Celtic tackle miserly Aberdeen's away record

mon the hoops!

thanks paul ,took me an hour to type that.

Eat my dust.

I am Nige

Nige am I.

Stars......we need a replacement for that tip....non runner

Fergus put me down for Norwich at home to Oldham

Near the end of TB's reign it started, continued with Wim and Dr Jo to a certain extent. Got intense when KD arrived and the same treatment happened to MON and GS as KD.

Now with TM !! As i say the media in this country are a disgrace and Jim Gannon was right. Nothing but "hacks" that aint got a clue.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8395213.stm

Never took Gannon long either to suus out the media in this country and were there allegancies lie.

I think McDonald will be hungrier than ever to bang in a goal or 3 after his howler on Wednesday.

Duffy's response to the "due diligence" question.

"No, I don't know that, but I'll look into it and get back to you".

Robbie Keane is not a great goalscorer, rather a scorer of great goals.

He spends too much time in the mid field to be an out and out goalscorer.

merc - Your mum's a feat. (thumbsup)

lets hope that we keep it tight at the back tomorrow, watch the fouls around the box as wee Charlie finds that far too easy, hope skippy can read the line n not get caught offside as much!!

Just to keep the CQN coupon together on the new thread;

TnT Rochdale
GL2 Norwich

Horse is a non runner!!!!!!!!!

We would like to point out that our client does not wish to be taken literally. He is aware that children read this site and is keen to make clear that he is not exhorting anyone to eat dust, whether it be of the angel,moon or gold variety.

WGS,

Thanks for posting the article about Tony Mowbrayform the BBC.

The end of the article says it all really.

Typed too fast there.

Too many in on the plan.....price gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

merc

I wish YOU would shut up.

You are at the end of a long line of negative posters on here
go find another place to troll on.

A third win will end a decent week for us. Don;t expect them to drop poitns against Falkirk, but you never know.

Nigel Mansell's lawyers - Damon Hill was a much better role model to the youth of today.

Gordon_J

I take it Rangers are away at Falkirk (well, a sort of home from home). I too don't hold out much hope for them dropping points but,as you say, you never know!

thomthethim - I think Keane would find the SPL's defenders a little more generous than the EPL's. Saying that I thought Sammi and Fortune would .

philvisreturns

we concur.

TnT/FSTB/EN

I will take Charlton at home to Southend

BT

this working is no good...

vmhan sorry I haven't been able to pick up...

Why do people keep talking about Robbie Keane for Celtic?

I've heard this rumour for years, but can't understand the fixation. (thumbsup)

Big game tomorrow, could mark the beginning
of TM's career, for the first time this season the
Celtic line up is predictable.

Must a be a good sign Mon the Hoops

now google for how to complete a betting
slip

HH

Tangerine Dream
Aye your one as well,end of

Twisty/Stars,

I see both All of Me and Happy Reunion are n/r's tonight.

Oh well!

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

thomthethim (12.10pm), and RK still outscores MAF for fun!

At £1.9M per goal Celtic could have had better value for money by paying Leeds £20M for Jermaine Beckford at the start of the season!

ernielynchtangerinedreamjoshyboymerc

Its all the same to me.

TTT

I guess it didn't travel well or was coughing or something similar...I'm glad it's out to be honest..don't want my hard earned on something that coughing like Jack Duckworth!

Paul67 – If we keep the changes to a minimum and we are more than halfway to the three points on Saturday.

I'd start with the same team as Wednesday. More than anything, it's about grinding out results just now, if only to build some confidence.

dont hold up any hope of the manky mob dropping points at Falkirk, so we better have the alls for a hard game tomorrow as McGhee,s men will be well up for it, lets hope Loovens/Heid can bully Lee Miller out the game!

Nigel Mansell on December 4, 2009 12:03 PM

Eat my dust.

I am Nige

-----------------

That reminded me of Blazing Saddles for some reason.

A win tomorrow and even the most negative amongst us would have to concede that progress has been made. I would love a 3-0 confident looking Celtic and if they play as they did for spells on Wednesday they will get that comfortable win. 1 gripe would be Fox think he may need dropping for a couple of games, he does not look like playing his way out of this massive dip in form from his pre Scotaland cap days.

voguepunter,

Suppose the len' of a tenner's out the question ?

Jockybhoy - from previous article

I posted that we are at our lowest European ranking in the last 10 years.

details on bert's site : serious statto stuff.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/

Tangerine Dream

When will I get it back?

TTT/Stars

Both his horses out so I guess something has happened in transit??

***CQN COUPONers***

My selection this week:

Leeds home to Huddersfield

Good Luck Lads
HAIL! HAIL!
Token

voguepunter,

When we win 3 in a row.

That's got ya sweatin' !

Just to keep the CQN coupon together

TnT Rochdale
GL2 Norwich
BT Charlton
TTT Leeds

Any of the regulars on here notice a distinct rise in "possible imposters" on here in the past few weeks?

Either that or our fans are becoming increasingly hard to please.

Tangerine Dream

Sorry cannot wait two and a half seasons.

Vinibhoy

Some of our fans have always been hard to please!

Merc, deleted, language. This is a Celtic site.

Tangerine Dream, deleted, language.

Steinreignedsupreme, agree.

voguepunter,

Meant 3 GAMES in a row !

I get it back tomorrow then ,that's not bad.

Paul67 I'll take the moaning marcupial (copyright 001 Bhoy)and Aiden to score a goal apiece, 2-0 will do nicely.

Hail Hail

voguepunter,

...and I'd be glad to repay it with interest !

Off to wash my mouth out with soap & water now ( Paul's watching )

We should easily have enough to beat Aberdeen.
Only concern is weather our 2 CH's can cope with the physical presence of an extrememly average CF in Lee Miller.

twisty did you get that message I left ye on F'book?

HH

Carlisle finding some form at last, away to Gillingham tomorrow.

Scoring draw.

Paul67 - Any opinions on Tudhope being ousted from PPG?

Vinibhoy

Celtic fans are becoming more and more difficult to please. I think the nouveau-Celtic fan is especially hard to please. Having attended most home and away games while Rangers won nine titles in row and then witnessing the revival of fortunes once we won the league under Jansen through to the present day, I must say I think we are a long way from the doom and gloom you read on here. Having said that, I think we have some serious problems at the moment in terms of playing staff and supporter indifference but things ain’t as bad as some on here would have you believe. I’m not having a go at anyone in particular as some fans may not have suffered the really bad times therefore their perspective will be different from others.

Voguepunter – surely we’ll do 3-in-a-row tomorrow ;)

As for imposters, there are always some on sites like this – I was always taught to ignore the dafties and they’ll go away.

Paul67, can you provide me with some info please?

On the Rangers takeover, the Florida guy, and their accounts, show that they have approx £115m in assets. What exactly would these be?
OK they have Ibrox but unless you want to buy that and use it as a football stadium, surely thats not got a great value as to develop the land, you would have huge costs incurred in demolishing the stadium?
They have Murray Park but that is on green belt so they would not be allowed to build on it so again, unless you want to buy training facilities, well its only of use if you have sheep and cows. And there has been a worldwide crash in property prices but their figures do not reflect that.

So where does this £115m figure come from? Certainly not the team valuations?

By contrast, Celtics accounts show a figure closer to £56m for assets.

Can you explain to us mere mortals how these figures are calculated?

BigChipsUKAuthor Profile Page on December 4, 2009 12:25 PM

Mac1888 on December 4, 2009 12:20 PM

At the rate of return based on Keane's cost,he would have to score about 100 goals a season.

Keane is a player who runs about the middle of the park and into the channels. I'm not decrying the boy, but we have an abundance of players who do that,and Robbie excites and frustrates in equal measure. Again,we have plenty of candidates for that job.

He is more highly thought of at International level than at club level. A bit of a David Healy.

Paul67 - as well as the language violations, can you do something about the deteriorating standard of spelling and grammar on this site?

Perhaps you could put a red cross and a frowny face beside the posts of miscreants. >:-(

Tony Mowbray has the Scottish/ rankers media m/c sussed....

Mowbray said he had been unhappy with some newspaper coverage of his time at Celtic.

He said: “I am a pretty open guy, but if what I say keeps getting used against you every week then why should I keep falling into the same trap. It isn’t positive, it’s negative.”

Linky thing is here:
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks-ignore/mowbray-says-his-critics-are-affecting-his-family-1.989574?

HH

G’day to those who are in love, and those who come from Oz
G’night to those who sleep alone and all night scratch their (whit!!!!)
G’morn to those whose dawn has broke, and where the sun has rose
Good afternoon to all the rest who urnae part of those!

Hail hail

Estadio

.

VMhan....

The Moaning Marsupial....has Capital M's....:O(

001

thomthethim on December 4, 2009 12:48 PM

You're right Keane would be rubbish in Scotland, better off with Kevin Kyle.

Who would you like to see up front? and how much would you be willing for us to spend on that player?

Keane brings far more than just goals, bums on seats, ticket sales, good will from the fans, a captain, an idol for the fans to unite behind.

But of course it would involve spending money and showing some ambition, I'm sure you wouldn't want the board to do that after all look at Leeds United and Rangers tsk tsk.

DD

thomthethim

"Keane is a player who runs about the middle of the park and into the channels. I'm not decrying the boy, but we have an abundance of players who do that,and Robbie excites and frustrates in equal measure. Again,we have plenty of candidates for that job".

thanks tom

Could anyone suggest a player that could do a job for us in the manner that they think we are needing most.

just a humble request

philvisreturns on December 4, 2009 12:50 PM

Can we agitate for thumb screws as well?

SoS/ 001 Bhoy/ Aussietim et al ..... me bad.

HH

Vmhan

I answered it last night...

OK Folks..ma furst hoarse is beat so ah'll head into toon furra shoppin' afore Mrs T arrives later tonight..

Laterz..well it'll be tomorrow probably..

vmhan - Why would anybody want to perform intercourse with a thumb?

Vinibhoy on December 4, 2009 12:32 PM
Any of the regulars on here notice a distinct rise in "possible imposters" on here in the past few weeks?

Either that or our fans are becoming increasingly hard to please."

It isn't possible that there are no imposters on here.....It is in the interests of our main competitors that there is division and unrest amongst our support, in some ways it is by far their best chance for success...

these imposters may be individuals who think they are doing good work, they might be more organised than that, they might be hired and paid and holding a PR/damage limitation contract with Rangers, some might even be Rangers employees......

they could be any, all or none of these .....what is certain however is that there are posters on here who do not support Celtic, and haven't declared that.....

not that we haven't got unhappy fans...we have......but some of the posters on here only post criticising the club, and are nowhere to be seen when things are going well

in that sense it's not unlike the main stream media, with journalists pretending to support teams they don't ....i have no objection to individuals like derek johnstone....he states who supports and makes no attempt to hide his loyalties.....fair enough, i don't agree with much of what he says but at least he isn't hiding behind a lie....individuals like, keith jackson, darrell king and ewen cameron stand out for 2 reasons....their lack of quality and their dishonesty.....unfortunately for them they are in a failing industry and their lack of quality will put their career's at risk.....you can't say they don't deserve it

My god have they no concept of a sporting event.

Surely even with that Catholic education they should know to keep their politics for a more appropriate time.

Especially that harlot Emily Widing Davison.

Oh. Lordy lordy she should have known better. The sport of kings will forever be tarnished by the excesses of “WOMEN”!

When it comes down to the really important things we all know that there is a time and a place for asking for the vote, and it surely isn’t Tattenham Corner.

Pimms anyone?

Anyone got an action replay. I do think she may have been overplaying the broken neck and burst spleen.

Well that’s political activists for you! God knows we might end up with a woman in charge.

Har Har Har!

Hail hail

Estadio

docmcdoc

Leroy Lita I believe could do a job upfront for us, WGS however appears to like him and he has been scoring for Boro recently prior to that he had a few loan spells and would have been avalaible for >£1m I reckon.

MMITCH

Lo Lita would do a better job!

hail hail

Estadio

barcabhoy - "these imposters may be individuals who think they are doing good work, they might be more organised than that, they might be hired and paid and holding a PR/damage limitation contract with Rangers, some might even be Rangers employees......"

I don't think that's hard to believe. It is well known that they have employed a PR agency to influence the media for years.

As you say, there are certain names who regularly crop up on here and only ever spread negative rumours and bad vibes about Celtic.

Afternoon Bhoys and Ghirls.

Apologies for the off topic post, however some of you may be able to help me.

I`m arranging a friends Stag trip to Cork in February and am looking for any inside knowledge on what might be good to do and where might be good to go.

I see it has a greyhound track/stadium. Is that any good? It looks ok on the tinterweb.

Any other ideas?

Cheers and mon the hoops tomorrow. I reckon Sammi may be starting to come good for us again.

Hail Hail
jamiebhoy

RogueLeader, yes, fascinating goings on at PPG which is an indication of what is happening across the group.

The old guard will go, that is the easy part, putting a sound business together is a lot more difficult.

Bobbycfc, as you have figures, the assets figure for Rangers is largely an opinion as opposed to a realisable figure.

Murray put £50m into the club in a debt-swap a few years ago, this is included in that figure, as is the revaluation of Ibrox and their other property assets, as are player contracts. This totals much more than £115m but against this they deduct the losses on the profit and loss account.

Philvisreturns, too troo (sic).

Havent posted since we threw away the league but have read the site everyday, I am passed my pissedofishness with the team...
what about these signings sol campbell, jermaine beckford, nicky shorey, robbie (a dream, I know)
I think we could get them at a reasonable price tho its about getting people out the door too
any thoughts?

DD - we are in too much debt to even contemplate such an audacious signing ;) lets just look around the Championship, Estonian and French second divion .I'm certainly throffing at the mouth thinking about our potential January signings.

BrazilsTormentorCSC

Estadio

Was waiting for that! I always get that reaction in the pub when I put him forward. Tbh I sometimes do it just to stop the pointless debate which goes on about Robbie Keane a player who will never come to Celtic until well passed his sell by date!

Anyway Leroy for Celtic!

Mac1888 - "I'm certainly throffing at the mouth"

>:-(

Ah so we are full of fifth columnists now.

Celtic supporters! Criticism? Never?

Away and wash yer mouths out with Sulphuric acid.

I reckon that those who continually support an obviously incompetent bunch of chancers are sad losers who wouldn't know the way to Celtic Park if you put them on yer knee in the north stand.

But hey.

Just let's criticise anyone who has a mind of their own and holds a different view.

Stepford wives quick news beckons

hail hail

Estadio

MMITCH - "a player who will never come to Celtic until well passed his sell by date!"

>:-(

>:-(

barcabhoy @ 1.02pm

Ok, I admit it hands up you got me.

Damnit, just when my next batch of moonbeams i was promised were due in the post too!!!

Need to think of some other way of throwing my fellow huns i mean bares off the scent of MR(Sir) Murrays 31m debt riddle.

