One lesson on what happens when you undermine your manager in the days before facing Celtic was not enough for Newco, who today let it be known Steve Gerrard is on their shortlist when they tell Graeme Murty he will not retain the job.
One of the worst things for a football club is irrelevance, so this chat about Gerrard has achieved some merit – they are being reported. The ‘news’ may or may not have more substance than earlier news, that Derek McInnes was about to be appointed manager, but giving your supporters reason to believe they are relevant is worth something.
The seven thousand or so who will attend Celtic Park on Sunday (they should be there for the start of the game at least, although they tend to leave en-mass on conceding the fourth goal) will have a sprint in their step for the future. It may even sustain them through what could be a harrowing Celtic experience, comforted in the knowledge that whatever happens, the future is yet to be mapped out.
This plays out differently in the dressing room. Graeme Murty’s authority has been shot. No wonder players can openly question the manager’s ability. Even if this leaking of part of the short list sells a few season tickets, it will do nothing for the team on Sunday, much like Bitcoin bonus codes.
Murty must tactically prepare a team to deny Celtic the chance to win the championship. On his day, he is capable of achieving this, on two occasions now he has taken a point from Celtic Park. But these results were achieved when he arrived on the Celtic Way ahead of a united and embattled squad, with the support of board and fans. Not the players don’t want him, the fans don’t want him and the board don’t even consider the task ahead of him when writing to fans or speaking to the media.
Steven Gerrard is, of course, another Celtic fan/brother and would become Newco’s third successive manager with these credentials. He has been a regular at Celtic games for years. You would be forgiven for regarding this persistent policy as flattery. I don’t see any problems with the appointment.
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David66
Stuart and Tom play the game like I like to see it being played. Tom Rogic has the fastest feet in Scottish fitba. Stuart Armstrong has the fastest brain. Hope we sign them both up on extended contracts.
FRIESDORFER on 26TH APRIL 2018 9:50 PM
Can’t stand Atletico for historical reasons (I was at that match), but… Eduardo, eat yet heart oot. I wonder if Wenger saw it … What a save there.
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Ditto ????????
Afternoon bhoys from a stunning central valley.
This weekend wee Fionnuala will meet the great grandparents for the first time.
The American wife has 8, yes thats eight , grandparents because they all divorced and married again when she was young so she actually grew up with an affection for them all. Only in America.
Her da was telling me one year they had five Christmas’ in a row from the 20th to the 25th as each set of grandparents felt they had to have kids for it to be a proper celebration and booked the wife and her brother to attend. He called a halt after that realising if they had their way there would 8 days of Christmas and allocated each a time slot at his own home over the holiday season.
Philbhoy from last night,,
I thought I was pretty clear that i was not asking questions of Paul but suggesting issues that we or the blog ask because while most focus is on another team our own club has problems that are growing while they are being ignored. I would prefer a shift of focus personally. I have read this sentiment echoed and believe were a blog poll to be held most would vote for an analysis of Celtic and specifically the board rather than focus on thems.
I did notice this from your reply to me
” I support Celtic.
No one on here or in any walk of life will ever get me to change how I feel about Celtic.”
Im sure we have waaay more in common than we do different but why such a rigid view ?
I mean do you not think it might be best to be at least a wee bit open to solid persuasive debate about possibly shifting a little bit in whatever topic.
I certainly do try to keep an open mind and my positions on most things are fluid. I hope to teach the wee one to do the same. Not to say thats better or anything.
Hope youre well and ” its good to talk ! ” ( for 5 points which company used that as their slogan ? ;)
Gearoid1888,
please do hit me I would enjoy it.
My granda Wee Bobby was part of ” the bad news gang ” that stood outside raffos or the Mc Dees every afternoon and at night he did the door for a few pints of the black stuff.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18NyWSixIUCK2NjFcMu3izTw39ryvnXDYSgC3Sm1YndY/edit?usp=sharing
They were called the bad news gang because usually their first words to someone joining them were did you hear who’s dead . Honestly. I think they enjoyed it even.
I didnt want to get involved the other week when you were discussing stripped and shot day but my overwhelming memory is my da trying and trying to make a call , to his da probably , and cursing then putting the phone to my ear ( one those old fashion put your finger in the hole by the number and turn things )
All you could hear was snippets,couple seconds maybe,,of other peoples conversions, and sometimes an operators voice speaking to someone else, but the phone service completely collapsed. Overloaded i guess.
Hope BMCUWP is among us sooner rather than later. The Corkman better return. He did seem a bit upset and even cursed !! Corkie get back here . No quiz if you dont . smiley thing.
Hail Hail
DD, I think Armstrong is a goner, if his last contract extension is a marker. Rogic, the prancer dancer, definitely retain but, if he has a good World Cup, could be on his way, but I think he will not be as well appreciated elsewhere. Enjoy your brekky in Coia’s. HH
Friesdorfer
That was a very polite way to put that match in 1974. I was 8 at the match. Dirtiest, cheating, scumbag team I can remember outwith Rangers. Racing from 67 were as bad my dad and uncles told me.
HH
okay scroll by if not interested, 1961 my old man says to me, im gonna take you into glasgow to meet your uncle danny kelly, now he wasnt my uncle he was my dads uncle, but heyho it was in the gorbals ,remember climbing loads of stairs,we got into his tenement lovely old ghuy in his sixties,what i remember is him pulling out this bed from the wall ,as an 8 year old it was magic rip danny kelly.hh.
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CCB
Delighted for the improvement in BMCUWP
You will be over the moon
HH
CRC
Who remembers these?
Good news about our winkle picking hoot organising friend.
