Celtic 1-0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle, SPL, 29 November 2008

podium?

Bhoys and ghirls of CQN

today was a fulfilling day

My big pal Celtic Bob came around and we picked up Vinny at the club and straight to BBs

There we met Oldtim, GordonJ, WDH, Jamie, BT and junior, Paul67 and kevin, Martin42, SFTB, Dick Byrne, Eventheolivesarebleeding, Inkybhoy and others that I dint catch their names, All signed Kanos shirt and it felt good to see you all together in Celtic

Then we fired down to CP and met up with Kingho and Kanos dad Matt and I was touched by his pain and humbled when he thanked us for all we were doing for his family. We also met up with EdB and Lurgan52 before heading into the game (just as the news came about the 2-1 against the rankers)

We then saw the tribute and a 1-0 win that takes us 7 points clear then froze almost before getting home to Mrs jinks and plate of hot soup.

Thank God for days like this , thank God for all things Celtic and God bless Kano and his family tonight.

and again?

Surely not?

PF ayr,

My own seat is in 143 but for reasons too boring to explain I was in 102 today & heard some applause & cheers for kano too. Well done jinksyboy - it was good to finally meet you today.

Blast you TDF!

Dick Byrne - I'm also in 143. Although I was laid low by the drink today and couldn't make it. Not for the first time am I never drinking again.

Dick Byrne

Likewise my friend - good to meet you. Your an inspiration

I too stood and took photos whiile chanting "Kano Kano" and got some strange looks from around me.

Natknow,

Thanks for getting back to me...

I hope it is true, because Watty has a hex over WGS and I want him gone. No matter how the huns are playing just now i believe him to be a very good man, team manager and motivator.... he started the Scotland turn aroundm McPeish ran with it and so far Burley doesnae have it....

What would be well cool about it would where do they go after Mcmoist?

If anyone want to see some pics from today with kanos dad and the CQNers go onto my bebo page - berniek31

I sit in 102 also PF Ayr, and was talking to a couple of guys around me about Kano, just about everyone was switched on to CQN and Kano's situation. Try as it might the cold could not infiltrate the warmth of the sentiment towards a fellow CQNers situation.

Long may it continue

GAWF

weeminger

Was that an echo there

I love Celtic. That is all.

Jinkynewton -

I'm not entirely convinced that McCoist will be even selected as permie manager after Smith goes. Maybe as a temp/stop-gap They will have written this season off by then and need to plan for next year with a new brush to sweep clean. But then your point is valid ....

Who would they get?

They made their big mistake when they let PLG go and caved in to "player power" in the dressing room.

Weeminger

The opportunity presented itself, i had to go all guns blazing,apologies for 'mowing your lawn'..Without fear or Favour:)

GAWF

Cold in Glasgow tonight...apparently it's minus 7 over in Govan :)...sorry..i'll get my coat!

GAWF

kojo,
lucky Mr Strachan didnt listen to you about Hinkle eh :oD

the poor guy would naver have got his chance, who's place will
Mr Caddis be taking now ?? :oD

the treble will have to do

hail hail

jinkysbhoy,
said a wee prayer for kano and his loved ones.
kano keep fighting and see four in a row.
hial hail

When a team plays so bad,the Programme announcer should at the end of the game state that the is no MOTM award this week,That
team was as bad as I've seen this season.

Although he only appeared for a couple of minutes,Koki Mizuno was by far the best player on the park today.

natknow and jinkynewton

I think Sally was promised the job if he came as assistant to the cardigan. I hope they live up to that promise sooner than later

Not sure if you know but some of the bhoys asked the bookies this month for odds on 10 in a row and the best quoted was 33-1 with as little as 20-1.

Now that tells a story

inky

Were you on the 16 bus after the game?

had a look at your pics on bebo jinkysboy and well done to all for what looked like a wonderful tribute.

Hail Hail

Good and duly brief summary Paul,

Enough said about this weeks "turmoil" at Celtic for our players to stretch our lead to 7 (what a magical number) in the SPL.

The bhoys did what was required. Our old foes failed as miserably as is expected these past few years.

This was just what the doctor ordered for WGS and his squad.

We have a hard December ahead and I believe we will drop the odd point but I also believe we will gain further daylight before the rangers game.

I just hope our support can handle the odd defeat or draw here and there.

Minty's 11 will drop more points than us.

WE need to hold our nerve when we do.

I doubt they will.

Ironbhoy.

