It wasn’t just the result, which was enormously satisfying, but the manner of Celtic’s performance yesterday was equally gratifying. We passed with speed and precision, creating space between what was often two blocks of five defenders. Hearts were in a sorry state but despite enduring the consequences of being unable to pay their dues, they remain considerably more resourceful than many of the lower league teams which have caused Celtic problems in cup competitions in recent seasons.
We finally got to see what the fuss over Nir Biton was all about. He brought control, time and space to the play. In particular I liked the way he tried to retain possession. Hope we see more of him in the weeks to come.
While most attention was drawn to the striker position following defeat to Milan last week, central midfield, bereft of recent departures, the injured and suspended, was just as under-resourced. The opportunity is there for Biton to grab a place for himself, just as Victor did a couple of years ago.
Christmas book offer:
To mark yesterday’s 7 goals, you can order a copy of last year’s CQN Annual (we’ve only a few boxes left), plus Willie Wallace’s Heart of a Lion, for only £7 (UK, Ireland only). Email David, david@cqnmagazine.com, who will organise. Once they’re gone, they’re gone…….
You can order this year’s CQN Annual below:
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macanbheatha-good news and good luck HH
macanbheatha oscar abú
Glad to hear all is well with your bhoy….tell him to try reading books….tried it with my bhoy on holiday, he was aghast….tried it and couldn’t get him away from the books…..CQN have a few….great Christmas present having him home and hearing.
Kikinthenakas
macanbheatha
Delighted your young bhoy is on the mend and going to be fine.
Got a call from daughter earlier, asking if I had talked to son, no I says, hit by a car today she says, Mrs. TET nearly fainted, turns out, he was backing out a truck on to the road, and some auld wan didn’y fancy waiting and just went for it, hit the young fella, he went to the hospital and is Ok, the auld bitch just drove off.
They are a worry at times.
All the best mi amigo.
HH
D D
He even mentioned Forrest being charged with indecency and sexual assault.
‘Dolly Menga and Watt are the only real number 9′s in Stanley Menzo’s squad, with both players having run-ins with their coach.’
Time to bring Tony and Dolly to CP.
Free the Lierske 2.
kikinthenakas
He said he should have got a loan of his cousin’s Kindle.
Say’s it all doesn’t it.
macanbheatha oscar abú
Wit a relief for you and your mrs
Good luck to the bhoy
HH
..and if Dolly turns out to be the cat’s jim- jams we could always get him cloned
macanbheatha Oscar Abú
Great news ma man, Prayers answered.
Awerabest PJ
The book is one of the great inventions of all time; on a par with the wheel barrow.
Good luck to Macanbheatha II.
Dontb
Did the wheel not come b4 ra barrraa? <:0)
A wheelbarrow is like life ;it’s all in front of you.
I’ll get ma coat
Thanks lads for all your best wishes
Oíche mhaith
early rise
Jude – a wheel is just a wheel, but a good wheelbarrow is half the job.
Dontb
There you go!!
http://www.growyourownworld.co.uk/c/Wheelbarrow.htm?affiliate=bing
macanbheatha oscar abú
Kindles!…..heard a middle aged comedian, can’t remember his age said…”kindles…..whits aw the fuss….. Didnae last long….£100 for wan book!…..threw it oot….”
Glad he is on the mend….
Kikinthenakas
The events in Glasgow last Friday bring home to me that football is just football.
Any thoughts on a football fundraiser, may be a Glasgow select playing a rest of Scotland select or maybe a game against one of the cities twin towns e.g. Turin.
Obviously the Glasgow select would have a Celtic/Thistle bias but there would be one or two spaces for lower leaguers maybe RIFC or Pollock could be asked to nominate a player or two.
Delaneys Dunky 22.34
She is fine.
A wee spooky story for you in the aftermath.
My daughter got a taxi to the west end with 2 pals ,just after the crash.
The taxi driver advised them to go to Ashton Lane ,and then a club called Kushion.
Being from Fife ,they hadn’t a clue ,this was the first time they had ever been out in Glasgow without parents chaperoning them.
My wee yin is only 15 ,the 2 pals 16.
Sadly when dressed they easily pass for 20ish.
My wife was too shocked at the catastrophe at the Clutha ,she decided to let them go out on there own.
The taxi driver advised not to go to The Corinthian as he felt it was too pretentious .
Anyway they went out and were made up at actually getting into a nightclub.
Roll on to Sunday at Tynecastle.
I was standing with Hamilton Tim and I spotted Mickeybhoy1888.
HT asked me to introduce him to Mickeybhoy1888.
We got chatting about the Clutha.
He then informed me that he was a taxi driver and had picked up a hire from outside the Holiday Inn ,just after the crash.
Infect it was 3 young ladies from Kirkcaldy.
You’ve guessed it.
It was my daughter and her friends.
Such coincidences must have very high odds.
It now gets spooky.
I enter the match and speak to a big heavy set lad from Leeds.
I don’t know his name ,but I spent a couple of hours drinking with him in The Rock bar ,in the Falls road on the day that we played Cliftonville in Belfast.
Two minutes later I see the lad from Leeds talking to Mickeybhoy on the concourse underneath the stand .
