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Age of the Bampots, McPake and cover for Victor

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James McPake’s absence tomorrow will be a blow to Hibs and a significant boost to Celtic.  Hibs are short on cover in all areas and McPake, their captain, is an instrumental component in their defence.  Celtic are without the suspended Victor Wanyama but they are far better provisioned all over the field, especially in central midfield.

Do you remember the good old days when a football club would be able to spin a load of old tosh to the media, who would report to an incredulous public?  This is far more difficult in the multi-channel internet age.

The BBC yesterday reported the headline “Former chief executive Charles Green is cleared of having close links with former Rangers owner Craig Whyte”, although the article itself proclaims a less ambitious “will be cleared”.

All fine and good, but I scoured several articles on this subject for mention as to whether or not the Rangers International internal investigation considered evidence from both sides – the key fact in this story, but one which was missing from reports.  Fortunately an Internet Bampot stepped in to help all those in the media.  I’m away to check all the updated reports reflecting the new information……

Willie Wallace will be signing copies of his autobiography from 2pm until 4pm at Waterstones on Sauchiehall St.  Get your Cup Final weekend off to a Lisbon Anniversary start!


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  1. MHARK67 on

    Scots who have played in the bundisliga?

     

    Mcinally

     

    Lambert

     

    booth

     

    McLeod

     

    And I can only think of one more….. Any guesses???

     

    Ex Celt………………….?

  2. Vmhan on

    The words I would rather we sing in 111:

     

     

    For ever and ever we’ll follow the bhoys,

     

    The Glasgow Celtic, the Tim mulloys

     

    We’ ve both made a promise, that we’ll never part,

     

    Until the day we bring the league to Celtic Park.

     

     

    Forever and ever a promise, that we’ll win the league once again,

     

    So lets tell the world of our brand new forward line, forever and ever Celts be mine.

     

     

    So Hail Hail…… You know the rest.

     

     

    Vinny

  7. A Stor Mo Chroi on

    About a year ago the racist EDL threatened to attack a socialist paper sale amd stall in Manchester city centre. No-one knew who organised it, but we found ourselves flanked by Celtic fans for the hour and a half we were there. Then they just melted off into the crowd. Apparently thw fascists had been gathering in a local pub. They did not show their faces. We had no one to thank at the time, so now it seems appropriate to pass on our solidarity to the.men in the men in the green hoops. Cheers!

     

     

    Borrowed from Ultras and fandom: In defence of the Green Brigade

  8. MHARK67 on

    Ok noone seems interested but for the record I think it was brian o Neil for Wolfsburg ,…. Nite all if I’m wrong I await correction

  10. The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie on

    Pfayr….@Whataboutery 23/5/13

     

     

    Lest We Forget……

     

     

    R.I.P. William McKeeney…..

     

     

    A Gentle Soul From Donegal…..

     

     

    Who Will Not Be On The Slopes Of Hampden Tomorrow…..

     

     

    Cheering On His Boyhood Heroes…

     

     

    ~~~~

     

     

    http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/two-men-who-murdered-william-1426898

     

     

    ~~~~

     

     

    Victim Of A Mindless,Motiveless …..

     

     

    (And Non-Rascist) Murder….

  13. The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie on

    Struggling To Remove That Troublesome Tree Stump…..

     

     

    That’s Blocking The Route To The Fly-Blown Dunny ?

     

     

    Saturate It With Potassium Pergmagnate

     

    Before Spending Twelve Hours @ 30c.

     

    Chopping It Out..?

     

     

    Saturate It With Kerosine And Burning..

     

    Before Spending Eight Hours @ 30c. Chopping It Out..?

     

     

    Or Just Ask An Aborigine……

     

     

    “If Ah Wiz You…..Cobber…”

     

     

    ” Ah’d Hitch It Up Tae Yon Intergalactic

     

    Cement-Mixer Over There……

     

    An’ Pull The Whole Damn Lot….Oot ”

     

     

    Maks Poifect Sense Tae Me…

     

     

    Still….Laughin’

  14. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    A STOR MO CHROI 0124

     

     

    My Dad took ML to his first ever Celtic game-and a fair few after that!

     

     

    A very close friend when I was very much younger.

  19. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    A STOR MO CHROI

     

     

    Nope,but I spent a great evening with STEINREIGNEDSUPREME talking bollox and reminiscing.

     

     

    A gentleman whose company I would recommend to anyone and everyone.

  20. A Stor Mo Chroi on

    BOBBY:

     

     

    Ah! well, not to worry mate, maybe I’ll catch you for a beer in London soon.

  24. 'GG on

    I brimming over with confidence for tomorrow’s game.

     

    During Big Jock’s tenure we did better in odd numbered years 65, 67, 69, 71, 75, 77.

     

    Kris Commons is the perfect big game player for us and will be unstoppable.

