When Dedryck Boyata leaves in the summer there will be a wide variance of views on the player’s time at Celtic, his performances against Newco in particular have not always been up to standard. His nervous display at Hampden three years ago contributed to a poor Scottish Cup performance, but few have achieved as significant a performance improvement as Dedryck.
Whatever the personal issues which kept him out of the Belgium squad last week, it is great news that he is back at Lennoxtown and ready for action.
Kieran Tierney’s continued absence from training is more of a concern, although I’m sure Neil Lennon will not repeat the same mistake as Brendan Rodgers at Ibrox, and move Callum McGregor out of his midfield berth to fill in for Kieran at left back. Jonny Hayes did well against Dundee and would get the nod, if necessary.
While results have been impeccable since the turn of the year, December’s Ibrox performance was a wakeup call. Having control of central mid will make all the difference. That will require Callum McGregor and at least one other with similar ability to move the ball quickly.
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BIG PACKY
How are you mhate down in old Englandshire?
Getting a lot of stick here from the epl fuds re the Scotland results, but iv’e
always got the answers for them toshut their gubs.
H.H Mick.
Fascinating debate between SFTB and CHAIRBOY, wish i could write like them
but at the end of the day i still fall back on my Tommy Burns analogy.
Would he have left us like Brandon did?
NAE CHANCE.
H.H Mick
Mike in Toronto,Blantyre Tim,Ernie Lynch,Bada Bing
Thanks a lot Celts for your welcome suggestions regarding going to new york,hotels,and things to do
Thanks and hail hail to you all
Keep them coming
HH
MELBOURNE MICK, as long as your ok ,feck them I get stick all the time, I just laugh it off ,hh,
Would any North Ayrshire tims know if there are any Celtic friendly bars in Largs ? My son’s down there over the weekend and I want him home in the one piece. Also the places where the zombies gather would be helpful. Ta !
PARK ROAD 67
Nice to hear from you, we’ve got another visitor coming here
shortly POGMAHTHONYAHUN and just like when you came, i’ll
gladly take the long journey in to greet a fellow tim.
H.H Mick
MELBOURNEMICK
Pogmathonyahun couldn’t be in better company !!
Mick
Popped in to see him today and his knees are killing him, already has 2 new hips and now needs a new left knee, not stopping him from golfing though..
He is just back from long weekend in Donegal and is trying to get the lot of us to go over later in year for a family get together
SFTB @ 10 15
Boom
BLANTYRE TIM
As long as he’s still got that great big heart pumping, that’s what
made the man.
Had a wee laugh to myself before surgery at the eye hospital, all
the chinese doctors and nurses wore thick bottle glasses , didn’t
exactly fill me with confidence.
But hat doffed, in and out quickly, and even had one giving me a
coybig lol.
H.H Mick
Always say a few Hail Marys before I go under pre op ???
Melbourne Mick..
Your mates will love Pog, make sure you point him to the bar. ?☘️☘️
HI SIPS
Great to see all the auld posters showing up again.
I think the adrenaline is starting to kick in for Sunday.
POG comes from an old hunting ground of mine so lots
of questions go with lots of bevvy 8-))
H.H Mick
Sipsini
Pog won’t need pointing towards the (any) bar…!
Hope you are well.
MM, wishing you a full and speedy recovery.
HH
FRIESDORFER
Think i’m good now, said to the princess ” think i’ll have a Guinness
as it’s good for you”
” well seen there’s nuthing wrang wi yir throat ”
Oh bless.
H.H Mick
Hi Mick. Glad to hear that all went well and that you are in good spirits. Go easy on the Black Stuff for 24 hours until the anaesthetic is completely out of your system?. One or two instead of the usual 10 or 12?.
BIGYINMILAN
Thanks for the advice, the hospital staff kept mentioning Bob Campbell
who was scottish and the top medical person there in revered tones.
That changed when i said ” never trust a Campbell ”
Jokingly of course, then had to give them a full course on Scottish history.
Does the name ring any ( camp ) bells?
H.H Mick
Hi Mick. Name does not ring any bells. I used to visit the place regularly when it was the Peter Macallum cancer Centre. It was one of the best in the world. Moved now to the VCCC and still very good but it has lost a bit of its soul. One of the former Directors was with us at the Mornington event recently.
Yes that was the top surgeon in Victoria if i remember correctly
and his Hungarian wife the top nutritionist for the states welfare.
And he’s sitting telling me ” i’ve been watching you ghuys on utube
to get in the mood ” for his first time at a Celtic event.
What a great and learned crowd we attract to our club.
Yourself included of course.
H.H Mick
Nice talking to you all but it’s medication time.
Nurse!.. nurse.
Coybig.
H.H Mick
Good morning CQN from a dark and chilly Garngad
An Tearman re New York – I am not as sophisticated as some, so I cannot recommend swanky restaurants, but I thoroughly enjoyed our trip there last year. If there is a Celtic game on and your friends want to watch the game in a Celtic pub, there are loads of Irish pubs, but the Home of the Manhattan Celtic Supporters club in The 3rd floor of Jack Dempsey’s pub on west 35th street near to Macy’s, is a great place to watch the game, you will get a warm welcome from Des and the gang an ex Castlemilk bhoy.
I done a list of all the stuff that we wanted to do when there and done a daily itinerary going by areas. So one day down by Ground Zero then financial district, Wall Street, American museum, Statue of Liberty , then walk across to Brooklynn bridge passing through the court/judicial district (some amazing architecture) and onto China town and Little Italy.
