The emperor has no cardigan
My friends in Celtic, they will tell you
it's tiredness, but you and I know the truth; today Rangers achieved their joint
second-best result away to a top six team all season.
We unquestionably have faced an enormously effective team this season, but defending
with 10 men behind the ball has made it virtually impossible for Rangers to
beat a decent SPL team away from Ibrox - irrespective of who the referee is.
Walter Smith has been found out.
You really must believe us.... (still on my knees).
we've got the whole league in our hands
got the whole league in our hands
we've got the whole league in our hands
got the whole league in our hands
everybody......
Hunt them down like dogs......
YEEHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
Will Walter still get his knighthood?
I blame the SPL
90 minutes away from the sweetest championship since stopping the 10.
Concentrate, concentrate, concentrate!!!!!!
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED!
We will be champions before we take the field on Thursday.
And Tommy will be laughing his heid aff.
And diving in to the pile on.
Mon the 'tic
It is ours to enjoy.
And enjoy we will.
WG spotted speeding away from Fir Park in a truck marked "Towels."
After being at Celtic Park this morning, then the game and now the Phil tribute at Fir Park I am in tears as I type this.
I have a vision of Barry Robson scoring the title winning goal on Thursday night at Tannadice. Just like another red haired Celt did all those years ago.
Let's win it for Tommy!
Glad Im off on Friday!!!!
62002-9095 league code - http://en.fantasy.euro2008.uefa.com/M/table.mc?id=9095
Bob malcolm doesn't appear to be enjoying the post-match celebrations as much as his team-mates
st mirren have only conceaded 5 goals in 9 at home since the new year
they have only lost one in 9 at home since the new year - that was to us - a last minute naka wonder strike
that game is in 2 days
3 in a row
Agree with McStay_8, this is going to taste very sweet if we do the business against Dundee United.
Nice one Paul! This is shaping up to be the sweetest title in a long time!
Now, on to tannadice and victory!
Oh the ale will flow tonight.
It`s back in our own hands
Hallelujah.
But it`s not over.Determination,not celebration.
Oh,all right then,a few bevvies.
Wonderful result for us. Now all in our own hands.
Best of luck to Celtic against Hibs Ladies today!!!!
we've got league title no.3 in our hands
we've got league title no.3 in our hands
we've got league title no.3 in our hands
we've got it in our hands
onemorewinandwearechampionnees CFC
Hail Hail from Thailand!!
Great result, was literally on my knees screeming at the tv!
TheGoodWillOutCSC
TB RIP
FTS
Who all needs a laundry???
Who all needs a laundry???
Na na na na,
Na na na na.
Who all needs a laundry??
Who all needs a laundry??
Na na na na
Na na na na
Surely the players will now be ramped up to the max. Rangers' confidence is flagging. Cuellar suspended for the St Mirren match. It's going to happen. I'm a believer.
We must fight to the final whistle!
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
English Sun front page.
(rpt from last thread)
Nice one Paul! This is shaping up to be the sweetest title in a long time!
Now, on to tannadice and victory!
Having been a haappy clapper and confident that they would drop points, I would also ask that we keep the gloating to a minimum cos....
We ain't won nothing yet.
The hard part was always going to be our team winning all our games.
So, for now, let's enjoy the result today but, keep in mind, we have a game to win.
BTW I thought McGarry, usually a journeyman player, was outstanding for Well today.
My towel is pristine.
This one's for Tam Burns
From last Post
Nice touch by Motherwell with the Giant Phil O'Donnell Shirt and the all the players wearing a Phil O'Donnell Jersey.
The smile on Big Mark McGhee's face is priceless, Thank you Bid Man.
Paul67
Have you hired a new script writer, your post headings the last month have been first-class
With Paul's permission I would like to retract my comments of half-time. I clearly don't know what I'm talking about.
It's amazing, Setanta have hardly mentioned the huns in their post-match analysis. Rob McLean sounds as if he might burst into tears.
What would be the odds on St Mirren doing us a turn as well??
This is a big game for them. Last home game of the season and against one of the top six, when they've been playing no-one of note for the past few weeks. I think they'll be up for this, especially with the ex-celts around the club.
I think we'll be heading to Tannadice needing only a draw....
