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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Very saddened to hear Macjay has passed away. We never saw eye to eye on many things but his love of Celtic was never in doubt.
Rest in peace Macjay.
Some amount of detracting around our manager in the msm largely in news now.
It’s either fear or distraction or both but definitely a sign.
Amongst all the nonsense there’s a clip if our new Bhoy in here…
https://celtsarehere.com/video-new-celtic-signing-osaze-urhoghide-in-action/
Condolences to the friends and family of MacJay.
If we sign Nisbet for 4 million without entering into a Mexican standoff with Hibs then I will believe that things in the boardroom have changed.
This is chump change for a championship team so if he is our top striker target, let’s get it done and quickly.
Sad news about MacJay, may his soul R. I. P.
JE SUIS @ 10:33 PM,
“old firm” you say
Yes, it is my strong belief that the Celtic PLC Board rely heavily on this model, they need sevco Rangers for two main reasons…
i) Domestic competition, it sells SBs, TV rights and all other merchandising and monetising of the bigot buck
ii) Ultimately the huge pay day for the shareholders is when Celtic can move to a “higher” league, they’ve been working hard to join the EPL, European super League or some type of Atlantic League. Having the old firm Derby in those leagues (think our realistic ambition is second teir now) would help “sell” the proposition while ensuring the Scottish cash cow continues.
Hail Hail
Always enjoyed his posts, even those I disagreed with. And he loved the Celtic.
RIP Macjay & condolences to his loved ones.
RIP Macjay . A familiar name over the years I’ve been on here . Don’t know what he would have made of the current level of in-fighting .
R.I.P. Macjay, sincere condolences to his friends and family.
BELMONTBRIAN on 1ST JULY 2021 10:29 PM
My first game, no bad.
https://youtu.be/Fjsj83wrjuA
Great memories mate.my first cup final.was 7 and dumped doon the bottom of celtic end and told no tae move from that spot.
Wee Dixie my first ever hero and Joe Harper scoring a hat-trick and losing.was at that years SC final too Big Billys last game.
HH
HH
Hot Smoked, I was not questioning the intellectual capability of Macjay merely pointing out how incredibly bad the written English of our resident Scottish hating racist is when he is not cutting and pasting from his right wing blogs. Also his efforts to ingratiate himself by faking a relationship with Macjay makes me sick. He’s a horrible creature.
RIP Macjay
Condolonces to his family and friends.
Sad news this morning. Rest in peace, John.
Thanks to Sydneytim for letting the blog know.
DREW1967 on 2ND JULY 2021 10:33 AM
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Brilliant memories indeed.
HH
Timmy7-noted
Not sure if passes the ‘proper’ English standard from when i was at school but ‘cleverer’ is in general use in media, press etc so may have become accepted over time or was always correct.
Macjay
RIP, very sad news and particularly so considering that he had moved back to Scotland for a new phase in his life. He used to talk about the Glasgow Uni CSC days of his youth and the West End in general so it a comforting thought that he was back with his ain folk and his old stomping ground
Hai Hail Macjay
RIP Macjay
Thoughts and prayers for your family.
DENIABHOY on 2ND JULY 2021 9:44 AM
Really hope the rumour is not true. £4m for Nisbet when we were offering up a couple for McGinn?
Replacing Eddy with Nisbet. There must be far better value on the continent.
Rolling Stone, totally agree but you need a scouting team to find players abroad we apparently use Sportscene.
CONEYBHOY on 2ND JULY 2021 10:54 AM
Timmy7-noted
Not sure if passes the ‘proper’ English standard from when i was at school but ‘cleverer’ is in general use in media, press etc so may have become accepted over time or was always correct.
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Now there’s a thing.
If language becomes generally used, does it become acceptable? Should it?
I don’t know if it’s ignorance or an intentional abbreviation but I have noticed in general the increasing use of the word ‘of’ instead of ‘have.
e.g. “should of”, “could of”.
BBC pundit Jenas even says it.
RIP Mac,
Sad day, thoughts and prayers with his family.
KLV
Rolling stone, who like Bayo? Ajeti? Or another 4m untried striket we could waste our time and money on?
So many bad examples of us trying this and it not working.
Minimum outlay and quarantine time for European games.
Get the scots in.
