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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Art of war
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WEEFRATHETIM
1400 is cool,bud. Spoil that woman,btw.
Go on about you. Des or Gerry?
My alarm usually goes off about 4;45 for a wee cycle intae work but I’m up the road in scotia / alba so my Heid disnae know whether to get up or go to bed it’s the -am and the middle o the night,.
Just listened to hardtalk on telly and I swear to god that tool believes the usa should be more involved in Africa and Asia, complete nazi loon tune IMO
Ernie, haha how can you talk to a half witted non-entity? I wouldnae exist ya walloper! Good to see I’m hitting a nerve end ya walloper.
Anyroads, why are you so obseessed about how we vote on here.., it’s a Celtic blog ya maddie!
chicharc @01:05
Whatever you wish……I don’t think it’s any great secret who I am…..there are a couple of bloggers and those who sit beside me in 204 who are able to point me out
I watched a planned usa security team fishing and then slaughtering the 2 Muslims who took the bait.
That’s the way I see it
V
Anyway muchachos
It was good to meet big GL2 earlier today and great to be back hame for just a wee while
chicharc
The guy was an SSP candidate for Glasgow city council in the 90’s, an SNP member although I can find no information about him being an actual candidate for office until 8 years ago and now he is unaffiliated. I am not sure why he left but he is not a member although he says he will vote SNP at this election according to Alex Thomson of C4.
The guy and his supporters have a record of disrupting political meetings (mostly from Labour but they have done similar to the SNP and YES campaign from what I can gather).
He’s also been a demonstrator against many things ATOS included.
It would seem he is a professional demonstrator.
The guy said he was tipped off this morning by someone from East Renfrewshire about the where and when today.
Manufactured?
Make up your own mind but it would appear that someone told him where and when unless he is following Murphy around and only a true mad man would do that.
I’ve seen video of his protest group being interviewed caught on mobile. I have no idea if it made the news but one dude is English and the attacks appear to be about Iraq, Murphy’s own politics and austerity – very little to do with Independence or Anti-English sentiment as certain sections of the media are trying to say and as Murphy himself is quoted as saying.
im sure there is mickeybhoy, but believe it or not, im sticking up for your credentials as a tim…im just saying your views are clouded,,is it the fact the huns are not here,or is it ,now in retirement, and you play the golf,cant be arsed with celtic,or is your big shiny taxi giving you loads of dosh?….you were boot fella, mick dont forget that
Vmhan- glad to hear you had a good time. Dunno who GL2 is but CQN has broadened our peer group for sure.
cheers snake. will look into that
so,no info on him being an SNP candidate?
Not long back, from Spain long drive, sailing.
Great to be back in Ireland.
Over 100 Irish vintage tractors on the ferry back, over for a show in Wales, what Craic.
chicharc
All I have found is comments from people on articles saying he was a candidate.
His candidacy for the SSP exists on wiki, it doesn’t as far as I can find for the SNP on the same website.
He was a member, he may have stood, he was not elected and from what I can gather he left because he didn’t agree with some policy.
He’s been photographed with SNP leaders in selfies.
Blair McDougall and John McTernan have spoken at Conservative events and have been photgraphed and recorded doing so (one praising Thatcher to the hilt).
They insist they have nothing to do with Tories.
Make your own mind up.
i will Snake,and look forward to Ernie Lynch doing the same
Chicharc
Thanks but I don’t need to prove my celtic supporting credentials to anyone
As it stands there are still two season tickets registerd to this household
As for the huns not being here well my preference is for four away days in Edinburgh next season as opposed to two away days down Govan way
As for the golf club I’ve had that membership for 20 years so that’s never been an issue in the past
Wish the taxi did create loads of dosh but you have to work at the weekends for that to happen
And it’s not the case that I can’t be arsed going to watch the team it’s more of a case that sometimes I’m bored shitless
Maybe just maybe it’s the case I love winding up the usual suspects who inhabit this blog with monotonous regularity telling us that everyone is out to get us
Always find it frustrating when social media ends up Tim against Tim….
I consider it thus…
Some have yet to show themselves to be sell outs.
Others have not… And deserve a chance to do so…
It is the democratic way…
To fools…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX8szNPgrEs
i dont think you do have to prove yer credentials, having 2 SBs to your house proves nothing, the issue about you being a member of a golf club? ok not my sport,if youhave to work weekends? maybe you should stop spending so much on…..
I don’t know anyone involved here. I am not trying to take any form of high ground but I think that personal attacks shouldn’t happen here.
