Before we get into the meat of the matter, I would like to record how impactful Kristoffer Ajer is at full back. He is not a full back, of course, this is not even his second best position, but he can get beyond his man and send a dangerous cross into the heart of the penalty box. This marks him as unique in our full back options. Of the many lessons from the season, let one be that we need better full backs at both sides of the field.
Conceding fouls inside your own half is not considered a capital crime at other clubs, so we should temper our annoyance at Shane Duffy (or the absent, but often guilty, Diego Laxalt), but we all know Celtic cannot defend set-pieces. At Livingston’s first goal, it was the otherwise excellent Kris Ajer who failed to track his man, not Nir Bitton, who stuck like glue to his opponent but was blamed by a scapegoat seeking Sky co-commentator.
When Livingston breached the Celtic defence for a second time, I was not concerned, as we were playing well and I expected a 30-minute onslaught towards the Livingston goal. Instead, Livingston consolidated their position, aided by four substitutions in 17 minutes either side of the goal, which finished Celtic as a threat. Credit to David Martindale.
Scott Brown’s ‘Get stuck into them’ cameo might have worked in a different era. We have seen similar flailing arms go completely unpunished against us, but it was the last thing we needed last night. By full time, the Livingston pitch resembled a very appropriate white flag.
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Think youll like this find of bluegrass music and clog Dancing :-)
https://twitter.com/Heavidor/status/1352400354579767301?s=19
HH
Hi Jobo,
Sorry to hear you have abandoned your POTY, although I understand why.
I must admit that on more than one occasion recently, I have been struggling to think of 3 players worthy of my vote. Nevertheless, I voted anyway. I did enjoy thinking about which 3 to pick during games ~ I think it made it more interesting than it would have been otherwise.
Hail, Hail and KTF
Good morning cqn from the Garngad
Jobo, like NLM above although I never always took part I did enjoy looking at results and saying, Davie “if all those knowledgeable Tim’s voted for him or him” then your thoughts on who played well were crap.
I found it very difficult to find 3 at times also.
I would like to say thanks for all the hard work.
D :)
Hello again all you die easy’s
Never thought after 15 years on this sainted blog I’d sign off with
that kind of phrase.
Got a few e/mails asking why I haven’t posted, really?
After nine years of wonderful, skilful, success ridden title wins, we
still get people who are never happy.
What the fecks wrong with you ghuys? so what? the new huns have
won one.
When I joined this great place, thank you Paul ,despite those that
despise you, the craic was brilliant, intelligent debate, a few
arguments and loads of civility.
Now we have self entitled twats, hun trolls, and sad to say, good
Celtic men being sucked in to castigate a Celtic legend.
” Never a Celtic legend ” that seems to be the mantra of a particular
hun on here, wonder why?
And it’s so sad to see you bhoys agreeing with these erseholes, yes
erseholes, never in a month of Sundays are they Celtic supporters.
So in summary, it’s been a blast, and if any of you Bhoys/Ghirls are
coming over to our fair and hun free land after Covid of course I’ll
happily meet up and get a few beers, if you need digs, no probs.
As for the poison pushers, the hun trolls, Lenny haters, don’t bother
responding, I’m off to kick a ball about with kids who haven’t grown
up with Celtic, but they’ll be there with the Celtic colours on, proud
as punch.
So why not just go and wallow in your misery.
Happy. Happy Tim.
Morning Mick,
Don’t sit on the fence, tell us what you really think :-)
Have fun kicking the ball about with the kids – if I tried to do that here with my boys I’d slip and break something on the ice.
Anyway, who says we’re getting a new manager?. Maybe our tory board are happy to give the huns a shot at glory.
Melbourne Mick
I am in total agreement. I hope that wasn`t a Farewell post? The more Negatrons who post, the more we need good guys like yourself.
If anyone responds to this by saying `Are we not allowed to criticise?` then I will know that they are deliberately misreading this post.
Fridays are Seniors` Golf Days so,
Cheerio for now.
