There should be a slight embarrassment of riches around Celtic today as one of our loan players, Lewis Morgan, picked up his Championship Player of the Year award. The 21-year-old left-mid player signed for Celtic in January but remained a St Mirren player, on loan, until the end of the season.
Lewis is two years younger than Jack Hendry, who signed from Dundee this year, but will share a development play with the central defender, and with goalkeeper Scott Bain (26).
With left-footed-inverted-right-wing Patrick Roberts returning to Manchester City this week and one of our other left-footed wide players, Jonny Hayes, out injured since August, there is a clear opening in the squad for Lewis.
The Champions League qualifiers are (hopefully) a marathon eight games in eight weeks, a period that coincides with the start of the Premiership kick off. During this time the squad will need to reach peak fitness, but remain rested, two conflicting objectives.
Lewis should experience his first competitive action as a Celtic player during this period. There will be around 12 games in those eight weeks, a lot of tired limbs and a corresponding injury profile. For you and me, that’s a worry, but Lewis will know it is his chance to shine.
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Whilst acknowledging the Flouncer’s right to flounce, I sometimes wonder about the Flouncer’s apparent need to announce their intention to Flounce.
What ever happened to just removing oneself quietly from a scenario you no longer wish to participate in?
We have numerous examples of said practice.
Eurochamps67
FIELDOFDRAMS on 22ND MAY 2018 6:56 PM
Very unhappy to read the report in the Scotsman concerning Nir Bitton. In a football context it should be Celtic first, everything else second. I like Nir as a player, I’ve said it many times, and he seems like a decent bloke. It’s nothing short of pathetic to impute what’s happening in Israel/Palestine to him.
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Absolutely – agree with this 100% – everything I’ve seen and heard of re: Nir indicates nothing other than him being a good guy.
He is not the Prime Minister of Israel, he doesn’t set their policy re: Palestine – numpties blaming him for the actions of his country’s government.
As well blaming the miners for the actions of Thatcher – same logic.
HH
BGFC
BILLY BHOY on 22ND MAY 2018 7:14 PM
Supersutton
I think, following what seems like a 7 year apprenticeship, wee James Forrest should finally be honoured with the legendary number 7 shirt.
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Absolutely – agree with this too. Wee Jamsie has earned it, and would fill it well.
HH
BGFC
We’veGotJimmyJimmyJimmyJimmyForrestOnTheWingCSC
Good Evening Cqn, how many of us are going to BRTH ‘s wee doo on Friday?
VFR, sorry for my late reply to your post this morning showing Owen Paul singing on top of the pops.
I knew he had at least one hit but could not remember remember the song’s name. He was managed by that annoying half wit DJ , Peter Powell.
I was travelling along Sumertown Road in Govan today , I noticed scaffolding up to the roof at Ibrox at the west end of the Govan Stand. They must be doing some repair work to the stand roof.
jamesgang on 22nd May 2018 6:43 pm
Only problem with playing bitton in defence is his often-suspect defensive positional awareness
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You could actually say that about all of our defenders :-)
Soukous
Many thanks for that link.
Sent it to my Killie supporting both Brit brother in law and ashes him if he’s angry yet??
HH jamesgang
WHAT IS THE STARS on 22ND MAY 2018 6:57 PM
I like Bitton
Next
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Me too, cracking big player. Horses for courses and all that.
?2/3rds
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jamesgang
Oh the irony of it all if Killie took the place of Sevco.
TBB and BSR,
Next season’s Champions League squad should, IMO, be Saturday’s Cup Final squad minus Paddy plus Odsonne and Lewis Morgan plus whoever Brendan deems fit to sign in the close season.
I would a quality No 10.
The rest would be available for sale except Hendry, who should be given the year to prove himself at Celtic.
Development squad players to plug SPFL gaps.
Eurochamps67
Soukous
Killie. Huns without….
A trainfare
A grass pitch
An asbestos ridden stadium
A major shareholder who made his money peddling shoite
Silly billy ditties of their own
A ingenue as a manager
All but one of the above?
Time to choose.
HH jamesgang
Eurochamps 67. 8.01.
I like when people tell us, it’s always a wee concern, if people just disappear off the blog.
Ian from Devon, is one such former poster.
He would give the weather report from Devon every morning.
Then he stopped posting.
I hope he is ok.
Hail Hail
JNP it’s a fantastic piece of work. I really enjoyed a wee listen tonight.
DD I like Finlay Quaye as well but The Hard Line is far better than anything he had produced.
KTF
Dallas Dallas, was your last paragraph a propos a waste of time?
KTF
EUROCHAMPS67
But then said flounce without drama queening wouldn’t be a flounce per say?
Flounce initiator and root cause of flounce under present scrutiny currently ‘not aff oot’ but in, and kicking its height at mass flouncing because of its daily diet of anti Celtic supporter toxic drivel.
