Dead rubber day

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Celtic arrive in Prague tomorrow for a game many of us consider a dead rubber.  The thumping Sparta inflected at Celtic Park still smarts and almost certainly ended the competitive element of our Europa League campaign.  The most we can hope for is a cohesive performance and an injury and illness free trip.  A defeat, even a heavy defeat, will not resonate as much as the draw at Easter Road.

For me, the pace quickens at the weekend, when your clean sheet domestic record goes on the line for the 36th consecutive time.  We can only hope the week will be used productively.

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  1. The lurkintim,

     

     

    If they win well in Prague it proves they are picking and choosing their games more or less confirming Lennon has lost dressing room.

  2. BIG PACKY 1 on 24TH NOVEMBER 2020 8:12 PM

     

    lets all do the huddle, and i think it was one night in lisbon ,maybe wrong, just stand up to jig bimmy sorry big jimmy.LOL he is a bully and thinks he has the support of all CQN, believe me he has not, but time will tell, once again big jimmy, throwing our diffrences aside, if you need help with rocky, let PAUL67 know and i will help

     

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    Your are one THICK Chump…What part of ” I AM MINTED” do you NOT understand ? ££££££££££££££££’s

     

    You are only offering me money, ONLY in a Feeble and Failing attempt to have others on here who dont know what you are like.

     

    I ” Sussed ” You OUT a very long time ago…You are a Feckin Fake, just an insignificant little excuse for a Man, who is too Feckin miserable to spend money in a Pub or even attempt to see Celtic for almost 50 Feckin Years !

     

    You aint fooling anyone with this offer of Money…You are TIGHTER THAN A MIDGES GARTER…..and you must be the Boring. Tedious Chump that I have ever came across anywhere.

     

     

    You couldnt wait to jump in with BOTH Feet and say that some on here are in MY ” CLIQUE”….I challenged YOU to Name..Names….You have Feckin FAILED to do that, as I expected.

     

    just like ” ONENIGHT”…Who I challenged to provide ANY Feckin Posts where I have said that Neil Lennon should be exempt from criticism, or where I said that Neil Lennon is a SAINT ?

     

    HE ALSO FAILED to pinpoint ANY posts where I stated such things !

     

     

    Lastly, You have been on here plenty of times claiming to be DRUNK, and admitting to drinking FOUR Feckin cans of Beer/Cider ..or whatever…..YOU have INSULTED many Posters on here over a long period of time, and you DID face a Red Card….Which, when you sobered up…scared the Feckin Life outta you because ( AS YOU stated)….” CQN is MY LIFE”….and now you have tried to deny that…maybe some of the Older Members on here will remember YOU Begging and Pleading NOT to be Binned from here ?

     

    After you have INSULTED Many on here, You then come on again with this ” Luv ya to bits” PISH !

     

     

    I wouldnt Pish on you if you were on fire, I wouldnt give you a Light in a Dark Corner….and as for YOU Drinking ME under a Table as you have claimed…..You wouldnt last 30 minutes with me or most folk…YOU have previously came on here and claimed to be Drunk after ONLY 4 Feckin Cans of Beer/Cider or whatever, ESPECIALLY after you have Insulted many on here…and the next day you TRY to repair YOUR Damage, by claiming that it was the drink that made you Insult others the night before….

     

    Your a Feckin Light Weight, Boring, Tedious little ” Man”…

     

    Now for the last time…FECK OFF !

     

    SEND £1,000 or even just £500 to PAUL67…Just email him to arrange payment and Paul67 can then contact me to collect the Cash from HIM…….You will NEVER know how I Feckin spend it…..Chump !

     

    You are a complete FAKE…I will continue to Lurk and look in now and then to see IF YOU have the BALLS to NAME the Names …who YOU Claim are in my Clique…What are you waiting for…Feckin just DO IT !

     

     

    PLENTY of ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££’s …MINTED !

  3. I wish to apologise to the decent Guys on here for the Crap that I have been FORCED to address on here, with the FALSE Claims that I have a Clique, and/or I slag off anyone who dares to be critical of Neil Lennon Blah Blah.

     

    I simply called out those THREE Muppets, who couldnt wait to throw Personal ABUSE and VENOM at Neil Lennon.

     

    Those THREE ” Big Packy, ONENIGHTIN, and Jerseyb…………The THREE Feckin STOOGES in my book.

     

    HH to ALL the NON CHUMPS and Fakers.

