The response to Scott Brown’s SFA citation from Celtic, Neil Lennon, the support and everyone connected with the club has been so overwhelming, I had to check if the Celtic top the Pope held in St Peter’s Square this week had “Brown, 8” on the back (it didn’t).
Celtic will present a litany of precedents with players celebrating in a similar fashion without censure from referees or the Association. I would also expect them to ask Judicial Panel members associated with their opponents last Sunday to excuse themselves from proceedings.
At this stage of his career, with contract talks still on going, the captain deserves this support, although let’s not confuse his stoic resilience for Player of the Year qualifications. That subject is worthy of greater scrutiny.
There is a lot of anger at Steven Gerrard over his antagonistic remarks towards Scott Brown since the weekend, but I think we need to cut the Newco manager some slack.
With the many distractions since Sunday, it may have escaped your notice that Celtic are now further ahead of second placed Newco (13 points) than they were ahead of both Aberdeen (9 points) and Newco (12 points) at the end of last season.
The harsh reality facing Gerrard this week is that he spent significantly more money than Pedro Caixinha but his side is even further adrift from the champions than the team managed by Caixinha and Graeme Murty a year earlier. Caixinha was given 229 days before being sacked. Gerrard now knows his team is doing worse than before he took over. He is not the first to lash out in the face of failure.
This is his first season in management, Caixinha was a manager for 14 years before arriving at Ibrox. He has a long way to go to catch up with the Portuguese’. Gerrard’s feelings of frustration are new. A year from now he will be more accepting of reality, including his own limitations in comparison to Pedro. Nine-in-a-row will not hurt him as much as this season’s eight.
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Spot on DD.
Great cool, calm and collected interview handling a lot of leading questions. Neil Lennon is now learning, talking and acting like a Celtic manager.
I may be pedantic here, but I want to see Neil In the club suit and tie more often. Tracksuit’s are fine for coaches but a Celtic manager is the authoritarian voice of the club and the leading figure in Scottish Football.
Well done Neil, a giant leap to becoming the full time manager. Results are everything until we win the treble, then style and entertaining football must and will surely follow.
Incidentally and by pure coincidence, I renewed my ST today.
COYBIG, the journey continues.
Yeehaa RC
Mon the Staggies
BHOYJOEBELFAST
The 3 loves in my life.
My wife
Celtic
Jim Croce
Of the three, Jim Croce has given me the least angst.
Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot and Kris Kristofferson are my holy trinity of male singers.
Only problem with equating Scott Brown with Leroy Brown is that Leroy looks like ” a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone” after a barroom brawl. I doubt that would be the case with Scott.
DELANEYS DUNKY on 5TH APRIL 2019 7:41 PM
BP They proudly wear the Armagh colours at Tannadice. Orange/Tangerine is a beautiful colour. Orange is one third of the Irish Tricolour flag.
*DD I recall watching Dumbarton playing Dundee United at Boagheid in the old Division B, at the time Dumbarton played in black and gold hoops while United were in black and white hoops the colours they had worn since the former Dundee Hibs, who wore the traditional green and white, sometimes playing in the hoops or an Airdrie style V motif, were almost liquidated and when saved became Dundee City for one season and then United. To avoid a potential strip clash the Sons reverted tae their change strip which was black and gold similar tae the Wolves one.
Dundee United continued to play in various strips of black and white until 1969 when the manager at the time former deidco player jerry kerr’s wife coaxed them tae change tae the colours of Dallas Tornados who they had played under in a precursor to the NASL in the summer of ’67, Hibs played as Toronto City and the sheep as Washington Whips, the fans weren’t that ecstatic at the time but those new colours stayed. Incidentally the Tornados never played in tangerine again.
That’s been their colours ever since except to celebrate their centenary they wore an all green strip with a white and tangerine band on the top.
Fearless
1:35 is Coolio and what a backdrop!!!!
Magical.
Jock Stein documentary starting on BBC Alba
Lennie will know how to ignore the a holes and brin the league home – the treble too if you please
HJ@8.56:
MIT gave you a mention……nothing bad mind you.
……and Forrest makes it two one brill!
Final reminder for LMS 12 Round 3.
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Saturday 6TH April
Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian (12.30)
Celtic v Livingston (15:00)
Dundee v Aberdeen (15:00)
Hamilton Academical v St Mirren (15:00)
Kilmarnock v St Johnstone (15:00)
AFC Bournemouth v Burnley (15:00)
Huddersfield Town v Leicester City (15:00)
Newcastle United v Crystal Palace (15:00)
Sunday 7th April
Motherwell v The Rangers (12:30)
Everton v Arsenal (14.05)
There is no doubt that Celtic played their most slick and fluid fitba (also coincided with when we had most players available) when Broonie was out the team.
Broonie has showed why he still has a massive part in Celtic putting as much Silverware, Domestically, on the table as possible.
Theres Leaders developing All over the park. Kristoffer looks to me to be wan that really has it. Obviously Kieran and Callum will be well in there with a shout. Who knows who is coming through – I’m sure there are a few wee Nuggets that will Elevate Celtic after all the effort Celtic have put in to this aspect of the Club.