MELBOURNE MICK on 22ND JANUARY 2021 7:17 AM
Aye, i said the same the other night ………….it was a pretty unhealthy place. We need change of course but i still love NFL and hes due EVERY penny thats coming to him. I couldn’t believe my eyes reading some of the things posters were saying about him……….shameful tbh.
MELBOURNE MICK @ 7.17
You stay on this site,hear me.You gotta have heart , remember Eddie Fisher the American singer,an old hit called ‘Heart’.You keep on doing what YOU enjoy,pack it in NO WAY.
Stay safe and remember
STILL CELTIC
Keep Lennon, he’s a legend, you know
Laughable
31003 – you’re right we’re not going to get a Tuchel or an Allegri type candidate. But that doesn’t mean we should restrict our looking for a manager to the Uk.
Howe may well be a good choice – I just have my doubts, not least as he would be coming without his back room staff who are all still working at Bournemouth. He’d end up with Kennedy and Strachan as his team, at least for a while.
There’s a big world out there and I earlier suggested someone affordable and gettable who is in the early stages of his career, has had success but doesn’t have the profile to get a job in England yet in Clemente – and that was me just stumbling upon him when checking where Jack Hendry’ steam were in the Belgian League.
CQN article, Celtic’s £4.5 million Greek tragedy. Who needs the Sun or the Record. Pathetic.
Some people might say Peter Lawwell is a fraud who has handed The Rangers not only this season, but the next 5 years on a sliver platter because of his arrogant, complacent, stubborn, egocentric decision-making.
I on the other hand love St Peter unconditionally, because I am a true Celtic fan and all those other people are massive huns.
Who needs “negatrons ” when you’ve got CQN articles like that about our keeper
If it’s good enough on here,to have a poll to get rid of Edouard, have one to get rid of Lawwell.
ziggydoc1 on 22nd January 2021 9:06 am
Agreed, criticise everyone except Peter and the board.
Becoming a bit of a joke.
So who signed this player? Thats what we should be angry about.
It’s not NFL’s fault, its not the goalies fault or even the biggest waste of money ever Shane Duffy’s fault, who is buying these players? Who is continuing to resist change to a totally broken playing staff?
Will we have an update on that?
Or more likely a big bad proddie SNP squirrel to get us through a footy free weekend?
What shameful things were said about Neil?
A genuine question I maybe have missed it and if true then its terrible.
I unashamedly want change and Neil and our board have to go is that shameful?
If I am no good at my job then my boss would probably want shot of me.
D :)
Melbourne Mick – I hope you are well and thoroughly enjoy your updates from the land of Oz, please keep on keeping on and give us updates on all the Oz Tims.
Hail Hail
D :)
Melbourne Mick @ 07:17am.
Good one.
Hail hail
Keep The Faith
MELBOURNE MICK
Hope you have a change of heart Mick and keep posting on here , I for one would miss the craic from down under 😎🍺🇮🇪🍀
Damien Duff chucking the Republic assistant job was strange…..he could be part of something
David66 on 22nd January 2021 9:24 am
There have been some who have gone over the top. Obsession about whether he is a legend or not and criticising him for wanting the payment due in his contract. I want him to go now but I’m not going to be critical of him as a man. He deserves some respect and the board to make a decision.
Its the board I’m angry with, they are responsible for this disaster.
Decision should have been made after Sparta or maybe even Ferencvaros, but of course there is no forward thinking or plan for the football side of the business.
Timmy7 – For what he has went through in Scotland is our shame. Its a phrase I try never to use as I think it is banded about far to often nowadays. I had/have sympathy for the bile that he has to put up with.
But again I want change and I feel Neil has run his race as for the board I would sack every last 1 of them for the position Neil and our Club are in. Neil I believe is an honest person probably to honest (not a fault) whereas our board are a conceited bunch of condescending LIARS.
Change must happen for our club though.
Only my opinion.
D :)
Sorry the phrase legend.
People PLEASE……….i ( and others) take great exception to the word and context of ‘Proddie’. I was brought up in an Irish/catholic household. My wife is a ‘Proddie’ some of my dearest friends are ‘Proddie’ some of my idols are ‘Proddie’ some of our greatest players and manager are ‘Proddie’.
