We should commission a study into what happens to football teams immediately after a big game when they need to play a less illustrious opponent. This week Kilmarnock got a better result against Celtic than Barcelona, and unlike the Catalans, Kilmarnock were away from home.
Cast your memory back five years for a better example. Celtic beat Champions League holders, Milan, remarkably the only time the club have recorded a win against reigning champions, and met Gretna the following weekend, at Fir Park, Motherwell. Gretna were promoted that summer but had cutbacks forced on them, as the financial gamble to promote them to the top flight. Still, a James Grady free kick caught Artur Boruc on his heels. It took goals from Chris Killen (remember him?) and Scott McDonald in the final three minutes to save face for Celtic. Gretna failed towards the end of that season and were subsequently liquidated.
Celtic got the better of both Spartak Moscow and Benfica that season.
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Unew mike,
As I said, throughout his McStay, Danny was his right hand mhan.
Is it so hard to believe he learned a lot from Danny ?
Mike, I often wonder too why Willie mcstay hasn’t went on to bigger and better things
Fyi. It’s Neil
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire,
It was weird, a bit of an ambush.
Although we weren’t talking about fitba.
But when left alone WALLOP….SEVCONIAN.
Probably had to be there but….
2-0
canamalar thanks for the insight seems like I may have been a little hasty perhaps i should have done my homework more thoroughly geordie sorry for the genuine typo
caltontongues,
if I was there you wouldn’t have got ambushed and the whole night would have been spoiled.
:oD)))))
Unew mike,
You can stop that for a start, some of the best debates I’ve seen on here have started with a misunderstanding :oD
hail hail
The ethos of the club’s inception is still valid as exemplified by the words, ” The Celtic Way. “
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
01:04 on
29 October, 2012
caltontongues,
if I was there you wouldn’t have got ambushed and the whole night would have been spoiled.
:oD)))))
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Naw, you would have spoiled my fun:-)
caltontongues,
It’s what I do
:oD))))))))))
Miki67,
The ethos myth is making people rich
The support have taken on the ethos, the club left that ethos lying up a close a long time ago.
CaltonTongues
That seems to be common at Bairds.
On the day Wim and Henke won us the league, Bairds was packed for the home game (so many of us couldn’t get tickets such was the success of wee Fergus’ efforts), the atmosphere was one of a massive party for the whole afternoon. Some pre-Sevco walked in, apparently to congratulate us. Quickly told where to go.
They aren’t to be trusted.
Oh, and I also got a great snog from a lassie who drunkenly thought I looked like Rico Annoni.
canamalar so to continue the debate so why did we lose 0-2 at home to kilmarnock ? Are all correct the pieces in place or is something still missing ?
FFM,
Your chucked, that the last time you give me a dizzy
Well, until the next time, ya stop out
canamalar,
:-)))))
Unew mike,
I agree with Ma auld da, it was a jumpers on the park display
Turn up collect the points, relied on their reputation and no their skill.
Top down
Canamalar your da seems a wise man i’m sure he always did his homework do you think perhaps Neil and the players and coaches forgot to do their homework on kilmarnock
Canamalar,
:)) Er, I think you’ll find it was you that dingied me last time at Oran Mor as you had a 1st Communion next day.
I accepted that excuse in good faith!
Not likely to be in the D Thurs nights for some time though am afraid, so no chance for you to “buy” me a free coffee. The guinness is still good there though so will let you know next time I’m in :)
One thing I will say disappointed me most, the lack of noise for the bhoys after the effort they put in during the week, that was the time to boost it was poor.
Canamalar mags gave me copy of downfall last night says its a good read. I will get round to reading downfall once I have finished reading Gordon Strachan’s biography that I picked up in a second hand bookshop in Tokyo the other week. So I guess its ok to talk books but haven’t seen a movie for while
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strachan-My-Life-Football-Gordon/dp/0751537489
Movie’s on its way.
