A St Mirren player tested positive for Covid and now a Hamilton player is self-isolating after ”coming into close contact with a player from another club who has tested positive”, presumably the unnamed St Mirren player. Due to their age, footballers are largely immune to the worst dangers of Coronavirus, but you can see where the jeopardy lies for clubs.
If St Mirren are able to stop the disease spreading to the rest of the squad it is a testament to their safety procedures, but it is likely many others at the club were in close proximity to the player during the incubation period.
This is going to be a feature of the season; players will be required to isolate, some fixtures will be postponed. In Europe, it will be different. Our Europa League qualifier two weeks from today cannot be postponed by more than a couple of days. The final qualifier is three weeks today, between now and then every precaution must be taken to limit exposure for the players and backroom staff.
With pubs open for business to show Saturday’s Ross County – Celtic game, the need to run tests to learn what is achievable has never been greater. Cancelling controlled tests with no more than 300 spectators, where every piece of medical and scientific evidence assures us would all be entirely safe, would be classic bad government. We need to test practically every aspect of society for its health implications.
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RON BACARDI on 10TH SEPTEMBER 2020 5:39 PM
BIG JIMMY probably remembers it first time
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Remember it ?…….I was feckin oan that Boat !
LOL.
Ive watched that film dozens of times…Honor Blackman was a Babe…a fine looking wummin !
Ronald Allen was later to play…” David Hunter” for years in tv series “Crossroads”…I didnt watch that crap…but I had old Aunties who did…every feckin day….me no likey Crossroads..or any Soaps.
LOL
HH
PATSEAN on 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020 2:23 AM
Cannot believe there are people on here banging on about cricket
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You’re welcome ☺️
CELTIC MAC on 10TH SEPTEMBER 2020 5:52 PM
ron bacardi
And Maryhill’s own David McCallum
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David McCallum was married to the Gorgeous Jill Ireland. He made the mistake of taking her with him on location when the movie ” The Great Escape” was being filmed in 1963 (?).
While there on location…another Actor called ” Charles Bronson” and Jill fell in love and Charlie Boy took Jill away from David McCallum.
Charlie and Jill were deeply in love and married for years, until she died first.
A wee bit of Movie/Real Life Trivia for a Friday morning.
LOL
HH
Nan McPhee…R.I.P.
YWNWA.
HH.
Re cricket
A classic gaffe from commentator Brian Johnston –
The bowler’s Holding the batsman’s Willey
I was in the Crows Nest on the ill fated Titanic….a Crew member shouted to me…” Hey Jimmy Bhoy…watch oot for that Iceberg” !
” What Iceberg” I said ?
I should have went to Specsavers.
In the 1990s when another remake of Titanic was just out in the Cinema…my Girlfriend wanted to go and see it…knowing that I had already seen it…she said to me…” Jimmy, DONT tell me what happens at the end” !
See they Wummin !!!
LOL.
HH
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BIG JIMMY on 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020 8:10 AM
:-)
BIG JIMMY
My father-in-law was denied replacement hip surgery on grounds of his age (90) .
At the time Prince Phillip duke of Embra had recently undergone hip surgery at the age of 96. My FiL insisted that if it was ok for a 96 year old it was ok for him.
Doctors then changed tack and refused him on grounds of his smoking. He was on 60 cigs a day having smoked ever since he joined the navy at as a boy sailor at 15. So he took them on and stopped smoking for a couple of months so he could have his op.
Thing is he never went back to it afterwards, he just doubled his intake of Lambs navy rum and is still going strong.
Another Poster on here yesterday ( DELANEYS DUNKY ?), asked me if The Tolbooth Bar at Glasgow Cross was still opening at 7am ?
Ive been here for almost 4 years now, and as far as I know it opens at 11am ( including Sundays). I havent been in for over 18 months as I got fed up with the stench of BO from some Regulars at the Bar, and the Gents Toilets are shocking.
God knows how that Bar is coping with Social Distancing etc, as its a very narrow pathway as you head towards the Toilets ?
