Ten years ago this morning we were celebrating what appeared to be the importance of a Momo Sylla goal two minutes from time to give Celtic a 3-1 first leg lead against FC Basel in the Champions League play-off round.
The previous season Celtic defeated a formidable sounding Ajax team at the same stage so when they were drawn against the Swiss team confidence was high. Two weeks later our record of poor results away from home in Europe’s top competition was further cemented as Basel gained an away goal advantage.
That failure worked out well for Martin O’Neill’s team who dropped to the Uefa Cup and progressed all the way to the Seville final but Neil Lennon will be aware that Helsingborgs carry no less a reputational threat to Celtic than Basel did a decade ago. Basel were not a better team than Celtic but a slow start to both games, and a missed penalty, cost us entry to the Champions League. We will need to be better prepared next week.
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We will be very lucky to get Rhodes, can´t see it happening but I hope I am wrong.
Seen him play a few times and I have been quite impressed. Probably doesn´t have the pace for the EPL which gives us a glimour of hope of signing him. Runs the channels well, can finish with either foot and his HEAD!
He is certainly not a big target man and in my opinion a similar striker to Hoops and Stokes, who although at times link up very well, are a bit too similar as well. Rhodes can at least head a ball which Hoops and Stokes seem to be very poor at.
Russell again is a player I really like the look of but AGAIN similar kind of player to Hoops, Stokes and Rhodes….
Awe Naw
I would have thought they look at how much better than the others we are. I accept that we are better because of our financial power but better we are and not the bunch of numpties as described regularly on these pages.
JJ
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Jungle Jim
I agree .. we were diddled out of a treble. This team domestically is good enough.
In Europe not a prayer not without two proven quality players recruited …. centre back and centre forward
Hail Hail
Boring Music Post Alert (JohnnyClash will like it)
A decade on from Basel – 3 decades since The Clash were one of the mightiest bands on the planet!
Sitting listening to ‘Super Black Market Clash’ and it sounds as fresh as it did 30+ years ago. What a band The Clash were in their heyday, the Strummer/Jones writing partnership really was special and neither really scaled the heights on their own.
One of my all time favourite Clash songs on the album ‘Jail Guitar Doors’ which gets a mention in the The Clash movie ‘Rude Boy’. After a gig at Glasgow Apollo Joe and Paul get arrested and carted off by the polis to the cells where they hear a Clash fan singing it in a cell next to them!
They didn’t always get it right but when they did it was awesome, one of the first to attempt the punk/reggae crossover (Police and Thieves, Armaggedon Time, Justice Tonight etc), early pioneers of the dance/hip hop movement, the Times Square Bonds gigs The Clash tried it all.
Ultimately as with all great bands the cracks started to show and the main players drifted apart. For me their was only 1 version of The Clash (Strummer/Jones/Simonon/Headon) that mattered those 4 on their game couldn’t be mastered.
Thanks for the memories guys you helped make my teenage years special, RIP Joe I hope your still writing up there.
The Pantaloon Duck
I anticipated a response of that ilk but it still made me smile o:-). Nice one.
JJ
Zbyszek said:
I do not post since few weeks, but lurking from time to time.
As far as I know you live in Australia.
Now can’t resist to ask you few questions.
Don’t you have conscience remorse for living in the land that was the place of the huge genocide? Not the religious one.
Or you moved there to help the poor Aborigines? Maybe you working for one of those human organizations?
If you feel frustrated you can take a boat with paddles and move to the better land that Cuba is. I see from your posts Cuba must be the paradise. You could be first man paddling different direction (on Cuba).
Zbyszek –
Where do I start?
Your post is breathtaking in its arrogance and ignorance.
Another poster claimed that Communism had destroyed more lives than any other movement or creed. All I did was disagree with that claim. Does that make me a Communist? If I say I disagree with oppression of homosexuals, does that mean I must be gay?
You claim that “from my posts” I must be an admirer of Cuba. Where are you getting such nonsense? In my 4 years posting on CQN, I am pretty sure I have never mentioned the word Cuba at any time. I am not a Communist. I am not a supporter of Communism. I have not even expressed support for Communism on CQN, so please point me in the direction of all these posts of mine where I expound the virtues of Cuba and Communism.
In fact, I have taken no part in the political debates of late. So where you are getting this nonsense from is beyond me.
Not only was I not defending Communism with my comment, I was not attacking religion. I was merely stating a fact. That you do not like that fact is not my problem.
As for your childish and ignorant comments about living in Australia, they are so insulting and preposterous as to be deserving of no further comment, other than to leave it there for all to see.
