When watching Real Mardrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich it is easy to be discouraged at the gap between where we are and the quarter finals of the Champions League, but despite the many hundreds of millions spent on both Paris St Germain and Chelsea, the standard of passing and decision making throughout their game last night was abysmal. Despite their win, PSG were the worst offenders last night, even the Great One was poor.
There is now a real prospect that no English side will make it to the semi-final stage of either European tournament for the first time since 2003, when Liverpool were last to drop out, at the quarter finals stage of the Uefa Cup…….. You’re welcome.
What struck me most watching last night’s game was Sky TV’s Gary Neville pondering how long PSG’s star players would languish in such a poor league. This is the French league we’re talking about here, not the Scottish Premiership, it’s Paris, not the ‘New East End’!
It’s easy to mock Neville but he asks an interesting question, will players always migrate to a higher-profile league? If so, there are more clubs than just Celtic in need of structural change.
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pfayr-the hand of Dallas is still at work.
praecepta
Or Mr Gray !
JJ-It will be re-named YesNo Quick News when the season’s over…..canny wait :((
https://twitter.com/godamzooks/status/451802322742820864
Parkheadcumsalford
No Waddell was mib on st Patrick’s day. Ill never forget young’s first Celtic game, May 1995 Hampden season v Partick. He sent Peter Grant off and was Partick’s man of the match as they beat us 3-1.
Season 96/97 Young surpassed himself at Ibrox when we played the Orcs. He sent off Tosh McKinlay for handball when a zombie walloped the ball off him at point blank range 5 yards away. Di canio said in his autobiography it was the most blatantly biased refereeing display he’d seen.
BB
Is he the one I keep betting to score the first goal but never does?
F✴✴ker
JJ
You mean you’re not enjoying the great independence debate ?:-))
Whats the chances of 4 1-1s?
OOOOOh I coo………….pe
ACGR, cheers, I have the years, but you look it.
EmbraMike, one candle for each decade.
adi_dasler
Another one of my Tims-on-Tour trips that promised so much but failed to deliver + it never got above freezing from the time we got there till the time we flew home.
Mind you – I was quite impressed with the Olympic Arches!
Bada bing
When the season ends I’m out of here ….the YES blog bashers will go into overdrive
macanbheatha-that’s the F……. crops up everywhere.:)
pfayr-yes ,lurking time i think .
I wonder if a Scottish ref will pick up on Juve’s wrestling at corners?
Jungle Jim @ 20:15
SFTB mentioned earlier a few CQNers who have chosen to stop posting. I would hazard a guess that they have so chosen because of the increasing number of posts which have little or nothing to do with Celtic.
For those of you who read it, I went on at length about this on Tuesday morning. Separate threads or even sites for issues not related to Celtic and the Celtic family such as …
Creche Quick News
– for those who want to throw their toys out of the pram, call each other names and state their big brother is bigger than yours
Communist Quick News and Conservative Quick News
– depending on your politics
Conflict Quick News
– for those embroiled in historical belligerence not at all related to us
If I wanted expert information on any of the above, no disrespect, but this forum would not be my first choice. I may have opinions which I strongly suspect would grate against many on this site but this is not the platform for airing them in my opinion.
If I wanted to know more about Celtic, their football, their history, their fans and extended families I would definitely go to …
Celtic Quick News
What does the Scottish Public want as a Constition?
The Original that was implemented , IMO is rock solid.
Let petec have a gun?
how many miles.
Switzerland should be the……….
tiocfaidh ar al
Please look beyond local things…. 16 Roads says Gerry done a bad thing, it may well have seemed like a good thing…………………
The Global Polic3 state is going to be terrible……….
Lost?
Whats that date again?
Bsr
Nice
Reminds me that i was once working nights a few years ago and i was singing away when someone said to me “don,t give up your day job” lol.
HH
Phil
Praecepta
I remember goin over there & booked Lyon hospitality to get tickets
Dont know if it was same time (memory loss) but a guy at the table (apparently Willie McKay) told me we were signing Bobo the next day
Of course I thought he was an A**e & challenged him to a £20 bet .
Still to pay it :)
Good night all
Ref dishes out yellow for a fair Scottish tackle!
On the drive back from my hospital visit, I caught the last section of a Radio 5Live programme where Sir Clive Woodward interviewed Joey Barton.
Now, if that had been advertised, I would not have tuned in but, as I did not recognise the voices it took me 5 minutes to realise that the scouser was Joey B and I found out at the end that the rather wooden interviewer was the Rugby man.
