We can take some comfort in the fact that Salzburg have lost three games on the bounce but they sit in second spot in the Austrian Bundesliga, Celtic are fourth in the Scottish Premiership and have won only one of their previous five games. The Austrians will see just as much comfort in our form.
Success on Thursday will be determined by who manages to overcome their frailties most effectively. As far as Celtic are concerned, that will mean trying to find the kind of defensive performance that we put in last season.
Our reason for most confidence should be the speed which we can break at, and Salzburg’s only defensive issues. They shipped three goals to Sturm Graz and Malmo in recent outings.
Many thanks to everyone who has already taken our ‘Who we are and Our Values’ survey, it took just over 1 hour to register 1,000 submissions. It’ll take you little more than 5 minutes to share your view on some important matters, take a look here.
I’m a wee bit late to the party but I’ve signed up for the Great Scottish Run on 5 October to assist Celtic Foundation’s work in the areas of health, equality, poverty, and learning. If you’ve already registered with the event, or you have a pair of trainers and an outrageous disregard for the aging process, get involved.
You can register for the Great Scottish Run here and with the Foundation be emailing them, details here.
This is our club, they are your trainers, that is your outrageous disregard for the aging process. Let’s do it.
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I mean….it would be quite straightforward, to set out the political settlement that came out of the act of union in 1707.
I could analyse the History of Scotland, from the political, economic, social, and cultural themes and associations.
I could genuinely rap on this all day…with ease.
I could introduce supporting arguments and the relevant historiographical background.
So please…do me a favour, don’t assume that because I like to wind it up it a bit, that I don’t understand the issues from an academic standpoint….thank you.
And get aff yer high horse.
HH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfRQ0ZFCpzY#t=406
gordybhoy64
13:27 on 16 September, 2014
No chance of other bookies doing the same, Hills Have taken a single bet of £600,000 on a no vote, not a chance of that being paid early
Greedy bassa’s
Hope they get fecked
HH
Very little between them.
My friends in Celtic,
The only bet I would wager is that PL will somehow get the blame regardless of the results on Thursday. Both of the results.
HH and I still hate abbreviations.
Moonbeams
The reason Alex Neil has been reducing Scottish NHS use of private sector is to attempt to withstand the effects of TTIP
In the event of a YES vote he can therefore legitimately argue that there is no significant private sector in the Scottish NHS, if the total spend on private sector is as reported in he region of 0.8%
In the event of a NO vote both Labour and Conservative have acknowledged that private sector involvement will increase.
This effectively means that Scotland within the UK will be bound by EU law and UK government policy and will therefore be powerless to resist TTIP as a region of the UK, despite having a fully devolved NHS budget.
This argument is purposely ignored by NO campaign and betrays their lie that Holyrood has and will retain full control of the NHS.
Protect the NHS – VOTE YES
gordybhoy64 @ 13.33hrs.
“was there not supposed to be breaking news about sevco today”
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Me thinks Thursday will be a day for burying news.
HH to you.
I wonder if I could leverage my bet by taking out an unsecured loan of 6 million, with RBS, sorta like SDM did.
Gordybhoy64, Squire, Ernie.
Thanks for the clarification.
Have never used the Sportsbook section.
However,
* Betfair reserves the right to reverse the settlement of a market if a market is settled in error (for example, a human or technical error).
*If Betfair resettles a market, this may lead to amendments being made to a customer’s balance to reflect changes in market settlement.
The Green Man:
Go on then, I bet you couldn’t.
:-)
Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan.
13:29 on 16 September, 2014
NatKnow
Andy Burnham is not a side issue.
the NHS Scotland budget depends on that of the NHS England budget. If an when priovatisation hits and the English NHS begins not to be free at the point of contact the reduction in budget will directly effect the reduction in the Barnett formula numbers for NHS spend passed back to Scotland. A barnett formula budget which that has seen an overall 8.7% reduction.
NHS Scotland spend on private is less than 1% of the overall budget. In January this year you will find that Health Secretery Alex Neil issued guidance that NHS boards must cut their private health sector spend after seeing it spiral, as you detailed in 2012/2013. This suggerst to me that the spend in private sector health is not acceptable and an effort is being made to reduce it below the current 0.8% of boverall budget that iti is sitting at.
MWD says AYE
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If and when? Privatisation has ALREADY hit NHS Scotland – via the current SNP Government! I’ve given you the spend for the past few years already which came from Audit Scotland. It is disingenuous to state that NHS Scotland will be privatised if there’s a No vote. Yet this is exactly what Alex Salmond is doing – spreading fear about privatisation of NHS Scotland and at the same time spending MORE on private operations than has ever been spent before.
Alex Salmond will tell you whatever you want to hear simply to win the argument. If you are happy with that then fine. I’m not.
