Trying so hard not to get drawn in to transfer window nonsense but our old pal Chris Sutton got the better of me last night on BT Sport. He has been assured Moussa is happy to stay at Celtic this window (presumably by the player himself, or his agent), so concludes that somehow Chris Davies is undermining the player by suggesting he is not playing due to transfer speculation around him.
I have not spoken to Moussa’s agent but I have heard lots about him. He is thoroughly professional and if Chris Sutton did manage to get a word from him, he is likely to have been 100% on-message. There have been no amateur dramatics from Moussa’s side, but that doesn’t mean the world and Own Coyle’s auntie doesn’t want to sign him.
January is famously a rubbish month to sign players, so if anyone wants to acquire Moussa, Celtic will hold out for top price. The same is true for our signing targets. Brendan has significant funds to spend, but the last thing he needs is to load the squad with more of the same.
When the manager arrived 18 months ago, improving results was a fairly straightforward proposition. Now, after twice qualifying for the Champions League and winning all four domestic trophies available to him, the job of improving Celtic is considerably more difficult. These are the joys of planning for successive trebles and a third consecutive season of Champions League football.
We are a week away from the window closing and the ball is in play, but you will not receive a bling hit this month, just to keep everyone happy. We will do the right deals or no deal, like it, or, express mild frustration, followed by a cognitive alignment indicating acceptance of the inherent wisdom. Or just lump it.
Being able to hold your nerve is another joy of planning for a successive treble.
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TURKEYBHOY 118
That’s amazing!
You remembered those league games in the order they happened!!!
Obviously an über-Tim,my hat is doffed.
Police are on the hunt for a man after he attacked a priest at a Catholic church in Kilwinning.
A 62-year-old priest was threatened and attacked at St Winin’s Church in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, after he opened the door to the man and let him in to the chapel house around 4.30pm on Tuesday, January 23.
Disgusting ned
Where is big jimmy this weather ? Is he on holiday.
BRIZZO 1888
I think he declared he would never post again after taking offence at something or other
BLANTYRETIM
If he’s local,he’s had it. Town’s too small and tight for that to go unpunished.
South of Tunis
“I used to phone my old man from a phone box in Haight Ashbury to learn the score etc after each Celtic game . He regularly moaned re how tired they seemed , how profligate they were and how prone they were to costly defensive errors .He regularly predicted that there would be no 10 in a row”
I should, perhaps, have been more specific. Few people, who had not routinely and inaccurately been predicting a lost league during the previous 9 seasons, were predicting we would lose this league in 1974. We had, after all won the pre-season Dryburgh Cup and collected the League Cup in October so we were far from done. Indeed, we also won the Scottish Cup after the league was lost.
Following the loss at Ibrox in the New Year’s game, a foreboding may have set in but it would be later in 1975 and a period where we won only 7 points out of a possible 20 that sealed our fate that many would have started making the same prediction with good cause. Every Celtic supporter knew long before the end that the league was lost as we finished third, 11 points (still in the 2 pts for a win days) behind Rangers, having lost 9 games.
I see Jackie McNamara has just touted Neil Lennon as hte ideal man for the Scotland job.
Nice one, Jackie. I would love to see the tolerance of our fans tested by that appointment. Pity it will not be considered.
ROCCOBHOY on 24TH JANUARY 2018 3:38 PM
Afternoon fellow Tims from a cold and showery day in Dublins fair city
Thomthethim for Oscar Ok @ 12pm
Excellent post.
Rogic, Roberts and Armstrong would make a big difference to Celtic.
*****
Thanks.
It seems obvious to me that if you remove our most creative, attacking forces from the squad, then there has to be consequences.
Good as Calmac is, he plays better off other creative players. His link ups with Roberts, via 1-2s, are a joy to watch.
If we can ride out the next few weeks without losing ground, we should, hopefully, canter home strait.
Is it within the gift of the cuteness ae the dug oot
to recruit a back four operative who dizny / wulny
be bullied aff the park by, Lafferty, in this windae ?
Anywye,…….HH
……..oot.
BMCUW
I thought so, I’m not putting it up as sectarian attack just a ned targeting an easy prey
* the home strait.
Hiya everyone, I am coming to Glasgow the Zenit game, tickets and flights booked, I shall be in in Glasgow for 5pm on the 14th, all I need to do is book a hotel, anyone know which one is best to book, any help would be appreciated.
SWINDONBHOY on 24TH JANUARY 2018 4:47 PM
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This is the Commuting Hour. The time when many CQNers wind their weary way home from a hard days web surfing.
It will get busier once they have been fed and watered and you will get some suggestions.
Have you looked at the Buchanan Galleries Premier Inn ?
