Delighted to see Brendan Rodgers is down to business at Lennoxtown, three weeks before the players return for preseason training. It’s interesting that he arranged an early opportunity to meet Scott Brown over a meal, and that this was made public.
Getting buy-in from senior players was one aspect of the job Ronny Deila allegedly didn’t achieve. The rights and wrongs of this can wait for Ronny’s autobiography, although you may wish to express an outsider’s opinion. All that matters to Brendan is that no one is able to speculate about the same issue on his watch.
There’s not much a manager can do three weeks before training starts than eat dinner with the captain, scout players and watch videos. I expect Brendan to have seen every minute of every Celtic game last season by the time players get back; there is lots to learn. In particular, what went wrong at the back to a team which broke defensive records in each of the previous two campaigns. You may wish to express an outsider’s opinion.
Those in the know warned us that blue collar crime is particularly difficult to prosecute, and so it’s transpired. Only Craig Whyte now faces trial in the Rangers fraud case, which saw remaining charges against Duff and Phelps’ administrators David Whitehouse and Paul Clark dropped at the High Court in Glasgow this morning. It’s far from a satisfactory outcome.
Good to hear the losing Scottish Cup final manager, who was left with some bears in Japanese forest for seven days by his parents, has been found safe and well, even if he has nothing to say for himself.
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there’s a surprise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36451693
Jmccormick…..will do
CRC…..would never question the draw, but realise I have put myself there for the ridicule as I know Rudi Vata’s bhoys might be my destiny
Starry Plough thanks G I will drop him an wee note on that.
Hope all is well in the valley mate.
HH
KTF
UTLR
I see the cheeky chappy the oldest young soccer genius turned gardener is creeping his way back into mainstream life.
SMSM bigging him up for a return after apparently his journey from ‘the Champions League?” all the way “to Division 3 following administration?“
This constant denial of actuality is the mentality, we should keep in mind which led to the liquidation, of the club they deserted for Sevco 5088 and installation of criminals past, present and quite probably the future.
MIGHTY TIM
Aye all good mate, still waiting on some Sunni weather, Mayan this week will be better…
Rose Stoneys CSC
You still buzzing fae The Boss?
“Courtney St John……….”
whit a handle………
COSYCORNERBHOY
Lorna assures me she’s been out wi the watering can.
And doing a rain-dance!
BSR@9.41
I’d welcome the return of fat Sally to football management.
But only to involved with a team i profoundly dislike. Cos he’s pash!
Much better that than him being allowed to masquerade as a football expert and all round (very round!) good chap in the MSM.
HH jamesgang
Weefrathetim,Proudbhoy,Jamesgang,Zbyszek,One Malloy,16Roads,Cosy Corner Bhoy.
Thank you all.
Weefrathetim. I hope that tup of yours is still doing well.
Zbyszek. I hope your Polish friend is on the road to recovery after his Chemotherapy.
One Malloy. Fantastic news about Katie.
If I missed anyone, apologies.
Hail Hail to all.
BSR……..
he’s a “character” tho’ eh….,eh?
…..whits he like!
JIMYNOTPAUL
Just been reading back,mate. That illness sounds horrendous.
I wish you luck in dealing with it;the courage required is a given.
Morning all from a sunny South Ayrshire coast.
Big day ahead.
Heading up to Glasgow later with Miss Tally to see Neil Young at the Hydro.
Cannae wait.
HH!!
JIMMYNOTPAUL
Very best wishes to you for the future.
HH!!
STARRY PLOUGH
I hope you’re voting Yes in your referendum,mate!
£25k pa ain’t a bad starting point.
TALLYBHOY
Enjoy the legend.
Times today.Hugh macilvanney on muhammod ali
Worthy read and potentialb c n- p.I dont know how to.
HH
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
I can’t vote mate, I don’t have a Swiss pass:(( Tell you what though if the Swiss vote for Basic Income I will eat my CQN beanie on a live feed for CQN:))
Canny see it though I would love it!
It came out of Basel this initiative, it would completely change our lives that’s for sure…
JimmyNotPaul, 16 Roads – Thanks for your nice thoughts re my granddaughter Katie.
Waiting on the sun burning back the cloud here in FK3
HH
STARRY PLOUGH
It certainly would! Bestaluck wi it,bud.
BMCUW
Will do bud.
Give you a bell tomorrow and tell you all about it.
HH!!
