While Celtic are in the middle of a month with six home games, we face Hearts on Sunday on their eighth consecutive home game and tenth game on the trot in Edinburgh. Runs of games like this do you no favours in the long run, but they provide pockets or benefit.
Training schedules for Hearts have been perfect during this period, without needing to factor in a trip to Dingwall, for example. Game plans will have been consistent and clear. There will be modifications for the visit of the champions, but we will face a team who are as ready as they could be for the challenge.
This letter from the Ticket Office:
Like many of you, I have several season tickets in my wallet right now. They are not always used by the named person (Martin42 has been unable to use his ticket since August (!) due to injury).
I have not been in touch with the club, so can only wonder what “the Celtic Ticket Office is not obliged to provide information about the named Season Ticket Holder to any third party” could be about. It is an obscure reference, as is “in all cases relating to Season Tickets photo ID is required”.
Letters like this are never produced purely to irritate, there will be an issue to be addressed. It will not be a mean-spirited attempt to stop you taking a friend to the occasional game – which we all do.
But if the issue is serious enough to write to all season ticket holders: explain, explain, explain. It’s not just the perma-rage-against-the-man-types (you don’t know who you are, so don’t bother wondering) who are troubled by this, some will be reluctant in future to invite a friend along to Celtic Park on a spare ticket.
Lessons learned, I’m sure.
Listen to “The CQN Podcast: A Celtic State of Mind (EP26) with Jim McCalliog” on Spreaker.
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BOURNESOUPRECIPE
Like the Old Master you are
Nice to see Ross County’s Gardyne getting sent off today. A number of times he should have been red carded against us.
Let’s hope we now can now build up our lead even more in our next 5 games.
Tomorrow we will need to keep our discipline as Levein will send his team out to take advantage of the ref’s leniency towards his players.
I actually watched the game and believe it or not the Ref was fair. Both Ref & linesman got one call wrong giving a corner to the Huns when it should have been a goal kick but overall there was no mibberry.
One of the Saint’s yellows was for a guy flagged off side who just ran on & ballooned the ball out of play,
JIMBO67 on 16TH DECEMBER 2017 10:50 AM
Bitterness towards them because of what happened in 1952 should be tempered with the knowledge that there have been four or five major regime changes at the top of that club since so do not see the need to hold it against them as if it happened yesterday. If you want to find a reason to feel really sour towards everyone who is not us that is your prerogative but I am fed up with hatred.
*whose espousing hatred, I was simply pointing out that wearing a green strip and having an Irish name disnae make them friends of ours. As for moving on fae 1952, aye ok, as long as petrie and his ilk are there they never will.
Incidentally for all their long term grudges about 1888 they have had 12 Tim inclined managers or caretaker ones starting with Alex Maley, but they have also had 6 hun flavoured as well, including a former manure player who on being interviewed after winning the FA Cup said hello tae his mate kai back in “that neat little town”, and not forgetting the wee scheitd that refused tae play Jinky against the slavs and denied Kenny big corky’s record.
They are what they are and let’s not be kidded about the perceived Irishness which went when Canon Hannan (who founded the club in part to mark the centenary of Daniel O’Connell’s birth) and Dan McMichael (the Fergus McCann of his day as he saved the cabbage and ribs from extinction) went tae their graves. They are as much an Irish club as are the Arabs and Brechin.
Tomorrow we play a real Edinburgh side, Leith is as much part of Auld Reekie as Stretford is Manchester, with them you get what you see and hear, calvinists who dislike and distrust us.
As for Tom Farmer, I am well aware of his faith and philanthropy he has admitted that he has no great love of football, and he rarely attends matches. He felt it was important to the local community that Hibs should continue to exist, as he was informed by campaigners that his grandfather had saved the club from bankruptcy approximately 100 years earlier. Unfortunately, he delegated control of Hibs to other figures, such as petrie.
BTW I have friends who spent the weekend there and were in a hibbee flavoured pub, after they got over the initial weegie distrust they could belt out the rebs as good as us.
Went to St Mirren v Dunfermline today, a game of two halves. All St Mirren in the first half, Dunfermline the better in the second, the referee abysmal, even worse than the current clowns in the top league.
My main interest was to see what Lewis Morgan was like. He’s fast, two footed, goes past players with ease but final ball inconsistent. A typical winger, one minute your on your feet applauding, t(e next your shaking your head. He would go straight into the first team of 11 of the 12 premiership teams but would need to improve to get into our first team. Definitely worth a punt to see how he develops.
Heard we have agreed £500k fee with him going back to Saints for the rest of the season (and possibly next) and Mikey Johnstone going on loan to them as part of the deal.
32 yr old centre back,not for me ,a club that’s awash with money, still with the biscuit tin , miserable shower that run Celtic.
A see one of the Walton boys urnae happy.
Goodnightgranpa.csc
Jimbob, 32 is not that old, if he is good enough he could do a job for 3 or 4 years.
All transfers come with a risk, I’d suspend judgement on all until I saw the player in action.
World domination cancelled for another week down govan way.
Always best to get your dig in before you’ve even seen the lad.
There can’t be that many good 32 year old German internationlists, can they?
Lubo who?
JIMBOB
I hope you have a happy and holy festive season.
Take care.
I’d say 32 is relatively old for a midfielder or striker etc but not so for a CB who doesn’t require as much mobility at the back. Sounds to me like BR is making his January pick of a player, vastly experienced in the better leagues of Europe.