Very central for the town.
swindonbhoy
I would book Abode if staying in Glasgow tonight
If you want something simple right next to where a load of CQN folk will be having a beer before the game
book Rab Ha’s Bobbsi and staff there will look after you well
WDH
Did you get that info from BMCUP?
thomthethim
No not yet
If you stick your mail on it will give you some more detail privately
and thank-you
Cosy corner bhoy
3.10
Unless you want to walk across town to Stockwell street for a 5 or 31 bus then get a taxi for the last mile, only one choice mate. Taxi from central station direct to the Linn…£10-£12. Tops. Thats the easiest.
Thanx everyone, got the Premier Inn on West Nile Street, hope to meet a few of you
Thomthethim for Oscar Ok
Agreed, our lack of creavity players is clearly affecting us. Massively so in my opinion. For me Rogic and Paddy are by far and away Our most creative players. Once we get Paddy back we will improve significantly, once we both back we will, as u suggest, canter to the league.
Hail Hail
Roccobhoy
If we don’t replace broonie, the 10iar is in jeopardy
SOUTH OF TUNIS on 24TH JANUARY 2018 11:39 AM
SFTB @ 10 47
” The loss in 75 was not a predictable one ” .
I only managed to see Celtic twice in season 74 -75. (I was a student in the Good Ole USA and could only, very occasionally, visit home). A 1-1 with a 10 man Olympiakos and a 3-0 loss to the Deady Bears at New Year. Both games could have / should have been victories but profligacy and defensive mistakes cost Celtic big time.
I used to phone my old man from a phone box in Haight Ashbury to learn the score etc after each Celtic game. He regularly moaned re how tired they seemed, how profligate they were and how prone they were too costly defensive errors .He regularly predicted that there would be no 10 in a row
*That’s the way I saw that season, my last living at hame. We actually let 3 senior players go at the end of it, big Billy (retired, about 3 years too late IMHO), Jim Brogan and Jinky who had hardly kicked a ball all season.
At the huns game it was more of a “hot” goalie than profligacy, he had been on form all year and they won the league based on their defensive skills as opposed to goal scoring. Our goal scoring was on par with theirs and streets ahead of 2nd place Hibs, but defensively we were deplorable. This was indeed a tired Celtic defence and eventually led to Andy Lynch playing left back replacing the usually reliable Jim Brogan.
Our form up to the New Year game had been pretty consistent and with new signing Ronnie Glavin in the side we went top just before Christmas with deidco losing at Broomfield and us beating St Johnstone at home. However, it was the game the week after against Motherwell which IMHO ensured there would be no TIAR.
The Big Mhan to give him his due tried friendly after friendly to find a solution to his teams slide, personally I saw it as a tired and jaded team similar in a way tae the huns own attempt at TIAR, a cheatin one it must be said though.
We had a good cup run that year which included wins at Easter Road and Boghead (my last visit there and also my last game with my da) culminating with the Cup against Airdrie and the following week drawing 2-2 with deidco in the Glasgow Cup (my last visit to hampden and last hun game ever). But our league performances were absolutely woeful we lost 9 games and drew 5 against teams that we normally would never have saw in our road including losses to Dundee at home and St Johnstone away in the last 2 games leading up to the Final.
As far as I’m concerned though this season was all about 2 goalies, for us it was Ally Hunters complete loss not just of form but confidence, IMHO he was never the same after losing a soft goal against the Czechs in a WC qualifying game at Hampden and could count himself fortunate in playing behind a good solid defence. He actually lost his place to Denis Connaghan who played in the ’74 Cup Final but regained it when Denis lost a soft goal against the huns a couple of months later even though he had won us the Dryborough Cup in a penalty shootout several weeks earlier.
As for the hun goalie, in that New Year game, (my last ever visit there tae) the ball seemed tae hit him in the heid, legs, body and erse. Even at one down early doors we were still confident of beating them and at half time were doing all the singing. At the end of the game on a dreich day kennedy left the park covered in mud while Ally’s shorts were as white as when he entered the field of play. No exaggerating there.
Kennedy had a remarkable season and was rewarded with international caps, his last one in a horrific 1-5 loss at Wembley.
In a preview of the game one of the presenters in the studio commented to Jock that kennedy looked as if he would be the national side goalie for years. The Big Mhan replied that yes he had a good season but that could be put down to him being a left sided goalie which was quite unusual and that we had “found him out” in a Glasgow Cup Final 2 weeks previously and honest to God he then continued with “I have no doubt that Don (Revie) has noticed this”. England scored 5 that afternoon and all 5 goals came at kennedy’s right hand side, one in particular he seemed to lose his bearings and ended up wrapped around the post.
A sad end to a great run but at least we won 2 cups that year, more than could be said about naesurname’s final season in his first time there when they won nothing. It should be noted though that in the LC Final which will always be remembered for Dixie’s remarkable hat trick Ally still contrived tae lose 3 goals.
My primary objective if I were Celtic manager would be to sign a Luboesque player, a guy who can see and make things happen.
