The March international break is one of the most important of the club season. It is when managers and coaches get to take a proper look at the players targeted for the summer transfer window. The Celtic management team will have looked at dozens of players on video since the January window closed, but, this break from domestic football, gives them the chance to do the Grand Tour, their last opportunity before the end of the season.
Having despatched his nearest two rivals away from home, with 10 men, in recent weeks, Brendan Rodgers took enormous pressure off the remainder of the season, which now largely consists of preparing for next month’s Scottish Cup semi-final. Energies will have made a significant switch towards preparing for July’s Champions League qualifiers.
Getting these decisions right can be the difference between success and failure; Brendan will have used his ‘time off’ wisely.
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DD…
Aye, what a time we all had, looking forward to the next one, hopefully illness free when home this time.
My bhoy is back home for the game on Saturday might pop into coias depending on time, I can’t commit at the moment.
Good to see you posting, the blog missed you mate. HH
Delaney’s, you’re right about Cokey being on stage. He would give Frankie Boyle a run for his money.
This place is unbelievable for the connections , other than Celtic, posters have .
Art of War , Gerry and I work in the same office and for the same organisation as Jimmynotpaul, , you having an old school pal, saltires is one of my cousins , jimmynotpaul and Hamiltontim knowing each other and the other connections between posters.
Jimmynotpaul, enjoy your break and hopefully you get to see this Saturday’s game when you are away
CELTIC40ME
Ross Wallace kept Glenn Hysen out of the Sunderland team while he was there.
Not that one,his lad. Known as Tobias. Wish we’d had a good enough defender to keep Glenn,Snr,out of the team.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS , too true bobby.hh.
Dariusz Wdowczyk was a decent left back
NORRIEM
He could fair hit a ball too.
We were both there when he scored that cracker against Arsenal.
DELANEYS DUNKY, no answer on either phone thanks ill keep trying.hh.
Sipsini
Would be great to see you and J again on Saturday.
HH
Andy Lynch & Mark Ried
There’s another 2 :-))
Remember seeing Daniel Fergus McGrain play there as well
Now there is a world class one
tampered with the ball, honestly!
Celtic40me,,
You could well be right but,,
Was Wgs first signing not a left back,,Mo Camara?
He got a season then we went to Danny fox I think who got a season.
Then Naylor who had one good season and two crap ones.
Where was Wallace in all this? I really forget. Back up for a few seasons?
Hail Hail
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS DELANEYS DUNKY, she,s just walked in thanks for the advice.hh.
Did we not have Roy Kay for a while too?
Btw-At least Mark Reid could take a penalty.
BIGPACKY
Go on,I dare you to ask them what effing time they think this is!!!
Seriously,glad they’re back. Mark it in your diary for future reference,though(!)
Dallas
One big family on here.
When I was in Munich. I met a guy in a pub from Paisley. He had cqn on his phone. When I asked him his moniker, he told me that he has never posted, but lurks every day. When I told him my moniker, he said quick as a flash. You are the guy from Dalmuir.
Bobby , yes . Good shout about Roy Kay. He played at left back occasionally in our nightmare 77/78 season .
DALLASDALLAS
Didnae want to mention the years still get a shiver up my spine thinking about it…
Has anyone mentioned the legendary cup winner Edson Braafheid?
Scaniel, good to see you posting. Saw the latest series of Shetland, with your daughter’s name in the credits! Is she still living in Battlefield? Hope you are both well, and the donkeys of course… HH
Good news BP
Bobby, Mark always hit his penalties with great power.
He showed some bottle taking a last minute penalty in the 84 league cup final to make it two each.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS. cheers. DELANEYS DUNKY thanks.
Brth,
A big shiver when I seen that name.
Replaced Naylor in Lenny’s team I believe.
Some of these names I’ve never heard of ?
But someday someone will trace the lineage from TG to current.
Anton was my first.
Hail Hail
DALLASDALLAS
He sure did. Sometimes I wish he’d missed it. Saved me getting soaked for another half an hour,and stopped fatso getting a hat-trick.
Bobby, it was a horrific season but seasons like that , helped shape us as Celtic supporters just like our forefathers who dealt with mainly terrible times on the pitch between 1945 and 1964 .
Bobby, I can understand your feelings re the 1984 league cup final especially Fatso Sally getting a at trick . I really cant go Sally at all.
MAHETHEMADMAN
Part of the problem with the lineage is that the position itself was a problem for us. Which meant a fair few stop-gaps,and a few others playing there under duress and necessity.
Tommy Burns,for example.
I think Jim Brogan took over from Tommy Gemmell,then Andy Lynch. The next full-time established one may well have been Mark Reid. Then it really went downhill!
Not a great one for conspiracy theories but found it strange that the policeman who contracted the nerve agent, as he was first on the scene, was a Detective Sergeant?
Why would a Detective Sergeant be pounding the beat? Why has this not been questioned on mainstream channels?
Hail! Hail!
DD
Your comment on frozen Mars Bars, reminded me that I used to love frozen Toffee Crisps. Not had one for years (decades??). Gonna buy a couple tomorrow. I would recommend that everyone tries it.
BMCUW
Roger Whittaker sends the ulimate shiver up my spine.
Dallas
Remember 2-1 in Amsterdam, the game we were at. Graeme Sinclair played the game of his life that night, man marking Cruyff out the game.
The Day I knew Football was Going Mad Part 67- The day Lee Naylor had his new Lamborghini delivered to Celtic Park.
Bmcuwp,,
I’d love a list of that seasons main left back.
I understand filling in etc can muddy the waters.
As far as I can see the starting left back has went
Anton
Tosh
Boyd
Jackie
Mahe
Laursen
Camera
Fox
Naylor
Mulgrew
Izzy
Kt
I’m probably wrong somewhere,,,suggestions? Hope you’re well hey.
Hail Hail
Hunderbirds
Any choc bar frozen is better I think. My dentist widnae agree. :)
Camara looked like the guy who always came 4th in the London Marathon…
Just watched the Channel 4 documentary on the Salisbury incident. Told us nothing but funnily enough didn’t mention this when discussing Berezovsky.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berezovsky_v_Abramovich
Putin The Spy and the poison
Ok
Seen a couple of posts asking why wouldn’t Putin just have the guy killed when they had him in a Russian prison.
Maybe I misunderstood the initial reports that I heard but my understanding was he was released as part of a prisoner exchange (so killing him then wasn’t an option).
Much as I dislike and distrust the British Tory party and their regime I would rather them than Putin any day
Delaney’s , Sinky was fantastic that night in Amsterdam . He was also involved in the build up to our first goal plus later in the game crossed to Frank McGarvey , who subsequently hit the bar from a header .
He was a whole hearted player who was the ‘escape goat ‘ for some our support . When Cooper and Simpson used to boot the crap out of our players when we played Aberdeen, Davie Hay then started playing Sinky in midfield to boot them back . Ferguson would moan about us standing up to his bully boys.
According to Bran McLair , Sinky hated football and had a one man footballers against football campaign. Choccy mentions it in an interviewhe did with Celtic Star website.
I’m with you re Brian Whittaker . I never understood why we signed him. I would have preferred Jim McInally to get a run at full back.