Gordon @ 13.15
Gordon , i would be interested in the 2 adult tickets, i have been let down yesterday for tickets for the game, please contact Paul 67 re my e mail address, only logistical problem is that i am in belfast, but there’s enough time to post them. cheers
Ernie
Im still disappointed with your crack last week, about your response to me, when I wrote” Scotland Free or a Desert”, which you surely know,
Came from a slogan, on a banner carried by ordinary working men in the 1820 insurrection.
What are you all about?
HH
Kilbowie Kelt will vote YES
13:40 on 16 September, 2014
They’re paying out. End of.
Anecdotally, it seems every Scottish person I know or who is a friend of friends, is going to vote No.
None of them would see 40 again, I suppose, and they would be in commonplace jobs like teaching, IT, the NHS etc.
Is it just me or is it something to do with this demographic.
As I mentioned before, I’m agnostic on the vote.
Anyway,back to the good chat from last night.
AN TEARMANN said that he was also at the U2 gig at Strathclyde Uni in 81.
Embdy else there?
How about The Clash at The Magnum in 82. Crap venue-if you went to watch The Jam-but great night. Even their encore was nearly an hour!
Or the minds being supported by a very shy China Crisis,Yazoo playing their full set then repeating it cos they didnae know any other songs?
Queen at The Apollo in 77,or Ingliston in 82 backed by the legendary Teardrop Explodes?
Or even Joan Armatrading,first time I’ve ever wished I had a Zippo lighter!
Gotta be better than retreading the same old.
kitalba
I wouldn’t waste my time….what would be the point?
If you don’t understand whats going on….that’s your problem…not mine.
Its easy to waffle on a website….that’s my point.
No offence:)
HH
HH
lennon’s passion
13:33 on 16 September, 2014
jonny the tim
12:51 on 16 September, 2014
Fly out on Saturday can’t wait
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I’m sitting in MacTavishes just now, 40C outside………………and it’s to get warmer as the week goes on!
Scorchio!!
HH
End London rule.YES.
Show some emotion
Put expression in your eyes
Light up
If you’re feeling happy
But if it’s bad
Then let those tears roll down
Some people hurting
Someone choking up inside
Some poor souls dying
Too proud to say
They got no place to lie
And there’s people
If they hear a joke
Can keep the laugh
Out of their eye
I said
Show some emotion
Put expression in your eyes
Light up
If you’re feeling happy
But if it’s bad
Then let those tears roll down
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
13:45 on 16 September, 2014
Anyway,back to the good chat from last night.
AN TEARMANN said that he was also at the U2 gig at Strathclyde Uni in 81.
Embdy else there?
How about The Clash at The Magnum in 82. Crap venue-if you went to watch The Jam-but great night. Even their encore was nearly an hour!
Or the minds being supported by a very shy China Crisis,Yazoo playing their full set then repeating it cos they didnae know any other songs?
Queen at The Apollo in 77,or Ingliston in 82 backed by the legendary Teardrop Explodes?
Or even Joan Armatrading,first time I’ve ever wished I had a Zippo lighter!
Gotta be better than retreading the same old.
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An impressive list but looks like you missed The Wombles at Ayr Pavilion in ’75…
:-))
The more you look, the less you see
London 2012 Olympics cost between 9 and 11 billion depending where you source your figures. Glasgow spent £472 million but final costing could change.
The London money was spent to showcase a re-branding of ‘Construction UK’ and to attract inward investment, also we (big UK companies) would win big foreign contracts and the benefits would roll in over time.
Glasgow was also based on ‘legacy’ but went more for ‘refurb’ than ‘new build’. The economic case was in theory, sound for both cases.
These are 2 examples of ‘kick starting’ the economy.
This is against a backdrop of austerity, manifested in part by sanctions and a massive rise in foodbanks.
I don’t know if anyone on here can reconcile these facts and I am pretty sure we all agree ‘the system’ as it currently gets implemented needs adjustment.
The questions (for me) are
Will a tight No vote alter the thinking of present economic policy and bring a focus on more social responsibility? I don’t think so, the system is not set up for that.
Will a Yes vote radically alter things in a successful way? I don’t think so either, the system is not set up for that.
Can we re-adjust the system (not as a socialist banana republic) but can we alter the agenda just a wee bit?
I don’t think so with Labour in their present guise.
But there is a tiny chance we might, as an independent nation, be less cow-towing to big business corporate agendas.
Who knows, but it has to be worth a punt, right?
PeteTheBeat
13:45 on 16 September, 2014
People will be surprised at the size of the majority.
Question will be asked of the pollsters.
Anyone seen this, and if so is it kosher ?
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10203838046862865&id=1570982629
green man. Its not a wind up and you now post end sectarian rule. the true sectarianism belongs to us scots I’m afraid.
