The phrase Poisoned Chalice could have been written with the Scotland national team manager’s job in mind. Even in the 80s when we had great players, and the likes of Stein and Ferguson in charge, a sense of under-achievement followed Scotland in tournament football.
In Gordon Strachan’s favour as he takes over at Hampden today, is the 14 years in the wilderness which has reset expectations to ‘Incredibly Modest’. This contrasts with his arrival at Celtic Park seven and a half years ago, a few weeks after the messianic Martin O’Neill left the premises. Then expectations were huge, but Gordon had to achieve put a winning team on the field while curtailing expenditure against rapidly increasing budgets in the English game.
The result was not always pretty but it was effective. He became only the third manager in our history to win three-in-a-row and took us to the knock out stages of the Champions League twice, eclipsing O’Neill’s achievement in Europe’s top tournament. Few could have measured up so well.
In 2006, when he won the league at the earliest date in the history of Scottish football, he took his players, backroom and support staff onto the field in a moving movement of triumph. The stoicism with which he clung onto the league campaign in 2008, when all seemed lost, was remarkable. There can be few more enjoyable ways to win the league than from a 15 point deficit in April – one of the great times to be a Celtic supporter. When his team ran out of steam in 2009 he left the scene with much less fanfare than he deserved.
Of all the former Celts working in the media Gordon is truest to the club. Celtic is his team and the joy he gets as a supporter is evident. Such comment will be tempered now he is Scotland manager, but we wish him every success.
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Why the f@@@ do I start these conversations???
Weefra HH
Larrybhoy
he’s cup tied
I tend to say these things on the hoof.
Weefra HH
A few long faces on here, we won.
Weefra
Less and less. You used to see more horse butchers than you do now.
I don’t live there, but I go every year. I don’t recall seeing horse on a menu ever and I don’t recall ever seeing a menu without beef.
WeefratheTim
once you start it’s hard to rein it in
We know ManU will be looking for a keeper in the summer then its a straight fight between them and Barca if Celtic want to sell the big man. £15+ easy
Is this horse meat story true? or is it neigh joke?
I was happy with our unbridled play tonight.
Some people think it’s disgusting to eat horse. Some think eating snails and frogs legs are vile.
In Thailand you can eat deep fried termites, beetles.
In Korea you can eat dog.
Muslims think its disgusting to eat pig.
Its all a matter of taste really.
Thats £15 millions no £15 quid
Brilliantly funny comments, in the mane…….some are manure. MINE
Another away win in Europa can’t be bad. Co-efficient going up this season.
I still like Burley fantastic contribution to the cause in ’97/8.
tonyg
21:32 on 15 January, 2013
Thats £15 millions no £15 quid
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you made a horse’s arse of that …….
After his win,The Exiled Tim will be on horse tablets to keep him oot the bookies
celtic first
We travelled by car through rural France, as I said about 25yrs ago maybe even longer, by car, and the majority of eateries, including les routiers, served horse meat. Ate everything but while I was there.
Weefra HH
I’ve eaten loads of thae burgers and I’m sure there’s neigh horsemeat in them.
You’ll get neigh complaints from me.
CF
If I’m ever in China by chance, what was the name of that special club? Just to make sure that I don’t accidentally fall into it.
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
21:33 on 15 January, 2013
tonyg
21:32 on 15 January, 2013
Thats £15 millions no £15 quid
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you made a horse’s arse of that …….
!!Bada Bing!!
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A shoe did
Weefra tim-
Online disinhibition theory
Smartarsecsc
gene
There must be something to do with fetlock, just cannie think :))
Weefra HH
Dublinbhoy
I am going by what USDA has said on and off the record about it. They are obliged to publish stats every week: cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, goat, bison, horse. The official number for horses since 2008 is zero. Every week.
If they aren’t telling the truth, they will be found out.
Those are official slaughter stats. If horses are being slaughtered under the radar, I wouldn’t be surprised, but I’d be surprised if it was ‘tens of thousands’ per year. What are PETA doing with all those donations of tens of thousands of mustangs are being slaughtered by unofficial abattoirs?
YEUCH!
That’s it!
Neigh… Mare… Supermarket meats for me!
Furlong are these horse jokes gonna go on?
Hopefully Sevco get horsed by DU in the Cup.
Can I Have Raspberry On That Champions League Ice Cream
I think it was called 流浪者足球俱乐部.
Mr Ed-ible:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/who-eats-horse-meat.html
The lengths some people will go to for a bit of meat
Horse meat wins by a nose
Sammy an Mo’s goals
http://youtu.be/oevMJzlyQWY
The bhoys jockeying for position for the worst pun….
can’t stand any mare of this
horse racing
Following the story of a woman riding into a pub on a horse, thus mirroring one of the all-time classic jokes, we’ve dug out our favourite horse gags.
Try not to laugh too hard…
A white horse walks into a pub and asks for a whisky.
The landlord says: “Hey, we’ve got a whisky named after you.”
The horse replies: “What, George?”
A horse trudges slowly into a pub and orders a drink.
“Evenin’” says the barman, “why the long face?”
A horse walks into a smart cocktail bar.
The doorman says: “Wait you can’t come in here without a tie.”
The horse goes out to his car, looks in the boot and gets a set of jump leads, which he ties around his neck.
He goes back in and says to the barman: “This alright?”
The barman says: “Hmm, ok… but don’t be starting anything.”
A poorly-looking horse limps into a bar with a bandage round his head. He orders a glass of champagne, a vintage brandy and two pints of Guinness.
He downs the lot and says to the barman: “I shouldn’t really be drinking this with what I’ve got?”
“Why, what have you got?”
“About £2 and a carrot.”
Which side of a horse has more hair?
The outside
What’s a horse’s favourite TV show?
Neighbours
A racehorse owner takes his horse to the vet. “Will I be able to race this horse again?,” he asks
The vet replies: “Of course you will, and you’ll probably win!”
Did you hear about the depressed horse?
He told a tale of whoa!
A dead horse walks into a bar and orders a whisky.
“I’m sorry, sir,” says the barman. “We don’t serve spirits.
Black Beauty, she’s a dark horse.
Yer just all jockeying fur the best position are you no
celtic first
Nothing surprises me when greedy people see an opening to make a few bob.
Weefra HH
I bet they don’t have this on foallow foallow
Yeah beat me to the post?
Why is it always a couple of horse’s hooves who do these makeover programmes?
I’ve been going to France a couple of times a year for a few years now.
Horse (chaval) is a big part of French cuisine but its popularity is diminishing.
Chicken, turkey etc now sell quicker in the supermarkets than anything else.
Lets just end this and call it a dead heat