Might just have to make Belfast now myself
Big Packy,
they call that a murphy bed here, one that folds into the wall, and the only place ive ever seen them in person is Blackpool as a nipper in them guest houses that are everywhere in the place.
effing Hamish got alerted by something yesterday and bolted through the screen door,,bassa. Clean off and bent as a 15 pound note. Not even a year old that door was. On the day you but tyres also.
In saying that yer man started at 630 and finally took 510 cash.
Guess where the savings will go now,,the new door probably. Thats life eh.
Hope youre well Hail Hail and Woof Woof
Mahe
That was another really well written, intelligent post by you. You are starting to make a habit of that. Have met Philbhoy, but not you. The three of us together would talk Celtic for days on end.
Dream of Californication. ????????
Couponeers have had an e-mail from BMCUW – he sounds in fine fettle. Hasn’t fully recovered as he’s no putting a bet on this weekend ?
Mahe, the wee man in the blue jacket is Tommy Maxwell, a McDee’s man from zero. Some footballer. He was about 5.6 inches tall, but could climb like a jet fighter. He was also hard as nails, and was one of the enforcers on the Hibs -AOH- amateur team.I played for them a few times, and was told by Tommy “I,ll look after you son”. ——and he did, big time. He was a great guy, who was always honest and kind, and good company. He lied in Waterford St, and the club was/is on the corner.
The news about our patients is also great news, and it looks as if the Belfast trip is on. I,ll see you all then, and will try to set something up.
Should read “lived”.
Pog
I phoned Mick after the Hibs game on Saturday. Was shocked to hear he was in hospital. He spoke to my son too, and said we were lucky to be watching it together and to Enjoy the Scottish Grand National later. Told him I was on Joe Farrell my mate from childhood’s namesake horse. Phoned BMCUW back at end of race. He was ecstatic for me. A 33/1 winner is a belter.
DD, wot u said ?
Pog, thanks for the info, and AM 1974 ?…
HH
MAHE THE MADMAN, thanks pal for taking the time to read my post, hope you and hamish are all okay.hh.
Raymac,
thanks for that and regretfully i didnt know him personally though have heard the name in company many times.
Thats my granda 2nd from right and I know some in the club called him bad news mc coy.
Perhaps you met. I heard he was good GAA player in his youth and represented ulster schoolboys and against dublin schoolboys.
My da played handball for the roddys while i myself became an O d’s player because my neighbours da was a stalwart there.
Wont make this hoot regretfully but there will be many more.
Hope youre well
Hail Hail
DD,,,youre more than welcome here any time partner.
No statement from the Lying King – it’s past 10pm.? What are we to think – acceptance of the facts that CFC are the people… JH
One for the gamblers among you.
I don’t gamble myself but my bhoy likes a flutter. Just before we kicked off v Sevco at Hampden I said HT 2-0 FT 4-0.
Tonight, at 1-0 I said I fancied ATM to nick a goal. He listened and acted. Both teams to score £10 at 4/1 and it got kwiffed to 28/1. 5 mins later it was 1-1.
I’m predicting another 4-0 on Sunday. You heard it hear first!
HH even!
Good dive from Welbeck in the build up to Atletico’s goal.Hope Wenger saw it.
DD,
Pleased for you ? 33/1 great odds. I’m glad you didn’t tell me the horses name as I am the ? of ⚰️
Big scary Judiff on the weather there. She’s ok I guess, scary as fack but she aint no Annabel Goldie. No siree.
Hubba ding
POG @ 10:02
Great wee tune! See ye on Sunday!
KTF
POGMATHONYAHUN AKA LAIRD OF THE SMILES ???♂️???
Great wee idea making the emojis web links!
KTF
???♂️??? Got it!
KTF
ACGR
Lucy Verasamy. Now yer talkin.
Don’t get the scary dominatrix lookin Judith wan. Of course, I widnae see her lonely of a night.
Mahe
If Trump lets this Polish/Irish Scotsman into USA, it will be a visit to you first. Maybe Maggie McGill?
Delaneys,
your big woman Qawser been ditched has she?
Big Packy,
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BEGLv6ldUBHQ07-PdKcr-L3B2p6XicqUsyd3DT25Kh8/edit?usp=drivesdk
Tonight’s tipple of choice and what a cool can .
AlmosT had to but just for the tin. ! Beats them tennents cans with the bird on the back, remember them lol ?
MAHE THE MADMAN, you lucky ghuy, now tomorrow night, i might indulge in some tennents.hh.
VFR,
I’m glad somebody figured it out. See you Sunday.
Gordy
Just this week. The two of them and Gillian are my preferences to ogle my weather to.
DD: No bother. See you Sunday.
LucyVersamyCSC
DD, is Lucy built like a bouncy castle?
Could be.ma kinda wummim.
See you sunday bruv. That’s a right rum crew we have assembling at Coias, including a self confessed windae licker!!!
Lets get the F DOBs pumped then relax for a couple of weeks. Get wee karamoko and somenof his buddies out against killie and aberdeen.
First and foremost we need to despatch the huns on sunday, their press core are getting a bit to uppity again. Time to smash their goat.
Hello again all you young rebels.
MAHE THE MADMAN
Those Tennents cans, remember them well, they were our usual
kerry oot on the train back from Aberdeen after a trip offshore
working.
A look at the girls on the back was always first before opening but
we knew not to open our mouths about any of them as one of the
big riggers was a father of such a ghirl and he was huge, it only
happened once when a young Geordie guy said ” what i would do
to her ” and the can got opened on his head 8-))
H.H Mick