A year ago you and I discussed Scott Brown’s fitness with some concern for the season ahead. Since then the captain has not skipped a beat, his form and availability for selection have been without question.
It is clear he can cope with a Scotland game this weekend, and no doubt finish the season untroubled, but Scotland have an international against England on 10 June, two weeks after the Scottish Cup final, and four weeks before Celtic’s Champions League qualification campaign gets underway.
If Scott is to participate in all games, he will have a week off after the Scottish Cup final before being called into the Scotland squad, then two weeks before Celtic’s preseason training starts. For a player of his age, with his injury profile, this schedule would not allow sufficient recuperation ahead of a new season.
Selfishly, the most important thing to you and I, and to Celtic, is Champions League qualification, more so than the Scottish Cup, or than a season of invincibility, delightful, though both would be. What Brendan Rodgers backroom team need to do is prepare Scott as thoroughly as possible for the middle of July. Planning should start now.
If there’s another player in the Celtic squad who I would also like to ration his football it’s Mikael Lustig. The Sweden international is likely to be involved in both their international squad in June; a World Cup qualifier against France and a derby against Norway.
If Scotland fail to get a positive result against Slovenia on Sunday, Scott might consider it best to retire from the international stage, again. He and Mikael could do with a few weeks on the beach at the end of the season.
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After an update in Sevco’s profit bearing Interim results, the Daily Record produced an in depth analysis of Scotland’s 3-0 win over Canada, featuring MotM, Lee Wallace.
Hi Bhoys
BMCUW
Loved the FLOYD post on the last thread (i think it was your post). How about this instrumental.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAtYyZ2HNUk
Devlin – All Along The Watchtower (Theme from The Young Pope,tv series)
A great and innovative cover IMHO
Another couple of my favourite covers are below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHhtwDVpts
The Jam – In The Midnight Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nPPRQeTxTY
John Mellencamp & Me’shell Ndegeocello – Wild Night (The taxi driver in this video is red hot)
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THEORIGINALSADIESBHOY
Re Celtic Crest
i saw that clip a couple of weeks ago and posted on here if anyone knew anything as to why it was there, no answer that I saw i’m afraid. If you hear anything please post it my nose is bothering me.
I think it was filmed in Liberia. My first thought was maybe something to do with the building of schools with Mary’s Meals.
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I plan to win the lottery ‘in the foreseeable future’.
LOL csc
Jobo 7.12.
How do I enter goals for Shay?
How many have now entered?
If I enter tonight, when do I have to pay my fee?
Is that alright for you? :-)))
Hail Hail.
TonyRome
Sorry I missed your previous post. After seeing it I would normally watch the Comic Relief programme to find out more about it but I’m going to watch the Republic playing Wales. I thought the camera was set up to give the crest good exposure. Sheeran is a good Irish name so maybe Ed had a say in it.
Sevco set to catch Sheep in the ‘foreseeable future’
THEORIGINALSADIESBHOY
Same viewing for me to tonight. The bhoy Sheeran was genuinely moved by the children’s plight in the clip I saw.
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JIMMYNOTPAUL –
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Faced with certain defeat in Congress Trump has just pulled his repeal of Obamacare.
The beginning of the end?
“…King of the Portuguese…”
… saw that phrase written in a BBC sports article tonight – so it must be true.
I thought “Lying Kin”g would have been sufficient but no, he wants to rule Pedro land as well.
Frtizsong ….I think this will actually work out ok for Trump …. he has no ideological belief in repealing obamacare … he just wanted to say that he had done it ……frankly, his bill would have been a disaster had it passed, and eventually would have turned many (who would effectively be left without proper coverage) against him ….
this way, he gets to say that he tried to keep his promise to deliver ‘the best health care ever’ … and then blame the ‘swamp’ (now including republicans as well as democrats) for stopping him from helping the average american….
he is a horrible excuse for a human being, but a very good self-promoter … he will spin this into, if not a win for him, a loss for others ….
Who would win in a fight between a Sevco number 3 and a Sevco number 2?
https://twitter.com/cqnmagazine/status/845359748157526016
Dodgy Dave will get the jile ‘In the foreseeable future’.
FRITZSONG on 24TH MARCH 2017 7:53 PM
Faced with certain defeat in Congress Trump has just pulled his repeal of Obamacare.
The beginning of the end?
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The end of he beginning.
