There are parallels between Salzburg and Celtic. After an outstanding season Salzburg lost their coach, Roger Schmidt, in May to Bayer Leverkusen, appointing Adolf Hutter (commentators beware), who previously managed Austrian Bundesliga club Grodig and is largely unknown outside Austria.
Unlike Ronny Deila, Hutter has not tried to change Salzburg’s system, but the period of transformation has been blamed for Salzburg failing to overcome Malmo in the Champions League play-off round (Malmo taxed Juventus in Turin last night before two second half Tevez goals settled things). New instructions, new training techniques and, in some cases, new personnel present challenges.
Ronny has had a few false starts but the return of Scott Brown at the weekend, the return to form of Kris Commons, who will surely start, and the addition of Scepovic, Tonev and Wakaso to the squad give reason for confidence.
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Whatever the result tomorrow I hope there’s a decent majority either way, 51-49 will not be good for anyone.
Anyone who is still on the fence. A yes vote means the Huns need a new flag …. Go on vote yes!!!!!
Stevo – quality!
Ellbohy
Bang on.
Best for one side to skoosh it.
Less hassle.
Then back to talking about something dear to me.
Celtic.
croppybhoy,
I fear you’re correct in the make-up of the SNP folk. They realised that they needed the support of the likes of Sillars to garner the votes of the left leaning working class. I think they have succeeded, while turning a blind eye to the intimidation their appeal to the emotions has unleashed.
I would not be at all surprised if we have a right wing government in Holyrood.
Auldheid,
Too many on here have very short memories. Imo, Salmond and his crew are only interested in the working class to get their votes. I genuinely fear what a Yes vote will do for Scotland.
ellboy – i am neil lennon, ynwa.
51 yes is decisive.
51 no and it’s a problem that rumbles on even more than the last generation
Just seen that video of Kay burley, seriously is that what her and sky think, that a yes vote is a vote against England. Suppose that adds credence to the piece by George Monbiot in yesterday’s guardian. How the media shafted the people of Scotland.
Milner on.
Bayern to score soon.
HH!!
croppybhoy
Just admit that you’re batting for the wrong team.
Scotland is a separate country in all but status, tomorrow is the one chance for at least the next 20 years to make that so.
Let’s no balls it up!
If you took CQN as a measure I would say it’s swinging toward yes in the last few weeks.
Very unscientific I know. But I’m feeling it…..
Aye.
Enjoyable game this Bayern v City match
Just popped in to say…
When u get to the polling stations the mora please vote with your hearts
Vote for your freedom
And each and every Scot, together, can build a better and brighter future for yourselves and your children.
HH
when rangers went bust alex salmond desrcibed them as a great scottish institution.
100 years of discrimination.
100 years of bigotry.
100 years of cheating.
don’t like the man.
moral coward.
Shalke just scored against chelski.
Roon thum
Snake
If the working class have the majority why do we have a SNP government in Edinburgh?
The SNP will not disappear but will get stronger as more conservative supporters will join them as they are the natural home for right of centre thinking people.
Even the new convert to nationalism Tom Devine can see this
The former industrial working class are being energised by this campaign – once it’s over
Their circumstances will not have materially changed and in a year or two they will see that it’s not really been worth it for them.
They will probably lapse back in to apathy but the job will have been done
Call me cynical but if tomorrow we vote for independence we will be swapping a London elite with an Edinburgh one
HH
Bob o baldy
Why restrict it to Rangers?
Why not give Hearts Hibs Dundee Aberdeen etc the chance to join and compete at their proper level.
I don’t want Celtic in a UK league I want all clubs to have the opportunity of playing in one and finding their level with access to similar income streams.
I want what I think is better for Scottish football not just my team.
I think that in looking after all we look after ourselves.
I’m probably traumatised by the wee boy that I played football with as a kid who after my third nutmeg picked up the ball and said “it’s my ball and you’re no playing.”
I know it’s uncomfortable reading if you are in the hopeful NO camp but if you want an indication of future behaviour look at previous.
What age will you be when you retire ?
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2011/nov/29/george-osborne-state-pension-age
Lets make a profit out of ill health ?
http://www.nhsforsale.info/privatisation-list/surgery/the-great-pfi-swindle.html
Austerity austerity and lets raise taxes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12099638
How moral are the guys you watched moralising on TV ?
http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/6083-labour-mp-jim-murphy-caught-up-in-new-expenses-row
What pay rise did you get folks ? Look what these paragons get……
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/11079707/MPs-will-get-10-per-cent-pay-rise-expenses-watchdog-says.html
City player holding bayern players shirt in the box. ‘he did well’ says Gary neville.
Since when is that not a penalty?
Another reason to vote yes….
roberttressell
Thanks. Compelling!!!!
Parkheadcumsalford
You are correct but I want our own greedy selfish gits not westminsters.
Imagine ….. A handful of young scots might run our country for less selfish reasons in a few years time …..
westcraigs
I hate to do this to you, but…
Did you go to a Catholic school in Scotland?
How many people were members of…the Rangers supporters club in your school?
I would call that in it’s own way discriminatory, wouldn’t you?
I say that as a person from Glasgow who went to Catholic primary and secondary schools and support Celtic.
We’re not all that different on oor side matey…Hope you don’t feel guilty about it, but that’s way we’ve been conditioned in Glasgow/Scotland.
A Yes vote is time to bin that pish for good.
