Photo by Vagelis Georgariou, Biglens.
Almost exactly 10 years after Celtic fans alleged Porto’s adherence to the rules was less than faithful, when they won the Uefa Cup after extra time, their creative genius, Deco, failed a drugs test a substance used to mask performance-enhancing substances were found in his blood.
Is anyone surprised?
Congratulations to the Celtic under-20 team on securing league and cup double, the fourth consecutive season Celtic youths have recorded this achievement. John Kennedy and Stevie Frail’s operation is years ahead of what was previously known as their domestic competition.
Celtic have been fine-tuning youth development since Tommy Burns returned from Amsterdam all those years ago with new strategies, some of which are still being used. The cream graduate as Champions League players, but Celtic are pretty much running elite-level youth development in Scotland, a fact made clear when you look at the enormous number of Celtic training academy graduates earning a living across the rest of the league.
It used to be the case that Celtic wasted young talent. Perceived wisdom was “Go to Aberdeen or Dundee United, they’ll turn you into a player”. The opposite is now true.
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I did read the row you had with sftb. I read his post expressing why he felt he needed to take a break for 125 days, he put it very well and I had to agree with a lot of what he said. It was his choice and he will either be back or decide this is just a blog and was taking up too much of his time anyway, like fitba its supposed to be fun isn’t it?
My Dear Friend,Kojo…..
So The ‘Chorus-Line Gals’ Are Still Shoutin’ The Odds….?
They’ll Soon Get Bored…..
An’ Find A New Distraction…..
Noo That The ‘Organ-Grinder’……An’ His Jedhi-Knight ‘Monkey’……
Urnae Settin’ The Tempo….
For The ‘Lynchin’ Hootenanny’….
Right..? Right..!
Yer Pal…..Who Thinks Ye’re The Cat’s Pyjamas.
ANGEL GABRIEL
Marvellous evening,and I hope we do it again.
Living where I do,I miss my family,and I miss my friends,but a phone call will sometimes bridge that gap to an extent.
That face to face craic,well.
Magic.
Timbhoy2
Free seats versus empty seats.
£25 versus a fiver.
You continue watching s***e.
Champions.
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. The Singing Detective..
Hiya,Pally..??
Great tae greet ye.
Ach.. Who Cares whit THEY THINK?
Here is Ma Team fur Sunday..
Nogren(?)
Heck.. Let’s See whit kinda Young Goalie, we hiv goat.. they tell me he is a
Shmasher…
Start over..
Nogren
Fisher Ledley
Forrest, Broonie…why no? he his Started trainin’… Lustig ..If he is Available.. Mulgrew..if he is available.. Tom Terrific, George,
Atajic and Watt.
Howdya Like.. dem Apples?
Kojo
Still.. Laughin
KOJO
Like it or not,prevaricate and dissemble as much as you like,your reply was little better than SFTB said to you.
He took the honourable route.
Are you a man of honour?
Will you do the 125 day penance?
Will you even admit to being guilty of something you have previously railed against others for doing?
Just asking,since you and yer pals are here.
Not the least bit worried by being outnumbered by you,bring it on.
Your acolyte is next to be pulled up.
Gotta Amble .. Campbell..
Seeya..
Kojo
Still..Laughin
Bobby Murdoch etc
Let it go.. Pal..
Let it go..
Time tae Move oan,son.
Maks sense tae me.
Kojo
Still Laughin..
Bye..
BOOMER
Me too,and effin’ LOADS of us did.
It really ahem annoys me that he decided that he would do as he did,and I totally understand why,and leave us wi that pair of zoomers.
I am looking forward to the end of his exile as much as I used to look forward to the end of Lent.
James Sanderson
“Were you at the game?”
Caller
What?
James Sanderson
“Were you at the game?’
Caller
Eh………….. no
Dedicated to Celtic fan setting free the bears CSC
Evening again
Sorry guys, had to spend a bit of time ensuring my guests left my humble abode. You know what those Toryglen boys are like!!
If your still on…
thetimreiper
Tell B that Andrew was asking for him, lovely big guy, bit older than me but couldnt have been nicer.
Greensideup
Aye he is a one off!!
He’s over every few years now, gets smaller but funnier everytime I see him. My Uncle Paul has a great story about Peters bravado when he moved over there as a young man.
Hopefully tell you some time.
HH and sorry couldnt respond sooner guys, hope you read back
Few beers with real faces, and a soft drink…..! But yep, we are a unique breed, nothing will change my opinion of Glasgow Celtic, and it’s following……
Bob, nice to see you are working overtime as out cultural attache in Ayrshire. When you go back to your day job at the UN see if they’re looking for a handyman with a screwdriver, and geez a shout.
There’s been quite a lot of angst on the blog today about those who want to see the hun horde at CP and those who don’t. Where do I sit in this finely balanced situation?