BHOYJOEBELFAST on 5TH APRIL 2019 9:11 PM
HJ@8.56:
MIT gave you a mention……nothing bad mind you
I can’t afford any mentions from Mike. Do you know how much he bills you for a ‘mention “?
@ the game I was disappointed with the way JF was playing. I’m a Jamesie fan normally an awe – whit dae a know.
Can’t argue
Hrvatski
I dont bill everyone the same …. there is the ‘friends and family rate’ which is half my normal rate … then there is the ‘cheeky friends and family rate’, which you get … which is double my normal hourly rate!
Like that other great Canadian thinker – Linda Evangelista – I dont get out of bed for less than $10,000.00.
:)
Immense noise for OE’s goal petec
IHTCMM,
From that angle you see how Incredible the goal was by Odsonne, as that horrible person is a good goalkeeper and it made him look sh!t on the TV cameras.
The Big Man is mega and so highly skillful for such a big dude.
On another day my bet of him scoring a hattrick would have came in. He was outstanding.
https://twitter.com/celticbible/status/1114266381405642753?s=21
Been having a look at our season end points tally for our last 7 titles.
2012 – Neil – 93 (20 clear of Rangers, cause that’s who they were then)
2013 – Neil – 79 (16 clear of Motherwell)
2014 – Neil – 99 (29 clear of Motherwell)
2015 – Ronny – 92 (17 clear of Aberdeen)
2016 – Ronny – 86 (15 clear of Aberdeen)
2017 – Brendan – 106 (30 clear of Aberdeen)
2018 – Brendan – 82 (9 clear of Aberdeen)
This season we are currently on 76 so maximum available is 94. I think we’ll probably finish up with our 5th best points total of the 8 titles won and possibly (probably?) around 18 points clear of 2nd place.
toomuchtimeonmyhandsCSC
David66.
Keep them close bud.
Rebel tae the end!!.
HAIL HAIL.
Shameless wee repeat for the weekend CQNers…..hope to catch some of you at Paradise tomorrow.
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Are you lurking, OLDTIM? Are you in town for the game tomorrow? If so, hope to catch up with you and buy you that drink I never got round to buying you in Lisbon. Young grandson hyper excited to be going to his first game tomorrow. …..as am I :))
Jordan Henderson just celebrated his winning goal for Liverpool in front of the Southampton crowd. Does anyone think the press in England will query his celebrations or worse that he may cause violence in Southampton after the game?
HH
As Stevie G slips further into the abyss of Lies and Deflection – joining that Club is not good.
It will be Ironic if Liverpool win the League for the first time for So Long – When he left. Haha.
Looks to me like Liverpool will win it.
YT sidebar
Jobo Baldie on 5th April 2019 9:53 pm,
Get the Title sorted and I reckon we are gonnae see a few well rested and a real glimpse into the future with the kids coming through.
Our Future is growing slowly but surely for a home grown team that will gie all these Money teams a right bloody nose.
https://twitter.com/RaithRovers/status/1114120567123316737?s=08
Turnbull Hutton RIP
!!Bada Bing!!
“Raith Rovers FC today remembers Turnbull Hutton on the 4th anniversary of his passing. During his time as Chairman, Rovers won the Ramsdens Cup as well as reaching the semi-final of the Scottish Cup.”….
And the Respect of Every Genuine fitba Supporter in Scotland.
FTSFA
MALORBHOY texted me earlier with a good point…if the ridiculous charge against Broonie’s ironic smiling isn’t swiftly ditched, who would blame supportes from taking matters into their own hands. Now, how that would be done is open to suggestion …. anything from boycotts, withdrawing from sfa competitions to more fanciful GB inspired shows of defiance. Be careful what you wish for, FtSFA (copyright Norrie M)
Motherwell v Rangers team news.
Scott Brown has made 4 changes to the Rangers team to play Motherwell. Out go Halliday, Kent, Morelos and Gerrard….
smiley smiley twitter thing
Saor Alba
Braw
Just listened to NFL’s press conference again ….! Could he be in trouble for suggesting that SFAvwasvpressured into laying trumped up charges against SB?
DAVID 66 – Paliative care is kind, as kind as can be under the circumstances. Been there. Take Care.
NEUSTADT-BRAW on 5TH APRIL 2019 10:41 PM
Now, That Is Funny….Good Yin
MIT at 10:43.
It wasn’t Broonie that pressurised FtSFA….the culprit can be found down Govan way. His rantings on Sunday were comedy gold but, unfortunately, those inhabiting the hampden corridors thought he was being serious.
Scaniel- the bullet maker is Traynor and Level 5,control hun media and the SMSM,and i wouldn’t rule out them being on the SFA payroll, they need exterminated from Scottish football.
Alasdair McLean
Seemed like he was shut up after going full scale – so check out the first 20 minutes or so.
SCANIEL.
I’m still lurking,I said I’d be in the B/V around 12 00 mid-day, and I not going to the game,still not well enough at the moment to go to the game but I will be in the blane valley to meet up with you,BT is also coming in.
!!BADA BING!! Yep, got that and totally agree. Aetiology leads back to Jabba, but Slippy, as the mouthpiece, should be brought to book…..as he should have been on the first day of the season when he knew hee-haw about scottish fitba, but could spout pash about historical injusticies against the biggest cheats in world football.
Derby Match
The Hun are pathetic.