We’ll all be supporting Mikael Lustig and Georgios Samaras as Sweden and Greece attempt to qualify for the World Cup tonight but the prospect of Lustig, Samaras, Izaguirre, Ambrose, Forster and possibly van Dijk not having a break until July, days before the Champions League bandwagon starts rolling again, is unappetising.
Celtic contributed more players to the 1998 World Cup than any other team. Perhaps as a consequence, we started the new season in third gear, unable to string two league wins together until thumping five goals past a now defunct outfit. A Perfect Day.
Georgios, Mikael, Emilio and Efe are hugely important players to Celtic. They are also players we have an excellent chance of retaining, which in some respects makes it even more important that they are ready for action early than those like Fraser, who until he signs his new contract we can be less sure of retaining.
Best of luck to Greece and Sweden tonight, but if your guys return home disappointed there will be compensations.
Ross County have won the respect of many, and rightly so, for building a successful football club from little more than sticky backed tape and empty washing up bottles, but one of their key achievers, manager Derek Adams, has to be one of the most ungracious people in the top fight game, a fact now being picked up in the wider media.
It is unfathomable if this trait is a fundamental aspect of the club’s success. The clichéd football manager is an unapproachable tyrant but surely there’s more to it than that?
I’ve heard a good few footballers tell their tales of drama, they all have them, even the quiet ones, but it is an objective fact that Frank McAvennie has more stunning stories than anyone in the game. I’ve heard him tell some publicly, and then listened to the really incredible stuff privately.
The Untold Truth with Frank McAvennie, is at Victoria’s Night Club this Saturday 23rd. Doors open at 7pm for a three course meal, entertainment and Frankie recounting his stories. There will also be a sporting auction and a Q&A session. Book at www.franktalks.co.uk
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bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers backs resolution 12
07:27 on 20 November, 2013
TOM
He also said
ACGR Supporting Resolutions 10, 11 & 12 with a YES vote
03:04 on
20 November, 2013
P.S. mungolian bhoy, many on this very blog refused to support resolution 12 simply because of petty grievances with two of the main protagonists, canamalar and morrissey 23rd. I’ve never met canamalar but I have met morrissey 23rd and he’s got nothing but Celtic’s best interest in his heart.
I also believe that to be true of canamalar even though he can be a knobend at times, but hey, can we all.
Hail Hail the 167
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Can it be conceded that many shareholders (like myself) didn’t support Resolution 12 because they felt the Board Strategy was the correct one…..!!!!?? …….ah, democracy at work !!
Cheers Ryecatcher, Paul mc Stay was my all time favourite due to growing up around the time he was magnificent, always felt the Maestro was simply unlucky to suffer a large period of Huns dominance due to the state our club were in!! Had really high hopes the torch would have been passed to a certain Liam Miller but we all know how that turned out!! Didn’t think anyone would have came close to Mc Stay in terms of my fondness until a certain little unknown Slovak came through the door lolol.
beware the zombie chicken.
http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BEWARE_THE_ZOMBIE_CHICKEN_by_matthewdunnart.jpg
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I Can see the Remake of Wallace and Vommit coming to a Big Hoose soon..
Summa
antipodean red
09:15
A very kind gesture. I hope NegAnon sees your post.
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Well worth a Repost..
Dictionaries at the ‘Aye Ready’
The Performativity of the Anti-Rangers Agenda
Currently at Glasgow I am teaching the first year students about Gender Construction and Performativity… Perhaps these are two areas least likely to be seen on a Rangers forum. And no, I am not wanting a debate about Gender… so don’t start one. I get enough debate about these ideas in my class, thank you very much! No, the reason I bring it up is that the consistent perpetuation that Rangers are “dead” by the green side of the city brings me in mind of one of the stalwart theories within gender construction.
One of the key ideas in Gender Theory is that a person’s sex is their biology and their gender is their identity. In other words we are not born masculine or feminine, rather our genders are constructed by a complex layering of social protocol which we invariably perform and re-perform over years which transcends the older generations into the new. This is a system of gender construction which has developed over many many years. This is not to say that we ‘choose’ our genders but the point is that gender is not a biological given. We grow up understanding what it means to be masculine and feminine based on what the society around us thinks and we either conform to those roles or not.
Anyway, Judith Butler is pretty much the key theorist in these debates and it’s her words that bring me in mind of the Celtic fans tactics (among some other things). For Butler, gender is “a stylized repetition of acts . . . [so that] the appearance of substance is precisely that, a constructed identity, a performative accomplishment…” To say that gender is performative is to argue that gender is “real only to the extent that it is performed” (Gender Trouble). This means, fairly simply, that if we perform an idea of our identity (which we think is an implicit aspect of our being) then we affirm not only that identity in ourselves but communicate and affirm that identity (what we think it is to be masculine or feminine) to society in a wider context.
