Celtic are two games into their preseason preparations and have another four friendlies before their first competitive game, Flag Day against Aberdeen on 31 July. That is six games to get an entire squad fit and ready for 90 minutes football. As you know, players are rotated during these games, with large numbers of substitutes used. An exerting 90 minutes will only happen after a gradual build-up.
On paper, this should be enough preparation to face Aberdeen, who are going through a transformational summer that will under Jim Goodwin that will hopefully see them compete more effectively next season.
Newco are a puzzle. They were unfortunate to have a game against Sunderland abandoned, that left them only three games before they travel to Livingston on league duty. Even if the Sunderland game had finished as planned, they booked only four preseason games before travelling to Livingston. This is more surprising when you consider that just days after facing Livi, they have a Champions League qualifier that could devastate their financial prospects.
There, they could face Monaco, who have already played three friendlies, Midtjylland, who also have three friendlies in the bag, Fenerbahce, who have played five, Sturm Graz, who have had an impressive seven outings this summer, or Belgian runners-up, Union Saint-Gilloise, who drew with Brighton in their fourth game in a fortnight.
By comparison, 45 minutes in the tank against Sunderland looks ill-prepared. You and I have been there recently. Celtic played four friendlies last summer before the visit of Midtjylland. There were mitigating circumstances; most notably the late arrival and then isolation of our new manager. This makes no sense. Newco’s lack of game-time makes no sense, it cannot surely be just an oversight?
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Behind a single grain of sand, held at arms length, in the night sky.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/main_image_deep_field_smacs0723-5mb.jpg
Tomorrow is going to be pretty cool.
Dearie me.
Foolishly I just checked out the latest online news.
(I know, my bad)
Tory leadership contest is a squash.
Just about all of them trying to occupy a tiny space comprising low taxes, leave ECHR, benefit scroungers, increased spend on the military.
Radical steps required to separate from the crowd.
I wonder which of the cretins will be the first to suggest sending Mo Farah to Rwanda?
@CM Yeah….. wore after the goldrush out on a wee Alba record player …….Then harvest ..and just carried on…
i only found out some years later about Reprise etc…..
H.H
aipple
JWST might just give us a chance to see……
What no eye has seen (Petec will understand)
The first star…
‘Aipple from oct onwards i look up at Orion every night….when there’s a clear sky….And i cast my eyes
Slowly to the right ..and there in all the glory is the wonderful view of the 7 sisters…So beautiful…
The Pleiades…….
TOM MCLAUGHLIN
Thanks Tam!
DRAMBOWIECELT & AIPPLE – thanks for the feedback on the read.
Course, I’m relying on the accuracy of the online reports and snippets I find about financial data but as DC says, a heap of clubs are absolutely chasing rainbows or mibby, as PMacG says, chasing Minty moonbeams.
Looking fwd to this season; abso no reason we won’t be even better than last.
HH
@Back to Basics was ever thus my friend…….your post reminded me of a leaked memo ..
Norman Teppingdon M.P??? circa 8o’s……. Anyway a Tory faceless recruit,who’s job was to make ..
Tax cuts and encourage goodwill and feelgood factor for his chosen path, within his Party.
Target???….The sick ,The lame, and The lazy !!!! his words ..The Bassa…
Nothing has changed.
CORKCELT, BBRB, CONEYBHOY, TAM MCLAUGHLIN, AIPPLE, ALMORE, AN TEARMANN, TOSB, MAD MITCH, QUADROPHENIAN, MAJESTIC HARTSON, ST. TAMS, GENE, BORGO67.
Thank you to all of you for your comments on my contemplated exit stage left laughing and dancing, or as a large undulating poster succinctly nailed it, “Flounce.”🤣😂😅
As regards Fausto Vera CDM…@22 he looks tough…and tall..
We wait and see…….
CELTIC MAC on 12TH JULY 2022 1:04 AM
I’m so excited. Have a wee telescope myself. City lights kill good views.
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DRAMBOWIECELT on 12TH JULY 2022 1:07 AM
Super moon again Wednesday!
