I remember the days (as a kid) when I’d get excited about Scotland-England games. At the time the countries were neck-and-neck in the number of wins each had over the other, we knew we’d punched well above our weight for a century. Since then, the inevitable verdict of demographics has taken its toll.
Now we know we’re a small nation, inconsequential to the football world, and we’ve even starved of developmental resources compared to the riches that ploughs into the English FA from Premier League TV deals each season.
The historical rivalry remains but I don’t feel it anymore and surely English fans care even less. They will have to dig deep to muster anything more than an interest in the three points available tonight, having long since moved onto Argentina and Germany for their rivalry. And Iceland, of course (forgive me).
Great sporting rivalries can endure for generations but that doesn’t mean they’ll last forever. Circumstances can change causing both sides to lose interest and find others to do battle with. None of our 20th century rivalries will survive. If we could bloody the nose of Barcelona for a third time in the 21st century later this month, our hit rate would place the Catalans in the crosshairs. Bring it on.
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CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 14TH NOVEMBER 2016 10:34 AM
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Well, as far as I was aware…the friendly was about making £1 million for Cellic so, Sean Fallon’s gig was slung and, so was Hugh Keevins for pointing it out.
STARRY PLOUGH
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Aye,….whatever….
I worked in a Chinese door hinge makers for a while, I left because
1. They were using inferior, rusting steel and
2. I couldn’t stand the clique.
BernardManningCSC
Davidopolous
Great enterance, mate!
Kevin the Hugh-guenot?
*quote should be quota
Obvs.
KEVJ
You’re a wee bit of an enigma. Your posts usually have, IMHO, a wee bit of relevance within them but are often obfuscated by “rants” in which you criticise the board for the handling of the RFC Liquidation; or criticism of the Res12 guys for taking the board to task; or harking back to the halcyon days of The Jungle.
It’s abundantly clear that you are Celtic to the core but often criticise and challenge those who don’t share your views; at the same time you are reluctant to respond to criticism or questioning. This generally results in you raising the accusation of a clique being present, this being anathema to the all inclusive Jungle (sic). However, you never really define who or what the clique is apart from naming BMCUWP, the (anonymous) Moderators and a few others as being members of the clique. No clique here, just a Tim-supporting blog!
The defence of Keevins and McNee in particular verges on the bizarre! If McNee had entered The Jungle after his disgraceful treatment of Billy McNeil he wouldn’t have made it out in one piece! He deliberately blackened Caesar’s name with Desmond White and was overtly critical of Celtic players.
IMHO it’s good we have differing opinions on the blog because it inspires discussion and debate; but in the spirit of the “all inclusive Jungle” this shouldn’t sow dissent and division but show a respect for one another’s viewpoints.
Juts a thought …………………
KTF
beatbhoy
I wasn’t on much last week of over the weekend so just burst in to the bar room brawl all wild eyed and disheveled…
What have I missed????
Wait, actually…I think I know :)
Kevj,
As I said a not a spur of the moment decision to go to the US. Though Ian the pen to correction as always.
Anyway,……
FRIESDORFER – May God Bless wee Molly and all who are close, well done.
Wee Molly’s Flag will fly
High and Proud on the
ole Magical Jungle Roof.
Hail Hail
KevJungle
Hahaha ah’ll take that as an aye then:))))
Bitterness doth become you!
The real problem here are the SFA, the huns will cheat cos they get away with it, this is what I have a problem with.
The sfa break the rules to suit the huns, end of, yet there is no will to hold the sfa to account from anyone, esp our suits as it will cost the PLC money, the irony is it will cost the PLC money at the end of the day as the huns can’t compete on a level financial playing field.
So IMO the suits have nothing to lose by taking the sfa to task and clear out the hun blazers, reclaim the game for the supporters, cos as sure as eggs are eggs, the support will eventually walk if it carry’s on as per.
The feelgood factor will only last for so long and our support will drift away.
THE EXILED TIM on 14TH NOVEMBER 2016 10:45 AM
‘The real problem here are the SFA,’
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If only.
No, the real problem here is the suspicion that the Celtic Board have been complicit in the actings of the SFA, before or after the event.
Told the wife I was gonna make a car out of spaghetti….
She told me not to be so daft…
You should’ve seen her face when I drove pasta……..
