Delighted to hear Ronny Deila is planning to rest players ahead of Tuesday’s Cup Final. There is plenty to be gained from playing the next wave of Callum McGregors at Inverness tomorrow, and little to be lost in the league race.
Our unique position in world football, a club who are so massively bigger than all others they are not involved in a proper competition to win the league, has more drawbacks than advantages, but we need to exploit this position by developing emerging talent when the stars align.
The morning after the day before the Slovakian media were very respectful of Celtic. There was an acceptance that their assessment of Celtic was based on two unrepresentative performances against Legia.
Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of Slovenian coverage was the appreciation of the “modern football” Celtic played. Assessments of Maribor’s chances in the return leg were pragmatic. Expectations are low, but with the tie level, they know they still have a chance. Hopes are, that Maribor’s misplaced optimism is viral, and that Celtic will be infected by the same disease.
Celtic’s job on Tuesday is to make sure they treat Maribor as though they were Bayern Munich.
Oh Malky. You and I both know that football is remarkably indifferent to moral uncertainty, the actions over the last 24 hours of the thoroughly reprehensible League Managers’ Assocation testify to that. Practically anything is forgiven or overlooked, but only up to a point. Malky MacKay has been implicated in attacks against Chinese, Koreans, black people, gays and Jews, quite a unique full house.
Cardiff City have already leveraged this to obtain a grovelling apology and have now cost him a seven figure contract, offered by his friend at Crystal Palace. Question is, after the controversy dies down and the obligatory contrition is served, will another club offer him a contract? I don’t think so.
As far as the football industry is concerned, Malky’s unforgivable sin is not racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism, these matters are often overlooked as ‘banter’, after all. He’ll not get another job because he blew millions on players who were useless to Cardiff.
That’s the only kind of offence football really tales notice of.
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Burghbhoy
You capture a great moment there : having travelled a distance with hope in your heart : when the bhoys run out the tunnel your heart bursts with pride and love for our great club
tbj
Bang on son
Good morning friends from a beautifully bright, dry and cheerful feeling East Kilbride. A day for Champions with the sky reminding me of the opening titles for The Simpsons!
Another Saturday morning, another 5K ParkRun. Hoping to get nearer 22 mins than 23. But age starting to catch up with me ;-)
Good morning CQN.
It’ll be a tough game today but i had concerns before last week against Utd that proved unfounded.
Fingers crossed those that are selected are up to the challenge.
Jobo
Just watch out for sideshow bob when your out for your run
Jobo
Just given me the impetus to get out of bed and get the running gear on, thanks for that… I think!
Expecting another great performance today (from the team)!
Ryecatcher – hoping that you indeed retract the remark that upset Unthank Road last night. Sometimes it is best just to admit what I hope was a drunken mistake.
Beautiful weather just to the north of Inverness just now so enjoy the trip up. For those wildlife fans amongst you dolphins, otters, ospreys and red kites can often be seen very close to the ground. Can’t think of any other stadiums that can offer that!
Burghbhoy
Never been there either – who ur ye gan’ we?
Just finishin aff ma porridge, see you soon.
Mornin Celts.
Last night I enjoyed good Celtic company of Lennybhoy, Lionsroar67,Praecepta and richie late in the evening.
The Exiled Tim
Cheers for bangle which I got last night.well happy with it.
Heres to a vicory today Celts
HH
Victory even :-)
Neilbhoy
If your ever unfortunate enough to walk down edmiston drive you might see some wild bears … Snakes … A right few sharks in the directors box .. And loads of zombies .
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G’Day CQN fae a Absolouter el Scorchio Melbourne (The Worlds most Liveable city for the 4th Year in a Row)….<——-FAO .. Thon MacJay and Sydney(Devine)Tim..lol
Just finished My Little Astoturf Soccer Pitch for the Preppies and Grade 1’s at my Wee Ghirls school..It’s Green & White (Goals to 18 yrd line) Royal blue and Canary Yellow with Pillar box Red as the Touchline/Perimeter..Ha..
Well the Principal said she trusted me to design it..
Might need to get them Sunnies..Bit different fae Ole Lennoxtown aka Windy Dreich City..
