KR Reykjavík recorded a 0-2 win in the Icelandic Cup on Sunday and have one more league game, against bottom club Thor on Thursday, before facing Celtic on Champions League duty a week today.
Celtic have a game this evening against LSK Linz before facing a famous name from our past, Dukla Prague, on Friday. While the world will be coming through a World Cup climb down Celtic will be facing a committed team in the mid-Atlantic. There is no room for complacency.
Next week’s qualifier has all the potential to cause a fright. Ronny Deila will by now know all about Gordon Strachan’s competitive start at Celtic, which cast a shadow he never completely shook off, so it is absolutely critical the manager gets us playing the way he wants us tonight.
Ross McCormack’s route from Murray Park reject at 19 eight years ago to a player Fulham have just bid £11m for is worthy of consideration. It’s easy for us to point to how Rangers ruined young talented footballers but the stark truth is that for well over a decade Celtic had vastly better youth talent that Rangers but failed to graduate anything like as many as we should have.
McCormack had to go to Motherwell, a club well experienced at nurturing talent, to build his career, but he would have fared no better at Celtic. Having no space for youth is one of the many unhealthy consequences of having two massive clubs engaged in a football arms race. Our game was destined to destroy talent.
Fortunately, the man who loaned his name to Murray Park ensured that arms race would end in spectacular fashion, when he sold his club’s assets and liabilities to a liquidation specialist for £1. In a perverse sort of way, Scottish football should thank him.
Thank you to everyone who supported CQN’s efforts for Glasgow the Caring City and The Cookie Jar Foundation, especially the reader who paid an incredible £530 for the signed European Cup canvas. You are all a credit to our club.
Best wishes to Argentina tomorrow, I hope the overcome Netherlands for the memory of the first worldwide football hero they gave the game, Alfredo Di Stefano.
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Delenaney’s Dunky
Hiya,Palomine.. Nice tae See ye oan board..
Ah saw that Re-Run o’ the Linz Game… oan Celtic T.V.
Ah wiz Bizzy so Ah missed the actual Game..
By the way..
It seems that Maist of the Folk oan here ur Mair Interested in Germany n Brazil..
than How Celtic ur Daein’
No . .. Me.. or You,pal..
That World Cup thignmy…is a Complete Bore… as far as Ah am Concerned
You n Me….We are Trew Cet’ic Greenies.. Thru n Thru.
Anyway, Nice chattin’ Pal.. As Evah.
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Gotta Leave,Steve..
Seeya..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Long ball Brazil team.
Who’d a think it.
HH
The Brazilians obviously think that ‘Hulk’ ‘Fred’ & ‘Bernard’ are exotic names.
Lionsroar67… Third effort at trying to engage with you… TBM
Great to see the poor people of Brazil finally get an opportunity to demand a fairer share of their countries oil wealth, let the fruits of the nation be felt by all the nation.
Also great to see a scintillating German performance. Wonder what Germany have to do to get credit on not just the BBC but any would be SBC. Anti-germanic tendencies and pro Brazilian feelings seems endemic throughout the whole of the UK. A bit rediculous really when u consider that admiring Brazil is very much outdated based on the hack and slash style they now employ and the lack of pass and move. The germans the best the media can say of them is they are efficient, which is total bs as in fact they are a great pass and move team but guess sterotypes in some areas are totally allowed whilst on certain other areas they are Orweillian banned even if a stereotype could be useful (such as hoodies being more of a threat than “hipsters” to a persons personal safety).
Saw disgusting anti catholic comments from Billy Boy 05 earlier today when he mentioned child abusing priests… Funny how he doesn’t mention child abusing scout leaders, teachers at non dom schools or more frequently “celebrities”, in fact per head celebrities have far more abusers in their ranks than the total per head ratio of perv priests, scout leaders and non dom teachers put together, if we restrict our definition of “celebs” to folk “highly famous near universally in the uk”. Point is by only highlighting a tiny minority of abusers he is allowing, neigh facilitating other abusers to go unchallenged and he is allowing that because it allows him to justify -in his own mind- his hatred of Catholics.
