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Scoring on your first international start has a Roy of the Rovers feel to it, even more so for Anthony Ralston, who has had a 12 months even Melchester’s finest would find difficult to script.  Fifth-choice right back a season earlier, with only one appearance to his name, Anthony looked to be heading out of Celtic and down the leagues.

For most of us, this was a puzzle.  As a teenager he showed promise, before shipping out on a couple of loan deals.  The manager sees what we don’t, so few of us questioned his position do far down the pecking order.

Ange Postecoglou started with a clean slate and Anthony never looked back.  His contribution to our season was material, and not just because of that goal in Dingwall.  It was another back post run at Hampden last night that opened his Scotland scoring account and another leap under pressure.

Anthony is under contract at Celtic for another three years, that will take him until he is 26.  If he can improve as much next season as this, we will have a player on our hands.

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  3. Go tell the Spartim on

    Not that I’d ever wish for it to happen, not ever, but would there be a sea change in US gun law if someone went and shot up an NRA meeting or indeed in the Senate, I’m afraid greed rules and innocents lives are worth nothing, a 3rd world country when it comes to collective intelligence and moral fibre, and the vast majority claim to be Christian (other faiths or no faith are available )

  5. David66 on

    Well done Drew1967 on taking cash from the bookies.

     

     

    Feckin Norway beat me for a treble although I should not complain I started with a fiver at the last week on these Nations league games and my PP account has £305 in it. Lovely. I hardly ever gamble as well.

     

     

    Right goodnight all there is drink to be drunk tomorrow and knowing yon Govanhill guy BRRB me and Big Jimmy will be buying……Again.

     

     

    GNAGB all

     

     

    D :)

  7. Majestic Hartson on

    Just reading about Hibs’ new signing Rocky Bushiri.

     

     

    Supposedly they announced a week or so back that his loan had expired and they wouldn’t be taking up the offer to buy him.

     

     

    They then realised there was a clause that he had to be bought if played a certain amount of times, so have now had to announce him as a new signing.

     

     

    😂😂

  9. owen on

    Some advice please folk

     

     

    The one and only hun within 30km is in my local here in Cork do I

     

     

    A ignore him or

     

     

    B YouTube “with cat like tread” and play it on my phone to effect with his head?

     

     

    Don’t wish to prejudice things but my vote is B.

  11. Almore on

    Owen: my boss for about four years was a hun. I just smiled at him. Other staff members abused him for his hun tendencies.

     

     

    Worked for me.

     

     

    Don’t feed the bear.

  13. quadrophenian on

    No other current Celtic player makes me smile as much as Tony; a lad that’s made of really stern stuff.

     

    Isn’t it a fallacy that a manager’s decision to play a Tony or a Josip is down to ‘who is the best player between the two?’ The manager himself said its not about his No1 and No 2 picks for the positions but about x2 guys who can readily be rotated as needed.

     

    In the modern game, a player is chosen by the system or formation the manager is deploying for any game. Tony and Jura have different strengths and are deployed if AP wants to tweak the system.

     

    And, as porcierto said earlier, we can rely on Tony wanting to hang around here for longer.

     

     

    Horrified by the USA’s love affair with the gun. So much dumb and needless grief.

  14. IniquitousIV on

    GO TELL THE SPARTIM

     

     

    “Not that I’d ever wish for it to happen, not ever, but would there be a sea change in US gun law if someone went and shot up an NRA meeting or indeed in the Senate,”

     

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    I regret to say that it would make no difference. In the NRA example, the shooter would be shredded into bloody fragments in a few seconds. The only time that NRA members are not allowed to open carry their military weapons of choice is when their guest speaker has the protection of the Secret Service ( like Trump days after Uvalde ).

     

     

    As for the Senate, it was breached by armed insurrectionists on Jan 6, 2021. As Senators crouched in their chamber, listening to gunfire, Republican Senator Milt Romney yelled to NRA apologists Cruz and Hawley, “This is on you!”

     

     

    I actually hoped that would be a turning point. Some of the invaders were hell bent on hanging Pence and Pelosi. I think Trump, as always, was lucky. If they had succeeded in their aim, I think he would have been impeached. The first thing Congressman Jordan said after 19 primary school kids, all under 10, were slaughtered, was, “The Democrats want to destroy the Second Amendment.”

     

     

    One of the coroners who entered the classrooms said that if the parents of the kids had done the same as the mother of Emmitt Til did many decades ago, and insisted on open caskets, the sheer and massively nightmarish horror of the sight would have turned the world’s stomach, and probably that of millions of NRA members.