Sorry for the late reply. Sorry if it wasnt DD who asked me ?
HH
RON BACARDI on 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020 8:27 AM
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Ive never understood some of those Folk who complain about getting a Replacement Hip……….I mean how attached to a Hip can you get ?
LOL
Good on yer Father in Law..Bless.
HH
Cricket Quick News
excellent
better than all that pointless political pish that just drags the blog round in circles every so often
just brings out the abusive worst in folk
especially those right wing unionist scrota on here
see – its even dragged me down to its level
😝😝😝😝
BIG JIMMY
You should quit smoking!
t’s so easy I did it hundreds of times!
Cough.I
Gene – your cricket updates 👍
Perplexing sport.
Couldn’t possibly sit through a test match – although an English friend swears that going for a couple of days (preferably days 2 and 4) is very enjoyable.
50-over ODIs seem to have a bit more spark to them?
Not a patch on football of course.
Hail hail
Keep The Faith
‘He was caught having an indiscreet slash outside the off stump’.
Test matches are the best, short limited overs stuff is for TV and commercialisation of the sport, it’s coming to golf soon with handicaps moving to a maximum of 54 shots per round for those unsure of what that means it’s your total score less 54, 3 shots given per hole, u can have 3 shots at a par 3 and if you have a score of 3 minus your 3 shots you have scored 0 , how is that in any way seen as progress.
More ex U20’s leaving by all accounts.
DC — left back? — seems to be the latest out the door.
And on top of that we have AH who left at 16 two years ago also on the move.
Unfortunately moving over to Italy when he would have been a good addition to the squad.
What is the story with our youth teams?
Do we aim for two with huge potential every year and fill the rest of the team with stiffs who we will let go in time — if that is the case then we are being very wasteful.
LB’s — Recent history at CP
AR = Let go / too small.
CW = Highly rated / youth internationalist but career stalls.
KT = Into the team at 17 and the rest is history though he was played too much.
?? = We had a converted winger playing at LB for the U20’s two seasons ago — left to the lower leagues.
DC = Talked up to be a good player by some but loaned to part time football and now left.
AH = Leaves at 16 and goes on to build up a good reputation and career.
Not a great advert for our youth coaching and development.
I fear that too many in the youths think they have made it because they play for us.
Also not sure where St Ninians fits into all of this?
Does it provide a micro-community of support / social status and common interest?
Or does it breed complacency where have the jersey is enough to give you a profile which in fact you don’t deserve?
Cue fat and happy attitudes and little football progress and when they turn 18 they struggle.
And then we move onto the 26 county youth prospects who turn up and then disappear.
One route to failure is bad but two is starting to suggest a trend.
Personally I don’t think the coaching team are strong enough.
The comments after a game last season suggested that he struggled to provide leadership when faced with a number of 18/19 year olds who had a certain inflated viewpoint of their own talent and self worth.
Viewing from afar — apart from the social aspect where certain families seem to see the football programme as providing an almost inexhaustible supply of boyfriends for their daughters — where the only given is that so many leave at 20 and are only good for the championship.
That is ours not the English version — even worse.
Next up the CF question — what are we going to do about JA?
LETS ALL DO THE HUDDLE on 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020 8:45 AM
If Paul 67’s article is of a political nature, surely it would be disrespectful not to discuss it ?
Oh and Freeeeeedom for Orkney and Shetland. They deserve the right for self determination.
Left or right, it matters not when partition of Scotland is a distinct possibility.
Anyhow, good morning to you and all.
Cricket stuff — one from the 80’s which broke the radio …
The bowlers Holding — the batsman’s Willey.
MM
Ye don’t read bck then?
GP @ 9.38
Orkney and Shetland = can of worms.
The Shetland angle where they big up all the Viking tourist nonsense is open to few awkward questions regarding colonialism / physical force land acquisition / male genocide / forced expulsions and slavery.
I think the gene pool evidence on Orkney is even more distinct — local male eradication in the 860’s — but then they don’t play to the tourists with the Viking fairy tales so much.
