On his third appearance back after injury, James Forrest pulled-up in the dying moments of Saturday’s game clutching his hamstring. The player will be devastated but the mood was no better among those walking away from the stadium minutes later. Just as James was back and planning for what looked like an important season in his Celtic career, fundamental questions were being asked about his fitness viability.
We’ve seen this before. Shaun Maloney was forever breaking down, sometimes minutes after returning from injury. Shaun was a different type of player from James, he had a speed on the turn which made him a valuable asset, but likely contributed to his fragility.
The other pace player in the squad at the moment, Derk Boerrigter, has similarly fragile muscles. I hear the same about Aleks Tonev, currently injured. One of England’s greatest hopes of the last 20 years, Michael Owen was another member of the Fast and Fragile club. There seems to be a link between speed and injury.
There’s good news for James, and Derk too. After leaving so many regrets on the Celtic treatment table, Shaun’s limbs matured and stabilised. Michael Owen can tell a similar story, both players found their bodies vastly more robust from the middle part of their careers onwards.
James has to stick with it, continue to work on strengthening his muscles, and try to find what’s causing the problems, which can often be obscure. After a run of inexplicable injuries, AC Milan discovered that poor teeth were afflicting their athletes. Apparently your bite affects your running gate. Owen eventually found that his choice of cars (more specifically, sports clutches), was putting enough regular strain on the wrong muscles to leave him exposed to tears.
James’ and Derk’s bodies will continue to mature, to the benefit of the second half of their careers.
Not that Ronny is short of cover for James, having signed wide players Jo Inge Berget and Aleks Tonev we now have Ghanian Walaso Mubarak going through a medical.
The squad is becoming wing-heavy. It remains striker-light.
Greatest Irony
Do you know what would produce the greatest irony in sporting history? If Efe Ambrose came on as a late substitute tomorrow night, and we later discovered a rule deep in Uefa’s Articles that forfeit matches don’t count for suspensions. Forfeit matches are so rare no one will be familiar with the rules concerning them. Should we check? Oh yes.
James Alexander Gordon
It was the way he told them. Every week the man would uniquely intone the football results, you knew the outcome of each game, home win, away win or draw, before he read second number.
Maestro Match
Really delighted Celtic FC Foundation have nominated Unicef and War Child as their beneficiaries from the Maestro match next month, where we will “assist in their humanitarian work in a number of current Middle East countries”.
Foundation cheif exec, Tony Hamilton, said, “From our living rooms we have all witnessed some of the terrible vivid horror of conflict in recent days and the particular effects that these events have had on children.
“The work of UNICEF and War Child takes no sides but simply cares for all the innocent victims of conflict on a humanitarian level. The match in September will bring together some great names in football who want to make a difference.
“We hope as many supporters as possible can join us to assist children and their families who so desperately need our help.”
I know Celtic fans will want to support this enormously important cause. Read more and book tickets here.
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THE CELEBRITY endorsed ‘ice bucket challenge’ has done much to raise awareness and much needed funds for the fight against motor neurone disease (known more commonly as ASL in America) but in the last 48-hours a number of people have sadly died after attempting the well-meaning challenge.
As many as 34 young people in America, Ireland, Britain and elsewhere have lost their lives due in part to the phenomenon that is the ice bucket challenge. Almost all of the deaths have been attributed to hypothermia.
As with all online viral crazes, the ice bucket challenge started out on the internet, with participants allowed to nominate three other people they know to also carry out the challenge.
“People are finding it increasingly difficult to donate to causes online without having to partake in innovative social media campaigns,” revealed social media expert Ed Hussey, “the Alzheimer’s Society of America have begun to refuse donations if the person fails to provide proof they have participated in some sort of viral charity trend”.
In recent days large numbers of normal non-celebrities had taken to social media to partake in the challenge and raise money for a good cause. However, such is the viral nature of the challenge many eager fundraisers have fallen foul of being caught up in the moment.
Sean Lacey, a 19-year-old student from Westmeath in Ireland, tragically died after developing hypothermia. His mother, Tara, spoke to WWN.
“His brothers threw the ice over him and as soon as he finished he immediately uploaded the video of it online,” a devastated Tara told WWN.
