My initial reaction to a Sunday 12:00 kick off time is not positive. It’s out of routine, so there’s an inherent objection, but as I don’t have a long journey to Celtic Park it may end suit me better than a later kick off.
Fans who travel from great distances will have the inconvenience of an early rise, but some, who are dependent on public transport, will be prevented from attending, which is never a scenario to be treated lightly.
I see a bit of angst against James Forrest over his decision to reject a new Celtic contract and opt instead to leave the club when his contract expires next year, if not before. I don’t think we’ve seen the best of James. When he arrived in the team in the wake of Aiden McGeady’s departure he was on fire, but the intervening years have not been kind.
Injury has robbed him of a regular starting place, and a fair bit of form when he does get in the team. Sean Maloney was in a similar position a few years back. Injured for long periods, even when he was fit he was often a substitute. He needed to leave Celtic Park for a fresh start. Had he stayed, I don’t think he would have rediscovered his early peaks. Putting all emotive issues aside, James Forrest looks like a player in need of a fresh start.
He’s not alone, of course.
Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu took a shot across Uefa bows when he told the BBC he wants big (trans: rich) clubs who fail to qualify for the Champions League to be given wild card access. Make no mistake, this is a follow up to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge’s recent utterances on creating a closed-shop tournament.
Bartomeu also said he views the FA Premier League as the biggest threat to Barcelona, which is 100% true. When teams like Bayern Munich and Barcelona coordinate statements on structural change you know that profound moves are underway.
I’m all for change, Celtic have much to gain, but we need to organise quickly. Find similar allies – big clubs from Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Turkey and Portugal – and plan accordingly. Europe’s major clubs are each leaving hundreds of millions of TV money on the table each year because of the existing league and European tournament structures.
England has opened their eyes to what is possible. Change of some sort is inevitable now the ball is in play.
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MACJAY1.
Both of my daughters are Doctors .One is an orthopedic / trauma surgeon , the other is a psychiatrist . Both attended Medical Schools in the UK ,Both went to work in the USA as soon as they could .. The reason ? – they didn’t fancy the hours / conditions they were expected to work . Both firmly support their striking colleagues in the UK . To quote Ms Orthopedic surgeon -” a society that legislates to ensure that lorry drivers don’t do their job whilst exhausted but expects Doctors to be at their best while doing a 16 hr shift -mmmm”
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 24th February 2016 10:55 am
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If, the huns are back in the league next season….Celtic fans will be like General Custer….in the midst of, wall to wall mibbery and being told that they’re paranoid as Warburton’s mibbery-assisted-Frankenstien’s lay out the law of the land and, the biggest cheats of all will be sitting in the Celtic directors box doing what they do best….looking the other way, after taking all the fans money.
That’s if, Auldheid’s rebels don’t pull the rug in the court cases ?
HH
SOT
Good post.
I knew a kid…grew up in one of the worst hell-holes in Glasgow.
He is now a very respected surgeon:)
HH
KEVJ
Hail Hail fellow hunslayer.
My family are threatening me with a straight-jacket for next season.
I will be like a Werewolf at full moon.
Cannot stomach the thought of those reptiles at the Holy Ground.
Digging my Anonymous mask out:)
Be like Lord of the Rings on Buckfast:)
We Shall Prevail.
HH
…..too-tired-zzzzz…….
Yup, me too.
http://www.hailhailmedia.com/the-goldfish-bowl-mentality/
Hoooowwwooooollllliiiiiiing…..
…on top of the ole Jungle roof :)
Keep it lit – Keep the green flag flying high….
Hail Hail
…..bed-time-zzzz…….
Well, that was a waste of time.
POGMATHONYAHUN AKA LAIRD OF THE SMILES on 24TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:56 AM
macjay1,
I qualified from GU in 1978 and although not a medical doctor I had many friends who were. They elected to take the oath.
Leaving politics etc out of it, it is not about money it is about safety. Do you know any junior Drs? I do. Two I know, brothers, both top 10 in their classes and quite brilliant. One has given it up because of stress levels and not wanting to work in conditions that put patient’s lives at risk – sleep deprivation. The other one got a job in the Glasgow area, not a Glasgow hospital. He replaced a young female, junior Dr who died in a car crash on the way home from work – the verdict was she probably fell asleep at the wheel!
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I qualified in`70.
I too have many connections with the medical profession.
Mates who worked long, long hours. Under duress and stress.
That was the idea.
These are tragic tales you tell.
Safety for whom?
Patients come first.
Yes ? No ? Or maybe ?
Not about money ? I thought that was precisely what it was about.
Not paid for Saturday work.
Patient care.
That`s their job.
Operations cancelled over pay claim. The antithesis of medical ethics.
Sorry ,pal.
I feel strongly about a further erosion of standards which used to exist.
