The immediate benefit of last night’s 0-3 win away to Alashkert, is that the manager can use Wednesday’s return game as an opportunity to get squad fitness to the required level, without having to worry about qualification.
We have 180 minutes football to get ready for Rosenborg or Valur. The former are 16 league games and five months into their season. And you do not need to be reminded, Rosenborg dusted themselves down after defeat to Celtic last season to end Ajax’ interest in European football before the end of August.
Did you notice Craig Gordon seemed anchored to his six yard box, allowing space between him and the defence for long balls to be pitched into? Not sure what the plan was here but it didn’t help. There is a newness about the defensive line-up which would benefit from the keeper taking a more active role.
Odsonne Edouard and Moussa Dembele looked a real handful. Both held the ball and withstood attention from multiple opponents. James Forrest got a goal and, technically, two assists, although his contribution to the opener was a shot he will try to forget. James produced the difference between Celtic and Rosenborg a year ago, his experience at this level will be valuable in two weeks.
There will be tougher tests for Lewis Morgan but his directness impressed.
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a good read, poignant still.
https://thecelticstar.com/tragic-derby-ibrox-france-football-pays-tribute-prince-goalkeepers/
Hoopy Birthday BMCUWP. Have a good one M. HH
BMCUW —
Happy Birthday to you —
https://youtu.be/hHkW2KjzcSA
BMCUW _
Cant even get that right – I blame the heat . This time -Happy Birthday-
https://youtu.be/RuVX2ZSPxtY
I would take McGinn just now,but would love to stiff those huns Petrie and Dempster,and get him to sign a pre-contract in January……..
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 11TH JULY 2018 12:55 PM
Sorry, had to go out and so lost the thread. What’d I say?
I gather Hibs have rejected a second bid from us for McGinn. Why not wait until the January transfer window and sign him then? He seems to be a supporter; so, presumably he can refuse to sign for anyone else, even if Hibs try and sell him to anyone but us.
BMCUW
A very Happy Birthday Mon Ami,
I wish you continued good health and happiness.
All the very best from the Green Valley Crew
HH
Happy, Hoopy Birthday BMCUW ?????????????
Happy birthday BMCUW
Marspapa
I’ll be right in pv watching the game tonight
My English pals are on holiday so you can come an support England on their behalf??
No sound as it’s the commentary i despise not the players
Hey M.
Happy birthday, have a blast.
Hail Hail
Who are leaking details of bids for John McGinn?
In my opinion, has to be Hibs, in the hope that other clubs come in with higher bids.
Hail Hail
B.T.
Good to see you posting.
I hope all is as good as can be, with your loved ones.
Hail Hail
Not for those of a fragile disposition ?
New OO uniform
JNP
Cheers pal??????
South of Tunis
Ah..the First Assembly Church of God.
Pretty much the full bhoona of fear – immersion baptism, speaking in tongues, creationism, Dominionsim, pro gun, rabidly anti-gay, racial purity etc
Sarah Palin is an adherent – nuff said.
No wonder Elvis was conflicted as an adult..
Snake Handling CSC
Hi Paul67,
Yes, I suspected our preparations were well in hand and could get a very important win in Armenia.
The cushion means we can, though caution is always advisable, make tentative plans for the next round.
Rosenberg will be a big test and with injured and World Cup players streaming back into the squad it will be a dynamic month.
Dembele is a very special player but all our players did well, especially our forward line. Lewis Morgan seems like a player from an exciting by-gone era… an era whose time could re-emerge.
Hoping big things for the lhad…
Hail Hail
Not one to bring politics to the blog as a rule, though often comment, but I thought this was an interesting piece in the N.Y. Times that struck a chord…
NY Times – Opinion
Boris Johnson Has Ruined Britain
“He knows that the verdict of history is about to come down on him — and bury him.”
By Jenni Russell
Ms. Russell is a British journalist.
July 10, 2018
LONDON — For the second time in three years, Boris Johnson, a politician whose ambition and superficial charm far outstrip his ability, judgment or principles, is destabilizing the British government and threatening the country’s future.
On Monday, Mr. Johnson, in protest against Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans for Brexit, resigned from his post as foreign secretary. Now Mrs. May’s authority, longevity and ability to deliver a Brexit without causing an economic crisis are in question. But further political paralysis seems certain.