Winnie CSC
I see Eboue is talking to the media about his EPL ambitions when he’s hardly kicked a ball for Celtic.
Media no doubt taking advantage of a niave young man….somebody needs to have a word.
Ed Sheeran was in a school in West Point Liberia; it was a very moving piece and part of it is here in the NME piece: http://www.nme.com/news/music/ed-sheeran-reduced-tears-comic-relief-trip-liberia-2026922
A very human reaction from young Ed. I shed a tear when I saw it on Comic Relief and again when I watched it online.
Also, you can quite clearly see the Celtic crest in the report.
Mary’s Meals are very active in West Point so it’s not a quantum leap to guess he was at one of the schools that they are working in – hence the Celtic connection.
KTF
Mc Carthy out hamstring
aurora you earned that podium, they are special things =- you keep it, it won’t happen again
why didn’t aidinho end up as good as i know he is?
STV GLASGOW NEWS.
report of historic child sex abuse involving someone who worked at Rangers, Liverpool and Chelsea.
Oddly, Grant Russell is standing outside Hampden Park rather than Ibrox!
Do they always do that?
Happy Birthday to Roy Croppie and his daughter!
As it’s your birthday will you be having the night off? :) :).
Ireland v Wales. Brutal. Two poor teams, two good managers who can organise average players (Bale apart) and be difficult to break down. Shows exactly where Scotland’s problem lies.
its RC’s bday?
here’s a happy birthday song for RC (and his daughter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t1vaF50Ks0
Thought the Ireland v Wales match would be an exciting game.
I was wrong. Dire fitba on show.
BILLY BHOY on 24TH MARCH 2017 8:25 PM
Hampden is the home of the SFA….Rangers are synonymous with the SFA….ergo.
RC
Many Happy Returns Mr Friday night music man. Happy birthday to Lucy too.
HH
James Mc.Lean playing his heart out, wearing the number 5 shirt, in honour of his late friend.
Nice gesture from Welsh captain, Williams, presenting President Michael D with a Wales shirt, number 5, with Mc.Bride on the back.
IMATIM on 24TH MARCH 2017 2:33 PM
Is it true that Ibrox is a dedicated Masonic Lodge? That being the case then surely there is a monumental conflict of interest in a Masonic official officiating in such a venue?
*aye ever since 2 men went tae row and only one came back.
Hoopy Birthday RC!
Hope you having a cracker pal.
DD,
yep this game is abysmal. GL2 said beforehand it had draw written all over it. I went Wales. right now, the only winner will be big GL2!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Billy Bhoy
I’d imagine the main sports bulleting was already scheduled for Hampden given the World Cup qualifier is THE main event this weekend. Never like to think of anyone point scoring, one way or the other, given the subject matter.
Thom
That was a lovely heartwarming gesture.
Pity about the fitba played. Whelan’s elbow smash on Allen reminded me of Lee McCulloch in his pomp. Straight red.
TTT
A bit of Bale magic could help your bet second half?
TONTINE TIM on 24TH MARCH 2017 8:43 PM
IMATIM on 24TH MARCH 2017 2:33 PM
Is it true that Ibrox is a dedicated Masonic Lodge? That being the case then surely there is a monumental conflict of interest in a Masonic official officiating in such a venue?
*aye ever since 2 men went tae row and only one came back.
*****
Lodge Ibrox.
A friend of my father, a Presbyterian, Masonic Celtic supporter and I never met a better one, confirmed to us many years ago that it was indeed a lodge and his lodge had visited as fellow brethren.
DD,
Ireland have no creativity in the team.
Perhaps Aiden could provide a bit of guile, if he gets the chance.
Probably wait till they fall behind.
I added a still shot at the bottom of today’s blog, of the 12 year old Liberian girl speaking to Ed Sheeran on Comic Relief. She was saying her dad had died from Ebola and since then she hasn’t been able to go to school as she has to work to provide.
The background speaks for itself.
Many happy returns to Roy C & his daughter, that Lymbhoy character outing Roy C as a very young 50yr old :-)….. Hope the whole family had a lovely day, ma wee maw would have been 90 the day, she left us on the 23/03/2008, think she held on so we wouldn’t forget her anniversary, not been on the blog all week so if TD67 is looking in at any point hope in time the sadness will soon turn to very happy memories, they might leave us in body but never in spirit ……
Hail Hail