Nacho Novo all we need is you to go now and it's a perfect season
www.towelretrieval.com
You chuck 'em, we pluck 'em
Hail Hail
Celtic players
Believe, Believe, Beliieve.....Concentrate, concentrate, concentrate
Celtic fans
Believe the hype
Scream, shout, cheer on Thursday
Rangers players
Championship form......you're having a laugh..
Rangers fans
You were found out on Wednesday to be what we have always known..
back where we belong..its in our hands...
my belief was shattered after motherwell beat us at paradise..but what goes around comes around...still hurting with the loss of TB
but this helps lift the spirits...
Nice tribute from the motherwell team to Phil,
Tannadice it is then..a date with destiny indeed....
slan
aldo
Towelretrieval.com they finally delivered!!
Phew they were leavin' it late cos I chucked that towel away weeks ago and so badly wanted it back :-)
Now Gordon get your bhoys fired up for the biggest 90mins of our season......wonder how Walt will approach St Mirren 4-2-4? Will Gus McPherson play his reserve team against a potentially knackered gers side?
They know they need goals now!!
No doubt SPL \ any any none 'Gers minded' folk will be blamed for not helping Dignity FC gain yet another favour from powers that be 'for the good of scottish football'
Hail Hail
Patnmick, “we’ve got the whole league” love it.
Remember that one from Murrayfield; a special time. I’ll maybe borrow your words if you don’t mind.
Kano, you bet he will.
CelticSephiroth :-)
1977, agree. 1998 was the most important in the last 42 years, but this will/would be the sweetest.
larkin1907, :-)
Well well well.
Who would have thought it?
Now getting ready for work with a slightly higher spring in my step than Wednesday night.
Rangers were terrible in the second half today, utterly disjointed and feckless. High hopeful balls waiting for a knock down and snap shot. Reverted to type. Even the goal they scored came from a ball from the half way line that Smith should not have come for.
Enough about them.
Remember when it was being mooted in the press that the league was over and pressure put on WGS to admit so?
I think after the Motherwell home defeat. I certainly had my doubts, however was consoled by the thought of our respective run-ins.
I then watched both home games against them and saw the determination in players' eyes.
I know that this is going to sound maudlin or mawkish but our team talk on Thursday night should only be two words.......
I think many a tear will be shed on Thursday night no matter what.
Hail Hail fellow travellers.
Celtic players
Believe, Believe, Beliieve.....Concentrate, concentrate, concentrate
Celtic fans
Believe the hype
Scream, shout, cheer on Thursday
Rangers players
Championship form......you're having a laugh..
Rangers fans
You were found out on Wednesday to be what we have always known..
back where we belong..its in our hands...
my belief was shattered after motherwell beat us at paradise..but what goes around comes around...still hurting with the loss of TB
but this helps lift the spirits...
Nice tribute from the motherwell team to Phil,
Tannadice it is then..a date with destiny indeed....
slan
aldo
SFTB,
wait till after the St Mirren game.
Me thinks we won't have to win a game.
desparately seeking tickets for tannadice
any chance?
Happy Clapper
Artur Boruc interview
Sitting in Dubai lounge waiting for flight to Singapore, and the web feed crashes - daughter calls and says it was 1 -1 - is that good? Ya dancer!!
Then enjoyed the delayed reactions. Schedenfreude right enough!
Timoot - might be up for a beer Sunday night - where is good?
btw the minutes appleause for Tommy B seemed to be well respected by all and sundry at Fir Park, so fair play to them.
Am I gonna enjoy the swally on this flight!!
Hoopily
6 weeks ago I threw in the towel, after Motherwell beat us 1-0 at Celtic Park. I had all but accepted three-in-a-row was all but gone. Maybe it would be fair to say I lost my Faith that day in Celtic's ability to do the necessary.
While I'm happy to accept we needed favours from other teams to get us back into pole position, I must also accept "they" have had many more favours than us this season, and not just from other teams - last week being a perfect case-in-point.
Never, NEVER, again will I ever doubt Celtic.
Paul, was in your neck of the woods recently.
I waved as I passed the famous grotto. There was some kind of singing in latin coming from it as the sun set behind me. So if you saw some sort of sillhouetted figure waving in the glaring light of a sunset outside the grotto....
Hiya :^)
to paraphrase Queen's "Gimme the prize"
Here we are!
We are the masters of our destiny!
We are the ones, the only ones!