Abuse is not a theological issue but is in fact something that comes with too much power and sometimes people will be drawn to certain careers because they where already intending bad things and said position of authority as scout leader, priest or “celebrity” just gives them the power and access to commit heinous crimes. Also the laughable comparisons of the forced invasion of Ireland with the peaceful union between Scotland and England is just beyond absurdity, where in one case guns where used to prevent cessation and in the other ballot boxes are the tool of debate to continue or spilt up a union.
I’d say its on a par to those horrible people who compare and falsely morally equivalize the lynching and segregation black people faced by white people in the deep south to the quest to force churches to “marry” gay people not just on their premises done by a secular official of the state, separate from the regular meeting of the congregation, but done in a “religious” ceremony against the adherents beliefs be they Presbyterian, catholic, evangelic, Muslim or Hasidic, who then call such fascism “freedom”.
If you have to deprive freedom from one person to give it to another then what u have is not really freedom and it sure as hell isn’t live and let live. If more people operated on the premise “id rather not be a member of a club that refused to have me as a member” rather than “force those people who don’t regonize/agree with my positions on everything to celebrate my positions” we’d be a lot closer to individualistic egalitarian based collectivism.
BMCUW, you must know everyone on here eh! Feel free to be acting HK if asked… Regards & Hail Hail… TBM
Germany Europhiliac
I liked Groucho Marx’s remark where he said he would never join a club that would accept him as a member.
HH
THE BARCA MOLE
HK?
Lost me again,bud. Told you,I’m rubbish at these overnight quiz thingies!
Morning Celts.
Blue sky, calm and sunny along the Fylde coast.
What a game last night, never saw that coming and the Germans looked like World Cup winners. Roll on the next semi final!
V
I met nice people a lot
Real important people
You could tell by their hands
Soft
And by their cologne
Expensive
And perfume
Chanel
They would say hello
On their important way
I met them again
They weren’t so nice
Same people
Same hands
Same cologne
Same perfume
They never said hello
On their perverted way
The recent allegations
Don’t surprise me
My sisters met Harris
After a concert in Dundee
In 82
By then we were In the home
VIP
If you magnify our experiences
Across the countries
There needs to be a hell of a lot of inquiries
Just cos it’s famous
It’s no less important
I’ve been fighting and praying
One day
I was shown into the pit
There was a guy
And a woman
Laughter
Kicked
I fell
More laughter
The woman approached
She was beautiful
Blonde
She wiped the blood
Told me to stand
I thanked her
She had a camera
She told me my mother was waiting over there
I stepped forward
Then she hit me
I fell
Then the man came
Lifted me up
Thankful
What followed
Was-one of the worst days of my life
Torture
And abuse
I ‘l never forget
What saved me
My wee bro came down
They scattered
Got ready and left
Took their bags
Which read
House of Commons
Margaret Gargan, 13, shot in the head.
John Dougal, 16, shot in the chest.
David McCafferty, 15, shot in the chest.
Patrick Butler, 39, shot in the head.
Father Noel Fitzpatrick, 40, shot in the neck.
Just a simple acknowledgment would suffice, that is all.
Venceremos.
HH.
An official bag
Just in case nobody’s seen one
Embossed with House of Commons
Think it was brown
GermanyEurophiliac 02.25 hrs.
Well thought out post which basically summarises the days > 1000 posts on CQN.
The only thing missing is to point out that a great debater can flourish with a dodgy message. Only 7% of speaking is the actual words.
HH, always in Celtic.
16 roads – celtic über alles…
God bless them all bhro
What happened
Travellerbhoy – I hope that you get justice one day my friend,it’s long overdue.
And a meant to also say ,thanks a million for the whiskey(double).