I’ll sit on the fence and say, I want them gone, dead, finished, liquidated (in the proper sense of the word), never to be seen again, never to be talked about again (except when we’re laughing and joking of the demise), I don’t want their vile support to set foot inside paradise again………….ever. When we pumped them at the end of last season and the Glorious Green Brigade foretold their future, that was good enough for me. Nirvana was reached, it only gets bettered by beating teams like Barcelona.
I’ll probably think about this again in a few minutes and come up with a less moderate view.
Hmmmm. No huns ever again in CP,
ACGR says No.
Celtic
Mentioned a couple of things at random earlier and turns out guys in here know my Uncle who has lived in Toronto since the 70’s, guys who know my family and families I would consider friends, guys who lived up the street fae me when I was a boy.
Someone said earlier I was too young for this blog? :) am 1982 btw I’ll tell ye why I stumbled upon this place and never left.
Special place this, we all owe Paul67, I know I’d miss it even if I dnt post that often.
HH
Listening to the inane pro servco propaganda last night on Clyde ….
We should have done something to keep servo in the SPL irrespective to the fact that the club was deid and liquidated …
So letme get this right …..
Two fierce rivals …..
One runs it’s business correctly …
Whilst the other rakes up success by being completely irresponsible..
Like I said …one club is prudent and drives its debt level down
The other is reckless
Using tax avoidance schemes to the tune of tens of £millions
Sells its media rights to NTL for £15m
Takes £40m investment from ENIC
sells its catering rights for £millions
Sells its merchandising rights for £25m..
Sells debentures for seats for £tens of millions..
Takes £20m from king
Sells players that they havent even paid for…
Bumped creditors for tens of £millions
Takes £1m investment from lotto lout Mikey Carroll …
All these tens of millions …
Used to but success…
And what do MSM suggest…
Let that newly formed zombie back into SPL
COMPLETELY DEBT FREE
All those contracts now null and void
free to negotiate a new shirt deal
Free to negotiate a new sponsor deal
Free to negotiate new advertising
Free to negotiate new media deals
Free to negotiate new merchandising deal
Free to negotiate a new stadium naming rights deal
Free to have a share issuefar more lucrative in the SPL
A bright new shiny club
With £40m + in the bank to start at their greatest rivals again??????
All for the best of the game???????
Aye! Very good !
These are the same media who thinks its funny that chuckles ‘shafted’ Whyte !
Delusional
ACGR SAYS NO
I reckon we have a new list,so
BMCUWP SAYS NO
Anyone else like to add to it?
Timbhoy2 can start his own list,btw.
MICKTT
Great night,and don’t kid on that the soft drink was yours!
I hope we do do it again,with the mutual acquaintances,ah,sod it,I can feel another hootenanny coming on,haha!
pauloantony, Mr Carrolls neighbors must be pishing themselves with laughter now. His scrapyard is about to become setaside for a farmer. Clearing up his hun junk might require a specialist team in special, specialist cleaning up hun junk special suits before tatties can be planted;-)
No huns ever again.
HH
PAULOANTONY
Aye,what’s your problem,caller?
Move along,Timmy,there’s a seat at the back of the bus wi yer name on it,nothing to see here.
Effing banana republic,so it is.
Bob, when are you off back home? Are you here for the game on 11th? A Coias meet is already arrranged for myself & PC67 + nippers x 2.
Let me know and I’ll add to the booking.
ACGR
Off to my cot,have to behave myself in the home of the Righteous-my Mum- so call me tomorrow if you have a few minutes.
Nowt important,joooooooooost a blether……
Re Paul’s article
Well done to the Young Team for doing the double again
and their Captain.
.
.
.
step forward
JOHN HERRON
ACGR
Meeting with a few lads in Bristol on the 11th.
Home,jings,tomorrow.
Heavy heart,light wallet,fantastic memories.
Family will almost defo be in COIA’s that day and will doubtless say hello,quiz you about the hootenanny,etc.
Just remember,I was one of the guys on the softies,good boy,me.
I got a letter from Neil Lennon today. He more or less told me that I scored the winner against them spanish duds.
Some man is oor ginger leader, what an honor for me to recieve a letter from Neil Lennon.
He wrote to young ACGR too, but he wouldnt divulge the content of his letter, the cagey wee bampot.
Where does Mr Lennon find the time?
Amazing.
Bobby says:
“Family will almost defo be in COIA’s that day and will doubtless say hello,quiz you about the hootenanny”
……………………………….
Even if they applied thumb screws, my lips are sealed, unless they buy me a puddin:-)
Have a safe trip home bro. You organised something special and I will never forget that.
