I see a bit of chat on Liel Abada in the Latest News section of CQN this morning. I have been impressed with the player from his early outings last year. Although a winger with a prodigious assists record, it is his ability inside the box that impresses most.
He understands when to arrive in the danger area and has the speed and touch to be effective once there. With the right tutelage, I think he may end up as a striker – you will recall, the Great Swede played on the wing until arriving in Glasgow as a 26-year-old, when an opportunity opened to play through the middle.
I sense little resistance to the potential sale of Josip Juranovic. He had a stellar World Cup, at 27 he is in his prime and we have already recruited a replacement. There is less unanimity when it comes to Giorgos Giakoumakis. Gio is enormously popular and brings a different threat to any other striker at the club. However, at 28, we know the script. His age profile and backup status mean that he is available for the right price.
Liel does not always make the starting 11 but he would if I was picking the team. His age and contract profile are such that we are under no pressure to sell. But I need to ask myself what I really want from Celtic and how to get there.
I want us to be a competitive Champions League team, not the cannon fodder we were this season. To get there, we need an excellent recruitment regime and an aggressive trading policy. I’ll back any plan that aims for this target, anything else is conservative and unambitious – I don’t know about you, but I’m neither.
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Saint Stivs @ 8:14pm
“anyone want me to post the kings speech in full if you missed it today ?”
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Saint Stivs
Happy to save you the bother.
Fair play to the guy.
He’s far more expressive and less interested in all the pomp than I expected.
https://mobile.twitter.com/dailyloud/status/1575626727480561664
B.T.B…Brill mate….At 7am this morn it started(naw the weans they slept in) lol.
BBC… The king ..Her Maj …(ffs let her rest in peace) The speech …the crowds…
The drama .The presenter showing his best torn face…..FFs it’s christmas …Thank you Mr Holder…
Quick flick over tae channel five.. boom Peppa Pig…. Weans invade living room and here we go….
Tv off …….and commence pandemonium……….Now that’s Christmas……..
CELTIC MAC at 7:17 PM
Ha!
Still snow on the ground here. Dog got cold feet while walking and made me turn back. Not until I made it into the beer shop though! Hope everyone had a good day.
MOD, if you are looking in. None of my business but have you guys looked at any updates to the site that would make some of the nastier behavior tougher? Remember when they invented graffiti proof paint? People stopped posting their nonsense on the walls.
Free AT.
It is the season for forgiveness surely?
Ps
Still waiting on the local press to come and interview about my rise to 6th in the Superbru!
Watch out behind you gents. My dog is picking winners.
Iwata was named the division’s Most Valuable Player last season after an excellent campaign with Yokohama F Marinos.
According to Japanese outlet Sponichi, the Hoops have now agreed a deal to sign the player who can play in both defence and midfield.
It’s set to be an initial loan deal with an option to make the transfer a permanent one.
That could happen for a fee of around £1million.
!!BADA BING!!
January is looking good and we aren’t even there yet.
Clearly congratulations are due to the gallant Res12 team who feel vindicated in their long running campaign against the SFA and Hun euro-licensing pochle, becos our club has finally reimbursed the Res12 legal outgoings [which they then generously had channeled to support charitable works]: Integrity by the truckload.
Congratulations might also be due over at Brogue Central by the same token; ultimately they got away with their scam and will face no more [or any??] financial penalties for dudding fully legit Scottish clubs out of Euro incomes that shoulda been theirs, due to their different club, statute of limitations, SFA blind-eye factors…
Over there, it’s the same kulchur, same shirts, same stadium, same bastardry – but for their pochle incident, they – and the SFA – got off unsanctioned, albeit with the new proviso that they can’t try it a 2nd time.
I don’t believe it will end their appetite to cheat and pochle, tho – and VAR is the vanguard of that.
So, both mobs got some Xmas cheer.
A meringue?
The money we made from the World Cup has paid for him….
PS Aipple, I agree on the request to free AT.
As vexatious behaviour or commentry goes, he’s not Robinson Crusoe in this pocket of Celticdom!!
QUADROPHENIAN
Indeed.
You know the Christmas TV is bad when you turn to your laptop to read about the history of Fahrenheit and Celsius scales.
aipple
Thought dogs were supposed to be descended from wolves, Call of the the Wild and all that, softened up over the last few thousand years I suppose. Apart from the huskies of course. Yup helluva weather front down from the North ye caught there, could be a spin off from Climate Change. Oh aye. Cannot be right if An Tearmann is on a cancel list, specially at this time of year, he’s one the three wise men on here, out there on the hills following the stars. Not sure who the ither two are mind….
Bada
Glad tidings
HH
AIPPLE.
While you’re Googling temperature data, spare a thought for us Skippys with a predicted 37 celcius today.
