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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JJ
I was in the brazen at 11-15 that sat.you would have got a run up on the bus, Tuesday am not sure if I’ll be leaving from Castlemilk or the brazen, prob. Won’t make my mind up till Tuesday
jungle parrot……”times have changed” exactly pal, we must
adapt,you know what happens when you don’t.
Awe naw
Mr z’s treatment???
Russian authorities treating him like dirt apparently,looks likely to be finalized on Monday.
UPDATE: Ghana winger Mubarak Wakaso is in Paris to secure a work permit ahead of his proposed loan to #Celtic
My guy @WakasoBobby is a born fighter. Honestly Russia is not a place for a black footballer simple as that. Glasgow awaits you bro!
PapaAgyemang August 21, 2014
The ordeal @WakasoBobby has endured in the last 24hrs at the hands of Russian immigration is appalling. Treated like a prisoner
Youthful rebellion is no longer tolerated. Probably because it was too effective. Expressing non mainstream thoughts and ideas is no longer permitted in group form.
When environmental protest groups ate designated domestic extremists what chance to leftist celtic supporters with Palestine and basque flags have of not being targeted too.
I am torn on this. Like others I am past the youthful rebel stage but I admire young people who care enough to focus attention on issues they care about. So.much youth culture here is sexualised, materialistic emptiness but when young people show signs of dissenting from that they are swatted aside.
But it isn’t Celtic’s fault. They are hammered when our youth rebel. Potitis has been artificially removed from football when those politics are coming from the people, from a collective of ordinary folks, although it seems to be allowed if it is part of the dominant narrative (poppy season will soon be upon us for instance)
If there were no sanctions for singing rebel songs, waving flags and expressing legitimate political points of view then opposition to all of that would be minimal.
It is a small part of the destruction of collectivism among working people. Sport is the new Opiate of the masses, and it can’t and won’t be allowed to develop leftist subcultures that might politicise youth, offend sponsors and advertisers and in some small way challenge the status quo.
What makes Celtic different, more than a club is not the charity work, admirable as that may be, it was/ is themail ability the Celtic community has to feed in to the raising of young peoples awareness of history and therefore politics.
Celtic was a large part of my own politicisation as well as being a sporting relief, a shared space with friends and family and the visible embodiment of my personal family history – the idea of Celtic if not the PLC continues to be that but that was always so, the people with their hands on the tiller and sometimes in the till, had bugger all influence on memory on the Celtic family other than to annoy us,occasionally.
And so it goes on. I think the GB need to be smarter, they need to do their rebel stuff outside and their fabulous atmospherics inside.
Those of us who are still genuinely anti establishment – and I don’t mean the board bashers who are missing the point – need to know that we are in a period of severe repression and that means being smart with our tactics.
Bawsman
The only proof I have is the sound of silence, I would assume that’s why not a shot has been fired,?
Unless as I said it’s still all a wee secrete and that was never part of the bargain, was it?
Dear Lord, where to start?!
A couple of points as I’m taking my daughters out for dinner.
The GB have never, ever claimed that they speak on behalf of the Celtic support.
They speak for themselves believing that they give voice to the origins, traditions and ethos of our club.
There are less than 80 members of the GB. There are approximately 400 seats in section 111.
Any statement like the one issued today has one primary purpose, to provide information to those who sit in section 111 but are not members.
People have said that they should have nominated members who deal with separate issues eg banners, speaking with Celtic officials etc.
That’s already the case.
The GB have always said that any banner display will have a relevance to the traditions and ethos of Celtic Football Club (obviously there are Celtic supporters who would dispute whether this has been the case but I’m trying to provide information as opposed to giving opinions).
Celtic have never asked to view a banner or display prior to a match. Ever.
The GB are not ‘daft wee boys’. They are made up of males and females ranging mostly from mid 20s to mid 40s. Most are all the men and women that they’ll ever be.