Back to the drawing board for a new blogger name.

And i would have got away with it if it wasn't for that pesky barcabhoy:¬)

Beckford will no longer go for a reasonable price (Leeds have mentioned £6m on more than 1 occassion) he should have been signed 18 months ago as now, sadly a league one player is out of our reach.

Estadio - "Stepford wives quick news beckons"

Sexy. (thumbsup)

Hail, hail

A bit more comment on contemporary Scottish mores, and some other stuff

If you have a spare minute or two, have a bit of a read please.

http://sport.stv.tv/opinion/142031-get-off-your-moral-high-horse-over-tiger-woods/

http://news.stv.tv/opinion/142019-whats-the-point-of-devolution-if-you-cant-spell-it/

philvisreturns

What can I say I have moved my desk outside the classroom.

philvis

Can't believe you missed kikinthenakas post and the use of the word/phrase "pissedofishness". Not sure if that is a spelling, grammar or language violations. How many frowns does that merit?

Estadio on December 4, 2009 1:12 PM

Golf clap to that one chief.

The mind boggles at times.

DD

MMITCH

Get back to being madmitch. You were good value for bits and bytes then.

(That is if you can take being regarded as a quisling, and underminer of all things celtica, and possibly someone who has an opinion!!)

Did you notice that, I used a small 'c' for celtica. Obviously a Hun (with a capital 'H' -does this man know no shame?)

Sackcloth and ashes tomorrow!

Hail hail

Estadio

From Football Rumours

I am a rangers fan i heard 2day that celtic have bid £4million for kevin thomson of rangers ...any truth in this ??????

http://www.football-rumours.co.uk/

More like it ;) lol

It should be obvious that Keane is a fantasy signing in the current circs. Even Pavlyuchenko is beyond us at the moment.

If we must discuss fantasy signings, he really doesn't figure on my list.

We should sign a life coach and therapist for McDonald. We could afford that i reckon.

PaulMcGrathshouldhavebeenaCelt - Need to think of some other way of throwing my fellow huns i mean bares off the scent

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Philvis

As many as mine for the catastrophic pluralisation?

Estadio I am not madmitch, more is the pity his posts it would seem were far more interseting than mine and certainly more grammatically correct!

Philvis,

Now you mentioned thumbs and (social) intercoyrse.

Hail hail

Estadio

via_nirone - "We should sign a life coach and therapist for McDonald"

Hopefully not the one from the Shawshank Redemption. (thumbsup)

wild west, loving your writing on the stv site. keep up the great work

Now why was that a bleedin y when I meant to type a u
An I an a or just an e a vowel would simply do
An r could be accepted 2
An s or just a t
but no not me, I blame the huns a y it had to b

Hail hail

Estadio

MMITCH sorry!

Estadio on December 4, 2009 1:17 PM

you get out of the wrong side today ?

nobodies trying to stem criticism....if that was the aim, i wouldn't be able to have my regular go at our CEO......that there are Rangers supporters who appear on here at the wind up is surely beyond arguement

Danny Boyle, Blaser-Brown and Charlie Donnelly - No, you get a thumbsup for use of extra syllables. (thumbsup)

Estadio - All this red-hot thumb action must be what it was like on Thumbelina's wedding night. (thumbsup)

Philvisreturns isn't that how u spell it?

Damn again caught out, i should really keep my hands in my pockets and my mouth shut!

WAuTPbrnwns
(We are(Usually)the people but right now we're not sure):¬S

MMITCH

It is hard not to be grammatically correct when you live a universe of acronyms.

A typical madmich maddening missive would comprise the following..

Paul67

AR is not DE, but CD has a lot to FA about now that DF eats his U2 with a big HG.

I'm not sure which is more concerning TY or HADFERTY.

Your opinion would be VG.

MM

Hail hail

E.S.T.A.D.I.O.

jamiebhoy

Have not been to Cork Greyhound Stadium for a while, but was very happy with the place last time I was there. Grub not too bad at all, only downside is its a little bit out of City Centre. They used to run a bus back into town at the end of the night don't know if they still do anymore though.

As for other places haven't a clue. All I know these days is the usually "Family day out" type of thing. Probably not what a stag doo are looking for :-)

Depending on your dates you might be able to take in a Hurling or Football game.

Also look up the Friars Walk Tavern a great Celtic bar.

barcabhoy
I'll be honest and I kinda quite like them on the site, their posts are usually dogs do do and shows them for what they are, edward excepted of course, there are some celtic fans who are negative and have been for as long as i can remember, I sit beside a couple and lubo and henrik got it for a while! there are others here and at the game who criticise anything and everything, these people also have their pet hates, ie players, doesnt matter what they do, still get it in the neck,
pissedoffishnesscsc

jamiebhoy, great fun can be had HERE

Me and the kids are going back for round two on the 27th ;o)

Best to book in advance tho' !

pablophanque

It is a matter of historical record that a contributor to this site (Paul never named him or her) had an email address that contained the characters "coisty1690".

I believe what Barcabhoy said about Media House orchestrating some of the discontent. Paul should take it as a great compliment.

As regards genuine dissatisfaction, not to say disaffection, among genuine Celtic supporters, it is perfectly in evidence at Celtic games. I say 'genuine' because I believe it would have been too much to ask even of Media House to orchestrate in-the-flesh dissent.

People have to have a right to voice concerns but I fear sometimes that some of us, after we helped Fergus topple the old regime, imagine that to have been more than a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The things we complain about now are small compared to that turn of events. Thank God.

Come on the Hoops.

Another From Transfer Rumour's

Everton are preparing a £9 million bid for aiden mcgeady and wigan are ready to offer 4million for scott mcdonald. as roi are not going to world cup st ledger will sign in jan along with concalves from hearts, caldwell will also stay at celtic signing a new contract with bonuses in place to top up wages if club win cups and league titles.the new korean boy will only last about 6 months then a huge bid will come in from epl for him

Think he gives a flying duck about pluralization ,spelling or paragraphs.

Naw and why should he ? Because he's not posting on CQN lol

E.S.T.A.D.I.O.

Extreme Seal Training And Dolphin Indulgence Action?

By philvisreturns on December 4, 2009 1:36 PM
E.S.T.A.D.I.O.

Extreme Seal Training And Dolphin Indulgence Action?

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Hi, I'm looking for a bit of advice.
I stopped going regularly to Celtic park about 5 years ago (still manage a few games a season)due to the birth of my first son. I have been given the go ahead by my wife to take him to his first game and have tickets for the game this weekend, we're in 408 (all going well it will be season tickets next season). I don't normally drive up but because of his age I thought I would take the car. We'll be going early so I can take him to the superstore but I'm unsure where to park. I know parking is a nightmare. Any help would be much appreciated.

Sal

Perhaps Paul could set up an entry test for newcomers like "who were the first club on these shores to win the big cup in Europe and in what year?" You have 15 seconds to submit an answer. Incorrect and timed out answers lead to only one logical conclusion. Invasion attempt by a bear.

If there's anybody reading this at the CP ticket office, can you answer the bloody phones, I've been phoning all you're numbers since 12 O'Clock, I want to spend some money.

:¬(

sal paradise

they have free parking I think at the back of the celtic end before you get to the creamery car park across from the burger vans, it is looked after by stewards but think u have to be there at least an hour before

kikinthenakas

Sal

it all depends on the direction your coming from and going too. And how far your willing to walk!

By philvisreturns on December 4, 2009 1:37 PM

astonished of forehead

HH

Sal

it all depends on the direction your coming from and going too. And how far your willing to walk!

Barcabhoy

Not been to bed yet.

But there has been a definite drift over the months to assume that criticism means 'one of them'.

I could quote so many times that individuals have been told to go back to FF, or the dark side, or school, or bed or anything apart from just arguing the point.

People that I hasten to add are as Celtic through and through as possible.

Now what has happened is that those who have been maligned (and you ought to see some of the e-mails I get, as my handle links to my address) have decidided that occasionally a wee game is a biy of fun.

It happens every night up the pub and if for saying the same up there as some do on here resulted in being called a hun, then raucous laughter would be the first reaction and then.....well I leave that to your imagination.

For instance, Auldheid I believe is a board plant, and if he's not then he should apply for a job. But I still think he supports Celtic. But perhaps he just wants to see us going down the road of perdition. Perhaps he is that rare incarnation of a numerate hun.

Or how about this, CelticQuickNews was formed on the back of a view that the traditional media were manipulative and needed to isolated and then ignored.

Surely no one would then go and use STV as a means to have a dig at Celtic fans, not right in front of the stadium anyway. Impossible..of course.

hail hail

Estadio

Donegal resident - "You have 15 seconds to submit an answer"

If only we had some sort of ED-209 robot. (thumbsup)

Sal Paradise - Think you'l find all you need here....

http://www.scottishgrounds.co.uk/celtic.htm

scroll down a bit

Thanks Kickinthenakas, I know where your talking about, I hope to be there before that so hopefully this will do.
docmcdoc, I'm coming from the west (Elderslie). As far as walking, knowing my son, as little as possible.

Sal

Sal Paradise

If your coming along London Road google map 'G31 4PF' looks good for spaces if your early. I usually park further back towards the CSC (Methen Street)

EN

Estadio - What is a board plant? Is it similar to a bored plant but a typo?

YawningCactus CSC

philvis
Class. Robocop kicked ass.

RogueLeader

'What is a board plant?'

A cabbage?

RL

Well it sure as hell isn't a Board Plan!

Phil

That was m.u.r.d.e.r. and there should have been one!

hail hail

Estadio

Ever been flashed by a speed camera then spent the next few seconds optimistically listening for thunder.

Thanks to everyone for the advice.
If we win tomorrow I'll try and bring him along to every game as a lucky mascot, if we lose I'll blame the wife for making me take that greetin faced little jinx along.:)

Sal

Bournes

Respect.

ASTOUNDED OF FOREHEAD!!!

Brill

Hail hail

Estadio

Id like to see us come out with a quick start tomorrow attack them from the off and try and get the game won quickly. Glad Paul67 reminded of Scott McDonald's record against them and Aiden McGeady's performances. Hopefully we get another McGeady MotM performance and McDonald goals, he is due at least one in this game, probably the first..

Play with confidence and get three wins in a row.

docmcdoc on December 4, 2009 12:56 PM

The type of player we need ,imo, would be more Michael Owen than RK. Someone who would hang around inside the box and leave the foraging to others.

A fitter Skippy could easily fulfil the role, providing the service improved. I think it is in the service department that we need to concentrate on.

donegaldanny on December 4, 2009 12:56 PM

thomthethim on December 4, 2009 12:48 PM

"You're right Keane would be rubbish in Scotland, better off with Kevin Kyle."

Are you at your old tricks again? Putting words into people's mouth.

I said that Keane is not the type of player we need as we have an abundance of players who frequent the midfield and occasionally score great goals. Think David Healy.

You also said.

"Keane brings far more than just goals, bums on seats, ticket sales, good will from the fans, a captain, an idol for the fans to unite behind."

A lot of supposition there. I presume you are trying to play the old Irish card there, are you?

Still, if bringing RK to Celtic Park would renew your credentials as a Celtic supporter, maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing.

The question is, would the return of one soul justify the financial outlay? Hmmm.

See, I can do sarcasm too. Now get back to your work!

Anyone see this Q&A session in the ET with the guy who might be managing a take over of Rangers?

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/editor-s-picks-ignore/q-a-graham-duffy-answers-questions-on-his-plans-for-fans-buyout-at-rangers-1.989433

I know I shouldn't be surprised at the old media but this, following on so closley to the the ET's front and back pages a week or so ago about RST calling for a boycott of Lloyds, is a complete joke.

The might as well just call themselves the RST newsletter! It's now gone beyond the usual suspects just supporting Rangers in the media, the Eevning Times now seems to be the public face of a small niche (and slightly hysterical) group of fans. I suspect Darrell King is the link....

Bournesouprecipe

Im not saying a word..

GC5 on form again today

EN

Sal

I come up from the south and usually park across the road from the celtic club off london road. this is about 5 - 10min walk from the ground. this takes back out to the M74 but you can get on the M8 from it and go west. I dont hed that way so you might be get a better option from someone that does.

good luck and hope you and the wee man enjoy the game!

Good Day All,
don't know if thishas been posted yet, but great knews for Big John

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iWMMyKSXhBt9HNhObrsY9fcSzWaQ

from then Press Association

gsu

EN

Mogga starts tomorrow, team line up
automatic 50,000 plus I'm so confident I'm buying two paradise windfalls

HH

thomthethim on December 4, 2009 1:53 PM

I presume you are trying to play the old Irish card there, are you?

You say that as if its a bad thing? Whats wrong with playing the Irish card?

Am I right in thinking you said you were from Donegal? Wouldn't be St Johnstone by any chance would it?

DD

EN

sent him it months ago:-)

HH

thomthethim on December 4, 2009 1:53 PM

Think David Healy.

The difference being Keane is actually a class player who's played at the highest level both in club terms and internationally?

Inter Milan? Liverpool? Tottenham Hotspur?

No lets not think David Healy.

DD

Sal in the near future your son and other young up and coming Celtic fans wont know what all the fuss was about getting trains to Central station and pounding the road to CP or the problems tearing your hair out trying to find somewhere with parking spaces.

Due to our famous stadium beiong chosen as the venue of the opening ceremony for the 2014 commonwealth games, which will be attended by her Maj none other, aren't we to be honoured? The East end of Glasgow will become the hub of the games with the 'Commonwealth village' being built in the area.

Due to this i'm led to believe that the construction of all new transport access links to the Parkhead area will be underway soon to co-incide with the start of the games so we shall soon be able to get a train and/or underground right to the door of our home to watch the Bhoys in action.

It's fantastic in it's own right but a HUGE bonus is the Huns are raging we are getting £ spent on us and the fact that Lizzie's coming to our place for the day with the tricolour and all flying freely on the roof of our stadium along with most probably the League flag. Ibrox is getting Cycling and shot put or something i think and that makes me laugh, no wonder their raging Chris Hoy will be forty and fat by then!!!

Who knows, maybe they will even name a train station 'Celtic Park' now that would be something eh???

I hope BTM can get his 3 consecutive wins?, as I believe the man needs a bit of slack with the supporters never mind the media.

I hope we beat Aberdeen with style and goals tomorrow and although the Big Guy has made some strange tactical switches? I for one will be cheering hard at Celtic Park for him as We all need to show our unity with the manager and his team!!

Anyone think the reason McGeady's stepped up a gear in the last few weeks is because he's wanting a move next month ?

Calling all horsey men

Had the first at Sandown,but there was a lassie at the counter
and got a riddy (spl)and did about turn.

Since the first 3 games in the season we've not won 3 league games in a row.

Time to find some consistency.

SAL

Right since I'm in Oz you can have my secret parking space. No kidding.