Champions. Not coming down Hun street anytime now.

PF Ayr

i'm in 102 but wasnt there today, so it wasnt me :)

i cant agree that we're the best of a bad bunch - we win while playing well and we win ugly but we win, thats not a bad team. a bad team wouldnt have won today after coming back from denmark with that horrible defeat in their heads and their legs.

the huns today looked like they were in trouble after 15 minutes, they looked like they would struggle to get something from the game and so it proved, we've looked like that many times and always seem to win. that seems to be what sets us apart from them, and i thought he cliche said that a good team wins when they play poorly.

when you compare our recent record against them, and the way they've rolled us over by wanting it more on a couple of occasions, its a strange thing to say, but it looks like we've got a lot more mental strength than them throughout the team.

a good team is about more than winning beautifully every week.

My seat is in 444 and a good few cheers when Kano came up on the screen. Hopefully things will get better soon.
Well done to the guys who put in the effort

Bloke

If the guy you saw was chatting up an old woman then it was probably the Inkster !!!!!!!!!!

16 bus - 1 and 6 = 7. Is that a lucky 7 then........

tomdickfoolery,
Haha...top class

To all reading press , I hope you lot are forming an orderly queue to get the shots in at rangers , dropping back by 7 points?

No midweek games? Nothing cup wise recently?

Whats gone wrong , Walter up to the task?

So will we await the backlash tomorrow and the rest of the week?

rangers in crisis? Cracked crests? Biscuit Tin Murray?

No?

No .........

Silence ............

................ ( Echo )

GIRFUY HA HA

Jinkysboy, well said.

Ironbhoy, aye, a big December, but all we can do is continue to win the next game.

Not a great peformance from Celtic today but a wins a win and what about the huns . Dear oh dear.

They seem to be determined to self destruct almost on an annual basis.

League may be over by the time the Sydney Harbour fireworks go off.

Kyle Lafferty though? Its always a laugh when Rangers sign a dud especially one who plays like an incontinent giraffe but it is a bit concerning that he was identified by our own scouting team also.

Anyway its not a day for that. Its a day for looking at the league table and smiling while texting huns with the above "temperature 7 below in Govan tonight" joke.

Big Liam

Class!

Jinkysboy -

Those odds do indeed tell a story!

I also hope SuperSally gets the role he was promised - I can't see him doing anything for them - certainly not turning their season around. My guess is the fans would be on his back faster than you could say "I boffed Sue Barker".

re kyle lafferty

i'm not on here often so i'd forgive you if you didnt pay any mind to what i say but we were never really interested in him.

Thats now the THIRD time Celtc have beat ICT while coincidently Rangers got gubbed by Hearts in an early kick off.

Omen CSC.

TTTT from last night am now officially barred from Radio Clyde.

I called rc and spoke with peter martin to ask why ah was'nt getting on.

He said that i was barred for calling mike mcurry a cheat and such inflamotory comment could have resulted in clyde being sued by mccurry.

Ah replied that in the interests of accuracy ad called mccurry either a coward or a cheat.I followed this up by saying tHat if his concern was about clyde'S legal psition then why would he(martin)chose to read out emails calling Steve Conroy a cheat and subsequent to ma ban Craig levein had in effect said what ad said about mccurry and ah take it he's not barred.

Thats got nothing to do with you,av made a decision and to head off your next move av told the managing director why av banned you.

Surely it has a bearing ah said if your position is that inflamotory comment can lead the station to be sued yet you seem happy to indulge in it at other times.

Your not listening he says there is no agenda against you i took the decision.

With that i said ok and hung up.

To the other guys who made points last night that ah never came back on excuse ma silence ah was oot last night from 9 and tonight an knackd.

It was a good day .

Did anybody from the club ever say we were after Lafferty?

Michael Collins

Another example of mejia biase in Scotland

We go after Lafferty and they sign him - he has been a real failure and hardly gets a match while they struggle to sub seven

We sign Loovens - he doesnt hold a place in the team 7 pints clear with the best defensive record in the country and the Scotland CH pairing.

Whats the mejia take - only that Loovens is a flop.

Since the 1-0 home defeat against Motherwell in April, Rangers have dropped 22 points more than Celtic.

jinkysboy

Thank you very much for sharing your site, and for those few pictures of our friend Kano. Few days ago, I had a privilege to talk to oldtim67, and I know how much everybody was engaged in that project. I don’t know why these dark days come, but I know that there are people who can give the light. My thoughts still with Martin, and with his family.

