Champions League envy

What a great day for CQN!

Tom who?

happy christmas!!

Anybody notice the similarities between McDonald's first goal on Saturday and Frank McAvennie's goal against Rangers in 1988.

http://footballsfootball.com/WeknowSFA/history/

Well done to everyone involved in bringing Kano home.

I'm looking forward to viewing tonight's Spanish Armada!

WMBT

Welcome home, Kano!

Brilliant, brilliant news about Kano.

what is it with my families genes that everybody cries !!!!!!

ramie:
i have copied and pasted that post. SPECIAL WORDS can never be taken away. i will use that post for many a year.

kitalba:
heartfelt and beautiful.

to cry tears of joy is truly a magical beautiful thing.

at least thats what im sticking too.

THE PEOPLE ARE SINGING

ive no doubts.

Timmy7

I think Paul67 was referring to Tom Cruise singing 'Show me the money' to the Orcs.

Paul67

Today feels like and is a very good day.

Kit & Estadio from previous article. Wordsmithery at it's best.

Hail Hail

MWD

Paul you also have the tom cruize films: the (old) Firm, top hun, and of course eyes wide shut (what all the orcs suffer from!!)

Great news re Kano.

Just shows what can be achieved with hope, effort and determination.

A fantastic day for him and his family.

Well done to all who contributed and to Paul for providing the forum for it to happen.

There should be no limit to how proud youre entitled to feel in changing one family's life so much for the better.

TLWIO

Think he meant Jerry Maguire :O).

Welcome home Kano :o))).

.

Zbyszek....

For Some Reason Yesterday l was on a Site....Quoting the Longest Sentence in a Book....Well Lo and Behold....

A 4,000 Worder....by a Polish Writer....(Forget the name of Author sorry)....

Name of Book....

The Gates of Paradise....

Have you been Busy....?

001

I would love it, absolutely love it ( a la Kevin Keegan) to have a spare £31 million. I would offer to pay off the Hun debt in excbange for stadium naming rights and rename it The Vatican Park or something similar. Any suggestions ? And how would THEY react?

Moonbeams, it does indeed.

Charlie74, indeed.

TLWIO, long after CQN is gone I will remain very proud of those who have achieved so much with their generosity.

Get it noo...Ted :O).

JungleJim - We could try and persuade PayPal to get on board.

Tom Cruise has already played a hun (Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg) on the big screen aswell as portraying Ethan Hun(t).

Mort

Driving home for Christmas
Oh, I can't wait to see those faces
I'm driving home for Christmas, yea
Well I'm moving down that line
And it's been so long
But I will be there
I sing this song
To pass the time away
Driving in my car
Driving home for Christmas

It's gonna take some time
But I'll get there
Top to toe in tail-lights
Oh, I got red lights on the run
But soon there'll be a freeway
Get my feet on holy ground

So I sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When I get through
And feel you near me
I am driving home for Christmas
Driving home for Christmas
With a thousand memories

I take look at the driver next to me
He's just the same
Just the same

Top to toe in tail-lights
Oh, I got red lights on the run
I'm driving home for Christmas, yea
Get my feet on holy ground
So I sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When I get trough
And feel you near me
Driving in my car
Driving home for Christmas
Driving home for Christmas
With a thousand memories

Fred C. the best ones take a moment to digest.

Paul67

TLWIO, long after CQN is gone I will remain very proud of those who have achieved so much with their generosity.

Ehhh! What do you mean? Whit!

MWD

Congratulations to everyone who helped bring Kano home.

I believe we need AZ Alkmaar to beat Standard Liege tonight, otherwise Belgium are probably going to overtake Scotland in the coefficient battle.

Paul67 et al

Not had a chance to read through the depths of the blog recently, long story

Just read your post, thats absolutely great news that Kano is home

Just magic, absolutely magic

Hail Hail

Mouldy67

Celtic's first trophy of the season sits proudly at home with his loved ones.

A brilliant team effort. Well done to everybody and Happy Christmas, Martin and family.

Moonbeams, chill, no hidden meaning.

Immensely welcome news for Martin and his family. What a lift his coming home will give them all.

Actually, this should be in the second person not the third so.....

Martin, immensely welcome news for you and your family. I hope this gives you all a great lift and sets you up for a wonderful Christmas and a happy hunskelping new year.

Eustace P Merryweather (from previous thread)

Absolutely agree we need to keep the Heid, although I think we're over-reacting by saying that Loovens and McManus are not fit for purpose.

Glen Loovens is, in my opinion, our best defender so far this season. Mick had a disastrous start after injury (against Hapoel), played well in a few games (Falkirk, St Mirren, and I thought he was good in the Rangers match - the goals were the fault of Loovens). Loovens is well ahead of him, but remember he had to come back from injury. What I'm saying is he's at least decent cover for Glenn.

Best case scenario for me - a new LB, striker and RCB in January. Midfielders we have aplenty.

Paul67

You had me worried there that I might actually find time to do some work. :o)

MWD

Paul 67 and CQNers

I'm sure a few of you self respecting Bhoys would like to look stylish this winter with the finest cashmere Celtic scarf there is?

Well here is your chance

Competition Time: Win A Savile Rogue Celtic Scarf

Thanks for your time.

Hail Hail.

Great news about Kano.

A big well done to all.

Cadizzy
You are the first person to be concerned about second or third person. Fourth estate job as a fifth columnist for you, methinks.

Paul et al,

Brilliant news regarding Kano!! It show's just how much can be acheived by our wonderful club and let's hope that this is the start of a very good, a very good year.

Best wishes to Kano and his family. As someone who suffered a similar family situation, there is nothing better than getting that person home!!

Hail, Hail!

My favourite Ted Mcguire quote:

I am out here for you. You don't know what it's like to be ME out here for YOU. It is an up-at-dawn, pride-swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about, ok?

- Jerry McBain tries to reason with Rangers chief shareholder.

Will raise a glass to the good news about martin.
Well also raise a glass for everybody who made it possible, with effort, sweat and cash.

Or should that be with Rangers fans in general?

Fantastic news that Kano is back home with his family.

Superb effort but everyone involved. It's at times like this you realise how lucky your are to be part of a very special football club with such generous and caring supporters.

Hail Hail

Lubo

Unlike the clubs rankings, I think that the national rankings will not be affected next season, it is for 2 years hence.

You are of course spot on that we do want AZ to prevail.

I heard (tuned in by accident briefly) DFDJ spouting out rubbish about the national team performance impacting on country ranking.....it makes me really mad to hear such rubbish spouted with such certainty by these amateurs.

Afternoon Bhoys.

I've been posting rather infrequently for a while now (as Caldwells_Heid until Saturday), mostly sticking to footballing matters and not getting drawn into much else.

Huge congratulations to Martin Kane, back home today after the toughest 399 days of his life, I would imagine. He would not have had many happy days during this time, but I doubt there could be many happier moments than those he will be sharing with his family right now.

I have followed his story, but not posted until now. Congratulations to all those involved, you should all be very proud. I am.

Hail Hail.

And God Bless Kano and his family.

RSD

The sign of being in trouble at centre back is that it is very hard to decide who we should keep and who we should get rid of. Let's face it, all 3 of the guys currently vying for the two positions have each committed more than one absolute howler and none of them fill us with any real confidence for any length of time.

Cente back,for me, is still more of a priority than left back and maybe even striker though I agree it would be good to add in those areas also. It looks like Darren O'Dea's loan spell has not produced the outcome (playing games)that made him want to go out in the first place. Bringing him back lacking matches may not be much of a solution either.

Jungle Jim, my sixth sense told me you were going to say that and I am now in seventh heaven because of it.

My last post should have read "by everyone involved".

Quick question for any Belgian Bhoys.

Off to Brugge at the weekend and had a quick look on celticbars.com and could only see The Druids Cellar. No link to their website but hope it's still there.

If not, can any kind soul point me in the right direction to see what I hope will be the hammering of those mothers from well?

Ta

up_over_goal

Your right i was a bit harsh with loovens what i meant was without the heid he may not be fit for purpose. As i feel he needs leadership

That said if we get a steady leader to replace the heid he may do a job.

The main wish for me is a striker

robbie keane will do as this will blow away a lot of the ill feeling towards the board and we may have a united front to kill of the huns

Hail Hail

Cadizzy

Calm down with the jokes.

I've just eight.

RSD
No way. He will go the full nine yards.

Far and Away the best news in a long time...
None of us can begin to imagine how Kano feels now.

FAMILY...

Nothing so Life Affirming.....

Which leads to the gratuitous link to wee Penny, currently starring in Nine

up_over_goal,

spot on with regards Caldwell & Loovens

DBBIA I'd give her ten out of ten....and then one

fortunately she was not in Oceans 11,12 13 which brings an end to this numbers racket

Random question folks, work argument.

What squad number was Derek Riordan for Celtic?

By Rod Stewarts Drum on December 9, 2009 12:42 PM

14

Let's be honest; Heid is off. Get O'Dea back up the road and pair him with Loovens. If Josh Thompson is good enough to have been considered last week, then maybe we should blood him too. We will have Loovens, O'Dea, McManus (unless we get an offer in the region of £2.5/3M) and Thompson. A solid defence will be the key to the rest of our season, I reckon. We're lucky to have two class-act 'keepers and the strikers are starting to come good. Midfield needs lightened, if anything. If McManus should go, spend a chunk on a no-nonsense CB, with pedigree, even if it's just to get us through to the summer, title under the arm.

Oh aye, rotate between Fox and Naylor; he's been pretty poor of late (bar that one run against the Dons).

Haha.

To Paul67, all CQNers & everyone who gave to this worthy cause, you guys really are all great people and have a heart of gold, it is certainly grand news that Martin is now home with his family and I wish them all a wonderful Christmas.

I would also like to say to Paul "after CQN is gone", lets not allow that to happen, make this the longest running fan blog, when did you start the blog.

Hail Hail
Finnigan30

Centre-Half debate..

Milan Misun could find himself a lucky bhoy if he times his return to fitness around mid-January, which is what is expected.

Lubo

Re the Country Ranking

This year Scotland is currently ranked 27th behind giants such as Belarus and only just ahead of Moldova.

A win tonight for Rangers and a win for Celtic next week would take us to 20th but a long way from our overall 14th place (based on current 5 year co effs).

If it was not for Rangers UEFA heroics of 2 years ago Scotland would be in 17th spot now and entering in 2nd round (of 4 round) qualifier.

Unless things improve in the short term Scotland will be rated permanently with Moldova, Belarus, Slovakia and Slovenia in just 2 or 3 years.

I am sure this will still not encourage many to feel inclined to want the Lloyds Works team to win a meaningless match in Seville tonight ?

Eustace
I am not convinced that the anti-board sentiment is anywhere near as wide spread as you might feel. Listening to the Hibs CEO yesterday I was struck by the pragmatic approach of their board as they strive for real success and compared it with the irresponible way the Huns went about theirs. I feel that quite a few of us think a seven point January lead was lost because of reasons other than not buying in that month. I definitely support the Board but have no problem with those who do not but neither side should assume anything about how many others share whatever view we hold.
Also, since the team has been playing well, so has the Heid. Coincidence? Or is he quite good when he can concentrate on his own job?
Hail! Hail!

Kano is home - it's a very special day. What else is there to say?

It may be a cold and wet December day, but in my heart it feels like the most glorious of summer afternoons.

By Gary67 on December 9, 2009 7:53 AM

I thought there's been 5
Brian McClair
Darren Ferguson
Colin Hendry
Kevin Gallacher
Darren Fletcher

Gary67

There is only the 4 and you have them, Kevin Gallacher broke his leg twice(!) the season Blackburn won it and only played one game, you need to have made 14 appearances to get a medal. Sorry for the delay responding, network problems.

Cheers

bjmac

The ones mentioned so far - O'Dea and Misun - are both left-sided defenders.

We saw what happened when we played Loovens, a LCB, on the right of defence - sheer ineptitude.

We need a right-sided defender to provide cover/competition for Heid. Also, if he keeps up his recent good form, I see no reason why Caldwell should be off in January. If anything, he will be in a verygood bargaining poisition. TM knows how long it takes for a back four to establish an understanding, and he would not want to risk a complete change at the heart of a stable central defence.

Tulips Fae Hamster Jam....001....

I haven’t seen your post. Scrolled too fast. My mistake.
As for "The Gates of Paradise", I remember that one.
Jerzy Andrzejewski was a great writer. He was a friend to Czeslaw Milosz – the Nobel prize winner for literature in 1980. After the WWII he was a member of anti Communism opposition. His greatest book was “Ashes and Diamonds” about people who survived from the war. The book mainly treated about their dilemmas and fight against communism.
I post you the scene from the film “Ashes and Diamonds” . The director of the film was Andrzej Wajda who was honoured with Oscar in 2000 for his contributions to the world cinema.

All together is great company: Jerzy Andrzejewski, Czesław Miłosz, Andrzej Wajda and Tulips Fae Hamster Jam....001.... Great.

Best cinema scene ever. Watch it from 1:00 min.

Popiol i diament, Ashes and Diamonds

Firstly

Let me add my congratulations to Kano on finally making it home.
Hopefully this will be a happy christmas for you and yours.
Also well done to everyone on here who went helped to acheieve this.
Truly inspirational what us puny little humans can acheive what we forget about all the nonsense that surrounds us and simply do what we can to help each other.

Well done.

Now to matters far more trivial (photo finishes grrr)
Tommytwiststommyturns has been slaying the bookies for the last few days and well done to him.
I have no inside info or crystal ball but I am taking a chance on an outsider "Princess Lomi" in the 7 20 at Kempton.The bare bones of its form ae not great and Paddy Powers are offering 33/1
It runs today off a handicap rating of 71 and has won with a rating of 70.
Is all weather form is good ( placed twice in 4 runs) and in one of its other all weather runs off a mark of 73 it finished less than 4 lenghts behind Bobs Pride at Dundalk.(Bobs pride is a very decent horse that has won on the flat,over hurdles and a chase)
In March in Leopardstown he finsihed ahead of a Horse Called Salute Him which went onto finish 3rd at Royal Ascot in a listed race
So sorry to bore you with all this but it could be a good each way bet at a big price.

