When Juventus scored in the opening minutes in the away leg of their last 16 Champions League tie last night it felt familiar. It’s just three years since you and I saw them in person do the same thing at the same stage of the competition.
It took Bayern Munich 70 minutes to rebound but we’ve not really recovered from a lapses in a tie which could otherwise have been far closer than the five goal margin it turned into. Getting back onto the same field with the likes of Juventus after Christmas (or even after August) is now the big challenge. It will take some doing.
I liked Karl-Heinz Rummenigge as a player but as a Usurper of Meritocracy he’s falling well down my list. He celebrated both teams after last night’s game before asking how long Uefa would countenance teams like Juventus exiting the competition at this stage? Not only would he like clubs like his get guaranteed entrance to the competition, he feels that elimination in March should is too harsh a consequence for losing.
I’m sure Rummenigge was being deliberately absurd last night. He’s trying to provoke alarm before playing his hand.
John Clark, on Scottish Football Monitor, attended SFA chief executive Stewart Regan’s presentation at Edinburgh University yesterday on values and integrity in football. Mr Clark questioned Mr Regan on whether Rangers failure to pay overdue social taxes in 2011 broke Uefa competition eligibility rules. Clark informs us Regan said he would do “Nothing” if incontrovertible evidence was available that social taxes were unpaid and that debt collectors had been employed.
We have a criminal lack of oversight in Scotland, not just in football. This attitude would not be possible in London.
The spirit of Jack Warner, Sepp Blatter and so many others is alive and well at Hampden. This is what we’re up against, and remember people, Blame the Victim is the hottest game in town, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know the background, anyone can play.
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Bada
Winning Captains says that it is a virus that causes that.
He’ll be round to have a look at it.
Hail Hail
Matt (Gawd I feel like a dried tolly)
Adios Scottish footbaw, the game’s a corrupted, corpulent, festering boil if I’m not being overly dramatic.
We’ve had some good times but my growing sense of dread has been perfectly realised. I mean that time you were caught cheating with Mr Farry, well you got your commupence, but recently it feels like you’ve been lying behind my back, sleeping with my wife, conspiring with my parents, you ran over my dug, and who knows what else.
So it’s time to say adieu. I value my self respect and unfortunately I see no options left. I don’t and won’t cast aspersions on anyone else’s views or feelings on this matter – it’s highly personal, but for me it’s irretrievably broken. Scottish football governance that is. The position of the Plc in facilitating this, my opinion – may not be yours, makes me feel sick.
Cheerio – three times is a charm. I’ll be sure to watch out for the door on my way out.
A lovely sunny day – way down south.
Much weeping , wailing and gnashing of teeth re there being no Italian Clubs left in Europe….Being out of the Champions League is put down to a lack of money and consequently not having the necessary quality of player.Failure in the Europa League is put down to Clubs simply not giving a #### re a competition regarded as not being worth a ####.
Today’s get up and out choon-
Albert Tomlinson – Dont Wait Around ( Giant ) .
NZB
Hope you are that bloke who sits two rows in front of me giving us a runnin effin commentary of the EPL latest.. (Just joking)
Seriously, You will be missed!
Hail Hail
Matt
Just found a betting slip in ma wallet…..Cause of Causes…3.30 at Chelt yesterday….IT WON….ya wee dancer.
Hail Hail
Matt
Corkcelt made a great post last night. We’ve always been cheated and we all know that will continue until most of us are long gone into a better or worse place, depending on how many fish suppers you devoured on any given Paddy’s Day! We know the game in this country is manipulated for the purpose of just one club.
Give up on Celtic?
I just can’t
Mr Pastry/ Jungle Jim Hot Smoked
Can I clarify that there is little doubt that Rangers FC WERE ENTITLED to a European licence as at 31st March 2011. The licence, which was granted by the SFA is valid and was properly awarded as far as we know.
HOWEVER
To get that licence, RFC made it plain that there were no outstanding social taxes as at that date – and technically and legally that is correct.
However, there was a liability on the horizon which they were aware of.
The issue is that there also had to be no such taxes outstanding and overdue as at the 30th of June of the same year failing which the licence should have been revoked and subsequent penalties imposed in terms of European competition.
It is the procedures, representations, and facts as presented as against facts now known which forms the basis of the RES 12 Enquiry.
The initial granting of the licence by the SFA is not in dispute.
Not posted in ages , been lurking , as for Res 12 I would gladly put my name to it for all to see as a shareholder of the club , at this stage anything that helps move it along has to be done .
P67
When are you going to give us your thoughts on why the board will not back Res12 by sending the letter to UEFA ? Its time to stop toeing the party line or we as a club will never be the same .