I’m Well Chuffed..
But to the reason l am Posting this..
Been thinking of Jinky a Lot this week as the Ice Bucket challenge is on All Media..
After all the Parents left the School today l was Packing up and there was a Football in the middle of the Pitch..l hit it..Outside of the Foot and it Curled into the Top corner of the Goal/Net..
And in My Head as clear and loud as it was Yesterday..Archie Macpherson Screamed……..“And Johnstone Scores for Celtic”
God Bless You Wee Man..
Summa of No7
An Tearmann –
Good to know that Lennybhoy’s still kicking around. We’re just waiting on his CQN Coupon pick and it’s not like him to be last ;-)
Morning fholks
When the stragglers get their predictions in, we will hopefully stand at a proud 70 entrants for Last Man Standing and perhaps a little less for the Predictor Cup (Perhaps around 65?), but still time to enter as this will start in a couple of weeks. So we hope to raise around the £600-£700 sum for the wee mhan.
May I introduce you to Baby Shay, our Bhoy Wonder. He cannot eat (food is now fed through a tube in his stomach) , walk or talk but he can sure smile! The treatment his young family is hoping to fund will hopefully give Shay the chance for all three.
http://flipagram.com/f/v9n8Ma4rnd
Be proud that you are helping a great wee cause
HH and thank you
CRC
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Shay-Along-The-Way/814451225255695?fref=ts
Ps Not to late to join either. Email us just 1 winning team from any of the top 2 divisions in England or Scotland from this weekend games. Dead easy :-) Get it right, you go through to the next round. Last Man Standing takes the enter prize pot. Cost of entry for this competition is £10. Payout is 50% with 50% going to “Help Shay along the Way”
Tbj
Pondlife was often visible around Ibrox when I ventured there on away trips in the 80’s.
Mind you that is an insult to true pondlife.
ryecatcher
00:50 on 23 August, 2014
Celtic fans worrying about beat Maribor at home wouldn’t have happened under MON and his money ball or WGS and his cleaning up the shit , after MON and the moneyball.
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MO’N and the moneyball?
Hmmmmmm?
When you consider – and most if not all of the folk on here don’t – that MO’N was competing v’s a £100 million Rangers squad and their historical ‘honest mistakes’ of a helping hand.
MO’N took Celtic FC and it’s fans to the highest plataeu since Lisbon and, that is saying something, with the run to Seville and, the sheer empowerment instilled into the fans as we faced our demons on and, off the pitch.
MO’N’s Celtic teams – marched onto the pitch and Timdom enjoyed the feeling that we could measure-up v’s anybody. imho
Yer WGS bit, I think is innacurate – no offence my pal.
If I was to be cynical – and I’am – WGS started to ‘trim’ tens of thousands off the crowds.
It became so bad to watch that, an assortment of singing groups were formed – The Jungle Bhoys and, The Green Brigade.
These two groups put together would come nowhere near the atmosphere created by the ‘original’ Jungle, through no fault of their own – evolusion has sadly, changed the dynamic of the football crowds of today – for the worse atmosphere wise, for the better – safety and comfort wise.
Ye see, the fans of today don’t seem to be of the mind-set that their going to CP or, wherever to – put in a shift – thats what is crucially missing today, too much ‘gadgetry’ available. imho
But, if Celtic find their way to getting a standing area built, I would consider going back.
But, again I think that a huge area would have to be allocated to achieve this.
The damning aspect to all of this is that, admission prices would have to be reduced ‘dramatically’ and that, might not sit too comfortably with the ‘bored’?
I’m certain it wont and, the ‘bored’ will do what they do best and – brass it oot – till the return of Glasgow Rangers Football Club. Well, thats what the ‘bored’ called them at last seasons Glasgow Cup Final. Grand, eh?
Take care fella – Hail Hail
Twists 6.04
Thanks for doing the ground work ……..Yankee now on.
Hope it brings some CQNers a couple of bob:)
Also I look forward to reading yer morning reports as I gave up on
the papers years ago.First stop CQN,cannae whack it.
H.H.
Drambowie
You’re welcome. Wee bit of fun and…we’ll.. Ya never know. Ya gotta be in it tae win it as they say.
