At 1:45 yesterday afternoon the prospects of Celtic stretching their lead at the top of the table by the end of the day appeared slight. The tide has turned in Celtic’s favour in recent weeks but leagues are hard to win and we need only think back to how many chances St Mirren peppered Fraser Forster’s goal with to appreciate the difference between winning games and dropping points.
Teams in the SPL are well organised, even eighth place St Mirren, who are on a run of poor form but apart from a couple of lapses defended well, created more chances than Celtic and played with adventure and confidence.
Celtic are the best team in the league but there will not be a single game before the end of the season in which they will be able to take anything for granted. The result from yesterday we should pay most attention to is bottom of the league Dunfermline’s 0-3 win at Kilmarnock. This is a league without whipping boys.
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See jellyfish is struggling to agree personal terms. Do you think he is edging for a pay off? No flies on him then if he is valued at price being banded about, good on him. Dick Turpin wore a mask though.
Morning,all.
A wee news item last night had me chuckling a tad.
Anyway,canny remember what t was about,but the spokesman was from THIS organisation,
http://www.baaps.org.uk/
It seems that if someone wants a boob-job done,chances are the surgeon involved will be a member of BAAPS!
Nice acronym,nice touch.
Cheered me up on a Monday…….
Good morning CQN from the fast train which well ultimately lead to Paisley after a change.
Watched the highlights last night, Rogne was at no stage in an offside position, that linesman made 3 or 4 bad decisions, will he be marked down?
Loved the graph they showed, will post a link.
hh
bjmac
Top of the morning to you all from a calm, cold, Fife, where the dawn is showing a clear sky with a pink hint of a sunrise.
Michael Grant in today’s Herald is right to condemn the internet morons who apparently posted racist remarks about Kyle Bartley and Maurice Edu at the weekend.
But surely Grant is being highly selective in this?
Like pathetic Pat Nevin Grant must have been wearing his ear-defenders for the last decade that he never heard any of the anti-Irish racism that pours from the Ibrox bigot choir every week?
Does anti-Irish racism not register with the laptop loyal?
Big Nan,
The racist abuse handed out to Bobo at Ibrox was among the worst I have ever heard in British football. Neither Grant nor any of his mates ever commented on it, I believe.
As for anti-Irish racism? Ach, just banter/colour of his hair/brings it on himself etc etc etc….
Morning CQN ,
pauloantony , thoughts are that cqn is suffering some sort of cyber-attack .
In order for that to happen , the program will need to register as a wordpress/cqn account and then post – we might find our wordpress access paths need tightened up.
As long as you don’t click you’ll be fine.
Sanna
http://lockerz.com/s/177039428
Think they’re using the equation C=R+4 for this graph
Y to the sky.csc
hh
bjmac
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is to Chair a Global Warming Summit in Scotland this month,
there is grave concern within Scotland as to how -15 can become +4 in only a matter of weeks.
The Record
Ibrox mayhem as police charge brawling football thugs at subway station
Jan 23 2012 By Mark McGivern
SHOCKED football fans told yesterday how they were caught in 15 minutes of mayhem outside Ibrox as Aberdeen casuals clashed with Rangers supporters.
One said: “It was the worst violence I’ve seen in years. I thought we’d heard the last of football casuals, but evidently not.”
Mounted police were called in and CS spray and batons were used after fighting erupted outside Ibrox subway station near the stadium 20 minutes before Saturday’s match.
Fans threw punches and hurled bottles and pieces of wood. Two police officers were injured and two people were arrested.
Witnesses said the trouble started when 30 to 40 Aberdeen casuals came out of the subway station on Copland Road and began baiting Rangers fans heading to the game.
The yobs had apparently boarded the train in the west end of Glasgow to avoid being segregated by police monitoring stations in the city centre.
A Rangers fan who saw the violence told the Record: “I knew something was afoot when I came out of the subway.
“There was a bunch of Aberdeen fans emerging right into the thick of the Rangers fans.
“They were all psyched up and immediately shouting for Rangers fans to come ahead.