Dick Byrne
You have the special place too.

Tobi Legend - that stat says a lot....

From last article

If anyone wants to see some pics from the CQN Kano tribute day check out my bebo page - berniek31

Sorry to lower the tone on here but i feel this is well worth a view. from the Darvel's forum..

I am with you on the point that Celtic will slump but under Smith we will not take advantage of this.

We saw when Burke, yes Burke and Novo came on that this was the way to go yet Smith still plays with Adam and Lafferty.

Sorry but our manager is tactically inept, does not appear to do his homework on the opposition and indeed tight now I am struggling to say anything positive about the guy.

He should go now before all the good memories have been wiped out by his disastrous return.

We don't have someone to take us forward, we have a guy who is taking us backward and would be better off in a museum.

Indeed it is even making me woder whether Murray should actually have persevered with PLG. We might have had a sh1tty season but maybe now we would have something worth developing rather than what we have.

Laughing my a** off

GAWF

Paul,

Good day due to good football results. Still a long way to go and we need to strengthen in January particularly in defence. I missed Abg game attending Bayen Munchen (Alan McInally spelling) via SB on tues. However although defence did ok today - robson/naylor excepted - they are not up to the task in hand. As on one of my few previous posts I do not like to pick out individuals who do not perform as it is a team game.

On the business side we need a bit of perspective; we have made as much money as FY07 due to CL and RFC tv money. so tues from a pure financial viewpoint is not a problem.

Several threads ago you had posted the financial aspects relating to this season for RFC. I view this season as the 30/30 season for
RFC. 30 Million Revenue - 30 Million Debt. Next Season the crystal ball predicts 20 Million Revenue - 43 Million Debt (20/40 scenario).

RFC have a major risk ; in todays financial crisis which will really bite HY09 RFC supporters may be reluctant to part with ST money unless they are guaranteed RFC will still exist as the current entity.

Indeed interesting times ahead , we need to analyse every possibility and plan accordingly. However no matter we must but defenders in january.

PS. gerd muller told me tuesday that podolski is finished with Bayern Munchen and why not celtic.

Good result, or rather two good results today. Not the most exciting game I've seen all season, but ICT were worthy opponents today and could conceivably have taken a point against a clearly tired Celtic side. No complaints today, except for the blatant yet not at all shocking hunnery from the referee. Seven points ahead, but as WGS said on the radio, not a comfortable lead. It's certainly not bad though, and I'll be amazed if we're not further ahead on or by the 27th of December.

Zbyszek

There are many dark days - so when the daylight comes we should all feel its warmth

This is not just any old website - this is a Celtic website and its the CQN community.

BTW - here we go - four in a row.

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. canamalar.@ 8.37

Ye goat the right..pal!

Howevah........

Ah mak nae bones aboot it,kiddo...

Ah aye tell it like it lays.

And..fur weeks and weeks... Ange, wiz no worth a curdy or should that no be.. a Pfennig.

Then.. since this season has started... something clicked in his metabolism... whit is wiz..if Ah could identify it, and Boattle it.. Ah wid mak me a Fortune.

Whatever it wiz...

Suddenly, Ange is a Player who is Playing like he meant it.

He is IMPROVING week by week... where it wull end.. Landsakes!
I believe he wull end up bein, oor Main Man.

He is getting tae be... THAT GOOD!

So...

As Ah say...

Ah aye tell it like it Lays.

Caddis wull soitenly no be takin the right back berth.. it is noo oot o the question.

Caddis, future lies somewhere in the Mid Field.. Hey! we kin ayeways mak room fur a young stud like him..beside.. Paul ain't getting any younger .. nor Barry eether.

Caddis' time wull come.

And another thing..while ah hiv yer eye...

Big Mick, is oan the IMPROVE NOO as well.. mebbe, he goat a nip o whitevah..Ange has bin sucklin' oan, an awe..

Who knows?

But boattum line...

Ah think Big Mick, wull turn oot tae be Brammer, as well..

He is IMPROVIN.

Kojo.
yer pal.. who likes ye a loat.

Jinksybhoy

At some point in the very near future the media are going to turn against Smith and Murray. Then the flood gates will open and it wont be pretty.

I really hope that McCoist is the next manager of Rangers. I think that would guarantee the league for us for the forseeable future.

DM has got them in a position where they simply cannot attract a top manager. It will be a succession of "done well with no money types" who he hopes will keep them within spitting distance of us, with a slightly bigger budget than they've been used to.