We are the ones who humped the huns!
Give us the prize!
don't mind at all Sir Paul
thought this was very funny....
gerri halliwell regrets attending the uefa cup final
The league twists, the league turns, the leagues won(?)
A celebration and a warning.....With grateful thanks to the legendary David J Gilmour
One Slip
One slip, and down the hole we fall
It seems to take no time at all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life to a life
The one regret, you will never forget
There'll be no sleep in here tonight
Off to
WishyGeneral
Occasionally life imitates the most satisfying works of art in its cathartic symmetry. Winning the league at Kilmarnock a couple of years ago helped to lay one ghost. Now this. I would never have believed it possible, but I may just be getting over Black Sunday...Sorry Martin, couldn't help mentioning it.
Why does this silly grin keep spreading across my face? I'm going out now to see if its infectious.
Rangers have not won any of there last 5 away league games.
3points from a possible 15
Dropped 53% of their available points away from home.
Get in there
missing ' in there somewhere.
Don't call the trip to tannadice a crusade. We remember what happened last time we headed off on a crusade to defeat the arabs! ;^)
paul67, you have a wonderful way with words .
if i was the editor of the daily record, i'd have you headhunted.
just said a prayer for the first time since my conformation !
I can't make it up to Dundee due to work commitments but if I was there there is one song I would be singing:
"One Gordon Strachan, There's only one Gordon Strachan"
Hail Hail
Is it finished yet.
Paul67 and others....
This is maybe not the time to bring this up on such a fabulous evening but I've always been a big fan of Strachan. I know the support has been divided but he has always delivered.
However, after the Motherwell defeat, some of his biggest supporters suggested his time may be up (I'll admit to being one).
Two derby wins later, the title is in our own hands and Strachan has ended the Smith hoodoo. We're on the verge of winning the league and it now seems that with Robson in the middle and McDonald back among the goals, we have the balance that made us Scotlands best team.
It just goes to show how fickle we can be but with this drastic change of circumstances, I'd be delighted if Strachan can continue his fine work, fine tune a team that needs tweaking (not rebuilding) and see if he can end his next hoodoo of winning away in the CL.
What are other peoples opinion on this now he's on the verge of becoming the most successful Celtic manager since Jock Stein?
A great result for us. Hadn't the strength to watch it; never can stomach them. But it is really up to us now, I feel. Roll on Thursday. If we do win on goal difference, it will be so, so sweet.
Zbyszek,
the words of a prophet,indeed.
latest newsflash....rangers fans are looting poundstretchers in motherwell town centre.
zimmerman,
I heard about this, apparently someone's telly stopped working.
Thank you Mark McGhee, Chris Porter et al. I thought Steven Hughes had a great game today, a few crunching tackles (not like him). Maybe he had something to prove.
I don't want to jinx it but Thursday night is shaping up to be one of the most emotional, memorable, bitter-sweet nights of football in our club's history.
Let's keep the head and pull it off.
We have bottle. They don't.
Where we have Barry Robson and Paul Hartley battling for every inch of territory, they have Barry Ferguson, who - when his team needed him the most - went missing today. Again.
This season has been unbelievable, in so many respects. If we pull it off in spite of everything it will be sweetest since stopping ten in a row.
Barry Robson to star on Thursday, along with Aiden McGeady.
Then we will celebrate all that we are and three-in-a-row will all the sweeter for the obstacles that have been placed in our way; for all the usual shenangigans that we have seen more this season that ever before.
And if anyone remains who still rejects Gordon Strachan as not Celtic minded or Celtic class, then surely they will embrace him on Thursday, especially after the last few days.
We will leave the Rangers fans to their riots and we will celebrate.
And Tommy will be there with us, right on top of the pile-on.
Paul,
There are a million reasons why this will be the sweetest.
A wee suggestion - maybe you could narrow it down to 5 or 10 for an article maybe?
Keep up the good work and fighting the good fight!
1977
GB1978
I couldn't agree more
sephiroth...a lot of telly's have just been switched off across the country.
Winningemmell
My towels were always nicely stack in the cupboard, I never doubted, I always believe so I have no need for your admirable services. My Motto never give in till it is done.
This is gonna be the sweetest league victory ever since we stop TIAR. On Radio Snyde the recriminations have already started, Orcs are phoning in slagging some of their players. Oh am I loving it right now.
