This time last year there was far too much talk about trebles on these pages. Celtic were flying in all three competitions, having established a lead in the league, and were heading for a League Cup semi-final against Falkirk. Falkirk were beaten but it took a late Anthony Stokes goal to make the game safe for Celtic. The script was written; a final against Kilmarnock, who always bottled it against Celtic in Glasgow, and a successful run in the Scottish Cup was all that stood between us and the fourth treble in our history.
I’ve lost count of how many such trebles we’ve look forward to. Football has a way of promising lots but it takes an exceptionally good and consistent team to win both cup competitions, as well as the league. More often than not, great and dominant teams don’t win the treble.
Celtic are a great and exciting team but they have not been nearly consistent enough to win the treble this season. We have lost two from eight home games and two from seven away. Good enough to win the league but not to win two cups.
I watched a bit of St Mirren at home to Ross County before heading to Celtic Park last weekend. They were far from impressive but no less so than when we beat them by seven goals in the SPL four years ago. The following week the same team knocked us out of the Scottish Cup.
Sunday is one of the biggest games currently on the roster. Raise your game, Celtic.
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Celtic should be Celebrating Andrew and really pushing a combined effort to give access to the talent without the brutal costs to parents.
Serie A side Fiorentina have made a loan move for Juventus striker Fabio Quagliarella, according to Goal.com
Strange one considering how Juve are struggling for strikers.
Murray wins final set
zimmerman
Sunday morning 8:15
Snow starting in EK.
South of Tunis – Was the hare nailed to your cabin door with a note – “here hare here”?
The Battered Bunnet
12:46 on 25 January, 2013
Or as Irvine Welsh put it…
Big f***ing juicy meaty jumbo sized Hibs serves!!!
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:))
starry plough
It’s possible we are looking for a forward with Bangura off the wage bill again, Miku failing to impress so far and Stokes just coming back from long term injury.
I’m not one to get exited about rumours as they often lead to nothing but their may be something in this, then again..
Skål
From Celtic Fanzone site
9000 Season Tickets Down…
The Headline The Media Didn’t Print!
At a time when Tesco are getting it in the neck for horsemeat in their products, the MSM have missed out on a quote from the ‘horse’s mouth’ so to speak. Or did they just chose not to print it.
The quote I’m talking about came from a meeting Chuck has during the week at the Bigotdome. The bold Mr Green or Agent Green to the Celtic support was holding a Q&A for the rank and file Sevconians.
Holding court as usual, Chuck filled the empty heads in Govan with promises of more building at Legoland , adding another deck, filling in the corners blah, blah, blah.. All this when they ‘return to the top league and are playing in Europe regularly! (There’s too many inconsistencies to comment on that last tale)
But in among the fantasy land that Chuck paints is an overlooked reality that slipped by the mugs who attended the meeting.
The Sevco world record beaters are 9,000 season tickets down on last season, when they were Rangers. Now before any bear reading this thinks that this stupid Cellik fans can’t count, these are the words of the wonderful Agent, sorry Mr Green.
And it gets better…
Secvo, despite the claims of the aforementioned CEO are running at a loss. Yip, they’ve record attendances, share issues, mega sponsorship deals and still they’re running at a loss. So where has all the money gone?
Maybe paying a 3rd Division chairman £360,000 a year plus expenses might lead to an answer….
Either way, when the good ship Sevconia sinks, don’t blame the Cellik fans, try turning your attention to the red tops who gleefully print all the fantasies of the wonderful Chuck
Oh good its snowing in Glesga :))
Ten Men Won The League
Juve have officially announced the signing of Lllorente . He will be a Juve player on 1/7 /2013.
Juve have stated that they have given up on trying to sign Llorente now . Juve have said that the money Bilbao wanted [ for 5 mths ] was ” absurd ”
Their support are mighty miffed about the lack of a centre forward . I encounter lots —- they rant and rave about the money wasted on Quagliarella and Matri You should hear them on the bizarre decision to take Bendtner on loan .
Many feel they are being taken for a ride by the suits and that come the close of the window -The Chief Exec will say —— Sorry —we tried but failed.
well done andy,
could he play three games of fitba a week.
dont thinksae
HH
Murray says, following last year’s triumphs…
…He knows now that he can win, and he knows what he needs to do to do it.
Murray goes knows to nose with NoDjo in the final on Sunday.
!!Bada Bing!!
It is forever snowing in EK!
South Of Tunis
Lopez was an awesome player 2 years ago.
How are the Juve massive reacting to their latest loan signing?
;))
Joe Filippis Haircut 12:50 on 25 January, 2013
I think the only people fretting about transfer speculation are some Celtic fans who probably worry by nature.
I am not concerned at all by it. I will be stunned if any of our top players leave this month.
What has the transfer window become anyway?
It’s nothing more than an opportunity for Sky to indulge in self-promotion and pretend January is a hive of transfer activity.
HH
Left click tick
Had to go back and watch the video again, shades of Lubo in his control and cross there.
Obviously you’ll never beat the original!
skål
Me neither, it was just a wee throw in to break up the tennis coverage!!
I had hoped Miku would settle he looked a decent player but if his family are no settling that can wreck a players head..
asonofdan- It has it’s moments, i blame Jobo :)
South Of Tunis………….Thanks for the local info mate, appreciated.
Doesn’t sound like a very happy bunch of campers at Juve, staff and/or support?
ConDemNation re-enters recession (did it ever really leave?): and that sneering purse-mouthed Eton toff/aristo Osborne promises more pain for all from the safety of his inherited millions and Baronetcy. ( can you believe titles like that?…sick.)