I was hooked after 5 minutes by the candid, bombastic, judgemental, aggressive, generally misanthropic world view that Joey has developed. It was a fascinating, captivating interview despite all the baggage that Joey brings into play.
Among other things, Joey reckons…
Swalex is not a coach and could not handle a training cone.
England are beaten before a ball is kicked at this year’s World Cup because of their modest estimation of themselves.
Wayne Rooney was more talented than Cristiano Ronaldo but has not worked at his game the way that CR has.
Joey is a fascinating, infuriating character. I know many will not want to give him any house room because of his past but he is more than just a thug with no redeeming qualities. In fact, he is quite hard on himself and his fellow pros. I ended up having a grudging admiration for how open he was though I disagreed with every 2nd thing he said.
The interview is available on 5Live podcast if you want to hear his unique views on the world of professional football.
Does the debate about whether to ban non football related posts replace the famous cheese and toast quandry, and is the post calling for this a football post itself, or should it be banned?
leftclicktic We are all Neil Lennon
20:44 on 3 April, 2014
Good night all
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NN old fella, remember if you have sleep paralysis, I’m the total nobody to open up to. A simple comment whilst under attack is usually that Jesus DIED and was resurrected and done that to Take away the Sins of the World – no more sleep Paralysis.
SFTB
I followed Joey Barton for quite a while on Twitter.
I found him to be reasonably intelligent and he articulated himself well.
I enjoyed the manner in which he confronted the establishment and wasn’t afraid to argue his point regardless of how unpopular it was.
Despite that I eventually couldn’t get over the fact that he’s a thug with a grossly exaggerated ego.
Unfollowed :-)
Auldheid
Offski now
But would welcome your thoughts
Toasted rather than roasted
BBC 1 NI 8 o’clock
Thatcher & the IRA – dealing with terror
This will be interesting !!
Malone
Petition signed lost friend last year to it aged 38 had 2 young kids
HT
All those elements are still there. I found it fascinating, not admirable, overall. However, there are aspects you can admire. I can’t help but wonder how bad he must have been, back then, if this is the new improved Joey.
Documentary just started on BBC NI.
Thatcher and the IRA.
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
20:49 on 3 April, 2014
On the drive back from my hospital visit, I caught the last section of a Radio 5Live programme where Sir Clive Woodward interviewed Joey Barton.
Now, if that had been advertised, I would not have tuned in but, as I did not recognise the voices it took me 5 minutes to realise that the scouser was Joey B and I found out at the end that the rather wooden interviewer was the Rugby man.
I was hooked after 5 minutes by the candid, bombastic, judgemental, aggressive, generally misanthropic world view that Joey has developed. It was a fascinating, captivating interview despite all the baggage that Joey brings into play.
Among other things, Joey reckons…
Swalex is not a coach and could not handle a training cone.
England are beaten before a ball is kicked at this year’s World Cup because of their modest estimation of themselves.
Wayne Rooney was more talented than Cristiano Ronaldo but has not worked at his game the way that CR has.
Joey is a fascinating, infuriating character. I know many will not want to give him any house room because of his past but he is more than just a thug with no redeeming qualities. In fact, he is quite hard on himself and his fellow pros. I ended up having a grudging admiration for how open he was though I disagreed with every 2nd thing he said.
The interview is available on 5Live podcast if you want to hear his unique views on the world of professional football.
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Thanks, Joey was always appreciated on CQN, early by EL, he didnae make it obvious.
petec
EL????
1 mile Craft above….
Nigel Farage?
How long?
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
21:07,
Ernesto L, I hope he comes bach soon.
setting free the bears supports res. 12 & oscar knox
I heard all the Barton interview. Itv was good radio. He is a clever lad who has an awareness of his issues.
Scathing on the FA.
He is also now doing a philosophy degree.
There was a remark that having addressed the Oxford Union and going down well that onevofvthIr 19yr old students found him inspiring although he had never heard of him before.
That says a great deal about our next batch of power brokers.
If ever a player deserved it….. http://t.co/d0413fTwZC
Since when did Joey Barton have a Scouse accent? I alvays sought zat e voz French.
googybhoy
Our eternal power brokers will be just as ruthless as Joey was on a pitch.
Petec
I did not know ernie lynch had left us
petec
“1 mile Craft above….
Nigel Farage?
How long?”
Is that asking how long till he returns to the Mother Ship?