Kris Commons return to the Celtic team on Sunday was enormously welcome, even if it didn’t produce his first goal of the season. Kris has had a wretched season after arriving with a bang from Derby County in January last year.
He is not the most athletic or skilful player in the team but he has an abundance of football intelligence, well in excess of his contemporaries. The cross-field pass for the second goal against St Johnstone was a perfect example. Celtic players were rushing forward on a break, while defenders were flooding back. To the annoyance of many sitting around me, Kris slowed things down, surveyed the field and switched play to Ki on the opposite wing.
This has been a great and memorable season for Celtic but there remains plenty to do. An hour or so watching Kris Commons is enough to demonstrate the way forward.
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ht,
On Sammi’s abuse, lots have become set in their ways, oh and don’t like long hair :o)
Summa
I’m not blind and I can see limitations in a player, in any given game, just like everybody else, I just don’t like putting the boot into those whom I profess to support. Not on a forum anyway. Besides it is sport, often the guy you are up against is just having a better day of it than you. Such is life.
Every player at Celtic is a player, but there is so much more to performing than just being given a jersey. Some players have the nonchalance to waltz it and others are sensitive to derision. That does not make them a bad player, it just makes them a non-contributing Celtic player.
Jock Stein had the magic, Martin O’Neill too, I think Gordon Strachan was well on his way to mastering the magic and Neil is learning quickly, the magic for me is how do you motivate, galvanise and fortify a player before you send them onto the pitch to represent the Celtic Culture.
Some find that ask daunting. Sammi was one of them but now we can all see he is just son of Yogi and that is a massive compliment to Sammi as far as I am concerned.
What I would like everybody to appreciate is just how young our team is. Think back to the Lisbon Lions and what was the average age of that team on that day vis-avis our team today? That is a stat that tells a story too. Think back to those days, if I remember rightly the only non-Scottish player in the two biggest Glasgoe teams was Kai Johansen(?) Got to be considered too. How were teams fund then as opposed now? What pressure was there on Celtic players then as opposed now? And on and on and on.
Sammi is my player of the year because he overcame so much adversity to put in the shifts and performances he has. And some of his runs just remind me of Yogi.
I sacked Sky and ESPN last night as they were both getting on my, err, nerves.
Is the Beeb covering The Masters, or did I cancel a week too early?
:0(
I hope Duff and Phelps haven’t tried replying to Murdo Fraser at the email address he gives in his letter because if they have they may have received the same automated reply as I have.
Apparently the bold Murdo is out of the office and on annual leave …
… until July 25.
Nice work if you can get it.
Paddy is a prodigious talent a rare phenomena in modern Scottish football. But I do often say to myself that there must be a reason why he gets so little game time.
Anybody see the new “Old Firm” rivalry Doc with an ex -ICF thug called Chug who is pretending to be a football coach in East End?
We wonder why we are gash at fitba. Deary me. Never mind the morality of the situation, what does he know about football coaching?
The Doc itself was pure crud fae start tae finish…they seemed to cherry pick the most ignorant and daft Tims they could find.
up_over_goal on 5 April, 2012 at 11:24 said:
Paddy’s stats look good because he comes on against the weaker teams when the game is already won.
Motherwell away (when his pass released Stokes who then set up Hooper for the winner) is the only game this season he has made the difference between a win and a draw/defeat.
Re the tory hun’s letter.
Did he not say he was writing in a personal capacity?
Which I assume he would be entitled to do. However, if he was, why the headed notepaper? Maybe he thinks he’s got some clout.
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! on 5 April, 2012 at 11:39 said:
BBC have 3rd and final rounds live on Saturday/Sunday. Highlights only for the first 2 days
Awe Naw
Apart from any other drivel from Hateley’s whacky alternative universe, please tell me you Awe Nawed this bit:
“ … is a very close friend of mine and I am in no way embarrassed to admit that … .”
Holy Thursday. If his very close friends juxtapose their friendship with him to embarrassment, what must his ordinary friends feel about him. As the classic psychobabble has it, what’s the first thing that comes into your mind if I tell you NOT to think about a white rabbit?
Stuart McCall has been cleared of wrongdoing at a Scottish Football Association disciplinary hearing on Thursday.
The Motherwell manager had been served with a Notice of Complaint by the governing body after post-match comments made in March about referee Craig Thomson.
Kayal33
Many thanks!
