Dundee United and Celtic will both have their minds on longer term outcomes than tomorrow’s Premiership game at Tannadice. For Neil Lennon, it will surely be another opportunity to expose some of his development players to the rigors of first team action. For Jackie McNamara this is a test before arguably their biggest game of the season, next week’s Scottish Cup semi-final.
United are six points off the pace in the neck-and-neck battle between Aberdeen and Motherwell in re Best of the Rest race but face both these teams at home before the end of the season. United’s potentially bigger challenge are the home and away games against the champions. Only the top three are guaranteed European football, so the potential of European revenue, added to the prize more differential (circa £100k per place) will sharpen minds.
For Celtic, the challenge will be to find the edge their opponents will have for tomorrow. I’d look to Liam Henderson, and maybe a couple of his former development squad team mates for this.
We’re well accustomed the nationalist and xenophobic excesses of the UK media but Germany appears shocked at the two biggest selling UK dailies use of the word “schwein” to describe Bastian Schweinsteiger. Anyone who grew up during the decades when war movies dominated our TVs will know the racial context loaded onto this particular term, as it was used in Germany in the 30s and 40s.
Bayern’s ban on the Mirror and Sun is an appropriate rebuff, safe in the knowledge that no Bayern fans will continue to consume news about their club from either newspaper.
Seville – The Celtic Movement, moving loads of copies each day:
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I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoMfa_CIu3w
“How embarrassing… a house full of condiments and no food.”
I am Jack’s wasted life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qGjb4NEVQ
“Something happened. I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.”
Bedtime so NN & Hail Hail y’all.
Good Morning CQN……
Great wake up song from a guy most of us love……,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiZ7ux9njF0&feature=kp
And again…..for people who can’t see it on iPad……
beautiful morning Rod STEWART’s upcoming new rock album …
► 3:49► 3:49
http://www.dailymotion.com/…/xuyvt8_beautiful-morning-r...
10 Nov 2012
MP3 w/ album Merry Christmas Baby, rare & special edition.
901 just like the jeans
Ooops :o)
Daily motion link no working
Morning bhoys
Brilliant stuff from Goosy Goosy on TSFM……
Nail hit squarely on head methinks!!
A lateral thought
Suppose
A Big Spiv living in a faraway country announced he was prepared to underwrite a £50m share issue. in a UK Spiv Company…
And
Suppose the Big Spiv was very fond of porkies but said he had given them up
And
The UK Spiv Co were unsure if the Big Spiv had really given up porkies
Would this justify two eminently sensible actions?
Like
The UK Spiv Co requesting the faraway Big Spiv to deposit £50m in a UK Bank as evidence of his committment ?
And
The Big Spiv using this request from the UK Spiv Co when asking permission from the Gov of this faraway country to export £50m to the UK ?
…….
CQN Saturday Naps Competition
Lads, for those who are in the CQN Saturday Naps competition, please go back and post today’s selection at the end of the previous article :
“Languishing in Paris”
All the best, fleagle1888
Any tips for the national today
Good morning friends (where are you all today?) and happy hogmanay from a slightly damp, breezy but relatively bright East Kilbride. Calm before the storm in Chez Baldie at the moment as it’s my youngest’s 21st birthday today. A hectic day of running about as party planner awaits me; with a lunch break from 12.45 – 1.35.
Dundee Utd 1 Celtic 3 (Griffiths, Van Dijk, Stokes [pen])
Anyone amy tips for aintree today ?
Kinda outta the loop here in oz
Strangely quiet this morning
Good Morning one and all.
For anyone interested I was interviewed on the Celtic Underground podcast with Harry Brady to talk about Seville – The Celtic Movement.
Two boring buggers talking about Celtic and football really…….
http://celticunderground.libsyn.com/the-celtic-underground-podcast-no-215-seville-the-celtic-movement
Tips for the National?
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It has to be WALKON. The race is in Liverpool, possible league title for the Reds, and OUR song :)
Jobo…..
Best wishes to your laddie!
Have a great day!
My good lady and me celebrate 28 years married today!
I don’t know how she put up with me for that length of time!
Blessed I am!
Damp’n’driech in the Rebel County this mornin’………………much to do in the garden.
Tea first tho’….
