Calmness will prevent Big Dan Moments

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It’s been a long time since we’ve had a home game; 4th August, against Aberdeen.  Since then we’ve played five games on the road, three of which involved international travel, with two games in the Highlands.

Statistical analysis shows that form suffers when teams are forced to pile-up away fixtures.  Training schedules are interrupted as travel eats into time which would otherwise be spent fine-tuning fitness or working on defensive/forward strategy.  Instead Celtic have improved enormously from their Flag Day at the beginning of the month, despite, or perhaps, because, Neil Lennon has indulged in extensive use of a squad rotation policy.

No one at Celtic will be complacent ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League play-off, the ghost of Ross County in 2010 and Inverness in 2011 will see to that.  One ‘Big Dan Moment’ is all it takes to turn a comfortable lead into a tight tie with a player deficit, but I suspect Neil Lennon will be more concerned with putting the brakes on his players, rather than motivating them.  A calm and organised performance is required.

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  1. If titles are stripped from them, how will all the national associations affected by their cheating denying their member clubs CL/EL income and exposure gain suitable recompense?

  2. Robert Tressell,

     

    you have to give us bookies a chance,money is tight for us too,

     

    most of the orcs will be trying to win back what they lost on

     

    betting sevco to win every game in the league,

     

    i might even get another holiday out of this ;-))

  3. jmccormick

     

    i was able to get back via google chrome and their homepage babylon

     

    ádh mór

  4. philvisreturns on

    DBBIA – I know how you must feel.

     

     

    You and your Mum are in my prayers. (thumbsup)

  5. The blog is running normally for me.

     

     

    I use I.E. and wouldnae know how to change from it as my daughter is on holiday with her Mum:o)

  6. Rab Tressell/Croker/Noonan :)

     

     

    It was noticeable that the low price was supplied by a high street ‘walk-in’ bookies, and that online bookies odds were given as longer. I may be reading too much into that, but

     

    I’ve noticed over the years that very good prices are sometimes available for english national or club teams’ opponents in high-profile games, simply to attempt to balance the books I always thought?

  7. o.g.rafferty

     

     

    19:33 on

     

    27 August, 2012

     

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    Stop it ya big tease! How are we meant to sleep tonight now thinking about that!

  8. RobertTressell, 19:44

     

    You and your ragged trousers are right, they must be reminded at every opportunity. Though this whole thing strikes me as an argument that only exists in the small world of the MSM and their lackies and not in the broader world of football supporters – much like the MSM and the SPL/SFA got a rude awakening when they realised that in fact they didn’t set the agenda, the fans of all the clubs did.

     

    We are at an interim stage – in the future they will be reminded every time they care to look back.

  9. SUNNI CAMLACHIE on

    Leftclicktic and Roberttressell

     

     

    with me being new to CQN ,

     

    I didn’t want name the said fool ,

     

     

    So hopefully i can line up the stories ,

     

    and yous do the funny add ons,

     

    ( just until i get used to the banter )

     

    Hail Hail

  10. ASonOfDan

     

    19:29 on

     

    27 August, 2012

     

    Just seen a post about a Twitter virus. My account is being swamped by Russian pash.

     

     

    How do you solve it?

     

     

     

    Learn the language. имеет смыслCSC

  11. hen1rik

     

     

    Lifetime ban. I heard he was trying to do another thugs & thieves piece. Celtic got wind of it, Record knocked it on the head and he got told not to come back.

  12. A m8 was on the phone tellin me some halfwit phoned up tellin snyde aboot the letter we recieved regards bring a friend 2 parkhead as seats available, honestly why do these numbnuts fuel the fire? As snake plissken has been posting get on to homeboys good Celtic chat and no ex huns or alleged know it all msm bawbags

  13. theweegreenman, 20:00

     

    Nothing new in what I say and as Phil said, it will take a few years. But when a lawyer of a former EBT-friendly manager tells you there was ‘major fraud’ then they are in big, big, trouble. And more than one of them

  14. For my tuppence worth.

     

     

    Any stripped titles/cups must be awarded to the runners up. If not, it will only be a matter of time before Sevco are shouting that they are theirs and that they won them fair and square. ( just as Juventus are trying to do now)

     

     

    Anyway, in a few decades time I wouldn”t put it past the SFA giving them back. Did they not want the titles from during the second world war at one point as well?

     

     

    And finally. Tommy Burns won a title. They cheated that great man out of it plain and simple.