With regards to politics and the threat of UEFA sanctions or fines I’d like to make a couple of points and then ask a question if I may.
Keep politics out of football?
Firstly, If you stand outside the main door of Parkhead before any home match you’ll see MPs, MSPs and elected local government officials making their way inside. Our own board currently has a Lord sitting on it and in recent times has had a former cabinet minister. At the present time we also have a board member who sits on a Tory government think tank.
Politics and politicians are inside Celtic Park already.
Secondly, UEFA as we well know have been happy to make many political statements of their own.
The death of Mandela and Show Racism the Red Card being two of the more recent high profile example.
My question.
Who on here can honestly say that they’ve never shouted, chanted or sang a song at a Celtic game that the GB and other Celtic supporters are now being criminalised for by the authorities or being denied their season tickets by those in charge at Celtic?
Time for tea.
Hail Hail
Bawsman. Totally agree re the huns sense of entitlement. Their world has never been about merit or fair play, but about “we arra peepel” so everyone else should just bow down and accept their place in the zombieverse.
It’s one of the reasons why they cannot accept what happened to their club, nor indeed the deserts of vast infinity stretching before them, dining at the banquet of consequences.
As for the Geordies, I always like the description of them as Jocks with their brains bashed in.
Was that post from the GB or the Celtic trust?
Time to go Before Chris gives me a punny for disagreeing with him
CQN= Chris Quick News,,,,,,,,,,,
DONT FORGET IT BHOYS
COYBIG
Tony Donnelly 67
Thanks. I will be leaving here around noon on Tuesday. I will look in on CQN and, if you are here, see if you are going to the pub. I would enjoy a pint with you sometime.
JJ
Laugh out loud moment of the day:
Ronny Deila saying that VVD will eventually transfer to a big club, not Newcastle.
Sheer class.
So The Green Brigade will not be allowed in on Tuesday, for seemingly they are going to have placards saying a Yes Vote,why not its free speech,ah but we are not the Oronge Order, who by all accounts are on parade in Edinburgh campaigning for the No Vote,
Hamiltontim
What is the issue with their area? Surely 80 people can be seated fairly easilly.
I don’t understand the issue at the minute with their seats.
I know a Bhoy in the GB. I will give him a call tonight.
Enjoy your scran!
LB
Its not a question of resting players tomorrow, its a question of making sure the key players – whoever Ronny deems these to be – are injury free come Tuesday night when we play as Paul says thee Cup Final. We all know they dont need a rest, but neither do they need a good kicking from the Highlanders.
Ht
Your taking your daughters out for dinner? Eh, somebody seems to be missing from that dinner party:o)
tonydonnelly67
16:37 on
22 August, 2014
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Very telling shots have been fired.
It IS frustrating to wait with no news seeping out but I am assured by a calibre of Celtic supporter I have great faith (and trust in), that we are hitting the target and leaving no wriggle room………………But, they are slippery b******s and are for the watching.
I am a patient man.
!!bada bing!!
16:36 on 22 August, 2014
Russian authorities treating him like dirt apparently,looks likely to be finalized on Monday.
UPDATE: Ghana winger Mubarak Wakaso is in Paris to secure a work permit ahead of his proposed loan to #Celtic
My guy @WakasoBobby is a born fighter. Honestly Russia is not a place for a black footballer simple as that. Glasgow awaits you bro!
PapaAgyemang August 21, 2014
The ordeal @WakasoBobby has endured in the last 24hrs at the hands of Russian immigration is appalling. Treated like a prisoner
He will defo not get treated like that when he arrives in the UK ;-))
nye bevans’ rebel soldier
16:02 on 22 August, 2014
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,
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I hear you pal.
Home time.
HH jamesgang
On any other Friday meetin’ excellent CQNer kitalba would be the highlight but as this mornin’ my daughter successfully negotiated her viva to emerge Ph D [to go along with her MSci and BSc [hons] then Rachel has to take the podium.
She remains my favourite chemist, along with ole Subterranean and Gerry Goffin.
