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The largest impediment to Celtic building up a sustainable run of form is the incessant games players are faced with.  They will have competed in 14 European games by mid-December, with only Newco in Scotland doing anything similar.  Uniquely here for Celtic players, the demands of international football mean that these breaks are often more onerous, not less – ask Tom Rogic.

Scott Brown has retired from the international game but the rest of the first choice regulars are busy every international break. Of the more fringe players, Jozo Simunovic’s vacillations between Croatia and Bosnia have left him with time to rest those knees, while Scott Sinclair only represented England at youth level.

I’m not sure what work Leigh Griffiths needs to do on his fitness but hard training sessions are not permitted during spells when the team is playing seven or eight games per month.  Dropping out of the Scotland setup will allow Leigh a full week of endurance and cardio work, his first since preseason, instead of being untaxed as a squad player for Alex McLeish’s Scotland side.

Leigh has nothing to prove at international level but at 28, he knows the most important thing in his professional life is to continue scoring goals for Celtic.  International retirement would be no hardship.

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  1. southside on

    Hope LG is prepared for joining that exclusive wee club reserved only for Celtic players. I expect him to become a member of the “being boo’d at every away ground in the country” club for treachery, being Irish, or being Neil Lennon.

     

    He might even get abuse at Easter Rd which may, in turn, encourage him to try a leg against his old team.

     

     

    Neil,Aiden,Leigh. CSC

  2. Almore on

    Ivehadto: I saw Black 47 a couple of weeks ago. It’s directed by Lance Daly – an award winning film maker and a past pupil of mine.

     

     

    It is a very stark film and it doesn’t hold back on who is to blame for the suffering during An Gorta Mór.

     

     

    I found it a bit slow, but being interested in the subject matter, I stuck with it.

     

     

    Well worth a watch.

  5. i'vehadtochangemymind on

    Fabulous Almore – a past pupil !!!!

     

     

    I’m going to watch it but find Irish history difficult to watch !

  8. Delaneys Dunky on

    Almore

     

    Past pupil of yours.

     

    Always knew you were bright, but now proof that you pass it on. Magic sir.

     

    YNWA

  9. Tontine Tim on

    As we all bask in the aftermath of our own wee club playing football the Glasgow Celtic way at Sundays thrashing of the Perth huns we should also look at a game at the same venue 11 days before where we also put on a very good performance in the 2nd half where there was a show and the Glasgow Celtic were there.

     

     

    In the latter game it should be noted that in a match where we according to the beeb had 63% of possession, 21 shots on goal with 7 on target, 13 corners, we had 14 fouls against 3 for the opposition and also a player red carded in time added on for injury.

     

     

    While on Sunday’s game we had 69% possession, 30 shots on goal with 16 on target, 12 corners and 5 fouls against 10 for the opposition with 1 red card but this time to the home side.

     

     

    The difference was the officiating, the first time we noted Kevin Clancy was when he red carded the thug swanson, while beathun couldnae wait tae send big Dedryck off for complaining about the agricultural tackling, nae wonder he wants oot of Scottish fitba.

     

     

    After Sunday we as a club should be tellin the hunden craft we no longer want madhun and beathun officiating at our games.

  11. weebobbycollins on

    DD…Jim Baxter certainly played for rangers but whether he was a hun or not…hmmm! Perhaps ask Paddy Crerand.

     

    I suppose it depends on the definition of a hun. For me, a hun is someone who usually, but not always, supports them and is anti-Celtic, anti-Catholic. Any rangers man who is a friend of mine can’t be a hun. I know of two…

     

    the rest are all dirty hun barstewards :-)

  12. Tontine Tim on

    SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 9TH OCTOBER 2018 9:25 PM

     

     

    BP You did not know if Wullie Johnston was a tim or not?

     

     

    What club did he play for? There’s your clue

     

     

    *we actually scouted him but the huns beat us to his signature, a very good player but a bullet dodged, Fife ned.

  15. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    TONTINE TIM on 9TH OCTOBER 2018 9:41 PM

     

     

    Reading those names , I`m a wee boy again.

     

     

    Second childhood.

     

    :-)

  16. Delaneys Dunky on

    WBC

     

    I grew up in Partick and Knightswood with two different types of Rangers supporters. Blue noses and huns. Was friends with the bluenoses, and still am.

     

    YNWA

  19. david17 on

    JAMES FORREST on 9TH OCTOBER 2018 7:22 PM

     

    One for those with some time on their hands …

     

     

     

    https://thecelticblog.com/2018/10/blogs/the-scottish-media-bias-explained-and-tom-englishs-slobbering-dogs/

     

     

    ———-

     

     

    James, excellent piece. Journalism is like most other things in life, the standard is falling and it just ends up being accepted for what is is. Thanks to guys like yourself and the likes of this blog and it’s contributors, we have some clue as to what is going on. It is an education most days that i take for granted.

     

     

    I have a few pals who follow the Huns, they remind me of that saying about being stupid, it’s like being dead, the stupid person feels nothing but it’s painful for everyone else. After a while i just gave up arguing with them, it was far too painful, you just cant get though. That sketch with the long line up for the comforting lies stall and the empty unpleasant truths stall has never been more apt. They are utterly brainwashed. I’ve come to the conclusion that we should celebrate their delusion rather than complain about it. It has done them enormous damage, aided and abetted by the SMSM.

     

     

    Thanks for all you do, i don’t always agree with you but i admire your relentlessness.

  20. Delaneys Dunky on

    WBC

     

    Ian Ferguson fae Janefield Street.

     

    The boy could fight like feck too.

     

    He seriously hated us.

     

    YNWA

  21. Almore on

    Ivehadto: Irish history is sad but I like to look on the positive side. I’m conscious of the hundreds of years of colonialism and all that it brought to this island.