Britain is in this mess principally because the Brexiteers — led largely by Mr. Johnson — sold the country a series of lies in the lead up to the June 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union. They did so because neither Mr. Johnson nor his fellow leader of the Leave campaign, Michael Gove, intended, wanted or expected to win.
At the start of 2016, Mr. Johnson was perhaps the most popular politician in Britain. Supporters and fans mobbed him at train stations and traffic lights; pollsters and pundits thought he could reach the parts of the country that other Conservatives could never touch. But he was also driven and insecure, so desperate to guarantee he would be the next prime minister that he cynically abandoned his own previous positions on the European Union in order to try to secure support from his party’s Euroskeptic right wing.
Because Mr. Johnson and Mr. Gove were confident that the Leave campaign was a hopeless cause, they were free to make ridiculous claims that they had no expectation of ever having to fulfill. They said that Brexit would make Britain both richer and more independent, with more money for the National Health Service, much greater control of immigration and continued friction-free trade with Europe.
Every earnest warning from the other side — about how any Brexit would damage trade, business and jobs — was dismissed airily by the Brexiteers. There were no costs or downsides in this vision of the future.
This casual dishonesty has had devastating consequences.
In the two years since the Leave campaign unexpectedly won, nobody, from the prime minister to Mr. Johnson to the Labour Party, has been able to come up with a plan for exiting the European Union that can satisfy both a majority in Parliament and the expectant public. Why? Because fulfilling the false promises peddled by Mr. Johnson during the campaign is impossible.
The gulf between the easy, prosperous, productive Brexit that its voters are impatiently expecting, and the grim, complicated cost of disentangling economies that have been intertwined for decades has poisoned and paralyzed British politics.
The Conservatives’ leaders cannot admit to the electorate that they were deceived without splitting the party. And instead of apologizing for misleading voters, Mr. Johnson and the other Brexiteers have doubled down, taking refuge in optimistic slogans and vapid promises, refusing to believe the increasingly agitated evidence from hospitals, airlines, farmers, supermarkets and factories that a hard Brexit will damage them all.
Last week, Mrs. May finally attempted to force a recognition of reality on her divided cabinet by coming up with a compromise; a partial Brexit that allows goods free access in and out of Europe at the cost of accepting many European rules. It was an imperfect plan, but still it provided, finally, a starting point for negotiations with Brussels.
For three days, that compromise held, until the first political delusionist, the Brexit Secretary David Davis, broke free, still claiming that in some magical future Britain could get almost everything it wanted, if only the country would just stand by its demands.
Petrified of being outflanked, Mr. Johnson followed suit, bringing with him the implicit threat that he could lead a rebellion against the government that other hard-line Brexiteers will follow. It is a desperate move by a man who has lost almost all the credibility he had three years ago.
All of Mr. Johnson’s weaknesses have been exposed: his lazy reluctance to do detail, his preference for bluster over thinking, his contempt for business. The campaign was meant to secure his future; instead, in damaging the country, he fears he has wrecked his own future, too. As one of his allies told me last month: “He knows that the verdict of history is about to come down on him — and bury him.”
Mr. Johnson seems to believe that this is his last chance to become prime minister: After his resignation this week, he hopes to be reborn as a rebel who will lead the party. But more likely is that he will once again create political chaos without delivering what he wants.
Two years ago, the side effect of Mr. Johnson’s ambitious maneuvering was to split the country and risk the prosperity and security of all Britons for decades. Now, just as a fragile basis for negotiation emerges, his selfish drive for vindication, attention and admiration threatens that, too.
It is petrifying that the deliberate deceptions and wild ego of one man can so mislead a nation. (Americans know all about that.) One insider told me that Mrs. May was prepared for Mr. Johnson’s defection, and will outflank him, persuading wavering Conservatives that the time for fantasy has passed.
But Britain is teetering on the edge, on the verge of making catastrophic, irreversibly damaging mistakes. The danger is that Johnson might tip the balance in the wrong direction once again.
BHOYJOEBELFAST on 11TH JULY 2018 8:39 AM
Tontine Tim last night. Of course! I should have put ‘If I were a carpenter’ written and performed by Hardin at Woodstock ’69.
*Just like Trini Lopez had the unusual hit with If I Had A Hammer, crooner Bobby Darin did the same with this, that was followed up a couple of years later by the Four Tops.