In fact before the Celtic v AC Milan game a few seasons back, I was parking up with Big T, Paul, Pat, Mick the Gunner (mate from London), and Maggie the squeeze.

I opened the door and like a tube of toothpaste the contents spilled out (or in Maggie's case sort of oozed sexily out) of the sudden opening.

A fella came up to me and checking his shoes for stray maggie-ooze he said.

"Ah widnae park there mate, folk are watchin!"

I looked around and so they were.

"Aye, so whit?" I saked.

"Well they'll know that anyone can park there, won't they. Next week someone else will take the space"

There are moments in life when reason no longer applies and I asked him.

"should I move the car then and leave the space empty"

"Naw, I widnae get the pound fur lookin after yer car then wid ah.Ahll get somebody else's on Saturday"

Anyway, cross London road frae the greendyke road side, turn right into the estate, turn right at the junction, turn left, turn first right and on the corner there is a wide pavement. No one parks there apart frae me and anyone who might have been watchin that night.

I've never failed to park there.

hail hail

Estadio

lubo1977 - You are probably right but pity them and laugh instead of getting worked up.

First we had Dave King. We all knew it was mince due to his "little problems", when the game was rumbled they moved their hopes onwards.

Then it was the Florida "billionaire". When it turned out he is in fact a pretty low "millionaire" with a string of failed businesses the RST have about turned and instead of him being the great white hope and "only show in town" that he was last week, today and yesterday he is being spun as merely a player in a larger consortium. Which has again been downgraded from being the front man in a consortium that he was at the start of this week. Of course this is a Dubai based consortium...erm that is the last base you want for a consortium after this weeks events I would suggest.

They are desperate. The more cerebral among them know how dire the situation is. The rest are just grabbing onto to any passing log in an attempt to sustain their dwindling hope.

The facts as I am aware is no consortium have officially stepped forward. No due dilligence has been carried out. The stuff the RST are being fed and in turn are feeding to a greedy media willing to print it verbatim is just now the ramblings of an irrelevant little man with a pie in the sky plan. To be fair reading the threads on Follow Follow the RST are starting to get it in the neck. The fans are losing confidence in them due to their dithering, their constant change of position and them not doing the things they say they will. There is a great deal of scepticism growing regarding the RST and the feeling they are being played by somebody for their own ends. A dangerous time for them. They clearly want fan ownership. They have always wanted this but in their desperation they are jumping at anyone offering this without looking at it rationally. If they back the wrong horse their dwindling credibility, and hopes for fan ownership, will be smashed against a wall never to be regained.

There is no way they will get 45,000 people to stump up £1000 to buy the club. They are also still living under the misguided illusion that Rangers can be bought for the price of the Lloyds debt. As I have said I am no expert in that but I still cannot fathom how that is possible without Lloyds taking the £1bn hit of the collapse of MIH.

owen and pablophanque

Thanks very much. Useful info.

Hail Hail
jamiebhoy

Mac1888

today's Sun newspaper perhaps

HH

Thomthetim

Sorry for not coming back to you yesterday was working on a presentation.

Re my point on dishonesty I would say with Dr Spin you get this as standard and Peter Lawell can't help himself.

i actually do think he wants to take celtic forward and says what he says with a degree of belief but perhaps Dermot puts the brakes on it.

How is donegal the missus is over next weekend and i head over for a few days 18th

Hail Hail

if we are doing attendance sweepstake, i think we might be pleasantly surprised tomorrow.....i'm going for 57,000

PaulMcGrathshouldhavebeenaCelt

There used to be a station at CP (where the Forge is) called Parkhead Junction.

hail hail

Estadio

EN - Were do you want Robson playing tomorrow ?

Just clicked by mistake on the 67 teeshirt link at the top.

A fine figure indeed is advertising that yellow t-shirt.

I think I'll click on it a bit more often

barcabhoy......55,199

Off to lights-out now.

hail hail

Estadio

School's out

There are to many new poster,
that don't come up to my scratch,
my high values of education,
to my CQN, they do attach.

Our site of intelligentsia,
high rollers, all have a degree,
do not want to see these riff raff,
can we not pass, some sort of decree.

If they pass you on the internet highway,
from the monitor, turn your head away,
don't get into a conversation,
because talking will just make them stay.

So next time when you see spelling,
that leaves you simmering with rage,
terrible pieces of grammar,
that jump out at you, from the page.

Go and put on the kettle,
have yourself a cup of tea,
show a bit of compassion,
the writer was probably me.

William Topaz Serenity

Inspired by philvisreturns 12:50

Serenity

RAT WIS A RERR WEE POME

Bournesouprecipe

Gary Delaney is the king of one liners, terrible at stand up though.

EN

Estadio, I read somewhere recently that there are many underground tunnels in and around the East end that were used for transporting people and munitions in the late 30s and early 40s and were closed a few years after the 2nd world war (early 50s I believe) Apparently It wont take much to renovate them and get them up and running, well obviously it wont take as long as having to dig the things from scratch due to them already being there:¬)

Maybe fans of other EPL/Europa league teams will travel on them to CP in the near future?

RogueLeader

You're absolutely right - I shouldn't get worked up but it just beggrs belief the lack of editorial control on some papers now. Crackpot groups like the RST and walter mitty type characters get their crazy ideas printed without any sort of scrutiny. As you correctly point out, the majority of what is said about this consortium doesn't stand up to even the most basic questioning.

I'm still waiting to see a cracked Rangers crest - if we get them for losing some pre-season friendlies then surely they should get one for being in complete and utter financial meltdown!

Just before I go .

BBC - England awaiting world cup fate!

I think I can help them out on that one!

A study by Adidas shows that altitude at the World Cup will have an impact of up to five percent on a ball's speed. A free-kick from 20 yards during the final at the Soccer City Stadium in high-altitude Johannesburg will reach the goal line five percent faster than it would at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in sea-level Durban.

Come on CQN, why did I have to wait on thge BBC spotting that a team playing in Joburg will be a real disadvantage if their opponents are playing in Durban. (but apparently only in the case of free-kicks. Whatever happened to shies, byekicks and fouls)

Hail hail

Estadio

RogueLeader@2.08 - apart from anything else when Sir David had his £50M bailout, none of them bought into it on the basis that it would have only put money into his pocket.

However, had 45,000 put in £1k each at that point (when times were relatively good) they'd perhaps now have a base from which to launch a serious bid.

No. There's not 45,000 prepared to put in £1k. Nor is there 15,000 prepared to put in £3k. I'd hazard a guess at them not even getting a commitment sufficient to hit the debt significantly.

AND ONLY IN THE FINAL!!

Hail hail

and bonne nuit

Estadio

Ghuys.......................whit day is it?

PaulMcGrathshouldhavebeenaCelt

Final one.

There used to be a mine shaft that ran diagonally across CP. It was only filled in when Fergus organised the stadium rebuilding.

For years we used to think that certain players disappeared there after the game started.

Hail hail

Estadio

EN

What's the difference between Susan Boyle and Beyonce?

About 12 pints, 2 eckys and a blind fold!

HH

bournesouprecipe - Even the Rags get it right from time to time, He really has been looking like a £9 million player lately.Earlier in the season I read some people's post's suggesting they would be happy if we got £4 million for him,his head was down and he didnt look interested,would have gave McDonald a run for his money on the jaw hanging department.I'm just a tad suspicious thats all. And I read it in an English Rag last night btw ;)

lubo1977 - I personally think the world would be a poorer place without the (accidental) comedy output from the RST. I know more than a few Rangers supporters who cringe every time that mob speaks to the media.

We live in a 24 hour news frame and the media are desperate for stories. Crackpots like the RST, who represent about 50 peepul and include at least two folk in key positions that don’t even go to Rangers matches, fill a gap. Unfortunately for the RST they don’t realise that no one takes them seriously.

donegaldanny on December 4, 2009 1:58 PM

Nothing wrong in playing any card. However it is not a justification for signing a player.

You list the clubs Keane played for, but the common denominator is that he never lasted at any of them, for whatever reason.

Perhaps he flattered to deceive. The Healy reference was down to a player who has a higher profile and goal scoring ratio at International level than at club level.

In case you still haven't grasped what I'm saying, it is that I don't think that Robbie Keane is the type of player that we need. We have runaround players. Keane is not a penalty box predator.

If it's box office, bums on seats you want, then go to the pictures. I want players who will do a god job for Celtic.

What was the St. Johnstone remark about?

Mac88
Keep Robson on the bench until we win a scorable free.

thomthethim on December 4, 2009 2:36 PM

Keane is better than any player we have, i'm astounded you wouldn't want to see him play for us. Mind you too much money eh?

I'm sure you're well aware of St Johnstone and what happens there surely?

DD

Donegal resident - The Ginja Naka lol

thomthethim on December 4, 2009 2:36 PM

Oh and the Irish card was not a justification, the fact Keane is a class above anything we have is. Plus he's a leader another thing we don't have.

having the Irish Captain play for Celtic is something the club should be very very proud of if it were to happen.

DD

Keane is not signing for Celtic in January.

Even if he were willing to take a pay cut how exactly are we going to afford the transfer fee.

We're operating in a different market an we all know it.

Mac
Definitely. It's just a pleasure to see us actually offering any kind of threat from free kicks again. Hopefully it isn't a one-off.

Should be St Johnston btw

DD

Eustace P Merryweather on December 4, 2009 2:12 PM

Thanks for your reply.

I still think that dishonesty is too strong a word.

I really don't expect to be informed on what goes on in the CP boardroom, unless someone can whisper into my ear.

I believe that you are in business, so I don't expect you to divulge sensitive information.

I judge the club by results, as that is the only criteria. I am prepared to allow them some slack and obviously, it is in the best interest of board members to get it right.

Donegal is as beautiful as ever. The weather much improved and if you pick your moment, you can enjoy a pleasant walk on one of our many beaches, as you know.

I hope you warn your site workers that your wife is on her way!

The time to sign Robbie Keane was when he was 16, and good enough to be making his debut for Wolves.

Don't we have scouts in Ireland anymore?

Goor early evening all.

Sharp finish to the working week (woo-hoo) as me and Mrs Jobo are off to The Far East (well, Edinburgh) to see We Will Rock You. Prepare yourself for Friday Night Music Night Queen Links when I get home!

Oh and it's a lovely dry day for driving out of EK...

Jobo

Damn! Goor = Good!

Mac1888

Enjoy our best home grown player in decades,
he will be offered a Kings Ransome to remain
in Paradise.

Hail Hail

p.s. I've spoken to him, he loves Celtic like us

Dontbrattbackinanger on December 4, 2009 2:49 PM

True, but then if you believe Etims we were looking at Seydou Doumbia but baulked at the 2m price tag. Its now believed he'll sign for Spurs in either January or the summer for 10.5m.

67 goals in 117 games and only 21.

If Etims were right, we've lost out on the new Drogba at a cut price.

DD

There was a story/rumour that Momo Sylla recommended his mate Didier Drogba to Celtic, before he went to Marseille.

He would have been auseful back-up to Chris Killen.

pin76 - Dermot could phone him and ask him to imitate Fortune for the rest of the season,surely that would drop him down to around the £2 Million bracket? :)

Good news about BBJ ... keep it up big man !!

Quote of the day

Andrew Glasgow, a director at PPG, added that there was “no bust-up” between Tudhope and Murray.

“Whatever happened was by agreement,” he said.

Hail Hail

bournesouprecipe - I hope so ,like the old adage,he's the kind of player we should be building the team around.I'm quite excited at the prospect of him and our Korean Bhoy in the same midfield . Good attacking Football that will ridicule our stat's about having the least number of shots on target in the Europa Cup

wee minger
cant help put pull you on a post on the previous blog where you claimed that the spending during the MON period put celtic 40 million quid into debt

just for the record

Celtic were 15 million quid in debt when mon arrved
Celtic were 19 million quid in debt when mon left

The MON period cost celtic 4 million quid over a five year period

i would gladly sacrifice signing either JVOH or Big Costa or scott brown for another 5 year of that type of club.
The thing MON detractors forget is that we raised our income from 40 odd million per year to 60 odd million per year under mon

its not only outgoings such as wages and transfer fees that count MON also increased our income by 20 million quid a year

lest yees forget

World Cup draw coming up at 5:15 - anyone interested?

tamrabam on December 4, 2009 3:02 PM

Martin who? :-)

DD

Gordon J- I expect Kim Jong- Il will be tuning in, if he can tear himself away from 'Murder She Wrote'.

Gordon - i'll be looking out to see who our bhoy's teams get

Australia, NZ and Korea are all in the same pot so cannot draw each other - but any of them could draw Germany or Greece (or both).

Fair chance of a game with a couple of Celts involved - and that's before whatever international superstars we sign in January are considered.

The day before yesterday, a taxi driver in Buenos Aires took a colleague on me on a detour on the way to the airport to come home. The company we were visiting booked the car for us and he thought he was to take us to their offices.

When we twigged the mistake, we were so far out of our way that we were a bit worried about making the flight. Buenos Aires is a big place. However, as the driver sped back towards the airport road, one of the shortcuts he took brought us right in front of the Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, home of Racing Club.

And what a crumbling old dump it appeared to be. Independiente's stadium, which is nearby, looked much newer and better.

I told the driver that I was really glad we had taken the detour and to have been able to see where Celtic played. He nodded, and then said: "What a goal Cárdenas scored that day: 40 metres out and he hit it right in the top corner. It was the goal of his life."

He was an Independiente fan.

I was only four at the timeof that match, but my sense has always been that this was a painful episode for Celtic, like the Feyenoord final in Milan, which I do remember clearly. Nevertheless, I found myself really glad to talk about it to people in Buenos Aires. The city is football mad, of course, and a lot of people remember the occasion.

I asked the taxi driver if he remembered the wee red-haired player Celtic had on the wing. He said: "Johnstone? How could I forget him?"

I'm sure you're well aware of St Johnstone and what happens there surely?

Gordon_J - I'm only interested or wanting England to get the hardest group possible. like the huns getting to the UEFA cup final a couple of years back,I'm cacing myself with the thought they might actually win it.

DD
its easy forget that although MON upped our spending, that it also resulted in a massive increase in our income

and now when we have lowered our spending it has resulted in a massive decrease in income

who would have thought it eh? Too clever for the likes of me and I bet you would need to be a highly paid suit to know things like that eh?

next season we are in a bit of deep dodo methinks, unless we can fill the empty seats again

stars
i see won of your earlier horses, (seek the fair land) has won at 8/1 hope you were on.
HH

for the attention of DD

I'm sure you're well aware of St Johnstone and what happens there surely?

If I was, I wouldn't ask you to explain.

I'll ask again. Please explain the St.Johnstone remark.

Celtic_First - You're like a Celtic Alan Whicker.