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INIQUITOUSIV on 12TH JULY 2022 1:31 AM
Aye, don’t you be going anywhere or I’ll hunt ye down.
@Iniquit… As Big Wavy said..they always come back…like a boomerang lol.
Your input would to our blog be a loss mate…..The amount of the ole flouncers who have returned..
would put Neighbours to shame….
H.H
@Aipple..Super Moon?// mate where i am overlooking the Clyde…??
It’s pishin down .and some eejit is warning us of a Heat wave….wtf….Our best skies start at
All hallows eve………When the bikinis and budgie snugglers appear….
and that’s just the neighbours flounceing…lol.
H.H
TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 12TH JULY 2022 12:28 AM
ANITA MCNITA
Are you seriously suggesting that both the USA and Australia introduced a ban on entry to their countries of people who are not Covid vaccinated, just to stop Novak Djokovic playing tennis?
Pure fantasy.
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I typed no such words, you did.
Two pure specimens are deserved legends in their fields.
When Novak touches his chest its not because he’s been poisoned.
You come across as though you wear footwear that curls your toes hence your many flounces over the years.
I’ve been watching lots of material from here and elsewhere.
Take care.
INQUITOUSIV
Had your name on a bit of paper, my wife asked if it was a new grocery store, i had quite the time explaining that it was a nom de plume for a Tim on CQN so after all my work with the boss don’t you dare hop it.😍
POR CIERTO on 11TH JULY 2022 5:11 PM
BIG JIMMY I’ve got a spare for the main stand on Saturday, the only negative is it is beside me! Let me know and we can meet at the ground if you want it bud, por cierto
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Cheers POR CIERTO, The MAIN STAND is the best option for me as I can maybe get a taxi as close to the Stadium as as possible, as I cant walk too far without being knackered.
I am happy to meet you on the Celtic Way if thats any good, but I will probably try to arrive early to ensure that I can BOOK a Taxi etc.
I will of course give you some cash for the Ticket.
Feel Free to suggest an approx Time and PLACE on the Celtic Way to meet on here and then I wont have to bother PAUL67 about your Email Address etc ?
Cheers and HH Mate.
POR CIERTO on 11TH JULY 2022 5:11 PM
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Feel Free to ask PAUL67 for my Email if you wish ?
HH.
FAO TEUHTER AR LA and BURNLEY78………….
Thank you very much Bhoys for your kind offers but as I will hopefully take up POR CIERTO’s offer as the Main Stand is probably the best option for me given that hopefully I can get a Taxi as close as possible to the Stadium ?
Your kind offers will NOT be forgotten by this auld geezer.
HH Bhoys.
Sorry for the delayed response but my Computer was turned off yesterday until this morning..
ANITA MCNITA
I’ve been watching lots of material from here and elsewhere.
Take care.
That sounds very much like a threat.
Bring it on.
POR CIERO…
My apologises for my DELAYED Reply to your kind offer, but my Computer was switched off early yesterday and I didnt see your offer until this morning ( Tuesday).
HH Mate.
Good morning from a warm and humid North Staffs after what was a sticky night.
To all our NI residents stay safe
POR CIERTO on 11TH JULY 2022 5:11 PM
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Ive just sent an Email to PAUL67 for your Email address.
If I dont hear from Paul by Thursday, maybe we can arrange Time and Place on here ?
HH mate
BIG JIMMY on 12TH JULY 2022 6:59 AM
I can send over Por Cierto’s email?
Good morning all from Govanhill. Will Big Jimmy be allowed entry to Paradise?🤔. Is there no end to this folly?
Dan Orlowitz
@aishiterutokyo
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8h
Sponichi reports what I’ve been calling for months: Celtic planning a summer tour of Japan in 2023. Marketing staff have already made several trips to lay out the groundwork.
Two matches expected against J.League sides including, of course, Yokohama FM.
BOGNORBHOY on 12TH JULY 2022 8:54 AM
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Good news!