Hopefully most bhoys can afford a wee £3 or so stake and if we can just knock it off once a season, they can avail themselves of a season ticket courtesy of the enemy.
All (bloody) Blacks about to “haka”.
Wallabies unimpressed.
good morning CQN
looking forward to the game today, hopefully some of our young and fringe players get a run out.
last nite i was talking to a southampton supporter and discussed the transfers between our clubs and this thought hit me…….
is there a sell on clause in wanyama’s contract with the saints.? if so what percentage.?
my mate seems to think liverpool will be coming in with a last minute bid for him
MACJAY16.28
No probs mate…..Aye theres certainly that vibe to it.
My uncle had a wind up gramophone that played 78’s
and I used to copy Slim Whitman(as ye do):) :) that’s what attracted
me to that song, as I say I wore it oot.I wonder if anyone can confirm
if it was the B side to It’s Over or is the ole memory at it.
H.H.
Summa of Sammi….
07:54 on
23 August, 2014
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G’Day CQN fae a Absolouter el Scorchio Melbourne (The Worlds most Liveable city for the 4th Year in a Row)….<——-FAO .. Thon MacJay and Sydney(Devine)Tim..lol
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Yeah.
And Glesca was European city of culcha.
Dram
It was.
I hadn`t heard that song for 50 or so years.It was like meeting an old friend.
Used to play it on the jukey.
OZ 3-0 up.
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MacJay..
Hey..Hope that Wisnae a Dig at Glesgae..;-(
Yes 1991 flew Home from London nearly every Weekend as the Clubs were opened to 6am..;-)
Summa
Twists …..Good man.
There’s four of us in oor wee syndicate and all four have to agree
whatever bet is suggested,for instance yesterday we never touched any of the tips
It’s a wee bit of fun.
Anyhoo big Dan has placed 50p ew yankee. £15.00 I think .
I don’t think we will have the bottle to do the Commander bet ever again
that was big time lol.
H.H.
Blacks up 6-3.
:-(
Good Morning CQN.
Safe Journey to all who are travelling to Inverness.
I would start with the first pick back 5 but maybe make changes at half time or in the second half.
I would give Biton, Griffiths, Pukki, Tonev ( if fit ) and maybe Berget some game time.
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6 months ago this week my dad passed away after a lifelong fear of Asbestos Poisoning which claimed his father and mother before it eventually claimed him.
He had worked at Turner and Newalls Asbestos Factory in Agamemnon Street in Clydebank beside his father and many friends one of whom went on to become a significant Celtic figure.
The knowledge and fear that one day he would succumb to asbestos haunted him for decades and I would have been in my late teens when I started to think about what I would say at his funeral.
Fortunately, I would have thirty years and more to prepare my speech, but in the 80’s once you were diagnosed you could very easily be dead within three to four weeks and so the thought of what to say as a eulogy was very very real for me growing up.
As many know, my dad was lucky, as he lived the life of half a dozen men, however at the end he, like many other Bankies, was ever so grateful for the care, consideration and yes love shown to him by the St Margaret Hospice of Scotland in Clydebank whose staff were so wonderful that I can’t find the words to say just how good they were to him and to us as a family in his final days and after.
My grandfather helped with the original creation of the hospice and supported it all his life ( this followed the early death of my aunt Anna as a young woman in her thirties ) and he supported the hospice throughout his life.
Clydebank is the Asbestos capital of Europe and that Hospice has provided a constantly fantastic service over decades now to countless thousands of people.
Now it is time for the McGinley family to put something back into the hospice again having had the benefit of their care, attention and expertise for my dad.
In two weeks time all the women in my family — My sister, my niece and my daughter — are doing a midnight walk for the hospice as are countless other women ( many of whom are widows ) to raise funds and raise awareness that the Hospice still needs funded.
I will do something different to raise funds throughout the course of the next year or so.
Here is a link to the just giving page we have set up called walking for Jim McGinley
https://www.justgiving.com/WalkingforJimMcGinley/
Now let me be clear I do not want a single penny from CQN’ers in terms of sponsorship or donations as over the years I have campaigned so often for funds it is not right to ask for any more and any spare money anyone has should go to the campaign for Wee Shay McGinlay — that is the way my old man would want it.
