I’m not going to laugh at results against Luxembourgers or Lithuanians – it’s not so long since Gibraltarians bloodied the nose of a team who went on to become invincible treble winners. Scottish clubs have a long history of pitching up in June and July wholly unprepared for European football.
These results only retain the ability to concern if they are not resolved by remarkably improved performances. Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic grew in stature last summer until they became a competitive Champions League team in the autumn. Others may do the same this season.
What will be clear long before the lottery of the European play-off rounds, is where the gaping chasm exists in Scottish football: are Celtic our only team competitive in Europe, or is there at least one other?
Neither you nor I care who competes in the Europa League, but failure there if Celtic progress to the Champions League will compound an already acute challenge for the Scottish also-rans.
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Episode 2 of ‘A Celtic State of Mind’ finds Paul John Dykes and Kevin Graham discussing a variety of topical subjects concerning Celtic Football Club, including:
* Callum McGregor: The Youth of Today;
* Death of the Cult Hero;
* Norwegian Wood – Ronnie Deila’s Exit Interview;
* Farewell to The Stone Roses;
* Hillsborough: The Truth.
Paul John Dykes also chats to SFA President, Alan McRae, to challenge him over recent comments made about Celtic’s domination of Scottish football.
Connect with A Celtic State of Mind @PaulDykes and @CQNMagazine or just listen using the link below…
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WBC
With Pedro`s signings:
We Are the Papists.
“Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.”
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
HOT SMOKED
Rather ironic and fun to see the sevconians in sheer desperation, depending on Kaffliks to beat Celtic:)
HH
Aye, but they’re no roman kafflics…they’re portugese and mexican kafflics…they’re different, int they?
https://thecelticblog.com/2017/07/blogs/a-celtic-fans-open-letter-to-the-sfa-on-caixinhas-hate-filled-code/
I doubt very much that this is Pedro’s code, how the France would he know anything about We Are The People this is driven from within the directors of the club and as such should be seen at the very least as bringing the game into disrepute, it won’t of course in Scotland Regan and Doncaster will be greasing up right now to play “act the goat ” for King and Co.
WeeBobbyCollins
Im sure it will be fun in that dressing room this season.
And of course, the sevco kafflik players will be hearing all about Celtic on their nights out in town:)
You can imagine: Celtic supporter to sevco player, ” You do know that they hate you because you are a Catholic?”:)
HH
BMCUW
The only court I’m interested in at the moment is the one meeting on Wednesday, when,hopefully, a verdict will be reached that will leave no excuse for not clearing out the Augean stables of the SFA/SPFL.
To all the Pedro bashers.
Mocking can be catching.
As for the green boots farago.
Many time on here I questioned who was writing the West of Scotland script for Charles Green.
On selective bigotry.
On the morning of Lisbon 67, a workmate told me that he hoped Celtic would beat Inter as he preferred seven Catholics, as opposed to eleven winning.
BEATBHOY on 2ND JULY 2017 12:18 PM
BMCUW
The only court I’m interested in at the moment is the one meeting on Wednesday, when,hopefully, a verdict will be reached that will leave no excuse for not clearing out the Augean stables of the SFA/SPFL.
Just remember that Celtic is one of the horses living in the grubbiest of stables.
Although I suspect that it will do me no good,should the appeal be dismissed, I will be writing to PL asking what he is going to do to recoup the damage done my, admittedly miniscule shareholding.
Wonder how long it will be before the old one about importing blue grass from Kentucky raises its head.
Quonno
The bigot sevco mob are so far gone, thats its laughable.
Seriously, banning green boots. That shows the sheer ignorance and stupidity of these morons.
You can only hold them in contempt and ridicule them.
They are warped. That is hardly our fault.
Hopefully they will decide to boycott Celtic Park.
That would be wonderful.
HH
Pedro says, “We must play more vertical football within the 1-1-2 diamond formation in the first phase and then we can to change it to a 1-2-1 formation during the second phase and this can to make us more aggressive which is what this great club and its best fans in the world deserve because we know the other people hate us for our beautiful football but what do you expect from players who are wearing green boots and playing on green grass? How can they see their feet?
Quonno
And who’s forgetting that?
I’d be amazed if you’re going to be alone in putting some overdue questions to PL et al, no matter what the expectations of getting a satisfying answer may be.
I see Johnjames mentioned the upcoming CQN podcast with SFA President McRae in his blog yesterday.
“It should be revealing”.
Eggs Benedict anyone.
3 more sleeps, to coin a phrase.
Time to circle roon’ the skwerr!
