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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paddybhoy
Peter Houston? Working under Lenny? Hmm, must have gobbled down some humble pie lately.
Celtic’s decision to bank with the ole Co-Op fair pays dividends.
Ole humble pie is off the menu at Gregg’s
….PFayr
There is some debate that Bankier is actually a Celtic supporter.
Phil Macgb attended his (Bankier’s) first press conference after becoming chairman. He was asked when he attended his first Celtic game. Still waiting on an answer. He, allegedly, waffled on about his (Catholic) education and his business acumen.
“Behave yourself!”
HH!!
paddybhoy1888
I had got the impression, from his time at United, that Peter Houston did not like Neil Lennon. Just goes to show that you cannot even judge from spoken words far less body language.
Row Z
Is it too simple to believe that Efe was referencing fewer goals at CL league level and rather than not being on the same page, they were discussing two different books.
The Green Man
14:40 on
29 November, 2013
Tell you what…if anyone is offended by a banner…
Yes NFL and the vast najority on Tuesday
Get 111 closed NOW
‘The expression derives from umble pie, which was a pie filled with the chopped or minced parts of a beast’s ‘pluck’ – the heart, liver, lungs or ‘lights’ and kidneys, especially of deer but often other meats. Umble evolved from numble, (after the French nomble) meaning ‘deer’s innards”
-lifted from Wiki/EWLM/EWTB.
Ohhhh Ohhhhhh
Fixed odds time. Stats from Soccerbase.
Dundee Un home to Killie tonight. In this Tannadice fixture, Arabs have lost 1 of last 18, drawn 5, won 12.
Sat Arsenal at Cardiff and undefeated h an a in last 11 meetings….going back to 1960.
Wolves at Peterborough have won 4 and drawn 1 in 5 visits.
Notts Co v Bradford 1 -1 in 6 out of last 10 meetings, h and a.
Colchester have won only once in 11 visits to Tranmere.
Walsall at home to Port Vale. Visitors have won once in last 27 visits.
Sunday
Man U unbeaten in last 12 visits to Spurs, winning 8.
Hull v Liverpool. Liverpool have won 12, drawn 4 , lost none in 16 fixtures.
Falkirk 7/2 early ok Sat against Rory’s XI. !
Good luck with the bets. Hail, Hail!
unhumble pies
afternoon fholks…….anybody else worried about going to tynecastle with gollum as MIB.?
if things are not going hertz way i wonder which will come first…..a penalty to the home team or a red card to the bhoys in green.?
hateplayingagainsttwelvemencsc
Peter Houston?!
Is he a hun?
HH!!
tonydonnelly67
13:59 on 29 November, 2013
Could you post a link to the megamillionairs lie fest?
Ban these Communist Malcontents,…if they keep this up, singing, and flaunting Mel Gibson banners up, who knows where this could end.
We could be banned forever from world football….just give all that GB crew haircuts, and a quick slap round the ear, that should stop them going on about injustice and all that nonsense.
Ban some sense into them
HH
Do you think Celtic will put in a complaint about the vulgar accusation made at the Huns meeting last night, or will they let it go because CO has told both teams to stop wasting Vincent Lunnys time?
Brasil, England, Mexico and France will be one of the groups at the WC ???
Someone hacked into Fifa and found it apparently.
No doubt that will now change.
HH
Smoke and Mirrors
I agree, ban everyone
HH
Peter Houston ????
So thats Lenny off then surely
HH
The Green Man
No wonder N F L heart sank… enjoy your Wolfetone Album,…
Jack Irvine cannot get the help nowadays, it seems.
Peter Houston I believe is a good Celtic man.
Finding new talent and working with John Park.
I would have thought He would have played an integral part in developing the exciting youth talent that seems to be exploding all over the Tanadice pitch.
Therefor one has to assume he will have an eye for Continental Talent.
HH PB1888
The DU players had a party when Houston left….
Smoke and Mirrors
Why are you taking it out on a fine group of musicians, whats it got to do with the Wolfetones?
I agreed with you….ban some sense into them
HH
Peter Houston is far too ugly – and bald – to be working for CFC!
Get somebody like Paolo Maldini in! Very handsome chap, and he’s played at CP three times.
HH!!
dbbia
Maybe the banking arm is, the endownments pesions etc is Royal Londan
We have went from signing Buttner from Man U on loan to signing the Partick LB on a Bosman.Might say something about our level of ambition.
Sipsini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoNL1ZpJnxw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiFx7P1SzrQ
SFTB
You could interpret it that way if you wanted (happy clapper CSC) but would it be right?
HH
Maybe we should congratulate Hearts on their CVA survival on Sunday.
We could sing “you are no’ a newco” or something to show the difference between them and any liquidated/ dead clubs.
I’m sure the Jambos would appreciate the differentiation.
EC67
Neil Lennon taking a fair bit of abuse on Twitter especially from TommyinGlasgow who has called him some pretty strong names!
Tallybhoy
15:22 on 29 November, 2013
….PFayr
There is some debate that Bankier is actually a Celtic supporter.
“Behave yourself!”
HH!!
You’re making him sound like Austen Powers! :-)))
i’m neil lennon (tamrabam)
13:23 on 29 November, 2013
P67
Surely you should name those 4 journos and their rag?
Paul67
Name and shame these so called journalists and their Sevco supporting rags.
No excuse for keeping this info to yourself, it’s now open season on the Celtic support.
Watch the media on Sunday if our fans react to the bigotry of the home fans.
Its like 1984 in here…dear oh dear
Offensive songs and banners, don’t insult my intelligence
If the truth is offensive….well count me in
Id say rampant corruption, trumps any banner in offensiveness
In fact…..why don’t you stop being offended by a banner, and be offended by sectarianism and blatant corruption….because that’s the real disgrace…not any fecking banner
Get real
HH
Leader
I would have thought the correct response to the SMSM would have been ‘the IRA? Like Rangers FC they’re deid’.
or
Which offspring of the now deid IRA do you want caller? OIRA,PIRA,CIRA,RIRA,SCSIRA, SEVCOIRA etc etc. Hold on while we try to connect you……..
HH
Eurochamps67
15:42 on
29 November, 2013
Maybe we should congratulate Hearts on their CVA survival on Sunday.
We could sing “you are no’ a newco” or something to show the difference between them and any liquidated/ dead clubs.
I’m sure the Jambos would appreciate the differentiation.
EC67
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Nah!
They are a bunch of huns who cant afford the bus/train fare through to Glesga!
HH!!
Tallybhoy
Maldini is being lined up for a role in Barbara Berlusconi’s Now Generation AC Milan.
Umble Pies CSC
Peter Houston
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Surley a wind up