Kano on Tommy Burns Thursday

c u all tonight

Woo-hoo!

PF AYR

THX

Raymac...choose again pls mate...or..if I dont hear from you...choose one tomorrow if youn wish...

I Hope everyone going tonight has a great time
And that the night is a fine end to an amazing campaign

im sorry all - this has nothing to do with this thread but i feel it needs said again (it was on the last thread)

the BOLD way foward for SCOTTISH fitba -

seeing as the teams in the bottom half of the Spl are of simaler standard to most teams in the 1st division, i would take the top 6 from div1 and add them to the Spl. making an 18 team top tier.

celtic
hibs
aberdeen
killie
d.united
st mirren
morton
st johnstone
livingston
p.thistle
falkirk
hearts
dundee
motherwell
ayr united
raith rovers
inverness c.t.
huns

we would then play each other twice, once hame and once away taking us to 34 games a season.
with europe, scottish and league cup games (and internationals) this number is ideal. playing a team 4 times a season is boring and repetative, no1 in scotland wants to see a fixture 4 times a season any more.
imagine the thrill of getting the huns in a cup game once again, or better yet, in a final, that would bring back some of the excitement i think.
the scottish cup format should stay the same, but as far as the league cup is concerned - i would love to see it turn into a four nations type thing, with the SFA, FAI, EFA, and welsh FA all agreeing to take part in it.
i think that is a great wee idea because at the moment no1 is that interested in the laegue cup, this is 1 way that would spice up the competition.

as for the rest of the teams in scotland, there would now be 24 teams left remaining in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions.
this would be solved by having two 12 team divisions (a first & second division after the Spl)

so to clarify, an 18 team premier league, and two 12 team divisions below, this way all 42 teams keep their professional status and no1 suffers.

this is just an idea people, so if i have missed anything or there is a flaw in my idea, please point it out.

i would really love to see this idea take off as i think it is THE bold way foward for fitba in my country. . .

hail hail!

Best of luck to all at the race night tonight

Fancy Ireland to beat the French but would settle for Nil All.
Anyone interested in clairvoyants.Well I am not but there is an Irish guy called Keith Barry ( i think) he is on Irish TV a bit.
He has predicted a 2-1 win for Ireland with Robbie Keane scoring first.
Paddy Powers only going 25/1 on this which seems skimpy odds for such a sequence of events.
I dont fancy that result but sure any of you superstitious types out there might.

On a more scientific note (thats a joke btw) one horse interests me tonight at Wolves 7.20.Belle Noveree ridden by Danny Mullins ( a good young apprentice jockey who travels over from Ireland for his only ride of the day/night) I hope its worth it me lad.about 10/1 so each way.
Have just been told by someone close to connections that Tranquil Sea is well fancied for the big race in Cheltenham (about 7/1) but this is a tough race so tread carefully mes amis

001, well done.

i hope you all have a good time 2ngt

p.s. good luck to eire

hail hail!

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Paul67....

Thank You For Acknowledging....KANO'S Post....

On This Day....

001

PS....I Will Have to Re-Write My....I'm a CQN'r.... Article about....The Addiction That is CQN....

God Bless to All....Have a Good Night....Us OzBhoys are Proud of You All....

JTsticks

from last night Of Course i gave you money in Nuneaton st

I hardly ever go to 12 oclock anymore but from where you and your family sit My mum and dad sit behind you in front row behind half way line every week.(if you know what i mean)

Great post by Kano. All the best for everyone at the race night.

To Gordon J, Celticrollercoaster, MBWD's, TTTT and all others involved in the Kano campaign - just wishing you the best ever Saturday Night tonight. You are a special group of people!

jtsTICks and all in the Paul Abrams CSC EK!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPbKQ1ppWqc&feature=related

Hope everyone has a great fund raising night.

Paul67 -

out of curiosity is it easy to determine the number of posters have actually signed up to CQN? Only if the information's easy to hand though?

Jobo

A timely piece Paul, for me a reminder that I miss Kano's contributions round these parts. For he too, is a 'true Celtic gent'.

Well done to every last one of us who've contributed in any way to help Martin, Carolyn and their children. We should be proud of our community.

I wish all a great time tonight - I wish I were there. Please take loads of photos.

McGrain

jc2

I need more clues? :)

sTICks

Donegal resident 12.34

Whats 'ceol'?

about two/three years above you at school primary/secondary

6ft 3

tad under 16 st

not a very scottish name

If you dont get it with that look at the the half way line at 12
mass tomorrow my mum and dad wll be there behind you and like me
the penny will drop

JC are my kids names not my initails

To all those attending the race night tonight .......May your wallets be empty at the end of the night.

Have a great Celtic night.

moravcik

It's all gone quiet on the hun fire sale

.......think when they realised that the fans would be paying £45m over 3 years for bridging a £30m debt, the 'Laptop Loyal' decided not to 'promote' the scenario from an 'anonymous'....

....As reported, wonder if SDM "wouldn't be hard to deal with" on the £50m also required to purchase his shares ??...

.....then there's the good few million needed to buy about 8 players....

Just wait and see.....Nothing is going to happen until they are hours away from administration, or in administration, when desperation will allow some businessman to get a 'bargain' .....and they will need to be VERY careful to ensure this 'saviour' isn't only interesting in building flats etc on the Ipox site....(or va Casino...He He..!!!)

jc2 'Ah hah!'

Got you now! And I remember your 10p donation! :)

It was the initials that were throwing me!

See you soon my friend!

Ps better check those scales! :)

sTICks

best of luck to everyone at the race night tonight,have a great night you deserve it. Hail Hail!

hope that isn't my last 1st of the night...;0)

I don't normally cut and paste from previous blogs, but this time it seems appropriate:

Well, the day has finally arrived.

Tonight in the hallowed halls of Celtic Park, the place where the greats have entertained and our legends have walked, the focus will be one one man: our friend Martin.

Yes folks, tonight is the night that we will reach our target of raising £50,000 towards Bringing Martin Home.

You all know the story by now. A Celtic man needed help and so the Celtic family worldwide came together to provide asisstance. It's what our great club is all about; it's what we do.

We are very close to our goal. Work is now underway on the Kane family home and it is looking very likely that Martin will indeed be home before Santa arrives.

There have been raffles and badges, runners and cyclists, slimmers and quizzers, leafleters and bucketeers. And money has poured in from all over the world. Every event has exceeded the target set. The total has continued to rise, week afeter week.

I look forward to seeing many of you in the Kerrydale Suite this evening, not only to watch races, to buy raffle tickets or to win prizes. But also to think of Martin and to reflect on the part that each and every one of you has played in the campaign.

It promises to be a very memorable night.

Well done to the Kano committee.

If this fine site is remembered for nothing else it will live long in the minds of Martin's family. They must be gobsmacked at what has been achieved.

Good luck tonight. Looking forward to hearing the target has been met and that Kano will indeed be released from his hospita cell and returned to the bosom of his family before Christmas.

Everyone who has played a part in this is a credit to CQN, to Celtic and to yourselves. Take a bow.

SwanseaBhoy

I can't make it tonight sadly, but I hope those of you who do enjoy yourselves and that we raise enough money to help Kano get home. This campaign has been hugely successful so far, and it's very humbling to see what Celtic fans will do to help one of their own.

CQN Naps

Chris 1888 has chosen;

BALTIC PATHFINDER 3.55PM

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Gordon J....@ 1:18PM....

Your Cloggin the Bloggin....:O)

001

PS....Been Waitin Years to Get 'You' on That....NJoy Your Night....

TnT/Chris 1888 ,

My nap for today is Hold Em in the 2.35 (Paddy Power Chase) at Cheltenham. More of an each way shot really but when you occupy joint bottom place in the table ...................

Incidentally our horse Dream Alliance is an intended runner at The Hennessy on 28th November. Handicapper has dropped him down to a mark of 142 (the same mark he ran off when second to Denman in the race in 2007) which means we need about 25 runners to drop out before we get in the race. It's quite possible. What I will say though is that the horse is going great at home and barring any last minute hiccups will race unless balloted out.

Danny Fox starts for Scotland.

Good, I think. Builds up experience.

Please dont get injured.

Hey 001

That's a first! A post even before there's a podium!

How you doing BTW?

TBB

Hi Ghuys N Ghals, I work in Paradise and I am looking forward to the race night tonight, its always a good night in the Kerrydale and beleive me its gonnae look great for you all coming in. As usual I will be behind the bar making sure you never run dry of a beverage or 2 lol.

Anyway enough from me...

Hail Hail Kano

Jase C FN1T...

Well done to all who stuck with this worthy cause and saw it through.

No matter how well the Bookie does tonight, everyone present is a winner.

GBK CSC

For anyone else that's remotely interested there's a strong Celtic connection to the Scotland defence today. Marshall's in goals and 3 of the back 4 are Heid, Mick and Danny Fox, assisted by that £6 million right back Alan Hutton.

Don't imagine the blog will go into meltdown during or after this game but I'll be watching and cheering anyway!

Jobo

Looking forward to tonight, hopefully a few winners on the Ch4 this avo to boost my beer/bookie/raffle fund for tonight!!

FalkirksNo1Tim at 1:36pm - keep em chilled ol son, cheers

Cheers
Bull67

Gordon_J :

Hope all goes well tonight.

Hope my contribution reached you on time. I posted the cheque first class at the beginning of the week. Any probs with it, let me know by e mail and I will send another.

If you have not received it yet, I sent celticrollercoaster the details by e mail so you can do with it whatever you guys think is best.

Hail Hail,

ggh

Jobo,

It was actually £9million. (or was that a typo? :)) I know beggars belief!

sTICks

By twists n turns on November 14, 2009 1:25 PM
CQN Naps

Chris 1888 has chosen;

BALTIC PATHFINDER 3.55PM

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I like Hello Bud 1:55 Cheltenham

I can't feel pleased about another Celtic player getting picked for a Scotland cap in a meaningless game.

Thinking about John Kennedy's career being ruined by including him in a Scotland team when he was hardly established in our side was, in my opinion, just another cynical attempt by the SFA to put a few thousand on the gate, and the continued playing of Celtic players when they are unfit just makes me think of the damage international football does to our prospects and the wellbeing of our players.

I would be far happier if Danny Fox opted for England and was never chosen.

ggh

sTICks -

I think over the last couple of days following the release of Rangers' accounts there seemed to be a suggestion from those who are able to analyse these figures that the Hutton transfer, although reported at that level, couldn't have been as high? Or perhaps this was to do with a different player. Anyway, even £6 million's a bit high for me!

Jobo

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The Battered Bunnet....

A 1st....1st....

I/We Are Good....Half/Man Half/Lawyer at the Mo....So Have to Keep Myself Out of Mischief....(STOP Laughing at the Back)....

My Best Mate Who is Very Ill has Family Over at the Mo....So l am Happy about That....

Hopefully Good News Feb/March....:O)

001

sTICks -

I've found my relieable source....

By Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on November 12, 2009 4:16 PM

BromleyBhoy

in the official accounts Hutton only went for 6.something million

HAil Hail

Jobo Baldie

Are you sure it wasnt 9 million£ for hutton ?
Whatever ,it was a mystifyingly high amount of money anyway for a player that had basic flaws in his game.
I believe he is now languishing in the tottenham reserves. surprise surprise.

First time poster - been lurking for a long time but decided to sign up. Looking forward to tonight, it's nights like tonight that makes you proud to be part of this family.

I used to enjoy reading Kano's posts, you could feel the frustration in some of them when things were not going our way on the park. When the team were playing well he made us realise how lucky we were to be at the game enjoying being part of a winning team.

Hope the target is smashed tonight.