  4. DAVID66 @ 6.25am and MELBOURNE MICK @ 4.20am…..

     

    Cheers Bhoys, but you BOTH must be very careful in any support of me….as that Packy Tadger will accuse you both of being in MY ” CLIQUE” !

     

    It must be Phantom Clique, cos I aint aware of it ?

     

    DAVID66…My ” Chin” has never fallen Big Yin, I am reasonably healthy and I canny wait to have real Beer Frenzy with you again ( and others that may join in), once the Pubs are OPEN Again…and I am Buying….cos I am MINTED……But some poor Chump FAILS to acknowledge that Fact, and keeps offering to send ME…Cash…So this morning I thought it would be a good idea to Call His Bluff….Ive told him to send £1.000 or even just £500, and HE will NEVER know what I spend it on…til I tell him LOL.

     

     

    As for The THREE STOOGES.?..The MODS on here SHOULD have Red Carded those Wallopers for Posting Personal ABUSE and VENOM at Neil Lennon…to be critical of Neil lennon or anyone else at celtic is fine…But Personal ABUSE and VENOM that only belongs on FF…….and those Three call themselves Celtic fans ?

     

     

    Stay safe Big Yin and you too MICK…Please give PADDY my Best.

     

    HH.

  5. Big Jimmy – Canny wait, get a bag a sand for me as well off him.

     

     

    Chumpsurus can do 1.

     

     

     

    HH

     

     

    D :)

  6. TURKEYBHOY on 24TH NOVEMBER 2020 8:10 PM

     

    Big Packy,

     

     

     

     

    Stop making a complete area of yourself,trying to noise up Big Jimmy because you think you have a couple of handers.Pathetic.

     

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    Cheers TURKEYBHOY……

     

    But be very careful…as Wimpy Packy will have you nailed as to belonging to MY Clique….but dont worry because as soon as you have challenged him to prove it…he will Post back saying…” I Luv Ya to Bits Pal”… He enjoys Posting Pure PISH !

  7. DAVID66 on 25TH NOVEMBER 2020 7:14 AM

     

    Big Jimmy – Canny wait, get a bag a sand for me as well off him.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chumpsurus can do 1.

     

     

    HH.

     

     

    ” CHUMPSURUS” ….I like that wan mate LOL !

     

    Ive not been ” Tipsy” since mid September, and I havent had a Drink/Beer since Oct 9th when the Pubs closed at 6pm, and as you know I dont drink in the Hoose….Right now TODAY…I could murder a 15/18 Pints of Beer FRENZY…and that Chump Packy could just collect the Empties LOL.

     

    I will go out this morning and return the Two pair of Denims that I bought on Monday…40 Inch waist is too small for me, but I was nt allowed to try them on in the shop cos of Covid ?

     

    But…I CAN TRY them on at home and return them to the store…Mental ?

     

    I do understand that shop staff would need to clean a Changing Room etc after I have used it…But what IF I didnt sit down or touch ANY Walls in that Changing Room…there would be NO Need to clean it after I have used it ?

     

    Mental !

     

    HH Big Yin.

     

     

    HH mate and best wishes to your good Lady.

  8. BIG PACKY 1 on 24TH NOVEMBER 2020 7:05 PM

     

    RON BACARDI, acc0rding to big jimmy he cant afford a pint, because he is on benefits, and his cat rocky has vet bills,, ive offered to help him with his vet bills, but he has told me to feck off ,and that is another true story👍

     

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    The above is yet ANOTHER UNTRUE Story…

     

    YOU know nothing about me…I have had plenty of Cash BEFORE any Benefits due to Compensations that i received over the years…I havent been short of Cash for years…

     

    Dont you ever post or mention MY Life style ever again on here…Your just a wee Feckin Sweetie Wife…who wallows in spreading Gossip…Ya Feckin Wummin !

     

    Away and walk some Dugs….Did you STUDY at College or Uni to do that…away and get a REAL Mans Job…Ya Wimp .

     

    Feck Off….and I wont tell you again…I am MINTED, Happy and struggling to spend ANY of my Csah with pubs being shut etc….Just send that Money you promised…..LOL !

     

    £1,000 or even £500 should cover my next few Bar Bills.

  9. So Liverpool find a loophole in the Covid rules that lets Mo Salah play against Atalanta tonight. This is after two positive tests.

     

     

    I would imagine that the club medical staff in conjunction with external medical bodies have deemed him safe to play with no danger to himself or others.

