Another year, another “treble yell” from the Celtic family, this time from Lubo Moravcik. Lubo did it, of course, but that was 16 years ago, and despite playing monopoly with the league since then, we’ve not managed to add two trophies to the haul.
Celtic have secured one trophy, with the league title a formality, so the treble is now all about the Scottish Cup. The cynics will expect difficult draws (should we overcome Albion Rovers) and, perhaps, ground-breaking referee decisions. A grasp of history suggests our chances are no more than 50%.
I can understand Brendan Rodgers wanting to retain a fringe player, like Gary Mackay-Steven, in order to give the player a proper assessment during the second half of the season, but Gary needs to play football right now. A period on loan at Tannadice would help him return to form, and if it didn’t, it would answer a few questions for Brendan.
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Sorry Les Gray from Hamilton is on Shortbread….
TTT,
It annoyed me for a while when Sammi got it but even then there were some crackers that made me laugh out loud, favourite being E-tims having him chasing crisp pokes
Quonno
Yes , that guy must have been related to bobby shearer
He thought the reason rangurs( remember them) were playing crap was that they were not wearing e traditional red and black socks
In the seventies they wore e red with white tops, obviously mr shearer was retired and giving his expert analysis
Off to watch rick stein on the telly
God bless all here
Some encouraging words from BBC on need for SFA reform.
Not sure of panelist but one foresaw SPFL taking over the SFA.
Not sure how that would work but at least it’s beginning to surface as an important issue.
SFA reform to include a new rule that Sevco can’t go bust?
SFA reform to introduce gate cash sharing?
SFA reform to cap Celtic transfer budget?
All before 10 in a row CSC
Okay guys – that’s enough Gilmour-bashing.
He’s clearly a good St Mirren man through and through.
Like Chick Young……
Thought PL chucked the SFA
JJIM PAYNE on 18TH JANUARY 2017 1:49 PM
Afternoon
SMSM – I do not read them enough these days to make a serious assesments as most quotes from it I see are edited by Celtic websites such as this one or Video Celts. The Hannan article seems more frank than others I read before I gave up on the SMSM in about 2013 but I did get bored with the piece long before the end. The media was generally less blatantly slanted in favour of Rangers prior to about 1995 at which point Celtic began to revive. Saying that oldet hacks like Ken Gallacher and TVs Peter Thomson were even more slavishly brown nosed than Keith Jackson or various the various Darylls who were plying their trade at the time I realised that like tobacco and sugar in my tea I could live my life without them.
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jimbo
thats a first for me tobacco and sugar ………… in yir tea
thats just mental
jimbo
-)))0
smiley face meant to be added.
Didn’t catch Gilmour on Shortbread giving PL stick but unless I’m mistaken I thought PL gave up his seat on the SPL board to the Robertson guy from Sevco .
PL bashing ? Gilmour could find plenty on CQN ;-))
Bournesouprecipe
Well given the answer to this Tweet on governance was raised but the answer was a better Scotland team I despair. Your list would be more within grasp of any initiative they are likey to undertake.
@BBCSportsound Good to hear football governance being discussed.What form would a mechanism for change take & who would lead such a project?
St Stivs
My God somebody read a post of mine
As you can tell I used to be a strange guy. Tobacco and sugar in tea may seem strange enough but to me getting to 51 and still reading the Scottish sporting press suggests I was unhinged.
Jimbo67
Hoopy Birthday to the Legned that is Craig Whyte…:)
BSR.
Don’t mock . I’m sure the SFA have changed the wording in many articles of association since the dark side popped their clogs.
Nowadays if anyone goes bust the decision on whether they continue in top flight football will rest solely with the discretion of some relative committee within the SFA .
They ,not the fans have the best interests of the game at large in Scotland.
Wonder who they had in mind when changing the articles of association ?????
