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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Kevjungle
Don’t worry – its the crew who bigged up Wanyama, Commons and Ambrose. So we should be ok…
lionroars67
08:39 on 16 January, 2013
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Aye – yer right m8.
Follow the yellow brick road – CSC
Off oot….before I get knocked over with a bale of – tumbleweed :o)
laters….
Frogs now!?
I’d have leapt at the chance of making frog jokes.
Ducks!?
This is deliberate.
Some has set up a bill of fare for animal related punning today.
Tim Malone Will Tell
08:46 on 16 January, 2013
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I hope yer right m8
HH
laters…..
I wonder what or who Ole Murdo “croak” McLeod will be biggin’ up this week, pondlife??
Time to for the establishment to end this nonsense
Londonderry loyalists demand boarding pass from woman Loyalists at an earlier protest in Londonderry
Loyalists have been accused of intimidation after a woman travelling to City of Derry airport was allegedly asked for her boarding pass at a roadblock in Londonderry.
The woman, who was visiting her family in Derry, says she was stopped by masked men on the Limavady Road on Sunday night.
She has now returned to London.
Her father, who didn’t want to be identified for fear of reprisals, said he is disgusted by what happened.
“My daughter was home from London to see her sick aunt.
“When she was going back to the airport I asked my wife to take her out and take my sister, who has special needs with her, because she likes to go for runs in the car.
“When she came back my wife was very shocked looking and I asked her what happened.
“She told me those people were stopping cars on the Limavady Road.
“They had masks, they had flags, they had everything, they weren’t going to let us past.
“She told then we were going to the airport but they said we couldn’t let us through.
“My daughter got out of the car and pleaded with them and one of them then asked her for her boarding pass.
“I thought what authority have these guys got to ask us for boarding passes, passports, driving licences or any form of ID?”
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Victim’s father
The man said at that point other protesters intervened.
“There was a couple of ladies on the footpath, belonging to these people, they said to let them through.
“My wife and daughter were quite shocked at this.
“My sister has Downs Syndrome so somebody with a scarf around their face shouting in a window must have been horrendous for her on the inside, but she is not able to communicate that with us.
“They just about made the plane with a few minutes to spare. If they had to turn back and go in another direction she would have missed the plane.
“These people have a right to protest as long as they stay off the road and not hinder anybody from going about their daily business.”
asonofdan
This is the Heralds description of the most important man in Scottish football.
No.1
Peter lawwell
Celtic chief executive
Why is he important?
Despite giving several reasons why everybody else is on the list the above is all the have to say of Mr. Lawwell.
Why is he important , typical anti Celtic MSM .
Morning CQN from a snowy Saarland. Good result last night & new signings.
Whatsnototlike?CSC
HH
Gerry
starry plough
08:49 on 16 January, 2013
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Aye – at least he’s BIG enough to admit that – no huns in the league = destination
20k crowds(or worse) at CP !!!
…anyway…..as ye canny reason wi – unreasonable folk…Off oot – laters.
Maybe we should get a hypnotist to work on Bangura and convince him the Juve game is a friendly or a bounce game. He could be the match winner…………..
Mibbe no
Kevjungle MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
08:47 on
16 January, 2013
The yellow brick road that leads to still in all domestic competitions
Last 16 C/L
Your road leads to disappearing up Jabbas rectum, want to get your self oot fae there
Just had a wiki check of Rogic and we share the same birthday (unfortunately 26 years difference inbetween) so that’s gotta be a good omen. My youngest Kenny played a lot of futsal, including a tournament in France, it’s excellent for passing and ball retention, be interesting to see if young Tom can put what he’s learnt into the SPL!
KevJungle – MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
Kev unlike Gordon Dalziel you’re no able to see the bigger picture, Murdo is stating the blatantly obvious which even a five year old could work out, what he is not stating is the truth, the Huns that he apologises for and wants back at the top level are responsible for the downward spiral of scottish football with the decades long abuse of the rules and regulations of the beautiful game here, hey but that’s alright let him craoak and boak his bile all over the nations tabloids after all he played for us once…
kevjungle – murdo’s 30 yds title winning boots 1979
08:25 on
16 January, 2013
Just dropped in to say…….
I’m not on to cause any bother or that but
Were the culprits – bigging-up – Miku/Lassad/Bangura
the same fholk who are now doing the same to – Rogic ?
Only asking like…..
HH
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Dont think anyone really bigged those 3 up.. Each came with decent history. Anyway each signing should be welcomed and encouraged .
Hopefully another 1/2 to follow.