Tim also wrote Reason to Believe which big Rod recorded on his album Every Picture Tells a Story. It was then released as a single with Maggie May on the flip-side until some disc jockey flipped it and it became a massive hit for Rod. Numerous artists have recorded it including the aforementioned Walden Robert Cassotto
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD on 11TH JULY 2018 2:32 PM
I gather Hibs have rejected a second bid from us for McGinn. Why not wait until the January transfer window and sign him then? He seems to be a supporter; so, presumably he can refuse to sign for anyone else, even if Hibs try and sell him to anyone but us.
*Jock did the same with Joe McGoals even though Dunfermline put in a higher bid, mibbees that’s why the steelemen don’t like us.
JIMMYNOTPAUL on 11TH JULY 2018 2:46 PM
Who are leaking details of bids for John McGinn?
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Quite readily available quotes from Neil Lennon in the MSM. Says hes unsure what price Hibs are actually looking for.
IMO hes knows McGinn is for the off and wants Allan on board and a % of the McGinn cash to spend asap. Petrie playing games is just hurting his own club.
Final offer £2.4m + Allan or else we tell them we’ll be back in 5/6 months with 200k.
HH
Maybe Brendan wants to keep Scott Allan?
BMCUW. happy birthday bobby.hh.
TRADITIONALIST88 on 11TH JULY 2018 3:07 PM.
Thanks for that.
It will be to Hibs benefit and St Mirren’s detriment, if Scott is part of the deal as St Mirren have a sell on fee due.
The issue with that is, Scott is rumoured to be on 8,000 a week with Celtic, Hibs cannot match that.
Hail Hail
Happy Birthday BMCUWP
I hope Croatia present you with a victory.
HH
CRC
Professor Longhair, dig this guyz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4M2HzDOlMA
KINGLuBO
JIMMYNOTPAUL on 11TH JULY 2018 3:22 PM
Not sure what hes on but if true its 8k we may have to cut a deal with Allan over the remaining time on his deal, which is only 1 year so wouldnt be hard to deal with IMO.
HH
Not sure if this is a scam, but I got a text saying I’d won £100 in cash or two tickets to an Elvis tribute night.
It said……………….. Press 1 for the money or 2 for the show…………………….
Repost since its Elvis day CSC
Saint Stivs on 11th July 2018 1:59 pm
https://philmacgiollabhain.ie/2018/07/11/a-traditional-hatred-that-is-tolerated-in-scotland/
That is a sound article by Phil and his recommendation of a Parades Commission makes sense.
We do not want a return to the days of yore of which I was reminded by my sister at the weekend.
Our dad was brought up in the Calton, born and buttered in Well St. He would be about 20 in the days of The Billy Boys etc.
Apart from the Caltonians saving their urine up the week before the 12th thoughtfully (as they saw it) cool off OO paraders marching along London Rd in a hot July day, on one occasion they painted a huge shamrock at the top of Well St on the London Rd just to let the marchers know they were marching on holy ground.
Today though, if the OO insist on their right to march where they please rather than reroute a march, then a bond should be required to compensate for any damages, physical or emotional, if on passing any place of religious worship there is an outbreak of hostility caused by their failure to properly police the marchers and the entourage that follows.
When faced with real risks folk who never have, tend to evaluate the cost of their rights and in doing so might reach a more reasonable conclusion.
2nd bid of £2 Million has been rejected by hibs for J.Mc.G ( i don’t think he is worth it or anywhere near it ) then we should offer them nothing and sign him on a pre contract in Jan, in BR we trust.
3rd bid just been rejected
Taxi Driver csc
Anyone heard the story involving . Olly and Édouard ?
Re my previous post on the OO Id like to clarify.
When I said a bond should be paid I most definitely did not mean a bond should be played, otherwise it would be the 12th July all year long.
BMCUWP
In the spirit of the day, let me wish you sretan rođendan
Auldheid,
some bond that would be……lol.
BMCUWP – Happy Birthday M, hope your having a good day.
HH
CHANNELISLANDCELT on 11TH JULY 2018 3:43 PM
Anyone heard the story involving . Olly and Édouard ?
Rumour they have been in a car crash,got a couple of pictures,doesn’t seem to be too bad
and I hope you asked for a Croatian win today!
BMCUWP
Hope you are having a great birthday.
No too much Guinness mind!