I know Ronny Deila was delighted Dedryck Boyata pitched up at Glasgow Airport last night. He’s a player the manager has known about for some time and one who was not on the Man City available list when we secured the loan deal for Jason Denayer a year ago.
The mechanics of the deal are interesting. It’s quite possible it wouldn’t have happened at all without the success Jason enjoyed in Glasgow. A year ago Jason was a complete unknown, below the pecking order than Dedryck, but we gave him a platform and now he’s a full Belgian international. The pitch we put to Dedryck was along the lines of “Look what Jason achieved here”. If we’d singed Dedryck instead of Jason a year ago, Jason would still be an unknown and Dedryck would be a Belgian international.
Assuming no late hiccups, Ronny will know his central defensive pairing for the Champions League qualifiers is sorted, allowing him to concentrate on other areas.
There are no guarantees in football, least of all with Champions League qualification, where we have three awkward knock-out rounds, but we’re starting the summer from a good place.
There’s so much to discuss about yesterdays’ Fir Park hilarity, the consequences of which will be profound. More on this later in the week, but a few points on Motherwell. For a team with such glaring shortcomings they deserved the scale of their victory. Barraclough took a squad who finished 11th in the league into two challenging games and out-thought his opponent.
However, if Celtic fans behaved the way Motherwell fans behaved yesterday your Government would be all over it by now. I’ve seen flares thrown onto pitches, I’ve seen pitch invasions (although I don’t remember seeing one congregating in front of opposition fans), but I’ve never seen a player smacked in the face and leg by a spectator’s flag, and I’ve never seen anything close to this entire repertoire from fans at a single game.
Who knows what the score would have been had Newco faced the team who finished 10th in the Premiership! Their attempt to emulate Grenta in winning three successive promotions always sounded like a tall order. They came close, but they’re no Gretna. Not. Nearly. As. Good.
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TT
Mushni & the Law
I’m OK with football authorities dealing with incidents during a game, however the game was over.
So what makes Mushni any different from any other person, why should he be above the law.
Had a fan attack another fan, on the pitch, and it was ‘caught on camera’, would not he be breaking the law?
So many moan that politicians are above the law, well let’s have some of you ‘hot air’ on this one.
We can’t continue to simply sit on a bucket, on a hamper, in the corner of the old wigwam, for ever
Lennons passion. Why do you feel the need to slag fellow Celtic supporters ? In my opinion there are many different reasons for folk supporting Glasgow Celtic and no one reason is better than another.What is important is that we do support the club.H.H.
Staying in Newbury for a few days and logged on to the hotel Wi-Fi. Thought I would take look on Hun media to see if I could maybe help some of the poor souls with some sympathetic counselling.
A message appears to say the site cannot be accessed as it may co rain content that is unsuitable for under 18’s. I sent a message to say that all of the content is unsuitable for anyone under the age 150 years of age.
tinytim
21:05 on 1 June, 2015
We’re you not going to renew if the zombies were back ?
Father Barry was a friend of mine. He gave my 3 kids their first Communion, Reconciliation and Confirmation. When he left St Joseph’s he took over St Agnes’ where I made all my sacrements. Me my bhoy Sean and my daughters partner Tom would go round on a Friday night to help clean the chapel of all the rubble left by the workies after stripping the plaster. My young sister done all his flowers for the altar for years. Every Monday he would come and visit my mother when she was alive and fittingly he gave her the Last Rites and held her hand with me when she passed. Tonight the world is a sadder place especially in my house. Noel you will be forever in our thoughts and prayers.
Cowiebhoy
21:00
Agree with your comments. Sticks and stonesCSC sometimes on here. It is easy to get upset at what someone says and we all react at times, but its a blog with words. Lots of worse things out there! You could have been on HM Sevco and sunk without trace :-)
How’s the ankle and do you have those lovely Cowieghirls running about after you?
HH
CRC
Mighty Tim
Delighted for you and your family.
Glad justice was achieved.
HH
CRC
joe filippis haircut
21:07 on 1 June, 2015
Can’t be bothered with glory hunters.
mighty tim supporting wee oscar
21:12 on 1 June, 2015
Really nice tribute, I am sure Father Barry is in a better place
Mighty Tim.21.12 What a lovely story fella.H.H.
Still grinning. Still doing the ‘no promotion’…
Hail Hail stones in Bannockburn :-)
CRC how was young Niamh’s day ? Well it Ended up some weekend :-)
Op is this week Thurs, with whifey in Gibraltar, so Yes Ghirls will be playing Mum
Hail Hail
It will be interesting how the SFA / SPFL and Scottish Govt deal with yesterday’s panto
West Wales Celt
Little Eva says keep on Dancin.
Evening All.
CowieBHoy, hope the Op goes well.
If charged Mushni was going to claim FFA, Full Fisty Autonomy, however arch Celtic hater, SNP MP(what an embarrassment) Mahri Black, has talked him out of it, saying they have given FFA up as a ‘pig in a poke’, and they don’t want the Barnett formula cancelled. She is worried that she will be unable to claim her hair dye on expenses.
