We all know Craig Whyte doesn’t get nearly enough credit for the wonderful job he is doing for Scottish football but his cause was not helped by rookie manager, Ally McCoist, who when asked today if Nikica Jelavic asked to leave Rangers said, “No he didn’t, not at all. I have a wonderful relationship with Nikica. He never said that.”
The Rangers manager then passed the buck onto the unfairly beleaguered club owner, telling STV, “We received a bid from Everton which Craig [Whyte] found acceptable. Therefore business was done.”
McCoist refused to take a manager’s responsibility for deciding who leaves the football club. Craig Whyte made it clear to all concerned yesterday that Nikica Jelavic wanted to leave Rangers and there was no point keeping a player who didn’t want to be there. Whyte needs the backing of everyone with the best interests of Scottish football at heart, including his manager. The intrusive scrutiny he has been placed under in recent months will not help him achieve his objectives.
Whyte hasn’t put a foot wrong so far, we should all mind our own business and let him get on with his job. Eye on the prize, Craig.
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Teuchter ár lá says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:08
Seein’ there is a couple o’Port Bhoys oan……
anyone know a guy fae the port called Jim – has a tattoo o’wee Jinky on his leg?
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aye,
he is called
Jinky wan leg.
TTTT good to hear from you, settled in well although living a bit far out from the city just now which makes it difficult to get into the Sydney City Celtic Club. Watched them last Sunday playing the local Huns (all fat and round), the good guys won 4-1.
Tell her indoors I hope she is ok, notice she has been suffering a bit recently.
The weather has been terrible, more rain than sun but at least it’s warm rain.
Tinsel town is in the rain! HH
jtsTICks says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:08
Aye, but not as profound as this (courtesy of my 4 yr old nephew)
When I was just a lad looking for my true vocation
My father said now son, this choice deserves deliberation
Though you could be a doctor or perhaps a financier
My boy why not consider a more challenging career
Hey ho ho
You’ll cruise to foreign shores
And you’ll keep your mind and body sound
By working out of doors
True friendship and adventure are what we can’t live without
And when you’re a professional pirate
That’s what the job’s about
Now take Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish all despise him
But to the British he’s a hero and they idolize him
It’s how you look at buccaneers that makes them bad or good
And I see us as members of a noble brotherhood
Hey ho ho
We’re honorable men
And before we lose our tempers we will always count to ten
On occasion there may be someone you have to execute
But when you’re a professional pirate
You don’t have to wear a suit
I could have been a surgeon
I like taking things apart
I could have been a lawyer
But I just had too much heart
I could have been in politics
Cause I’ve always been a big spender
And me…I could have been a contender
Some say that pirates steal and should be feared and hated
I say we’re victims of bad press it’s all exaggerated
We’d never stab you in the back, we’d never lie or cheat
We’re just about the nicest guys you’d ever want to meet
Hey ho ho
It’s one for all for one
And we’ll share and share alike with you and love you like a song
We’re gentlemen of fortune and that’s what we’re proud to be
And when you’re a professional pirate
You’ll be honest, brave and free
The soul of decency
You’ll be loyal and fair and on the square
And most importantly
When you’re a professional pirate
You’re always in the best of company
The Singing Detective says:
4 February, 2012 at 00:36
“Sorry you cannot play the link from your end,Petec…..works fine for me.
A fine tribute to Gram Parsons:-
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings-Hickory Wind ”
Now playing in my youtube browser. Just highlighting that others may not be enjoying your FINE musical selections.
HH
Teuchter ár lá
Is that the first clue like CRC’s quiz because that probably whittles it down to about 2000? :O)
Next clue, he comes from a big family and once winched a bird fae The Boglestone? (Down to 875?)
sTICks
St. Stivs
Met him on a cruise up the adriatic last summer.. think his second name was M. Had a couple o’younger brothers. Talked for ages aboot the ‘tic
TAL
Saint Stivs says:
LOL…..Class
Cheers Macjay1, I’ve met up with the Sydney Bhoys, unfortunately at the moment I’m a fair distance from the city as staying with friends. Intending on going on the cruise.