Plus there will be all the MI5 sleepers who moved there to cause problems on demand.
And Holyrood didn’t help when they gave each of the islands a MSP.
So much for democracy — a vote on Lerwick is worth 3 in Kiltoon / Central belt.
Awkward this nationalism lark.
PB @ 9.40
Correct — is this the story that started the cricket chat.
CL CSC — 1984 Vintage / 1980 wasn’t bad either.
Now there was a captain / leader / figurehead.
Cricket on the radio — The bowler’s Holding …
I think the producer had to break the door down and beat the commentators with a stick to stop them laughing — lasted 3 to 4 minutes?
big jimmy
Great wee story re David McCallum and the Great Escape.
I’m sure David wouldn’t have wanted to mess with Charlie Bronson
Ilya Kuryakin? Different story! Karate blow to the neck, ho, whack!
MADMITCH on 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020 9:47 AM
‘The Shetland angle where they big up all the Viking tourist nonsense’
You’ve obviously never been, lived or spoken to anyone from Shetland. Up Helly Aa is for themselves and they make it very difficult for tourists – they aren’t allowed in the halls after the celebration which is where all the real fun happens.
MADMITCH on 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020 9:38 AM
Cricket stuff — one from the 80’s which broke the radio
The bowlers Holding — the batsman’s Willey.
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Surely you meant The bowlers MH – the batmans PW
Oh, and i played for Lerwick Celtic (got a goal against Scalloway even though we lost 2-1 in the end) so I kinda know what I’m talking about :-)
A funny story about my time in Shetland (I was only there for 6 months when I was a kid). In Anderson High in Lerwick they would call anyone from outside Lerwick sheepshaggers – and it was difficult not to tell them that they were all sheepshaggers from a Glaswegians point of view :-)
An amazing place incidentally, the people are awesome. Still keep in touch with a couple of guys that I became friends with.
https://twitter.com/Castore_UK/status/1304166838931251200?s=09
Cas ore making hun tops from Umbro…
FT @ 10.06
Been to Shetland for a friend’s wedding.
His wife was an incomer from England.
Strange place — nothing happening until the Norway boat came in with school party of dancers …
… and their mothers. Made my next few days on a number of levels.
Know little about the fire festival stuff apart from the fact that in these interesting times regarding history and place — Shetland’s Viking history could be seen as very politically incorrect.
That it currently isn’t could be seen as either ignorance or even possibly hypocrisy — or the fact that after Largs in 1265? we have gotten over it / forgotten all about it to our mutual benefit.
As you say — strange place.
Few trees and no midges.
As for my friend’s career in Shetland — let sleeping dogs lie.
FrankTerry on 11th September 2020 at 10:06AM and 10:08AM and 10:19AM
Was it your mum or your dad who was in MI5?
GUYFAWKESAFOREVERHERO on 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020 10:33 AM
If I told you I would have to kill you :-)
TH @ 10.07
Fair point — unfortunately it would have lost something in translation.
Its the way you tell them apparently.
(And just in case anyone doesn’t realise i was joking, neither were. Although the thought of my dad going for an interview with MI5 is pretty funny, he’d have gone for a job and ended up being arrested.)
On behalf of the family of my recently passed, Aunt Nan Phee, many thanks for all your kind words, it’s greatly appreciated,
HH
Paddy Roberts ___come on home son, you know it makes sense
The Star above the Crest
Missed your question re John McNamee last night, though I see Delaneys Dunky got an answer for you. No, I noticed he was playing against Real Madrid from the team sheet super imposed on the film of the game. Like John Cushley, John never got much game time at Celtic, with Big Billy rarely injured and even more rarely suspended. Only one centre back in those days. That said was at Newcastle when they won their last ever trophy in 1969.
Great nom de plume by the way.
In today’s edition of “Headlines you’ll never seen on a rangers story” we have these doozies –
Brighton believe Celtic’s price for striker Odsonne Edouard is “unrealistic” – Daily Record
Vasilis Barkas Celtic record queried as Andy Walker shares shot-stopping fears – Daily Record
(after three games)