Celtic effortlessly disposed of newly promoted Kilmarnock on their dry plastic pitch yesterday. Three goals up at halftime, the outcome was beyond doubt when Jota unleashed a spectacular effort from long range on 35 minutes, adding to the early strike from Kyogo.
If I was being picky……. We looked vastly better when Liel Abada, Giorgos Giakoumakis Aaron Mooy arrived on 66 minutes. This could be because Kilmarnock were tiring, but I think this suggestion underplays the impact the change had in allowing Callum McGregor to move forward, Giorgos to disrupt his opponents and Liel to turn defenders.
Earlier in the game possession was lost carelessly, allowing Kilmarnock to get into the final third, a scenario that stopped abruptly at the triple substitution. We are playing well and winning games, but Ange has some big selection decisions to make if he is to collect 6 points in the next two games.
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Keith,
Golf is an amazing game, its too concentrad.
Footgolf is mair up my street.
Celtic are gonnae, as Chris David Hays.
F*ck off cowards.,.
Reo
Rocky
Feck every Animal that goes oot and………………………………………….
The World isnae eon Bellsmyre.
Rest in Peace Keith Legend to moi.
Big Jimmy
The only way I am aware of anything Madmitch says is when I read a reference to him it in the posts of others. Even then , I don`t go back and check what the strange fellow has said as I assume it ill be meaningless to me.I would strongly recommend a similar approach by your good self. I can assure you, you won`t feel as though you are maybe missing something worthwhile !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cw3COEHgc&list=RDL1Cay5y2d1c&index=3
Happy Monday evening all.
I just had the most enjoyable and proper mental day that deserves a better write up than this but wanted to say a few wee words.
As suggested by one fine folks on here I took my parents and lovely Kentucky gal to the Fairy Pools on Skye today. The sun burst out, we hiked, we jumped around the rocks and had an absolute ball.
What do you know, someone from here, our very own MNCELT is also over from the US and was quite literally at the end of the street we are on! Just enjoyed a very pleasant few beers with him, his lovely lady and friends from Minnesota. More on this later but we also had the same English teacher in school! If CQN isn’t the greatest wee green place tell me what is. Making a big, scarier every day world a little bit smaller and friendlier.
MNCELT – THANK YOU for the hospitality and I reckon we will speak again soon.
What a world, what a clue, what a place.
Thank you all and looking forward to CQN corner next Sunday.
HH all and again thanks all!
Keith
I dinnae care what Anyone David Hayes…I think 442 is the Marvelous KJ.
CQN is MIGHTY
CB
Never Guy Forget, I Am Nothin’
Celtic
Celtic
THE EXILED TIM on 15TH AUGUST 2022 5:51 PM
The drink driving laws in Argentina are more lax than they are here in Spain, they are pretty lax in reality, a slap on the wrist and a fine at most unless involved in an accident.
Now, going to be a bit controversial here, but I have read and heard from very good sources that the club are not 100% with how they integrate new recruits at the club, this needs sorted asap, I know that some have basically been signed and then left to fend for themselves, not going to post it on a public blog, but the info is out there and the club need to act pdq on this, they really need to employ someone who can look after the new signings and get them settled in, it’s not as if we can’t afford it, if the young fella had come from a different country with different laws, fair enough, he didn’t.
PC Lustig’s Mrs posted about this a while back as well.
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Mrs Lustig went public with her own mental health issues around following her husband abroad for his job and missing her own life back home. SHE said SHE had really stuggled with coming to Scotland, at home with young weans and no family here, and Mikel out the house overnights often.
Were did she mention celtic not helping ?
Remembering they both spoke english and we had Mastorivic on the books who Lustig credited for helpinhg him settle.
who have been signed and then left to fend for themselves ?
Petec
I really miss the golf, the reason we came here was that a new course was getting built a short drive away, sadly the local mayor got the jail for accepting brown envelopes and the course was mothballed, also about a hundred houses were deemed to be in violation of the planning rules, total bollix BTW, but even bigger envelopes were exchanged and folks lost their investments and their houses are still empty, they did knock a few down, only the ones who had folks in them so they had to either pitch tents and caravans or sleep on friends couches, the corruption was and is rife, as ever the real culprits got away with things.
Just over 2 hours left to vote. And the turnout has been great – just 2 more emails to top the number that voted on game 1.
Only a few votes separate the top 2. And places 4 and 5 are currently tied. Oh and not everyone has voted for the current leader. All in all its looking like an interesting result.
Currently out babysitting 2 grandchildren but hopefully home soon with enough time to finalise everything and get the results out at 10.15. And this time with no mistakes!!
SENCELPOTY@GMAIL.COM
SS
You forgot to mention that they got NO help from the club, the fact that DM was at the club has nothing to do with anything, if anything it only reinforces the lack of of help forthcoming from the club.
But you believe what you want, the club can do no wrong in your eyes, it’s pretty obvious.
petec on 15th August 2022 7:30 pm
concentrated.
Sorry.
Celtic is being Driven cos the Cheats,.
Our Lord & Saviour he is thinking about EVERYONE.
A quick goole tells me PC Lustig joined when Johan was assistant manager, so more continuity there,
“Johan was assistant manager”
More reinforcement, not a minder.
https://thecelticstar.com/sky-sports-scores-incredible-own-goal-with-jaw-dropping-selection/
Own goal analogy only applies if Celtic fans in sufficient numbers see through this deliberate act (fully in line with their editorial policy) …
… and cancel their subscriptions.
Yeshuah I can get to Switerland.
I’m never getting a vaccine,
My Skiing is Pathethic any how.
