Winning the league is hard, or at least it should be. Aberdeen are finding that out as they unnecessarily dropped points on Saturday. Celtic have had it easy for so long we’ve forgotten a few truths of competition.
Sitting 6 points clear, and (again) confident of winning the league, we can constructively appreciate the job Derek McInnes has done at Pittodrie. They are very likely to come up short this season, but the gap between them and Celtic is not the chasm it used to be.
For years we discussed that what Scottish football really needs is teams like Aberdeen and Dundee United comfortably outperforming Motherwell and Inverness. No disrespect intended for the latter two, but Aberdeen have hugely better resources, if we are to receive a genuine challenge, it will come from there.
I was also delighted to see the 15k attendance at Pittodrie on Saturday, reflecting the bounce that has occurred at Tynestle this season. Figures like that will help Aberdeen (and Hearts) solidify. Both can make a profit at that level.
Progress isn’t linear, so don’t be surprised if Aberdeen or Hearts don’t leap forward next season, but the chances of them being overhauled by a smaller club is slight. The future looks healthier than the past.
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Kevjungle
John Collins,”responsible for the conveyor belt of talent”
Wrong,Alex Millar was the manager who set the scounting/coaching system up.HH
Masty on 1st March 2016 10:48 am
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Ha-ha-ha-ha
He-he-he-he
Ho-ho-ho-ho
When I fun oot….I’ll let ye know:)
HH
Kev
Go my say summit to you that I frequently say to auld greeting face Donnelly in the brazen,
“Your no right in the heid ”
Keep it lit ya dafty
Fanadpatriot on 1st March 2016 10:53 am
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Was it Alex Miller who sold Broony tae us ?
That should read got to say btw
masty on 1st March 2016 10:43 am
Trad88
Not to bad going to the San siro
It’s getting back after the game that’s murder
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Never been actually. Actually just read Milan have scrapped plans to move,
HH
Some good reading on the blog this morning.
Disagreements aplenty, all very civilised though.
HH.
Trad88
The tube takes you most of the way
But it goes off around 11 leaving you miles from town
Kevjungle
It is irrelevant who sold who to who.
You suggested John Collins was responsible for the conveyor belt of talent at Hibernian,this is not true.
Alex Miller was the man along with Donald Park as youth coach
Masty on 1st March 2016 10:56 am
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Sometimes being a daftie makes ye live longer on white hot cauldrons of a blog like this :)
Tell Donnelly the auld fenian eejit tae get his erse oot the Brazen and, onto here so that ah kin get a laff at him being ‘cliqued’ oot the picture….alang wi me:)
HH
Fanad
I always thought it was John park
TRADITIONALIST88 .
Yes -Milan are proposing to build a new stadium . Planning permission is expected to be granted by the end of this month . Proposed capacity is 48 K . In the Portello area. . Drawings look fabulous ..It seems Inter are proposing to stay at the San Siro though the joke is that they might move to Indonesia because that is where most of their support is to be found these days .My nearest neighbour is a mad mental Inter fan in his mid 80s . He has recently opined that Inter will stay at the San Siro because all that empty space can be filled with mirrors so that Mancini can admire himself more easily.
Kev
Auld greeting faced cantankerous gentian eejit
Gentian – fenian a hate this feckin phone so a day
Fanadpatriot on 1st March 2016 11:02 am
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So, Collins the manager who lead the Hibbees to their last major trophy had, no input into the development of, Broony, Whittaker, Fletcher, Thompson etc….
I smell an agenda……
TRADITIONALIST88.
I should have added that some media outlets have claimed that Milan have decided that they can’t afford a new stadium . Berlusconi has denied that . As we know , Berlusconi always speaks the truth !
TIMBHOY3 1029
On the button,mate.
masty on 1st March 2016 10:59 am
Trad88
The tube takes you most of the way
But it goes off around 11 leaving you miles from town
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Yeah I remember hearing some horror stories from bhoys who’d been over
HH
MASTY
Canny be worse than mine,bud. Worst ‘investment’ I’ve ever made-and I’m in the bookies right now!