Then another day another area and repeat. ? point is an itinerary is best to follow.
Also get the New York pass before you go, well we done thus I don’t know if it’s cheaper over there, but certainly better than paying into each attraction.
As I say we loved the place, just a different vibe and very diverse. Superb?
I am sure your friends will have a ball.
Hail Hail
D. :)
Bain,
Lustig, Boyata, Benkovic, KT.
Broonie, Callum.
Jamesie, Tom Rogic, Odsonne.
Burke
Gordon, Ajer, Sinclair, Weah, Ntcham, Lustig, Hayes
Lustig so good I named him twice.
Toljan as sub.
Melbourne Mick – keep the posts coming I love your tales from down under and I hope to visit the land of Oz (probably when I retire) which will be a wee while away, or when the old mortgage is paid aff, ?, that will be sooner. But keep the tales coming.
Hail Hail to all you Ex Pats, up at all hours to watch the Hoops, which we take for granted being able to walk to Celtic park, and having played a bit of football, I particularly like your updates on your Bhoys/Ghirls football teams. ?
Hail Hail
D. :)
Bain
Ajer. Benkovitch Boyata KT
Broonie. McGregor
Forrest Sinclair
Burke
Eduard
Subs:
Gordon, Lustig, Toljan, Rogic, Ntcham, Weah, Hayes, Johnson
Burke and Forrest can swap over, if not working, then the last 40 mins unleash the Wizard of Oz.
Weah seems a better impact sub, so get him on for last 20/30mins.
COYBIG
D. :)
The hoops are going to hump the Huns on Sunday, big time. December will be a bad memory and the hordes of zombies will have all hope crushed. Comfortable win. Hail Hail.
morning bhoys, from a pleasantly warm Cheshire, its getting closer, COYBIG.HH.
My 1st Glasgow derby was at Ibrox when we clinched the league with a 2-2 draw in the pissing rain.Whilst we dominated for the next decade, we lost a fair few against them.
These days, the Zombies must be shitting themselves before every derby, because they KNOW that if Celtic turn up, they get leathered. The bombast from the media makes it all the sweeter when we knock four or five past them.
So, just turn up on Sunday, Celtic, and we could be in for a treat.
Anyone who calls 20-in-a-row ‘9-in-a-row’ is worth the watchin’!
https://spfl.co.uk/news/disciplinary-hearing-clyde-fc
I see it’s being reported that the SFA are about to bin Tyrannosauras Eck following a ” deeply disturbing episode” prior to the San Marino game.
Maybe that was the distress of the players who found out that he was still in a job when he walked into the dressing room.
Hopefully McRae and Petrie follow him out the door. If only!
David 66,
Apologies for the delay, thanks for the advice on the pub for Sunday, I will look into it. Much appreciated,
Bbhoy HH
BEATBHOY@ 9.01
The Hun are never ” ineligible “. They were given a Temporary Licence to prove it .The show must go on .
MELBOURNE MICK @ 10:34 PM,
Well thank you, many years of comment and being misunderstood or even incoherent has led me to honing a limited skill in commenting.
However it comes no where near your magical, insightful and idiosyncratic posts… as I’ve said before, they oooze Celticness.
Well to have Tommy’s skillset, loyalty, empathy and drive that was hewed in Celtic with Brendan Rodgers undoubted coaching excellence would be a dream come true.
However when I was a wee bhoy starting school, we went one better;)
SFTB’s @ 10:15 PM,
Thank you for clarifying the timescales etc regarding the China Crisis… It appears in all versions of happening after we signed Edouard (mid- June) – yet you had stated we went on to win the treble anyway, which would put it before May…
Now something else to clarify, the inner sanctum blogger I was referring to as far as I’m aware has nothing to do with CQN, many years ago when he started his blog he came on here – no idea if he still does or what his nome de plume might be if he does – he does podcasts an awe.
My take on life is holistic, in my mind the malicious briefing against Brendan Rodgers and the subsequent reaction of folk are not disconnected, far from it.
Celtic has been devoid of leadership and transparency since Lord Reid left and has not had true leadership, courage and purpose since Fergus.
It is sadly missed.
Hail Hail
19-in -a-row.
For example, 21/9/2002. . . Rangers 3-0 Partick. . . .scorers De Boer(2) Lovenkrands.
14/5/2005. . ..Rangers 4-1 Motherwell. . . scorers Buffel(2) Arveladze(2)
16/8/2008. . . .Rangers 2-0 Hearts. . . . . . ..Scorers Lafferty, Boyd (pen).
13/9/2008. . . .Rangers 2-1 Kilmarnock. . . Scorers Boyd (2).
29/8/2009. . . . Rangers 4-1 Hamilton. . . . Scorers Boyd(2) Whittaker(2).
07/11/2009…..Rangers 2-1 St Mirren. . . . . Scorers Boyd(2).
12/12/2009……Rangers 3-0 St Johnstone. . . Scorers Boyd(2) Novo.
16/10/2010. . . Rangers 4-1 Motherwell. . . Scorers Naismith, Davis, Miller, Weiss.
Justice, for example, denied for a long time, but better late. . . .
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/18/jessica-ennis-hill-2011-world-gold-london
SoT
The show must go on, but must always be called out.
Probably unlikely but does anyone know where I could see the Livingstone game on 6th April in Malta?
There would be more Sporting Integrity in Scoddland if they put Lord Melberry in charge!
And, like Basil, I question the legitimacy of their births.
Or Melbury, even.