South Of Tunis
You should see if you could get daughter number two a couple of shifts in here, she would be one very busy young lady I’ll tell ya.
Juventus 2- Bayern Munich 2 .
” The depths of our decline can be measured by the contentment re getting a 2-2 draw at home . .The first half was an embarassment for Italian football..Juventus are top of Serie A ,Bayern made them look second rate . Dybala won’t stay at Juventus – he will go to Munich , Barcelona , Madrid or Paris . That is another measure of where we are ”
Marco Tardelli 24 2 16..
Lovely day -way down south . Much double digging to be done . Today’s get on up choons –
Do Your Thing -Chosen Few ( Crystal )
Joya Landis -.When The Lights are Low ( Cool Soul )
Unusually for her -Mrs S of T spun a choon in the morning –
Betty Padgett –My Eyes Adored You ( Dynamic ) .
Ristretto break over -back to work -way down south.
SOUTH OF TUNIS on 24TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:02 AM
MACJAY1.
Both of my daughters are Doctors .One is an orthopedic / trauma surgeon , the other is a psychiatrist . Both attended Medical Schools in the UK ,Both went to work in the USA as soon as they could .. The reason ? – they didn’t fancy the hours / conditions they were expected to work . Both firmly support their striking colleagues in the UK . To quote Ms Orthopedic surgeon -” a society that legislates to ensure that lorry drivers don’t do their job whilst exhausted but expects Doctors to be at their best while doing a 16 hr shift -mmmm”
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I have mates who went through the same rigorous schedule and have no complaints whatsoever.
One is the president of the R.C.P.S.
The first Tim in 300 years.
Naturally,I would make no comment about your daughters.
But,congratulations to them on their singular achievement.
Patient care.Operations postponed.
The antithesis of medical care.
The bottom line.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 24TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:58 AM
MACJAY
Mate.
Not politics.
Patients.
That`s the only issue.
Knackered .
NURSE !!!!!!!!!
Hope she/he isn`t working to rule.
Medics have the right to with hold their labour, or work to rule, as have most in society.
Only elective lists have been cancelled, emergency cover is not affected.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 24th February 2016 11:31 am
If we allow a contract to be imposed on them, where does it stop?
Would you allow your employer to impose a contract on you? You might resign I suppose. If all out Drs follow that line, where does that leave us? That fact that they don’t says more about their commitment to patient care than their need to reluctantly strike about it.
My daughter is a GP in Falkirk. Previously she had been an A and E surgeon. Belfast, Stirling, Glasgow, Edinburgh.
Her training was both rigourous and testing. She thinks it made her.
My opinion is that she loved the challenge and was running on adrenaline.
Her love of her profession still shines out, but I think, and not because she’s my daughter, that she is probably in the top 5% of her calling.
Teaching relies on the dedicated.
In any school there will be a few teachers that take more resposibility than the others,
Kenneth Baker, in Thatcher’s gov. as Education secretary, decided to extend teaching hours and add 5 more training days. The upshot of this was that those teachers who voluntarily worked after school hours coaching, teaching computer skills et al, thought—“Why am I doing this?”
He lost that part of teaching which puts the pupil before the job.
The junior doctors are now being told they “must” do as they are bid.
Tell that to a train driver, brickie, or plumber and they’ll tell you where to go.
Tell you what, when you want a new gas boiler put in get some to do it who has just worked an 18 hour shift.
I suggest you get it checked before you turn it on.
Oh, and if 98.5% of people vote for strike action, there’s either something right or something wrong.
MACJAY1 .
Bottom line –
The bottom line is the ideology of austerity . I struggle to envisage Gideon Osborne or Jeremy Hunt consenting to having an operation carried out by a Doctor who is stressed and knackered.One who started work at 8am on the Friday , finished at midnight , had a kip at the hospital and had to get up at 4am on the Saturday to perform a life saving operation on Gideon or Jeremy ? . Doubt it -but Hey -that’s good enough for the likes of you and me
DOC on 24TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:37 AM
Medics have the right to with hold their labour, or work to rule, as have most in society.
Only elective lists have been cancelled, emergency cover is not affected.
WEEMINGER on 24TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:41 AM
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 24th February 2016 11:31 am
If we allow a contract to be imposed on them, where does it stop?
Would you allow your employer to impose a contract on you? You might resign I suppose. If all out Drs follow that line, where does that leave us? That fact that they don’t says more about their commitment to patient care than their need to reluctantly strike about it.
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You guys just don`t get it.
It`s about patients and their needs and their RIGHT to have the medical care they need WHEN they need it.
That`s the origin and aim of the N.H.S.
Fought for by generations before ourselves.
An ethos now eroded by “young doctors.”
Labour? Contracts?
Tell that to those in medical distress and to their concerned relatives.
O tempora.O mores.
