Really pleased Leigh Griffiths is back in the Scotland squad, it’s just reward for his work this season, although the prospect of having so many Celtic players on international duty in June is an unwelcome one, considering we’ve Champions League qualifiers to prepare for in July. Preseason is already looking fraught.
I’d convinced myself I wasn’t too bother if newco are promoted this season or not, all the big battles have been won and lost. I realised differently when I received a text yesterday saying Queens were a goal up. Your instinct can tell you things your head can’t.
Another season of lower league football will drain them of an additional £10m, which I don’t think they have, but I don’t think they have enough money to complete a season in the top flight either. It doesn’t matter if the boat sinks in 50m of water or 50km, there would be a deficit in either league. Viability remains the subject of undocumented fantasy, cannon fodder-dom awaits in the top flight, ignominious avoidance in the lower leagues.
If Mike Ashley cuts them some slack, they will eventually be a top 12 club. When they are, Celtic will earn an extra £4m from ticket sales and indirect incremental income, enough to make a difference on the field. Similar income will go to Ibrox, but this isn’t enough to fund a turnaround. My preference would be to have both Hibs and Hearts back next season but I’m chilled either way.
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Hamiltontim
Barely been online past few weeks
Have you posted updates from the fans forum you attended ?
Or is there anywhere we can see the Q&A from that night.
Keep up the good work
Hebcelt 100% in agreement with that
Hail Hail
HEBCELT
Even in the closest family unit,there is room for different opinions. Life would be very dull indeed if we all agreed on things.
However,life would be just peachy if we had nothing to disagree about!
Margaret McGill @00.04,
You’ve just proven my point: you don’t know (or affect not to know) about the Hitler-Stalin Pact. If Stalin’s Soviet Union hadn’t given Hitler the green light to start his War, neither Stalingrad nor D-Day would have been necessary. BTW it’s news to me that Korea has been destroyed.
BMCUW 10:03…
Aye pal, for sure; friends with the likes of Suharto and Pinochet…
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
NatKnow,
Somehow I doubt if we’ll hear anything from Mrs Budge until we visit her ground again.
I see one of the sisters of the loughgall martyrs has spoken out against adams meeting prince charles.
cant blame her..parachute regiment have left a long legacy in ireland sadly.
Meeting him achieves nothing .
hebcelt
10:00 on 19 May, 2015Anybody notice the absence of many longtime posters on here over recent months? I appreciate that life moves on but I fear that the quality and nature of the many non Celtic/football posts has driven many away. Any thoughts? Hail Hail Hebcelt
A lack of tolerance of guys opinions,and a lack of ability to debate ,turns into a slanging match on here,that and too much political stuff IMO HH
tonydonnelly67
09:59 on
19 May, 2015
Absolutely shocking, anyone know anyone from the students union?
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/gifted-teenager-believes-rejected-top-5719845
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TD – not so shocking mate. The girl left school with the minimum to gain entry to medical school. However, there will be many in front of her who will have far better results because Medicine is one of the most competitive courses at Yooni. This is a typical Daily Record human interest story. But that’s all it is – a story. She did some additional work and now has an offer from Aberdeen. Good for her – I hope she makes it.
Hebcelt @ 10.00
I stopped posting earlier this year as I got fed up with the early skirmishes in the election. One poster who seemed to do nothing but regurgitate Scottish Labour pamphlets mixed in with his own odd rather right wing views in particular annoyed me sufficiently to walk. He does not post anymore.
Rather too much name calling amidst the more illuminating non Celtic chat – not least in the last 18 hours- but still seems a pretty good place overall.
Jimbo67
Invercelt @ 10.10
The truth about the pact may not be as straightforward as you say;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/3223834/Stalin-planned-to-send-a-million-troops-to-stop-Hitler-if-Britain-and-France-agreed-pact.html
Oldtim- deepest sympathy on your loss. May he Rest In Peace. HH
Parkheadcumsalford
10:11 on
19 May, 2015
NatKnow,
Somehow I doubt if we’ll hear anything from Mrs Budge until we visit her ground again.