The SFA should have a wee check with me and the ole Goals For Shay rules. Every eventually covered there. Hopefully ;-)
withoutfearorfavourCSC
Listened to a bit of yer man Gilmore on shortbread, jeezo a bitter bitter man in the same mould as chick hun.
JIM PAYNE on 18TH JANUARY 2017 7:38 PM
St Stivs
My God somebody read a post of mine
As you can tell I used to be a strange guy. Tobacco and sugar in tea may seem strange enough but to me getting to 51 and still reading the Scottish sporting press suggests I was unhinged.
Jimbo67
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i see a cunning plan.
the tobacco lords and the sugar barons , they are gone and their products demonised .
what if, what if,
we sold a new product , tobasuga, put it in yir tea, live till your 51.
sure fire winner,
am in, if your in.
AngelGabriel
There was a move to automatically relegate clubs who went into administration, but – ahem – they decided it was – ahem – “too difficult” and called it off.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-football/10631856/Scottish-football-abandons-plans-to-automatically-relegate-clubs-in-administration.html
Three years on and nobody has come up with a solution to these “difficult” issues? Aye, right!
Lisbon Visitors,
Been reading about the 50th pilgrimage and thinking to book my dad and uncle for a visit as they were there in the day. Not wanting to gatecrash anything between friends but is there anything official happening in Lisbon or us it a CQN friends meet up ?
Coming from Glasgow so appreciate any input on best flights, hotels etc. Saves me searçhing about :)
Football integrity will be sacrificed for money, I’m sure recently Fergus McCann said it was a wrong decision or even disasterous cant remember his exact description for Scottish football for them to be placed in division 4, he you would have thought more than anyone if still the CEO would have pursued the SPL/SFA to apply the rules without fear or favour but apparently not.
This is before any vested interests and people with predjudices getting into positions within governing bodies to accomodate the new club
Nice touch from the Liverpool fans. Walking a banner round the ground in the memory of a disabled Plymouth fan who died last week.
St Stivs
I am sure there are many Vulture Capitalists willing to help.
Jimbo67
Celtic Park – for damages caused by visiting teams.
I think that if any damage is caused to Celtic Park it should be itemized and billed accordingly. I don’t like the £40k to fix type of bill for everything as it’s lazy and no fun.
Each item should have a unit cost price to replace/repair. A walk round should take place between the Celtic assessor and the `other clubs’ representative to agree on damage caused and added to the `list of shame’.
The items that can be should be costed beforehand and published, eg.
1 seat – £250
Signage – £500
Toilet seat – £50
Toilet whole – £400
Cubicle- £2k
Sink – £350
Door – £200
Light – £100
Unusual items – TBA
Then their, ahem, supporters would have knowledge of what their actions will directly cost their klub.
If however they go even further and attempt to get on the hallowed turf that would carry the ultimate sanction…….
Transportation to the new penal colony of Paddy’s Milestone or Ailsa Craig (Whyte) to give it it’s other moniker.
Sentence would be 12 months in all cases.
Tents and a rudimentary fishing pole will be provided. Once a fortnight a rowing boat manned by the Vanguard Bears will bring their only source of outside food – fae Greggs, which will be cold so therefore minging. To pay for their incarceration they would mine the blue granite for curling stones or rely on the Sons of Struth for sustenance from the `fighting fund’ (how is that going again?)…
Alcohol will be prohibited except for one occasion which will take place monthly and will be televised.
A helicoptor will drop off 12 bottles of buckfast and whoever is last man/men standing wins the booty. It shall be known as the HunGer Games.
The final humiliation will be that Belfast ferries of Tims will be allowed to go nearer to the rock than normal and taunt from a safe distance with `The Fields’ and other such tunes…..and watch the wretches crumble to their knees ……
Anyway….back to no football till Sunday :-)
TARANIS on 18TH JANUARY 2017 7:59 PM
Lisbon Visitors,
Been reading about the 50th pilgrimage and thinking to book my dad and uncle for a visit as they were there in the day. Not wanting to gatecrash anything between friends but is there anything official happening in Lisbon or us it a CQN friends meet up ?
