First the treble then the double slipped through the net leaving Celtic absolute certainties for the inaugural Scottish Premiership title, but with only a couple of higher aspirations to aim for. Fraser Forster is closing in on Bobby Clark’s Aberdeen league shut out record, which if he keeps a clean sheet at home to St Johnstone on Sunday, he would be able to eclipse 31 minutes into the visit to Tynecastle on 22 February.
Neil Lennon called Saturday’s defeat unacceptable but it would be just as unacceptable to concede to St Johnstone at home this weekend when so close to an all-time record. Saints have scored only one league goal away from home (at Firhill) since winning at Tynecastle on 2 November last year. Notwithstanding their four Cup goals at Forfar on Saturday, you could not wish for a more goal-shy league visitors.
The manager was rightly critical of his defence on Saturday so will hopefully use this weekend to ensure they are ready to play up for their goalkeeper this Sunday.
One of the highlights for the Celtic community last year was the incredible Ben Nevis Huddle, completed on the snow-capped mountain in June. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, 28 June. Applications opened on Friday and there are only 77 places left (big mountain but limited safe standing capacity). Go here if you want to get involved.
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Night night all, ferming to attend to in the mo. :-))
JimmyQuinnsBits
23:35 on 10 February, 2014
Is it possible you’ve misunderstood the song?
He also wrote this.
“The Sign”
-Eric Bogle
In the summer of last year, in a city far from here
That stands on the shores of the fair Pacific sea
I walked its pleasant streets, no view in mind, no one to meet
Content to wander where my aimless feet led me
A few streets from my hotel, I passed an old stone wall
Where three words had been scrawled by an unknown hand
When I read them I stopped dead, in disbelief I shook my head
For the words on that wall read, “Free Bobby Sands”
As the sun began to fall, and the day began to die
Thought I heard the wild geese call, from a dark and empty sky
For long minutes I stood there, in that busy thoroughfare
While the past rose sharp and clear in my mind’s eye
I saw it all again, the passion, hate, and pain
The indifference and the shame as a young man died
But it was all so long ago, and who now cares or knows
Why Bobby Sands chose his lonely death?
But to the one who wrote that sign,
It seems that Bobby’s light still shines
The words rang from another time,
But the paint was fresh
As the sun began to fall, and the day began to die
Thought I heard the wild geese call, from a dark and empty sky
So I went down to the sea, to let it’s wild song comfort me
But my thoughts would not let me be, and unchecked they ran
Through my future, present, and past,
Not for the first time nor the last
I heard them ask, “Could you be the kind of man
Who would gladly sacrifice everything, even life
And put no price on a cause, or an ideal?”
No answer echoed in my heart, so I turned and I walked back
Through the twilight’s deepening dark, to my hotel.
There was an element of sticking up for your mates in the Racing game.
There was also an element of “we’re getting no protection here- let’s ignore the result and show them we can win another kind of contest”
Scott Brown was wrong against Barca but we used to forgive our players their transgressions. Why should Johnny Doyle be forgiven because 10 men did his work while Scott Brown gets it because his 10 men did not cover for him?
Oops, meant to add,
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Ive just been chosen by CQN for a prize. Ageing cream, worth £169 and some slimming tablets worth £106
Emdae else had that kinda offer?? How did they know I was fat and ugly??
Gerald766
If I’m wrong them please accept my sincere apologies. You’re talking about posters revealing their true identities; didn’t you once claim to be Neil Lennon’s father?
HT,
it’s a disgusting piece of drivel, disparaging the sentimentality of one particular group, whilst ignoring the same shit that goes on for the Scottish diaspora.
Every exiled people exhibit this, but Bogle thought it was funny for us…. too-ral-loo-ral-lay. He’s a hoot…. he pissed off to Australia and got all sentimental about what he’d left behind.
And he’s only an exhibit, for the rank hypocrisy that presents itself as humour.
jimmyquinnsbits
23:35 on 10 February, 2014
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That Eric Bogle comedian sounds like a sad obsessive.
I always thought the “Plastic Paddy” phrase was a term given to the London Irish anyway.