If this is the level of your thinking, I suggest you stick to lurking.
winningemmell
07:25 on 16 August, 2012
“Appleswillgrowagain”
WG that used to be my auld Das favourite saying :))) just got a mental picture of him sitting in his chair saying it after my mam widnae give him the price of a pint.
Happy birthday to your da BT Enjoy every second when your with him.
HAIL HAIL
Awe Naw
We will struggle in Europe for the same reason as the other SPL teams will find it nigh on impossible to win the SPL. Even if we bought a CH far superior to Charlie Mulgrew and a striker of the highest order,we would still struggle like hell against Barca, Real, Man City,Chelsea,etc
JJ
Tom
You are correct in everything you say in that post and I can understand your anger but I believe you would improve the situation more readily with a comment along the lines of :
Zbyszek, you have misunderstood my posts!!!!!
PS In case it is not obvious, I am being facetious from `but` onwards!
JJ
celtic *o* lennon –
The Clash were truly many years ahead of their time, as evidenced by their chart-topping hit Lock the Taskbar.
The coat’s already on.
:~)
Tom
You watch your blood pressure mate!
Jungle Jim
Oh I agree .. of course we will.
But would we struggle against Helsinki, Copenhagen, Sion, Utrecht whom combined as clubs would be on about a par with us ?
Our only ambition AS A CLUB is to turn a small profit every year until an unplanned unforeseen opportunity lands in our laps from the gods.
HAil Hail
But would we struggle against Helsinki, Copenhagen, Sion, Utrecht whom combined as clubs would be on about a par with us ? Financially speaking
Tom McLaughlin
10:34 on 16 August, 2012
celtic *o* lennon –
The Clash were truly many years ahead of their time, as evidenced by their chart-topping hit Lock the Taskbar.
The coat’s already on.
:~)
LOL
I’m guessing all sums payable to Rangers (IA) have been frozen to be distributed amnongst all creditors by either D&P or BDO!
I think several CQN’ers will be borrowing that ‘Lock the Taskbar’ line.
Morning all,
regarding Jordan Rhodes I think he would be a real asset both on the park and financially in terms of re-sale value in a few years. He’s similar to steven fletcher though with a far better scoring record. How much could we have got fletcher from hibs for? How much are Sunderland going to have to pay today?
i think to say he’s no pace is a lot of nonsense too
Hail Hail
GS
Zbyszek
09:21 on
16 August, 2012
For Tom McLaughlin
06:08 on 16 August, 2012
I think you’ll find that more people have suffered and died in the name of religion than any other cause or doctrine in the history of humankind, during which Communism is a fairly recent phenomenon.
I do not post since few weeks, but lurking from time to time.
As far as I know you live in Australia.
Don’t you have conscience remorse for living in the land that was the place of the huge genocide?
Zbyszek
Hope you don`t mind me replying to your accusation.
I also live in Australia.
Your accusation of genocide is completely unfounded.
Now,of course,don`t take my word for that.
Please point me to a reliable aboriginal,or any other source which backs up your accusation.
As a Pole , you would be very familiar with the genocide of the Jewish Poles who lived in your country,with the compliance, some would say assistance of non Jewish Poles.
Anti-Jewish pogroms took place in Poland long before the arrival of Hitler`s huns.
You are aware of that,I take it.
If you want to consider colonial genocide,look no further than Argentina.
Where are the indigenous Argentinians?
They don`t exist.
Where did they go?
What happened to them?
I liked this one last night….
””””” ”””””’ ”””””
Tom McLaughlin
01:40 on
16 August, 2012
I loved the comment from the Australian commentator during the Scotland game.
As Ian Black was brought on near the end, he said, “There has been a lot of controversy in Scotland about Black’s inclusion in the squad, and no wonder. In his 150 games for Hearts, he did not get anywhere near a Scotland cap. Now that he finds himself playing in the 4th tier of the Scottish leagues, all of a sudden he is deemed international class. Very strange, or perhaps not.”
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Morning all from a dull but dry Manchester are we talking football again??
Last night it was like “Newsnight live” whilst there were six international games on the telly!!!
Way to high brow for me and my cheeky wee glass of merlot lol
Glad all celts made it through games none the worse for wear but I thought wee skippy McDonald looked a couple of pounds over and toiled in game ….. Rhodes however……me liked
Macjay- I appreciate this is an argument that could generate more heat than light but were the Aboriginal Tsmanian people not wiped out?
Whether this was through sins of omission rather than commission will be up for debate, but the end result was the same.
