I may have told you this before, apologies if I’m repeating myself. Around 20 years ago, in a TV studio minutes after a Rangers victory, a former captain, Terry Butcher (what ever happened to him?), told the audience, “David Murray will not stop until he’s won two European Cups and 10 in a row.”
Use of the personal term “he”, not the club name, struck me. Murray was personally invested in this matter. Such a burning desire did not make David Murray a bad person, he owned the dominant club in Glasgow, but the team he was dominating had all that glorious history. If the boot was on the other foot, you’d want the same. I would.
Perhaps if Jock Stein had stayed at Hibs, Celtic would have stayed in mediocrity, David Murray would have had a more affordable dream and the liquidation of his club would not have been necessary.
You know it’s true…….
On Tuesday’s STV report that Hearts manager, John McGlynn, said:
“How many fans would think they could win the league if Celtic weren’t in it at this stage? All [clubs’] fans would.
“That would cause great excitement and I think it would bring fans back to the game, at the lower clubs.
“If you look at the rest of us outside Rangers and Celtic, we’d all fill our stadiums if we thought we’d realistically have a chance of winning the league.”
There are screeds written and spoken about our game but the McGlynn Plan is the most productive comment I’ve read all year. Well done to STV for the report, hopefully they will put the same questions to others in the league. This is the most important question for Scottish football right now.
It’s time for these clubs to throw off their downtrodden ways and genuinely compete for the Scottish title.
Still looking for a ticket for Celtic v Barcelona? Equally keen to acquire a Wee Oscar wristband? A CQN’er has very generously offered his ticket for next week to raise funds for the Wee Oscar Campaign. You can bid for the ticket/wristband package on ebay.
Tell everyone who asks you for a ticket to bid on the auction.
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Ernie,
I’m afraid it takes a lot to get dour me to laugh at anything I read, but that one forced a smile out.
Torontony
I believe you we’re impugning me earlier re my capacity for Guinness
I’ll have you know that it has taken a significant degree of effort, application and finance to attain such a degree of expertise
philvis….,
canamalar knows the road to serfdom is to follow your value system, cant have rich without poor, the poorer the better.
Ernie
On the money, giggling now! Funniest comment of the day…..
Yesterdays was….am I the only one running around the room naked with a cowboy hat on….
Not sure who it was but had me in bits….
Is that a ‘no’ then? The findings of the FTT have not been made public yet? I’ve been quickly scanning back but I can’t see anything.
I love it when the carefully contrived profiles of public figures slip when they step out of the choreographed environs they usually inhabit.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2012/nov/01/boris-johnson-lefty-tossers-video
Hello
Lionel Ritchie CSC
Murdochbhoy – Brilliant. It was a bit like that Cantona kick or Prescott lamping that guy who threw an egg at him. Idiots think they’re entitled to abuse public figures, but are shocked – shocked – when they push back. (thumbsup)
Remember playing a ‘friendly’ (!!) match for my old school against St Joseph’s College, Dumfries in the late 60s-early 70s – still run by the Marist Brothers at the time, Brother Walfrid being one of the founders I believe.
Dirtiest team we ever played against!
All good Tims ‘tho!
HH!!
KevinBhoy 16:47
Just SMS’ed you about the Facebook post, I got in contact with TenMen via the Twitter… All go for Monday, not sure where to go yet, Belgian Cafe is my preference but as their weekest pint is Stella its not good for a school night.
EN
bournesouprecipe – Hello, hello.
The Beatles. (thumbsup)
Saw a piece in the redtops this morning about BTB being the first Englishman to contract Rangeritis ,it got me thinking as to the symptoms of this affliction .
A fear of paying taxes
Falling over when not touched
Talking gibberish
IQ level falling below that of an onion
Mood swings (rage to fawning )
Obsession with the colour orange
Tourettes (usually when faced with a catholic )
Any other suggestions ,maybe we could get the top 10 symptoms so we can spot this dreadful disease from spreading
hail hail
and stop it
sorry
Oi fergus slayed the blues
You owe me about £13,983.03 mate, it was you that started up That CQN coupon thing wasnt it? Was it you that got out early?
Hmmmmm
Are you a bookie?
EN
Hello Again
NeilDiamondCSC
mmm, which is best, Philvisreturns excellent humour which on occasion has me lol, or canalamars in your face raw aggression, tough call…
EN
I think we should come together and start a class action against him
Cost us a fortune
philvisreturns @ 17.02
Eric Cantona and John Prescott weren’t subjected to such intensely manufactured public profiles, Boris was caught out like Ernie Wise without a Eddie Braben script.
ernie lynch
Brilliant!!
kitalba
11:08 on
1 November, 2012
I just can’t get this song out of my head, can’t remember all of the lyrics but it went along the lines of…
“The bells of Hell go ding-a-ling-aling
ding-a-ling-aling
ding-a-ling-aling
The bells of Hell go ding-a-ling-aling
for you, you….”