Does Setanta play ok through a laptop?
Blissful House
Sueño Latino – Sueño Latino (Paradise Mix) 1989
Saint Stivs says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:11
a man beyond my comprehension… from what I’ve read, he seemed to be some mixture of steel and compassion, I don’t know how people have that determination.
JimmyQuinnsBits says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:12
Aye, but not as profound as this (courtesy of my 4 yr old nephew)
JQB – either your 4 yr old nephew gave you a book for Christmas or he is a writing prodigy!? :O) Anyone who rhymes ‘Financier’ with ‘career’ is good!
Me? Back to the music!
sTICks
ClareIsland
are you still getting TKF Predictor emails?
Think I may still have you on the email distribution list.
If so, let me know and i’ll delete you mate.
Hope all well done Under.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
jtsTICks says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:19
Muppet Treasure Island… seen it 8 times now
“I am now going to tell him (Herrera) how Celtic will be the first team to bring the European Cup back to Britain. But it will not help him in any manner, shape or form: we are going to attack as we have never attacked before. Cups are not won by individuals, but by men in a team who put their club before personal prestige. I am lucky – I have the players who do just that for Celtic”
Jock Stein 23rd May 1967
“We must play as if there are no more games, no more tomorrows…”
Jock Stein, shortly before kick off in Lisbon
“We don’t just want to win the European Cup. We want to do it playing good football, to make neutrals glad we won it, pleased to remember how we did it.”
Jock Stein before the European Cup win in 1967
“Coming here you’ve made history, go out and play to you capability and enjoy yourself.”
Jock Stein to the players as they were to go out to play in the European Cup Final (1967)
After wining the European Cup
“We did it by playing football. Pure, beautiful, inventive football.”
Teuchter ár lá says:
Jim M? Jinky tattoo? Leg? Brothers (big family)? Fae the port? Down to 274?
Still no guess from me?
sTICks
Token yes I’m still getting them but keep me on the list as I will join in next season. Kept out of it this time as I was too caught up with my move.
All is going well so far, once I have my own place and get hooked up with the sport channels everything will be great. HH
ClareIsland67 says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:15
Sorry,pal.
Can`t help you with that one.
Syd. Tim,Michael Collins,Kitalba in particular would know.
Even Setanta,perhaps might be a good starting point.
Good luck.
JimmyQuinnsBits
Who you calling a Muppet? :O)
Ally McCoist’s roll call of fit players after the window closes!?
sTICks
Was in the Vic earlier tonight(Gourock) and a guy walked in with a pair of brown sandals, grey shorts,(Yep SHORTS), manky white socks and a hun top…Where is the fashion police when you need them….
jtsTICks
Gonna get back to you on this wan.
I know a guy from the port that knows everything…and he lives in Canada:)
TAL
jtsTICks says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:14
Teuchter ár lá
Is that the first clue like CRC’s quiz because that probably whittles it down to about 2000? :O)
Next clue, he comes from a big family and once winched a bird fae The Boglestone? (Down to 875?)
sTICks
==================================
my mother in law follows the rules of Port mother in law interigattion and counter intelligence .
saint stivs sitting, xmas day, cannae remember which year.
mother in law
“aye, so he wis in school with you you must remember him”
“naw”
“but he went to saint stephens, you must remember him”
“naw”
“he was a good footballer, played in the same team as your uncles”
“naw, ive got 9 uncles on the higgins side from highholm street”
“aye, thats right, he was in the team with one of your uncles”
“ok, but i dont know who it is”
“he was in the hibs band with yer uncle”
“ffs susan, ive hundreds of uncles and cousins”
“aye but he was in the saint johns brass band”
“still dont know, ”
“he is a taxi driver”
“naw, still dont know”
“he has one leg”
“ffs, he is a one legged taxi driver , why didny you start whit that wee nugget ?”