Jobo,

Humble apologies, I missed that detail. I always thought there was something fishy with that deal! As you say £6million is still high!

Hail hail,

sTICks

green oak bhiy

Welcome -especially as you have a tree-like name. Theres a few of us with a James Forrest being the most famous.

Mutton was definently reported as being £9m !! Hope Danny Fox does well this afternoon. Heaven help us with Heid and McManus p;aying !!

Bamboo,

do I qualify for the tree club?

:)

I would just like to pay my own personal tribute to all those involved in the efforts to get Kano home. I cannot think that there have been many instances, outside of an established charity, where a group of individuals, acting collectively, could even attempt to help someone on the other side of the world, far less succeed in doing so. I am sure all those involved will take a moment at Brother Walfrid's side this evening, one thing is for sure, his spirit lives on.

jtsticks

Yes you do get automatic membership as long as they are wooden sticks (not something gluey)

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Saturday Avro Music Club....?

Utah Saints.... Rare Remix....

001

Looking forward to the race night tonight with Mrs Catman or should that be Catwoman and Mouldy67 and putting some faces to these nomme de plumes (sp)

Catman

Cheers Bamboo,

definitely wooden - a nice bit o maple! :)

Hail hail,

sTICs

By the green white & golden eagle on November 14, 2009 12:34 PM

a fantastic idea, ive moaned to my mates about this for years saying its the way it should be.

The problem is.... these same chairmen who say that the old firm are killing scottish football, will never agree to them only gettin 2 visits from us instead of 4.

Im sure we could cope with not getting st mirrens 400 fans for a 2nd time.

Reminds me of the old joke -

What's brown and sticky?........................

...................a stick!

Sorry!

Jobo

Well that seems to have gone down well....

what is this, cyber-tumbleweed....?

twists n turns

Have you backed anything in the Paddy Power?

Jobo Badie

I'm afraid your joke has stunned us into silence.

Hoop Doggy Dog

Had a wee fancy for 'according to pete' so stuck a bet on that!

Congratulations to New Zealand in qualifying for next years World Cup Finals, beating Bahrain 1-0 in Wellington before a record crowd, for football, of over 35,000. That is both the Kangaroos and the Kiwis both in the finals, that has got to be a first surely.

Right,

away to get the Irn Bru poured and the shortbread on the plate. Followed by a kebab and ouzo around 6.00 washed down with Guinness later on.

best of luck to everyone connected to the race night tonight.

Jobo (who's stand up days are clearly behind him) :-(

Scotland team

Marshall, Hutton, Caldwell, McManus, Fox, Cowie, Fletcher, Dorrans, Naismith, Miller, McFadden

Mon the back three. Caldwell and McManus look like being Scotlands best chance for a goal.

Whatever happened to the rule that there should be no live football at 3pm when theres league games on? Full set of SFL fixtures on at the same time as Scotland game.

Right time for the beer again. this game will probably be awful but there you go.

I hate International weeks

By what is the stars on November 14, 2009 12:38 PM

Tranquil Sea is a winner, Superb again m8.

Thanks for the tip, got on @ 15/2.

twists n turns

I backed Ballyfitz ante post, I'm actually suprised it got a place considering it's run. I was going to back Tranquil Sea until I read the Twisters comments in the racing post during the week, wish I'd stuck to my guns!

According to Pete ran well for it's first run this year.

By JoboBaldie on November 14, 2009 14:45 PM | Permalink | Comments
Live updates will possibly appear below after 15:00 GMT.

Remarkable latest scores...

Scotland three up.

New Zealand hammering Italy in the San Siro.

Hope it all goes good tonight

god bless kano and all his loved ones

hail hail

Caldwell, McManus, Fox

Oh dear

TWISTY/NAPSTERS,

Apologies for the late-ish post, my selection today:

Taurus Twins 3:35 Lingfield

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

To all those Bhoys going tonight, hope you all lose and the Fund makes a mint :-)

Hope and know it will be a fantastic night. Wish I was able to join you, but have no doubt it will be yet another superb occasion.

Well done to all the Bhoys involved in the organising of this event.
You all deserve a big shout too!

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Not much of a crowd at the Scotland game, there was a bigger crowd at our friendly in the summer.

PeteC

Great news, I went for that and forgot about it. Great shout yet again by What is the Stars. 18/1 on betfair for the one tonight.

EN

Jobo,

'stick' to the weather! :)

sTICks

Token

Got it ta

What is the Stars.

You are on Fire ma bhoy!

Cheers for that, as that has covered all my bets today both footy and gee-gees .......now if tonights comes in as well :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

BBJ at the game

twisty,

cheers!

have a great one tonight mate.

EN,

you got any coupons on today? I've put the CQN accy on but missed Huddersfield due to the early KO (how did they go btw?) and also go tbl of Peterhead, Burton and Shrewsbury along with 2 lines on the goals galore coupon.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

bournesouprecipe

So it's not just me that sees the irony of that Scottish defence.

I dunno, you watch the Welsh anhtem, rousing and heartfelt as it is, and you think of this guy

Twists
If you are out there
hope you got on Tranquil Sea

Was trying to call you but you seem to have no coverage (as you predicted earlier)

Hail Hail
Hope you all got the price of a few drinks for the Kano night
Great to see the Irish battering the English (even if it is only at the horseracing)
By the way to all my english friends and english celtic supporters who may be looking in I hope you know I am only having a bit of laugh.
I was called a hun last week so I dont want to be called an anti enlglish racist or something

Good luck

bamboo from earlier,

re, Hutton. Hutton is the pawn in a battle of wits between 'Arry and Daniel Levy.
'Arry is not that big a fan of Hutton anyway, but Levy and Hutton's agent are very, very close friends and there is more than a touch tension between Redknapp and Levy due to this and other situations apparently.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

The Token Tim

Went for Dundee, Norwich and Colchester for a bit of interest this afternoon, that and the CQN 8, potentially fatal mistake to double teams up on both lines.

Really fancy Brazil and Spain double later on just going to wait for confirmed teams.

McManus, Caldwell and Fox to score first for Scotland..

Huddersfield won 6-0.

Anything yourself?

EN

Kenny Miller misses yet another chance for Scotland, continues his nine game run without a goal for Scotland.

Kenny Miller has a chance

guess what?

Estadio Nacional,

Glad you didn't mention who thy were playing:-)

Is it only us that Misser can score against

Estadio Nacional -

Do you mean own goals?

Cyrlu

Chairbhoy

Wycombe Wanderers? ;¬]

EN

rdk7 on November 14, 2009 2:18 PM

surely an agreement of some sort could be reached after a lot of compromise. after the rest of the spl ignoring celtic aberdeen and rangers over the sky/setanta tv deal they are in no position to say they have scottish football's best interests at heart, although maybe the same could be said of celtic if they actually wanted to leave scottish fitba and join the english.

but as it stands we will be remaining in scotland (thankfully, i like the term scottish champions, Celtic - 'champions of england', or 'english champions' sounds a bit funny to me)so the way i proposed earlier seems the most simple, logical & practical way foward, we need to make scottish football more attractive again, which will take a while, so why not start now.
just my opinion. . .

hail hail!

EN,

got 2 lines on the Goals galore:

Games at - Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Charlton, Yeovil and Accrington on 1st line

2nd line - Gillingham, Hartlepool, Walsall, Crewe and Port Vale.

Not my first choices as the Internationals took out the Scottish games as had 4 games picked from our leagues, but had a go anyway.

Here's hoping.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

PS - Who are Cameroon playing??? Just noticed I've got price of 10/1 on them from BetFred shop round the corner!

Twists

Effervesce (5.50 Wolves)

Ta, fleagle18888

Estadio Nacional

I watched the race, the horse was comfortable all the way, then pulled away just before the last fence, it won easily and was a great call AGAIN by what is the stars.

The Token Tim

Keep forgetting the GG thing, the accounts I use the most dont offer that.

Cameroon away to Morocco, Cameroon top of group and Morocco fourth, bottom. Cameroon win and they are through.

Goal Wales 1-0.

EN

wales 1-0

1 nil Wales. Superb goal.

Well worked goal puts Wales 1 -0 up

Nigeria qualify for World Cup. Tunisia throw it away.

Burley must go and take Duffield wi him

It's just the kinda goal Celtic concede. Cross comes in from the wing unopposed, nobody attacks it as it falls on the penalty spot, goalkeeper exposed.

Guy's have a look at our centre halves off the ball, when the oppostion team is attacking. Watch Caldwell trying to get verybody out in a line then the other centre half. Just watch them in general off the ball, they look lost.

Stars

saw your post earlier. TBH I had already bet according to pete, so left it at that.

Thanks though..appreciate the thought.

Token
my son is a season ticket holder at Port Vale they are a bit unpredictable to say the least - Crewe another local side are woeful i think they are already 1 down - best of luck - up the vale!

PeteTheBeat

Noticed that, two points clear at the top this morning. Went to last WC with a Tunisian mate, had talked about doing the same again next year. Ho hum.

EN

1- 0 Wales then.

I blame Darren Fletcher.

Some captain him.

Not even clapping his hands.

Twists

No problem,Just got the call before I posted.Fourpenny Lane gang knew one of the O'Gradys and rang to say get on.
I nearly didnt bother myself by the way.But thankfully sanity prevailed and tonights outing to Ireland - france for Mr and Mrs stars and 2 Starlets is paid for by my local bookie

How Kenny Miller has made a living in the game has baffled me.

WGS

Fox is not very impressive either. He has not cut out one cross or stopped any attacks down the Welsh right. His passing has also been poor.

iMiller - Making the unmissable, missable.

WGS

Absolutely. Although this rarely happened with Lennon protecting. Celtic do not play with a deep-lying holding midfielder these days, someone who will follow the lone striker to allow our centre-backs to be closer. It's the same thing with Scotland. The centre-backs are being pulled all over the place, far away from each other, with no centre-mid to protect. Miller, on the other hand, playing for Scotland, does not have the intelligence to pull a centre-back out of position, and instead plays on the shoulder of a full-back. Useful when running the channels, but hopeless when trying to bring others in.

Wales v Scotland

CLASS all over the pitch........

sorry i meant

GRASS all over the pitch!!!

Biddulph,

I hope they are unpredictable in terms of both scoring and conceding.....the goals galore coupon is one where you choose games where you think both teams will score!

The more games you choose the higher the odds. with 5 teams on a line you are guaranteed min 17/1 odds.

Here's hoping!

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

PS - 2 of my 5 games on the first line up already...

Kevtic,

I can see Danny Fox being a left midfielder. Thommo 2 in the making if we play him left mid. Sign Brandan from Unirea.

come on you boys in green!!

Token
in that case it'll be 0-0

2 nil. Poor defending

2-0 Wales

wales 2-0

I refer you to my post at 3.19.

Remember that George Burley? He used to be Scotland manager.

2 - 0

Pathetic

OUr defence will be slaughtered, Useless

Fox gives it away - nearly 3-0

Lurgan53,

Now now :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Bloody hell, looking at the line ups efore the game I didnt think Scotland would be beaten, regret not going for 6/4 Wales before that.

Naismith is a dud.

At the 30 minute mark I said to mini Jobo that I thought Scotland were the better team too...

WGS, I don't see Fox stepping up to midfield. He's got a cracking left foot like Thommo but I've never once seen him go past a man. Doesn't seem to have any dribbling ability or speed. No idea about his shooting ability either.

Hope I'm wrong though.

Gordon Smith must go.

I blame George Peat.

This is a Wales team wi umpteen missing players.
Burley will get it from the hacks now.
This is the result they wanted.

Oh dear! Poor old George Burley's gonnie get it now!