Question time bhoys and ghirls

Did we play better today than tuesday (i think not)

In the last 10 mins did we come under more pressure than against AAB (I think we did)

did we create more clear cut chances today than tuesday (I think not)

Did WGS subs make a difference more today than against AAB ( not any difference and almost same switches)

yet tonight we are happy and sitting 7 poiints clear while FF is in freefall

Perspective

Jinkysboy, I enjoyed looking at your photo's and I pray for Kano and his family.

Good to see Chick Young getting involved in your last pic........

jinkysboy

I know, you said that from your heart. My respect goes to you, as well, Sir.

tomdickfoolery

row Y

Just in Lads

For all people involved today in the tribute for Kano

Very well done

A Lee

Rankers managerial prospects

IMHO

McCoist = Rankers man with no experience

Jeffreys - A closet bluenose with no wins ever against us but cheap (not cheerful) and used to dealing with nought

Levein - The choice of anyone there with half a brain - used to dealing with little cash and a good man manager and tactician. No big time experience.

Anyone any other suggestions

Michael Collins

How bad are Rangers playing? Its shocking me after how easily they gubbed us and reaching the UEFA Cup final last season just how bad they've become.

I knew it in my bones that as soon as Ferguson got back in the team they'd fall apart but I didn't know by how much. Better get a bet on PaddyPower as they'll be paying out in a couple of weeks :-p

MC

i require your address

to send the bill for the cleaning of my puter screen

" incontinent giraffe "

please put a warning when publishing such hilarity

off to make another espresso

Kossoff

Im sure the bhoy concerned will politely reply to that Chick Young comment............. very good though

SOAL - would you or anyone else wish your monikers added to the shirt thats signed by the team and loads of CQNers

Jinkysboy - Performance of the day to you, man of the match. You've stuck to the Kano tribute with a true determination which shows the depth of your character.

Well played also to all the other CQN'ers who took part, a true league of gents.

Perfect conclusion to a perfect day.

I missed the mention for Kano at half time, went downstairs with the wee one at 39 minutes, got back up after start of second half..
20 minutes for a hot dog...

they really need to do something about catering in my area of the park...sober and hungry....

i need some beer.....

jinksboy

Robert Williamson

He is currently serving his trade with Uganda

BT

You should have got the wee man to phone you a curry - I know he is flush

Oldtim - what a man you are mate. heart of gold. (Does Esther still give those awards out on Thats Life)

Jinksboy

would do

Thanks

Arthur Lowe

PF Ayr

I was the one in Row L,just at the bottom of the first C, giving it some when the picture came up. Mon the 102-ers, we're a devilishly handsome bunch ;-)

ETO`O

WHAT A PLAYER

MC ....how about we try for him in the window ...meet the aspirations of the fans :¬))))))

Jinksyboy

Todays performance was so poor in comparison to Tuesday, just goes to show that the result is everything in football.We didnt have one shot on target in the whole second half.
Samaras form is strange, like he has turned back to the player of last season where he looked no better than an impact type player. Sheridan won more headers in 15/20 mins than he did for 65.

jinks

he refused to take the taxi money then went and bought the wee man a tammy...

oltim67 you are a true gent and i and the wee one are really grateful..

photos are good mate.....

For me one of the great aspects of the stats since the Motherwell game at CP in April is that it has shown that Celtic (management & players) have acquired the very high level of mental toughness, and bravery necessary to perform and win through at the top level in our goldfish bowl environment.

A similar type of toughness is necessary at Rangers, and to be fair they have often exhibited it in former years when apparently inferior teams have won through for them to our horror. They clearly do not have it now.

The great thing for me is that this cannot be bought in, it cannot be implanted easily. If Walter and Ally go, it will be some time before they have the management who understand the dynamic. I think the 27th Dec could be a really significant nail in the Rangers coffin if Celtic wins. Mind you next weeks home defeat with Hamilton after Celtic win at Easter Rd might be the final straw for many ?

Happy days.

jinkybhoy

the only manager that the rotten mob could attract would be a suitably "handsome" hun /raving son of william ....ergo ...no one of any real quality

At the club today one of our members brought up a point about goal scorers and Chris Boyd in particular, he mentioned how rarely Boyd has scored against Celtic, Hibs, Aberdeen and Hearts, I've read this elsewhere but I've never actually seen it and nobody had any data to back it up. Do any of the PC literate crowd have a site where this data can be accessed?

