending by the MIBs when it comes to booking players who leave the field of play. Apparently the Thistle player who scored last night recieved a yellow for this 'crime' yet I had the misfortune to tune in on Sunday just as Boyd scored the second and clearly ran off the park to the orc support - no card. How long can this cheating go on with no comment ? I know WGS has mentioned it, but surely Peter Lawell should issue some kind of club statement demanding clarification of the rule ?
Seriously peed off here at the way these guys openly chat now.
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Just back from picking up my tickets for next weeks match. I was surprised to see the tickets are printed with the kick-off time as 3pm but just checked and it's definitely 12.30. Just an oversight, or is someone at it in the hope that even one person is duped by this. I would like to see a home ticket. if it has 3pm on it, fair enough just an honest mistake, if 12.30pm then you know someones at it.
I cannot wait to see Mcgeady up against that baboon Broadfoot.
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Henriks Sombrero, good point. A youtube backed article would be a good idea.
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Propaganda coming out of WALT DISNEY Productions...
"It will promote Rangers across the world and we will benefit through sponsorship, television and spectator revenues."...
"Rangers' football record is remarkable and we are delighted the club is part of Superleague Formula."...
"tremendously exciting"
"innovative ideas to consolidate and expand our fanbase"...
"We are thrilled to join so many great clubs in a new sporting endeavour...
Martin Pain announcing wranglers new Motor Racing Team...
Murray's GRAND PRIKS me thinks...
o1bhoy
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U2_1888:
Love him or loathe him, I think we need him. (Bobo)
On a separate point:
I’ve said it before Gordon Strachan may not have been born one of us - but he sure as hell is growing into one of us. Look at his face when we do score, that is not the face of an actor, that is the face of a man whose heart is thumping, with yours, for our team. His joy is unadulterated.
I oh so dearly hope he succeeds in retaining the championship this year. If he is to do anything else… then he has failed. In his failure… I have … you have… failed.
Failure to back Gordon Strachan is a indictment of your very own ambition.. Would you rather, with Gordon STRACHAN, we didn’t win the league this year? Or would you rather, with Gordon Strachan as the manager, we did?
It is a simple either/or question. Your answer to yourself determines your true ambition.
I selfishly want him to achieve because if he does… I do. Out with family, I have no greater concern.
I think his (Gordon’s) fault is that he is under so much pressure to deliver. Pressure from us, the fans; pressure from the media, the haters; pressure from the bean counters; pressure from history not yet written; pressure from every which way, that can.
He is so scared to let us all down, more concerned with the supporters well being than that of he, himself. I also THINK, his ego is scared that his adoring press will be proved right. He is no good… and once again they will have talked/run a ‘Successful Celtic Minded’ man out of town. Once again they will be sniggering in their halls as they wax lyrical how the taigs, the Fenian barstewards, were once again divided and beaten.
How many times are they going to talk us down, individually or collectively, before we all see them for what they are?
Ask yourself this simple question – why are the press so keen to see the back of Gordon Strachan?
He has undoubted bottle. He showed that by taking the job in the first place. The question is how much bottle, how much belief has he got in himself and his players?
With two leagues out of two under his belt and the third going to the wire, I would hope a lot. I like Gordon Strachan. I liked him as a player in Scotland and I liked him as a player in England. I like him as a person and whatever happens… I WISH HIM WELL. Goes without saying I include his family in that sentiment too.
I only wish that he would have more faith in himself, his players, and the clubs supporters. We are a much, much, better team than either Hibs or Falkirk and yet both those teams could easily shame us in the footballing ‘style’ department.
I understand that they are not subject to the same - pressures/restraints - as a Celtic team but they know pressure nonetheless. They too, have their own benchmark for survival.
Their football (Hibs/Flakirk) is enjoyable to watch; ours then, should be a pleasure. But it is not; and the most salient word I can use is… Why?
If Partick Thistle can hold Rangers to a draw at Ibrox, then by logic alone, we can beat them. Extending that principle - if we can beat them once - we can beat them again, and again too.
We can but try.
And since I’m a mug… I’m going to put twenty pound on Celtic to take all nine points.
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Another Reggae Legend gone to the big Ganja Party in the sky. Mickey Dread 1954 - 2008 he helped The Clash become "The only band that Matters"
Another person that died recently Raymond ("Ray") Bushby, was an entrepreneur and founder of the UniBond adhesive brand. I wondered if they nailed his coffin shut.
