Michael, they have taken you away… from Ibrox

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If you aggregate the nods, winks and rumours around Celtic this week you might be inclined to think we’re in the market for a target-man striker with a few years’ experience under his belt.  I agree with the principle that we need a target man and I’m also of the view that short-term deals are not nearly as desirable as permanent contracts, but as we know, it’s too easy to load the club full of squad players who cumulatively cost a lot of money but scarcely trouble the first team.

Hooper, Stokes, Samaras, Bangura, Rasmussen and Murphy are all under contract for next season and we cannot be confident of attracting bids for any of those Neil Lennon might want to move on.  If we add a seventh striker, his name better be on the team sheet before Gary Hooper’s.  Signing an exotic version of Daryl Murphy would add spice to our week but would only consume scarce resources.  I’d rather not.

Co-opting a media partner works in theory.  It’s always better to have good relationships with the media than the kind of relationships Celtic perennially have, but what happens when your media partner plays with a straight bat?

Rangers media partner, STV, today report Nigerian trialist, Michael Uchebo, boarded a plane out of Glasgow a few hours after arriving (Michael, they have taken you away….) as the VVV-Venlo striker with 8 career goals to his name had “a poor first impression of” Rangers.

Michael, you clearly have a rubbish strike rate but you’re a remarkably perceptive individual.

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  1. SFTB,

     

     

    i know of a least 2 different meeting areas:

     

     

    in the jungle there was what apparently was commonly referred to as “The Shotts pole” lower part of Jungle end closest to huns end.

     

    And we used to head for about 10yrds down from the the back of the jungle about 10 yrds to the left of the TV walkway.

     

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  2. TC

     

     

    Only ever in britland a couple of times a year, was in Ireland for a couple of days and picked up that one, Lidl here are superb for their vino as are Aldi, who would be better imo, Aldi do a range called Epulum, a Rioja, some are gold medal winners for less than 4 euros, superb stuff.

     

    If you come across it, check it out, well worth it.

     

    Drinking a Ribera Del Duero, 2007 Crianza called Vina Carpio, gold medal in Brussels and silver in Berlin, luverly.

  3. SOAL,

     

     

    come on mucker you know the bjmac is still trying to refresh the connection on his 56k dial-up

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  4. Jeg er Neil Lennon-Greeninbingley on

    SFTB

     

     

    halfway line, under the tv gantry, usually. Although midway up the Jungle at the 18 yard line towards the Celtic end was the best seat in the house in the 70s imo.

  5. setting free the bears says:

     

    27 January, 2012 at 21:24

     

     

    In the Celtic end under the spot where the scoreboard were eventually put up. Almost directly under the end of it nearest the stand.

  6. Round 1

     

    (2pts per correct answer if you are first to answer correctly, 1pt if you answer correctly but not first. One submission only per round)

     

     

    Q1. Name the 3 players initialled to have played for both Falkirk and Celtic (nicknames may have been used, 1 pt for each) ?

     

     

    TS

     

    BYH

     

    LPM

     

    Stokes, Hughes, Johnston

     

    Well that’s enough about Falkirk, this weekend will take care of itself.

     

    It was Burns Day during the week, with the annual (Tommy) Burns Supper tomorrow night at Celtic Park, so here we go…..

     

     

    Q2. In which year did Tommy make his debut in the hoops ?

     

    ’77

     

    Q3. Tommy made 467 appearances in the hoops, how many goals did he score – 61, 71, 81, 91, 101 ?

     

    71

     

    Q4. How many League Titles did he win ?

     

    6

     

    Q5 In which year did Tommy play his last game in the hoops ?

     

    ’90

  7. Epulum, you say

     

     

    thanks for that one, big chief

     

     

    translation – a banquet, a feast

     

     

    internetsecondaryschoolCSC

  8. SFTB

     

     

    true

     

     

    I stood alone in the east terracing for all those years..

     

     

    me and my brothers from the orc side..it was cold when we played at home against embdy but my orc freinds…

  9. TTT and greeninbingley

     

     

    “And we used to head for about 10yrds down from the the back of the jungle about 10 yrds to the left of the TV walkway.”

     

     

     

    that was the rough section. I was a nice boy and was told not to go there.

     

     

     

    dirtymac

     

     

    That was one of my da’s spots.

     

     

    You’re not my da, are you?

  10. Celtic Soul Brother 6

     

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    TopCorner 4

     

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  11. SFTB,

     

     

    aye but you were an oldish man at that time…..i was still but a daft young bhoy :-)

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  12. The Lizard King on

    This is like those TV Talent shows, waiting for the 3 stars……..(ok I’v got man flu and am off the wine, I’ll shut up now)

     

     

    HH

     

     

    TLK

  13. The Bhoy from the Village on

    SFTB

     

     

    Before my time unfortunately at least for being allowed to Rangers games

  14. SOAL,

     

     

    LOL! Told ye bjmacs 56k connection was doon……..

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  15. Jeg er Neil Lennon-Greeninbingley on

    SFTB

     

     

    the real bad bhoys were at the back. Us 15 year old lot stood close to them for 2 reasons; hoping that we would be seen as bad without actually being bad, and to scare our dads/uncles/family. Who stood – yes indeed! – at the 18 yard line towards the Celtic end.

     

     

    Ah, youth, youth!

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