Was anyone surprised at yesterday’s result? You shouldn’t have been. I don’t think I’ve ever before written two articles against taking a result for granted. Celtic are ridiculously inconsistent as Kilmarnock, Hibs, St Johnstone, Inverness and now St Mirren will testify, even Arbroath left Celtic Park with a draw. The intensity which has been self-evident on Champions League duty has been posted missing far too often.
Defeat yesterday was entirely possible as is defeat away to Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup on Sunday. There will be entirely different tactics and attitude when Juventus call next month but right now you’re feeling sore because, against all odds, we’ve conceded a League Cup final place and we’ll find an equally brave opponent at some point in the Scottish Cup unless a solution is found.
Speaking at the funeral of Sean Fallon last week, Sir Alex Ferguson referred to need for a manager to be a hard taskmaster, generating a corresponding need for the assistant manager to be plugged into the dressing room. I’m sure this is not the only way of managing a football team but it was how Jock Stein and Sean worked, and it’s how Sir Alex has worked for the last three decades.
Millionaire players need an edge in their lives to deliver on a lesser stage.
I had to be in Paisley all morning, which did not help my mood.
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Celtic v Wolves 1959 0 – 2
This was a match to mark the switching on of the Celtic Park floodlights for the first time. Wolves were captained by the legendary Billy Wright and were English champions for the second consecutive season.
Celtic were captained by Bertie Peacock and included Frank Haffey in goal, Pat Crerand at half-back, and a couple of youngsters named Stevie Chalmers and Bertie Auld.
As each bank of floodlights was switched on a tremendous roar went up from the crowd, each level of brilliance being matched by increasing volume. This was a new experience for Celtic fans and they had waited a long time for the club to finally install the lights. Unfortunately the lights were to be the only thing that could be called brilliant as far as Celtic were concerned because they were no match for Wolves.
The English champions dominated the match and Celtic were somewhat flattered by the score. One lingering memory is the numerous times Celtic players were caught offside by a very efficient Wolves trap. During one attack at least four Celtic players were caught offside.
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Paul67 et al
Watching cup football over the last few weeks, one player that did impress me, played against Liverpool, but not for Oldham. I give you Exodus Isaac Geohagen of Conference team Mansfield Town FC. Twenty seven now and never made the bigtime. Bit like Ringo Starr in that respect, Lennon needed to write a song for him, to give him some of the limelight. John that was, not Neil. This is the Bhoy we need, trust me, he could be a big star.
BT Aye – they only had them on half power until just before KO then its was the full bhuna
Magic
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Tell her she’s your wee cupcake
Sipsini
When i started with venters .. Murdy .. Alan faberge .. Scud .. Big fat rab … Thompson … Alex Roy … Was only me and big graham black that was Tim’s … Twilight zone indeed
BlantyreTim,
I like just driving down Paradise Avenue, ( or the new bit of the M74 to the uninitiated), and seeing the lights of Paradise on, no matter what day it is.
EC67
Blantyretim.
Just shows how far we have moved on…do you remember Celtic buying lightbulbs from hampden and the msm making a front or back page of it.
How the mighty have fallen and died.hh
Just seen the weather forecast for Wednesday :-(
I think after the game I’ll save petrol and tie a sheet to the back of the car and sail back to Prestonpans – although it could not be any colder than yesterday. Still feeling the cold………
If there were players who weren’t applying themselves yesterday then Lenny has big problems
Yesterday was a cup semi final players should be able to get themselves motivated for such games
Or do some think themselves too precious for the League Cup
Easy for me to say , but ….if they don’t want to apply themselves in every game ..then ..get rid
Sickened with the bad attitude and lack of effort yesterday
Tim Malone
Words to that effect ….. But they help the heroes
blantyretim
19:19 on 28 January, 2013
While the lights were a huge success there was little room for optimisim about the performance on the pitch and to rub salt into the wounds of the Celtic support there was a strong rumour that star man Bobby Collins had been sold to Everton the season before to help pay for the new lights
*Willie Fernie was sold in ecember 1958 for 18,000, don’t know what the “wee barra’s” fee was but it could have been the reason both were sold.
I was at that Wolves game and we had the new pretender Andy Lochead at centre, think yer da played tae.
The Floodlights installed (for the first time) at Celtic Park in 1959 are not to be confused with the Celtic Park floodlights which successfully guided German bombers up the clyde during World War II
Hun on Jogothy CSC
Burghbhoy
18:43 on
28 January, 2013
Swansea player Danny Graham has asked for a transfer for ‘ personal reasons ‘ …. Rate the guy highly, anyone think he could be onNFL radar and could we afford him ?
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The only reason we should sign Danny Graham would be to make Lassaud look quick.
We have enough “in transit” chancers.