2013 my gluteus maximus: more like 1413.
The new serfdom is upon us.
ASonOfDan
Quagliarella is the epitome of mercurial. He can be good [ occasionally ] but is mostly dreadful.
Getting him off the wage bill will give Juve some more money to play with
You would imagine a club of Juve’s standing would be able to secure a deal for a striker before they play us, so it seems they are taking us seriously as well as their push for back to back titles..
The Battered Bunnet
Its the little things that are important :¬) ….. see below.
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The Battered Bunnet
12:17 on
25 January, 2013
Fed’s nipped out for another smoke. Last time he did that Murray won the set.
Murray contents himself with a swig of American Cream Soda, and a wee scratch.
I remember when Celtic were heavily linked with him. Dodged a bullet there.
Newcastle striker Ranger arrested on suspicion of rape
The 21-year-old has been detained by Northumbria Police after they received a call on Thursday from a woman alleging an offence took place at a hotel in the Jesmond area
Ranger has been in trouble before and was arrested for being drunk and disorderly in 2011, as well as being arrested on suspician of assault the same year. He was found not guilty on both occasions.
miki67
Yep. He’s suddenly discovered that Europe, his extended export market, is in a depression. D’oh! Plan B? Not on your life. More of the same from Osborne, who continued to peddle the myth (does he actually believe it himself?) that austerity will bring recovery and more government spending will not.
Asod
Innocent till proven otherwise
ASonOfDan 12:56 on 25 January, 2013
My interpretation of these ‘meetings’ is that Green (or Whyte or the Murrays before him) speaks and they all sit around like corpses pretending they understand what they are being told.
Whenever any of the Zombies (Huns in old money) give interviews after these events, they just say stuff like “He couldn’t give us details over certain things. But at least he’s taking the time to address the fans.”
It doesn’t matter what he says as long as he says something…
George Galloway inducing choleric ravings in Orcdom:
“RANGERS TAX LIABILITIES
Session: 2012-13
Date tabled: 14.01.2013
Primary sponsor: Galloway, George
Sponsors: Campbell, Ronnie Hopkins, Kelvin McGovern, Jim
That this House notes that the owners of the club now playing in the Scottish Third Division called Rangers claim that it is the same club with the same history as the liquidated club also known as Rangers; further notes that 14 million in VAT and PAYE was withheld in the run-up to administration by the previous Rangers; further notes that the club is now cash-rich through a share issue which raised in excess of 20 million; condemns the use of insolvency laws to avoid paying tax owed; and calls on the Government to take steps to reclaim the outstanding monies from Rangers and to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent clubs and companies sidestepping their liabilities through liquidation and then carrying on trading with effectively the same name and in exactly the same business.”
South Of Tunis
I thought they had Lisandro Lopez in on loan?
the treble?
nobody’s talking about the treble
who mentioned the treble
the treble? whats the treble?
asonofdan:
[“Either way, when the good ship Sevconia sinks, don’t blame the Cellik fans, try turning your attention to the red tops who gleefully print all the fantasies of the wonderful Chuck”]
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May those rank rags continue printing their guff and puff about Jolly Chunkles & T’rankers….their disappointment (to put it kindly) when the vulture runs off with all their sweeties and their environmental disaster of a ‘stadium’ crumbles around their pointy heads will be something to behold.
I, for one, will not be content until they are pemanently gone.
They can then call themselves whatever they want, they can claim anything they like.
It will all hold no weight. They will wither. They will be dust. Forgotten quite quickly.
Gene’s a Bhoys name
Totally agree, but he does seem to lead a lifestyle that attracts trouble…
Big Phil Scolari has told the media that Argentina, Spain, Germany + Italy will be the biggest threats to Brazil in the 2014 WC.
Can’t see SSN running with that quote.
I will take this as a further sign that Juve are bricking it at the thought of playing us.
Shangai Shenua striker Nicolas Anelka could sign for Juventus within the next few hours, according to reports in France.
L’Equipe claim that the 33-year-old is in talks with the Bianconeri, and could put pen-to-paper on a short-term deal before the weekend.
The former Chelsea man is seen as a stop-gap for Antonio Conte’s side before Fernando Llorente joins from Athletic Bilbao in June, and is eligible to play in the Champions League.
The Chinese Super League is played during the summer months, so a short-term loan-deal could be a possibility for the Frenchman.
The Battered Bunnet
12:58 on 25 January, 2013
Murray says, following last year’s triumphs…
…He knows now that he can win, and he knows what he needs to do to do it.
Murray goes knows to nose with NoDjo in the final on Sunday.
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FFS, Celtic are on the cusp of something special, all that will stop us, is corrupt officials, that worries me more than anything else. If we don’t get to the last 8 this season, we will next season IMO. Logical progression?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQSNNNtwy0A
When the players know how DEEP the conspiracy is, they will run that Extra metre, that was the real reason that Celtic Won the Big Cup. Jock was a Protestant, a Real Protestant, A Christian.
I really liked the Jim McLean philosophy and Sir Alex before him.
Monaghan1900
13:11 on 25 January, 2013
Well done Geo :))
Bawsman ..
Important to keep it in perspective . The Manager knows he has a good team but the Manager also knows they would be a better team with a reliable centre forward. The support think that too . Many Juve supporters are mightily p’d off at the failure to sign such a player. They are also p’d off about the very public [ and from their perspective -humiliating ] chase of aging ” superstars ” like Drogba and Anelka . Much of the support has a big problem with the fact that Bendtner was deemed good enough to wear the Juve shirt.