“People don’t realise how hard he trains or how much he works at it” – Kieran Tierney, talking about Leigh Griffiths. Therein lies a story. One young player, who has worked enormously on his development, recognising the efforts of our other clear success story from this season.
Anyone who believes there is a consistency in the application at training of professional footballers is misinformed. Some are there early and/or stay late to work on their own. Some breeze in at the last minute and never hang around to run, lift or practice with a ball after formal training ends.
The club provides players with breakfast and lunch, but can’t monitor their evening meals or snacks. Or more. Some don’t need to be monitored, others do.
In three months we’ll watch thousands of dedicated athletes, swimmers and sportspeople of many disciplines, pretty much all who work on their development 24×365. Some live lives in the margin of early rises and hermit-like lifestyles. Most footballers live a different reality.
Things are changing at Celtic – and have been going on since before the Ronny era. Players like Kieran Tierney have been brought up to understand the importance of lifestyle and hard work. For years, young players’ attitude has been a major factor in determining if Celtic will retain their services.
Success is not just about inherent genius.
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Boaby
I pity the fools
Jamesgang
Where’s all your usual upbeat-ness gone?
Dallas dallAs
Yeh forgot bout that poor decision at end of valencia game.cheers for updates on rhe youngyhins :-)
HH
Jamesgang, sounding all macjay like. will those not renewing be termed as exitists?
I don’t blame people for not renewing until the power makers and breakers start supporting us the way a lot of us have stood by what was our club, over the years.
Regardless of whether Neg thinks its ” A Squirrel” I think the MASH Statement could signal a bit of a breakthrough.
TBJ
That’s because you’re a nicer person than I am. I prefer to think of a circle in hell,just for them.
DALLASDALLAS
The concern for Celtic Plc shouldn’t be just the numbers of fans vowing not to renew as things stand,but the type of fan doing so.
I wouldn’t class JAMESGANG,for instance,as the most militant or anti-board amongst us. Now,he is far from alone in his decision.
THAT should be the alarm call.
Corky,
I had a quick look at HT, Mash said that King was chairman of the Holding Company not the club. May have read it wrong in haste
HT means half time watching football
Doc
Keep the faith.
Neganon 2
Someone posted last week about Paul getting an IT contract from Celtic. This is complete rubbish but he stayed on the blog and ignored the request for the remark to be withdrawn and an apology offered.
Did you cross that line tonight too?
I find that disappointing.
When there is news it will be published on here, not anywhere else. It won’t be rumours, half stories with quarter of the facts.
Meanwhile no-one is stopping you setting up your own initiatives to get the changes you would like. Peddling lies dressed up as insults is something that you must surely reflect on an withdraw.
This is only one lie that has been peddled in recent weeks on here and on other sites. The guy who used to write the ETims rumour mill had the good grace to say it was made up pish.
An Tearmann, before wummin and weans appeared on the scene. I enjoyed going to our reserve and youth team games in the eighties.
It was good seeing guys who I was hoping would breakthrough for us.
Some like Derek Whyte Stevie Fulton. Gerry Creaney, Mark McNally ( firm fan ‘favourites’) did make it through to the first team
Winning Captains, in you, absolutely. If it appeared I doubted you, apologies.
But I can understand why patience wears thin for many. This has been a long time coming.
In those who run the game, struggling with that.
PS, Auld Doc aint been so well, and I haven’t been home much, but hopefully will get up to meet Tommy when I’m on holiday. I’ll email you. Hope you can make that meeting, it will be worth the effort. Next Monday is a possibility, are you free?
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 28TH APRIL 2016 10:57 PM
Jamesgang
Where’s all your usual upbeat-ness gone?
———-
Like bobbio says, I’m a big like Hong Kong Phooey. Unassuming, chilled out. but cross the line with me and……
……ka pow!!!!
No more. If it took my whole life to get a level playing field I’d stand up for that fight.
And I’ll give my money to a Board who show ambition and a desire to further our ambitions (reasonably … No floating casinos needed!)
If the custodians our our Club will do neither, or even attempt it then I won’t support the meek return to Old Firm-ary.
Dallas ;-)
ExitistCSC!
HH jamesgang
http://youtu.be/PYIrs1Dx4Ck
David Allen Coe
You never even called me by my name
HH
Evening all.
Off at a tangent I know and not sure whether I’m the only CQNr that’s been watching it but the Line Of Duty season 3 finale tonight was absoultely exhaustingly fantastic! Some really good UK TV drams in recent months but this was, for me, the top of the heap.
Anyway, just 2 more sleeps and all that – there’s still a league to be won……. ;-)
question time tonight.
all the partisan loons from down under , suspend your daftness for a moment.
andy burnham and alex salmond were a tour de fource, about the consequences of hillsborough.
the establishment,
tory press secretary, tory cabinet, the police, the press.
all need to be prosecuted.
Should I Stay or Should I Go just popped onto the iphone
FekinPsychicCSC
HH jamesgang
Winning captains. I used the phrase paymasters. I also think that Paul has used cqn to become the voice of Celtic supporters in the msm.
My point is that pauls absolute refusal to criticise Lawwell and the Celtic board means he clearly is either in thrall or compromised by his relationship with the Celtic board. It’s unacceptable for a site which peddles itself and the antipathy of lazy journalism to not tackle the big issues.
So tell me winnings what lies have I told?
Pauls has espoused strategies like Moneyball which have been nothing but disasterous but refuses to then address it? Where is the class?
What lies have I told?
So is this it? To defend itself cqn will say anything, do anything?
Looked in the mirror recently?
I’m pretty dissapointed that we are now no longer allowed to debate properly winnings.
So you tell me winnings. What line have I crossed?
