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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GFTB
Couldn’t “work” when I first came here so bar duties and stable mucking out paid a few bills. Spent so much time at Keeneland and Churchill downs with an occasional good tip from the Coolmore lads.
Went to the Kentucky Derby for first time, 3 years ago I think. Must have posted this on here before, probably to Big Jimmy. Bunch of work colleagues and my Loovul lover who’s late father was a bookie. Country House (went off at 65-1?) was the big underdog against a well backed and strong favorite.
I was being a muppet for the most part but was telling people this would be the Derby to upset all and that Country House was also a song by Blur that won the battle of the bands as the underdog against Oasis. I know, I know. Get it on a ticket I was telling the yanks in attendance, ’tis in the stars.
It won after a stewards enquiry and I had it on two tickets. Screamed when I cashed them.
My Looval lover got a new dress and I got a wee story for work events.
I don’t gamble much on the gee-gees now but always a good time when at the track. Also pretty sure I saw Kieran Fallon in a bar in Lexington at 2:30am forcing his fingers down his throat as he was racing the next day.
Can I say that on here?
Aipple …
One of the last Kentucky derbys I was sitting up on CQN … and got a wee “prompt” about the American racing … shoved a daft fiver on a horse that wore the hoops … it won at 66/1 ….
Gambling is a total mugs game … but it’s magic as well :-) as long as it’s only a wee fiver of tenner now and again.
Aipple
Kieran Fallon was one of my favourite jocks ..
But a hard life for them trying not to eat, if eating was part of my earning a wage … I’d be unemployed as I love ma grub
GFTB
Yellow type Hoops? That was Country House and another reason to back. It was like the bumble bee kit.
Aye, a mugs game. Per earlier, hated casinos as well, never got them. A puggy with mates in a bar on a Friday back in the day? Heck yes.
Hello again all you young rebels
Hope everyone had a great Christmas Day.
Just getting ready now here, for our Boxing Day on the beach.
Wee mhan “ What Celtic tap you wearing today papa ?
I know he’s got his eyes on my old one from way back.
“ Why ?
You all remember that horrible creation , the multi coloured
one with PEOPLES emblazoned on the front, don’t know why I
kept it, but he thinks it’s cool.
Ah well, as long as it’s Celtic.
Have a great Boxing Day bhoys and ghirls.
H H. Mick
Anyhoo..At Big j…Happy Christmaaaaaas from wee Indie…..
She still asks aboot wee rocky””’
She’s oot on her bike….
H.H
GTFB
Kieran Fallon was pretty much a hero to many of the folks in Lexington in the time I was there.
Aipple 11.54pm
:-)
As long as Celtic keep collecting 3pts
Am loving Ange …
I will always be a massive Neil Lennon fan and nothing will ever change my mind (20+ yrs of success player and manager) … but love Ange … a different impact that our media can’t handle :-)
Most important thing Celtic keep winning
Callum MacGregor is getting better and better… we are lucky to have many great Celtic captains in the last couple of decades ….
MELBOURNE MICK
Have a good one on the sand!
Melbourne Mick 11.55pm
Merry Christmas Michael …
Hope you and all the family have a terrific 2023 🍀
@MM on the beach….you lucky born tim lol..
It is baltic Mick as i look over the clyde
but warm in this house with love…
H.H mate
Cheers for the chats folks. My Loovul lover has a show for us to watch.
HH!
GERRY, BIG JIMMY, DRAMBOWIE, AIPPLE, and every Celtic supporter world wide.
You are all blessed.
H H. Mick
loovul lover
QUADRO
You and the princess heading to the beach today ?
H H. Mick
wow rollin mick
and all mick back home
Likely after lunch MICK.
She and I went to Hampton beach yesterday about teatime; best time of day IMO.
Tonite it’s across to AAMI for Western v Victory – hoping no muppetry like last week on show as all VIC fans are barred for the foreseeable.
Enjoy Mother’s Beach or Fishermans with the brood. HH
Greg Taylor …
Am glad I always backed the Bhoy :-)
Must be a few “fans” who berated our left back shoorly must have changed their minds
Melbourne Mick
Hope you and yours have a great day.
