My only flag’s a Celtic flag

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I get that football thrives where it is a manifestation of tribalism. Across Europe and beyond club flags offer people more affinity with than any national emblem.

But, with one or two exceptions, it’s a largely innocuous brand. We get to wear tribal garb and indulge in our rituals without onerous economic consequence. The echo from the Great Recession, which we are still hearing today, has been a lesson in what can happen when a tribe perceives that its relative position has diminished.

That perception often bears absolutely no relation to reality, but widespread economic illiteracy makes us look like a primitive animals.

My only flag’s a Celtic flag.  You are my only tribe.

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  1. vfr800@girfuy.co.uk on

    CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 9:02 PM

     

    VFR..,

     

     

    So every failed pollster and Clinton promoter oh the ironing board :)

     

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    Naw, mainly figures used from votes already counted.

     

     

    Strangely enough, I was ironing earlier on; were you stalking me?

     

     

     

    KTF

  2. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    Well done the youths tonight

     

     

    canny beat the lion badge wearers enough

     

     

    Hail Hail

  3. MacJay

     

    I am surprised he got this far, but they obviously didn’t think it would happen, but you are right, he needs to be very careful, his problems start now.

     

    As long as he fosters positive relations with the likes of Russia I will be happy.

     

    HH

  4. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    So your predictions were not actually prediction but figures already in, how can you predict something that’s already finished ?

     

     

    Really you should be on the telly, you’ve got the patter aff to a tee

  5. Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas on

    Channel Island Celt,great result for our young and not so young yins

     

     

    Bailey, Boyata and Mackay- Steven started for us tonight.

     

     

    Mon the Celts

  6. mike in toronto on

    TET ….. I always figured that, at some point when I was in Oz, I would have to sort Macjay out …. but, honestly, never thought I would have to come over there and sort you out, too! Oh well, it just means another trip, I suppose! :)

  7. vfr800@girfuy.co.uk on

    CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 9:14 PM

     

     

    Nope; use the figures in and then extrapolate to guess the expected outcome from those still to come.

     

     

    KTF

  8. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    VFR..,

     

    As I said patter aff to a tee, problem is you sound like you believe what your saying :)

  9. Dessybhoy

     

    As hard as I try, you have lost me :-)

     

    HH

     

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    MiT

     

    Just cos I wanted a egotistical mad man to win over a murdering, thevin, lying lunatic disny make me a bad man you know, but you are welcome to try any time :-)

     

    HH

  10. mike in toronto on

    just saw Roy Keane tearing into Koeman … it is just me, or is old Roy getting more and more like Tommy Tiernan as he ages?

  11. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    AULDHEID

     

     

    Keep going mucker just don’t let HC near the Pa system at the AGM

     

     

    Love

  12. mike in toronto on

    TET … I’v e been on CQN since the start, and I think you are about the same …. dont think you and I have ever disagreed before (even on a single song!) ……

     

     

    the end of an era (sniff!)

  13. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Auldheid,

     

    Looks like the article has been pulled, just getting an error report, have you got a copy you can paste on here ?

  14. Macjay.

     

    I’ve just been on your Canberra based Australian Celtic fans blog.

     

    Stayuplategetupearly.

     

    I thought it only fair to say that I mentioned you in dispatches, arguing about politics. :-))).

     

    He’s written some good pieces and Melbourne Mick has been on posting, after you gave him the heads up.

     

    Hopefully his blog will succeed and get the Celtic message out there in Australia

     

    He’s picked up on fav Celtic players which was on CQN and changed it to unsung Celtic players that were personal favourites. I said Joe Craig, that goal at Ibrox will live with me until I die.

     

    Hail Hail

  15. THE EXILED TIM on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 9:11 PM

     

     

    Not too positive I hope, they are very jumpy in the Baltic states about what Putin will do next and my Ukrainian friend was extremely concerned about what Russia might do there if they think they have Trump’s support

     

     

    I don’t think it’ll be long before putin tests how far trump will support him

  16. MiT

     

    I reckon you have been on here a while longer than I have, I have been reading from the start but didn’t start posting till 2009 ish.

     

    Politics is a nasty business, it wouldn’t be so bad if it actually made any real difference to us, we will get shat upon no matter and yet we fight over who is to do the dumping, nothing stranger than folks right enough :-)

     

    HH

  17. Watching ” Can’t pay, we’ll take it away”

     

     

    How can anybody be a high court eviction officer. Evicting some of the most vulnerable people in society.

     

     

    I certainly couldn’t do it.

     

     

    HH.

  18. mike in toronto on

    TET … well said. the average punter is going to lose no matter, and yet, we fight their battles for them! bizarre.

     

     

    and speaking of battles … I reckon that in our CQN profile we should have to post how old, tall and heavy we are …. that way, I’ll know who I can be cheeky with !

     

     

    And I’ll give you plenty of notice about when I’m coming over to sort you out … so, you can have my dinner ready …. but it’ll need to be when the weather is good over there…. that work okay?

  19. AULDHEID- at least you are giving the lamb munchers at Level 5 a sleepless night:), a 404 job…

  20. THE EXILED TIM on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 9:36 PM

     

     

    I think you’re right, but I also think it could lead to more loss of life in Syria, the Crimea and the Baltic states

     

     

    Let’s hope not

  21. MIT

     

     

    and speaking of battles … I reckon that in our CQN profile we should have to post how old, tall and heavy we are …. that way, I’ll know who I can be cheeky with !

     

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    That’s ageist, hightest and fatist.

     

     

    It’ll never fly on CQN.

     

     

    HH.

  22. THE EXILED TIM on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 9:00 PM

     

     

    If you are trying to gauge the political climate in the US ie where the population is at politically, what you have to look at is the popular vote ie how each individual person voted.

     

     

    What happens procedurally thereafter doesn’t give any insight into the political climate, though it may determine who gets to live in the white house.

     

     

    The one other point that no one has mentioned is just how low the turnout is, at about 53%.

  23. THE EXILED TIM on 9th November 2016 9:36 p

     

    I just don’t want a war between the US and Russia, I believe rightly or wrongly we are further away from one now that Trump has been elected.

     

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    Of course a US and Russia war with them both on the same sides could be a cracker ;o)