An illness-ravaged Celtic swept St Johnstone aside in Perth yesterday with far greater efficiency than at Hampden last month. St Johnstone went on a downward spiral after that semi-final, losing games since, but this was still an impressive performance.
Liel Abada sparkled in the central striker role, scoring two early on, and his Israeli team-mate Nir Bitton, tidied things up near the end. Carl Starfelt made things interesting midway through the second half by conceding possession in a dangerous position, allowing St Johnstone to score with their only attempt on target. Incidents like this will be a concern for Ange Postecoglou.
Liam Scales continued to settle into the side while Josip Juranovic on the opposite wing-back role put in one of his best shifts for Celtic. Yet again, Tom Rogic made things happen. The Aussie has flourished under Postecolgou and must surely be favourite for Player of the Year.
As Ange made clear after the game, the break could not come soon enough for Celtic, who ALWAYS prefer to play in front of a full crowd.
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Happy to be be proved wrong as the old CQN saying goes
SAINT STIVS
“did you ever get compared to morrison in your younger days ?”
Sadly, no. No musical ear, and I couldn’t carry a note in a bucket. ( Oddly, both my parents could sing like linties, and my Da could play the accordion and harmonica ).
The only way I could be compared to Morrison in my younger days was in my injudicious use of strong drink and, let’s say, recreational substances. They did me no good health wise, but I ended up luckier than the Doors’ front man. On the other hand, I was better looking.🤣😂😅
CELTIC40ME
Thanks for that comprehensive analysis of the potential income from dIrect CL Group Stage qualification. Lays it all out clearly.
Gareth Bale available from Real Madrid in January. Current salary a measly £515,000 a week.
Over to you, Mr. Nicholson. Get it done.
CELTIC40ME – thanks for the hard work in analysing the UEFA guidance – very interesting and I may well try to follow your working for interest’s sake. Uefa do like a convoluted process, do they not!
Thanks again – HH BGFC
Boring boring boring saint stivs.whatt did a spell wrong ?.Mr no it all knows fek all .
What***
Brian F- the scroll by option is always available, Saint Stivs is IMO a cracking contributor to the site,re old photos etc,i have had opposite posts with him re the Board, NL etc,but always in good faith on both sides.
Thanks to everyone for your kind words and prayers fo James ,- much appreciated.
I think drink must be taken, imagine being stuck in the hoose with him.
father paul stone meets rev i,m jolly
INIQUITOUSIV & WEE BGFC
Thumbs up.
To be fair to Uefa its not as convoluted as it could be and some of the changes have been a result of the big clubs trying to get a bigger share of the prize money, but they seem to have kept things quite fair.
They used to publish what they’d paid each club in each competition but not last season as far as I can work. out, and they sometimes publish what each club has earned to date at this stage of the season but I can’t find that either
Gene
Best wishes for James
I don’t drink Mr cqn.if I want to look at old photos il do that.but this is a celtic page no a trip down memory lane.you think your the main man.you and the turkey armchair fan.he spouts nonsense when he dosent even go to the games.🚀🚀🚀🚀
One for Melbourne Mick when he gets up soon.
Another Melbourne connection for you to investigate. Have you located our founder members place yet ?
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Old Ireland in Colour
@irelandincolour
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155 YEARS AGO
Hugh Francis Brophy, Fenian, building contractor
Born in 1829 Arrested with James Stephens in 1866
Sentenced for treason, commuted to transportation to Australia along with O’Donovan Rossa
Helped build first bridge across Swan River
Died aged 90 in Melbourne in 1919
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGkHdNwXMAkGoam?format=jpg&name=small
A very Happy Christmas to all at CQN.
Latest Christmas cracker joke made me laugh.
What do you call an old snowman?
Water!
( It used to be Walter before we had No-El! )
Hail! Hail!
Terrymac
surely name calling fellow Celtic fans is not necessary
a noral debate or discusion will do
Unless of course the name caller is a h*n
KINGLUBO on 27TH DECEMBER 2021 4:03 PM
Meant to say, how about recalling the first few records you bought, could be interesting on this drab day. Mine were as follows
Diana by Paul Anka, Peter Gunn by |Duane Eddy Elvis a big hunk of love, End of the World by Skeeter Davis
*mine was Speedy Gonzalez by Pat Boone, 2 year later after the Beatles, Stones etc it was Freewheelin by Mr Zimmerman.
Scotsman report saying Turnbull out for 2 months
!!Bada Bing!! on 27th December 2021 5:44 pm
Brian F- the scroll by option is always available, Saint Stivs is IMO a cracking contributor to the site,re old photos etc,i have had opposite posts with him re the Board, NL etc,but always in good faith on both sides.