Thats Josh 18 today Buoys and ive wished him a HaiL HaiL and a Hoopy birthday from all you Buoys on CQN’s.
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 24TH FEBRUARY 2016 11:55 AM
Quite right too.
In fact if doctors really cared about their patients they wouldn’t take any time off at all.
No holidays, no weekends, nothing.
Unfortunately they are now a bunch of uncaring layabouts.
It wasn’t like that when Hatie Jacques was in charge
Raymac
The junior doctors are now being told they “must” do as they are bid.
Tell that to a train driver, brickie, or plumber and they’ll tell you where to go.
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Very briefly.
But they are not doing as they are bid.
Result : patients suffer.
With respect,the occupational comparisons are irrelevant due to different responsibility levels.
Bhoys sorree!!!!
HAPPY HOOOOPY BIRTHDAY to
JOSH!!!!!!!
Tell yer tight oul’ Granda to buy ye yer first legal pint.
In about twenty years. Save yourself for the Celtic till then,son.
ERNIE LYNCH on 24TH FEBRUARY 2016 12:01 PM
Two ” t ” s in Hattie.
Macjay at 11.55.
Your post gave me a mental image of Margaret Thatcher reciting those words, in her soft fairytale voice and her patronising mummy-knows-best persona.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 24th February 2016 11:55 am
Do you realise that a ‘Junior Doctor’ is simply one below Consultant level with at least 7 year post graduate training? There’s over 50k of them.
This is not recent graduates throwing their toys out the pram and the move by the Govt has zero to do with patient care.
Ehhhhhhhh! And yer point?
RANGERS’ former financial advisers have been fined £1.2million for market abuse risks.
The Financial Conduct Authority said WH Ireland didn’t have the right systems and controls in place to stop “market abuse being detected or occurring”.
The firm have also been banned for 72 days from taking on new corporate broking clients.
WH Ireland stepped down as nominated financial advisers to the Ibrox club last March when they were still on the Stock exchange.
The FCA said: “We expect all firms to have the right controls in place to mitigate risks and protect clients.”
WH Ireland boss Richard Killingbeck said the firm were now making changes to their management, systems and controls.
Read more at http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/former-rangers-finance-advisors-fined-7429156#GBJ5Pjty7qOrMOXq.99
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 24TH FEBRUARY 2016 12:03 PM
ERNIE LYNCH on 24TH FEBRUARY 2016 12:01 PM
Two ” t ” s in Hattie.
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Yeah I’ve heard those stories too.
I don’t know why John Le Mesurier put up with it.
Macjay 1
“Sorry ,pal.
I feel strongly about a further erosion of standards which used to exist.”
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Funnily enough, so do those who ran the slave trade!
Q, Are you prepared to pay more tax to provide a decent NHS?
If the answer to that is no then you need to stop bumping your gums about erosion of standards! The NHS is grossly underfunded and you don’t get anything for nothing. If you want a service you need to pay for it – nothing in life is ‘free’
Also FYI, I spent more than 20 years working for the NHS and I’ve been in work approx 40 years, in that time I have never paid less then top bracket tax level, ie all my working life, – that is not a boast just a fact of life from someone who would pay more for the NHS.
Regarding the junior doctors strike,who do you trust a LYING politician or a doctor?
Me i will take the doctor’s word.After they have taken care of junior doctor’s they will go after
the GP’s then the nurses then who ever else is on their list.
On the contrary MacJay, you really do not get it.
We have a societal right to healthcare.
We do not have the right to impose conditions on those charged with providing that care, we really do not.
Do you even know what constitutes a junior Doctor?
Dharma Bam on 24th February 2016 12:03 pm
Macjay at 11.55. Your post gave me a mental image of Margaret Thatcher reciting those words, in her soft fairytale voice and her patronising mummy-knows-best persona.
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Yeah.
Predictably, there`s always one to get personal.
Nothing else to contribute.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 24th February 2016 11:55 am
“You guys just don`t get it.”
I “get it”
They want 24/7 Health service stating it is a 5 day service.
If they claim it’s a 5 day service where are the extra staff coming from? Radiographers, porters ALL the allied staff required to go from 5 to 7 days?
Do the sums? 5 into 7 don’t go without LOADS of extra staff AND cash, the Tory’s HATE the NHS.
Remember pre-1997?
GP Fundholders. They would send you from Glasgow to Portsmouth if the specialist did cut price down there.
People died on 2 year waiting lists to see specialists in hospitals and clinics that were wartime pre-fabs.
I hate Tory’s
O.K. lads.
Patently you have the Health Service you deserve.
Enjoy.
BMCW
And a pint of the Pure for his oul’ granda!!! H H
Jude2005, Hooooooooopy Birthday to Josh, hope it’s a good one.
Or you have no real argument to make, one of those!
I’ve just noticed that Paul didn’t capitalise all the letters in UEFA.