We are already at the stage of the season when a return of Christopher Jullien or James Forrest would have little impact on the outcome. It will take a scheduling miracle for the Scottish Cup to reach its latter stages before club football ends to allow players to join international squads ahead of the Euros, so the news that Chris is likely to be in recuperation until the start of next season is no real hardship.
The return of James will be a welcome sight but it is hard to see any big picture relevance, no matter how brilliant he plays. Celtic players get little time to allow limbs to rest and recuperate, this is one such period.
Sunday night in Dingwall is the very last place in Scotland’s tourist trail, apart from the Celtic squad, who will arrive looking for their sixth successive win this month.
Ross County have not played in two weeks since defeat to Dundee United, a period that has seen Hamilton collect 5 points to put the Highlanders bottom of the table. History records that they were the team who stopped Celtic’s run of 12 consecutive domestic trophies, when they eliminated us from the League Cup during the disastrous month of November. We owe them one.
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I remember the wee Dusty Bin we had to delete our own post.
Great invention that was…bring back the bin.
Hail Hail.
Thanks Celtic Mac.
It’s true that I don’t post much.
I did mention earlier that the blog shoots ahead so fast that, by the time you have gathered your thoughts on a particular issue, brexit / covid / trump has taken over again, and the moment is lost.
I was very upset at the loss of Máire Rua to covid recently. A real force of nature, that woman. An Tearmann Posted a lovely link to Fr. Sean reading Peter Lawwell’s letter at her funeral Mass. I was going to thank him for that but, 3 or 4 pages later, Máire Rua was but a passing cloud.
@ Phil boy. Perhaps you answered your own question there, when you asked me if I thought the blog needed a new format?
Hail Hail agus Oíche Mhaith.
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Magwai
For what it’s worth
Don’t take any comment to heart
Depending on each posters mood at the time, things are often said that are either, out of context, or, are taken out of context.
I’ve had words/disagreements with many posters here over the years and happily banter away with them today.
It’s not real life on here
Bet your bottom dollar, you could dislike someone on here for what they post but if you actually met them, in “real life” you’d get on with them like a house on fire
Thanks 31003.
I’m aware from reading the blog how the tide shifts.
You just lose a small bit of faith in humanity, fragile enough as it is, when you see contributions to the blog immediately sliced off at the ankles for no apparent reason.
Some people just seem to get up in the morning, lift the protective covers of their sniper rifles and, collateral damage or not, they pull the trigger.
It’s a life, I suppose.
I watched NFL’s presser on YouTube tonight during HT of the Wolves game. He said he was impressed with Jonjoe Kenny’s performances. Well if you like a player that constantly passes the ball back and can’t/won’t take on his man or cross a ball then I suppose you are on pretty solid ground with that appraisal. 🤔
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CARLSBERG & MERRYDOWN SNAKEBITES
Thereyego
HH
BGFC
!!BADA BING!! on 19TH FEBRUARY 2021 9:21 PM
Home jerseys reduced already? Can’t be bringing another one out next season surely?
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Bada, I loved this seasons jersey but for me it has quickly come to symbolise the truly honking ‘10’ season to forget.
We have 3 in our house but I would be glad to see a new strip for next season. Mind not all folks would & understandably cause of cost & circumstances.
MAGWAI
Just try to ignore the nasty or impolite posters and their self-serving arguments.
That’s what I do.
HH
BGFC
PÓGMATHONYAHUN,
Kenny doesn’t look like anything special but he given us better balance on right side. In fairness, he hasn’t had much quality in front of him on right side. Most of our play goes down the left. Hopefully that will change once Forrest returns at which point we might see a more effective Kenny.
Anger is indeed an Energy.
Beware Apathy might not even be an option soon.
Pog
Someone mentioned Frimpong was the same, turned on tv the other night, Frimpong beats his man gets a cross in goal 👍🏾 Therefore it surely points to that’s what JJK has been told to do, mind you who would be in the box to score
BANKIEBHOY1 on 19TH FEBRUARY 2021 7:02 PM
In my student days I worked in a pub in Duntocher….
*I worked in Duntiglennan for about 18 months as a bhoy. The choices of pubs were Dicks and O’Donnells in the Village, Goldenhill and Cameron House in Hardgate.
There were a few apprentices there and we were all assigned tae different squads, most of the journeymen were Tims and I often met them years later at games.
However there was one squad fae larkhaw as they pronounced it, a shower of bigots tae a man, guess who was assigned tae them.
One wet day they wandered doon tae the village, when the rain went aff I was sent down tae tell them tae come back, they were in Dicks as it sold a wine that could also be bought in one of their home town pubs.