HH
This weeks CQN Coupon. An investment on the Grand National might be a better option ;-)
Awalkacrosstherooftops – Motherwell
BlantyreTim – Notts Forest
Greenlion2 -Aston Villa
Jobo Baldie- Partick
Lennybhoy- Scunthorpe
PFayr – Rochdale
Pogmanthony – Reading
The Token Tim – Man Utd
Congrats on that philbhoy
BERN,PROUDBHOY
And anyone else looking for gen on The National
See FLEAGLE1888 at 0650.
I suspect the napsters will be suggesting one or two.
Caveat-some of the lads are in form,some of us aren’t!
Meanwhile,hope this helps.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/04/grand-national-horse-by-horse-guide
a HAPPY HOO
Thanks Philbhoy and many congratulations to you and Mrs Philbhoy.
HAPPY HOOPY BIRTHDAY
to
Miss B.
And congratulations to PHILBHOY and his poor benighted better half.
PS-can he come out to play on May 10,please? Everyone tells me what a smashin’ fella he is,and I wanna see for myself!
BMCUW –
regarding your planned day out, I take it you know that our final league game is at home the following day to Dundee Utd with a 12.15 kick off. Trophy presentation and all that. Too late to change your own arrangements to make it a post party swally?
Thanks for that, bmcuw
Morning from a rather dreich Barra,
Hoping the mist clears soon.
Anyone watching the game in the Castlebay bar this lunchtime?
Just catching up and so may be going over old ground ……
If SFA Compliance Officer has judged that Griffiths has tarnished the game by being disrespectful of an SFA member and broadcast on YouTube, why has he done nothing about someone who went in front of the national media and accused more than 100 players of breaking the betting rules?
Rhetorical question.
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers ………praying for our wee hero!
08:27 on 5 April, 2014
Philbhoy is indeed a smashing Bhoy as is his good Lhday, had the pleasure of both their companies.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
JOBO BALDIE
Aye,i know. Bloody conspiracy,innit!
Unfortunately the morning after the 11th is a Monday. And having seen the state of some of the troops the morning after,I doubt work would be an option!
Plus,some of the guys have already booked accommodation overnight.
I’ve got first dibs on a couple of yards of gutter in The Gallowgate!
Scrolling back this morning. Saw chat about Anfield and the Farm. The Farm sang at half time in the Ian Rush testimonial. They were meant to sing in front of the Kop but it was half empty. We were also getting pumped I think 4-0 at half time. John Barnes had torn us apart.
The Celtic fans had sung it back at the band and my dad who was singing it turned to me and said Celtic fans are magic eh, never heard this song in our lives and we are all singing it! I didn’t have the heart to tell him it was at least top 5 in the charts and was known to most people.
The Ronnie Moran testimonial was a far better day though than the eventual 6-0 skelping in the Ian Rush match. The stand was indeed half built and apparently it was moving and I believe the opening was delayed as a result. We should never have been in there that day. It was like a building site. That would never have been allowed up here.
The Farm may have sung again but I was quite blootered at Ronnie Morans game and I’m sure that was the game Christian Dailly and Jason McAteer guested for us but I may be wrong that might have been another match.
Great days out though!
LB
philbhoy
08:13 on 5 April, 2014
Congratulations to you both on reaching 28 not out, have a great day my friend.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
LENNYBHOY
How you doing,old chum?
Aye,so I believe. Damn this being outa the loop for 90% of the year. I’m missing some good times,and it’s no’ fair!
LiviBhoy – God bless wee Oscar
You’re correct mate. McAteer and Dailly guested for us as we were down to the bare bones with injuries. We lost 4-1 in the end but once again the fans were the main talking point. We blew the place apart-almost literally! They had to get civil engineers in after it.
I was in a hospitality box to the left of the Celtic support and the guys from Liverpool couldn’t take their eyes off our fans as the singing got louder and louder even though we were getting pumped.
As I said to Token Tim it was great to go back with a real team and beat them a few years later.
HH
philbhoy & boss
congratulations & celebrations :))
Know absolutely hee-haw about horses so why do I even get dragged into the whole Grand National thingie. Anyway, using my usual ‘that’s a good name’ approach I’ve picked both double seven (with virtual Jockey’s Jinky and Henke) and Walkon who I hope will run on for most of it.