Thank you for sharing that story. (thumbsup)

its amusing listening to fans nowadays say the likes of keane or bellamy are not good enough for celtic and then we line up with
skippy killen and sami instead

Mac1888,

Given that we're still hearing about 1966 how often would they replay the final if they won it? Doesn't bear thinking about.

tamrabam on December 4, 2009 3:15 PM

But I'm sure we'll be told its far more complicated than that and we know nothing.

DD

celtic first

a few years ago i was in the middle of the sahara desert in Ageria on a job in the middle of nowhere
anyway the security guard saw my celtic tattoo and it was funny watching this 6 ft 6 arab speaking guy complete with the big long beard and the gown do a wee jinky impression dribbling across the sand

god bless him

Haud on a minute. That taxi driver ripped me off.

I've just checked. Cárdenas was the player who scored on 93 minutes in Buenos Aires to take it to the third match, but it was in that third game that he scored from 40 metres.

No blame to the Celtic keeper, Blantyretim.

Philvis, thanks. But I want the record to state that, unlike Mr Whicker, I have been to Specsavers.

thomthethim on December 4, 2009 3:15 PM

One of the very very few Orange marches in Donegal.

What part are you in? :-)

DD

Thats the reason why ,If they weren't so arrogant I could just about handle it . I'm just as sick of hearing about 1967 if i'm honest lol

awaytothepubcsc ;)

if england win it life wont be worth living

Kassie bhoy
i also seen that we are at our lowest euro ranking in a decade
unfortunately our euro decline has almost been as sharp as our rise

but then most folks would say that we are as poor as we have been since the bunnet arrived at CP

I dont envy TM one bit
its time for the suits to deliver as well though

lurgan/manchester - are you agitating for a CQN suicide pact should the unthinkable happen?

Maybe Paul67 will supply the Gatorade? You bring the plastic cups...

DD

I see.

I don't think that RK is the answer to Celtic's goalscoring situation, therefore, I am an Orangeman from St. Johnstone.

Nothing gets past you, M. Poirot.

RL
only for those of us who live here;)

thomthethim on December 4, 2009 3:28 PM

Not at all just wondered where in Donegal you were/are.

DD

Tamrabam

Excellent story about the desert.

Everybody who knew about football in the 60s and 70s knew about Jinky. And everybody who loved football loved Jinky.

lurgan/manchester on December 4, 2009 3:25 PM

"if england win it life wont be worth living"

I dont know about that! but I would definitely be bloody anoying!!

I live in Corby, used to be a scottish/ irish Town in the middle of England when i first came down. Now it's all 3rd 4th generation and is getting about 70/30 the other way. Good banter when Scotland Play Enland at anything but It's unbearable mostly cos we usually get beat.

JesusJonyMacaronni if they win I think i may flit.

Sadly, not everyone loved Jinky. When I did my year abroad in Cadiz in 1977/78, the Atletico Madrid game was still fresh in the mind. I had a very vocal argument with a group of guys who accused Jinky of diving to get their players sent off.

I obviously did not have the photo of Jinky published the next day in the Record covered only by a towel and bruises, otherwise I would have shown them it. Presumably, they would have said it had been doctored. The irony was,of course, that they only had that view because that is how it was reported in the papers in Spain.

Maybe Atletico was El Caudillo's other works team after all.

Thanks to Wednesday's result we've gone from 92nd in Bert Kassie's Hit Parade to 66th. The Shame are #56.

Sheriff Tiraspol Quick News is in meltdown.

Cadizzy this was always a rough neighbourhood

http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/greenock/articles/2009/12/04/394798-joyriders-steal-oaps-mobility-scooter/

tamrabam@3.02 - sorry it's taken me a while to come back to you, I've been forced to work (on a Friday!).

Our cumulative losses after tax over the 5 year period were £38.01M.(8.12, 3.03, 11.66, 7.47, 7.73 - all £M)

As I said in my original post, it was the fans that put their hands in their pockets and reigned that back.

Credit to (I think) Rogueleader that first brought that stat up a few days ago. All figures taken from Annual Reports listed on either Kerrydale Street or the Celtic Trust sites.

Cadizzy, I did say that people who loved football loved Jimmy.

Your friend and mine, Boltonbhoy, has some scary tales to tell of the Atlético Madrid antics in 1974 making clear their scant regard for the game we all adore.

One that I remember off the top of the head is this.

Do you remember how strange we thought it that outfield players should wear gloves to play? Boltonbhoy's 'source', a friend of a friend of his called Jimmy Squash, alleged that there was more to the gloves than met the eye (nunca mejor dicho).

Jimmy's (Johnstone, not Squash) first upending of the evening came in the first minute. His opponent went to ruffle the wee man's head in apology, allowing his gloved hand to stray onto Jimmy's face and over his eyes. Before the coming out of the dressing room, the guy had, allegedly, applied liberal amounts of liniment to the glove, leaving Jinky to play the game partially blinded.

Celtic_First 3:13 PM

This video popped up on YouTube a while ago, the grandson of Felipe Cardoso a Racing player from those games visiting Celtic Park.

Looks like they are still very proud of those games, though his grandson talks some amount of nonsense in the comments section.

Cardoso at Celtic Park

EN

docmcdoc / lurgan/manchester - very worringly for me I think they have a chance of going far. Capello has galvanised them. If they did win it it would be unbearable...I honestly fear it is a possibility

Rough no longer since my mother moved but Campbell St is now a no go area for the police.

Actually, I can just about utter those words "I can see my house from here"

For music trivia fans only..... of the two houses facing you, the one on the right was where John McGeogh lived until he was about 16(Magazine, Banshees, Visage PIL).

RL - I live in fear of them winning it, though i could take them getting beat in the semi, that would be worth the fear and worry

docmcdoc

I'm always a little jealous of the people of Corby, as a Scottish born Scot with an English Accent every Corby resident I have met (3 in total) have braod Scottish accents and all 3 were born in Corby. One was even the Son of a Corby born Scot!

cta!

englishmaninScotlandandScotsmaninenglandcannaewincsc

weeminger on December 4, 2009 3:51 PM

How did the fans reign it back though?

DD

DBBIA @ 2.49

Celtic have recently appointed a new scout in Dublin,his name is Joey Malone he is a former League of Ireland player and is a good scout! He sent 3 players away off the team I coached last season. We won the All Ireland cup. The 3 kids that went away on trial to Celtic are all Irish Schoolboy internationals!

The big probem with Celtic is they wont give the contracts that the likes of english temas will give. For example there is a kid by the name of Robert Brady who is an unbelieveable talent he signed for man u for 8000 euro's per week at 16 years of age on A 5 YEAR CONTRACT!I coached his brother and know his father real well he went to 33 teams on trial including celtic but celtic cant compete!!

Celtic I know for a fact get all the top young players in Ireland over but the contract they are prepared to offer are poor in comparison to alot of clubs in england! I know this for a fact as I've been around the top end of schoolboy football as a player and as a coach for 15 years!!

I could tell u about many other kids but I'd be hear all day!!

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

braod = broad

cannaespellletalonespeakpropercsc

EN

Thanks. I'm glad I didn't bump into that guy.

To be fair to him, Cardoso didn't play at Hampden, but did feature in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

donegaldanny - they made an 'emotional investment'.

tamrabam

here here. There are too many on this site who think that if you criticise at all you are not a true supporter and that if you dont back the current agenda to the hilt then you are likewise.

That foreign centre half we had on trial, apparently not good enough? he must be the worst cb on record to not be as good as "gary and mick." Either that or he had more than a Hibernian players wage demands ...

Rocco

I thought English clubs couldn't offer young lads a professional contract until they reach the age of 17.

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.... Serenity.

Now,that Humorous Rhyme,of yours, hit the Spot.

Definitely, wan o' yer Best,pal.

Why should or wid or did..Ah... Say that?

If Ah wiz there, where ye ur, the Answer wid cost ye a tate of The Grog.

Howevahhhhhhhhh...

That is no possible..so here is the Answer,anyey.

"Because it wiz HUMOROUS!"

Furget, the Message type of Poems, pal.. as Mr.Sam said..

"If ye waaant tae send a Message.. Use, WESTERN UNION!"

Entertain, Entertain, and Entertain!

And..

Pal...

You hiv the GIFT ..no question!

So..

Gie us Mair o' the Humor,pal..

This advice is given .. But.. You, are the wan tae decide
if it is worthy of Consideration.

Think it over.

Kojo.
yer pal..who likes ye mair and mairer.

well well.
as predicted, i see the laptop loyal have set the wheels in motion for walter and the scotland job

weeminger on December 4, 2009 4:02 PM

I think that 'emotional investment' was very much influenced by the success Martin O'Neill brought and the quality of player on show.

That quality isn't there anymore and the 'emotional investments' are thin on the ground and getting thinner.

DD

Roccobhoy- good to know we're actively looking for players,and I hope you see one of your bhoys play for the Hoops, but apart from [both?] Keanes there was also KDoyle at Reading.

Surely we can offer competitive terms with the likes of them?

Wild West a.k.a. Inkybhoy

Thoroughly enjoying your musings on the STV website. Hope it turns into something more permanent and good luck with the tribunal!

Hail Hail

RobinBhoy

Celtic_ First

No not as far as I'm aware, usually kids sign a 2 or 3 year Y T S (Youth Training Scheme) and a 1 or 2 year pro! This kid is exceptional though so perhaps u are right but perhaps there is a loophole which man u exploited! I certainly wouldnt know either for certain!

But this kid signed definitely signed a 5 year pro contract!

As I say I'm friendly with his dad and I coached his younger brother (who rangers want to go on trial and is also a very talented kid!). Rangers have a scout in dublin, its only a recent appointment! I think his name is Paul Hamilton 9 His surname is definitely Hamilton not entirely sure if Paul is his first name!

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

Roccobhoy

If he is employed by rangers his first name will be Dundee

Love

roccobhoy, does he have 8 younger siblings !!!???

I'll get me coat :-(

pablophanque

DBBIA @4 .10

Undoubtedly my friend we have missed out on some gems over the years! Ro Keane as a kid also!

2 things must be said

Celtic have ( and Paul67 will verify this I'm sure) over last 1 - 2 years revamped their scouting and are more professional in their attitude towards it!

Secondly Celtic have in prev ous years had a very arrigant attitude towards Irish kids! Because of the historical nature of celtic they felt kids should want and be honoured to play for celtic. Unofrtunately their arrigance meant they missed out on players over the years because they were not prepared to pay decent (not even exhorberant) contracts to Irish (and I'm told to scottish kids for the exact same reasons!)

Hopefully things will change over next few years!

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

From KDS

We're hearing at KDS towers that Ki Sung-Yong has passed his medical and signed. Eligible to play from the huns game onwards

BTW, just listening to O'l Chuck on the radio and it got me thinking that by the length of Princes Street, the coolest dance in any film ever was that one in Pulp Fiction.

Nae doot the Auld Yin seen him in the Aul BH back in the day ???????

pablophanque

donegaldanny - I agree.

As I recall in my original post I think I was pointing out that in the end it was the fans that ended up putting in and I facetiously asked if we'd be happy for the board to announce that yes we'd get top names again but each year's loss would be added to the following year's season ticket price.

I'd love to see big names, I just don't know where the money is going to come from. The years we made profit it was used to pay off the debt. Had the profit been used solely on the squad we'd still have downsized from the MON years. The profits we were making wouldn't have supported a maintenance of that quality level. Plus we'd have a great big debt.

As I said earlier I'm not sure we have sufficient spare tickets to support more than 1 big name signing or maybe two middling ones. Empty seats aren't always unsold seats as I'm sure you know only too well.

You want the team to be better. I want the team to be better. I'm hoping that good football (if and when we do it consistently) and not big names will bring fans back, and looking in new markets for cheap, good footballers is I hope the way were looking to do it.

bournesouprecipe

Does he not need a work permit?

Pablophanque

Did u my the guy I put u in contact with?

donegaldanny

Every time I read anything you post I get the impression you would love to see an empty Celtic Park when Celtic play, as that in your mind would go some way to justify your ridiculous boycott of everything Celtic.

Pablo

Did u call the guy I put u in contact with? That should have read!

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

Spirit of Arthur Lee

Ha Ha

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

roccobhoy - "Unofrtunately their arrigance"

"(not even exhorberant)"

Every time you post, an English teacher dies. (thumbsup)

Ernie L

Formality, done and dusted

HH

Cypbhoyo

Well spotted.Yes indeed i did have a nice bet on "Seek the Fair Land" (won at 8/1)
This is becoming a bit of a pattern,I put a horse,it doesnt win but wins next time out.
I would have put it up this morning but I was very anxious to get a bet on "All of Me" which was backed from 25/1 to 6/1 and is now a non runner.
I am still going with Pac Aux Boules in the last race at wolves 25/1 i think its good each way value.

Jamsie on December 4, 2009 4:25 PM

I love Celtic with a passion, indeed anyone who knows me outwith the cyberworld would say Celtic define me in many ways.

So no I wouldn't want to see an empty Celtic Park but if voting with our feet is the only way to enliven the football club with some ambition and let them know that we should be better than we are, then so be it.

For too long we've been turnstyle fodder with little return for our emotional and monetary investment.

DD

donegaldanny on December 4, 2009 4:31 PM

Oh and its ridiculous in your opinion chief, there have been a good few others even on this blog who feel the same as me. And going by attendences quite a few more.

Oh of course thats all because of the recession, the time of year, the day of the week, the temperature etc etc

but not the way the club is going no never that.

DD

Philvisreturns

Ha Ha

I may need to go back to school! My excuse is, I type too fast and therefore make too many mistakes!

Hail Hail

Roccobhoy

Pabbers- if by Aul Yin you mean Mr Clever Clogs Dick Byrne then you may well be right.


For myself I don't recall much dancing in the ole' Burns Howff. For that you usually require the music to possess some rhythm, a quality way beyong the efforts of the cackhanded cacophonists I had to endure.

Been reading the posts about England and the World Cup and the dread of them winning it.

Im an exile,hated having to come here when I was young,so much so I actually at the time wanted to see the Hun knock Leeds out the early CL format back then because of the dogs I took about Scottish football n how bad we were,I wasnt really clued up enough about our history and the culture etc etc,the upshot of all this is I hated England with a passion,for years.

I too lived in the Northants area,all over it,remember the pelters I took when Gary McAllister missed that pen in Euro 96 in a pub full of face painted lairy southern English (ahem) "ladies n gentlemen",sickening moment but I did have a grin the size of a Cheshire cat when the Germans horsed them right out it later in the compy.

The point of the post.

I first got the internet about three years ago so Im relatively new to fan sites and its only through the net Ive learned much, much more about our club than I ever wouldve without,the same goes for the Hun and the things which make them Huns,do you know something,see my hatred for England,disappeared almost overnight,reading the views of Huns about us and our culture and what they think of their own just made everything I felt about England seem trivial and unimportant and Im glad because its helped me appreciate living in England,enjoy it and take advantage of what it offers and Im glad I dont have to live among the lowest of Hunnery whilst still being able to enjoy Celtic in every way.