KINGLuBO
I’VEHADTOCHANGEMYNAME on 24TH JANUARY 2018 6:09 PM
If we don’t replace broonie, the 10iar is in jeopardy
Ideal time for Scott to chuck that Scotland mob is now, i’m sure BR will be telling him he needs to rest up when he can these days.
evening bhoys, was out walking the two westies this morning, suddenly a tune comes into my head which ive not sung for about forty years, must have sung it a thousand times at parkhead in the late sixties early seventies, been singing it all day to myself, but thought to myself i dont really know the history of the song, here is a few verses, it was on a dreary new years eve when the shades of night came down ,a lorry load of volunteers approached a border town, there were men from dublin and from cork fermanagh and tyrone, but the leader was a limerick man sean south of garryowen. as I say I’ve been humming it all day, any help hh.
I’VEHADTOCHANGEMYNAME on 24TH JANUARY 2018 6:09 PM
If we don’t replace broonie, the 10iar is in jeopardy
he’s already here EK.
Big Packiey.From Wiki. Hopefully it’s accurate.
Seán South was born in Limerick where he was educated at Sexton Street Christian Brothers School, later working as a clerk in a local wood-importing company called McMahon’s.[citation needed] South was a member of a number of organisations including the Gaelic League, Legion of Mary, Clann na Poblachta and Sinn Féin.[citation needed] In Limerick he founded the local branch of Maria Duce, a social Catholic organisation, where he also edited both An Gath and An Giolla.[1] He had received military training as a lieutenant of the Irish army reserve, the LDF which would later become the FCA (An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil or Local Defence Force), before he became a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army.[1]
South was a devout Catholic, being a member of An Réalt (the Irish-speaking chapter of the Legion of Mary),[2] and a conservative, even by the standards of the day.[3] He was also a member of the Knights of Columbanus.
In 1949, South wrote a series of letters to his local newspaper, the Limerick Leader. These letters condemned Hollywood films for what South regarded as their immoral messages. South accused these films of promoting a “stream of insidious propaganda which proceeds from Judeo-Masonic controlled sources, and which warps and corrupts the minds of our youth.”[4] [5] South also claimed that the American film industry was controlled by “Jewish and Masonic executives dictating to Communist rank and file.”[4] In his letters, South also denounced Irish trade unions, and praised the activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the United States.[5]
Death Edit
On New Year’s Day 1957, 14 IRA volunteers crossed the border into County Fermanagh[6] to launch an attack on a joint RUC/B Specials barracks in Brookeborough. During the attack a number of volunteers were injured, two fatally. Fergal O’Hanlon and Seán South died of their wounds as they were making their escape. They were carried into an old sandstone barn by their comrades which was later demolished by a British army jeep.[citation needed] The stone from the barn was used to build a memorial at the site.[7]A young Catholic Constable, John Scalley, was killed in the ensuing gun battle between the IRA unit and the RUC.
Commemoration Edit
The attack on the barracks inspired two popular rebel songs: ‘Seán South of Garryowen’ and ‘The Patriot Game ‘.[8]
“Sean South”, also known as “Sean South of Garryowen”, written by Sean Costelloe, from County Limerick, to the tune of another republican ballad “Roddy McCorley”[9] and made famous by the Wolfe Tones.
South is also mentioned in The Rubberbandits song “Up Da Ra”, which pokes fun at the concept of armchair republicanism using the literary device of the unreliable narrator.
There is a plaque dedicated to him outside his birthplace on Henry Street, Limerick.[10]
Hail Hail
JIMMYNOTPAUL, cheers pal your a star, had no idea about the events surrounding the song, im ashamed to say anyway hh.
BIG PACKY on 24TH JANUARY 2018 6:29 PM
*your a spoofer Big P, that’s got to be the best known rebel song ever sung at Parkheid. When Stevie Chalmers equalised against Vojvodina a chorus of it erupted in the Celtic end, I started it aided and abetted by a bottle of Zimba.
“Brendan has significant funds to spend” according to Paul. He has not defined significant.
TONTINE TIM ,i was at that game singing with gusto.hh.
would be good for us BD
who Ron ?
I understand Celtic had put in a bid for Sanchez and apparently there was zero between our offer and that on manure. They offered £450,000 per week and we offered £45,000 . as I said 0 in it. :)
noambitionCSC
I’VEHADTOCHANGEMYNAME on 24TH JANUARY 2018 6:46 PM
who Ron ?
Eboue Kouassi
Jimmynotpaul, I hope you are well and your good lady wife is making a good recovery from her pnuemonia.
If you or your wife are on facebook , JC has posted footage of JC junior scoring for Sunderland youths in the first game he played at the Stadium of Light. There is a very short interview with JC junior also.
It should also be on the Sunderland Website .
Awe_Naw_No_Another_Flegs_Row_Anaw_Noo
Ron- rumour Kouassi to Birmingham on loan…
JNP
“which pokes fun ……………. using the literary device of the unreliable narrator. ”
We get the same thing fae Steven Craigen