God bless you kind Sir, and the very best of luck to ye.
HH.
16 roads – Celtic über alles…
Just another blood stained chapter in Britain’s illustrious history,
RiP, to the five victims, and all the others.
lilys
travellerbhoy
06:32 on 9 July, 2014
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Never worry Travellerbhoy, just an unfortunate incident that occurred in the district years ago.
Posted because of the anniversary, in the midst of your own post there.
Foot in mouth disease as per always on my part.
The usual.
Apologies for interrupting ya there.
HH.
Who’d take the Dutch to do to the Argies what the Germans did to Brazil?
16 roads – celtic über alles…
Hey bhro
Thanks for the compliment
And thanks for the company at the hootenanny
Sorry I got drunk
God reign down on these poor unfortunate souls who lost their lives
Hail Hail my fhriend
travellerbhoy
06:52 on 9 July, 2014
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Never a bother chief.
Next dayoot we shall have a proper drink fs!
And thanks again, appreciated the whiskey.
Ye have a heart of gold.
My shout though the next time a see ya.
Slainte mo chara.
HH.
Good morning friends from a clear skied, very bright and sun drenched East Kilbride. Niiiiice.
16 roads – celtic über alles…
Mo chara
Sounds good to me
One day I’d like to buy you a drink in your place
Meant to travel this year but a few hiccups. What’s new
Me ex missus
Paid me a visit on Saturday
She’s no spoke to me for 3 year
Turned up
Slapped me
We talked
Praise god
She did need the morning after pill
Never got it till Monday
Panic
Somehow it’s my feckin fault : )
16 ROADS
Springhill,1972.
IIRC,a soldier who was involved killed himself in a car,leaving photos of the events that day.
Not that long ago either.
Was one of the dead a priest?
Good morning Tims.
Does last nights remarkable result mean that we can dig out the ole paint, head for Germany and spray “7-1 ya bas” with impunity?
Almost makes you wish there was still a Berlin Wall…
Apologies to anybody who was offended by my last post
We are not practicing Catholics
Hail Hail
TRAVELLER BHOY
Glad you and yer better half made up for some lost time!
More importantly,delighted that there may be some light at the end of a tunnel-or two-for you.
Morning all.
Truly incredible game last night.
…and the Germany v Brazil match wisnae too shabby either!
Pukki hat-trick?!
HH!!
TRAVELLER BHOY
It takes a lot to offend us on here,mate. Though a post about eleven hours ago went pretty close!
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
07.17,
Indeed, once again your correct on both points
lilys
LILYS GRANDPA
The soldier sticks in my mind for two reasons.
One,before it I had barely heard of Springhill.
Two,it was reported then barely mentioned again.
So off to the library I went,remember them things?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS,
7.36
I do indeed, in fact I think I still owe them a fine of wan,n,wanpence!!
lilys
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
07:28 on 9 July, 2014
TRAVELLER BHOY
It takes a lot to offend us on here,mate. Though a post about eleven hours ago went pretty close!
Cheers for that bhud
Me and the missus have agreed that I’m a basturd and that I am responsible for everything bad that ever happened
But would I like to meet up occasionly
Ask me
Definitely
Hail hail
travellerbhoy
A lot of folk on here look out for you a lot. It’s important you know YNWA.
What Can I say of today’s weather. Stunning in dunblane and looking over to the mountains to the west. Shame I’m not heading towards them in my bike but into Gla on a train.
A morning befitting a Jobo weather observation if ever there was one.
HH Timdom. Jamesgang
BMCUW
Library! Oooooh! Get you. You old handsome deil of an intellectual you!
;-)
HH jamesgang
TRAVELLER BHOY
Canny go wrong wi taking the blame for everything,bud. It’s doing the necessary penance that I could never handle.
Bestaluck,mate.
JAMESGANG
That was before the local council down here started closing them.
Ironically they still appear on my council tax bill every year. Strange,that.