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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Bada,
Never heard of it. :)
The milky bars are on you the morra if that second horse comes in.
frank ryan’s whiskey
15:03 on 22 August, 2014
LiviBhoy
14:54 on 22 August, 2014
!!Bada Bing!!
I believe it’s the week before the election. Might be just the boost to the Yes vote that Salmond was hoping for!
LB
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Doubt that more than a few hundred sevcoites and blood of our blood types will show up at best – that includes their wee bands.
__________
I hope you’re right, but I read last week about twelve thousand are expected to turn up, that’s including the grubby polyester wearing penny whistle players.
!!Bada Bing!!
Enjoy yourself mate.
Plenty going on. Be packed with English this weekend for the bank holiday. Malones for the fitba is a shout if you plan watching the game.
LB
Did I just miss another tip?
Damn u work!
Couple more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_Celtic_F.C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War
Inside every unique snowflake is a particle of dirt.
PF
Forecast £69 to £1. Winner at 3/1. Each way at 20/1.
That’s Ayr sorted:-))))
Africa Football Shop @AfrFootballShop · 2h
UPDATE: Ghana winger Mubarak #Wakaso [@WakasoBobby ] is in Paris to secure a work permit ahead of his proposed loan to #Celtic #AFSTZ
The Onlooker
You are possibly correct. I was at the first two games that season as well as the pre-season tournament and thought 10-in-a-row was a stick on.
In my opinion the game changer was Gough getting over confident whilst we played at Ibrox and he gave the ten to the air after he scored in a 1-0 loss.
We seemed to be galvanised after that. That evening the Blarneys Pilgrims played that evening in Bathgate and I was blootered again.
There was a lot of drink taken on that season. The tension was unreal. I was only 19 and daft as a brush in those days though.
LB
TonyDonelly
at 15.45
Pal.. Boy… Ye Goat THAT RIGHT..!
Way Back.. at the Very Beginning.. When This ..
Cockamamie.. Yes.. Cockamamie… Resolution 12 … wiz Foist Proposed
Ah Told ’em..
“Guys, Ye Ur Pushing oan a String”.. Ye wullnae get. .. Anywhere.”
Did they Pey Attenshun..??? Na..
Of Course No..
Fur They ur..
Naïve.. Callow.. Unschooled in the Weys o the world…
Fools Afoot in France..( But..they Wur No Even.. In France!)
Yes, Pal.. You Sure goat the Message, awe right..
Nice Chatting..
As alwiz.. n.. God Rest Peter.. Ah wiz thinkin Aboot him the Ither day..
Man.. He sure could hit a Nice Tee Shot!
Kojo
Still,Laughin
Tony D
“t is not a coincidence that the AGM is coming up soon that the same ball carriers have came on the scene AGAIN because for ages they disappeard after it all went Pete Tong,”
Got to disagree. BRT & H and Auldheid have been here throughout and canamalar and Morrisey, work permitting, have been regular enough.
I think you might have mistaken their reluctance to answer your 118th post of “Are yiz there yet?” for being secretive or reticent. They were probably just bored giving the same answer.
Now, I am off to Inverness for the weekend but I will miss the match because of a wedding.
I want yiz all to behave yourselves while I am away
Africa Football Shop @AfrFootballShop 34m
PICTURE: Scotland bound Ghana winger Wakaso Mubarak [@WakasoBobby ] pictured in Paris earlier today #Celtic #AFSTZ pic.twitter.com/X3iveXHtgk
jamesgang……..if I was 19 I would be a member of the GB.
not only that I would be telling them to man up and not negotiate
with the board……but as I’ve got older I’ve learnt, the GB need
to learn
learnmeanscompromisenotselloutCSC,
….pfayr supports weeoscar
15:46 on 22 August, 2014
That’s the longest sentence I’ve ever seen
And without taking a breath too, amazing.
tonydonnelly67
15:45 on
22 August, 2014
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I gave my shares.
I am delighted with the way things are being handled
I have been kept informed of what is going on, I asked Canamalar earlier (today) for an update, as I (wrongly) thought there had been an announcement, I am content STILL that things are being done correctly.
This MUST be handled correctly. We are in the world of semantics with these slippery characters at the SFA/SPFL, they WILL use every reason not to provide a response.
Look at the Big Tax case, LNS Verdict, Neil Lennon assault in front of a full stadium – on national TV – NOT PROVEN ffs?
This is Scotland, the most Sectarian, Masonic, horrible wee bigotted backwater on the planet………..We need cunning and patience like never before.
I’m 57 on Monday, in all my years I never thought we’d get this close to REALLY shafting the Brethern.
From the Keith Lasley coaching school of tackling
http://www.marca.com/2014/08/21/en/football/international_football/1408650049.html
eddieinkirkmichael
I too wouldn’t mind a link or source re smoke and mirrors and tiny Tim’s info on the GB’s alleged planned Yes protest. There posts were copied onto another forum and denied by a GB member.
