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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jamesgang
19:15 on
1 December, 2014
g=hahahahaahhaha
i need to find the auld lovin cup ceremony from the blue room
now that was love all around them
jamesgang
19:15 on 1 December, 2014
I’m devastated! I’ll go sit in a darkened room and think about what I have said and done…sniggering all the while ;)
jamesgang –
had a wee half hour run yesterday and it was great to actually get air into my nostrils again!
There should be their, poor eduficashun
KINGLuBO
King Lubo
HIya.. Ma Dear Pal.. Yer Majesty.???
Yes..of Course.. Johnnee Gee,is A Brammer..
Ah wiz jist making a Point…
In This Game.. Nae wan is Above reproach…
except.. Fur
Henryk..n.. Wee Jimmy..n… McGrory.. Big Jock..big Billy.. n… well..
Thur ur a Few..after Awe..???
Mebbe, Ah am wrang?
Na.. Kojo is Nevah .. WRANG..
Fur,thur UR .. Exceptions tae Every Rule.. Even..Kojo’s!
Hmmmmmm
But, Ah hope ye Know whit Ah Mean?
Anyway..
Celtic..in..Ma Opinion..
STRUGGLED .. agin the Dundee.that Last Time.
Noo.. Will This Upcoming Cup Meeting, between the Two..
be a Repeat n end up in Defeat ..fur us..this Time?
Intriguin’?
Ya Betcha!
Ah am NO LOOKIN’ Forward tae Watchin’ it.. tae be Honest..
Dundee,hiv proved tae be a bit of a Thorn in oor Big Toe.. this Season..
Ah wid rather that we hid goat the Sevco.
Although..
This Dundee Meeting wull no take Place until. Far Off, February.
Mayhap, by then.. Celtic Fitba ‘ Playing Fortunes wull hiv Improved..
If..
Ronny, Manages tae Snare anither Coupla MId Fielders..who wull display the
same Attitude tae Winning..n.. Playing.. that Steffi is Daein.
Otherwise..If we ur still Saddled wi the Same.. MIDFIELD..Unexciting.. DULLARDS..
Viz.. Commons, Broony, Mulgrew.. Biton..aye Him.. n .. Kayal..
Then All Bets ur Aff..
In the Meantime..
Ah wull Be Headin’ fur the Tall n Uncut.. in the Mountains of Idaho..
Fur Ma Usual Christmas break, in Sun Vallley..
“fir.. There Be .. Snaw Bunnies.”
Ah wull be leaving fur there.. Next Week.
Nice Chattin..Palomine.. as evah.
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
Gotta Go,joe..
Seeya
Kojo
Stilll Laughin’
** LAST MAN STANDING 2 **
A bit more eventful on Scottish Cup weekend and so we have to say goodbye to Minx1888 (who had chosen Aberdeen) and to the 4 who plumped for Inverness – !!bada bing!!, ticgaz, Black Cat and Celtic Rose.
10 competitors now remain and the competition moves on to Week 9.
Here is the next set of games to choose from –
FRIDAY
Ross County v Dundee Utd
SATURDAY
Motherwell v Celtic (12.45)
Aberdeen v Hamilton
Dundee v Inverness
Partick v Kilmarnock
St Mirren v St Johnstone
My own selection this week is for DUNDEE.
This week’s picks need to be submitted before NOON on Saturday unless you’re going for Ross Co or Dundee Utd which you’d have to pick before 7.00pm on Friday. Choices should be sent, as usual, to cqnpredictor@gmail.com
If you fail to submit a pick you’ll be rewarded with this week’s default team, not chosen so far by any of the remaining competitors – MOTHERWELL
Finally, here’s a note of who has already picked who –
Paulo’s Boots – Celtic, Aberdeen, Inverness and Dundee Utd
Saint Stivs – Celtic, Inverness and St Johnstone
Jobo Baldie – Celtic, Aberdeen and St Johnstone
Lennybhoy and Kelvin Bhoy – Celtic, Dundee Utd and St Johnstone
Penfold – Celtic and St Johnstone
Praecepta – Celtic and Dundee Utd
The Token Tim and GG – Celtic and Hamilton
Jamabhoy – Celtic and Inverness
The wee diddy teams will now come more into the equation… ;-)
Aff oot…
Jobo
Christmas and New Year isn’t the same without an airing of Charles Green’s Christmas message and Craigie Whyte bringing in the New Year with the Loving Cup.
“The Queen!!!”