What I would ask is that as many as possible share the link — facebook, twitter, e-mail or whatever — especially among the bankies — so that the campaign for funds for the Hospice gets as wide a circulation and as much publicity as possible.
My dad loved Celtic and his first travel excursion was taking over the running of a CSC bus from Whitecrook in the late 40’s – an exercise which would eventually lead him all over the world supporting the team and the club he believed in.
The Hospice helped him make his last journey and I want to do as much as I can to make sure that everyone else who suffers from any type of cancer or other illness can receive the same fantastic treatment when they need it in the future.
So — if you can spread the word I would be ever so grateful.
Thanks and HH
BRTH
Summa of Sammi….
08:41 on
23 August, 2014
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MacJay..
Hey..Hope that Wisnae a Dig at Glesgae..;-(
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Nah,mate.
It was a dig at surveys.:-)
Kev
You and I both know fine well .. Glasgow Rangers Football Club cannot return as they died a couple of years ago
My date with destiny lies ahead … When sevco enter the big league .. If our club acknowledge them as the same club .. Glasgow Celtic will have received their last penny from me
Drambowie
There’ll be a runner out soon for you to have tilt at. Irish purchase, training well, form lines being franked all over the place, so, promising potential to rip intae the bookies for a buck or two……will keep ya posted.
Not been on yesterday so don’t know if Tonnee Donnelleee took his usual hammering so here’s to you TD67 keep tilting at the windmills and issuing GIRFUYS to all and sundry you make me laugh and for gods sake it’s good to laugh
Noticed as I scrolled through a few pages the old first game against newco comments
I’ve two sons both ST Holders and they are now of an age and build that I would have no fears of them attending that first game and they always say that they want to experience that atmosphere having experienced league and champions league games over the past few years now I know it’s a rancid atmosphere they bring, but the high of YNWA or any other Celtic song being sung as we are beating them Watching their knuckledraggers slink out of our stadium is truest awesome hopefully they will never experience the lows that I had to endure during their tax evading cheating nineties and forking out a small fortune for the privilege of travelling
This much maligned Celtic Board are doing a fantastic job overall in my opinion and I’ve met several of them everyone I’ve spoken to is a true Celtic man and don’t tell me they are in the club for the money nobody on a football club board makes any serious dough from that position
Sure I would like to see a few issues resolved RES 12 ,safe standing, the GB , god they were sorely missed on Saturday but that’s me call me a happy clapper a board supporter if you want but I’m first and foremost a celtic supporter with two good lads and a granddaughter who already has all the gear and you all know that Sevco will play their first game against us soon and with our muscle both on the park and financially we should bury then but then again this is football and strange things happen
Anyway aff oot to enjoy the bank holiday down south
Apart from one or two predictable exceptions, I was heartened to read the supportive comments for Paul Gascoigne throughout yesterday. However, I have noticed quite a few comments suggesting that in some way, the man’s problems were created or at least made worse by his time at Ibrox.
Now far be it from me to defend that shower, but Gascoigne was a heavy drinker long before he signed for the Huns. I don’t think it does anyone any good to use such a sad situation as a stick with which to beat other people, even The Rangers.
It is the sort of thing Huns do regularly. Let’s rise above it.
4-0 Celtic.
Stephen Nolan on twitter….
@StephenNolan: It was a real honour to be at the @antanddec show tonight . If you haven’t seen the show – get down to the Odyssey – it is fantastic
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Here’s one for yous lot who like a wee flutter…..odds of HamiltonTim coming on here and saying likewise after the Maribor game next week?!?!
;-)
HH jamesgang
Geordie
Carneyhill
Off to ICT the noo
Sorry forget to add
Tonneee Donnelleees green and white army
Tonneee Donnelleees green and white army
Probably been posted before
Worth looking at again….
The more things change etc etc
Stuck behind a tractor !!!!
Farmerbarlimowcsc
Twists Cheers duly noted:)’
BRTH shared…..R.I.P. J.McG.
H.H.