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
20:14 on 17 September, 2014
Scotland the socialist utopia…..think a few folk are kidding themselves on
PF…yer havin’ a laugh.This is ONLY about giving Scots the ability to elect their own government. Why always bring in political plonk? Ignore Salmond, the SNP etc;
There will be a democratic election that will allow the Scottish electorate to decide on their government. What is so scary about that?
westcraigs
21:04 on 17 September, 2014
Correct….but I would not be voting SNP, ANYWAY, IN AN INDEPENDENT Scotland…
Croppyboy
That is about how I see it too.
It sounds a bit like better the devil you know but at least you know it’s the devil and not somebody you thought was your friend.
Take a pen to booth.
They are only giving out pencils.
Make your vote tamper free.
why have Man City got three stars on their top, not aware of them winning three Euro cups. Bit of a hun thing to do …………
Aye! n if you don’t like the way things are run you only have to march to Embra or Glesga n you’ll also more n’ likely have numbers on your side with a higher chance of winnin’
Aye! Mad no’ tae!
Big cup winners – people that can’t see it are sufferin from system justification. Seriously. Read up on it. Scary.
What a chance Scotland has.
Say yes. Things could change.
Vote no and they’ll keep on keeping on as you say.
It’s like a woman with a guy who spends all the dough on drink and horses, sees other women, does nothing about the house or with the weans and then tells her he’s gonna change, even though he isn’t gonna give her any more money or attention.
If she stays because he was nice to her once and canny see the faults that are staring her and everyone else in the face she is suffering system justification!
tictaewin
Will be good to get back to some normality if at all possible.
Hopefully we’re talking about Celtic humping Salzburg away come Friday morning and not how divided we are as a nation
HH!
stevo
Decisive in terms of leaving the UK but Scotland split down the middle, cannot be a good way to start a new beginning.
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Stuff The Hanoverians/Merovingians….
Let’s Have CQN’s Alec Guinness…
Sir Auldheid of the Costas…
As The Next King Of Scotchland…
VIVAT REX..!
(& KevJ )
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prestonpans bhoys dam justice for the 5
The badge was created in 1997, BEFORE teams started using stars as a way of announcing acheivements such as League titles or European Cups won.
Auldheid 2045:-
My view is that governments should not get involved in the governance of football; there are far more important things for governments to concern themselves with such as poverty, unemployment, health etc
It is for the clubs to ensure that the governing body is fit for purpose and in allowing Campbell Ogilvie to be elected unopposed all Scottish clubs, especially Celtic, the club which suffered most as a result of Ogilvie`s undoing, did the sport and its fans a serious disservice.
Ogilvie`s actions, and those of the clubs in re-electing him are nothing to do with the SNP or any other political party.
Lets be clear here – Rangers did not defraud or otherwise pull the wool over Ogilvie`s eyes. He was the man who established the EBTs and signed off all the contracts at Ibrox. And he was the guy who withheld information from the Nimmo Smith enquiry.
Where the SNP or more accurately Alex Salmond got it completely wrong was in getting involved in any shape or form in the Rangers tax case. We do not know what form that involvement took, but I say this – the FOI request that related to Alex Salmond`s meeting with HMRC was blocked by HMRC, a Westminster government department.
I am no apologist for the SNP, I am a traditional Labour voter for what its worth, and I say clearly that the Offensive Behaviour at Football Bill is indefensible. It criminalises ordinary football fans at the whim of individual police officers while sectarian Orange Marches are legitimised at great cost to the tax payer. It is unjust and foolish legislation which incidentally was championed at the time by Celtic`s go-to legal eagle Paul McBride.
I think you are wrong in trying to blame the SNP for the SFA`s ills. Why should the Scottish Government devote time and resources to asking questions of the SFA, time and resources that can be spent dealing with poverty etc when Celtic – the club most disadvantaged by the SFA`s ills – are unwilling to challenge the SFA and in fact play a role in the re-election of Ogilvie?
It seems to me that its far easier for you to blame the SNP than to question Celtic`s role in:-
a) Allowing the OBB to come to pass;
b) Approving Ogilvie`s corruption by passing him fit for a further term of office in 2013.
So, if it’s a naw and the UK government does not pass the postulated new powers in accordance with the timetable promised, does that mean that we will just go ahead and have another vote at Holyrood? And supposing that’s an overwhelming aye, do we then just go it alone with a unilateral secession? Thoughts?
HH
What a speech there by oor wee Nicola. Greetin’ ma eyes out. Be brave. Vote YES. Please.
Hopefully there will be another wee alteration to this on Friday :-)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u1sjHGODFHg
bob o’ baldy
21:08 on 17 September, 2014
westcraigs
I hate to do this to you, but…
Did you go to a Catholic school in Scotland?
How many people were members of…the Rangers supporters club in your school?
I would call that in it’s own way discriminatory, wouldn’t you?
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So because there may have no one who was a member of a RSC at a Catholic school, that’s discriminatory?
Nope, I’m beat, can you explain that for me.
Roberttressell,
Are you frankie Boyle?
He was saying as much earlier;)
Stockholmsyndrome csc
ellboy – i am neil lennon, ynwa
No it will not but it will be done
And the devomax will be a sham
Without turning this into a debate about religion,can someone on here explain to me why voters are supporting a party that wanted to abolish catholic schools?
Gerry boy
It’s anything but deciding on our government. That is the last thing this is about.
It’s about dividing up the resources that support the form of the current government to support the form of two separate governments of two separate countries.
What the Government you will elect in an independent Scotland can then do for you will depend totally on the division of resources reached and earning power thereafter of the working population.
A division we have no idea of as things stand.
At least be aware of what you are saying yes to.