     

     

    This tells me that healthy young men do not have the same risk factor as the risk to the average age of those who unfortunately succumb to the virus. Ie 82.4 years.

     

     

    Surely a responsible organisation wouldn’t use a loophole to compromise safety.?

     

     

    HH and good morning.

  10. FAVOURITE UNCLE on

    WELL WELL here we go again

     

     

    4 DOGS N’ A CAT……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..GONNAE GONNAE the 2 of yees gaes break ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

  11. I am going to out on. Limb .. I think we will win tonight as basically the game does not matter I expect the team to play with a bit of freedom .

     

     

    A good result would send you a very mixed message about the team and it’s potential and almost certainly another finger in the eye of NL.

     

     

    As regards to 36 cup games in a row nice as it is our focus must not wavier on the internal strife I’d take any results from now until we play the rotten mob my own feelings are if we can hold till the gunfight at the force of darkness a win there will change the outlook !

     

     

    However if we drop anything between now and then I fear for the sanity of many … And we will be in the realms of the why are we waiting and I told you so mobs .

     

     

    Finally in I don’t believe PL has looked for a new manager despite what ANYBODY says .

     

     

    A note on our man across the water lots of people referenced him re the manager and the extent of darkness accounts

     

    I am sorry for those who give him any credence he’s actually part of the problem we as a support have believing tall tales and thinking they are rubbish and going bust for years. When they are not .

     

     

    I head a guy on shortbread radio who I feel is more qualified than most to comment kiearen McGuire lecturer on of football finance he said there finances are not a worry as long as they have investors and playing staff to sell. Both of which they have .

     

     

    He pointed out a few years ago the gap vrs us and them. 70 mill in revenue is now 11 and may disappear this year ….a real example of not looking in the rear view mirror a culpable board failure right there in black and white

     

     

    Our problems are stacking up they start at the door of the CEO we know this and he should be under as much duress for the mess as NFL .

     

     

    I don’t think we have an option now except to wait and see it’s going to be a diametrically opposite feeling. We are going to be very happy or incredibly sad I don’t think hope is lost.

     

     

    I also laugh at the names being banded about as a new manager.

     

     

    Nobody (big name ) is coming here to be told what to do by PL and use players not identified by them .

     

     

    We must remember we are a big fish in a small pond domesticly. But we are a minor in European sense no manager worth his salt will.look on us in our current setup and predicament and think it’s a good job .

     

     

    You can buy some of that out with a high wage but is the board DD and PL willing to bust the bank for a truly top class man look at our situation were we are they certainly are not and I’ll not .

     

     

    As fans we can dream but some of the names are just fantasy I don’t know who it is but I don expect any replacement. Next year will be a pot one coach .

  12. Bhoy From The Boyne on

    Ernie,

     

     

    GB won’t influence PL/DD that’s for sure. Made easier for them too by no attendances. Unless NL is aware of fan feeling and this influences him & he decides to leave.

  13. Can you imagine the Green Brigade banners that would have been unveiled inside the ground these past few weeks? Or how the players and managers would have been greeted when they went over to the corner after each game to applaud the fans?

     

    As I have said before, Covid has kept Neil in his job. He and the players would have been booed off the park after the European debacles and the huns game. Swathes of empty seats would have got the message through to PL.

  14. BHOY FROM THE BOYNE on 25TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:42 AM

     

    Ernie,

     

     

     

     

     

     

    GB won’t influence PL/DD that’s for sure. Made easier for them too by no attendances. Unless NL is aware of fan feeling and this influences him & he decides to leave.

     

     

     

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    The only effect that banner has is to further undermine NFL.

     

     

    Hardly what is needed at the moment.

     

     

    If the Green Brigade wanted to make their point to the board or Peter Lawwell or The Great Desmondo I’m sure they have ways of communicating with them directly.

     

     

    This looks like playing to the gallery.

  15. GB : “Celtic Football Club is bigger than us all.”

     

     

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    A timely reminder for those lost in the strangely bizarre Neil Lennon cult, where his needs outstrip all else.

     

     

    However, he deserves all the thanks and appreciation and respect in the world and for that we (me included) should temper our frustration accordingly. Neil has been let down by the club and will sadly only go when he is pushed. Didn’t need to come to this at all. The whole club, and a huge swathe of our support, have fallen asleep at the wheel.

     

     

    The GB are spot on.

