Wee Oscar’s dad, Knoxy, asked me to relay this message to you……
“The BIG cycle to Belfast… WOW! What an absolutely incredible effort by so so many people all to raise money for our wee hero, and a great night was had by all on Saturday night up at Donegal Celtic. It is very very humbling and I really felt that my thanks conveyed to them all on Saturday night was just not enough. I know they didn’t do it for thanks or for a pat on the back but I really hope they know that both me and Leona are deeply deeply moved by what they have done.
Over the last 9 months we have thanked many hundreds of people for all sorts of different things they have done for Oscar and I’m sure after a while the thanking almost comes across a bit ‘rehearsed’ and maybe a bit insincere but we just want to make sure they all know how thankful we are to them and to the amazing people who have donated to such a whopping total!”
Fantastic work by all, very well done.
Celtic have conceded 16 goals in the 9 games since Efe Ambrose’ much debated return to the team which faced Juventus last month, a period which saw them eliminated from the Champions League and the League Cup, while losing to Motherwell and Ross County.
They conceded 16 goals in the previous 24 games, including two Champions League games against Barcelona, one against Benfica and one against Spartak Moscow. A problem which initially appeared to be limited to Efe, has clearly affected others, including Kelvin Wilson and even the goalkeeper looks less assured than before.
More than any other facet of football, defending is dependent on confidence and teamwork. If communication is poor, you make mistakes. If you expect teammates to make mistakes, you’ll make decisions accordingly. If your decisions reflect a lack of confidence, you’re on a slippery slope to losing goals. Bad defenders look good in good teams but good defenders look hopeless once order is disturbed.
Only just catching up with the antics on Gallowgate on Saturday. Not read about the destruction of property or occasions of assault, which I assume preceded the mass arrests. Surely? I’m not sure if Alex Salmond has renewed the high levels of police funding for football-related activity, which was initially due to expire at the end of this month, but for someone who is usually so politically savvy, he seems to have set off on a road without checking consequences of the legal questions.
A bit like his major project…..
Where we are today is a consequence of the First Minister’s initiatives in 2011, and is why Celtic fans, the Club, and many others, opposed the initiative at the time. It’s playing out pretty much as everyone with an interest in football expected. Mr Salmond’s Scotland is looking a bit like Mrs Thatcher’s Yorkshire, circa 1984.
You’re as well blaming the inclement weather as blaming the police or anyone in the game, the police, like the weather, do what they do. This is the work of the Other Charlotte Square Bogeyman.
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Gen…max a future Tim? He will claim to be born and bred a Tim,just as I do.it’s in his DNA…….congratulations to you and yours hh
ernie lynch…
There was no need to introduce new legislation to deal with the huns, the existing legislation was sufficient.
I tend to agree. However, at one point on CQN there was a lot of support for a law to deal with specific instances of (in our case) anti-Irish racism. The consensus then was that something had to be done. As per usual with rushed, reactive legislation, the bill is exeptionally poor. I have serious issues with giving civil servants, and especially civil servants with a history of self control issues, subjective powers. And make no mistake, the police now have subjective powers, and authority well beyond acceptable standards. This is not only a Scottish problem however. A look across the border will see the same drive to authoritarianism, and the same zero tolerance to free expression.
This legislation was introduced to even up the score.
The legislation was introduced in a rushed manner. And co-incided with a lot of people on CQN saying something needed to be done. For further evidence, read Follow Follow from around that time. Rangers fans are *convinced* it was an SNP/papist/timmy conspiracy to end them. How do you square that circle?
The question you should be asking yourself is why the SNP wished to even up the score.
Only if I accept your previous premise, which I don’t. I don’t accept that’s a question i should be asking, because I don’t accept that’s why the bill was introduced. I believe the bill was a well meaning, rushed and supremely flawed bit of legislation. The more important question for me is – will it be modified or repealed?
Is there anything in the history of the SNP that would help you answer that question?
