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  1. glendalystonsils on

    According to the Times/Herald headline on Newsnow, Thistle won a ‘brilliant’ point against us tonight. Couldn’t possibly be as ‘brilliant’ as the stupendously brilliant point Sevco got against us, surely ?

     

     

    I also wonder if that was just an ‘ordinary’ point Killie got against them tonight?

  2. 50 shades of green on

    Thought the Ref was decent tonight, even wee shades said he was OK, so we wont be seeing him again for a while eh dad, dont know who he was though.

  3. EmeraldBee\o/ still proud to be an internet bampot on

    !!BADA BING!! on 5TH APRIL 2017 10:33 PM

     

    Fair play to Thistle, as soon as Izzy went off, they played on it.

     

     

    Bada, I’d just said to my mate that we were ‘missing’ a link (no sausage jokes!) on the left side after Izzy was taken off and no-one was moved over, when the Jags moved swiftly down that side of the park (partly helped by The Great Dane being slow on the cover) and … bang….there’s yer goal!

     

     

    Brendan has been a revelation with the impact of his substitutions this season, but he actually created an imbalance in the team for a few minutes before moving Gamboa over to the left.

  4. Barney67 on

    When does the Pedro revolution start?

     

    Let’s not “dis” the “magic hat”

     

    Tune and changed.

  7. EmeraldBee\o/ still proud to be an internet bampot on

    Sometimes oor Brendan can be quite subtle.

     

     

    Talking on the official site about Eboue he mentioned him settling into the game and said …………….

     

     

    “He is learning how to tackle and he serves the ball well. I thought he did well after that little spell of arriving into Scottish football.”

     

     

    Learning how to tackle? I think he means learning what he will get away with in Scotland, plying for Celtic, as opposed to those other pesky countries and teams he’s played in and for.

     

     

    Must say I agreed with him, he fairly grew in to the game.

  8. Gary67 on

    Hope Kouassi starts again on Saturday, this time with either Armstrong or Brown beside him.

  9. Dharma Bam on

    !!Bada Bing!!

     

     

    Live up to my name? I suppose by thinking there was some sort of karma in how far Kris Commons has slipped off the scene, i was referring to some sort of “Cosmic law and order ” at play. (Smileyfacething)

     

     

    I can’t see how anyone who tried to get rid of their previous boss would think they would have any sort of future under the next boss.

  10. Auldheid on

    I thought that by the time he was substituted Kouassi showed he has a future at CP.

     

     

    Otherwise a bit disjointed but when the edge of needing to win goes, form inevitably dips

  12. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Almost glad to get the silly 100% win record off our backs .

     

    Loss of points now is an irrelevance in terms of the league.

     

    Its over.

     

     

    Brendan is most probably , as we would expect , running the rule over the current playing staff with a view to making decisions about which players to retain.

     

    Currently , we would seem to have an embarrassment of riches.

     

     

    Big Ajer looked good for Killie tonight.

     

    He may even have played against the hun , were he eligible.

  13. Auldheid on

    TET

     

    In a table of wage bill and average wages a player earns, Partick Thistle are second bottom with St Johnstone just above.

     

     

    The latter are in top six and PT vieing for a place, which suggests both clubs are getting more bang per buck than the teams above them and either manager would do a better job at Ibrox than previous managers and current encumbent.

  14. Billy Bhoy on

    I was relieved to get away tonight still unbeaten. I didn’t think we did enough to win and every corner or free kick they got in the last 20 mins was I thought likely to end up in our net.

     

    I don’t remember seeing the ref, Greg Aitken, before. Wow, he is a cracker. Four times we were fouled but retained possession and four times he pulled us back. Then, when we were frantically trying to get the winner we took a quick throw in about 10 yards further back than when the ball went out of play and he stopped play and make us take it where the ball went out!

     

    Has anyone ever seen that done?

     

     

    Meanwhile across the city I note:

     

     

    “Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha: “We have a culture of winning and getting the three points all the time. So we cannot be happy drawing the game.”

     

     

    What culture? He’s won one game in three!

     

    Did they just let the previous guy “resign” despite having a “culture” of winning? I reckon it’s unlikely given that they’ve only won 14 of their 31 league games!

  15. jinkyredstar on

    Good afternoon Macjay

     

    I’ve missed out on letting you know that Rab Lambert remembers you fondly, and says you are missed at reunions.

     

    However – get aft there bevy – we didn’t have a 100% win record to lose tonight.

