I know Leigh Griffiths has more experience behind him that road ahead. He may prove to be a challenge for Ange Postecoglou to manage (although I would not assume so) and I would hope he is not first choice striker for Celtic ever again. However, if we need a goal in the qualifiers, at McDiarmid, or in a Hampden cup final, and things just don’t seem to be happening, you know Leigh can change games and seasons.
His story is fundamental to our second nine-in-a-row, the last season in particular. His commercial value is significantly less than it was when his last contract was agreed; Celtic’s option to extend for one-year would have flattered him. The one-year deal announced today is almost certainly at a lower rate, but right for Leigh and for Celtic.
If athletes perform best with something to fight against, Leigh will have the words of Neil Lennon injecting his veins with adrenaline. He has a point to prove, watch him do it.
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Monkey boots –
I think black, brown, burgundy, yellow laces, sold in the army and navy stores, maybe eastern block surplus like the parkas with east germany insignia, and those khaki jackets that the provos wore, and belts, and the big socks.
got a lot of stuff from sinclair street greenock store, with a Provo cheque.
St Stivs
Great memory.
I’d forgotten all about them….and I had a pair…..they were a kind of poor mans Doc Martens
If ever you feel nostalgic for the worst ever ‘70s tv shows then I recommend Forces TV
I’m watching CHiPs now
What a lot of total unadulterated complete crap
Addictive though
TRUTH_BEAUTY_AND_FREEDOM on 1ST JULY 2021 3:34 PM
I’ve just read back, cracking post.
HH
That monkey boots question creaked open a personal vault in the old memory bank library.
I had pairs at 11/12 (small feet & affordability) before i ever got Docs as a rude bhoy 13, i never got out of that style till maybe 19, but i never could become a New Romantic. Felt a bit daft singing Depeche mode and enola gay as celtic versions. New Order was ok ish.
I was working in Blairs, and told a few i was going for an interview with IBM, an older pal said, ok, if you want that job, grow your hair and dont go dressed as a Provo.
And I was right about the boots source. long read, but a diversion all the same
https://creaseslikeknives.wordpress.com/2017/12/26/do-the-monkey-eastern-bloc-boots-for-east-end-kids/
Chairbhoy
I also said I agree with the system they attempted to put in place under PL, it failed, simple as, he tried to do it on the cheap and it failed, the one and only reason we still have a few bob in the bank is down to employing a manager-coach who got us to the CL and we managed to bank the money that is being frittered away.
Presently we don’t have anyone who can be classed as our head of recruitment, Hammond left months ago, so who is signing the players, it’s certainly not Ange, he said so himself, unless he is learning ropes by telling lies as soon as he is in the door, but as I said, some will still say he signed yer man, as has already been said, and we call the huns stupid.
The system of employing young hungry players, developing and selling for profit is a good one when it works, but sometimes it has to be supplemented with battle hardened players who have been and gone and done it and who also have no sell on value, this has been our downfall, time will tell if McKay will change that, but I won’t be holding my breath.
HH
St Stivs
The drawing of two guys and a girl wearing the boots was drawn by my bro in law
He’s a “caricaturist” for the FT
In the article you highlighted
ST STIVS /31003
When I was still at school in 1971/72 in Girvan there was a couple of guys who came there from London who wore the Monkey boots 🙈
AN TEARMANN
Been over loads of times my dad was born there they all left in the fifties and moved to Paisley beautiful place.
Big Oz,welcome, I think he could be a good one
Miami building disaster, Biden met every family member who wanted to speak to him at the families liaison site, class.
BADA
👍💚🇮🇪
Interesting documentary available on BBCi player, shown on BBC Alba last night, perhaps before that as well, a biography of Irish boxer, Sean Mannion, ‘Rocky Ros Muc’. A reference to his home in Connemara. His boxing career was for the most part in and around Boston, and he lived in Dorchester, in South Boston. Not sure if all of Dorchester is part of “Southie” but pretty sure some of it is at least. Well worth a watch for those that haven’t seen it, touches on some of the social issues in the 1970s and 80s, bussing, the intro of cocaine, which I am pretty sure was linked to the CIA and to US govt. involvement in Central America, something Joe Biden knows about from his days as a Senator from Delaware. Mannion was a good fighter of course, could have been better though, had he not been so fond of the booze, which understandably he played down a bit when interviewed. Not to mention his South Boston mob connections, eg Pat Nee also originally from Ros Muc, though his friend and sparring partner Frank MacDonald did get a mention, not least for getting shot dead during some criminal enterprise. One story that really was played down was an incident which happened shortly before Mannion’s fight with Mike McCallum, a Jamaican not a Scotsman, for the light middle-weight crown in 1984. As told Mannion got cut up training , and couldn’t spar in the build up to the fight down in NYC. Fact is though he got beat up in a bar room brawl in the ‘Emerald Isle’ which if I remember rightly was on Dorchester Ave, maybe near Fields Corner. Was in the company of two good time girls at the time, just the prep you need before going into the ring with one of the finest boxers around. It was downhill from there on in though he had some big fights later. Think I read in the Irish Post a while back that the ‘Emerald Isle’ closed down, while South Boston is going through a period of gentrification, the doc. touches on that too. I’m not gonna say Sean Mannion coulda been a contender though…… He was a contender.
