I asked Archie Macpherson to speak about Jock Stein at CQN11, to mark the 50th anniversary of Jock’s appointment as Celtic manager, and then stayed quiet as he spoke. One of the points he made was that Jock would have a news plan ahead of a big game.
Good news would be held back until a few days before the game, giving fans and players a lift, to ensure maximum impact. Bad news could break at any time, but it would have to fight for column inches. As an operator, he is still worth studying. Celtic should plan to dominate this week’s news accordingly.
Apart from that horrible game away to Legia, Ronny Deila has not been to a sell-out Celtic game in a large stadium, and even that was only 30,000. It’s possible he’s never even played before a large sell-out crowd, so you can be sure he’ll not be short of people telling him what to expect, and how to prepare for Hampden on Sunday.
There are some obvious pitfalls for him to avoid, in particular to ensure his players are not provoked into retaliation, but taking too much advice would be a mistake (will not stop us offering plenty advice). He’s spent all season playing and preparing one way, anything which gets in the way of this will only put him off his game. The manager needs to employ a filter this week, tell everyone he’s got the situation covered and get on with the game.
Loving the way recipients of Rangers EBT loans have been asked about an advert dealing with the consequences of their loans, but are not actually asked about the loans themselves. These guys only agree speak on the understanding they are not asked about their loans, none of which are or will be repaid.
I accept that if the loan recipient is being asked about yesterday’s charity match, or some other football game, there’s no place to ask him about his loan, but these guys are regularly commenting on the consequences of their loans, without ever having to deal with the awkward question.
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After quite a physically demanding week it was nice to relax in the armchair on Saturday and watch three sporting events, European Cup rugby, Celtic playing Ross County and finishing off with Liverpool v Bolton. Rugby is a sport that’s growing rapidly in popularity and the game I watched was a thriller, the same could be said of the match in Liverpool. Neil Lennon looked a very relaxed and happy man in the post match interview and it was easy to see the respect and the good humoured banter he enjoyed with the TV pundits Jason McAteer and McMenamin, former Liverpool stars.
Celtic got the job done and won the three points but that is probably all you could say about the game against Ross, abysmal would be the only way to describe this match.
Twenty players congested in one half of the field for almost the entire game getting in each others way is pretty dreadful stuff to watch. Are Ross County really that bad?
Hard to pick a man-of-the-match, but Izzy was the only player on view who could actually beat his man, unfortunately his final ball was poor.
I must say I’m not too concerned about next weekend’s game, win the title race is the main target.
Dharma Bam. That would have to come into consideration. As the wife is Irish, this is a big plus for her.
loughrea celt
St Andrews is nice, but I believe the nearest high school would be Kirkcaldy then, over 20miles away
Need to consider that ?
loughrea celt
http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&facid=0f097d36-05db-486a-bfe99c09acbeefd0
You are either “outside” the clique
or
You are “outwith” the clique.
You cannnae be both.
BTW, Lenny at no time uttered these 2 words in the STV interview…..
“Old”
or
“Firm”
Truth hurts Rahman. Notice you never asked Lenny to comment on his only 1 defeat in 13 games since he joined BWFC.
The establishment agenda continues to be ubiquitous, blatantly obvious and consistently pathetic.
I do not know who Biton is, whether he is any good or not. However, Bitton can play a bit in my opinion…:)
Pedanticcfc…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Loughrea,
Aye what they said.
St Andrews in Kirkcaldy is the only rc high school in the ‘area’. Dunfermline having the other.
Found this on Face Book. There is a CQN/FaceBook page.
This statement from Fergus says it all.
“It would’ve cost less, and left the previous owners with nothing, to go into liquidation but it would also be humiliating for Celtic. So we paid all the bills.”
Sorry.
Just noticed the bhoy is only 9.
Flurries in the big city…………..OUCH……!!
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.7142&lon=-74.0059&site=all&smap=1
Cowiebhoy, St Andrews is nice, but i havn’t picked the right six numbers yet on the lottery to buy a pad there. Still hopeful though.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS, Looks a nice wee school.
Big gold star for me when i get home tonight. The wife will think i have been doing loads of research, but i knew my fellow CQN’rs would be a great help to me.
Cheers Bhoys, and heres to pumping that new team from Govan on Sunday.
