The creative central midfield position is heavily congested at Celtic. Rom Togic and Stuart Armstrong are both enjoying landmark seasons, leaving Ryan Christie feeding off injury scraps. It’s not ideal for a player with over 100 top flight appearances under his belt.
Four months at Aberdeen would be ideal for the player’s development, and would perhaps arrest Aberdeen’s slide this season.
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Level 5 very busy this AM I see. Or PM too.
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2017/01/24/celtic-and-rangers-linked-schemer-still-tipped-to-follow-team-mate-to-aston-villa/323135/
I like young Christie but I feel we can’t have our cake and eat it. Brendan’s desire for a smaller squad, the type of player required to make a better fist of the champions league and each window seeing an injection of quality at the circa £3m mark a la Sinclair and Eboue.
That tells me that after the obvious deadweight (poor phrase I admit) of Ambrose, Commons, Allan, Cifci, etc then there is every likelihood for folk like Christie, Henderson, McGregor and O’Connell to fall further behind with this churn in mind. Good enough for Scotland but not for the fine margins required to progress in Europe.
Big Wavy
Good Afternoon.
Here is my latest. All about how the Scottish sports media is way ahead of those hell-belt on rewriting truth in the USA…
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/trumping-the-donald-in-scotland/
Afternoon Celts
Ryan Christie to Aberdeen.
Makes sense.
Ive got my doubts if the lad can break through.
He will need to go some to be a regular in the current team.
HH
He’s right, there isn’t.
http://thefrontofthebus.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/no-such-thing-as-fake-news.html?m=1
OneMalloy
Sorry to read of your loss. May your brother’s soul rest in peace.
Summa
Sorry to read about your father.
The worst six months of my life was three years ago when my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He suffered badly to his death. Hope your dad is more comfortable.
Cowie
My heart goes out to you and your family. A very sad affair.
That strip was sometimes known as the Bing Crosby Strip. Legend has it he met the team when they were on their way by liner to the USA and had this trip made for them They certainly met Bing on the crossing, but whether the strip story is true or false I don’t know por cierto,
TGM
Ryan Christie always caught my eye when he played for ICT. I think he has all the attributes to make it at Celtic. I agree that sending him on loan to the Dons, could be a good move for all three parties, at this stage in RC’s career.
HH
big wavy on 24th January 2017 12:24 pm
Agreed – I made a similiar point a few times last summer when Rodgers took over and most people agreed with the idea but when it was pointed out what it mean mean in practice(ie. the likes of Allan, GMS, Christie and others being let go) they didnt to know!
Its harder to raise the bar if you’re not ruthless enough to let go of those who just fall short.
And signing quality will give us a better shot in Europe than stockpiling young players from the SPFL.
HH
Hi guys regarding Cowiebhoys dogs.
Can you spare a thought for the dogwalker at the time (not Cowiebhoy)
He knows how much Hugo and Honey meant to CB and his girls .
Whatever the reason/s the farmer decided to take this action , two cherished members of Cowiebhoys family have been taken from him
God bless .
THIRD63
I was at that match too!
We were down 0-2 at half time.
A great comeback.
If my memory serves me well the manager switched Johnny Divers from outside left to inside left for the second half and he turned the match in our favour.
Some of you young ghuys won’t know about outside and inside left, the older ghuys will!
:-)
That should be THIRDS63!
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Celtic/Celtic-change-kits.html
MARSPAPA
I think everyone did spare a a thought, for all concerned, my point was only that lessons could be learned from it, the last thing I would do is finger pointing on a horrible tragic thing like that happening, and I’ll leave it at that.
I like that……..‘the Bing Crosy strip’
Charlie Tully’s book extract via kevbhoy where he mentions Bing Crosby and another
well known person of the time.
Charlie Tully Page 39
Charlie Tully Page 40
Charlie Tully Page 41
Hail Hail
Phil…..
Think your memory is not serving you too well!
Pretty sure we were winning 1-0 at half time.
But as you properly identified me as an older ghuy it may be it’s my recollection which is flawed!!!
HH
cmon the dumbarton harp hoops.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Dumbarton_Harp/Dumbarton_Harp.htm
Thirds63 philbhoy
I think that was my first Scottish cup tie too. It was a big result as Killie were a better side. Its the first I remember being nervous as we hung on. Btw I don’t think we 2-0 down.
Favourite Uncle
Yes they did. IIRC, Celtic wore the shamrock strip for the last time against Killie at home in the Quarter Final of the Scottish Cup in 1965 on our way to victory against Dunfermline at Hampden. We beat Killie 3-0, I think.
hibbeee hoops before the celtic.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/Hibernian/hibernian.htm
THIRDS63
No problem, my memory is crap.