Goodnight.
EIK
The guy was a shop steward in the yards for over a decade -if he said a guy got a job he got a job or did things not work that way?
Throughout the 1950sand1960s -when the policy was in operation
Anyone who thinks that the policy was operated solely by the management lives in a dream world -the craft unions were full participants – Communist or not
Perhaps it was easier not to bring it up but that’s what was going down
I await your evidence of him speaking out or saying anything about it
Trade unions are not always progressive in such matters as women found out for decades
They tended to look after their own !
HH
Doyle tapped wee hardman thug Mc Donald with his toe to tell him to get up and all hell broke out.
Ive hit the wean harder.
ernie
It is possible that he meant both emotions. There are many who can admire Irish people displaying Irish Nationalism but have a problem accepting Scots born or Aussie born expressing affinity with their roots.
The lyrics don’t leave much room for misunderstanding. They say it’s alright for Christy to sing this but not for a fellow Aussie, or, by extension, a Scots or Irish born Aussie citizen. The word Plastic offends and it is meant to.
the quiet man
22:00 on 10 February, 2014
You used the word ’embarrassed’ and I reacted to that only, not the mhan…….very good retort, though ….. Hahahaha………every time we don’t win, the negatonians come on with all guns blazing …….and sometimes it is agenda driven……pisses me off….I usually stay away from CQN for a few days after we don’t win….failed miserably this time…..LOL
JimmyQuinnsBits
23:46 on 10 February, 2014
OK. Let’s be clear about this. You’ve misunderstood the song.
JQB
I wasn’t saying brilliant in reference to the lyrics but that you’d posted it.
jude
Scott Brown’s tap on Neymar was no harder.
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
23:49 on 10 February, 2014
He’s a folk singer concerned about the integrity of Irish traditional music, not a bigot having a go.
ernie,
No, there is no misinterpretation.
I’m aware of that song, and I’m aware how radical and incisive it would make him seem, but he was sing about the “genuine” irish, not me and mine, not the ones that fled the famine, and all they had left was songs and air. I despise this disparaging of the poorest of all, those that are looking to claw some pride – however misplaced – from a life of misery.
Cheap shit
sftb
Yipp.
JimmyQuinnsBits
23:54 on 10 February, 2014
You’re wrong.
HT,
I know mate
Ernie,
how?
67Heaven, me too. Couldn’t face reading CQN until today. Cheers mate. Hoops will come roaring back as they always do. HH.
Paul67
Can you do summitt abt that freebae cream and pills that im being offered? Mrs j is abt to put a hammer thru ma L T.
THE EXILED TIM
23:42 on 10 February, 2014
What happens to that plan when PL sell a couple of the team against Lenny’s wishes ?
Problems again for the manager, and he will be held accountable, he is doing a wonderful job all things considered.
I believe the signing policy is the root of the problem as you’re never gonna have a settled team for more than a year or two. Then you get players that come to the club simply to put themselves in the EPL shop window. Those two added together are a recipe for disaster. Just go back to the start of the Lennon Era & you will notice that once any of players become hot property (injuries aside) they don’t sign new contracts. Whether or not this is due to them being offered very slight increases in their current contract or the knowledge that they can get double or even triple that over the border I don’t know.
I would really like to know how much Hooper, Wanyama & Ledley were all offered to sign contract extensions before they left the club. Something I am aware of though, is that financial income doesn’t allow to have more than two players over the 20k£ mark.
ernie
I thought he’d make it specific then that all rubbish folk singers deserved criticism.
Why bring the nationality of the songs into it?
Are we to have Irish songs sung by Irish people only? Should Eric Bogle never sing Burns songs again once he took Aussie citizenship?
I cannot see the innocence in this one. I like Eric Bogle but I’ve always hated that song, that phrase (even when used by genuine Irish people) and that sentiment.
hamiltontim
imo coaching and tactics are very poor.
