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STARRY PLOUGH….Many Hoopy Happy Returns mate,
Have a great day.
HH
Off course with this but…one name not mentioned for the Filths new manager is that superb football expert pundit…..and superb manager of Hull City some while back is one Attila the Hun….”Hateley”….apparently he’s a Hun Legend…why is he not being considered, he was always quick to offer others his expert tactical views to others .
HH
STARRY PLOUGH-happy birthday fellow Hamilton Bhoy:-))
TONYROME-nice story about Jimmy and Sadie
STARRY PLOUGH
Happy Birthday -from way down south
Soon forward –
https://youtu.be/CO1YS4Ff0aU
MADDIE,
So DID you EVER sing “Over and Over” ?
Some so called Celtic fans would be better off being ” SILENT”…
MADMITCH @ 9:25 AM,
Well I wouldn’t disagree with that…
It all comes down to medium and long term planning.
We had an exceptional last Season, UCL qualification, some great results and performances in that Competition and the way we took the domestic Treble was unmatched.
We had a choice to build on that, strengthen and try to do even better. But how much better? How much does that cost?
IMO we choose to go down a different route. For instance rather than pay £3M for a Centre Half that could plug a gap we choose to spend the money on Kouassi.
So, we may be more vulnerable at the back in some matches so be it – we can’t spend the money twice, so it’s a matter of priorities.
It has meant that this is a somewhat consolidation Season, so…
“What are we achieving here”
Two parts to that, firstly what did/do we need to achieve this Season.
Well European Football, preferably the Champions League (secured). Domestic domination and definitely the Premiership League Champions (I believe we’ll do this)
Secondly what we have to achieve in the next few Seasons.
Domestic domination and to be a solid Pot 3 UCL team. As we can’t afford to go out and buy a team of that standard (maybe some individual positions if we are clever in the market) we must select both internally and externally prospects that we can mould into that level of player.
It also of course means (in peer group terms) we will have a squad of real quality and real monetary value.
If there has been a bit of a hiatus and I don’t believe there is as such. It has come for the time, resources and risk we have spent on this VERY CRUCIAL aspect of our Clubs future.
Hail Hail
FFS…I must be getting bypassed by Brendan Rodgers…for some MAD reason he never calls me up days before any game to tell me who’s playing and who’s not in the next match ?
Does Tam Rogic know he’s being dropped v Bayern ?
Stranraer?
Only time i met the Queen was there.
Was working for a Landscape Architects who did a big new masterplan for Agnew Park, Stranraer. Complete with wee rail line.
Opening ceremony boss says do you want to go down and meet her madge. Of course says i, why not?
Day of ceremony, it’s sweltering. Sea cadets, army, navy. All standing to attention, I’m sat on a bench.
HM is an hour late. Aforementioned still standing stock still.
Queens roller comes into view.
One by one all these wee cadets start passing out, fainting from heat exhaustion, getting dragged out of site. Am pissing myself laughing.
We form a line and I’m last in line. She is tiny by-the-way.
Queenie asks me “Is the weather always this inclement in Stranraer?”
“Dunno mam, I’m from Glasgow, it was p… raining when i left!” (Just caught myself there)
“Very good, always loved Glasgow.”
With that she is gone followed by her entourage and the ‘commander’ with a big feather sticking out his bunnet.
Don’t know what became of Agnew Park.
Sorry for long post.
Big Jimmy
Further to our wee chat on the blog the other week
i wondered if you ever drank with Cads the licensee
and his ex wife Vicky when you frequented Bairds? i’m
sure i must have staggered into you at some time or
other, i believe it’s closed now due to licensing
problems, although not surprised,
H.H Mick
Happy birthday Starry Plough,one of the few good ghuys fae Hamilton :O) hh
AoW
Is bunnet a polite term for erchie?
