Many of our early season concerns manifest themselves in the performances against Dundee. A 1-1 draw at Dens on the last day of the summer transfer window, followed by a 2-1 win at Celtic Park in November, told the story of a club just about getting by on the domestic front.
The Celtic Park win saw us go seven points ahead of Aberdeen on the same games played, but defeat to a Stuart Armstrong goal for Dundee United, and a home draw against bottom of the table Ross County, briefly gave us what looked like a genuine championship challenge.
Something happened at Rugby Park in the first week of the year. Kris Commons was sublime but the improvement in Celtic’s performance was due to more than just him. We’ve won six games on the bounce, without losing a goal, with convincing performances, in all but away to Ross County, who belie their lowly position to squeeze every ounce of effort out of Celtic.
Before last week’s game at Hampden it was possible to find plenty of “Celtic are rubbish as well” comments. We were rubbish, earlier in the season, but you’ve watched the team grow in recent months. So much so that it’s becoming difficult to give an honest opinion on the goalkeeper, he is so rarely troubled.
Forged on the road
On Wednesday we have the Glasgow derby against Partick Thistle, before a trip to Perth next weekend, often a difficult venue for Celtic. That will bring to end a nine game run since New Year, with only one game at Celtic Park. The growth in the team has been forged on the road, often on smaller grounds with variable surfaces.
The return to Celtic Park, on Thursday 19, against the Italians with their famous blue and black stripes, will present Ronny Deila and his players with a bigger challenge. It’s not a must-win game, but it’s an absolutely necessary test to a team who are looking more and more imperious in Scotland with each passing week.
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KevJ
Jeezo, you are really paranoid.
Auldheid is his own clique, Auldheid disny need a clique to operate from.
So you won’t trust him, says more about you than him mi amigo, he is one of the most honest, straightforward people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting, and a top quality Tim and bloke to boot.
Hope you don’t bump into any cliques when you are aff oot
HH
modren knowledge transfer at a personal , rather than fan base,level is rubbish.
eddieincarmichael
They truly are a twisted, despicable lot. Theres nothing I would read coming from their forum’s that would compel me to act in the way they have toward you. They’re a different breed altogether. Scumbags. Hope it all settles down for you once the reality eventually sinks through that they’re killing themselves. ktf
HH
Just returned from a ski trip and find I can no longer access CQN on my laptop….something about the domain !!! Can anyone help ? No problem with access via my mobile obviously.
Shocking treatment Eddie.
For Kevj and others who continually berate our club for their lack of ‘stance’ ‘comment’ or whatever….
Have you actually thought what such a high profile stance would mean for the average celtic fan in the street?
Given the attacks and threats that seem to follow anyone who speaks up I think our club have played this quite well.
Does anyone actually think that mob are going to survive in any meaningful form anyway?
Love CQN and all it stands for….and then Kevjungle posts, so much hatred for our club, unreal! :-(
NTASSOOLLA
I must have missed that-though I have no reason to disbelieve you-and don’t,btw.
That is approaching the same level of disgrace as Eddie has had to deal with,putting you in the firing line through spite.
FWIW,I am glad to see you back on here,even though we nearly always disagree! Some of the moonhowlers sessions on a Thursday into Friday still make me smile.
If you’re still in London and still have the same addy,I’ll contact you nearer the time for a Saturday match watching THE HOOOOOPS if you fancy it.
Caveat-probably wi other good Tims. You won’t have to put up wi my pash all day!
kevjungle
11:07 on 9 February, 2015
Auldheid
10:56 on 9 February, 2015
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I’ll tell you again – on here – so that ye canny twist what I’m saying to you, ok.
You operate – on here and elsewhere – from within a clique.
I don’t trust cliques’s – so It stands to reason that I don’t trust you.
As I’ve said before – on here – we ‘wont’ be meeting up.
I’m going to leave now coz, you’ll try to lure me into a trap were Paul67 will have no choice but to ‘action’ me.
Off oot.
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Bizarre….. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised, I’ve had a few invites to meet with a few bhoys on here, taken them up and they are no different from me. Some I would now call good friends some friends.
All Celtic to the core…
Why you wouldn’t wish to meet up with a perfect gentleman for a few beers and chat about the Tic says more about you….! Bizarre….
Kev most guys on here meet up at some point, most have proven to be successful meets, only on one recent occasion have I heard otherwise.
It’s not about cliques, you get a few surprises too….. just ask me….!
HH
Interesting shift in tone from KevJungle today.
Usually he affects to be unable to string together a coherent paragraph, which is a common internet troll tactic to create plausible deniability.