SOAL

Will add the name for you - should I add the other memebers of the GITW cast?

Son of William indeed - would he fit the profile? Uganda - be better bringing the Last king of Scotland back from there to manage TFOD. Win the league or I will shoot you all !!!!

pggtips2

Make no mistake about it. This Rangers team are pants. I watched them play against Hamilton away a few weeks ago and it was brain bleeding stuff.

Smith is clueless. I remember speaking to an Everton fan re Smiths disasterous time at Goodison and he said Smith's Everton side contained Centre halfs all over the park. Looks like he's going the same way with Der Hun.

Any team with Kirk Clubfoot, Christian Dailly, Lee McCulloch and Kenny Miller in it will always be good for a laugh.

One word of caution however is that I feel Smith knows how to play the Old Firm game. He knows the buttons to push to get the fundametalist members of his squad fired up. I bet there will be plenty of talk about fenians and taigs in the Hun dressing room before the game on the 27th. I still dont fancy our chances.

Looks like it wont make much difference though.

Burnley 78

they are on the rack and no mistake ....the dynamic duo / back to basics hasn`t worked and .....minty is skint ...troubling times ahead

BTW ...today was a an exercise in showing how much we miss a proper left back

BR was lost ...very lost at times

LN ...no thanks

a real problem

Adam

I do know he has only scored one goal against us for either Kille or them. Heard the commentator say today he had never scored for them at tynecastle but had scored once for kille there.
I believe his record to be poor against the "top" teams

PFayr

On Samual Eto'o.

We wont sign him. He doesnt play in the SPL and Rangers arent after him. :)

celt for life

KB scored a goal at mordor in the last game of 2006/7 season ...never scored when playing for Killie

MC

TOUCHE

JinksyBoy,

just some random ideas-

Craig levein, Alan Curbishley, Gerard Houllier, Claudio Ranieri, Dave Jones, Sam Allardyce.

thoughts?

Adam

there ya go - sorry, lost the will to live as I started to count - there is the facility to go back through previous seasons.

Interesting facts for him? When he's scored, Scotland have never lost. Honours won? Two - cups last season. Ha ha.

My heids all over the place with Celtic this week. I have gone from being thoroughly miserable 2 being quite chirpy about matters Celtic.One minute I think we r rank and so what if we win the league the board r still taking the gash out of me by not investing more money in big name signings and co-ercing me in2 buying a 3 game package for the Champions league games and the next I think get over yourself we r doing ok, getting in2 the Champions league, winning leagues, getting a £50 season ticket for my daughter.Still, what can I do? I am 2 easily influenced when it comes 2 Celtic,I have given up listening 2 the radio phone-ins, so rank r they, and I mainly catch up via CQN and other sites. Anyhow, I still think a lot of the games r rubbish 2 watch but I also think I would b even more down if I stopped going to them. Apologies to all for rambling but I feel better now.

Saw the mention for Kano on the big screens.
Read the comments on here.
Get well soon sir.

Hail Hail

mixedupcsc

celt for life and PF ayr:
I've heard of his(Boydchenko) rank rotten record but does anyone know how I can access that info?

MC - I'm starting to get more and more ambivalent about the Rangers games. I don't really feel that they're worthy of treatment any different of any other SPL team. As much as I don't like losing to any team I'd take four losses to them and still winning the SPL, whereas I'm sure there are people that wouldn't.

BB

Surely they would go for the 2 Jimmys after Sir Walter. LOL
Alex Rae is available.....

A wonderful day. The sort of day we might well remember come May.
Enjoy it.
Don't carp.

VINNY_BHOY back safe and well in blackpool, me thinks i can here a cork popin!Vinny u have been sober too long pal,go for it.

Evenin' Paul and All!!!

Great result if not the performance to match.

Thank God I'm not coming on to say

"great performance if not the result to match"!!!

7 points is quite a gap considering 12 games ago we were 3 behind.

And don't let anyone tell you at work on Monday its because TFOD are so mince.

They ARE mince, but we had to put the run together, nothing to do with them what we have achieved since 31/08.

Now, going into December I think we are away 3 weeks out of 4, including The Death Star.

We must keep this run going or all the good work of the last 3 months will, like their win at CP in August, mean nothing.