Loughrea, if the Fifers extract the digit there “should be a new Madras High in St Andrews” by the time your lad is that age
The Rules of the CQN clique ….
1st RULE: You do not talk about the Clique
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about the Clique
3rd RULE: If someone writes “Rangersr” instead of Sevco their time in the clique is over.
4th RULE: There are cliques within cliques.
5th RULE: You must only voice the opinion of one clique at a time.
6th RULE: No huns, no diet huns.
7th RULE: Clique posts will go on as long as they have to.
8th RULE: If this is your first night in the Clique, you HAVE to post.
Canamalar – if Hearts and Hibs are brave enough to beat the Huns thru fitba then we shouldn’t change tin fear of their modest abilities
loughrea celt
20:54 on 26 January, 2015
In all the excitement about finding you a new home and School for your wee Bhoy nobody asked the inaugural question, so are you?
Welcome and good luck. Just had a text from Tinytim to say he on the case.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Guernica,
Did you see my team :)
Well, no idea if I am in the thing that must not be spoken about (see Rule 1 above), not yet having skulked around that certain corner, but here’s a post anyway just for the sake of it. Prediction for Sunday – there’s going to be a show, the Glasgow Celtic will be there, and Sevco will receive a Grade One Humping.
I ve not heard NL interview so cant comment
But I remember being disappointed that he done a fashion shoot with the DR after the thieves & vagabond article years back
fieldofdrams:
Sounds about right :)
big-cup-winners,
I did not know there was a Catholic PS in Cupar – you live and learn.
Celtic tweets twitter
Good news for Celtic Fans as our midfield ace Commons looks to have signed a new deal. Supposed to be announced this week. hail hail
hen1rik
21:07 on 26 January, 2015
That’s what I said earlier, we’ll announce Commons signing new deal and GMS coming in before window closes ahead of Sunday. News management.
BBC Alba are covering Sunday’s game which I presume means it will not be seen outside Scotland, what a pity. Nir Bitton has been impressive in recent games and it will be interesting to see how he copes with the highly charged atmosphere and when the tackles start flying in on Sunday.
Would GMS be cup tied for the Semi ..and Final too?
I am obviously not in any clique seeing as recent questions I have asked go unanswered
He was a father of 12 kids from 4 different women. He had no allegiance to Scotland but was in fact about to emigrate,bump all his creditors, and take advantage of the slave trade had his English masters not bailed him out.
The food associated with him is the scraps and leftovers from sheep which no one else in the UK would use. Sheep being the animals imported to Scotland at the clearances. Let’s celebrate eating paupers food.
The orange lodge love him. He is responsible for a lot of their strength.
He died prematurely from heart failure brought on by VD and excessive drinking.
Just the kind of guy we should be championing and celebrating in our wee country in the 21st century.
A mans a man fir aw that. If we can rewrite history like this then a wee fitba club being brought back to life is a dawdle.
hen1rik
21:07 on 26 January, 2015
From earlier:
lennybhoy
13:45 on 26 January, 2015
Hearing KC close to signing his contract, 18 months from what I hear.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
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Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
What is this clique thing?
Can anyone join the clique, is Kevj and Tony D in it?
Or do they have their own clique?
Where has Tony D gone anyways?
I miss his rants with posters on here, especially with HT and Moonbeams.
Gordybhoy64
Your in the unanswered clique I’m in the talk merd one !
Lennybhoy, I thought you would never ask. Now i feel like a proper new poster on CQN.
I thought you only had cliques in golf clubs?
Loughrea
St Andrews has a great wee distillery and brewery at nearby Guardbridge I hear ! !
Prestonpans Bhoys, cheers was beginning to think my posts were invisible to all :-))
As I stated yestrdy
KC OK
gordybhoy64
Questions, you have questions……ask away……
Burnley78 , suppose i better try them out, purely to help out local business of course.
Mmmm
Pal in San Francisco emails re trawling boxes in a second hand record store . An LP caught his attention .-
The Old Firm Casuals – This Means War .
An Oi Punk thing .
Think Kris’s goal on Saturday will be important to his game.
Recently he’s been battering away from all angles and distances only to be thwarted. He deserved his goal – if you don’t try a shot you won’t ever score one.
Think the wee man could go on a run now. Feast or famine have been a features of Kris’s career.