Wonkyradar
Yep seen it and know some of those in it!! :-)
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HamiltonTim..
Yes Sir..I Did see it after l Pulled your Leg..Good on You..(Will be Home soon..l can buy You a Beer on Sammi..me and BT..:o)
Kitalba..
Very Well put (For Friday night in Oz)..I Have Fought with You for Sammi and Skoosh..Thus why l Find it AmazingBalls why Peeple think I’m K*j*..AazingBalls..
As Kano would say F*ck them..
001Bhoy..
Celtic_First
if you must
http://blogs.dailyrecord.co.uk/markhateley/2011/04/murray-came-bursting-in-throug.html
Hail HAil
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Kayal33..
Stats are for Games Started..
Summa
Someone posted up an article earlier but some chap called STUART BATHGATE. No idea what publication it comes from but in it he makes reference to Cloud 9′s statement the other night. In their statement they basically said two things:
1) We are not solely bidding for Rangers but are part of a consortium that is
2) Liquidation isn’t really a bad thing as it allows us to stiff the creditors and carry on as if nothing has went wrong.
From this communication, Stuart Bathgate has concluded that:
1) Cloud 9 are not bidding for Rangers so the American bid must be someone else; and
2) Cloud 9 do not want to liquidate the Gers, but instead arrange a CVA and keep the current company going.
How incredibly, unfathomably, obnoxiously stupid is this Stuart Bathgate character?
Summa
I look forward to it. I’ll even wash my dark, long, flowing locks especially to remind you of your hero :-)))
Som mes que un club on 5 April, 2012 at 11:26 said:
Spiers with Tomo of Ch4…
Watched this interview with Spiers (who I like in the main!). When he talked about use EBT’s being commonly knowledge some years ago (and legitimate if used properly) why did no one at the SFA or SPL then link those EBT’s to additional payments and cross check the submitted player contracts? Seems simple enough?
Antifa,
PS I hadn’t noticed when I answered you, but the Hunnish clown posted again @ 0.02. His post gives a fuller picture of his sick mind than I could manage.
001
I think somebody is just trying to wind you up. (don’t worry about it AT ALL) If it means anything I’ll vouch for your credentials, but who’ll vouch for mine?
This weekend is make or break for Neil Lennon
By Mark Hateley on Nov 3, 11 08:39 AM in celtic
TWO weeks ago I predicted Sunday’s game against Motherwell would either make or break Neil Lennon.
The game is hugely significant and the Celtic boss will be desperately hoping to remember, remember the sixth of November for all the right reasons.
This is his biggest test as a manager and he heads to Fir Park knowing defeat will almost certainly spell the end of his spell in charge at Parkhead.
Providing Rangers beat Dundee United 24 hours earlier, Celtic could find themselves 15 points behind the Ibrox outfit and six adrift of Stuart McCall’s men if the result goes against them.
It would be almost impossible for Neil to survive in those circumstances and he knows it.
Defeat is out of the question if he wants to remain in the Parkhead hotseat and be given the chance of reeling in the runaway SPL leaders.
Unfortunately for Neil, teams under severe pressure don’t normally play their best football and Celtic need to be hitting top gear if they want to claw Rangers back.
There also needs to be a real sense of togetherness and the vibes coming out of the club this term have not been great.
Celtic look a pale shadow of the side who pushed Rangers all the way last season.
Last year the bar was raised to an extremely high level as both sides of the Old Firm fought out a fascinating title battle.
Rangers eventually pipped their rivals at the post by a point but – apart from a major wobble at Inverness – Celtic produced some high-class stuff.
In the wake of their near-miss fancy price-tags were attached to a number of high-profile performers.
Would it be reasonably fair to assume some of those transfer fees came from those at Parkhead? First we had Ki Sung-Yueng being linked with a possible £10million switch to Liverpool while Emilio Izaguirre was classed in the same price bracket. Beram Kayal was touted as an £8m player while Gary Hooper had a £5m tag round his neck for most of the summer.
There is nothing wrong with trying to get the best price for your prize assets. But if you are going to put massive transfer fees on players, you have to be confident they will continue to meet the same high standards.
Celtic’s main men simply haven’t justified the prices that were attached to them in the close season.
You can’t afford to have one bad game when you represent Rangers and Celtic never mind half a dozen.
But that’s what has happened, with too many of Neil’s key guys falling miles short and that is a real concern.
