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Concertina league, frustration, Joey for halftime draw

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We waited three long years to get there but I suspect I’m not the only one who will be relived we’re not plunging straight into another Champions League game. Most Celtic fans shrugged the Camp Nou defeat off, but I hear the players have taken it all a bit personal. They want to respond appropriately in that tournament, however, there is the small matter of a trip to Inverness to deal with first.

Wheels come of the Celtic barrow at Inverness. Repeatedly. On paper, the Highlanders have endured an awful start to the season, but if you drill down you’ll see that their five league games have seen them play Aberdeen and Hearts away, and lose a local derby to Ross County. Form will improve when they face lesser-resourced teams.

Statistically, you are more likely to drop points away from home after an away European tie than at any other time. Ronny Deila defied these odds during his tenure, let’s hope Brendan manages to channel the frustration in the dressing room into a performance and result against Inverness.

While Celtic and Hearts have opened up a gap at the top of the table, the rest of the league went through a concertina last weekend. Any team from 10th placed Kilmarnock and up could go third over the weekend.  Does that make it the most competitive in Europe?  You could make a case, the champions aside.

Joint-fourth Ross County will go third if they win at Ibrox, while Aberdeen, Dundee and St Johnstone will all fancy their chances of being third if County can only take a point.

I was pretty keen on Joey Barton heading to Ibrox this season and his actions over the last 24 hours show why. No idea what happened on Tuesday, but he issued an apology of sorts on Twitter last night, before deleting it, and then went on live radio this morning saying, “I don’t think I’ve done anything to apologise for”.

You know best, Joey. Don’t take any crap from a manager with five games of top-flight football on his CV, or team-mates who don’t deserve to be on the same field as you. Apologise for telling it as it is? I don’t think so.

Mark my words, we’ll have him doing the halftime draw soon enough.

The Kano Foundation

Sannabhoy asked me to share this from The Kano Foundation, who will support their 5000th child at the Kilmarnock game later this month.

5000 kids! I’ve no idea the extent of the social impact The Kano Foundation is having, but it’s awe inspiring. It grew from the CQN community, when our pal Martin Kane, who is no longer with us, took seriously ill.

After we Brought Martin Home, the guys involved realised they would be able to harness this force for good going forward, and the Foundation was born – out of your efforts.

Here’s what Sannabhoy had to say:

“The Kano Foundation is holding our annual bucket collection at Celtic Park before the Killie game on the 24th of September. This game also marks the 5000th child that we will take through the turnstiles to see Celtic.

“We are really keen/ desperate to have as many people help us with the bucket collection as possible as every penny raised goes towards allowing more children to get to see Celtic.

“If you can spare an hour or so please get in touch with us as we would be absolutely delighted to have as many people as possible rattling buckets. Please drop a note to Sannabhoy at Sannabhoy@thekanofoundation.com or go online to our website The Kano Foundation.

“Every single volunteer is worth about £50-100 to us so the more we have, the more we can raise and the more kids we can take to Celtic Park. We are now up to 102 child tickets at each game meaning we can now take almost 2000 kids each season.

Thanks and Hail Hail.”

You’ll speak to a hundred Celtic fans, have a great day and the weather’s going to be warm and sunny, I promise, so go sign up.

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  2. Alasdair MacLean on

    DD,

     

     

    I’ll keep an eye out for her!

     

    To be honest, my young fella’s the, best crack, but most academic of my ones. I’m worried that I’m taking him somewhere he shouldn’t be.

     

    My brother stays in Edinburgh – his wee ones are Hibees and County. They were keen to go but he says no chance.

  5. Delaneys Dunky on

    Alasdair

     

     

    She is blonde and a mouthy Celtic season ticket holder, who hates the huns more than me. I worry she will lose it, tomorrow in that glorified Victorian lavvy. Stick together and you will be fine.

  7. Alasdair MacLean on

    Delaneys Dunky,

     

     

    If these boys, lead by Captain Quinn, pull it off tomorrow, they’ll be immortal in my eyes!!

  11. Alasdair MacLean on

    Tell her I we’re in row D…..if the stick to the seating plan…

     

     

    ACGR and BMCUwP have my mobile mo….

  14. acgr @ outlook dot com - Get your FREE the Zadok ringtone on

    Al Mac, you watch yourself tomorrow pal. That place is full of angry horrible bastards. Be careful and I hope your team scuds it right into the sons of satan

     

     

     

    HH bruv

  16. Delaneys Dunky on

    Alasdair

     

     

    Paul Quinn told me to stick a score on RC.

     

    Your captain would die for a win at the place he was brought up to detest. As would my two nephews and the rest of your Tim loaded team. As Marcus said to me. I would have loved to beat them at Ibrox as a Celtic player. Beating them as a Staggie player would be just as sweet.

  22. Delaneys Dunky on

    Baba

     

     

    Saw Jesus and Mary Chain in Paisley College wi about 50 folk there. The Music got double that. Two amazing live bands.

  23. sipsini on

    DD…

     

     

    You know that ACGR is known as the Bishop amongst fellow fishermen, he has been known to club the fish and eat them raw.

     

    He has never thrown one back in, Gollum doesn’t have a look in ;))

  24. acgr @ outlook dot com - Get your FREE the Zadok ringtone on

    DD, utter tosh, spent 4 hours in the bloody dark on the south esk trying to catch a tasty wee baby sea trout (finnock), was using a floating line and caught hee haw. My buddy was using an intermediate and caught six. He’s got breakfast and I’m on the rice crispies…..:)

     

     

    They wee sea troots are tricky wee feckers. Good fun though and the first time I’ve fly fished at night for about 20 years, great fun.

     

     

    Sipsini, that’ll do nicely for me. Mon the Rossco. The fenians of the north.

     

     

     

    HH Bruv,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,z

  26. Dannymac on

    Andy Murray has gone way down in my respect as a human being for not attending his grandad’s funeral.

  33. acgr @ outlook dot com - Get your FREE the Zadok ringtone on

    DD, is that covered within the bounds of sporting integrity?

     

     

    Hope you’ve got your nephew well rev’d up for tomorrow. Batter the huns mair stupit and get me enough dosh on my bet to cover a pint of drams in the pot still on Wednesday next week. That works in with my sketchy plan…………………:_)

     

     

     

    HH Mon the baby troot

  36. clunks on

    I wana scroll thru all the last 3 pages of CQN and pick a fight with someone.

     

     

    Especially any fecker who is not me. Especially all those feckers that are not me.

     

     

    So instead I have chosen to write about my insecurities as opposed to pick a fight with all the peoples who are not me on CQN.

     

     

    Am I angry because some of these peoples are better than me or know more about Celtic than me.

     

     

    Am I angry because I posted on CQN and no one commented until 24 hours later (despite my joey barton harry potter film shit being brilliant?)

     

     

    Or am I angry because I am a dick.

     

     

    I realise that I leave myself open to being a dick. To be fair there is a very small chance that am not being a dick.

     

     

    So if I have offended you then sorry, and if I have not offended you then………….. we have lots of time……

  40. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    CLUNKS on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016 1:40 AM

     

    I wana scroll thru all the last 3 pages of CQN and pick a fight with someone.

     

     

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    Hello , puddin` heid.

  41. Alasdair MacLean on

    Lapse in concentŕaas

     

     

    eff it ….ma brothr phoned from edinburg – drunk – bla bla….

     

     

    Ok, no smoke, turning in boys,

     

     

    Aoighe bha,

     

     

    Al

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