I watched Hearts batter Pat Fenlon’s Hibs into submission at Easter Road last month. They are not a good team but they have elbows and commitment, often the key resources in a football game. With our interest in the League Cup and Europe curtailed, and the league title a sure thing, it is enormously important that we remain in the Scottish Cup into the New Year.
Attitude is the most important attribute for Celtic this weekend.
Things you don’t expect to do when you start blogging: I took four calls from journos yesterday asking if I knew a Celtic fan prepared to go on record as an IRA supporter! I don’t, for the record, not one, so no one else should bother checking. Lack of support for that organisation and, where support exists, an awareness that representing yourself as such, is not inconsequential, will explain the dearth. Just as it’s not inconsequential when you represent your club. I can’t see many inviting the consequences.
I also got a call yesterday and a faxed copy of a contemporary Celtic View (yes, a fax) from a fan who was beside Jock Stein when he went into the crowd at Annfield that day in 1972. It was all very cordial, of course, no one argued with Jock.
Jock was at the height of his powers. Five years from the European Cup win, two from his last final and four months since losing a European Cup semi-final on penalties, he had yet to lose a league as Celtic manager. His comment in the View, “The Wreckers are chanting about things that have nothing to do with football” was respected, Celtic fans went back to football matters. But this was 1972. News from Ireland was despairing. Rangers fans (and according to newspaper reports, Hearts fans) were chanting “UDA” without censure, Celtic fans eventually retorted.
This is all sooo last century, apart from the consequences, of course.
Sharp focus for Sunday…
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The Hertz game is NOT being shown in Italy!
Just the usual EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, French league, Dutch league, MLS pish. Not to mention Serie A.
Thirty-odd games live!
Impossible to watch them all, but you will be lucky if five of them actually turn out to be entertaining! Usually from La Liga and the Bundesliga.
HH!!
sipsini
13:17 on 29 November, 2013
No offence to anyone but I know i tend to not read back.
Bobby…obviously, wee ferguson = wee fergus. Atb.
hun skelper
13:18 on 29 November, 2013
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers ………fc not plc
12:50 on 29 November, 2013
100% correct HH
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SIPSINI.
I knew that. You have the same bloody spell check phone as I do.
Really annoying having to check that what you KNOW you have punched out is what you get.
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HUNSKELPER
Sadly I can only take the credit for posting that comment near the top if the article.
The original thought is from ABMUCKER,and is in reference to an equally brilliant post fromSANDMAN,buried near the bottom of P16 on the last thread.
Both were worthy of a repost,IMO. I am delighted that they strike a chord with you too.
abmucker
12:58 on29 November, 2013
I thought I gleamed from facebook that you were a qaulified nurse AND working from Grangemouth. Yeah I could not work that one out. Now things are falling into place. Are you from Grangemouth or did you used to work there ? The nipper is now three. My how time flies
I have been thinking about Steve lots recently. I took my guitar on hols and have been learning The Benefit of Mr. Kite
There was noone like him. I wonder if there are any other cqners following in his footsteps.
I have cousin who is bieding up in Aberdeen. Maybe I was hoping to make the connection ;-)
You take care too mate. Sounds like a dangerous profession.
Will be in contact soon. You still Facebooking ?
HH
theweegreenman
13:10 on
29 November, 2013
Anti Irish jokes ? The thick Paddy ?
This is the LAST place I would expect to read that bigoted stereotyping,
or am I missing something here ?
Bieding=nursing
West Wales Celt
I agree that I would like to find a way to protest at UEFA’s conflicted position on political expressions at football.
I would like to do it without getting Celtic kicked out of UEFA competition.
I am open to ideas and initiatives as to how to achieve both these aims.
I wonder if we could get done for having UEFA stickers over our mouths as gags during a home qualifying tie that we expect to win?
In the darkness of despair we saw a vision,
We lit the light of hope and it was not extinguished.
In the desert of discouragement we saw a vision.
We planted the tree of valour and it blossomed.
In the winter of bondage we saw a vision.
We melted the snow of lethargy and the river of resurrection flowed from it.
We sent our vision aswim like a swan on the river. The vision became a reality.
Winter became summer. Bondage became freedom and this we left to you as your inheritance.
O generations of freedom remember us, the generations of the vision
SETTING FREE THE BEARS.
You know,WEST WALES CELT is exactly the kinda guy you should be asking those questions of.
That’s mibbe a bit cryptic,but you have an analytical mind.
I don’t know if any of you listened to the second half of that Hun meeting last night? I did, Paul Murray was eluding as to why RIFC have no scouts and that if these guys sitting at this meeting get on the board it is the first thing they will be behind, followed by great applause, next a guy comes up to the mic. With a question, but starts with ” there is no doubt that Celtic have been behind more young boys than Rangers” followed by great cheers and applause from both the floor and the main table, SMSM not chasing this one up I see, well so far any way, oh and Alky Murray said they should be selling one million strips a year, and that there has been only one pub that he has been in and saw a Blackthorn tap so it not a good logo to be on the strip, and he has been in a few watering holes I would bet.