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I agree mate. I think she has been too quick off the mark to condemn Celtic fans. Tynecastle is full of bigots – she is very selective over what she comments on. If she comes out with the same crap next season when we play them, then I hope Celtic take her to task publicly. The statement issued last time around by Celtic was a measured response and very neutral. She seems to think her own scheiße doen’t stink. She couldn’t be more wrong.
TD – not so shocking mate. The girl left school with the minimum to gain entry to medical school. However, there will be many in front of her who will have far better results because Medicine is one of the most competitive courses at Yooni. This is a typical Daily Record human interest story. But that’s all it is – a story. She did some additional work and now has an offer from Aberdeen. Good for her – I hope she makes it.
Ah! Ok, I see, still stinks but.
Fascism ? .
Start at the beginning and read the equivalent of Bible —
The Doctrine of Fascism .
Name on the cover is Benito Mussolini but it was written by Giovanni Gentile ..
That done -I suggest this re the difference between the theory and the practice –
Mussolini’s Italy.Life Under The Dictatorship .
R: J: B : Bosworth .
Scorchio -way down south . Too hot for the job of double digging a mountain of chicken manure into rocky soil -but -needs must..
hebcelt
10:00 on 19 May, 2015
Maybe the pro nat fervour of some posters wasn’t to their liking.
Who knows.
On the subject of people not posting though, has BroganRogan been on recently? Last posts I recall seeing he was a bit under the weather. I hope he’s OK.
Too many hold an ‘Anne Budge’ on the old CQN these days. :-(
79CAPS
Hmmm…
Nice offer. Had Britain and France taken him up on the offer,war may have been prevented.
However,it meant breaching our agreement with Poland. Difficult one. Easy in hindsight though.
!!Bada Bing!!
10:13 on
19 May, 2015
hebcelt
10:00 on 19 May, 2015Anybody notice the absence of many longtime posters on here over recent months? I appreciate that life moves on but I fear that the quality and nature of the many non Celtic/football posts has driven many away. Any thoughts? Hail Hail Hebcelt
A lack of tolerance of guys opinions,and a lack of ability to debate ,turns into a slanging match on here,that and too much political stuff IMO HH
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I agree with !!Bada Bing!! 100% here. I enjoy the blog but have thought of chucking it a few times and certainly use it less than I used to mainly because of the personal attacks I see. More tolerance and an attempt to debate in an adult manner would help with that IMHO.
NatKnow
10:23 on
19 May, 2015
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I usually manage to get a ticket outside Easter Road and/or Tynecastle when we play there.
One time I could only get one for the Hearts end, never do that again, they are worse than their Govan cousins, the well heeled were the worst.
Beat them 0-2 though.
Thought that the little general might have had a point in that, he might have beaten Porto in Seville if, he was Celtic’s manager.
Also hold the opinion that, Martin got the tactics wrong in Seville.
On our return from Boavista – Beachball Sunday – Celtic were going through a period were, we couldny beat the huns while we played 3 at the back so, Martin told the players….5 mins before kick-off at the Orcdome that, we’d be playing 4 – 4 – 2 with a flat back 4 ie: a back 4 that didny charge up the pitch and leave spaces for the huns front 3 to exploit.
We won 1-2 on the day and, struck a blow for the underdogs in the Broomloan Stand. It was one of the best days of my Celtic supporting life.
I thought that…going to Seville for final that, the Beachball-Sunday tactics would be deployed ie: Agathe and, Thommo wouldn’t be asked to charge up and down the flanks, especially in that heat.
But no, 3 – 5 – 2 it was and, our dreams were ripped apart by a, diving, cheating, theatrical performance from the Porto players but, I still think…we should have parked the bus…like, Beachball-Sunday…and, took our chances.
Martin O’Neill and the Seville team thank you for taking the Celtic-gig back onto the world stage again.
tonydonnelly67
10:24 on
19 May, 2015
TD – not so shocking mate. The girl left school with the minimum to gain entry to medical school. However, there will be many in front of her who will have far better results because Medicine is one of the most competitive courses at Yooni. This is a typical Daily Record human interest story. But that’s all it is – a story. She did some additional work and now has an offer from Aberdeen. Good for her – I hope she makes it.
