Neilson deflecting and undertone to ref criticism

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It wouldn’t be Hearts without Robbie Nielson deflecting responsibility for his team’s defeat to Celtic.  Hearts are a more talented side then their solitary (off target) attempt on goal suggests.  Early in the second half they pressed the champions out of their stride, but their game objective was clear to see: spoil, delay and take one for the team whenever Celtic threaten to break.

We saw things from Hearts yesterday I have never seen on a football field before.  With Joe Hart ready to take a goal kick, Liam Boyce ran towards him, picked up and threw the ball away.  Every Hearts player was behind the ball!

Slowing play down is a legitimate tactic, taking it to this extreme is asking for and surely accepting a yellow card.  The same can be said for pulling players back when they are breaking with possession.  After an away game in Switzerland on Thursday, Hearts players were frustrated and tired by the closing stages at Celtic Park.

Either Heats players took it upon themselves to wantonly pull Celtic players down and time waste by throwing balls away, which we all know is not the case, or Neilson sent them out to do just this.  It is his responsibility that two players picked up second yellows late in the game.  Any suggestion otherwise is just deflection, a tactic Neilson regularly uses.

On a more disturbing topic.  There is an unhealthy undertone to the criticism of two referees over the weekend.  To be clear, Robbie Neilson’s words had no such intent, but loose words from the Hearts manager can have real life consequences.

Anyway, great to see Celtic clear at the top of the table.  There is a very long way to go and I don’t feel we are ready yet to be assured of the title.  That picture will be a whole lot clearer two weeks from now.

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  1. BIG JIMMY on 23RD AUGUST 2022 6:34 AM

     

    FAO AIPPLE…

     

     

    ——————-

     

     

    You’ll be here mate. Boarding plane in 30 mins or so. First wee inflight bevy for you!

     

     

    HH!

  2. Aipple

     

    Glad you enjoyed your trip – thanks for posting your experiences – have a safe journey

  3. Aipple

     

    Once again, great to see you and your lovely wife. Thanks, also again, for the fine Kentucky Bourbon and the `mine for a minute` fridge magnet.

     

    Hope the journey back is made more enjoyable by reading CQN and remembering you are a Tim.

     

    All the very best.

     

    J

  4. Bike time.

     

    Cheerio for now.

     

     

    PS

     

    ernie lynch

     

    A day or so ago, I think you said something along the lines of having no real interest in Celtic because of their stance on Rangers` liquidation. That being so, why do you continue to post on here?

     

     

    PPS Genuine question as I like your posts and respect your intellect.

     

     

    PPPS If necessary, I will respond to any reply later.

  5. GG @ 1:06 AM

     

    The thumb is a powerful tool allowing readers to scroll past unpalatable posters.

     

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    Indeed. My “glass half full” outlook on life sees it as daily exercise for the thumb 😁

     

     

    HH

  6. theBHOYfromU.N.C.L.E on

    SCULLYBHOY on 23RD AUGUST 2022 8:33 AM

     

     

    McNeil…John Cairney…..Craig……..Wallace

     

     

    Greig..dont know……Baxter…..dont know

     

     

    QUIZ BALL 1967

  7. theBHOYfromU.N.C.L.E on

    SCULLYBHOY on 23RD AUGUST 2022 8:35 AM

     

     

    Chalmers scores past Billy Ritchie with big Yogi in attendance………..and I think me also……..this could be September 1963 or 64.

  8. Got a spare ticket to sell for Tonight’s Coldplay concert.

     

    Anyone who frequents the Glasgow pubs with suggestions for a lively busy pub to sell ticket would be greatly appreciated.

     

    From Stirling and now teetotal so huvnae a scooby, thanks in advance.

  9. melbourne mick

     

     

    The best known and probably the best version of ‘Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice’ would be Hamish Imlach’s. Not so sure about the other song, in terms who wrote it or who is best known for singing it, might be Matt McGinn or could be any Glaswegian worse for wear, take your pick.

  10. MELBOURNE MICK at 6:40

     

    It was,indeed, Codliver oil and the orange juice. And this time I’m pretty sure it was penned by Matt himself.