You are Celtic
Imagine you participated in a sports phone-in, let’s say football based. Imagine it was discovered that some of the callers were also interns, production staff or associates of the presenters. Obviously this couldn’t happen in Scotland, because as that modern day Samuel Pepys, Jim Traynor, stated, Scottish journalists are above reproach and are people of integrity. But just imagine it did.
SSB would be a better programme if it had competition from Real radio, for example.
“”we should definately keep ” up to our knees in fenian blood”……..that’s not negotiable in my view””.
………………………….
This is the opinion of nazi hun 1 on nazimedia on the thread “return of the billy boys”.
Nazi hun 2 has a different take on the question.”We’re up to the knees in Fenian blood, I wish it was my neck! “.
……………………………………….
And some of our support are beleived to want them back?
Really?
off oot fer a shower and a vigorous scrub down
Whilst the MSM are churning propaganda in support of sevco, they are not looking at the facts. As long as the MSM continue to ignore the facts sevco’s position worsens. SSB are doing sevcovians no favours. Sevcovians who buy STs based on propaganda deserve all they get, ditto the shareholders.
As van Holding said to the Count: ‘stay deid!!!’
Van holding?????= van Helsing!!!!!
The Greatest of All Time
The Rise of the Modern Nazis White Power USA Part 1
kit, brilliant vid there pal. Ali was a bad boy and a stirrer but he’s the kind of guy you’d want in your team when some huns bothered you up the toon.
I skipped through it but I’ll watch the whole vid tomorrow.
busyengineer.com
Fanx
Nazi America: A Secret History
Hoi Kit, I see you like the piping. This is the kids from Barra High school next door to where I stay when I visit that holy place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHxZ47e3GxI
Ten pipers pining.
Kit, the other place I visit is here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYOrPTmXfsk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO8r0_X29ak
Heaven on earth is an island five hours from Oban.
Timislanddotcom
:-)
The Vatersayboys at the barrowlands. Much more professional but just as they are.
myheartbelongstobarra.com
Peaceout and love
We Are Celtic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VfoxVGO-mk&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Oops, ra link.
Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation by H. Michael Sweeney
Note: The first rule and last five (or six, depending on situation) rules are generally not directly within the ability of the traditional disinfo artist to apply. These rules are generally used more directly by those at the leadership, key players, or planning level of the criminal conspiracy or conspiracy to cover up.
1. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. Regardless of what you know, don’t discuss it — especially if you are a public figure, news anchor, etc. If it’s not reported, it didn’t happen, and you never have to deal with the issues.
Example: Media was present in the courtroom when in Hunt vs. Liberty Lobby when CIA agent Marita Lorenz “confession” testimony regarding CIA direct participation in the planning and assassination of John Kennedy was revealed. All media reported is that E. Howard Hunt lost his liable case against Liberty Lobby (Spotlight had reported he was in Dallas that day and were sued for the story). See Mark Lane’s Plausible Denial for the full confessional transcript.
Proper response: There is no possible response unless you are aware of the material and can make it public yourself.. In any such attempt, be certain to target any known silent party as likely complicit in a cover up.
2. Become incredulous and indignant. Avoid discussing key issues and instead focus on side issues which can be used show the topic as being critical of some otherwise sacrosanct group or theme. This is also known as the “How dare you!” gambit.
Example: “How dare you suggest that the Branch Davidians were murdered! the FBI and BATF are made up of America’s finest and best trained law enforcement, operate under the strictest of legal requirements, and are under the finest leadership the President could want to appoint.”
3. Create rumor mongers. Avoid discussing issues by describing all charges, regardless of venue or evidence, as mere rumors and wild accusations. Other derogatory terms mutually exclusive of truth may work as well. This method which works especially well with a silent press, because the only way the public can learn of the facts are through such “arguable rumors”. If you can associate the material with the Internet, use this fact to certify it a “wild rumor” which can have no basis in fact.
“You can’t prove his material was legitimately from French Intelligence. Pierre Salinger had a chance to show his ‘proof’ that flight 800 was brought down by friendly fire, and he didn’t. All he really had was the same old baseless rumor that’s been floating around the Internet for months.”
Proper response: You are avoiding the issue with disinformation tactics. The Internet charge reported widely is based on a single FBI interview statement to media and a supportive statement by a Congressman who has not actually seen Pierre’s document. As the FBI is being accused in participating in a cover up of this matter and Pierre claims his material is not Internet sourced, it is natural that FBI would have reason to paint his material in a negative light. For you to assume the FBI to have no bias in the face of Salinger’s credentials and unchanged stance suggests you are biased. At the best you can say the matter is in question. Further, to imply that material found on Internet is worthless is not founded. At best you may say it must be considered carefully before accepting it, which will require addressing the actual issues. Why do you refuse to address these issues with disinformation tactics (rule 3 – create rumor mongers)?