“cos, smart arse, there is two taxi drivers in the port wi wan leg, and only wan oh them has a tattoo oh jinky”
“oh, jinky wan leg, why didnae you say that first”
he wis in ma uncle hughies class at school.
the glorious balance sheet says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:22
Brilliant.
Especially
“We did it by playing football. Pure, beautiful, inventive football.”
Our time is going to come round again, and it is likely to come round sooner with Neil at the helm.
Arsenal are holding back spending anything and fighting off so much criticism, they are playing the English long game, although Man City spooked them a bit.
There are very shrewd operators at both Arsenal and Celtic and they definitely have forward knowledge from somewhere about the coming apocalypse for those in Debt.
;)
paulsatim is neil lennon says:
3 February, 2012 at 23:29
No, it was not that one. That was an Obit.
I was looking for the one he wrote in 1969, after Bobby won the POTY.
Thank you for going to the trouble of posting your link.
Green Oak Tree says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:31
Was in the Vic earlier tonight(Gourock) and a guy walked in with a pair of brown sandals, grey shorts,(Yep SHORTS), manky white socks and a hun top…Where is the fashion police when you need them….
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no fair.
give greenlion2 a break
janeys was shut
St. Stivs
Makes sense tae me noo:)
TAL
petec says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:06
I think my favourite Jock quote is,” There are people who are coming to watch Celtic who wouldn’t normally come to watch Celtic”.
That is what we should be aiming for again. ALL inclusive.
The BBC commentator, George Davidson, was one football convert to Celtic.
G’night, gents.
I felt her faithless kiss
upon my burning cheek
her soft unsuffering breath
brushed past me; on to seek another,
so small,
to anywhere,
and left me staring
at a picture on the wall
I summon myself and walk
to the edge of my sanity
falling each step, drunk, and dead,
and murmuring weak profanities
St Stiv’s
LOL that beats any of JimmyQ’s poems – tremendous! Howeevvvvva, Teuchter ár lá did not mention anything about a taxi and he claims there is someone from the Port who knows everything? Doubt it myself but hey? :O)
So you and your motheroutlaw may not have cracked it just yet! Ah hah!
125 points still available – jimmysavillecsc
Teuchter ár lá says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:38
allright bud.
whos your canadian pal?
a wee paul mcstay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4pYFOYd-nk&feature=fvst
I read he was Che Lynch Guevara’s favourite poet
If You Forget Me
by Pablo Neruda
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.
But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.
Night All
Oiche Mhaith
petec says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:06
Interesting you mention Alex Ferguson.
He and Jock did a question and answer session at Glasgow Uni around`71,`72
I wasn`t there but those who were said how informative it was.
Remember that Ferguson was in the hun team `69 Cup Final we defeated 4-0.
Ferguson learned at the feet of the big man,who had the humility to go to
Italy to learn from Helenio Herrera.
Jock`s legacy continues.
Saint Stivs says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:35
HaHaHa….Wife remembers Janies wel (Same school as GL)l.. She reckons the big man was a fair turn at the old jigging and would never be seen deed with white socks on…
St. Stivs
Gert McL
Grātias Neil Lennon
Jackson Sisters “I Believe In Miracles”
jtsTICks says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:42
its a terrible burden i carry
but honestly, in my workplace I am know as the oracle.
the benefits of a saint johns, saint francis, saint stephens, average education is,
you can baffle and befudlle the boys brigaders and academy twats, by em,
knowing stuff.
how little un universal (catholic) them peepils is.
pitiful.
rangers fan countdown to admin
ClareIsland,
Ok will do mate.
Glad to hear all going well down there.
hope you get settled soon ma bhoy.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
I know a guy from Canada who drives a bus who knows a guy frae the Port who knows everyboady…..Phewwww!!!
TAL see ye the morra:)
slainte
tony
Teuchter ár lá says:
4 February, 2012 at 01:48
St. Stivs
Gert McL
gert mclaughlin.