Keystone cops stuff now

3-0 Wales

Oh Dear, Oh Dear!

there's a humping live on TV coming our way, here

WGS

The more I see of him, the more I think you have something on Fox in midfield. At left-back, he looks like Thompson at left-back, and further forward, he looks like Thompson.

3-0. Burley gone by Monday lunchtime.

Danny fox a thommo in the making? Lee Naylor should have got his left back spot back, 3-0 wales our defense is carrying on their Celtic form

I rest my case!!

How embarrassing 3-0 wales

Oh Dearie Me!

Darren Fletcher.

What a caprtain.

Couldn't even bring him down properly.

wales 3-0

fletcher loses it in midfield - McManus couldnt tackle a fish supper

nearly 4-0

3 - 0

A shocker. Most ofd these guys play for non - event teams. Truly awful. This could be 5 or 6

The Sieve strikes yet again!

Poop.

Lycur

This is worse than Berti Vogts

TTT.

I know. I should be above this kind of behaviour.

6 goals in less than 90 minutes of football.

Burley should resign for picking a trio fresh from losing 3 goals against a side bottom of the league.

WGS - good point re Fox

To be fair the Scotland midfield is non-existent
obviously missing Brownie and unbookable

If anyone needs more evidence that Celtic's problems in defence this season are entirely down to those 2 clowns at centre half, look no further than the shambles currently going on in Cardiff...

This is the same as the Norway game. A good start after ten minutes Jenny Miller misses a sitter and then we implode.

This could end up MUCH MUCH WORSE

53,

Ahhh but sometimes its good to put the boot in isnt it???

:-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

BrixtonCelt
Nail and heid come to mind.
Bob.

Dubai,

Thommo never had much speed either. It was his delivery that was a killer. He would look up and bang it in to Sutty or Henrik.

If TM peserves till January with those two jokers at the back, then he will be out of a job.

Message to Peter Lawwell. Yous ststed in your interview on the website before the AGM that you see the same games as us and you can relate to our frustrations on the park,

Gonnae buy two fecking centre halves in January, please!!!

Dear God, couldnae get much worse.

Playing without a midfield. Big Mick is as good as a man down.
Lost Bhoy I'm afraid.
His non existant confidence will reach a new low.

Burley will be for the chop in time for walter to jump ship methinks.

BrixtonCelt: Loovens at Ibrox.

CelticBob: Heid is playing, but you can't blame Nails for this - he's English and therefore not eligible.

I dare say Caldwell/McManus performance is down to Tony Mowbray, maybe some on here will start to give the big man a break, silk purse from pigs ears and all that.

John Kennedy with one good leg would be better than those pair

For any true patriots out there Scotland are now 90/1 to win...

The Token Tim

Im very confident of that Brazil and Spain double 11/10 and 10/11 now.

England Team - Foster Brown Upson Lescott Bridge SWP Jenas Barry Milner Rooney Bent.

EN

Fox confidence looks shot since he became back from injury.

Fox has a cracking good foot? not seen yet, rarely gets a free kick on target, 20 of the richest teams in the world all have passed up on Fox, we jump in with 1.5 million for a very average championship player, Lee Naylor back for me with all his faults.

BrixtonCelt

Don't like the "clowns" tag but aside from that - yes they are poor.

Now having said that 1st goal - Naismith let his man away good cross superbly put away.

2nd goal.. Right back at fault and again an excellent cross very difficult to defend.

3rd Goal - Darren "the new Tostao" Fletcher give the ball away totally exposing his - admitedly - porous defence. Mc Manus skinned, Fletcher tries to rugby tackle the guy - FAILS!!.

THe midfield in front of that defence are shocking and as someone said earlier - Missing Scott Brown.

As we do.

So there y'are!!

Keep her lit.

53

I couldnt wait to see a decent left back at the club ,But lets be honest Fox is a very average player .

WGS,

"He would look up and bang it in to Sutty or Henrik."

Therein lieth the crux.

We will never know how good a killer cross that Fox may have as he has no-one to aim at or hope will go and attack and win a ball thrown into a dangerous area!

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

guys can you help me with this.

Was Darren Fletcher ever at Celtic in his younger days?

I didnt think he was but my mate is adamant that he was and we let him go.

Great management - the worst defence in the league (or the one with the least form) is picked in full. Where is Berra? A guy getting rave reviews in England. OUr problems are the same as Scotland's and make no mistake the press will get into our players as well as Burley.

Listen to the boos. That says it all.

The third goal was the worst.
Honestly.

Burley is a fool. Now Aaron Ramsey is the best player in the world cos he got a lucky break. What a joke.

If Burley survives this how many will turn up to watch the games for the next qualifiers.

a hate tae think what the score would be if Bellamy was fit.

jobo
if i were a betting man......

i would still keep my money in mrs biddulph's purse

Bloke_109
No,Brixton Celt has hit the Nail on the head,those two are the root of our problems IMO.Im watching it they are being dragged all over the place.We will never win anything with those two in CD they are a disaster.
Bob.

Bloke 109

I think Loovens performance at Ibrox was a bit of a blip. Overall I feel he has proved to be much more consistent than both Mick and Caldwell. Don't get me wrong I still don't think Loovens is the long term answer, but Caldwell and Mick are of a more immediate concern.

i had a lot of time for mcmanus and i think at times he is criticised too much while others get off scot free, but his form since returning from injury is summed up by his display today. Both he and big heid should be shown the door at celtic as asap.

Caldweel/McManus have lost 6 goals against Falkirk and Wales in 90 mins, what chance has any manager got?

Comedy Gold

Thank god i dont give a toss about that lot.

Are Scotland shooting with the wind in the second half?

Love

Viewfaeawindae,

Well said. This has been a major problem for years bow and nothing got done. GS rated them and wouldn't change them no matter what.

Burley seems to have bought into this mythical praise for the two of them. TM never and was honest about it and made it public. Many fans agree with him and he has said what many of us think yet because he dared to say so in the public domain, he's been crucified.

I would rather it be highlighted rather being told how great they are, wouldn't you.

OUr best central defence is (unfortunately) Caldwell and Loovens and that says nothing. I see Kenny Miller is useless now playing against defender who can defend.

rdk7

I don't think so, he's been at Manure in some form since he was sixteen.

rdk7

Fletcher was celtic boys club but fergie sat in his living room until he signed.

Hail Hail

CelticBob: I was being facetious, and apologise. Not disagreeing, but an effective midfield would help, for Celtic of course, but also for Scotland.

BrixtonCelt: Pretty much a blip yes, but given the choice, yes, two brand new centre-backs for me.

Strand67,

His form since injury??? He's been like that for years.

KrakowBhoy 3.49

Celtic dont have 'the worst defence in the league' but there is four teams who have conceeded less so far this season.

EN

WGS,
Just look at a bankrupt Rangers trophy room, we really have let them off the hook. If these two ever play for Celtic after Jan I'll chuck it.

The Spirit of Arthur Lee

I was watching damned unt on dvd i thought wonder what the wales score is. Turned on to sky and nearly choked laughing.

What a load of jokers sadly a lot are ours but any team with the chuckle brothers at the back will always struggle.

Hail Hail

biddulph bhoy -

Paddy Power must have a dressing room mole listening to George's half time team talk - they've now dropped out to 100/1!

Jobo

Estadio Nacional

I did say worst or one with the least form. I will add consistency to that.

Morocco 0 Cameroon 1 Webo, 27 minutes played.

Landry or Joel (as fifa call him) N'Gumeo on from the start.

Cameroon sounds almost Scottish, Cameron for the World Cup.

The old saying of "defend as a team ....attack as a team" Scotland are doing neither
The back 4 are poor but they have no cover from the Midfield and the attack cant hold the ball up

i blame catholic schools!!

Aaron Ramsey is running the show, he got a good Scottish sounding name couldn't the SFA checked out if he had a wee Granny from Dunoon or someplace before he was picked for the Welsh.

WGS
as i said i think in the past he has been singled out as a scapegoat while others such as Caldwell and O Dea get away with it. I think its no co-incidence his better days were when he had lennon giving some cover to him. But both him and the inflated ego of caldwell have to go

The Scotland support have retired to the bars under the stand for pints, very unlikely they will return for the second half.

Miller and Naismith have been shocking.

Eustace P Merryweather

I have switched it over to Horrid Henry.

The Burley master plan

put on 3 subs -- but don't take anyone off

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend..Mac1888 @ 3.48

You say that Mr. Fox is not very good?

I have bin saying that for Weeks!

Why is it that I , a complete Flop as a Soccer Savant..

Saw that Mr. Fox was No improvement oan his Predessor, at Left Back..and Mr. Mowbray.. An Ex- Soccer Player, of Distinction..and a Soccer Manager of Some Repute..

DIDNAE?

I put it doon tae this..

Mr. Mowbray has no aptitude fur picking a Guid Player!

Waant Further proof..?

Bhoy, ye ur a Greedy, Besom!

O.K.

How aboot buying a Non Scoring Striker, tae solve oor perennial..and ootstaunin.. difficulty in pittin the Ba' between thae two Posts?

Need Mair Proof?

Ye wull hivtae wait until Mr. Mowbray's Selection fur the Dundee Affair that is coming up..

And see who he picks fur the Center Hauf Duo.

We shall see if Mr. Mowbray his loined one thing aboot, Mr.McManus and Mr. Caldwell..

That we the Fans.. Knew AWE THE TIME~

Kojo.
yer pal..who likes ye, already.

Paul Caddis's Scotland under 21 team 0-2 up at half time.

a canny beleive a changed ma coupon from a wales home win to a draw. agghh. and to top it all off a had £3 on mcmanus for 1st goal. not exactly on the ball today.

marshalls a lucky bhoy. shoulda walked....

again, superb defending from mcmanus n co....

EN

Any idea if Jason Marr is playing?

Strand67,

Caldwell i'll give you, O'Dea though??? Has he played 5 games in a row for Celtic with McManus? You'd be lucky if he has played even 3 games in a row with any centre half. He hasn't had run in the team.

Scapegoat, my foot. If he was a scapegoat he'd be jettonised by know. Not just him though. I agree there are few others that should be punted as well.

Bloke_109

On the bench

Scotland U21: Martin, Perry, Caddis, Mitchell, Hanlon, Coutts, Arfield, McDonald, Bannan, Maguire, Murphy

Subs: Gallacher, Marr, Stevenson, Wotherspoon, Forbes, Loy, Griffiths

EN
well cameroon make the best choc bars that sound scottish
starting to actually feel sorry for mcmanus now as he is lost

Lee Wallace on for Danny Fox, Steven Fletcher on for Misser.

Misser: Nine games, nein goals.

NarrowBhot,

Reason Ramsay playing well is because of Wenger. He's Fabregas replacement. Down to Wenger.

WGS

We will have to agree to disagree about McManus, but O Dea i have never rated in his limited appearances at celtic and he is not making any headlines on the bench at Reading. As for the players who are not good enough at celtic, its a long list and who would buy them.

Celikbhoy87

Maceroon?

Im hoping N'Guemo has been telling his mate Sammy Eto'o all about the delights of Scotland, he will be desperate to come to us in January..

EN

Crowd shouting for Burley to get to France, game over.

Tartan Army calls for Burley to go, only use stronger lanaguage.

chants of Burley Burley get to F.......... from the tartan army

*Macaroon

Burley Burely GTF from the tartan army

Estadio Nacional

Interesting you think Naismith is a dud. I thought so too when I watched them v us, and haven't changed my opinion. Whenever the ball goes to him for Rangers, I heave a sigh of relief as I know he will make a horse's a*** off it.

How is Fox? Going by his form, he will be rubbish.

This stage is now set for The Return of Walter!

Was always gonna be so, and for Burley it's game over.

