Congratulations to Scotland’s Player of the Year, Stefan Johansen, and Young Player of the Year, Jason Denayer. It’s fair to say Stefan had an underwhelming first eight months in Scotland, but the turnaround since October has been stark.
It was during our home defeat to Hamilton Accies that month that I noticed a change in his game. He took on more responsibility and pressed incessantly for the equaliser. The next game, away to Ross County, was a Johansen virtuoso performance and he’s never looked back.
There was a similar ‘So what?’ reaction to Jason’s early season performances. Performances were far more like Efe Ambrose than Virgil van Dijk, but he grew increasingly assured as the season progressed. His international debut two months ago was merited.
Manchester City want him back for next season, where he’ll be second reserve for central defence. On the upside, he’ll get six games, some of which will be in the cups against lower league opponents. If City and the player want to map a route to the first team, this is a step in the process, but it’s not without its risks to the player.
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SSB Tonight
BFD & Guidi think that somebody should put an arm round Mc Lean after another inept display yesterday. Like the way they did with Jim Callaghan who was suspended for 2 months after failing to send off Big Yogi after a clash with Johnston?
Or as the rating guy said after giving him a 2. The whistler is currently a less credible judge than Louis Walsh.
Árd Macha
How did your run go?
leftclicktic
21:55 on
4 May, 2015
Árd Macha
How did your run go?
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Aye ,give us good news wee yin.
Nice to see some Nats who were abusing Jim Murphy today declare that democracy is dead.
I think Nicola agrees.
Árd Macha
Let us know you’re ok buddy ?
Evening Neganon.
Actually it seems that those clowns were Ernie’s Marxist mates. Headbangers.
Chairbhoy
Nail. Head. Jackhammer. Quality.
Thank you
HH jamesgang
A comedian wi’ lipstick. Who’s afraid of anything he’s got to say, eh?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=snp+disrupt+eddie+izzard&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#q=snp+disrupt+eddie+izzard&hl=en&tbm=nws
McLean continuing to referee …and in an inept fashion is a GIFRUY to all Scottish football fans esp CFC ones
Are these clowns accountable to no one
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/ugly-scenes-as-hardline-nationalists-disrupt-labour-event-in-glasgow.125052594
Met a Scottish man in a Russian bar last night. Unexpected surprise. Unfortunately he was a nationalist who insisted on talking about politics.
This country is fervently nationalistic just now. In Russian cities, towns and villages, flags are everywhere. On the day we won the league, I visited a countryside area where fascists killed everyone in the village. There is now a memorial. Only when you are here can you grasp how this place suffered.
Chairbhoy
An excellent post. Nail on head hit. Cap doffed.
HH
Gerry
Jude2005,
Steven “I stopped the treble” McLean schoolboy error mistakes on Saturday will be glossed over. He completed his mission in the semi final and will be suitably rewarded. I would not be surprised to see him as the 4th official at the cup final.
There is no need to put an arm round McLean– Fleming & co will take care of his career. The fast tracking of “out of his depth” Andrew Dallas will continue as well. It’s almost as if someone is on a mission to make incompetent referees as prominent as possible.
If they continue at this rate I would not be surprised to see “Broxi Bear” reffing Celtic games next season. Broxi Bear would probably have given the penalty in the semi final.
PFayr
Davie Whyte wrote to the SFA to get Jim Callaghan banned after FIFA refused to get involved .
Jock Stein said at the time “I wd hate to think we wd stoop low enough to make an official protest that could possibly result in a decision like this”
Captain Beefheart
22:19 on 4 May, 2015
Agreed. What you recount is clearly so. However, Uncle Joe was a very baaaad man. He murdered more people than Hitler, so a bit of balance is required when we look at history. It also depends on who wrote it.
About half a million people died in Iraq as a result of war-related causes between the US-led invasion in 2003 and mid-2011, an academic study suggests.
University researchers from the US, Canada and Iraq based their estimate on randomised surveys of 2,000 households.
The toll includes not only violent deaths from the invasion and subsequent insurgency, but avoidable fatalities linked to infrastructure collapse.
It exceeds the 112,000 violent civilian deaths reported by Iraq Body Count.