Good Luck to all

Burnley78- will the rating for the mighty Slovenians not go up when they knock Engerlund out of the WC?

Or do FIFA competitions count for nul pointes with Bert Kassie?

I saw the Rang#rsUEFAHeroics a few years back in the ooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllle Burns Howff. They were supporting Jedward.

What a complete waste of time and money that was.

Paul 67

You got it wrong Tom Cruise is not going to be in Seville tonight he will be playing against Olympiacos for Arsenal tonight.

Tom Cruise Arsenal

If the hollywood star is in Seville I believe he is researching about playing the starring role in the life story of Sur Minty Moonbeam it's called Top Hun.

Burnley 78

Yes, I think I read that Scotland (Scottish clubs) will be affected from the season after next, with Belgium (and who knows who else) moving above us. Meanwhile, come on AZ and Sevilla!

Lurgan53@10.59,

Biodh ciall agat.

You broke the golden rule - Never ever use the 'm' word when referring to our neighbours.

You should only ever use this phrase if you are on Tory Island, Rathlin Island or the like.

Detention for you-:)

Árd Macha

Dontbrattback

You are right the International stuff doesn't count for the UEFA club competitions.

Slovenia and Algeria do wear green and white so they might get my support vs Engerlund.

Just glad I am not in Seville watching their Heroics tonight, or their 'support' today.

The stadium they are in is a hostile we place right enough, with very steep sides and a 'hemmed in' feeling, so I don't fancy their
chances if the start to get 'engaged' in their usual antics.

Seville Reserves (with Tom Cruise & wife playing) 3 Rangers (without billy boyd) 0

Awe Naw ... @ 11-58

Perhaps you are being a tad hard on us by stating the new Aviva stadium at Lansdowne Rd despite a 4 million a year sponsorship will have little high-profile televised sport in comparison to Ibrox.

Rugby Union is probably one of the fastest growing sports at present and is watched in some of the biggest continents of the world.

Who would believe that the San Siro would be an 80,000 sellout for the recent Italy v New Zealand game.

The Euro Heineken Cup now draws a massive TV audience won by Munster and Leinster for the past two seasons. In addition you have the games against the teams from the southern hemisphere and of course the 6 Nations tournament which Ireland is current champions.

Ibrox has more high-profile games?
It's debatable?

Completely off topic and apologies if it has already been mentioned but there is a TV programme that has been on for the past few years called X-Factor and as far as I can tell the premise is to get a lot of generic singers on who try to win the prize of being Christmas No.1. There might be more to it but without googling tell me the previous winners and what they are doing now.

Anywhoo, some clever clogs has come up with an idea to get a different song to Christmas No.1 this year. That song is the iconic "Killing in the Name Off" by Rage Against the Machine. If you don't want yet another X-factor winner being christmas No.1, buy either a CD or download a copy of this song from i-tunes or any other MP3 site in the week beginning 13 December, i.e. from next Monday.

There is a Facebook group set up so if you are on Facebook, join the group but more importantly buy the single.

Mort

Great news on Kano. Well done to everyone involved in the fundraising effort. True Celtic spririt.

Cheers what is the stars. When you put it like that, I've just got to have a nibble. Fingers crossed.

CFCnotPLC

Paul67

Surely your list should include "Top Hun"?

Árd Macha on December 9, 2009 1:01 PM

Yer dead on.

I usually refer to the offshore island.

Paul67

Surely Ted Maguire would change even further to Ted Martin to try and fit in with the hunnic hoards..

EN

Dont think we need anyone to beat anyone else tonight.

I for one am going to be selfish and say...

If scotland lost thier second champions league spot, gauranteeing CL footie, AND all the tv money to the first placed team....

THEN WE WILL BE MINTED!

all that dosh for us will do me nicely.

Second place is no-where, but I doubt TFoD will make it even if second place gets a berth.

They are struggling to make a europa league spot with the xmas run that they have.

It all evens its self out, but they play hibs and DU away (and DU at home) before playing us. and with the incentive of leap-frogging them for both sides I think this will be thesternest test for the darnel...

And if we play the way they we are doing at the moment, we will not have any dramas with our south side neighbours.

BRING EM ON!

UFB

Mort, that guy tried to do the same thing last year.Obviously he failed so it wasn't hallelujah for him but unfortunately it was for us.

My nephew was once in a Rage Against the Machine tribute band in Glasgow. To date, it is the only time where I hadn't really heard of the band to whom they were paying tribute....my nephew is now a sound engineer so presumably not many audiences had heard of them either.

The Angel

When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.

When Santa went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.

Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drank all the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.
The angel said very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to put it?"

And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

Lurcy

Cadizzy/RSD/DBBIA,

what was it that Andy Warhol said again?

oh aye something about 15 mins of fame :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Talking about name changes, I seem to remember that Ted McMinn's real name was Kevin before he went to Rangers where it was changed for him to Ted because Kevin was not quite unsurpassed and dignified enough. Am I dreaming this up?

Rage Against the Machine when they were younger and more timid were called Frown and Sulk Quietly

Paul67 - An unusually exciteable entry from you today.

Were you jumping up and down on Oprah's couch while you wrote this? (thumbsup)

Anyway, you forgot one of Tom's most interesting movies of the last 10 years:

Ibrox Wide Shut

Lycru,

Row MM seat 18.....ten rows or so up.

next time you are bombarded with losing Windfall tickets, you know who it is :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

EN- although I notice that the lassie that was on Radio Shortbread on Monday evening was called Annie Maguire.

I’m home Estadio, I’ll wait for your call.

I remember this mate; I remember your trip to Canada. I remember the stories you told. This reminds me of Kano and Ramie and all those others guys, those guys who stood shoulder to shoulder, even when they hugged the shadows, their presence was empowering. Big guys, big, massive hearted guys, and I was brought up in respect of it, and this is why I hate petty whingeing.

So you had a bad day… you really think so… watch this.

My song for Kano - Never give up on your Dream

(on the right had side under the screen, you'll have to click on the start arrow) You won't regret it.

A lot of emotions are being put to bed tonight and a lot of trials and tribulations that will need addressing will rise with the sun.

Never Give Up On Your Dream. Never.

Some photos of Kano on his special day - taken by his niece Nicola McLaughlin.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=43426&id=1484891806#/album.php?aid=43426&id=1484891806

Mort - Re: this Rage Against The Machine business.

Why not pick a song with a more positive message, about being friends with the machine?

Bertha, lovely Bertha,
You are a lovely machine!
And anyone who works with you,
Will know just what I mean!
Woh!
Bertha, lovely Bertha,
Sometimes I think you're a dream!
And when we work out what you have to do,
You can always churn the goods out,
Always churn the goods out,
We can depend upon you!

(thumbsup)

Fantastic news about Kano. Unbelievable work done by all concerned. May he and his family have a great Christmas. A true Christmas message.

With Mr Cruise being in Seville tonight. Will his Scientology beliefs of aliens inhabiting the earth be confirmed by the presence of the Orcs?

Cadizzy, no doubt you're probably right. People will think it's a good idea but the majority won't buy it. Jeff Buckley did get to No 2 last year so maybe they think this year might be different.

Philvis, I didn't pick the song. If it were me I'd have gone for My Lovely Horse from Father Ted :-)

Mort

Molly Malone December 9, 2009 1:03 PM

Dear Sir/Madam,

I think you have mistaken me for Mr. Tom English. He wrote the article that I reproduced in the Scotsman newspaper that you refer too. I checked that I did attribute the article to him and indeed I have. I believe that Mr. English tom.english@scotlandonsunday.com is Irish ?? and better qualified to speak on the comparison between Landsdowne Rd. and Ibrox than me. The very possibility of me "bigging up" anything to do with RFC has eraned me a stern rebuke from ym mother and she compelled me to reply. I hope you understand.

yours in Celtic

Awe Naw

p.s I hope that Ireland gub Scotland at the rugby. Especially as Sir Skinty has his filthy mitts all over it.

Cadizzy - you memory is correct. The same thing happened a few years later when Kevin Drinkell found himself serenaded by Copland Road with the song "One Billy Drinkell".
It's clearly insanity but to point it out would flout formosa's law.

All you lot doing the Tom Cruise jokes should know that they were all done to death on the blog last night!! C'mon, keep up! ;-)

Stars - I'll keep an eye out for that one tonight, thanks. My first horse at Hexham got gubbed, but I've one in the last and I'm away to back Nouveau Maire in the 1:50.

TTTT

Dontbrattbackinanger

A few people have mentioned that Martin Maguire's Sister presents a show on Clyde, Suzy Maguire. Dont know if its been confirmed as true, her name doesnt seem to have been a problem..

EN

Just watched the highlights from the weekend and couldn't help but think Sammi really needs to work on his celebration. A good celebration also has a wee positive effect and would hopefully influence some fan detractors (though the goals themselves should suffice).

So if you are lurking Sammi, lighten up, let yourself go a wee bit. It looks like you might be about to get lots of practice.

Kano, brilliant news. May the warmth of your family in familiar surroundings brighten your days to come, even just a wee bit.

You have been blessed with true friends, hopefully they too will receive a boost seeing you home.

Once A Bhoy - "Just watched the highlights from the weekend and couldn't help but think Sammi really needs to work on his celebration. "

I think he should smash some plates whenever he scores a goal, and call the referee a malakas. (thumbsup)

Gordon J
Excellent photo`s which really do show some of the happiness we are all feeling at Martin`s return home,
Thanks,
JJ

Once A Bhoy

I was thinking that at the weekend, we have a bit of a history of players having unique goal celebrations, none of the players have that just now.

Im not looking for a daft rehearsed SoccerAm style thing but its about time we went a bit daft at goals.

Loved Sammi's celebration before McDonald even got the ball on Saturday, caught here just as the ball went in the net.

EN

Mort - I couldn't possibly endorse a song that ripped off poor Nin Huegen and the Huegenotes.

Down with this sort of thing. (thumbsup)

philvisreturns,

what about a plate left at each corner flag and when he scores he spins a plate on the nearest one .. while Zorba the greek the version used in Lock stock and barrel ??

HAil Hail

Mort - I believe the show you refer to could be more accurately titled "Desperate to be Famous".

Seemingly contestants in this Millennium version of Opportunity Knocks sell their souls to some character whose claim to fame in the music industry is discovering Sinitta.

As for Rage Against The Machine - their first album is a belter and deals with issues that would have X Factor contestants looking even more confused than they already do.

Cadizzy,
Full name Kevin Clifton McMinn so he could have went for Bernie.

Ted McMinn had part of his leg amputated a few years back and rangers went down to Derby for a benefit match(he was still a hero there and radio commentator on BBC Radio derby).

I got a shock driving out of ASDA one Saturday to see hordes of very ugly people crossing the road. Good bit away from the ground and nowhere near the city centre so i assume they got a bus out of town to ASDA to stock up on the 3 bottles of wine for tenner deal.

Great news on Kano.

PS

Tom Cruise
Minority Report i.e. the report on rioting says it was a minority with Cockney accents.

Taps - geez 50p for ma fare tae paisley gilmore st.

Young Guns - the new squad for next year

Magnolia - paint Ibrox thsi colour and it might sell.

I'll get ma coat as that was by Far and Away a poor effort.

Here's wee Annie Maguire

At no point does she mention having to change her name to something less Timmish to get the job .

On the plus side she does recommend having good spelling skills to work in broadcasting, so no chance of AweNaw polluting the airwaves any time soon ;?)

Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo - I like your style. (thumbsup)

Skippy should celebrate his goals by wearing a hat with lots of corks attached to the brim while playing "Two Little Boys" on the didgeridoo.

Dontbrattbackinanger - Nothing wrong with that fine-looking specimen of Scottish womanhood. (thumbsup)

I am confused by her bio though. It says she's 28, and she was at Glasgow Uni between 1994 and 1998, before doing some postgrad studies at the Polytechnic.

So she was a 13 year old fresher?

'McMinn returned to south-west Scotland joining Dumfries club Queen of the South in 1982. The transfer fee was, "£325 so that Glenafton could buy a new carpet for their club house and 1,000 Queens lottery tickets."

I note that the manager with No Salary is going for pride tonight in Seville. You would need to help me with that angle Wattie.

Hail Hail

AndyM and Coneybhoy, thanks for confirming.

I do remember the Ted McMinn testimonial and the unfortunate reason for it though I didn't know that Asda were doing a 3 for £10 deal. Another lost opportunity.

One "Billy drink"'ll
shrivel up yer winkle
cause it's pure utter muck
it's doctored toilet duck

The Last Samaras

....sorry

Paul 67

A very humrous post. Can I venture a couple more Tom Cruise films -

Top Hun
No Good Men
Hun Man
Interview with the Moonbeam
Eyes Wide Shut

A starter for 10 anyway.

tttt
just online now but took your advice yesterday re howard johnson hurdlers and backed whats up woody in the 1st.put it on last night and was backed into odds on today.
i like to follow trainers on form.
thanks again

Logged in to see the great news on Kano being home
well done to one and all in helping to 'Bring Martin Home'

now if you tipsters could only get the coupon up this weekend !!!

Glenn Loovens has never been a left sided player in his career.He is very right footed and played at right back or right centre back for Feyenoord. He looks uncomfortable on the left centre back position as he continually puts the ball on to his right foot. He would do much better as a right sided centre back as he was in his best performance against Rankers in the CIS final last season.

I think that some bhoys watch completely different players on the pitch to me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glenn Loovens has never been a left sided player in his career.He is very right footed and played at right back or right centre back for Feyenoord. He looks uncomfortable on the left centre back position as he continually puts the ball on to his right foot. He would do much better as a right sided centre back as he was in his best performance against Rankers in the CIS final last season.

I think that some bhoys watch completely different players on the pitch to me!!!!!!!!!!!!

philvisreturns , we are all a bit fresher when we're 13.

If Annie is so set on people spelling correctly, perhaps she can point out to the person asking her the questions the difference between advise and advice.

