Let’s be clear about this, there are Celtic fans who believe we need a club called Rangers to survive in the manner which we’ve all become accustomed to over the last couple of decades. That without them, we will wither on the vine.
Some of this is correct. In the years following the liquidation of Rangers we lost TV, commercial, mechanise and season ticket income. We play in a league with significantly less competition, which blunts players’ edge and makes Celtic Park a less attractive place to play or be a spectator.
The important question for Celtic fans is what do they actually want from their club? I’ll cope when we were only a few points ahead of Aberdeen, or getting knocked out of the League Cup by Ross County, while being eliminated from Europe by increasingly obscure teams. I’ll still be there supporting my team.
I accept that not everyone will, some of us want the edge of your seat tension – and that’s all right. But I’d ask anyone who pines for the old days to consider the omnishambles of a football team we glimpsed over the weekend. There was no wonder era in the past when we benefited from a great rivalry without destructive contagion.
They were never good for us. Whatever about Celtic is dependent on them is not worth having.
This afternoon we welcome our new manager, Brendan Rodgers, to Celtic Park for the first time. This morning I recalled Ricky Fulton’s words in the video clip below, “It only remains for me to welcome you to the club, Brendan.” A different club, of course, but there’s a morality tale within.
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BR crowd at CP eclipses RD’s arrival ☺️
Thanks for the link bhoys!
Great TV!
What a welcome the boss got.. Brendan Rodgers Fenian Army ✊
Weavil Alderson…………
glendalystonsils on 23rd May 2016 6:10 pm
Just watched Brendan’s presser and not a mention of anything Sevconian. Could the hacks have been warned beforehand?
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Must’ve been. No way they would have done that voluntarily.
There is no may people that can hold a scarf above their heads and make me cry :-)
MoN was the last to do it and that didn’t turn out too bad.
Sevco get their independent inquiry (of course!)
BBC show Celtic fans fighting.
Nothing changes.
That was awfy awfy braw………….tick tock goes the Celtic clock…….and ding dong round one in the Brendan Rodgers era…..it is showtime …..
Braw.
Saw the presser and the interview with Summer, then everything went blank.
On the screen I mean!
Any links to Brendan being presented to the fans?
HH!!
Magic, its gona be a great season.
How many fans were there on a Monday night in May????
Clunks, Looked like about ten thousand to me but we will need a live update from CQN’ers who were there.
‘If any of you illiterate pricks mention the Huns this is the last time you’ll sit yer arses on a seat in this stadium.’
Peter Lawwell addressing the press off the record, prior to the presser.
Allegedy.
So I heard.
On the interweb.
Only main stand open for rodgers – celtic attendance continues to dwindle,
Corkcelt, thats something else.
There were only 2 teams last year got more than 10k average at their home gates apart from us.
And we just got it for the new manager………
Sandman
I would love that to be true :-)
HH
That wee midden on the bbc could not help herself.
Typical Huns.
They are hurting badly.
HH
Independent review?
This reads to me that Sfa will gather the evidence and present the evidence that the commission will decide upon. Similar to LNS ………. You will consider only what we want you to consider.
Regan
” “I have also instructed the compilation of a comprehensive report from all our internal group functions at Hampden Park to establish a full picture of the events of the weekend. The contents of this report will be made available to the commission…….to be used as the basis for their final conclusions”
Live at celtic park
https://www.facebook.com/CelticFC/videos/1206016956104874/
Thanks to all you lhads who made it along to Celtic Park and welcomed Brendan on behalf of us all. Had tears in the eyes just watching it on Celtic TV. Can hardly wait for the first game of the new season.
3 stands open for Brendan today !! We are gonny need a bigger stadium :))
Shortie…………shameful sleekit keech.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic I’ve got a wee sneaky feeling about him in the hoops next season . .
CLUNKS….
I’ll need to get the kids to log me into that Facebook thing :((
Outrageous revisionism from the HUNS running BBC Scotland:
‘Hibs fans invaded the pitch and attcked rangers players, officials and supporters’.
LIES. And if you’re peddling that as the truth, wft were ‘rangers supporters’ doing on the pitch before the Hibs mob rrived anyway.
LIES. From HUN LIARS.
I hope Hibs get really legislative on them and other Zombie media apologists distorting the facts for their own bitter agendas .
Shortbread only showing hibees during any of their reporting- similar to the Sevco shame game v us when they only showed NFL squaring up to the sleekit gardener.
Feck them- 2 st’s just purchased for the tic
Sips,
It’s on live on Celtic TV free view now
SFA hell bent on limiting enquiry to events after final whistle.
No flares. No Ould Numbers.
Crap bags.
Andy Murray loses first set – still hungover from Saturday’s celebrations.
Paul67 selfie with Brendan :)
https://twitter.com/leftybhoy/status/734797130930520064
More people at CP today than we had at some of our home games this season.
Do we know anything about the assistants Brendan is bringing in?
Wee Chico talkin’ scheidt…………….
BANKIEBHOY1 on 23RD MAY 2016 7:01 PM
Wee Chico talkin’ scheidt…………….
What’s new?
Oh pyro, expect a fine from the SFA
I know…I know………..
but it’s the BBC.
Brendan came across very well.
Good times ahead.
Gordon Smith saying the weekend was worse than the 80 cup final as the players were caught up in it. What it does have in common is the fans. In 1980 they were rangers fans. Those fans have now attached themselves to the new manifestations of that club but are still as repugnant.
So it turns out the “independent inquiry” won’t be independent at all.
But will only consider evidence compiled by the SFA.
You don’t have to be a genius to see where this is heading…