Morning champions from a hot North Hessen…
A special good morning to JIMMYNOTPAUL…..thoughts are with you and yours ,no sae braw…
T shirts are braw a sweepie and ah….
But the cocky wee raffle is the pride o them all….
Braw ..smiley thing
BMCUW.
M. Thanks.
At times it’s not too bad, you can go through spells where the cells,don’t attack or if they do it’s not too debilitating. At the other times it’s brutal. The feeling of constant nausea when they attack and the fatigue it brings is the worse. Also it doesn’t matter what you eat, one day it’s fine the next the cells don’t like it. Incidentally it’s not just food that brings on attacks lots of things do. Unbelievably on the list is, nothing can bring an attack on, another is change in weather temperature, I’m living in the wrong country!.
Tallybhoy. Enjoy Neil. Heart of Gold and Old Man. Classics.
Thanks for listening ghuys. I’m away now. Struggling a bit today. I wanted to come on and thank everyone for their kind wishes. Please remember I still have quality of life, it’s just different that’s all. There are so many worse off than me.
Hail Hail.
TALLYBHOY
Don’t forget your ear trumpet. Yer not in the first flush of youth anymore(!)
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
I think it’s coming maybe not this time but the Swiss would like to be among the innovators:))
It’s a tough place to live if you’re not working in the Pharma industry or connected to the ex-pat scene(boak)
Mon The BI
JIMMYNOTPAUL
HAIL,HAIL,bro…
JIMMYNOTPAUL
Keep your spirits up mate.
YNWA
Just a quick pop in to wish JimmynotPaul all the best in dealing with what sounds like a terrible illness, also may I take the opportunity to send my best wishes to El Diego Bhoy, I hope you are doing OK my friend, I will remember ye both in my prayers and hopefully better times will come for ye both and we will all celebrate 6 in a row together, in good health and in good spirits.
BMCUW
I’ll have you know that I am eight years younger than Neil.
He is seventy ‘tho!
Ear trumpet looked out and ready to go!
HH!!
At his death, Muhammad Ali’s life was celebrated by media across the world. His passing dominated the TV and radio news bulletins on Saturday. Schedules were changed in order to make way for extended coverage and special programmes.
Newspapers on every continent paid tribute to him with pages of photographs and articles that sought to sum up his extraordinary appeal.
The boxer who transcended his sport. The Vietnam refusenik who defied his government. The human rights activist who embodied the doctrine of egalitarianism. All of this and more – his humour, grace and gregariousness – have been captured by hundreds of writers and broadcasters.
The UK Sunday papers devoted scores of news pages and special supplements to the exploits of the Lousiville Lip, the man who rejected his slave name, Cassius Clay, in order to embrace Islam.
Front page headlines in the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, Sunday Express, and Daily Star Sunday adopted his description of himself as “the greatest”.
The Sunday Mirror’s page 1 used President Obama’s quote, “He shook up the world”, next to a picture of a young Ali. It was the best of the bunch, although the Observer’s full page photograph of the sweating boxer, by AP’s Gordon Parks, was also arresting.
The Sunday People, picking up on a claim by one of Ali’s family about the last moments of his death, said: “His heart wouldn’t stop beating”.
Perhaps the Sun on Sunday, on reflection, might reconsider whether its page 1 pun was appropriate: “Float like a butterfly, sting like R.I.P”.
An odd headline.
An odd headline. Photograph: Clipshare
And the Mail on Sunday could well regret its odd counter-intuitive decision to carry only a cross reference on its front page. That was surely an error of judgment.
There was, as we might have expected, plenty of purple prose as writers indulged in hyperbole in trying to get a measure of the man described by Hugh McIlvanney in the Sunday Times as “the most compelling figure in the history of sport, and self-appointed master of ceremonies to mankind.”
The Sunday Times’s souvenir supplement also carried several historic pieces by McIvanney. And his superb prose from the past also popped up in the Observer.
It reproduced his interview with Ali after his 1974 fight with George Foreman in Zaire, the “rumble in the jungle”. It highlighted both Ali’s boxing skills and McIlvanney’s writing skills – a magical combination.
Another terrific boxing writer of a former era, the Sun’s Colin Hart, rightly noted that “every superlative to describe his [Ali’s] skill and courage as a fighter was used up long ago.”
Used up, but it was a pleasure to see them employed all over again because it was impossible to understate the mark Muhammad Ali made on the world. Here’s Paul Hayward in the Sunday Telegraph:
“Today’s megastars have immense commercial reach. Technology has fired their images to almost every patch of Earth where humans are. Plenty can claim to be adored. But none can match Ali’s blend of charisma, athletic brilliance and historical influence.
