A week into preseason Celtic play their first 90 minutes of the campaign tomorrow afternoon away to Linz in Austria. It will be great to see the team play (CelticTV) but tomorrow is all about getting the legs moving without injury. Thereafter expectations will ramp up quickly.
‘News’ that Nadir Ciftci has been told he can find a new club will have shocked you, I know. You and I had many opportunities to watch Nadir at Dundee United, while Ronny Deila considered his purchase. The player’s languid interpretation of the game made him a surprising signing at the time.
Maybe Ronny knows something we don’t? Was the hope. He didn’t. It was a rank bad signing, one of several strikers acquired during Ronny’s tenure who didn’t look like Celtic players on paper and looked even less equipped in hoops.
Ronny, of course, did try to sign Moussa Dembele in January 2016, so it would be wrong to conclude he had a blind spot for strikers, but you will struggle to name some who ‘passed through Parkhead’s gates’ in recent seasons.
I only caught up with Dave King’s ramblings yesterday evening. He fancies Newco to reach 10-in-a-row before Celtic do so. They stand a far better chance if we leave Scottish football. Remember when Charles Green promised Newco would never compete in the Scottish Premier League, knowing fine well the league were committed to an imminent rebrand? Not laughing so much now, are you?
Celtic are always looking at this, always working on one or other strategy.
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Why would anyone want to sit in the home end? You give them money and you can’t celebrate a goal or support your team, you can’t wear your team’s colours so basically you’re beefing up the number of home support.
Philbhoy
Yes, it was I. I live in Arbroath and I like Real Ale , hence the enquiry !
JJ
Pog …. that got deleted? I read it at the time, and had a chuckle.
TGM
At the risk of oversimplifying (something I enjoy doing), Joni Mitchell put it much more succinctly (and naïvely) than JJ when she said we got to get back to the garden. As much hope of that as getting back to the CQN Eden of 2005 and the prelapsarian brotherhood of Pablophanque and Noel90, endless respect to both of them.
The CQN Pandoraloaf Breadbin has been opened and there is no going back. Is the gyre widening too much, or will community overcome diversity? Can we learn anything from over the city, where diversity is sacrificed on the altar of tribal homogeneity? I hope not. Vive la difference, et l’expression du même.
MIT / POG
Same – had a chuckle at that myself – no need for a deletion I’d say, given some of the personally abusive stuff that has been creeping through in recent times.
HH
BGFC
SignUpWeePaddyJoeAndStuartArmstrongCFC
Disnae count if you get the same post deleted twice ;-)))
FWIW, I’ve read posts which were much more offensive and not even received a stern talking to, or finger wagging, never mind a straight red. This is what it means to be Celtic….. :-)
2-1 Engerland, Tammy Abraham
Pog
I guess it depends on whether one considers the use of * instead of letters in sweary words is acceptable
if you know the history…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYnGNEFWjco&spfreload=1
TH- we were linked with a loan move for Abraham last week…
!!Bada Bing!! on 27th June 2017 6:23 pm
TH- we were linked with a loan move for Abraham last week…
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Off to Swansea now, not been that impressed with him in this tournament though looked decent in the English Championship.
Good evening friends.
Sincere question. Is Sevco’s ‘sell out’ game on Thursday included on their season book? If not, does anyone know what the ticket price was?
If the answers are ‘no’ and ‘at least £15’ then I think they’ve actually done pretty well selling out their stadium in late June.
TGM
I wouldent be seen anywhere near that hate fest of knuckle dragging homophobic anti catholic/Irish DOBS, far less pay into see or listen to it, my auld man always told me never go where your not welcome, and I don’t, and if the people who have hatred for you and what you are tell you to come and you’ll be made welcome, and people on here are posting this on here, then I’m afraid your not to clever or street smart, there’s only one thing waiting to greet you there, trouble and hatred mark my words.
2-2, cracking header from a corner
Jobo,
Might be the only chance they get to see their team at home in Europe this season :-)
2-2 German sub scores
Angel Gabriel, Happy Birthday.
HH
Happy birthday Angel Gabriel and many of them.
TONYDONNELLY67 on 27TH JUNE 2017 6:28 PM
‘my auld man always told me never go where your not welcome, and I don’t’
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There must be a suitable response to that, but I just can’t think of it.
Since I’m engaged tonight, my thoughts on the * debate. The use of * is at best cosmetic, at worst hypocritical, (which I define as morally cosmetic). Type the word you’re thinking or type something else. The standards have been set on this site. Does anyone really believe that putting 2 asterisks between a couple of consonants means that the children Paul prides himself on having safe access to this site don’t get it?