This protest vote, calling no voters cretins, traducing arguments into simple patriotic slogans is utterly depressing. Equally depressing is the grow a pair nonsense being spouted.
This is a serious decision and should be taken seriously. The ramifications are enormous. And what do we get?
“grow a pair of baws”
Oh I am sure you will claim its ironic etc. But its not is it? We think dumbing down the argument will make it easier to drop off the cliff. Its playground bully stuff.
The most important decision of our political lives and the yes campain are simply insulting us.
Its unforgivable and wont be forgiven.
And worse than that are my fellow celtic fans. Who have convinced themselves that sectarian scotland doesnt exist. How now are you going to argue about sevco and honest mistakes when you want to climb in the bed with them.
Over the last few weeks I have become disenfranchised and disenamoured with many people. I may not be innocent but I am increasingly disgusted and to be honest I just feel saddenned.
Queue the usual ridicule gents – cue the ridicule.
But one thing is true – things are never going to be the same again.
posters on the blog….comment.
This is not the place for in-depth debate.
I wish you unionist curtain twitchers would get a grip, take defeat gracefully, it will be better for you.
Shed that dinosaur skin.
HH
PeteTheBeat
13:45 on 16 September, 2014
Anecdotally, it seems every Scottish person I know or who is a friend of friends, is going to vote No.
None of them would see 40 again, I suppose, and they would be in commonplace jobs like teaching, IT, the NHS etc.
Is it just me or is it something to do with this demographic.
As I mentioned before, I’m agnostic on the vote.
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I think it’s reasonable to suggest that those over 40 are more inclined to vote No – they have more to lose.
Jonny the tim
8 years since I’ve been in Santa ponsa.need to get back soon…
monteblanco.
Worth a punt!
Yeah thats what my families future is now reduced to.
A punt.
NAtKnow
Since Thatcherism privatesiation has hit all enclaves of our lives. labour began the process in NHS Scotland with PFI and thus it will likely never wholly disappear. I accept that in today’s age private involvement is a part of our national and social fabric. 0.8% is not a large percentage of an overall budget. I would however prefer to see a 0% spend from our public services in the private sector.
I will never be happy to see the NHS reach a position where it is not free at the point of contact. If you read up I believe you will find that Andy Burnham believe this is the way the NHS in England is going to go hence why he joined the public demonstration in Jarow not so long ago.
I will never be happy though to see government ministers take finaincial positions on boards or shares of companies whom NHS Scotland are contracting services to. And I am certainly not happy that WM ministers are taking up such finaincial positions and shares on companies being contracted to NHS England at this current time. That is criminal, greed and misappropriation.
MWD says AYE
NATKNOW
For all that I love my music,I’m not a huge fan of live performances-hence how long ago those I mentioned.
Something must have put me off,eh?
I blame The Wombles in The Piv,nearly forty years ago!
unionist curtain twitchers. Well done green man you continue to prove my point.
Are you a sun or record reader?
NegAnon2
But one thing is true – things are never going to be the same again.
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True dat, true dat…
neganon2
13:53 on 16 September, 2014
Wee question.
In Lewes in England, they annually burn an effigy of the Pope at their 12th July walk.
Have you ever seen an effigy of the Pope being burned in Scotland?
Neganon,
You have all the guarantees I take it?
Are your family worth more than mine?
Shame on you
Monteblanco – well you seem to be reducing your own families chances down to a punt. I’m not. So go and look in the mirror.
The Green Man:
Some people on here consider the – art of waffle – as a laudable vocation. Some people on here consider the biggest punt in their lives a cheeky wee virtue.
Neganon2
What could be worse, than being dominated by a depraved and corrupt political regime in Westminster.
Im asking simple questions like….Do we really want these kind of people running our lives,…you might, I certainly do not.
Its the unionists who have played the sectarian card, in Edinburgh last Saturday….an Orange march no less.
The people of Scotland have had enough of Westminster control.
Its far simpler than your rhetorical arguments allow…..Scotland wants to be Independent.
And I believe….that’s what will happen.
HH
HH
I imagine that there are very few on this site who have any interest in politics, but for those of us who do you might find today’s science news interesting. Be careful who you stand next to on Thursday!
People are attracted to the body odor of others with similar political beliefs
“A new study reveals that people find the smell of others with similar political opinions to be attractive, suggesting that one of the reasons why so many spouses share similar political views is because they were initially and subconsciously attracted to each other’s body odor.
During the study, 146 participants rated the attractiveness of the body odor of unknown strong liberals and strong conservatives, without ever seeing the individuals whose smells they were evaluating.
“People could not predict the political ideology of others by smell if you asked them, but they differentially found the smell of those who aligned with them more attractive. So I believe smell conveys important information about long-term affinity in political ideology that becomes incorporated into a key component of subconscious attraction,” said Dr. Rose McDermott, lead author of the American Journal of Political Science study”.