HH
Some PSV fans entertained themselves in Madrid by throwing coins and pieces of bread at begging migrant women
A Sparta Prague fan went a stage further in Rome last night – no throwing coins or bread for him , he urinated on begging migrant women.
HT.
Spot on….it is the SFA, a modern day Augean stables need a good disinfecting.
I don’t believe that Stewart Regan is a corrupt wee pile of stinking excrement. I think he is a lost soul who wishes he had stuck an egg whisk in his eye instead of taking the job up here.
So our job is to get him one, plug it in and switch it on… Let our battle cry be a Celtic echo of that great Greek Labour of Heracles……The Muckin o’ Geordie’s Byre..the words still bring a tear to my eye…
Noo whan Ah-want-ta lauchin Ah think of the scene
Whan aa’body roon cam ower tae clean,
An claarted themsel’s richt up-ta the e’en
At the muckin o Geordie’s byre.
Wi Robbie the Rochie an Willie the Doo,
The officer fell fur Jeannie McGrew;
And aa’body else that hud hud a capoo
At the muckin’ o’ Geordie’s byre.
Och! siccan a sotter wis aa’body in,
Five mile awa ye cud hear the din;
Even the verra-coo hud to grin
At the muckin o Geordie’s byre.
Hail hail
Matt
Ronny Deila has joked that those who have been speaking in the media want the Celtic job and his lady.
The Norwegian was in good spirits ahead of Celtic’s trip to Rugby Park to face Kilmarnock on Saturday and was relaxed about his future at the club.
Deila joked with a reporter after he compared the current speculation at Celtic to that of another man stealing an attractive woman from him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxpYN-NK54Y
A song for Ronny
The big question for today just has to be….”Is corned beef bad for you?”
I bet it is…cos I luv the stuff…in fact I’ve just opened a tin and cut it into cubes that I will now dip in mustard…. after 50 years of abuse I doubt it is going to do much more damage to my crumbling temple.
And so to breakfast…. let’s get the milk from the fridge….” Oh look…two cans of teasing tempting lager….oh wait….a wee winking pouting bottle of red wine….decisions decisions?”
Hic Hic, C’mon the ‘Tic
Matt
Matt – corned beef probably Ok. Wine or lager for breakfast on the other hand….
MATT STEWART
You’re just showing off cos yer well enough to type.
Think of current absentees wi their head in a different postcode from the rest of them!
Definitely okay!!
HH jamesgang
Matt
Never mix the Hop and the Grape , go for one or the other -)
HH
HAMILTONTIM on 18TH MARCH 2016 9:00 AM
OK I’m repeating myself here but the difference now is that it seems the Celtic Board are, to a greater or lesser extent, depending on your stance, complicit in the cheating.
All those thinking of revealing their given names, thus lifting the veil on yer blog anonymity (took me five goes to type that while mouthing the syllables)…..DON’T…
The cost of DNA tests is bleedin extortionate.
Hail Hail
Donald Trump
MATT STEWART on 18TH MARCH 2016 9:30 AM
Red wine?
In a fridge?
Matt
Red wine in the fridge?
What the heck else have you got in there… ?
VIP
Brief visit before I hit the golf course. Please CQN shelve Res 12 for 30 hours or so.
I don’t believe we will ever get a chance to win 5 in a row again in my lifetime so lets bury our differences & get behind the team. Hostilities can be resumed after the game.
Dissension amongst the Celtic Support gives great joy to our enemies, it would be the ultimate irony if now we were the ones to suffer coz of their cheating.
We suffered enough when they were winning tainted Titles, the best way to get our revenge is to win 5,6,7,8,9, 10 in a row. Tomorrow is a huge game. COYBIG.
BMCUWP
My typing is substantially ahead of my speech.
A knock at my door, lunchtime yesterday…just before my religious fervour led me astray)….”Hello what the devil can I do for you two fine people?”
“We thought you might like this leaflet”
“Thankyou” I replied as I glanced at the first page….”Oh Jehovahs’ witnesses…..are you for the defence or prosecution?”
Hail Hail
Matt
Morning Bhoys. It was good to see Sparky having a go at Moyes for being disrespectful to Ronny when he said he wouldbe interested in the Celtic job.Well done Sparky. H.H.
JungleVIP
Cannae stand red wine. Can only drink it when the taste is frozen out of it.
I once got a phone call ( his land line to ma mobile) on a Sunday morning morning from my pal Grand 67.
“Did I leave ma mobile round yours last night? Ah cannae find it”
“Weirder than that” ah said “I’ve lost a shoe”
“never mind yer shoe. where’s ma mobile?”
“Haud on” I replied helpfully “While your on I’ll use my land line to call your mobile and listen fur it ringing.”