“There were hundreds of fans and quite a few did ‘come ahead’ before the police had time to make any proper response.
“It went off for about 15 minutes and a few people took some punches.
“One tiny WPC got decked by one of the mounted police and a few fans were hit by batons as police tried to disperse the crowd.”
Another Rangers fan, posting on the Follow Follow website, said: “This is the most serious football violence I’ve been caught up in.”
The fan claimed the Aberdeen casuals started throwing “table legs” after they were baton-charged by police, and he was struck by one of the missiles.
Other, unsubstantiated, reports on Follow Follow claimed that people with “London accents” were involved in the disturbance.
Some posters claimed Spurs hooligans had travelled north to link up with the Aberdeen casuals.
A third Rangers fan described the fight as “the biggest, in terms of numbers, I have seen for a while at a game”.
He claimed to have heard men who ran from a nearby pub to get involved shouting “ICF” – a reference to the Inter City Firm gang of Rangers hooligans.
The fan added: “Three police on horses tried to get in between both set of fans and were swinging batons at anyone.”
A police spokeswoman said: “At around 1440 hours, prior to the match, we received reports of a disturbance between rival fans outside Ibrox Underground.
“Officers, including mounted branch, were immediately on the scene and quickly got the situation under control.
“Two men, aged 23 and 42, were arrested and detained in police custody.
“A male officer received a suspected broken hand and a female officer suffered a leg injury.”
The two arrested fans are expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court this morning.
kitalba says:
23 January, 2012 at 08:11
“Another Rangers fan, posting on the Follow Follow website, said: This is the most serious football violence I’ve been caught up in.”
Hes obviously never followed the rangers in europe then eh?
Che
Exactly my thoughts reading that ;-)
Must have been the only hun that didn’t go to Manchester.
hh
bjmac
The daily record report about the violence before the rangers game mostly made up of statements made on Swallow Swallow and mentions the site several times.
I thought serious journalists, such as the daily record’s don’t bother with on-line fan sites and blogs?
Laptop Loyal right enough…
HH
Che says:
23 January, 2012 at 08:22
Maybe he was taking advantage of Her Majesties Bed and Breakfast at the time of Manchester.
Site being targetted by spam. Do not click on the links.
HH
ASonOfDan says:
23 January, 2012 at 08:27
the serious journalists were too busy burying the story that the estonian full backs move is off until sally gets some cash in….
Dignified till the end…….and the end is nigh.
ASonOfDan says:
23 January, 2012 at 08:29
“Site being targetted by spam”
Your spellchecker is broken, that should have read
“Site being targetted by Bams”
The good old DR and the Scottish Sun making an arse of themselves as usual.
I see the poor innocent rangers fans were caught up in a brawl with Aberdeen casuals b4 the game, no sorry they had a London accent, no sorry the Sun reports they were fae Germany, no it was Spurs fans, lol lol lol lol poor poor rangers never there fault. I’m just wondering where the Chelsea fans were in all of this, not to worry it’ll be them next time, or who knows it might be man u fans, or fans with asian accent.
Apologies if posted already. From Daily Mail.
Blah blah Spurs Forrest, ‘Arry etc, then:
Sources in Seville, meanwhile, have revealed that Celtic are in discussions with Real Betis over experienced striker Jorge Molina, described as an out-and-out centre-forward likely to adapt well to the game in Scotland.
Despite initial demands for £2m, the fact that Betis are in administration means the eventual asking price for the 29-year-old may be a good deal lower.
Celtic boss Neil Lennon has spoken of his desire to add a more direct striking option and Molina, squeezed out by the arrival of Roque Santa Cruz on loan from Manchester City this season, is considered an affordable and proven option.
Swiss
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2090389/Tottenham-deny-James-Forrest.html#ixzz1kGjOgcVv
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I Use a ‘London Accent’ when I’m being a ‘Richard Cranium’ Funnily Enough..Strange but (Alas) True..