But, who'll be boss at ibrox?

Smith to return to Scotland, only a matter of time.

Maybe Caldwell and McManus will help get two managers sacked in the one season if they keep playing them.

Bring back Lex Bailie and Pierce o' Leary.

Love

Davy Provan says "whatever Burleys gameplan was has gone ary"

Burley heard mumbling " Gameplan...I knew i had forgot something!"

EN
you are right
shows how long its been since i had a macaroon bar or spearmint chewing gum!!
oh th memories

Kyle for McFadden, McCormack for Naismith.

WGS

How old is Ramsey 17? And didn't he come from Southhampton or a team like that, I know a few teams were interested in him Wenger thought he had something special I think he'll be a stalwart at Arsenal for a long time. Arsenal must have some scouting system.

Scotland....

CLASS in enery position

sorry

CRASS in every position

Kojo _ I agree, spending the majority of his transfer budget on Fortune was a joke . We just have to wait and see what he does in the January window. Although I'm not that optimistic the board will release much funds.

Great. That's all we need - Barry Robson to get injured.

Narrowbhoat

Ramsey was bought from Cardiff. 5mill if my memory serves me.

Barry Robson on for Dorrans.

Watch the media give it to Burley after this embarrassment and contrast it with Smith and Unirea

strand67

I think that as long as a player is out of the first team at Celtic - the better he becomes. That goes for Darren, Barry Robson and a few others.

The truth is that - IMHO - we have an exceedingly poor pool of players. I can't think of one I'd regret leaving if a suitable offer came along.

What really worries me is that although Rangers are also poor I think they are more capable of putting a winning run together - or rather a points accumulating run - than we are. If they stay injury free - relatively - I'd make them clear favourites for the league.

Sorry to be so pessimistic.

Keep her lit.

53

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. Mac1888

Wull the Celtic Board Release, Beaucoup D'Argent, in January?

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

Ah could say..

"Bhoy, Hiv AH Goat a SURPRISE, fur.... YOU!"

But..

Ah'll No!

Kojo.
yer pal....who likes ye aloater

KB

Did the Kilt get ye any women last night?

Take back what I said about Fox. Forgot he had a good game (if that can be said) for us v Falkirk (comparatively, before anyone hurls a cyber tomato at me).

By the looks of things on the BBC text, he hasn't done that badly today.

Kojo is wrong about Fox. He is average, as opposed to awful (sorry, Lee).

Tartan army singing anti-royal rebel song !!!

Kojo

I think your assessment of both Fox and Fortune may be a little premature.

Fortune has hardly kicked a ball for us, and while he hasn't overly impressed in the games he has played, I have seen enough to think that he deserves more time to establish himself.

Fox, admittedly has not showed any kind of blinding form, However, he has been fairly steady. And a vast improvement on Naylor in terms of crossing ability. Anyway, I was never really one to criticise Naylor, anyone playing alongside big Mick is bound to be left exposed at times...

Kojo- Robbie Keane please :) lol

SOAL

It wasn't bad. Communication is a problem but I had fun. I might go out after the republic game. The main disco wi the hot birds is open tonight. Last night it was shut and the other local disco is for younger people and not my speed.

Tonight is the big night here.

Riordan on for Cowe.

I never thought Alan Thompson was up to much until the Seville season, 2 years after he joined us.

Never mind, they can always watch a good team against France tonight.....!!!!!

Lurgan53....the only way the hun will win the league this year is if the establishment assist them (again), and if our players believe the laptop loyal..they need character and determination......time to get behind the Bhoys....!!!!!!!!!!!

Green White and golden

I was only joking of course, but don't knock Cork it's a great sporting city besides were the club just keen that the brand name be CELTIC full stop. Thanks for the your best wishes for our game against the French. Hail, Hail

KB

Enjoy and good luck.

Away to get ready for the Big game tonight.

CQN Naps

Only yours truly with a winner today but one still to go.

See some of you later this evening

Hail hail

TnT

Cameroon look set for the WC finals. They're 2-0 up with half an hour to go.

http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/scoreboard?league=all&cc=5739

is good to keep a check on things

Russia one up on Slovenia - ESPN.

Im willing a late winner for Colchester.

Lurgan 53

your right 100 percent, with this squad of players i wouldnt trust them to cross the road, never mind to win the league. Walter Smith has his teams organised at a domestic level and i fear for the rest of the season, Hail Hail

Can't believe Fox is being criticised ....there was absolutely no midfield in the first half.....and the defence was left isolated...even Hutten couldn't get forward, as he normally does....this Scotland team are shoite, and I won't have Fox being criticised in this situation.....!!!!!! (hopefully, he won't have to play for them again.......

If the Scottish 'scene' gets any worse, we should join the Irish league....

Tartan Army: Sack the board

Re the comments about Fox and Fortune - I think Danny is an improvement on Naylor, and think he will be a big player for us. The reason I think he is better is how comfortable he is on the ball, and his passing.

As for Fortune - hmmmmm.......... I never like to criticise a Celtic player, and certainly not when they`ve only just got in the door, but all I`ll say is he needs to improve - a lot! - to show he`s good enough.

Hail Hail

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. Up Over Goal.

Pal, Ah didnae say that Mr. Fox was, "awful", it was

You, who introduced that woid.

Ah said... that Mr.Fox "was No Improvement, oan His Predecessor,at Left Back".

Which is Tantamount to saying..

Mr. Fox is ..Not very Guid.

And that description,pal..

Sums up Mr. Fox ,as a Soccer Player, very accurately..

Kojo.
yer pal..who likes ye aloat.

RoscoePCO

my concern about Fox is his lack of defensive qualities - which should be the first thing we look for in our defenders - i have the same concern to a lesser extent bout Hinkel

Comrades

Just a quick note to say I hope you all a fantastic night tonight, the work you have put in has been astonishing,
this great Club of ours was founded to assist those who at the time were maybe a wee bit less fortunate than ourselves, that spirit, that resolve, those beliefs make you what you are,

the words quoted in Pauls article ring true again today,
you guys/girls most certainly are Celtic Gents and Ladies in every sense,

Hail Hail

Che

RoscoPco....bit early to judge Fortune...IMO....played well early on, then got injured....!!!

Hoorah, the Welsh Dragon silences BBC Radio Scotland.....!!!!!!!!!

Those who commented on Caldwell and McManus conceding six in their last 90 minutes were a bit quick to criticise... they've just had a 45-minute clean sheet :-)

Scotland have lost their last four, scoring 0, conceding 12

Che....I wholeheartedly echo your sentiments.....good man....Hail Hail

That's 91 minutes of my life I'll never see again.

jings crivvens and help ma BOAB!

hooray eurosport are showing the republic

biddulph bhoy -

I think our defensive problems lie in central defence. I rate both Hinkel and Fox in their positions, and think both attack well too.

Just about to leave Leven to come through to Parkhead for Kano's night.

Martin, i think of your situation often and count my blessings.

As i walk into the stadium tonight i will cherish it the way i think that you would.I will say Hello to Celtic Park for you.

I will be amongst friends and some wonderfull people.

You will be home soon.

My sincere best wishes go out to you and yours.

TT

Send for Walter..hes avialable in a few weeks dont you know!

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. RoscoePco

Pal.. I vehemently disagree with you, when you say that Mr. Fox is a Comfortable Passer of the Ball.

On the Contrary, I say that Mr. Fox is a very ..POOR PASSER.. of the Ba'

And Ah further say..

The Mr. Naylor is a Far Bettah .. TACKLER.. than Mr. Fox.

Sure, Mr. Naylor's Distribution of the Football, is Atrocious, at Times..

But..

I say that Mr. Fox, on occasion, is also apt to Fire over a Wild Cross, at times.

In fact, I go as far to say that Mr.Fox, cannot be considered in any way as a Guid Free Kick..well.. Kicker, either.

Adding it awe up..

Ah stick tae whit My Opinion is, as stated..

"Mr.Fox, is no Improvement on Mr. Naylor, at Left Back."

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

To all those going to the race night i hope you enjoy yourselves and raise plenty of money for Kano

I'll be saying a little prayer at Mass tonight

For Kano a race night was held
to bring our dear friend home
the CQN bhoys all did their bit
you'll never walk alone

Twisty, I noticed it as a non-runner about 1/2 hour ago checking my bets. I'll pick one tomorrow.

67heaven - I do agree, just concerned on what I`ve seen so far....

I found this article on FF interesting ,Looks like we could make quite a lot of money from our Korean Bhoy.

http://www.followfollow.com/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=472134

mon the Samba

Forget sacking the scotland board

Fergus

Sack me!

Sincere apologies again to the couponeers (wasn't the only team to go down, but still a disgrace of a selection)!

Having my pre-evening drink, be leaving for paradise in an hour, here's to a great night, and all for YOU kano!

God Bless Martin

Hail Hail

To everyone going to the Race-night this evening, enjoy and dig as deep as you can afford.
Unfortunately due to prior committments,(surprise birthday party for young sister at my house), I'll not be there in person but there in spirit. "God Bless Kano"

TTTT: take some photos.

How utterly charming FF is........"eating dogs"

and they wonder why.

Bradford Bhoy - unlike Japan the koreans are partial to dog meat.

"can you imagine the gers being owned by Glasgow city Council?"

Hmmmmmm........

Think they would rather be owned by Irish billionaires lol

Russia two up on Slovenia.

Mac1888

were known for eating coos but I wouldnt want to be stereotyped by it!

Kojo,

Sticking purely to full backs, I fear you are in danger of developing a reputation for being....

...

...

...

...

right on the money!

wouldnt like to take a cow out a walk or have one in my house :)

Do we realy need to know what FF are saying?

Mac1888

I had one years ago,good riddance;-)

Bradford Bhoy -lol

Mac1888......couldn't believe the statement on how the Korean's have suffered under oppressors.....Ireland ?.....Cromwell ? ... Loyalists ?......200,000 Irishmen fought in the Great War, anticipating Home Rule on their return (50,000 didn't return) ... did they get Home Rule when they returned ? .....you could not make it up, honestly....!!! 'the resistance' goes on....and it's going to get worse, as the hun predicament worsens..!!

EN

correct,we dont want holywullie.com in here.

Bradford Bhoy.....Brilliant .......Have you ever tasted a pie at Ipox......

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. Mac1888

Robbie Keane for Celtic?

That is an Impossible Dream.

This Man.. taks Hame, tae his Wife.. they tell me..

Sixty Thoosand Pounds o' the Finest Country Aipples, every Single Week!

Noo, whit She Diz wi' Sixty Thoosand Pounds of the Finest Country Aipples, is HER.... Business!

Howevahhhhhhhh...

Ah know that Celtic, can in No way , better, that Emolument!

So..

Like Ah said..

Robbie Keane...Coming tae Celtic?

Na..

That,Ma friend, is a Pipe Dream.

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

Estadio Nacional ......YES.....know thine enemy...!!!

67

no,especially after hearing they had their kitchens fumigated.

Cany wait for the main event

Erin Go Bragh

Wee Tommy N'Guemo is on his way to the World Cup, FT 0-2.

Bougherra on from the start for Algeria, weird as he has been 'injured' since he last played for his country..

Kojo on November 14, 2009 5:24 PM

Robbie Keane earns more from his property investments than he does from his football wages.he is a very wealthy boy

A wage drop wouldn't kill the deal.

A bellamy type loan may be in order.

Any word on McGeady? Is he playing from the start?

kojo - you must admit if our board had any ambition and wanted to put bums back on empty seats ,not to mention win the league ... he would be worth the outlay :)

Bradford Bhoy......neither have I .....apart from the fact I wouldn't give them my money, I assumed they would be shoite, like their team.....!!!!