from David Osland twitter
So its England v Ukraine.One is deeply divided between ultra-nationalists and those who want to join the EU,with dodgy Russian
money funding its right wing politicians.Ukraine has its problems too.
hh
Aaron Mooy one of the other rumours floating about, wages a potential stumbling block think he’d dictate the tempo of the team?
Doms got a lot to live up to tomorrow, day 2 of his official leadership, is tomorrow Adidas Friday ?
Saw this in huddle board
From Nike Friday to Sheffield Wednesday, well I found it amusing
Would like the Croat Bhoy and an experienced cb as well, at present we’ve enough in attack (if they play to their normal form of course) to worry the Danes, it’s the gk and our defence that scares me 😱
Doc Martins > Monkey Boots > Major Domos.
Provy Cheq > Shopa Cheq = skint
I loved ma square toe Domos ;)
HH
BBC Scotland’s caption under photo of our new Bhoy.
Defender Osaze Urhoghide made 16 league starts last season as Sheffield Wednesday finished bottom of the Championship
Horrible lot.
Hail Hail.
DARREN OD on 1ST JULY 2021 9:47 PM
AN TEARMANN
Been over loads of times my dad was born there they all left in the fifties and moved to Paisley beautiful place.
nice one mate.both my folks followed similar path few years before yours.had some good nights at fete years ago there.:-)
My first game, no bad.
https://youtu.be/Fjsj83wrjuA
HH
THE EXILED TIM @ 9:28 PM,
Totally agree, should have made it clearer we were on the same page.
Yes, it’s interesting what the set-up is, Peter Lawwell’s Hammond was a disaster and slipped out the back door, while BR’s Lee Congerton got pelters despite unearthing some awesome talent.
If we were just more professional and it wasn’t all about “the deal”, think we’ve agreed in the past about the Board knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing.
For me a good example was the Pukki deal, as BSR put it – “we stayed up all night to get Pukki”.
We tore the ass out of the deal, Pukki came last-minute-dot-com and never settled.
It is now obvious he was a good striker, but extracting the last penny out of the deal was torture.
Lenny wanted to keep Hooper and never got what he could have from Teemu Pukki. Player need to feel loved – that’s why it’s so good we have completed the deal with Osaze so seamlessly and professionally.
BR wanted the players in quickly, he wanted to put them through there paces, look at the strengths and weaknesses and create an individual plan for each player.
That’s the way to get the best from players, my feeling is, if we had did this with Pukki, instead of saving pennies on a deal, we would have had a quality finisher when we badly needed one and an eight figure striker…
Dom McKay will definitely have to deal with the major shareholders agenda of trying to get the old firm into a “higher league” and PL will be heavily involved in that I suspect – Uefa and ECA schmoozing.
The trick is to understand this agenda isn’t going away but BR showed we can operate successfully and professionally while letting the big bhoys have their way…
My feeling is Dom McKay might pull it off…
Hail Hail
Big Dom has big promises to keep, world class costs money (generally)
Fred – the article is even more sleakit than the caption, of course the shitebag didn’t put their name to it. Personally I’d ban the BBC from everywhere associated with us and publicise it, so that even those who buy into the SMSM shitshow know they’re not to be trusted.
I have to say though that whoever interviewed Osaze takes banality to the extreme. Love the big guys enthusiasm for a tackle
SFTB @ 8:41
With respect, I’m not projecting. I’m reflecting.
I am referencing players from last season. We both saw the contribution these players made as we finished 25 points behind the league winners.
You are discussing potential signings, scouted by a potential scout.
To invite me to ‘come back’ after unspecified things have happened after an unspecified time has passed in as easy way of avoiding discussing our position now. Today. 1st July (well, depending where in the world you are)
We were negligent last season.