Summa
That was in the days before EBTs
Before Refereeing heads got cosy jobs at UEFA
Before financial fair play
Before the offensive behaviour bill
Etc.
To be honest I find that particular axiom repugnant. It was mediavel thinking in 1975 and in 2014 just not acceptable.
I also consider it to be a seriously defeatist attitude that only emboldens the huns
Its also the main reason we nearly always under achieve.
Have you ever stopped to think how things would be if we did not operate in such an environment.
Sorry but I was brought up never to accept that.
I dont reckon with the greatest of respect that we will ever agree on this.
It does not fit in with CQN bang for buck think either.
I am not prepared to give up that fight even if our plc seem to be
HH
MadraRua
13:49 on 29 November, 2013
theweegreenman
13:10 on
29 November, 2013
Anti Irish jokes ? The thick Paddy ?
This is the LAST place I would expect to read that bigoted stereotyping,
or am I missing something here ?
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A sense of humour perhaps?
Aw naw.
That could be aldo
TONYDONNELLY
I saw that too. It was the most clumsily made “joke” ever.
Didnae stop the top table from sniggering though.
That is what we are up against. Ingrained bigotry and downright lies.
And an evening-up process.
theweegreenman
14:13 on
29 November, 2013
In truth my friends would say I have a very open and sometimes quirky sense of humour.
Sorry, but hose types of jokes always hit a nerve with me.
Nothing personal, I’m sure your a decent guy / girl, but those jokes ………………………
Saint Stivs
14:18 on
29 November, 2013
hands up who hates the mobile phone companies.
never having once went over a price plan, i got hit with a mega charge during the summer.
on looking at the itemised bill there was a serious of calls from turkey, via my nephews phone , which ran for nearly two days constant.
phoned up, and said, how can this happen,
well you must have called them and left the phone on.
for two days ? what about the other calls and text i made during the same time this call was meant to happening, well sir cant explain that but you ust have made the call. how could i call him while using the phone normally ?
my nephew, who i trust on this tells me, i didnt call you, i wanst even using my phone away at all, i didnt call anyone,
i got charged, couldnt get out of the contract and vowed to leave this particular company soon as i could.
while away this week, mrs ss suprises me, ive orderd us new phones, same company, they called up , time for an upgrade, here you go, same-ish plan, looks good, me less than happy.
gets home called them today, i dont want an upgrade, not with you anyway, take it back,
em sorry sir, only your wife can cancel this contract, 20 mins of various press 1 press 2 options before i even got to speak to someone.
its not even the feckin phone i want.
sneaky bandits , they phoned the exact day I was out the country, and the day after i could change,
i hate them.
M6bhoy
If the Res 12 adjournement turns out to be an attempt to kick it into the long grass then it will be a dead heat on a merry go round for the main requisitioners racing to tell you so.
A wee update from the other night.
It appears the monitoring process at 30 June is a self certification one. CW and self certification? Go figure.
Another bit of info turned up that suggests bill was overdue mid June. SFA argue it was not an overdue payable but if it was definitely overdue then clarification needed on which of the 4 criteria applied that made it not payable.
My view subject to discussion and sight of SFA words is the process depends on trust and neither party at the Scottish end is trustworthy.
Quite what UEFA do with that I do not know but unless they are presented with this conclusion, and I stress it may change, then we will never know.
MadraRua
Apologies if I offended you mate.
I had thought the joke was funny and just wanted to share it. :-)
Bmcuwp
Ingrained bigotry.
Perhaps you might enjoy reading Bigotry, Football and Scotland on that subject.
And remember, MadraRua, if we can’t laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at … ?
MadraRuasFenianArmy.CSC
Sevco -now there’s an offensive joke
theweegreenman
14:25 on
29 November, 2013
No problem mo chara.
When I worked in England I was forever hearing “Wait til I tell you this one Paddy…”
The best way to shut them up was;
Two guys, one 6 foot 3 inches tall and weighing 15 stone from Yorkshire and one 5 foot 4 inches weighing 7 stone from London, jumped off the top of Big Ben at the same time.
Which of them hits the ground first ?
I’d then walk away. After a time I was invariably pursued and asked, “Whats the answer Paddy ?”
To which I’d reply,
“Who gives a f*&”k, they were both English.”
Not nice, but ALWAYS stopped the anti Irish jokes.
kitalba,
Can’t thank you enough for taking the time and effort to post the stuff on “Chink”
I am an avid reader and have a pretty big collection of books (fiction and non-fiction) which,if you owned a kindle or ipad,you could contact me via email (Paul has my email details) and let me know the sort of stuff which interests you I would be happy to send some along to you if I have it.
