If charm brought European success, Brendan Rodgers would have left Celtic Park with the Champions League trophy yesterday. After speaking to the media he sat down with a small number of fans and immediately bound himself to the group by quoting the vernacular of the Celtic Park of his youth.
He spoke about it all. Paul McStay was his favourite all time Celtic player, “when we were in trouble you always looked to Paul to do something”. There was a special place for Anton Rogan, “flying down the wing” but it was Tommy Burns who made the most durable impression on Brendan.
“He went to Mass every morning before training [at Reading]. Family and people were important to him. He told me all about managing Celtic”.
There was a glint in the eye when he recalled stops in Baird’s Bar on trips to Glasgow before heading to Celtic Park, and of recounting his trips for weeks afterwards. The thought crossed my mind that this was a guy who had just picked up keys to kingdom he dreamed of ruling.
There was a short sentence: “I was 39 when I went to Liverpool”. He didn’t need to elaborate. The Liverpool job came when Brendan was still young enough to be play. He’s sure he is a better manager now than then, although he was a pretty impressive manager to be able to land the Liverpool job when he was still a pup.
Several of you have noted that the pickup in season ticket sales will pay the reported multi-million pound salary Brendan will earn. That will pale into insignificance compared to the money his family spent in the Superstore yesterday. They are a very proud family.
He wants his teams to defend aggressively. The responsibility to develop players remains, but he noted that it takes the right experienced players to properly bring on young talent. Oh, and no one needed to tell him the importance of the last week in August.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the newspaper advert fundraiser, the money is now in and fundraising closed. The Guardian and Tribune De Geneve have been paid, and the balance will go to Mary’s Meals.
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Madmitch
Re figures.There could be a bonus if transfers take place of-
Wanyama
Foster
Virgil van dyke.
HH
Well all that sais is he’s a liar, him and King will get on very well me thinks.
Lymmybhoy / Tontine Tim
Hampden Park Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the SFA.
There are 8 current Directors, including Stewart Regan (SFA CEO) and Alan McRae (SFA President), Scott Lindsay (SFA Finance Director), David Kells (SFA Commercial Director) and Andrew McKinlay (SFA COO).
Peter Dallas, uncle of up and coming young star referee Andrew, is the Managing Director of Hampden Park Ltd. The hot seat, you might say, given what was a catastrophic failure of event security last weekend.
The Scottish Cup final is, in every sense, an SFA Production.
it’s a different world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36372274
Starry Plough
Tell you what though…that young clown army are right up for it.
A wee barra about 14, says he canny wait to stove David Tanners heid right in wi a barrage of cream doughnuts, eclairs, and carrot cake.
Mental they are:)
HH
TONYDONNELLY67
I could not careless about any nasty posts against politicians.
Self serving twats the lot of them.
But the posts responding to the huns faux outrage are brilliantly mocking.
glendalystonsils on 24th May 2016 5:35 pm
ROBERTTRESSELL on 24TH MAY 2016 5:31 PM
barton is a great signing for Sevco. He could definitely help keep them out oft he relegation/ play off positions. Kudos to the newco, they are planning for survival in the top league. You have to admire that.
I would rather stand and admire a jobby, than admire anything to do with Sevco.
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LOL!!
The Battered Bunnet
As you say HP ltd is, but Regan in his wisdom was trying to distance the SFA from it in the aforementioned interview…….
HH
Good to see young Calvin Miller sign for 3 years.
Heard a lot of good things about this buoy.
BHOY
Glendalystonsils – you know I’m being sarcastic right? I hide it well I must admit!
How will an opinionated ‘character’ like Barton react when he discovers the real level of ambition at Iborcs BTW?
Winning trophies Joey? Unless you’re planning on getting another shot at the petrofac and the championship if they do go back down, I reckon you’ll not have to worry too much about practicing your trophy lifting technique.
He has a bit if a history of backing the wrong footballing horse….
On the day they sign Joseph Francis we sign up Calvin.
That’s progress!
Is there any speculation among the peepul about the whereabouts of warbo or are they still diverted by the what-abouts of saturday?
I’m sure Joey Barton will be able to defend himself rather than leave it to the fans next time their 11 are attacked.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w897VuJfXQI&feature=youtu.be
James Doleman has just dug up an innocuous tweet from Joey Barton, as follows:
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Joseph Barton
@joey7barton
14th June 2012
1872-2012 Hopefully they take their bigoted and sectarian views with them. Good riddance.
#zombies
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Oh Dear…
Where’s Wally?
Where’s Waldo?
Where’s Warbo?
Ole Dontbrattbackinanger – down in Shangrilite
Email received…
Over 13,000 supporters flocked to Celtic Park on Monday afternoon to welcome new manager, Brendan Rodgers, to Paradise. It was an incredible atmosphere inside the home of the champions as the Irishman was introduced to the crowd, and it was a welcome that both delighted and humbled the Hoops boss.