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 14TH NOVEMBER 2016 10:43 AM
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It’s like this….am gonnae let the weans have they’re sweeties
…lifes too short – take care and, all the best with Res:12 although……
…I’ve a horrible feeling that, the Res12tance-Rebel-Band….
…unry capable of fighting ‘dirty’ enough and, the ole complicit-PLC…
…will head you off at the pass…
…I hope not but, I’ve a terrible feeling….
..guid luck – more important – stay safe…
…whatever happens, yer flags will fly…
…High and Proud on the ole…
…Magical Jungle Roof…
HH
KEVJUNGLE on 14th November 2016 10:10 am
It’s also ok that Cellic made they’re fans or – paying customers @F. McCann – wait until the CLQ games to unfurl the league flag so that, the peepul could unfurl they’re flag on the Saturday ?
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That was because Celtic asked for home game to be on week 2; it was then postponed to allow us to play in the Champions Cup; you cannot ask for an away game to be postponed. Otherwise the League Flag would have been raised on the first home game (on the first day of the season) as usual.
Celtic manipulated those fixtures, no-one else.
KTF
Hail Hail Gerry…Happy-Clapping-Eeeedjit :)
STARRY PLOUGH
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Yer cheapness makes you a clique give away
…but,…that’s your look out…
…Hail Hail-laters….
…of-oot-zzzz….
VFR800@GIRFUY.CO.UK on 14TH NOVEMBER 2016 10:50 AM
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You believe that and, you’ve the cheek to peddle petitions ?
God Save us.
Michael Kelly was right…McCann sold the soul of the club to Thatchery.
Goodbye.
I was in Aberdeen last week and met a farmer who’d just discovered a trumpet buried in his garden.
What did you do? I asked him.
‘Ah rooted it oot’, he replied
bognorbhoy
Jokes? Pasta Puns?
On this most serious of weeks?
This is bound to spirali out of control…
Davidopolous
A penne for your thoughts.
Bognorbhoy,
Great timing , will the AGM acknowledge that the Huns have pasta away?
Carry on, carrying on. Sometimes the blog really needs lightening up.
IMO, the dafter your jokes are the better :-)))))
HH.
KEVJUNGLE
Aw Diddums, yer a classic choob, ye’ve changed tack recently to up your “ratings”
If only the SFA were as transparent as you..
I’m taking applications for the Starry Plough Clique if ye think yer jungle enuff:))
KTF
A fusilli posts to follow, no doubt.
Farfalles sake no the pasta ya basta clique oan here anew noo:===)))))
Pasta puns on a Monday morning?!
‘Mon The Spaghetti Hoops!!!!!!!
beatbhoy
Haha, fiori good. Everyone will be interupting their daily rotini to think up a pasta pun…
NatKnow
Alphabetti you’ve been waiting for ages to post that!
It all comes from boredom.
Durum durum.
NatKnow on 14th November 2016 11:05 am
Podium for that one!
KTF
If youwant to know about pasta
tagilltellye
The real good pasta puns will come from our Mediterranean CQNers – such as The Exiled Tim who lives in a cavatappi a hill…
DAVIDOPOULOS on 14TH NOVEMBER 2016 11:07 AM
NatKnow
Alphabetti you’ve been waiting for ages to post that!
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Ever since KevJungle woke up! :-)
If anyone needs to borrow some pasta puns, ah cannelloni ye some…
KEVJUNGLE on 14th November 2016 10:54 am
VFR800@GIRFUY.CO.UK on 14TH NOVEMBER 2016 10:50 AM
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You believe that and, you’ve the cheek to peddle petitions ?
God Save us.
Michael Kelly was right…McCann sold the soul of the club to Thatchery.
Goodbye.
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KEVJ, in a nutshell, that’s why your arguments don’t stack up.
If I am wrong, let us know why the fixture list was structured in the way it was then; not just an opinion, some structured reason please.
KTF
Winning Captain on this morning or is he round visiting Tommy Gemelli..?
DAVIDOPOULOS on 14TH NOVEMBER 2016 11:12 AM
If anyone needs to borrow some pasta puns, ah cannelloni ye some…
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Your puns are proof the the penne is mightier than the sword!
See how the blog has become interesting again… :-)))