Playing Adam Matthews and Emilio Izaguirre as wing-backs with Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew and Mikael Lustig as a back three looked a bit clumsy and didn’t last the 90 minutes but that was to be expected. New defensive formations are not supposed to operate as smoothly as familiar systems.
I’m far from certain three at the back is a good idea, or if we have the correct personnel for this formation, but Neil Lennon should persist with the experiment. We will not learn and grow if we don’t take chances, which was one of our abiding frustrations under both Martin O’Neill and Gordon Strachan.
No experiments on Tuesday, of course!
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Paddy Gallagher – Potential? Former Young Asian Footballer of the Year,current South Korean POTY,SPL Champion,Olympic Bronze medal,almost 50 caps for his country.
All these achievements already and he is still only 23 years of age.
anyway bhoys enough RUMOUR lets talk about a real person of interest a real HERO-
Sorry for long post but its worth it –
SUNDAY, 19 AUGUST 2012
#TeamOscar busy busy busy!
I was going to write “why do I never learn, always leaving these updates so far apart that it is difficult to cover what has happened”, but the truth is we simply don’t have time to cover all that needs done right now. Which is fantastic, the interest in and support for Oscar’s Appeal is absolutely amazing, but we are struggling to keep up.
Stephen is still in full time work, his phone NEVER stops ringing about the appeal, he is running around from A-B-C-A, attending most bucket collections across Belfast, and me and the kids really need him. I’m doing similar – chasing new leads for the appeal, following up emails and tweets, taking Oscar in and out of hospital for check-ups and blood/platelet transfusions every couple of days, and trying to be a good mum to 2 demanding toddlers. We have a great team of family and friends who are supporting and helping us with a lot of the tasks, but I don’t think anyone really understands how much work is behind the scenes of such an activity. We have been averaging 4 hours sleep per night, but decided on Friday that it must stop.
We are giving our ALL to this appeal, of course we are, look at what is at stake for us, but taking a step back we know that we need to get back in control. The harsh reality is that for all we know, these months could be very precious times for us with Oscar and Izzie, and we can’t ever look back and wish we had done things differently. We have been so scared of missing out on an opportunity to fundraise for Oscar’s treatment, that we have actually been putting those things ahead of simply spending quality time with him. It will be so difficult to strike a balance, both these things are vitally important, but we do need to make some changes.
Oscar has been doing AMAZINGLY – he is eating and enjoying food like we would never have imagined a couple of weeks ago. He is constantly complaining that he is hungry, that the tiger (who roars in his tummy when he is hungry) is back, and asks “what are we going to eat?” every 30mins. His mobility is still very poor – he can’t walk properly, and needs to be in his buggy to get around. Very weird to think that if he wasn’t still (just about!) small enough to fit in his buggy, he would be in a wheelchair. Izzie is in charge most of the time – she is much stronger, can run faster, and always has the better of him when they fight. Sometimes she exploits this, and when she is really annoyed with him she tries to pull his feeding tube out of his nose, but at other times she is so gentle and loving – as if she knows he needs her to be careful with him. We can’t leave them alone for 1 minute or all hell breaks loose – I have to put both of them in the bath to even have a shower (in the same room), so EVERYTHING is a lot of work and very tough going right now.
But the main thing is always that Oscar’s treatment is continuing and still going in the right direction – we can’t ask for anymore than that right now. We had a radiotherapy consultation last week, and so Oscar is to begin radiotherapy in September which will last around 3 weeks. This involves general anaesthetic and treatment every day (Mon-Fri), but hopefully no overnight stays. Sounds like a lot of hard work, but we are used to that with the aggressive treatment plan we are on. After radiotherapy will come immunotherapy which is what we are fundraising flat-out for, so at least we have a little more time now to reach our target. There are also lots of side effects of radiotherapy, including it causing future cancers, but as the doctor said – we have no choice. We get him through this cancer and pick up the pieces afterwards. The medical professionals and ourselves are all in agreement that we need to throw EVERYTHING we can at this neuroblastoma – it is notoriously difficult to get rid of and Oscar’s chances are poor, so nothing can be overlooked. When I write that it seems normal, but after the end of a long day there are often a lot of tears when we think about the reality of what we are facing. In truth, the only way we get through it is to not think about it, and that annoying cliche “take one day at a time” becomes so true for us…
GOD BLESS WEE OSCAR
P G
More of a blue me thinks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tg5lKDmwWU
Paddy Gallagher
You got one with CRC and 67 in it?
HH
CRC
Sixteen roads to Golgotha
Yip its called potential, he can’t even hold down a first team place.
