Work ahead of the new season is underway in earnest after Celtic came through a game in Austria against top flight Russian club FC Krasnodar in Austria yesterday afternoon. Every hour has to be carefully planned from now on.
Ronny Deila has only 11 days before taking to an Icelandic field on Champions League duty. Players need to step up, from 45 minutes against a fellow-preseason team, to 90 minutes of competitive action against a team who are already midseason. Pushing muscles too hard now will be counterproductive; players need a planned gradient of training, rest and games to get them as close to peak condition as possible. No matter how well this goes, the players will be short of their peak for weeks.
Trying hard not to think or talk about signings but it’s good to see Craig Gordon confirmed. Fraser Forster is the most committed professional at the club, so he’s not a player who needs to be driven to improve, but we all need fresh incentives to go back to the well again, and the arrival of Craig will give Fraser fresh focus after returning from a disappointing World Cup campaign.
Welcome to Celtic, Craig.
There are around 36 CQNers already out on Aberdour Golf Course in what could be described as ‘fresh’ conditions. A great night lies ahead.
This year we are raising money for Glasgow the Caring City and The Cookiejar Foundation. We have two copies of this magnificent canvas, signed by Billy McNeill, one is available to the highest bidder on ebay here.
The other is available for raffle. Every donor to this JustGiving page gets an entry in the raffle. The minimum donation is £1, which we can all afford to participate in, although you can donate as much as you want. Our thanks to @BarryMcGonigle for the image on the canvas and OPG Graphics for creating the work.
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DD- cheers bud.
Unfortunately as you know Knightswood has more than it’s fair share of Tangobassas! Including the one that did NFL in Ashton Lane.
That’s why I always try to have a bit of green on each day as they bassas don’t EVER wear green. :-)
Brazil ’82 were a fabulous team. They had one glaring weakness, a centre forward named Serginho who missed chances by the bucketload, including the Italy game. Kris Boydychencko would have been a star had he been born in Rio in 1960.
Pogmathyon- the Austrians are indeed lovely people but exactly 100 years ago they were offering Serbia a square go (with haunders), look where that ended up!
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
09:15 on 5 July, 2014
Any tips for the horses today …bereft of inspiration and devoid of success
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I have been reading most of the week about the chances of Mukhadram in the Coral Eclipse at Sandown Park (1550)
He didn’t get the best of runs last time out, and in my opinion, 14/1 is worth an each way shout.
AoW
Two DOBs fae Knightswood, Carrigan n Whitelaw. Knew them both-scum. Wear the green with pride!
Boab
No probs ,taking day off in case I get inclination to run over polyester outfits.hh
DD-aye Carrigan (or Nelly) as he’s known used to wait for me at Knightswood X after school and wiz always mob handed. Got a few doings until I took my bike chain with me one day. The rest like Thems is history.:-)
67Heaven Neymar out for the rest of the World Cup – fractured verterbrae – not even a yellow. Just as well he did’nt bite him!! Referee lost control of that game though the players bear most of the blame. See you soon Hail Hail Hebcelt
67 heaven
He’s out of the World Cup, unfortunately. While posters were moaning about Brazilian ‘thugs’, a wee cuddly Colombian kneed him in the back, hospitalising him, with a fractured vertebra. Big loss for both Brazil and the tournament.
hebcelt
09:48 on 5 July, 2014
Oh dear ……. Ah well, looking forward to seeing you, and all my Celtic friends, soon …..just waiting for my. Murrayfield ticket now ….. Ooooooooooooooooooooo……!!!!!!!!
Brazil up against it minus captain and idol for game against Germans ,will the energy of the crowd be enough or will Fred turn up and score the winner
Think it will be close one ,
Thought ref got it wrong last night and let the game go to the point he had lost control , then you get 2 teams fouling every tackle shame.
beatbhoy
09:51 on 5 July, 2014
That ref lost control of the whole game ….. Hope Brazil can still do it…!! ….HH
I hear the sound of distant drums in ml3 and it ain’t the samba beat , time to close the windows
67Heaven any idea when the Murrayfield tickets are due through the letterbox? I have’nt got my renewal yet – you? Hail Hail Hebcelt
Yet me mother has preserved it all the while ……. Getting excited about the new season now ……. Oooooooooooooooo
WHY ?