HH
DRAMBOWIECELT on 12TH JULY 2022 12:41 AM
@CM Yeah….. wore after the goldrush out on a wee Alba record player …….Then harvest ..and just carried on…
i only found out some years later about Reprise etc…..
H.H
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His first album Everybody Knows This is Nowhere is a great album too.
He seems to be popular
Paolo Nutini gigs later in year
https://twitter.com/PaoloNutini/status/1546766342220546051?t=io47PdUyHOvL9UPDxRVxNQ&s=19
HH
From yon wiki website 😜
Neil Young (1968)
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere with Crazy Horse (1969)
After the breakup of Buffalo Springfield, Young signed a solo deal with Reprise Records, home of his colleague and friend Joni Mitchell, with whom he shared a manager, Elliot Roberts. Roberts managed Young until Roberts’ death in 2019. Young and Roberts immediately began work on Young’s first solo record, Neil Young (January 22, 1969),[54] which received mixed reviews. In a 1970 interview,[55] Young deprecated the album as being “overdubbed rather than played.” The album contains songs that remain a staple of his live shows, including “The Loner.”
For his next album, Young recruited three musicians from a band called the Rockets: Danny Whitten on guitar, Billy Talbot on bass guitar, and Ralph Molina on drums. These three took the name Crazy Horse (after the historical figure of the same name), and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (May 1969) is credited to “Neil Young with Crazy Horse.” Recorded in just two weeks, the album includes “Cinnamon Girl”, “Cowgirl in the Sand”, and “Down by the River.” Young reportedly wrote all three songs in bed on the same day while nursing a high fever of 103 °F (39 °C).[56]
BOGNORBHOY on 12TH JULY 2022 9:38 AM
It’s his best album.
Paul67 et al
At 12.35 am (7.35pm EDT) on this site Aipple posted the first image from the JWST (James Webb Space Telescope).
This was not long after it had been unveiled by President Joe Biden and NASA. So one of the earliest views on this side of the Atlantic. I urge you all to check back and look at it.
Apple deserves great credit for posting it when he did. You wont see images like that on Sentinel Celts after midnight. Too late and it must be said too dark, even in BST
Anyways, that is the most detailed view of the early universe to date. It shows Galaxy SMACS 0723, from 4.6 billion years ago, which, given the speed of light is 186,000 per second is er a long way away. More images to be shown by NASA TV, easily accessible, live at 15.30 pm BST.
MODERATOR1888 on 12TH JULY 2022 8:30 AM
BIG JIMMY on 12TH JULY 2022 6:59 AM
I can send over Por Cierto’s email?
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YES Mr MOD Please do that, it would be most helpful.
HH.
BIGRAILROADBLUES on 12TH JULY 2022 8:49 AM
Good morning all from Govanhill. Will Big Jimmy be allowed entry to Paradise?🤔. Is there no end to this folly?
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Easy Commander… I should be okay to enter into Celtic Park/Paradise……..
BUT….As for that other Big Paradise in the sky…well thats a different story methinks ?
Im expecting a ” Knock Back” cometh the Day.
HH
Just realised the NASA image from the JWST is not unlike that from the OGWT c 1972
Which was also a few light years ago when you think about it
EinsteinagogoCSC
I hope that DAVID66 and family are still enjoying a great holiday ?
HH DAVID Mate.
CELTIC MAC
Brilliant.
I was up till 3am viewing images from JWST, then I just couldn’t sleep. Amazing to see distant galaxies whose light began its journey before earth existed.
Mindblowing.
Got a distinct feeling we are:
1. Hoping to get a few of the high earners off the payroll before some further action. That will probably take us to late in the window. I’m not expecting a fee for any of them but loans at best.
2. Hoping to get quality in via the loan to perm route like last year. That will probably take us to very very late in the window.
That will lead to nerves being shredded and arses collapsing all over Timdom. Epecially for those susceptible to MSM “swooping young galactico syperstar” stories down Govan way….
Hold yer nerve csc
HH
Delighted to see that Big Jimmy will be able to attend the game on Saturday thanks to the generosity of great individuals in here. 👏
HH