If England win the World Cup I wont be gutted,seriously and I never thought Id ever say that,I just dont think they are that good,anyway,even with Capello,England win a WC in the heat of South Africa?? aye right!

Jamsie - Every time I read them I get the impression that Mister Hankey, the Christmas poo, is jumping up and down on a keyboard leaving little brown kisses on every key. (thumbsup)

Barcabhoy @ 1:02

I have been lurking more than posting of late and I completely agree with what you said.

Rightly or wrongly I distrust bloggers who seem to appear only around about points of mass debate such as poppygate and palastine debate etc.

MWD

MWD, do you distrust me then?

Modern points of mass debate is rubbish, even if canonically speaking no longer a sin.

donegaldanny 4.31

"I love Celtic with a passion, indeed anyone who knows me outwith the cyberworld would say Celtic define me in many ways."

You're doing a good job of disguising it, every post from you is negative about Celtic.

Click the Ads! on December 4, 2009 3:57 PM

It's a strange wee town. We're getting a lot of polish here too! and they're adapting their accents and lingo.

Polishlivinginenglandwithascottishaccent!

Bradford
they are playing in the South African winter

I have been in England for 39 years and i still want them to loose at everything - although i have brought my kids up to support them.

donegaldanny

A love of Celtic is not the exclusive domain of your good self.

However you choose to boycott Celtic Park but are happy to give your hard earned cash to Rangers?

For the love of God regardless of any issues with the board, team, manager this I cannot understand!

The simple reason why the attendances are going down is because of the poor fare that has been served up over the past couple of years on the pitch. The missing fans, many of whom are season ticket holders will come back when the football improves.

Will you?

Hail Hail!

RobinBhoy

Biddulph

It'll still be too hot for them;-)

MWD
I cant see how you draw that conclusion - as a part time poster myself some debates fire you up some dont.

WGS

Are you going to watch Legia Central Backs tonight?

Moonbemams

Now you've got everyone thinking " Did I post then". Guilt - the default position of Catholic Education!

Anyways - looking forward to the game tomorrow. First time over in a while. Not looking forward to the early rise mind1

53

Welcome Ki Sung

Let The People Ki Sung their stories and their Yongs.....

coat,hat,offski.

donegaldanny

You love of Celtic shines through, and as you said yourself, you are letting this love define you to an extent.
Your posts are unremittingly regative. I for one am not uncritical nor complacent; a healthy questioning of the custodans of our club is right and proper. But in my experience people respond badly to a constant stream of negativity. For the sake of your own mental well being, you need to let it go a bit. You can't be consumed with so much frustration and bitterness towards the custodians. Please take this in the constructive way it is intended - hate to see a good Celtic man suffering!

Somewhat to my surprise, I am listening to something called "For what you dream of for what you dream of (full on renaissance mix)" by somebody/something called Bedrock.I think it snuck into my itunes library through being on the Trainspotting soundtrack.

John Travolta and Uma Thurman could easily dance to this but they'd get bottled in the Burns Howff if they put a quarter in the juke box for this.

Cadizzy

are you lager,lager shouting?

RougeLeader 12.45

On the PPG story in yesterday's Herald I expect another director Andrew Glasgow to be the next to leave.

Re-arrange ship,rats,sinking & leaving.

Trying to save their hard earned reputations. Ha Ha

donegaldanny

Your post at 4.33 sums up exactly what I posted at 4.25, you would be happy to see an empty Celtic Park.

donegaldanny on December 4, 2009 4:31 PM
"So no I wouldn't want to see an empty Celtic Park but if voting with our feet is the only way to enliven the football club with some ambition and let them know that we should be better than we are, then so be it".

donegaldanny on December 4, 2009 4:34 PM

"Oh of course thats all because of the recession, the time of year, the day of the week, the temperature etc etc"

These are always reasons why people choose not to go when they simply dont want to go. But simple fact no matter how garbage they are I will still buy my season ticket on the premise (always) that they get better. You take the rough with the smooth mate. Go from season to season sometimes we progress sometimes we don't. I'm still a tim. I Cant see us ever being in the situation again we were in before McCann. That was dire and I was still a Faithfull Tim Alloy.

Hail Hail!!

By philvisreturns on December 4, 2009 4:29 PM

Roccobhoy - "Unofrtunately their arrigance"

"(not even exhorberant)"

Every time you post, an English teacher dies. (thumbsup)

a teacher of english or an english teacher? serious mask slippage you racialisht.

DD

I'd like to echo The Lizard King's post. I always enjoy your posts although we differ mightily on some aspects. I find your passion refreshing - but - do take it easy. Its a long season. AND the GAA hasn't even started yet.

Adh Mhor Ort.

Paulmcgrath...

ipox is getting the Rugby sevens only.

Cycling will be in the velodrome being built across from CP.

im away to check....

...

...

ten minutes later

http://www.glasgow2014.com/About+Our+Games/Village+and+Venues/

we are only holding the opening ceremony although the benefits to The Parks surrounding area will be of benefit to Celtic too.

Orcdome is holding the Rugby 7's.

Hampden holds the closing ceremony.

MWD

P.S. whoever is doing the website is defo a hun though.

Seven-a-side rugby is a relatively new addition to the Commonwealth Games. With all the major rugby nations members of the Commonwealth, it promises to be a fascinating contest. It will be held at Ibrox Stadium, the home of the famous Glasgow Rangers Football Team. Ibrox is no stranger to athletic events as it once hosted the Ibrox summer games which attracted tens of thousands of spectators.

whereas we get

The Opening Ceremony will be held in this magnificent 60,000-seater stadium. The centrepiece of this occasion will be the athletes themselves from around the Commonwealth. The stadium is the home of Celtic Football Club, one of Scotland’s finest football teams, but it is within walking distance to the Village, so that as many athletes as possible can take part.

I wonder what they are famous for?

Rioting.
Having never won the European Cup.

Lurgan53

would love to say I could meet you for a pint but on family duties tomorrow sadly.

little pee'd off but cnany do much aboot it.

enjoy your early rise, your few beers, the game and have a safe journey back home to the Emerald Isle.

MWD

BB, I've moved on to the Clash though I did listen to an interesting version of Umbrella by Biffy Clyro. If they are huns I mean interesting in a dismissive way

Cadizzy

Ive never listened to Biffy Clyro for having such a stupid name but if their Huns,well,I feel totally justified;-)

World Cup draw is broadcast live

hiahia

China's media said that ZZ would want to leave Celtic in January 2010!
This is the real news?
From South Korea's Ki in,ZZ out?

from wikipedia

"The band have never actually disclosed exactly where the name 'Biffy Clyro' originated. They have a series of stories as to how the name came about; whilst being interviewed on Soccer AM the band stated that they named themselves after a footballer called Biffy Clyro who played for Scottish side Ayr United also admitting that they make up stories about how they are named because they are bored of being asked the same question. Another story is that one of the members owned a Cliff Richard pen, i.e Cliffy Biro', which was accidentally spoonerised on a drunken night out. The name Biffy Clyro has also been claimed in another interview to come from an acronym for "Big Imagination For Feeling Young 'Cos Life Yearns Real Optimism".[7] The band also state in an interview for Balcony TV that the band name was that of a Finnish footballer from the 17th century.[8] The band revealed during an MTV interview that Simon Neil had stepped onto a magazine after a shower when he was 11 years old, the print from the magazine had engraved onto his foot "Biffy Clyro"

They are from Ayrshire. That's what "Bring Your Giro" sounds like in Ayrshirian.

Bradford Bhoy @ 4.34

You say that now.

Get back to me in July, when they've won it.

Actually, come to think of it, it might make up the trinity for the SNP: Tories come to power, state funeral for Maggie Thatcher, Engerlund win world cup.

If that doesn't deliver independence, nothing will.

biddulph bhoy

some of the debates fire certain posters up only with negative comments of our club. Very rarely do you ever see or hear of a new poster (although I have noted one or two of late who are defp no huns) who come on and say something along the lines of "I've been a lurker and this is my first post" and then go onto provide positive comment about the club. Normally you get the first post comments and then negative stuff before the disapear back behind Media house curtains.

as I said rightly or wrongly that is my belief.

MWD (admits he could be wrong but doesn't believe he is)

Kablammo!!!

It hits me right between the brain. Opportunity Knocks. Fortune favours the brave or bold.

Gap in the market - know what I mean?

With old Minty being 'distracted' what with all these 'requests to pay back debts' nonsense, now is the time...

A Super Casino - My Super Casino - Oot my back door.

Well just at the decking down the bottom bit of the garden, at the fence next tae the burn.

I'll have cards - Pawnees and maybe Scabbie Aggie. Doms. A pool table. Maybe get the extension out the hut and take the portable down - link it up tae the stereo - get a wee karaoke going. Need tae get a loan of our Stephen's microphone but. Could probably have a wee one hole putting green and maybe even a keepy uppy competition up on the grass (But that's for the better weather).

Then sit back and watch the pennies roll in. Laughing at all you 9 to 5ers. You'll all be transmuting tae work - I'll be swanning past in my Mondeo 1.5 sport. Giving you the vickies the lot.

Does your television license cover it?

And I'll be calling it The Super Mega-Super Casino.

Bingo prizes will be right good as well - furry dice the lot...

Ho Ho Ho

U

Ah am told that the Estonian player,
is a Brammer,by ma People.

Ah see that he is training at Bhoys Town,the noo,
strutting his strut..

Ah hope that Celtic mak a bid fur his services,

Ah believe he is available fur Curdies... up front

Howevahhhhhhhh...

It will tak a Good Weekly Stipend to get him
to sign.

And Celtic have many Rivals fur his Signature.

Mr.Mowbray, was questioned about him..and his
answer was most unenlightening.

Hmmmmmmmmmm..

Kojo

Biffy Clyro did an excellent cover version of 'Locomotive Breath' on Later with Jools Holland.

Bradford bhoy, lager lager lager was from the "underworld" song from the trainspotting soundtrack called "born slippy".

Cadizzy was listening to "Bedrock" called "for waht you dream of", same film different song....

God im a picky wee bugger whe it comes to music...haha..

Im sure biffy clyro are Ayr fans....which is just the same as huns isnt it?

Roccobhoy, waiting to see if I'm getting kept on before I do any more digging :-( Should hear next week and I'll prolly call him then.

DBBIA, aye, fine yeh ken who ah wiz alludin' tae and ah wiz talkin' aboot the bold Chuck B. Whit's that "they" say aboot auld age no comin' alone !!!???

pablophanque

DBBIA

I once got 'off' with a girl at the OLLLLLE Burns Howff after watching Holland & Barrett - she had 'Locomotive Breath' which made kissing impossible. She then borrowed her train fare home and never ever called me.

What a complete waste of time and money that was...

U

MWD
just wait till we get to 'the queen at Celtic Park' debate!!!

I was going to buy a biffy clyro cd this weekend but now I want to invest my money in Uly's The Super Mega-Super Casino but only if he puts in crazy golf and an American swing and gives out free cream soda flavoured pakoras.

By god, Ry Cooder is good.

Moonbeams,

No problems. Always another time. Will probably make it to BB's - a wee walk along The Gallowgate will do me no harm.

Failing that its a few pints in the Louden and the train from Duke Street. As 57's not riding shotgun that ones probably out of the question!

53

Kojo.

Please excuse my slow uptake .Are you saying that Mogga doesn't rate him ,but others with good credentials do?

Therefore he may be about to make another recruitment faux pas,by passing on the player.
TT

Ive got a pal in Yorkshire that pronounces them,rather slowly too- "Biffy Cwywo" whilst I have a pal in Ayrshire who says (very quickly) "Biffy Clylo",when we all meet up,well,they dont convince me!

What's an American Swing?

And do you charge by the hour?

The above questions are not linked...

U

I don't think I am the only one to have Jethro Tull feature in my music buying past so I don't see why the doctor from Dolce and Gabbana has to keep picking on me.snowfair

Consortium fc have asked the SFA for a minutes silence
before there game against falkirk

This is due to the sad death of famed brittish actor Richard Todd
of The Dambusters fame in which he played Wing Commander Guy Gibson the leader of the raid

Afternoon All

For those of you dreading the thought of England winning the World Cup next year, I think you can relax.

Under Cappello there can be no doubt that England have improved dramatically. They are a formidable team. But right now, I really can't see them beating Brazil, or Spain. I sure hope so, because if England do win it, then living down here, it will be just hell. They will think the Empire covers the globe again, and every other cliche you can dream of.

Estadio Nacional 3:54
I don't rate Mr Cardoso's Argentina much chance in South Africa next year. Pleying absolute rubbish. They arguably have the best player in the World right now (Messi), but they sure haven't got the best manager. Pity in a way. Maradonna will always have a special place in my heart for his hand of God. I think Mr. Cardosa's comments are almost comical. Racing DID play like animals. I'm afraid they were typical of the style of South American teams back then. Play dirty football, and then deny everything. They always look to blame others for their dreadful behaviour. However, 40 years have passed. Their style of football has changed a lot, but for some it would appear the attitude hasn't.

Here's hoping that Celtic may have turned a corner. Could be a bit early to say, but better to view the glass as half full rather than half emoty. Surely a good win could be on the cards.

Hail Hail

up over goal

Haha,your right!

rdk7

Your right too!

By rdk7 on December 4, 2009 5:13 PM

Im sure biffy clyro are Ayr fans....which is just the same as huns isnt it?

Many an Ayr United fan would be upset about that! I have a few mates who are diehards and they hate both sides of Glasgow! At least the intelligent ones, hopefully!

RobinBhoy

Bradford bhoy...and everyone else....

xmas is coming...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNg-FKzg6X4&feature=fvw

Kojo

Yes, I noticed that - something along the lines of, 'Don't expect much to come from the Estonian lad' or words to that effect.

What of Zsolt Korcsmar? There's definitely an anagram in there somewhere!

All the coverage of the draw seems to feature some English guy with a funny haircut walking about. Apparently there are 31 other teams in the draw although I don't think any of them have been mentioned yet.

Robinbhoy...

i take your point on board, but having the mentality of them and us, means my first instinct for any fan of another team that is not Celtic, is that they are huns. haha

Speaking of Aiden..

According to his latest interview..

He has admitted that his Paramount Goal...is to Play in the English Premier or similar League.

In light of that news..

Dae ye think..and Ah mean Think..which..as ye know, is always a dangerous pastime..

Dae ye think, that Mebbe, the fairly Recent, Upsurge, in Aiden's Performance Meter,
could be possibly Linked to Aiden's latest Divulgence o' his Inly
thoughts?

Fur...

Isn't it a well known Canard..that

"Those who Advertise,Wanna Sell?"

