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.
Very last call for the Ben Nevis Huddle, which takes place on Saturday 13 June in aid of the Celtic Foundation. If you’re up for it, sign up here…..
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Oldtim67
Sincerest condolonces on the sad passing of your brother.
That zombie outfit are a woefully poor side.
Hibs are the better football team, however they are notorious bottle merchants.
It’s anybodies guess which club will be eliminated.
Leave well enough alone would be my advice, although the 9/4 about a Hibs victory on Wednesday is tempting.
HH.
Orange and Blue tie McKay tonight. ..
Ayrshire is Green and White
Mathematics to estimate = extrapolate
Everyday a school day
I see the “Celtic want Rangers back” Brigade are out in force.
So Rangers beat QOS, yet another game that does not involve Celtic, but it’s still Peter Lawwell’s fault.
The fearties are back.
There has been a constant barrage of propaganda – Scottish football needs a strong Rangers – with everyone being asked for their opinion and almost everyone, including Celtic players past and present, saying the SPFL needs the Zombies. Even if the referee is not pro-Hun, he will be affected by all this. It will have got into his sub-conscious. That is why I expect the Zombies to
Oldtim67 sincere condolences on the loss of your brother.
Sipsini thanks J always lurking mate.
HH
KTF
Utlr
Oldtim,
Condolences on the loss of your brother… Hope the good memories help you through the pain
gain promotion.
Davy,
Sincere condolences with you and the family, thoughts and prayers with your brothers loved ones.
Oldtim
My sincere condolences on the death of your brother, a sore loss to all the family no doubt. My brother and I phone each other a couple of times a week, even just for a minute sometimes.
Rest in Peace..
Ayrshire is Green and White
OldTim : Met you briefly at CQN Corner before the D. Utd match in March. Condolences to you on the sad passing of your brother.
Oldtim67
So sorry to hear of the loss of your brother…….may his soul rest in peace…..
Time for Change –
When Rangers scored yesterday, QOS players claimed for offside. The commentator also mentioned the possibility of a hand ball.
The slow motion replay showed there was no offside. Another replay from a different angle then proved that the Rangers man played the ball down with his chest. Absolutely nowhere near a hand ball.
So, can you enlighten me about why the goal yesterday should not have stood?
Just scrolling through the Amazon app there and the name of a book being advertised caught my attention.
Name of the book?
The Silent Scream!
What is the book about?
Serial killers!
Mad.
Slan.
HH.
thomthethim for Oscar OK
17:12 on
18 May, 2015
Oldtim,
Sincere condolences on the death of our brother.
May his soul Rest in Peace.
*****
Correction and apologies.
Should have read, your brother.
Oldtim
Look after yourself Dave
I’ll be in touch soon
16 Roads: Caidé mar atá tú? Read back when I got in from work and saw your post with the link to Bits of Belfast. Enjoyed watching it and have been to most places shown in it. I knew Danny D when he lived in Dublin and Tom H who does the cemmetary tour.
I hope you don’t mind me posting the link again, especially for those who attended the Belfast hootenanny and might have missed your earlier post.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sV8kw6eDhFU
Hopefully the Dublin Hootenanny will be every bit as enjoyable
Tom if the offside rule is a part of the body that can score then a head and foot is offside….agree no handball….other mistake was lead up to free kick in first game and subsequent goal….
TFC –
I agree with you re second goal in Dumfries, but yesterday’s goal was onside.
Oldtim67,
Sincere condolences, may your brother R.I.P.
Tom…
Although I wouldn’t want the bassas to win an egg and spoon race, I saw it the same way as yourself.
Just saw wee Skippys red card…… Total joke
MontheHibees
tom mclaughlin
18:10 on 18 May, 2015
Try….opinions……me thinks thou dost protest too much
I was thinking…..why dont they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff?
Oldtim
So sorry to hear your news. Thoughts are with you and yours.
God bless
I’m not one for conspiracies etc, but on the way home there in the car there was a report on radio Scotland about companies and the “living wage”.
In the whole report one company was named, one only, in Scotland as an example of a company that didn’t pay the minimum wage.
I think you boys may have a point!
Oh, by the way, did I say it was Celtic that was mentioned?
OldTim67. Very sorry to hear of your sad news. May your brother Rest in Peace.
Sipsini –
About that pint. Is there a meet-up this week?
Alasdair
You becoming a tim ? 8))
A couple of years ago..Galatasaray fans wanted their club to complain to UEFA
that when Inter Milan came to town they had crosses on their strips. The bigoted claim from the turks was that Inter Milan were flouting their Christianity to a bunch of muslims. If one were to extrapolate and make an analogy to current day Scotland and Celtic supporters its as if the Turkish govt agreed with the Galatasaray fans.
Tom we’ll agree to disagree, however it was tight.
HH
CL playoffs? Man Utd? Im dreading the return of Carry Ghandi !
alasdair maclean
18:27 on 18 May, 2015
THAT is ridiculous, but typical….
Blantyretim,
It seemed so out of place even for a neutral!
Just noticed the Hibees are just over 2/1 to win on Wednesday with Paddy Power…..have a bang on that!!!
Is it true that celtic’s living wage is below “thems’ dying wage?
It’s on Reporting Scotland now…stand by!