Blackmarketclash CSC
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Paul67 et al
Again
Who Fears To Speak Of '79
Wed May 2 Hibernian H W 3-1
Sat May 5 Rangers A (Hampden) L 0-1
Mon May 7 Partick Thistle A W 2-1
Fri May 11 St Mirren A (Megiddo) W 2-0
Mon May 14 Hearts H W 2-1
Mon 21 May Rangers H W 4-2
We've previous
WG
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Henkssombrero,
Boyd left the field of play 2 minutes after the Partick celebration last night having just scored. He didn´t go into the crowd. I only mention this as I thought the same as you but on the BBC site. The goal scorer was not mentioned as having been booked. I should point out however that the BBC site has many inconsistencies when it comes to Rangers crime count.
I also noticed on Sunday Kenny Clark preventing Hunt from over celebrating his goal in front of the Rangers end. Yet at the same end Boyd was allowed yet again to go into the crowd.
I wouldn´t expect Celtic to say anything publicly on this.
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WG... from behind and with 10 men wasn't it?
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Bigchip
You to have heard the rummour about WG
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Mystic Meg has now a young Bhoy to his Family Liam
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At 20/03/08 14:26, Blogger Stoir Mha Chroi said…
Your post could just as easily be addressed to the SSM instead of U2_1888 and dated 5th July 2007
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Henrik's Sombrero,
Skullduggery among the MIB's is not knew; Conspiracy to undermine our title efforts a regular occurence; funny handshakes and chicken sacrificing not unheard of!
But now, as you rightly reveal, the blackguards have the soul-staining gall and shame to blatantly 'CHAT'.
Next thing ye know it will be holding hands, kissing, tongues and .......my God, cold shower time!!
THE SWINE!!!!:)
Hail Hail
Estadio
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Estadio I hate be pedantic but I will anyway, shouldn't that be "goat sacrificing"
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Awe Naw,
Have to admit to getting the Thistle booking info from an article on NewsNow (from a Hearts perspective)which incredibly cited us as not being booked for this celebration as much as the orcs !
Estadio ;-)
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Stoir Mha Chroi,
My answer is to back him, as you say his success is my (and our) success. I want him to succeed, and if he does, he's earned the right to address the failings of this season.
CQN is like the dressing room; in here we can criticise, attribute blame, assess players, tactics, managers and discuss alternatives amongst ourselves.
Outside it should be a unified front. We Will Win the League. Gary Caldwell is magnificent. Gordon Strachan is the best man for the job. Having concerns privately will not stop me singing and cheering the champions on at the games. They need and deserve our unequivocal and very vocal support.
To wish for short term failure to stimulate change is to sabotage yourself.
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Winningemmell, aye, and we even lost to them on the way.
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Gretna's administrators Wilson Field have called a press conference for 4.30pm today at the Smith Hotel in Gretna as uncertainty continues to surround the club's future.
Wonder what this is all about?
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test....am i back in?
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10 games left
If anybody moves... Shoot 'em!
The Wild Bunch coming to a stadium near you...
... Unless you live in Motherwell...
...Or inhabit the bottom 6...
Ten games left.
By our simple collective will.
The thorns on the shamrock.
Ten games left.
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Narrowbhoat,
Downsizing to chickens is necessary as they need the goats for chatting, kissing, tongues.....STOP IT NOW REMOVE THAT MENTAL IMAGE IMMEDIATELY!!
Hail Hail
Estadio
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Aw Naw:
As usual, I ballsed up. Only the very first part of my post was in response to U2_1888.
All that followed was intended for each of us. The SSM and all. To back your manager is to back yourself.
Come seasons end - then the long knives may or may not come out. I won’t be part of it though. Not this year anyway.
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Bigchips at 13:28 its an interesting point (well for me anyway).
I had a quiet minute today and was pulling together the data to find out in comparitive terms how we go up against the other leagues.
At this present moment in time to be top of the SPL you would need to have won an average of 2.33 points per game. The huns are actually above that (2.52) but as we are second on an average of 2.32 they would only need 2.33.
Man Utd are on 2.33 but to be above Arsenal they would only have to have 2.24.
So in a boring round about way its harder to be top of the SPL than any other division.
I can share goals for/against ratios as well but I think I will keep you all in suspense for that especially as its my first post in a while.
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greenlion,
I think the epl sides would argue a better general quality of teams making points harder to pick up.
If you simply go by points per game, East Fife at 2.47 are probably the best team in Britain right now!
Gretna press conferen