So ah did and lo and behold…it started ringing in ma kitchen….in the FRIDGE….and there it was ….on the second shelf inside ma shoe”
Hail Hail
Matt
Some don’t want to give up on Celtic.
Some want Celtic to sign the res : 12 paper work.
Some are so disgusted with Celtic that, they’ll not be back.
When folk refer to Celtic, who do they mean ?
Is it, Dermot Desmond ?
Is it, Peter Lawwell ?
Is it, the board of directors ?
Is it, all of the above ?
If, you answer – yes – to question 4 then, maybe your in need of some education as per, Celtic.
When was the last time that you attended a game and came away thinking – “That was a Celtic team on that pitch.”
Brian Dempsey
Willie Wilson(Save Our Celts)
Celts For Change
Paul McStay
Tommy Burns(RIP)
Roy Aitken
Mark McGhee
Kevin Gallacher
Joe Miller
Frank McGarvey
Davie Provan
Paul Cooney
Archie McPherson
Peter Grant
John Collins
Wim Jansen
Murdo MacLeod (for Kev – YNWA)
Hugh Keevins (again for Kev)
Henrik Larsson
Alan Thompson
Ramon Vega
Lubomir Moravcik
John Hartson
Chris Sutton
Martin O’Neill
Gordon Strachan
Tony Mowbray
Neil Lennon
They have all said that, the fans are – Celtic.
So, why do the fans pay countless £ millions to a group of directors – described above – who are making it as clear as day that, oh yes they’ll take your money but, don’t look for them to ‘support’ you, when the chips are down.
Some fans will view this ongoing situation from an angle were, they express that they don’t want to hurt the club, no Celtic fan does.
There is coming on the horizon the date to renew season books.
A summer time is approaching were we could find the club in it’s most vulnerable position since March 1994.
Celtic supporters who are only interested in seeing the team in green and white hoops, playing on the pitch are to be blessed.
Well, what else should matter ?
That grand ole team might find themselves playing in the ugliest version of mibbery type of Scottish football that some of us hadn’t seen since the 60’s and 70’s – I would be as well throwing in the, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s to.
The feeling of betrayal among fans from the directors, could prove to be the straw which will break Celtic PLC’s back.The folk who direct the club at present, could score an irretrievable own-goal if, they try to diss the cheating and, corruption by snubbing the concerns of the shareholders.
I have to leave you all just now.Will check later and, answer if anyone replies.
Keep on Celtic-ing.
That reply was to Ernie as well…by the way ernie…I agree with your point about board complicity….
Hail Hail
Matt
BTW in the interests of honesty…I actually love red wine, but in these days of central heating I always pop the wine in the fridge for 10 minutes to get it down to what I would call a traditional ambient temperature.
Flippin Jehovah’s witnesses distracted me yesterday and I forgot I had put it there; then my phone went and pub beckoned.
Thought I best come clean.
Hail Hail
Matt
I too will gladly add my name and shareholder details to any required documents regarding Res 12… And will gladly attend any planned forum/meeting to discuss taking the issue forward.. RES guys is there any such thing planned?
Ernie
Sorry just picking up on my break.
I don’t believe the current board were ever going to raise the issue and pursue it to its rightful conclusion no matter how ‘complicit’ the support are or were.
Just watched Brendan O’Connell’s (fae Mrs Browns Boys)programme on Easter 1916 Rising on BBC IPlayer,well worth a watch
For those who think our board are deftly or even cack-handedly trying to divert attention away from their own incompetence, I went in search of advice from those with far more expertise in the field of creating great team spirit, sense of purpose and one for all, all for one attitude…..or possible NOT!
Porto don’t seem to have quite grasped the concept…..
https://goo.gl/22nCrc
Hail hail
Matt
KEVJ
Plenty of life in that candle yet.
Nurture it,bud. Keep it lit(!)
HT
Don’t think Ernie suggested the ‘support’ were complicit…..mind you ‘Don’t think’ is probably an appropriate description of my whole approach to life. :)
Hail Hail
Matt
Matt
If I’m wrong I blame the lack of a fish supper!
Break over.
Motherwell match v Aberdeen to go ahead despite the steelmens side decimated by flu virus
http://stv.tv/sport/football/1346975-motherwells-premiership-clash-v-aberdeen-to-go-ahead-despite-virus/
KevJ
yer flicker may be oan the wane but yer herts still pumpin’ CELTIC
HH
YNWA in the Jungle
Morning Celts
Bada Bing
Thought Brendan was very good…family connections
Also saw a good prog on the cultural aspects of the Rising….A Terrible Beauty.
Get it on the RTE player.
Fascinating stuff
HH
Kevj
Car Park soon
The Rebel’s are on the march.
Keep Strong
HH