Three in a row here we go.
Stand up for Gordon Strachan, supporters have said this team hasn't improved but we will end up with more points that last year and against a resurgent Huns who have spent money and made a UEFA cup final regardless of how they played and got there, so please all the Anti- Strachan Brigrade don't go on saying that it was against the worst Hun team in ages.
GORDON IS ALIVE
Well Done WGS
God bless Tommy & Phil
Tribute to Tommy Burns
Test your link by clicking here : Tribute to Tommy Burns
I would be grateful if someone could test this link to my pictures from Celtic Park this morning.
Yahoo Pictures seems to have morphed onto Flickr when I wasn't looking!
Zbyszek
Artur should do more interviews!
"It doesnt matter because we will be at the top at the end of the season"
Wally's interview was priceless. You could see it in his eyes and hear it in his voice - he knows he's a beaten man.
It's ours, I'm now convinced.
Paul can I ask a quick question
This postponed Love Street game off theirs... its occurs to me... when the league split were they within 3 points of the 6th spot... or what would have happened if they had been?
PS I apologise to Mr G Smith and co. for what I was thinking at half time
Tuned into Radio Clyde......days like today offer an insight into what 'ra peepil' are thinking...even it is listening to absolute tosh from BFDJ & Co.
Apparently Walt has been playing a team devoid of attacking ideas and flair.......McCulloch is crap, Cousin is crap...who else is crap wearing a Gers shirt?
NO flair or ideas up front I'd never have thought it?
Emdy else think that?
And there was I thinking Barca and Man Utd were looking to Gers squad to cherry pick from the current batch of football genious that have entertained (Eh?) this season!!
We have to be so focused for thursday......just hope every celtic player knows just what this means to us all!!!
C'mon the Hoops.
Hail Hail
kano
If they lose it at St. Mirren, I'll take it and enjoy my party in Dundee.
But, I won't expect it. My prediction was always that they would drop enough points to give us control. What my prediction could not tell me was whether we were good enough to win our last 5 games.
Well, our team has been strong. There is only ONE match to go. ONE very hard match against a team that is hurting and does not always differentiate between teams from Glasgow. We have a big hill to climb but, if we climb it, we don't need favours from anyone or permission to plant our flag.
That is a great achievement.
Well done, Gordon Strachan.
Well done, Tam Burns.
Well done Neil Lennon.
Well done, Gary Pendrey.
Well done all the players even the maligned ones.
This team, which was called the worst in living memory by some fans, is on the brink of greatness.
The brink is a great place to be because you can see the other side. One big jump. As Van Halen said, you might as well.
Like a few others on here Gordon Strachan is about to make us eat our words.
He is on the verge of Greatness..go on wee man make yourself a LEGEND
HAIL HAIL.
Paul
In the interests of accuracy, ‘He's got the whole world in his hands’ was first sung to Pope John Paul II by the student priests of Maynooth during the Pontiff's visit to Ireland in 1979.
I will concede that the Murrayfield rendition three years later was more raucous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXpUdBlRZe8
Kano
I can guarantee that you are no happier than me, that i was wrong.
Gloat away.
The bookies don't often get it wrong.
Lets hope they're right this time
gb1978
posted first time after Well game to agree with manager about our run of bad luck
was prompted by the surprisingly large number on here suggesting his tea was oot
I just hope he hasn't had enough and wants to carry on building the team to play fitba TGCW
I'm sure we'll win it now but my sentiments will not change if we don't
Gordon Strachan has been a breath of fresh air.
His real masterstroke was bringing back Neil Lennon.
BTW has anyone seen this
Neil Lennon Simon Kuper's Political 11
Gordon J from 2.58PM Greetings from Canada. Your link works fine. Great pictures. hail hail.
GB,
mines is on record on many occassions.
Unfortunately so is my opinion he will leave at the end of this season.
Despite what many people think.
Celtic will be the losers.
He has proved,time and time again,that he is a magnificent ambassador for our club.
All the while claiming he is no manager,but merely a coach.
He has never seeked the glory,but delivered it.
Has never criticised our players,board or fans.
But he himself has been hauled over the coals by our"fans" for treating a mob of pondlife who treat our club as a punching bag with the distain they deserve.
Of course I speak of the "Scottish sporting press".