Nope. I assume you’re suggesting some historic anti-catholic sentiment in the SNP? Sorry, I must be hard of understanding, but are you suggesting the Green Brigade are a *catholic* organisation? Sorry, but Celtic does NOT equal Catholic. I’m a Celtic fan, and I want no association with the hypocritial, corrupt and morally vacuous Catholic Church. Regardless, let’s not deal with “but in the past” let’s deal with the present. The SNP have fostered a very good working relationship with the Catholic Church, I presume as a way of better connecting with Scottish Catholics.
/p
starry plough .
I sometimes wish I’d been an amateur ——- I’ve been obsessed for @ 50 years .
Mrs S of T freaked me out recently by opining that ——” you should make arrangements to leave it to someone who knows what it is—– you can’t just leave it to me or the children “
p8ddy
exactly
paul67 might ask himself the question, how many hospitals did labour privatise during its tenure both in the uk and in scotland?
or then again he might not due to his own insular outlook on life
lookatthebiggerpicturecsc
South Of Tunis
Tell your good lady I can help..
BillySwanCSC
p8ddy
13:48 on 18 March, 2013
‘I must be hard of understanding’
That’s the only bit of your post that I agree with.
You’re a nat and that’s about the top and bottom of it.
Gen=geb
up_over_goal
13:19 on
18 March, 2013
Lots of LOL…!!!!!!!
SOUTH OF TUNIS
Too much responsibility for one person
Maybe a vinyl version of the Burrell.
jockcfc @ 13.30
I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting on our Board to comment. As far as they’re concerned, the incident didn’t take place in or around Celtic Park, and technically, the march was illegal, as permission was apparently not applied for!
HH
Time to ditch the ‘football’ talk and concentrate time and effort to the off field battle(s).
The fans are the club , attack one ….attack all.
Mr Lawwell and the security staff at CP need to be brought to account over their actions / inactions when it suits. Much as I love attending and encouraging the team on , Saturday being a classic example , I will not renew my season ticket until Celtic clarify 100% what exactly is going on with the GB.
Luckily with the polis scoring an own goal at the weekend it has further highlighted what is going on and lawyers are receiving documented info to act on.
Make no mistake this is a sustained attack on ALL things Celtic accelerated by the demise of oldco , a case of ‘ kicking us when we’re UP ‘. Having lived abroad for 14 years and back here for 3 (feels like 30, family circumstances) it is a sad indictment of this country that you cannot wear green in public without either getting a snidey comment or glare. Have promised myself that when I’m in a position to live outwith these shores again I will , when asked , where do you come from ? reply……Sectarianland …..then explain why……..might not need to.
I hope it is not Paradise Lost
miltoncsc
#
ernie lynch
question number 1
which council in the uk (including norn iron) has the most amount of bigoted anti-catholic marches?
question number 2
which party is the dominant party in said council?
question number 3
name the leader of that said council who ordered more anti-catholic marches during his tenure?
answers on a postcard…
pggtips
I know all 3 answers! Do I win a prize?
HH
ps i don’t subscribe to the idea that sectarianism is solely a west of scotland thang, but… there is evidence to suggest that those that run things don’t help matters and I mean at council level as these are a council matters
jonnythetim
no!
(=8
gallagher
Thats terrible. Is he home and is he ok?
ernie lynch…
That’s the only bit of your post that I agree with.
Good to see you you’re interested in debate and not simply resorting to ad hominem attacks. Or not.
You’re a nat and that’s about the top and bottom of it.
And basically, you’re a bigot. Dimissing all opinions out of hand that aren’t yours. Stereotyping and dismissing. What makes you different from the police now?
I’m anarchist communist. But I’m also a pragmatist. I want Scotland to participate in a democratic process. Under the current setup that will never happen. Hence my SNP vote. After independence? Who knows? I do know however that the SNP has done more for the poor in 5 years than Labour and the Tories in the last 50.