The water is lovely but the sand gets pretty much everywhere and the sea-salt is a bit nippy on the eyes ;)
All the very best for this Christmas season to you and your Loovul Lover ;))
CELTIC MAC
Was kind of weird of my dog, yes. He’d go into battle with me usually. He certainly did when we took down the fascist at the end of our street.
MOD – is AT on the naughty list? Not like him to be be absent right now.
aipple
-40c = -40f
Fact!
QUADROPHENIAN
Close to 100 for you then. Swap?
Loovul lover sitting across from me in the ‘attic’ and is now wondering why I and giving her a wee smile. Same top you and yours.
BSR- love the quiet and efficient way we are bringing players in under Ange
SCULLYBHOY @6.05
Just back from visiting folk,good to see you posting.
Fellow Celts hope you all have had a great wee break
Roll on the Hibees
Hope you all enjoyed any festivities
Big Jimmy … hope the nags that are on all win, Boxing Day horses are magic … I try to lose my money over 90mins in the fitba these days …
But back as a kid … in the Ladbrokes at Argyll street bridge (central station) had a ton on Desert Orchid .. to this day watching Dessie jump the last was far more enjoyable than any … winnings .. think Desert Orchid was 5/4 so didn’t even win that much :-)
Catchin up….So all the best to the C Q N. family….
To all the Grandas and dads out there …..
Amid the new bikes ..and nail paints ..hair colourings…games ..
Dolls ..etc etc ..A wee crumpled up heap stood out this morn….
To the best granda in the wurld… (shes 8)…A celtic mug……
My wife says she hounded her since halloween…for the money to buy it..lol..
Is she my ghirl ? oh yeah……..
GFTB
My Loovul lover has asked me a few times to say ‘Heilanmans Umbrella’ to her a few times after explain the name to her a few years ago.
@Gerry…Brought back memories of Dawn run mate at Cheltenham …
Boom we all weighed in……
H.H
One too many “few times” in that last sentence.
Aipple 10.56pm
Am with your “loovul lover” I would need an explanation as well :-)
@Aipple…you in among the snow mate????
DrambowieCelt 10.59pm
Canny beat some of the ole Boxing Day horse memories …
:-)
Gerry .don’t know how far backyou go …. I’m old.
Anyhoo….There was always four of us…We had to agree a bet..
We backed a jockey ..his time in G.B ..
800 quid at 11/2 His name..Steve Cauthen
GFTB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hielanman%27s_Umbrella
DRAMBOWIECELT
Sure am. Without hot water or heat. Laptop is warming my legs, which is nice!
Did find some program on National Geographic and discovered a flying squirrel that also has sonar and fluorescent capabilities. That is a lot of secret weapons for a wee squirrel.
-40c = -40f
Fact!
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and here it is mathematically
f = 1.8c+ 32
so to know what value they are equal you can change c and f for the same thing
x = 1.8x + 32
-32 = 1.8x – x
-32 = 0.8x
x = -40
or to put it in english – fkin baltic
simples
LETS ALL DO THE HUDDLE
I agree with the equation in English.
Aipple…you are what we are……Positive..
Last time we were under those conditions was…Bham 83
good luck ..fellow celt..
Aipple 11.14pm
Cheers for the education … that’s the exact spot mate :-)
DrambowieCelt 11.13pm
Am a very immature 52 :-)
as a kid I chased the dragon with the horses .. probably too much cash as a teenager .., but now I hope, mortgage & family come before my “betting addiction” :-) … still love the horses and would watch every race even without one penny on the race .. in my opinion these days coupons are my hobby … and .. I can only lose what the wife allows me to lose
lets all….Help me me get my feet on the ground
DrambowieCelt 11.13pm
Steve Cauthen … American Bhoy
Henry Cecil & Steve Cauthen sheikh Mohammed colours … loved them
@gerry.. Top man son.. let yer good woman choose the time..
I used to walk out of Casino .with 10 grand …..etc…
Running amok wae the china boys…Then i woke up one morn…..
Never been back……..I punt the odd 20 brick now and again…..
changed days…..
DrambowieCelt 11.30pm
Even as a kid I refused the casino patter .. never been interested in “man made games” … puggies & slot machines are manufactured not to get beaten …
But … I love a coupon … I tell myself it’s a hobby not an addiction … but only lose what the missus allows me to lose :-)
Take care mate … still listen to your wee utube favourite, hope that’s a compliment and not a downer … it’s a cracking tune … sad but uplifting 🍀👍
Good late evening friends and I hope everyone had a marvellous Christmas Day.
Just a wee reminder (before heading to ma scratcher!) that voting for Saturday’s game remains open until 10am tomorrow morning. Results should be out around Noon. SENCELPOTY@GMAIL.COM