Oops, McGinn's playing for them Boys in the Northern Provence ...wonder what reception he'll get .....)

Enjoy the game Danny. Wednesday may be bigger as I can see Ireland getting a result there. The fates will dictate that the unpopular Domenech loses in front of his home crowd and suffers the consequences.

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. The Battered Bunnet..@ 5.15

Hush up,pal..

Dae ye waant tae ruin Ma Rep. oan Here???

Goshawemichty!

If stuff like ye hiv jist said, gets aboot..

Whit wid Johnny Quest and his Cohorts, hiv tae Write In, Aboot?

Kojo.
yer pal..who likes the wey ye Think, though!

EN
wonder if bougherra will be late back to ipox this time as defo working his ticket i think

Keane is a first team starter for Spurs every week. Why would he or Redknapp want him to move?

Now Pavlyuchenko, that's a differnet story.

Estadio....no, Aiden's on the bench tonight..!!

Where is the England game being played?

celikbhoy87 .....I heard rankers need to pay his old team some money if Buggerra plays again

67 heaven
heard something similar
hope so

I thought Aiden was playing

Bloke, couldnae believe it when I hear that Domenech was still the French coach - it can only be a good sign surely

Well another fine Scottish performance Wales 3 v. Scotland 0 our football at International and club level is at rock bottom.I have no idea how you would put it right or even if it can be rectified maybe we should just support our tiddly winks team.

67heaven

Is that confirmed? Was hoping he would play, should still be a good game.

EN

Samaras starts for Greece.

I think buggera is being wrapped up in cotton wool until he's flogged,wonder what made up illness he will have next week ??

Celikbhoy87

I think you will find Bougherra will pick up 'a wee knock' in this game, he was all over the place when Eugpt scored there.

EN

Great post Paul, I hope this does it justice. Have a good night everyone. Hail, Hail.
Serenity.


What he would have wanted

It happened for Jimmy Johnstone,
John Doyle heard it too,
that wonderful phenomenon,
vibrates right through.

Some say they were the most skilful,
handsome buggers too,
loved to kiss the badge,
pledges that were true.

Could it be, they were one of us,
who then became one of them,
just as we have all dreamed,
turn into a gem.

To hear his name being chanted,
would show him great respect,
so next time your at the football,
let it take effect.

Lets sing out for Tommy Burns,
a Celtic legend all the way,
but don't forget our Kano,
wants home for Christmas day.

William Topaz Serenity

Inspired by Kano

Danny Gall 5:32

Qatar.

EN

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend..Mac1888

Pal..

Naebuddy, but.. Naebuddy...

Is woith the Outlay o'

Sixty Thoosand Pounds of the Finest Country Aipples!

There is only one Sure way tae bring back the Crowds tae Soccer, in General..and at Celtic Park,in Particular..

And that is...

Tae Cut U.K. the Unemployment Figure way, way, doon~

Sure, If Celtic start oan a winning Streak..the Crowds wull improve..

But there is a Ceiling that wull prevent those Crowds evah coming way back tae the Sixty Thoosand Figure.

And that Ceiling is composed of the Following...

Like...

Paying the Mortgage and Feeding the Wife and Kids, and Making the Car Payment.. and Buying the odd Pint.. and so on , and so on..plus, keeping an Anxious Eye oan the HooseHold Finances.

It's A Case of..

Fitba' or Buttah.

And..

Which, wid ye pick, if ye wur made redundant?

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

Danny: Doha, Qatar. Apparently there's money involved (who'd've thunk) and it's to do with England building relationships for their WC bid.

Serenity: Top work, as usual.

Off topic, but would just like to say what a shame it is to hear the news that John Kennedy today has officially called it a day, poor lad forced to retire at 26 after years trying to overcome that hellish foul. YNWA John Kennedy
MG

Mac1888
Someone mentioned on here that rangers have to pay more for him if he makes so many appearances. Maybe the hard-up huns are not able to afford the final payment.

67heaven - I just go on the hun boards to gloat at their forthcoming demise,some of the crap they come out with is hillarious.

bamboo - I think its a bit of both :)

Serenity
That's the best yet.
Good luck to all going to the Kano night.Everyone involved are a credit to our club and what we stand for.
Best of luck to to the ROI in the BIg match tonight as well.
Bob.

C'mon the republic

Kojo - think I read somewhere that crowds were actually up in the Premiership,So I dont think you can use the recession/unemployment as the only excuse for the amout of empty seats at paradise.

It's a big night for the boys from Ireland. Recent showings suggest they could struggle to get through, but can they continue to perform to the required standard? It really is a massive night, and hopefully they get a break from those in charge and at least leave themselves fit to fight another day.

But enough about John and Edward. Come on Ireland.

Shocking penalty miss by one of the top strikers in the world, Fabiano, still 1-0 to Brazil.

Luis Fabiano getting his mistakes out of his system before he plays against Rangers as he skies a pen miles over the bar. Still 1-0 Brazil.

Come on Brazil let's keep it going

EN

Are you my sub-conscious?

No one watching the Egypt-Algeria match? Plenty at stake.

Serenity,

Superb my friend!

EN, good luck on the double.

Thats me off now, might be back late on tonight, if so, ignore me as I will probably be totally wasted :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

PS - Good luck to the Irish tonight!

England look to be struggling with the heat.

Never heard of them but Paddypower have a cash back offer with that/those xfactor people..

"If Jedward are eliminated from X Factor this weekend, Paddy Power will refund all losing 1st /last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the Ireland v France match."

Bloke_109

Ha, great minds..

Chris sutton is a legend

Having a look at it now and again, Eygpt need to win 2-0 to go through, 1-0 at HT, should be a good second half.

EN

EN,

If Egypt win 2-0 then it means they are level with Algeria with everything(goals, points etc) and it means a playoff in Sudan on Wednesday.

Egypt need to win 3-0 to go through.

kevtic

As we were saying before the game about that threesome irony indeed. Three goals conceded against a Falkirk side that previously couldn't buy a goal. Not that I care, but George Burley is even thicker than he looks.

Any average side can rip holes in Caldwell and McManus, and now Fox begins to show serious deficiency in defence, needless to say this result reflects badly on the Celtic defence. If January comes and goes without drastic change to the spine of the Celtic side, TM will fallen at the first hurdle.

Not one, but two new centre backs required.

HH

Girraferty fails to make contact

Chris sutton is a legend

Cheers, got that info from Soccerway.com, some times its best to just work these things out yourself, cant believe anything you read on the internet these days.

EN

Estadio ..... Yes, Aiden doesn't start.........really looking forward to watching the ROI....c'mon the fatherland !!!!!!!!!

McGinn having a stormer

the green white & golden eagle at 12.34 (hey!)

Crackin' idea mate. Radical but not controversial.

Would love to see that format.

Great greenprint.

the green white & golden eagle at 12.34

I think it might restore some of the sense of occasion to 'wee' team vs. glasgow giant fixtures, e.g.

I guess there are so many people involved in the good works that are being carried out round the globe, in the name of Celtic for Kano's benefit that it would be churlish to highlight individuals, so all of you who have actively contributed through fundraising cycle rides,barefoot runs etc, etc, etc, I salute you. You ALL do us proud!

Your positive good natured, upbeat "can-do" response to Kano's plight should be a lesson to everyone.

Have a great time tonight lads (but please keep my brother away from the Guiness keg(s)! You have been warned.

Bankiebhoy1 BrightSide CSC

Croatia 1 - 0

and Serbia even

Serenity 5:41

Very well done.

Have great night all at the race. I know you will have great night.

sevendouble on November 14, 2009 9:03 AM

another kack post !!

I dont know if its your prostrate or your alcoholic tendencies but if you want to admit to being a hun that is your prerogative - maybe senile dementia is responsible I dont know :-) but dont try and smear me with a non existent accusation due to your heavy petted lip. I only said that your post was kack. I think that´s really got to you to be holding this virtual grudge. Maybe getting old ? maybe the weather ? So stop trying to put words into my mouth like an archetypal hun pundit and behave yourself and dont get too excited about it.

Hail Hail

On Google today it says thaey have found water in Dunoon, the Yanks always have strange perceptions of Scotland

Good luck to all of you at the race meeting tonight, Hope it is truly enjoyable and profitable evening.

HAil Hail

67heaven

Cheers

EN

FT Brazil 1 England 0

Good.

Well done Brazil that,ll shut them up for 5 mins

McCourt on for McGinn.

Bloke_109 ......did he get a big cheer...??????????

Evening fellow Tims

I'll be watching my country against France tonight, my nerves are in pieces!!

Please God we win one nil and really have something to play for in the second leg.

I will also be sparing a thought for Kano and all those who are attending his race night at Celtic Park tonight!!

I sincerely hope the night goes successfully.

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

67heaven
to be fair to the crowd mcginn got a great reception when he went off
he has been NI best player

Bournesouprecipe

Just out of curiosity I checked backed the line-up when Celtic defeated AC Milan 2-1 just two years back.

Boruc
Naylor Caldwell Hartley Doumbe
McGeady Hartley Donati Jarosik
Brown
McDonald
One of Gordon Strachan's greatest line-ups. Look at that midfield, both Donati and Jarosik brought height and good heading ability, and Aiden and Paul both put in maximum effort. Brown was there too, just in front of the midfield and putting in a box to box effort. He was fit then. McManus and Caldwell had good performances all round them, Mick scored one and Gary made the other. They were not bad players then, but sadly they are no longer playing at that same level. Incidentally have a look at AC Milan.

Dida
Oddo Nesta Bonera Jankulovski
Ambrosine Gattuso Pirlo Seedorf
Kaka Inzaghi

Celtic Mac,

Hartley must have played a blinder that night, both in defence and midfield.

Martin.

celikbhoy87....is there hope for them, yet ?.....we might see Lenny as their manager yet....He He...!!!.....

Healy misses a sitter.....ah, me boyoooooo!!!

Off to watch the Bhoys now.......CHUCKIE...!!!!

Good luck to everyone attending the race night tonight.

Sadly, i can't attend due to being at work this evening. :(

Let's hope the money that's required to help Kano is raised tonight and all the Bhoys & Ghirls in attendance have a night to remember.

God Bless Kano.

Hail Hail

Celtic Mac

Thanks, for that insight I've forgotten what a Celtic midfield should really look like, and I said on here last week what we are seeing at the moment in midfield is the main reason for all, and I mean all of the Celtic strife. Warts and all, Jarsosik could shoot from midfield another long lost forgotten art at Celtic.

A two man and thereby too narrow midfield, is an unmitigated disaster, when your back four is already suspect, we must abandon any notion of two wide men, or wingers to give them their
proper name. I don't know why TM flogs the dead horse, maybe to do with the legacy of the type of players he has available.

It has to be McGeady the sole winger, or better still in the hole, with a radical change in the way we play the game.

The rise and fall, of Caldwell and McManus. what's gone wrong?

The way we are attempting to play the game, that is the answer.

HH

Martin42

Whoops! Paul could get around the pitch in those days, but of course it was Mick at centre-back left. I did miss one other player also, John Kennedy came on as a late substitute for Doumbe, who himself got a bad injury that night. Two good players who we never saw enough of.

roccobhoy

I'll be watching your team and my team even though I'm Scottish born and bred, I never feel as if
I am.

HH

McGinn played well, earned his MOTM award.

Paddy ( Pat) McCourt looked good too, in the last twenty mins, that will have done his confidence the world of good.

The two "North Of Ireland" pundits failed to draw attention to Nial's MOTM award when it was announced.

They are a strange lot.

Just before I head out the door Egypt score in the 95th minute to make it 2-0!