/p
All this police action is happening when we are part of the union . Time to vote yes and vote in a party that really want to work for the people of scotland . If you really want to get rid of the SNP or the old torry’s or new labour vote yes . I keep forgetting that all this police harassment only started when the snp got in.
Cfc
Efe was defo still in africa when we lost to st mirren at hampden
Hes guilty of a few errors but being made scapegoat for all….
Wilson and efe too casual… izzy often caught out of position and ball watching too…. big Charlie has goofed… sure adam and lustig have too.
Midfield leaving defence exposed… and looks like we need another brick in THE WALL while lukas made a few boobs…. ;)
Efe should have been given a rest…. the rest of us should give him a break ,)
gallagher
Was he charged with anything?
Glasgow Billboards…………………………..
‘Lee wants his first trophy as Rangers Captain’
BottomTierHowApt CSC
Cheers Charliebhoy…
HH
What happened to TBB son?
p8ddy
But I’m also a pragmatist. I want Scotland to participate in a democratic process. Under the current setup that will never happen. Hence my SNP vote. After independence? Who knows? I do know however that the SNP has done more for the poor in 5 years than Labour and the Tories in the last 50.
Definitely!
I wouldn’t say I’m a Marxist or whatever as all leftist doctrines are corrupted by single-issue politics unlike right-wing dogma which has only one goal, the pursuit of profit over people but I agree with everything else you say.
P8ddy,any political party that “loses” previous years history of sectarian attacks,then goes ahead with legislation without even trying to retrieve them,is at the very least suspect.When members of said party talk about “evening up” arrests then that party is again suspect.When a party leader of that party talks about “Blood of our blood,bone of our bone” then it becomes rather more than suspect.When a leading member of a party is present at a football match where all sorts of sectarian bile is sung and chanted and calls it “A great advertisement for Scottish football” then it is again suspect. You’ll notice I’ve used the word “suspect” quite a lot. I actually don’t suspect that party. I actually let the facts speak for themselves. Now I wonder which party I could be referring to?
Regarding efe, he shoulda been givem a week off after nations cup, esp after the juve game.
Month in africa playing alot of football is bound to take its toll. Same when players go to world cups , they need an extra week or so off.
Bsr
‘Captain Lee wants Rangers’ first trophy’
Better;)
starry plough @ 13 51 —–
Spooky !
Mrs S of T has been waging a –” I can never find what I want to hear if you aren’t here ” campaign—–it has been associated with a drive to get her favorite choons all in the one place .
One such choon is —-I Can Help .
I have my suspicions .
Jude
A football injury.
A sore one too!
Pre African Nations Efe proved he can be a very good, composed defender and that he is capable at the highest level. Post African Nations Efe is a shadow of that player. Its called loss of form, it happens and its the manager’s job to manage it and coax him back to the form he showed previously.
Remember Bobo when he returned from playing with Guinea at the African Nations, he suffered a similar form dip as Efe
Bjmac an 79caps
……Allegedly
dont know if he does..tongue in check
As I said last night I like the cut of Ryan Stevenson. Good no frills player.
Off ti the gym..
pggtips2
14:00 on 18 March, 2013
Are the nats suggesting that the Council ban Orange walks?
What happens when the OO go to court and get the bans overturned and are awarded expenses? Are the nats offering to pick up the bill?
Geordie
And more accurate
Just had a look at yesterday’s Sunday Mail. Page 13, a big picture of an “orderly” ring of Polis surrounding the GB. Conveniently doesn’t show the 20-odd meat wagons, the 4 horses, the other 100-odd polis, and of course, the helicopter. A smaller pic of our “brave polis” with their batons drawn. Selective picture cropping seems to be a speciality of our MSM.
Philbhoy
Good heavens. Thot it was a kickin or a car crash. Or even P B.
p8ddy
14:05 on 18 March, 2013
You’re a nationalist.
Above and before everything else, you’re a nationalist.
Everything else is negotiable.
Hence the nonsense you post about Salmond’s legislation.