Today he’s unusually – for him – eloquent.
Where’s Awe Naw and his trollbusting software? (thumbsup)
PHILVISRETURNS
Yes,they were abiding by Swiss law. If it was still 1934!
They were breaking Swiss law when they carried this out,as Switzerland had agreed with the EU to prevent the use of such accounts as a purely tax-evasion measure.
Which HSBC knew full well. Hence comments advising discretion for legal purposes,etc.
Read the article,watch the programme. Make your own mind up whether you are happy to shoulder a higher share of the tax burden because some rich bastards think it’s beneath them.
Morning all.
Firstly: disgusted by what EDDIEINKIRKMICHAEL and his family are going through at the knuckles of those loathesome hun monkeys. YNWA.
Secondly: I despise them more now than I have ever done. Never thought that was possible.
Thirdly: many thanks for the birthday wishes yesterday.
HH!!
EddieinKirkmichael,
So sorry to hear what’s happened to you, your family and those around you.
Do everything you can to get this stopped and fixed, legally.
Remember that YOU have done nothing wrong.
“Our second best [FFin’] defeat.
My Dad says losing to Eintracht Frankfurt in Euro Semi was our best ever defeat. Had we got to the final, Real Madrid would have ran amok.
I reckon todays defeat [against Raith Rovers]- for many different reasons – is the modern day equivalent.”
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“Today was yet another embarrassing defeat in the proud and successful history of our great institution.”
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“He thought the Real Madrid team that he watched tear Frankfurt apart was the best he ever saw. His opinion – was that they would have beat us by a record Euro Final score.”
[Better sticking with a record semi-final score – you love your records, Sammy.]
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“That’s defeatist talk and has no place at [Sevco].”
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“Because team A beats team B by large score line, and team B beats team C by a big score line as well, the assumption that team A will then beat team C by a score line that compounds both large score lines is not and never has been much of a constant factor in football history.”
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“Remembering of course that we would have had “home” advantage had we reached that final.”
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“Agree with all posters re. wanting to play Real in final, when they did play us in Glasgow we only lost 0 1.” [Second leg was tight too.]
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“After today’s game my 6yr old son asked if we could ‘not just support a different team?’ ”
In the interests of putting the simian issue beyond peradventure:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Mandrill_at_Singapore_Zoo.jpg
Anyone know if the draw is on live today ?
MWD
On the ad it’s straightforward – my personal attitude to it.
The only other issue where one to one has been the approach is Res12 and that was in order to get Celtic’s engagement.
Having to go with those constraints does not mean liking them.
In fact it comes with the personal cost of being accused of being secretive and part of a clique.
The lessons coming out of this whole episode are not being lost on me.
I’ve recently moved my banking from HSBC.
Was originally with Midland Bank when HSBC ate them many years ago.
Really surprised how seamless moving accounts was.
Tax avoidance/evasion, and those who condone it are 100 x worse than benifit and/or dole cheats IMHO
philvisreturns
11:07 on 9 February, 2015
thindimebhoy – I try to avoid tax as much as possible (mostly unsuccessfully :( ) so I sympathise with HSBC’s clients.
It seems, from what I can tell from a brief look at the news, that they obeyed Swiss law. As they’re a Swiss business, so they should.
If there’s evidence they broke any applicable British laws, Hector will see them in court.
If they haven’t broken any laws, they should tell Hector, the hypocritical tax-dodgers at the BBC, and the hypocritical tax-dodgers at The Guardian to jog on.
I don’t avoid tax, I just evade it. (thumbsup)
Is that you or the beefeater bear talking? AlanPartridgeCSC
Draw 2pm on SSN
philvisreturns
I think you missed the point old chap
While the majority of us are in this together because they have no choice, the few with the most wealth are certainly not paying 25% including NI because they have a choice.
It is a matter of choice which side you are on of course
Jeromek67
11:14 on 9 February, 2015
Start – Run – cmd (enter)
When the OS window appears
type IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS (enter)
type exit (enter)
Reload IE and try again
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers – Yes,they were abiding by Swiss law. If it was still 1934!
They were breaking Swiss law when they carried this out,as Switzerland had agreed with the EU to prevent the use of such accounts as a purely tax-evasion measure.
If they broke the law, they’ll be in court.
Simples.
For this is a technical matter, not a moral one.
We are ruled by laws, not men.
We are obliged only to pay what the law says we should pay, not what individuals think we should pay.
Make your own mind up whether you are happy to shoulder a higher share of the tax burden because some rich bastards think it’s beneath them.