A playoff in Sudan on Wednesday beckons. Should be one heck of a game.

bankiebhoy1

Was it Gerry Armstrong? - is he a good guy, or a bad guy never can tell

HH

mcgeady on bench!

Trappatoni's been reading this blog...

Raymond Domenech is Martin O'Neill's "Thunderbirds" Doppellganger.

Didn't Oi tell you dat.....jeasus....do ye not believe anyting oi say....!!!

Aiden will come on in the second half and score a P(h)atrick ,,,,believe moi words !!!!!.....oh, getting excoited...!!!!

Bankie.......do you not know how to spell 'bigoted' lot? ..."strange" lot means something totally different.....

Good luck to Ireland tonight, it would be good to have one Celtic team in the finals given the other three have let us down, Scotland, Wales and Macedonia!

Bournesouprecipe.

Truthfully I've no idea. But you'd have thought it was worthy of a big mention...or even just a mention.

My "Tim" sensibilities would suggest that whoever it was probably found it anathema to acknowledge the fact, (though I did not follow most of the preceeding action.)
Though I'm aware of these things I don't like having to be so attuned. I guess we all learned a lesson with lenny's treatment.

At least we didn't have to suffer that scumbag "Steven ......?" Can't remember his second name who so lavishly rejoiced in Artur's misfortune at little ibrox, windsor park.

What I would say is, that when McGinn came off he did so to a rousing response from the crowd.

Perhaps there is hope after all.

Hail, hail!

Bankiebhoy1

Good luck to the Republic tonight and hope all those at the Kerrydale Suite have fun and raise the rest of the money needed

best wishes
P

67 Heaven.

You're probably right matey. If I'd been paying full attention to the rest of the game I might have made that judgement but was giving them the benefit of the doubt.

( we should always try to do the right thing and not adopt their standards.)

Paddy McCourt looked good in a central role some good forward passing.

Good luck Ireland.

1-1

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS....c'mon God's Eleven ... .........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CMAAANN EIRE

67heaven

Celtic arent playing? ;¬]

EN

c'mon the fightin' irish!

First chance I've had to comment since end of Scotland game.

Following on from observations already posted during game.

McManus and Caldwell must show an excellent attitude in training,because Strachan,Mowbray and now Burley consistently pick them as first choice centre halves.

This Wales game is further proof of their failings.Apart from the fledgling genius that is Aaron Ramsay,this is a young and inexperienced attack which repeatedly out-witted Scotlands defence.
Celtic and Scotland fans like myself know that as central defenders Mick and Gary are weak in the air and have no pace(both look slower and slower each week).

The less obvious failing is their lack of positional awareness.Either they've become really dumb at this or their lack of athleticism doesn't allow them to go where their brain is telling them to.
Young Welshmen and SPL minnows have now put 6 past them in two games.

Glaring evidence.

Btw,O'dea is no faster.
Loovens can at least head the ball,but also lacks positional knowledge.

New defence please,Santa!
(That's 3 years I've put up the same list and still only got a stocking full of fruit).

'Mon the Republic!

Bourne's : Gerry Armstrong is certainly one of the good guys.

ggh

bankiebhoy1

It's more of the same from them, talk about mixed up, how much more mixed up could a small
country be? Or is it really a country? - I forget.

Brave people that back the team alone regardless of creed.

Just watching the Ireland v France start up, not often you get the two best National Anthems on together, back to back. Those French love their Guinness as well apparently according to one banner.

HH

Celtic Mac and Bournesouprecipe,

As you say a right good Celtic midfield.

So what went wrong for Donatti and Jiri?

The supporters did not appreciate them, they were as often as not unkind to them to say the least.

However last year we kept urging Gordon to play the footballers, and yet when we had good footballers, we were more than reluctantto play them.

Funny old game this football.

Martin

Get McGeady on.

The fields being sung. Always good

Awe Naw,
My "prostrate"!,
God forbid THAT should ever go wonky.
Bad enough the way things are!

Did I "smear (you) with a non-existent accusation"?
What in the name of the wee man is "a non-existent accusation"?
An accusation that doesn't exist?
Not much of an accusation.
Do I have senile dementia?
Am I an alcoholic?
I know people who suffer from both.
I certainly am getting old, but I'm not really getting too excited.
However, I don't want to be too negative.
I like, "archetypal hun pundit".
And there are other thought-provoking phrases.
I suppose, "behaving myself" means not criticising you.

I think that it's you yourself who needs to take a tranquility pill and understand that your initial post was nonsense. I don't want to get too po-faced here, but it was dangerous nonsense.
The later post I commented on was just ridiculous pomposity.(as if pomposity is ever anything else!)
as for admitting to being a hun?
you tricked that confession out of me.
Curse you, Awe Naw.
But the common, more dim-witted bloggers will forget. I vow to work insidiously, from the inside, to erode the integrity of this blog. Much more kack to follow. (follow).
Hail Hail! :-)

Bournesouprecipe

Agreed, it's a different type of reality up there tho' but the colour of the sky is definately "Blue".

Anyways, to the game in hand, all I'll say is -

"Allez les Verts!"

HH

martin42

indeed, indeed, some wished them away, now look at where we are , still searching for
a midfield, and a striker, and centre halves - what is it all about?

garygillespieshamstring

thanks, thought that, an irish charlie ridiculous;_)

HH

Never mind Mcgeady,after watching his performance tonight how does McGinn not get a start........direct, pacy, gets the ball in quick.......are you watching Aiden?

glendalystonsils

careful you are not allowed to criticsise him on tghis blog, trust me.

Martin42
I think we all know the answer to that, Gordon was determined to play both McGeady and Nakamura, good players both, as wide as possible. No combination of two midfielders could support attack and defence, hence the increasing vulnerability of the centre of our defence. Naka came on as substitute against AC Milan. We did not get enough out of either Donati or Jarosik, even though both started well at Parkhead.

Evening Bhoys

For anyone interested I've one eye on our new Bhoy Ki Sung Yong playing for South Korea in a friendly against Denmark at the moment (the other obviously on events at Croke Park..!!)

I'm sure people can find the same live thread as I did without too much searching (hopefully this isn't against board rules Paul67/mods..??)

Hail, hail & Mon the Republic
LB

Martin42

Jiri is a big mystery for me. He started well , looked good in big games and I felt at the time we should build a midfield round him.

After Celtic he went straight to obscurity and I wonder if we knew something and that's why he got papped.

Deffo an enigma.

Celtic Mac

I will always fight Jarosik's corner. He was class but found the SPL beneath him

Lazy Bhoy,
I'm desperate to see the man in action.
I'm clinging to the hope that he'll galvanise the team in the second half of the season.

Ireland nullified due to Le Blues ball control.

0-0 27 mins

An ageing alcoholic, whose grasp on reality wavers, bids you all good night.

ireland miss a sitter

big miss

martin42
Interesting question what went wrong with Jarosik. I see he does very well in Russia. He is still on top form there. His Krylya Sovetov after 28 games is nineth (middle) in the table.
Donati is getting every game at Bari and does well too.

good defending actually

Zbyszek,

agree. both quality players. What did we do to them?

ireland creeping back into the game

Zbyszek

Jarosik had ability but the Spl was all wrong for him.
In the CL he was top class for CELTIC

Sevendouble

He's got fantastic control, vision, plays cross-field passes 30-40 yards with either foot & also takes the majority of their set pieces.

I've got my fingers & everything else crossed as well mate - just hope he picks up the pace of the SPL quickly (I remember it took Naka a fair wee while to get used to it....)

Ki's 6' 2", so hopefully be useful in the air as well....

Hail, hail
LB

KrakowBhoy 8:17

Come on you need to get over the McGeady thing, Ive seen plently of people critisize McGeady on here, to say 'you are not allowed to criticsise him' is nonsense.

Last week we had a discussion on McGeady, nothing more, people question posts thats part of CQN.

If he had been on from the start Ireland would be winning ;¬]

EN

Lazy Bhoy

could you compare him to another player?

EN

tongue in cheek

Lazy bhoy;
Compared to some of our recent signings he sounds too good to be true. I hope he is genuine quality because I do think we have quality in our ranks but we need a spark to ignite things and get us playing to our potential.

Zbyszek - My view on a lot of Gordon Strachan's signings is this (and I've said this before). He had an idea of the style he wanted to play. He, and his scouts, could spot this type of player.

Unfortunately he couldn't coach the style of football he wanted to play. I think Tony Mowbray actually can coach it, which is why Donati started to consistently look good rather than just in patches. It's a pity he had already made his mind up.

Hopefully Mowbray will get time to get some more players in, because so far it looks like the majority of the players he inherited aren't quite up to the job.

glendalystonsils & KrakowBhoy

Something came to my memory. I remember that one or two months after the departure, Jiri Jarosik gave the interview to the Russian press.
The jounalist asked him the question what went wrong at Celtic?
Jarosik answered that the weather was wrong, couldn't find communication with Gordon Strachan, couldn't understand why he was not getting the games e.t.c
He praised Krylya for letting him be back to lovely Russia.
There were more details in that interview. I thought about putting translation in here but gave it up. To be honest with you my general view was: Hola, my dear Jiri. People like you who one month after departure tell bad things about the previous club should have never been playing for the previous club.
But true. He was good player, but not for Celtic.

HT 0-0

Talking of Donati

"Donati 'angry' at Azzurri snub"

Wednesday 11 November, 2009

Massimo Donati admits he was “angry” after reading Cagliari players got into the Nazionale and he didn’t.

The former Celtic midfielder returned to Serie A in the summer for newly-promoted Bari and has impressed, but was not included in the Azzurri squad for friendlies against Holland and Sweden.

“Was I angry? On Sunday I was a little bit, yes,” he confessed to the Corriere dello Sport.

“On the other side, there is the awareness that if players from Cagliari and the other provincial sides can get into the Nazionale, then eventually someone from Bari could get in there…”

This time round Marcello Lippi has brought in new boys Davide Biondini from Cagliari, Livorno’s Antonio Candreva, Palermo wide man Mattia Cassani and Daniele Galloppa of Parma.

“Now I dream of doing something important with Bari and reaching the Italy side through this club,” said the 28-year-old.

“Before the end of my career, just once, I’d like to wear the Azzurri jersey. I do have regrets in leaving Milan too early, but that’s water under the bridge.”

Donati began his career at Atalanta and moved to Milan in 2001, but was repeatedly loaned out to Parma, Torino, Sampdoria, Messina and Atalanta before his 2007 sale to Celtic.

He was a regular in the Under-21 Italy squad, amassing one goal in 26 caps."

Football Italia

half time 0 -0

pulsating game

Estadio......God has 2 teams, fur God's sake.....!!!! ...very exciting game...referee's very good, letting the game flow (over the LIFFY) ...Duff's looking good.....!!!!!!

sevendouble on November 14, 2009 8:12 PM

LOL

Please criticise all you wish. Glad your in fine health. Consider me cursed ;-)

I take my posts as being labelled dangerous nonsense as a compliment as that was indeed my only intention. Better dangerous pompous nonsense than boring repetitive predictable kack.

I look forward to you watching your efforts in eroding the blog.

Hail Hail

EN;
I'm happy to criticise McGeady as i did in my earlier post, because I think he could take a leaf out of McGinns book on his display tonight. My opinion is based on the fact that McGeady could be a top,top player for us if he used his pace and ability to hurt defences the way McGinn did tonight.Cut out the unneccessary frills.

weeminger

I think you are right.
Strachan's style was all the time the same. Finally closer to his departure it was boring. He had the team that couldn't change the game.
For me classic is the game Holland v. Czech Republic in Portugal 2004. It was 2:1 after first half. In the second half Karol Bruckner changed Czech game and they won 3:2. Completely two different half from Czech Republic. Bruckner could change the game within fifteen minutes in the dressing room. Srachan couldn't do it. At least I can't remember Gordon's game like that one that Bruckner has had in Portugal.