If they don’t get back on track within the next couple of days then it will be curtains for the manager.
On the upside for the visitors, Motherwell don’t normally play well at home. But Celtic are coming off a Thursday night game into an early kick-off on Sunday.
The timing of the Europa Cup clash with Rennes is unfortunate and is one Celtic could really be doing without right now.
Neil’s squad is decimated by injuries and all he wants to be concentrating on is the trip to Fir Park.
But at Celtic you can’t be picking and choosing which games to rest players, especially given the current climate.
If Celtic took a real hiding tonight in Europe it would only serve to increase the pressure and spread the negative vibe throughout the club.
The manager has a real balancing act to pull off over the next four days – and if he makes one slip it could prove fatal.
Yet, that’s what it is like at the Old Firm. There are big demands and big rewards. But there is a huge downside if things don’t go well.
It is quite remarkable Rangers find themselves so far in front at this stage of the season given they have yet to hit top form.
Their ability to grind out results and remain ahead of the chasing pack has been impressive – although they suffered a major setback at Aberdeen despite winning 2-1.
The injury to Steven Naismith has sent shockwaves through the dressing-room, given the huge contribution he has made over the past 18 months.
But I genuinely believe the career-threatening injury he sustained at Pittodrie will only serve to make the rest of the squad even stronger.
There is no doubt Naismith will be a huge loss as he has been the best player in the SPL so far this season.
However, the Ibrox club proved they could cope without their star man for most of last term en route to winning the Championship.
Nikica Jelavic ultimately scored the goals that helped secure threein-a-row. But don’t forget he missed almost five months of the season after suffering ankle ligament damage at Tynecastle, when he was on the receiving end of yet another late Ian Black tackle.
The same set of circumstances has arisen again this year and Rangers must now do without one of their leading goalscorers until May.
Of course, it would be easier with Naismith on board. But this group are capable of coping with injury setbacks while still winning trophies.
The dressing room will be disappointed for their colleague yet will remain optimistic they will be celebrating four-in-a-row.
There will be a bigger onus on Kyle Lafferty to deliver the goods and show he can score 20 goals a season.
The Northern Irishman has come good at the end of the last three campaigns. Now his time has come to prove he can consistently produce the goods over a whole season.
Kayal33,
Paddy has proven himself, his face doesn’t fit it seems.
Managers have their favourites and it appears are happy to play their favourites through thick and thin to the detriment of the team.
Paul,
As much as I’m enjoying The People’s demise, I’m concerned about a possible sting in the tale for our club.
I’ve noticed a number of CQN posters take the view that if RFCIA Newco is granted immediate entry to the SPL, they will have no more interest in Scottish football.
If I were on Celtic’s board I’d want to quantify this potential loss of income.
The answer may inform how our shape’s it’s view on Newco and the SPL.
Do you know if Celtic has taken any steps to understand the extent of this business risk?
I recently expressed my view to John Reid. He was unusually speechless
I-pad’s! Our club shapes its…..
Sydney Tim,
I see that you’ve had a run-in with Neil Celtskelper: obviously your fault!
From Snivelling Little Keyboard Coward.
Kayal33 on 5 April, 2012 at 11:43 said:
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! on 5 April, 2012 at 11:39 said:
BBC have 3rd and final rounds live on Saturday/Sunday. Highlights only for the first 2 days
……………………
Its not just the BBC, that all the Masters allow to any TV broadcaster IIRC
So the EBT’s were introduced 23 years ago? Or has that been awe naw’ed
http://www.channel4.com/news/the-wretched-saga-of-rangers-football-club
By Britney
With a taste of your lips
I’m on a ride
You’re toxic I’m slipping under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I’m addicted to you
Don’t you know that you’re toxic
And I love what you do
Don’t you know that you’re toxic
Don’t you know that you’re toxic
greenjedi
Sky are advertising that they are the only place to have all 4 days live coberage of the masters.
Mort
canamalar
How very dare you ?
Still upset from yesterday ?
Hail Hail
Ha ha ha ha ha
Someone is developing a crush methinks
:0D))))
alex thomson@alextomoReply
Talking to EUFA abt MSP/FM involvement with RFC.
This could affect us more than them. Political interference will lead to all scottish clubs barred from europe and the national team kicked out of world cup qualifiers.