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Feck Brian Feck
SS, please keep contributing. I don’t always look at those old photos but you are, imo, one of those I look out for on CQN. Many thanks for all your efforts. Don’t know how you do it, tbh.
Brian, think you’ve made your point. You don’t like his posts, we get it. Any Celtic related points you want to post, or are you just going to ignore your own advice?
I wont be going anywhere, dont know why someone would think I would do what they tell me.
A bore he says, what a badge of honour.
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Now onto more interesting things.
The 19 Crimes wine label (i guess it is australian) has the historical crossover as being named for the 19 crimes in briatain and ireland that could get you transported to the colonies.
Hugh Brophy is on one of the bottes.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGmtDFHWYAQsjce?format=jpg&name=small
Old Ireland in Colour
@irelandincolour
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Brophy’s gravestone in Melbourne General Cemetery, Australia
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Francis_Brophy%27s_gravestone.jpg
“In loving memory of my dear husband
Hugh F. Brophy
Released political prisoner of 1867
Native of Maryborough, Queen’s Co., Ireland
Died 11th June 1919 aged 90 years
RIP”
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGkKZ-6XMAMRVQS?format=jpg&name=small
Gene hope all improves with James.
Take care.
HH
ST STIVS
Great work . Keep them coming!
SS- keep on keeping on….HH
BRIAN F on 27TH DECEMBER 2021 5:23 PM
Boring boring boring saint stivs.whatt did a spell wrong ?.Mr no it all knows fek all .
brian f…..F**K Off
Celtic40me.
Ta for that post on uefa numbers.:-)
Tell me the TV pool money how is that worked out?
Ie- are we pooled with epl? As in, we will be sharing the same uk pool? Or is it based on %.
Reason I ask i recall a few years ago sky should not reveal viewing figures within the UK.ie Scots subscribing to sky,which looked like a transfer of monies from Scotland to England.it may have changed.
Thanks again
HH
SAINT STIVS on 27TH DECEMBER 2021 6:34 PM
As you supposed, it is Australian and, IMO, pretty good ,too but I cannot remember if I have actually had the 2017 Shiraz featuring Hugh Brophy. I will keep an eye open for it.
StStivs
I enjoy looking at your pics very much and always read your comments which I always find interesting, even when my views are different.
I am sure you don’t need me to tell you, but keep it up.
Your contributions are part of what makes this blog what it is imo.
HH
Why all these posts in support of Saint Stivs when Brian F is clearly more erudite, well-mannered ,thought-provoking and polite than St Stivs. Well, apart from the first of those qualities,….and the second. Actually . come to think of it three and four can also be excluded. Apart from that….
AN TEARMANN on 27TH DECEMBER 2021 6:51 PM
The TV pool calculation isn’t transparent, I’d imagine there’s some commercially sensitive information included in the calculations, but I do know that we’re separate from the English teams. I think that when they talk about the value of the tv market it’s what the broadcasters in that territory pay uefa for the rights to the games.
The English market is worth so much that a few years back Arsenal got nowhere in the competition but earned more than the teams in the final because of the tv pool money. The Italian and Spanish giants complained and so the tv pool money was decreased significantly and Uefa started the ten year coefficient carry-on for what remained of it. It means that teams with lower coefficients from smaller nations suffered in comparison to the bigger countries, although the overall prize money increased enough that the actual amounts didn’t decrease much.
I don’t think any Scottish team would earn much more than a couple of million from the tv pool because of the numbers of bt sports subscribers in Scotland
Hot Smoked. 😂😂
William Hill has all the Scottish Premiership matches on the 17th, January as KO times of 3:00pm. That cannot be correct, can it?
BRRB
Glad you liked it :-))
Brian F. Yer lobotomy has succeeded. Return to follow follow.
for those who have more than one interest and can engage brain to discuss.
During holiday periods I like to go deeper in historical topics that peak my curiosity.
Ilike those sliding door moments in life, such as seeing James Edward as an old gentleman at celttic park many times as a bhoy, or that my father in law played football with Michael Conroy senior as bhoys.
The Old Ireland in Colour books are fascinating, Great resource material.
When Jim McCann says “thats how close we are to that bit of history” it is such a connection
Grace Gifford lived till 1955. There will be somebody on here who will know someone that knew her at somepoint in life.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGfgpAdWYAIWUKk?format=jpg&name=small
and then there is Nora Connolly. Lived until 1981.
there will be people from edinburgh and glasgow who had family that knew her way back in her childhood. sat in the same halls as her father and others spoke to the socialist and irish societies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Connolly_O%27Brien#/media/File:Irish_Labour_Movement_meeting,_1919.jpg
Just seen Leigh Griffiths goal in yesterday’s match. Absolutely brilliant. Even better than his 2 against England. The lad, Declan Glass?, scored a great goal too for Dundee Und.