Alex Millar didnae just sell us Broonie.
He did better than that……………………….. he sold the huns that useless article Thomson:))
Masty on 1st March 2016 11:05 am
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Ha :)
As long as he looks efter his wee mammy…he’s fine by me.
HH
What happened to the old Celtic Songs we used to sing they seem to be replaced with Rebel songs,which I don’t mind,but I would rather listen and sing the old songs,on a match day passing the Turnstile the pub along from the Taveren, walking by it the sounds of flutes and drums belting out you would think it was an Orange Band.and it’s supposed to be a Celtic Shop,
South Of Tunis
Interesting, theres quite a few articles from late last year saying plans for a new stadium had been scrapped – looking at Juves new ground I’d say Milan would do well to follow suit
HH
Masty
John Park came in as head scout when McLeish got the managers job,both a disaster IMO.
The majority of the young player were already in the system JP inherited them.
Kev J,
Agree with you about the songs but not about the Jewish comparison. Frankly that comparison is ridiculous and reeks of victimhood. Celtic4me makes some good points.
Anyway, more importantly, I hope that you are recovering well from your health issues.
JUNGLE JIM HOT SMOKED on 1ST MARCH 2016 8:27 AM
Here`s a wee exercise if you have nothing much to do.According to quite a few, Celtic are `Rubbish`.
That being so, EVERY team in Scotland is, obviously, worse than rubbish. So, the wee exercise is to find the appropriate description for all the teams below us.
So, Aberdeen are one step below `rubbish`. Poor? Very poor?
Hearts. Dreadful?
Of course, it might be easier to accept that Celtic are, in fact, not rubbish.
JJ
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In the last three years, Scottish clubs have been eliminated by:
2013-14
Motherwell – Krasnodor
St Johnstone – Minsk
Hibs – 0-9 v Malmö
2014-15
Aberdeen- sociedad
Motherwell- stjarnan part time)
St Johnstone- Trnova
2015-16
Aberdeen – kairat
St Johnstone- alashkert
I think- Astra giurgui
surely we can accept that the descriptive terms for Scottish clubs in Europe is ‘ utter p**h’, and these teams are crap. Any half decent side would be finding us out any time we played them. By half decent I mean any team you’ve heard off
http://youtu.be/g-vzeWo9Sv4
Some wonderful stuff here and on the sidebar
HH
Kevjungle
No agenda from me,all coaches will add something to the development of a player,but if you do not put in place a system to develop players from a young age you will not have a conveyor belt of talent.
Alex Millar was the manager who did this,others benefitted along the way.
My friends in Celtic,
Why do so many posters think that Michael Oneill ‘s Club CV is good enough for Celtic.
HH
Captain Beefheart on 1st March 2016 11:17 am
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Hail Hail fella, hope yer well.
My health issues…..
I go to the hospital on Thursday morn for the latest Cancer examination….I’m waiting for a date later in the month to go for my hip exploratory operation…to see if I need a hip replacement.
So,….we’ll see – thanks for asking.
If Thursday goes wrong…I’ll just disappear from the blog….it was wrong to bring it on here in the 1st place.
Anyway….victim-hood is alive and well in this country….only the lucky ones don’t have to endure it.
Going away now…..zzzzzzz
Fanadpatriot on 1st March 2016 11:23 am
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Take care – Hail Hail
……bed-time-zzzzzz……
Michael O’Neill = Not good enough for Celtic.
HH.
Kevjungle
You also.HH.YNWA
KEVJ
Never wrong to mention your health issues on here,mate.
We are all positive for you,prayers sent and candles lit where appropriate.
You might be a pain in the arse sometimes,though I think yer just yanking our chain most of the time-but your OUR pain in the arse.
Take some strength from the positivity here,get well,get back on. Who knows,we might even let you join the clique!
Canny guarantee it,mind. It’s a secret ballot. Bit masonic,IMO…
KevJungle
KTF
HH
best of luck on Thursday kev
things to do today..
1, dig a hole.
2, call it love.
3. watch people fall in love . :-))
best of luck for thursday Kev J