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.
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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.
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tonydonnelly67
14:54 on 16 September, 2014
Our Canadian cousins say NO.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/editorials/an-open-letter-to-scotland/article20579017/
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5 minutes I ain’t getting back. Canadian cousins? Wan guy’s opinion, and some of the were doozies!
Actually it was less than 1 minute….just felt like 5 :-)
Oh and I forgot, they’re going to redistribute the wealth in Scotland too.
How… by stealing it?
Kit
WM = Westmister.
MWd says AYE
Westminster even. :-)
Why are certain people so desperate to keep a hold of Scotland – is it love or money?
Have an hour here so been trying to catch up
Briefly got look at the celtic accounts blog that paul67 talked about…
Anyone give me quick summary of how they were ? Good or bad
scullybhoy
15:22 on 16 September, 2014
Why are certain people so desperate to keep a hold of Scotland – is it love or money?
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Love AND Money.
They’ve reformed just for the referendum…
NegAnon2 1355
I believe it is to do with all of our families – not just yours. Many of us are willing to take that step, for the greater good as we see it. Is that wrong?
HH
Oh Hello Ernie.
A statement. Waeeehhhhh. moving forward is Ernie. No Q’s or A’s. Na there never was A’s.
Have you listened to the man speak?
I’ll try not drop my Ernie doll in the bath now. :-)
I was not aware of Bily campaigning for LibDem at last election but I bet you £20 he’ll not be doing that again. :-)
And I bet you £20 if I aksed him on twitter if he is a socialist he’d say yes.
Are you up for it?
MWD says AYE
IGC – those shares didn’t make any difference – they were not part of the Open Offer.
In light of the Canadian slanted posts, I was going to break my rule and post on the Yes/No issue… but, what point? No one here is going to change their mind based on what I think ….
so… on a different note….
Went to see the Paolo Nutini show last night …. that bhoy can sing…. And a good few Celtic tops on display.
Tony, did you make it? We kept an eye out for you, but didn’t see you.
Twitter Q just ready waiting to go Ernie
Just say when!
@billybragg Wld you back and campaign for LibDem party again?
Do you consider yourself a socialist?
Pick a charity that will benefit. Not the Tory party though eh.
MWD says AYE
More bad news for the nats.
‘ Sean Connery is a no show
SIR Sean Connery will not appear in Scotland to back the Yes campaign because of his tax exile status, the star’s brother has revealed.
Speculation has been mounting about whether Connery, a passionate supporter of Scottish independence, would make a last-minute intervention.
But his younger brother, Neil, speaking at his home in Edinburgh, appeared to dash any hopes among Yes supporters of the former Bond legend jetting in from the Bahamas.
Neil, 76, rejected persistent suggestions that the no-show was down to Connery’s health, claiming the star was in “better health” than him.
Connery has previously travelled to Scotland to give his backing to the SNP. But he has been criticised for urging Scots to risk their future while living abroad in luxury.
Neil Connery, himself a retired actor, said: “I really don’t believe he will be making an appearance this week in Scotland.”
Asked about the whereabouts of his brother so close to the vote, he replied: “There’s only a certain amount of days Sean can be in the country for tax reasons, so I know that he intends to use them wisely.”
Asked if his brother’s health was part of the reason for his absence from the campaign trail he replied: “No he’s just fine.
“Last I heard from him he was in New York. He’s probably in better health than me!”
“He’s got a lot on his plate at the moment.”
The Yes campaign refused to comment on the claim, but an insider suggested the 84-year-old star’s non-appearance was nothing to do with his tax status.
“It is our understanding that it is to do with ill health and he’s an old man.”
On Twitter yesterday, dismayed Yes supporters continued to ask when, if ever, Connery would be appearing.
James Mceleny tweeted: “My one disappointment of the Yes campaign – where’s Sir Sean Connery? Your people need to take direction from the greatest living Scot.”
Connery, widely referred to as the “Greatest Living Scot”, is famed for starring in a total of seven James Bond films.
In 1989 he was voted “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine.’
David
love and money frontman James Grant is brother in law of one of our longstanding posters…
I think the fact that engurrland are trying to keep scotland in the union should be enough for any scotsman to vote yes.. They need scotland more than scotland needs them i believe.
As much as i would love the unification of my country i know the people of the 6counties may be worse off than they currently are but if i had chance to vote my thoughts would be with sands, micheal meenan, mairead farrell , bronco bradley, and the thousands who either died fighting for ireland or who spent most of their adult life in jail locked up by foriegn keys and strange accents and not about my own personal gains or losses. But i can understand not everyone is the same.
I firmly believe their will be lots of people in the no side for months and when they see that bit of paper with yes or no they will mark yes.
Also a good credible alternative to the snp may then come out if theres a yes vote.
Carpe diem
Ernie
from the Daily Mail 2010
Apr 22, 2010 00:00 By Mirror.co.uk Singer Billy Bragg yesterday said he was backing Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats.
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Share Tweet +1 Email Singer Billy Bragg yesterday said he was backing Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats.
The Bard of Barking, 52, who has a long record of supporting left-wing causes, said: “Lib Dems have the best manifesto. Labour have taken the white working- class vote for granted.
“We need old-style democratic socialism that builds houses and finds people jobs.”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/billy-bragg-backing-liberal-democrats-216250#ixzz3DUOP3YUs
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MWD says AYE
Davidopoulos
Love & Money? Great call. These lyrics seems quite appropriate!