“I gave him a change of clothes and a towel but he just ignored me, he keep looking at his Facebook post with the video to see who was liking and commenting on it,” she added.
Sean spent the next hour monitoring the progress of his video on various social media platforms including Twitter, Vine and Instagram despite beginning to develop hypothermia.
“His last words to me, I’ll never forget them, he said to me ‘look Mom, 300 likes’ and then he was gone,” a brave Tara said before breaking down in tears.
It is thought Sean was so caught up in tracking the progress of his video that he forgot to donate to any charity.
Similar cases have been reported throughout America and in several towns in Britain.
SFTB
Legerdemainer? Moi? Huh! Meanwhile you’ve dodged every question I’ve asked of you over the past 4 hours, moving from whitabootery to syntactics to the jaded “I made a typo…” in turn. Poor form Sir, Poor form.
I get it though. You’re sitting in the same lobby as the very people who would restrict the value you hold so close: Equality. It doesn’t square with your instinct and your experience. How come the people whose attitudes you have opposed all of your adult life are campaigning on your side? Festinger could just about have imagined such a scenario. I’d have a word with our pal Cog Diss.
Fact is, these groups of people, these collectives of like minds whom you oppose with your intellect and your instinct, are the product of the very Union you seek to maintain.
And what’s worse: Your own people are content to quietly encourage their support while recognising the reality that were this troubling partnership to be associated with the campaign you support, the impact would be considerably negative.
So, the Orange Order, the SDL, the BNP, the myriad other groups mainstream and marginal, are treated like the family delinquent: Out of sight as far as possible, never discussed in public, the source of constant anxiety that someone might notice there’s something wrong.
Best not to talk about it eh.
So, Syntactics? Go for it.
Flight just called. Later.
TBB
beatbhoy
With pleasure Sir
She Bangs the Drums
Come as you are
Insomnia
Uprising by Muse
And Shipping Up to Boston – Dropkick Murphies even though it’s 2005! Right good ‘Unseen Hand’ anthem!
Keep it lit my Fhriend!
HH jamesgang
https://twitter.com/celticfc/status/501796605000171521
https://twitter.com/celticfc/status/501800820615417856
Awe Naw
Kickin’ the bucket, right enough!
I wannae know…………………. Ah mean really……………… I wannae know………….
‘Have ya ever seen the rain????????????’
TBM
Just logged on
Any mention today about the 1190 attendance at Scumdome last night ?.
Is it a world record ?.
Tbj,
I’ve not seen him for years, don’t reckon I could last the the night with the big yin, a stank comes to mind with amount he can shift.
I was thinking going to the brazen on Friday night, would be right up his street, if you here from him let him know.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=856770474370144&id=199098633470668
67heaven
Ouch+lmfao!
HH jamesgang
awe naw, that is horrible… terrible news
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo 19:49 on 19 August, 2014………
For real!
Please advise eh!
TBM
Jamesgang
Cheers. I’ll check a couple of those out after the football.
Sorry, typo earlier
11190
adi_dasler
19:54 on
19 August, 2014
Just logged on
Any mention today about the 1190 attendance at Scumdome last night ?.
Is it a world record ?.
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They claim there was over 12K there. Who are they trying to kid? Must have been like the 70’s when they opened the gates at half time to let aw the weans in, plus any stray dug that happened to be passing.
The Easdales – surely Tim Burton’s finest weird creations since Lock, stock and Barrel in ‘A Nightmare Before Christmas’ – are bumping their gums about interes tin Ferguson’s shipyard.
Expect a Daily Record front-page artist’s impression of Zombietown’s new superstructure floating, high-seas mega-stadium and casino/hotel development any day soon…
TBM
You mean his last words weren’t ‘Look,mom, 300 friends!’??
He’dve died so happy!
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
19:49 on 19 August, 2014,
It’s great that people are raising funds for the Motor Neurone disease, one of my best mates watched his wife waste away with it nearly three years ago, a truly horrible disease.
He was left with two young kids, must say, he is doing a grand job after what the family experienced.
As in all charities, the more raised the better.
Sipsini
I agree
http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/08/19/34-dead-from-hypothermia-following-ice-bucket-challenge/
HH
Upthehoops
I assume they have to share gate receipts
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
14:41 on
19 August, 2014
Blood on the tracks,Freewheelin’,Highway 61,Nashville Skyline,Desire.