Tom McLaughlin 10:24
Me arrogant? Yes
Ignorant? Maybe in some areas
I of course apologize for the overhyped statements. Probably too much emotional post after last night with praises for the utopias that caused millions of deaths. Or on the other side opinions that deats in hunger strike can blame only themselves.
If you copy my post, you better copy it full, not that part that suits you.
Here is your genuine, full post. I understand italic is the quote from another poster, the rest is your statement. Could you direct to the poster (post) you refer in the second part of your statement, please?
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Sixteen roads to Golgotha said:
But there is no denying this – Communism has been a blight on humanity,a terrible evil,particularly for the peasants,Christians and working class folk.!
I think you’ll find that more people have suffered and died in the name of religion than any other cause or doctrine in the history of humankind, during which Communism is a fairly recent phonomenon.
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i read a thing recently suggesting 99% of species that had ever lived are now extinct.
it’s not communists, capitalists, christians, jews, muslims, crusades, inquisitions or final solutions we should be having a go at…
it’s those darn ice-ages, volcanoes and comets. and don’t get me started on that pesky evolution…
Fortunes Favour Mibbes @23.49 on 15th August,
This “Thatcher thing” isn’t about her – it’s about hatred, shown in this instance by MIKI67. When first pulled up about it, he tried to deny it, then to justify it. He’s now given up. Butting out of an argument that you’re losing is fair enough: running away while making unsubstantiated accusations of “sleekitness” is shameful.
Robert Tressell stated that Miki had been “abused” – also unsubstantiated: would he state clearly what the “abuse” amounted to?
At no point is this exchange have I claimed that Maggie Thatcher was a good PM – as I stated last night, that was not my point at all. However she was accused of “shutting down the Scottish steel industry”: this is a figment of someone’s imagination (Ravenscraig shut down after she left office) & makes me wonder how many of her other misdeeds come from the same source – motivated by hatred & not reality.
BTW philvis, ignore the twisted fascist.
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It’s back!
CQN fantasy league :- fantasy.premierleague.com
To all those who played last year, its a simple 5 minute job to re-register and set up your team, most of you will have probably forgotten your passwords so just type in your email and a recovery password will be sent to you.
New players just register normally, will take no longer than ten minutes.
This year I’ve gone for the classic league, literally most points wins over the course of the season compared to last years head to head system, where you played different people every week and three points for win, one for draw etc.
To join the league the code is :- 721106-181775
Enjoy :0)!
Bada- no room for podiumistas then?
How could anyone in good conscience live in Australia?
They just lost at football to Scotland.
Hang your heads in shame Socceroos.
Hee hee.
Hunbelievable
Guy in the work just telling me that it was a terrible state of affairs that Ian Black was booed when coming on for Scotland..
Hmmm where to begin my chore of bringing the great uneducated into the real world and away from Keevinsland? It’s just too easy when they have spent their lives cocooned in old Daily Record sports pages and genuinely don’t know any better. In this case I do blame the skools.
As we trundle towards the end of the transfer window, has anyone heard any snippets from Owen Coyle’s Gran?
!!Bada Bing!!
11:12 on
16 August, 2012
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WordPress
Its free and very easy to use
Zbyszek –
I took no part in any debate regarding hunger strikers or praising “utopias that caused millions of deaths”. I came in long after that and only replied to the one comment as mentioned.
I accept your apology.
JohnnyClash
11:17 on
16 August, 2012
As we trundle towards the end of the transfer window, has anyone heard any snippets from Owen Coyle’s Gran?
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No but I did say hello to his Mum this morning
Owen Coyle’s gran is of the firm belief that sitting on a cold step gives you haemorrhoids.
!!Bada Bing!!
11:12 on 16 August, 2012
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Evohosting.co.uk will give you hosting for a year and a free domain name for around 60-70 (if you pay year up front not monthly), choose to install wordpress script also.
A couple of hours should get you used to how wordpress works and you will be flying
Serge, BT – Cheers lads, I’m back at work today and ready to give a solid 50%:). I had a detached retina in my left eye but the great health care system here took care of me and in a 10 day span i went from no vision to normal vision:)
Golfing Sunday with the lads from the Celtic Club so all has returned to normality.
Serge, thanks again for the photos, i enjoyed seeing the course again.
Happ Birthday to the original holy goalie!!!!
slainte
tony
tony
JohnnyClash
11:17 on 16 August, 2012
As we trundle towards the end of the transfer window, has anyone heard any snippets from Owen Coyle’s Gran?
Im flouncing that you of all people hasn’t commented on my post at 10.23 today
;-((