“Celtic suffer double transfer blow as they are priced out of moves for Scotland duo Steven Fletcher and Ikechi Anya.” Fantasy stuff from a guy at the Record who was chased from Celtic Park a long time ago and hasn’t been allowed back since.
No offence to Ikechi, but if Peter Lawwell sanctioned the payment of £4m to a guy who is in and out the Watford team he’d be the next one chased out of Celtic Park. He is categorically not a person of interest.
They’ve also got the story on Steven Fletcher wrong. Sunderland are keen on Virgil van Dijk and know Celtic are looking for a striker. The English club were up for using Fletcher as a make-weight but we confirmed here two weeks ago this scenario was dead before it got off the ground. Celtic didn’t even ask to speak to Fletcher, never mind inquire about his wage demands. Celtic need Virgil for the qualifiers and need a striker for the qualifiers. The deal was not contemplated at any wage level, Sunderland knew this from the off.
Sunderland paid £12m for Fletcher and are coughing up £48k per week wages, not the £60k reported this morning. Getting the wages figure right is easy, just ask someone who was involved, and it wouldn’t change the parsimonious Celtic agenda. The fact that Fletcher’s wage figure is wrong tells you the quality of the source. He’s a good enough player but he’s a totem of so much that’s wrong in English football.
Today’s ‘news’ is as old as I am: ‘Rangers’ ‘immediately stepped in with a bid which has been accepted’, Celtic are ‘priced out of moves’. It’s what it looks like, the fantasy of a man who’s banned from Celtic Park.
God help this poor Irish lad if he makes it through his medical, the weight of expectation will be heavy on his shoulders soon enough. I seriously didn’t get where they were coming from with that ‘Fear no Foe’ business, b.t.w. The world’s changed so much.
4-in-1-row DVD, £10.99, on CQN Bookstore, still available for Father’s Day (Sunday)!
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Lego! Tho I’m sure the Danes have lovely legs.
Uff, forget it…
fan-a-tic
Sorry to disagree with you, mate. I have dealt with American golf tourists for the last 20 years. Most are polite and friendly but pretty ignorant about the world.
Most are very intolerant towards our “socialised health care” system.
USA has been the root cause of most conflict in the world since 1945. Their war industries have made billions out of the misery of the poorest and most vulnerable.
Dubai and Hong Kong
Will be visiting these 2 places in next 4 weeks
Any tips from the broad chapel of CQN ??
Next question
Just downloaded
Guantánamo diary
Mohamedou ould slahi
Anyone read it ? Going to start that or tony cascarinos book tonight
macjay
“You can say whatever you like about the Catholic Church and it`s adherents ,but don`t dare criticise the Muslim Faith or it`s adherents.
Now that`s my impression. Not scientific fact.:-)”
And, as I said, it is a mistaken impression. There has been plenty of criticism of Islam on CQN, in our press and media, and on street demonstrations by the EDL and others. Much, much more so than there have been “overt” criticism of Catholicism ( I am being generous here in allowing OO parades to be seen as doubtful expressions of anti-Catholicism). There is not much house room given to a Dr. Paisley or Pastor Glass view on our media. The Church has, instead, been criticised by secular groups mostly for not being liberal and tolerant on sexual matters (I discount abortion as a sexual matter) and for not complying with state laws on treatment of sex offenders.
Now, all those critics of Islam are not being hunted down and killed by offended adherents. The targets of the radicalised Muslims have tended to be the opinion formers at Press , Media and Government level, rather than the right wing groups who oppose them with little understanding or discrimination.
I hope I am wrong in detecting a hint, sometimes, of regret that Catholicism is not as Militant and righteous as Radical Islam in smiting its enemies. I much prefer the humble approach of the current Pope who seeks to express his and his church’s core values rather than to condemn the values of The Other.
I think such an approach is a sign of strength and self confidence, whilst the expressions of wrath and terror and intimidation, to defend or advance your faith, suggest a weakness and a lack of confidence in its inherent ability to convince and inspire.
Catholicism will easily survive the gnat’s bite it received yesterday.
lymmbhoy
I recently watched a documentary about Lubo on youtube, and I think if he had of joined marseille and been part of that squad which no doubt he would have been that won the european cup he would have gone onto even greater things than Celtic.
He stayed loyal to St Etienne and he says although he is always loyal he regrets it, seeing as they went onto win the European Cup. although that meant he would have never signed for us!
Proudbhoy: I visited Hong Kong a few years ago. Crossing from the mainland at Kowloon to the island is an experience not to be missed. Mind the big ships though. A visit to the night markets is good and I felt safe everywhere I went, no matter what time of day or night. Top of the list of things to do is a visit to the biggest Buddha in the world. You take a cable car from Lantau, I think. Allow at least four hours if you do this.
Davidopoulos
Lego,
That just reminded me of a ricky gervais podcast where Karl Pilkington was adamant Lego was created by a mother who was trying to get her child to lego of something!
turns out he was incorrect!
Robert88:
You had a lot to say about Germany/catholics/nazi’s and you were encouraging many to read their history, I’m curious as to how you formulated your opinions on that period and the topics you touched on, could you recommend any good books or historical articles on the subject that I could read.
Dawned on me recently that religion is testament to humanity’s extraordinary power of imagination.