*Bought Bob’s first 6 albums and that was that.
Beatles for sale was my last fab Four album…never liked Sgt Peppers…thought Pet Sounds was vastly superior….last Beach Boy Album though
Rolling Stones 2nd album was last of theirs.
Came in from humpden after the Bear had won us the League Cup with 2 penalties….my mother had been up the toon and bought me positively 4th Street or mibbees Can You Please Crawl out Your Window…she bought herself Matt Monroe…God love her.
Someone mentioned that Bobby’s best stuff was during his split from his wife….I felt that Gerry Rafferty was the same.
My friends in Celtic,
I agree with the posters who state the jury is still out on RD & JC. Tomorrow night is huge and I just hope that the team on the park and the management duo do themselves justice.
Very few get the opportunity to turn the clock back and start again. We have a second chance at defining our season. Lets hope we have the ability and desire to take it.
Learn from the previous LW games and start afresh. We had a disastrous two legs, but it is said you can learn more from adversity. We shall see !
One thing I will particularly look out for, is maintaining our focus for the full > 90 mins. If we get this right we are halfway there.
Even the best teams with the best coaches can fail dramatically if the focus is not correct on the night. Ref Barca v BM & Brasil v Germany.
HH. and KTF.
Awe naw,
Just read all of your post, I was unaware of fatalities while doing the challenge.
Sorry about that.
beatbhoy 20:07 on 19 August, 2014…………..
Naw pal; as much as I get the humour……………..
My reason for asking Awe Naw to confirm is that he has history in spoofing exclusives!
Sure that he will know why I am asking such!
The issue/campaign re the ice bucket challenge has a great deal of resonance with more than a few posters on here…….
You weren’t to know that!
Cheers..
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
11,190 last night at the bigotdome.
Four(in) furra’ pound?
Gate receipts – £275?
HH!!
Anybody who want to donate safely here are your instructions
http://imnda.ie/get-involved/donate/donate-online/
pass it on
HH
TET
If you’re lurking thanks for the info re. my question about Malaga. Sorry for the late reply; was, as they say in these here parts, ‘aff oot’ for much of the day.
NegAnon2
12:47 on
19 August, 2014
Syd Negakev – the proportionality of negativty on this site is directlty proportionate to the negativity displayed by those who run celtic.
Auldheid – have a read back at what you have just written! And I thought I was negative. What you are saying is that Celtic should just give up cos its too hard.
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No that is what you read into what I am saying.
I am saying “bloom where you are planted.” http://www.fransalians.com/
Make the best of what life brings you. If its shit grow mushrooms.
You should try it sometime, it could change your outlook.
TBM
Thanks for that.
Just thought the piece was clearly satirising news presentation a la Brass Eye/The Day Today, rather than the illness or the fundraisers, hence my comments.
Napoli 0 A Bilbao 1
tallybhoy
20:16 on 19 August, 2014
11,190 last night at the bigotdome.
Four(in) furra’ pound?
Gate receipts – £275?
HH!!
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Seriously? From what I saw on my fleeting visit on the sheep channel, I would say there was lucky to be six thousand huns there and at four for a pound….magic.
Sips
I was talking to DK on Friday .. He was flying ” home” to Dublin that day
Said he would be back in Glasgow this week
I have met up with him in the wee pub in the middle of the gorbals a few times
We have history in the brazen and DK is a FB pal of our own TD so you never know .. He might honour us with an appearance .. Which will no doubt be fleeting and end with his eternal search for punani
What a let off that was for Arsenal.
adi_dasler
20:14 on
19 August, 2014
Upthehoops
I assume they have to share gate receipts
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Bazza probably told them to keep it.
Marti Sandino
16:41 on
19 August, 2014
Davidopoulos
Four Strong Winds is my favourite Neil Young tune.
*he didn’t write it though…Canadian folky Ian Tyson did…and his ex wrote an oul 60’s classic “You Were On My Mind”.
Up the hoops
Do you reckon that was part of Barry paying back his Ebt
beatbhoy 20:27 on 19 August, 2014
Hey pal, appreciate your response………….
http://www.dontshrink.com/
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM