You and I will miss our football this weekend but the winter break came at an excellent time for Celtic. They get to rest after an arduous nine game December on the back of handing Newco a lesson on their own pitch. Having to sit for three weeks, unable to get a defeat out your system, would have been torture.
Celtic have already played 36 competitive games this season (only one against lower league opposition). That’s close to a full league programme concertinaed into a little over five months. Add in the fact that almost the entire squad is involved in some form of international football and you realise the players have been on match duty twice a week since preseason.
This is exceptional and not conducive to delivering top performances. By comparison, Aberdeen have played 30 games (two against lower league teams) and Newco have played 28 (five against lower league sides). That’s eight and 10 times we’ve played two challenging games a week more than our direct opponents – neither of whom are particularly burdened by international football.
The second half of the season will be more balanced. We only have three midweek games scheduled, including our game in hand – so you can be reasonably confident our “slump” will end soon………..
We all remember the days when someone talking about putting in a £20m offer for a Celtic player would be held in a locked room until a deal was signed. We’ve been on a long road since, but the financial stability we’ve earned through many tough years affords us the ability to keep players who have several years to run on their contracts.
As for Moussa, I hear if we can arrange for him to play against the Target Practice Torags every week, he’d extend his contract until 2027.
Really enjoying the dissonance in some places over the anticipated approval of Kouassi Eboue’s work permit. Play by the rules, work inside areas you are allowed to and pay your dues. It’s not difficult.
By now you should be aware of The Road to Lisbon project. 28 cyclists will set off from Celtic Park on 11 May, arriving in Lisbon in time for the 50th anniversary of the Lions’ triumph. It is an immense project which is expected to raise tens of thousands for Celtic FC Foundation, Solving Kids Cancer and Children in Crossfire.
An opportunity exists for corporate sponsorship of the project. If you would like more information, look here, or email, theroadtolisbonmay2017@gmail.com
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THETIMREAPER on 7TH JANUARY 2017 3:41 PM
kirk broadfoot gives away a penalty which is saved.
Worbola expressed satisfaction in John Toral’s performance against Real Madrid and spoke to jingle jangle after the close contest
“The lad kept his place in the middle of the bench and never looked like getting in trouble. He showed great composure throughout and was always available if needed. The only time he was caught out was just before half time but managed to hang on until the break. He looked just as fit after the game as before the kick off so I am happy he came through the match uninjured. He is just what we need in govan to partner bench greats like senderos – i look forward to him jetting in before the window closes because there is a bit of a draught in our technical area”
Thursday morning I dropped my youngest and family off at the airport for a flight where they would board a ship for a Caribbean cruise, that evening the grandweans face timed their granny.
We got talking about this yesterday and how fortunate they were compared tae us and also the nostalgic postings on here.
Our wee trips growing up were for her boarding a paddle steamer at Craigendoran for a sail tae Rothesay or a bus journey fae Brucehill tae Arrochar, mine was either the Maid of the Loch or a bus fae Balloch tae Balmaha, never rained either )).
And yet we both agreed we would never change when and where we grew up, life seemed so simple back then, putting during the Open, tennis out in the street during Wimbledon, rounders when the Test Matches were on and fitba fitba fitba or peever and skipping for the lassies.
Comments were made on here about syrup of figs and malt extract, MB bars and pennies for the black babies. No mention of Cod Liver Oil in bottle or capsule form, thank the Lord for the invention of Haliborange capsules, Whoppers or silver paper for guide dogs.
One that Mrs TT disnae recall is collecting of Hips and Haws tae make Rose Hip Syrup, this might have been localised out the Bonnie Banks way due tae the proliferation of burns that fed Loch Lomond and/or the River Leven.
TONTINETIM
My Mum related the rose hip tales.
Hard times.
Tontine Tim: No one mentioned milk of magnesia either. A table spoon of sugar was a must after the cod liver oil:-)
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 7TH JANUARY 2017 4:20 PM
TONTINETIM
My Mum related the rose hip tales. Hard times.
*meant tae add we didnae make the rose hip syrup, they were collected by the local health agency who passed them on
Anybody got an Ask it powder ?
Bognorbhoy
Apparently Askit Powders – a Glaswegian invention- were going for hundreds of pounds a sachet a few years ago when the parent company discontinued the brand. I read this recently. Possibly here.
Jimbo67
Minus the space …Askit
JIM PAYNE
Wonder what was in them that was so curative ?