Again...

Very thought Provoking, don't ye think?

Kojo.

In swing parks when I was young, there used to be a contraption that was long and thin suspended on a metal frame and allowed for 6 or 7 to sit on it in single file straddle fashion. At each end, one person would stand on it holding on to 2 vertical poles coming from the top of the metal frame and they would work the swing.

We called it an american swing in Greenock but then again we had our own exclusive words for guisin (gullotians, no known spelling), truanting (skidgin') and square sausage (slice)..myso that may not be its real name.

I charge hourly on the hour until I get worn out then I sit down.

Tamrabam 3.02pm

MON Is a Celtic legend in ma hoose.

Dont know if Im listening to too much hype but the bi-annual fear of England winning something is back, of the teams in the World Cup Id fancy England to beat all except Spain, Brazil and Argentina if they had a manager.

Hoping for England, Mexico, Ivory Coast and Portugal to possibly put an end to the fear as soon as possible.

Fear a group of England, North Korea, Algeria and Slovenia, if they had them they could go on a run.

Hope David Taylor and his dodgy balls have got a wee job with Fifa.

rdk7

No worries! went to Hampden a few years ago now to watch Rangers vs. Ayr United in the League Cup Final with a few Ayr diehards and my old man (RIP) who was also a diehard so know something about the mentality.

Had a great day out in Glasgow with the Ayr boys apart from the result!

Hoping for a good performance tomorrow.

Hail Hail!

RobinBhoy

The only good thing about the world cup coverage so far is seeing that big fat hun gazza cry his eyes out.

Hail Hail

Cadizzy

It wiz called a "Cheesecutter" in Buckhind.

Kojo

You want more humourous verse,
messages, you will not read,
all though I'm sure you mean well,
you send the same, indeed.

Must have gave yer Ma trouble,
when tae the shoaps, yae were sent,
"but I couldnae read yer writtin Ma"
it wiznae funny enough, content.

I promise, no more messages
if you'll dae just the same,
but a cannae see it happenin,
we both like to exclaim.

William Topaz Serenity

yer pal.. who likes ye a Loater.

Cadizzy - "truanting (skidgin')"

Properly known as "dogging it".

Kojo,

I realise that you have an agenda against Aiden but he has said for years that he would like to play in a better league not just in the last few days.

McGeady is far and away the best player at Celtic Park, I hope he stays for a long time to come!

Hail Hail!

RobinBhoy

forgot about the world cup draw , tuned in, and rea;lised its not coverage of the draw, its actually the pundits talking up the chances of them winning again.

Glorious failura awaits again i am sure.

On another note, about 8 years ago, my mate who had spent time in the USA, had declared, that america would win the world cup in the next 20 years, so he has until the 2018 world cup.

I offered him £100 that they wouldnt , he accepted, i feel my cash is safe.

Kojo

If McGeady plans to move he'd be better to do so in the summer.

The January transfer window is more for distressed sales and desperate purchases than career progression.

Personally I don't think McGeady will reach his full potential if he stays at Celtic so I could understand if he wanted to move for that reason alone (never mind the money). He needs to have better players round about him to make the most of his game.

Hopefully he'll stay for another season but I can't see him being at Celtic for much longer than that.

I would rather go skidgin' than go dogging and risk bumping into Stan Collymore

rdk7,

Just been talking to a US friend who is a massive sports fan. He is uncharacteristically downbeat about his team's chances.

TinyTim

While many would say we can't go back in these unceratin days its the Mon years that keep me feeling that celtic can be great again. Perhaps one day we could

Have a full paradise with guys and girls wanting to go every week

A settled team with men who wore the jersey with pride and who made the other teams brick it before they stepped on the park

A team with an average height above 5,6

A team who we knew feared no one and allowed us to reach for the stars

Yes before people shoot me down we had issues under mon but they didn't feel that bad.

Come on Dr Spin and Peter Lawell get Dermot of his sun lounger and tell him. We need action, ambition and a desire to get our people back.

January can be the start don't sell the stars but add the quality we crave.

Hail Hail

The only sport I want england to win at is Cricket as they have players who are decent lads and they are no way as arrogant at that sport as the Aussies are. My pal is also a cricket fan and it is a good laugh. Good on England for the cricket.

With football, I used to be far more annoyed when they won but now I do not care. They won't win the World Cup because they won't beat Brazil, Spain, Italy or the Dutch who are all techincally better than them. The Portuguese and the Argintinians are technically better too and then they might get one of the hard African countries. They have a good team now under Capello but they lack three things - balance in the team, a top class keeper and an out and out goal scorer. They have wonderful players but if they get penalties they will bottle it as usual. Quarter finals team, maybe semis if they get lucky but they won't win it.

I had 2 English lads round my house in Slovakia last week and they were saying aree you supporting England next year and I said, NO I am not English so why should I? English lads say stuff like it's a team's world cup final when they play us but is it less so when anyone plays Brazil?

If they do win it they may deserve to but they base this on the EPL which has 4 good teams full of foreign players and they lack the mentality to win when the chips are down because they are bottlers despite Capello's organisation. Croatia were a busted flush when England got them a second time and they can't beat the elite they crave being among.

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. Tiny Tim.

Na.. Ah am no saying that Mr. Mowbray disnae Rate this young fellow me lad.

Na.

In the case of the Young Estonian.. I do not believe that Even, Mr. Mowbray, would not,also, have been struck, by Mr. Puri's Talent and skill.

Na.

Whit am saying...and in your case, not very weel.. is this.

Mr. Mowbray, is purposely withholding his true feelings in this matter.

Which..

Again.. in Speculation..

That Mr.Mobray's Clouded Answer could be interpreted as being, a Very Hopeful Sign, and that Celtic,
are, Indeed, very much interested in this Lad..

Howevahhhhh.. to continue in Speculation..

There are financial barriers, that must be over come.

Kojo.
yer pal.. who likes ye the best of them awe.

Estadio NacionalAuthor 5:29 PM

Agree with your synopsis. Although I'd replace North Korea with New Zealand who had to beat the mighty Fiji, New Caledonia and Bahrain to qualify. Could be the worst team since Zaire in '74 to qualify.

What's also important is the half of the draw they come out in. South Africa are in Group A so they really want drawn in Group B, C or D, preferably B with say Italy and Germany as the top seeds in C and D. This would mean them avoiding Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Holland till at least the semis (I think).

China's media said that ZZ would want to leave Celtic in January 2010!
This is the real news?
From South Korea's Ki in,ZZ out?

Tried makin' that there Mead stuff fur chrimbo.................... Honkin' it wis !!!!

What a waste of wine and honey that was !!!

pablophanque

Conversly if England got Australia in the World Cup now that would be something and I reckon the Aussies might do something

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend..Serenity.

Touche.

Howevahhhhhh...

Doncha Know, by noo..

That even Ah dinnae listen tae a woid.. that Ah Masel, say?

So..

How kin Ah expect you tae?

Kojo.
yer pal..who likes the way ye think.

BhoyinEngland

I always back Argentina for the world cup but Maradonna is going to waste their chance, Id have made them favourites if they had a manager. Heard the other day that he only trains the team in the afternoon as he doesnt like to get up in the mornings, you would hope someone at the AFA would give him a kick but his legend status is going to be their downfall.

Watching the bbc build up to the draw, they are going to be worse than bbc Scotland sport in the summer, they almost make you yearn for Craig Paterson.

EN

bhoyinengland

i hope you are right. having lived here for a long time i'm really not sure what i'd do if they won it. years of abusing the island monkeys would mean my life would be a bit difficult for about 50 years

Can they please stop all these people dancing around and do they draw. This is the World Cup NOT EUROVISION

It would seem that there are 24 teams whose only fear right now is drawing the mighty English. Imagine the relief they would feel to get drawn with a lesser team like Brazil or Spain.

Pablo.

Very funny! See The Rebel Air is gettin' to ya!

Wait a minute, keep Charlize Theron on

I've a feeling England will get USA and throw Beckham against Donovan and other LA Galaxy team-mates (if he gets in the squad of course). Football has a habit of throwing this up, or does it only apply to Celtic? (Henke coming back with Barca, Murdo with Dortmund)

Bhoys!

Off to Hong Kong shortly so wishing you all a good weekend! Will be in the Bull and Bear (appropriately named not!) Celtic pub tomorrow night for the Aberdeen game.

Take care and....

Mon The Hoops!

RobinBhoy

they are blowing those big kazoo things already. they do my head in.

Tonybananas

I'll take your word for it, Ive a feeling they will get lucky and get to the final.

I like these draws, just wish we had a team there to get excited about.

EN

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. Ernie Lynch

Pal..ye wull no get any argument, fae me..and that is unusual, tae say the least!..oan whit ye hiv written..

Ah agree with yer take..and yer proposal,concerning the Eventual Future of Wan... Aiden Mc Geady, Fitba Player.

Ah whiz jist speculating as to why the sudden and welcome, resurgence of Form by Oor Aiden.

As it may be predicated oan the
possibility that He has eethur, been drinking some of Alyss's
MALUM ELIXER...that she sent...or ..he Genuinely, realises that he wull nevah complete his dream of a higher standard of play..if he disnae show signs of Bucking Up.

Ah wid like tae think.. that he his Bin at the Elixer.

It is good stuff..

Fur that is awe that Master Aiden is Lacking in his make-up..

MALUM!

Kojo.
yer pal who likes ye aloater

close your eyes and listen to the guy doing the draw...

Im sure its peter sellers from the pink panther films....

Hunch.

France in Englands group and media frenzy over Thierry Henry.

Yeah its not the same without Scotland or Ireland Estadio. I remember the draw in 1990 and was more nervous and excited almost than when the actual games were played! Its better to travel hopefully than to arrive the say

loving Charlize Theron's South African accent. She must have picked that up in the Los Angeles district of South Africa.

Estadio -

France, England, USA then....

and Australia. That would be interesting!

Here comes King Poser

Kojo,

Lighten up!

Aiden is a class palyer who is a massive Celtic man! If it were not so he would have been gone long ago! To suggest that he is playing well now because he realises that he can only achieve his dream of playing in Spain if he does so is to question his Celtic credentials which are beyond reproach!

He wil leave us sooner or later for a much bigger club and for much more money, until then I thank God that he plays for Celtic!

Hail Hail!

RobinBhoy

David Beckham? Someone who could be potentially involved in the tournament as a player heling make the draw. Controversial!

Tonybananas

He has no link to South Africa either.

EN

Here is a devil of a question for the Ireland supporters amongst us - England meets France in the World cup final who do you want to win?

Listenning to Adrian Durham and Ray Houghton big up England just before the World Cup draw but thank god for Stan Collymore (I know he hasn't got a nice past)for talking sense and bringing the conversation back to reality. I don't mind listenning to Stan he talks like a fan and is always taking up their causes unlike Ray Houghton who patronise callers to the station and always resort to disparaging comments "Have you ever played the game professionally" when callers are getting their point over.

On BBC they are already talking about which sides England will avoid until the final.

And they wonder why we don't support them?

Right England with THe USA

Comedy

Scott McDonald v Andres Hinkel group D. Hopefully.

Australia and Germany tegether sets up a potential Celt v Celt match

From the BBC website:

Group A: South Africa, Mexico (the opening game of the 2010 World Cup)

1806: Jonathan Pearce reckons England cannot play Argentina until the final now.

We've got another 7 months of this!!!!!

England first game is against the USA

For the Oz Bhoys Australia first game is against Germany

Naka v Loovens Group E

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend..Robin Bhoy.

Na,pal.

Ah dinna hae an "Agenda", tae use your woid, Agin, Master McGeady.

Once ye get tae know me bettah..ye wull find oot..

That..

Ah only Tell it like it lays!

And..

Woiking oan that premise..

I have only stated in my Criticism of Master McGeady, the same
things that every ither Celtic Fan is weel aware.

which is..

Master McGeady , has not matured into the Player that everyboady, hoped and expected that he would.

He has by no Means, Fulfiled his Early Promise..

He is now Twenty Three Years Old..

And he still is Clinging to his Bhoyhood, Tanner Ba' Days.

Na..

I am Frustrated and Unpleased by the Performances that he
has been turning in..

In his last two Performances I have be pleasantly surprised by his Match Winning Performances.

I hope that he continues to show this Improvement in his play.

Na, pal..

I only report oan whit Ah see, in a Player's

PRESENT FORM..

I nevah take into consideration, a Player's Expected, Past or Future Form.

And any time I criticise a Player,please remember what I have said regarding what I have said is my Criteria.

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

Chris Killen versus the might of Italy

Ivory Coast with Brazil. That should be a game to watch

taggsybhoy on December 4, 2009 6:11 PM
From the BBC website:
Group A: South Africa, Mexico (the opening game of the 2010 World Cup)
1806: Jonathan Pearce reckons England cannot play Argentina until the final now.

It is unfortunate that England will not get the chance to play Maradonna's Argentina !

England next got Algeria in the group

Algeria with uas and England

Bougherra v England

They are getting an decent run so far, Portugal next please.

53, to be fair, I plagiarised something Lambosfrontteeth said to me when I was over for the follicley-challenged one's nuptials. 'Memeber him ??? He used to post on here before he was sewn in to his pinny and had "them" cut off and put somewhere safe 'cos he wouldn't be needing "those" again ;o)))

Anyways, I received this text from my 18 year old daughter last night........................!

A flower may die
The sun may set
But a father like you
No one can get

Your name is precious
It will never grow old
It's engraved in my heart
In letters of Gold

Daddies little Pumpkin
Misses him loads
But knows you are there
when she takes the wrong road

Thanks for everything
For bringing me up
Just want to tell you
I love you so much !

If I wasn't such a hard-ass, I'd have been in tears when I got that and as far as I can tell, it's all her own work (I think !) Just thought I'd share that with yous :o)

N'Guemo in with Holland and Japan

Aussies got Ghana too

Holland, Japan, Cameroon.

If Greece come out in that group should be some interesting banter between Glenn, Koki, Landry and Georgios

Killen vs Paraguay

Lads
Just heard some sad news.
The man that Bob Dylan described as "the best ballad singer he ever heard" has just died
Liam Clancy RIP (Celtic Soul Brother)

France got South Africa group, good easy group, could have been Ireland

Greece with Argentina

Lads

Sad news.
The man that Bob Dylan described as "The best ballad singer he ever heard" has just died

Liam Clancy RIP (Celtic soul brother)

South Africa will be out at the group stage.

Sammi v Ki Sung Yong

England got Slovenia what an easy group nooooooo

England
USA
Algeria
Slovenia

aw naw

R.I.P. Liam Clancy one of my dear departed mum's favourite singer

Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast. That's the group to watch,

Posted earlier that I would fear England, North Korea, Algeria and Slovenia. Just one wrong, the US in place of North Korea.

They have a great chance to build momentum in the group stages.

