We’ve been told since the summer not only that this season’s Championship would be more competitive than the Premiership (last week we covered the fact that it’s the least competitive league in Britain), but that the gap between the top of the Championship and the top of the Premiership would be narrow.
Hearts are probably a better team than we’ve seen in our two cup meetings with them this season, but they have proven to be hopelessly ill-prepared to face a European-calibre team. Hamilton, Motherwell, Aberdeen, Inverness and Dundee have all given Celtic vastly more difficult challenges.
Robbie Neilson is doing well and his team will step-up to the Premiership challenge next year but they are not playing week-in-week-out at the pace necessary to tackle Celtic face on, as they did yesterday.
Following on from Saturday’s article, I heard today that Celtic’s relationship with Ujpest Doza, which saw Willie McStay leave his coaching role at Celtic to become Ujpest manager, was ended after complaints to Uefa about what was no more than unofficial links between the clubs. Uefa informed the clubs that only one would be entitled to compete in European competition if their planned extended cooperation took place.
In the event a complaint was made to Uefa, clear blue water would be required between clubs Mike Ashley has an interest in.
Many thanks to the many authors, publishers and bampots in the Celtic community who are now involved with the CQNBookstore, which now had 29 books and DVDs available.
As well as the CQN books, like the CQN Annual, Caesar & the Assassin, Seville, All the Best by Tommy Gemmell and Heart of Lion by Willie Wallace, there’s Cartuja’s Internet Bampots, Paul Dyke’s The Quality St Gang, John Hughes irrepressible autobiography, two books by Ian McCallum on how the Glasgow Irish founded a football club, and on those who went to the Great War, signed copies of Archie Macpherson’s definitive Jock Stein biography, the Sean Fallon and Chris Sutton biographies, an absolute treasure chest of Celtic DVDs and beanie hats for Mary’s Meals!
We’re hoping to add more in due course. Fill your boots.
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Coneybhoy
Pierce O’Leary was in 85 Cup Winning Team too.
Coney
Doubt it! :))
http://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php/topic/179219-the-craig-whyte-appreciation-thread/
Coney
One of my favourite nights in Paradise was when Paul & Willie McStay both scored against a now defunct team, in a 3-0 win. How we partied in the Jungle that night.
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01465/SNA0701WAG3-5328_1465984a.jpg
For all his faults he can pick a brammer of a wife !
Timabhoy
She has had a bit of cosmetic surgery done, prior to that photo. :)
I think we should all write a nastygram to the SFA and ask them to stop cheating,lying and stealing. Use this template.
Dear SFA
Please stop cheating, lying and stealing.
Thanks
Forever Yours
A Scottish football supporter…<—-replace with your name here.
Canny blame the board in this climate now….
£60m–Fine given to RBS last week for software failure which had disastrous effects on 6.5m customers in 2012
£600m -Bonus pot for RBS executives in 2012.
Now about those Craig Whyte SFA fines with interest???
whistleblowers? …. we prefer to call them ex employees.
Does anyone else think that our hero CRAIGYBHOY.
Will not be got at (taken out).
Before he is allowed to take the stand?
ALLEGEDLY.
Also (for talking sake ).
Is there a book .
Or a bookie taking bets .
Just suposition on my part of course.
“It seems that hearing a recording of the cosy dinner enjoyed by Regan, Ogilvie and Whyte has put the SFA off chasing a £200,000 windfall that could go towards covering the salary of their chief executive for 10 months.”
The Scottish Hun Profit chase
2-1 favourite Why the long face
4-1 RedRum Bolognese
6-1 unbridled disaster
8-1 We dont care what animals we eat
10-1 youre gonna get horsed
12-1 Black Bute and Rothesay
14-1 Neigh chance buddy
16-1 Bar none
The question no one is asking because we all know the answer is
“Why would Craig Whyte buy Rangers?” “Why?”
Mags
He thought it was a better bet to spend his last pound on buying Rangers, rather than putting it on a 50 team fixed odds accumulator?
Delaneys Dunky
02:21 on 2 December, 2014
Craigiebhoy would bet anything to get that pound back :)
Mags
Did Chico Green not reimburse him, and Craigybhoy made a 100% profit? :)
Petec last night…. Cheers for the reply about Putin. Alas it was posted by error, it was supposed to be the next one./..? Still, I concur.
Coneybhoy Great posts…
Maggie: A knight of the realm has already been judged….In Cognito.
Lloyd’s have maybe been pacified by the $28 million facilitated by our Hero from Ticketus.
The cost & the profit?
I suspect he will do sugary porridge… Be taken care of.. And Everyone will be happy.
Except at the SFA…
Hopefully.
PJBhoynyc
03:11 on 2 December, 2014
No way is Lord Whyte going to jail.
What if he meets a Duncan disorderly in jail?
