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Directors’ Box auction prize.
Courtesy of Celtic sponsor and all round good guys, Intelligent Car Leasing, we have an outstanding auction prize, as the centrepiece of our summer good causes. For the Kilmarnock game at Celtic Park, on 24 September 2016, you can win:
2 seats in the directors’ box
Champagne reception
5 course meal in the Walfrid Suite
Fully expenses bar (pre and post-match)
Half time snacks and refreshments
Car Parking
And a match programme.
There are experiences in life which money can’t buy. This one is now available for you to bid for on ebay until Friday lunchtime. Two of you, directors’ box, Champagne reception, 5 course meal, free bar, get in there – and tell your pals about it.
Monies raised will go towards our fifth (yes fifth) school kitchen for Mary’s Meals, and our other good causes in connection with Friday’s CQN Golf Day.
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Cut my holiday short to come home and watch the game on Premium sport,(kidding)Biggest improvement for me was being able to understand the logic of our substitutions.
Last season our manager and assistants were unable to react to developments on the field quickly enough to take advantage of it them.
The minute Astana put extra markers on Roberts,Brendan put extra pressure on the left side and then put Forrest on to stretch them further.It then became much easier to make forward passes from midfield so perhaps Bitton shouldn’t be getting all the praise.
Brown may not be technically perfect but very few managers would not have him in their starting eleven.He,s a proper captain and constantly encourages and protects his team mates.
Anyway,looking forward to next weeks squeaky bum affair!
Offer Man City the £7.5 million we are getting from the International Cup friendlies,give them 25% sell on…
I’VEHADTOCHANGEMYNAME on 27TH JULY 2016 9:27 PM
good article the other day vfr – that’s if I remember rightly
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Thank you. I enjoyed doing it and may do some more. Maybe if the dullards who accused me of being an Orc earlier had read it they might realise how stupid that accusation is!
KEVINLASVEGAS on 27TH JULY 2016 9:37 PM
VFR800A8
Enjoyed the Article last night, Factual.
Thanks KLV.
VFR800A8
lol they are a funny bunch, Over;y protective of the hoops is no sin, It can be dog eat dog is you offer negative comment even if its true. ;)
KLV
JOE FILIPPIS HAIRCUT on 27TH JULY 2016 9:18 PM
FOXY. When are the tunes coming on ? H.H.
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See in the spirit of European football tonight et al I thought I’d ask Astana if they had a DJ like me and was put in contact with Keçi. No kidding. I’ve been asking him/her to send me some tunes for tonight….Am no posting the original stuff cause basically took offence at the fox thing, in the wrong way with the goat connection, but listen to this for starters. musics no bad and they worked hard on the rest so dont take the piss. A couple of their fans are looking in to see what we think and reporting back….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EThJGhdJ_38
HH
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During the game my neighbour and her boyfriend came to my door! She accused me of stealing some of her laundry. I nearly shit her pants!
FOXY, That could catch on fella I think it was better than the commentary of the game. H.H.
Oh my god? Imagine the hoopsj getting a result, label 5 little helpers, lurking Huns must be soooo pissed off, stick around nuggets, more to come.
waheeeeeeeey
Anyone who is less than delighted with the result, the performance, the team set up and the manager is surely vying for the “Curmudgeon of the Year” award.
We can nitpick the contribution of players, the loss of a soft goal or individual errors.
However, we can’t ignore the character of this side.
We dominated the early game, I think 60% plus possession in the first 20 mins.
They scored from their first corner and we lost momentum.
However, we recovered, weathering a sticky patch as bhoys grew into men.
PR in particular was a thorn in their side every time he moved down the wing.
The defenders resorted to tackles reminiscent of John Greig.
The second half was a bit too open for me, but we managed the vital away goal thanks to the tenacity of PR and the deadly finish of LG.
I thought we were the side more likely to grab a winner near the end.
Their wingers were fast and could stretch our defenders next week on the wide open wings at Celtic Park.
As I said earlier, I loved Brendan’s positive approach, his flexibility and his willingness to make appropriate changes when needed.
Given, that we had a load of trepidation over our defensive set up, many of our posters slating the players, the manager, the board, the groundsman, the physics, the ball boys and the turnstile operators, I am absolutely thrilled at how well we performed.
BR. Brendan Revolution?
Gordy
Was lookin for you today. Horse and Barge was packed wi cooncil uniforms. :)
George .
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Foxy: Not sure if you have posted this but was in a record shop today and came across this tune. Blast from the past.
https://youtu.be/gJ_zwa7NjcE
KLV – there’s nothing like having an opinion is there? Pointing out the deficiencies of big Efe is fair game and almost required, but pointing out that EOC and CG screwed up for the goal makes me an orc! Priceless.
Delaneys,
no surprised they should go get a real job,
couldnt escape today and got home just at full time
I think a lot of the praise for the subs and the tactics is praise coloured by the result.
I have no doubt that knives were being sharpened and, had it remained at 1:0 or, if they had scored a late winner, as they almost did, we would not be hearing the praise that we are getting.
