Calibre gap, Uefa intervention, Celtic authors and bampots

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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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  1. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    You have all seen Collum’s view of the incident?

     

     

    Sportscene showed the referees view, it looked a penalty. The linesman’s view made it clear, he could have checked.

  2. Steve Craven Banned From Officiating Ever Again

     

     

    Linesmen get involved at their peril. better to see no, hear no, speak no, wink! wink! shake! shake! and keep all those perks and pay.

  3. KevJungle

     

     

    I think your predictive text changed the PLC from being puppets to be being wee hooses on a string!

  4. Don’t think the linesman gave anything,he is suppose to run to the corner flag if he thinks it’s a penalty.

  5. So you can google till your heart’s content about Italy and and any other country’s nefarious refugee policies, but don’t dare drag Australia into it.

     

     

    Insincerity exposed for all to see. Well done.

  6. Tom McLaughlin

     

     

    Your being a mentalist again, you and bontybhoy should strike up a partnership.

     

     

    Regards Italy, if you read a post I put in an unreserved caveat, you just had to bite and bile. You’re good at it. Everybody on here knows what you are about, you are a sad LIAR. I’ll say that again, You are a LIAR, and fake. Now please go running to Paul67 whingeing about that becasue it’s against the rules on here to call somebody a LIAR and a fake, but Paul67 will tell you to wind it in because he knows what I know and he too knows you’re a LIAR.

     

     

    Tell me Tom ‘ten skins +’ how come you are so good?

     

     

    Have a nice day… all ten of you.

  7. Davidopoulos,

     

     

    London’s my favourite place to visit in the UK. For a maximum of about four days. Then exhausted, broke and bedraggled I have to escape and leave it alone for another year. I’m damned if I know how anyone has the energy to live there.

  8. Oh and dear Tom, you can talk about Australia, and all her faults, all you wish, after all, you are a citizen of that country, I’m not.

  9. Book Club

     

     

    2 recommendations ————

     

     

    The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland 1890-1923 -Roy Foster ( Allen Lane ).

     

     

    A mighty fine cultural history ————————–

     

     

    ” The phoenix of our youth has fluttered to earth a miserable old hen “.

     

     

    Eminent Hipsters –Donald Fagen ( Vintage ).

     

     

    An excellent account re his influences and aspects of his life..

  10. Burning_Bush

     

     

    I live in London, I’ll let you know when I have more energy ;)

     

     

    In all seriousness, I know people who live here and love it and can’t imagine their life elsewhere. I also know people who are here out of necessity/opportunity. I am somewhere in between the two, however I can help but feel that I’d probably be a more relaxed person if i lived elsewhere, and I’d live longer too!

  11. lymmbhoy

     

    11:08 on

     

    2 December, 2014

     

    @BBCSport: Rodriguez? Van Persie? Steph Roche for Peamount Utd? All nominated for goal of the year award: http://t.co/FYRo6rleZB http://t.co/Pdg72OkZDW

     

     

    Clear your cookies and get voting for Steph Roche.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    I cant see where you vote, I know its probably staring me in the face but can you give me some help thanks

     

     

    HH

  12. If you’re having a rubbish day (and there seems to be some conflict about)…

     

     

    Last night I couldn’t stand Danish telly so hit up youtube for a distraction and searched for “celtic goals”. This first one I got back was “Celtic goals v Rangers. 1997 to 2011”. Every single goal. There’s over 100 and the vid last about 23 minutes. I dare you to watch it without adding your own screaming commentary to at least a dozen.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnphuMb1IrM

  13. GivehimthemoneyPeterCSC on

    Kitalba

     

     

    Gies peace re tom will ye?

     

     

    Maybe go on to the BBC platforms for your repetitive slanging matches

  14. Davidopoulos,

     

     

    I have some mates in Shoreditch who just will not consider living anywhere else. I just find the pace and the general bad mood of the people you meet is too much.

     

     

    I saw a video last week called something like “15 things to drive a londoner mad”. The two that made me laugh were “search your pockets for your oyster card at the gate” and “stand on the left on an escalator”. I think those say it all.

  15. davidopoulos

     

     

    11:51 on 2 December, 2014

     

    And now for something completely different…

     

     

    I wish I had written this article:

     

     

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/11266412/London-is-over…and-its-about-time-too.html

     

     

    —-

     

     

    Sold a nice 2 bed flat near st George’s cross in Gla to buy a studio flat in forest hill. Did 2 years. Think I knew all along I’d never be staying so it was like an extended fly on the wall experience.

     

     

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9h558Tz1E

     

     

    Come home Bhoy!

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  16. GivehimthemoneyPeterCSC

     

     

    I constantly give you peace, maybe you just have not noticed it but if you follow closely enough you might just realise that I don’t ever start the nonsense, truth be known I let so much of it drift on by, but every now and again I reserve the right to retaliate and excuse me when I do but would you be happy to take all the crap I’ve taken over the past six years? Would you?Do you even have a clue what has being going on these past years? Do you?

     

     

    If you have a problem with it I would suggest you bring it to Paul67’s attention, I know he is qualified to judge what has being going on all these years. Actually I’d love it if you brought it to Paul67’s attention.

  17. jamesgang

     

     

     

    12:19 on 2 December, 2014

     

     

     

    davidopoulos

     

     

    11:51 on 2 December, 2014

     

    And now for something completely different…

     

     

    I wish I had written this article:

     

     

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/11266412/London-is-over…and-its-about-time-too.html

     

     

    —-

     

     

    Sold a nice 2 bed flat near st George’s cross in Gla to buy a studio flat in forest hill. Did 2 years. Think I knew all along I’d never be staying so it was like an extended fly on the wall experience.

     

     

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9h558Tz1E

     

     

    Come home Bhoy!

     

     

    HH jamesgang

     

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    That’s it, I’ve started walking! Well, I’ll stop off at Itsu for some sushi first, then I’ll be on my way…after my skinny chai latte…

     

     

    Love that advert!

  18. jamabhoy

     

    12:30 on

     

    2 December, 2014

     

    Dena29

     

     

    Which browser are you using?

     

     

    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

     

     

    not sure?

     

     

    told you I’m definitrly no internet bampot lol

     

     

    I think it might be internet explorer but really not sure

     

     

    HH

  19. From STV

     

     

    In Rangers-related news, one of Charles Green’s horses took to the track in France yesterday. It was called Ibrox and ran in green and gold colours. Of course it did.

  20. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    I lived in sarf foreign for a good bit of the nineties.

     

     

    Loved it.

     

     

    I still make the occasional trip back there-returning to Swindon is of course fraught due to trains and me not getting on-and it is far from the place I knew then.

     

     

    In the 90s it was a cosmopolitan city. Vibrant and lively,then. Now it is a disaster.

     

     

    I sat outside the pub between arrivals and departures at Victoria coach station recently and I kid you not,did not hear English being spoken by the people passing by.

     

     

    Say what you like,that is not right in any country.

  21. Dean29

     

     

    Depends on the version of IE, but somewhere around

     

     

    Tools->Internet Options

     

    then look for the delete button in browsing history panel, that should have an option for clearing cookies

  22. davidopoulos

     

     

    When you come home I’ll take you to Yo Sushi on Buchanan St then through the back lane to Sloane’s, glasgow’s oldest pub for Guinness. And then on to the blane valley where Oldtim et al will continue the process.

     

     

    Coffee?

     

     

    You can do that yourself. The next morning. You’d likely need it!!!

     

     

    FreeThedavidopoulos1CSC

     

     

    HH jamesgang