Need to get to bed – getting caught up in the cricket (from MCG).
Amazing fielding from Marcus Labuschagne gets South African out
Whoops – there goes another wicket.
Spell checker. Marnus
HOT SMOKED, POR CIETRO, BLANTYRE TIM, THE LURKING TIM, SETTING FREE THE BEARS…
A very Merry Christmas to all you Bhoys and apologises to those I may have missed out since yesterday
HH Bhoys.
We shall not be moved !
AIPPLE…
It was Boxing Day in December 1998.
I was living with a wee Hun Burd in Govanhill.
I picked out SEVEN Horses that day, and they included FOUR or FIVE of my favourite Jump Trainers Horses ?
I cant remember exactly ” How many” of Nicky Hendersons that he ran that day, except to say that they ALL WON at decent ODDS…..I THINK it was FIVE ?
However, for the KING GEORGE Race at KEMPTON that Boxing Day, and Nicky Henderson did NOT have a runner in it.
The Horse I fancied was called ” TEETON MILL” …Trained by Venetia Williams. It was a big, imposing White Horse, much like ” DESSIE”.
TEETON MILL won well at odds of 7/2 Favourite. I couldnt believe the ODDS of that Horse that day and I had it on maybe FOUR DIFFERENT Bookie Lines along with the other Winners, in Doubles, Trebles and Accumulators etc.
There was no ONLINE Bookie for me back then so I had been to the Bookies shop in Govanhill early that morning, with my Burds ” DUG”.
This DUG ….was AFF its Heid at the best of time….it must have been a HUN DUG ?
Anyway, after ALL my Horses had Won, i took the HUN DUG back doon to the Bookies to collect all my winnings….
When I handed over my NINE or TEN WINNING Slips…the young Guy behind the PAY OOT Windae took one look at my winning lines and said…. ” WOW, Well done Mate”.
I was in a rather low paid Job at the time, so I think I ONLY Gambled maybe around £12/ £15 that day, but i got just over £400 in winnings back.
The next day I got a Taxi to BAIRDS BAR, which was my usual pub at that time. After many Beers, I got a Taxi back to my Hun Burds hoose.
I was talking to the Taxi driver about my good fortune the day before, when he said….” Henderson had ANOTHER FOUR Winners Today. ” The Taxi driver had backed them all.
I became slightly deflated as I hadnt even bought a Newspaper that day, to have a look at the Horses, as I was in such a hurry to get to Bairds Bar and the Bevvy.. and meet some Celtic mates.
To this day, 24 years after that eventful Boxing Day, I STILL can NOT believe the Odds of ” TEETON MILL” …..and how I FAILED to buy a Newspaper and back any Horses the Day after Boxing Day.
One day I was a CHAMP…..the next day I was a CHUMP !
LOL
HH Mate and Merry Christmas.
DRAMBOWIECELT on 25TH DECEMBER 2022 11:58 PM
Anyhoo..At Big j…Happy Christmaaaaaas from wee Indie…..
She still asks aboot wee rocky””’
She’s oot on her bike….
……………
Thanks mate.
This is the 2nd Christmas without ” WEE ROCKY BHOY” running about this hoose and running me ragged. I STILL miss him every day. His ashes are in a lovely wee Casket in my Hoose.
its great to read that Wee INDIE still asks about Rocky….that warms my Heart.
God Bless Her.
Maybe one day, you can tell her that Rocky Bhoy is in Heaven and resting peacefully and no longer in any Pain ?
Merry Christmas to you and wee INDIE, and ALL of your family. I hope that your health continues to improve.
We shall not be moved.
HH Mate…and wee INDIE.
DAVID66….
BELMONTBRIAN Phoned me yesterday during SPARTACUS, an just before he was about to tuck into his Turkey.
I had just finished my Christmas Dinner when he Phoned, although my dinner wasnt as POSH as BRIANS.
We are hoping to meet up real soon for a right good Bevvy….I hope that you can also make it ?
Merry Christmas to you and all of your family.
