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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Jobo
Cheers! That’s cheered me up, all encouragement welcome.
MacJay
It’s good but its not right.
Park Road
I have backed G Force each way in the Ayr Gold Cup
lot of talk about him
Was 28s yesterday morning,10s now
If Joseph gets bagged on Tuesday he still had a longer Sevco career than Chris Graham.
BSR – Drive My Car, side 1, track 1, Rubber Soul
Jobo@12:15,
It’s a 100 page special with a pound donation but will they release the funds. ……..
Even better idea , why don’t they pay their oldco taxes and give it to the forces ! That’s in millions not a few thousand from a programme sell
A wee day into Town with Mrs Baldie. Walk – train – shop – eat/drink. And then look out for some smiling Staggies.
Enjoy your day bhoys and ghirls.
(coming dear……..)
Barca 3-0 up before HT, Someone else’s turn for a thumping.
Still sore.
KLV
BSR
“Beep Beep
I’ll name that tune in……………………. ”
Is it Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers?
Barca leading 3-0 at ht against Leganes,Messi,Suarez,Neymar,
game on Sky405.
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal
I’ll name that Tune in…………………
Jobo, that is a belter feom the huns on their match program. The,ll probaly steal the money anyway to pay for an upgrade to paul murray,s boufont.
Fuds
PRESTONPANS BHOYS on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:43 PM
Jobo@12:15,
It’s a 100 page special with a pound donation but will they release the funds. ……..
Even better idea , why don’t they pay their oldco taxes and give it to the forces ! That’s in millions not a few thousand from a programme sell
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I think we can safely assume that – at best! – it will be used to offset the discount the sojurs will get at the Bigotdome. No money will pass from Sevco to HM killer civil servants…
KEVINLASVEGAS
Just watching the game myself and thinking leganes were really getting stuck in and having a go and still 0-3 down, carved open by the front 3 every time, it’s like they are trying to set a record for assists all 3 goals walked into the net. Just need Ineasta to drill one next…
NAS NA RI
Yeah it goes to show even if we were braver we would still have got a shoeing. They are so fast I am not sure how you play against them.
KLV
“Beep Beep”
Who’s got the jeep – Missy Elliot
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down those stairs
I’ll name that tune in……………..
n.b. If you read the line a voice inside your head should start singing the song and you’ll feel
all pleased with yourself.
sftb
It’s good but its not right
starry
It’s good but its not right
MACJAY 1
Thank you for your reply and always enjoy your posts as a fellow
4 o’clock in the morning riser for a Celtic game , the point i am
always on about is the fact there is not a hint of anything that our
club is doing to ensure that we are not taken for granted over here
and it probably worries me that when us auld yins are gone who will
instill the faithfulness that we were brought up with, if it wasn’t for
ghuys like Paddymacoz who started the Melbourne No1 and now
our Mornington club and the Perth, Brisbane, Toronto, Dubai. et al
we would not have a worldwide fan base, so what i’m saying is it’s no
thanks to our sales and merchandising group.
As regards the legend Willie Wallace we had a night for him and his good
lady a few weeks back due to the efforts of Pat and our committee but
again it’s a case of the supporters doing the hard graft to keep the Celtic
name alive against all the odds .
I often wonder how the North American bhoys feel, maybe left out or
taken for granted MIKE IN TORONTO anything to add?
H.H Mick
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:56 PM
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down those stairs
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Is it Dr. Who & The Daleks?
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:49 PM
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal
I’ll name that Tune in……………
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Paranoid
The song Celtic are the Greatest Team by Charlie Tully was on a label titled ” Irish Recordings”, and as I said without any year printed. However, Ibecause he sang of Jock Stein being the manager (1965), and NOT singing anything about winning the big cup in 1967, that in my best Clousesu mode, it must have been made within those two years.
The last verse is so innocent as it goes,
” Celtic won the league and the cup parlous vouz.
Celtic won the league and the cup,
The Rangers turned their noses up,
Rinky, Dinky Parlez Vous.
Pure magic from the Tullyman.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE
I didn’t think you would be a big Missy Elliot fan B:)))
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down those stairs
Stuck in the Middle _ Stealers Wheel
Stealers Wheel – Stuck etc .
Beep Beep — a crap cash in copycat Doo wop choon — the guilty group -The Playmates — being anoydyne crap it was of course a huge hit.
Big Jimmy
Charlie Tully made the record ?
The Huns are havin’ a helluva time
Parly vous
Lyrics I remember in the back of my dad’s Hillman Imp ( green, of course..)
MELBOURNE MICK on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:58 PM
Mate.
I`ve got Fox Sports.
Including…………….
Liverpool T.V. , Chelsea T.V..Man. Utd. T.V….and various others.
Lou Macari on Man.U. T.V. ?
Where are we ? Nowhere to be seen.
On the other hand , the Sydney C.S.C. seems to be booming and in good hands.
I met the Pres. recently ,at the funeral for Kevin , and I was delighted to see how passionately the Club is being run.
My Tim bhoy brings his mates along to the games , so I`m hopeful that our global brand will have a future.
Keep battling , pal . We have a mission.
Seems to me that you`re doing a great job down there.
Hail Hail
When I lived in London I taught my dog to play the trumpet – he was a quick learner – he went from Barking to Tooting in 20 minutes .
off oot to the beach !
4-0 Barca,Messi pen.
NatKnow
Its good but…………………..its not right
Correct answers get dingied *new rules*
also after another important win
‘Lovely biscuits….lovely, lovely biscuits!!’
You don’t hear that kinda chat much nowadays…sighs!
BIG JIMMY on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016 1:03 PM
Loved it too , mate.
Saw Charlie at the 7-1 game and a few others at the end of his career.
KEVINLASVEGAS
Exactly what I was thinking we got slated for not getting stuck in, msm quick to point out only 3 fouls etc but Barca don’t care what tactics you use they will still have runners into any space and will work it to the front 3 to destroy you. Just gone 0-4 up messi pen.
BIG JIMMY on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016 1:03 PM –
The song Celtic are the Greatest Team by Charlie Tully was on a label titled ” Irish Recordings”……
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SoT mentioned earlier, the label was actuallyOutlet Records. An incomplete list of their recording is here :
http://www.irishrock.org/labels/outlet.html
On the basis of the YouTube clip Macjay posted earlier….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEhEAgfIDcc
….I’ve emailed them to let them that OUT-006 is the record you’ve highlighted. Nice to be nice an all that..!
It has been documented more so in recent years when historians if the game rightly set the record straight about Frank Haffey losing nine goals against England at Wembley .
Billy McNeill made his Scotland debut that day as a youngster, but Scotland’s ” best two fullbacks” were deemed to be two rankers players, Shearer and Caldow who offered poor Frank in particular no protection whatsoever !
The other fact surrounding that defeat was that the previous week while playing for rankers FC, those same two ” defenders ” were part of a rankers team that lost SIX goals against Aberdeen !
Now for any Scotland manager and/or committee as it may have been in those days ,( 1963),
to included those two after being losing six goals the week before and being picked to play for their country ?
Frank Haffey was never the same after that game, and emigrated to Australia’s sunny shores.
My DA was always furious at the way Frank was treated by the Huns after that game and the so called Scotland fans..same mob really !
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
I’ll name that in…………………………… CelticSlowNewsDay
Parlez- vous.
The original version.
Three German generals crossed the Rhine , parlez vous
Repeat.
Three German generals crossed the Rhine
They ——- the women and drank the wine
Inky pinky parlez vous
Further verses on request.