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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i look forward to the day, the green brigade , brings our culture home, and chants a song in gaelic,
it will drive the huns crazy, keep it lit,
i want to hear this at celtic park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n730FWycrTY
They hung out the flag of War. Brave men and women our ancestors were…………………….thankfuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEZUU-l8Nso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKIocZ3WbgE
The dropkicks at their best……………………………Aroooooo……………………………:_)
Stivs, fancy a coias do next sat?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….:_)
HH bruv
A song for my friend Michael
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6wxDqdOV0
HH Mick, take that to the hootenanny……………………….with my luv.
Just to restore a bit of balance, this one is also for my friend Michael.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3lscaA38cU
What’s the odds dud Warbutton will be Paul le Gaun by January?
I wish I was a fisherman, but I’m no that good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSuYUItahrE
HH the people of Cambodia, largely forgotten, not by me
Man City fans ffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-5uv4wryIity
GERRYFAETHEBRIG on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016 11:16 PM
Lymmbhoy
Am sure Macjay & Melbourne Mick will enjoy that wee clip,moms smashing goals …..
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Sure did.
In case anybody is wondering re, 3.57 …………..
LYMMBHOY on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2016 11:06 PM
One or two like these from Big Tom R would do tomorrow
https://t.co/rMyB64QYTN
Newsnow has a link to the Daily Garbage to which my tutors on C.Q.N. have educated me to avoid linking.
Sad insight into the later , post Celtic , days of wee Jinky.
There may be another source.
Hun media is brilliant.
I don’t think Warbs tactics are the problem (are they any different to that of Guardiola or Wenger?)…the problem is he signed way too many new players in one window. And we can hardly blame him for that…we all were crying out for it. The manager is under the cosh lads…he did a lot for our club last season, so let’s show him some loyalty. If we’re still struggling in Oct/Nov, it’s another matter, but I don’t think we will be. We’ll get better and better.
Comparing a magical hatted tactician who struggled to beat plumbers and brickies in a lower division against guys who have had success at a very high level is a tad delusional no matter what the mssm feeds you.
Just been reading that Sevco have brought out new home tops/strip, and are on sale ?
Is there any latest news on whether Puma are taking legal action against this mankies mob, for breach of contract ? It seems to have went quite on that front.
As for barton, if the Huns rip up his contract, could we see him taking them to Court also for constructive dismissal ?
I would much rather they kept the daftie.
M sure that was a rock song a few years back called ” Freefalling” ?
Quite= quiet !
Big Jimmy.
Good morning.
I noticed you posting last night that SFA found King fit and proper, my understanding is they didn’t.
That’s why Ashley withdrew his court case with the SFA at the lat moment. They supplied him with the information he required. MSM/level 5 spun this as a victory for SFA, not in Ashleys camp it wasn’t. King is director of the business side but was not passed fit and proper to be chairman of RFC. This was sourced from John James site and i think Phil Mac too but it was a while back.
Hail Hail
Word of the (Sun)day
transubstantiation [tran-suh b-stan-shee-ey-shuh n]
noun
1. the changing of one substance into another.
2. Theology. the changing of the elements of the bread and wine, when they are consecrated in the Eucharist, into the body and blood of Christ (a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church).
Origin of transubstantiation Expand
1350-1400; Middle English transubstanciacioun < Medieval Latin trānssubstantiātiōn- (stem of trānssubstantiātiō).
SAINT STIVS SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 18TH SEPTEMBER 2016 1:23 AM
i look forward to the day, the green brigade , brings our culture home, and chants a song in gaelic,
it will drive the huns crazy, keep it lit,
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Ha I can see an upsurge in night class attendance then.
Don’t really care about winding the huns up, the question should be :- Will it motivate the team ?
Far too much emphasis on the Newnoses IMO. Whatever happened to ” We don’t care what the animals say” ?
Anyway. COYBIG
HH.
Statement:O’clock
Sevco can confirm it was the RAF who abseiled down from the Ibrox roof yesterday, not Building Standards officers.
Vfr800a80 8.17am
Everyday a schoolday, 10am mass this morning is my wee girls “enrolment for fist holy communion” at some point today I will try and use that word ….. Probably in the wrong context
JNP
Wasn’t on the blog all week, hope all is good, got a feeling we will see a few Celtic goals later on today
Good morning friends from a currently dry, but high cloud covered East Kilbride. Looking forward to our game this afternoon and hoping that last Tuesday’s loss is transubstantiated into a victory for us of a similar margin.
Read a few reports over the last few days linking Brian Kennedy with Sevco, again. Subsequently people on here and elsewhere, are asking ‘why, what’s in it for him?’
In my opinion, nothing. Same as the first time. He just the latest in a long line of deluded chancers with borderline sociopathic tendencies, who seem desperate to align themselves with the carnage over at mordor. Like King, he’s no more than a tyre kicker and just wants his face on the telly…..
