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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P.Houston will have to chuck his gig on Shortbread.
South of Tunis @ 1546
Si I was aware of that.
Wonder how Barbara – is she still ‘involved’ with Pato(?) – managed to get the gig? CEO of Milan at the age of 29!
Oh right!
HH!!
I see our share price is on the up while another unnamed team is on the downward slope – have they ever been as low as 40 before
Smoke and Mirrors
What section do you sit in at Celtic Park?
HH
Don’t know if this has been posted!
Kayal Broken Foot out for 6/7 weeks
What odds are there on Ian Black having a bet on Ian Black being involved?
neil canamalar lennon hunskelper extrordinaire,
Paul 67 was put in a no win situation, by a wolf pack goading and hoping he might bite. They see sites like Paul’s as the enemy that brought down their beloved dead club.
Fair play to paul for showing restraint and dealing with them in a tempered manner.
There is nothing more thems would like than see Paul’s blog and others closed and having to go underground…wasn’t there a statement from deadco saying (in their blinkered view) they would shut down all sites that are rangers haters?
Give a bit of credence when due, as being myself I wouldn’t have held back, in the cold light of day I would have regretted biting though and the aftermath that they hope to bring.
Hail Hail.
Smoke and Mirrors
Whats it got to do with the Wolfetones?
Actually boycotting Tynecastle this weekend would have been just perfect.
HH
RowZ
Well you already put an interpretation on it that there was disharmony or disagreement. The only other interpretation, apart from mine, is that you are calling Efe innumerate, since Neil is right about our SPFL league goals improvement, isn’t he?
Dontbrattbakkinanger, 15:27
As is often the case, your afternoon posts help put everything into perspective.
And you have excelled yourself today, sir.
Oh yes
Chairbhoy- looks like we’ll have to move Old Tim into midfield, if BK is out.
Ross County haven’t lost to Hibs….won 4, drawn 2.
At ICT, Terry Butcher failed to win at Dingwall, losing 2, drawing 3.
Dundee have good record at home to Raith.
Hail, Hail.
Albion Rovers last win v Motherwell was in the Lanarkshire Cup in 1526.
Beram Kayal is oot fur.. Six Weeks!
This is a Blessing!
No..and it is No In DISGUISE… eethur!
It is Jist a Goddam.. Blessing!
Fur..
We hiv a Ready made, Able Replacement..
His Name?
Why,is .. Fisher!
This kid is Ready fur the Big Time..
And Ah defy anywan tae Disagree wi that!
Yep.. Fisher wull Dae a Great Joab..n.. this Kid Wull Dae it Far,Far , Bettah.. than Kayal … Evah…Did!
Neil… ur ye Listening?
Guid.
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
“My nickname of ‘Slowhand’ came from Giorgio Gomelsky. He coined it as a good pun. He kept saying I was a fast player, so he put together the slow handclap phrase into Slowhand as a play on words”.[
Eric Patrick Clapton
wiki
smoke and mirrors
15:24 on 29 November, 2013
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
>>>>>>>>>
Wtf are you smoking and can you look in a mirror and see a celtic man…
Afternoon timmy
So were all to go stand at the back of the bus again…. know our place. And the board are pushing us there in a hurry.
Im offended. .. offended by the jags and sheep singing songs about jimmy saville being one of us ….. sure nowt done about that.
Im offended by the hertz fans… aways. . I don’t know where to start on their scum antics.
Howabout them ajax fans at celtic park. .. glasgow City centre … and amsterdam : aided and abetted by the cops and courts.
Im offended by focus and police scotland…. their attitude to me and fellow tims.
And where do I start on the corruption and blatant cheating of rangers / sevco… decades of it. .. supported by the sfa / spl / smsm etc etc.
And while im here. .. im offended by fat salmond and seaweed sturgeon … especially when fatso tried to hijack andy murrays victory with his pathetic flag.
I could rant for pages about examples of all this and chuck in loads about the celtic insulting our support too.
But I wont bore you all.
If you are offended by a banner that points out the smsm and others blatant hypocrisy …. even more than your offended by the examples above… then were on different wavelengths.
Now… I sung all the songs and more… not just in my youth. Most recently at rugby park and firhill….at celtic park I sang the roll of honour with gusto and pride in my heroes.