DBBIA, while we're on the subject of spelling "old" is not spelt "ooooooooooooollllllllllllddddddddd"

WGS, Celtic Sep

Interesting comments from Chaves regarding BTM rejecting him because he did not have Champions League experience. Perhaps this narrows down the list of targets? Or perhaps it was just an excuse....

By harry fathersham on December 9, 2009 1:46 PM
"I note that the manager with No Salary is going for pride tonight in Seville"

well, he is obviously not going for the money 0-)

Tonybananas

Hope it doesnt Rain, Man, Sevilla could be like War of the Worlds with The Outsiders Losin' It. You would hope the Young Guns of the Sevilla police dont need to get involved.

Its a Risky Business that involves Few Good Men, Im glad they are Far and Away. The team known for their Magnolia style football are onto Mission Impossible tonight.

EN ;¬]

Cadizzy- who spells it that way?

I spell it ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllE, without the D.

You must be mixing me up with Mr Clever Clogs Dick Byrne.

Mercifully you're not an evil mad scientist with access to the latest DNA gene splicing technology.

Great news about Kano,just made my day.Well done to all involved...

MartinshomeCSC

tyrz67

philvisreturns on December 9, 2009 1:45 PM

In my experience most, sorry "some" women, struggle with mental arithmetic when the sum in question includes the words "years old" at any point.

I've been happily married to a 29 yr old for years!

Dobbo

Where is the article with Chavez?

harry f

if they are playing for pride, 90 minutes will
not be enough

HH

Could the church of scientology be the latest 'religion' to be shocked and stunned by the Hunnish hordes? Tom Cruise was going to be a Catholic priest apparently. Might be of interest to our in firm friends prior to them claiming Tom was always a fan of the Rangers.
Can the Rangers fans be Civil in Seville? Will they participate in the age old sport of chair throwing to add to the festivities? How about urinating in Churches and absuing the general public?
Enjoy the game Tom.
By the way, could Walter Smith be Scotlands second saint cannonised after the reformation. He certainly appears to be some sort of martyr.

Daily Ranger is outdoing itself today on it's front page "exclusive" Walter has now become "Walt"! What next? "Uncle Walt"??????!!!

Off topic so apologies...I am looking for advice (or advise on other websites.My wife just bought me the latest DNA gene splicing technology as an early Christmas present. It looks pretty good but I am not sure if gene splicing is for me since I am more of a jean splitting man.

Should I put it in the bin or take it to the recycling place?

PJProbyCSC

the record may want to call him uncle but walt disnae.

brianthebhoy

Yes, Loovens is right-footed, but his best performances THIS SEASON have come on the left next to Caldwell.

It may be that, given time, he develops into a good RCB, but we are currently locked in a tight championship race. Do we really have time to expiriment with central defence?

His CIS cup performance was next to O'Dea, was it not? Are you saying we should bring in O'Dea and just dispense with the services of Messrs Caldwell and McManus?

You mad thing, you!

For Men - How to Answer Your Woman Part 1

IT IS SATURDAY, a crisp spring afternoon, and you're exactly where you should be: stretched out on the couch in front of the television, just about to watch all your favourite TV programmes that you've recorded over the last few weeks. Opening beer number two, relaxed in the knowledge that the pizza you ordered is even now on its way. Nothing could improve this moment, except maybe a bigger television. Suddenly your girlfriend enters the room and says, "What exactly do you think you're doing?"

Is this a trick question or what?

Yes, it is. The trick is that no matter how you answer it, you will immediately find yourself driving down to your nearest home improvement centre, where you will spend the rest of the afternoon trying to decide the type of curtain rod that's right for you.

How does this work?

It has as much to do with the nature of the question itself as with anything else. Women are expert at posing questions that seem to have no right answer. Here's a common example.

Do I look fat?

There is no answer to this question that won't be interpreted "yes." "No" means yes. "Yes" means yes. "I don't know" means yes. "It doesn't matter" means yes. The briefest hint of a pause before speaking means yes, yes, yes. Most of us would rather go to the dentist than field this one, yet it may well come up several times a week. Your only real choice is to say "no," clearly and immediately, leaving no possibility for any subtext, and making it sound like a widely acknowledged fact and not simply your opinion. This doesn't work, but all the other options are worse.

There are several other questions for which "no" is the only answer, and several more that call for an emphatic and unqualified yes. In all of these cases, elaboration, justification or any attempt to be funny is unlikely to pay off.

Consult this handy chart:
JUST SAY NO

* Is there someone else?
* Do you still fantasize about her?
* Are you tired of me?

JUST SAY YES

* Do you still love me?
* Do you ever fantasize about me?
* Do you like my hair this way?

Tropic Hunder -"They are just Grossman"
Young Huns
Ethan Hun
Days of Hunder
Born on the Twelfth of July
Interview with the Vampire: The succulent lamb Chronicles
Too Few Good Men
Risky Business: trying to find a 100 huns with £1,000,never mind 45,000
Vain Man
Far and Away - "They will riot"
There Goes Cell-ular (1997) TV episode
Nae Collateral
Mission: Impossible - Finding a buyer who aint full of cac! ( Duffy) or corrupt.
Losin' It
The Outsiders -"to finish in the top 3"
Eyes Wide Shut-" When everyone else is working"
Minority Report - " what landed on the prosecutor fiscals desk after Manchester"

I'll get ma coat :)

Welcome Home Kano

'GG

To all those who gave of their time, effort and sweat to raise money to Bring Kano Home a heart felt congratulations.

Got him home for Christmas just like you said you would.

Great News! Well Done!

up-over-goal

Back four in League Cup Final;

Hinkel Loovens McManus O'Dea

Caldwell played in midfield. So maybe there is your answer, play four centrebacks!

DBBIA and Philvisreturns

If it is fine figures of Scottish womanhood your after.....Judith Ralston (nee Toner) BBC Weather forecaster extrordinaire is as good a reason to get oot of bed in the morning as your gonnae get. Catriona Shearer (newsreader) comes a close second. Got to keep up with the news and weather you know.

welcome home Kano!

YNWA

For Men - How to Answer Your Woman Part 2

Unfortunately, many female inquiries require more than a simple yes or no response. Some of them are more like riddles. Such as this one:

Which shoes look better?

Typically you're already late for dinner when your girlfriend confronts you, with one pair of shoes on and another alongside them. This is no ordinary choice. It's a devious chicken/egg puzzler, the sort of choice that would lead even Hobson to say to Mrs. Hobson, "Whichever, you old trout!" If you pick the shoes she already has on, she'll think you're trying to hurry her. If you pick the other pair, she'll think it's because you know you can't pick the ones she has on. Some men try a nonlinear approach and opt for a third, unoffered pair of shoes, but this is inevitably taken as either an attack on her judgment or an opportunity for her to attack yours. On no account suggest another dress. You might as well say, "You're fat."

This raises the question of why she's asking you at all. She knows you don't know which shoes look better, and she knows you don't care, so why is she trying to elicit your opinion? This is part of an ongoing campaign to domesticate you. As part of the same campaign, she will occasionally consult you about alternative table settings or new towels. In these two cases a disdainful and dismissive "beats me" should do the trick, but don't try that with the shoe dilemma, or you'll miss your reservation. Instead, suggest that she try on the other shoes, then tell her the first ones look better. This lets you more or less off the hook, as long as you don't raise a fuss when she decides that the second pair are better after all.

Where do you see this relationship going?

This could be described as an essay question, since you're obviously not going to get away with snappy little answers such as "forward" or "upstairs" or "I dunno." Another problem is that you and your girlfriend are operating at cross purposes here. She wants a heartfelt expression of your feelings and an honest assessment of your future together, and you want an easier question. There is certainly no point in answering a toe-curling query like this one without at least a rough idea of precisely what it is she wants to hear. Questions such as this one are a category unto themselves, i.e., Questions that should be answered with another question. See how easily some of the more difficult leading inquiries can be parried through the simple deployment of reflexive interrogation.

Her: Where do you see this relationship going?
You: Where do *you* see this relationship going?

Her: Do you think she's attractive?
You: Who?

Her: Will you marry me?
You: Where am I?

Her: What if I were pregnant?
You: Are you pregnant?
Her: Why? Do I look fat?

Whoops! We're in a bit of trouble here. You should have seen that coming. Try a more surreal approach:

Her: What if I were pregnant?
You: What if *we* were pregnant? .... (Cool, huh?)

Welcome home Kano. I trust your God is watching over you.

Calling all Dublin Tims and music lovers.

I have a spare ticket to Depeche Mode tomorrow night at the O2 if anyone wants it.
Standing ticket, face value 65euro and am happy to take low offers at this stage, just don't want it going to waste as the gig will be fantastic.

If anyone wants it, i can meet in a pub beforehand to hand over, kick off is 8pm.

sorry for hijacking the blog folks - ran out of options to offload.

Coneybhoy,

why would a music lover want to go see Depeche Mode ?

Annie McGuire went to the same school as myself

St Cuthberts in johnstone (Though not the same yearI may add)

Whilst ex STV newsreader Shereen Nanjani went to our rivals Johnstone High

reginaldbosanquet csc

Love the Tom Cruise theme,Paul.
He's just a little nuts though,isn't he?
I suspect he might swing into action to single-handedly save the good people of Seville from the invading hordes,in an El-Cid stylee.

Brings to mind the Frankie Boyle quip.
Frankie reckons if you go 'round to his house for tea,Katie would be writing "GET HELP"in the peas.

saint stivs fp
Each to their own,People are People after all and you can Enjoy the Silence.

I'll let you know when Jedward are on :)

p.s Congratulations on such an achievement in bringing Kano home.
Your blog and the contributors have made it so.
Well done to all involved.

Is Tom Cruise's new film about a maverick millionaire blue nose wgo goes tonto and disapears off the grid?

"Top Hun"

Barry Norman CSC

By glendalystonsils on December 9, 2009 2:03 PM
Daily Ranger is outdoing itself today on it's front page "exclusive" Walter has now become "Walt"! What next? "Uncle Walt"??????!!!

Cant believe they passed up teh most obvious headline grabber...

'Walt Disnae have a contract'

But then again he's no the manager of Celtic. Thank Feck!

Hopefully Tom Cruises hero R.L Hubbard

Can use some of his scientology devices
on the hun support the night who are correctly described as children of Xenu
though auditing is available,it may not be in the manner of moonbeams accounts

Hubbard wrote one of Scientology's sacred texts, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, in 1950. In it he introduced a crude psychotherapeutic technique he called "auditing." He also created a simplified lie detector (called an "E-meter") that was designed to measure electrical changes In the skin while subjects discussed intimate details of their past. Hubbard argued that unhappiness sprang from mental aberrations (or "engrams") caused by early traumas. Counseling sessions with the E-meter, he claimed, could knock out the engrams, cure blindness and even improve a person's intelligence and appearance.

Hubbard kept adding steps, each more costly, for his followers to climb. In the 1960s the guru decreed that humans are made of clusters of spirits (or "thetans") who were banished to earth some 75 million years ago by a cruel galactic ruler named Xenu. Naturally, those thetans had to be audited.

G'Day CQN

Just read an email saying that Kano is home!
Hallelujah and Amen!

Respect again to those who worked so hard to bring this about.
You are the salt of the earth.

RRC

Just logged on and catching up with the news.

It is heartwarming to hear the news from Perth. Merry Christmas to the Kanes.

On an entirely different matter, has the press published a view on Rangers' innovative employment practices? A 24 hour rolling contract for the management team is truely new to the game.

'Counseling sessions with the E-meter, he claimed, could knock out the engrams, cure blindness and even improve a person's intelligence and appearance'

-so what the bold Len is prorposing is some kind of masturbation in reverse?

to quote Malcolm Tucker from The Thick of It (again), when talking of the minister at DoSAC

"Shes F****** mad. Shes Tom Cruise's favourite brush"

timoot on December 9, 2009 3:19 PM

Kano,Carolyn and family

What a wonderful unforgettable day for all of you and for all your friends at Celtic and CQN Worldwide.If there was a Nobel Peace Prize for the most charitable act of the year I'm sure CQN on behalf of all you contributors, activists and all you people who prayed and prayed for him would win it hands down.

Martin, this will likely be the most memorable Christmas of your young life,home in the bosom of your family and friends for good at long last.

Ramie and Kit, both your names would be inscribed at the top of the
Nobel Award Citation and it would be truly justified and well earned. Brilliant work guys and you also have a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration.

To all other CQN'rs and fellow Celtic supporters around the World a great big 'UP' to all of you for the incredible fundraising effort.

To all those people who donated and also offered all their prayers and masses for Kano's recovery and return home, let us today offer
our 'Deo Gratias'.

To the Kane family in Perth Australia have a Wonderful Family Christmas and a Guid New Year. We all love you dearly and wish you All the Best.

Hail, Hail

Timoot.( Singapore)

Joshsdad:
He is in charge of a Mickey mouse outfit after all.

He is also reported to have said when he was told about the nae contract...."Jist ma Donald duck"

TBB

Some might even say unprecedented. Well, they do for everything else. They are also on target for an unprecedented run of 11 games without a win in Europe.

Mort

Great news about Martin. Well done to all of you who made it possible.

By Coneybhoy on December 9, 2009 3:03 PM
saint stivs fp
Each to their own,People are People after all and you can Enjoy the Silence.

I'll let you know when Jedward are on :)

Coneybhoy, just teasing

I just cant get enough

Strange question....

Does anyone know what music is played at the end of the match? It's usually played as im walking out.
I know sometimes we have Arcade Fire but there another regular song, it sounds very like the Verve...

Apologies for the lack of info. Anyone know who it is? What it's called?

For Men - How to Answer Your Woman Part 3

Some all-purpose question-answers include: How much is a lot? Why do you ask? Should I be? What are you saying? Does it matter? What's love got to do with it? Are you talking to me? (Note: Are you having your period? is not one of these.)

Let's try a math question. How many people have you slept with? Hmmmmm....Now, you can tell her the truth, unless the truth is more than 12, or you can have a guess at the number she's more or less expecting. Like most arithmetic problems, the answer is a lot easier once you have a formula. This one should work as long as neither of you has sex for a living.