Speaking to the official Celtic website, Brendan Rodgers said: “I have been told that around 13,000 fans came to the stadium yesterday and I can’t tell you what that kind of welcome means to me. It was a fantastic sight and truly humbling.
“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every supporter who took time out of their day and made it such a special occasion for myself and for my family. It showed what a very special football club we have.
“Our fans are everything and the passion and commitment you have for the club is absolutely wonderful and something which is our real strength.
“As I said yesterday, our work starts now and everyone at the club will be working together and doing all we can to bring our fans the kind of success which your support deserves.”
“You’ll Never Walk Alone!”
Here he is….with his magic hat.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01999/abbot_1999254c.jpg
Brilliant PR from the club in the last few days, long may it continue.
Curiously, James Doleman has now deleted that earlier tweet.
Perhaps it was photoshopped, eh.
Joey Barton has just moved to no 1 in the all-time list of ‘ The worst Catholics since Heinrich Himmler.’
Maurice Johnston moves to no 2 after a quarter century as the undisputed no 1.
HH!!
nottheviewCSC
Hunderbirds @ 5:35
Funny thing about Ian Archer: I once spent a drunken evening with him in the cocktail bar of Nottingham’s Victoria Hotel, back in 1983 … He was down to interview Dennis Lillee, who had just been awarded his MBE and was playing at Trent Bridge the following day (against Sri Lanka, I think) in the cricket world cup.
Anyway, over the course of a long, drink-fuelled night – during which IA’s ‘way with words’ nearly got us a proper hiding from the road crew of the Joe Boxer Band, who had been playing in town that night and were also staying at the hotel – Ian confessed to me that if he hadn’t been a journalist he would have loved to been able to manage (the original) Rangers, despite its manifest flaws.
Last I saw of the bold Ian was helping him into the hotel lift, as he made his way back to his room … Clutching a bottle of scotch.
I have absolutely no idea how he managed to get his interview the next morning. But he did.
VIP
TV3 have taken on Joey Barton as a pundit for the Euros – that’ll be fun
Up to 800 Glasgow Rangers supporters were left in a serious condition at the weekend after mayhem reigned at the final whistle of their 3-2 Scottish Cup defeat to Hibernian.
While TV cameras appeared to show elated Hibs fans swarm on to the pitch after the late winner ended a 114 year wait for the trophy, prompting opposition fans to retaliate with an invasion of their own, the club and it’s fans insist this is only half the story.
Ned McBun of the Rangers Supporters Club claims to have seen with his own eyes hundreds of Hibernian fans leap over barriers in an attempt to attack Rangers players – despite the fact that they’d just won the game. Speaking from his bed in Glasgow Royal Infirmary’s Intensive Care Unit, McBun relived the horror of what should have been an afternoon of sportsmanship gone wrong.
“Even though we lost to a last minute goal and failed to get into Europe next season we were just happy to have taken part. Our section of the crowd was singing away in good spirits when suddenly they start pouring on to the pitch, clearly intent on giving our side a kicking. They were coming right at us. We had no choice but to rush to defend ourselves and our team.
It was bloody carnage.
I’ll need therapy to get the sight of a midget being swung by his legs repeatedly into the Hibs goalposts out of my brain”. McBun’s version of events is one echoed by club officials who believe that Hibernian supporters purposely started a near riot and that the FA should suitably punish them. Preferably by banning them from Europe and letting Rangers take their place.
Team Captain and alleged fish thief Lee WallaceTeam Captain and alleged fish thief Lee Wallace told of his ordeal using only a notepad and pen, due to having his jaw fractured in the attack. “They came from nowhere. Well, not nowhere. They came from the stands. But they made a beeline right for us, murderous intent in their eyes. They were clearly proper raging at having won the cup after a century. It was all I could do to curl up in the foetal position on the halfway line as a group of fans in wheelchairs kept ramming me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw my team mates being attacked as well. The ref was just pissing himself laughing as an 8yr old with a broken Buckfast bottle went at Barrie McKay“.
Striker and scorer of Rangers first goal, a 27th minute equalizer, Kenny Miller told us he was appalled at the actions of the officials and the opposition fans. “It’s the worst thing I’ve ever witnessed in all the clubs 4 year history” the 36 year old told reporters. “Men, Women, Children, they all had a go at us.
I saw a pensioner hitting one of our fans with a handbag full of bricks. If the Polis hadn’t come when they did we’d probably be dead now. Dead”. Miller echoed the call for a probe into the events of the day and the petition to remove Hibs from the European place they were awarded in victory.