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS

we'reatthetopbutwe'regoinghigher...

peterkayblackpool csc

Bloke_109
Cheers mate, that should do me nicely

official club website informs us of the death of yet another ex-Celt - Gil Heron RIP

All we need to cap a wonderful day is for Donegaldanny to be in a good mood??

coorslad

i spoke to vinny today and he meantioned you, i was over in derry a few years ago for a supporters doo, how is wee owen keeping..

NatKnow, the question for Rangers is, if not McCoist, who?

Who would take that job?

celtic4me, Celtic bid for Lafferty. We bid for Naismith a year before. Some will tell you that we doubled the price Rangers paid for each player.

They would be right.

Baresi, some good point on Rangers finances, there will be more on this in the coming week.

We have a big enough lead going into January to cause all sorts of panicky reactions at Ibrox.

Agree we need to continue to push forward in the transfer market and I expect we will. On the defence, Gary Caldwell is my man of choice at the moment.

Burnley'78, I know your “home defeat with Hamilton” next week comment is tongue in cheek, but we know how all games are difficult when confidence is lost.

And remember, it is Hamilton, they have form there.

craggy island gaa, it sure was.

ADAM

KB (Kris..btw ...nouvue and cool )

has a good goalscoring record
but

not the scorer of good goals ..nor does he score often when his team needs it

Henke was a master at scoring important goals

KB more of an Andy Walker type...remember him ...he scored a barrel load ..but McAvennie scored most of the important ones

No one is saying as much, and I understand the reluctance, but I'm amongst friends, so ...

Today is the day we won the league.

Believe.

I'll be waiting to celebrate properly - lots of games yet to go. But if Rearrangers couldn't capitalise on that midweek result - and have ended up further behind instead - I think the final result isn't in doubt.

You can tell by Mendes' comments that they were only folk less happy than us with the Aaarborg result. And they were right to be. And now they've dropped more points they'll be cacking themselves.

I'll not be holding my breath for an analysis of the huns points/win ration with Kevin Thompson in the side vs bazza but it would be illuminating.

Standing up for the (four in a row) Champions

kris boyds scoring record for scotland is 7 in 15

he's scored against bulgaria, faroe islands, georgia, south africa and lithuania

he's scored 3 in 17 in europe according to wiki

That was the happiest day of my life today........after the week we've had..!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....I'm sitting right through the WHOLE game the day singing or whistling to myself..

O the rangers are shoite, O the rangers are shoite......best ever

Bit early, perhaps, but is it.......?????

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nN2C6L9v2XM

Blantyretim, if its Owen mc Givern {sectary}DERRY NO 1 CSC your askin fer Owen sadly passed away earlier this year,agreat freind and massive Celt.

Paukl67 7 Kojo,

You know i really like Shaun, however, i am in agreement with you up until the goal Shaun was struggling. Sayiing that thought he goal was brilliant. His movement was top class and the pass from Naka was genius. It was like the telepatheic understanding they used to have before he wen to Villa.

I think Shaun is low in confidence just now and is scared to try things as i think he's still feels that he has to prove something. He's trying to keep things simple. Only thiing is that isn't his game. In second half at the start we seen glimpses when he ran at defenders and skinned them. He dissapeared again after that. He's slowly getting there and that goal today would have done him the world of good.

Paul67,

Lafferty??? I smell a rat, did Owen request we make our interest known to drive the price up? Seriously though i never like the look of him, however he was getting rtaving reports. I seen him in action against either Spain or Sweden once and he was alright as centre forward and scored a cracker. I still don't rate him though, although i think WS is playing him in the wrong position.

PF ayr
Alan Thompson, best midfielder against Rangers in years

paul67

i didnt said we didnt bid for lafferty. ;)

viewfaethewindae

i had a few bob on Thommo for first goal in derby games

got to expect it ...my derby day bonus :¬)

coorslad

sorry to hear that, i used to meet him when he came over for the match, lovely guy, i knew that he had been ill but didn't know that he had passed away...

we may get flak for our away record in the Champion League but hey what about the darkside........they struggle to win away in the Scottish League!! LOL

Here we go to 4IAR

BB

Craig levein - he would be the best for them and worst for us from the obvious candidates

Alan Curbishley - he is hoping for a return to the EPL soon - no UEFA experience and no SPL either and no funds to improve them

Gerard Houllier - no chance and wouldnt get the funds hes used to

Claudio Ranieri - See GH

Dave Jones - bring him please

Sam Allardyce - see AC

Rangers are now the same amount of points above Hearts as they are behind us.

Hearts may fancy a challenge for second place.

