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It was (honestly) a complete coincidence that at the start of last week I wrote that football clubs need “people who can say to the manager, “A club in Romania is doing something really clever, we should try it”, without being frog-marched off the premises”, a few days before Celtic employed a GAA coach as a performance consultant.

Organisations who succeed actively look for development ideas from unusual sources.  If you are fishing in the same pond as everyone else, you’ll not find a strategy that will allow you to over-perform.  Jim McGuinness, coach at Donegal GAA, will work with Neil Lennon’s technical team two days per week.

McGuinness had transformed Gaelic football, since taking control of unfancied Donegal they have been described as “virtually unbeatable”, provoking astonishment and some hostility from those close to the game as a result of his tactical revolution, known as ‘The System’. For his sport, he has found the ‘Moneyball code’ and the metaphorical answer to ‘Why England lose’, which we have discussed here for a number of years.

In short, Jim McGuinness sees things that others don’t and Celtic know the value of new ideas. I’m pleased at both.

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  2. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Thindimebhoy,

     

    I think you picked me up wrong,

     

    The petition link, in that article does not let me sign, it demands to know which state I live in, even when I select UK as my country.

     

    Anyone else having that problem ?

  3. Clink\o/ on

    Andrew 67

     

    That is an extremely serious accusation to be making on a public forum.

     

    So unless you are prepared to name your source it’s only rumour and innuendo.

     

     

    So if you don’t mind. Shut it

  4. Thindimebhoy on

    jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/

     

     

    Saw it on twitter was sure it was a hun tap.

     

     

    Its real

     

     

    Our Arabian friends really do have slaves of all ages and nationalities

     

     

    Why not ask our government to make inquiries for the good of the Arab spring that hit the buffers of winter in Saudi Arabia when a big arms deal was on the cards

  5. Thindimebhoy on

    Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire

     

     

    I think you picked me up wrong

     

     

    You are right my apologies

     

     

    We have 2 different sites under the same domain name but are not related

     

     

    http://www.savetheinnocents.com/gpage1.html

     

     

    http://www.savetheinnocents.com/NEWS.php

     

     

    The former looks like a hack although that does not diminish its crediblity

     

     

    These Arab governments actively condone and dont outlaw slavery

     

     

    Child slavery ie child abuse all part of the need to erode humanity for the service of Mammon meanwhile we pick up the spare shekels whilst turning a blind eye

  8. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Thindimebhoy,

     

    As far as I’m concerned the Arab rulers have never accepted human rights unless its their right to unrestricted freedom.

     

    The so called Christian west has turned a blind eye yet still claim to be Christian, the yanks are the most ridiculous with their so called Neo Christian fundamentalism, the loudest doing most business with countries committing atrocities against humanity.

  10. setting free the bears on

    Ah! Those perfidious dark skinned races.

     

     

    Just the narrative wanted on a Celtic site.

     

     

    Amplefunds must be so proud.

     

     

     

     

    Not directed at you thinedimebhoy nor Canamalar but at TSD, our reverse Henry Ford, “You can have any colour so long as it’s white”

  11. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    SFTB,

     

    I’m surprised you rise to it, in fact very surprised

  13. setting free the bears on

    canamalar

     

     

    It’s a difficult judgement call.

     

     

    The personal abuse is puerile but I object to the no longer thinly disguised racism.

     

     

    It’s a residue of the “no platform for racists” view.

     

     

    That particular poster finds it impossible to be balanced about racial differences.

     

     

    Anyway, I’m off to bed now that ma curlers are in

  14. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    SFTB,

     

    I can never get comfortable trying to sleep with my curlers in :oD

     

    Good luck n good night

     

    Hail Hail

  18. miki67 on

    There’s rumour flying around that many of the service personnel @ the bigotdome for brittania gloriana Saturday were in fact a visiting group from the u.d.a. all dolled up in fancy dress.

     

    I cannot confirm this : only repeating what I’ve read on TSFM and elsewhere.

     

    It would not surprise me in the least, however.

     

    That was a shameless exhibition and a desecration of something which is meaningful to many, if not to the likes of me.

     

    “I may not like what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

     

    Fair enough.

     

    But Chunkles & The Sevcovians, that howlin’ tribute act, overstep the mark every time.

     

    And they manage to induce the gag reflex in me on a regular basis, no matter how much I try to ignore them.

     

    They really should not have been allowed into the sfl. They should’ve gone to the back of the queue, like any other team would have had to.

     

    They have not been forced to sell off the bigotdome and murray pk. as would be normal in any other administration/liquidation. Creditors bumped and dissed. Competitors slagged.

     

    Undervalued and pawned off cheap to allow their hideousness to continue.

     

    And having been granted the grace to persevere, they behave worse than ever.

     

    Will no one step in and rid the game of them once and for all?

  21. ernie lynch on

    Andrew67

     

     

    00:28 on 13 November, 2012

     

     

     

    ‘At that dinner I was able to speak to someone who has up close and personal ,first hand experience of Paddy.’

     

     

     

    The irony being that this blabber mouth was questioning Paddy’s professionalism.