     

     

    HH

  16. Bhoy From The Boyne on

    Ernie, I agree its not what we need at the moment given they have backed NL. It’s unlikely to unnerve some millionaire suits and I include PL in that. If anything, would hope it appeals to NL’s better senses. Not that I don’t think this league can be turned around, but I don’t see anyway back with the supporters to allow him the opportunity.

  17. onenightinlisbon on

    BIG WAVY on 25TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:57 AM

     

     

    A timely reminder for those lost in the strangely bizarre Neil Lennon cult, where his needs outstrip all else.

     

     

    Think we can clearly see that this blog has become a pro/anti Neil venting place.

     

     

    It totally frustrates me that he is deemed sainted by some.

     

     

    Board are fully aware of the road they are going down with this one.

  18. There’s a rumour going around that Donald Trump and Rudi Giuliani are heading to Celtic Park today, for talks.

     

    Donald will be teaching the players about honesty and integrity; advising PL on the best use of Twitter and coaching Neil on Press Conference Management.

     

    Rudi, on the other hand will be preparing a legal challenge to the SFA’s authority.

     

    So we will be in good hands. 🥴

     

    On a serious note, I think the Club needs to move fast now. Neil should be looked after after mutual agreement to leave. His historical contributions recognised and his well being supported, going forward.

  19. BHOY FROM THE BOYNE on 25TH NOVEMBER 2020 9:59 AM

     

     

    ‘If anything, would hope it appeals to NL’s better senses.’

     

     

     

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    If the Board want rid of him they should sack him and pay him what he’s due.

     

     

    Maybe the GB’s intention is to influence NFL rather than the Board. And maybe that suits the Board.

     

     

    But if it doesn’t work, what’s their next trick?

  20. Bhoy From The Boyne on

    On John Kennedy, if the original suits plan is for JK to succeed NL next season or whenever and he is not found to be contributing to lack of on field professionalism then I would give it to JK if NL walks early.

  21. ONENIGHTINLISBON on 25TH NOVEMBER 2020 10:02 AM

     

     

    This is a hard one fella for me. We’ve known Neil for 2 decades and as a player and manager has brought me personally enormously great times. I’ve lost a bit of that this season but that’s a fault on my side as I get wrapped up in the moment, a season where the stakes are so high (TIAR).

     

     

    I think we are in the end game with Neil and I find it sad. The young lads of the GB, unlike the demographic here, will be the ones that carry the Neil memory further and I think it’s getting tainted game by game which is a crap legacy for him ultimately. He deserved better than that.

     

     

    HH fella.

  22. Well done GB —- good start. Intensify the approach to force change. When a manager and his staff cannot learn from repeated mistakes they need to go.

     

     

    Bhoy from the Boyne.

     

     

    JK is Lawwells plant and has distanced himself from manager — possibly digging tunnels under him from what I hear. Anyways he is part of the collective failure and needs to go too.

  23. onenightinlisbon on

    Green Brigade Statement

     

     

    Neil lennon and many of the current celtic squad have delivered unprecedented success for our club and deserve enormous credit for their achievements. However, past accomplishments are not enough to excuse the level of performance and lack of desire we have endured throughout this momentous season.

     

     

    Despite having the best squad in the country, the football on display has been dismal, lacking in ideas and belief. many of our best players have disappointed and we have performed poorly both domestically and in European competition, winning only 2 games from our previous 8. Whilst we would love nothing more than to see Neil Lennon win us the championship, we are part of a growing element of the celtic support that has sadly concluded that he is unable to turn our season around.

     

     

    After a decade of unrivalled footballing and financial dominance it is disappointing to find ourselves 11 points off the league summit and virtually out of the Europa League, having failed to make it past even the second round of qualification for the Champions League. We appreciate all that Neil has done for the club and endured in his time in Scotland, however there is simply too much at stake to persevere in hope rather than expectation, and managerial change needs to be made.

     

     

    Celtic Football Club is bigger than us all, and the good of the club must come first , Peter Lawwell and the Celtic board must act now in a bid to save 10-in-a-row as well as their own legacies. Should they fail to deliver this title, it will be them who are held to account.

     

     

    Green Brigade

  24. Digital Tourists?

     

     

    …..Or a koncentrated hunned-up pile-on of bigotry, snydery, sleekitry………….

     

     

     

    Aye.

  25. onenightinlisbon on

    BIG WAVY on 25TH NOVEMBER 2020 10:11 AM

     

     

    I know it’s hard but as the statement above says, no one is bigger than the club..