Paul67 -"We have a big enough lead going into January to cause all sorts of panicky reactions at Ibrox." - things are looking great at the minute and all credit to the Bhoys for that -but from my time on here I would have thought you would have been 1 of the last to be "counting chickens"? -sincerely hope that will be the case though!

Hail Hail to 4IAR!

Paul67

Terry here, need to give you a call on Monday re. Training, you about Monday morning?

The display was turgid, uninspiring and frustrating.
Having said that the Huns will be wishing they were as turgid, uninspiring and frustrating as we were but still collected three points.
Oh for a midfielder that can deliver a killer pass a la Lubo. Naka's knackered, where was Caddis today? And Big Bad Ben seems to have disappeared somewhere between Lennoxtown and Celtic Park!

Now all we have to do is bury them on 27/12/08, do that and the league is ours, they'll be up for it that day make no mistake about that, we'll have to be brave and physically 'up for the scrap' a draw or a win will do it. We are surely due a result at Ipox, when was the last time we humbled the Huns in their own midden?

viewfaethewindae

he got to really love it as well

Jinkysbhoy,

Saw Kano tribute on the big screen. Well done to you and to all who were involved.
I would like to look at the photos on your Bebo site. How do I go about that?

Tried to get the final rankers score on the way to CP today and put on Clyde thinking it would be over. I just heard Peter Martin say "the assistant is about to hold up the board. Nineteen minutes being added on". Switched off again and waited, only to hear that it was still going on five minutes into injury time with no injuries. Keevins said Rankers played route 1 football all day and deserved nothing from the game.

On the nonsense about Artur Boruc, The Lonely Goalie, I was asking myself how many people I work with I would consider to be my mates. I suspect that a heck of a lot of people work very day with colleagues they dont particularly like or get on with and probably have no real friends at work. No big deal really.
I also find it puzzling that he can be shown a card for an action that is within the rules and that visiting keepers to CP carry out with monotonous regularity with rebuke from the masom in the black/green/yellow/blue or whatever colour he happens to be wearing that day.

I thought todays MIB was particularly poor, frequently getting himself into positions that interfered with potential passes from Celtic players or routes that one of our players could have taken out of trouble. I accept that these are genuine errors but the old adage about a good ref not being noticed could hardly have been used today. Also impressed by Naka's work rate and tackling at various times today.

ggh

ggh

MC

LAZLO...MANAGER

that was his point when he was interviewed on the radio after the game today ...he fancies a go at the hun ....didn`t mention challenging us though

jinksyboy

aye,I agree on all choices ultimately and I never understood why Levein isnt there already,I hope McCurrygate last season put paid to any interest in him but Id doubt they'd be that stupid.PLG was a surprise when it happened so dont bet on it being somebody obvious,hows about Stuart McCall (rhymes with LOL)!

Paul67,

Agree 100% about Gary Caldwell. The sooner we get him on a longer contract the better.

GGH

the MIB was about te best player that ICT had

IMO

HE WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING

ggh

http://www.bebo.com and then type berniek31 into the search box

Scroll down to the picures and they are in the Kano file

hi six
out of hibernation i see welcome ta ya

I was sent a site
http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=24762
where the data on goals scored by individual players can be accessed, by my count in almost eight seasons Boydchenko has scored against Hearts- 9, Aberdeen-5, Hibs- 9, Celtic-1, not a very good tally for the greatest goalscorer in Scotland

I don't think Levein would touch Rangers with a barge pole. I think he despises them actually. I think Craig would be a contender for the job after GS if he waited. Fits the criteria PL and DD would like. More resources available at Celtic for him to lay with as well. Can certainly pick up good players with the budget available to him. Bigger budget at Celtic would allow him to realise his potential.

When the day does come and maybe after 10 in a row and a CL cup :)One contender i think as well as Levein would be a goos shout is Mick McCarthy. Doing an excellent job at Wolves and built a great young team for nought. If he gets Wolves promoted and keeps them their then he got to be a contender. Millwall, ROI, Sunderland and now Wolves. He would have one each of these clubs promotion on a shoestring. He never got the backing at Sunderland when they reached the EPL. If half the moneyb that Keane got to spend was giving to big Mick i reckon they would be sitting pretty in the EPL at the moment.

just looked at the league table we've played 16 games, lost one and drawn one, 14 victories.

thats the best record out of the top 15 leagues in europe at this stage. gordon strachan and the bhoys really should get some more credit for how consistent we've been domestically this season.

