“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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WINNING CAPTAINS
May what you say come to pass and we can look foward just to watch the bhoys play and return the blog to what it used to be.
Negativity is contagious but silence allows the wildest speculation and most outrageous and illogical statements. Let’s hope the lessonss of keeping the support on board are learned. HH
WINNING CAPTAINS on 28TH APRIL 2016 7:56 PM
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I coudny stand Jock Brown when he was our CEO.
But, one ‘crumb’ that I took from his era was an
often used line of his – “I’m an evidence man, show me the evidence!”
Hail Hail
Would the Celtic PLC-Hierarchy have been allowed to take a backseat re: Res : 12
if, Big McGhee was at the club ?
Shaktar v Sevill on BT showcase
only saying.
Winnings Captain
I hope you’re right.
NATKNOW on 28TH APRIL 2016 7:33 PM
Mark McGhee as Celtic manager?
I’d buy 2 x season books to watch his exciting brand of football. The stands would be full – 60,000 would turn up to watch that kind of excitement. No problem..
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Exactly!
Hail Hail
Celtic 3-0 up.
Big McGhee would have us in the latter stages of Europe without spending a penny.
But, by showing what Ronny’s players can ‘really’ achieve when they’re managed
properly, by a Big Hunskelping Tim called, McGhee.
HH
3-0 to the young hoops.
….meds-have-kicked-in-oot-zzzzz….
You’ll Never walk Alone….in the Jungle.
Winning Captains
A couple of months ago I debated with you that our manager should not be given another game after the EK game.
I got the impression you were toeing the club line, saying we would be fine with Ronny and would win a double.
Since we have been knocked out the Scottish Cup by lower league Sevco, and have failed to win numerous games in the league.
Our players no longer look like beating anybody, aren’t we lucky Aberdeen have collapsed.
Jam tomorrow
KEVJUNGLE on 28TH APRIL 2016 8:02 PM
WINNING CAPTAINS on 28TH APRIL 2016 7:56 PM
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I coudny stand Jock Brown when he was our CEO.
But, one ‘crumb’ that I took from his era was an
often used line of his – “I’m an evidence man, show me the evidence!”
Hail Hail
There more I read your comments the more convinced I am that you’re some kind of Declan like wind up merchant.
Please let us have your evidence that McGhee would have us in the later stages of Europe “without spending a penny.”
http://www.hot899.com/Blogs.asp?blogID=371&bloggerID=6
Get her telt Dad
HH
NEGANON2 7:28 PM
One of the rules in my enviroment is – do no accuse people of doing something wrong to other people without giving the evidence. Once you did it, you are fired.
WWW
What else would you expect from a Bhoy from the Tyre. ☘
Tbj,
On toast?
TALLYBHOY on 28TH APRIL 2016 7:04 PM
Paisley?
Mrs Tally is from Paisley, but I don’t hold that against her!
It’s the hometown of Davie Hay, Tom Conti, Gerry Butler and Paolo Nutini after all.
Even ‘though I was born in the more scenic part of Renfrewshire(!!).
GREENOCK!
HH!!
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we should start an appeal to support the poor souls born in greenock,
y p s r
-)))))
Not exactly gripping me this Europa game, maybe a glass of wine will help :-)
Sandman
Starting a blog and asking questions is no guarantee of answers, I’ve wrote 2 letters, no answers, Phil was ignored also. HH
Is there a charity working on removing the webbing between Greenockians toes?
Prestonpans
Muffins ;)
Mr Z
Coming back to Warsaw on 19th may for 4 days . Going to a communion in otwock . Will you be around as would love to meet up
SID
I sent a recorded delivery letter to Pedro a couple of years ago, no acknowledgement, wasn’t holding my breath mind you.
HH
See the CELTIC SUBMARI banner just to the right of the goal Liverpool are shooting towards.
Not relevant to Celtic but it made me laugh.