The Scottish FA have said they are appalled at this vicious attack on such a beloved institution as Rangers FC and their fans and will be investigating fully. Meanwhile, for the victims of this senseless violence, the long road to recovery begins.
For the record, I’m not anti-royal far from it. ‘Anti’ doesn’t quiet sum up how one feels for those inbred, land grabbing, tyrannous puppets
Comment from Joe Barton in 2013
Should go down well in Govan.
Tell me. for a club. like Sevco. Supposed to be Skint. we’re is the money coming from to pay Dick. I’m sure there is a sugar daddy keeping them afloat.
Spoke to a Hibs fan in work today, who was at the game on Saturday (but not, he assured me, on the pitch).
His take on things was interesting:
1. The Hibs pitch invasion was pure joyful exuberance. This guy is old enough to know that Hibs have a nasty element to their support, but he says there was no menace at all when they ran onto the pitch.
2. From his viewpoint, the only trouble he saw was when the Huns came onto the pitch. He thought this might be a talking point later but felt that the whole thing was controlled pretty quickly and didn’t strike him as hugely significant.
3. When the Hibs fans ran on, the Huns players left sharpish. He noticed the goalie being bumped a bit – but thought it was more people charging past him rather than targeting him for a doing.
He was astonished when he started getting texts on the way home asking him about all the “assaults” on the Hun players.
He said it was without doubt, the best day of his footballing life (I reckon he’s in his 50s).
The question is: what was the Huns’ statement(s) designed to cover up? Did they realise 90% of the fighting was being done by their fans and so they decided to get their retaliation in first? Or did they want to deflect from an abject performance from the Magic Hat (who was getting pelters on FF in the immediate aftermath – before the narrative changed…)?
And where is the Magic Hat? The man who has so much to say on every aspect of Scottish football now cannot bring himself to comment on its biggest talking point in years – one he was in the centre of?
Very strange…
Joey Barton, fits the profile exactly. Next up Adam Jonston when he get oot the big hoos.
Just hope he gets paid, WTF
kinglubo
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL on 24TH MAY 2016 4:57 PM
quonno on 24th May 2016 4:39 pm
SFA quoted as saying that it does not have power to ban Hibs from Europe
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Does that mean they looked into it?
Could they have refused a command from the King?
Great to hear young Calvin miller signed up.
Must be progressing well.
Really hope we can get rid of some players very quickly. We seem to hang onto players forever even when it’s obvious they don’t improve the squad.
Ambrose
Richards
Cifcti
Commons
Them 4 would surely free up a good wage .
Proudbhoy
Problem is the amount it will cost to get rid of those you mention,
Commons, Richards and Cifcti have a couple of years at least each on their contracts
HH
ITALIABHOY on 24TH MAY 2016 6:48 PM
Huns statement was about possible lost Euro money and immediate realisation that THEIR fans on park would add to cost of almost automatic fine for flares.
THE EXILED TIM on 24TH MAY 2016 6:58 PM
Proudbhoy
Problem is the amount it will cost to get rid of those you mention,
Commons, Richards and Cifcti have a couple of years at least each on their contracts
HH
Celtic have to bite the bullet and accept that what it costs, is what it costs.
Q
I know that, but at the end of the day it will take away from the transfer budget, it might be cheaper at the end of the day to keep them for a while then get rid.
Unless there is someone daft enough out there to pay money for them :-)
HH
ITALIABHOY on 24TH MAY 2016 6:48 PM
Could Warbo’s disappearance be related to last week’s post that if
THEY lost on Saturday Scotland’s media scum were going to slaughter him?
The tribute act has brought in a quality midfielder, one who can pick a pass and turn a game.
Being good, he will stick out like a sore thumb up here.
One of tje only leagues in the world where one really good player can win you the title.
Its all about what we do now.
McStay, Murdo, Burns ‘n Grant would be nice, that was my midfle 4 all my secondary schooldays.
Anyone access to a Tardis?
Over 13,000 supporters flocked to Celtic Park on Monday afternoon to welcome new manager, Brendan Rodgers, to Paradise. It was an incredible atmosphere inside the home of the champions as the Irishman was introduced to the crowd, and it was a welcome that both delighted and humbled the Hoops boss.
Speaking to the official Celtic website, Brendan Rodgers said: “I have been told that around 13,000 fans came to the stadium yesterday and I can’t tell you what that kind of welcome means to me. It was a fantastic sight and truly humbling.
“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every supporter who took time out of their day and made it such a special occasion for myself and for my family. It showed what a very special football club we have.
“Our fans are everything and the passion and commitment you have for the club is absolutely wonderful and something which is our real strength.
“As I said yesterday, our work starts now and everyone at the club will be working together and doing all we can to bring our fans the kind of success which your support deserves.”
“You’ll Never Walk Alone!”