Life is good again!

What a great week!

Paul67 and GaryGillespie,

As one guy said to me, the improvement in GC is unbelievable and watching him today organising the defence around him. I'll go one better and say Caldwell is a leader and in my eyes should be capatain. I blogged earlier that Andy Hinkel looked edgy on Tuesday probably because GC was not beside him. The two of them seem to have a great understanding down that right hand side and it's brought Hinkel to the fore and onto a game for me.

kevtic
a great weekend,aye....

my final tally from last night was £1242.00
st andrews hospice will receive that donation pretty soon...

When at Killie KRis VAN BOYD never scored against Us
and only scored once against the darkside (his last apperance for Killie)

He has scored at least once for HVNs against us in a 2-0
win at Ipox(might be wrong with game stats) and i thought ARTUR was a bit suspect .....
but i don't rememeber any more.

He does have plenty against sheep Arabs etc but even more against EAST FIFE STRANRAER East Stirling etc and three of his scotland goals were against FAROES.

AM I PARANOID but when SAMARAS scores it is " 12 goals in 15 games"
when i know he probably had 6 or 7 games as SUB.

KB scores " his 12 goal in only 13 starts" forgeting 12 as a sub.

paranoidareweCSC

jinkysboy

Credit to you and all who helped with the Kano display today.

Just saw the pictures on bebo and its fantastic what you all achieved.

I feel proud to call myself a CQN poster tonight.

Many thanks for your efforts.
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God Bless Kano, get well soon.

craggy island gaa and family

wgs

i cant agree about mccarthy and levein. mccarthy's record at millwall, sunderland and wolves is poor, but its better than leveins at leicester.

strachan might not have won anything in england but he had a good few years managing at the highest level in england unlike mccarthy and levein.

Blantryetim,i believe we have met wey yer father in DERRY acouple of years back, i think George mc Closkey may have been over to.Your father was a guest of our club on a few occasions,and is a true gentleman and great ambassador of all things Celtic.he never forgets me when he sees me and gave me and my son and wife a majic day at celtic pk.he took us as his guests on the tour and well exceded his duties.please pass on my regards.going over fer the hearts game,so hope to meet up with some of yous,il organize wey Vinny,.. CHEERS COORSLAD..

jinkysboy,

Thanks for that.

ggh

Hello all quicknewsters.............

Just back from Cellic Park......bus was a empty and freezin but the craic was as good as ever , thanks to the Morecambe/ Annan Celts.

Jinkysboy que pasa amigo? Blantyre tim did the wean dae his duties the night?

I think Coorslad minds ye frae yir Derry trip 2 yrs ago.

x factor got tae go..................

Go Dianna....wee darlin that she is!

McCarthy is a championship manager ...one season in the EPL with Makems ....absolute disaster

Evening all.

What a week! We have the heartrending disappointment of Tuesday, then the joy of extending our lead at the top of the SPL. Just shows the rollercoaster of emotions being a Celtic supporter brings.

Anyway saw this and thought it was funny.

http://www.celticforum.net/celtic-news/5328-celtic-announce-new-sponsor.html

Danny Junior has been to 5 home SPL games this season: we've won every game with clean sheets: 1-0 (St Mirren & today), 2-0 (Mwell, 3-0 (Falkirk))& 4-0 (Hamilton).

100% record with no goals conceded. Should I try to upgrade his ticket to include the huns game (too late obv for the first one)?

Danny Jnr (6) thought Hinkel was MoM - and I have to agree

Dont know if everyome noticed but Celtic Shops have 20% off until 5.30 tomorrow

Celtic4me,

You think of Wolves when McCarthy took over? He slowly built a good team. Rome was not built in a day. Wolves were a shambles. It was the same at Sunderland. Got Sunderland promoted then no money to spend once promoted. I wouldn't say that was poor. I would say that is being hung out to dry. Promoted to the EPL and go with basically the same squad. Levein's time at Leciester was disastrous. It was a club in turmoil and resulted in many take overs. He never exactly had the time to build something. Craig Levein is one of the best managers in Scotland in my view IMO.

Jinkysboy

Seen the pics on your bebo page, its a fantastic thing you and the guys have done, hearts of gold one and all.

I would appreciate it if you added my moniker to Kano's shirt. I meant to ask GL2 to do it for me.

Raging that I missed last weekend in Greenock to meet up with friends from past (grew up with Vinny...