I am sure we will see a full strength Celtic team against Inter Milan tomorrow but that doesn’t mean Celtic will be able to overturn their summer form against what will be the best squad of players they have met since facing the same team in the Dublin Cup almost exactly a year ago. Inter will be formidable opponents.
The experimentation of recent weeks will be set aside as Neil Lennon prepares for next week’s enormously important Champions League qualifying game against HJK Helsinki. In particular, we are likely to see a more familiar looking back four and midfield. What happens up front remains to be seen. Celtic have struggled to get into scoring form preseason; the manager will be keen to resolve this, if possible.
Most of all we need a 90 minutes free of elbows in the face and other injuries as the real stuff is only five days away.
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It’s an old discussion, but if you are married to a redhead, at least you can always guarantee that you will know you have been in a game.
Know he never played for us (more’s the pity!), but wasn’t Alfredo Di Stefano a strawberry blond?! Almost ginger! AND he invited the Lisbon Lions to provide the oppossition for his testimonial! Great player, but also knew a GREAT footballing side when he saw it!
HH!!
Great Real Madrid team used to warm up for the season by putting 10 goals a game against various hapless opponents , as a confidence booster [for Madrid, naturally].
This summer Hoops have struggled to score against assorted Bundesdiddies.
Skiing is solely for the winter olympics.
Although in street slang Skiing may mean:”Spend Kids’ Inheritance” or “Snort cocaine”.
With the Thames containing enough traces of Coke to OD the existing number of Elephants in the world I’m sure much “Skiing” will be going on…no doubt the Baby booming generation of the bourgeoisie are indeed spending their kids inheritance whilst watching water polo & pigeon shooting down the Ol’ Eastend way.
myth
HT
She’s a Celtic supporter alright, she probably just doesn’t know yet.
Had to be quick to beat DBBIA there.
No shortage of redheads here
petec – Yep, it’s really easy to lose a lot of weight that way, as long as you can stay away from beer, sugar and other baddies.
A lot of people do it wrong though. I’d urge anybody interested to read the book so they understand how to do it in a healthy and sustainable way, so you don’t end up piling the pounds back on or making yourself ill.
It’s really important to eat vegetables, for example. Quite a few people I’ve spoken to who thought they were “doing Atkins” were just gorging on meat and eggs all the time, because their understanding of Atkins was based on what they’d read in the papers. (thumbsup)
and legend
A Forecast;
Sevco 5088 to be granted ‘a provisional licence ‘ with ‘talks’ to continue next week over future.
BSR- you mean if wee Christina ever gets bored and googles herself ;/)
Many moons ago I read ole B. George’s biography (and Lou Reed’s too),think what you want about his image and music but I’ll tell you this much (in a Bertie Auld style delivery),he was certainly rock n roll in his rise to popularity which can’t be said of many these days and he was also from good catholic Irish stock.
hamiltontim on 27 July, 2012 at 13:09 said:
That reminds me, is there skiing in the Olympics?
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No but there is basketball
St’ Stivs,
………………. And I had better not forget the locals,… Charlie McGinley( Whitecrook ) & Alec Boden ( Duntocher ).
bournesouprecipe on 27 July, 2012 at 13:07 said:
Thanks for that…
Dontbrattbakkinanger on 27 July, 2012 at 13:13 said:
Ole Vikings not blonde?
Red hair occurs naturally on approximately 1–2% of the human population. It occurs more frequently (2–6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations
The Roman historian Tacitus commented on the “red hair and large limbs of the inhabitants of Caledonia”,which he connected with some red haired Gaulish tribes of Germanic and Belgic relation.
Redheads constitute approximately 4 percent of the European population. Scotland has the highest proportion of redheads in the world; 13 per cent of the population has red hair and approximately 40 per cent carries the recessive redhead gene. Ireland has the second highest percentage; as many as 10 per cent of the Irish population has red, auburn, or strawberry blond hair. It is thought that up to 46 percent of the Irish population carries the recessive redhead gene. A 1956 study of hair colour amongst British army recruits also found high levels of red hair in Wales and the English Border countiesRed or reddish-tinged hair is also found in other European populations particularly in the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as parts of the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Russia and South Slavic countries.
Riise has red hair.
Freddy Ljungberg had dyed red hair.
Reminds me: I dated a Norwegian girl with red hair once, but her carpet didn’t match.
Chuck Norris the Legend is a red hair.
Any Kano Foundation bhoys on? Got a ticket for tomorrow if you can use it.
Have you suffered injury or loss of earns through being laughed at at work or in the pub?
Have you suffered from media negligence? Have you been told a shed load of Craig Whyte by those in a position of power (SFA SPL Sally Bomber Brown Jim Traynor Chick Young) and still believe any bullshit you are fed?
Have you felt alone, depressed, suffer from delusions of supremacy? Are your normal anger management issues raging out of control? Do you sit in the corner in a fetal position sucking your thumb?
No need to feel alone there are thousands like you!
Remember you could be eligible ridicule for title losses!
So call ‘Injured Huns for You’ for a quick no Team no fees deal.