Coming from Glasgow so appreciate any input on best flights, hotels etc. Saves me searçhing about :)
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Direct flights from Edinburgh about £355 return each
From Glasgow (via Dublin) around £144 ( I have just booked on this one)
The CQN Lisbon army, I am sure, is open to all
HH
CRC
CUCHULAINN on 18TH JANUARY 2017 3:23 PM
JPTaylor SLO posted today via twitter that Celtic had no plans to do anything in 25/05:
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http://www.celticfc.net/news/11944
HH
CRC
Glasstwothirdsfull.
Thanks for the reply and for the link .
Art of war.
Nice one. Are you filling in for Awe Naw ?
Man U next FA Cup tie will 56 in a row live on TV, almost as much as both teams from Govan.
As this BBC article was about a week ago, I apologise if it has already been posted on here. I post it because it is a rare example of a fairly straight-forward and reasonably positive article concerning Celtic ( apart from the need to mention the `Old Firm`. ) :
“Celtic: ‘Kouassi Eboue is a Champions League signing’
By Tom English
BBC ScotlandFrom the sectionFootballShare this page
There are certain flashbacks surrounding Celtic’s signing of Kouassi Eboue, déjà vu moments from the summer of 2011 when another young African midfielder came from left field and set up camp in the east end of Glasgow.
That was the 20-year-old Victor Wanyama, from Nairobi in Kenya via Beerschot in Belgium, and the reaction to his arrival then pretty much mirrors the reaction now that Eboue has arrived from Krasnodar in Russia via Abidjan in Ivory Coast.
In the vacuum, there’s a furious search for information about his back story, just as there was with Wanyama; a frantic retweeting of morsels of video, a mad hunt for players and managers who know anything about him and the life he leads.
We know the outline of Eboue’s tale, but that’s about it. He’s only 19, has already nailed down a position as a central midfielder in what is currently Russia’s fourth best team, has started six out of six Europa League ties this season, assisting in two goals, and has been picked in training squads for his country.
He hasn’t yet been capped – and he won’t be playing in the African Cup of Nations this month – but he’s closing in on international recognition. Some say he’s at his best as a defensive midfielder, others say that he is, or will be, good enough to play at a very high level as a holding midfielder or an attacking midfielder or a combination of both.
In November, he sat on the bench while the Ivory Coast played Paul Pogba’s France in a friendly in Lens. For such a young player in such a new and exacting environment there is just one guarantee about his move to Glasgow – his pedigree is enough to quicken the pulse of any Celtic fan. A teenager with his kind of CV will have them dreaming of what might be in Europe in the coming seasons.
‘A Champions League signing’
Eboue is a Champions League signing, a player tasked with the job of bringing more energy and physicality to the holding midfield role. That lack of intensity was glaringly obvious against Borussia Monchengladbach in Glasgow. The memory of it may have played on a loop in Brendan Rodgers’ head these past few months.
More than any other, the one person who’ll be looking over his shoulder at Eboue is Nir Bitton, who has slipped off the radar a little at Parkhead.
Bitton played in that Monchengladbach game and played again in the League Cup semi-final victory over Rangers at Hampden. He was taken off after an hour against Rangers and has only started once since then.
On his day, Bitton is still capable of excellence, but you wonder where he fits in now. Rodgers has Scott Brown, Callum McGregor and Eboue, if he lives up to his new manager’s expectations, as his main midfield buffers. Bitton is behind them, seemingly drifting in importance.
There were times in Rodgers’ recent career when supporters used to block their eyes when he was linked with a player, fearing another mishap in the market. Not any more, of course, but in the post-Luis Suarez era at Liverpool there were many headline failures.
Rodgers was mocked by many for his transfer activity, but it was a little overblown. His eye for a cheap and hugely effective player at Swansea was razor sharp and for all the duds recruited at Anfield there was serious quality brought in, too.