     

     

    In general we have ‘slumped’ after sewing the league up – it’s a bit like the pathetic attempt we have all had to continue our stag night, a peak is a peak and it is hard to repeat immediately. I am glad we have the droop out of our system before big games like Ross County :-)

     

    Stillsmilingcsc

  16. The Donald on

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    My Dear Macjay…..

     

     

    Greetings & Salutations….

     

     

    Couldn’t Help But Admire Your Excellent Post

     

     

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    macjay1 for Neil Lennonon 5th April 2017 2:05 am

     

     

    XXXXXXX XXX XXX XXXXX XXX XXX. XX & XXXXX XXXX on 5TH APRIL 2017 1:48 AM

     

     

    “I wasn’t even close to doing that,” said Deila. “I WAS the boss at Celtic. That is when you do have to make decisions. I wasn’t afraid of making decisions. That is the only way I feel you can improve as a coach and a person as well. You need to make mistakes. You need to make decisions, you have to take risks. And I have always done that in my career. If you are in a comfort zone you always go to the next level. At Celtic I found that unbelievably hard, but also very interesting.

     

    “But Norwegian footballers are more … well for one, they are not millionaires,” he added. “That means they don’t get all that attention they get in Scotland. There are less foreign players as well, so it is maybe a more united group. If you had only Scottish players in your team then I think you would get the same thing. Also the culture in Norwegian society is more liberal. It is more open. Here, everybody will come into my office and talk to me. Here you play 38 games, if you are lucky enough to get to the cup final. There it was 60 a year. It is a very tough life. Being here is a holiday compared to Celtic.”

     

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    Or , to summarise :

     

    ” The job was too big for me and I have now returned to my comfort zone “.

     

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    My Dear Macjay…..

     

     

    We Totally Concur With Your Excellent Analysis….

     

     

    Out-Of-His-Depth…..

     

     

    Is An Understatement !

     

     

    When He First Arrived, He Promised That He Would Be Spending Hours Reviewing Videos Of Celtic’s Games In The Previous Couple Of Seasons….

     

     

    So He Would Become Familiar With The Individual Players…

     

     

    And Our Playing Style.

     

     

    Sounded Hopeful…..??

     

     

    Hmmm….When The Season Started, It Quickly Became Clear That The ‘Teacher’ Hadn’t Done His ‘Homework’..

     

     

    He Appeared To Have Little Idea Of The Strengths And Qualities Of Our Existing Squad…..

     

     

    And Struggled To Find Our Best Team And Formations…

     

     

    The Introduction Of His ‘Scientific’ Backroom Staff Was Equally Disastrous..

     

     

    General Fitness Levels Were Well Down…

     

     

    Our Players Were Slow To Recover From Injuries…

     

     

    And Complained Bitterly About The “Faddy Diets” Imposed On Them By The Norwegian Troika…

     

     

    The Players Showed An Alarming Lack Of Stamina….

     

     

    Often Letting Even The Wee Teams Of Part-Timers….

     

     

    Have Us Hanging On Grimly….

     

     

    In The Latter Stages Of Many Games.

     

     

    Compare And Contrast With BR’s Squad Now…..

     

     

    Our Players Under Delia Did Not Improve Their Physiques….

     

     

    Look How Our Squad Has Improved Physically,Under BR….

     

     

    Notably Dembele,Tierney,Armstrong…

     

     

    And Even Forrest….!

     

     

    They’re All Growing Into Man-Mountains

     

     

    Opponents Will Just Bounce Off Them…

     

     

    [The Porridge Oats In IRN-Bru Is Clearly Working Wonders….! Ed ]

     

     

    Delia Just Did Not Possess The “People Skills”,Or The Tactical Awareness…..

     

     

    Amongst Other Deficiencies….

     

     

    To Become A Successful Celtic Manager….

     

     

    He Lacked The Charisma And Savoir Faire We Have Come To Expect In Our Leader…..

     

     

    And His Phoney “Ronnie Roar” Could Not Disguise His Multiple Inadequacies…

     

     

    He Was Less Charismatic The A Dead Norwegian Parrot !

     

     

    Lawwell Should FORGO His Bonuses For Those Two Seasons…..

     

     

    Not Just DEFER Them….

     

     

    Like The Slippery Operator He Is…

     

     

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    Here Are Some Fine Tunes To Get The Toes Tapping :

     

     

     

     

    Tiernan McBride’s film of Paul Brady’s ‘Arthur McBride’.mpg. (7min)

     

     

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=VBdywzKD2Jw

     

     

     

     

     

    The Lakes of Pontchartrain – Paul Brady & Andy Irvine Live (1977)

     

     

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ad8RVexRUoQ

     

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    Keep-Up-The-Good-Fight !

