The day has arrived, 31 August, on a Champions League season, but news has been slow (in general) or there has been no news (at Celtic) so far. Pity help those who were not busy this morning and have burned through a packed of antacids. Deadline day reveals human nature in all its glory.
Last night Ipswich Town agreed a deal to take Daryl Murphy, whom they had on loan last season and the final six months of the previous season. Daryl would have been keen to bring his Celtic uncertainty to an end (he is out of contract when this loan period at Ipswich expires) as he has clearly enjoyed more success in the English Championship.
We didn’t see the best of Daryl but it’s good news Celtic were prepared to release him. He would surely have been retained if there was not a good chance of recruiting a replacement. No promises, of course!
Stay tuned throughout the day. If we have another ‘Robbie Keane Day’ when the CQN server takes a battering I’ll update the Facebook page and Twitter.
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Fholk like
Paul 67 and Matt McGlone should be in control
of Celtic’s PR dept. imo.
News just in………………………….
News flash………………………………………
News just in………………………….
News flash………………………………………
News just in………………………….
News flash………………………………………
We have signed……………………………..
Eh………………………………………………………..
Well…………………………………………………..
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No1yet
Celtic_First
14:38 on 31 August, 2012
Graham Spiers tweets that he has just completed a nice round of golf and he’s off out for another 18 holes shortly.
Yes, the transfer window deadline day is over-hyped, but something about this tells you how far Graham has fallen as an authoritative commentator on Scottish football………………
CF, hope you and yours are well…………
Agreed re Graham Spiers but find it sad that whilst I never thought him to be a scribe of Rafferty or McIlvanney levels; in the current kingdom of the blind sportswriters he could have helped raise said level by being ‘brave’ at the very least………
Instead he sold his integrity for a mess of potage………
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
KevJungle – Murdo..10 men Championees..1979
14:50 on 31 August, 2012
Len Brennan
14:46 on 31 August, 2012
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Brilliant from Tony Watt m8.
Thanks for sharing that.
Hail Hail
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And best of all mate…. he’s still only 18!
Think how good he could become!!!!
Thefuturesbrightit’sgreen&white.csc
HH
/Bishop B
No fantasy Ross Hall names please, bhoys. I’m gullible and tense.
If we have offered 1.5 mill or whatever, I reckon Utd will blink first, they won’t want to be saddled with an unsettled player.
Will be delighted with JR, he will be worth much more in a couple of years, and he is a very good footballer.
Please get him PL.
HT
Yeah good suggestion
Hail Hail
Reuters Top News@Reuters
PHILIPPINE VOLCANOLOGY CENTER ADVISES RESIDENTS NEAR COAST TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND ON TSUNAMI FEAR AFTER QUAKE.
Can Tsunami play SF or SH
BigJoejustwonderinglike
Its driving me crazy this. I just pray we don’t stunt the development of young Tony Watt.
Two new strikers could do this for sure.
8 hours to go
lots of rumours, still no signings
Just looked at CL fixtures – Moscow in October not so bad
Why oh why do we keep hearing about who sevco are trying to sign? Can the media not just scrape that excrement from their shoe? How do you think the fans of Peterhead and Berwick Rangers are feeling right now?
Why are these cheating bar stewards given any air time at all?
I know I’m probably starting to get a bit twitchy thinking about names on our own doted line but I do feel the mob you systematically tried to shaft every club in Scotlland should now just be ignored, completely. They must be loving the attention.
Kayal33
The most common thyroid problems are fairly simple to remedy these days.
On your second point, surely it’s up to the players – particularly given the money they get – to give of their best.
TheBarcaMole
14:18 on 31 August, 2012
“Hail Hail The Keith Waterhouse CSC”
TBM
I recently re-read Billy Liar and Billy Liar On The Moon. The books were so old that they fell apart as I was reading them. The price on the back was 75p. You can’t even get a decent striker for that price nowadays.
you = who
Itay Shechter. Remember him?