A train and a sub station …wow …
Baldie gets in early for word of the day with transubstantiated
Form from James Forrest coincided with his release from detention in the dreaded wide left position at Celtic and now the latest detainee Stuart Armstrong shows some glimpses of play that will get him in the Celtic engine room,proper from time to time at least.
Whether either of that pair will start at Inverness is another matter because it’s a squad game especially up there, were points are a premium and Celtic often toil to get passéd a very stationary bus.
Patrick Roberts may be the key to unlock the door after suffering in Spain with the rest of the side who failed to mount the herculean effort required to the trouble the super human Catalunyan monster. Tom Rogic showed more form last Saturday than Stuart has in most of his time at Celtic, even though he’s a nice speaker on CTV, he’ll need learn the art of getting down ,getting dirty and getting up again, if he’s to have a Celtic career after all.
The other talking points may be whether Cristian Gamboa retains his place this time in a more regular back four, and will Mikel Lustig make way for fresh legs?- maybe unlikely after such a suffocating debut. Can Craig Gordon ‘play’ his way back into the side as Dorus De Vries has done nothing of note? – unlikely as yet and it seems BR has made his bed.
One things certain, a new hero will lead the Celtic line.
Score forecast Inverness 0 Celtic 4
Oh… sorry need to put the specs on.. ;-)
Can someone transubstantiate my hangover into another state of being?
Possibly back to being drunk again…
Watched Man City on MOTD this morning
If we dont get tight and aggresive on them then we are in for another hard hard night.
Man City looked fast strong and aggressive
Today is DUBLIN day
Gerryfaethebrig.
Exciting for Miss GFTB and the parents too. :-)))
Health wise, I posted on Tuesday after Barca game, as that gent Corkcelt was concerned that he hadn’t heard from me. I thought that was a lovely touch from him. I will keep it brief.
I don’t have indolent systemic mastocytosis, that great news.
I do have Mast Cell Activation syndrome but I knew that already. They have confirmed it was be relapsing and remitting. Basically I will just have to get on with it best I can.
The staff at The Beatson are fabulous, whoever hires them and trains them do a fabulous job. If any of you work in The Beatson or have family who do be very proud. I’ve been there 3 times now and I can’t praise them highly enough.
Gerry. Not heard from EDB for a little while, I think health wise he needed a few thinks to go his way, so fingers,crossed for him.
Big Jimmy.
If I recall properly Freefalling – Tom Petty.
JNP
As long as the glass is always halfull and not half empty :-)
Cheers for the good wishes for the wee yin, might have to start doing a bit of OT to keep the wolves from the door with the bills she racks up
After ICT today I hope Brendan has plans to transfubicate (?) Kevin De Bruyne into a bad player, that bhoy was pretty impressive the last few games I have watched him, he reminds me of a young Paul McStay …….
After oot, enjoy the game today fellow Celts, Almore hope your team wins their big game at that other sport you follow
GERRYFAETHEBRIG on 18TH SEPTEMBER 2016 8:37 AM
Vfr800a80 8.17am
Everyday a schoolday, 10am mass this morning is my wee girls “enrolment for fist holy communion” at some point today I will try and use that word ….. Probably in the wrong context
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Big day for Mrs VFR today as well. She has been helping the Parish Priest prepare 5 candidates for reception into the Catholic Faith.
For many different reasons they were unable to be received into the Faith until today. So it’s happening at 10:30 Mass today in St Mary’s in The Calton. She’s been like a clucking hen over the past couple of days.
I was roped into doing a special cake for them last night and I’ve been advised that I will be the official photographer. Just been handed a dress shirt to iron and told that I will be suited and booted!
As for the wee dame, good luck to her today. I told my grandson very early on that the miracle at the Consecration was called transubstantiation. He used it in school one day and the teacher brushed him off saying he didn’t know what he was talking about. He proceeded to give her a word perfect explanation. She wasn’t as pleased as she should’ve been!
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KTF
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VFR800A8.
A very exciting morning in your household too.
A lot of pressure on the photographer. :-))))).
I’ve enjoyed a few of your posts recently.
Thank you.
JIMMYNOTPAUL on 18TH SEPTEMBER 2016 8:58 AM
Best wishes to yourself and to El Diego Bhoy.
https://youtu.be/1lWJXDG2i0A
Thank you JNP. Another wee candle will be lit for you at Celtic’s spiritual home this morning.
FAC the Act
KTF
Macjay.
Thank you, I will be alright, as Gerryfaethebrig says glass half full, more importantly my illness, although hugely inconvenient, is not terminal.
All my thoughts and best wishes are with EDB.
Macjay.
I appreciate all you discussions with others on the blog, always entertaining. I don’t understand why people get upset when true Celtic men have a difference of opinion. Celtic open to all.