Number of people she's slept with
+ Number of people she knows you've slept with
+ Number of people you actually have slept with.

Add these up and divide by 2. If you round up to the nearest whole person, you should end up with a realistically healthy but not particularly shocking number. If the result is greater than 12, then _say_ 12.

Why don't you lighten up?

This rhetorical gem is used whenever you express your disapproval of shoplifting or speeding, or whenever you go to a nightclub and spend the whole time dancing to some unbelievable crap you've never heard and _then_ go out and _buy_ it! There is no good answer to this question. You could draw attention to her inconsistency in this matter, noting that she doesn't like it when you act like a kid or when you act like your _dad_ (God forbid); then again, if you do that, she's liable to see your point and break up with you. Speaking of breaking up, how about this one?

Are you saying you want to end it?

Women, like lawyers, rarely ask a direct question, unless they already know what the answer will be. As for women lawyers, I don't know what they do, and I'm pretty sure I don't want to know. The point is, when a woman asks you this question, she knows you're going to say no. Even if you want to say yes, you'll say no. You can't turn the question back on her, because you have no idea what her answer is going to be. If you are trying to break up with her, you'll have to say no and start the whole painful process again. If you aren't trying to break up with her, then it's best to change the subject. Let's try something easier.

Notice anything different about me?

Well, slightly easier. This question is of a piece with two others: "Have you forgotten what today is?" and "Have you been listening to a word I've said?" Apart from being questions that are easier to answer wrong than right, they're the kinds of things women say in sitcoms. They are best treated in an ironic postmodern context, i.e., just say what Ward Cleaver would say.

Her: Notice anything different about me?
You: New apron? ... (Ouch!)

Her: Have you forgotten what today is?
You: Of course not. It's Thursday.

Her: Have you been listening to a word I've said?
You: That's nice, dear...

Funny, huh? Well, it's not your fault if she doesn't get it. If she wants a better answer, she's going to have to start asking better questions. Questions such as:

Have you taken a look at yourself lately? This question and its cousin, the almost always uncalled for "Who do you think you are?" are ways of gently reminding you how much of a factor pity was in her original decision to go out with you, and how that decision could be rescinded if you behave in any way that cannot be described as abject. You probably brought this rebuke on yourself by mentioning that you reckon Brad Pitt is getting a little chubby or by speculating that Jack Nicholson doesn't have to wait until his birthday for oral sex. You're not really supposed to answer either of these questions. You're just supposed to apologise for your wanton self-esteem-having. Instead of apologizing, just smile. Your manifold inadequacies as a boyfriend - nay, as a man - are a kind of revenge all by themselves. Next!

Awe Naw.... @ 1.29

I'll take sir. Molly Malone is the name of a legendary Dublin character.

Glad to see your heart is in the right place.
Obviously Tom English works for a Scottish newspaper perhaps he likes to keep a foot in both camps.

Mol Ní Mhaoileoin,

Cockles and Mussels alive alive oh !!!

Considering the paper he works for I´m surprise he is allowed to go to print most of the time. He´s the best of a bad lot btw but I think your spot on.

You need to be Old Firm minded to work in the media in Scotland.

Hail Hail

GAWN YERSEL KANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A man who likes to trick people finds a new way to cheat...

"CONTROVERSIAL referee Mike McCurry has launched a new career - as a magician and escapologist

The ex-whistler has put the disappointment of being axed as one of the SFA's top men in black behind him to win bookings with his magic act.

He has swapped his red cards for playing cards playing cards, parts of a set or deck, used in playing various games of chance or skill. The origin of playing cards is unknown, and almost as many theories exist as there are historians of the subject. as he indulges in his passion for trickery.

The 45-year-old Baptist pastor has already made a splash in the world of magic and boasts an awardwinning cabaret act.

A friend of McCurry said: "He is an excellent magician and is very highly thought of among the Scottish magic community.

"He has had shows all over the place and he always gives a great performance.

"Now that he is no longer a referee he has much more time on his hands, so there is no reason he couldn't become a full-time professional."

McCurry is known as Scotland's answer to Houdini.

His escapology routine, in which he hangs upside down on a frame while escaping from a straitjacket captured him the Scottish Conjurers Association's Stand Up magic competition. But the former FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation ref has plenty of other tricks up his sleeve.

He is noted for his skill with silk handkerchiefs, can multiply coins in his hands and is renowned for his gambling routines. The pastor has even been known to use his magic tricks during sermons at Mosspark Baptist Church in Glasgow.

He is even organising a children's New Year party and using his contacts to attract some of Scotland's top children's entertainers.

McCurry was dropped as a Grade One referee last year, two years before he was due to retire.

The decision came after Dundee United manager Craig Levein claimed two of the ref's blunders had cost his said a match against Rangers..

McCurry was also filmed singing a version of Rangers favourite Simply The Best at one of his sermons.

He also attracted controversy in 2007 after his relationship with 21-year-old Sunday School teacher Victoria Mathers was exposed.

The minister who supported McCurry through the scandal later resigned from the church after a bust-up with him.

Senior Pastor Leslie Edge stepped down, while McCurry remains a minister at Mosspark."

Talking of Us and "them" wihtout wanting to spawn a whole new songs debate - although our Mhan Who Is Now Home might well enjoy that :-) - read an interview in this month's 4-4-2 with Archie McPherson.

He says:

"Banning sectarian songs is nonsense. They're traditional songs. Jock Stein said to me 'Let them sing what they want or they'll take it into the shopping precincts - because they hate each other.'"

There is still plenty hatred there, although I honestly do think it has been diluted somewhat, definitely so since I first started going to the Derby games in the mid-late '80's, so was Jock right or is that an outdated view????

Discuss.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Re: Fine figures of Scottish Womanhood.Whatever happened to the lovely Alison Walker at BBC Scotland? Hail Hail Hebcelt

Fine figures of Scottish Womanhood?

Always had a wee thing for Sally McNair myself.

NOT to be confused with Sally McCoist of course...

By The Token Tim on December 9, 2009 4:04 PM

I can agree to an extent.

I remember years ago we played Partick Thistle at home, And on the morning of the game, i think it was Ian McLoed, was that his name?? He said that ANYONE caught singing rebel/sectarian songs would be ejected from the ground immediatly.

Well , at the back of the Jock Stein Upper, it was like a bloody Sinn Fein rally, songs i had never even heard before got an outing. Againt Thistle, hardly known for being fierce rivals are they.

All just to prove a point. Its like telling someone not to look in that cupboard, the first thing they are going to do when they get a chance, is look in the cupboard.

bit off topic but funny though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcl1dwjVKMk

hail hail

sorry i didnt see post this morning

fantastic news about kano, he's home for christmas.

Hail Hail

All of the names mentioned so far are true beauties but not of them even worthy to kiss the hin end of Mary Marquis .... Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Hail hail

TTT

are you bored? :-) you should know better. you'll get some well informed debate now.

spot the first one?

UC

Hun chunt from kinning park. junkie fella with devil dug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP75ej2y5Vo

Mini hun chunt from wester hailes. junkie fella with devil dug
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Man-admits-to-filming-sex.5895473.jp

alun_e, brilliant, indeed.

Finnigan30, I’ll do my best to make sure.

Narrowbhoat, he must know a thing or two about science to manage that.

Hoopeddreams, I decided not to go there....

Estadio Nacional, ha! Good call.

Philvisreturns :-)

Tonybananas, “No Good Men”, like it.

eric_olthwaite, we’re all a little nuts.

Awe Naw, deleted.

Hee! Hee!

What is it they say about people in glass houses?

At Rangers annual meeting on Monday, Bain was quizzed by shareholders about the on-going squabble.

"We did take up the fight because I was disgusted and angry at the attitude of Dundee United," was his reported response.

"The game was called off at half-time and I was standing beside the chief executive of the Scottish Premier League (Neil Doncaster) and the chairman of Dundee United (Thompson) and I said to them at that time, 'I hope that you will see sense and make sure that our supporters retain their ticket stubs and get back in for nothing'."

However, Thompson denies that Bain ever said this in his company.

"It is interesting that Martin Bain was disgusted and annoyed with Dundee United over tickets but never used such strong language after Manchester or Bucharest about his own fans," added the United chairman in reference to crowd disturbances involving followers of Rangers.

B

Ooops .. I do apologise

For Men - How to Answer Your Woman Part 4

Do you believe in fidelity?

Like most philosophical questions that seem to pop up out of the blue, this question doesn't pop up out of the blue. This general query about fidelity is in fact a coded inquiry about the extent of your fidelity on a specific occasion or occasions. Your response will also have to be coded. Consult this translation chart before giving your answer:

YOU SAY - Yes
YOU MEAN - How much does she know?
SHE THINKS - He's hiding something.

YOU SAY - It depends
YOU MEAN - How much does she know?
SHE THINKS - I knew it!

YOU SAY - Why do you ask
YOU MEAN - How much does she know?
SHE THINKS - Paul67 ;-)

YOU SAY - I dunno. Do you?
YOU MEAN - How much does she know?
SHE THINKS - How much does he know?

There are several more variations, but they're not worth going into. By the time she asks you this question, you're already in deep trouble. It doesn't really matter what you say, as long as you don't blush when you answer.

Let's look at an example that calls for more straightforward lying.

What are you looking at?

She means, "You were looking at that girl, weren't you?" And you thought you'd perfected that trick of keeping your neck still and just letting your eyes swivel. Obviously, the truth is not the best answer here. We all know that the truth can set you free, sometimes before you've found somewhere else to stay. It may seem easy enough to answer this question with a cunning lie, but when men are caught offguard, their ability to deceive is impaired.

Here are a few of the more common mistakes men make when asked, "What are you looking at?"

* Too specific: The rust around the bolts on the handle on the flap of that mailbox on the northwest corner."
* Not specific enough: "That thing."
* Too good to be true: "A diamond necklace in that window back there that would be perfect on you."
* Too true to be good: "A see through nightie in that window back there that would be perfect on you."
* Too obvious: "Nothing."
* Way too obvious: "That blonde babe over there with the big...I mean nothing."

so lets say your a season book holder that wants to treat some friends, who are coming over from the USA for christmas to a game at Celtic Park

you would think that it would be easy to buy 5 tickets for a game that was on general sale........ I was allowed to buy 1 ticket after that the guy had to setup bogus accounts to buy the rest...

you have no idea the hoops I just had to jump throu to go see the hoops

I think the low attendance is due to an over complicated ticket booking system .....

wonder if they have a automated player purchasing system
"Im sorry Mr Strachan you are currently only allowed to buy "1" player please reselect ...."

anyway after 25 minutes Ive got my extra Tickets....

TT

Much better.

Rod Stewatrs Drum

Meanwhile, Honduras defender Osman Chavez spent last week as a trialist at Lennoxtown but claims Tony Mowbray passed up the chance to sign him because he has no Champions League experience.

“I spent two weeks with Celtic, but the coach said he wanted to be in the Champions League next year and needed a player who had experience in that competition,” he said.

“He told me I could play at a good level and I will now go to Blackburn Rovers and have several options in England.

“Of all the chances I have in Europe, I would say Blackburn would be the best club for me.”

Alison McConnell

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/le-guen-gives-celtic-a-boost-1.991056

LOL !!!!

Was just reading on the BBC that Dan Petrescu will not now be spoken too about the vacant Scotland manager's job unless he makes it onto a shortlist. The final paragraph of the story is what interested me:

"Gordon Strachan has hinted that he would have been interested in the national post following his departure from Celtic in the summer, but Burley's sacking did not come until after the former Scotland midfielder was appointed manager of Middlesbrough."

Got to think the SFA made a mess of that as I'm sure they knew soon after Scotland were knocked out of World Cup qualifying that George Burley's time was up and to keep him on until a meaningless friendly was over was strange. Had they acted quicker in sacking him, they might have had Gordon Strachan in post.

They surely wouldn't have waited until Gordon got another job before sacking Burley would they? I'm sure he would have been a big favourite among the non-Rangers Scotland supporters.

Mort

Shereen Nanjiani- classic Glesga rhyming slang, as in-

"The Shereen in Vickys is much better than the Sav"

goldstar10

where's the burds?

tannochsidetim

That is ridiculous. I'm not a season ticket holder and have never had any trouble purchasing as many tickets as I needed. Normally its only a maximum of 8 or 10 but can still get them through one membership.

I was wondering what you were talking about so went to look at tickets for the Hamilton game and can in and select tickets ok but when going to buy, you have to assign each one to a member. I have never seen this before and can't really understand the reason.

I bought 2 for the Aberdeen game a couple of weeks ago with just one membership and wasn't asked for any other details.

Surely at a time when tickets are available they should be doing more to let people who want to buy a ticket (or 10) buy them.

Mort

BT- Frankie Bhoy will have gold card privileges, right up to the front of the queue for him (Grrr).
The years of staunin for 1/2 hour for the obligatory knock back at the door are well behind me, thankfully.

Goldstar10

Its even mentioned on her wiki page, guess she wouldnt be too happy at that.

The standard of Scottish TV women went down hill the day she left.

Hi Im Johnnnn MaaaKay

If the internet was a real place

The only thing that is missing in this video is CQN and Paul67 walking around as Kevin James :-)

please dont be offended Paul67 you are as always doing a fine job.

Hail Hail

Mort

the guy on the phone had to put me on hold a few times to consult with a higher power as to how to fiddle the system so I could buy the tickets

wasnt an enjoyable experience

so we've blamed the Players for low attendance and the Manager and the Board
I'm now blaming the Ticket office :)

TT

G10

likewise...

Coneybhoy,it's a Question of Time for me.Going to see the Mode in Glasgow on Saturday,can't wait.

tannochsidetim

The thing I find pretty silly about this is that on the website Celtic are promoting this game as one to take children to as a special treat with tickets only a fiver.

However, if you have to go through the call centre (which I find a pain anyway, much prefer to do it online) and fiddle the system, it's going to put a lot of people off.

Why change a system that was working perfectly well. Is there anyone on here who works in the ticket office can explain the rationale for changing the process now?

