I know what you’re thinking. After the media heavyweights told you, on the day Neil Lennon resigned from Celtic, that he was going because he was unhappy with the amount of money he had to spend, pitching up at Bolton Wanderers is a bit curious. What you were told that day was nonsense, deliberately headlined to undermine Celtic.
Neil had been in the shop window since the Everton job came up in May 2013 and had long decided he wanted a crack at managing in England before the end of last season.
On paper, the Bolton job looks daunting. The club are bottom of the second tier of English football, while those immediately above them, Blackpool, Fulham, Wigan and Birmingham, like Bolton have recently had Premier League experience. It’s early enough in the season that survival is a reasonable expectation, but Neil will know little about the squad he takes over, or about their ability to step up.
Taking this job is a huge risk to an accomplished CV but so is spending an extended period on the side-lines as an out-of-work manager. Whatever the reasons he didn’t land a better job over the summer, Neil is a better manager than the English clubs appear to believe. He’ll get Bolton organised and picking up points against teams with better players, just as he did regularly in Europe with Celtic.
In other news many of the same media heavyweights referred to above today report Arsenal are preparing a bid for a Celtic player, in January. After selling us the same story that the same player would be subject to the same bid back in August.
It’s as though they have space to fill on the sports pages and there’re not been a lot of football recently.
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On the subject of perms. I grew up with naturally very curly hair and grew it quite long and thick in the 70s when I was a bit of a rocker.
Come the late 70s and early 80s it used to drive me mad the number of girls who would tell me how much they liked my perm, usually while I was in a cinema or disco queue and even on the bus. My mates found it hilarious every time they heard my plaintive cry, “It’s not a $@#&£% perm!”
And to think, in the late 60s I had a girlfriend who used to iron my hair to get rid of the curls.
Oh the memories of actually having hair
Ebenfalls, Neustadt-klasse!
bosnia 1 up …………….
Tom McLaughlin
Hair,Hair.
Awerabest PJ
Jimmynotpaul- just tell the wife you are popping out for a pan loaf and er ” you may be away for some time ”
Hh
Dzeko ….well trained in the motherland ….hahahaha
BMCUWP
The bevvy consumption constitution of CQNers must improve
I finished up drinking doubles …which only succeeded in getting Richie pie eyed :-))))
Pretty sure i seen Tonev hiding on the wing for Bulgaria,tuned in to see if he has any working parts.
If you watch a game on red button Sky 406 ,they show goals from all the games
Zico – Maltese Bhoy
Possibly a really daft question…..but do you live in Malta ?
Reason I am asking is I have a lot of friends living there and we visit several times a year.
We just returned to Glasgow 2 weeks ago.
BMCUW
That made me laugh.
I imagine I will have the pleasure of his company all the way to Dingwall and back on Sat. Hamiltontim is also travelling with us so at least someone will talk some sense. Lol
Bada bing
Tonev is simply replicate his Villa form..
Question is …..why did we sign him ???
BMCUW,
Ye it does, I’ll just need to put up with it.
Sounds like I missed a cracking day out on Saturday, I’ll make sure I make the next one.
All the cqner’s I’ve met at nights out couldn’t have been more friendly…all gentlemen.
Oops…and the minx.
pfayr-Tonev and Derk? Unbelievable waste of money
KC’s fifty three goals in one hundred and six games is an incredible figure for someone not thought of as an out and out striker.
His goal tally would be higher as in his first full season with us, he only scored one goal and that was against a club we will never play again.
Lubo wasn’t a regular starter for us under Martin plus he was older than Kris when he signed for us.
We also had a more potent strike force in Lubo’s time so he may have concentrated more on creating than scoring.
Lubo’s contolling the ball with his bahookie is the most outrageous bit of skill I have ever saw from one of our players.
We should be happy we have been blessed with both Lubo and Kris playing for us.
I was told a story that the day Lubo’s son started at St Aloysuis he was introduced to the class and he received a standing ovation.
Oops
Before I am in serious bother, I know minx very well too, that’s how I met H.T.
Sorry minx.
tom mclaughlin,
Jonnythetim’s bhoy is sitting in the living room with my Bhoy watching their usual mad programs, he has some mop of curls most girls would kill for.
Damari scores again for Israel…
Iceland now two up against Holland, seems like its not only mothers that shop at Iceland :)
Iceland 2 Holland 0…..
Bada bing
And ….Pukki and Balde
PF AYR 2018
I’ll do my best the morra,mate.
Ayrshire Tims night. No prisoners.
Those dutch players don’t look too happy with each other, then again what’s new. Two dutch players in an empty pub could cause a riot.
Anybody who likes a wee laugh and a good greet could do worse than get along to the King’s Theatre on Monday 27th for a one off performance of “Stones in his Pockets” by Marie Jones. It is about a Hollywood movie shoot in Ireland and it is the best and funniest thing I saw recently.
Dearie me Holland, only one letting me down, winkers
HH
Bada bing, were we no linked with Damari at one point?
Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas
Who hiv we no been linked wi’ in the window of opportunity!!
Hx2
Kings Theatre …my wee pal runs that …..a great pub across the road called The Griffin ….
braw
Dallas-aye about 3 years ago,
Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas
20:37 on 13 October, 2014
Twice I think 2011 7 Jan 2014
happy green bunny
I am now staying in Malta.
I had ticket for game tonight but I have had to come home to Scotland as my mother in law is in Ninewells in Dundee.
We r here until 24th then going back for a week or two then will have to come back again.Mother in law is not too good.
Who do you know in Malta and where do you go when your there.HH.
The exiled tim, same here. Five fold and the Dutch are spoiling it!
sipsini 18:26
50 ways to kill yer mammy :))
switched it over last week and he had her crossing a rope bridge about 100 ft up, my vertigo kicked in and I switched it off :)))
Starry Plough, very true plus all our best players and managers over the last thirty years have all been linked with going elsewhere by our lovely Celtic loving media.
For the life of me I can not think of any of a club who won trophies in the nineties trying to be flogged by the media unless said club wanted shot of them.
BMCUW , PFayr…
Looking forward to tomorrow night.
I think we will be getting the last train this time!
HH!!
1-1
goalkeeper should have had it ….
johann murdoch
You asked about a song a few nights ago.
I suggested “the green fields of france” as a possibility.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr6OzLJrS2k
Don’t know if you saw my post as it was late and was just wondering if you managed to find what you were looking for?
The meglamaniac Farage getting a doing on panorama, can’t stand the man but reckon it’s for the benefit of the Tory party.