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I have watched a bit of the Championship on BBC Scotland recently.  It’s seldom brilliant football but almost always entertaining.  For most of the season I despaired at the prospect of Arbroath picking up the automatic promotion spot.  The last thing we need is another tiny club with tiny resources lining their entire team along the 18-yard line.

This is unfair, of course.  What this tiny team have achieved to get within a whisker of the topflight is remarkable.  With Premiership TV money, they could emulate Ross County and previously Hamilton.  They would bring little interest to the league, but seven figure payments go a long way when you carry low overheads.

The alternative is Kilmarnock, a side with vastly greater resources and a truly terrible artificial surface.  Inverness and Partick will likely compete with the Premiership’s 11th club for the remaining topflight spot.  Raith seem to have lost their way since the Goodwillie fiasco.

Clubs only survive in the lower leagues so long before whatever local appeal they had fades to an insignificant level.  Dunfermline have a history, a decent sized local population, with an affluent business community, but the Leishman days are gone for good, never mind the Stein era.  Ironically, it could be Raith, newly relevant in Kirkcaldy, who are more likely to bounce.

Former Celtic central defender, John Hughes, is currently managing Dunfermline.  He led Falkirk to the topflight 19 years ago, then onto the top half of the table and a Scottish Cup Final.  When he left for an ill-advised spell at Hibs, Falkirk never recovered.  They have lost more than they’ve won in League One this season.

I’ll regret whoever goes down of Dundee or St Johnstone.  Both are sold clubs with enough fans to do better.  Despite the pitch, a Kilmarnock would be welcome.  It makes for a healthier league.

 

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  3. Hot Smoked on

    Just reading back and seeing that JHB is, again, being given far more stick than he ever gives out, I can see why some might not like the style of some of his posts but ,in general , he is pretty well-mannered and does not resort to name calling in spite of having to endure many criticisms.

     

    Also, he is regularly reminded that he suggested we might struggle to finish in the top six but does it need to be brought up so often? Maybe he was a bit over negative on that but I am sure he was not alone in wondering whether or not Ange was a good appointment.

     

    Finally, his Celtic credentials are often questioned but there are a few I would put well before JHB on that matter.

  5. petec on

    First time watching this Tonight.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEpJDYTRAsk

     

     

    Ange can win the League next weekend, IMO. It is the Hate Factory/Sky Sports/Referee fix incoming howevvvvaaaah and most of the players wullnae have been put through it and I ain’t talking about the journey frae bus to Stadium. Ange will know as well as possible who can handle playing there.

     

     

    As we will most likely be down to 10 men early, I’ll take a draw.

  8. sceptical citizen on

    MODERATOR1888 on 25TH MARCH 2022 6:12 PM

     

    sceptical citizen

     

    “Gonnae No Dae that” pls

     

    Most of your stuff has been deleted from this afternoon

     

    This is a Celtic Quick News not Politics Quick News

     

    I appreciate it’s a blog and we cover a bunch of different subjects but…….

     

    ……….”Gonnae No Dae that” pls

     

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    Peace be with you and yours. ✌ 🙏 🍀

  10. TheLurkinTim on

    Hot Smoked…I laud your defence of JHB…but the fact that he is polite takes nothing away from the general offensive/demeaning tone of his posts

     

     

    H.H.

  11. Greenpinata on

    HOT SMOKED on 25TH MARCH 2022 10:04 PM

     

     

    Totally agree.

     

     

    Many good Celtic related posts get answered by unprovoked abuse with no substance.

     

    Just imagine how constructive the blog would be if the actual post was played and not the poster.

     

     

    HH.

  12. petec on

    sceptical citizen,

     

     

    If the Hoops are given a fair crack @ the hate factory.

     

     

    Celtic Win in the First Half.

     

     

    We know the whole SMSM build up with Celtic getting decisions. It’s pathetic.

     

     

    MadHun got a bit desperate on Sunday, funnily enough. HaHa he missed.

     

     

    Totally undermining all the efforts prior to the Hate Dome game…. Aye Right. Celtic red card asap to try and fix the goal difference.

     

     

    The Great Reset isnae obvious but its happening.

  13. Weebobbycollins on

    If I trusted the poster then I would play the post…

     

    I don’t trust that guy one little bit.

  15. scullybhoy on

    To those of you defending JBH all I can say is that his last post was – I don’t defend name-calling, yet he constantly uses the term ‘SNPcult’. Go figure, unless you are Unionists too.

     

     

    BTW I am from the North of Ireland and don’t really know too much about Scottish politics, but I do recognize the logic of divide and conquer from a mile off.

     

     

    Good luck with Bojo and Brexit CSC

  16. Aipple on

    TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 25th March 2022 81:pm

     

     

    Love that post and agree with the updates from our fine contributor INIQUITOUSIV.

  19. bankiebhoy1 on

    Something is not right…………..imo.

     

    Somewhere between the letter of the law / rules…………….. and the spirit of the blog, somethings no’ right.

     

    Not the the repetitive obvious guff from the odd wan or three “characters”. Nup.

     

    That’s been mince for long enough. Naw.

     

     

    The very recent intercession on behalf of regulation seems no’ right.

     

    Irregular.

  20. IniquitousIV on

    MAJESTIC HARTSON @ 9:39

     

     

    “If its not Celtic or Scotland I struggle to watch a full 90 minutes.”

     

     

    Don’t get me wrong. I give up on a lot of games. But some are phenomenal. The South American internationals are often showpieces of incredible skill at a frenetic pace, and with outstanding tackling. You just can’t look away. I noticed the winger Diaz for Colombia months ago, not just skillful, but blessed with tremendous pace allied with a non stop work rate. I guess Liverpool noticed it too when they spanked Porto! He was a stand out.

     

    HH

  33. ernie lynch on

    SCULLYBHOY on 25TH MARCH 2022 11:07 PM

     

     

    ‘To those of you defending JBH all I can say is that his last post was – I don’t defend name-calling, yet he constantly uses the term ‘SNPcult’.’

     

     

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    The reason the SNP is described as a cult is because it, and its supporters, exhibit al the characteristics of it being a cult.

     

     

    That isn’t name calling. It’s an accurate description.

     

     

    And, frankly, wanting to extend the site rule against name calling other posters to include a political party is cult like behaviour in itself.

  36. TheLurkinTim on

    Good morning all…from a readin back weary soofside Arden punter….sun is shining, temperatures rising

     

     

    H.H.

  37. Jimmynotpaul on

    Morning all.

     

    A glorious day, already, in the land that time forgot, enjoy it folks, if it’s the same where you are and you are healthy enough to do so.

     

    Big Jimmy.

     

    If you are looking in, I hope your health is as good as can be, you are missed.

  38. TheLurkinTim on

    JNP echo those last sentiments…Big Jimmy….if here continues to make you persona non grata….mibbe we can chat to you on Sentinel Celts….includes a good bunch of lhads that used to be, and are on here…not a solution but a compromise as such….fur noo?

     

     

    FreeBigJimmyCSC

     

     

    H.H.

  40. TheLurkinTim on

    Am the Idiot that posts as Saltires…joking am the idiot Anders…if u wanna check it out. If we all do this then P67 will see his hits drop and he may look to re-examine Big Jimmys ban

     

     

    RadicalCSC

     

     

    H.H.

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