I have no sympathy for any MP who supported the US led invasion of Iraq,so what Jim Murphy had to put up with today is insignificant in what was inflicted on the poor people of Iraq in our name.
Captain Beefheart
22:14 on 4 May, 2015
Evening Neganon.
Actually it seems that those clowns were Ernie’s Marxist mates. Headbangers.
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‘it seems’
Yeah.
The people involved are hard line nationalists.
The type that get all excited about taking a selfie with Sturgeon and then posting the photo on social media.
Captain beefheart. I don’t know who thse guys are however I have noted a change in Scotland where the bullying nationalists believe they can abuse anyone who disagrees with them. I fear for Scotland. I really do.
Celtic Celtic that’s the team for me
Celtic Celtic on to Victory. Were the best team in Hunland I hope you will agree.If sevco are promoted to the premiership I hope Celtic are watching every move them and the S F A are up to .
Soukous quite frankly you are espousing the politics of the bully. It’s disgusts me.
Who’s Martin Hannan??
beatbhoy
22:18 on 4 May, 2015
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/ugly-scenes-as-hardline-nationalists-disrupt-labour-event-in-glasgow.125052594
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I notice that one of the people commenting on that story is an Iain Lawson of Paisley.
There’s a senior member of the SNP from Paisley of that name who used to be a member of the National Front.
I wonder if it’s the same person.
Ernie that’s interesting. My neighbours are big nationalist supporters and friends with snp councillors named Lawson. Let’s just say my neighbours love a bit of racism too……….
NegAnon2
Democracy was dead when millions who opposed the Iraq war were ignored,did that disgust you?
Jude
No idea who David Whyte is
AW i had to…half a dozen idiots, one as i read a non aligned Socialist, Shout down a politician ,..Riot…Rankers and Unioinst Getogether George Sq Sept 19th..disturbance…
Evening Ernie,
Alex Thompson spoke with them. Some described themselves as Marxists. Some were also Nats.
Gerry indeed. This place hasn’t dealt with its past. Stalin is still respected by some. You can buy mementoes of him in Tesco type stores.
apricale @ 21 02.
It was a strange winter .Warm and dry in December . Then it snowed heavily on Hogmanay . January was mostly dry but with a really cold wind.February was like the Outer Hebrides – weeks of heavy rain / strong cold wind /with hailstones the size of Maltesers.Spring was cold but dry and then suddenly it was high 20s.Might not see rain again until November.
PFayr
Manager of deed club at the time. They thru him down the marble staircase with multiple stab wounds in his back.
MAY I REMIND YOU ALL THAT THIS IS A CELTIC BLOG. Shove yer pollitics. Time I was out of here. Night.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Watched the Eddie and Jim film.One of the hecklers is a self proclaimed ” socialist ” who wants to stop people emigrating to Scotland .
PFayr
ps Took over from Scott Symon
Ah soukous so democracy is dead in Scotland then? Thought so. You must be so proud?
Ernie a wee bit of googling and indeed the law sons are the family. My racist neighbours are also SNP members too.
Night Timdom
I’m glad I’m sticking to my promise to post nothing election related.
Has a single person’s mind been changed by a fellow poster on CQN?
HH jamesgang
South Of Tunis
22:44 on 4 May, 2015
Watched the Eddie and Jim film.One of the hecklers is a self proclaimed ” socialist ” who wants to stop people emigrating to Scotland .
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Sean Clerkin, a former SNP candidate.
Keeping The Faith – 21:27
“Lubo it may well be a pantomime, In an attempt to win back the disillusioned working man Labour sent a comedian wearing lipstick to George Sqaure.”
Yep, woman at my work is one such disillusioned Labour supporter because of “illegal wars.”
The SNP are welcome to her, I sure wish we’d gone into Rwanda illegally back in 1994, since no one had the balls to go in legally, and annihilate those machete wielding, church torching genocidal Hutu scumbags who’d butchered up to 1 million defenceless Tutsi’s.
Curious how all genocidal murderous scumbags are allergic to a taste of their own medicine even if it’s “illegal.”
Seems the usual pattern on here.
No complaints when Nats post their stuff, then, when challenged, the shouts about Celtic blogs, enough politics etc go up.
Make the point when the first post appears, not when others decide not to let pish go.