Just back from me holidays, just wanted a bit of Craic.
I’m sure you are both good Tims, but please call it a night.
Hail Hail,
Clogher
Right heading for bed now. when people like mickeybhoy come on and pontificate?be aware.he is and always been…a boot boy. Pat Hamills little storm trooper
http://youtu.be/yiPffWXdzaA
The People’s Own MP
NegAnon2
13:07 on
4 May, 2015
As for manager of the year the media orchestrate this every year to ensure it isn’t a Celtic manager. Any old excuse is given for it.
More institutional sectarianism.
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NegAnon2 –
PFA Manager award has only been going for 9 years, Celtic are the only team who’s manager has won twice, both by GS.
Scottish Football Writers Manager award has been won by Celtic 9 times to rangers 11, since 2000-01 Celtic have won 7 (MONx3, GSx2, NLx2) to rangers 3. Media obviously are not following their own agenda!
I waded through the personal insults and political putrefaction to find this wee gem
From tricolouredribbon’s post at 00:11 linking to the report on the development squad game:-
Boerrigter came off with what looked like a muscle strain with ten minutes left to play but the young hoops survived the closing stages without mishap although St Johnstone did hit the bar.
Now why was I not surprised?
I concur.
Politics is a sideshow designed as a smokescreen to provide opportunity for those that really pull the strings to commit their daily outrages against humanity and the world at large.
Even worse is Tims falling out over superficial entrenched opinions, while the above mentioned scumbags lord it over us with their corporate media and freedom diminishing social polices brought in by the likes of Cameron- a cousin of Lizzie hersel’.
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Favourite player and even more so this morning.
from newsnow
Celtic skipper Scott Brown:
” I don’t care if Rangers don’t get promoted..
I just want to make it TEN-IN-A-ROW “
what happened to the rest of / ?
http://sabotagetimes.com/football/celtic-fan-causes-internet-storm-with-antics-at-mayweather-fight
That’s quality telly.
Good morning friends from a dry but very grey and heavy clouded East Kilbride.
Morning Timdom
Did Broonie say that?
Sensible head says hostage to fortune, hubris, etc
Emotional head (currently wearing it) says GIRUY SFA and FOD.
HH jamesgang
Morning Jobo
You’re such a cool cat the dunblane has elected to copy your weather!
HH jamesgang
chicharc
your digs are original pal
chairbhoy,
Great post
Hi Paul67,
Very pleased for Stefan Johansen and Jason Denayer, two players that have shown real improvement this Season and have performed brilliantly. There potential was there for all to see but how often have we seen that bear fruit at Celtic recently?
So firstly I pleased for the players and the application they have shown to improve so markedly, but from a wee selfish point of view I’m so pleased we have a set-up at Celtic that nurtures and brings talent through to play with such proficiency. It’s not only SJ and JD, for the first time in a generation we have a squad of young players who are improving and been given the support, training and expertise to excel.
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Apologies for the long post but having read the article penned by Martin Hannan and some of the comments thereafter I have to say, this is a very poor, ill-considered piece, if, as seems to be the case the chap was once a Celtic supporter.
The reason I say this is not due to the fact that the chap has a pop at Celtic, little new there by the SMSM, it is how scathing and belittling it is to each, footballer, coach, manager, supporter of every Club and the Scotland National teams.
It is a complete disgrace, it says to them, you are no hopers and to ensure competitive Football in Scotland you ought to do everything in your power to ensure a strong Rangers (sic) as without a strong Rangers (sic) you are incapable of producing good coaches, good managers good football teams and ultimately a quality international squad.
It’s as if some sort of bent “Old Firm” duopoly was the best Scottish Football can get. What absolute nonsense. This chap obviously doesn’t know or totally ignores the short term, medium term and long term history of Scottish Football, whichever one it is, it makes him an ignoramus. I’m not being judgemental here, I’m talking literally.
Looking back at the pre-sixties history of Scottish Football Queen’s Park had a golden age, Hibs had a Golden age, Rangers had a golden age and several teams became good enough to win many trophies.
Yet when Celtic were on route to their unique (for the time) 9-in-a-row could you say Celtic dominated Scottish Football? Well to a certain extent yes, but you must put that into context, Celtic won more domestic trophies than any other Club but we had other Clubs winning European trophies, the International team beating the World Champions in ’67, and qualifying for World Cup Finals, Scottish Footballers, Coaches and Managers were the best in Britain and the equal of those around Europe and for a nation of 5million, Scotland was a hotbed of Football talent and Celtic rather than dominate were the vanguard.