And it’s still there.
Rodgers bought Philippe Coutinho for £8.5m. He’s worth multiples of that now. He brought in James Milner for nothing and Milner has been exceptional. Adam Lallana, Daniel Sturridge, Nathaniel Clyne, Divock Origi, Roberto Firmino – all important players for Jurgen Klopp in Liverpool’s assault on the Premiership title and all bought by Rodgers.
In the business of Eboue, Celtic fans will hang their hat on Rodgers’ judgement – and it’s understandable. Moussa Dembele’s capture for £500,000 was a coup, nothing less. Scott Sinclair cost a lot more, but he’s been reborn in Glasgow.
Rodgers’ short time at Celtic Park has revealed an ability not just to find new players who make a difference in the first team – rather than clogging up the bench – and also to galvanise players that have been around a while. Brown is an example of that. James Forrest, to an extent, is, too. The ultimate illustration is Stuart Armstrong, who has gone from nervy cameos under Ronny Deila to dominant displays under Rodgers.
Still room for homegrown players to shine
It’s interesting, too, that Celtic, though bringing in Dembele and Sinclair and now Eboue, is maintaining, or increasing, its Scottishness.
James Forrest and Scott Brown are among the Scots thriving at Celtic under Brendan Rodgers
The most highly-charged domestic fixture is the Old Firm game. Five Scots started in the most recent contest against Rangers (Craig Gordon, Brown, Armstrong, Forrest, McGregor and it would have been six had Kieran Tierney been fit), an increase on the four Scots that began the League Cup semi-final last April.
Five Scots in the starting line-up against their Ibrox rivals? It’s only the second time it’s happened since the spring of 2009. Rodgers might be spending some money on foreigners, but he’s not diluting the impact of the homegrowns.
The combination is working nicely. Eboue now enters a happy and progressive set-up and in Dembele he can see the possibilities. Rodgers is about to give him a chance to make his mark. The rest is up to him.”
JJ
Is the CQN Lisbon army growing ?
Any plans announced yet for a meet up ?
CELTICROLLERCOASTER SUPPORTING @WALKWITHSHAY on 18TH JANUARY 2017 8:27 PM
I bumped in to a lovely looking woman this morning on Buchanan Street…your name came up in conversation as did that someone was not going to Lisbon…:(…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Moravcik
BRTH is organising, so not sure of exact numbers going
Both Thunder Road and myself have booked up for 23rd to 26th- back in time for the treble :-), and travelling via Dublin. I think others are staying until 28th
Lennybhoy-dumped her for Thunder Road :-)
HH
CRC
HOT SMOKED on 18TH JANUARY 2017 8:34 PM
Thanks for sharing that.
Fills in for me some blanks in Brendan`s C.V.
No pun intended.
:-)
Angelgabriel – awenaw is a singer of songs…..I joke about dongs…..nae comparison mate!
CELTICROLLERCOASTER SUPPORTING @WALKWITHSHAY on 18TH JANUARY 2017 8:43 PM
So I heard…:) Wish my other half was so understanding…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Turkeybhoy
Glad we agree BR will decide!
KT
Given the name of the ICAS chief exec maybe Paul is walking into an ambush….. just a thought!!!
HH
Not read back fully …. any word on AweNaw? …. I hope that whatever happened is resolved, as I miss his contributions. I dont always agree with this contributions, or more so, how he phrases them sometimes, but I think CQN is poorer for his absence.
Ttt
Surely debate about player qualities or lack of is fundamental for supporters and while a player can have a poor game or lack quality the one thing I will never be happy with are players who don’t give the proverbial 100%.
When I played any sport the very least was to give your all.
Not always the case with professional footballers that think talent is enough.
Who said ” hard work will only beat skill, when skill doesn’t work hard” Very true imho.
Happy to debate with anyone player qualities or deficiencies. We pay their wages ( or at least a wee bit)
HH
Mit
Awe naw
Hope the suspension is limited
HH