I blame kafflick skools.
The next time the ole CQN hexavalent palladium debate breaks out I shall expect her to help her old man out.
JJ no problem.
Diana Spencer
Died on the Sunday
Glasgow derby at CP scheduled for sky tv on the Monday night was cancelled
Funeral was scheduled the Saturday.
As commented on earlier, Farry got dokey for not cancelling the Scotland game scheduled that day
Also as commented earlier the Glasgow derby was played mid November and ended in 1-1 draw, Alan Stubbs injury time equaliser went long way to stopping the ten
Dbbia
Fantastic news and congratulations to Rachel….again. I’ll pass the news on to Kerri but she’ll know by know.
Is it something in the water up here:o)
Hope you are well also in your retirement but I bet you’ve not really retired.
Living on the love of the commons people 1646
I’d have been a bit more inclined to laugh at that comment if Ronny had made it clear that Virgil is already at a big club.
Bawsman
Well awe a can say is your in the know, I’m not, that’s fair?
DBBIA,
Congratulations indeed to your daughter!
You must be vewy pwoud indeed big fella :-)
Hope you and Kit (and others?) had/have a good day.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
roberttressell
16:37 on 22 August, 2014,
I enjoyed reading your post, especially the last paragraph, if adhered to with the GB, it is their way forward.HH
dontbrattbakkinanger
Uber congratulations to Rachel.
:-)
HH jamesgang
Right. Just finished a pint of London Pride and that has awakened my taste buds. Whatever team Ronny decides on tomorrow, I`ll be supporting the Bhoys from dear ol` Glasgow Town.
Cheerio for now.
JJ
Tiger Twenty Two pumped!
The guy at my work taking an earful of abuse!
LB
DBBIA
As excellent CQNer Philvis might have said, ThumbsUp for young clever clogs Rachel Brattbakk.
living_in_the_love_of_the_commons_people
16:32 on 22 August, 2014
Tell you what
Celtic should accommodate the Green Brigade when they agree as an organisation to pick up the tab for all the fines UEFA impose on the club WE ALL – NOT JUST THE GREEN BRIGADE – support
Or is it ok for them to act like daft kids and we keep picking up the tabs for their youthful boisterousness ?
the glorious balance sheet
16:58 on 22 August, 2014
I think what Ronny was getting at, which was lost in translation, was “rich” club. One day when my Norwegian is as good as his English, I’ll be in a better place to judge.
I get your point, however,
PedanticCSC
Bawsman/RWBDH,
I also enjoyed reading that comment, as I also have no love whatsover for newcastle, their fans, but most especially their twat of a manager.
No class whatsoever.
Disliked him ever since he scored the winner against Liverpool in the 1990 FA Cup semi. Thankfully for me, he has since proven himself to be worthy of my despite.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Ghana midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has finally left Russia to complete his move to Scottish giants Celtic, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.
The results of the 24-year-old’s medical conducted a few days ago came clean with Rubin Kazan also reaching an agreement with Celtic for the loan move to happen.
Wakaso left Moscow on Friday and is expected to be in Scotland later in the evening to meet up with officials of Celtic.
The ex Espanyol man is expected to sign a deal to make his loan move official over the weekend after a work permit request is granted.
He will be handed a squad number and unveiled at Celtic Park over the weekend.
TTT
Those twins of yours must be at Secondary School by now:o)
Hope you’re well.
squire danaher
17:03 on 22 August, 2014
Absolutely, if you read my post, you will see the word “impasse”. By that I meant compromises have to be offered by BOTH sides.
IMHO, Free Speech can be upheld, while staying with the boundaries of safety and corporate requirements- and make no mistake UEFA is a corporation.
What’s the issue with politicians going along to see a football match?. Surely they are just as entitled as doctors, bakers and labourers etc?
If they go along to push their politics on everyone that’s a different matter.
At least politicians have a mandate from their voters, the GB don’t.