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.
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Fred Colon
Nice post
RIP James Docherty
MIT
Why don’t you just post all the swearies you know, one at a time, and then you’ll know, from those which remain, what is, and what isn’t acceptable ;-)
That said, Being of a legal bent, I’m sure you know words which most of the rest of us would just squint at and say “eh ?”.
Wee DBBIA III is gettin’ a bit of grief from his gums with the ole teethin’, so I am hopin’ that sittin’ him down in front of the DVD of the Demolition Derby[I would like to commend the ole CQN Book Club for their excellent service on furnishing this item] will do the trick.
Maks sense tae me, and it maks sense tae Mo.
Fred Colon,
Condolences on the loss of your friend. May he rest in peace.
BEATBHOY
No, no, I managed to get the the potato, spinach and feta fritata with the… Oh. I see what you mean..
BEATBHOY on 30TH JUNE 2017 3:42 PM
Davidopoulos
She’ll be in for the toofur £10 deal, including vino, but at this time on a Friday it’ll just be the veggie shite, fruit boxes and the fresh orange juice left.
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Fruit boxes? Somehow that’s not the sort of boxes I can see Fatima eating.
Bateen Bhoy
Have to make sure my dear old mum isn’t reading when I do that …. as she always says, I may be bigger than her, but not big enough that she cant give me a skelp aound the ear!
Legal ones are not nearly as much fun …. ‘my learned Friend’ (used to refer to opposing counsel) can mean either ‘opposing counsel’ or ‘that f’n numpty over there who couldn’t spell law, if I spotted him the l and the a’… its all in the intonation, which doesn’t always come across on line.
‘Feta Fritata’?
-is he not the latest ace to come aboard Pedro’s revolution?
Davidopoulos
I had to hurt someone to get the Oakham Chicken, the sticky toffee pudding and the last bottle of Shiraz once. Her daughter shouted as I ran to the checkout, “I’m 73, but I could still take you, ya fud!”
DONTBRATTBAKKINANGER on 30TH JUNE 2017 4:02 PM
‘Feta Fritata’?
-is he not the latest ace to come aboard Pedro’s revolution?
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Thus proving Beatbhoy’s point about just the rubbish being left…
MIT
Ok, you could do it at night, in between Petec’s posts…..no-one could read through all of that and still have the will to delete.
Legalese is a strange language right enough, up there with Esperanto, which i remember some Nun trying to teach me as a kid, or like the Buchan Dialect here in the north-east. Going to places like Fraserburgh and Peterheid is like a trip to another planet sometimes.
BEATBHOY
That deal does bad things. For instance, I now have to drink a bottle of wine tonight because of it…
Tut
FRED COLON – Thoughts and prayers with your friend James Docherty, his family and yourself at this time
HH
Pogmathonyahun
Bet you didn’t get that DVD from the CQN bookstore.
As it happens a pub on Esperanto Way in stoke is called la verda stelo – the green star – which is of course on the esperanto flag.
slowcqndayCSC
So Celtic play in la verda kaj blanka aros
reallyslowcqnday
James (Doc) Docherty R.I.P
So the GB needs to get a grip of ‘venu al vi knaboj verde’
somebodystopmeCSC
FRED COLON on 30TH JUNE 2017 1:18 PM
So sorry to hear of big Doc’s passing. I am privileged to be able to call Jim Docherty my friend also. I sat behind him when I used to sit in WS2 where I had my ST before moving to 105. The last time I saw him was the night we were handing out flyers a CP for Wee Shay’s raffle. I recognised the Car advancing towards me and there was his Daughter, MC driving and his friend GC in the back.
Please text me the arrangements and I will do my best to go and pay my respects.
May God Bless the Soul of Jim ‘Doc’ Docherty.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Interesting wee snippet from Craig Gordon when co-commentating on Wednesday. In training, when Callum McGregor is on your team you don’t normally lose.
fred colon.
my condolensces.
can i ask when he lived in bargeddie?
Moussa aiming to turn Champions league dreams into reality
http://www.celticfc.net/news/12856
Fred Colon
Rest in peace James Docherty.may perpetual light shine upon him.at rest now with his partner.
HH
Fred Colon: Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, James Docherty.
Ar dheis lámh Dhé go raibh a anam uasal.
Foghorn Leghorn .
James lived in Gairbraid Terrace in Bargeddie up until the mid eighties when he moved to Uddingston .
However , he did sort of return to Bargeddie in the 2000s when he took on the Road House pub .
Some terrific nights in there on Celtic champions’ league way nights .
Every day a school day on CQN. I didn’t know anything about this 2 eat for £10. Presently sitting outside M&S at the Metro centre using their WiFi, £10 duly spent and a free bottle of 13% Grenache Syrah. Only problem is the other half is Brunei. Nae wonder I’m a fat bassa.
Ps, nae sign of Fatima Whitbread here only Nooky Brown.
mon the billy – one for the dup fans among us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liNnCKPeEv0
BBC Sevconia TV headline news……………….
‘Gers confident they will finish the job in Luxembourg’
LOL csc
RIP James Docherty. Will light a candle for the repose of his soul this weekend.
Jobo Baldie: Just spent 2 weeks in Cavtat which is about 20 km from Dubrovnik with a half-hourly bus service and innumerable boat trips which take about 45 mins.
Stayed at Hotel Croatia which a 5 star price hotel for 3-4 star standard IMO
I would recommend Cavtat to anyone however. A beautiful scenic town with lovely people who speak better English than I do ( A ken A ken) full of bars and fantastic ice cream parlours!!
Prices in bars are roughly 2.70 to 3.20 £s and a ‘pokey hat’ is £1….
Spoke to Scottish couple who did Hotel Croatia last year but Hotel Cavtat this year and loved it.
Not surprised WEEBAWBABBITY visits regularly.
Needless to say prices are for pints of lager albeit 500ml!!
fred colon
cheers.
talking to a bargeddie man in ek about it now
must be the same age as your man as he knew him from back in the days
was he known as ‘chasm’ and his old man a counciller?
Whitbread watch update: nae idea where she is. That was hours ago and I’ve opened the M&S bottle of wine…
Pog
My wife is Scotch and yet I still have to drink the whole bottle alone.
Fred Colon
Your friend sounds like a fine mhan.
RIP James Docherty.
My god is this place just a clique ,you can tell a blatant lie to to help your argument,but if your a multi poster your name or names are mud,hun believable -:)))
“are Celtic our only team competitive in Europe, or is there at least one other?”
Its been a while since Celtic have been competitive in Europe.
Maybe they will be this year.
What’s this “our” business?
Now that the Govan gerd muller scored last night and has a little bit of history having scored for us and the sevco in Europe I presume he scored for the original ebt eleven so does that mean he scored for the three Glasgow clubs in Europe?
Another world record:-))