Cast your mind back to earlier this month. February ended with a 100% domestic record, qualification for the League Cup Final and two merit awards for performances against Inter Milan. We then walloped nearest challengers Aberdeen 4-0. A small matter of a game against St Johnstone lay ahead before the Scottish and League Cup double-header against Dundee United. Which we lost. At home.
If a team drops even a few percentage points below its optimum the actual drop in results achieved can be enormous. Celtic have answered all the big questions over the last seven weeks, despite the reversal in Milan; there will inevitably be a drop in adrenaline when normality returns, which is tomorrow, again against United.
We have a month to prepare for the Scottish Cup semi-final but another St Johnstone-type episode would cut the gap at the top to zero points, with Celtic having one game in hand.
I’m a great believer than a manager cannot and should not ask his players to climb the mountain every time. If he does, he loses that special intensity he’ll need for the truly big occasions. The players, from captain to novice, must carry the burden.
Niggles between players happen in every game. On most occasions it will be a couple of months before you face the same opponent again, so whatever happened last time will have been replaced in the mind’s gallery of items the player feels sore about.
Since Scottish football became the Celtic-Dundee United show that’s changed. A player who elbowed you last game will be running at you next time out. This is the stuff red cards are made of.
There is a chance that we’ve beaten United into submission and that they’ll turn up in body, not mind, tomorrow, but if Jackie McNamara manages to convince them they are victims of wanton Celtic player’s face-on-United player’s elbow action, you can expect more reds.
Keep your cool, Celtic. Nothing more than wanton hair ruffling.
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DD
What cracking taste you have ma mhan.HH.
best golie them awe
best defence them awe
midfield them awe
attack them awe
managers them awe
ball bhoys them awe
tea wummin them awe
ground staff them awe
receptionist them awe
and the rest sorry if i missed you anawe
Celtic through and through them awe
HAIL HAIL
Ard Macha
GNGB hope to see and the two weans soon bro.
beatbhoy
Don’t know how many times I’ve seen those Costanza gems, and still laughing. Jerry Stiller as Frank, George’s dad, was hilarious too.
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The feats of strength, I’m not a religious person but Festivus makes sense.
Festivus
https://youtu.be/dS7-jcsB_WQ
Dealney’s, I could quite believe that about Danny. Even near the end of his career, he never backed out of a tackle but as his timing was a bit out, he picked up a few bookings.
I’ve only met him once but he came over as a very good guy who holds our support in high regard.
I know young Sean Fallon, I still have a lump in my throat that his dad is no longer with us, and he told me Danny and his wife, were the only non family members invited to a wee do to celebrate the Iron Man’s nintieth birthday. Danny and Sean were very close. Possibly two of our toughest players but also epitomised the ethos of our club.
I hope Danny still has some coaching role at Celtic. We can’t allow someone with his experience and feeling for the club not to be involved with the players.
Dallas,
Brilliant comments on danny.
Next up hardest Celtic players.
Danny.
Henrik
Bobo
Broony
BRTH
That’s why complaints about violence being glorified in films like Goodfellas are misplaced.
However some bosses may have developed more subtle ways to make money and keep power through alliances, having legit areas of business etc, it was always underpinned by violence, the real currency of the mob.
This has to be reflected in the film if it wants to have any credibility.
Saint Stivs
00:01 on 21 March, 2015
I gave my 5 best earlier today,
Henrik, danny, mcstay, lubo, lennox
snap!
HH
Saint Stivs
00:15 on
21 March, 2015
Them Awe
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4o-adyIIAAJXCn.jpg:large
Characters…
HH
BRTH….
.just read back your post….fk messing wi you…i dont wanna end up like Luca Brasi…
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B23iTEVCMAAjsuN.jpg:large
thank God Broony disnae smoke!
HH
Saint Stivs
Jim Brogan – saw him put Willie Henderson into the front enclosure at ipox (never touched the running-track) and didn’t get booked.
Auld/Murdoch/Hay?
