Midweek change for Celtic

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Busy article today, watch out for notes at the bottom on:

Magners ticket competition for 27 December
Mary’s Meals Malawi school kitchen appeal
CQN Annual, final few posting days before…..
CQN Christmas Raffle – winners have been drawn

One of the resources Ronny Deila has been short of since taking over is training days.  Players have stamina, fitness and speed training work to do every week, while there’s rest time before and after games, so time to work on technical aspects are a premium.

Believe it or not, this is the first midweek Celtic haven’t had a game, or players away on international duty, since the second week of July.  The manager has spoken of how difficult it has been to carry out the extensive tactical changes he has introduced spending only stolen minutes working on them.  The January break will give him another opportunity to spend hours with the players on tactical work.

Apparently newco are keeping McCoist as some kind of blubber human shield for Monday’s AGM!  Nice one.  There’s nothing degrading about that, very classy in fact.  Really disappointed for Ally, I’m sure he could almost taste the £400k he’s counting on – to go quietly.  Let’s hope he puts on a show on Monday and they sort him out thereafter.

It’s almost worth buying a newco share to get along on Monday.  Almost.

It’s been a while since I’ve paid any attention to the man who’s apparently lined-up to replace McCoist next week, Billy Davies.  After his interesting second stint at Nottingham Forest ended earlier this year, The Guardian wrote:

“[Davies] has paid the price for failing to control a personality which latterly seemed to have crossed the border into downright paranoia.

“[He] could never quite escape his self-destructive insecurities.”

It’s not often you read a national newspaper liberally speculating on the mental health, or lack thereof, of an individual.

Failing to control his personality, downright paranoia, self-destructive insecurities!  He’s perfect.  Is there a job in the land this guy is more suited for than newco’s manager?

Our pals at Magners have kindly offered a pair of premium seat tickets to the Jock Stein Stand at the home game on 27 December in support of our Mary’s Meals appeal.  You can win the tickets by email me at celticquicknews@gmail.com the answer to the question:

Who do Celtic play on 27 December?

Competition closes at 22:00 tonight (Thursday) so get your entry in.

If you’re entering the competition please consider donating £1 to Mary’s Meals here, where we are hoping to build a kitchen at a school in Chibwata, Dowa, Malawi, for their 909 children.

I’d a look at John Guidetti’s interview with Magners this week, he looks like he’s enjoying himself……..

We’ve drawn the CQN Christmas Raffle, winner of the Special Whisky and CQN Package is ticket number 976, from a lucky reader based in Lythm, we’ll be in touch.

The four runners up all win CQN Packages with ticket numbers 1072, 974, 1190 and 1051, check your tickets, we’ll be in touch soon.

Still time to order your 2015 CQN Annual for Christmas.

You can also order the CQN Annual and DVD bundle here. It’s a great offer, check it out – oh, and there’s tons of photos, fresh stories and comment on the first time Inter faced the green and white hoops.

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  1. traditionalist88 on

    The Honest Cover-up

     

    11:00 on

     

    19 December, 2014

     

    Kevjungle

     

    Does it not get exhausting being in a constant state of rebellion

     

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    Be a rebel, or be a sheep:)

     

     

    HH

  2. “Can you prove that the Sevco board aren’t plotting to overthrow the North Korean Government?”

     

     

     

    Are the Sony of Struth involved? :)

  3. Definition of a BIGOT

     

     

    “a person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions.”

     

     

    Who told who to take their views elsewhere?

     

     

    Eh Geordie Munro ?

  4. embramike

     

    Good luck , having written in the past on several occasions he did not agree or disagree with my points, similar if not the same as yours, and tried to focus on the team which has since been sold. Evasion, but did not convince me they will do anything about what has gone on.

  5. traditionalist88 on

    embramike

     

     

    I’ve heard stories of people securing jobs/promotions following completion of Coursera and other (free) online courses.

     

     

    HH

  6. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon ....The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    kitalba

     

     

    11:17 on 19 December, 2014

     

     

    Strange old post, where you are categorically, and dogmatically, determining the reason for the feelings of others…..but that’s OK ……..I’ll come to you if I ever need counselling for any reason (meantime, think you should proactively approach KevJ with an offer of some counselling)….. :) ….HH

  7. Kit,

     

     

    I said start your own blog if you are so fed up with Paul blog.

     

     

    Or quit whining so much.

     

     

    Not quite the same is it now?

  8. The Honest Cover-up

     

     

    11:26 on 19 December, 2014

     

    Serious question, when was the last time you enjoyed supporting Celtic?

     

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    Let me get this right….my distrust of the Celtic ‘bored’ means that I don’t enjoy the Celtic?

     

    Hmmmm?

     

     

    Last time I fet as though the Celtic was – the Celtic…during the MO’N era and, the 1st year of Neil’s tenure.

     

     

    Apart from that…it’s been the PL-managerial-puppet-show that has emptied all the , previously occupied seats due to the constant downsizing of the quality of the product on the pitch.

  9. Geordie Munro:

     

     

    So you are trying to dictate what I can or can’t say on here determined only by your determination, or go elsewhere… that spells BIGOT to me mate.

  10. kitalba

     

    11:27 on

     

    19 December, 2014

     

    Algarvian:

     

     

    Don’t answer if it is too personal, but are you going to have some of that?

     

     

    1/2 is where I would have us, probably get slightly better on Betfair nearer the time.

     

    On the day, I will probably go for overs on the goals, maybe plus 3.5, 4.5, depending on prices of course.