Oh and BTW if its ok for Ireland and others to have independence why not Scotland ………I’ll take the SNP conduit or even the’ raving monster looney party’ if thats what it takes for that route and if independence happens, then the people can decide which party is right to lead the Republic of Scotland. This view is easily endorsed by most of my catholic and ‘Proddie’ friends and family.
Then again who am i, its just an opinion………..if people want brexit and the union, instead of a way out from these monsters, ie being ruled by Johnson/Davidson, the ERG Mogg Gove et all, then knock yersels out!
I am not a member of the SNP, never have and never will be. I don’t agree with everything they do, and thats including some of the attitudes (if true) towards my beloved club, but i’ll take that route.
People angry about Neil Lennon.
People angry about people being angry about Neil Lennon.
People angry about the board. People happy about the board.
People like the SNP. People don’t like the SNP.
People like Eddie Howe, People don’t.
Etc etc.
It’s the nature of a blog. Differences of opinion.
Flouncing or the pronouncement of Hun every time an alternative view is mentioned is just people projecting their own inability to live with differences or other sh*t in their lives. And Christ, in a time when the pub, the bus and the ground doesn’t allow us to spout this stuff, CQN is the only go-to.
So, MM, get back ya big eijit but accept that you’ll continue to read stuff you don;t like. Tackle it with your view (plenty share it) or scroll by. Sweat the real stuff elsewhere.
HH
p.s Lennon Out :)
Don’t worry Melbourne Mick, once we have a wee bit of success again these fannies will return to their swamp…
Oh! Listen to big mr happy…
Scroll on byyyyyyyyyyy….
It’s not hard really.
HH
Nicola Sturgeon official residence at Bute House in Edinburgh .
Painters carried out work in Nicola Sturgeon’s official residence despite the ban by her own Government.
A whistleblower told how a squad was sent into Bute House in Edinburgh for several days last week.
The move was branded a “slap in the face” to ordinary people abiding by the lockdown rules, which forbid non-essential work.
Celtic Football Club need to get serious about the Neil Lennon situation, He has delivered trophies, League Titles ,but like everything else, all good things come to a end.and that’s what’s happening at our club now, the 10 in a row is in my opinion is gone,Neil Lennons time is up he needs to go ASAP,The Club needs a complete overhaul ie New Board of Directors,New Scouts,and most important a New Coach and his own staff, The Training Centre up at Lennoxtown possibly needs a overhaul as well ,maybe new Development Coaches,so there is a lot to get done ,and I know Rome wasn’t built in a day ,things take time ,but the sooner the club get there act together the better it will be for all Celtic Supporters.
Negatrons. FFS
!!BADA BING!! on 22ND JANUARY 2021 10:08 AM
One shudders to think what headline the subbies on the Sun suggested for that story.
Tis a bit strange that S McGowan (PL’s go too guy after P67) has penned an article about putting NL out of his misery ? At least two months too late.
Barry Ferguson piece had me in stitches
Big Wavy,
Of course people can disagree all they want but show a bit of respect – as I think you do.
Just as a person being rude may be a way of dealing with their own sh*t, the other person may be dealing with a whole lot more sh*t, and times are tough enough for lots of people at present.
Big Mick/Jobo,
Don’t be strangers.
Hail Hail and Peace ✌️
Go Tell…
Someone on here (B2B?) posted a few months ago, “if you are going to panic, panic early”
I’m not sure if the board are not panicking or they work with a different concept of time to most of us.
BADA BING
Round here -in the Perthshire country -lots of small business and tradesmen and all farm related work is going pretty much as always. I’m going out to work myself just now.
CQN is an excellent site, with excellent posters – past and present.
I’m not a fan of swearing or name calling.
However, the constant criticism of anyone who has the audacity to point out “we’re not very good” is poor, in my opinion.
We have regressed massively in the past 18 months. We have squandered money. We have some real issues on and off the park.
To state we’re 20 points and 23 goals behind, whilst having 2 games in hand, is not negative. I’m afraid thems the facts.
I have hugely enjoyed my 6 decades of supporting Celtic. The highs, the lows, the dramas. However, no one can tell me not to call out pish when I see it.
We are currently pish.