Over the summer I could frequently be heard muttering, “We need a left back”. Despite returning from injury at the turn of the year, Emilio Izaguirre was unable to command a regular starting place in the team. His occasions starts provided evidence why. With Charlie Mulgrew the most authoritative central defender in the squad the left back slot looked like our most vulnerable position.
Emilio’s early form this season was no better, especially in the Champions League qualifiers, but recent weeks has seen the player return to his very best. His confidence seems to have returned as he is taking opponents on with purpose which had been missing for over a year.
On this form, we can look forward to seeing him test himself at the Camp Nou.
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Is Bomber resurrectin’ “ra deids” again?
“Ra deids! Ra deids!” Like the wine alleys own Qasi Modo.
Someone posted that James would be the new scape goat. The greeting faced old barsteward that sits beside me in 138 and should know better is never off his back. If your reading this you are a hun…. Hail Hail.
glasgowdave.
I may see you in Lisbon,I’m going there also.
I lost all my pictures I took of the Esta’dio Nacional the last couple of times I was there. So going back again for the game, and to take more pictures.
Ally’s instructions for training:
“Write ris doon urral furget it Durranty…git ri midgets tae punt baws oantae ri dent oan ri endae big Jigs napper…jay git rat?”
“Aye boss…whit aboot phonin furra kebab?”
I’ve no been a Forrest fan for quite sometime, as far as I’m concerned the jury is still out.
Afternoon bhoys, very warm on the hun free mountain.
Before the game against Spartak, nobody gave us a hope.
Barca are a different animal, but they are drawable.
They without a doubt are the best on the planet going forward, not very good at corners, and slightly better than average at the back.
If we are composed, don’t make ANY stupid mistakes, we have a chance of a point at home.
Spartak were 2-1 up very late on in Barca, so you never know.
oldtim67
answer yir phone
The comedians over on RM are having a right laugh with a joke they keep telling themselves…”we’re stulla biggest team in Scoatland”…hahahaha…that is funny!
wonkyradar
I loved the wan when wally slapped him.
These so-called pundits talk of and compare Ronaldo and Messi like they were interchangeable….completely different in style and personality. And Messi, for me, is the more complete player.
What these pundits talk about is a kind of mythological creature they have created in their overpaid, overheated minds : a Romaldonessi.
A nonsense, I know. But these are the myths the sports presstitutes such as the fanastical Jabba and his ilk like to foist upon us. Invented rivalries where none exist.
Like still tagging us with all that o.f. nonsense.
Like puffing up a useless 3rd Div. orcfest, it’s equally useless manager, and its wild and crazy redneck c.e.o. into a great and terrifying beast of blue incredibility.
It’s a wee team with dismal prospects and of no comparison to us.
Punditry : real nonsense.
Strictly yeh, Darcey yeh, annoyin’ yeh?
harryhood I am in 138 and there is an old guy next to me who not only gies James pelters but everyone gets it then normally follows it up with come oan shellick. Could be the same old guy.
HH
I knew Izzy would come good.
Young James just needs time- he’ll get there under the wise council of Lenny.
KTF.
Ps
Medication has sent my spelling to pot.
During the game yesterday
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
Posted
13:22 on
7 October, 2012
32 mins nothing from the mibs.
13m walls
Phantom offsides
40.60 decisions going Hearts way
I couldn’t agree more and I think it’s time we tried to do something about this systemic cheating being perpetrated against us.
The difficulty of course is the ‘honest mistake’ nonsense that get trotted out and the clever way they do give us free kicks but mostly in non threatening positions.
I believe we need to gather objective evidence that will stand up to scrutiny and prove the bias. Starting with Craig Thomson. I did study statistics, for a while, at Glasgow Yooni many years ago and am confident it can be done….. if we can get our hands on the raw data.
Are there any other statisticians out there willing to join me in this venture??
Warszawa.
“Je ne pense pas que mon record à Sevco était si mauvais que ça, quand je regarde en arrière d’au moins je n’ai pas eu papped hors de la tasse de Ramsdens et attelées par Stirling Albion ”
Paul Le Guen – Prétendument (allegedly)
Chuckles is making it up as he goes along in his merry asset stripping way, like a BT Barnum for the hun ned:
“I av come tit be unexpected by tit expected and come tit expect the expected from thy unexpected- and what has left thou most unexpected is very unexpectedness of what thy has come tit expect as thine expectation.”
Now you could imagine him saying this at a press con & not one scots hack asking him to explain the strange sound erupting from the bubbles of his slaverings…he has just signed a poster for Stewart Regan: yours faithfully Stu- f*** off and die!
The mib will say he called it as he saw it.
Therefore not guilty.
Nothing to see here………………………
warszawabhoy…
One of the CQN’rs produced such a statistic last season. Might have been Mort.
According to reports Manchester United are interested in Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama.
The Mirror claims Sir Alex Ferguson’s brother Martin – who works as one of United’s team of scouts – has watched Wanyama several times this season.
United are in the market for a defensive midfielder and Kenya international Wanyama is one of the names on their radar following his impressive form north of the border.
The 21-year-old joined Celtic for £900,000 from Belgian side Beerschot AC in July 2011 and has emerged as a key member of Neil Lennon’s side.
Martin Ferguson has watched him in Celtic’s Champions League games this season, to assess his merits against stronger opposition than he meets in the Scottish Premier League.