Is it any wonder people get run over whilst crossing on a Belisha beacon – they are all ‘lit up’, you can’t miss them
mighty tim supporting wee oscar
21:12 on 1 June, 2015
That’s a lovely tribute.
HH jamesgang
Cowiebhoy
She was angelic for the day and she made us very proud parents.
Awesome weekend rounded off nicely on Sunday.
HH
CRC
….pfayr supports weeoscar
21:23 on 1 June, 2015
It will be interesting how the SFA / SPFL and Scottish Govt deal with yesterday’s panto
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Quietly and with a minimum of fuss I’d expect.
HH jamesgang
PF AYR
JAMESGANG
Disciplinary action in absentia,and relevant only to the competition in which it took place. As usual.
Bada Bing –
I can assure you it wasn’t your comment alone that pushed me over the edge. Earlier in the day, a friendly and sympathetic CQNer emailed me with a copy of an email he had been sent by another prominent CQNer which basically stabs me in the back with all manner of lies and innuendo.
He assures me it has been “doing the rounds” and thought it was time I was made aware of what was going on.
I was feeling physically sick from that when I read your comment and it was simply the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I obviously won’t name my informant and have no wish to name the poison pen writer. It would serve no purpose. Suffice to say, I am 61 and don’t need this.
I bear you no ill-will Bada Bing.
This is positively my last contribution to CQN. I just wanted to clear the air with you.
Hail Hail.
Tom Macl
For what its worth I find you one of the most genuine,well balanced and interesting contributors on here
It would be a shame if you left
I would ask you to reconsider
Rwe:
Not sure if I could stop if I wanted to…
tom mclaughlin
21:32 on 1 June, 2015
That’s poor mate and all you get on here is moral lectures. Please name the rat.
Two instances this weekend, swap players for fans, where the law is an ass. This has probably been pointed out previously.
Caley players having a swallay on their bus after the final, no action. Fans having a swallay on the supporters bus , against the law.
One player assaults another, with polis close by, no action taken (so far). Fan hits another fan like Mohsni did to Erwin, lifted and assault charge raised.
I never thought Duffield Smith could outdo himself but he did this morning with his spouting of mince on the radio this morning.
I wonder if that weasel Wishart will be next up to spout the same crap as Duffield Smith.
Tom:
Flouncing inevitably leads to sheepish returns.
Folk have asked you to stay.
Keep on keeping on…
MT 21:12
Lovely tribute to a man who obviously was well respected
and loved by all who knew him.
KTF
BBC at it again
“Mohsni responded to a push by Lee Erwin by aiming a kick and punch at the striker after Sunday’s clash.”
Oh he didn’t kick or punch Erwin – he just aimed at him.
And dear old ex CEO and hair replacement nightmare Gordon Smith says..
“I think it was thuggery,” Smith told BBC Scotland. “It’s happened in a football match and the football authorities have to deal with it.
“I don’t think the police should be involved.”
Well you silly old Duffield, The Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 Act empowers the police to actively get involved.
You know that Act that you have been silent about, the one that criminalized football fans – especially Celtic fans.
– also covers behaviour of players and managers;
Where were/are you when fans were and are getting oppressed by the ACT?
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/sectarianism-action-1/football-violence/bill
As an exCEO of the SFA and a man with his finger on the pulse of Scottish football…
Get back to your cave.
Tom McLaughlin, So you are going to give in and be chased away by posters slagging you behind your back.Surely that allows them to win at 61 years of age I thought that kind of nonsense would be like water of a ducks back to you.H.H.
Whatisthestars
Agreed re Tom M.
Tom, it is my experience that when a person says something like this:
“This is positively my last contribution to CQN”, it becomes more difficult to retract the more time passes. Conversely, the quicker one retracts, the easier it is. So, post again saying that you have changed your mind but you might be having a little sabbatical. Do it now! Your posts are worthwhile.
JJ
calibhoy
19:33 on 1 June, 2015
San Diego Bhoy, I am north of San Francisco in Sonoma County. I went to your
supporters club in San Diego about 15 years ago. It is not around any longer right?
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Aye, the SD CSC is no more alas. It was shut down following the demise of Setanta.
I do have a wee place of my own down at the beach that’s hooked up to all things Celtic TV. Give us a shout if your down this way.
I spend a lot of my time up in the Seattle area now too, as I’m in the process of building my own wee business and grafting my erchie off.
My missus is a local to your area, and was born in Daly City. We lived in Menlo Park for a time when we got married and am familiar with the excellent San Fran CSCs.
I won’t be getting to the Vegas gathering this year unfortunately, but have been to a few over the last decade.
Hail Hail.
Mr Pastry
Brilliant stuff.
Tis the wonder of a blog, who is behind the post ?????
PS
Nay corners in a Tepee
HH
Tom, stay on board and don’t stop posting!
JJHS
21:42
Surprisingly your post makes a lot of sense :-)
Hoop you are well and still beating MWD at that cycling malarkey?
Not heard from the TheFanTim for ages, do you know if he is still cycling mad?
HH
CRC
Tom
Don’t let them get you down mate. Rise above it.
HH
LB
MT
Lovely, kind words.