Off to bed – my bones are creaking thinking about some of the 60/70s squad!
H!H!
Roy, its a generation thing.
We just missed the lions.
But Lennox just made the memory banks.
1980 Scottish cup final, semi final, rugby park, easter road, Ibrox, love street replay.
35 year old racing bye the teenagers.
The_huddle
A Festivus for the restivus!
Brilliant episode. “As I rained blows down on his head. . . . ”
Manzier or Bro?
Bourne, in all the programmes I have watched about the Kennedy assasination I haven’t heard Jimmy Frattiano’s name mentioned but as he was one of the Mafia’s main hitmen, I wouldn’t be surprised if he played a part.
delaneys dunky,
Cheers mate. I have promised myself a wee sneaky jaunt over before the end of season.
Scoops will be arranged.
Árd Macha
Best player….saw my first game 1965..scottish cup final..my first favourite was Murdoch, after him Dalglish…but for me..its Larsson…loved the guy…
beatbhoy
00:23 on 21 March, 2015
The_huddle
A Festivus for the restivus!
Brilliant episode. “As I rained blows down on his head. . . . ”
Manzier or Bro?
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Manzier feels more comfortable to me :O)
https://youtu.be/YL4Sl6oVuyk
Gordy
EddieinKirkmichael is picking us up in the Bentley at Dalmuir station at 12.15.
Be there or be square. ;)
Heading for the bed now but re JFK one of those who had very good reasons for getting rid of him and Bobby Kenedy was Jimmy Hoffa of the Teamsters union.
I am pretty sure that Hoffa had links to Fratianno — mind you Hoffa ended up in the boot of someone’s car as I recall and that has never been explained.
With that …. sweet dreams!
St Stivs, thanks for the reply.
Danny is and always will be my Celtic hero, closely followed by Tommy, Paul, Sean, Jock, Jimmy McGrory all joint second.
Delaneys,
no bother mucker will get you there,
unless you want a quick one in the HandB first
Franny
Right back at ye. Celtic and family and friends is my thing. With excellent sounds and herb and beer. Nirvana
Saint Stivs
Exactly. Would have loved to have seen Murdoch and Connolly in the flesh but those 5 you named, nailed it for me.
HH
Gordy
11.30 in the Horse amigo. ;))
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAfJ7iTXIAE6G8Q.jpg:large
the day McGrory cried…
HH
The_huddle
The box sets are coming out again, having had my appetite whetted by those clips.
‘The Contest’ stands out for me. So funny, and so clever.
Hail! Hail!
Dallas / BRTH
Best JFK movie ‘Executive Decision’ low budget Burt Lancaster hidden gem that explains the triangle of fire, many moons before Oliver Stone.
Best book after a gazillion others remains ‘Six Seconds in Dallas’ by Josiah Thompson.
NITOL
The Huddle, thanks for Danny Greene link.
In the Crime Inc series they had footage of him outside his home with a tricolour blowing about behind him.
George from Seinfeld was based on the extremely funny Larry David, writer and co-producer of the show. Larry’s Curb your Enthusiasm is a very funny show.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAcWjoJWwAExxAx.jpg:large
not a bad bunch
HH
Delaneys,
done deal mucker,see you there
beatbhoy
The box sets are coming out again, having had my appetite whetted by those clips.
‘The Contest’ stands out for me. So funny, and so clever.
Hail! Hail!
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I’m out
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Harald…!
PartytimeCSC
Bourne, thanks for tips about the film and the book.
I’m reading a book of Scicilian mobster and on the run for 43 years, Bernado Provenzano, currently.
When I’m finished that, I will get a copy of Six seconds in Dallas.
Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas
George from Seinfeld was based on the extremely funny Larry David, writer and co-producer of the show. Larry’s Curb your Enthusiasm is a very funny show.
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Curb is very close and maybe some days better than Seinfeld :O)
https://youtu.be/m7BgOYPNTlA
Even quicker than Kramer!
Pete C does dedications every other weekend
One to you amigo
if your here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xsj66S6Xuw