Join us for the business end of the season as Ronny Deila and the Bhoys aim to secure the club’s fourth league title in succession. On the European front, the journey continues and the Hoops are through to the knock-out stages of the UEFA Europa League for the first time. The excitement of a two-legged tie in the last 32 of the competition lies in wait, while domestically there’s a League Cup semi-final and Scottish Cup run to look forward to.There are some tough matches ahead and some big challenges. The players need your support as the season twists and turns to an exciting finale. Be there to cheer the Bhoys on to glory.Half Season Tickets are available from £190 for adults and from just £25 for kids.*The first game in the 10-match package is our fixture against Ross County on Saturday, December 27 so a Half Season Ticket makes for the perfect Christmas gift – for you or a loved one.Read Story Online
Noticed the attendance at the bigotdome was just over 14k, don’t know why these balloons open most of their stands, losing a fortune. Not rocket science!
goldstar10
Would be too funny if the Unseen Fenian Editor was at play in compiling the footage for Lizzy’s Christmas advert at Paradise featured for the commonwealth games.
Still better if she delivers the whole gig wearing ACGR’s Tic onesie!
Meanwhile in the background Philip flicks through his CQN annual checking his moniker’s been name checked. Wonder what he posts under?
Confession time Philbhoy?!!?
;-)
HH jamesgang
Prestonpans bhoys,
No, but it’s ticket science :)
A bit of a brain teaser/ philosophical poser:
Could you fit the whole of the liquidised Rangers in to the loving cup?
Or should that be liquidated?
Did they get a home draw in the loving cup too?
Did Ally Mccoist get them put out of the loving cup in the early rounds?
Will this be 4 in a row for the loving cup….
Yes
Is the loving cup real or is that where the churnos used to sup their Murray gravy from? Is it a euphemism?
davidopoulos
Right, you can come back out now.
Go and tend to that goat curry so doesn’t burn.
Drive time.
Laters Timdom
HH jamesgang
Everyone must be enjoying a loving cup of tea…
surely the old greek is phil-vis
Goat curry or Curry Goat?
Just read that Thierry Henry is leaving New York Red Bulls. He’s 37 years old.
I’m the first to acknowledge that for every Lubo there’s a Gravesen, but…Thierry Henry…go on, Mr Lawwell. Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on. ;-)
Slan
Did our hero not trouser 200k from dumping these shares, God bless him
prestonpans bhoys
I thot it was 250K, whatever, well done Craigy boy >}
HH
What’s always intrigued me is – who’s got the St Etienne bike?
Incidentally – Alan Judge of Brentford. Cracking wee midfield player from the ROI.
Just fits the Ronny playing style to a “t”…
Just back from Christmas shopping and saw this
http://www.next.co.uk/g673224s1#685950g67
Next now on the ff banned list
watched a lot of the Red Bulls games – Henry, no thanks! Enough people to slow the game down in our team already.
The Arsenal shares fetched 230 k which ended up going in and out of the books of a stockbrokers in Bournemouth. Those stockbrokers went bust .when it was discovered that they had a wee problem differentiating between the company’ s money and money belonging to clientz.
RobertTressell
19:42 on
1 December, 2014
Is the loving cup real or is that where the churnos used to sup their Murray gravy from? Is it a euphemism?
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Euphemism? The most dignified and decorous ceremony in the universe a euphemism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJpf3zOXd4
Tim Malone Will Tell
I am getting old ,I remember watching Dermot Judge (alans father) playing in the League Of Ireland,
Sevco Advent Calendar –
Open door 1 – Debt collector
Wonder what day 2 will bring?
WitS,
I wondered if some of our Irish brethren would know a wee bit more.
Dermot’s boy might be late to mature – but he’s certainly one of the main reasons why Brentford are sitting third in the Championship in my opinion.
Tim Malone
Judge would have played his schoolboy football with ST.Josephs of Sallynoggin (or Joeys) they would be the big schoolboy team in that area of South County Dublin ,they had a link with Blackburn though Pat Devlin (who was manager of Bray Wanderers and a former team mate of Dermot Judge) Devlin acted as a kind of agent for a lot of boys who went to Blackburn (including Damien Duff) but there was always talk and hints of backhanders and bungs and double dealings….My lawyer of courses insists that I emphasise that I am sure Mr Devlin was not involved in anything of that nature .Ahem
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
https://twitter.com/boxertoye/status/539511420627730433
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
WitS
A nods as good as a wink and all that…. :)
The Lovin Spoonful to stir the Lovin Cup :) por cierto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5bUmx-hk-c