     

     

    But I’m also conscious of all those who endured oppression and who tried to make the most of their lives against enormous odds.

     

     

    Equally, I’m inspired by all those who did their best to oppose the the brutal regime imposed on us over the centuries.

     

     

    In that regard, I would recommend a visit to the EPIC exhibition near Dublin’s Custom House. It deals with the history of emigration and emigrants from Ireland. Brother Walfrid and the famous Glasgow Celtic are featured.

     

     

    DD: I can claim no influence over Lance Daly, unfortunately. I taught him for two years and his eldest son for a year. Two highly intelligent individuals and no surprise that Lance has done so well. Lance had a cameo role in the Commitments where he turned up for an audition to play in the band but was given short shrift.

  26. Tontine Tim on

    WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 9TH OCTOBER 2018 10:01 PM

     

     

    For me, Bobby Shearer was the hunnest of the huns…any other suggestions?

     

     

    *sammy the clug baird

  29. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    38 mins. in the vid above.

     

     

    Big Billy ” The followers of the house of satan ”

     

     

    Magic.

  31. What is the Stars on

    Almore

     

    Ivehadtochangemyname

     

    I went to see Black 47 a couple of weeks ago.

     

    Well worth seeing, not without its flaws but well worth it.

     

    It gets a lot of things correct, the starkness of the hunger and disease, the brutality of law enforcement and evictions, the ruling class carrying on regardless, grain being exported etc.

     

    Its flaws for me were it probably over did the Clint Eastwood/Rambo stuff but sure I suppose I should allow for a bit of dramatic licence.

     

    I am sure you’ll agree Almore old chap, the natives over here are a bit prone to drama,making a song and dance about things what what.

     

    They never did seem to get the old stiff upper lip concept.

  33. Delaneys Dunky on

    NB

     

    What a braw wee tune fae one o ma favourite tune makers. Double braw n dobra.

     

    Pink Floyd CSC

  34. Almore on

    WITS: I would imagine that Black 47 is uncomfortable viewing for current ‘establishment’ politicians.

     

     

    Yeah, it’s fiction. But it captures the reality for the dispossessed. I liked the funny scene where the ‘natives’ attended mass for the sole (soul?) purpose of getting soup afterwards.

     

     

    How accurate is it? I’m not sure. But it raises important questions about where we come from and where we are now.

     

     

    Given our history, and in the light of yesterday’s UN report on climate change, we need to respect our past but we also need to act responsibly to secure our global future.

     

     

    Off to mo leaba.

     

     

    Will check back tomorrow.

  36. cathach on

    SSTBF

     

    Agree with that re. Law. Baxter hung around with Celtic players at weekends.

     

     

    BK ,MACJAY1

     

    Always disappointed with McCalliog (Holyrood). There was a young lad (Holyrood) went down to Chelsea when McCalliog was there. He didn’t welcome the young left back, who actually played for Steamboats after. A fine player and should have made it professionally.

     

     

    BCollins Creand’s mum and all her family were huge Celtic fans from Cumberland St, as was Charlie Gallagher also from Cumberland St… Charlie played for Eire. They were negighbours in Donegal.

     

     

    KTF Cathach

  38. weebobbycollins on

    Cathach….whilst I was growing up in Hospital St, Paddy Crerand was living in Thistle St, a few closes down from my cousins with whom he played football. My big cousin still has a St Luke’s school photo with young Patrick in it. I met Paddy a few years ago and mentioned my cousins…He remembered them…”They were no bad players but they couldnae fight.” was his reply. :-)

  42. Tontine Tim on

    SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 9TH OCTOBER 2018 10:30 PM

     

     

    I would exclude Denis Law from that denomination too. He was seriously uninterested in such matters.

     

     

    *Denis grew up poor in Aberdeen, when he had money which wisnae very often he would go and support his local side, otherwise any of the local non league sides.

     

     

    He showed a lot of promise as a boy and at the age of 14 went down tae Huddersfield for a trial, a wee skinny boy wearing national health glasses as he had a squint in his eye. He showed something during the trials and when he turned 15 they not only signed him but arranged for an operation to fix his squint.

     

     

    Within a year Manure came in for him offering 10 grand which was a lot of money fir a wee boy, by this time the shanks was the Terriers manager and turned Matt down.

     

     

    When Shanks left for Annfield he wanted ate take Denis with him but Liverpool couldnae afford him. Within a year he was offered for sale and Man City, Manure and allegedly the deid team came in for him. He chose City for a UK record fee of 55 grand, there’s nae way that cheap mob would have paid that, they expected players tae play for the jersey back then.

     

     

    When he was with City he scored 6 goals against Luton in an FA Cup tie, the game was abandoned and they lost the replay 1-3, he scored their only goal.

     

     

    After that he went tae Torino with Joe Baker, another one that we missed, and the rest is history.

     

     

    In a pre 1966 WC game against the outlanders at hunden, Scotland lost 3-4, that’s when I reckoned they had a chance of the WC. I was sitting in the hoose with my non-Celtic supporting pal and my da watching it. We were always a PC family so bit our tongues during the game.

     

     

    Big Jock was the temporary manager and played big Tam at right back tae accommodate captain blood as the huns called him on the left as Bobby Murdoch was a right half. The wee mhan was chosen instead of willie henderson.

     

     

    England were 2 up when Denis pulled 1 back, they went 2 up twice more with Jimmy pulling both goals back, unfortunately England held on.

     

     

    Apart from the wee mhans great display and 2 well taken goals my main memory of the afternoon is after Jinky’s goals the only players who congratulated him were the Celtic players, wee Bremner and Denis law. Against England, the ould enemy, tae. Incidentally 9 of that England team would win WC winners medals a couple of months later, the left back Keith Newton was replaced with Ray Wilson.

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