It really beggars belief,some of the garbage that has been directed at him.
WE will be the ones who miss him.
And I actually believe,he will miss us just as much.
He wasn't one of us before he came.
But I have absolutely no doubt,despite his treatment from some quarters.
He will always be one of us in the future.
You have to be involved with us to know what it is like.
And "involved" is certainly what he has become.
If,after Thursday,we have the three in a row,he will deserve his place in history.
For despite what people may say about the opposition,or our football,or his signings,or his personality.
He will be one of only three people in our history who has managed this feat!!!
No one will record anything other than this fact in the future.
And this is the way it should be.
Larkin1907 - after watching Gordon's emotional tribute to Tommy Burns I think he knows now what it is to be part of the Celtic family, and how much he would miss it were he to go. I'm sure he will stay. I hope I am not wrong. Roll on Monday!!
Hail, hail,
Crocker on Setanta said several times 'self-confessed Celtic fan and friend of Gordon Strachan, Mark McGhee...'
Imagine a friend of Celtic doing something that helped Celtic!
Why, the impertinent cheek of these Celtic folk.....
STANDING UP..waiting for Thursday,cos we're having a party
Let's be glad for another great boost.
We fight to the end and, no matter what happens, we don't stop until it's over. It's not over.
Gordon_J - nice pics, link works fine. Thanks for sharing them.
Don't worry about winning the league. Worry about winning the match. Just win the next match, and the plaudits will come ...
‘Pickles’ was the name of the dog that found the ‘lost’ world cup in 1966; TimTimTim was the name of the dog that brought down the huns in 2008.
TimTimTim should get a k-nine knighthood. And a mouth wash.
My sincere congratulations to Manchester’s finest, but one question:
What happened to the water cannons?
I know it is ancient history, but does anybody remember the witch-hunt for the daft wee boy who impersonated an aeroplane?
I know it is ancient history, but does anybody remember the witch-hunt for all the Manchester louts?
How, and why, the league was lost:
17/5/08 Motherwell 1-1
4/5/08 Hibernian 0-0
27/4/08 Celtic 2-3
16/4/08 Celtic 1-2
6/4/08 Dundee Utd 3-3
29/12/08 Hibernian 2-1
23/12/08 Aberdeen 1-1
28/10/08 Dundee Utd 1-2
29/9/08 Motherwell 1-1
Note 30 December to 6 April is 99 days, which is a long time in football …
Credit due to the men who kept their stuff together over those long days.
The moment was entabled
They journeyed towards it as the result journeyed towards them
What more or less could you or I or them have done to change it
And now it comes to us
Simple
Perfect
His one game left
Our one game
Football
Beloved
We still have a very difficult fixture at Tannadice.
The ref and his officials may feel obliged to give decisive decisions to DU .
This would prove helpfull to the Darnel and help disprove Craig Levein's cheating theory.
I am still filled with concern.
However for the first time this year ,it is ADVANTAGE Celtic.
Yes indeed.
Cheer up Tommy Burns.
What an emotional night Thursday will prove to be.
Boltonbhoy
can I let the guid people on here know that you will be 51 on Monday?
Hope the Saints are marchin in for you , me and the rest of the bhoys that night
Hope you're right about Gordon Strachan
any news re signing targets? this ma be a clue as to whether he's in for the long run
What a great day for football....
If we win the league, that's 2 of the 3 parts to my recurring dream will have come true. Surely QOS can't complete it.....
Trying not to get too carried away, BUT IT'S IN OUR HANDS for the first time in a long time. Well done all those FANS who never gave up. I know I can be over-opTIMistic most of the time, but I thot if we could just win those back-to-back homes games against them, we would be in with a great chance.
Hail hail - let's make some noise on Thursday, and let's hope the players are having a good rest this weekend, and come out with a raison d'etre on Thursday.
3-in-a-row. Yes please, with cream on top....
Have a good weekend CQNrs, am off to Embra ken, eh? for a celebratory BBQ.
MMC
My first chance to blog-in this week.