     

     

    Was your informant drunk? Or does he not have that excuse for his lack of discretion?

  22. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    ERNIE LYNCH

     

     

    I am not sure of the reasons for Paddy not getting game time under various managers.

     

     

    All I know is he has been the one player in the last three or four years capable of getting my attention in the way so many of our past heroes did.

     

     

    Celtic should always have a place for the flair player,the flawed genius capable of doing the unexpected-effortlessly.

     

     

    However,not everyone sees it that way.

  24. Folly Folly on

    MWD: talking of seeing it in your eyes; and of Celtic, how about this, from the incomparable Tom Leonard:

     

     

    THE GOOD THIEF

     

     

    heh jimmy

     

    yawright ih

     

    stull wayiz urryi

     

    ih

     

     

    heh jimmy

     

    ma right insane yirra pape

     

    ma right insane yirwanny us jimmy

     

    see it nyir eyes

     

    wanny uz

     

     

    heh

     

     

    heh jimmy

     

    lookslik wirgonny miss thi gemm

     

    gonny miss thi GEMM jimmy

     

    nearly three a cloke thinoo

     

     

    dork init

     

    good jobe theyve gote the lights

  25. Summa of Sammi.... on

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    andrew67

     

     

    00:28 on

     

    13 November, 2012

     

    Canamalar

     

     

    I’m just home from a fundraiser for a Scottish senior football club function.

     

     

    At that dinner I was able to speak to someone who has up close and personal ,first hand experience of Paddy.

     

     

    He told me…………………………..!!!!

     

     

    ..

     

     

    WoW..

     

     

    Did Not want Full post repeated..So..

     

     

    Fundraiser..Senior Club..Dinner..

     

     

    First Hand Expeirience of Paddy..

     

     

    You go on to Finish Your post with..Seemingly..

     

     

    Oh Dear..

     

     

    I suppose it’s the Way You read it..

     

     

    Here is How l read it..

     

     

    You and a Mate Stood Outside a Chinese Resturant with a Bucket collecting Funds for East Stirling FC..

     

     

    You were Starving so Got a Takeaway..The Waiter seen Your CQN badge and Told You Paddy McCourt had been in the Night before Paralytic with Drink..

     

     

    He also Told You his Cousin had a Chinese in Rochdale and “Seemingly” Paddy Liked a Chinese in Rocky ll..

     

     

    ..

     

     

    I don’t really know Why you would Post that about a Celtic player on a Celtic Blog..

     

     

    What l do Know..

     

     

    The Guy who Told You.. Is/Was Probably Lying to You.. Also if he is Anything in Anyway connected to Celtic FC …………………….!!!

     

     

    And..

     

     

    I’m Not a Professional athlete but Doubt very Much He can Only Last 20 Mins because of Alcohol Abuse..

     

     

    Look what Brian Clough did to John Robertson..’Seemingly’ he Smoked 60 a Day.. European Cup Winner..

     

     

    Sport is Littered with then..

     

     

    KTF

     

     

    Summa of SeeminglySloshedCSC

  29. Andrew67 on

    Kit

     

     

    It wasn’t a pal.

     

     

    I am known to you in the real world.

     

     

    You would have a wee laugh to yourself ,if only I could furnish you with the full story (:-)

     

     

    Take care.

     

     

    A67

  31. Andrew67 on

    Kit

     

     

    I posted to try and explain , a reason that was given to me as to why Paddy struggles to get more game time.

     

     

    There is no suggestion that Paddy is still a bevvy merchant.

     

     

    A67

  32. kitalba on

    miki67:

     

     

    I honestly don’t think the powers that be at the MOD would endorse such public behaviour from service men in uniform.

     

     

    I only saw it a couple of hours ago for the first time and no amount of silence breaking could ever embarrass the memory of the dead more so than that choreographed parody.

     

     

    It was sickening to the dead and the crown and normal people who harbour sorrowful memories.

  34. kitalba on

    Andrew you may or may not be known to me but Paul has a few simple rules on here, I’m not sure if what you posted broke one of them or not but what you did break was the most basic rule of the Supporters Creed…

     

     

    Never repeat hearsay that is vile and derogatory about your club, or an employee ot the club, or a fellow supporter.

     

     

    It does nobody of our kin a favour.

  38. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Bolton announce loss of £22m,down from £26m.

     

     

    IIRC,they have debts of over £100m.

     

     

    Not long for this world if they don’t get back to The Prem within eighteen months,I suspect……

     

     

    And,allegedly,they are one of HMRC’s prime targets for EBT use if they win the Rangers one.

  40. Andrew67 on

    Kit

     

     

    There is nothing derogatory in my post about Paddy in his time at Celtic.

     

     

    I was given a reason as to why he doesn’t get more game time.

     

     

    I was told his skill was not in question,but excesses in his earlier career meant that his body would not allow him to reach a certain standard of fitness now.

     

     

    I actually don’t think that it is anything that most of us haven’t heard before.

     

     

    A67

  42. PeteTheBeat on

    Plenty of players with big drink problems and functioned ok – Tony Adams, Paul McGrath, Niall Quinn etc

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