Group of Death

Brasil
Ivory Coast
Porugal
Can't remember who's the fourth

Here is a couple of songs by Liam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bekMj49DLrU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwHm18K3kjs

North Kore was the fourth team

Robinbhoy

I seems that you are basing most of your complaints against my Past
Criticism,of Aiden..

In the Following...

That, as He is an Ardent Celtic Man...and...in light of that universal knowledge..

I Kojo, should not have the Temerity to question his PRESENT VALUE to the Celtic Team.

I couldnae care less, if Aiden Supports Celtic or No.

I have already specified what is my Criteria on forming a Judgment as to whether a Player is playing well or no.

And, I can assure you... In using that Criteria..

Master Aiden, has disappointed More often that Not.

I have already stated that in his last Two Games , Aiden, has
shown me that he has possibly began the Process of Straightening Himself Up..and in so doing, is exhibiting the promise, that
he may get that Pilot's Licence, efter Awe!

What an easy group for the Huns of international football.

England wins their group which chances are they will they will then play the second place team from the group of Germany, Australia, Ghana and Serbia.

This is by Celticmined's resident financial guru

"http://www.heraldscotland.com/busine...tions-1.989380

"Q. What other interests do you have, how much are they worth and in what areas are you currently looking?

A. Due to the current financial crisis it became evident the property markets would take a significant time to readjust. In the intervening period, I was fortunate enough to be associated with a number of innovative entrepreneurs, which led us down a path into manufacturing.

We subsequently formed Global Hybrid Roofing Solutions, spent 14 months acquiring the intellectual property rights for its environmental roofing products, and invested millions of dollars incorporating and branding the company. We were offered $45m cash in New York a few months ago in return for a small equity stake in the company, pretty impressive for a company less than nine months old at the time – but we turned the offer down.

Since then we have enticed some of the best chemists in the world into our material supply division. We also moved into renewable energy and were in the market to purchase a windfarm recently acquired by Guy Hands of Terra Firma for $400m. We are in the process of constructing our own wind farm for $ 20m. Again this was down to caution and prudence. I personally completed a transaction to buy Iolife, an alternative health company based in Copenhagen."

Let's take a look- shall we?

Firstly Duffy's comments are generalized and bs artist stuff. The numbers which matter: Annual profits... or even annual sales... are never mentioned.

Lots of unprovable inuendo...
"we were offered..."
words to the effect of "we tried to buy a windfarm... and someone else paid a lot of money for it" What the fk relevance does your failed attempts have to do with anything? I tried to buy Microsoft this week. I offered them $10 for the lot- but they said no. And MSFT is worth billions now.

Global Hybrid Roofing Solutions:
A wee check on Dun & Bradstreet US shows that this company has almost no trading record. The company has existed for less than a year, has transaction values listed on D&B of less than $20,000 total!
There is a press release which mentions plans to invest $50m... but again "plans" no actual investment!

Iolife:

"I personally completed a transaction to buy Iolife, an alternative health company based in Copenhagen."
If he owns Iolife Ltd... someone forgot to tell the UK government. As its only shareholder listed on companies house is a guy called Steven Temple from County Down. The UK branch of this business is also very small and not so profitable.

Assets of GBP105K... Liabilities of GBP144K

That's right... it is technically insolvent. (Bit of a trend here...)

Now you might say... "but he said Denmark". Iolife Ltd makes reference to the product being "invented" by a Dane.

So maybe this is a big company is Denmark?

Here is the Danish website: http://www.iolife.dk ...it is some wee gadge's blog! I cannot find any evidence of this product ever having been for sale in Denmark (might be that google.dk isn't very good).

Now to be fair... these are his "new" ventures. But the Iolife is nothing but a sham and a con. Look at the website: iolife.co.uk

This is a total con.

The roofing products is either so small and new that no one knows about it... or it is also a con.

To be fair- he did not say that these companies are how he got rich... but he does not tell us which ventures made him his fortune back. Just some inuendo about property and getting out at the top. (He could foresee the global property market collapsing a few years ago, but says he was surprised by the suddeness of Rangers and David Murray's problems? )

Relax tims... Rangers fans having their emotions toyed with by this (alleged - ed)charlatan suits us just fine. With every cycle of raised and dashed hopes fewer will show interest in being involved in any buy out. This t**l is doing us a massive favour!"

pablophanque

I'm just glad that England didn't get Slovakia.
Gave DJ on clyde pelters

Dr Jo is on Slovak TV saying it's no a bad draw for Slovaia. I always liked that man

Slovakia even. Now Frank from east Kilbride giving them hell

What is the Stars.

I think he was the last surviving member of THe Clancy Brothers and Tommy Mackem.

Great singer, raconteur, performer.

RIP

Lurgan

Yes he was the last.A good man,Wild man in his day

Oh dear. Not the kind of leadership statement (the last line) I expect from a Celtic manager...........

""I'm a pretty open guy and I like to talk about football but if it keeps getting used against you every week, then why keep falling in the same trap?

"I love to talk about football, I'm an honest guy but it doesn't seem to be a positive, it seems to be a negative."

Mowbray added: "It's pretty open for the world to see. In Scotland you are either great or you are not.

"There seems to be no grey areas, so let's not talk about grey areas, let's keep it black or white.

"I worked with the media in Edinburgh and the west midlands and now I'm working with the media in Glasgow.

"I've played here at Celtic for four years so it has been a period where you see if things have mellowed but maybe it's naive to think that they have mellowed.

"I've enjoyed five or six years working as a manager and I've never had the reaction or the manipulation of what you might say.

"I understand it but the bottom line is when you are speaking to the media in the west midlands, there doesn't seem to be an agenda there, or the need to twist things.

"So you can talk honestly and openly and have a bit of banter with the journalists who are not there to create stories that aren't there.

"You definitely can't do that here. But I'm not here to change it, I'm here to work within it and I will do that."

pablophanque

Pablo-good work for an Alloa man!

Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia

I am happy with that. Not a bad group for my adopted country

Im working out to the following.

England win group
England v Serbia
England v France

and

England V Argentina and Brazil v Spain Semi finals.

Sack Maradonna now and get Hiddink in this is serious now.

pablophanqueAuthor 6:39 PM

On the contrary I think he is being canny to avoid a ton of 'Celtic Paranois' derision. It is possible to say one thing and do another. I hope he does elaborate more when instances such as Darren Dods' Lev Yashin impression crop up instead of meekly accepting it.

Something along the lines of Nosurname's "We're not going to complain we'll accept the refs decision but we were robbed..." stuff.

tonybananas

did you hear clyde tonight?

Liam Clancy

Any excuse to post this.

Alan Partridge World Cup preview

'Liquid football'

EN,

I think, under Capello, they have an excellent chance of going the whole way.
If Defoe continues in this form their problem with a poacher is gone and all that remains for them is the keeper situation.

Robert Green could well be the answer there.

Hope not, but for me it is a real possibility.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

I meant the financial stuff-the Tony Mowbray quotes aren't exactly inspiring...

By Ernie Lynch on December 4, 2009 1:18 PM
Gold Coast Tom 8.06
It seems you're a wee bit out of touch with things over here.

You're absolutely right. I even missed the announcement of the signing of Kevin Kyle, although the entire British media missed it too, so I don't feel so bad.

:~)

Were you ;listening CQN

Norse Warrior just got up to win the first at Wolves at 5/1

aviemore77, only the family home mate, thankfully. I'm Glasgow born and bred ;o0 BTW, saw your reply to me about Pallas a while ago, but didn't have time to reply and prolly read it about 10 hours after you posted it. Don't know if I mentioned it, but my brother saw them recently at the Ferry withought the old lead singer (Ewan ?)

tonybananas, I'd much rather he told them where to go and what to do with their "Newspapers" TBH. Treat them with the contempt they deserve. That says to me that he'll play along with them, instead of taking them on. WGS had them to a tea and idiotic Celtic supporters still used that as another stick to beat him with !!!???

They are scum and should be taken on and treated as such IMNVHO.

pablophanque

Liam Clancy

And I'll have 400 for old time's sake :o)

pablophanque

When do the shares in Cadizzy's Casino come to the market?

Rats !!!!!!!!!!!

pablophanque

Just checked the World Cup draw against the current World rankings, to discover that Group C is made up of;

England 9
USA 14
Slovenia 23
Algeria 28

Note that there is no team ranked top eight in Group C, Group G however includes both Brazil (2) and Portugal (5). England did not deserve to be a top seed, since both France (7) and Portugal (5) are ranked higher than them. FIFA's explanation is that France and Portugal had to qualify via the playoffs, and therefore had their opportunity in the qualifiers, which is almost exactly the argument Robbie Keane made after FIFA seeded the playoffs. You could not make that up! Incidentally the rankings are no longer FIFA rankings, but officially the FIFA/Coca Cola rankings. Pity Disney wasn't the main sponsor!

i think a crack is appearing after TM comments today

aviemore77, it's Uly McGhee's and I've got preffered status (I hope)

pablophanque

biddulph bhoy

she will be OK as long as...

na I'm not going there.

Lurgan53. Alas it will have to be another time.

Hail Hail

MWD

Stars,

I WAS LISTENING :-)

Thank you once more mate....you ARE the MHAN!

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

AllezParcAuxBoules CSC

Veno's Fact Syrup - #46

Veno's Fact Syrup - #47

Veno's Fact Syrup - #48

Great stuff token

Raging about "all of me" being a non runner 25/1 into 6/1 in an hour and then out.
Wonder what happened.
Had the blinkers on at that stage and forgot to mention "Seek the Fair Land" which I put about a week or two ago.Beaten that day beacuse it didnt see out the mile.Won today over 7 furlongs at 8/1

Just got on myself at the last minute.

On the previous thread, some posters were claiming that as many as 8,000 Celtic fans with match tickets failed to turn up on Wednesday. I said I reckoned the true figure would be more like a thousand.

A few posters came on and told me of themselves and people they know who had tickets but did not go to the game.

Ok . . . so how does that prove there were 8,000 absentees rather than 1,000.

Also, if there were a lot of tickets unused, how does that prove that Celtic counted the unused tickets in the official attendance? Maybe 36,000 (just as an example) tickets were sold and the official attendance of 35,010 was the number who turned up. I don't know, but I still await an inteligent response to my question - why would Celtic exaggerate the attendance figure?

I am not saying I am definitely right here. I am merely playing devil's advocate to the people who claim it as FACT that their ESTIMATE of the crowd was way below the official attendance released by Celtic.

The Token Tim

For me Capello is the greatest manager in action today, thats where the fear comes from.

Hoping for David James or Robert Green to be next years David Seaman. Agree on Defoe looking like a great bet to be top scorer 33/1 9th favourite just now at Ladbrookes.

Caen away to Istres tonight, top v bottom 5/4 Caen the bet of the night.

EN

Estadio Nacional

Don't you think that England do not have a good enough keeper to win it?

Estadio
I was five when they won it and I am still suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I dont think I could live with another 40 years of them gloating

MWD

did you get any joy with that website I sent you?

Stars,

Took "all of me" at 16s, but noticed also Happy Reunion was a n/r.
I assume Mr Flynn just didny fancy it today??

No worries re "Seek" you have given CQN more than enough.....but feel free to ply us with more :-)

BTW, I couldnt resist and had a wee bit at Mr Hanagan in the 7.50....sure you know why!
Like Mr Desmond it was an emotional investment :-)

Took yir advice in the last too.

Good luck mate

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Paul

Regarding the hun imposters on this site i hereby state that all posters should have their photographs alongside as you could then pick out the HUNS as they are all UGLY open for discussion(HE HE)

Krakowbhoy

I haven't had the opperchancity to have a good look yet but hopefully soon.

MWD

good evening fellow tims
this is your man in habana, logging in to report that cuba is still free of american tyrany but not for long now oil has been discovered.
Anyroadup, never got to watch any of the games, but enjoyed reading all about it on this great blog.
Also noted I have made a major impact with some of the more linear thinkers here, good to see I'm held in such high regard as to be mentioned with some of the great controversies of the day :o)

estadio nacional

if they had dave seaman in goals now they'd be a much better bet to win it.

MWD

It is no bad though. You can get whatever you want more or less and the older the more reliable.

what is the stars

Would you take an England WC win if it meant we went on to win the Champions League a year later?

Now there's an interesting therapy session!

A bit of track, but were any of you watching the footy report on the news? The forces of Darkness had lined up an interview for their new starlet Jamie Ness. Interesting squad number i thought.....67. Cheered me right up! What next? Centre Halves wearing 18 and 88?

KrakowBhoy

All the keepers they have tried have blundered at one point in the past, Im hoping for more of the same, Im hoping if they get to the semi or final nerves will kick in.

What is the stars

Advertisers talk about getting a new super dooper tv for the world cup, not for me as it could be redundant after the final. If they won it Id never put the tv on again.

EN

Narrowboatim

I must say there was a huge swell of support and sympathy from the English media and in particular the ordinary football fan on radio phone-in shows like 5 live and Alan Brazil's Talksport after Septic Bladder and his giggling Gerties got the result they wanted in the Stad De France.

Would I support England if they meet France?
The arrogance of some English fans can be hard to take, in particular I despise the lack of respect shown to the anthems of opposing nations be it in Wembley or Caesars Palace.

Who knows, on this occasion - maybe.

Token

It could have been that the horses didnt travel well.Or perhaps owner had not got his money on early enough.
I hope to find out.
For the record keep an eye on Paul W Flynn and dont worry if the horse has no form and even better if there is no money for it.
My pal gave me one of his at Uttoxeter in May.No form (UFP0P type of thing) 33/1,total no hoper (ah I will try a ten each way) won at 25/1,won easily like an odds on shot.
Watch Mr PaulW Flynn,trainer extraordinaire and the the trainer of the Horse That Saved Christmas in the Stars household last year

C'mon lads, give these a click and look at the other ones as well.

SFTB

I have no knowledge of the matters you asked about...yet. Although I do know the first Mrs Rupert Murdoch went to Snottery Dames up in Partick.

http://news.stv.tv/opinion/142019-whats-the-point-of-devolution-if-you-cant-spell-it/

http://sport.stv.tv/opinion/142031-get-off-your-moral-high-horse-over-tiger-woods/

http://sport.stv.tv/opinion/141213-stucs-bizarre-call-for-celtic-protest/

Gold Coast Tom

'but I still await an inteligent response to my question - why would Celtic exaggerate the attendance figure?'

I have already provided you with an answer to that question.

By the way, you might want to learn to spell intelligent correctly.

Ernie Lynch from last thread

The point I was making about people who were pro Israeli is that they would have become part of a protest whether they agreed or not, regardless of them personally waving the palistinian flags.

It would encourage anti semitism because it is a football match, a lot of people jump on the bandwagon without knowing what they are getting involoved in. Not that I want to compare the STUC to the Nazis but it is similar tactics that Hitler used to get Germans onside in the 1930s.