Pf
How many medals do our team have between them …. I think an average of 2 …. So no room to be big time Charlie’s …
Too often the whole team don’t turn up rather than 1 or 2 – – that points to an attitude issue and it is up to NFL to sort that. Easy to see the midfield was over-run in the first half and changes in personnel not just formation should have been made very early in the game. No point in bringing on Lustig etc with very little time left..game was gone. Don’t want to see that type of performance and acceptance of defeat from the Team again this season or serious questions will need to be asked – despite us being in the last 16 of CL. No more “Oh its a young Team” or “Neil’s still learning” – guts of this team is over 2 years together and should not be falling to the likes of St Mirren, Hibs, ICT etc in the way they have been this season. Here endeth the rant and despite all of what I have said I am looking forward to taking up my usual seat at Paradise on Wednesday to cheer the boys on
Bobby Collins was sold to Everton for £25,000 in 1958, and Willie Fernie to Middlesboro for £17,500 the following year.
That left a surplus of £2,500 after the floodlights were installed and paid for!
HH!!
Didier Drogba signs for Galatassary..oh well he obviously didnt fancy the Gallowgate of a Saturday evening
…. not much to say about yesterday than’s already been said.
Anyway, here’s a wee diversion….
Once again, The Washington Post has published the winners of its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words.
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The winners are:-
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
6. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
7. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash.
8. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
9. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
10. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by
proctologists.
11. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
12. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
13. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that,
when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
14. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by
Jewish men.
The Washington Post’s Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
The winners are:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people which stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn’t get it.
6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
7. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these
really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s
like, a serious bummer.
8. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.
9. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
10. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
11. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
12. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
13. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you’re eating.
And the pick of the literature:-
14. Ignoranus (n): A person who’s both stupid and an a**hole.
Burghbhoy
18:43 on
28 January, 2013
Swansea player Danny Graham has asked for a transfer for ‘ personal reasons ‘ …. Rate the guy highly, anyone think he could be onNFL radar and could we afford him ?
They are talking about £5-6m for him. That’s about £5-6m more than we are willing to pay on a player.
bournesouprecipe
19:32 on
28 January, 2013
Spot on,I attended that game and can not remember any planes overhead.
Blantyretim
Thanks for that. Does anybody know if Celtic, or anyone else in Scotland for that matter ever actually played evening matches before we had floodlights?
BT, seeing the floodlights from afar was as much part of going to the games as anything else. And Celtic’s were amongst the best.
Tbj.
Big grahams bhoy is a first year apprentice.
First Tim apprentice in years,he is the reserve goalie for pollock.
Clever bhoy.
Unlike faberges weirdo ub bigoted son.hh
Even the below power illumination of the lights was better than what was currently(!) going then.
However when they were cranked up to full power, they were mighty
Even though the team toiled inthose days, itbwas still always a joy to go to Cetic Park.
I sense a lot of that joy of suporting Celtic as gone, judging by a lot of posters on here.
Pity.
Sorry Willie Fernie was also sold in 1958, so all the money for the floodlights was in place!
HH!!
Heard Jim Duffy backed by Derek Johnstone speaking with experience most of us lack making the very pertinent point that what motivates players is not what a manager says but the consequences of playing badly.
In short players respond to competition whether that be from another squad member or the opposition.
They argue and I agree we do not enjoy the luxury of full cover in every position with the same level of quality so that poor performances see a player out until his replacement stops performing.
This makes more sense of its the manager’s fault for not motivation as it explains why when the opposition is perceived as competitive we compete, but where it is not there is nothing to make a player play as if his next appearance depended on it.
Strengthening the squad so that we have at least 2 players who are starters for each position has to be the aim and until we have that feeling of competition running through the squad some games are going to be viewed by some players as a walk in the Hampden park.
anyone know how to copy and paste on a mac book?????? bloody thing…took me years to get to grips with microsoft….now its all up in the air again…..
excath
So was I ;-) – what happened to the old Floodlight money? the old candle power lamps were sold to Stirling Albion and installed at Anfield
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kabul celt
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then command and v
I want to say something about Lennie and inconsistency but it’s difficult as this is his only managerial club. I’m a fan of Lennie as man and manager (squad assembly/player transformation/player development/position versatility/learning about tactics) but inconsistency has dogged the team since Lennie took over or do I just expect to win all the time. Is it unrealistic to want to win all the time or is it the nature of the disjointed lacklustre performances which are frustrating the fact we keep repeating the same pattern . I’m all a muddle and a wee bit incoherent.
Aston Villa have told Sky Sports that ex rangers player Alan Hutton will be at Mallorca before the end of the transfer window
Wonder if hes going Half Board or Self Catering
blantyretim
19:16 on 28 January, 2013
floodlight game was 1959
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BT, the lights came on fur me innaw in 1959.
Good info young in :-)
Tommy Gemmell v Zurich, scored Celtic’s first ever goal in the European Cup.
We were too busy refuelling UBoats in Burtonport to be bothered about bloody lights FGS
prestonpans bhoys:
Can you text me, got a new phone and as a result lost some of my contacts. Got most of them back but alas not yours. Old phone kept sending multiple messages.
blantyretim thanks for your assistance.
Keep The Faith!
Hail Hail!
Paul67 et al
Memo to Neil Lennon!
Trebles are hard to come by.
Paul67 et al
Memo to Neil Lennon!
Trebles are not achieved by talking about them.
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Paul67 et al
Ok, revert to type
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