  15. Anyone know what happened to the £30 Million Green was going to have for the end of July?

     

     

    Also, every time a player joins Sevco someone leaves. All of this is passing over your average stupid huns head right enough.

     

     

    Too busy dreaming of lifting the Ramsdens Cup and having that Gold Star on their jersey…

  16. Wednesday night marks the first appearance at Celtic Park

     

    for my young nephew Joseph,here’s hoping the bhoys put on

     

    a show and the young fella loves every minute of it,dont think

     

    he will sleep much in the next couple of nights,

     

    CannywaittoseehisfaceCSC

  17. Alasdair MacLean on

    OG Rafferty,

     

     

    Are you allowed to put that in non-cryptic speak for the slow-of-mind? Me?

     

     

    What manager has said what?

  18. prestonpans bhoys on

    ASonOfDan

     

    19:29 on

     

    27 August, 2012

     

    Just seen a post about a Twitter virus. My account is being swamped by Russian pash

     

     

    Careful my bhoy. I remember streaming an illegal coverage for one of our games and Russian pop-up windows appeared offering “sex talking”. Now would Mrs Prestonpans believe I was wanting to watch the tic :-(

  19. gordybhoy64

     

     

    20:14 on

     

    27 August, 2012

     

    Wednesday night marks the first appearance at Celtic Park

     

    for my young nephew Joseph,here’s hoping the bhoys put on

     

    a show and the young fella loves every minute of it,dont think

     

    he will sleep much in the next couple of nights,

     

    CannywaittoseehisfaceCSC

     

     

    Your nephew has picked a great game for his debut m8 u will never here the end off it but in a good way lol

     

     

    Hail Hail

  20. ASonOfDan

     

     

    ‘Also, every time a player joins Sevco someone leaves. All of this is passing over your average stupid huns head right enough’

     

     

    By the end of the window Green will have got rid of most of the big earners and brought in 19 + 20 year old unknowns to fill the gaps. These guys will be on £1-2k a week tops

     

     

    Green is pulling in as much money/savings as he can before departing in his Range Rover with a wad of cash.

     

     

    And yes indeed, the average Orc is too stupid to see it

  21. asonofdan

     

     

    20:06 on

     

    27 August, 2012

     

    hen1rik

     

     

    Lifetime ban. I heard he was trying to do another thugs & thieves piece. Celtic got wind of it, Record knocked it on the head and he got told not to come back.

     

     

    Good Good he’s a little runt and he deserves everything bad that comes his way.

     

     

    I just wish out fans who listen to snyde would take a lead out our clubs book and stop listening to clyde.

  22. Alasdair MacLean 20:15

     

    Nothing cryptic there, it’s in the public domain. A lawyer, of a former manager who had an EBT, said that to Alex Thomson – ‘major fraud at Rangers’.

     

    Another former manager, who couldn’t be contacted, had two EBTs at different times. The BBC held back on it, not sure why

  23. "THERE IS ONLY ONE TEAM IN GLASGOW" aka "@67MOULDY67" on

    @OSCAR KNOX APPEAL 

     

     

     

     

    Hello , just to let you know that I am planning to take part in a 50 mile cycle from Glasgow to Edinburgh, 09/09/2012

     

     

    During the next 2 weeks I plan to train very hard in order to be able to take part in this cycle where I would hope to be able raise some funds for “Wee Oscar Knox” who is 3 year old kid and is not keeping very well just now.

     

     

    You can read Oscar’s story on web link below….

     

     

    http://www.justgiving.com/Team-Oscar-Knox-Appeal-Cycle-09092012-Paul-Muldoon

     

     

    In the meantime, all donations are welcome, thanks 

  24. galbhoy75,

     

    aye he certainly has,hope its better than my first game,

     

    the cup final when we got hammered 4-1 by the jags

  25. Weegreenman

     

     

    I think comparing what juve done with what the manky mob done is stretching it. Frankly what juve done is little more than Alex ferguson has been doing for decades

     

     

    I also heard some so called journalist on the radio saying conte had been banned for match fixing ………. I guess that’s what nthey get for pumping the Huns all those years ago

     

     

    Was watching a totp 2 tonight which informed me Tina turned charted twice with a certain song. The second time because supporters of a liquidated club adopted it when they cheated their way to a league title.

     

     

    I don’t want to get too carried away but for his experience Neil Lennon seems to be way ahead of any reasonable expectation. The future is bright folks and we are going to get stronger season by season …. And hopefully so will the rest of the spl.

     

     

    Oh and finally did you notice all the Msm comments on hearts finally living within their budget ….. Wow ironic much!

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