What I am talking about here is performativity. The idea that when we act our roles in society (as brother, son, lecturer, friend, rangers fan, man…) we are at once performing that role and establishing and communicating what it means to perform that role to the wider society at the same time.
Of course, performativity is not always a positive thing and at last I have arrived at my point. See, the thing about this theory is it explains clearly how the repetition of an idea and embodied belief perpetuates and affirms a sense of identity. This can be an entirely negative thing. We only need to go back to the Weimar Republic to see how the Nazi’s began in a very subtle way to discriminate against Jewish people. Through the repetition of the same prejudices this racism became overt and eventually found its way into the daily lives of German people as an acceptable cultural trope. When the Nazi’s came into power they introduced lessons which taught the Germans that Jewish people where ‘sub-human’ and we all know what this led to. It’s the reason why so many of our fathers and grandfathers went off to fight in the war.
It is certainly arguable, and I am arguing, that the repetitive attack on Rangers by Celtic is an attack which attempts to establish, maintain and embody the belief that our club is dead and has no history is a systematic attempt to destroy our club and should not be tolerated. This is discrimination at its very worst. In the face of all the legal evidence, and all the official bodies which recognise Rangers as the same club, even the fact that we play in the same strip, at the same ground, with the same support all affirms that Rangers are, of course, the same club it has always been. For Celtic fans to deny our history and continually perpetuate the idea that we are dead is a shameful attempt to wipe us off the earth. I would argue that this is a deep social issue. We are being marginalised and discriminated against and if we were another social group (woman, homosexuals, immigrants) then this discrimination would be getting much tougher critical attention. As it stands though, Scotland’s media and general population do not seem to mind this discrimination, even one that attempts to wipe us off the face of the planet. Perhaps it is because we are ‘Scotland’s biggest club’ and it is hard to imagine a massive group of predominantly white, heteronormative males being marginalised…
Wake up Scotland, this is the kind of abuse and discrimination we fight so hard to clamp down on in our schools! This is not a debate and the rhetoric they are perpetuating is not “banter” – they are systematically trying to destroy our club and deny our history and it should not be allowed to continue.
Summa
Ryecatcher,
I’m looking for somewhere to jot that down for my next time in town, but Token I’m not sure if there is a point to writing your recommendation. I’m not saying I’ll never be in Cologne………but you never know..!
J67, I don’t know Charlie McLeod, but I worked with a guy who worked for him making the pudding when he was a student. He had good words for him too. Sorry to hear he’s no well.
Gotto sign off now as got piles to do the rest of the day. Cheers all.
St Stivs…. denied access/site blocked by UAE rules… can’t see anything in the link that would invoke that!!
chickensnoporkCSC
hahaha just saw the following on twitter:
Why did the rangers chicken cross the road?
It didnt. It died.
:-)
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Jungle Jim,
And yes, you’ve got it.
What I’m saying is – there is huge scope for the first person to market a product called “Harris Lamb”….with certain attributes as pre-requisites – age, feeding, fat content etc.
Fav Uncle
yorkbhoy
09:17 on
20 November, 2013
Black Pudding..
Best served on a bed of rosti potatoes some thick cut bacon and a poached egg on top…
that’s what we eat after digging car oot the snow.
Builds up an appetite snow digging…
they are systematically trying to destroy our club and deny our history and it should not be allowed to continue.
Seem to be doing a pretty good job themselves without our help
Alasdair MacLean
10:18 on
20 November, 2013
Ryecatcher,
got piles to do ……
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hopefully that’s no the secret ingredient that make Stornaway BlackPud so special!!
summa of sammi….
10:15 on 20 November, 2013
Why couldn’t he or she just say “a don’t think we’re deed” …….or…….”zombies urnae deed, ’cause they kin walk…..”
Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
09:28 on 20 November, 2013
Broonie flicked his boot through the back of the Norweigan, similar to his Barca indiscretion. The big difference was the Norweigan player didn’t react and just got on with it as opposed to Neymar who rolled around like he was shot. He should have been booked but wasn’t. Still stupid though!
Alisdair…..
The Grill on the……Is a chain of top class steakhouses all over the UK.
E.g…..Grill on the Alley Manchester (particular favourite of mine),Grill on the Corner Glasgow,Grill on the Arches Chester,etc…..
You will find one in a few cities in UK…..worth searching for just to taste the WAGU.
If ever in London,for fillet steak to die for then try Boisdale.The restaurant in Bishopsgate in the square mile has a much better ambience than Canary Wharf,which is still great,but too big in my opinion.