Haven’t figured out if that’s heretical yet, though, and if so, to which Faiths. Probably indicates a lacking in my own inventiveness.
Cowiebhoy
Miku you are thinking of, and Lassad was the other. I thought he was ok.
I am sure both of them started against Barca the night we beat them!
The Battered Bunnet:
I’m being taken to the Baku mosque tommorow for prayers and then down for a few beers down the hill. The same people who are taking me to the mosque are going drinking with me afterwards.
Faith is in the heart and the deeds you do more than in the head and the deeds you do, and that is where it belongs. Or at least I think so.
robert88
Haha, classic
ger57
08:11 on 19 June, 2015
fan-a-tic
In my experience you’re both correct.
I’m met these counterpoints and contradictions. Quite often within the same person.
HH JamesGang
What is the stars.
If your lurking, and for anyone else who follows his selections, Hootenanny is 5/1 with Hills. I imagine they will have that price in the shops from 9.00 to 9.15. I don’t think that price will be beaten.
robert88
We were truly lucky to have both Lubo and Henrik at that time. One of my fav Lubo moments was against Hearts back in 1999.
http://youtu.be/gDBIGtvUyDg
HH
kitalba
I’m not going to give you a list of things I have read for you to come back and question the integrity or reliability of the sources.
There are plenty of things to read and plenty of reliable sources.
Robert88:
perchance did you see my post to you earlier asking about books?
Robert88:
I’m asking for recommendations.
Behead all those who insult Jesus Christ.
HH.
dontbrattbakkinanger
06:04 on 19 June, 2015
Whither the cash strapped scrofulous hillbillies the day?
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Glad to see you’ve started to pose the question daily, again. I missed it for a while. To me it’s as CQN as Jobo’s EK weather report.
Jack Glass was my father’s doppelganger.
He (my Dad) was once chased down John St by an angry crowd of students. Quite shook him up. He had just nipped out for lunch and got caught up in a demonstration outside the Strathclyde University Union.
Fingers were pointed, expletives fired, and a chase ensued. He managed to escape by nipping into the Births, Deaths and Marriages Bureau on Martha St and hiding in a cleaning cupboard.
Turns out Jack Glass had been due to speak in a debate at the Union that lunchtime, and the students had gathered outside to heckle him as he arrived. It was my Dad’s misfortune to be walking past at the time.
The Old Man shaved the beard and moustache shortly after.
Always been quick to spot a cleaning cupboard too.
Sftb
You are CQN’s Nat/gnat grand inquisitor!
HH JamesGang
As if my life isn’t full enough of heroic Norwegians!
More4 9PM tonight ‘The Saboteurs’.
Kitalba
Were you a cat in a previous life?
;-)
HH JamesGang
Burgas Hoops
07:57 on
19 June, 2015
macjay1
Kremlin? No argument whatsoever.
What sane people ( :-) ) want is a dramatic decrease in the availability of firearms ,if necessary.thro` a change in the Constitutional ” Right to bear arms.”
Ger57
Cant disagree with your points.
American foreign policy has been disastrous.
Most Americans have no idea about their governments detrimental effects on the world at large.
There is a strange naivety that believes everyone else is wrong and they are the good guys.
The worlds opinion and on America and their own view of how they are perceive are total opposites.
But as i said they are definitely not inherently racist.
Almore
Thanks for that , was actually just looking the cable car/ big Buddha trip up today so that’s defo on the to do list.
Heard very good things about Hong kong.. Wanted to go for few years so really looking forward to it.
The Battered Doppelbunneters
macjay1 for neil lennon
08:50 on 19 June, 2015
Burgas Hoops
07:57 on
19 June, 2015
macjay1
Kremlin? No argument whatsoever.
What sane people ( :-) ) want is a dramatic decrease in the availability of firearms ,if necessary.thro` a change in the Constitutional ” Right to bear arms.”
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I’m fed up with this non-summer we’re currently not enjoying in Scotland at the moment. I can’t wait for my holiday in the Canaries in a couple of weeks. I can’t wait to bare my arms and a few other bits of my body too (ooh er, missus). It’s my right, I tell you.
Jack Glass is a Pastor!
“And sent them Romeward tae think again”
Classic Jack Glass
My extensive research, over many painstaking hours on Wikipedia [SIMBT], reveals that the current poor summer is due to the Catholic Church, and/or Adolf Hitler.
Fact!
Jamesgang
Agreed.
Have lived in USA for 20 years and always been intrigued how they perceive the worlds view of themselves and the actual reality.
A friends daughter from hear cut short a European tour a few years ago because of the way she was treated when people found out she was American.
She was upset and said dad they don’t think we are the good guys.Wy is that?
Jumping Jack Glass – What an ass
Jumping Jack Glass – What an ass .
Scorchio – way down south..
Warburton- I’ll fill the team with players like keirnan.
Translation.
We are skint and can only afford cheap journeymen.
Huns will be over the moon, the 45,000 STs will be going like hot cakes, Keirnan is the marquee signing HH
kitalba
Anything written by Richard Dawkins is a start.
PF AYR 0655
Blinkin’ flip,mate! Mind,I always told you that was why I didn’t back e/w,my horses would be 5th,not 2nd.
So this week I have been mainly second. Natch. Down a whole £20 since I took a scunner to it all recently.