It turns out that the lad is Mickeybhoys nephew.
So in short my wee yin is fine,but someone is definitely looking after her.
She and my wife were only 30 ft away when that chopper fell from the Sky.
TT
Jude
I live no far fae HK. I am always bumping into him (not literally, cos am no a bully) he is just a sad wee guy, who knows that we know, he has sold his soul.
TT
Was it St. Theresa who said, there is no such thing as coincidence? Everything happens for a reason. Glad your family are well. Did I tell you my son Ryan, who was near the Clutha on Friday, is a Proud Fifer born in Forth Park. Same place as our captain?
DD
My daughter was born in Forth park also.
I trust your son is ok aswell.
TT
I’ll ask Broony’s maw where he was born.
TT
D D
Keevins = Banshee
Bed time. Guys coming 2 morro to lag my wine cellar. <:0)
God bless wee Oscar x
TT
He is known to go to The Clutha. When you posted on Friday, I freaked out! Eventually got him by phone, he was in McChuills. All his mates know that Ryan’s hero is his fellow Fifer Broonie. :)
Parkheadcumsalford who is supporting the Amsterdam 5
17:13 on
2 December, 2013
DBBIA,
John Cairney was another neighbour of my Dad, although a couple of years younger. His older brother, Peter, I think, was a good player, according to my Dad. Went to Canada, I think.
*Jim was/is his brother, lived in Niagara Falls and owned a newspaper called the Scottish Banner.
TET
Oldtim/ ACGR – Got your email re: tickets for Barca.
Tickets are on sale from the Spanish Travel Agencies (flights, trains etc) – might be deals (ST returns) seeing as it wont be a sell-out (having qualified). Otherwise available via details below (avoiding ticket touts):
The ticket office at Camp Nou is located at two separate access points – 9 and 14.
Opening hours: Monday – Thursday: 09:00 – 17:00
ATM Machine:
It is now possible to purchase tickets through ‘ServiCaixa’ – this is a system allowing people to buy tickets from cash machines. Look out for ‘La Caixa’ cash machines throughout Barcelona where you can follow instructions to buy a match ticket. It is not necessary to have a Spanish bank account to do this. You simply need a visa or credit card.
Reckon we have enough time to deal with it on Wednesday morning?
Thoughts – Ghuys??
praecepta
As I have residencia here, I should have no bother getting tickets from official outlets, I will take a copy of it with me.
There will not be a problem.
HH
Ment to say, probably a better chance of a deal through official outlet, needing to get rid and the like.
HH
Praecepta,
Just a word to say thanks again for your Barca info last week. Unfortunately, hospital appointments have taken over and I won’t be able to go now. I’ll just need to wait for next season.
Thanks and enjoy your trip.
Yogi
YogiHughes
No problem! Best of luck with the hospital appointment.
Pity you can’t make it – looks like we’ve got a spare bedroom going at the apartment for the 2 nights (Tue/Wed) – fair chance we will find a waif or stray! :-)
Every likelihood the trip will be eventful – with Oldtim on board! :-)
praecepta
Oldtim posted the other week, that the first thing he wanted to do was get stoned when he got there….seriously, what a man he is.
HH
Europe 5-0 first day at the pool.
The septics are no happy >}
HH
Sleep well Timland.
Mrs TET wan’t to go shopping in the morning, wants a plastic Christmas tree for the kitchen that doesn’t have white bits that drop off it……..and you think yous have problems >}
Take care and god bless.
HH
KTF
TET
Catch you tomorrow – bed for me (feet have just about stopped throbbing after all my climbing on roofs today).
Let’s see if we can get some lower level seating for Barca – don’t fancy the Ghods!
:-)
Just read this on twitter!
http://twitter.com/jpublik/status/407578281761058816/photo/1
It’s probably the only honest thing they’ve ever written!
HH
Strange in itself but whenever I think of the orcs and their psychology the movie Mississippi Burning springs to mind………..
Ward: Where does it come from, all this hatred?
Anderson: You know, when I was a little boy, there was an old Negro farmer lived down the road from us, name of Monroe. And he was, uh, – well, I guess he was just a little luckier than my Daddy was.
He bought himself a mule. That was a big deal around that town. Now, my Daddy hated that mule, ’cause his friends were always kiddin’ him about oh, they saw Monroe out plowin’ with his new mule, and Monroe was gonna rent another field now they had a mule.
And one morning that mule just showed up dead. They poisoned the water. And after that there was never any mention about that mule around my Daddy. It just never came up.
So one time, we were drivin’ down the road and we passed Monroe’s place and we saw it was empty. He’d just packed up and left, I guess. Gone up North, or somethin’.
I looked over at my Daddy’s face – and I knew he’d done it. And he saw that I knew. He was ashamed. I guess he was ashamed. He looked at me and he said:
‘If you ain’t better than a nigger, son, who are you better than?’…He was an old man just so full of hate that he didn’t know that bein’ poor was what was killin’ him.
Oh…and Nir Biton will in time become to NFL much the same as Denis Irwin was to Sir Furious…indispensable.
Greendreamz
You are on my wavelength bud. Thought that years ago when I saw the film release. :))