Roger McGough updates McGonagall:-
“Beautiful railway bridge of the silv’ry Tay
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last sabbath day of 1879
Which will be remembered for a very long time.
19 McGonagall fans all on their way
To an Arts Centre near Inveraray
Where the poet was to read the very next day
And so wildly enthusiastic were they
that they recited his poems aloud on the train on the Bridge o’er the River Tay
But the rhymes were so lumpen and the rythms so dumpety-dumpen
that each iron girder and rafter
shook with uncontrollable laughter
And the bridge quivered and shivered and…. catastrophe
It collapsed and fell into the silv’ry Tay
with an almighty gloosh
the train disappears
taking with it ninety pairs of cloth ears
It must have been an awful sight
To witness in the dusky moonlight
But luckily for Scottish Literature
Mr. McGonagall was safely home in bed
Otherwise he would surely be dead
And this poem unwritten and, consequently, unread
*** LAST MAN STANDING – WEEK 9 ***
Good evening all.
Absolutely delighted that all of this weeks picks have been submitted and that with just the 1 remminder required. Fantastico.
This week the 14 remaining competitors have split their choices across just 4 teams. And all 4 games are on Saturday with 3 of them at 3.00pm. Doesn’t get any more exciting than that, Ted!
The relevant games are as follows –
Aberdeen [1] v Motherwell
Hamilton [6] v Kilmarnock
West Brom v West Ham [4]
Arsenal [3] v Norwich (5.30pm)
Good luck to the following (in no aprticular order) –
Praecepta, Norfolk Enchants, Onemalloy, Janice67, Big Al, The Token Tim, Nakasammi, Winning Captains Jnr, 20 hats, Lennyshon, Gearoid1998, Channelislandcelt, jamabhoy and Stevie67
Actually, hope a few of you tumpble as we’re rapidly running out of fixtures for this season… ;-)
Jobo
You will see it better in the second half :)))
Pre-match comments from the BT crew that they expect Liverpool to score, now our Spanish friends have third best defensive record in their league and only one home goal lost in the Europa games
TBJ
It’s very likely I’ll be around.
TonyDonnelly67,
Gonnae tell us the latest on Res12, you are ahead of the game here, you told us they were going to make an arse of us, and we didn’t believe you, and they did.
You told us it would never anoint to anything and it hasn’t.
Now your telling us it’s high on the agenda, so what’s going on with Res12, you and P67 know more about what the Plc are thinking than anyone else I know, and I wrote the copulating thing.
This is no a dig at the board for keeping people who did not even support the resolution more informed than the representative of Res12, it’s just a simple request to a Celtic supporter in the know to share your wisdom
The res 12 guys are about football government,and its honesty. Can anyone say they have seen a trace of it in Scotland from the inception of the game? You must learn from your history. That way, if something is repeating itself then you were forearmed. The Celtic board have not defended the fans. Those people who are the lifeblood.Indeed they seem to have bent over backwards to the cops and the politicos.Is this an attack on the club? No,its a statement of facts, and one that could be a whole lot longer.They have also let the MSM write lies and smears about Celtic when they should have had their undivided attention by grabbing them by the nuts.
Its the cowardice that gets to me.
Neganon2
“Paul67…. His paymasters at Celtic”
I’ve never met Paul67, and I am far from agreeing with everything he says, but that’s out of line.
FRANNYB67 on 28TH APRIL 2016 7:16 PM
Lambert&Petrov new management team anyone????????
New midfield, more like.
Aye volleyballs a cutthroat business
4-0 win for youngsters in Glasgow Cup
Zbyszek
We arrive late on the Thursday night with the communion on the Sunday.
I know we will be jumping the underground into warsaw one day as my polish princess wants to shop in the mall next to the palace of culture. I will be crying for a beer around then
GARY 67
Thanks for update.
Well done the young ones. HH
The three games I’ve watched so far this week have been pash…thank feck I recorded corrie:)