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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S Johansen is 7/2 to score anytime in 90mins on Wednesday,
that will be my wee flutter on the Hoops.
Till later all
What is the stars @11:45 they gave women the vote in 1971. After a plebiscite of the men in the country.
BMCUW those who evade could be tracked down and brought to book tomorrow if the political will were there.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Wae the size of sleekit ,
That would be 3 or 4 for the price of one :)))))))))))))))))))))
Away to try and keep the wee mhan busy as there is Nae Scooooooooooooool :(((
Adi dasler 11.32
Cheers for info…will give it a go.
PHILVISRETURNS
Not the point,mate. The point is that the poor and the not so poor amongst us pay our share according to the law.
The uber-rich don’t,won’t,and spend more than most of us earn to ensure that.
Until people like your good self accept that the benefits of operating in the UK come with a cost,i.e pay your way,and continue to make excuses for opting out,we will always have this argument.
If you work here,cough up.
If you live here,cough up.
If you do business here,cough up.
Btw,how many days has Dave King spent in the UK this year? He shoooorly wouldn’t want to fall out with another revenue service,would he?
Philvis @ 11:33 said: ‘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.’
Philvis: yes, but – you’ll still want those nice fire and rescue chaps to attend (in a timely and efficient manner) to the odd car crash or burning building; have the plod control the traffic and onlookers, then have ambulances and hospitals cope with the fall-out and the social services deal with the aftermath.
And so on and so on.
And we all reserve the right to bemoan ‘falling standards’ in education, overspends on grandiose ‘defence’ programmes, the state of out roads and the spiralling cost of the welfare state.
One of the things that bursts me about well off folk, is how they assume that they not only feel that they’re somehow worth more than their poorer paid (or welfare dependent) fellow citizens, but they should pay lower rates of tax than their fellow citizens.
For that’s one of the issues here: greedy barstewards being caught dodging tax.
You can dress this up in a number of ways, or come at this from any number of different angles, but that’s what sticks in the craws of most ordinary folk.
What’s your take on folk who were paid (or should that be ‘compensated’) through EBTs when they were legal … ?
VIP
Good afternoon, not read back what has eddieinkirkmichael and his kin been subjected too?
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
LENNYBHOY
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bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers –
Fair’s got nothing to do with it.
It’s about the law, which is hideously complex when it comes to tax.
how many days has Dave King spent in the UK this year? He shoooorly wouldn’t want to fall out with another revenue service,would he?
Can’t see the Lying King doing anything glib or shameless. (thumbsup)
leftclicktic
11:50 on
9 February, 2015
S Johansen is 7/2 to score anytime in 90mins on Wednesday,
that will be my wee flutter on the Hoops.
Till later all
Think I will as well.I was waiting on the game on Saturday,when big Ray Winstones heid informed me that Griffiths was 5/1 for 1st goal,so promptly put £20 on.
Which was nice.
I like Ray Winstone.
Anal stools
No need for this post to be removed as it does not name you.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ntassoolla
Was it 74 %
How thick and stupid can one individual be.That takes practice ora labotomy.
Hope to see you in court but I would prefer my front door :-)
HH
Ntassoolla
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“To the person who put my name on this blog with the claim that I contributed 75% of the money to said advert, which I did not, are you pleased with yourself?
The people who run CQN tried to brush this off.
I won’t. Not ever.”
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Wee bit confused here. What is it that happened ?
Bawsman
It is interesting the mindset that compares Benefit cheat with tax cheating.
They are not comparable.
One has a whole section of the accounting industry based on it, where acceptance into it is based on how much tax you wish to evade pending forecast of monies made.
The other is for the poor and needy where little advice is offered and you are treated like shyt and portrayed as scum sucking all monies out of the economy (in contrast to those nice tax dodging skanks with offshore accounts all over the place.)
2007 eh.
The new or was it old Labour party that set up the governance to these beneficial ‘schemes’.?
Socialism!
Yi cannae whack it
(But you can avoid paying)
HH
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
12:06 on 9 February, 2015
Thanks mate.
eddieinkirkmichael, absolutely abhorrent, lowest of the low. Stay strong, stay safe and look after the Family.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
jungle vip – yes, but – you’ll still want those nice fire and rescue chaps to attend (in a timely and efficient manner) to the odd car crash or burning building; have the plod control the traffic and onlookers, then have ambulances and hospitals cope with the fall-out and the social services deal with the aftermath.
Indeed.
I have no objection to helping pay for essential services. I do feel ripped off at paying hundreds of pounds a month in council tax for a local authority that won’t collect the bins every week and expects me to sort through my own garbage like some sort of tramp.
For that reason I dump everything at the tip. It’ll be a cold day in Hades before I recycle.
What’s your take on folk who were paid (or should that be ‘compensated’) through EBTs when they were legal … ?
My take is: lucky beggars!
As a matter of moral principle, I’d prefer to keep a pound in my pocket, so it can be spent for the benefit of my family, than hand it over to a latter-day Zacchaeus. (thumbsup)
Eddieinkirkmicheal
Very sorry to hear what you and your family are going through.. the huns are so stupid its scary. The sad thing about it there’s no doubt adults involved in the intimidation. Sick sad people.
hope everything works out and you can get back to providing for your family asap.
take care
EddieinKirkmichael
Sorry to hear of your troubles at the hands of the Klan and let’s face it they are no different than the Klan, stay strong Mate and you and your family are in our prayers.
The more things change the more they stay the same:((
Starry
frannyb67
cheers mate
Winning captains I did ask the question how many Celtic supporters backed the ad financially. This was twisted into an allegation that I was trying to name people and that used as justification for naming me.