As they were leaving, steaming BTW, the bartender shouted me over, when they sober up son tell them they’re barred, seemingly they were belting out their war tunes in the holy village.
Shortly after, January 6 tae be exact, and I’m going out that night tae a medal presentation in the chapel hall, the guests of honour are Big Billy and John Fallon.
That day we had just returned tae work after the New Year holidays, the building trade got 3 days back then as Christmas still wisnae a holiday. Nae wonder my mother called it a pagan country.
New Years day fell on the Saturday that year so the statuary holidays were held on the Monday and Tuesday plus the extra day for us on the Wednesday.
The Monday was one of those days that are etched in your mind, in freezing foggy conditions with a 2:00 ko we went down 0-1 after 90 seconds. I was trying to play the game at the time so hudnae been to many matches.
So here I am in the Celtic end, fresh from my first and only appearance in the Sarra Heid with bottles of T and Scrumpy, where the wee dive bomber wilson scored.
The reaction was quite muted, nae angst or fear only the ffs they’ve just scored, by half time we were the only ones singing as we had pummeled them the rest of the half.
We all know how the 2nd half panned out with a Stevie hat trick and 2 exocets fae Charlie G and Chopper, the latter’s courtesy of a sublime dummy by the local lad mitb that day.
That Thursday as I walked ontae the job the Lanarkshire dobs were growling, I just smiled which made it worse, one of them took a run at me and as I jumped on a windae sill tae get away the frozen brick gave way and next thing I knew I was lying on the ground, bruised ribs and face, no matter what I was still smiling.
Later on that night there’s the medal presentation with Billy and John there was much excitement and lots of cheering as our heroes entered the chapel hall.
You have to remember most of the bhoys that night couldnae remember a winning Celtic team, only us older ones with 7-1 and even then none of us were at it.
So here we are SC holders, beat deidco in the LC Final in the Yogi 2 penalty game about 10 weeks earlier and as I said at the beginning of that week had humphed the same mob 5-1 in the Tiny Wharton step over game.
Ironically neither Billy nor John played in the latter, in fact Caesar had been absent for about 7 weeks with an injury, but that didnae stop the chapel roof fae almost coming off. Little did we know what lay ahead for us.
Anybody remember Scotsmac the bam’s dram in the 70’s ? I believe it’s still available !
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD on 19TH FEBRUARY 2021 7:16 PM
Tontine Tim, do you remember a game between Celtic and Third Lanark about 1959 which ended 4-4 (I think), when both teams were clapped off the park
*absolutely we were 1-3 down at half time yet came bouncing back tae lead 4-3 before the Hi Hi equalised with about 10 minutes tae go.
They had a really good team back then with the smallest goalie in the UK as well as a young full back called Junior McGillivray who went tae eyepox in a swap deal for dug baillie, the man that made big Yogi, and never kicked a ball for the first team, he was just part of a deal tae get rid of big Lex’s da.
The replay 4 nights later was switched tae hunden due tae the anticipated big crowd. That night the Jekyll of the Jekyll and Hyde Celtic side of the time showed up and we literally played them off the park.
The much maligned Alec Byrne scored one of the finest goals I’ve ever seen, Charlie G and Chopper would have been proud of him, as he unleashed a thunderbolt for our 4th goal.
Magwai.
Máire Rua was indeed a force of nature.someone you would point to and say,her there.she is a Celtic woman..
She was in a documentary made for ALBA bout the minibus over and back to Glasgow here from Donegal.i will try look it out and that letter sent.
i think she is a near neighbour of SFTB’s down Gweedore way.
keep postin and answerin whatever post you feel and in your own unrushed way.adding to the betterment of Celtic takes time :-).
HH
Tontine Tim……………..
I worked in the West End Bar. Owned by a Donegal gent who I adored.
I drank in the Dunty mostly, and O’ Donnells……rarely, it was the aulder crowds howff of choice………..
I remember a senior fella called ” Dick” who came into the West End he always ordered a St Clements…………I never knew what it was……… orange juice and something else – he was posh or had been around posh people………….he was always given special treatment, like he other bar folks were – perhaps he was the chap you mention? Another regular was ” Break The Jaw Bryson” from the Drum – he scared the hell out of me – always ordered a short and a mixer – get the mix wrong and it could all go pear shaped quickly. Coley Beattie also drank there…………It could be rough but we were young and adft. I always found it more difficult getting the drunk wummin out! :)
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MAGWAI
Most posters realise that’s all about opinions.