He leaves us not only with great sporting memories but some of the most resonant social messages of our age. Chiming loudest of all, perhaps, is his declaration to America during the civil rights struggle: ‘I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be me.’”
Sports writers aside, leader writers also got into the act. The Observer said it was impossible to contain Ali: “he ducked and danced from easy stereotypes” and “this shape-shifting characterised him beyond the ring, it said, adding:
“Ali was the great warrior who refused to take up arms (‘no Vietnamese ever called me nigger’); the Nation of Islam devotee who preached a black American state, but wanted to spread love with everyone; the prototype fast-talking rapper who was barely literate; the ultimate sporting improviser who liked the certainties of prophecy…”
For the Sunday Times, what set Ali apart “on top of his extraordinary boxing ability, was his impact on the role of African-Americans in US society . He stood up for black pride.
“Sporting icons take a risk when taking up a political stance and nobody did so more controversially than Ali. But he took on the risk with the same confidence that he took on his opponents in the ring, knowing he would succeed.”
The Sunday Telegraph agreed, seeing Ali was “a genius in the ring… a wit, a man of tremendous wisdom… an original.” It concluded:
“When Ali developed Parkinson’s disease, his suffering, in his own estimation, only brought him closer to people. A strong man became a fragile man, and yet his spirit remained like iron.
His final victory was to hold on to his humanity through everything. The world has lost one of the giants of its age.”
The Independent wondered whether “any one man in our time inspired so many people to fulfil their potential.” But it questioned the zeal of his religious conversion , contending that Ali “succumbed to the immature conspiratorial thinking and victimhood mentality that occasionally tarnished the fight for equality in post-war America.”
Even so, the paper thought it came out well for Ali: “He was right about the power of sport, he was right about racial equality, he was right about Vietnam and he was right about himself.”
The Mail on Sunday viewed him as an “outstanding human being” while the Sunday Mirror thought him “a truly great man and an inspirational leader” and the Sunday Express argued that Ali “defined the 20th century.”
I lost count of the number of newspaper mentions of Ali being “the greatest”. How remarkable that a man who made such a boast should be remembered so affectionately for having done so.
Jimmy not Paul
I’ve come on to the site late to see the references to your good self. I’m not aware of the details but can tell you the support you get on here cannot be underestimated. Best wishes to you in your fight for health.
Jimmynotpaul,
HH, a lovely post.
An interesting tale here involving our own Michael Davitt. The Bodyke Evictions, Clare, 1887. The women of the O’Halloran family remind me of The Corrs, click on their picture to enlarge.
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/bodyke_evictions/frank_ohallorans_account.htm
Some international press coverage of the day.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=450&dat=18870611&id=ipNLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XC4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4250,7851135&hl=en
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=18870727&id=f_tjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3ZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6043,2037222&hl=en
Offski
JIMMYNOTPAUL,
Will remember you and your loved in my prayers, as you face what sounds a terrible illness.
Ivehadtochangemyname 9.32
Just read back, your going to Lourdes and getting not well made me laugh…
I thought the Res12 tee-shirts were just a wee laugh, just saw the advert, excellent the 12 could have been green but I get it…..definitely want one when any orders are taken, still sneak into a large (just)
JIMMYNOTPAUL-best of luck HH
http://espn.go.com/photo/2012/1212/bos_g_3panel12_sy_576.jpg
who played no12 for us 12/02/00 SPL DUNDEE v CELTIC 0-3 nae cheetin
Jimmy not Paul prayers said mate . Stay strong.
Starry Plough yep still buzzing mate. I know he ain’t your taste but get a concert on your bucketlist G incredible mate.
HH
KTF
UTLR
Winning Captains – T-shirts I’ll take one XL please
HH
Funny how things turn out. A quick swatch at the blog reveals recent references to Rudi Vata and the sleekit gardener.
Just so happens I just finished mowing the lawn, (we don’t cut the grass in upper ML3), when the bold Rudi appears to tell me that he off to his homeland for the European championships to be the Albanian equivilent of Gary Lineker for the local TV network.
Now I don’t know if Gary Lineker employs a gardener to tend to his estate while he’s off on his TV travels but ole Rudi could maybe give wee sleekit a bell before setting off on his exploits given the state of his resident jungle.
Eurochamps67
FairbringsdowntheoutlookoftheestatesoitdoesCSC