Summa
PS..Kit..I see Sir Kojo has it in for Your Man (Skoosh)..He seems to be Developing that Olde CQN Syndrome RPCS..Ha..
Assuming he’s eligible to join in the celebrations, I’d like to wish a happy CNY to Zheng Zhi.
Morning Kitalba ,
you been infected with the “”Awe Naw” virus ? “tiny wpc” ?
why would they need to mention a police officers’ size ? they’re a police officer. that’s all that matters
Sanna (consciousofhiswaistsize csc)
Its a bad day when your ordinary german supporting tottenham hotspur fan cant undertake a cultural visit to the ibrox area of glasgow without being attacked by mindless chelski fans.
Just in case our spamming friends have missed it,
the temperature is currently +4 and rising
.
DIBBA..
Yes he is..So is Ki..
I Have a Girlfriend Who was..Made in Taiwan..
Summa
Good morning from bright Manchester.
Vmhan are you behind this move?
“Celtic tell Blackpool to stump up the cash if they want to land winger McCourt
With Rabiu Ibrahim now on the books, Neil Lennon may part with Paddy McCourt (Daily Mail)”
Happy KNY to Ki and Cha.
“Despite initial demands for £2m, the fact that Betis are in administration means the eventual asking price for the 29-year-old may be a good deal lower….”
Oh the irony,
now all Sam Aallardyce or Sparky Hughes have to do is wait a wee while and pick up jellyfish for next to nowt.
To quote the intellectual scouser Jim Royle
“£8m My A***”
Happy VNY/ Tet to all the boys at Haiphong Cement.
Let’s build the foundations for success in 2012.
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DIBBIA..
:o)
I Would Reinforce that..
Summa
Summa of Sammi…. says:
23 January, 2012 at 08:41
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I Use a ‘London Accent’ when I’m being a ‘Richard Cranium’ Funnily Enough..Strange but (Alas) True..
Summa
PS..Kit..I see Sir Kojo has it in for Your Man (Skoosh)..He seems to be Developing that Olde CQN Syndrome RPCS..Ha..
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LoL
Some say that on a Thursday he trains with the particles at the Hadron Collider
and that he once won Mr Universe with a postal entry.
All we know is …….. He’s Victor Wanyama.
Che says:
23 January, 2012 at 08:45
Its a bad day when your ordinary german supporting tottenham hotspur fan cant undertake a cultural visit to the ibrox area of glasgow without being attacked by mindless chelski fans.
Just in case our spamming friends have missed it,
the temperature is currently +4 and rising
LoL
I see the BBC haven’t noticed yet that Celtic are top of the league!!
Their insistance of always having a picture of a cyborg hun on their lead story is starting to frighten my kids.
Naughty Beeb.
It’s a long wait till Sunday for the next Hoops game!!
starry plough says:
23 January, 2012 at 09:00
I see the BBC haven’t noticed yet that Celtic are top of the league!!
Agreed.
Listening to the sports news on clyde at 7.30 and 8.30 i think the football must have been cancelled at the weekend they opened with Andy Murray then said sandaza mad at huns for trying to get him on the cheap, they then talked about the football in england yesterday then the rugby then the superbowl. No joke not a mention of a ball being kicked in scotland.
Some say he holidays on Mars and was once a debt collector in Blackhill.
All we know is…..he`s Kittoch.
JJ
hen1rik says:
23 January, 2012 at 09:08
It must really be sticking in a lot of journo’s craw that Neil and his Young Lions have achieved a remarkable 19 point swing in less than two short months, had this happened in the USA it would be the major sports news story, 19 point swings don’t happen that often do they??
We feel your pain suckers.
SP
Jungle Jim
Praise indeed, I thank you
Blackhill LOL
hen1rik & starry
Spot on.
The sports update after the Radio Scotland news bulletin at 8am today featured several sports, but not the fitba.
And on a Monday as well…….after a weekend of fitba…..
Very strange……..
tully
tully57 says:
23 January, 2012 at 09:19
thats cos all the sports journos and presenters are in a Q to get six of the belt for the graph shown on sportscene