So even after Celtic’s “dominance” waned Scottish teams still competed and won European trophies, the International side still qualified for major tournaments, Scotland’s best Footballers, Coaches and Managers were still amongst the best in Europe.
This only changed in the late eighties when Rangers decided that their Club had the right to be preeminent among the Scottish Clubs despite being an also ran in the last 30 years. They would secure backing and funding that meant their financial doping would totally distort Scottish Football. They bought the best Scottish players depriving other Clubs of their talent, but often they resided on the bench or in the reserves not developing their talent, instead opting for highly paid foreign talent to crush the Scottish Clubs.
Their 9-in-a-row would come at the expense of a nurturing Scottish Football environment totally not conducive to developing talent, this continued unabated until Rangers went bust. The defining moment for me was when with one game to go to Qualify for a major tournament the Scotland International team lost their Manager and Coach who deserted Scotland at a crucial time to go to Rangers. Scotland failed to qualify for that tournament.
Since Rangers went bust we have seen a renaissance in Scottish Football, more teams winning trophies, more teams financially secure and a National team we can be proud of at all levels.
Mr Hannan does not cite a single fact or give a coherent argument to suggest how the new Ibrox Club will be any better for Scottish Football than it’s dead predecessor – In fact the reverse is true.
Mr Hannan reminisces about the eighties and the new firm – he forgets to mention their decline was nothing to do with Celtic who were arguably more or less on a par with those Clubs. No it was Rangers financially doping induced dominance that shattered the ambitions of the “new firm”, saw Hearts fall by the way side and Celtic were a hair’s breath from going bust – what did Rangers or their supporters care for Scottish Football then. In fact many a St Georges flag was waved at Ibrox.
It is a clear and undisputable fact that any success Celtic have had in the last 30 years is despite Rangers. What Celtic have done since they recovered from the body blow in the late eighties every other Club in Scotland was entitled to do. Hearts operate out of one of the most successful Capital Cities in Europe, Aberdeen operate out of the most prosperous Cities in Europe, with a proud Football heritage these Clubs could have done something, Celtic have no God given right to succeed, and still today we are their for the taking.
Mr Hannan is also very disingenuous to suggest the new Ibrox Club is comparable in size and has the similar resources to Celtic, in this Season of all Seasons that statement is so inaccurate it must be seen as a coecered, manipulative lie. The Ibrox Club is no match for Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts or Hibs ALL of whom are in a better financial and footballing situation. So without going back to financial doping which is now outlawed as a result of UEFA FFP rules New Rangers have no chance.
His support of Dave King is very worrisome. The New Rangers had a Billionarie at the helm before he was ousted by King, a man certainly capable of ensuring the Ibrox Club had the resources to continue and in the long term compete in Europe.
For me Martin Hannan’s article says, you don’t want the Tim’s winning everything, so allow The New Rangers to cheat their way back to the top. I do hope he’s a bigot, that I can understand, if not what motivated such a wrong minded piece – spite, envy, vengeance or plain greed thatever – you’ve got to feel for the man’s soul.
Hail Hail
Up bright and early, still basking in league win and great wee break away. By God, this blog would fair scunner he, so it would , anyone who pays attention to the man who answers questions with questions needs their head looked at.Any politician who talked Eddie Izzard onto the streets of Glasgow in the middle of a bank holiday Monday, as an aid to campaigning, is at best poorly advised.
Rain pouring down here, reflective of the mood on here, you would think we had just lost a treble or something . I’ll get ma coat…
Incidentally, I am a bit worried to hear that Mike Ashley may well want to keep his hand on the tiller ,as well as his hands in the till, over at Chateau d’Espair. If he sends them more players, fit ones this time, they could well run away with that Championship next season.
Just watched the hearts penalty shout at 1-0 on Saturday.
Unbelievable, just unbelievable
Did Celtic’s board not try to give the huns an advantage over Celtic when, the board looked-the-other-way when, all the ‘honest-mistakes’ were taking place to ensure that, Rangers FC would get their hands on £60 million’s worth of CL-money…..?
I’ve to laugh at some folk on here…moaning about Sportscene’s ‘slanted’ edition on Sunday night as they reported that Celtic FC are the Champions…..?
Ah mean, this is the same Sportscene who…pissed all over the Celtic supporters/customers…during the 2011 SCF v’s Motherwell…..what was Celtic’s response….?….ah, that’s right….they sent a letter.
Sack The Kow-Towing Board….or be took for dicks….forever.