HH jamesgang
Parallels with the good ole days of Northern Soul and the ubers who gave themselves the right to decide who and what was Northern Soul . I remember people jeering and hassling a DJ for playing this while others danced their ass off on the floor ( too funk like for some !)-
https://youtu.be/nIEEDm30n2g
Happy birthday to Starry Plough !!
One for the wishie Bhoys!
https://twitter.com/tennentslager/status/923816544454320128
HH jamesgang
SCULLYBHOY on 29TH OCTOBER 2017 9:48 AM
Sack BR and appoint Mad Mitch now!
…………………….
I second that motion, count me in.
If Brendan Rodgers HAS ANY players in that dressing room with so called “PETTED LIPS”…( according to one poster)…then it is a dereliction of duty by Rodgers if he is not dealing with it, and he should be sacked immediately !
IF ANY Celtic players are guilty of having Petted Lips …then Brendan should be ” naming and shaming them ” in Public…and Celtic should fine them at least a weeks wages,.
Who needs the smsm when some so called Celtic fans do their jobs for them ??
HH
CB @ 10.11
Have to disagree with you on a number of levels.
High: consolidation 12 months in — no, no and thrice no.
We have only just got started.
Low: we needed a CB more than another MF.
Plus EK — who really stepped up yesterday — was a Jan signing.
My thoughts are that we as a club were a bit lazy in the summer.
Not sure if the targets drifted away or we are trying to save money — CB in on a Bosman next year rather than good money now?
No sure but we have not kicked on at any level.
That is a big disappointment for me — the money is there.
Just a case that we are not choosing to spend it in the right areas.
CB @ 10.11
We passed up an £800K CB.
We have chosen to increase the salary of our CEO by £500K.
We have much to learn.
MELBOURNE MICK on 29TH OCTOBER 2017 10:17 AM
Big Jimmy
Further to our wee chat on the blog the other week
i wondered if you ever drank with Cads the licensee
and his ex wife Vicky when you frequented Bairds? i’m
sure i must have staggered into you at some time or
other, i believe it’s closed now due to licensing
problems, although not surprised,
H.H Mick
………..
Yes Mick …I often drank with the CAD …More so AFTER HOURS.
I would also have the occasional dance with the lovely Vicky and her sister Janice especially in the Ranjurs end of Bairds ( The Lounge LOL) to some Disco music etc.
Come to think of it…I sometimes danced with the CAD !
Bairds closed around the end of 2012..or maybe 2013 I think
In Bairds Bar on most Friday/Saturday nights…there was “Money Folk” drinking in there, dripping in GOLD.
I lumbered and went out with some of The Bairds Bar Gals over the years…..I still miss those days.
HH
Chairbhoy
Excellent post earlier
HH
Big Jimmy
I think we probably fought over the same burds to
dance with, but no doubt Cads would put us in our
place, what a hard Bassa, as you said some serious
money folk drank in the lounge outwith match days
and i went to some strange parties afterwards, and
to this day i can’t believe what went on, just as well
i was a one woman kind of ghuy, just ask my wee
princess she made sure of that LOL.
H.H Mick
HOT SMOKED on 29TH OCTOBER 2017 8:35 AM
For most of the first half, we passed the ball about at speed and dominated Killie like we have not dominated any other team this season . Second half, we were poor and Kilmarnock punished us for that. Injuries to Paddy and Olivier disrupted any intended changes which might have remedied/prevented the drop in composure. Killie deserved their draw and did not resort to hammer-throwing . We deserved to equal the record. A truly remarkable achievement.
I agree,and said so after the game.I think our problem some time,and that includes our 1st pick team,is that at Celtic Park,we have so much of the ball,we get a bit careless,sloppy,in the 2nd half.So many games we have lost points,this has happened.I know BR does not ask the players to ease up,I think its a wee bit lack of strength in the players mentality.I have seen it with Barca in games.Away from home we seem totally different.Seems crazy to say,you can have too much of the ball,but at home,I think its true.
Anyway,always plus points.Eboue,Ntcham,Ajer,Johnston,all could be stars for us.