Ah! Ok, I see, still stinks but.
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LOL! Why do you say so mate? Celtic won the league this year because we were the best team in the competition. Should we have put “Aberdeen” at the top even though we won more points just to be “fair”? I better shut up here – don;t want to be giving the SFA any ideas… :-))
The Nationalists drove me away from here for a while.
Bobby Murdoch’s Curled-up Winklepickers
That sounds like a good excuse for the appeasers!
Bawsman
Would that be the Scottish or the British nationalists? ;)
kevjungle
09:23 on 19 May, 2015
Not being a religious person is not an issue……being selfish, nasty or offensive etc is down to the individual ……. and for you to apologise for this type of behaviour would, indeed, be pointless since you don’t really care about hurting anyone’s feelings……. heaven forbid that your reason for this ‘behaviour’ would be, specifically, to hurt people’s feelings ……. some of your points (not many though :) ) are quite good, but you need to work on certain areas…?
Art of War
10:26 on
19 May, 2015
Too many hold an ‘Anne Budge’ on the old CQN these days. :-(
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Nice one AoW – I’m gonna start using that… :-)))
67Heaven
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Hail Hail fellow eejit:)
A bit rich but hey-ho…as they say:)
Bawsman
10:30 on
19 May, 2015
NatKnow
10:23 on
19 May, 2015
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I usually manage to get a ticket outside Easter Road and/or Tynecastle when we play there.
One time I could only get one for the Hearts end, never do that again, they are worse than their Govan cousins, the well heeled were the worst.
Beat them 0-2 though.
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I agree. I live not far from Tynecastle. Horrible crowd. As I say – I’d never take my daughter there for a game. Would put her off football for life. Always a consolation to beat them. :-))
Life’s little pleasures ——-
About to start on the delights of double digging chicken shit and the Cluj supporting courier man arrived with a surprise present for me . ——– This –
Mr Spaulding -Twelve Tribes of Israel ( Hot Milk ).
A Jamaican gem that escaped me when it was released in 83 and continued to escape me .. Now reissued by the lovely chaps at Hot Milk -sadly on CD only ..
Now have motivation ———do the necessary with the mountain of chicken shit and then sit on the terrace with a mega cold Mohito and Mr Spaulding booming out.
Catching up from yesterday.
oldtim,
Sorry to hear the sad new about your brother.
Go raibh suaimhneas siorrai aige.
Árd Macha
South Of Tunis
Hot Milk and Chicken Shit, what could possibly go wrong:))
Bawsman
The Nationalists did not help either. I say that as a Yes voter who did vote Nationalist recently. Poltical dogmatists are not really my thing. A bit of light and shade helps
Jimbo67
South Of Tunis
10:37 on
19 May, 2015
Life’s little pleasures ——-
About to start on the delights of double digging chicken shit and the Cluj supporting courier man arrived with a surprise present for me . ——– This –
Mr Spaulding -Twelve Tribes of Israel ( Hot Milk ).
A Jamaican gem that escaped me when it was released in 83 and continued to escape me .. Now reissued by the lovely chaps at Hot Milk -sadly on CD only ..
Now have motivation ———do the necessary with the mountain of chicken shit and then sit on the terrace with a mega cold Mohito and Mr Spaulding booming out.
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There’s a vinyl version but looks liek you get many more tracks on the CDs :
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/MrSpaulding-TwelveTribeOfIsraelAnthology-HotMilk-103207.html
…..lifes too short
C’MO’N the Celts
Bed time Zzzzzzzz
kevjungle
10:37 on 19 May, 2015
….and HH to you also….incidentally, who owns ipox these days…….certainly not sevco, since they are paying monthly rental….
Happy Birthday Andrea Pirlo, 36 years young.
NatKnow –
Correct. You just beat me to it.
Also, the article states that just over 12% of people from deprived areas make it to medical schools.
Why should that be suspect? It is clear that kids from deprived areas are going to be less likely to achieve the grades required for med school, for obvious reasons.
It doesn’t take a genious to work that out.