FilletsteaktrumpsblackpuddingCSC
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CQN Today is Probable thee Worst ever for Tree Huggers..
Mon the VVeegies..
Summa
Watching the BP posts with a wry smile, can,t believe I may have kicked this off. Alisdair Maclean a gudgie from Dingwall who can,t spell StorOway!!! Agree its personal taste but I,ve never had a bad report about Stornoway Black Pudding it is vastly superior to most if not all of the Central Scotland variety. As a lady in America once said to me “Once you,ve tasted chocolate you wo,nt go back to vanilla!!!!” I,ll check out the Harris Lamb and if its that good I,ll promote it just as vigorously Bon Aptit Hail Hail Hebcelt
Alasdair MacLean
got piles to do the rest of the day
dont fancy the rest of your day :-))
I had Stornoway BP this morning. Someone else had BP which was black, round, grilled and was a pudding but it didn`t make it the original Stornoway.
JJ (Off to the golf, cheerio).
the token tim
10:20 on 20 November, 2013
hahaha just saw the following on twitter:
Why did the rangers chicken cross the road?
Tae get hit wae a bus (the burnt wan)
or
Tae get mare egg on it’s face….
celtic_first,
As you probably know, I was only joking about the plus fours and cravat. I would love to have a chance to chat with you sometime, I was in San Sebastián when you were about to start the camino and as I moved further west, I saw many people doing the walk through parts of Asturias and I wondered how you might be travelling.
AR
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67..
’cause they kin walk…..”
I Find that Offensive..HaHa..
Summa
You know with all this talk of black puddings etc this morning, I was wondering if the new CO of the dark side who goes by the name of Wallace, is related to a well known and respected butchers in Dumfries. If so I am sure that fat Sally will be delighted because they produce excellent pork sausages and award winning haggis.
summa of sammi….
10:28 on 20 November, 2013
Whit’s a tree-hugger……am a wan ….?
If Awe-Naw isn’t behind that piece on ‘The Performativity of the Anti-Rangers Agenda’ then he better watch out: he’s got a serious rival in hunguffery …
FF
Why did the egg cross the road?
It was stuck to Kirk broadfoot’s face.
Morning Bhoys
Cannot believe that sevco mob are complaining to the SFA….shocking
Somebody wants to open their mouths and shut these halfwits up…nae quips peter, just the truth would be good.
Watch the scoddish media hound peter now, to try and get an apology…
Tell them where to go peter.
HH
antipodean red
10:29
You saw the intrepid Camino del Norte enthusiasts. I was part of the mainstream on the Camino Francés. I hope you enjoyed San Sebastián, a fabulous place.
the honest mistake loves being first
10:34 on 20 November, 2013
Was that cholesterol damage….?
The Token Tim 09:36 on 20 November, 2013 ……..
Appreciate the thoughts. We are all fine here. Again, thanks.
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
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THE average human says thousands of words a day, so a few of them are bound to be out of place.
There are lots of common words in our complicated language that have lost their meaning with time, or that have had their definitions rewritten by incorrect use over the years.
Here’s a list of 10 words that you’re probably not using correctly anymore.
LITERALLY
How it’s often used: If I see one more person wearing those pants, I’m literally going to go blind.
Why that’s wrong: Because you’re not going to go blind. The word is incorrectly used to add emphasis to a sentence, when it really means to take a word in its usual or most basic sense without exaggeration.
Yes, you’ll find a dictionary definition of the incorrect use, and linguists argue it’s been around for a century or longer, but it’s informal. And it ain’t right.
ULTIMATE
How it’s often used: The sundae was the ultimate chocolate indulgence.
Why that’s wrong: Ultimate doesn’t mean the pinnacle or the best of something, although that’s how it’s regularly used. It means the last on a list of things, e.g. Their ultimate goal was to win the premiership.
RANDOM
She might be the brightest mind at Hillford, but that doesn’t mean you should copy her word choice.
She might be the brightest mind at Hillford, but that doesn’t mean you should copy her word choice.
How it’s often used: That girl is such a random.
Why that’s wrong: Random describes something that happens without method or decision, like random violence or random samples in an experiment. It doesn’t mean someone who’s odd, unusual or does unexpected things.
IRREGARDLESS
How it’s often used: I’ll never talk to him again, irregardless of an apology.
Why that’s wrong: Because irregardless isn’t a word. You’re thinking of “regardless”.
WOULD OF/SHOULD OF/COULD OF/MUST OF
How it’s often used: I would of gone to the shops that afternoon but it rained.