Brendan, so far, has not imposed a radically different approach. We have played 3 European ties so far- one of them was a hugely embarrassing result where we played with a style that was much less offensive than that shown by Ronny Deila.
In the other two ties- individual brilliance by Paddy Roberts- rescued us from any nervousness we were experiencing.
Not tactics
Not subs
Not an overtly more offensive or pressing style.
We all want Brendan to succeed but please do not read things there that are not there yet. He has had precious little time to make a difference. This is largely the team and the style that was so disappointing in Ronny’s 2nd season.
I have hopes that the availability of good players- free of injury and the greater choice of forward players’ styles that we have- especially if Bamford arrives-will lead very soon to improved play. That, and Paddy playing with the benefit of last year behind him, should see us do better.
But this is still a 6 out of 10 team. If we start proclaiming them as a 9 out of 10 team, we will leave no room on the scale for the improvement that is YET to come.
STEBHOY on 27TH JULY 2016 9:48 PM
During the game my neighbour and her boyfriend came to my door! She accused me of stealing some of her laundry. I nearly shit her pants!
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Der hun’s lurking, why not give it a go.
ivehadtochangemyname: Cár foghlaim tú do chided Ghaeilge?
Chided=chuid
Gordy
Enjoyed the match. A few of the Efe haters annoyed me. The looks I got when I yelled ” Mon the Efe effin Ambrose.” Was funny.
ALMORE on 27TH JULY 2016 10:05 PM
Slainte mo chara. Rarity, love it.
HH
Delighted with our result.
Very good performance from EO’C and KT who are only 2 young cubs.
I would take legia all day long. I think that result has loomed large over the club for the last couple of years and to beat them over 2 legs would maybe let us move on.
Foxy: Thought you would:-)
Off to mo leaba. Oíche mhaith.
TonyMac
I would take getting through the game next Wednesday first. Still haunted by Maribor in Paradise. :)
GORDYBHOY64 on 27TH JULY 2016 9:39 PM
Went to Ebay to make my bid for the day at Celtic Park,
already past my limit,auctions dont give the ordinary bhoy much of a chance
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Too much for me too. Was thinking about this today. Might be better to raffle such a prize? Gives more people a chance to contribute and to win. Unless there’s some kinda legal rule that makes this difficult?
EMBRAMIKE SAYS “THE HUNS ARE DEID” on 27TH JULY 2016 9:28 PM
Possible Play Off opponents (in bold) first leg results
BATE Boris 1-0 Dundalk
Trencin 0-1 Legia Warszawa
Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Ludogorets Razgrad 2-2 Crvena Zvezda
Astra Giurgiu 1-1 FC Copenhagen
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Warsaw please,. Time to teach them cheatin bassas a lesson. Hun tactics , fielding ineligible players indeed.
ALMORE on 27TH JULY 2016 10:23 PM
Foxy: Thought you would:-)
Off to mo leaba. Oíche mhaith.
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God bless, those belonging too, HH
‘GG on 27TH JULY 2016 9:58 PM
Anyone who is less than delighted with the result, the performance, the team set up and the manager is surely vying for the “Curmudgeon of the Year” award.
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Think SFTB just claimed the prize! :-)))))
SFTB
Don’t you think BR’s choice of an attack minded side made a difference?
Likewise his formation at CP against the Imps was aggressive and positive?
Hi substitutions today were excellent, even Forrest as he stretched their defence across the pitch.
I couldn’t see the side Ronny left picking themselves up as we did today.
There are improvements in team spirit as well, witnessed by the reaction when KT had a ball blasted at him at the end.
Sure we have work to do.
Sure we will need to dump a few and bring in a couple more.
Howevva, as per Kojo,
We are on the right road.
Be happy be positive
Almore, I’ll make contact with Clogher and exchange Moby Numbers, it would be good to say Hello.
I’m just planning to get a bus or train up. I’ll be knocking around for a few hours before the game but I’ll be heading home fairly sharpish after game.
Dd @2223
+1 neebs.
Really chuffed with todays result but it wasn’t as good a performance as the away tie in Maribor imo.
And that didn’t end all that well :(
HH
GM
Rhiannon’s first Euro tie. The wee jinx. :)
Delaneys Dunky
You’re right, I’m sitting here listening to Paddy Reilly with a drink in my hand and thinking of the next round already.
Just the fact we came through today with a decent European result gives me hope and I think if we could draw and beat the poles, it would really mark a change in Europe from that most crushing 2 legged defeat.
You might think I’m crazy, but I think the players who played in that game have been affected by the manner in which we got beat there.
Well done for keeping yer cool BR these past two weeks, never mind yer wee jaunt at Liverpool, much more of more to come, nae pass marks yet but consider yersel tested :-)
‘The First Hurrah’ 06 The West’s Awake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54-WLPB5E68
HH
Dd,
I can’t make next week and I’m on the hcts.
She’s definitely not in with a shout of getting mines then. Lol
HH
O G RAFFERTY.
No.Mr R was cancelled. Found out just before the flight out of Bari.Apartment was booked /paid for -so went to Istanbul anyway.Good time but didn’t like all the flag waving on the streets.Gave me the heebie geebies.