Just joined Swansea on loan from Kaiserslautern
One for the girls tonight to celebrate our transfer window and the official dropping of the use of the word sustained. Cheered Mrs Awe Naw up no end last night
A Hugo cocktail
A GLASS OF PROSECCO, NOT QUITE FULL
A TABLESPOON OR TWO OF ELDERFLOWER SYRUP, TO TASTE
3 MINT LEAVES, RUBBED TO RELEASE THE OILS
Optional:
SPARKLING WATER
A SLICE OF LIME AND A SQUEEZE OF LIME JUICE
Pour the syrup into the Prosecco and drop the mint in. Top with sparkling water and lime, if desired.
AikiBhoy
If Tony Watt makes 15-20 appearances that’ll be good development for an 18 year old. 4 competetions and weekend/midweek games up until Xmas gives him plenty of opportunities, especially if Stokes is out for 10 weeks
a wee marquee signing like del piero etc.. would top off an excellent week if we get the other 3
I am so glad I do not have to suffer the scottish MSM!
celt55
13:23 on
31 August, 2012
You may well be correct mate.I hadn’t thought about that scenario.
Don’t think that Braga need to get rid of any of their players anyway,unless they are deemed surplus to requirements – if that is the case then he most probably isn’t all that good.
SFTB….
“What About The Peanut Thrower…? ”
Not Heard About This One….
Perhaps A Stunt By A Third-Columnist…Much Like The ‘Miscreant’ Who Was Caught And Identified…Bringing Along A Problematic Poster To A Major Tea Party Rally…?
Or A Deluded Democrat
Who Turned Up At The Wrong “Party Convention”
To Heckle Jimmi Carter For The Horrendous State Of His Economy….?
Alinski’s “Rules For The Radical”……
The Sinister Objectives Of The ‘Frankfurt Group’
And The Most Wicked Man-In-The-World..George Soros..Obama’s Puppet Meister…..Discuss..
Follow The Play,Old Bean
Aye_Naw_Naw_Aye…??
Been An Edjication….
For YOU….
Still…..Laughin’ Like A Drain….
[Don’t Set Yourself Up,TSSC………..Ed]
Len Brennan
14:55 on 31 August, 2012
And best of all mate…. he’s still only 18!
Think how good he could become!!!!
Thefuturesbrightit’sgreen&white.csc
HH
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You said it m8
Hail Hail
Btw, if you don’t mind….
Tony Watt reminds me of a young
Norman Whiteside(only better) !!!
Itsabouttim said:
“Why oh why do we keep hearing about who sevco are trying to sign?”
I don`t hear about them because I don`t listen to, read or watch MSM in Scotland. CQN and other Internet bampots provide proper information. You said yourself that they should be ignored. Try it. It is incredibly easy.
JJ
Big Swee walks on with Neil Lennon
14:31 on
31 August, 2012
SSN saying we have made a bid for Braga’s Hélder Barbosa…… hmmmmm
Should that not be Arhhhhhhhh
iki
14:51 on
31 August, 2012
Made me laugh out loud. Brilliant.
Very jealous of anyone going to Barcelona or Lisbon. Both great places for trips abroad to see the Hoops.
Went to the Barca game when we drew 1-1 with Hartson scoring. My mate said just before we scored, “wouldn’t it be great if we scored so we could see how many Celtic fans there are here”. We soon found out with cheers all around us and we were in the Barca end! All good natured and no hint of a problem from their fans.
The two consecutive trips to Lisbon for the Benfica games were brilliant. Great city and also no problem with their fans.
Awe Naw
Why would Celtic and Paul McBride help the SNP with the new legislation ?
cadizzy
14:59 on 31 August, 2012 ……………Good man, hope you are surviving ok down in foreign………..
Aye but KW was the head honcho of the Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe………..
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart spotted at Ross Hall
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BigJoecannyHELPit
The Barça Mole
I agree about Spiers, and there was a time when he was a must-read. And there were times, such as writing about junior football, when he was very funny too.
Something in the whole shake-up at the Herald when David Murray asked for his head, coinciding (possibly) with his becoming a husband and father, seemed to change him.
By the way, if the reports about the Philippines are true, I hope you are all safe and well.