Kitalba
I will add you to my list of imaginary friends….o))
canamalar
just orange crush for me … ok I´ll skim over you again from now on .. it will be good practice.
Hail Hail
Awe naw
My wrath will be felt to the 4 corners of the globe :o)
Can you see I’m getting Decalnitis
Last week I was waiting at a bus stop when an attractive younger woman reached out, touched my elbow and pointed at a pound coin lying on the ground near my foot.
“That yours?” she asked.
“Probably,” I said. “My keys sometimes make a little hole in my pocket.” She giggled nervously as we both glanced down at my slim-fit chinos. I blushed a little as I bent over, with her watching, to retrieve my money.
You’re probably thinking: “What a selfless act of random kindness!” It may have been kind, but it was hardly random. Ever since the hole appeared just after Christmas, this has been a regular, almost weekly occurrence.
As a fit, good-looking man I’m used to women coming up and finding excuses to talk to me, to touch me. In fact, if I had a pound coin for every time it happened, well, you can do the maths. Don’t forget to factor in all the pounds I would have lost if those women hadn’t said anything.
This other time, when I was caught travelling on a peak-time train with an off-peak ticket, the (female) train manager smiled and said to me: “I should charge you the full single peak rate, sir, but this time I’ll just charge you the difference.” My savings, in this case, amounted to nearly £12.
It’s not always about money, though. There was the lady on a flight to New York who, apropos of nothing, suddenly turned and offered me a breath mint. Just last November a woman I’ve never met stopped me outside a supermarket to give me a poppy. The incidents may be varied, but the reason is always the same: my exceptional outward appearance. While I admit I’m no Philip Schofield, I’m tall, slim, brooding – and very easy on the eye.
If you’re a woman reading this – or, more importantly, looking at the pictures – you will know exactly what I’m talking about: you probably feel like telling me there’s a wasp near my hair, just so you can reach out and muss it up a little.
If you’re a man, on the other hand, you’ve doubtless already formed an opinion about me. You almost certainly find me a threat – a threat to your career, your relationship, your masculinity. It’s not something many men will dare to speak publicly about, but being terribly, terribly handsome is a double-edged sword. For every female Starbucks employee who made it her business to remember my name, there was a male employer telling me to do up my top three shirt buttons in the office. I can’t tell you how many male acqaintances have stopped speaking to me over the years for petty “reasons” (unpaid debts, being alleged source of unpleasant rumour, refusal to appear as character witness), when jealousy is the transparent cause. I’ll probably never know how many women have been too intimidated by my looks to talk to me, but I know exactly how many men have been angered enough by my face to try to punch it.
I don’t invite the attention. I’ve come to dread the sarcastic, whispered comments in the gym about my physique, my chiseled jaw, my loose-hanging tank tops. At times I’ve found it so stressful that I’ve even taken steps to play down my physical beauty. I tried wearing a hoodie all day, but they wouldn’t let me into Harrod’s food hall, where the lady at the cheese counter sometimes gives me free samples, even though I hardly ever buy anything. More recently I decided to grow a beard, just to blend in with “normal” men. It helps a little, but there are only so many parts of a face a beard can cover. You can’t grow hair on soulful, beseeching eyes, for example. Also, stuff gets caught in a beard – food, small leaves, postage stamps – which just gives women another excuse to strike up a conversation, and their jealous partners another reason to roll their eyes.
Perhaps you’re quite a good-looking bloke yourself, and have experienced a fraction of the bastardness I’ve encountered at the hands (and once or twice, the boots) of insecure, embittered males. Maybe you can in some small measure empathise with how difficult it is to live in a society where a man is constantly expected to look his best, but is then punished for looking better than anyone else. Is it any wonder that Piers Morgan has moved to the US?
I know some people (men) will feel obliged to cast aspersions on my looks – believe me, I’ve heard it all before – but I won’t apologise for the truth. I can already anticipate the global backlash my courageous honesty will generate: the nasty tweets, the threatening emails, the bad-mouthing from Jeremy Vine (it’s beneath you, Jeremy, it really is). That won’t stop me. I’m prepared to meet my critics face to face, on social media, to put my case. I’ve dug down and exposed an issue very few gorgeous men are prepared to talk about. And I intend to keep right on digging. After all, your hatred only proves my point.
Kayal33
Salmond’s belligerent attitude in this will ultimately cost him his primary goal…independence!!
Hell mend him.