Mort

EN- so it is, Ha ha!
BT- Yes, growing old gracefully (or disgracefully)

On the subject about women and how to talk to them,I received a phone call from a gorgeous ex-girlfriend who this morning called 'out-of-the-blue' to see if I was still around.
We lost track of time, chatting about the wild, romantic times we used to enjoy together.
I couldn't believe it when she asked if I'd be interested in meeting up and rekindling a little of that "old magic".
"Wow!" I was flabbergasted.
"I don't know if I could keep pace with you now", I said, "I'm a bit older and a bit greyer and balder than when you last saw me. Plus I don't really have the energy I used to have."
She just giggled and said she was sure I would "rise to the challenge".
"Yeah." I said. "Just so long as you don't mind a waistline that's a few inches wider these days! Not to mention my total lack of muscle tone...everything is sagging, my teeth are a bit yellowed and I am developing jowls like a Great Dane!"
She laughed and told me to stop being so silly.
She teased me saying that tubby, gray haired, older men were cute, and she was sure I would still be a great lover.
Anyway, she giggled and said, "I've put on a few pounds myself!"
So I told her to f**k off.

For Men - How to Answer Your Woman Part 5

Here's one that requires a little interpretation.

What are we going to do now?

This one often crops up whenever some kind of emergency or seemingly unsolvable problem arises. The part that requires interpretation is the mysterious "we" in the middle. This means two things: In one sense, "we" clearly means "you," as in, "What are you going to do now," but there is also a sense of "we're in this together," implying that you bear equal responsibility for the fact that she's just dropped her keys down a grate, or that she stores her jack and spare tire in her garage so they won't get stolen.

In such situations you'll probably find that the only answer to "What are we going to do now?" that you can think of is "We are going to break up. Goodbye." Most likely you'll decide not to say anything. After which she will probably let loose with the rather ill-advised:

Why don't you say something?

Whether you answer this one is up to you. There is only one question that you should never, ever answer. Keep silent, cower behind your Fifth Amendment rights, pretend you didn't hear, run away, whatever, but don't say anything when she asks:

Should I get all of my hair cut off?

If you say anything, then when she does get all her hair cut off (and let's face it, she's already made up her mind) and she hates it (and she will hate it), it will be your fault. Even if you say absolutely nothing, the best you can hope for is that she will come home with all her hair cut off, stare you straight in the eye and say:

Does it make me look fat!!?

.....You're on your own.....

bobby russell,
that is a classic.real laugh out loud stuff.

Well said Stephen Thompson

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/8404360.stm

Includes

However, Thompson denies that Bain ever said this in his company.

"It is interesting that Martin Bain was disgusted and annoyed with Dundee United over tickets but never used such strong language after Manchester or Bucharest about his own fans," added the United chairman in reference to crowd disturbances involving followers of Rangers

Play

Sorry that was posted before.

play

CQN Naps table.

Sorry for the late update this week.

Well, 16 weeks into the comp and a couple of runners making their way through the field. A 2nd on the spin for TTTT, an even money winner.

The runner making eye catching progress though is PF Ayr with another cracker at 7/2, his 2nd on the spin and 3rd winner from 4. From last to tracking the leaders in 4th in the space of a month. I'll be on a PF Ayr/TTTT/TnT patent on Saturday!

Twists n Turns +£23.00
Raymac +£1.50
----------------------------
Che -£1
PF Ayr -£4.50
Fleagle -£7.50
Wolfetones -£10.60
TTTT -£10.75
TTT -£11.00
Captured -£11.50
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Chris 1888 and Gourockbhoy -£16

answers for a woman 6.
If you come home late on a Saturday night after celebrating the tic putting 3 past the dons and the wife greets you with
YOUR DRUNK ......your reply must be

SO ,YOUR UGLY AND I WILL BE SOBER IN THE MORNING .
It works all every time ....well it did with my first 5 wives
hail hail

Bobby,

LOL !!!!

I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women
differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars
thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women
with their heart.

FOR EXAMPLE:

One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into
bed.

Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says,
'I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me.'

I said, 'WHAT??!! What was that?!'

So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads
to hear...

'You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman
enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.'

She responded to my puzzled look by saying, 'Can't you just
love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?'

Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went
to sleep.

The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend
time with her.

We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big,
big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried
on several different very expensive outfits.

She couldn't decide which one to take, so I told her we'd just
buy them all.

She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said,
'Lets get a pair for each outfit.'

We went on to the jewellery department where she picked out a
pair of diamond earrings.

Let me tell you... she was so excited. She must have thought I
was one wave short of a shipwreck.

I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a
tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis.

I think I threw her for a loop when I said, 'That's fine,
honey.'

She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the
excitement.

Smiling with excited anticipation, she finally said, 'I think
this is all dear, let's go to the cashier.'

I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, 'No honey, I
don't feel like it.'

Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a
baffled, 'WHAT?'

I then said, 'Honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a
while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough
for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.'

And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me,
I added, 'Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things
I buy you?'

Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either....

Awe Naw

I'm a graduate from the Chubby Brown school of foreplay;

"Darling, brace yersel'"

Not been on much this avo (Aussietim talk), I'd just like to point out that Tom Cruise is actually playing for the Gunners tonight, even although he'd rather watch the hun get gubbed.

http://www.arsenalfcweb.co.uk/Latest-Arsenal-News/Wenger_happy_Tom_Cruise_and_mates_can_do_it_.php

:¬)

Happy homecoming KANO.

off home now toodaloo the noo.

HH

twists n turns

I prefered Dustin Hoffman as Mrs Doubtfire.

"Brace yersel' Elsie!"

Has the Riot started yet?

T&T,

I loved the big yins take on foreplay

IllshakethebedCSC

viewfaethe windae

did you predict one

hail hail

Seville minus 3 goals at 5's....should I? should I?

Will they be trying???

Any score on the riot watch in Seville

Latest odds

0 Huns arrested 50-1
1-5 Huns arrested 10-1
6-10 Huns arrested 3-1
11-15 Huns arrested 6/4
16-20 Huns arrested 4/5
21-25 Huns arrested Evens
26-30 Huns arrested 4/5
31-40 Huns arrested 6/4
41-50 Huns arrested 2-1
51-80 Huns arrested 3-1
81-100 Huns arrested 4-1
101-150 Huns arrested 5-1
151-250 Huns arrested 6-1

Sevilla + Inter double = even money.......is it worth a big bet????

‹^›(•¿•)‹^›
Have all the Tom Cruise puns been cracked yet?

Awe_Naw - What if there was no tinternet ?

http://www.sharenator.com/There_Is_No_Internet_South_Park/

The ectoplasm excuse would make anyone .

Wee bit from randalstown on rods drum at the game last weekend.

http://www.randalstowncsc.net/home/modules/news/article.php?storyid=580

Just about to head out for the evening - what a day it has been.

At half past five this morning I was sitting writing and monitoring CQN, waiting for a very important announcement that I knew couldn't be far away. At 5:32am it happened - bizarrely in the middle of a discussion on Lee Harvey Oswald and JFK.

Ramie's words were the ones we have all longed to read for so many months now: Kano is home - and not just to visit, but for good. I'm sure I'm not the only one who shed a few tears reading that post.

Today the world feels a better place. It was warm and sunny despite being December in Glasgow. Everything seemed a little brighter and a little more hopeful than it did yesterday. Something very special has lifted the winter gloom.

Kano, you and your family are an inspiration to all of us for the way you have dealt with the worst sort of adversary over the past year. Now you are back where you belong, and just in time for Christmas too.

I know that's the birthday and Christmas present you wanted the most and I am overjoyed that you got it.

You deserve it, my friend.

ibleedgreenandwhite on December 9, 2009 6:12 PM

Hardly the stuff of Nostradamus, riot, well they have history. I'll have a tenner on the polis to win by a technical KO

The ectoplasm excuse would make anyone LOL :)

Lurgan53,

I canny mind if I asked you this before or not (I know I have been meaning to for quite a while now though) but when me and Mrs TTT were on honeymoon in Cancun, we met a couple from Lurgan likewise on their honeymoon (this was '97).

The guy was called Davie and he owned a barbers/hairdressers in Lurgan. I'm guessin he'll be close to 40 now. His missus worked for the Belfast Tourist Board.

Don't know if you know them or not, but just thought I'd ask.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

* = the reason this came to mind was that a couple of months ago we were decorating and putting things away in the loft and I came across some photos from our honeymoon and they were in some of them.

Great news on Kano

I read Ramies post at 7.30am but was unable to post at work. It put a real spring in my step all day. The Race Night at Celtic Park was a fantastic night and a great way to finish the fund raising events.

Well done again to all involved. It really is a priviledge to be a member of the Celtic Family

Catman

Twists
at 5.59

You romantic old fool
Calling her darling,you have her spolied

The Narrowbhoat Tim

Can't see much bother in Seville off the par.

They have done everything possible regarding tickets and security staff travelling.

I'd still go for 26-30.

TTT

Actually my barber is a Davie - probably be 40 ish. Small, black hair. Don't know his missus. Initials DMcS?

Gordon_J,

your own efforts have not gone unnoticed.

As Ali G would say lets big it up for Gordon_J

Well done that man

Hail Hail

Stars....only because I can never remember her name..darling is the safest bet:-)))

Mac1888

I´ll watch that one tonight!

TA

HAil Hail

TnT

Will hill has

-2 11/4
-3 7/1
-4 16/1

Just on the have a look at team news, a few Sevilla players out, I looked up 7-0 earlier (150/1) but might just go for a wee bet on that now ;¬]

EN

Those who helped get Kano home should be ,very ,very proud.

Kano

Enjoy your family.

Man walks into the bedroom with a sheep under his arm.
His wife is lying in bed reading.

Man says, "This is the pig I have sex with when you've got a headache."

Wife replies, "I think you'll find, that is a sheep."

Man replies, "I think you'll find I was talking to the sheep."

STARS
thanks for your post on paddy power was worried they had stopped your account, as im here in cyprus, i do not bet big so no problem of them cutting my bets i give them plenty, it is only last few months i have been returning a profit thanks to you guys.
HH

EN

The 5's on minus 3 at 365 means that if it finishes 3-0, or 4-1 etc it's a no bet and stake returned. Is that the same on Hill's? Was it an Asian hcap bet?

All I got a text from TTTT to tell me the great news this morning. It got my day off to the best possible start.

For all of the folk who put in a lot of effort into making the dream a reality then you should feel very proud of yourself.

For Martin and family I hope you all have a great Birthday and Christmas to look forward to.

Right Im leaving work now and may join Kano in a wee vodka and coke (diet of course) to celebrate.

Lurgan53,

That sounds like him - esp the small black hair part, oh and the Davie bit too :-)

Have to be honest I canny mind his wife's name - I only mind his coz he shared his name with yours truly! Don't know his initials though.

One thing I do know he wisny big into the football. He never really talked about it even though he knew I was Celtic daft as me and a couple of other guys talked footie all the time we were drinking at the pool or beach bars.....those were the days :-)

In fact he never said anything about "what" he was even though some of the English asked about the "Troubles". Actually at one point he was so quiet on this I began to think he was a hun bearing in mind how I wasn't (and still aren't) slow in showing my Celtic allegiance, until one night he'd had a few and was blitzed. His missus dragged up him to bed out the road telling him to shut it, when he piped up out of nowhere "Davie..Tiocfaidh!" and then disappeared up the stairs. Not another word was mentioned after that though.

Anyway next time you're in ask him if he went to Cancun on his honeymoon. If he says yes tell him the Scottish Davie he met says alright!

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

PS- Bet its the same guy and he canny mind me.... :-)

TTT,

he probably will remember you but will deny it ! . You know how it is ;-)

HAil HAil

murdochauldandhay @2.51

Talking of Shareen Nanjiani , I met her brother Ian Nanjiani at a wedding in St Albans around 1999.

Ian is a Celtic supporter.

Cypbhoyo
Sorry it took me so long to reply but I had difficulty logging on yesterday

How is the weather in Cyprus

STARS
weather not great alot better than scotland but rain forcast for tomorro,gets cold at night now heating full on.
HH

Stars

took "cast of stars" at 11/4 earlier and its now 6/4. If it goes down, there's more than me done their dough!

Stars

never got to the favourite at any point....

...not the fav sry..the Cole runner

Twists

No well beaten

actually meant to back it because of name earlier but had a busy day (thank God)
and never had a bet
Except of course my little princess lomi in the next

Good luck

Huns drinking in a Irish Bar in Seville on Reporting Scotland .....Hmmmmmmm? A real Irish guy serving them.

Seems all quiet on the western front

mac1888
Do the gers fans have English accents
hail hail

No I dont think so ,Not London accent's anyway lol usual handsome chappies

Sir Paul

Ah see ye hiv set the tone...seems ye ur in a whimsical mood...

So here's a wee bit Freshly written Folder-All tae go with tnat Whimsy.

The other day, ma pal Lou, and I were discussing oor mutual friend.. Nutsy..remember him,pal?

Anyway..

Lou, mentioned that he wiz getting a wee bit worried about, Nutsy..fur..

"Pal, Nutsy, spends too much time at the Gamblin'...awe he evah is interested in, is Bettin' the Horses,and the Foot ball, and awe the rest of it." Lou, opined.

"Ye're richt.. buddy...Why don't we gie him somethin' else tae think aboot, then."

"Like whit, then"

"Say, his Birthday is the Morra.. Why don't we send him over a Present"

"Whit kinda, Present?"

"Weel..how aboot sending him over, Wan of the Dishy Dishes fae, Alyss's Restaurant..they tell me that Any thing from Alyss's Menu is ... Scrumptious!"

"Oh!.. THAT.. Alyss's Restaurant.. The New wan... that hiz jist opened in Pahrump...right next tae that Other Hoose, of Ill Repute..The Famous Chicken Ranch?"

"The very wan.. and they also tell me.. the The Gals that Alyss hiz oan Alyss's Menu..Mak the Chicken Ranch's Chickens..look like a bunch o' Auld Hens!.

"Fine idea,Olly.. let's dae it!"

The Next night.. roon aboot.. Nine in the Evening..there is a soft Rap oan the Door of Nutsy's Motel Room.