Also, the fact that it was announced so shortly before the game meant that there was little time for people to meet and decide as groups (such as GB or JB) what to do. The whole idea was stupid and hypocritical.

PS sorry for taking so long to get back to you

PS sorry for taking so long to get back to you

Up over goal

Hmmm,
Throw in a night or two with Carla Bruni and I will consider it

KrakowBhoy

A duff goalie did't stop Brasil from winning World Cups, not that I am comparing England to Brasil. The summer is a long way away from now, I think England has a good starting 9 players, a few injuries to important players and they are sunk. The depth of their squad is weak but they do have some game changers and I am thinking of Rooney, Gerrad(never really does it for england like he does for Liverpool) and Joe Cole. With the right breaks they have got as good as chance as anyone plus the weather is cool that time of year in S.A. and I don't think they are playing in any stadiums where the altitude becomes a factor. Could be a bad summer for posters like me that live darn sarf. I just hope they do their usual screw up.

By malorbhoy on December 4, 2009 7:09 PM
Paul
Regarding the hun imposters on this site i hereby state that all posters should have their photographs alongside as you could then pick out the HUNS as they are all UGLY open for discussion(HE HE)

That is spectacularly unfair. I am excrutiatingly ugly. Ask Kitalba, Sydney Tim and Michael Collins if you don't believe me. In the 70s, Susan Boyle knocked me back in the Kinema in Dunfermline.

In fact, when I was born, I was so ugly, the midwife slapped my mother.

My real name is Thursday, not Tom. That is because when I was born, the midwife held me for a moment, looked at my mother and said, "I think you should call it a day."

I am so unlucky that, if there is reincarnation, I'll come back as me.

uglyasfcuk.csc

WW, what happened to your one about the banker's (sic) bonus ?

pablophanque

By Ernie Lynch on December 4, 2009 7:13 PM
Gold Coast Tom
'but I still await an inteligent response to my question - why would Celtic exaggerate the attendance figure?'
I have already provided you with an answer to that question.

Hence why I inserted the word "intelligent".

Take your time.

pablo

what fettle auld pal

what is the stars

how about a night or two with frank bruno?

canamalar

How is the El Kestral Cerveza?

Molly Malone

I think Estadio Nacional posted that England will likely meet France in the quarters if all things come to past so it won't be a Cup Final decision.

Give the baw to Sebo

'Not that I want to compare the STUC to the Nazis but it is similar tactics that Hitler used to get Germans onside in the 1930s'

With all due respect that's just about the stupidest and most ignorant thing I've ever read (and I used to read Follow Follow, til I was banned).

The Narrowboat Tim

It is a given. England are a shower of bottlers but as I said on clyde tonight redraw redraw. However they will not do it because they have too much on them and they lack overall quality. Terry, Gerrard, Lampard and Rooney are good but after that they have some very ordinary players. Ashley cole gets way too much praise because he plays in england ( is he really that much better than Grossso?).

Gareth barry is AVERAGE
Wright Phillips - hot and cold
Lennon- see Wright-Phillips

No left sided match winners

They have not had a chance since 1990 imho

Celtic for me

Dont think so thanks

Have to log off for a while

Take care chaps

PF ayr

Have you heard anything about Kyle signing a precontract?

I noticed on Wednesday night that while a large proportion of the Hapoel supporters were stripped to the waist, most of their team wore gloves.
There's a message there... somewhere.

Pablo

As you asked..

http://news.stv.tv/opinion/141857-have-the-banks-got-no-shame/

narrabhoat,
crystal must be spanish fo kestral, has that same aftertaste, but I've found something stronger and more rancid I give you buccaneer 5.4% kick like a mule and hangover like armagedon, I've found the police to be very very helpful though the digs are a bit stuffy and youve got to share with loads of cubans, but its just another experience in lifes great tapestry :o)
I see Celtic have been winning since I left the country so I've come to the conclustion the jinx is gold coast tom :oD

Pablo

You can get the rest of them here. Obviously, don't bother looking at the other people's...

http://news.stv.tv/write-factor/

KrakowBhoy

I agree with your assessment of England players, I might disagree on Terry I find he is a bit slow at this level. The player I think if he stays healthy who has bundle of talent is Joe Cole, if he is on his game he can tear defences apart.

KrakowBhoy -

I firmly believe England have an excellent team and a great squad of players, plus more importantly, a World Class manager and coach.

I can't see them winning the World Cup, but I can see them going to the semi-finals, at least.

Gold Coast Tom, you were on a roll there. :-)

Ernie L

i am grateful for your response last night

i have to admit to being some what underwhelmed

you heaped opprobium on the Celtic support in general

traduced individual posters

all for the failure to follow an edict from the STUC and wave a non-descript A4 sheet of paper around

we are a club open to all and i am proud that we were not railroaded into carrying out an orchestrated protest that some of our number may not have been comfortable with

you really need to chill brother and stop picking fights were none exist

hail hail

Ernie Lynch

The stuc were naive, we have Palestinian flags at every home and away game and we will no doubt have them tomorrow.

The Celtic support know what’s right

We just don’t need professional politicos telling us what we should and should not think.

Hail Hail

canamalar - I see Celtic have been winning since I left the country so I've come to the conclustion the jinx is gold coast tom

I left the country 5 years ago. Also, your logic is flawed. You leave the country, so Celtic start winning, ergo YOU are the jinx. Please stay out of the country.

Anyway, I'm too ugly to be a jinx.

Ernie Lynch

The point I was making was the aggression that such a display would show, preying on the ignorant and the weak to join in without knowing what they were doing was a tactic used in the 1930s, I didnt mean the anti semitism of the Nazis (although I can see why you thought it did as I worded it awfully).

Gold Coast tom

I agree BUT

they will not ahck it at a later round despite their natural English arrogance. They are a bunch of overpaid primadonnas and if we analyse their club sides their best players are arguably non English.

They will do well but winning it is unlikely despite what Motson will claim.

Eustace P Merryweather on December 4, 2009 7:30 PM

Very well said.

canamalar

Those digs where you are staying in Cuba, that you say is stuffy and you share with lots of Cubans is that called a "prisión celda" by chance?

Free the Partick one CSC

Eustace P Merryweather

'we have Palestinian flags at every home and away game and we will no doubt have them tomorrow.'

But the game won't be shown live on Israeli TV though, will it?

Anyone who doubts my claim to being grotesquely ugly, just click on my spanner to find the evidence.

Ernie your not still rambling on about that STUC nonsense are you,

please, in the least offensive way possible..

GET OVER IT!!!

PF ayr

I'm sorry you were underwhelmed by my response, but of course you were always going to be underwhelmed, weren't you?

No matter. I have my beliefs and I suppose you may have some too.

To current issues. Have you heard anything about Kyle signing a precontract?

Ernie Lynch -

If a handful of Celtic fans have a habit of taking the Palestinian flag to games, that is their prerogative and I have no problem with that, so why should they desist for one game just because the opposition is Israeli?

I was against the mass flying of the flags on Wenesday because the STUC had no right to attempt to use the Celtic support, but as I said, if a supporter is in the habit of taking such a flag to games, he had every right not to see Wednesday's game as any different.

rdk7

I'm replying to other posters.

I'm not initiating the discourse.

narrabhoat,
could have been, I just remember being helped into my taxi (very similar to the BTP taxi's) by two well presented uniformed gentlemen, I think the language barrier is similar to the english taxi drivers when I'm shall we say, merry :o) so there wasnt much change there, the only difference is the room rate, but I suppose thats down to having to share :o), I'm thinking of going up to santiago this weekend to check out their hospitality, however the british consulate told me I might not be able to check out as easily next time, but we shall see :o)

GCT
there was no logic in it, but if you want to elevate it to flawed logic I'll take it.

this is your man in habana sigining off, and heading for his next adventure, santiago gaol awaits its next guest and the devil with the consulate, a man on a mission must take risks.

hail hail

Ernie -

Nobody can sign a pre-contract agreement until 1st January.

Or are you claiming he has signed a pre-pre-contract agreement?

Celtic mac at 6.55

FIFA used the October rankings as teams such as France and Portugal had 2 extra play off matches to gain points in. At that time England were ranked 7th, ahead of both Portugal and France. England cruised through their qualifying group, France stumbled their way through to the play offs and then cheated into the finals. I'm a Scotsman living in Wales with Irish heritage who has no time for England but they deserved to be in the top seeds ahead of France and Portugal.

Gold Coast Tim

Well said ,but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and as Mrs MB is also from Dunfermline I take your point

Krakowbhoy

The England players are on such huge money in the EPL that perhaps playing in the World Cup is something of an unwanted chore. I firmly believe a lot of these guys would prefer to relax with their families on some exotic beach after a long hard season.

England like a lot of players in these islands do not have the ball skills necessary to go the whole way in these competitions. As you say it's the infusion of the top players in the world that accounts for the strength of the EPL.

canamalar is Our Dan in Havana

Graham Greene Brigade CSC

Gold Coast Tom re Kyle-isn't that what used to be known as tapping up? It's now so overtly blatant that Aberdeen have advised Motherwell that they'll be approaching Motherwell with a view to signing Jim O'Brien on a pre-contract. So as much as it would disappoint me with regards to the actual player, it's pretty encouraging to me that Celtic are going about their business early.

jinshang (Chinese Bhoy)
I wouldn't like to see ZIZi go.
I don't think his Celtic career is even properly under way yet.
There's a lot more to come from this excellent player.
Hail Hail!

Zbyszek,

Is there a class system in Polish football?

I see that one of your mid fielders has a team mate who ties his boot laces for him.:>)

The standard looks similar to the SPL. Would you agree?

Gold Coast Tom where did you get the photo from in your blog. If im not mistaken the guy is from Greenock.

Molly Malone

Agreed
But they are bottlers

By Molly Malone on December 4, 2009 7:52 PM
The England players are on such huge money in the EPL that perhaps playing in the World Cup is something of an unwanted chore. I firmly believe a lot of these guys would prefer to relax with their families on some exotic beach after a long hard season.

I don't buy that for one second. Any footballer, anywhere on the planet, regardless of club salary level, would give his right leg to play in the World Cup finals.

It's not about money. It's about appearing in the greatest football show on earth.

It is the ultimate dream of ever professional footballer, with the exception of Roy Keane.

:~)

Gold Coast Tom

I'm not claiming anything.

I'm stating I was told by someone who has a family connection to Kyle that he is coming to Celtic.

I know that the family connection exists. Beyond that I know nothing.

Time will tell.

greenlion2 -

I lifted it from google images. I think I keyed the word 'tramp' as my search.

Ernie Lynch

Are you maskerading as Canamalar(King of the Rumor Merchant's)

cardiffbhoy

You are correct of course that FIFA/Coca Cola did use the October rankings, but only after the current rankings were produced. Given that the World Cup is next year what is the justification for that? In part it was to punish France, but Portugal are ranked 5 and have done better than England in each of the last three major tournaments. You can give England all the moral support you want, but trust me the draw was rigged!

Ernie -

Fair enough.

If it happens I will apologise, then go and hang myself in the attic.

:~)

Zybszek,

Who is Kasmil Gilk?

BTW The rumour about Kyle was already up on Celtic Minded before I heard about it.

GCT he looks very like a guy who sleeps rough in town. Most nights in the doorway of St Marys. If it is him it would have been taken a few years ago.

Usually if you type tramps into google images it gives you the pictures St Stivs put up ealrier in the week.

Goal Coast Tom

International football does not hold the same attraction for multi millionaire footballers that it did of yore.
The Champions League is now THE COMPETITION.
WE agree to disagree.

Re the England World Cup thing. I'd like to ask the opinion of the posters-why do we not like even the thought of England winning the WC? Is it because of the media, is it because of the players attitudes-ie prima donnas who are feted wherever they go and are paid grossly high salaries? Or is it a dislike of things English? The reason I ask is that I have taken great pleasure in England being knocked out of successive tournaments, or in some cases I haven't even bothered to watch them I could care less. But (and this is where I'm sticking my neck out here) I actually enjoyed England winning the RU WC back in 2003 (listened to the commentary on 5Live at Tannadice) and was very happy when they won the Ashes in 05 and again this summer. To me, the players of both formats seemed genuinely decent guys and with a winning mentality that wasn't tainted the same way that footballers seem to be. Granted the media coverage was totally over the top with their reactions, but didn't stick in my throat the way it does even when the football team beat the likes of Andorra!

Look, I do not want kevin Kyle BUT given our need to Bully the oposition does he not represent something of a safe bet?

Gold Coast Tom

For your info...
I think you'll find the De Niro Taxi Driver quote is 'you talkin' to me?' not the popular misconception 'you lookin' at me' as referred to in your on your blog.
Nothing personal, misquotes are a pet hate!

still standing

Ernie Lynch

What team do you think WE should put out tomorrow?

KrakowBhoy-I agree. I also happen to think that he is a better bet and player than Killen, so if it's Killen out and Kyle in, then imo that is an improvement to what's already there-and isn't that the point of bringing players in-to improve on what's already there?

still standing

It IS are you talking to me

And everyone should know this

Gold Coast Tom

except my own, should have read ...as referred to in your blog

still standing

If Celtic sign Kevin Kyle, then we might as well pack up and go. There will be more empty seats mee thinks.

Gil Heron

I think we would get more out of Kevin Kyle than Killen but given tfod defence likes playing agsint our lightweight strikers, he is a decent weapon

Celtic Mac - why would it be rigged for England ?

Interesting arguments for and against Kevin Kyle for Celtic.

Kevin Kyle in a Celtic jersey would give Davy Weir and Boogy something to think about when we face them. Dundee United's giant defence would also have some problems with him.

Horses for courses: he would not be the number one man against top European competition but he could be a good investment to get us into Europe.

Ernie L

not a very nice tone my friend

why so unpleasant play nice or not at all

as for KK ...i`m fecked if im tellin `

Frustrated Mowbray threatens to cold shoulder press
http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/celtic/141998-frustrated-mowbray-threatens-to-cold-shoulder-press/

And Why He Should !

http://celticparanoia.blogspot.com/2008/05/darrell-king-archetypal-laptop-loyal.html

http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/176.$plit/C_71_article_1048515_image_list_image_list_item_0_image.jpg

Jamiebhoy

To be honest I'm very rarely in Cork city centre....and I havent been on a stag for a while but I'd recommend you have a pilgrimage to the "Hi-B" Bar on Oliver Plunkett St. It is a legendary auld fashioned Cork shop. If I was you I'd go at the start of the night, not when everybody is pashed. Its a bit of odd, old world Cork charm, if you like that sort of thing, dont go if you want Muzac and Burds ( Ghod I sound old!)But it's worth a look before you get well and truly horsed.

Cork is a great city, also check out Riordans, again not a young buck's place but well worth it.

Cheers!

gil heron