It’s 4.33pm where I live and,if I get a shift on,I’ll reach the pub at 4.55……and,as all us auld yins know…..it’s friday…..it’s five to five…..it’s Crackerjack.
To steal the fabulous patter of another poster
off oot
thanks again
medtim
Tell you what…if anyone is offended by a banner…you should have heard the songs we used to sing in the jungle…outrageous
I am now banning myself from singing any offensive songs, and will cease asking questions from now on.
Peter, can I be classed a “good” Celtic fan now, seeing ive promised to obey
Thanks
HH
Bmcw
Yes your bang on, but my point is where are the media on this joke, they where all over Peter Lawwells jibe, lets what they do with this one, and the language from Novo was shocking, efing and ceing, what a toxic bunch.
Not heard a public utterance from Ian Bankier over the last few days.
“Behave yourselves!”
…and reading between the lines – “Do as you’re told and give us your money. No Euro football after Xmas, and R*****s wont be back in the top flight for another 18 months!”
HH!!
Found today’s leader a bit disappointing to find out what an insulated life P67 has had, I know very few Celtic supporters who don’t support the IRA, then again there are/ were many versions and factions and I don’t know many who supported them all.
What I find most disappointing is the P67 refused to correct those hacks about the meaning of the banner and allowed the IRA distraction to take prescedence in a very important issue concerning Celtic supporters
some sevco bams going on at me about this ……. at work today
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2514682/Co-op-Bank-slammed-cheap-loans-Celtic-Football-Club.html#ixzz2ltUvvAa2
looks like good business to me . but labour and the coop are not a good mix at the moment .
hope we are not going to get our name muckraked in the media down south
for the record you could not burn there skanky necks with a blow torch
MadraRua
13:49 on
29 November, 2013
theweegreenman
13:10 on
29 November, 2013
Anti Irish jokes ? The thick Paddy ?
This is the LAST place I would expect to read that bigoted stereotyping,
or am I missing something here ?
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your missing something,
its all the rage in high society and proper people that we get back to the days of thick paddy jokes, jailing youths for singing irish songs, paying people as little as possible, and condeming free speech if its made in a place they dont want it (well anywhere really).
back of the bus us lot.
Strange price available for Falkirk…..I expected them to be longer
Tallybhoy
I often wonder what Bankier does for us ..
Ole Aldo.
Purveyor of calm to Gondwanaland bedlam
Top, top bhoy.
Afternoon Bhoys and Ghirls,
Had the pleasure of of inspecting the new Falkirk pitch yesterday. The most up to date technologically advanced synthetic surface in Europe.
I was convinced I was walking on grass, international size and the Falkirk boys train on it everyday. Mark Mlller on loan from Dundee Utd will be allowed to play.
The best bit about the pitch is that it it does not have those irritating tiny black rubber pellets that get everywhere, stuck in your socks millions of them in your boots,no the Falkirk pitch is covered in Green pellets. Good luck wee fat Jimmy Bell getting all those green pellets out of your smelly socks on Sat night.
Breaking news I hear Peter Houston joins Celtic on Monday to help John Park find new talent. Good appointment in my opinion.
Hail Hail PB1888
Well lhads…im singing a song right now, but im singing it under my breath, in case any huns are upset.
And its really offensive…so it is:)
HH
bob @ 14:57 on 29 November, 2013
Its been asked on here before, but I will do so again. Why are there so many links to Daily Mail (and others in the group) stories? I’m beginning to think it is deliberate to increase the clicks to their websites, and ultimately increase revenue.
Someone, but I can’t remember who, suggested the large number of links was because the Mail didn’t have a paywall. They don’t need one. Their revenue model relies on adverts.
Why do we continue to fall for this?
Press Conference Summary
Effe Ambrose: We are playing better and creating more chances this year but last year we scored more.
Neil Lennon: Ironically people complain about our lack of goals but we’ve scored 6 more this season…….
Good to see we’re on the same page in the dressing room.
HH
BOB- this was discussed on Wednesday night before the game. The Co-op is now in the hands of an American hedge fund [who may be less gentle in the way the Celtic a/c has been handled] but the clever clogs I spoke to said there was ‘nothing to worry about’.
So we’ll just have to wait and see.
C,mon Big Peter…Geez wan eh yer quips
HH
canamalar
“I know very few Celtic supporters who don’t support the IRA”
I think you misunderstand Paul’s point.
He was being asked to find an IRA supporting Celtic supporter willing to forego anonymity and out themselves to 4 national newspapers and be interviewed.
Do you know people willing to do that?
You and I know that the papers are not interested in exploring the nuances of Irish Republicanism but to have an example to hold up and say to Peter Lawwell “Ban this IRA apologist from CP immediately!”
We saw how Jeanette Findlay was dealt a low blow by Nicky Campbell in her Radio5Live interview a few years back. They are interested in promoting outrage not truth.
I hope any egotist who thinks they can outwit this system, thinks twice about taking on the press in their own house where they make the rules. It could only harm us.