Naming a person is not something I would ever stoop to.
The fear and alarm that might result from such action is what some CQN’ers are now experiencing.
Eddieincarmichael’s situation is dreadful. Most people would agree. That’s why I suggested telling his neighbours. It’s surprising how people will rally round. Often those you least expect.
Compliance officer not switched his sky plus box on yet?
My friends in Celtic,
Absolutely no wish to get Dundee Utd into any hot water, however I wonder what the reaction would be like if it was our supporters letting off the flares.
I think we all know the answer.
HH.
An Tearmann
12:11 on
9 February, 2015
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The schemes mentioned were set up in 2010.
I do not condone ANY such schemes whenever they were set up.
Back in the day Gordon Brown wanted to regulate more in the Financial Markets but was accused of Nanny stateism and advised by all and sundry that “light touch regulation” was what was necessary, the city would and could regulate itself, Pah.
However, it’s by sheer good fortune that he and Darling were the incumbents at the Treasury when it went breests up. Imagine Scotland had been following the Salmond line in a seperate state?
You might be close to the MArk there.
Watch this space
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BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
11:49 on
9 February, 2015
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.
Thanks everyone for the messages of support, just read back and a bit overwhelmed tbh.
Just to say things have calmed down, so much so that I will probably be back at work this week.
Winning Captains is right about how I enraged them by engaging with them. That was a big mistake, I thought I was being smart by taunting them. A lesson learned for me.
There is always a bright side though and this week it’s that I get to spend a couple of days with the grand kids as they are off school.
What odds on a home draw with a 3 o’clock kick-off on a Saturday?
Eddieinkirkmichael
We are all one big family on here stay strong mate,these people will get ther day.HH
starry plough
I owe you an apology. I incorrectly told you yesterday that Rob McClean was seen at St Mirins. It wasn’t him,I have mixed my BBC sports reporters up.It was the guy Currie who does the football section on Reporting Scotland.
toomanylagerstakenCSC
I went to the movies one night and bumped into a Sevco couple (just my luck).
The conversation, bearly tolerable as he ranted on the usual myths etc… about them being victims, demoted etc…., reached an end when she said, “Oh I do love Ally McCoist. He is such a lovely man.”
This is the man who encourages the exact kind of behaviour as experienced by Eddie Carmichael.
He (Sally) presents an image of a fun-loving, jovial guy, everyones friend.
But, deep down, the Rangers/Sevco blood runs deep.
Every second of their pain is karma.
Sorry, that should read “Eddieinkirkmichael”
Mea Culpa – how was 50 Shades of Grey? :) (thumbsup)
The Red Telephone – you were asking earlier for a bar in Funchal Madeira that will show the Celtic games.
Moynihan’s Irish Bar did it when i was there two years ago.
“Forged on the Road” – was I the only one disappointed that this wasn’t an expose article about Craigy White and Chuckles Green?
Eddie-shocked and disgusted at your situation,hope all gets back to normal asap.Hope the scum cowards get what’s coming to them HH
The teams fitness i saw was mentioned a few pages back.
Months ago i said we will not see any massive difference until the run in or possibly after another pre season but i have been very impressed with brown and griffiths the past few games.
Non stop running ..stefan is same but hes been like that since he has joined.
really hope bitton and henderson are on a strength programme of some sort to build them up. Will make a big difference to them.
Philvis @ 12:13 said: ‘What’s your take on folk who were paid (or should that be ‘compensated’) through EBTs when they were legal … ?
My take is: lucky beggars! As a matter of moral principle, I’d prefer to keep a pound in my pocket, so it can be spent for the benefit of my family, than hand it over to a latter-day Zacchaeus. (thumbsup)’
About all that can be said for you, Philvis, is at least you’re honest!
I know you’ve been over this a hundred times before with plenty of us on here and you’re probably beyond redemption ;-)
But just for the heck of it:
You’re still defending the indefensible: accidents of birth, leading to trails of advantage and privilege, leading to better paid jobs and better quality of life, life expectancy, etc., while reserving the right to dodge out of paying for the services which are often essential to many of our less well-off fellow citizens.
Nothing wrong with some of that, but to compound this unfairness, ‘better off’ types often want to pay less towards the provision of what many of us consider to be essential services; including waste collection!
All the while reserving the right, on their death, to leave all their ‘hard earned’ wealth to their ill-deserving off-spring (who will themselves usually in their late forties/early fifties and already comfortably off by any meaningful measure).
(As an aside, I work for a voluntary organisation that supports people with disabilities, with local authorities buying the services we provide. From most of our ‘buyers’ we haven’t received an increase in our hourly rate since 2008. How have your finances faired over that time?)
Where are those nutters who are putting the wind up poor eddieinkirkmichael when you need them … ?
VIP
Greenpinata – I noticed the state of the pitch in the Dundee Utd game on Sportscene. I counted 6 marks made by flares but haven’t seen or heard any comments on it. Must just be green flares that people don’t like…
Is The Inter game on telly?
HH
philvisreturns
The top 10% of UK earners pay 50% of all income tax.
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They don’t pay tax on all their earnings especially the wad squirreled away in tax havens and that is the issue here.
The rest of us ie the majority of UK citizens pay tax at source on everything that is due
Maybe to even the field of play up we should let the majority keep their earnings untaxed and pay what they think is fair (or when HMRC knocks) like the rich tax dodgers.
Of course ending PAYE would be something the rich would strongly object to. Stuff the proletariat having the same tax opportunities as the rich which of course would put pressure on Governments to get more from them.
Bottom line is old chap a lot of rich people are not paying their share on all of their taxable income
For all of us to be truly in this together that must change…..thumbsup