Shoring up the defence with a good pro that wants to come for a tilt at Europa en route to the inevitable 7.
Most money is always spent in the summer window, January is usually contingency measures.
SFTB
Internationlists?
Age disney matter!
We need an experienced centre half.
We need a left sided centre half.
We need someone who can cover left back.
We can sign a 32 year old left sided centre half, who can play left back, from one of the top leagues in the world, from one of the top teams in that league, for under £1m. If the manager wants him why wouldn’t we?
BSR
He’s ineligible for the Europa League.
GARY67
His nick name in Germany is “Efe”.
Phil
The rest of my post stands as valid
Is Sviatchenko still injured? I thought he was building up his fitness and due to make a comeback, if we sign a CH looks like he could be sold.
Aberdeen looked v strong today – a totally different team than turned up and surrendered against Sevco, twice. Hmmm…
Hibs were exhausted. They have decent players but lack real quality in midfield and they still depend on Efe – who, God love him – just lacks the concentration to make it through 90 mins without a blunder, sadly.
As for Sevco – I posted during the week that their wins over Ross County and Hibs were fortunate in the extreme. Today marks a return to normal service. It’s a 3-way dogfight for second for them.
This Man City team are a good team to watch. DeBruyne … just a fabulous footballer!
BSR
No problem with your post!
Mind now guys.
The Eangers are cumin! Prematurely.
MWD
Several years back when we were going through our usual foray of looking for a manager the name of an experienced national and international one came forward, this gentleman can speak 5 languages, served several times as a member of UEFA’s technical study group at the European Championships and was also a member of the FIFA technical study group at the 2006 World Cup, a bit like Dr Jo.
We git the usual, too ould and what has he really achieved, well apart from taking a country, who are on there way tae Russia next summer BTW, tae their first international tournament (WC) in about 30 years, a feat he repeated in 2 years later for the Euros and also club sides tae the EC and Europa finals nothing much.
His latest side just won 3-0 at the King Power Stadium this morning.
DESSYBHOY on 16TH DECEMBER 2017 6:24 PM
Is Sviatchenko still injured? I thought he was building up his fitness and due to make a comeback, if we sign a CH looks like he could be sold.
*I believe ho was on his way out at the last transfer window only too suffer an injury.
Tontine
Yes there was reports he was in Copenhagen,then got injured in Prague after that, who knows but he does not seem to be in the plans.
No Dr Jo = No Lubo
Before I posted on here I lurked during my old work, more than sure it was BRTH that posted the story of Mr Venglos tempting Lubo to wear the hoops, brilliant read
Paraphrasing here, Lubo am not sure, Mr Venglos Lubo you were born to wear the hoops, just come over and see the stadium
The Lubo video (?) is a must watch a St Etienne hero and superstar in Ligue 1 before he graced our presence
PHILBHOY on 16TH DECEMBER 2017 6:20 PM
GARY67
His nick name in Germany is “Efe”
So we can expect to beat Barca again, cannae wait! If we can now get the German Kelvin Wilson ;-)
GARY67
Sadly, we will never beat Barca again!
Dreaaaaammmmssss!
Not sure where Paddy Roberts will be playing in the longer term but can’t see him coming within as Ass’s roar of this Manchester City side.
TONTINE TIMs comments got me thinking. as a young bhoy in coatbridge. gerry fae the brig probably too young to remember the hibs walk. accordian bands in fact i may be corrected but it was the coatbridge accordian band that played in front of the lorry at parkhead yes parkhead not celtic park when i was a kid when the bhoys came home with the big cup feel free to argue im in an aggressive mood.lol.
CORKCELT love your posts mate but as far as the english premier league is concerned its a load of money making arse—– thats in case the mods are watching i live 16 miles from liverpool and 18 miles from manchester but they dont interest me celtic is my team and although id like to see them play in a better league ill just wait and see what happens.hh.
Damn! Wish I’d put money on St.J as last 5 games they were LWLWL….
They were due a win.
However, going by that method Celtic will draw tomorrow…
WDWDW…..
Just noticed Collum is ref hmmmm…
Auld tam
Changed phone.
Dont have your email.
Hope you are well
HH
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The ch’s urny the problem.
Problem is, the ch’s don’t get any protection from a midfield shield, apart fae Broony looking like a heidless chicken as he tries to fill all the spaces in front of the back four.
The thing about bringing in an older ch, well, it didny work last year.
Kolo Toure was the older guy at ch last season, but, in the CL group games that mattered to us, the BMG games, big Kolo turned into Gary Caldwell in the first game v BMG at Celtic Park, and effectively put us is oot with his gaffs that would have seen big Efe flung under a bus. Then in the next game in Germany, Callum McGregor, our invisible, anonymous wonder bhoy missed a sitter and, saw us wave goodbye to the lands beyond the Scoattish pub league, for another season.
Brendan son, a shield in front of the defence, disnae mean parking the bus…….try it and see.
Guid luck.
………oot.
https://twitter.com/gibbygibbo1/status/942088700267294720
Don’t worry Kevjungle I hear the Daily Record Christmas party is this week. That should cheer you up, meeting all those real Celtic men.
KEVJUNGLE on 16TH DECEMBER 2017 7:39 PM
A shield in front of the defence – is that not what they used to call Cattenacio?
Did we not deal with that system one day in 1967, in such an effervescent and imaginative way that it changed football tactics forever?