I sure aint going to the back of the bus…. and if some of you think my views make me less of a celtic man than you… then your wrong.
Finally… paul 67…name the journos now
DBBIA
Its Houstons Brown brogues I worry about more
HH
Get Callum McGregor back in January.
On second thoughts mibbees naw, because he would never play for the first team.
Currently starring for a struggling League 1 side – send him out on loan ’til May to a Championship side.
HH!!
My heart sank the minute I seen Wee Jamesie.
TBJ
Well said
HH
bournesouprecipe
16:12 on 29 November, 2013
My heart sank the minute I seen Wee Jamesie.
Was his zip doon?
I seen Cristine Grahame sitting behind Alex Salmond on tv last night.
My my my does she look ruffffffffffffffffffff (imho) of course
TBJ
All those people at the back of the bus.
They better watch in case someone hijacks it, and crashes it somewhere in govan:)
HH
Tet.
Cheers for the links, will watch them now.
Hope all is with with your family and your big dogs.
Enjoy Barcelona, acgr can fair put the whisky away, I think he’s immune to the effect.HH
Miss Tally occasionally goes out in Prestwick at the weekend.
She has assured me that she has NEVER seen wee Jamesie’s willy!
HH!!
winning captains
panic over mo chara, my nice new shiny CQNs annual was sitting waiting on me when I got back from work. I thank you sir…
Dontb @ 16:01,
“……………….looks like we’ll have to move Old Tim into midfield, if BK is out”
We’ll have aul VVD playing with a Cigar and Old Tim strolling round spraying passes with the G&T and Cucumber.
Hail Hail
TBJ Praying for Oscar Knox
16:07 on
29 November, 2013
Afternoon timmy
WELL SAID.
MY THOUGHTS ALSO
BB
Tbj,
Welcome back, hope you had a grand time… You will be glad to get that off your chest.
Green man
As long as it doesnt end in another arson attack ;)
As long as it doesnt end in another arson attack ;)
Was just saying the other day it’s all went quiet on that suject in the MSM hmmmmmmmm
Ryan Giggs has played in more Premiership games than Manchester City-Fact.
does anybody know if the Scottish cup tie ,dunde utd and Kilmarnock is on the telly to-night thanks
Butsy
Long time no speak. .. hows you ;)
Sipsini
Its maybe off my chest but still blazing at this. .. and another thing… mo bangura… aye right. He will cop my scarf in his coupon if he comes anywhere near 107. Judging by the way he faked a face injury when kelvin Wilson cut across him : he would get stretchered off if I threw my bobby sands scarf at him ;)
Hearts v Celtic Scottish Cup Fourth Round Tie
Police Scotland will be carrying out an operation at Sunday’s Scottish Cup Fourth Round tie between Hearts and Celtic, searching for anyone in possession of fireworks or flares.
Officers will be carrying out searches outside Tynecastle stadium, and a specialist search dog, capable of detecting flares, will also be used to identify anyone trying to smuggle illegal items into the stadium.
Police are warning that robust action will be taken against anyone trying to take these items into the ground. The warning follows incidents at recent matches between the clubs where flares or fireworks were used.
Superintendent Kenny MacDonald, who is in charge of the policing operation on Sunday, said:
“The match kicks off at 3pm, and I would encourage supporters to get there early, as there is limited parking near to the ground.
“There will be search cordons in place around the stadium, and searches will be undertaken as a condition of entry to the ground. A specialist search dog will be used to detect anyone in possession of fireworks or flares.
“We recognise that the majority of supporters are well behaved, however there are a small minority who in the past have put themselves and others in danger by throwing fireworks or flares.
“If this behaviour continues then it will only be a matter of time before someone suffers a serious injury, and we are working with clubs and stewards to do all we can to prevent such dangerous behaviour.
“Anyone who is caught with a flare or firework can expect to be arrested, either at the time, or as a result of a post-match investigation. As well as receiving a criminal conviction, they may very well find themselves being banned from attending future matches throughout the country.”
Bada
I think giggsy has scored more often away from home than man city too ;)
TBJ
How doing mate …thought you’d just decided to stay in Goa…..worse ideas than that