Daring to question Paul?
JOBO BALDIE on 28TH APRIL 2016 11:22 PM
It was gripping stuff.
One more sleep and off to Dublin in the green
Two more sleeps and hopefully celebrating the fifth…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
JAMESGANG
Whopping huge thumbs-up from me,bud!
Dallas dallas
I recall bein at the robert fleck flashin his erse takin a corner lol he got reported ha
HH
Bobby. if big. and I don’t mean height wise. Celtic supporters like Jamesgang are considering not renewing, our board really need to, like our team, up their game.
This could be a huge close season for us if the power makers and breakers at the club don’t call it right.
Tory on question time is harry enfield parody shoorly
NEGANON
As you know,I agree with much of your view,but
“Winning captains. I used the phrase paymasters. I also think that Paul has used cqn to become the voice of Celtic supporters in the msm.”
is unfair.
CQN has undoubtedly raised Paul67’s profile,though I’m not so sure that sits comfortably. If the MSM want to ask questions which this site might have an opinion on,they’re obviously gonna ask the organ-grinder.
I’m always available in his place,but the way the newspaper industry is these days,I doubt they could afford my bar bill.
I would like Paul to be more critical. But I’d like my Dad to be more critical too. Not everyone shares our opinions,bud.
DALLASDALLAS
Indeed,mate. And they’d best be loud-and honest-in their endeavours.
I hope this new miserable, moaning, mumpin, militant Jamesgang is the one that turns up for a session in fun city wi me next saturday.
I prefer this fella to the big genial happy clapping version.
Intae thum basturts big fella, intae thum:_)
Doc
Tommy would love that!
Neganon 2
The IT lie ( not by you) followed by your Celtic Paymaster comment sets a narrative and discredits Paul which is unfair and damaging not just to him or the blog but to Celtic.
Having guys like him, Auldheid, BRTH etc are to Celtic’s good fortune.
Re features as I said earlier, sometimes you say it best when you say nothing at all.
There is a post on another site by a Celtic supporter who wrote to PL and as a result had a meeting with him this week. He said he went in very negative but came out happy to renew.
Why don’t you do that and post what is said.
The Huns will have 45k season ticket holders. Their fans are united and determined and will support them.
Like you I want more from our club but we must realise the dangers at our end not just at the club’s.
Bobby sharing opinions is one Thing (as is not sharing opinions)
But I absolutely do accuse our host of peddling the boards propaganda. And for that I will criticise and whilst Paul is unwilling to examine his own views he should be condemned.
It’s unaacepaptable for this site to peddle it’s myth of against lazy journalism whilst practicing it.
Sitting here being lectured by winnings about crossing a line drawn by those who won’t allow questioning just makes me even more suspicious of what this site is about.
Celtic are an absolute needless shambles. And still we are given enigmatic nonsense about how great it will be.
It’s nonsense. Patent nonsense.
The board sold their souls and ours and Paul cheerled for them.
Should I be happy about that?
An T, the tory said nothing of substance in answer to the question on Hillsborough.
Mair like a grown up Harry Potter, without a wand.
An upper class twat with a look of perma-concern. Very unconvincing.
HH
ACEILERGONOFRUST
Careful what you wish for,bud. We don’t want the big fella getting angry.
Leave him at Setting-Genial,you’re playing with fire otherwise…
An Tearmann. a crowd of us were at that game too. I think Fleck was suspended for that.
Fleck fitted in perfectly to the have you seen a handsome hun song.
Our reserve games against the first club to play at Ibrox in the early to mid eighties were something else. They were no holds barred games.
My two favourite reserve games were beating them in the Glasgow cup final at Ibrox in 1982, a few days before won the league that year and when we beat the hun reserves, 5 nil, at Celtic Park a few years later.
” Paul loved to talk about the sfa and the Huns. But it was all a big distraction while his pay,asters at Celtic worked away with the Huns behind the scenes.”
This is what you said Neg. You didn’t even put in the statutory “In my opinion”. You said all Paul’s efforts were a distraction, whilst his paymasters AT CELTIC were working away with the Huns behind the scenes.
In any one’s book that is saying that Paul was being paid to dupe us the bloggers of CQN.
That Statement is probably defamatory, and if you have any sense you should apologise & withdraw it.
when the guy in charge of OUR CELTIC
earns a million pounds a year
why renew or buy a ticket for this guys reward.
its simple
we are not a cash rich company, why is one guy worht this nuch ?
Winnings I have recognised Celtics danger in this from the off. I have warned of it for years. For my warnings I have been vilified and abused. I need no lessons from you.
Damaging Celtic? Paul and his pals on the board have done irrepressible damage to Celtic. It’s my fault for warning you? Really? Shooting messengers. How classy.
You want me to trust Pl on the basis of what? His lies to another unfortunate Celtic supporters.
Deeds not words winnings. Lawwell has presided over disaster. He shouldn’t be anywhere near Celtic after that. But the puppeteer continues. The strategy continues.
And those who question are to be vilified.
And you are participating in it?
Look in the mirror.
NEGANON
Of course you should be pissed off. If that was the case.
I disagree that it is.
Of course,it’s clear that PL has fed info to Paul in the past,little doubt about that. Where we differ is that I don’t think that this has bought his soul.
He has every right to disagree with our views on the current state of the club. He isn’t alone in that. I don’t think it is reasonable to demand that he makes statements that he doesn’t believe in.
But he allows us free rein to state our opinions on his blog. And to criticise his views too.
Fill yer boots while we still can(!)
Corkcelt. Far from withdraw it. I reiterate it.
If it makes you proud to back the propaganda then good for you.
I stand by every word.
The team is a shambles and we blame it on the blog