It was only Azerbaijan, but Odsonne Edouard made another big impression on those watching the conveyor belt of French talent in their under-21 game last night. He has now scored six in three under-21 games, which is the kind of form that would take him beyond Celtic’s reach were he not already at the club.
The objective should be to hold him for another year. Beyond that seems unrealistically optimistic.
Cycle Glasgow to Milan – 23April to 6 May 2020
On 6 May 1970 the famous Glasgow Celtic played Feyenoord in the final of the European Cup in Milan. Sadly, the heroic victory in Lisbon in 1967 could net be repeated against a team who were part of the golden era of Dutch football.
In 2017, our own Mouldy67 organised a group of 30 Celtic supporters for a cycle trip from Glasgow to Lisbon. They arrived at their destination in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our first European Cup Final, while raising an incredible £85k for charity.
A bit like the Lions, one European Cup Final was not enough, so the cyclists are back, planning to travel from Glasgow to Milan to commemorate our second Final, in order to raise funds for the Celtic FC Foundation.
The route goes through Antwerp, Flanders, Brussels, Champagne, Dijon, and Turin before reaching Milan. It is a professionally run event, planned by Greenrock, an experienced events agency. If this is something you could participate in, get in touch with the team at theroadtomilan2020@gmail.com for more information.
The trip will take 13 days, but there are opportunities to cycle 2 and 3 day-only parts of the course. I’m not saying this is your last chance to cycle across Europe with a group of Celtic fans, but the corresponding anniversary of our third European final will not be until 2053!
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Re Under 21 Queries
DownforSam Lee O’Connor played right full.
Marspapa, I’d say you are talking about Jayson Molumby who plays for Millwall.
BGFC – Shut up, don’t talk rubbish!!!
BIG GEORGES FAN CLUB – HAIL, HAIL, WEE OSCAR on 11TH OCTOBER 2019 4:24 PM
I think there are some posters who will come on here and bait other posters to try and draw them in to a slanging match, that one I can not understand seeing as we are all Celtic supporters who should in theory at least be looking out for each other, there are also some really good Celtic men on here and they are the ones I keep coming back for, always interesting and polite most of the time!
CORKCELT on 11TH OCTOBER 2019 4:22 PM
Thanks very much for that reply – it really is very much appreciated.
Just read that out to Wee BGFC – he said “That’s pretty much what you’d expect, Dad” – he wasn’t being fippant saying that – he recognises the complications – we have spoken about it often and in some detail, and every time you think of it from one perspective, you have to look at it from another angle. Terrible time indeed.
Almost completely ignored in Scotland’s education system by the way. I was well up and left school before I knew anything about the Civil War in Ireland. Had heard all about 1916 of course – mainly through learning songs on the way to the games. But as far as formal teaching was concerned – absolutely not one single mention whatsoever – never even knew a Civil War had happened. Same with the famine – not a mention.
One thing you said struck me – you mentioned that this all happend just 25 years or so before you were born; that fact – along with your personal friendships – must make the events feel very close, so I can uderstand this bringing up unwelcome thoughts.
My big pal is just back a week ago from Krakow – when he was there he visited Auschwitz-Birkenau. He phoned me from Krakow the day he came back from the trip out to the camp – was on the phone for ages because it had affected him so much.
One of the many things he spoke about was the fact that the camp was only liberated 20 years before he was born; that people could do such things so close to his own lifetime was chilling in itself.
Once again – much appreciated.
Best wishes
BGFC & WeeBGFC
DENIABHOY on 11TH OCTOBER 2019 4:32 PM
BGFC – Shut up, don’t talk rubbish!!!
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See !!! Bliddy aggression and bullying again – I’m off to drink beer to recover.
…and thanks for the excuse :-)))
HH
BGFC
Living in Clonmel well away from Glasgow, I found myself totally isolated from Celtic chat & banter, I do have a couple of Celtic Supporting mates OK but if you are talking to the same people constantly you simply bore each other to death.
CQN was a treasure to me when I discovered it, circa 2008, I made plenty of good friends from it, enjoyed many trips to Glasgow and for the most part enjoyed the craic & the banter,
There were times I got pissed off as well & had to take a few sabbaticals as it was doing my head in but overall it was a positive thing in my life.
It seems to be on life support at the moment but now is the time for old reliables to come back to the fold & give the old place a boost.
I plan to increase my stupid offerings just to say thanks for the old days, maybe a few more from the missing Brigade might join me.