Nutsy, reluctantly gets aff his seat,which placed in front of the Tele.. and on which he his been watching.. Re-Runs... o' the "Galloping Gourmet",and this particular episode,he wiz immensely enjoying..ye know the wan.. Titled.. "How tae get the Saliva Flowing.. showing.. 101 Ways tae cook that Xmas Dinner, wi' awe the Trimmings"

On opening the door..Nutsy, goat a load of the Caller..Who turned oot tae be.. A Real Lollapalluzza, she wiz..so she wiz!

"Yes?" asked Nutsy.

"Hi, big boy.. Ah'm Simone fae Allys's Restaurant..and have come with yer Present of Super Sex."

"Ye hiv, That's Shmashin', hen..Ah'm fairly famished..

Ah'll hiv the SOUP!"

Kojo.

Just catching up on the hotly contested pulchritude "stakes" currently running on CQN.

Le'ts examine the runners and ...erm.."riders"- the Dark Horse, pardon the expression, must be Aw Naw's Mary Marquis, the Bold Shereen of the profanisaurus fame is a good each way bet but my fellow tipsters, the filly, well...well out in front has to be wonder weather-girl Judith "Va Va Voom" Tonner ( nee Ralston).

( step forward MR STEELICA as the tipster with the midas touch but please note Tonner - double "nn" and the "S" at the front is silent!)

:)

Mon' the Suvull!

TnT 6:36

Same rules, going by the lack of interest in the Sevila line up Im just going to stick to the win, rubbish set of games tonight though.

EN

Stars - came crashing back down to earth today with three losers and forgot to back one on the AW - Wunder Strike. Maybe one to watch.
Got 38's e.w. on Betfair for your fancy in the next. Here's hoping.

Twisty - did Che not get a 7/1 winner on Saturday? He might be the man to follow!

TTTT

Hope they cop a Sevilla thrashing.

TTTT

Che tipped sole agent in the same race I had Babe Heffron. It ran poorly...def didnt win....

EN

Gonna do a Goals galore for a tenner and thats it....

paul67

It's a proud day for all of us here seeing Kano back among his loved ones. It got me thinking, is there any merit in starting a CQN Charity fund now ?

When Kano needed help at the start, a campaign ensued with everyone rallying round. With a fund in place, the next time the Celtic family are called upon, we could have a head start simply by setting up some donation mechanism for anyone minded to give as they so generously do when asked.

kanotoseethehunsstuffedthenightinhisainplace csc

Twisty - who was on Ballyfitz on Saturday then?

TTTT

Kojo

Geeza clue aboot the new goalscorer,wullya?

Paul67
Could l ask what do you feel would happen to Rankers if say they do not sell anyone between now and the summer, but no one buys them ?

I work with a blue nose and he thinks they are in the clear? is this true ?

MTT

Just looking at the stadium there, it looks like Ibrox 20 minutes from the final whistle on European night

TTTT

Nobody, unless I missed a post?

The only one who didnt pick as far as I can see was WTB.

Anyone think the trials for the trialists
must be very trying,for the trialists having the trial
therefore hardly any point in trying trialing trialists

TTTT

Just checked from 4am Sat to 4pm and cant see a post from Wolfetones.

If I have missed him, I'm sure he'll correct me later.

Ard Macha.

But I was on Coney Island when I wrote it!!

Any oul' excuse.

i see the young 17 year old is playing tonight for arsenal

his name,,,tom cruise

wenger is a bit worried about him though,,,seems hes a bit of a maverick

hail hail

Modern 24 hour rolling contracts is rubbish

Talking of Sevilla, the front page of the latest edition of 4-4-2 has 3 La Liga Stars on the front with the headline:

"Coming Soon - Premier League's Next Superstars"

One of the 3 is Luis Fabiano (unfortunately missing tonight). Under LF it says "I want to join United".

However when you read the actual inteview what he actually says is:
"I definitely consider it (EPL) as it is a very attractive league. I see Man Utd as a team with a very interesting style of play, of passing, of crossing. I think manchester are a team where it would be easy to fit in. Then there's the Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, whom I really admire, and Sir Alex Ferguson too.... those are the managers you learn a lot with."

Hmmmm so he wants to join Utd does he????

Typical EPL arrogance!

For the record the other 2 are Sergio "Kun" Aguerro and david Silva. And at no point in either of their interviews do they actually say they WANT to come to the EPL. Interested possibly, but no more than that.

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

I bleed

He's a top gunner

Oooof

Kiev 1 Barcelona 0 1st minute.

Valdes at fault again.

McClugger clogged early...

the young boy tom cruise is meant to be a bit of a player though,not a bad way for someone who was born on the fourth of july to make their debut

hail hail

Geez...nearly 1 for Seville already..off the line

...and a stonewall pen turned down

he,ll be hoping the conditions are good for football.hopefully there will be no wind or rain man

hail hail

Tom Cruise is a rich man over 100m , maybe just maybe he wants to buy the huns thats the real reason he is there and then stick a roof on ipox and make it a massive scientology retreat where they can give something back to the people who have fallen from the one true religion lol.

But hey its all science fiction just like their account sheet.

hail hail

PENALTY

Yes...pen!

1-0 Sevilla!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 - 0

Yee-haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

How many tonight?

In the words of the kiazer chiefs - I predict a RIOT

Has the riot started yet?

Woo-hoo!!!

7 min 30s. At this rate it'll be 12

Rangers -
Played 5.11
Scored 4
Conceded 13

Jobo!

hey ghuys what about the co-efficient??

hail hail

**** Breaking News *******

"bbc Scotland Sport understands that Rangers are in talks with a LA based multi millionaire.

The man believed to be an actor has been spotted at their game tonight, a sure sign that talks are underway."

Let's see..

Thur is the Expression.. "Right, as Rain,"

tnen, thur is.."Solid... as Hooses.."

and..

"Doon in his Luck"

and..

the ole.. "Ye kin tak that, wi' a Pinch o' Salt"

Uh Huh!

and...

Who could forget... "As Nippy, as Mustard?"

Hmmmmmmmmmm...

Seems like Ah did!

That,Disnae quite sound right..

Ah canny seem tae remember it..

Ach!.. Ah'll think aboot it .. Ra Morra!

Kojo.

Stuttgart 3 up!

Who is this guy cruise trying to kid man.

He looks like he is just out for a jolie.

In vino terms

If all goes "badly" tonite

this could be a "two bottle" Blog

:)

Kojo

quite right...deal with it ra morra.

Hard work pays off in the future...laziness pays off today

That Romanian mob are getting stuffed 3-0 already

it really is quite breathtaking how poorly the hun have played in such a moderate CL group

one could only imagine how the Scottish media would have mercilessly traduced us

can anyone believe that real radio have spent at least the last 2 nights debating over whether boyd or henrik is the best striker? I mean seriously...

Kojo

As Keane as mustard?

TnT

Went for wee stakes on 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, and the clincher 7-0 at 275/1.

Its a cert to be 2-0.

EN

The "banter" from the Ugly Mob has started I hear, wonder if the Beeb has the Sonar primed?

Is Tom supprting the Holmes eam the night?

if the rankers get 2 points, is that the worst total for a team from Scotland ?

ggh

bankiebhoy1

If its a 2 bottle blog for me .... I hope ye like the toons

:¬)

EN

I think (and hope) yer on a winner.....should be 3 already...

1-0 to sevilla, penalty by whittaker, tried to pass ball out of 18 yard box straight to sevilla player who put it past him so he stuck leg out brining player down. always thought if you are last man and bring someone down its a red card.

sevilla all over them

hail hail

cb

My dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. El Diego Bhoy.

Weel..

Remember this,pal..

You, said it.. Ah didnae!

Kojo
yer pal.. who likes ye a loater.

freveranever- that show is for people who have absolutely nothing in their lives.

freveanever

See my comments from night one.

RR Phone-in - I don't tune in, but stumbled on it tonight and if I needed convinced, It was tonight, it's not a phone-in, it's simply a cash generating pantomime.

1-0 to sevilla, penalty by whittaker, tried to pass ball out of 18 yard box straight to sevilla player who put it past him so he stuck leg out brining player down. always thought if you are last man and bring someone down its a red card.

sevilla all over them

hail hail

cb

test

caesersbhoy

Apart from that, Spanish radio reported that Whittaker elbowed an opponent in the face. It seems he hasn't even had a yellow yet, has he?

Sevilla all over rangers is one thing...

rangers fans all over Seville

that's another thing.

I hope the locals get a quiet night

who broke the bleedin blog, that KANO's naw been on for a while, bet ye it was him.

KANO only kidding, congatulations...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iArJm9gBvg

Hail Hail

One of the experts on Radio Nacional just said: “Seville are having, and are going to continue to have, a very easy time of this, in spite of the 146 trophies Rangers have won. I have no idea where they got all those trophies from.”

Celtic First

he stamped on capel aswell

he is being given the runaround .....disnae like it

Are we back????

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Evenin folks.
Just logged on and saw Kano's news.
I don't really have the words to say how happy I feel for him and his family.

McCann is tne new Booth ...tadger

PF Ayr

No one could believe a challenge from McGregor either, a very high foot on Kanouté.

it must have been the scientologists doing a dos on the site since I uncovered Cruises masterplan

Can anyone tell me what is the minimum distance that the Suvull Polis must remain away from the "peepul" before according to BBC Scotland it becomes "inflammatory"?(WTF)

Vmhan

:)

shocking pen decisions ...3 stonewallers ..French ref is a hun :¬))

Evening and hail hail to all and sundry.

That was a wee bit a good news about the bold Kano gettin hame eh?
:0)))))))

Cameron Diaz is at the game with Tom Cruise, I noticed earlier. Kris Boyd's ugly mug won't be too much of a shock to her as she's used to starring opposite a hideous creature with a Scottish accent. She was also in a film called Very Bad Things, so you can make your own joke there.

A lot of meaningless games on tonight. Apart from the huns of course..........it's never meaningless watching them getting gubbed.(lol)

A very happy Christmas Kano and family

Whoever is messing aboot with this can ye just "let it be".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlCcGBtGd0&feature=PlayList&p=F00ACF9C450439F6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=55

Hail Hail

Mike McCurry has magic'd himself into a French Referee for the night.

Spotted an "inflammatory" tri-colour in the Suvull end.

If the knuckledraggers kick off then those poor Huns will have no case to answer.Sheer provocation.

Has Chick started talking about the poor standard of "scottish" football yet?

Estadio, he's denied the team playing against Rangers three decent penalty shouts as well as actually awarding them one. I think that makes him the French Craig Thompson.

Listening to radio Scotland.They say Bain and some other tube aregoing all out to get at Steven Thomson,of Dundee United,re-charging for postponed game.Question? if game was at ipox,what do you think they would do?Slan

Have you ever watched such a crap game in all your life.??....yes, their last CL game....HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.....!!!!!!

CF

As said by PF 3 stonewall claims and how whittaker has not had at laest a yellow leaves me dumfounded. i remember when a panalty was given against us when big bobo jumped inthe box with arms raised we all argued you use use arms for balance and leverage but uefa said if arms are raised in box and ball comes into contact its a penalty, same thing tonight with the huns but no penalty. TYPICAL.

HAIL HAIL

Rangers last 8.5 games in Europe...

Fiorentina (H) 0 - 0
Fiorentina (A) 0 - 0
Zenit St Petersberg (N) 0 - 2
Kaunas (H) 0 - 0
Kaunas (A) 1 - 2 (!st goal in 5 games though!)
Stuttgart (A) 1 - 1
Seville (H) 1 - 4
Unirea (H) 1 - 4
Unirea (A) 1 - 1
Stuttgart (H) 0 - 2
Seville (A) 0 - 1 (so far...)

So that's 11 games without a win - 5 draws and 6 defeats
Goals scored 5
Goals against 17

I'm sure this will be all over the papers tomorrow.

Jobo

oneantonrogan/EN

McCurry wouldn`t have awarded any pens.......and booked all the Sevilla players

Thomson is a better example

Cameron Diaz in the crowd, magic thats just The Sweetest Thing. I think Shes The One to compile the Uefa report, known at Ibrox as The Minority Report.

Is this The Last Supper in the CL for the club that struggles to kepp its Head Above Water? The Mask is slipping and they are heading for Very Bad Things.

Zbyszek,

Good to see something from Ashes and Diamonds. I saw the trilogy about 40 years ago when BBC used to showcase European films late at night. Well it was in those days! Remember the scene where the Home Army fighters reach the Vistula via the sewers only to find themselves trapped. Wasn't a young film student Roman Polanski in the film. What was the singer saying about the Polish soldiers at Monte Cassino?

Evening all

I may have been hallucinating but whilst the minutes silence in Seville was being impeccably ignored by the huns. Sky played some tasteful appropriate music over the sounds of the orcs at work. This of course will be front page headlines tomorrow won't it?

I thought the music was in the stadium, was it not (just turned over during it)?

Apparently just heard on sky sports extra if the huns fail to score tonight it will be there worst champions league performance ever.

here hoping they dont score

hail hail

Owen
it was music played in the stadium

Did you see Boogie's boogie....horrible !!!!!!!yuch...!!

Good to see an Irish tricolour behind the goal being waved by Sevilla fans.....

Oneantonrogan/PF ayr

Im not sure Thompsons cheating comes in the form of magic. (Genuine artical from papers today)

EN

Guy on Radio Nacional: “Glasgow Rangers are such a slow team. They are tactically useless.”

oneantonrogan

I thought so at first but then realised that you could still hear the crowd in the stadium, even when the music was playing. Sky, or the Spanish TV company must have left one microphone switched on. Possibly accidentally on purpose.

I have just given the We Know SFA a makeover, tell us what you think?

Also check out the "If You Know Your History" page to see two very similar Celtic goals.

http://footballsfootball.com/WeknowSFA/history/

Thanks for all the support so far!

Negreddo will score next to make it 2-0, it will end 2-0.

C-1st,

I dare you to be FF's Spanish Radio "follower".

Go on I dare ya :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Smart move by Rangers bringing on Nacho Novo at half time to tempt Real Madrid or Barca to move in this January window. That move alone should see them move out of the red.