HH jamesgang
On the blind side and down the back ways
The roots of sadness crawl,
When you can’t get what you need
You feel like taking a torch to it all
All the sweet talk makes a bitter man
You can feel the darkness rise
Sometimes you don’t know what you’re fighting for
You don’t know who it is you despise.
I am the Halleluiah Man
Break all the rules I’m the King of fools
I’m the renegade in this greytown
And I’ll do anything to bring a government down
I am the Halleluiah Man
Yes my friends I’ve been born again
I’m the black sheep who while shepherds sleep
Will do anything to bring a government down
In a coat of a thousand colours
And a star spangled Cadillac
He picked up a rodeo queen
With whiplash marks all over his back
When dreams don’t become their people
People become their dreams
He didn’t understand at the time
But now he knows exactly what it means
I am the Halleluiah Man
Break all the rules I’m the King of fools
I’m the renegade in this greytown
And I’ll do anything to bring a government down
I am the Halleluiah Man
Yes my friends I’ve been born again
I’m the black sheep who while shepherds sleep
Will do anything to bring a government down
They said watch out boy be careful where you tread
You’re throwing away all that beautiful bread
He slept outside until the world opened up
They’ve got to understand he’s a Halleluiah Man
He says I am the Halleluiah Man
And I’ll do anything to bring a government down
He built himself a prison
He knew he had to escape
Some worlds are held together by steel
Some worlds are held together by sellotape
BT
Is James married to Monica’s wee sister?
Awe Naw we have just lost 30% of the vote.
007 isny cumin.
Dearie me.
that’s it over guys. Pack up and let’s go.
they ahve Sir Bob.
We have social democratic justice in mind.
It’s over.
MWD says AYE :-) And he larfed.
ray singh-carr
15:09 on 16 September, 2014
How is Scotland voting to stay in the UK going to address urban poverty and decay in northern England?
An independent Scotland could provide a financial counterbalance to commercial activity in the north of England as opposed to the current centralisation of English resources into the City State of London
It might also radicalise the English people to seek and pursue political change of their own.
The status quo does nothing to help them or us
LoveandMoney
saw them a good few times….brill band.
and what a quiff yer boy sported! class!
HH jamesgang
Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan.
15:33 on 16 September, 2014
So on a scale of 1 to 10, just how bad is Billy Bragg’s grasp of political reality?
Not only did he campaign for the LibDems but he did so because “We need old-style democratic socialism that builds houses and finds people jobs”.
How did that work out then, Billy?
This is the bit I like
“There’s only a certain amount of days Sean can be in the country for tax reasons, so I know that he intends to use them wisely.”
Jamesgang,
Quite liked some of the L&M stuff, and I though the Friends Again album was and still is an underappreciated gem (wasn’t as keen on the Bathers stuff, mind you).
Ernie
It didn’t. But he tried. And he’s an honest, thoughtful guy. Someone who has a grasp of real world and social justice that few in Westminster could dream of having and few in Holyrood could surpass.
But he’s not perfect. Or omniscient. And for that he apologises. As do I.
HH jamesgang
Can we submit multiple entries on the ole CQN survey?
Sounds a bit sevconian.
Friends Again made some damned good records, but they always struggled to replicate their sound when playing live.
Mwd & Ernie,
Maybe the yessers have recognised from the noers that some slebs are doing more harm than good.
DBBIA
I went back and did one for my native Irish speaking Latino alter-ego
ernie lynch 15:40
Maybe Shur Shean is gonny jump ship with his politics like he did with his fitba team.
He did write ‘Levi Stubbs’ Tears’.
The idea that if we vote Yes we are letting our English friends down is just untrue. Only twice since 1945 have Scottish votes changed the government from what the rest of the UK voted for. All the other times English voters get what they wanted and good luck to them. In contrast in many elections since the war, Scottish voters have not got what they wanted. We voted Labour and got Tories and in an attempt to sway the English voters even our Labour party has moved away from the aspiriations of the working class. Scottish and English. Independence would change this. We would be able to vote in a party that by definition represented the views of our population. Personally I think it would be a left of centre party but who knows.
I have a number of friends and family members who live in England. They are a wee bit sad that we might vote to leave them but, that said, they understand and hope we vote Yes and indeed a number have said that they want to come with us. They also understand that the Scottish people are not leaving the English people they are leaving the cruel policies that have come from the Westminster politicians.
Us leaving does not weaken them it provides an inspiration that we don’t have to take it lying down. If we go then other parts of theUK will follow our lead. Billy Bragg’s article on the referendum written from a traditional English Labour point of view is very interesting.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/16/scottish-nationalism-british-westminster-class
Has that open letter been signed by everyone in Canada?
I have a few cousins living in Canada who may have liked sight of this before they put out their plea to Quebec (sorry Scotland).
MWD says AYE
Canada ???
Any word on the soldiers over at Ipox.
Oh, and btw DBBIA
Is it fair to assume that ole Shangri-La is considerably more blissful, mystical, harmonious and downright Shangrilesque since you returned home?
TBB
TBB- and I have done one in the style of an ole Scandinavian murder drama.
It takes forever to read it, and you’re none the wiser by the end, but the knitwear is to die for.
Ref ‘leaving’ the English……
…..I’ll still support the English cricket team……
……we’re not going to float away on our sea of oil…….
….and we shall become equally as foreign as………..
Terry Wogan
Louis Walsh
Graham Norton
and sometimes Rory McIlroy!!!
‘Calm down dear, it’s only a commercial!’
HH jamesgang