There is something demeaning about Celtic putting out daily messages asking fans who have zero interest in attending Celtic Park on Sunday to stay away from the game at the insistence of the Scottish Government.
They have been forced into this by Government muscle flexing. The Government have zero intention of cancelling the fixture but cannot control that information from leaking through their ranks. This pantomime will continue until the First Minister, or perhaps her Justice Minister, will concede that Celtic and the visitors have ‘done enough’ to allow the fixture to go ahead. Celtic’s messaging has been crystal clear for 12 months; we are not the transgressing party, but we are useful to deflect from the core problem.
If only the Government had been as keen to act last March. They froze when they should have made a decision, allowing 50,000 fans to attend a Europa League game in Ibrox, including thousands of visitors from Germany. Despite first hand access to the scientific evidence, they continued to divert their eyes until football took the unilateral decision to call a halt to the sport, two days before another 50,000 were due at Ibrox. A year on and your Government has matured into faux grandstanding around the most important issue of our lives, mark my words, the game will go ahead, this is all false.
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Turkeybhoy 3:24
And continuing with ollie mc flaking burnie.
“BIG JIMMY on 16TH MARCH 2021 3:26 PM
I plan to be lying , upside doon, like a Pun of Mince,
The Poet Laureate of CQN.
:-)))
On a more pedantic note, how would one know if mince was upside down?
HOT SMOKED on 16TH MARCH 2021 3:56 PM
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My Granda used to ask me this…
” Wee Jimmy if you are walking by a Butchers shop and in the window there are Chickens on Hooks….
Are they Hinging UP…..or are they Hinging Doon” ?
Needless to say it didnt matter what I answered as he would argue against it !
Auld Bobby R.I.P.
HH.
You reap what you sow Pablo.
We don’t yet live in a one party state (close though) so what direct action can be taken against Celtic by SG is unclear to me.
As for the messaging?
Improving but needs to be more rambunctious still.
“Oh you’re having a summit?”
“That’s nice. Definitely overdue”
“Declined. Send us the minutes”
Hail hail
Keep The Faith
We’re Not Half of Anything
On a more pedantic note, how would one know if mince was upside down?
you will see its shoes sticking up in the air.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1371832729512374273
Belgium Holland league merger…
It’s Glasgow Fair 1943, there’s a war on, but even Mr Hitler – he of ‘one ball’ – can’t stop Glasgow going on holiday. We’re queued right up the ramp at the old St Enoch Station – there’s dugs, a horse and cart, and I can spot an airman and a sailor.
Picture: Newsquest
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Stivs…as a St Paul’s Bhoy I know the Scotstoun Emporioum well…………..
my sister lived on Primrose st too.
” In his prime, Vassilas Barkas has the physique of a Greek statue, but he has fewer moves. ”
Hugh McIlvanney ( if he’d been alive he might have said it ? )
Big Jimmy
How are you getting on at Cheltenham?
I am not a horsey man but I do enjoy Cheltenham. Not the same this year, of course, but still enjoyable.
TURKEYBHOY
I think you are being a bit unfair on Welsh.
Although not the tallest, he is very good in the air and is a proper defender. Which Bitton isn’t.
Mmnn …..some of you must have more faith in the MIB than me , as soon as I see Collums name I know regardless of formation or player selection that the outcome will be dictated by his decisions more than anything else :( If its wasn’t him I would suggest making it as physical and nasty a game as possible because they will surely have an eye on their place in the team for Europe :)
Bankiebhoy
I lived at the far end No 20 – top floor.
I’ve a picture taken on the street outside in 1953 and thee are no tramlines then. Remember hundreds coming out of the yards and along the street
” If ever there was race between a Glasgow tenement and Celtic’s Greek Goal-Keeper, the smart money would be on the tenement. Make no mistake this Greek tragedy is going nowhere fast…”
Hugh McIlvanney ( If God had spared him)
Gene – my sister did too, near the top by the railway embankment ( The Puggie)
and just opposite the newly built St Paul’s Primary where my mother , God Rest Her, taught.
I think she was on the second floor. Memory aint what it used to be.
Big Jimmy
I see there is a horse called Saint Sam running.Is that any connection to aSuper Sam from the 1960`s?
Bankiebhoy
I went to the old school on Dumbarton road – when the church was in the same building.
Happy days
Bain
Kenny, Welsh, Ajer, Laxalt
Soro Brown
Turnbull McGregor Moi
Eddie
Couple of decent tackles into the marchin bastards and they’d fold. Last chance for our bhoys to show they do have a heart for a jersey and a battle, no matter how late in the season. Fxck them getting through this league campaign unbeaten, never hear the end of it! like their faux 55.
Toreintaethehunbastards csc
80/1 shot won the 4.15Ch there..obv wasnt on it
In normal circumstances, this could be the party of all parties – Irish and Croatians getting together (with me in the middle). Pity it will be virtual this year.
ZAGREB, 16 March, 2021 – Nine Croatian cities will participate this year in the 12th edition of the Irish Global Greening tourism initiative to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 and show their support for global greening.