The mind never fails to be boggled by the goings on from that mob.
Banning green boots is rediculous.
But I must admit to doing everything I can to avoid use the blue or orange mugs in the kitchen for my tea and coffee. I also take care when buying items clothing to steer clear of these same offending colours. If its got to be blue then it has to be a shade that is not “light”.
Am I verging towards bigotry or is this normal?
Quonno…accompanied by green peperami of course…and supped through a green straw from an old green boot…
Bamboo
Everybody has colours they prefer…I dont like Red.
But to extent that to football boots…..is typical hun stupidity.
As if that is going to help them:)
Our bhoys could beat sevco in their bare feet:)
HH
Bamboo.
You have blue and orange mugs ffs no coming over 2 yours for tea :-).
In answer to your question though maybes aye and maybes naw :-).
Hope that helps.
H.H
One should never be offended by a colour. It’s all very well having a favourite but…
Frankly words almost fail me with this no green boots /WATP nonsense emerging earlier today. I blame Caixinho for being so stupid as to put his name to this but I especially blame the 2 onion-heads whose fingerprints are all over this. One is a convicted criminal and the other a useless, ornamental PR operative. Watp has clear sectarian connotations and they are simply pandering to the extreme elements who will , for example, condone the burning of effigies of the Virgin Mary.
Why don’t they just nail a “we hate catholics” sign to their dressing rooms as that is the true ethos of a club steeped in sectarianism and anti catholic hatred which subsists to this day.
Finally, does “don’t bless yourself” feature on the new written or unwritten code of conduct ?
Sevco huns don’t eat their greens…that is why they are so smelly, fat and ugly. Perhaps they eat carrots…
In the time honoured fashion of Le Petit Merde, Neil McCann and others, Pedro and his amigos will simply concentrate on their bank balances.
THEGREENMAN
Colours don’t bother me in the least,quite happy to wear blue on occasion.
But,like yourself,I tend to avoid red.
Clashes with my eyes…
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 2ND JULY 2017 1:05 PM
Sevco huns don’t eat their greens…that is why they are so smelly, fat and ugly. Perhaps they eat carrots…
What is so offensive about being smelly, fat and ugly.
Ok guys…no green boots-no green peperami-no eggs benedict-no blessing yourselves on the park…
Aye indeed, a club like no other (except linfield)…
MAZZY
Oh,nailed it!
Yeah, got to hand it to Pedro, that is a master stroke.
Banning green boots will really improve his players:)
Voodoo management. What can go wrong eh:)
HH
Apologies Quonno…are you really so ugly? :-)
There are 3 of us in my household, me Mrs shades and shades jnr .
Going on holiday a couple of weeks ago and we were out shopping for new gear as you do, we also tend to buy new toothbrushes to take with us.
The shop we were in had a pack of 3 brushes, one pink one green and one blue, it also had another 3 pack with pink yellow and blue ones, Mrs said what are we going to do none of you will use the blue one and i always use the pink, nae bother I said buy one pack of each? you can have a spare pink I will take the yellow and he can have the green one, and bin the f’n blue ones.
Problem solved.
H.H
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 2ND JULY 2017 1:12 PM
Apologies Quonno…are you really so ugly? :-)
Thanks. Makes a change from being described as being a Hun
Hun team mates check out the new approved footwear…
https://goo.gl/images/EtsG1x
BMCUWP
Colours can produce violent reactions.
For example in relation to state institutions.
Imagine the effect of painting the interior of prisons or psychiatric wards, red, orange, or black.
Red spells danger:)
HH
I believe that Paul le Guen once compared the red, white and blue orgy THEY took the field as being akin to National Front rally.
Boli and The Cardigan.
Boli mouthed off in the French media re Cardieman’s training methods,preparation,tactics etc.He did it after the Deady Bears were humped by some no mark Johnny Foreigner types .
Charly Musonda
Lots of conflicting reports going around. Some say we have bid and the deal is close, others say we are preparing a bid and others saying he will go on pre-season with Chelsea and that Conte has no intention of selling him. From what i have seen of him he looks an incredible prospect, running ability, balance, skill, strength and talent in abundance. Not much in the way of end product to be fair but he was playing in a mid table team in La Liga. Chelsea got stung with Lakaku as they failed to insert a buy back clause when they sold him to Everton so any deal is almost certain to include that. I’m not convinced this deal will happen to be honest however will remain hopeful.
To be very honest the wall painting and choices of footwear are all deflections from the balls up and lies of the new kit deal, squirrel——->