To be played by Damian Lewis or Michael Caine?
There’s a guy that frequents Dundee Utd Social Club who is the double of WGS, but his acting credentials are unproven :))
FFM,
Naw, it was the dolphin and you never showed up, I’ve still got my cocktail stick, I’ll never forget the humiliation sitting there alone in a bar full of mhen all talking about football, and me with my best ball gown and having to tell they idiots they didn’t know what they were talking about, my opinion of how the club and team should behave is the only valid and righteous path and if they think different to me they should all just go fourth and multiply. Well guess what, my vision became reality sat on my own all night singing no surrender :oD)))))))
I get what you mean re. the ethos and the club/support divergence. Shame.
I guess things will be different one day. I won’t live to see that. History is cyclical, though.
Greed cannot sustain itself for much longer. Sooner or later the whole rotten edifice will collapse in on itself.
Anyway….gotta sleep….my head says it’s an hour later than the clock. Yet another stupid idea.
Canamalar
:)) Hard bunch there. Did you not boo them to voice your disapproval? I think I know what you mean now. I was just across the road :))
Are you the one that they keep upstairs??? :)))
miki67
Clocks go back tonight.
I checked with my boss on Friday :)
Father Ted the Airplance episode on More4 the now.
“DON’T push the red button”!
FFM thats the book I bought in Tokyo hard back 300 yen
a definite steal
unew mike
Actually quite fancy a read at that.
Very clever (and decent) fella is oor GS I think.
But didn’t he publish it during his Celtic managment? If it had been after, I’d have taken a keen interest in his Celtic years.
FFM yes he did publish it in 2007 during his celtic tenure. was indeed a very astute man WGS and signing Shunsuke Nakamura was one of the many many good things Gordon Strachan did for celtic
Unew mike,
No read it, couldn’t tell you, looking forward reading it in about 20 years inshallah :o)
It’s happening right now, why the copulation would I want to blink :oD))))))
I was there when the flag went up, I was there when he said she said, I really don’t need a refresher at the moment, honest.
Now you, you’ve no been about much, so it has to be a good read, the best ‘Normally I don’t like to say I told you so Gloat but I told you so’ book a tim has ever written, I expect most subsequent gloatfest books to be improvements :o)
The best fun is, he told them so,
This blog has been telling them so for what is it 8 years now, and their own arrogance brought them here.
Stupid Huns he he
unew mike,
Naka in case you haven’t seen this, a must-see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdO733POGDY
canamalar
as my good friend the Dumfries Doctor DBBIA is often want to say “whither the slithering hillbillies today” or words to that effect me I just wish that hector would hurry up and deliver the hammer blow that puts thems out of their misery
do you think minty will get the gaol ?
FFM,
Up the stairs is where they keep my fish heads mmmmmmmm I love fish heads
They keep me in the cellar, they force me to plat chess with grandmasters for money.
Fish heads mmmmmmmmmm
FFM i watched it live a year ago
Unew mike,
They whither like zombies :oD))))
Canamalar,
Gloatfests :)))
A few good men are entitled to publish such a title methinks :))
Lenny’s would sell a stack just on the revelation of what the sneaky one whispered in his ear.
Canamalar
I think I get that actually :))
Did you shine a spotlight on them and make them squeal??
unew mike,
Can you translate? Am sure one of the lassies says ” It’s a mitre, it’s a mitre” They were always the best baws :))
FFM Canamalar
got to guys i have some teaching to do think mags must have sore heid mibbes he’s no gone to work today or perhaps he couldn’t find the keys to his volvo
note to self must post more often
demo shukudai wasurenaide kudasai
but dont forget your homework
sayonara for now
FFM,
Methinks when it’s all over, the Celtic support should dedicate the week most agree, was the most important in their downfall and declare it the gloatfest, in time we could develop it and make it a month to rival octoberfest.
I nominate November, why the rivalry, why not just continue the revelry instead :oD))))