We’re not repeating that negligence, are we?
GO TELL THE SPARTIM,
So galling we/I pay a licence fee.
Never a good word for us.
Imagine that article if anyone but Celtic signed him?
Hail Hail.
GO TELL THE SPARTIM,
Agree on banning them 100%.
Hail Hail.
The transfer window opened today.
Goodnight my Celtic friends.
Hope this appeals
HH
https://youtu.be/9buNckusos0
heard the said news that Macjay a long time poster to CQN passed away last week
RIP
Sydneytim,
That is very sad news.
RIP macjay1.
CHAIRBHOY on 1ST JULY 2021 10:33 PM
“old firm” you say?
Leigh griffiths 1 year extension makes complete sense to me.
A clean slate under a new manager it’s now up to him.
I reckon that year will be his final one regardless how he performs but I would hope he too rids himself of the demons of previous years.
He CAN be the difference on his day I just hope he can discover scoring/performance consistency.
The new RB/CH ?
Out of nowhere…
In last few months it looks like numerous decent clubs such as Leeds, Sporting, Benfica, Crystal Palace have been linked with the boy.
A development fee and a four year contract
Here’s hoping he’s a rough diamond moussa dembelesque.
Onwards and upwards
Sydney Tim
That is sad news. Macjay r.i.p
i believe recently he met up with a few old cqnr’s in chandlers and looked to them to be in sound form.stunned is the reply when i texted your sad news.
HH
RIP Macjay and thoughts and prayers for all those that have “moved on”. Remembering them serves to prove that they’re always with us
Pauloantony,
I agree, Leigh has 1 last chance. He knows the new coach wullnae take any sh!t. Lenny, I reckon, was too much of a Friend.
Lenny wanted to do things his way, a different man management style way, howevaah, it is quite obvious you have to be Distant from yer Players.
Sydney Tim
That is truly dreadful news.
I spent the afternoon with John in Chandlers Clydebank, a few weeks ago.
In shock. God rest his soul. 🙏
Late to this thread today as Mrs C & I have been on grand wean (4 of them) duty since 7.30 this morning.
No one really doubts that Griffiths has ability but it’s what goes on inside his head that’s the worry.
He plays better when he has a point to prove – we’ve seen that often.
The corollary is that at other times he can’t be bothered – just as clearly when he thinks he has nothing to prove.
His circle of friends & others don’t seem to help him stay focused because he’s easily led & loves being the man at the centre of things.
That immaturity was evident yesterday when he removed all the photos of him in Celtic gear from his social media – clearly a sulking reaction to being told that the club would not take up the optional one year on his contract. Instead, he was offered a new & separate one year deal at a new, lower rate. Many pundits discussed how this meant he had not been offered a deal. Turned out he had been – just not the deal he wanted.
Leigh wanted top pro wages for a product that at times would embarrass a decent amateur.
So many of us are qualifying our positive comments about the one year deal & those “ifs” say it all for me.
He’s not reliable but faced with a shortage of experienced strikers when Eddy goes Ange rolled the dice at lower wages.
In different times some might say he was like Gascoigne – brilliant but daft & completely unpredictable.
Not the kind of player to help form the foundation of your club’s new football direction.
But such is the mess that Dom & Ange have inherited that with the Euro club games due to be played during what was the old Glasgow Fair fortnight, they signed him.
Maybe it will be the catalyst for a revival of his motivation, who knows.
Reportedly, Ange doesn’t suffer fools gladly & is disciplined in expecting players to follow his methods.
Perhaps Griff responds best to that kind of man management so maybe we’ll get a decent year out of him.
Personally, I’d like to see the old Griff back.
HH
Garry,
I never had the privilege to meet macjay1.
He, for me, is a CQN Legend and I’m sure ‘Free Speech’ is his middle name.
It takes balls to go against the majority.
sydneytim
Well that is very sad news indeed. MacJay was very much his own man, not that I knew him personally, only via his contributions on this dear green place and space. Not either, did I always agree with him, no to me he was a bit of an Outlier, whose perspective had been influenced and shaped by his own life experience, which given that it took him all the way to Australia, was always likely to be different from mine. I’m guessing, from his nom de plume, he was an exiled Scot, and one who took his love of Celtic FC with him all the way. Started missing his posts some time back, and that was a bit of a loss in itself, but not as big a loss as the fact he has left us now and taken the low road back to the old country. If so I hope that brings some consolation to his family and friends. Condolences to all.