DjYNWA, Agreed we are stuck with Brown for the moment and as i mentioned earlier we need to mange our comings & goings after selling the spine of our team & not adequately replacing same. Yes think Ledley was sold on cheap but thats PL the man who put Profit&Loss into the PLC’s department, who didn’t asset manage properly or maybe JL on top of selling our 3 best players would have been a “trick” too far!
Cliftonville Celt, thanks,
Exiled Tim, its all going a bit pear shaped for PL at present & the peg may become more shoogly if he sells the assets. If FF or wants to go then if there is nothing we can do so be it, if VVD was to be “traded” then many fans will throw in the towel & support from afar imo, we have brought in £78m now is the time for stability & backing the manager the fans have had enough smoke & mirrors from the PLC!!!
Ernier,
“He’s a folk singer concerned about the integrity of Irish traditional music, not a bigot having a go.”
What a load of bollocks
When did Irish traditonal music have integrity, when did it stop shifting and changing, and how was “plastic paddy” a term that would re-inforce that.
correct sorry
Something I am aware of though, is that the clubs financial income doesn’t allow us to have more than two players over the 20k£ mark.
Hail hail!
Talkin aboot.. The Difficulty that rears it’s Heid.. in .. Making the Choice..
Whether a Twelve Year auld.. Wull ..Blossom intae a Star..
Fitba Player..in the Future..or.. whether the Kid wullnae.
Ah remember..way back when.. Ah lived in Glesca..
Informants..well…InFormed Me… Aboot the Possibilities of a Young
Fellow.. Who Went tae Shawlands Acadamy, at the Time.. n Played fur thur School Team..
‘
His Name wiz..
Johnny Woods.. n…yes… He wiz a Big Lad fur his Age..n he hid that Much coveted
thatch..of Red Hair.. tae Boot.
He also, could Play a Loat Mair ..than the Proverbial.. “Bit”. tae
Yep.. Johnny, wiz a genuine.. Prodigy.
Ah wiz told that He even Exceeded the Soccer Prowess…o.. John Hughes..
Yes..John Hughes,wiz Famous in th School boy Soccer Circuit..when he tripped the light fantastic , as A School Boy .. in Elementary fitba’ Circles..
Did ye Know that?
Well.. John Hughes wiz considered tae be the Next Big thing.. When He grew Up..
n.. Ah guess..in a way..He Did turn oot rather well..in his Chosen field of Endeavour..
Right?
anyway.. tae Return tae the Johnny Woods Story.
Ma Uncle Lou..who Hid an “in”..at Celtic Park.. He wiz a very Influential Celtic Man.. wiz n Still Is..although he is Noo in Australia…..n is Nearly NIney Five.. but, wance Again.. digress..
Back tae ,,,Johnny…
Well.. Celtic,at the Urgin o ‘ Ma Uncle Lou…
tried tae Get Johnny tae Gie Celtic his word TAE sIgn up wi them.. when he ..well.. reached the Age o.. well.. signing up fur a SENIOR TEAM.
But tae.. Sir Boab’s utter Dismay n Disappointment..
We wur Cut oota The Picture by.. Ye Guessed it .. by Bill Struth.. Ah believe it wiz he..
So ah wull say it wiz He..
Noo.. it turned oot that Johnny Woods wiz A Rangers Man.. which could be expected,at he went at Shawland Academy.. n awe..
So.. there Wiz really Nae way that Ma Uncle Lou’s Tip. tae Celtic, aboot Johnny’s Wonderful Potential.. could go very far..
the Upshot?
Well..Johnny Woods WIZ Duly, stamped wi the Mark of Cain.. n became, wan fur the Future at Ibrox..
Years later,,when Ah hid left fur Ither Climes..
Ah fun oot the End tae this Tale..
Johnny continued tae Blossom..until ,it wiz reckoned that He wiz the Best Prospect, fur future Fitba Glory.. not only in The Glesca school district… But..in the whole of Scotland.. n mebbe…even as Far as Carlisle.
N..When Johnny left school.. he wiz farmed oot tae
Pollok Juniors.. which wiz the Local Junior Team..
Johnny Woods Became thur Ootside Left ..at Sixteen Year Auld..
Noo the Clincher..