The death of Tommy Burns is a great tragedy and at such a young age. Tommy was a great Celt in every regard. As a player he had a prodigious left-foot, a great tactical awareness and a love of our Club which seeped out of every pore in his body. He was never afraid: I remember him scoring two goals in a replayed cup-tie at Firhill in the first twenty minutes and then take the lonely walk for the early bath for thumping the giant Colin McAdam. As a manager he re-invigorated Celtic and got the whole organisation, down to the 15 year olds, playing football “the Celtic way”. He laid down the basis for much of which followed. His love of the Club was such that he came back to a lesser role than he had previously had and made it work. I will miss Tommy Burns the football man who lived his life in an openly Catholic manner. His Faith was key to him and I frequently used to meet him when he was a player at Mass in the Cathedral at lunchtime. All my thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time.
Tommy died of Melanoma, the most malignant form of cancer of the skin. This cancer is very curable if caught at an early stage but can be very difficult to cure if caught later.
Melanoma is increasingly common in Scotland and the biggest risk factor is intense sun exposure. Light-skinned Scots, who remain well wrapped-up all year round and then head of to sunny climes for the Fair, strip off and get sun-burn all over, are those at the highest risk of this disease. In fact, what is known as the Celtic-phenotype (red hair, light skin, freckles and blue eyes) is a recognised indicator of high-risk and very special care needs to be taken in the sun.
Sun screen, no matter how strong, does not protect against Melanoma since such use has been shown to extend the time spent in hot sunshine and the sunblocks used are unable to prevent the damaging ultra-violet rays reaching the skin. Despite what the manufacturers say, the use of Artificial Tanning Parlours increases the risk of Melanoma particularly if used before the age of 30 years of age. Younger people are much more susceptible to the adverse effects of sunlight, both real and artificial.
One positive thing which could come out of the sad, premature death of Tommy Burns, would be if we would all take steps to ensure that we reduce the risk of contracting this disease by taking care of ourselves and our children in the sun and by avoiding artificial tanning. Never worry about consulting your doctor if you notice a change in your skin particularly if you have an existing mole which changes shape or starts to bleed. It could save your life.
timsinyyz Toronto, right?), malcolm,
Thanks!
.....I had this amazing dream!
Christian Dailly was in it, so was Chris Porter and Mark McGhee was a lion!
...and Bob Malcolm was an evil Witch!
maybe it wasn't a dream.....
Hail Hail!!!
Kano
Rarely disagree with your take on things, BUT Gordon Strachan is staying. He has started a project and it has taken three years to actually get us to a baseline of youth at all levels.
The selective introduction of experience coupled with the maturing of those already in the team and pipeline will see leaps and bounds of improvement.
This is his ambition and this is what he will be remembered for.
We haven't won this league yet (the scars of 2005 persist) but if and when we do, watch us go>
Thursday is for Tam. Thursday is for us. Thursday is for the media. But most of all Thursday is for Gordon and the players who have never given up!
Time for us to really return that commitment and, for one evening only, to turn Tannadice into Celtic Park!
Hail hail
Estadio
brilliant, can't wait till thursday
dundee united have not beaten celtic at tannadice since 11/08/99
celtic have won 16 of the last 20 at tannadice
Kano
Rarely disagree with your take on things, BUT Gordon Strachan is staying. He has started a project and it has taken three years to actually get us to a baseline of youth at all levels.
The selective introduction of experience coupled with the maturing of those already in the team and pipeline will see leaps and bounds of improvement.
This is his ambition and this is what he will be remembered for.
We haven't won this league yet (the scars of 2005 persist) but if and when we do, watch us go>
Thursday is for Tam. Thursday is for us. Thursday is for the media. But most of all Thursday is for Gordon and the players who have never given up!
Time for us to really return that commitment and, for one evening only, to turn Tannadice into Celtic Park!
Hail hail
Estadio
Larkin1907 - what a lovely present a St mirren win would be!
Gordon_J
Thanks for the photos.
The shirts from the players were magnificent.
That's a big result today no doubt, but I'm trying not to get carried away until I see the score on Monday night. I'm still worried that they will find the minimum 8 goals required to overtake our goal difference (I know it's 7 just now but I'm basing it on us winning by one).
I just hope last Sundays shocking decision to disallow Skippys goal is not a crucial one.
I feel strange, trying not to get too carried away.
HAIL HAIL
I'm taking nothing for granted - we still have a big week ahead but after the emotions of the last few days I just had a wee thought that made me smile.
It was a mental picture of Tommy and Phil watching today's game and Tommy saying to Phil: "And they think THEY have the higher authorities on their side".