Malrbhoy I coming on Friday with my wife. Fr Tom from Dt Mary’s is joining us.
KTF
MALORBHOY.
Approximately 500.Are you going, be nice to meet up with you again.
Jimmynotpaul and VFR.
I was very impressed with Terence Trent D’Arby’s first LP .
However , I saw him live in 1987 at the Barras and was disappointed. I went expecting him to be more animated, going by his top of the pops appearances and videos , on stage but found him very subdued.
BSR that explanation was like a foreign language translation from google! ?????
KTF
Been off-line for a few days.
Regarding Friday night – dress code and starting time please as no info on my tickets? ?
Malorbhoy I’ll be there with my bhoy and AN Other.
how you doing eurochamps?
Dallas I saw him in London and I thought he was pretty good. However he is a bit of a strange character. He has now changed his name to something Sanskrit. Cannae be bothered googling it though.
KTF
JNP
If my memory serves me then Ian was upset with some of the comments made to his posts. Hope he’s lurking.
A beautiful evening here in North Staffs if anyone is interested.
Old Tim
Yes I’ll be there
Pogmathonyahun
Casual dress code, wear something Green, 1900 for 1930
Italian football has more entertainment today, Pepe Reina is facing accusations of having links to the Camorra.
Three Napoli players past and present, Reina, Paolo Cannavaro and Salvatore Aronica have been referred to FIGC’s Federal National Court for maintaining inappropriate relationships with convicted criminal Gabriele Esposito plus his brothers Francesco and Guiseppe. (cf. football-italiadotnet)
The beautiful game. You couldn’t make it up.
Gene. 8.35.
Thanks for that, genuinely appreciated.
I must have missed that.
Hopefully he’s fine and dandy.
Cumbernauld (the land that time forgot ) pleasant.
No better than that. :-)
Hail Hail
JNP
But Cumbernauld is a lot closer to Paradise
Just read that only two teams,previously, have completed the double treble.
TNS and PSG.
Both failed in their bid for a treble treble.
Another chance at history for Celtic next season.
Hail Hail
BIG GEORGES FAN CLUB – HAIL, HAIL, WEE OSCAR on 22ND MAY 2018 8:05 PM
BILLY BHOY on 22ND MAY 2018 7:14 PM
Supersutton
I think, following what seems like a 7 year apprenticeship, wee James Forrest should finally be honoured with the legendary number 7 shirt.
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Absolutely – agree with this too. Wee Jamsie has earned it, and would fill it well.
HH
BGFC
We’veGotJimmyJimmyJimmyJimmyForrestOnTheWingCSC
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He does deserve to be in the reckoning. Only problem with re-numbering a current player is that it kinda ruins it for those who have already bought the shirt, with the name and number.
So typically a new player would get it. Lewis Morgan for instance? Or keep it under wraps for Paddy’s return?
VFR @ 8.27. , maybe the scaffolding was just for show or doing basic repairs.
Maybe my expectations of Terence Trent D’Arby were too high when I saw him live . Musically he was good.
The grief Nir Bitton is receiving is bang out of order. He still has a future with us , e is an excellent passer of the ball, and I hope he and his family are not unsettled by the trolls .
I see the cheapest season ticket for Spurs new ground is just short of £800 – a mate of mine is paying £1200 for a relatively standard seat – he was surprised no cup games included.
pricey
JIMMYNOTPAUL
Where are you in Cumbernauld?
In my “youth” I lived in Condorrat and played for Cumbernauld Thistle.
Drank in the Kingfisher.
A mate I played with at Thistle passed away a couple of months ago. Terry Waters.
Only found out last week.
Very sad.
Who posted about Terence Trent d’Arby, was it VFR? Cheers for that, we turned the garbage TV off, dug out the old cd and it has led on to getting out the photos from when my kids were wee, always a favourite pastime of mine. The Hardline was the first music my first son danced to…well, wobbled in that toddler way. Ah, sweet, sweet memories. I love this blog.
MALORBHOY
Dress code is Smart Casual,A few of us are meeting in the Blane Valley,before the Party,
POGMATHONYAHUN
It’ll be nice to meet up again.I’ll have my Lisbon hat on. Hope it’s as good as when we were in Lisbon.
Fieldofdrams it was me. It may be The River Detectives tomorrow.
Philbhoy I lived in Condorrat fir a long time. I knew Terry well.
KTF
Forget the number 7 shirt. Who gets number 84? These multiples of 21 aren’t doing too badly!
Moderator
Can you please delete supersuttons post about two no7
on Sunday
We discussed this on way home from game and said
If a certain team gets wind of this will result in the Union bears
demanding we get a 15pt(sure thats enough Billy?) deduction for
player irregularities.