Bundoran Bhoy
Stephen Dobbie had an outstanding record at QOS.
:-)))
MWD
I saw Stephen Dobbie playing for Rangers in the Tennent’s Sixes.
He is a great 5 a side player.
Right, I’ve exhausted my disgust at the Dobbie rumour. I need something fresh to get excitedly disgusted by.
Bundoran Bhoy – RAISING AWARENESS OF NEUROBLASTOMA (GOD BLESS WEE OSCAR)
Total humbling mate, what the Knox family is going through. Keeping full time jobs, keeping their family together and then having to cope with wee Oscar and then trying to raise funds to get their son better. When do they have fun?
Hope we do them justice!
HH
CRC
celticrollercoaster
If I had I would say auction it and put 2/3rds to wee Oscars appeal :-))
Bundoran Bhoy – RAISING AWARENESS OF NEUROBLASTOMA (GOD BLESS WEE OSCAR)
Thank you for update
Wee Oscar MAY ONLY GOOD THINGS COME YOUR WAY wee man
CRC
Im sure we will mate
HH
Paddy Gallagher – Aye dead on Paddy,sure Scott Brown is the first name down on the team sheet.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that he is a better footballer.
European stage? Ki – all day long my friend,different class.
All about opinions obviously,but there ya go.
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
Fallin, just outside of Stirling.
Final Thought On The Rancid Riotous Russian Felines…
Isn’t it astonishing that your ‘Liberal Press’ constantly refers to them as the ‘Young Girls’….when they’re aged 23,24,…….and 29y…with some kids as well…
Old Dears……In My Eyes….
And Shockingly Irresponsible Too…
Hangings Too Good For Them…..
Feed Them To Madonna….!
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/08/m-jailing_pussy_riot_in_russia.html
Paddy Gallagher
Ki had 26 appearances in 2010/11 and 30 in 11/12.
That’s more than Scott Brown, Kris Commons, Beram Kayal, James Forrest and is one more than Victor in 11/12
Only Joe Ledley had more total midfield appearances
Good luck to Biddy Gallagher in Sligo Hospital tonight, you always beat the odds wee pal, or Mum as I should say. Goodnight you all!
Best wishes to wee Oscar – the bravest of the brave.
BB
Thanks for that. Copy n pasted onto KDS thread for Oscar.
MWD
Paddy Gallagher
22:19 on
19 August, 2012
Thoughts with Biddy
HH
Goodnight Paddy Gallagher.
And all the best to yer dear ma as well sir.
If the offer is £5m, we should reject it immediately and keep Ki………
FF awash (?) with rumours that Tennents have canned Sevco
Also that JJB have been dumped and that Big Fat Ashley is moving his unique brand of XXXL sportswear to the Death Star…
how did barca game finish tonite ????????
Bundoran Bhoy
Cheers bud – your family from the back cottages will know her well, third born in a line of five, my Granny was Dorris and Grandfather was Paddy Gallagher from 8 St Bridges Terrace.
The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie
Maybe that Madonna thing should invite that band of loopers to go boogaloo in one of her synagogues when they get out of gaol?
The cretin.
Celtic game not on Sportscene first….
Jeezo
The rumour is now £6m plus add ons.
I would have settled at £8m + £2m add ons and 20% of the next transfer fee. That is a must as he will leave Swansea for big bucks.
Then again, Ki might not even leave!
67h
5 mill for Ki? Give it to D utd for Russell and Daly or Mc K Stephen. 2 for one brill deal!!
barca result anyone?????????
Totally mystified by all this talk of signing Dobbie. Why would we sign the house elf from Harry potter movies?
I thought he was the most aptly named movie character ever. He certainly looked like a Hun.
Ggh
Last I heard 5-1.
Barca lost 7-6. Good game.
B 4 I go. Watt or Stokes??
Watt has got what Stokes has lost!!
5-1 Barca
Madrid 1-1
They can hardly say jjb were dumped. Surely their deal was with a club that no longer exists.
Paddy G
Penny mix from O’Briens shop in the thatched cottage or Mullraneys in St Bridgets Terrace ? ;-)
Where is this Mullraneys?
How about this for a laugh!
http://www.kilmarnockstandard.co.uk/ayrshire-news/news-east-ayrshire/kilmarnock-news/2009/07/10/kilmarnock-orangeman-battles-east-ayrshire-council-over-right-to-fly-the-flag-81430-24102971/
Did you see Wilson trying to jump for that ball? Bombscare with a capital B.