Sevendouble.....why don't you try FF......might suit your mentality better.....?...the dark side beckons all you donald findlay acolites....Chuckie !!!!!!

I'd lie for you and that's the truth

Dinky Diamond/glendalystonsils

Being completely honest his actual playing style reminds me alot of Donati (tall, languid & classy on the ball), but unlike Donati he gives 100% for the whole game.

To put it bluntly he plays like Donati with a rocket his %r$e..!!

I woudn't want to put too much pressure on him, but he does look a bit special (if we can get the right partner for him in midfield so we can make the most of his talent).

He picks the bll up really deep at times - looking for an early long pass, & his partnership with Lee Chung Yong of Bolton is excellent (that's why the FC Seoul fans called them "The Double Dragons"). Not too sure what he'll make of Skippy, Sammi, Fortune though..??

The friendly finished 0-0 by the way.

Hail, hail
LB

Zbyszek,

Hear what you are saying re Jarosiks comments after leaving Celtic; I wish players could remember that they were getting paid wadfuls of dosh to warm a bench, and that sometimes things just dont work out, for a variety of reasons. At least he didnt say he was "only playing at about 60%" for Celtic, like Mark Viduka. That is s shocking statement, and a real slap in the face to fans - inexcusable.

Jarosik was one key reason why we got to 2 last 16's. He knew how to cheat in Europe. See Man Un game

Todays games got me thinking who was the last player to play for us who was uncapped at international level, was struggling but looks like its Marc Antone Fortuné.

Dont know who was last before him.

Artur Boruc - 43
Łukasz Załuska - 1

Andres Hinkel - 21
Gary Caldwell - 34
Stephen McManus - 20
Glenn Loovens - 1
Darren O'Dea - 1
Mark Wilson - 1
Lee Naylor - 3 at u21 level
Dan Fox - 1

McGeady - 28
N'Guemo - 7
Crosas - 2 Catalonia, 1 at u21 level with Spain.
Barry Robson - 6
Paddy McCourt - 3
Naill McGinn - 5
Shaun Maloney - 17
Zheng Zhi - 48
Wilfred 'Willo' Flood - 11 at u21 level
Koki Mizuno - 4

Georgios Samaras - 30
Scott McDonald - 15
Marc Antone Fortuné - 0
Chris Killen - 28

With all tha experience it makes you wonder just whats going on, probably more caps than the rest of the league put together. Info from Wiki as its more upto date than the official site.

Lazy bhoy,

sounds like he can only improve the team.

Zbyszek,
all the ability in the world's no good if the attitude isn't right. I don't think either Donati or Jarosik could handle the fact that they weren't getting a regular start.

Watch a classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MuKIbpyX7E

Larry.bhoy

True

My sclerosis is not very serious yet. Another thing just came to my memory.
The reason why I haven’t posted translation from Russian was very simple. I did not want to give ready material t for anti-Celtic media. They can’t find texts in Cryllic.
It was interesting interview but to many stupid things in it.

Glendalystonsils 8:58 PM

Thats my point, I was saying critisizing him is not banned as KR was saying, understand now it was tounge in cheek.

EN

Lazy bhoy

sounds decent. I always hoped he'd be perfect foil for Brooney and he may welll be. A fit Brooney will give us an added dimension that's missing. If only Scott can get forgiveness from the punters who are quick to jump on his back, which I do understand but just give more patience than others.

I fear for Ireland right now. France hoarding the ball lookng for a break thru.

This is the best game of the Strachan Era for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrpJpmecOJA

Zbyszek,

Good point on Cryllic; I cant imagine the Laptop Loyal being industrious enough to work out how they could translate - they really are lazy :-)

KR

Great run and cross for JvoH to miss a sitter at 1.40 and great bit of play to get the pass in to Donati for the winner.

EN

1-0 FRANCE

0 - 1 France

2-1 to Spain, Alonso penalty.

Krakow bhoy : Just watched the clip again v Manure.

Just glad Maloney didn't shove Naka out of the way to take it himself.

ggh

At last Ireland get serious about this game.

McGeady on.

McGeady on

garygillespieshamstring

me too

why do the irish & french players not have names on their shirts?

any1 know?

hail hail!

FT Spain 2 Argentina 1.

green white & golden eagle

Not every country does. Scotland only do it so that fans can pick out who is actually playing... Graham Dorrans and Don Cowie... then abuse the right player :-)

Bloke_109

The last few games I when they are lined up for the anthems theres been a few 'un-knowns' didnt reconise those two today, couldnt tell you which is which.

EN

Not sure on the Ireland tactics, but should they stick and take the 1-0 and live to fight another day, or go all out for an equaliser, knowing that it could leave gaps at the back. The wider point is that not many of those players have experience of a tw-legged game. McGeady in the CL, not many else. It's a different mentality.

Very much like Celtic v Arsenal game earlier this season, the more talented team win assisted by a deflected goal.

A sad night

Leon Best another one of those players with loads of tatoos, a sign of an EPL want to be, Id say no.

The French were very good in the second half.....we tired a wee bit....

Martin ONeill
Gordon Strachan
Giovanni Trappatoni

What do they all have in common?

EN ..... Leon Best no thanks, very poor when he came on. agree with 9.51 comment,very much like arsenal gane earlier.

SFFS

historyreader

They don't play Darren O'Dea much?

TootingTimAuthor Profile Page on November 14, 2009 6:42 PM

definately mate, they would really look foward to playin us then

hail hail!

historyreader on November 14, 2009 9:56 PM

they have all managed mcgeady

hail hail!

Ah love the way players get dismissed after being watched for 10 minutes in a game miles above the type of football we are involved in week in and out !

The boy Best might not be a brilliant player on the evidence of tonight but IF he came to Scotland he wouldn't be playing against French internationalists every week !

Historyreader

A distrust of the colour mauve??

EN

our centrebacks should get go-faster stripes tattoos

UC

At the end of the day two of our players have got to the World Cup and theres still a chance of two more joining them, well done the Celts.

Hope Hinkel and McDonald get picked for their squads to add to that.

all managed celtic except trappatoni

UC

Our centre backs ,should retire after today, roll on jan

Bloke-109

Listening to radio 5 commentary, the point was made that France could choose from 50 players currently playing in the Champions League. John O'Shea is the only Ireland player. That is the quality Ireland are up against. Not out of it yet though.

Bloke_109 on November 14, 2009 9:45 PM

lol, true mate. i thought it was compulsary in this day in age, especially for a fifa game (mainly for the benefit of the ref). . .

hail hail!

Class told in the end at Croke Park, although it took a flukey goal.

I think Mc.Geady should have been on earlier, as France had Ireland penned into the final third for all the second half, and Ireland needed someone to try and bring the team up the park.

Even at that, though, they had to very good chances.

In the Norn Irn game, the commentators, Robson and Armstrong, spent the whole game drooling over Mc.Ginn's performance and they probably missed the PA MotM announcement.

Mc.Court showed good touches and passing awareness in the short time he had, playing in centre mid.

historyreader

all have more than 2 N's in their name

UC

Was watching the Ireland game and it was interesting to compare the commentators comments(George Hamilton I think) on Damien Duff and contrast them with his comments about Aiden McGeady.

In the first half Duff picks the ball up outside the French 18 yard line runs 25-30 yards back towards the Irish goal tries to finally turn back towards the French goal and wins a soft free kick, cue the boul George " Duff's persistence wins Ireland a free" its 30 yards further back from where he got the ball mind.

Second half Stephen Hunt plays the ball behind Aiden as he tries to run at the French defence. George's comment "McGeady ran too early there and gifts posession to the French". Hunt played the ball 2-3 yards behind him but of course it was all Aiden's fault.

Don't get me wrong I do not believe that Aiden McGeady is infallible but why go out of your way to apportion the blame for everything to him.

A bit like the Huns I don't think the "West Brits" of the Irish media can ever forgive a Glasgow born lad for choosing Ireland.

Historyreader

They INSPIRE the players...put heart into them...

Owen...behave yerself...the Irish love McGeady......he was only on for c15 minutes

Historyreader

They are all proficient Chinchilla jugglers?

Ireland will score early on Wednesday....and that will panic the French......it's in the bag !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Historyreader

They dont publicly critisize their players?

EN

Slightly funny in that players like Ibrahimovic, Berbatov, Modric etc. won't be at the World Cup but Chris Killen will be.

67heaven

I said the media not the Irish public. You would hear a big change in attitude from Dunphy & co if he was pulling on a Reading or Sunderland jersey every week instead of a Celtic one.

Dunphy even had the cheek to slate Trappatoni's "Bankrupt" tactics. Right Eamon how many world cup winning teams have you managed?

History reader....will ye tell us the answer, for God's sake.......

are ye's watching the "dunphy 'n' souness show" any1?

hilarious

hail hail!

Realistically how much do you's think BTM will get to spend in Jan? I can't see a massive clearout, maybe 3-4 players out?

historyreader

Is it a morbid fear of clowns?

PeteTheBeat on November 14, 2009 10:17 PM

quality pal. . . i like it

hail hail!

( if it is then you can count me in as well!)

the green white & golden eagle

Was watching had to turn it off as Dunphy & co were doing my head in. See my previous comment above.

Has there been much of an uproar in Ireland at Fifa changing the rules for the play offs mid competition?

The desision to seed the playoffs stinks.

Bankie...absolutely brilliant !!!!!....(if history reader has gone to bed, I'll kill him)

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Serenity @ 5:41pm....

Your Best Yet Buddi....

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Off Out to Watch the Boxing....

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Estadio NacionalAuthor Profile Page on November 14, 2009 10:24 PM

not much, no1's mentioning it down the pub anymore, there was a few mumblings at the time but its long forgotten now. . .

unlucky to eire 2ngt, bad deflection for given. . .
good luck to them on wed night.

hail hail!

owen on November 14, 2009 10:12 PM

spot on owen. . . the commentators are a disgrace, but i'm well used to that by now. i just laugh at most of what they say, if i'm not frothing at the mouth with anger, lol

hail hail!

I see there was a Stephen Ireland interview today in which he justified his decision not to play for his country.
Amongst his reasons were the percieved Dublin bias in the selections and the unprofessional set-up (similar to Roy Keane's whingeing).
In answer, Dublin has about five times at least the population of Cork. As for the second reason, you'll see Drogba give his all for the Ivory Coast next summer. Don't tell me their preparations will be like Germany's.
Why does nobody say to Stephen Ireland, that you might just light up people's lives in the country by helping WC qualification, many of whom need a lift.
For the Irish on here who took great pleasure in the Grand Slam this year, could you have imagined Brian O'Driscoll retiring from international rugby at the age of 23?

I wouldn't worrry about Eamonn Dunphy's observations on anything, never mind football. He's a typical Jackeen, knows everything and done **** all. The Dublin attitude to Celtic stinks, as regards 90% of the population and commentators. If you think singing rebel songs is unpopular in Scotland, you should try most of the pubs in Dublin. Come to think of it, you could try most of the pubs in Belfast as well. Dunphy, by the way, wrote one of the first, and maybe the first, of the football books when he was at Millwall. He based it on one season, and it was well received, much in the way that the general public realise that babies can talk, and footballers can write sentences in a mostly ordered way. He had been on the books at Man U and was let go. In his opinion they didn't know what they had. His attitude hasn't changed much from that. Johnny Giles (and I hope he has them) is not too far behind him. Their newspapers are very much West Brit too. As an ex St John's player, although for not long enough, I convey all the best to St Galls in the All Ireland club championship.