Christie should be playing. No need for 2 sitting Midfileders in most games in SPL. if you can’t play him and Henderson this year then you never can. Would prefer them and s few others getiing a few games than playing first 11 every game to go undefeated. and also lessens work on Brown , Lustig, sinclair etc
PS He has 100 appearances in SPL ..he is not a risk in any game!
POR CIERTO…
I thought it was Belfast Celtic who presented the Shamrock srtip to us.
That 1965 quarter final tie v Kilmarnock.
Celtic 1 up at HT, then 1-1, 2-1 and 3-1 Celtic with Kilmarnock making it 3-2 .
BSR…
A great wee read about Charlie Tully.
Thanks for the link. HH
Just had a wee google and my game was in Season 60/61!
We wore the Shamrock strip that day too, I think!
As a dog owner and dog lover, I would be distraught to lose dogs to bullets.
On the other side, earlier this week there was a fair bit of coverage as to the number of sheep and lambs killed by loose dogs in the UK – now estimated at 15,000 in 2016.
A friend and client of mine is the policeman in North Wales who heads up the rural crime squad. They give no dogs a second chance. Once a dog has worried/killed sheep then it has to be put down as they have learned from experience that it will repeat the act at any given opportunity. He told me in recent years the breeds that give them the biggest problems are the husky-types. Big, powerful and smart – theyfind “escaping” from gardens all too easy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/21/dog-attacks-sheep-10-times-worse-feared-figures-show/
PHILBHOY on 24TH JANUARY 2017 12:59 PM
THIRD63
I was at that match too!
We were down 0-2 at half time.
A great comeback.
If my memory serves me well the manager switched Johnny Divers from outside left to inside left for the second half and he turned the match in our favour.
Some of you young ghuys won’t know about outside and inside left, the older ghuys will!
****
I was at that game too.
However the players switched in the second half were Bobby Lennox and Charlie Gallagher.
The reason that I remember it so well was at half time, my father said to me,” If I was Mc.Grory, I would switch the boy Lennox to inside and play Gallagher on the wing”.
He did and that is what won us the game.
Up until then, Bobby played as a traditional winger, which, although he had speed, he lack the “tricks” of a winger, but had great positional sense and knew where to be and when to be there.
I know Clonard division 58 AOH (Belfast) were in receipt of a shamrock strip from Celtic FC mid 60s.An old friend that played for the Hibs wee Jackie mcCallum(RIP) told me about the strip,and Im not sure if it was the original one the Celts wore or not.
Sometimes not putting your thoughts onto CQN is the thing to do.
PS to my previous post.
The Killie game I recall, coming back from 0-2, was a league game, when Killie went on to win the title.
bournesouprecipe on 24th January 2017 1:07 pm
There are a couple of untold stories about that trip to Rome.
For a start that scoundrel BJmac’s grandad played against Lazio in the same team as Tully.
Second, the entire Celtic squad went to visit the students at Scots College which in this days was on the corner of the infamous Via Rasella where the massacre had taken place in 1943.
One of the students present at that time is a lurker on here and will no doubt read this from his armchair (hello Robert if you are looking in) – he told me that the students were given a demonstration of ball skills in the college by the legendary Jimmy Hogan who was coaching with Celtic at the time.
Jimmy was all about training and fitness — not exactly up Mr Tully’s street.
If I recall correctly the game against Lazio was a bad tempered affair and big Hooky McPhail was given his marching orders.
One of these days I will get round to writing about it as this intertwines with another story.
One day …….
Back to the day job!
THOMTHETIM
Thanks!
Tony Donnelly
I did’nt give a thought to you or anyone else “fingerpointing ” , i was merely adding my thoughts to a friend and his family .
MARSPAPA
Good to see you posting!
I’ve played 9 holes since Grangemouth and am currently on the waiting list for a new back.
Mibbe one day!
Hope you are well!
Was in Albufeira over the weekend – visited the marina where there is a green and white striped building with CELTIC Marine on it – coincidence?
Also met a Tim on his way to Lisbon – bit early
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE
I agree that certain parts of rural Scotland people can be more flexable and changable about supporting Celtic and Sevco. I lived on Arran back in the 60’s and didnt come across any other Celtic fans at that time. As the years progressed and Celtic got well into the 9-in-a-row era Celtic became popular with the young islanders even though the islanders were mainly protestant. Then it seemed to go the other way with the huns cheated 9-in-row led to a Sevco Arran supporters club. I had left Arran by then and had a few years up round Oban which was about 50/50 and there could be the occasional sectarian incidents. One place I worked at in the 80’s was the beautiful Mull of Kintrye but Campbelltown itself was one the most horrible hun hell-hole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdKM4FvGGPY penny arcade……amazing