It was great that Brian Phoned, as he was the only person that I spoke to yesterday. Because of my circumstances, Christmas is usually a VERY quiet time for me although…I DID have the choice of booking a taxi and going for a nice meal somewhere….but Dining Out and doing it alone isnt too great, especially at this time of year…..I should KNOW….cos I have been to Indian and Chinese Restaurants on Christmas Day on my own before….its NOT a great experience, believe me.
So its for the BEST that I stay at home on Christmas Day….and DREAM about a few Beers on Boxing Day…IF my local is OPEN Today….I hope so.
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells…OH WHAT FUN it is to BASH the BOOKIES on Boxing Day !
LOL
HH Mate.
GFTB…
Merry Christmas to you mate , and I HOPE that several of my Horses WIN Today ?
Having said that, the MOST IMPORTANT issue is for CELTIC to win against Hibs…and then GUB the Huns in their ain midden next week.
My Horses wont matter…its ALL about the Famous Glasgow Celtic !
Celtic…CHA, CHA, CHA……Rangers, BOO, BOO, BOO
We shall not be moved.
HH
Good morning all from Govanhill.
Big Jimmy
I am ready to do battle with William Hill today. Putting on my usual Unlucky 15s on the horses, and both teams to score x7 in English league. Broonie has a toughie against Sheffield Wednesday today, hope he gets a result.
Is the Melbourne Salsa King lying blootered on the beach?🤔
BEAT of Luck mate with ALL your Bets…except the Horses that you may have picked that are running against my selections !
LOL
Lets all BASH the BOOKIE on BOXING Day…lets knock him oot !
We shall not be Moved.
HH
Has anyone heard from BIG GEORGE and WEE GEORGE lately ?
I hope that all is okay ?
HH Bhoys.
FREE AN TEARMANN…..PLEASE !
HH
Big Jimmy 6.48am
We both love a wee gamble on the nags … but
BRRB is a horse owner and after a dry December must be even more of a millionaire than he was in November
Best of luck today … Boxing Day horse racing always a joy (nae work that’s my only enjoyment)
BRRB … all kidding aside hope you and Mrs BRRB have a terrific 2023 that lady deserves a medal … :-)
GFTB
Same to you and family. You impertinent young pup!😁
Good morning all Tim’s across the Globe.
I hope you all had a lovely, peaceful time yesterday.
Right – are we appealing Turnbull’s red card?? I think we should.
Big Jimmy – Regarding a meet up, due to work the best day for me is a Friday afternoon.
D :)
Last Boxing Day win with a really weak team at St Johnstone was pivotal.
How far Celtic have come in such a short time.
Sadly no games today but Wednesday is huge.
Media narrative will be of Celtic now being held to account by VAr after years of advantage from refs. ( No mention different rules have been applied in 4 ocassions involving Celtic consorted to others )
Media narrative will be Easter Rd Jinx. Only won their once in about 7 years in the league. ( No mention we have only played there about 5 times in the league in that time ).
Meadow narrative will be resurgent Hibs after hammering Livi. ( No mention Livi were shattered after pushing us to 97th minute 3 days earlier in their first game after 6 weeks off v Hibs who had had a week and 2 days to prepare for that )
As I say it’s huge game for us. I will be in the Main Stand as no tickets to be had for Celtic end. Frankly with the pathetic song book that some of our pond life ‘faithful’ seem to enjoy I am not unhappy about that really. A guy was on here about the Huns signing re Tommy Burns demise. It is a vile song. I agree. The scum in our support singing about Ibrox disaster victims are no better though.
Hopefully the team can continue to elevate the Celtic family though on Wednesday. More of the football like yesterdays will help. Hibs lack of bus parking capability should help us.
Re gambling :remember bookie Tony Queen(RIP) laughingly saying he didn’t Gamble…mugs game.I was never a heavy gambler but a friend of mine greyhounds on the Saturday morning and horses afternoon.Think Tony had a hand in setting up Celtic business man’s club.Anyhow,best wishes again,to all who are of the Celtic persuasion.
David 66,
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Hope and trust you are enjoying the festive period.
At the game I thought Turnbull’s red card was outrageous. However after seeing close up footage his challenge was outrageous.
A red all day long and it would be crazy to appeal it.
HH.
Abada for a couple of goals on Wednesday.