PARK ROAD 67
Hi mate we are looking forward to it too i’ll phone you through the week.
PHILBHOY
Is that an invite to the hoot?
KEEP THE FAITH
TONYROME
It’s open to all!
Would be great to buy you a drink!
Big Jimmy
It’s amazing how people start communicating and they find
common ground, big Duncan was a player i thought would
have done a turn for the bhoys back then but only to batter
the Ragers, obviously football has moved on as we see the
pure silky soccer from Bendan’s team.
And just as strange his sister worked with me as a services
cleaner on the oil rigs and as far as i can remember the
legend Tommy Burns dad was a work colleague.
H.H Mick
Morning all
Not a great tone on the blog today and I doubt I will lighten the mood much even if my 3 year old grandnephew opined last evening:
JIMBO MEANS PARTY
I do not like to criticise and on Saturday evenings like to come on here and praise the team and Brendan Rodgers. But yesterday was poor fare and probably the first game I have been at since Brendan took over where I thought we had no periods of playing well. That must be over 60 games so that is not a bad record but still it was poor and unnecessarily so. Unnecessarily so as I believe the wholesale changes made to the team were not called for. As we are unlikely to qualify for the Champions League knockout I think that the league becomes at least as important as Europe and now should be the time to be ruthless in it, racking up the wins as our rivals cut each others’ – and in the Huns’ case probably their own- throats. The fielding of weakened/experimental teams has not worked in the league this season other than at New Douglas Park which worked a treat as we played James F wide with Paddy virtually as an inside right. Yesterday might have been a good day to try it again. I think the right idea might have been to play a near full strength team and then when we are cruising to bring on 3 younger or fringe players with 35 to play.
I am worried about Scott Sinclair whose confidence might have taken a dip after a (hardly catastrophic) drop in form and being left on the bench for the last two games. I do not know if I would pick him on Tuesday. The other worry for me is Tom Rogic. I do not know whether it was the effects of several long haul flights over the last few weeks but I thought he looked lacking energy to the point of looking lethargic in Munich and against Hibs. Yesterday was not much better and he looked unusually out of touch on the ball. He is arguably our most skilful player but as an observer I can only observe that something seems not right with him.
I know that our overall position is healthy and that I have become too accustomed to excellence these last 16 months but I am also concerned that our rate of progress is slowing. I hope to be proved wrong on that score
Jimbo67
Happy Hoopy Birthday STARRY PLOUGH…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
PHILBHOY
Would love to make it to the Hoot but it falls on wrong weekend for me , maybe the next one !!
Forgot to say,” HAPPY BIRTHDAY”.
Starry Plough.
H.H Mick
PARK ROAD 67
If you’re no goin i’ll no know anybody.
I’ll soften up E for you on Saturday.
KEEP THE FAITH
JIMBO67 on 29TH OCTOBER 2017 11:11 AM
………………
Re Tam Rogic……didn’t he play rather excellent v Aberdeen on Wednesday ?
HH
Another POSSIBLE reason ( cos Brendan doesn’t phone me to explain for some reason ?) that 2 or 3 regular players may have a wee off day now and again, due to some personal changes on any given match day…oh and the fact the opposition at times are happy to stick 11 men behind the ball…and also the fact that it’s a game of fitba…and anything could happen ?
IMO..once our CL position is known ( Europa league maybe ?), then Brendan MAY NOT be so quick to make wholesale changes to hopefully a winning domestic team ?
Brendan has obviously GOT to make several changes at domestic level for several reasons…one being any upcoming CL game ?
whilst we are still in with a wee chance of getting decent results in the CL Group, including the money on offer for picking up even 1 point, then Brendans hands are somewhat forced, when it comes to trying a balancing act in terms of player selection imo.
HH
FAIRHILL BHOY
I see from your posts that we have similar music tastes but you don’t know how to post the link to your favourite songs.
