Match 31 in Celtic’s domestic season: Motherwell at home, 29 wins, one draw and no defeats behind them. It all looks straightforward tomorrow. Right?
A reminder, if needed, that while Motherwell shipped seven goals during the week, St Mirren did the same to Gordon Strachan’s Celtic before knocking us out the Scottish Cup a week later.
It was also Motherwell, at Celtic Park, who ended Scottish football’s longest winning run of league games in 2004. Celtic had just beaten Barcelona but were held by Motherwell to halt the run at 26 consecutive victories.
Runs like this often end against teams with nothing in their locker but desperate defending. You’ll see that from the visitors tomorrow, whose players will surely have had a word with each other about collective responsibility.
Take nothing for granted. Celtic have worked hard to get into this situation in the league but they will have to work just as hard to maintain momentum.
How does Brendan do that? I suspect by shuffling the pack again. We have genuine competition across the team. The central defenders must be scared to sneeze in front of the manager in case he drops them and they don’t get another sight of the pitch for weeks.
Full backs feeling a little weary late in the game? Don’t show it, Emilio and Cristian are ready and waiting. James Forrest and Patrick Roberts are both delivering at the highest standard of their careers, otherwise they would not be considered.
While Leigh Griffiths is injured, Moussa Dembele will be confident he will get the opportunity to score three consecutive hat-tricks, surely an unprecedented achievement. It’s only Scott Brown and Scott Sinclair who can be confident of being included when fit.
The former, because he is captain and leader of the team, the latter because he has had the most profound impact on Scottish football this season, unequivocally Player of the Year.
You are looking forward to seeing these guys do their stuff tomorrow, I can tell.
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FSD was one of the best music programmes
Swamptrash Ring of Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYcUJ4S1MM
Not for Ronald more for Frank
Jobo Baldie
I know you can’t discuss GFS selections but has Mike in Toronto tried to take Sevco again ?
Fred C
Insider knowledge Tesco Coatbridge has “stopped” people having the opportunity to purchase items like chopped pork due to issues with salt ???????
But you can still purchase lettuce
Weebobbycollins
Cheers for the headsup , unfortunately
no-one would go with me to see her ( she’s an amazing artist )
Btw ,was it you that put up the motown track a couple of weeks ago ?
theclumpany
Brilliant!
If you ever give up writing I’ve got a new career for you…
Demolition
GFTB ….ouch!!!!!!!! that one hurt!
L)
and almost as bad …. arsenal this weekend.
Shop Assistants Safety net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MugWrKFcGS8
Don’t think I’ve heard anyone mention The Silencers.
musically very good.
MWD
mike in toronto on 17th February 2017 5:20 pm said
“The Celtic Board will never come out and say they back the OF, and in some respects they probably dont …. but for me, right now, our Board (following DD, to whom PL and BR seem to report) seems to view the Sevco as a necessary part of the success of Scottish football…and so, our business model.”
Mike, I believe when the board think it is to the advantage of Celtic to speak out, they will.
(I do realize they may never think that)
“…and, while I may disagree with DD’s conclusion, I at least respect that he had the courage to say what he felt …. at least that way, it is out in the open, and can be debated and discussed ….”
He also said he thinks that Celtic will be in the EPL in the near future . . .maybe that’s why Scotland needs
a strong Rangers, because Celtic won’t be here ( would that it were so )
“PL and the Board have taken a different approach, and not given the fans and shareholders the courtesy of keeping us informed of their views, so that their views could be debated and discussed”
I think that is the correct way to go MIT. Either only the board knows or the whole world knows.
Not knowing has not curtailed discussion in any significant way.
T
BRTH
Any chance of replying to my email ?!
And when is part two of the story being released ?!
GFTB – we didn’t adopt MIT’s suggestion that you should be allowed to pick a team more than once. Not too many picking The Rangers this weekend although STILL WAITING ON 23 PICKS.
HARRRRRRRRUUUUMMPPHHHHHH!
MOONBEAMSWD on 17TH FEBRUARY 2017 9:15 PM
Don’t think I’ve heard anyone mention The Silencers.
musically very good.
MWD
Page 4 link to painted Moon
CQN Coupon for Saturday 18th February:
GFTB – Sheffield Wednesday
BMCUWP – Barnet
Jobo – Forfar
AWATR – Southend
Pog – Bradford
Lennybhoy – Doncaster
TET – East Fife
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
MIT
If we ever share a couple of beers with the size of my ears an elephant ever forgets :-)
Am in the dandy Dons this week to hump McCulloughs mob, by the way I was confident you would take it in good faith :-)
MWD, my fave Silencer’s track, great wee group. Saw them on Renfrew Ferry in 1998 the night we won the league :-)))
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=60wtjv21gW8
Off to the pub soon…
I’ll leave you with the wonderful Liz Fraser/Cocteau Twins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yY9jYOm9lo
BBC 4 for the next hour or three interesting for the rock music heads on here. It being Friday……
Jobo Baldie 9.17
Hope no GFSers now feel they can’t pick Sevco, that is shocking !!!!
but not as shocking as the Ines who had no shame in the previous weeks :-)
Disappointed by the lack of Wet Wet Wet links…. :-))))
Loved this Scottish band too
See the lights..simple minds
https://youtu.be/MmKTMAak710
GFTB – just as long as the CQN Couponeers remember that unwritten rule.