……………..
For you ya zombie bar steward.
I remember that Fae the jungle days like yirself.
HH
PFayr 17:13
That might be our best bet, just need to find somebody to represent us…
EN
Happy birthday Blantyretim!
To celebrate yir birthday I’m gonnae crack open a bottle of Champers tonight, well Naw just yir birthday because there’s other feelgood stuff happening :>)
Its in you’re head, in you’re head, zombie, zombie oh oh oh oh!
Favourite Uncle
Hmmmm….. I had a trial for Notts County and my career was as a teacher. I never heard from Notts County again but I remained in teaching until I retired. Does that make me clever or a good footballer? I think as a footballer I was a good teacher and as a teacher….you see where I`m going 0:-)
I`ll email you shortly,
JJ
EN
Would finish up a substantial action …:-))
Happy birthday BT..may the other bts spoil you hh
I Am The Greggsman -Sally.
Symptoms associated with the onset of Rangeritis
Detachment from reality
Selective memory
Chronic slobbering
Especially over the pie counter at Greggs
Proclivity for misplaced triumphalism
Vmhan/Kitalba
A few years back I had an idea for a song to be played at Celtic Park, on or around Christmas. The song itself was ‘Ring out the Solstice Bells’, by Jethro Tull. The idea included everybody attending the match being given one of those little handbells, you know like the ones found in Downton Abbey, or more likely in Philvisreturns’ dining room. Anyways, the idea was predicated, (if I can use that word) on my belief that bells in hand, the crowd would automatically segue into the ‘Bells of Hell……’
But that was before the ‘Offensive Behaviour at Football Act’
I Am The Useless-Sally.
celtic mac
17:38 on 1 November, 2012
Vmhan/Kitalba
Always did enjoy the Bells in Hell song in those days were “political correctness” was not even on my sociology course at Uni.
googybhoy
Ring those bells!
Ring out those bells!
Listening to radio shortbread there. Talking about Craig Levein’s future again. The cynic in me thinks it wouldn’t be beyond the SFA to get rid of him just to bury “other” bad news.
Not been on here that much, anybody know how the Green Brigade got on with the Tifo collection for the game v Barcelona next week?
Funds raised? All set?
Snake Plissken
12:23 on 1 November, 2012
A wee point about Catholics in Cabinets – John Reid was in Tony Blair’s Cabinet and took us to war with Iraq. Tony himself later converted to Catholicism. Jim Murphy was in the Cabinet as well was he not at the time?
No one in the SNP supported it. John Swinney had his first marriage annulled to marry his current wife in the Catholic Church in 2003 and he’s in the cabinet. If they were the rampant bigots some folk want to paint them as, Swinney would have been nowhere near the Cabinet.
Being a Catholic is no guarantee of wisdom nor is being religious in any shape or form. Is everyone in the current SNP or ConDEM cabinet a practicing religious person? I have no Idea and nor do I care. I don’t vote for people based on their religion.
I don’t care what someone’s religion is, I care about their competence – that is a bigger issue in government. Besides plenty people say they are a (insert religion here) but are they really? Do they practice what they preach or is it just another label to appeal to people to whom it does matter?
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You have just made the same argument That the old RFC made for a 100 years we dont care about religion we dont operate sectarian employment practices, we just could not find a Catholic good enough to play for RFC.
Your argument is the same I agree we should not vote on the basis of religion but I find it strange since the Scottish Parliament was formed not 1 Catholic has made it in to the SNP shadow cabinet and cabinet since 1999, now they may not be a Catholic good enough, just like RFC claimed but I do find it strange not 1 has sneaked in.
Good news they got booted out of the league cup last night if they had pulled it off we would have heard from the laptop loyal endless talk about a pseudo SPL club languishing in the 3rd division
Thems getting through would have been Manna from Heaven for the rags we would have heard and read much crap about the psuedo SPL club getting Celtic in the draw until the draw was made and even if they did not draw Celtic we would have heard and read endless crap about a possible (now defunct term) Old Firm final.
For the life of me I can not understand those Celtic supporters who wanted to see them go through a situation ole pr Chuck and his media cohorts would have milked to death
Thankfully a mid table SPL club with the cajones and class to ignore the Ibrox hordes home advantage prevailed
If we ever play them again let it be at our place in an earlier round
On to Alloa for the circus led by Sally and his clowns
Hail Hail
Thindimebhoy
I agree 100% with everything you just said,,,
HH
celtic mac
17:49 on 1 November, 2012
googybhoy
Ring those bells!
Ring out those bells!
Of course our festive version of Jingle Bells will have to be put on the shelf for a bit.
I am one Celtic supporter – I hope one of many – who is looking forward to at least one ‘Rangers-free’ season, when our atmosphere will not be polluted by their sectarian bile – tolerated by Stathclyde Police – and when opposing players will not ‘crap’ in our dressing-room bath.