     

    The wide spaces will suit the aggressive running of Lustig and Izzaguirre.

     

    And finally the Big Man didn’t spare me this last week to leave me disappointed.

     

    ‘GG

  30. 'GG on

    a stor mo chroi

     

    03:30 on 26 May, 2013

     

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    I remember that day fondly but that’s the first time I remember seeing the goal.

  31. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    `GG

     

     

    I was in the stand at dear old Paradise when the final score from Berwick came over the tannoy.

     

    Strange reaction.Smallish cheer,followed by laughter.

     

    Lots and lots of laughter.

     

    Continued till the end of our game.

     

    Unforgettable.

  32. 'GG on

    Macjay

     

    I was in the Rangers End next to the Jungle.

     

    I think we were playing Elgin but I could be wrong and its too far past my meds time to check.

     

    I would characterise the reaction as an embarassed giggle.

     

    We just didn’t believe it until we saw it in the Green Citizen and Pink Times on the way home.

     

    Jock Wallace was a hero at CP for a day at least.

  33. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    `GG

     

     

    Happy days,mate.

     

    Happy days.

     

    “Times and Citizeeen” from the wee …err…”stout” chap opposite Boots corner on Argyle St. A regular stop on the way home.

  35. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    `GG

     

    Scottish Cup round 1 at Celtic Park.

     

    We beat Arbroath 4-0.

  36. Summa of Sammi.... on

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    My Bottom is Making Malteezers..so l went a Wee drive in The Celtic Camper..

     

     

    Someone seemed to be Following me so l Pulled over..They Pulled over..Did a U Turn..They Did a U Turn..

     

     

    Parked behind me.. Guy got out..Came up to the Drivers Window..

     

     

    “Hey Mate where did Ye get the Number Plate..?” a Car Full of Tims..Doing the Same as Me..Killing time..Midnight Kick Offs as Pants..

     

     

    Summa

  37. Summa of Sammi.... on

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    The One Amigo wants to Coach The No9 Enigma..

     

     

    ..

     

     

    Cadete believes Samaras’ strike-rate questionable

     

     

    THE issue of Georgios Samaras’s strike-rate as a Celtic frontline performer hasn’t been raised for a while, but Jorge Cadete believes it is still questionable.

     

     

    The Portuguese, who played for the Glasgow club between 1996 and 1997, has been in Glasgow this week to promote the Scottish Cup final and promote his own worth to a game in which he is struggling to win a coaching role. The Greek’s scoring role for Celtic, meanwhile, Cadete finds unacceptable.

     

     

    The 44-year-old, pictured, bagged 38 goals in 50 appearances for Celtic. In his past 76 outings, Samaras has netted 20 times, 14 of those this season. Unlike his Portuguese predecessor, however, the Greek’s usefulness to his team extends far beyond scoring, and he does not permanently hover around the penalty box in the hope of snapping up opportunities fashioned by others.

     

     

    “Samaras is a striker who plays with a big club in Scottish football and he scores ten goals a year? That’s nothing. Not enough,” he said.“When I came to Celtic, the first time I played it was six games, 245 minutes, and I scored five goals in that time.

     

     

    “Celtic have between 15 and 20 opportunities a game to score goals. Your striker must be scoring a goal a game. Sometimes you get many opportunities and 20 goals in the Scottish league, for a good striker, is a minimum. But you can’t say ‘If you don’t score 20 goals, you don’t have a job next season’, because you don’t play alone. But you have to practice every day. A goalkeeper coach saves one or two games but a striker can bring many wins to a club with his goals. You always look at a striker to win games and titles, not a goalkeeper. There needs to be specialised coaching.”

     

     

    And that is where Cadete believes he can come in. He has developed his own programme for coaching strikers, which he has offered to a number of clubs including Celtic. “I’ve spoken to Sporting [Lisbon] about an opportunity to train and develop strikers from the youngest all the way up to the professionals. Two years ago I showed the same project to Celtic and they told me they had a good service just now, but in the future you never know. I know what I can do. At the end of a game, when you ask a coach why they didn’t win, what’s the first thing they tell you? We didn’t finish well enough.

     

     

    “In Portugal you get coaches to the goalkeepers but not to the strikers? They need practice to improve too.”

     

     

    Maybe Cadete should offer a free trial course to Samaras.

     

     

    Summa

  40. Summa of Sammi.... on

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    Hampden 2007 Cup Final..

     

     

    When Gordon Strachan Substituted Neil Lennon..with 30 Mins to Go..

     

     

    Did anyone think Lenny would ever be Seen at Parkhead again ..?

     

     

    I Know l didn’t..

     

     

    Summa of NeverSayNeverEverCSC

  41. SydneyTim on

    Summi. Go for kip mate. My kip time is 5 til 7:30 :)

     

     

    Where u watching game?

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