LiviBhoy
Another lucky break which helped end 10 in a row was the injury to Marco Negri
He scored 32 goas before Christmas before Sergio Porini reputedly broke his cheek bone with a squash racket .
He barely featured again.
The fact that he hung around the Deathstar for a few more years ( including a loan spell ) gave weight to the rumours that he was refusing to play.
The two rumours at the time were ….
A his broken cheekbone was the result of a fellow player giving him a head-butt ( a player who always referred to himself in the 3rd person)
B he took the huff when The Cardigan gave him the hair dryer treatment.
I go with rumour A
Its amazing that I can remember things from 17 years ago but could not tell you what happened last season
The Onlooker
Looks like Ronny has pissed of a lot of Geordies by saying that if Virgil goes to the EPL it should be to a bigger club than Newcastle.
Their reaction is reminiscent of sevconians at their best.
Mind you they share many similarities: shoite clubs, dumb ass fans, a fruit loop no mark for a manager, the prospect of never winning anything of any importance and of course Mike Ashley.
SFTB
I’m talking about Morrissy & Canamalar
The onlooker
Negri played a pile of times after his ‘eye injury’ but couldn’t repeat his first half of the season heights.
Brt&H and Auldheid where involved yes, they where making the bullets for the said two CQN champions, Canamalar & Morrissy …..and not a shot was fired.
The Onlooker
Negri always struck me as a player there for the cash. He never looked particularly happy even when he was rattling the goals in.
My guess is when he realised what a cesspit of a club he was involved in he wanted out ASAP.
I don;t think he has ever been back there in any capacity and I doubt he ever will be.
He was a big loss to them that season but in all fairness they were a spent force and lost a game at home to Killie I think late on after dominating.
They dropped points to teams they swept aside for many years. We sort of staggered over the line that season and my thoughts have always been that we were a shade lucky but we deserved it after the years of pain. We did only beat them once that season though and that always bugged me a bit. I could be wrong though like I said before a lot of drink was consumed that season. I was more relieved than anything else at the end of the St Johnstone game. In my 20 years on the planet I had attended the football for 15 years and saw us win the league 3 times. Unthinkable now!
LB
nye bevans’ rebel soldier
I too stood shoulder to shoulder with the singers in the jungle every chant every song didn’t know the meaning to most of them but times have changed the GB are a great idea the name never sat right with me then some of the banners that got us fined
Just let us all down
There was nothing better than going away to the European games
The guy standing in front of the supporters at the back of their goals always amazed me as with both ends of Celtic park singing to one another
If they brought more humour to the game that would be a lot better
If Ah wur King..
Ah wid .. Try Big Jo.. (No..No OOR BIGJOE…)
Oot ..
As the Lone ..Lonely, Linwood Striker..
The Morra.. agin the Northern Cluggers.
Ah think that He Wid.. Excel.. in that Role.
Heck.. we sure Need wanna they Thingmies.. Especially, if we Hiv Any Aspirations tae Succeed .. in the C.L..
where…
Everybuddy Knows..
Ye Must .. Set Yer table Seating..
Fur ..Evereee C.L. Confronto..
wi.. Jist…
A Lone Striker… tae the Fore.. at the Heid o Yer table.
as fur the rest.. Ye mus alwiz…
Play..
Deeefense.. Deefense..n ..Hit oan the Break..
That … is the De Rigueur Thingmy..
You Betcha…
Wull Ronny, tak ma Advice?
Ah wid.. If Ah Wiz He.
Kojo’
Still,Laughin
Ray Winstone’s Big Disembodied Heid
16:04 on
22 August, 2014
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Loved his dissing of Newcastle. Used to have a soft spot for them when thewere shite with no support.
I lived/worked in North Yorkshire and watched ‘fans’ ditch Leeds Utd kit for the Geordie kit at their ships passed going in opposite directions.
Pardew is an utterly classless individual, Wonga and Ashley are also fine partners befitting their status in football.
I also have the misfortune of having 3 of their ‘fans’ as aquaintances, no doubt they’ll have some good-uns but the 3 I know have this hunnish idea of entitlement……….why?
GM- fingers crossed ;)
LB- thanks HH
Teachers eh?
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Aug 22, 2014 11:15 By Chris Clements 4 Comments
MARK Turner, head of Dumfries High School, and his former workmate Lesley Wilson were cautioned by police for possession of the Class A substance at a bar in June.
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Mark Turner and Lesley Wilson
A MARRIED headteacher and a depute head of another school were caught with cocaine in a pub.
Mark Turner, head of Dumfries High School, and his former workmate Lesley Wilson were cautioned by police for possession of the Class A substance at a bar in June.