Kev ,I realise yir off oot,but where were you when yir precious Murdy was getting pelters
a few days ago?Don’t tell me even you had no defence of the eejit.
starry plough
09:00 on 16 January, 2013
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So – where does all of that leave – Big Billy ?
Murdo’s adhering to the same script as the
man who signed him for the tic ?!?!?
lionroars67
08:55 on
16 January, 2013
Kevjungle MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
08:47 on
16 January, 2013
The yellow brick road that leads to still in all domestic competitions
Last 16 C/L
Your road leads to disappearing up Jabbas rectum, want to get your self oot fae there
Nope…..sorry….can’t see the link between horses and rectum….
What a thing to imply from an alleged supporter of Celtic.
Kevjungle. “Bigging up Rogic”?
From what I’ve seen, a small number of posters have welcomed a new and potentially exciting young talent to our club. Your negative attitude is nothing short of astounding.
However, as a relative newcomer to this blog and an avid daily reader I would comment that there are a slack handful of pervasive wankers on this site who continually post negative and divisive posts on an almost daily basis against CFC in order to cause arguments and division within the Celtic support.
You kevjungle are in the sorry position of being within that slack handful of aforementioned wankers. Were you dropped as a baby or bullied at school? Something drastic must have happened to instill this perpetual negativity in you.
Don’t bother answering me, I won’t be reading any of your negative pish from here on forward as you give me the boak. You should go off oot more often and spend more time oot there.
Apologies to proper Celtic supporters and to P67 for some of my text above.
Hail Hail Celtic men and wummin.
ACGR
KevJungle – MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
09:03 on
16 January, 2013
starry plough
09:00 on 16 January, 2013
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So – where does all of that leave – Big Billy ?
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A wee bit of whitaboutery,thats your defence? Well it worked for Walter,who knows?
…an early shocker………………..
voguepunter
09:01 on 16 January, 2013
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I wizny on here a couple of days ago.
But, if I was….I would have been reminding some of yeez how Murdo
was a – Real Highlander – in the midfield for us…
KevJungle – MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
You got it one Kev, these guys are all sitting round waxing lyrical about the FIXTURE Celtic v Rangers, what a great game etc etc etc, they’re not the men, women and children being asked to pay in to and accept a rigged game.
The fact that you can’t see that does you no service in your claim as the King of the Forward Thinking, The Only Wan that can see what we all canny see Celtic Supporter…
voguepunter
09:06 on 16 January, 2013
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That widny be – gun at the heid – Walter ?
starry plough
09:07 on 16 January, 2013
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The games been rigged against us for – 125 years !
Why spit the dummy now ?
Players become heroes – like Murdo is for me – by skelping
the huns – not Ross County/St.Mirren/ICT etc….
….a concerted attempt by like-minded confederates no doubt….quite possibly one and the same characters……………….
If it’s not the poor spelling it’s the sleekit apparent ‘cosying up’ while dropping in overt bad language – something the site rightly frowns upon…………..
Too obvious.
Alan McInally was Rambo.
I hear Lenny was in the Bernabeu last night.
Any comments?
Personally I think its worth watching a team like that just to observe how they counter attack.
You learn more being at the games than you can from endless hours of tapes.
Who were Real playing? Valencia was it?
KevJungle – MURDO’s 30 yds Title Winning Boots 1979
Deflect deflect deflection….
I forgot how pointless it was talking to you, don’t forget yer thermals when you go oot…
It’s no aboot Murdo the player it never was..
How are the 80’s these days??
Conference when asked stated they would welcome Sevco with open arms according to MSM. Then you find out, that out of the 24 clubs, only 15 replied and only 9 of them were in favour. lol!!!
Croooooaaak!
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
09:04 on 16 January, 2013
Agree 100%
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
09:04 on 16 January, 2013
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So…let me get this right…if ye don’t – Happy clapp – yer oot ?
Aye – if you say so….
ACGR
Language violation.
Your post will disappear and its message will be unread while Kevjungle’s will remain.
Writesmarter.csc
starry plough
09:14 on 16 January, 2013
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Did Murdo say anything different from – DD ?
Now whose being shafted from the back ?
The troll appears and soon has the blog dancing to his tune
Ignore and he will disappear
I had a strange thought this morning, I wonder who feeds Jabba his frogs??
Ten Men Won The League
09:18 on 16 January, 2013
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Oh, remind me again – what choon was the blog dancing to before I appeared ?
KevJungle – There are thousands of folk walking around the streets today whom are still trapped in the 80’s.
You are not alone.