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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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  1. Estadio Nacional on

    fritzsong 20:42

     

     

    I was thinking the same but realise what we say shouldnt, shouldnt affect the outcome of games….

     

     

     

    EN

  2. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    67 heaven

     

     

    That was a great read.

     

     

    Thanks for reposting it

     

     

    HH

  3. 79caps

     

     

    It was a bit tongue in ckeek :>)

     

     

    The sfa/spl have never had any intention of doing anything about the sectarian singing.

     

     

    The huns could and have sung their bile to their hearts content they even get praise from government ministers for it.

     

     

    Our club are in front of the beaks for a photoshopped picture, yet they can display whatever they want.

     

     

    It’s scotland ffs, what do you expect :>)

  4. Bookies Pen for a Button on a Blazer on

    Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo

     

     

    20:44

     

     

    It’s an avalanche of Himalayan proportions only in slow motion. It’ll take years but it’ll all look very different afterwards.

     

     

    Book

  5. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    60 ?……aye, right…….I’ve met BT, and he is not a day over 40 ….

     

     

    Happy birdie to you….

     

     

    Happy birdie to you…

     

     

    Happy birdie dear BT, Happy birdie to yuooooooooooooooooo

  6. bamboo

     

     

    Not necessarily continental coaching – just good coaching. Roy Aitken should have achieved much more than he did. After the ‘ten men won the league’ game in 1979 Pat Crerand said big Roy reminded him of the young Duncan Edwards. But Roy didn’t develop. He was usually pretty good but he never became the ‘great’ he might have been.

  7. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    BT

     

     

    60 ????????

     

     

     

    Looking good mate for 60.

     

     

    I thought you were about 55

     

     

    HH

  8. O.G.Rafferty @ 20.49

     

     

    You got a reply from them? I’m amazed. Did you send a letter or phone them? (I sent emails.)

  9. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Awe_Naw…,

     

     

    Was Alex S involved in the meeting between sfa\spl and uefa

     

    if so, what assurances did he give on behalf of the Scottish Govt.

  10. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    setting free the bears

     

     

    20:54 on 1 November, 2012

     

     

    Please don’t assume I’m intelligent enough to understand your summary …….LOL…!!!!

  11. mhaddog Is Mise Niall Lennon on

    Re Priests playing football. Anyone in Uist in the 80’s will remember Father Colin playing for Northend. A skillfull player, but not one to whom the dark arts were not known. It was particularly funny when Northend used to play the Army as they would be feart of hurting the Padre. This was not reciprocated. Fr Colin went on to give up most of his life to help the poor people of Ecuador. A very, very admirable man., but a dirty bastard on a football pitch!

  12. Mark Guidi on Snyde says fat Sally gets an easy time with MSM because he has a lot of friends within that fraternity……… You don’t say!

  13. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    Hey ghuys, lay off BT!

     

     

    I’ve met him and he’s a year younger than me so he 31.

  14. a propos of nothing…………I’d still pay a lot of money to see LeCoist, Schnozzle and the ‘dark haired’ KitGhost in a right guid touchline bust-up with each other…….knockdown drag out stuff……

     

     

    Box Office. CSC

  15. 67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors

     

    20:35 on 1 November, 2012

     

     

    I posted that link earlier.

     

     

    Thought I’d better say it was written by Daniel O’Connell.

  16. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    Another sleepless night for the huns and her supporters.

     

     

    Is that why they look like zombies?

  17. Burghbhoy

     

     

    And that clown Guidi is one of them!

     

     

    A complete and utter fud!

     

     

    HH!!

  18. Mike in Toronto on

    Torontony

     

     

    sorry, when you asked about restaurants, I wasn’t realizing it was for us to catch up…. the first two are good, but more kind of date restaurants…. dont want you to get the wrong idea…. (or hurt your feelings….). :)

  19. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Awe_Naw…,

     

    O’ve been harping on about it since you started, must have missed it if you’ve included it, thought it might be under Govt

  20. Estadio Nacional on

    Phoned home there,

     

     

    My Mum and Dad confirmed the mark of where BT stood when he was just ten, 3ft 5” at the newly planted oak tree is still marked at the bottom of the same 40ft Oak tree in the garden of the house his family used to stay in back then.

     

     

    BT, I salute you mate, ye dont look a day older than 60.

     

     

     

    EN

  21. conversation between chuck and the dallas cowboys,

     

    ey up, this is charles green of sevco wondering if we could do some business with you lot.

     

    sorry mr green we already have an office cleaning company.

     

    sound of the phone hanging up.

  22. sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-•

     

    20:02 on

     

    1 November, 2012

     

    Re sacking Ally – I think maybe they realise that the job at the moment would be seen as a poisoned chalice by any decent candidates. In fact I think even Walter Smith would think twice about becoming the ‘mentor’ because of the damage it might do his reputation.

     

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    I agree.But keep an eye on Kilmarnocks Kenny Shields

  23. …a tie up with the Dallas Cowboys……?????

     

     

    ……the boul’ Hughie probably thought that was the huns pet name for Shugs band o’ brithers……………

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