     

     

     

    Gotta Go…

     

     

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  18. angelgabriel on

    I thought that Partick Thistle were quite well organised defensively tonight. Helped by a lack of physical presence in our front players . Kouassi grew into the game and will be an asset.

     

    The substitution left us unbalanced and Thistle capitalised . The point dropped is no big deal . There’s more games like this to come.

     

    A consequence of winning the league in March .

     

    Still smiling , still happy . HH

  19. jimtim on

    Disappointing from the team tonight . In fact ide say we have lost a bit of sparkle . I also think our manager made a boob tonight taking off Emilio . They never threatened us until then . We will need to buckup our ideas for the semi final ,at present we’re not good enough to beat 14 men . Btw what’s the latest on the griff , is he out long term .

  20. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    JINKYREDSTAR on 6TH APRIL 2017 12:28 AM

     

     

     

    My post below was written at 8.54 Oz time…………

     

    No ” drink taken ”

     

    :-)

     

    MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 5TH APRIL 2017 11:54 PM

     

     

    And in any case , I wasn`t specifically referring to last night`s result in terms of ” winning “.

     

    But none of that really matters.

     

    Please pass on my best to Rab.

     

    Hopefully , one of these days…………………….

  21. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    THE DONALD on 6TH APRIL 2017 12:37 AM

     

     

    The Deila ” thing ” .

     

    I don`t want to be flogging a dead horse. Nor to be rewriting history.

     

    However , just like so much of the political ” stuff “, the issue is simply learning from your mistakes.

     

    In any case , thanks for your kind endorsement.

     

    We have a rosy future to look forward to.

     

    Hail Hail to the Chief ………..

     

    The Donald.

     

    :-)

  22. Scaniel on

    Just arrived home after a very pleasant evening at Celtic Park – well, isn’t every evening a pleasant evening at CP. Not a great game, but with so many changes and Erik not being a left back it was hardly going to stick in the mind as a classic. Great to meet a few CQNers at long last. Must try to meet some more before Lisbon. Had a feeling their keeper knew Sincy was going to put it in the same spot as Sunday ….ah, well, no real damage done. Early start tomorrow, so land of nod beckons, as does the thought of missing out on the banter between MacJay & The Donald.

  23. Margaret McGill on

    Macjay and Donald

     

    what’s Oz slang for repugnant twats?

     

    Just asking like.

  25. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Thought for the day.

     

     

    Thank god Goebbels didn`t have the internet.

  27. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    MARGARET MCGILL on 6TH APRIL 2017 1:29 AM

     

    macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 6th April 2017 1:27 am

     

     

    Dont you mean twitter?

     

     

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    Nah.

     

    Soundbites weren`t the order of the day.

     

    Polemics , mate.

     

    Polemics.

  32. Margaret McGill on

    macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 6th April 2017 1:31 am

     

    I’m confused.

     

    Soundbites is the basis of your ideology

     

    soundbites characterizes all your responses

     

    Soundbites is the limit of your concentration span.

     

    so what do you mean “Nah”?

     

    elaborate.

  33. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Elaborate.

     

     

    Yebo , mi baas.

     

     

    140 characters of twitter would not have sufficed.

     

     

    CQN…………Internet……..conform to the socialist mantra or be abused.

  35. 'GG on

    HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE on 5TH APRIL 2017 9:47 PM

     

    GG

     

    Yes, on the whole he played well. Got caught out once, misjudging the bounce of the ball, and gave away a foul in a dangerous position. He has good positional sense and is very comfortable in possession, and plays out from the back very well. Perhaps a tendency to be careless but I am sure Brendan and Kolo will put him right there. All of that will come with experience, but at only 18 he is a great prospect in my opinion.

     

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    Thanks for the update. I was hoping he was in the mould of George Connelly and would have a good chance of breaking into the squad soon.

     

    I don’t want him to be forgotten being put on loan.

  42. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Interesting comment on JohnJamesSite.

     

     

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    Danny says:

     

     

    April 5, 2017 at 10:24 pm

     

     

    JJ, Myself and several like minded Rangers fans tried to organise a “Dave King Out” protest at the Kilmarnock game tonight…There was about 20 of us…We had arranged to meet up on social media.

     

    Unfortunately for us..There had been a rat and we ended up being surrounded by a mob of about 80 “fans” who were obviously there to shut us up….several of them opened up their jackets to reveal weapons hidden inside and told us they would be used if we didn’t disperse and move on.

     

    I have decided that i will no longer go to Rangers games until Mr King and his Peaky Blinder brigade are gone.

     

    This is the last straw…

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