The Irish Embassy to Croatia on Tuesday said that a record number of Croatian cities and locations will participate this year by greening public spaces like museums, galleries, fountains, parks and other areas, starting at 7 pm on St. Patrick’s Day.
Green is the colour associated with Ireland and is used to promote Ireland’s tourism, through marketing campaigns and other activities, including the global greening initiative, launched 11 years ago in Australia when the Sydney Opera House was lit up in green on St. Patrick’s Day in 2010.
The Croatian cities that will participate in this global event this year are Zagreb, Rijeka, Zadar, Split, Pula, Dubrovnik and Varaždin, which have already participated, and this year they are to be joined by Hvar and Oriovac, as the only city from Slavonia.
The head of Ireland’s tourism administration, Niall Gibbons, has said that more than 70 million people around the world have connections with Ireland and by marking St. Patrick’s Day they reconnect with their heritage. This year it will be especially important because many of them who live abroad will not be able to travel home to celebrate.
Gene, I started there – made my Communion there.
Communion breakfast in the old hall sandwiched between the church and the old school.
Fr Simcox was the Priest.
Gene…..
Did you know the Dempseys.? Opposite end of the road, ground floor, next to The Emporium. Tam Dempsey, mad tims. They emigrated to Canada.
HOT SMOKED on 16TH MARCH 2021 4:14 PM
Big Jimmy
I see there is a horse called Saint Sam running.Is that any connection to aSuper Sam from the 1960`s?
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I was only a Boy in the 1960’s, and I was nearly 11 and a hawf when Celtic won in Lisbon, so i didnt really know about Horses back….I still dont !
LOL
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HOT SMOKED on 16TH MARCH 2021 4:05 PM
Big Jimmy
How are you getting on at Cheltenham?
I am not a horsey man but I do enjoy Cheltenham. Not the same this year, of course, but still enjoyable.
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Ive had TWO Winners at Early Bigger Prices, and another Two have been stuck up in 2nd Place….so far.
Not too great to be honest but I have my ” Banker” running in the 4.50..called REMASTERED….its been gambled down in the Betting toady, as obviously others also fancy it.
I say its my Banker….but its a very tough Race.
HH.
I realise that Phil is not to everyone`s taste but at least he mentions the Covid increase in Glasgow and the possible/likely connection with the Huns in George Square ( and elsewhere) last weekend.
https://philmacgiollabhain.ie/2021/03/16/disease-before-dishonour/
TOADY ?….Today OBVIOUSLY !
Bankiebhoy1, Father Simcox was a well loved curate at St Michaels as well as spiritual adviser tae the bhoys at St Pats before being elevated tae PP out in St Martin of Tours in the people’s republic of the Renton.
Big J
Thanks for the reply. All the best in the 4:50 ( not you personally,just your horse !!)
Cheerio for now.
Bankiebhoy
Left when I was 7 so don’t remember anyone. I moved to toryglen just before my first Holy Communion but came back a few weeks later to receive it in St Paul’s.
SFTB
“ Elyounoussi has scored as many as Griffiths & Ajeti combined. he also has as many assists as them so he is as productive as two of the alternatives combined.‘’
While I don’t always agree with you, your arguments are usually tough to counter. On this occasion, less so I fear, if Griffiths and Ajeti are being used as a benchmark (even a combined one!)
HH jg
When Barkas arrived he ticked all the boxes (except the two at Celtic Park )
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Gene…
TT…………………..thanks.
I believe Fr Simcox’s background was a very wealthy family in Cork City,
We now live in the county and I mean to look into his background further.
He was a decent lovely fella with a profound faith. The other priest was a Fr Trainer who was young and progressive, but he left to go to some other Parish.
HH
HOT SMOKED on 16TH MARCH 2021 4:36 PM
Never understood the animosity that some Celtic fans have towards Phil. Not saying that he’s the best writer in the world or that everyone should read his articles but in the world of Scottish football journalism he is most definitely one of the good guys.
Christ! There’s Two O’ Em!
“Positive” news at last from the hun hordes………….
wot?
When the Leagues “won” an’ thuv hud thur fun?????
Shirley, naw!
JG
“While I don’t always agree with you, your arguments are usually tough to counter. On this occasion, less so I fear, if Griffiths and Ajeti are being used as a benchmark (even a combined one!)”
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Well, in my defence, they are the two main alternatives.
Your choice, Paddy Klimala, has even less in the way of assists and goals after 23 appearances, mosly as sub.
I just don’t want to take goals out of the team. Tha’s why I would use one of those 3 alternaties as an impact sub where fitness is not so crucial
Jabba entering the Prodcast market, avoid, Stubbs has signed up for him,hopefully gets dropped from Celtic TV coverage in future.
Bada Bing…it will be very hun biased. Stephen Kerr is an arrogant …chap. I remember him when he was starting out. Similar to wee bull neck, not very likable. Stubbs lost credibility some time ago.