CORKCELT
Googled both the names that were suggested.
The one you suggested is indeed the lad I watched.
I think he has everything in his game.
I’ll keep a close eye on his next game.
Cheers 👍
Terrymac/Hunderburds
Re: cost to UK for subsidising NI
i’ve always been for a united Ireland politically and morally and most in the Republic are probably the same (only based on my time here so apologies to the real Irish if i’m wrong!)
But,
With all things in life, money shouts loudest.
NI has been subsidised for decades, not only in cash , but in Govt jobs as well . Jobs which would never have been put there in a fair competition between regions of the UK
So , at a simplistic level, an economic sink hole
Since the Good Friday/Belfast agreement (ironic that the name wasn’t agreed), however, foreign investment and cross Ireland business integration has pulled NI in the right direction and over time I think that reliance on Great Britain taxpayers would lessen
Brexit has pulled the re-unification question forward when this rejuvenation of NI is nowhere near presenting a good economic case for taxpayers in the Republic
We are still paying Universal Social Charge(USC) on top of our income tax. This is an onerous extra tax to pay for the bailouts of the banks and the guarantees given to bond holders back in 2011
This tax slides up from an extra 0.5% up to 8% for a PAYE worker. Based on the bands, anyone in a half decent full time job will pay 2% of a good chunk of their wage. Anyone earning about €60k is hit with 5% and anyone on €100k or above will pay 7%. Bonuses, which are common in Dublin due to the financial services industry (which is a big part of the GDP) are taxed at full whack of everything – 52% tax
The sliding scale makes it fair but all workers are hit badly in the pocket and there are no plans to cut it due to Brexit
If there was a border poll tomorrow, the amount of money required to take on NI and the extra tax (like in Germany) would dominate in Dublin certainly and probably in every county in the Republic
Similarly in NI, I have read various pieces where people who are Nationalists are looking at the tax and lack of NHS and wondering if their family will suffer hardship if they join the Republic
The case can also be made that GB should pay out a golden goodbye if the poll favours a united Ireland due to the issue being caused by Imperialism; i’m sure Sinn Fein would
i can’t see that flying though when the Scottish independence debate looked at Scotland taking on a chunk of UK debt
If anyone thought i would have a conclusion at the end of this ; you’ll be disappointed!
i think what i am saying is that the timing for a once in a generation border poll may be wrong
Sorry for the waffle
Sevco: Scottish FA to discuss Dave King’s ‘fit & proper’ status….
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50016954
An opportunity for the SFA to rubber stamp another victory for sevconia…
BGFC Visited Auschwitz myself a couple of years back and also found it a harrowing experience.
The crazy thing is the normality of the houses with their two stories & basements.
In the upper rooms the Nazi Officers & Clerks just doing their paper work like any routine business and just in the basement below fellow human beings been starved to death & subjected to horrendous torture.
I think it was that normality factor that hit me the hardest.
Good evening, friends and Happy Weekend.
Said the Papa of 2 ‘being babysat’ grandchildren…. ;-)
DENIABHOY:
Talking to yourself is one way of having an intelligent conversation! Thank you very much for the advice, which worked a treat. I mistakenly thought AdBlockers would suffice on the IPhone And was proved wrong.
IniquitousIV
Good man, Jobo, I have 9 of them. Will be sitting on 4 of them tomorrow night.
I have a few also who I wouldn’t want sitting on me, one lad about 6ft 3 and he only 16, towering above his wee Grandad.
Anyhow every one a blessing, enjoy them.
With all the talk of how CQN has changed ,it got me thinking about what it has meant for me. I discovered the site around 10 years ago during the Tony Mowbray era . Because of the way we were being cheated I needed a place to vent my feelings with like minded Celts , although I am 99% lurker and only 1% poster . I discovered that CQN offered much more than that with insightful , good humoured and obviously well educated posters , who gave the place a real family feeling.
It has changed almost out of all recognition in the last couple of years . Disharmony is rife . Why would any genuine Celtic supporter want to ruin the best Celtic forum out there?
ROCK TREE BHOY:
Mendacious criminal King saved himself about £3M because the Takeover Panel did not act quickly enough. See EasyJambo on the Scottish Football Monitor site for more detail.
IniquitousIV
The perfect Friday night, Jobo.
And just to add; thanks for the CQNPoTY which is a brilliant new addition to this grand old site.