The interesting thing is the joke in question didn’t need the asterisks. ‘Thank the Lord you’re leaving. You have been a thorn in his side for nine years’ is just as funny. Unless you’re watching Billy Connolly , where you know what you’ve bought into.
Don’t be cosmetically hypocritical. If you think sweary words are essential, post it somewhere else. If you want to post it here, use your imagination and find words that make it funny anyway. It’s not difficult, just think you’re at dinner with your mammy and her sister.
The strength of a community is the extent to which its members buy into the values. Pompous, moi? Tell me it’s wrong though.
The English fa seem to be reaping the benefits of all that tv money.
Their young teams are winning at the highest international levels.
The FA school of excellence is producing great young players.
Also the bigger clubs are loaning out young players so many of these players in this under 21 team have lots of experience at the professional level.And training with better technical professionals has benefit.
If the EPL tv money dries up the foreign stars will be replaced by a better level of young talent than previous generations so the standard will still be high.
If Scotland ever got a decent tv revenue you get the impression the money would be spent on giving more huns in blazers freebies.
Celtic seem to have a good youth model in place and seem to be doing a lot of the things the English are.
Now we just have to find a correct pathway to first team which seems to be happening.
Bigbhoy, there are many on here on don’t think the Board do a good job! I do.
POG I thought it was funny the way it was
HH
fan-a-tic on 27th June 2017 6:49 pm
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They highlighted before the match that the German team had more than double the top league appearances, something like 300 England to 600 German games. No matter how much money there is that will always be the problem, not enough top level games.
Celtic are similar, lots of talented youngsters, but zero chance to play them.
Rhetorical,
Your reply shows the reason why I tell the jokes and not you, but thanks for your invaluable input. Something tells me you are a multiple personality poster with several pseudonyms but I could be wrong.
Ps, don’t give up your day job.
England have been woeful since the first 20 mins, extra time now.
Rhetorical,
I agree with what you’ve said, but in all honesty, if children reading posts on this blog are able to decipher the word with asterisks, there’s not a snowballs chance that they’re not exposed to such words on a daily basis, in the school playground, playing with their pals, or watching TV at home ( with or without parents or guardians).
Whilst it’s admirable to try to protect the innocence of childhood, it’s wasted. That said, i think that there’s no harm in trying.
No more asterisks from me in future. Full blown profanity and no more hypocrisy from now on.
;–)
LMCBHOY and POG.
I thought it was funny too.
Do you have children and do you swear in front of them? Have you ever sat at a football match with your eight year old daughter beside a guttermouth? Is that all right with you? I have no moral judgement here, but the rules of this community, as I understand them, say, not in this place. So if you don’t care what your children hear that is your right. But let’s not pretend an asterisk coves the mud.
This community says we do care. It’s OK, I’ll go back n my box soon.
Hail Hail trebel winning invincibles. What a season, how to top that? First CL game against the dup will be a cracker. We need to get some humour back on the blog. if you are going to get personal, at least try to be funny about it. Arrived 6 days ago bad luck to have missed summer, getting blamed for bringing the bad weather from nz. Hoping to get tickets for me and my girls for the CL game, we fly back next day.
Fork handles
Gary67 on 27th June 2017 6:29 pm
2-2 German sub scores
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Das Boot strikes.
Feck, arse, drink!!!
HH!!
THE_HUDDLE
I agree but many of these young English guys play on Championship sides and learn to cope with the physical side of professional football.
The German league does not have the wealth of EPL Bayern aside so youngster’s do get the chance and the disparity reflects this.
Having watched some of the Celtic youngsters Ralston seems the best equipped to deal with the physical nature of the SPL. I have always liked Nesbitts skill and flair and feel he just needs to physically improve to make the breakthrough..McCart has also impressed but he needs to be stronger for the step up.
“Careful now!”
“You may be murderated!”
:-)
HH!!
if i bless me self three times and cross me knackers will paddy come back?
Rhetorical,
He/she who is without sin, cast the first stone.
Bateen Bhoy
Trying to protect the innocence of childhood is wasted. Wow, seriously big subject.
One of my dilemmas as a dad was Santa Claus.
I think the selective use of swear words in adult life is powerful. I believe I have used it, sparingly, and I know Billy Connolly has mad a career out of it, bless him. If children grow up with indiscriminate use of sweary words they lose power and respect in later life. Someone once called me the most polite and effective swearer they had ever heard.
My argument is not a moral one. It is about standards in the community, and allowing children to develop at the right pace. Playground swearing is different for an eight year old from dinner table swearing.
Still 2-2 15 mins left then a pen shoot out.
Crazy that the likes of Rashford and Ali aren’t playing for England, even Sterling could’ve played.
What is it with the ‘Jesus wept’ quote????? What,over a football issue?realy?