     

     

    As it was, all the world saw was 19 sanitized white coffins, and America sent ‘ thoughts and prayers’ for a day or two, until the next mass shooting.

  16. quadrophenian on

    BTW, just a quick word on the x2 young Aussies who have joined our SPFL rivals:

     

    Kye Rowles [Hearts] is a strong aggressive defender who’s likely to pick up a slew of yellow cards the way he plays.

     

    Lewis Miller [Hibs] I mentioned him as a prospect for us later last season; fast, good dribbler and brill dead-man stare. Brawny big fella as well. Could be Hibs answer to Shirley Bassey ;)

  19. An Tearmann on

    INIQUITOUSIV on 10TH JUNE 2022 12:30 AM

     

     

    I have just finished listening to world service prog on the hearings which are starting around now into those events which occurred on the 6th.

     

    The beeb were comparing these hearings with the hearings into watergate,(who knew what and when ?)

     

    It will be interesting to see if anything comes out of them re Trump,

     

     

    HH

  21. David66 on

    Gooooooood morning all from a sunny, dry but blustery Garngad.

     

     

    I see the Govanhill mafioso beat me to it. Morning J.

     

     

    So what is this announcement? Is it strips? Players? Is it both? Is it Henry the Janitor? Oops carried away there…

     

     

    If it’s new strips then great as I will get them for the grand kids for our trip to Turkey in 3 weeks.

     

     

    D :)

  22. Gene on

    Good morning from a sunny North Staffs

     

     

    When the grandson’s up we’re up

     

     

    BRRB – you’re either up early or you haven’t gone to bed yet.

  29. big wavy on

    Window springs wide open…..literally months now til it slams shut !!!

     

     

    Yeooooooooooooooooooo……

     

     

    Because we never stop.

     

     

    Bigger & Better csc

     

     

    HH

  30. big wavy on

    Oh and new away top lovely…

     

     

    For the young fella…

     

     

    Without the horrible big sponsor logos on it.

     

     

    HH

  31. fourstonecoppi on

    Was gonna go a bike run up the campsies but 40mph winds by lunchtime…fek that.

     

    Ach well just need to stay in and clean the lavvies…..whats not to like!.

  32. drew1967 on

    BOGNORBHOY

     

     

    Was watching that real B’Stard Dominic Raab getting interviewed the other night and he reminded me of Rik Mayalls character in more ways than one .he has a wee passing resemblance,shorter hair obviously.

     

     

    HH

  33. Coneybhoy on

    BIG WAVY on 10TH JUNE 2022 9:09 AM

     

    Oh and new away top lovely…

     

    For the young fella…

     

    Without the horrible big sponsor logos on it.

     

    HH

     

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    I still have the 93 original – pulled it out last night, still looks great

  34. Go tell the Spartim on

    Iniquitousiv

     

     

    Thank you for the response, i wouldnt think anything would make a difference to be honest, until its one of their family.

     

     

    To paraphrase Scar in the Lion King “when it comes to intelligence/moral fibre/common sense, the collective of americans must have been at the shallow end of the gene pool” (no offence intended to Gene of this parish).

     

     

    With regards the insurrection, for the sake of their country, action needs to be taken, of course the good ole right wing BBC had some Trump apologist on the news just there.

  35. garygillespieshamstring on

    I hear there will be a shower of Ship Bankers hitting the town this afternoon.

     

    Hope you all enjoy yourselves.

     

     

    Rhyming slang csc. :)

  36. Friesdorfer on

    Afraid I’ll have to pass on the Shipbank today. Off to the airport in 30 mins. I’m sure you will have fun bhoys, best regards to all.

     

    HH

  37. big wavy on

    Coneybhoy,

     

     

    Do you know I’d forgotten about that one. The ole Naka & Gary Caldwell version from 2008 (?) trumps it slightly for me………

     

     

    Bet hey ho, You say double glazing and I say weak lager….let’s call the whole thing off :)

     

     

    HH

  38. Coneybhoy on

    Big Wavy

     

    🤣

     

     

    i turned up at Pitz , Hamilton as a ‘full kit Ship Banker’. Never lived that down

  41. prestonpans bhoys on

    Just returned from a weeks holiday in Northumberland, only one really wet day not bad.

     

    Cloths in the washing machine, dry them in the bloody force nine gale. Then off tomorrow for a week in Bowmess on Windermere🍻🍻🍻

  42. garygillespieshamstring on

    Prestonpans Bhoys

     

     

    Was there a few years ago. Was a pub at the top of the Main Street did a fantastic Sunday roast dinner.

     

    Can’t remember the name but it was on the left hand side of the Main Street as you walked away from the lake.

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