Hail! Hail!

Mr X , there are at least two, good on them, I'm guessing there will always be a few at the Seville games.

Hail Hail

Wahay...my first ever winner on the GG!

A wee treble - Liverpool -Kiev`- Stuttgart

Wee Tam and big Cameron are in spain
to film Knight and Day
in which they will recreate the famous pamplona bull run
During the run, crowds race ahead of a herd of thundering bulls, which can weigh up to 700 kilograms (1,500 pounds) each, along an 825 meter (900 yard) course over cobbled streets

The huns have been asked to be used as extras in the film
but Oscar the head bull,said his members would boychot the film
if such dangerous animals are let loose on the streets

twisty

and only an hour into the games

cannae beat it ...nice on

PF

Cheers

I swear ....I was taking Barnsley for the 4 timer and changed my mind....latest 1-1

Huns === shots on target ==== 0

twists n turns, I believe their shots off target is the same :-)

The 70 minute stats just came up.

Attempts on goal
Seville 17, Rangers, eh none

On target
Seville 6, Rangers - work it out!

Jobo

Unless they get savaged this half they'll be claiming a moral victory. A good skelping will keep them in their boxes at least until Christmas.

Token

As I think you know, I would last about 2 nanoseconds in that particular environment. Those bears would have me sussed out right away, and no mistake.

For example: “How come you know Spanish? What kind of school do they teach Spanish in? Move along Timothy … ”.

One touch football from the huns

One touch in the first half and one touch in the 2nd:-)

Twisty,

nice mate...well done....but come on a Treble on the GG coupon???
Get at least a 4fold on next time and join the big bhoys :-)

Seriously well done mucker. Beating the bookie is always top notch!

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

ho! f!£$"$ ho! last in the easiest group

Wattenaccio tactics working as Huns seem to be holding on for the one nil defeat....Come on Sevilla...

TTT

They have settled already!

£58.32 for a tenner.....some ammo for Sat:-)

Ha Ha HA hafferty booked.
Match summary so far: Seville coasting in 1st gear, Rankers kicking lumps out of them in 4th gear. Seville 23 goal attempts: Huns 0 goal attempts.
It's all about pride now for rangers (lol)

It is official the huns are truly woeful.

If we do not hammer this shower on 03/01/09 I will be seriously miffed.

A miffed Lurgan man is not a pretty sight.

To be honest there are few Lurgan men who are a pretty sight at any time but thats beside the point.

twisty

pays 9-2 or thereby ..???

Do away shots on target count double? Actually it disnae matter...still = 0

PF

Looks like just better than 9/2 yes.

Now Jesus is on for Seville!

Commentator's just described Nogoals hitting the side netting as "Rangers' best chance of the match so far". It's not exactly had much in the way of competition.

Wull "Wily Walt" Wurk Wunders Wi' Woeful (R)Ankers?

(Don't bet against the Horribles gettin the rub of the green.)

Sevilla in trouble now, wonder boy Fleck coming on! ;o(

Owen

Lurgan man ?

Your the first guy on here in weeks with an Irish sounding name, who's not from Coatbrig

24 -1 on shots ha ha

Messi makes it 1-2 Barça.

PF,

for some reason the amount always seems to be more than the published odds. Dunno why, but never complain when picking up the dosh :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

BBC Scotland - 'r*****s trying to run down the clock'...

I'm sure I just heard the despicable hun hordes chanting "You only sing in the chapel".

What a loathesome support they are.

Chaplin

Its county Coatbridge don't ye know :¬)

H X 2

Apparently Suvul "Hitman" Negreddo's name translates as -

"Butter Boots" in Spanish.

Strange but true.

Now they've had a shot on target! What next? Nurse, the tablets

OMG STOP THE PRESSES HORRIBLES HAD A SHOT ON TARGET!

Thats a real shame...the Seville goalie gets dirt on his gloves in the 89th minute....jist when it looked like they'd still be clean for the weekend game....

I had to laugh when, in the first half, the commentator explained "We have seen these Champions League balls weave about all the time." just after McGregor spills a shot for a corner.

What hold do they have over all of the media that they get such biased, probably too strong a word but cannot think of the right one, coverage.

If this was us we would have been hearing about "no shots in 70mins" "Totally dominated in terms of possession", "just not good enough at this level" and all of the other guff we have to put up with when we face the current holders or previous holders, and are beaten by a deflection, dodgy penalty or fluke.

C-1st,

:-)

To be fair that seems too high brow for the FF's...i was thinking more due to your nom de blog!
Even that moob might pick up on that :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

If we only lost 1-0 to a Seville penalty I'd find a way to make it sound like a decent result, no matter what the shooting stats say. I expected them to be gubbed tonight, there is a massive gulf in class between these teams.

Apparently we'll never know whether this was Sevilla playing to their capabilities or whether they'd eased off the pressure as they were safe.

Um, I think we know, you guys...

"We hate Celtic...f**** b******" gets a wee blast in the closing minute....

Poorest ever run in Europe mentioned on BBC scotland. And let that be the last of that sort of talk

Uncle Wattie's Anti football beaten by second string Sevilla side

HH

aaggggghhh ..... fiorentina score to beat me outta £290!! was waiting on a draw and they scorelast kick of game. Gits!!

sffs

Wiz that Wayne and Waynetta Slob clad in blue the camera panned in on just then?

What colour is the sky in Davie Provans world, the guy is on another planet

Chaplin

My Da was from Glasgow. Does that count?

Owen

"partial"

SFFS

Nothing worse when it happens in the last soddin' minute.....

"Moob"?? "Mob"!

Hmmmm actually in saying that they are a bunch of .......nah its a family blog, but you know what I mean :-)

HAIL! HAIL!
Token

Radio Scotland for the laugh in.....

feckin livi do me for a ton for a tenner

olympiacos/barca/newcastle .....and livi ...stewards

TnT .... gutted. was waiting on Barca to score and they did. thought my luck had changed....then gilardino (diving git!!)

sffs

How feckin' bad ARE they........what a laugh that was....did they actual have any tactics....I honestly didn't notice any....ALAMO stuff....talk about hanging by a thread.....!!!!!

bankiebhoy1

"Partisan"

Its all coming back to me now.

Note to self don't drink lager who's name has only one vowel for every eight other letter.

Whilst a hammering for the huns would have been immensely satisfying a defeat is a defeat.

Yet again, they fail to collect any Champs League money for winning a game.

They were chasing shadows at times tonight and it all helps in affecting their confidence regardless of whether they put positive spin on it.

Some clown on Radio Scotland has just said that tonight was a 'decent effort' by Rangers.
Ffs.

Hail! Hail!

Twist&Turns Radio Scotland is a joke....!!!!

twists n turns at least their honest, well in this instance.

:¬)

Seville reserves prove that they will not win anything
No doubt that final flourish from the huns will get maximum publicity
Just how much will Lloyds make from the CL ?
Was this Wattie's revenge for them trying to give him the bullet ?

The "dream draw" was actually dross

HH

That was me Jim from Wishaw I got on the radio lol up the HUNS yes and my name aint JIM

PF

Mr Twists n Turns is guest at the top table (ah say ........toap table...nane of this stuck at the plebs table) in the Livvy stadium on Friday night, guest of the new owner of LFC.

I shall make a point of kicking him up the erchie for ye (once I have availed myself of the copious amounts of free booze)

HEHEHE
Good night again in the champions league

liverpool 1 vs 2 fiorentina
olympiakos 1 vs 0 arsenal
and...
sevilla 1 vs 0 rangers

Owen

I'm liking "partisan" too, quite appropriate.

Stuttgart thro to next round .....despite their successes against the glorious hun ...i would image that a small queue will form to get that dross in the next round

Rangers are set to be the subject of an Investigation......................................................................................................................

DuetohavinglateshotontargetCSC

patrick27 .... see my post 9.35.

not that good a night!!

Sffs

bourne

it wisnae the draw that wis dross :¬))))

bourne

Cmon...I'll buy it....and.....

twists

As has been said many times before they only exist to hate us. That won't ever change. Whereas we handsome/beautiful and intelligent Tims have a right good laugh at them and pride ourselves in our belonging to such a wonderful Celtic family.

Subhuman doesn't nearly cover it.

God Bless Kano, his lovely and loving family, his best pal Ramie along with Kitalba who have helped to bring Martin's plight to our awareness.

And on to the ghuys much closer to Celtic Park who have worked tirelessly to bring about this great day. Well done to each and every one of you.

Hail Hail to you all.

In terms of holidays abroad in times to come I'll definitely be aiming for meeting up with our friend Martin. I'm sure I have an argument to settle with him when he was definitely wrong! er mibbees aye, mibbees...he knows the rest.

Honestly this has made my night , my week was made by this
crossing a zebra crossing in livingston a boy racer in his corsa stopped with his mates walking across the wee twat was reving up the engine I stopped half way tied my laces slowly his face was a picture

hail hail

TNT

DuetohavinglateshotontargetCSC

HH

2points,lowest ever,surely to God we will not let this lot beat us in the league,they are so slow in mind and body,go at them with pace, and we can take goals off them.Slan

Things that won't be reported in the Scottish Sports media tomorrow part 1:

Rangers have now beaten their own worst record in CL history and indeed they now have the worst record EVER of any Scottish and British team in one season.

Air that one Keevins, I dare you.

EDB

It just makes it all the more satisfying to be a bhoy don't you think?

Yes, Kano makes it home. Lovely start to the day. I wonder if he watched that tonight? Very satisfying day all round I think.

Bournesouprecipe

Aye, that was kinda outa kilter with all that had gone before. Worth a wee look by Uefa.

Double Grin 'n' Tonic for me, listen to "Wily Walt" get unilateral respect and understanding, then off to "Bedfordshire".

It's fine to have a chortle over Rangers' CL fiasco, but consider this - if McCulloch's shot goes in, that means a side with 24 shots draws to a side with 1 shot. Yeah, I know, scary, right?

There are two serious points, though. For all their mediocrity, they are a well-drilled side, and don't look as though they will crumble this season. Secondly, it goes to show you can have all the trickery in the world but it means nothing if you ain't got someone to put the ball in the back of the net.

A striker in January would be nice. Robbie Keane'll do me.

TNT/ PF

They are saying Wattenachio has 5 wins from 36 CL games,

HH

Huns singing to Sevilla fans " you only sing in the chapel"

They really are a pityfull lot

bournesouprecipe

Now there is a stat that you won't see in the papers tomorrow so that can be Things you won't see in the Scottish media tomorrow part 2

kbb1418 8:53

What a memory and knowledge. Take a bow.
“Ashes and Diamonds” was the last film of Trilogy made by Andrzej Wajda.. Two other films were “A Generation” and “Canal” . “A Generation” (1954) was the first film Roman Polanski played in. In 1962 or 1963 Polanski moved to Great Britain. He never gave up his Polish citizenship and still has Polish passport. Lived away from Poland but worked with the Poles.
That lady sings about red poppy flowers that grew on Monte Cassino. They were red because grew on Polish blood. Probably you remember that Monte Cassino was incredibly strong German fortification on the road to Rome.
Since January to May 1944 a couple of thousand allies soldiers died in three battles. Only fourth battle was success. The key point of the fourth battle was the attack of the Polish soldiers. Many Poles died in that fight but they were true heros. It was Polish flag that flew first on Monte Cassino. There, and in many other places our soldiers fought together with the British soldiers. That was the reason I haven’t made a post about poppies on the other day.

Here you can find the link. Poles in battle fourth.

Battle of Monte Cassino

Keevins an the meedja, will spin this for all they're worth and at some point manage to mention us, as bfdj still peddles the crap that there realy is people interested in buying them.

On a much happier note, welcome home Kano, may god go with you.
BMA

Can anyone remember - were the huns not the SECOND seeds in their group ?
Would 2 points be the lowest number of points ever won by a second seed ?
Truly a club that always set new records !

I think i hear SIRENS in SEVILLA.Slan

Just read the news about Kano.

Absolutely fantastic.

Here are the Rangers highlights for any huns looking in;

90:00+2:12 The referee blows for the end of the match.

you are right, they are solid.

But solid wont win the league, its when they need to go and play and win games they are beatable, very beatable!

Does anyone know the significance of Standard liege qualifying through to the Europa league? I think it means that Belgium overtake Scotland in the rankings and that only the Scottish Champions qualify for the Champions League. But any idea when that kicks in?

spiritbhoy

I thought that next season was the last auto qualification for the SPL winners.

Phil Thomson is a dobber ...

bourne

when the CL draw was made i commented that defeat would be all the more difficult to take after the anticipation of success felt at such a favourable draw .....

the very few huns i know are smarting big time about such a dreadful set of performances

Waler

"It was a difficult evening for us"

No schit Sherlock!

Waler?

Walter!

"We have let ourselves down a little bit in our home games"

A LITTLE BIT????

Wee Chick stuttering over every question to Smith.What a p---k.Slan

I hope Anton Mhor was watching tonight.

Attack the orcs defence and they cannot handle it. They backed off the oncoming attacker all night, we should us this to our advantage shoot from any angle as soon as we hit the 25-18 yard area. They will be to busy retreating expecting us to try and walk the ball into the net.

Bugger just given out tactics away damn this Lithuanian Lager.

croppyboy

i would say that that must be correct

it`s all the more incrediable when you consider that they had the Spanish 3rd besters/ a German side at the bottom of the Bundes and Romanian minnows

2 points is an embarrassment ...i`m afronted for them :¬)))

spiritbhoy

Read posts from earlier tonight. They explain accurately the situation. Can't be bothered going back over old ground.

Ah the billy-boy bonhomie!

They are all in it together, Keech Jackson leading the hun line with wee chick acting as vociferous cheerleader and walt cheerleader from the sidelines.

Arise Sir Walt!

Kojo

It could be "Someone only we know".

Jackson not bothered about Spanish journalists,only bothered about us,ie huns.Wee chick thinks Sevilla will win tournament after winning huns section.I am away to bed ,dont believe this.Slan

twists n turns

Is he Walter you are talking about?