Reminds me of a time about 3 years ago when that week’s CQN coupon included Hearts, Chelsea, Milwall….
STV showcasing Eriskay in Alan Cummings Edge of Scotland programme. Proudly wearing the Hoops as he plays football No doubt he is on the banned list now. His team mates were called Gerry and Sean, the unseen Fenian hand at work again.
Rock Garden, Maestros, Panama Jax, The Warehouse, Ultrateque, Sylvester’s, Fury’s – all bring back memories of great bands and great nights.
I’m sure as BRTH said that if some of us haven’t met, we have certainly rubbed shoulders in the 80’s in Glasgow!
As fur the wummin singers, Maggie Bell and Eddie Reader!
KTF
Long shot here – question for the music folks – anyone remember a series from the late 80’s called ‘new country’? Kirsty MacColl sang ‘don’t come the cowboy’, the wonderstuff did ‘golden green’, the nitty gritty dirt band, the desert rose band were on it. And here’s the question – there was a band on it who I think were from Edinburgh and sang a couple of songs that I really liked. Cannot remember their name or the songs! Country/ folk style stuff.
I’ve searched YouTube to no avail.
This is Kirsty maccolls contribution to the show I am pretty sure –
https://youtu.be/z-5yQcRh5R0
Roy Orbison, was he a Celtic supporter.
Sisters of mercy
Vision thing
https://youtu.be/fzsDppxnBTE
Also a couple of great shouts with the Blue Nile and River Detectives. Hats is one of my favourite all time albums. I still play the original vinyl. I’ve also got a signed and sealed copy of Saturday Night Sunday Morning!
KTF
Tobago Street …
as others onhere have pointed out, the business Board model works for … well, businesses… and while Celtic PLC is a business … Celtic is more than a PLC ….
so, to say that the Board will speak out when they think it is to the advantage of Celtic to speak is a very complicated and loaded statement … are you using the Board and Celtic synonumously? As I have said, the Board is but one aspect of Celtic…. think Dulles, S.J.
the reality it that many Board’s act in the best interest of the majority shareholders, as opposed to the best interest of the Company, per se….
I would wager that Celtic were (not sure of the current status) more likely to get a move (to England or otherwise) as part of an OF duo … this would benefit mostly one person …. DD….. but small shareholders less so ….
so, did DD have a vested interest in not wanting Sevco to go out of business? I would hazard a guess yes. But was it in the best interest of the Club? That may be a different answer.
I agree that, even as a PLC (as opposed to a private company), some things of necessity need to be kept quiet… but, from my perspective, that is not the situation here …
Not knowing must, by its nature have curtailed discussion … discussion , from the latin discure (to investigate) suggests a minimal amount of information and an effort to uncover the truth … it may not have curtailed idle speculation (like mine), but that is much less helpful than informed discussion.
GFTB- my dad is my hero,76 this march.To be honest he’s a bliddy pain some time,but he’s my pain:-))
Jobo 9.26
Whooft !
That’s not the best treble, I think I would rather lose :-)
The matter who far back I will be invoking my joker on 28th. just waiting on the other participant letting me know, you & CRC do a great job GFS is just as enjoyable as LMS and even more important wee Shay & his family, both of you Cqners do a great job
Marspapa…yes, i posted some motown stuff. Still love it after so many years (decades)…
2 adult and 1 U16 tix available for tomorrow. Only prob is they need to be picked up in Livingston.
MWD
GFTB-never mind 76,the auld yin will be 77 in march
What about Scheme? Anyone remember them?
MWD
VFR , the Mardi Gras was the one next to the Warehouse , with the moving dance floor.
BBC 4 later tonight has a top of the Pops from 1983. According to the listing, Orange Juice and Altered Images are on it.
Altered Images ‘ drummer, Michael Anderson, has a 1960’s Celtic top with sleeves cut off in their video for I could be happy.
Orange Juice’s Rip it up and start again could be D King’s theme tune with regards to the Sevco 3 and their contracts.
Fairhill Bhoy
Magic, but remember, he is here to annoy you :-)
By the way when our parents get older we sometimes call them pains, but remember we have been pains to them from birth :-)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WIEoon-d6ZE ……..sullen girl…