Attelees the hun?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2214514/Zombie-nation-More-2-000-Living-Dead-descend-farm-Crawley-set-UKs-world-record.html
2000 sevco fans gather in west sussex field.
Payday lender Wonga set to become Newcastle United shirt sponsor.
Typical APR for a payday loan is about 2400%!!!!
They have no shame.
DBBIA
oui oui monsieur, c’était agréable de vous voir vous promener par le ole Gazebo
There have been 7 earthquakes in Greece in the past 12 hours.
Clearly video footage of Sammi’s latest performances have reached home.
The place is rocking.
Payday lenders are legalised loan sharks – however having an alcohol supplier as our shirt sponsor sits uneasy with me. A large number of teams are sponsored by Betting sites, beer companies etc
BSR- ca plane pour moi, aussi.
Le vieux Gazebo du Triomphe resplendante avec les copains agreeables, c’est magnifique.
Some guy over at RM is asking what Durranty’s role & function is at the club- do these guys not know the complex inner workings of a modern football club?
A. He is the Chief Secretary with Executive Power over all take away menus in the Greater Milngavie-Bearsden food basin. He has final executive decisions over what Ally calls “Pie break”- the problem for Durranty is that long term sheesh abuse has formed his mouth in such away he only knows one word: “kebab!” Hence his enforced reticence on the sidelines.
Ps
Sorry if any kebabs may have been offended by those comments.
Somewhere over the Rainbow
et tous le monde parlent du demise du Guillaumes-mortes au Albion du Stirling, un vrai eclat du rire.
bournesouprecipe – and don’t forget
la plume de ma tante est sur le bureau de mon oncle
Some of Charles Green’s fellow investors are hoping to become Payday Lenders and gather in the wonga like Payday Lenders .
Not long till pay day ———
Ha – Ole Sammi is the King of the Divan
Philbhoy,
I agree with you that will be the initial reaction. But let’s say we could prove that in every game Thompson officiated in we got fewer freekicks than the opposition, fewer in threatening positions, more offsides, our wall 14 yds, the opposition 10yds etc etc.
They can ignore it but it will not go away and at the very least we can use it to build pressure on them.
tomtheleedstim/mort,
Can you confirm this and can I see the stats? You can get my mail address from Paul.
Warszawa
Did they ever catch those guys that put the monkey on that zombie banner? That offended me- some of my best friends are monkeys! Monkeys after all have feelings too! Let the monkey go free…
Frerry Jacka
Greenie’ll be okay and au fait with moneylenders…..demanding dosh with menaces is the forté of some of his new found friends.
Just wait until they expect dividends off his preferential shares.
Or is it all just part of some money laundering scheme?
Either way, Greenie’s just the ticket for the deluded orcs.
warszawabhoy
I did some stats on Craig Thompson last year but haven’t updated it since. I think it was prior to a glasgow derby he officiated last season and only looked at how many fouls a team had to commit before being shown the yellow card.
Since the beginning of 2009/10 Celtic have committed 890 fouls and received 131 yellow cards. That works out at a card for every 6.8 fouls. Our opposition has committed 1,036 fouls and received 189 yellow cards so they get booked for every 5.5 fouls they commit.
In the same period, Rangers have committed 915 fouls and received 136 bookings. This equates to a booking for every 6.7 fouls they commit. Their opposition has committed 979 fouls and received 167 bookings or a card for every 5.9 fouls.
So on average in the SPL, Celtic and Rangers players get away with more fouls than their opposition.
How does Craig Thompson’s performances stack up. One would assume a similar pattern.
Since the beginning of 2008/09, Craig Thompson has refereed Celtic 18 times in the SPL. In the same period, he has been in charge of 20 Rangers games. Included in that are the 5 derby matches he has refereed.
For way of comparison, here are his statistics in terms of fouls committed and cards produced.
Celtic games excluding games against Rangers
Celtic fouls – 148
Yellow cards shown – 24
Red cards – 2 (one for Kris Commons celebrating and one for Ledley vs Hearts)
Opposition fouls – 193
Yellow cards shown – 28
Red cards – 1 (one for Hearts)
Discounting red cards, on average for every 6.2 fouls we commit, we get a player booked. On average the opposition are allowed to foul us 6.9 times before one of them is shown a card.
Rangers games excluding games against Celtic
Rangers fouls – 166
Yellow cards shown – 18
Opposition fouls – 204
Yellow cards shown – 33
On average for every 9.2 fouls Rangers commit, Craig Thompson books one of their players. This is a huge difference from the average of 6.7 fouls per booking. On average the opposition are allowed to foul them only 6.1 times before one of them is shown a card.
Celtic v Rangers
Celtic fouls – 102
Yellow cards shown – 19
Rangers fouls – 90
Yellow cards shown – 11
When you look at the games against Rangers, we get off with a lot less and by extension, Rangers are treated more leniently by Thompson.
We only have to commit 5.2 fouls before we get a booking whereas Rangers are allowed 8.2 fouls before they get a booking.
These statistics do not in any way prove bias from Craig Thompson but it is an anomaly that we need to be wary about. As another comparison, overall in that period, Craig Thompson gives a booking for every 6.8 fouls committed. Funny that his average for both Celtic and Rangers is remarkably different.
Mort
Ha, ha ha ha ha.
http://sport.stv.tv/football/193905-celtic-fan-brian-allisons-winning-goal-against-rangers-hasnt-sunk-in/?
Swiss