I know some of you are missing the ODI
SA 140 for 4 after 30 overs – need to get a move on
comeonyoubhoysingreen – Cricket Quick News
Hearing talk of Efe Ambrose …CH, …………and a striker
Tell you one thing, if we don’t get anyone, I’m steering clear of CQN for a couple of days, to allow any ‘merchants of doom’ to vent their splean …… …..LLOOLLL….!!!!
Should be a good game tomorrow….know it will be a great atmosphere after Wednesday ( best night for a long time)
I was at the Ross County game and Tony Watt changed the game for Celtic, I was not surprised he was MOTM against Caley Thistle, he is going to be a top player IMO.
Hail Hail
Make that 141 for 5
TwoTunTimfromTeddington
15:06 on 31 August, 2012
Very jealous of anyone going to Barcelona or Lisbon. Both great places for trips abroad to see the Hoops.
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Booked a wee 5 days in Barca that week with my wife and kids last night. Tickets are the final hurdle!
Any advice regarding tickets from anyone?
TheBarcaMole said:
” the Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe………..” which reminded me of a presumably pedantic group who despised abbreviations to such an extent that they set up an Anti-Abbreviation Association and called themselves the AAA.
JJ
No-one yet?
I remember (listen tae that auld git…..) yes I remember in the days when apostrophes and inverted commas had their own identity how I used to sit up, ear to the wireless and listen to the stampede of incomers and outgoers across the Rio tweed.
I used to write to Sportsound and have a wee barbecue to accompany Through the Window.
But perhaps my memory is faulty…..remember the Shaun going to Villa Window…right on midnight….we done zilch and I scribbled this…
A wee keek through the window!
With midnight approachin’, our midfield’s still hoachin’ wae journeymen, cloggers, and mugs,
Not wan Ronaldinho or even Robinho, just Willies and Tommys and Shugs.
Disaster’s now pending, there’s nae happy ending and nae tanned Adonis has signed,
He stayed in Milan as part of his plan, tae Sauchiehall’s charms he wis blind.
It’s really a pity The Vatican City amongst the great towns of God’s sphere,
Has also the weather that helps them tae tether, the ball-jugglers who’ve been placed here!
Michelangelo’s art, of St Peter’s a part, and the Pope there tae keep you frae Hell
Has but wan thing of sin, that we chucked in the bin, they created the name ‘Raphael’.
The rumours were flyin’ that we wid be buyin’ some sixteen-year-old wunderyouth,
Frae Rio tae Darvel tae let us all marvel, but reality fell short of truth,
The tabloids were messin’, he wis really depressin’, as he played with his two big left feet,
His dribbling appallin’, his passin’ wis gallin’, if it wisnae sae funny ye’d greet .
And so we unloaded, splay-footed hen-toed’d, tae some millionaire wae the dosh,
Our man wae the tan, who we threw in a van and sent him tae sleep…. wae a cosh.
We tied his haunds tight and drove through the night, we left him ootside this big grun’,
We picked up the cheque, got back in our wreck and left him for Fergie tae fun’.
Sir Alex wis fraught when he seen whit he’d bought, a player we’d called the new Pele
Wae sinister limbs and bi-focal rims and a beach ball….. instead of a belly,
His face quickly drained, his expression so pained, as he thought of those Sundays in Govan,
The stark truth then dawned, he’d really been conned, he’d bought a stuffed fowl fur the oven!
He stared at the sky, said prayers tae on high, “jist how will I get back ma cash?”
A knight of the realm, he’d jist huvtae tell’m, “I wis mugged at a wine tasting bash”.
They never would suss it, for the ‘nose’ that wis russet, after all was the man at the tiller,
They were obviously daft, and quite a bit saft,…. like that time when he’d bought Liam Miller!
So now I sit here, wae hot dogs and beer, an’ ah hope as the minutes tick by,
Ma mood will get better when we sign a jet-setter and midnight can pass on a high!
But wae no Robbie Keane tae play in the green, I fear that the windae’s nae just,
Wae Villa and MON about tae nick Shaun……my God six mair months tae August!
I don’t really expect much to change this time.
Hail hail
Estadio