Police questioned the pair after they were reported to be acting suspiciously in a Carlisle bar.
The pair – who both live in Dumfries – were not charged and will not be taken to court.
But the recorded cautions issued by the Cumbria Constabulary could leave their teaching careers in tatters.
A police spokeswoman said: “On June 28 at around 10.40pm police were alerted to two people acting suspiciously at a premises in Carlisle.
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“The two people were ejected from the premises and were searched. Both were arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled drug.
“The 46-year-old man and 33-year-old woman from Dumfries were subsequently cautioned for the offence.”
A police caution in England is a direct alternative to prosecution.
Married Turner has been headteacher at Dumfries High for just over a year and exam results at the school are reported to have soared under his leadership.
Earlier this year, he paid tribute to 15-year-old pupil Scott Couper, who drowned while swimming in the River Nith.Turner, 46, was until recently the depute head of S2 and S3 at nearby Wallace Hall Academy.
He also taught history and modern studies alongside Wilson, 33, who replaced him as depute head after he left in March 2013.
Dumfries and Galloway Council refused to comment and have not confirmed whether the pair have been suspended.
tonydonnelly67
16:11 on
22 August, 2014
Brt&H and Auldheid where involved yes, they where making the bullets for the said two CQN champions, Canamalar & Morrissy …..and not a shot was fired.
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How do you know “not a shot was fired”?
Bawsman
If you have information there was? Then pray tell.
the onlooker
16:04 on 22 August, 2014,
My mate was the maintenance manager in the fitness complex the hun players used at the time, if memory served right it was called living well.
I had heard the rumours about Negri being belted by another player and pestered my mate continually to spill the beans.
After leaving their employment …he did…Gordon Durie lamped him causing the eye damage that was reported.
At the time of said incident , all the staff were gathered and told if the story broke, all would be sacked.
So, we actually have Durie to thank for helping us feck their ten in a row.
Tony D
What time are you going to the Brazen on Tuesday? I went last Saturday but it wasn`t open and I wanted to be at the Flag Unfurling so didn`t fancy waiting `till 11″30.
JJ
Bawsman
12:22 on
22 August, 2014
Why rest players? We need them to get fit and gel as a unit.
Dear oh Dear, hardly even started playing and we are ‘RESTING’ players.
WRONG!!!!!!
Totally agree with you on this.I was banging away about it before the Legia game.
I cannot see the point in resting ,say,players from the back 4 who are still not up to speed with each other.They need work.Same with the strikers.Hardly know each others names,never mind playing style.
Totally baffled by this concept.If they had been playing together for a season,by all means,at this moment,never.
tonydonnelly67
16:23 on
22 August, 2014
Bawsman
If you have information there was? Then pray tell.
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How do you know “not a shot was fired”?
You made that statement, you must have proof to back it up?
Let’s hear it?
Twisty
could you drop me a line re Hamilton I have good friends going tonight
I read the last hread ….deary me. A new low for CQN and just as things seemed to be improving. Ten years and that along with MR. Z’s treatment recently. Wao the new Old Firm is not going to be pretty.
EXCEPT
Gordon_J what an excellent post sir. First class. You can represent me anyday.
ALSO
TBB
fascinating stuff on the BBC. A wonderful read.
Maybe you two can offer to help Paul67 lead articles.
I read facebook and saw the GB statement. I reckon the referendum and no standing areas might be the problem here.
HH
Resting most of the first pick for Tuesday, is of course, imperative in our preparations for Tuesday. It’s a professional approach that speaks volumes in getting the most important muscle of all, the brain in the right place to ensure we have the best chance of hearing that wee ditty well into Winter.
It’s tragic (use of emotive word intentional) that the Club and the Green Brigade cannot see past their impasse.
I recently attended a Seattle Sounders home game on a beautiful summers evening in Washington State. Pre-game entertainment included a supporters march from the nearby Liberty Square led by a full marching band an hour before kick-off. The band included a bunch of very fit young ladies with a cybal routine. Every last one of them would not have looked out of place on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The march included chanting, singing, beer cans ensconced in brown bags, the pungent aroma of wacky baccy and even the odd sneaky wee pyro.
The Sounders “Ultras” took over once the game began, and what a noise. Drums, chanting and leading the stadium in song was evident the entire 90 minutes. I witnessed the Huddle and continual lateral movement, with not one of them sitting down for nearly two hours. The marching band sat at one end of the stadium, the Ultras at the other and the too and fro exchanges were just magic.
The stewards were smiling, exceedingly polite and helpful. And did I mention this was a crowd of around 42K loud and boisterous fans? Everybody at the stadium talks about football, not soccer.
Not once was there trouble, despite beer and wine being readily available all game long.
Surely if this can happen in some parts of the world, we can at least accommodate a bunch of daft kids???