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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NegAnon2
22:38 on
4 May, 2015
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……….
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NegA,
My neighbours are all orange bastards…..
Have a guess what they love…..
mickbhoy1888
15:59 on 4 May, 2015
I suppose that Martin Hannans article would have recieved a more favourable reception had it went along the lines the of Champions League needs Celtic competing at the semi-final stages every year and in order to achieve this end they should be parachuted immediately straight into the English Premiership with a 200 million golden hello handshake
There again Martin Hannan might be the type of Celtic Supporter who tells you it as he sees it and not the type who resorts to posting guff on an Internet blog for the purpose of social inclusion.
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Ignore those voices inside your head. Keep taking the pills.
BGX
22:39 on
4 May, 2015
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…
As I posted last week. I still await the martyred Murphy’s response to my letter about the George Square Better Together victory celebrations.
Shaun’s partner is Elaine O Reilly
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
22:26 on
4 May, 2015
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”
I was at game that Whyte’s complaint about Callagahan was based on. If I recall correctly Callaghan stood by as a Celtic player administered a sore one in the stones to one of THEM. My instant reaction was that Callaghan, justifiably was in trouble.
Emdae got a link to the Martin Hannan article ?
Would anyone like to hazard a guess at which political party has been writing to Tory voters in East Renfrewshire telling them that they ‘understand your values, your concerns and your priorities’ and ‘respects the values of hard work, responsibility and public service which the Conservative party has traditionally stood for’?
caltontongues
22:53 on 4 May, 2015
NegAnon2
22:38 on
4 May, 2015
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……….
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NegA,
My neighbours are all orange bastards…..
Have a guess what they love…..
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Buckfast!?’
HH jamesgang
Off topic, but I was just trawling youtube and – whatever the ins and outs, ups and downs, whatever – was Alan Thompson a Hunskelper par excellence or what?
Ernie
Not the one which ‘didn’t mind’ Thatcherite economics, by any chance?
Has a single person’s mind been changed by a fellow poster on CQN?
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Or indeed a married person’s mind….!
;-)
HH jamesgang
quonno
Yogi had been yellow carded when he done Willie Johnston.
Jamesgang
The blog’s gubbed. A waant tae tok aboot cellic. Offski. Cot time.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
lubo of the lamp
22:50 on
4 May, 2015
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.”
Perhaps unconsciously you hit the nail on the head. Politicians are extremely selective of which wars the engage in. There were Labour MPs whose conscience would not let them vote for a Tory led war in Iraq despite Saddam having invaded Kuwait. A few years later they were quite happy to go along with Blair’s invasion of Iraq based on the existence of mythical WMDS.
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
23:03 on
4 May, 2015
quonno
Yogi had been yellow carded when he done Willie Johnston.
The offence was so hideous that he should have walked. And I was a huge yogi fan.
beatbhoy
23:01 on 4 May, 2015
‘Ernie
Not the one which ‘didn’t mind’ Thatcherite economics, by any chance?’
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How did you manage to guess that?
ernie lynch
22:59 on
4 May, 2015
Would anyone like to hazard a guess at which political party has been writing to Tory voters in East Renfrewshire telling them that they ‘understand your values, your concerns and your priorities’ and ‘respects the values of hard work, responsibility and public service which the Conservative party has traditionally stood for’?
Enlighten us Ernie.
South Of Tunis
22:42 on
4 May, 2015
Very similar to here, without the snow tho, and we will get rain this month, lots of it, expecting some serious heat, all my neighbours have been saying so for some time, mid 30s today.
HH
quonno
23:07 on 4 May, 2015
ernie lynch
22:59 on
4 May, 2015
Would anyone like to hazard a guess at which political party has been writing to Tory voters in East Renfrewshire telling them that they ‘understand your values, your concerns and your priorities’ and ‘respects the values of hard work, responsibility and public service which the Conservative party has traditionally stood for’?
Enlighten us Ernie.
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It’s the same party whose cabinet minister told us:
‘Any notion that an independent Scotland would be a left wing country is delusional nonsense’.
NegAnon2
The Iraqi civilians who died in Blair’s war aren’t around to tell us their views on anything.This is more shameful than a few idiots disrupting the Scottish Labour party leader.
We live in a democracy and if people are still upset about the illegal war in Iraq then they have the right to express that upset.
Just as he distanced himself from Orange support at the referendum. Will Jim Murphy distance himself rom Tory support in East Renfrewshire?
quonno
And Greigs assault on Jinky was what.? Jock said after the game Jimmy will not be playing on Saturday.
Different game btw!!