Well done Motherwell. All Phil would have asked for was to try your hardest.
And now we have to do our part .
This sums up my feelings today perfectly! Had to tweak the lyrics a tad to make it fit but I always did love this song!
Yo ho ho, off we go
What do you know, it's two in a row
Bye bye Rangers
Celtic's on the ball again, on the way to make it three
Bye bye Rangers
You can talk about your great defenders
Sing and shout about your No Surrender
But let us give you this wee tip
We'll be there for the league this year
Rangers bye bye
Yo ho ho, off we go
What do you know, it's two in a row
Bye bye Rangers
Celtic's on the ball again, on the way to make it three
Bye bye Rangers
You can talk about your great defenders
Sing and shout about your No Surrender
But let us give you this wee tip
We'll be there for the league this year
Rangers bye bye
But let us give you this wee tip
We'll be there for the league and the cup
Rangers bye bye
First timer poster but massive fan of CQN.
Absolutely delighted by today's events at Motherwell and at last they got their just deserts for being so defensive....a point that didn't escape the METRO this week in it's criticism of how ITV portrayed the UEFA cup final.
"ITV's assumption most viewers wanted THEM to win did disservice to the many hoping a team who showed initiative and invention would see off one whose idea of attacking ambition was to win a throw-in in their opponents' half." - Enough said!!!
Let's hope we show that same initiative and invention on Thursday night and wrap up 3 in a row...just wish it could have been 8...with those 2 great missed opportunities on the last day!!
Hail Hail
kano,
You're welcome. The whole display is such a great tribute to the man, but the obvious respect he had from the players really does shine through.
Does anyone think Gers will get an easy ride at Pittodrie?
Never an easy place to go in my reckoning at any time......the sheepie's will be aware of the chance to get one over a team they strongly dislike (hate?)....but will they have the players to go out an win after one or two have gone as there loan spell is up?
On there day they can take points off either of the old firm .
We've both tough away ties and Gers heading north possibly feeling tired and sorry for themselves will I'm sure worry Walter......as will a potential banana skin at Love Street.
Just as long as we do our selves justice and win 3 green-white and golden points come thursday!!
That's a big result today no doubt, but I'm trying not to get carried away until I see the score on Monday night. I'm still worried that they will find the minimum 8 goals required to overtake our goal difference (I know it's 7 just now but I'm basing it on us winning by one).
I just hope last Sundays shocking decision to disallow Skippys goal is not a crucial one.
I feel strange, trying not to get too carried away. A 2 goal victory or less and I will be a very happy man on Monday night.
HAIL HAIL
Gordon j...2:58...
Really appreciate the pics... as we miss a lot down here...
o1bhoy
Sorry got my 08s and 07s mixed up.
My point was: how easy it would have been to give up in March; how handily the fixtures fell for Rangers - just one more bad day for us in that 99-day spell and we'd have been too far behind
Gordon J
Do you have a link to the pictures of the players tops? I have only seen them on SNSPIX and cannot read what was written on them by the players.
Wow
That was hard to watch!
Lets win it for TB on Thursday.
KEEP THE FAITH!!
Ulysses
Entabled?
Another great word.
Can anyone help me here?
I've been looking for an updated SPL table but I cannot find one. The BBC sites seem to be out of commission.
Many thanks if someone can post an updated table here. Just to see if my smile can get any bigger.
BTW I've just seen a "And Kanu must score" moment. Should lead to someone asking "Gordon Smith, I wonder where he is now?"
Does anyone know anywhere in Oswesrty/Wrexham I could watch the game thursday?
geebee1978,
Couldn't agree more.
I, like many others, have been critical of some of our performances and tactics over the last year, and held WGS responsible. However, equally he has to be praised to the high heavens for our upturn in fortunes.
Our recent run, regardless of the outcome, has been remarkable and has shown that WGS has a huge drive for success and, the ability to fight through adversity. In addition, his press conference on Thursday was truly touching and was an indication of how he feels for our great club.
He is one of us.
A few tweeks, as you suggested, is all that we require. Quality CB, quality LB and a quality CF and we won't be far from being quite a decent team.
I'm looking forward to Monday now as I have a sneaky feeling St Mirren could do us a turn.
Another wee thought, if we win this league, and Rangers get booted out of Europe, then does that mean we might very well scoop 12 million big ones.