Don’t believe the Golf stories.🏌
magwai
I liked the Mars – Celtic connection via your daughter
And I value the Donegal – Glasgow connection of which Maire Rua represents a great part, and as such represents a great loss to that connection, something I have always tried to look upon positively, one of many between Scotland and Ireland over the over so to speak. Not always shared on here by some, it has to be said.
Some good souls though.
TURKEYBHOY on 19TH FEBRUARY 2021 7:58 PM
Hot Smoked, Old English was our bevvy before the game. Bottle between 3 of us, and a can of Tennant’s, to wash it down. One that everyone has missed out, Barchester, came in ribbed sorta bottle. Was 10 Bob cheap then for a bottle of wine. Not so sure, it was only around 1\6d for a pint
*I’ve told this story before, I met my carolinas on the train at Clydebank for the Vojvodina game, for some reason it went tae Belgrove and not the usual Brigton.
As we wandered along the Gallowgate looking for a carry out we were struggling, couldnae get Lanny or El D anywhere, just under the railway bridge close tae the ground we gave it one last try in a pub there.
Bottle of Lanny please, don’t sell it, El D naw, Randora same reply, we tried every plonk we knew and as we were leaving I said do you no sell wine, oh aye Zimba.
Ok that’ll dae, it came without a label, should have come with a sword and shield, was really cheap and tasted ok. Just after Stevie scored the equaliser a chorus of Sean South broke out at the Celtic end, my claim tae fame is it was me that started it.
Magwai
That was a nice contribution earlier about your daughter……thanks.
When you’re on This Dear Green Place……………. and you see stuff you don’t agree with……
or dislike, just post something else……
HH.
https://twitter.com/guardiannews/status/1362897046202679296?s=19
Neil nicola covid
Parkroad 67
We served something called WhiskyMac – although it was the Bar Manager who dished it out so I’ve no recall as to what it was…………..
BANKIEBHOY1
It was definitely Scotsmac a fortified mixture of whisky and wine , something of an acquired taste I would say and the after effects of drinking it weren’t good btw 🙈
Parkroad – I Think we are talking about the same thing…………looney juice! :)
Where I lived and worked then, was a hard-workin’ hard-livin’ area jam-packed with characters!
HH
Spot the Jaffro 😂
https://twitter.com/highland__paddy/status/1362722262705704963?s=24
Comments worth a read.
Scotsmac- the bam’s dram
Clan Dew was another mad wine / whisky mix. Disgusting but very very potent.😃
Just seeing folks post about El D makes me a little sick.
BANKIEBHOY1
That’s the one a liqueur of choice 😂🙈
An impossible wish,
TT and philvisreturns……..
A few others @ that oblong Betty Grable.
HOT SMOKED on 19TH FEBRUARY 2021 5:01 PM
Big Jimmy
In response to your earlier question, yes, I do now live in Arbroath.
Born in the Garngad, moved to Barmulloch when I was 4/5 then down to England when I was 19. Moved from Eastbourne to Arbroath in 2007
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Cheers mate.
To the best of my memory I have only been in Arbroath ONCE. I went on my supporters Bus to see Celtic beat Arbroath ( 9-0 ? )…I think and Andy Payton MAY have scored a Hat Trick ?
It must have been a Cup Tie on some very cold Tuesday/Wednesday night.
The Hun ” Scott Nesbit” had just retired due to injury….and we were singing at the game….” Scott Nesbit collects a GIRO”.
I think it may have been ME who made up that wee chant ?
LOL.
But he was a dirty , bigot Hun…we didnae like him.
HH.
HOT SMOKED…
You wouldnt have known the Arbroath Stripper that I dated around 1993….and before anyone asks…Yes she often wore Fishnets.
Very Sexy indeed.
LOL
HH.
Ye canny beat a Sexy Burd wearing Fishnets………
What a Catch !
HH.
Before anyone Posts…it would be the Burd wearing Fishnets….no me !
LOL.
HH.
Whats Green and White and gets you Drunk…?
A GIRO !
Ah the auld wans are still good.
LOL
HH
Gies a shout when the Pubs reopen Bhoys….
ive drank in some rough Glesga Pubs over the years……If someone asked for a cocktail…they were given a Lager and Lime Tops.
For years I thought a ” Cock Tail”….was a Dirty Joke ?
LOL.
A PENQUIN walks into a bar.
Barman asks…” Can I help you Sir” ?
Penquin.. ” I do hope so mate, has my Brother been in” ?
Barman..” i dunno mate….Whit does he look like” ?
LOL
HH.