Dilemma of youth development

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I know squad numbers are limited but I’m disappointed Eoghan O’Connell has not been retained. In his performances early last season he displayed the attributes of a modern-day footballing central defender. He has a future in the game and will do well wherever he goes next.

The perennial dilemma of youth development is that while teams want to improve performances NOW, they also need to leave space for worthy development squad candidates to grow into. Kieran Tierney got there, but the truth is, Celtic had been trying to sign a left back for year but were unable find anyone of the necessary standard. If we did, Kieran, Eoghan, would never have had the chance.

 

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  1. FOR A PEOPLE AND A CAUSE on

    I posted on here the evening of the rebel treble just how pleased the little SFA man was giving Broonie the cup

     

    And if we didn’t know already -ahem

     

    We sure do now

  2. Margaret McGill on

    One good thing about English and Irish Tory bigots teaming up for a coalition is that we will be one step closer to a united Ireland. No hard border but you never know maybe someone will Trump that idea with a wall. No wait. United Ireland it is.

  3. Margaret McGill on

    Dear Murderators can you explain why some of my posts were deleted yesterday? I am very conscious denizen of CQN and would like my faux pas explained so I dont do it (whatever it was) again.

  4. 16 roads - Celtic über alles... on

    I’d just like to send best wishes to the legendary Jobo

     

     

    Enjoy your well earned retirement chara.

     

     

    KTF.

  5. MARGARET MCGILL on 11TH JUNE 2017 6:17 PM

     

    Jonny Hayes canny get a game for Ireland but Celtic are interested??

     

     

    Jonny Hayes plays football, Ireland playing hoofball. Launch it up to Murphy and Walters. Hoolihan, their most creative player, can’t get on either.

  6. Following on from his performance and goals yesterday we will now have a week of uninformed garbage from the MSM about Griffiths heading to the land of milk and honey. Record online have started with Newcastle and West Brom.

  7. glendalystonsils on

    Presumably McRae would be happy to see Celtic deteriorate towards the level of the other clubs rather than the other clubs improve to better challenge Celtic.

  8. CLOGHER CELT on 11TH JUNE 2017 5:44 PM

     

     

    Forgive me for going back to first principles, but:

     

     

    As a constituent part of the UK Ireland was an oppressed nation.

     

     

    Agreed?

     

     

    As a constituent part of the UK Scotland was not, and is not, an oppressed nation.

     

     

    Agreed?

  9. Margaret McGill on

    Just think if Scotland had not voted Tory and donated 13 seats to the English master race segregationists there would be no need to team up with the Irish zealots. Independence?

     

    Shove it where the sun dont shine.

  10. re your 6:58  post, of course. How was I to know you would crumble two minutes later ?

     

     

    JJ

  11. I don’t seem to have recovered my normal (lack of) sleep pattern since I sat up most of the night to watch the election.

     

     

    In fairness to me, my wee girl had her Prom that night so sitting up all night was a good option, just in case…………….

     

     

    So the short story is, I am off to my bed!

     

     

    Adieu!

     

     

    Loggin’ off.

  12. clogher celt on

    Ernie ‘Mainland’ Lynch,

     

     

    Here are a number of definitions of ‘oppression’. What exactly do you mean by national oppression?

     

     

    What periods are you referring to? Do you exclude the Six Counties (question is in past tense) ?

     

     

    You will need to put a bit more work into your post and clarify yourself?

     

     

    http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mdover/website/Oppression%20Compendium%20and%20Materials/Definitions%20of%20Oppression.pdf

     

     

    Finally,

     

     

    As an advocate of the Union how do you feel about having the DUP sitting at the Cabinet table?

     

     

    Off oot.

  13. Margaret McGill on

    clogher celt on 11th June 2017 7:04 pm

     

     

    I think Ernie is referring to anytime in the period between the 2nd jacobite rebellion and last week. :)

  14. Mags

     

    Scotland voting tory is as old as the hills, outwith the towns and cities they are rife.

     

    In the early 80s, I was renting a farm cottage in Stirlingshire, the farmer asked me to help him put up a few vote tory signs, I declined and he kicked me out of the cottage, a winker, but I got my own back a bit later, he was selling a heap of cows at the mart and I bid for them all, never got back to the mart mind you but it was worth it.

     

    HH

  15. Gerryfaethebrig on

    Mags 6.17pm

     

     

    Johnny Hayes ???

     

     

    Scott Sinclair couldn’t get a game with Aston Villa how did that work out ….

     

     

    Brendan, I hope you were watching Scotland & Celtics best striker yesterday :-)