Pete the beat

I'm from Dublin, not sure if you are Iirsh but Dublin does not have 5 times the population of Cork mate, possibly 3 but not 5 times.

Dont wish to start an arguement as I'm so so gutted with result.

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

Apparently I've just won the Bobby Lennox charicature at the Kano night!

G'night folks.

(historyreader, you owe us the truth!)

Gotta go

Bottle of Aldi's finest Argentinian Shiraz Bonardo calls. Bit priceier than my normal vino (E5.49) but will give it a shot, anyway the E4.99 stuff was all gone :-).

Probably be back on later hammered out of my tiny mind so you have all been warned.

Roccoboy
I'm only guessing that Dublin has a population of a
million or so and Cork 200k?
The main point was that the player implied that the cities were of equal size.
I am Irish but not too disappointed as I couldn't really see them doing the business over the two legs against a team of France's quality..
Sometimes it's better that it's over quicker.

roccobhoy

tough luck on your boys tonight. beaten by a better team, though tactically a bit to cautious by Trappatoni, but you expect that.

UC

Petethebeat

A million max for dublin (doubt if its that now with the recession and a lot of the ethnic minorities returning to their native land) Cork I reckon is 300 000.

Perhaps you are correct, perhaps its better to be put out of our misery now although I believe its only 90% over if we somehow score first in Paris then that 90% is grewatly reduced.

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

Ulster Celt

Aye its tough and I am gutted but France are far superior technically as u say!!

I'm not giving up complete hope but at the same time its going to be phenomenally tough.

One nil win in france extra time and pens is the absolute this most optimistic of tims can hope for.

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

go on andy lee

Historyreader - they've all played in World Cup finals ?

Watching tonight's game, 1st half Ireland should have been ahead, 2nd half France came out to show how good players can turn a game around, although I'm not a fan of alot of,imo, over rated premadonias, but, trust me McGeady's not the answer, at training, might be a world beater, but I don't see him at training, I don't pay my money to watch him at training, I pay to see Celtic performing at Celtic Park. I know there's rumours of unrest at Parkhead, but if the players are unhappy with the management, the correct wy to address it is to play out your skin to prove to the management that they're wrong, not to go on a tools down exercise, as imo, the're doing right now, sorry for the rant, but after 2 bottles of, for the benefit of Blanetyre Time, Austrailian merlot,I'm extreamly pissed off.

Owen,

Argentinian Shiraz ?

Hope you're eating red meat with it cos not good on it's own.

We blew it 2nite, IRL midfield was by-passed all nite, no service for Robbie or Doyle.

Jusqu'a mercredi mes amis.

Yer better off with Mrs Doyle fae Father Ted.

LOve

Father Ted is my all time favourite show.A great note on which to sign off. Goodnight

Whaur is a'bdy?

SwanseaBhoy

The Spirit of Arthur Lee

That must be the first time someones got almost half an hour of silence on here ;¬]

Go on, go on..

EN

SwanseaBhoy

Kano's Race Night.

EN

"Now what would you say to a cup, Father"

"FECK OFF, CUP"

WONDERFUL

LOL

EN

some good silence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1hIue3uxSg

Love

The Spirit of Arthur Lee

I watched that without realising I was still on mute, thought they were being clever..

Bring it on, go on, go on..

EN

bankiebhoy1 it was a morbid fear of clowns.

or

None of them saw Aiden McGeady as a straight in the team first choice player.

Although Aiden is not first choice I was surprised at his goal scoring at international level.

Is it 28 caps aged 23 and no goals?

Is he as good as he is going to get?

The Spirit of Arthur Lee

Forgot about Gomez, another band that suffered from the curse of the 00's, all their best work was in the 90's. Great stuff.

Goin to get liftit..

EN

SOAL

Had a night out last night with friends who explained the AL and Love thing.

Estadio Nacional

Why the EN at the end of your posts? We kinda know who you are.

Rod Stewart

Having weighed up all the evidence I can categorically state that its alright for the money I paid for it. I am not exactly a wine expert, I expect only 3 things from wine, not unpleasant taste, high ABV and low cost. Easily pleased or what?

That is the first time I have watched the game on the telly with the only background sound being the crowd ( Ireland v France)- for a short time in the fist half. The joy of that soon became a memory as yet another EPL lover (R Houghton) announced that an Irish lad had shown naievete in a breakdown of an attack as he was up against defenders from the EPL and La Liga . Sums it all up. Oh yes R Houghton - the FAI can flash the cheque book provided by Murdoch !

Lets stay where we are and win as much as possible !

ElDiegoBhoy

Just a signature much like the end of any correspondence.

Why ask?

EDB

Thanks for the invite

At Celtic Park there were always storys of players for example "Better than Dalglish",
Injurys "Poor John Kennedy",
Mind Set "George Connelly "
and Personalitys ie Gallusness Wee Bertie,
and then Jinkie who was a barometer for the Zietgiest of the team Force of Will "Mc Grain" come into play and the best will out.

Training Grounds shape them and form them but dont pick them,
Best team on paper, best formation etc means nothing - the true meaning of - Big Jock Knew.

Owen,

Glad to hear yer still supping away there lad.

Bonarda is a 'yet to be discovered' Argentinian grape varietal !

Does it say Syrah or Shiraz on the label ?

Sorry about this, its just that I spent a year in S.America teaching Eng (and Irish)..

Cheers Owen.

all i am saying is that jock knew how to pick/mould a team not he fans the players or the press.

What do you think i meant

ElDiegoBhoy

Admittedly you know many long term people on here, its hard to escape it with your mentions in what is the only subject you bring to the page.

But in your role as blog police I wonder..

You only seem to appear when its time to give some one stick, you did it to people with valid points the other night, when questioned you disappeared, not for the first time.

Being a long standing member of CQN I would have thought you would encourage debate, you start rammies and then go away and never answer your original claims.

Theres many times its not the hundercovers that get the blog to stop..

anditsthepoleagain

£31million in the red.

"Wee" David Murray Knew - but he didnae tell yees !!!!

Happy Days...............

Big Jock, Jinky, Bertie, GC, John Kennedy etc... - "Played fitba the Glasgow Celtic way"

Rod Stewart

One way or the other, although it might not seem that way at the moment, whether its with Mowbray or not.

I think a new dawn is approaching, only because i think we have bottomed out and can only go up again.

As for our neighbours i fear read as "hope"" things are worse than they are admitting to.

We must speculate to accumulate.

hope it went well tonight and everyone had a great time!!!

i would like to contribute for the cause, give me details on how to lads

e-mail from celtic about buying a brick there, anyone else getting a bit embarrased about the e-mails being received?

im cringing with some of the guff being sent to me!!

sorry i digress, hope it was a fantastic night, and hope and pray the big mans coming home

AK

Evening all.

Pity about Ireland's first leg tonight. Gubbed my treble as well.

Has anyone returned from the race night yet with any juicy gossip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQqyeWBZrLQ

The Establishment against the Rebels

antrimkev

I referred to the sales promotion ads on the big screens at half-time in the recent League Cup game as a 'video jumble sale'. The credit crunch has hit all retail outlets in one way or another, I guess the trick is not to lower the tone of the message. You're right that the e-mail bombardment is embarassing, and I think does nothing to encourage repeat purchase - too much of this and we'll all go 'och I'll get it on sale'. This is damaging - those in charge of Celtic retail are either car-boot sale tacticians and not marketing strategists, or are in a particularly bad way. You can't have your Bank Holiday Monday sale every day, and using every medium.

chris

thats what we expected to be honest, a sneaky 1-0 defeat

paris on wednesday, score first france equalize, a heroic failure

Chris sutton is a legend

Sounded like a very difficult Saturday night, hope yer coupon was up?

EN

EN,

Nope. Had Russia, Egypt and Ireland on a treble.

Did my designated driver routine tonight so I'm stone cold sober as well.

Hi Lads

just back from the race night,fantastic night,won a great prize
given by our polish friend Zbyszek,a giant signed framed jackie diezonoski celtic top, Zbyszek a cyber bottle of scotch to you for a superb prize

A very emotional evening, it was as well ,Il leave it for the committee to give you details on the money raised,its well worth waiting for

MAH

bloke 109

it smacks me of desperation

to think if we had of spent money in january we wouldnt be getting this nonsense?

during the 3 in a row i cant remember getting any of this?

Good morning all

As MurdochAuldandHay has already mentioned, a very good evening, and it's best that a committee member passes on the final totals. A rather emotional evening to be honest but a satisfying one.

I met so many people whom were user names only until this evening and given the fact I have had a few drinks, I'll pass on naming them for now in the event I inadvertently miss someone out.

Suffice to say I was privileged and honoured to meet many good friends and people tonight and look forward to the pleasure of your company at some point in the future.

TnT

God bless

Hail hail

Chris sutton is a legend

Since there was a lack of decent games I doubled my usual maximum stake and put it on Brazil and Spain.

Xabi Alonso is one of the greatest midfielders playing today..

EN

EN,

You have mail.

Just back in from the race night. What a fantastic evening. Like MAH I will leave it to the committee to give the final figure, all I would say is that I am so proud (again) to be a member of the Celtic family.

I also had the priviledge of being introduced to our most unassuming of hosts Paul67 and his wife. Paul without you none of this would have been possible. You should rightly feel extremly proud of your efforts as should the committee who have worked hard for this campaign.

Finally on a slghtly sour note leave off McManus and Caldwell. Whilst I am a critic at games it does us no favours to slag off our own players at OUR functions. Leave that to the low lifes in the press.

It was a pleasure to meet so many good Celtic men, Mouldy67, Bull67, Tinytim, Jonnybhoy, Chris1888 and many more.

Catman

EN,

Pity no-one told that to Rafa. His Liverpool side have looked totally disjointed all season, even when Gerrard and Torres have been fit.

catman

interesting what you say there

are you a critic of the chuckle brothers at games?

that statement reads to me i slag them at games but because

(a) 1 of them turned up

(b) the press turned up

i dont anymore?

dont know if its late or whatever but thats the way it reads

antrimkev

If I belive any Celtic player is not good enough I will comment at games, on line or in the pub with mates. However what I do not appreciate is going to a Celtic function and 2 of our players being continually put down.

Not good in my opinion.

Catman

catman fair enough

what happened tonight?

did any of the 1st team turn up?

No first teamers there due to the international break. George McCluskey and Tommy Boyd were in attendance.

Just in from the Race Night. Thanks to everyone who helped out, donated prizes, bought raffle tickets, bet on horses, bought auction items or came along to support us. You all played a part in an incredibly successful event.

Back in June we set ourselves a target of raising £50,000 towards Bringing Martin Home.

Tonight we presented Martin's father, Matt, and his sister, Mandy, with a cheque for £60,000!

It was a brilliant Celtic night, and an emotional one too. Further details, stories, photographs and videos to come tomorrow.

As well as the players Catman mentioned, Charlie Gallagher and John Fallon were also there.

Kano's dad and sister were also present tonight and were obviously very emotional. A mixture of pride, pain, gratitude, relief and respect would be an appropriate summary of their emotions I feel.

Love of Money

Love and Money..

catman

i take it there was a lot of abuse about our back 3!!! (jesus wept) from the scotland game then

that was against wales!!!

a near enough full strength scotland side v an under 21 wales side

to be honest not the right place but deserved!

seen on Celtic web pages Mcginn going in Jan for 1.5m. MOTM tonight for our sectarian statelet!

we are in a bad way big style

Gordon_J,

Truly incredible. What an outstanding achievement. Well done to yourself and the rest of the committee for all the time and effort you've put into making that size of cheque possible.

And of course well done to the Celtic family for always giving and giving and then giving some more.