I’m not happy paying tax at all. But I’m not naive enough to think my taxes would come down if the British State got its greedy hands on all the wealth in Switzerland. They’d just waste that money, while screaming for more.
It is a monster that cannot be sated. Like Ally McCoist at an all-you-can-eat buffet. (thumbsup)
EddieinKirkmichael,
I don’t come on too often these days but I had to post my sympathies to your and your family.
These people are animals. Stay strong.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS @11:23 during WWII the Swiss border was impenetrable for its entire length. Sentry boxes every 100m, dogs, 3 lines of barbed wire, cuckoo clocks, yodellers … every deterrent they could think of.
Immediately the war was over, the fences were cut through from the Swiss side. The Swiss ordered American cigarettes by the million. Currency in those days. These cigarettes were duly smuggled across the border. Tax paid in Switzerland.
The Swiss collect taxes for the Swiss by all means available.
MONAGHAN 1900
Brilliant,mate-my kid sis always called Hateley baboon-arse heid!
Mind,she always had a wicked way wi words. Not known for losing arguments,her.
“Love CQN and all it stands for….and then Kevjungle posts, so much hatred for our club, unreal!”
Belfastcelt,
I decided to scroll past every single one of kev j’s posts a few weeks ago and as yet I haven’t noticed any detriment to my life :)
Ktf
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
11:38 on
9 February, 2015
And there would be no argument there!
Sorry bhoys n ghirls
That time again folks, I have my begging bowl out (AGAIN) for NCCA UK (Neuroblastoma charity) in memory of my wee pal Oscar & to raise money for other kids and their families
Plz donate if you can
https://www.justgiving.com/TommyMelly-Edinburgh-Run
Thanks HH
Don’t be so gloomy. After all it’s not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love – they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly.
NTASSOOLLA
Nae wonder Steve McQueen struggled getting a bike in!
Point is,HSBC were breaking Swiss tax agreements with the EU-and other countries such as the US-and knew they were doing so. Enabling the uber-rich to evade tax.
As they are only one bank in a myriad of them,it beggars belief that they were the only one doing so.
Ah Switzerland
Don’t ye just love them
I asked the other day if Awe naw has been posting lately?, I have missed him on here .
What is the Stars
11:45 on
9 February, 2015
Hello Harry.
thindimebhoy – While the majority of us are in this together because they have no choice, the few with the most wealth are certainly not paying 25% including NI because they have a choice.
The top 10% of UK earners pay 50% of all income tax.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8417205.stm
The super rich contribute huge sums of VAT, stamp duty, capital gains tax and investment funds to UK plc.
Seems like they deserve a “thank you”. (thumbsup)
NTASSOOLLA
I wasn’t aware of that and that is equally shocking as Eddie’s post.
So as everyone is aware the ad was funded via a raffle system and people could buy 1, 2, 4 or 10 tickets. The tickets were £5 each so the top price payable was £50. We received 2 or 3 £50 purchases but the biggest category for the tickets was for the £10 option, so the funding was spread across a significant number of supporters.
The ad has been regarded as a success – and the FACTS contained therein will shortly be confirmed by ASA as being truthful and accurate. Indeed there is a plan being hatched on another site to use exactly the same tactic in another matter. This does NOT involve CQN but we have been asked to provide assistance based on our recent experience.
The language used in the ad was non controversial and a copy was provided to Police Scotland in advance and no objection was raised to a single word in the statement.
What happened on Twitter should be a lesson to everyone – if it had not been the ad it could have been something else – and Eddie’s subsequent engagement with them enraged the bigots.
Wits,
Pentahedron shaped chocolate bars? :)
Emdy want to see Fred Macauley two for the price of one?
March 28. King’s Theatre.
I just got an e-mail wi that offer. I immediately thought it meant he was gonna be on stage wi his pal Ally.
Auldheid
I am sure the lesson are not lost to you and those involved with you.
But those self same lesson need to be learned at our club.
It is my belief that Celtic PLC and in particular Peter Lawell is extremely happy to man manage at a personal level and is extremely good at this. Albeit that personal level can stretch to individuals and/or a small group of individuals. He even proved to be brilliant at it with a good few hundred in the Kerrydale Suite back when the fans group kicked off taking it out of the hands of those who owned it and changing the focus of the issues at that time opening it up to a happy clapping few hundred in the KDS before making it a cheerleading sensation travelling UK and Ireland. If Peter placed a £1 coin my hand in full view of me I wouldn’t be surprised to see a 1p in my hand when I looked down. He will always tell the truth he want us to hear but will never say that truth for too many to witness.
MWD said AYE
EddieinKirkmichael
YNWA