Bognorbhoy
I think it was just aspirn and caffeine but my late faither swore by them and occasionally at them.
Jimbo67
JIMPAYNE
I’m grateful for another didnae know I didnae know nugget.
Was it invented here because our hangovers were worse?
TT
Pennies for the black babies certainly stirs the memory.I also remember Mr Gordon’s class,that would have been P7 getting the Far East.The next time I clapped eyes on him was on the boat heading home after the 1966 league cup final a goal from Bobby Lennox which secured victory.I approached him got talking on the lines’Didnt know you supported Celtic sir’He remembered my name 5 years on from primary class.I got talking then the inevitable…Who your favourite player(s) Right away Evans,Peacock and Fernie.No Tully?Quick answer he was everyone’s favourite.Sorry for rambling……From black baby money to Charlie Tully and co.
BMCUWP
Now that I don’t know. Sèems a logical assumption though.
Jimbo67
Just asked Mr Google….
Nothing untoward in it…
Askit Powders is a powder which contains aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), aloxiprin and
caffeine citrate.
Red Bull Rangers. Maybe they mean 55 name titles rather than league titles?
Bognorbhoy
And their creator was a Mr Adam Laidlaw of Glasgow. There was a factory in Possilpark which made them from the 20s onwards.
Jimbo67
TONTINE TIM, In mid sixties summer holiday evenings my best pal and I used to get the blue train to Balloch pier and take the Maid of the Loch cruise in the hope of chatting up lassies.
RON BACARDI on 7TH JANUARY 2017 5:24 PM
TONTINE TIM, In mid sixties summer holiday evenings my best pal and I used to get the blue train to Balloch pier and take the Maid of the Loch cruise in the hope of chatting up lassies.
*my da widnae let me go on the cruises in case I fell aff the boat. Bit of a visionary.
Often went for an Askit for my Dad back in the day.
Who was the muppet on Sportscene with Steven Thompson? Said he throught the Sevco could have killed Celtic off in the first half last week. Should have been 2 or 3 up in the first half? Was he on the same drugs as Barrie?
Oh how they are hurting…….
Red, White and Bull Rangers ( I think there is something missing after Bull)
Am a tad confused about the huns superstar loan they are getting…..or not.
I believe he is on a years loan to Granada, that being the case, how can the huns loan him ?
Aiden playing for PNE vs Arsenal…..only saying…
….oot….
Jimbo67
£250 or a few bigot bucks
I only saw yesterday on BBC IPlayer, Ricky Tomlinson on Who Do You Think You are?
He goes into things a fair bit about the sectarianism in Liverpool in his grandfather’s time which thankfully, seems to appear to have died out in the city.
For example, his granny wouldn’t attend a Catholic’s funeral though Ricky is married to one.
And yes, he does come over exactly like Jim Royle :-)
I don’t normally watch this programme but this one is worth it if you have a spare hour.
Hi Bhoys
When I was deemed old enough to go to the ice cream van by myself (Jaconelli’s) around 1965 it took me about 20 seconds to get there,by the time I got there the ice cream man (Harry) ha a 10pkt o’ fags a bottle of irn bru and a packet of askit powders on the counter. If there was change I got a milky way for going. My wee ma took askits like they were sweeties.
KEEP THE FAITH
Has anyone mentioned spangles:-))
For the avoidance of doubt dear reader from reliable sources
PNE goal v Arsenal…….great play from McGeady
https://twitter.com/foxsoccer/status/817788777888415745
HH
Tommy Gemmell said that, Mr Stein would give an Askit a sore heid….only saying…
…oot-this-time…..
Margaret McGill
Thanks. I knew I had not imagined this. My dad- an otherwise sane man – would have gone to some lengths to get his powders. Do Roche get to keep their history?
Jimbo67
Hun goes into the chemist and on the counter is a wee pile of white powder. “What’s that?” he asks the pharmacist.
“Askit” he replies.
“What are ye wee white powder??”
Tam Tanium, it was tam mcmanus glad somebody else heard it thot there was
something wrong with my ears when i heard it!! Delusional doesn’t quite go far
enough!!
lets have a vote.
Hypobigotally speaking
10 in a row or a 2nd European cup?
10 in a row and 3RD European cup/CL
Jimbo67
Yes. :) Roche are Swiss so corrupt and too big to fail.
Possil still seems to attract business with the unlikliest keeping a registered office in the toon.