BECAUSE ……..!!!!!!!!
VOGUEPUNTER
One of the funniest tales I’ve read on here involved the ornj baun.
Two fellas doing some work in the loft of a walker found his Lambeg drum.
They put pinholes all the way round the circumference,both sides.
Ffs,I’m laughing jooooost thinking about it!
beatbhoy thanks for the correct spelling of vertebra. I believe I had the plural and spelt wrong. CQN a learning curve!!! Hail Hail Hebcelt
Morning all.
I trust the gowfers had a most pleasant day yesterday, and that there were few casualties!
Enjoy the pool day today.
HH!!
hebcelt
09:54 on 5 July, 2014
Haven’t heard anything since I parted with my money …….. Hope the postman didn’t get lost and delivered it to ipox ……..if so, OIL NEVER SEE IT AGAIN …….hahahahahahaha
Ah, well, getting up now and off for ma wee daily swim…..gurgle, gurgle
Morning from a sunny Cambuslang.
THEGLASGOWCELTICWAY
Yo,bud.
I hope the sound of distant drums didnae waken you.
goldstar10
09:34 on 5 July, 2014
Pogmathyon- the Austrians are indeed lovely people but exactly 100 years ago they were offering Serbia a square go (with haunders), look where that ended up!
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It was all Franz Ferdinand’s fault
Just a last reminder.
CQN POOL TOURNAMENT TODAY.
STYX AMERICAN POOL HALL,
Victoria road,Kirkcaldy,Fife.
( behind the Victoria hotel)
Registration for all players is at 13.00.
It will be played to Blackball rules.
There have been a couple of late call offs ,so players can still come forward and enter.
ALL SPECTATORS ARE WELCOME.
Come along have a few beers and a bit o craic with some fellow Tim’s.
This is a neutral venue so no football colours are allowed.
I’m really looking forward to seeing you all.
Hail! Hail !
TinyTim
Have a great day TT and participants.
Nothing stirring in Tyre as yet…
I take it there’s been a media blackout from Aberdour :-)
Even though Jobo managed to open his curtains
Right where in Kirkaldy is this shark infested pool (postcode for sat nav)
Hail Hail
May the best mhan win!
HH!!
Oooops
I spoke too early…8(
21st century bigots walking the streets of my hometown, who do I sue for loss of earnings/wages .?
Enjoy the Pool day Bhoys and Ghirls.
Apologies TinyTim, can’t make it.
AwaytaepainttheskirtingCSC.
Tickets for Murrayfield bought, that’s good news at least.
It’s ok Tiny Tim
Got it
KY1 1DS
39.4 miles to go
:-)
BMCUW
It’s strangely quiet, too quiet.We had them in the park down the road a couple of years ago.I watched with pleasure as one extremely obese straggler struggled in the roasting heat of a Cambuslang day.He didn’t so much march down the street as drag his leg,sway his humph and cry something about “the bells.”
I am lucky that I live about a mile from the park and that they don’t come near my part of G72.
shops , pubs etc all closed for business on a Saturday afternoon, don’t you just love it…
Or 40.1 miles according to theAA
What happened in Aberdour stays in Aberdour?
BT
It is a very serious and relevant point
How much longer in this so called best wee country in the world, do we need to put up with biggotfest, numerous marches every weekend in all areas, for what ? I believe there was 3 in Stirling last year
And why?
How many. Clowns are there in this organisation, in Scotland (less than 20k ?) that pollutes us
More marches in Glasgow alone than the full of Ireland, shocking statistic
Give them 1 date, in 1 area, and that’s it over and done with
Cowiebhoy
I was being deadly serious, im not working today as club closed..
would have comd along to pool but was at Aberdour yesterday, my dad huckled oldtim and I home before he or we could do any more damage.
not before oldtim bought everyone a drink as usual….
Cowie
I am 67 miles from Styx says satnav, see you soon bud.
A warning to all those who snore loudly.
Don’t do this if you get an elbow to ribs from the wife…..
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/dundee-tyre-slashing-man-ordered-to-pay-200-1.456066
One thing Cowiebhoy, they’ll not be marching down Garvaghy Road.