Does anyone believe Whyte will be given a fair trial?
I don’t. Stitch-up,fall guy,move along now.
Good morning from the 05.40 Virgin Train from Glasgow to London. I am pleased to report that it made it as far as Uddingston before breaking down.
Good morning friends from what has become over recent weeks a repetitively consistently damp underfoot but dry overhead East Kilbride.
This is a test.
This is a test.
This is not a test.
This is not a test.
Did anyone pass the test .
Good morning CQNers,
“In the event a complaint was made to Uefa, clear blue water would be required between clubs Mike Ashley has an interest in.”
I trust we’ll be kept in the loop when a green line is drawn through the Newcastle/Sevco link by UEFA.
It would be interesting to know exactly how much money Margaret Hodge and the national Audit office have identified as wasted by this Government.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/dec/02/students-private-higher-education-colleges-taxpayer-subsidy-benefits-nao-loans
Criminal waste when you consider the hardships visited on the poorest, the infirm and those least able to look after themselves.
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/wise-guy/#more-5365
Good morning Champs
‘fit and proper person’ test
Morning Bhoys from a bustling Edinburgh airport , en route to Bristol then Gloucester with work.
Unfortunately means I won’t be able to see the Champions tomorrow as away 2 days.
Really can’t believe I just paid £6.30 for a coffee and bacon roll!!
Good job it’s on expenses or I would just have to go hungry & thirsty.
Hail Hail to all
murdochbhoy,
Interesting reading, over here in Oz we have a former health minister involved in his own little bit of ‘Murrayism’, he does however seem like a choir boy next to his mate Bill Lewski.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/07/29/prime-trust-directors-face-class-action-for-alleged-secret-bonus-payments/?wpmp_switcher=mobile
Not bad eh, steal almost $100 million of other peoples money and get a 280k fine, oh and they banned him from being a director for 15 years……that’ll hurt!
AR
maestro
No such test exists in Scottish football :-))
John Guidetti should have consulted with the dug-out to seek permission to do the Di Canio at the penalty at Tynecastle and ‘agreed’ to roll the ball to the Hearts GK from the penalty spot – sumdy mentioned this on here the other day, canny remember who but, if yer reading this yer absolutely spot-on – no pun intended:)
JG could have consulted the dug-out then, signaled to the Magnificent Celtic support his intentions. I’m sure he would have been roundly applauded.
This would have transferred the spotlight onto Gollum – deservedly.
King Kojo – Yer right to be concerned about the Dundee game / Celtic midfield Amigo.
Paul Hartley’s missing beard is, I think to impress any Celtic suitors who might be waiting to see how RD negotiates his immediate obstacles – how would he react if, we were mibberied out the LCSF?
How will he respond to a knock-out round against a ‘big-fish’ in the EL?
Will he do a NL and go all ‘Steve Naive’ ala his tactics against Juventus?
Or, will he be a shrewd cookie and do as I suggested he do last week v’s Red Bull and, park the bus with the Magnificent James Forrest as an out ball?
If he tries to play football ‘The Glasgow Celtic Way’ without, ‘Glasgow Celtic Players’ and gets a skelping then, he deserves to be skelped oot the door the next day.
But, if he blows it v’s the huns then, he might be gone afore we play the EL again?
Hopefully he gets it right and we’ll get some grand ole DVD’s tae watch :)
I wonder if Phil Mac will ‘ever’ investigate why, Celtic keep dealing through foreign agents?
Than again…..maybe he has a Celtic type of EBT to keep puffing those ole hun ‘smok-screens’ to take all the easily duped Celtic sheep off the scent?
Then again……
Anyway, bye.
Paul Hartley this months Jackie McNamara…..
starry plough
The new Owen Coyle even??? Dizzying heights for Celtic to aspire to…
Nice day here in perth.. nearly time for the minimum 30degree daily temperatures.
Didnt realise the celts were in action mid week.. get to see my 3rd game in 7days.. doesnt happen much in this side of the world.
Have a good day celte wherever use are
Keep the faith
Davidopoulos
November was a big month for us and we lost only once, this month we have games against Patrick in The Glassico, Motherwell and St Mirren victories in which should see us start to cement our place at the top of the league.
We’ve beaten Aberdeen home and away(watch out Timmy The sheep are coming) We’ve put Hearts out of the two cup competitions and qualified for the next round of Europe okay I still don’t think we are playing to our full potential but with the introduction of Bitton in the middle maybe our free moving, space creating Swede will get the service he needs.
Long way to go yes but the Good Ship Celtica is heading in the right direction…
This story was not taken from the Daily Rekord:))
Think you’ll find when you review the sky stuff it was tanner who raised the dive and compliance stuff, McCann initially stepped back from it but joined in with Tanners calls.
Looks like setanta are showing alloa v huns game instead in some cup.. celtic tv it is.