THE EXILED TIM on 15TH AUGUST 2022 7:46 PM
SS
You forgot to mention that they got NO help from the club, the fact that DM was at the club has nothing to do with anything, if anything it only reinforces the lack of of help forthcoming from the club.
But you believe what you want, the club can do no wrong in your eyes, it’s pretty obvious.
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Again though, what did the club do wrong in support terms to the player and his family ?
His wife didnt settle, she said it in the papers.
Here is what I beleive, like any organisation bringing employees from abroad, HR will be all over the move with advice, homes, schools, medical set up insurance etc etc. They speak fluent english, so no language complications.
This would be further supported by Mjalby and Daniel (unless they didnt like him ?) why wouldnt they help him settle, more difficult might be the wives.
The start up was that badly handled by celtic the lustigs went home ………………..
8 years later.
Hello Josefine, its celtic hr, how are you settling in.
well everything is fine, thank you, and we are private grown up people away from the club, so leave me alone, thanks.
i get all my info form daniel and johan wives, we have our own wee group going on, so all good,
cheers.
SS
They were not given any help when house hunting, that was public, if she had other problems the last thing the club should have wanted was publicity, she only went public cos she felt she had to.
I will leave it there, there is no point is ant more discussion on the matter, we will never agree.
* Switzerland*
Celtic First is missed.
Incredible
This Land
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I mean pathetic.
Bobby Sands MP
Ta Bobby
Inspirational.
CON – Tim – uity?
£49 – £52 – £55?
No clothes
No soul
No ethics
No integrity
No principles
No balls
No rebellious Jungle
Who’s garden is the hun money tree in?
DD`s?
PL`s?
IB`s?
The auld Irish granny with awe the shares?
The house of the `balance` sheet?
ask THE LIONS ROAR!
Ange will be next under the`it wzny us` PLC bus.
BUZZ!!!!
Broonie would regularly visit new players, go for dinner etc,I’m sure Callum and James Forrest would be doing the same Bernebei was with Ralston and Welsh earlier in the evening, so he wasn’t alone all night….
THE EXILED TIM on 15TH AUGUST 2022 8:07 PM
SS
They were not given any help when house hunting, that was public, if she had other problems the last thing the club should have wanted was publicity, she only went public cos she felt she had to.
I will leave it there, there is no point is ant more discussion on the matter, we will never agree.
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fair do’s
I cant find any source of celtic not helping them get a house. can you point me in the right direction got any links ?
Footballers model wife doesnt like house choices offered, go figure.
Petec,
Did you know that climate activists have been filling golf holes with cement over protests against water ban exemption.
What use is an Orchestra hall with no hole to put it in.
At least the battlecruiser more commonly know as the 19th is open.
Hail, hail
Very different situations, 25 year old couple with kids, established internationalist moving to a country on high wages where they speak the language and have other people in the organisation from the same country
versus
a Petrov or a Bernabei
slow lane
16 championships later
SAINT STIVS
I knew as soon as I read the Bernabei story earlier today that somehow the club would get the blame. Step forward TET. So predictable. Why would an English-speaking Swedish couple need help from Celtic with house-hunting? You can even buy and sell houses in Scandinavia.
As I said earlier, after the experience with Petrov, Celtic set up a department to look after the welfare of foreign players moving to the club. Does anyone really believe that Ange, having managed players of many nationalities in 3 continents, would leave a young Argentinian player out on a limb with no help and guidance?
Sometimes in their rush to blame the board for every situation, logic goes out the window. TET has heard bugger all. He’s at it.
TOM MCLAUGHLIN
Spot on
blame ‘the suits’
Ok this is defo my last on this
IMO you are digging a hole for yourself and you ain’t getting out of it, just my opinion mind
OK, I accept the club maybes didn’t think they needed to help the Lustig’s, they didn’t IMO but I can understand why maybes they didn’t, as for Petrov who they defo didn’t help and possibly the young Argentinian fella, something has gone wrong somewhere, if indeed he was out with other players earlier, maybes they could have helped him home and not left him the get busted at 1.40 in the morning, just a thot.
Ofski for sure now.
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SAINT STIVS on 15TH AUGUST 2022 8:18 PM
Very different situations, 25 year old couple with kids, established internationalist moving to a country on high wages where they speak the language and have other people in the organisation from the same country
versus
a Petrov or a Bernabei
Digging a hole = telling the truth.
dearie me.
BUZZ! 👀
typos b the score
BUZZ :|
You never meet trolls political bots etc
Imagine meeting below at CQN corner
https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/1558825395612311552?s=20&t=eyuVan7vwM5HIdqI53O_HA
TET
You know nothing about what happened last night with Bernabei. You don’t know where he was, who he was with, how much he had to drink and the circumstances surrounding his arrest.
Neither do I, but unlike an old sweerie wife like you, I don’t make up what I don’t know just to suit an agenda.
Aipple- it was such a bonus after a great day to meet you, Trish and your Dad. I love meeting fellow Celtic folks as it happens rarely in the US. We have some unbelievable connections dating back over many years, yet have never met.
Off to Oban tomorrow and then to the homeland in Glasgow before heading home to catch the Bhoys on Sunday.
Show me where I have made anything up, take your time now, as I know you are a sticker for accuracy.
And it’s Sweetie BTW
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Word gets around quickly when young players are doing well in the academy system. Agents see potential to make a good living, whilst helping to build a potential superstar. Picture by Neil Everitt
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EFF it, yous are not worth the effort
Sleep well Timland
HH
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No idea about the way new players coming to the club are treated,although,I expect very well.
If you had paid millions for a player,would YOU not.Makes zero sense not too.
Anyway looking around the squad,the way they interact,the amount of different nationalities,all working together,I don’t see much sign of unrest.In fact,the opposite.