Rumours of possible Sevco administration this coming season, but can anyone answer this (probably dumb) question. If they do go bust and another “Rangers” comes along in future, e.g. Blue Knights, would they likewise be responsible for EBTs and dual contract misdemeanours? In which case could any club ever claiming “Rangers” history ever get going?
HH
Gregory Ioannidis @LawTop20
Pantelis Kafes to join Rangers from AEK Athens on a free transfer!
Ole Wonky -wiki is made up by the CIA/USArmy/DHS.
So every time you copy and paste you’re doing the work of The Machine.
Personally I am very much looking forward to the ladies beach volleyball, purely from a sporting perspective ‘though I should add. Truly nail-biting stuff.
HH!!
Just recieved my 1st CQN badge dispatch confirmation email .
DECISIONS DECISIONS will I
1 pin it on scarf
2 pin it on Hoops
3 pin it on jacket
orrrrrrr 4 just strip to waist pierce nip and just walk abooooot showing of said badge.
God bless Wee Oscar HAIL HAIL
Philvis – from last blog. (sorry, been up to me rs in work)- pro rata the poor have more to protect then the rich. They just don’t have the influence to introduce laws to protect their interests in the same was as the rich.
It’s not a democracy thing, it’s a “contacts” thing,
I remember under Thatcher (RIP) city bonuses were tax free when paid in fine wines or gold bullion. Tax free!
Give me a shout when that’s changed to Stella 4 and Seabrook salt and vinegar crisps.
philvisreturn,
As usual, you talk a lot of sense.
Any current printed media is heavily slanted for whatever reason.
Now let me in on your secret snack food, or did you chicken n cheese it all day long?
ahem…rumour alert.
sevco 5088 will be borrowing strips this weekend.
if they are referred to as rangers by media and play in the same blue
similar looking kits from the team formerly known as “the huns”
games a bogie.
all debts (sic) are back on
hmrc as well as uefa very much interested what transpires.
brilliant
Gordon J – I’d go further. If Sevco claim the football history of rangers then they leave themselves open to legal action and compensation claims from other clubs through the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Celtic would have a £50m claim for lost CL revenue alone, lots of other clubs across Europe could also claim their progress in competitions was halted by an ineligible side. Clubs with oldco transfer fees outstanding could also pursue through this avenue.
The best hope of a resurrected rangers is to officially forget the history, play out of ibrox and let the supporters believe what they want.
traditionalist88 on 27 July, 2012 at 13:31 said:
Gregory Ioannidis @LawTop20
Pantelis Kafes to join Rangers from AEK Athens on a free transfer!
As I said earlier, they’ve been promised SPL2 next season and are trying to build a squad in next 6 weeks that’ll take them to SPL1 in 2 years. Looking at Cup runs as well.
You cannot have a true democracy when the press is owned and dependent upon private individuals or a small group of politically biased and economically powerful stakeholders.
4th Estate and all that.
The timing of the ban may well be working against them.
They have to pay now for players for the next two seasons. Given the problems they’re going to have staying afloat this season, it might have been better to see out this first year on a shoestring, then buy in next year when things may have stabilised a bit financially.
I don’t know whose idea it was to shift the ban, but it may have been a masterstroke.
hamiltontim on 27 July, 2012 at 13:05 said:
Enrico Anoni was a red head.
No hair just a red head.
ok chic murray, the baldies 11 will be next.
tomtheleedstim – pro rata the poor have more to protect then the rich.
Not sure what that means Tom.
We have a tax system in this country where the rich pay most of the taxes collected.
The top 1% of earners pay approximately 25% of all income tax.
The top 10% pay over 50% of income tax.
They also tend to pay higher rates on council tax, much more VAT, etc.
And for all this, they use public services less than lower earners. They’re more likely to pay for things like private education and private health insurance, while still contributing to state education and the NHS. They’re obviously far less likely to receive means-tested benefits or be clients of social workers.
The bottom 10% of earners only contribute 0.6% of income taxes, according to HMRC, and use public services far more.
So, this idea that the tax system is designed to benefit the rich at the expense of the poor just isn’t true I’m afraid. Simple maths tells us the opposite is true.
Of course, it’s psychologically a lot more appealing to tell people that they’re somehow being fleeced by the rich, and that the answer to any problem in society is to tax the rich more, since most people don’t consider themselves to be rich.
Most people are quite keen on the idea of other people paying more tax, less so when it comes to themselves. Funny that. (thumbsup)
Stivs
I could listen to his jokes all day long!
rt rev david hay
I hope it is true! I would love the stupid huns I know to argue it is ‘still tha rangers’ if they played in a totally different strip and name.
lol!
wonkyradar – You cannot have a true democracy when the press is owned and dependent upon private individuals or a small group of politically biased and economically powerful stakeholders.
I agree, we should abolish the BBC and sell of its assets to the private sector. (thumbsup)
Perhaps Savage has not heard that the EBT’s are no longer available?
Any update on kayal? Is his injury long term (months) ? A fit kayal would make the starting XI, the problem being he’s always injured
Halides 11. I’ll start with Bobo…