Can you tell me before I put a longish post on here how to do it
1 Do you use a computer/laptop when on the blog.
2 Do you know how to open 2 internet windows at the same time.
3 Do you use internet explorer to access the internet.
If your answer to all 3 is yes i’ll post you a step by step way of how to do it.
KEEP THE FAITH
Happy Birthday STARRY PLOUGH.
LMCBHOY – Thank You.
MADMITCH @ 10:36 AM,
Have to disagree with you on a number of levels.
High: consolidation 12 months in — no, no and thrice no.
We have only just got started.
Low: we needed a CB more than another MF…
(*Plus EK — who really stepped up yesterday — was a Jan signing.!
*Apologies, was thinking of N’tcham but the point applies equally. We need to buy this sort of player to progress.)
Well, on the consolidation point, you pays your money you take your choice. There is of course a strong argument for building on your strengths. Yet I think our runaway success last Season papered over a lot of cracks in the squad that needed addressing before we went forward.
The Centre Back position is an interesting one. I’m pretty sure the plan was to sell Sviatchenko to FC Kobenhavn and to replace with better.
Sviatchenko got injured and FC Kobenhavn failed to get into the UCL.
Now you could say we should’ve gone for Plan B, as you say we have the money, personally I think Brendan is a Plan A ghuy.
The transfer market, as you know, is not always about throwing money at it… in fact for us in the past our fortunes are definitely mixed in that regard.
Having said that, there is no way I’m immune to the fact that Lenny just wasn’t backed. Also noted, we have “failed” to secure the services of Brendan’s more expensive targets. We definitely need to keep an eye on this.
One thing strikes me though, if we are going to keep the likes of Brendan Rodgers at the Club we will have to be successful in the transfer market, selling players for (>) the sort of fees Lenny was doing at his peak and not wasting money on the flops that were bloating out an unmanageable squad.
That takes knowledge and experience.
I’m convinced there is a strategy afoot, that will bring us success and the fact that Brendan hasn’t compromised it for short term gain indicates to me the strength and depth of the man.
Hail Hail
MELBOURNE MICK on 29TH OCTOBER 2017 10:53 AM
Big Jimmy
I think we probably fought over the same burds to
dance with, but no doubt Cads would put us in our
place, what a hard Bassa, as you said some serious
money folk drank in the lounge outwith match days
and i went to some strange parties afterwards, and
to this day i can’t believe what went on, just as well
i was a one woman kind of ghuy, just ask my wee
princess she made sure of that LOL.
H.H Mick
……………………………….
Sorry Mick, I didn’t fight with anyone over any Burdz…I didn’t need to ! LOL.
On occasions some married women did happily forget about their Hubby’s if I was around.
in fact…in 1994 a few hours after Eire had gubbed Italy in the World Cup in USA 1-0……..I was to later meet a woman that evening in Bairds, who unknown to me at the time was indeed married for 10 years or so.
We quickly fell in love, and it wasn’t til about a month later she confessed that she and her husband were in fact still together ( she had told me they were separated ?)…but love is love…and I ran around with her for about 9 years or so, before I got fed up with the situation and binned her..I still miss her very much…but thats life !
i’ll tell you this Bhoy….see some of they wummin wae a drink in them ?????
Aye, ………even the married wans !
HH mate.
JIMBO67 on 29TH OCTOBER 2017 11:11 AM
good post, i agree with your sentiments.
Starry Plough
I believe its your birthday
Well I ain’t really one for birthday celebrations but…it would seem that people born on the 29th October are handsome witty intelligent with impeccable taste and manners.
As far as I am aware there are 2 CQNers born on this day.
One being your good self and the other shall remain nameless as apparently rumour has it that he “ain’t really one for birthday celebrations “
PARK ROAD67
Sorry you won’t make this Hoot!
There’s usually a few mini hoots before the next big one next November, so mibbe catch up then!
Take care!
TONY ROME
There are no strangers on CQN…………only friends you have yet to meet!
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