PF

Only British side to lose all 3 home games - yip
Only British side not to win a home game - yip
Highest aggregate defeat of a British side - yip
Highest British home defeat in Europe - yip
Ugliest players ever in Europe - yip

etc etc etc

HH

bourne

pure dead affronted by the way

By rdk7 on December 9, 2009 9:59 PM

agree, I heard that apart from their non football that was the evening's most embarrassing moment.

HH

EDb

This is the last time,that i will say these words.

I remember the first time,the first of many lies.

Zbyszek

Are your ladies now preparing for your special Christmas meal?

I remember our conversations well.

"Doddsy" now firmly on the poor "Scottish" performances now....

a Celtic fan based in Korea. his thoughts on Ki sung yong

http://celticunderground.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=960&Itemid=1

UC

Ah well... a good day for all Celtic mhen ,whomen, bhoys and ghirls......

Night all....

TT

I'm with you mate.

How are things at your end? You'll know where I'm coming from.

Regards.

Chaplin

As an interesting aside the spelling of my name is the Welsh version. Gaelic spellings include Eoin, Eoghan and Eoghain.

My Dad was a proud Celtic man all his life, also Owen, but when he came to Ireland from Glasgow and settled in Lurgan he took to GAA big time. Clan Na Gael being the only "Team in blue he could bring himself to support" (His exact words).

Now I'm in Cork and the locals still insist that that I have an English, Australian, British or Foreign accent.

ElDiegoBhoy
Hello.
First they must hunt something in the forest:)
No, not yet. It’s too early for preparations but they started talking about that. That is good sign.

owen,
We will attack them like Seville did, in our case they will kick us all over the park, we will have players booked and possibly sent off for complaining to the ref etc.... the self serving master race wannabees in Scotland will ensure der hun will have all the help possible.

I say forget the hun in the CL, the rankers will continue on as last season, if we fail to improve our team der hun or another team perhaps, will win the league, we badly need decent central defenders and goalscoring strikers to ensure we win the SPL and of course to be ready to qualify for the CL.

eye on the ball Celtic FC, no excuses this transfer window.

H X 2

Inexplicable excuse time started with Rob McLean and Terry Butcher on STV.

RM-'Why were Rangers' results at home not as good as they were away?

TB-'At home you're expected to attack and try and entertain,create chances you know'?

Eh?

PF / TNT/ KrakowBhoy

The stats just keep coming;

I think that means it will be at least a two year gap, till they next win a game in Europe?

Take that to the Bank ya Barstewards

HH

Graeme Sewer--ness on Sky wae a face that would turn milk soor. Liverpool and Huns both gubbed. Couldn't happen to a nicer fella.

EDB

Quite time of year for me just now.

Winding down until i go to Dubai on the 22nd.

I trust that things are going well for you?

First xmas and new year without a parent can be a toughie.

TT

bournesouprecipe

Aye but they won't be beaten with it the way our CL away record has been used against us EVERY season we play in it.

Given we have played in the CL groups 5 times they are only 3 or 4 points in front of us in accumulated totals. Most of the points they got (or didn't get) were under guess who.

EDB
Should be Quiet,not quite.

Zbyszek

Did you take oldtim to the forest. He would have upset some bears!

For the Kane family and the CQN cyber family, who have no doubt been celebrating today, Caledonia by the author Dougie MacLean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6olbcuUmos

Hail Hail

Late call with the Chaplin

Careful chaps, this humiliation will only make our enemies more determined to see us cheated and ! Our own Board face the same scenario they did last season, do we sign the players to make the difference or not ?

TT

There are so many firsts around my mum these days as you know. I was so frightened when facing up to losing her but we've had great support and truly believe she is in a better place than the one she left.

Take care my friend.

Is there still a Hun Love in happening?

A Lee

Ps I would like to wish my bhoy a happy 6th birthday today and he has just fell asleep.

thank goodness.

KrakowBhoy

Of course they won't, but their Euro feats can be ripped to shreds by looking at the stats, they even qualified for stage 2 with the lowest points total, possible.

We all know how they are reported upon, to such an extent the media denial is a factor in why they never have, or will get anywhere.

HH

Many happy returns Wee SOAL.

SAYS THE BBC....

HMMMMMM............

SOAL

Many kind wishes to your young lad on his birthday.

I'm sure you'll have done him proud. Make sure he knows his dad is a good guy.

vmhan
Really enjoyed that wee bit emotional there
guess we are allowed to be after today

EDB

He sent him a fiver in the post

Love

SOAL

Only you could get away with that LOL.

Chaplin, aye see my post at 10:27 PM, I do worry that the Celtic board will grab any excuse to gamble on the SPL, do nothing in the transfer window due to a modest run of vicories will mean its anybodys league in 2010.

The pressure on the board to spend needs to be maintained, they failed big time last season, if the Celtic support don't make enough noise, then the failure will be ours as well as the boards.

eyeontheballCSC

vmhan

if the Celtic support don't make enough noise, then the failure will be ours as well as the boards.

BAN THE Singers and the flag wavers that is the celtic strategy.

SIMPLE

Beware the wounded bear. A dangerous animal, even though they are a protected species in Scotland.

Is that the first time Richard Keys has not asked any questions about a British team on the Sky Sports highlights programme? Two huns on the panel and not one question or any discussion............. I wonder why? To many negatives per chance..

Catman

MurdochauldandHay

Cheers bud, it was meant for all of us, the Celtic movement, Celtic family, Celtic diaspora and in my case I found quite a lot of non- Celtic fans who just wanted to help, so a wee song for everyone is apt.

H x 2

Another thing

How jammy are the huns they go to seville and was Phishing down.

Sorry about the spelling (10.28)
Should have been GrayHUN Sewerness

Mini SOAL Happy Birthday to you.

vmhan

I know full well the huns would, with the full compliance of the referee, hack any and every Celtic player within range. But the point of my post was that if we shoot whilst they are retreating like orcs before "Anduril the flame of the west" then we can use that space to put McGregor under pressure.

from Celtic Underground

Naming rights to Celtic Park rumoured to have been sold. £5 Million a year for next 5 years. Hence Johnstone's comment at hun agm.

HH

The Spirit of Arthur Lee

Spirit I have been banging on about the stewards mistreatment of the Celtic singing sections for a long while, thats not what I meant though, I meant we should, as a support expect the board to improve the WEAK areas of our team, a few seasons ago it was to improve the team so that we could do well in Europe, now I've downsized my expectations to wanting to win the SPL, its in NO WAY guaranteed at this stage.

I want the board to back the manager they selected, its as simple as that.

happy birthday to the wee man amigo.

Hail Hail

Did I hear big Tel correctly there ?

" If Rangers are going to be in the Champions League next year, PERHAPS, they will need to return to dull, boring, grinding out results kind of football"

WHIT ?

You mean abandon the thrilling total football we saw tonight? Don't worry Tel they won't even qualify for the EL next season.
Nite all.

vmhan

Cheers

My old mhan and Maw are heading down to the Fylde coast to celebrate his 70th birthday on sunday.

Yer welcome to them to ge me peace.

god help blackpool.

Only kidding

owen

Thanks for you're reply amigo, sorry I replied to you're post and actually meant the thrust of it for the wider audience, people are quite rightly enjoying the hun being crap in Europe, I meant to sound a word of warning to our support as I'd hate us to gift the SPL to der hun or some other team because of our continual downsizing, we need to start building what we've lost and I think this transfer window is definately a "tipping point" for Celtic FC and the support.

Hail Hail

Perhaps I should have posted this before the final embarrassment of Seville, as it may be seen as turning a tetanus infected rusty skewer between the shoulders of the already rabid Rangers' returning rabble.

I will just have to accept that I suppose!

Anyway.

Walter Smith is a nice guy. I quite like his laid back sort of rational approach to life. In terms of management and 'football management' beung the operative phrase here, he is pretty much a powderless Catherine wheel that has long stopped spinning.

Success he has had but sadly this is where I differ with the bands of football followers who see success as the ONLY measure that matters. Ambition, imagination and motivation are the other ingredients that go to make up a good 'football manager' and even where they don't come together in a fireworks extravaganza, the intention is obvious.

Walter Smith unfortunately no longer (if he ever possessed it) has that vision for his teams as can be seen with his deliberate and narrow implementation of football 'Smith Style'. At Rangers first time round, Everton, Scotland and now back at Ibrox, he has regularly demonstrated just how uncomfortable he is with players who provide that wee bit of a spark, who are in the least unconventional and who see football as something creative and enjoyable.

Walter DOESN'T make the most of 'limited resources'. Walter intentionally LIMITS his resources and style because that is all he is comfortable with.

In life we learn everyday that the 'comfort zone' is actually the 'risk free' zone and 'risk free' is just a synonym for boring predictability.

Walter Smith is successful - his overall record is pretty good in terms of points and prizes. But in terms of football.....what could have been.....well the Rangers' support will never know, because Walt just isn't capable of that possibility.

The Rangers' fans acceptance, not all of them - but enough, is hugely instrumental in this set of circumstances simply because they think the same way.

Their quest is not for football, not for edge of the seats ooh, ahhs might have beens and constant dreams of a kaleidoscope of ambitions. It is for the false-security of the becalmed ship Supremacy, going nowhere, doing nothing but fooling itself that it it is an island.

They are happy to exist on a diet of a single squib of a one goal scraped win as the ball rebounds into the net of the rear-end of a banjoe-playing member of the loyal order of bladdered fresians. This is as satisfying as an expansive 4-3 victory in a festival of all that is good about this game.

Give Walter Smith the colour, the pageant the sheer exuberance of a Rio Carnival and he will immediately turn it into the soulless stomp and dirge of a cortege marching to a single drumbeat, and worryingly for football (but most of all for Rangers), their band of brithers will all join on at the back of that black-suited, bowler hatted procession only to find that the party they thought they were all heading for was unfortunately a funeral.

Give me the Carnival, give me the 'babbelas' (hangover) and give me the occasional transubstantiation of 'might of been' to 'that was worth the wait'.

Anything else seems a wee bit worhless.

R.I.P. (Rangers in Pointlessness)

Hail hail

Estadio

Estadio

Give me the Carnival

Get yer arse back hame it starts in the secc next week.

Love

If we rename a stadium that will always be Celtic Park or Paradise to us and make £25m for it then it's a great deal. Think it takes shirt sponsor too though. Hyundai apparently.

Doubt there is any truth in it but it'd be a great deal.

And as for Johnstone's dig at the hun AGM - Aye sure, you don't want £25m for nothing. Who is he kidding?!

:-(

The Spirit of Arthur Lee on December 9, 2009 11:26 PM

Pity it wasn't Saturday they were down, I could have met them in Blackpool at the trades club for the game, hope they enjoy it though, any problems in Blackpool with the auld yins, let me know through CQN.

Hail Hail

KENNY BHOY
Hyundai? Hyundai? Die,huns maybe,but.....

WTF,NEXT,WE'LL BE RUNNING OUT TO G'n'R SINGING "WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE"

Admirable sentiments,till you hear the second line starting"we are the people"

Estadio:

check your e-mail

Frankie Boyle was guest host on the Buzzcocks tonight, he deducted 2 points from Phil Jupitis for mentioning Ian Paisley. Frankie was at his rawest best tonight but his best bit was an impersonation of Alan Bennet, its well worth watching when it's repeated later on this week.

Rumours going round that we might be accepting £5 million a season for the naming rights of the stadium. This seems to be the reason why the Huns showed great dignity at their AGM earlier in the week.

http://footballsfootball.com/WeknowSFA/celtic-park/

Edward at least ye never had 200,000 ,or was that a million ha ha......
of you're fellow follow followers in Seville, I mean think about the damage for a start.

:¬)

Hail, Hail

By aiden o'fovit on December 9, 2009 11:49 PM

If it's £25m from them that will go to the team then it's a great move. It will always be Celtic Park to me you and everyone else.

vmhan

Watching Robson introduce himself in the 2-1 game made me see a guy committed to our cause, watching a hun do the same thing would not have elicited the same response.

Its a long time since Martin O'Neil managed our club but he had some hard players in his team. I honestly do not believe Reiper, Mjallby, Stubbs et al would be allowed to play any more.

The huns have the market cornered in Scotland for "Hard but fair " tacklers. I can only see us winning with footballers, and maybe two "enforcers" one on the field and one on the bench, to come on when the first is booked!!!,

First chance I've had to post today - wonderful to hear about Kano & fitting that Ramie should be the one to break the news. Well done to everyone for their efforts.

Kit - that was some post earlier but I can't help thinking that when Martin finally gets round to posting again you're going to regret calling him a plonker...

Not sure about putting a companies name to the stadium, it would have to be a company with a good reputation.

kenny_bhoy

What is the source for you to post Hyundai? Not a company with a great reputation in Scotland, especially Fife.

The Narrowbhoat Tim, I watched it instead of listening to the excuses for the hun game, its a great programme and well worth seeing again.

HH

EN

Celtic Underground are saying Hyundai

HH

Random question CQN'ers, whats is you're understanding of a soulmate?

HH

EN - CU said it.

£25m for the stadium rights and also said Hyundai would be on the jersey. Makes a shed load of sense. I am sure Hyundai are a Korean company are they not? They will be able to use Ki Sung Yong as the face of it and also having the name of the stadium where the Commonwealth games will be opened should hold appeal to as that will be going out all across the globe.

It might be a load of bull so we are at the moment dealing with if's and can do no more other than speculate.

It's £25m for nothing. It will be CP to me for as long as I live.

Been out all day today, so just picked up the news about Martin's return home. I don't really have the words to do justice to the remarkable efforts of so many here, nor to do justice to the strength and bravery of Ramie, Carolyn and all the Kane family, nor of course, to the Big Man himself. It has been a privilege to help out, but by helping out I really have been helping myself.

I can't wait till the morning to tell the McGrain girls. Martin Kane has been quite a pin up in the McGrain household this past 12 months or so.

And it has been quite a year.

Welcome home Kano.

A tearful McGrain.

Have we not been singing go on "Hyundai" for years?

Gary Caldwell will not keen on the renaming of the stadium, he probably want's
it remain Parkheid.

HH

By owen on December 9, 2009 11:56 PM