Why that’s wrong: The correct contractions are would’ve/should’ve/could’ve/must’ve. Some people hear the apostrophe-v-e as the word “of”. Not right.
IRONIC
Isn’t it ironic? Nope, most of the lyrics in this song aren’t really ironic.
Isn’t it ironic? Nope, most of the lyrics in this song aren’t really ironic.
How it’s often used: It’s a death row pardoned two minutes too late/And isn’t it ironic?
Why that’s wrong: We have Alanis Morissette to blame for many of the wrongly deployed examples of irony in the world today. Irony doesn’t refer to really bad things like a black fly in your chardonnay or 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife. Something is ironic when it is the opposite of what’s expected, often in a way that causes wry amusement.
PERUSE
How it’s often used: I quickly perused the aisles to see if there was anything I needed.
Why that’s wrong: To peruse something means to pay close attention to it, not just to quickly scan it.
ANNIVERSARY
How it’s often used: Today is our six-month anniversary.
Why that’s wrong: Congrats on reaching that milestone and everything, but an anniversary is technically something that happens once a year. The Latin root “annus” means “year”. Maybe the “monthversary” should become a thing?
OVER
How it’s often used: There were over 100 people at the party.
Why that’s wrong: “Over” should not be used when referring to a number. Use “more than” instead – e.g. There were more than 100 people at the party. The only exception is when you’re talking about someone’s age, e.g. He is over 40.
DECIMATE
How it’s often used: The storm decimated the small village.
Why that’s wrong: You’ll often hear this word used on the news after a natural disaster when a cyclone decimates a fishing village or a tornado decimates a stadium. But it really means to kill one in every ten, e.g. The colonel decimated the large group of prisoners. Nowadays though, it’s acceptable to use the “decimate” when any large proportion of something is killed or destroyed.
Performativity is an interdisciplinary term often used to name the capacity of speech and gestures to act or consummate an action, or to construct and perform an identity.
Performativity is the process by which semiotic expression (in language or a symbol system) produces results or real consequences in extra-semiotic reality, including the result of constructing reality itself. In the frequently cited Butlerian vein of performativity, gestures and speech acts do not express an interior identity; they perform that very identity and even its assumed quality of interiority.[1] In this way, Performativity reverses the idea that an identity is the source of more secondary actions (speech, gestures). Instead, it inquires into the construction of identities as they are caused by performative actions, behaviors, and gestures. However, these acts are not performed by lone individuals. Rather, the production of cultural signification for bodies (e.g. gender) relies upon and is enforced by discursive power and so they are always already situated within larger social contexts.
Performativity a Proddy Intelectual that talks P@sh
Thanks to Oxford Dictionaries for help with the definitions.
Sammu
Has your copy of the CQN ANNUAL arrived today? We have posted out several hundred over the past few days to CQNers so hopefully they all arrive safely. Will post the destinations for today’s trip to the post office just after lunchtime. If you want to get your copy in the post today then please order this morning. Order link is below Paul’s post.
CQTEN on Friday 14th March is the dinner we are holding at Kerrydale Suite to celebrate 10 years of this blog. We are taking reservations just now from CQNers – no money required until the New Year – so if you want to reserve some tickets please email celticquicknews@gmail.com and we will confirm. Partners are welcome as are Under 18s.
Hebcelt, you tell em fella!!…………………………………..:-)
I sent you an email last night. Did you get it?
HH
Token Tim….have you ever been in the Argentinian Gaucho steakhouse in Prague?
Now there is a European restaurant that can do fillet steak to perfection.
Have to admit it was so good it didn’t even bother me that knobhead Jim (Wiesenthal??) White was in the same room at the same time.
So
A 140 year old chicken has laid an egg
Where’s the story in that?
Top of the morning to you all on this fine autumn day in Fife.
I don’t want to prolong the Black Pudding debate any longer than necessary but it must be a fact that it is a matter of taste which variety one likes.
I like all sorts, the Clonakilty Blackpudding made to a Secret Recipe is an oaty type that is great, the Lancashire/Yorkshire stuff that is U shaped, small diameter and has chunks of white lard is also top notch, the one in Tenerife is sweet and laced with cinnamon, almonds, raisins and is also the mutt’s nuts.
But when the large McLeods comes in twos, accompanied by a large White Pudding and 2 packs of Hot Smoked Salmon from all free gratis from a generous Hebridean CQN poster then the rest pale into insignificance.
H.H.
P.S. 17-9-1966 Herald article on drubbing of Rangers now up on Wiki
Summa of Sammi….
10:39 on 20 November, 2013
Language evolves, not always to one’s liking.
Original meanings sometimes get left behind. That’s why there’s such a thing as etymology.