Then if Artur goes (and I hope he doesn’t) then that would be 12 million more.
And then if DD took the chastity of the purse that could very well be another 12 million more.
That would give wee Gordon a ‘War Chest’ of 36 million quid. 36 BIG ONES.
I know, I know it is all hypothetical, but has anybody got a spare towel I could borrow to wipe the slavers of my chin?
Estadio,
For once in my life,I will be over the moon if I am wrong.
I hope I am,a great deal.
But when the decision is made,it will be Gordon's.
And he values his life away from this.
I have heard this first hand.
But then again,for being a single minded wee git,he has been known to change track,more than once.
I really hope he puts his single mindedness into us.
We are the ones who will benefit.
It is just hard for a lot of people to see in the present.
Despite unprecedented success.
I meant to add that in the very unlikely event if anyone has a spare for Thursday night then I could alleviate their problem of having a spare!
To anyone looking for spare Phil O'Donnell tickets I may have one or two but I don't know for sure yet. My bhoys have something on that day and my aunt has bought them tickets. I will post on here as soon as I know for sure one way or the other.
Inkybhoy
That's my pet hate.
'Self confessed'.
You 'confess' to something you ought to be ashamed of.
Admit to something which is wrong.
You know the kind of thing, chasing policemen, wrecking cars, invading city centres, stabbibg folk. That sort of thing.
You 'PROFESS' something of which you are proud.
So why would Mark McGhee (aka Mr. Punch) ever, in his whole life, even when diving in a cup final to get big Roy sent off, 'confess' to being a Celtic man.
No excuse for bad grammar I say.
I also blame Catholic education............for making us cleverer than them.
Estadio,
turn it into Tommy Park.
larkin1907 and Kano....
I know there have been people here who have supported him through thick and thin and you'll be entitled to feel smug though no more ecstatic than any other Celt if we win the title....
....however, some other names on this blog are conspicuous by their absence right now. Names who were first on the blog after a poor Celtic or decent Rangers result. Names who should be the first here now to admit that they may have been wrong and how happy they'd be to be proven wrong.
I won't hold my breath....
From nafos bebo page
http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/page/FirstTeamTable/0,,10292,00.html
porridgeandbananas - I could be interested in one. Posted a couple od times previously that I was looking for one for a 7 year old Boltonian who has grown to know and love Celtic through me. I'd love to give him the CP experience and he'd like to pay his respects to both Phil and Tommy and welcome home 3 in a row. Paul67 has my email address.
Ktalba,
THREE big ones.
THREE big ones.
Whatever chest is there,is of Gordon's making.
He should get the pleasure,and I get the feeling that the hierarchy are hoping he does.
To those predicting a Rangers avalanche on Monday night, remember that St. Mirren players had to cancel their holiday due to the huns. I think and hope that they may just want to stick it to them for one last time this season!
Cyrlu
porridgeandbananas - that should have said a 71 year old Boltonian!!!
To all the doubters (that includes myself) I think we all need to learn this lesson......
....Oh the shark babe has such pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack knife has ol’ MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it out of sight
You know when that shark bites with his teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears ol’ MacHeath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red
On the sidewalk, Oh Sunday morning don’t you know
Lies a body just oozing life
And Someone's sneaking around the corner
Could that be our bhoy Mack the knife?
From a tug boat down by the river don’t you know
Lays a cement bag just dropping on down
That’s cement's there, it’s there for the weight, dear
I’ll get you ten ol’ Macky is back in town
Did you hear bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
After drawing out all his hard earned cash
And know MacHeath spends, he spends just like a, like a sailor
Could it be, could it be, our bhoy did something rash?
To all those that miss Tommy the most remember that as a club we dont care if we win lose or draw just as long as we´re there and for all I know that if there´s going to be a show then the GLASGOW CELTIC THE GLASGOW CELTIC WILL BE THERE
So many Twists and Turns in this title race .... rock on Tommy
Hail Hail
live league table
Celtic P37 Pts86 GD57
Rangers P36 Pts83 GD50
Players jerseys at Celtic Park:
John Kennedy
Stephen McManus
Aiden McGeady
Paul Caddis
Gordon J
well done for uploading these. pictures of WGS says all that needs to be said about him.
players tops are special.
Liked McGeady saying he wouldn't be the man he is tday without TB