TBB
http://www.celticfc.net/news/16930
I hope there will be a wee move by Mouldy and his fellow trick cyclists to do a wee fund raising drive on here for all of the lazy basses, like myself, who won’t be cycling to Milan.
P.S. I hate International weeks
TBB and Corkcelt –
Thank you. Grandparenting is the best clique I’ve been in. So far ;-)
200 Wolves fans to be allowed in to EL game,which is ‘ behind closed doors ‘
Sometimes, whenever I’m curious about what the sevconians are thinking, I’ll check out ‘rangers media’ website. There you can find pages and pages of posters doing nothing else but exchanging insults with one another, you come off none the wiser other than finding out they sure know how to insult each other. We do not want this place going the same way, sure we can all agree on that.
Bada Bing
Amazing fundraising by the US Celts but why have Sevco won a European award as best football charity? Don’t get that
THE BATTERED BUNNET on 11TH OCTOBER 2019 ,
Excellent post.
CORKCELT,
You are one of the posters I always like to read but your contribution about your feelings toward Michael Collins (and De Valera) and the whole Civil War is THE best for me. I know little about Irish History in general but I readily understand the mixed emotions that you have. Brother fighting brother must be the worst kind of war.
Thank you for your frankness and giving me a wee insight.
As someone with no great financial insights, can any of you explain to me how it is that Dave King forms a “Concert Party” with Letham and Parks etc; but it’s only King that receives the unwarmed shoulder from the financial community?
It’s like blaming Gunner Lofty Sugden but exonerating Gloria Beaumont, Parky Parkin and Nobby Clark
https://irishhistorypodcast.ie
is fabulous – the brehons were fuggers seemingly and the famine series is fantastic but shocking listening .
Seems no one is commenting on Paul’s view that Edouard will be off in a year’s time – not sure if he means this is his last season but that’s how I read it. We’ve been fortunate/blessed/lucky to have Dembele followed by Edouard, can we find another unpolished gem to fill the gap next summer?
I hope Edouard will go, when the time comes, for at least 30 million to reflect the upward trajectory of our best player sales fees. If Dembele goes to Man Utd for 60-70 million in January then we might be lucky to see Edouard at all in 2020 as he would be the natural replacement for Lyon.
Now that Dave King has officially been given the cold shoulder, wouldn’t it be better (for us) if he were to remain in charge at The Rangers where his involvement would serve to hamper any dealings the club attempts e.g. sponsorship.
Oust him and replace home with a, ahem, reputable person could see some sense of normality in the accounts, whatever normal may be for them.
19TH September 2014…3553 comments
29th August 2014….3233 comments
8th April 2016….2883 comments
22 July 2017….2751 comments
10th October 2019…..165 comments
Just a small selection of how the blog was doing in the past few years, the last blog has 165 comments.
You can make all the excuses under the sun, the main reason the blog is in the place it’s in is the infighting.
I’VEHADTOCHANGEMYMIND on 11TH OCTOBER 2019 6:51 PM
https://irishhistorypodcast.ie
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Thanks for that – will make good listening on our travels – bookmarked !
HH
BGFC
nae bother georges
I’ve been trying to watch ‘the troubles – a secret history ‘ not easy viewing though given republicans are gearing up for a christmas blast out.
When westminster denies ireland democracy, there is violence. my only hope is that there is enough in old republicans ho can coax young volunteers though this.
Just started watching blazing saddles-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H2W1lK7P-I
can’t watch it al the way through – gonna laugh to a stroke
Great gig at tyneside irish centre tomorrow – Alan Thompson no less
At least we can cheer for the Czechs.
TERRYMAC 3:07pm
Thanks for that. Amazing.
HH
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Very good bhlog today. Pity so few posts.
England just got beaten by Czech Republic and big day for Ireland tomorrow in the egg chasing and soccer.
HH
I still think CQN is a great site.
I said in the summer that we badly needed another quality CF and it’s an absolute must for January.
We need to stop playing Edouard in these noon kick offs on astro turf – just like VVD and Dembele he hates it and rightly sees it as being beneath him…. I can’t remember him or Dembele scoring on plastic.
15 goals at this stage of the season means he’s on course for over 35 for the season and the vast majority are required goals in the game.
His assist record is excellent too in big games.
Easily now in my top 3 all time Celtic strikers I’ve seen.
The vast majority of Alfredo Morelos goals are either against Gibraltar and Ayr United or against Aberdeen or 10 man Hibs when the game is already won.
That’s why one is worth £30m and one is worth 3.