Ernie
Lucky guess.
Night all Night wee Oscar my hero God bless x x
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
23:14 on
4 May, 2015
quonno
And Greigs assault on Jinky was what.? Jock said after the game Jimmy will not be playing on Saturday.
Different game btw!!
I was referring to what was a ludicrous decision by Callaghan and I need no reminding of Griegs’s brutalities.
Should predictions of an SNP landslide prove accurate, come Friday how many Labour MSPs will be donning stab proof jackets as their erstwhile redundant comrades seek theuir Holyrood jobs.
Heard from people who knew Mr Callaghan that he did not see the incident but heard a roar and turned round to see Johnston in difficulty. Linesman gave no help.
He figured something had happened but did not know what. As a result, he took no action.
Unlike Collum !
Iain Lawson used to live 5 minutes away from me in Clydebank.His da was a minister.
Lawson used to be in the Conservative Party.
quonno – 23:04
“There were Labour MPs whose conscience would not let them vote for a Tory led war in Iraq despite Saddam having invaded Kuwait. A few years later they were quite happy to go along with Blair’s invasion of Iraq based on the existence of mythical WMDS.”
You mean the “mythical” ones Saddam used in the Iran-Iraq War? Maybe you should get in touch with the relatives of those gassed and tell them they must have died of natural causes instead.
Iraq is indeed a shambles but it was Blair along with Clinton, who managed to get NATO onboard to confront the Serbian genocidal scumbags during the Bosnian War, whereas Salmond thought they should be left to sort it out for themselves, which the Serbs were more than happy to oblige with, and continue their campaign of mass rape and murder against the Bosnian Muslims, marching the boys and men out into the woods to dig their own graves. SNP have always been curiously quiet on that one for some reason though.
Can’t remember Jelavic blessing himself when he played for the vermin…..
Ernie, can you post a reference to Clerkin being an SNP candidate? thanks
Express trying to stir up some trouble :-
“EMILIO IZAGUIRRE will miss the start of Celtic’s Champions League campaign after performing a shock international U-turn.
The left-back previously told Honduras he wouldn’t be available for the CONCACAF Gold Cup because the competition, which runs from July 7-26, clashes with the European qualifying rounds.
But Izaguirre, above, has had a change of heart and will now sacrifice his club commitments – which includes pre-season training – in order to play for his country.
The Honduras squad will meet up on May 25 for friendlies against El Salvador, Paraguay, Brazil and Mexico.
Their first Gold Cup group game is against co-hosts United States on July 7. The last group game is on the evening of July 13 which means Izaguirre will miss the first leg of Celtic’s Champions League second qualifying round fixture on July 14/15.
If Honduras progress in the tournament, Izaguirre could also be unavailable for the return leg on July 21/22.
The situation is likely to put the defender, 28, on a collision course with Parkhead manager Ronny Deila.
Izaguirre said: “I’m available for the friendlies. My plans are to be called to the national team, if selected.
“Confusion arose earlier because I thought we’d be in the Scottish Cup Final, which would have meant I couldn’t play those games. I’m ready for the May 25 camp. It depends on what the coach Jorge Luis Pinto and Celtic say, they are the bosses.”
Honestly, this place is giving me the boak, the polticos should start their ain blog. Outa here again. Sick.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Vol. Bobby Sands IRA
9/3/54 – 5/5/81
Requiescat in pace
http://youtu.be/YVS5AP1_3wU
Jeezo- just won 4 Iar and Ernie ‘the plant’ Lynch is back in with his usual politik,
Ably backed up with his accolytes.
Ernie old boy, notice the non-use of ‘bhoy’, as I do not believe that you are remotely interested in my club.
Is there one person, one single solitary person who can say “aye I know him, good Tim.”
I suspect not.
Your tone and manner to fellow bloggers is also not in keeping with what I would consider to be expected from a fellow Celtic fan.
You Sir, are a troll and to be ignored.
Weefra/Jamesgang, sitting here smiling at another league win. They hate it and can’t hide from it, Magic so it is!
G’night all Tims and don’t forget who are the CHAMPIONEEEEES.
HH
Gerry
i cant follow CQN as much as i used to, so im only picking up on some points. One that caught my attention was mickeybhoy1888 s post about Des McKeown. I know Des, i also know his brother, who was also a rozzer with you. All i can say about Des is, he was a dick when we were kids, and he has remained a dick
BMCUW
Forgot, doc at 1100 the mo. Promised yer burd a lunch at our favourite M74 eating place after my appointment. Will 1400 be ok? I’ll fone you if ok. Cheers bud. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.