     

    Of course if we, and them, play to our potentials then 1/2 should be a gift, operative word being should.

  11. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30539379

     

     

    McInnes also said the club hope to draw a line under the incident involving defender Shay Logan, after Celtic’s Aleksandar Tonev lost his appeal against a seven match ban for racially abusing the Dons player.

     

     

    “We’ve always supported Shay in this,” he said. “We’d always support our players when they felt they’d been wronged and we’re just glad we can move on, I think that’s right for everybody now.”

     

     

    Aberdeen star Jonny Hayes has also been at the centre of a disciplinary issue this week, as he took to social media to insist Dundee United midfielder Paul Paton did not spit at him in last week’s match at Tannadice.

     

     

    Paton was charged by the SFA over the incident and has been hit with a two-match ban, despite Hayes’ intervention.

     

     

    McInnes said: “I spoke to Jonny on Tuesday and he was adamant that the incident Paul Paton had been charged with had not taken place. Johnny felt strongly enough to support him on it.

     

     

    “Jonny felt the importance of sticking up for a fellow player and that’s to be commended.”

     

     

     

    Eh????

     

     

    Did I read that right?

     

     

    They backed Logan but Hayes sticks up for a fellow player and is praised by his manager?

     

     

    McInnes is confusing himself.

     

     

    LB

  12. Geordie Munro:

     

     

    How do you know if I am happy or not? Are you another of these bigoted mentalist that seem to be flourishing around here. I hang around here because I was on here from the start, if you want to know my Celtic credentials you might start by asking Paul67 about them and when you do ask him also, does he trust me to be doing – always – what I BELIEVE to be the best thing for Celtic.

     

     

    Don’t bother telling me what he says to you.

  13. Embramike

     

     

    One of the nicest guys I’ve met from here, Happy Birthday mate.

     

     

    Re your letter to Celtic. I can tell you that Celtic will never, ever make reference to them dieing and being a new club. I’ve heard it directly from PL.

  14. Kit,

     

     

    Uhuh, yip, yeah, I see.

     

     

    Right, I’ve taken your points onboard and I’ll pass them onto the relative department for processing.

     

     

    Enjoy your day :)

  15. KevJungle – “RFC / SFA / Scottish establishments biggest fear is that – one day – Celtic Football Club will be run by rebellious Celtic fans who – dont – kow-tow to a hun establishment”. Simples.

     

    11:27 on

     

    19 December, 2014

     

     

    If the accounts were just being released to us, you might have a point. Except they’re not they’re being released to the Stock Market, it’s a lot harder to muck about with them.

  16. Geordie Munro:

     

     

    I am and I do so not as a bigot who tells others to feck off just because I don’t like what they have to say.

  17. Livibhoy

     

     

    No mate in my opinion it was far more important to know if there would be anything official from Celtic on the matter.

  18. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    EMBRAMIKE

     

     

    HAPPY HOOPY BIRTHDAY.

     

     

    Sent you-and one or two others-a wee choon to start the weekend with a smile,indeed a guffaw!

     

     

    HH

  19. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon ....The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    kevjungle – “rfc / sfa / scottish establishments biggest fear is that – one day – celtic football club will be run by rebellious celtic fans who – dont – kow-tow to a hun establishment”. simples.

     

     

    You are the king of cheap shots …. Off oot if you don’t like some of your own medicine.. :)

  20. Geordie Munro:

     

     

    I read your wee exchange with HamiltonTim regards the bold Dermot Desmond’s views on the auld firm, he posted his words, I can post you the video, but before I could be bothered… did you ever respond to HamiltonTim post his ‘expose’ on the bold Dermot’s thoughts on how great a team Rangers were/are?

  21. The process of the ole CQN is as follows….

     

     

    Any new poster will have to negotiate their way past a…

     

     

    ‘C’lique who will try to force you into a

     

    ‘Q’uarantine to be

     

    ‘N’uetered to a suitable level of sheepy acceptance….or so I’m told.

  22. Embramike

     

     

    Well done…

     

    I’ll contact you if I need any help with Astronomy Exploring Space and Time.

     

     

    Happy Birthday

  23. Kit,

     

     

    Kit,

     

     

    My last post was a kinda…let’s move on.

     

     

    But since you are now chuntering out pish….

     

     

    I have never told anyone on this site to f#@k off.

     

     

    No idea what you are mumbling about now with HT and his ‘expose’. HT claimed DD said he looks forward to playing them again. I said I don’t think he did.

     

     

    If there’s some other time he said this other than the gowf day then I apologise for not seeing it.

  24. weeminger

     

     

    11:44 on 19 December, 2014

     

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    Are ye trying to tell me that a ‘bored’ who lie about attendance figures and about, putting ‘all’ the money that is brought in straight back onto the pitch, can’t lie about other things?

  25. LB – 29th OK by me ! Are we the Roseburn Front of CQN or the CQN Roseburn Front?

     

     

    Hamilton Tim – thanks – and also I’m a persistent sod. I’ve heard it said of me I’m a master debater, or that’s what it sounded like to me!

     

     

    blantyretim – thanks buddy – I’ve stopped counting

     

     

    dessybhoy – another straw for the camel’s back?

     

     

    Traditionalist88 – It’s an amazing free resource that’s only been around for a couple of years and is growing day by day. Certainly keeps the grey matter tuned.

     

     

    Anyway, off to the gym – Healthy body, healthy mind

     

     

    HH