Johnny Woods.. Only played a Few games fur Pollok..
N it became obvious that He Jist wizne gonna Mak it, wi them..
He jis Didnae Hae it In Him tae Carve oot CAREER,IN FITBA..
n.. efter he wiz released by Pollok..n then.. the Rangers tae..
He wiz gone fae the scene..
Dunno whit Happened tae Johnny .. But, He jist Couldna Hack it.. AS a FitbA Player efter awe his Early Promise..
so…
well..,
Need Ah Sat Mair??
Sure Ah wull..
n it is this..
Picking a Youngster.. as a Future Great FitbA PLAYER..
is No a Skill..
Na.. It’s An ART.. coupled wi’ a Dustin..o’ Fairy Dust..
fur.. Being able tae Genuinely Foretell how a Youngster wull eventually turn oot..
Is a Very Dicey Pastime..
So.. knowing that.. AH CANNY Be too.. Harsh in Critiicizing the Celtic Scouts who.. gave up oan Young McCarthy… when he had those EARLY.. Celtic Try oots..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Gotta go, Joe..
seeyal..
DJYNWA
“Something I am aware of though, is that financial income doesn’t allow to have more than two players over the 20k£ mark.”
& a CEO!!!
gerald766
I can understand the annoyance at the OTT stuff from the weekend. It is hard to see men who have tried hard to provide us with success, get such cheap shots aimed at them.
Most of it is ranting. Much of it is OTT but there was as much disappointment on here as there was in the dressing room after Saturday’s poor stuff.
I am not condoning it but, for the sake of your own sanity, you should maybe avoid the blog at certain times, because it has been a constant after every unexpected defeat, on every blog and in every pub.
Big Nan
22:57 on
I would be absolutely astonished if Jimmy Reid ever used the term Plastic Paddy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8YXXJAbMvg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG1VEY1RX5g
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
23:49 on 10 February, 2014
the quiet man
22:00 on 10 February, 2014
You used the word ‘embarrassed’ and I reacted to that only, not the mhan…….very good retort, though ….. Hahahaha………every time we don’t win, the negatonians come on with all guns blazing …….and sometimes it is agenda driven……pisses me off….I usually stay away from CQN for a few days after we don’t win….failed miserably this time…..LOL
Should’ve exiled for a few days more. (Ha)
Tim Horton
I’ve been critical of tactics and team selection but I think there has to be realism and perspective. Johanson demonstrated on his debut that he’s used to playing the ball over the top for strikers to run on to. Griffiths showed that that is what he wants. Let’s give them time and opportunity to develop an understanding.
DjYNWA67
paolosboots FC before PLC
We are selling assets prior to qualification, and not replacing them with like of like.
many believe that Lenny is the one who buys the players, fine believe that if you will, but it seems to me that if he is buying all theses players, why are they sitting on the bench every game, strange that one.
Lenny has pushed for a couple of players, and got them, he pushed for Hooper, proven right, he was vocal about LG, got him, he will do the biz for us no doubt.
I can’t recall any other he has publicly touted, LG was obviously way down his list, but I reckon he stood his ground with him, or he would have been left with a bigger balance sheet and no striker.
Till we are in a set up where they throw cash at us, this is the way it will be, money comes before the team on the park, tis a sad state of affairs, but a sad reality.
HH
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
23:57 on 10 February, 2014
JimmyQuinnsBits
23:58 on 10 February, 2014
You’re as ridiculous as each other.
Stop.
Think.
Is it just perhaps possible that you’re wrong?
That you’ve twisted the meaning and intent of the song to suit your preconceived ideas?
croppybhoy
23:47 on
Mate as I said it’s up to you to prove it as you are the one making the allegations, I take it you have absolutly nothing to back up your claims as you haven’t posted any supporting evidence.
BTW it was generally accepted that it was the yard foremen who were responsible for recruitment in the yards, they more or less ran the yards.
Bartin Main @iBartin Protected Tweets 23m
Prepare for bad news. Wallace has secured major funding from an Arab bank in a last minute deal brokered by him and Somers.
Oh well it was good while it lasted >}