KLV
KEVINLASVEGAS on 2ND JULY 2021 11:21 AM
And quite a few example of it working too…
£4m for Nisbet is crazy money when you think what our average transfer spend is.
I think Ajeti will be good this year. Just another player lost in Neil’s squad.
@ KEVINLASVEGAS on 2ND JULY 2021 11:21 AM
Also ‘Get the scots in’ is the kind of parochial BS that we need to get away from. It’s up there with ‘he knows the city’ nonsense.
Rest in peace MACJAY – a great Celtic fan
We didn’t see eye to eye on many things but I am truly saddened to hear of MacJays passing.
YNWA John.
From one Good Tim to another, Rest in Peace Macjay. por cierto
If Kevin Nisbet turns out to be another Joe McBride or Willie Wallace I’m happy to shop local . As well as abroad of course.
SQUIRE DANAHER on 2ND JULY 2021 11:14 AM
CONEYBHOY on 2ND JULY 2021 10:54 AM
Timmy7-noted
Not sure if passes the ‘proper’ English standard from when i was at school but ‘cleverer’ is in general use in media, press etc so may have become accepted over time or was always correct.
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Now there’s a thing.
If language becomes generally used, does it become acceptable? Should it?
I don’t know if it’s ignorance or an intentional abbreviation but I have noticed in general the increasing use of the word ‘of’ instead of ‘have.
e.g. “should of”, “could of”.
BBC pundit Jenas even says it.
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There are a few teachers and ex teachers on here who should have the definitive answer.
The ‘of’ thing rips ma knittin. Seems to be a young/online/text speak thing but could also be people typing things they normally say but never write down.
I recently joined a Celtic fan FB page which has a wider and younger demographic than CQN. The lack of punctuation, grammar, spelling etc (and loads of ‘of’), literally gives me a headache. I jovially pointed this out once and was reprimanded for being a Uni snob. I replied that i was only having a laugh in trying times and this apology was accepted. I was being economical with the truth!
My main place to talk Celtic online has been CQN since 2004 so my chagrin with forums is a compliment to the standard of posting on here from everyone.
A+ 😎
Still on the transfer theme , I see the rags favourite ploy of the moment is to pick a player we have been falsely linked with and report gloatingly on them signing elsewhere .
For a bit of fun on a Friday and with Osaze Urhoghide being Ange’s first signing; how many first signings can we remember from our managers? I don’t have the answers by the way
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 2ND JULY 2021 12:00 PM
Still on the transfer theme , I see the rags favourite ploy of the moment is to pick a player we have been falsely linked with and report gloatingly on them signing elsewhere .
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Aye
Falsely linked by the same rags.
The ploy is losing its lustre on the basis that even the most gullible know we won’t be signing £7m right backs.
CONEYBHOY on 2ND JULY 2021 11:59 AM
It’s true that certain words which come into common usage find their way into the Oxford English dictionary .
GLENDALYS
Could be worser we could be linked with £11M rated Johnjo Kenny
Macjay has left us
Sad news
My last exchange with him on here was me saying …”f**k Off ya daft p***k”
He had some strange views and we differed on many topics but thats all part of the rich tapestry of life .
May he rest in peace
Talking of Oxford dictionary
Hun
/hʌn/
noun
1.
a member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th–5th centuries.
Coneybhoy
“If language becomes generally used, does it become acceptable? Should it?”
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I am not a teacher but I do watch Countdown on C4 occasionally, though not for much longer if they persevere with the talentless Anne Robinson.
The Word Guru, Suzie Dent, says that most modern Dictionaries will add the definition that a word takes through common usage. We don’t have the French equivalent of an Academie Francaise to set protective standards, so anything goes, like , like.
A perfectly good word like “Presently” used to have a distinct meaning from “Currently” but mis-usage of the former to mean ” at this time” rather than “soon”, has led to it being accepted as a synonym for currently.
I prefer the Uxbridge dictionary from “I’m Sorry I haven’t a clue”:-
Disposition- Where I am at the moment
Exposition- Where I used to be
BSR
Hopefully no more such nightmares with the new regime .
Glendalys
Mibbee’s Johnjo Kenny was a silent partner in the decision/reason to extend Tony Ralston for another year. We would have been better off with Tony, and not deadline day, who’s available loanees.
new article posted.