     

    My faither, who was also fae The Calton, used to recite this little dirty as one of his party pieces:

     

     

    The Big Effen Bee by Matt McGinn

     

    He kept bees in the old town of Effen 
An Effen beekeeper was he 
And one day this Effen beekeeper 
Was stung by a big Effen bee

     

    Now this big Effen beekeeper’s wee Effen wife 
For the big Effen polis she ran 
For there’s nobody can sort out a big Effen bee 
Like a big Effen polisman can

     

    The big Effen polisman, he did his nut 
And he ran down the main Effen street 
In his hand was a big Effen baton 
He had big Effen boots on his feet

     

    The polis got hold of this big Effen bee 
And he twisted the Effen bee’s wings 
But this big Effen bee got his own back 
For this big Effen bee had two stings

     

    Now they’re both in the Effen museum 
Where the Effen folk often come see 
The remains of the big Effen polis 
Stung to death by the big Effen bee

     

    That’s the end of that wee Effen story 
‘Tis an innocent wee Effen tale 
But if you ever tell it in Effen 
You’ll end up in the old Effen jail

  11. Sid

     

     

    If I was a patron having an enjoyable drink in a lively busy pub, and a stranger approached me offering me a ticket to see Coldplay tonight, a couple of thoughts would cross my mind…

     

     

    1) do I want to leave this lively, busy pub to instead attend a Coldplay gig?

     

     

    2) how much are you willing to pay me, to do such a thing?

     

     

    😉

     

     

    HH

  12. Tom McLaughlin on

    442 Park the bus

     

    Is that how you measure folk up whether they like a FM who can barely conceal its detestation of CELTIC?”

     

     

    Not at all. It was a response to ERNIE LYNCH and a reference to how he never once speaks out against your blatant racism because you’re a pal, on the basis that you constantly

     

    criticise the SNP and the FM.

     

     

    If Donald Trump came on to CQN and got tore into the SNP Ernie would soon have pics of him above his bed.

  13. HOT SMOKED on 23RD AUGUST 2022 9:26 AM

     

     

     

    ‘ernie lynch

     

     

     

     

    A day or so ago, I think you said something along the lines of having no real interest in Celtic’

     

     

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    No. I said I no longer put money into Scottish football since the continuation myth has been allowed to become a reality, as it just makes the whole shebang a bit absurd . But I was heavily emotionally invested in Celtic for many years and I still retain an interest.

     

     

    Apart from the football side, from my relatively detached viewpoint I find it interesting to see how the support have managed to reach an accommodation with the same club narrative and how CFC have behaved regarding it.

     

     

    It’s like a case study in how people can be manipulated by those in power.

  14. theBHOYfromU.N.C.L.E on 23rd August 2022 9:42 am

     

     

    SCULLYBHOY on 23RD AUGUST 2022 8:35 AM

     

     

    Chalmers scores past Billy Ritchie with big Yogi in attendance………..and I think me also……..this could be September 1963 or 64.

     

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

     

     

    As usual – very impressive answer (see below for full details, really interesting stuff).

     

    https://www.thecelticwiki.com/1962-03-10-celtic-4-4-third-lanark-scottish-cup/

  15. WHAT IS THE STARZ on 23RD AUGUST 2022 12:10 AM

     

     

    On Heaseman etc. In my 14 years in Ireland I have seen the same people jumping on every conspiracy bandwagon. I hadn’t seen him before today but there are no more 3 others who always turn up. Contradictory issues as well e.g. the elite are controlling us with vaccines/stop rich people being evicted etc

     

    That’s 0.0001% of the population

     

     

    Pre social media , we would never have heard of them. They don’t speak for even a minority in Ireland ; just get a platform online

  16. theBHOYfromU.N.C.L.E on

    SCULLYBHOY

     

     

    Link given is not the game I mentioned (although was at 4-4 game also)………..Chalmers was against the huns, maybe 3-1

  17. Tom McLaughlin on

    Jullien failed his medical at Schalke 04, so how is he going to pass a medical at Montpellier?

  18. Just looked in on SENTINEL CELTS.

     

     

    Fuxxake they are posting about Celtic!

     

     

    Performances. league and cup games coming up and the CL draw and who they hope we get.

     

     

    That’ll never catch on!

     

     

    OUTTA HERE!!!!

  19. theBHOYfromU.N.C.L.E on

    SCULLYBHOY on 23RD AUGUST 2022 10:39 AM

     

     

    I was 9 but looked about 5 ….seriously.

  20. Philbhoy

     

    Someone must have started the thread –

     

    Of course until the playoffs are finished we don’t know who’s in the various pots except pot 1 where most would take Eintracht.

     

    If we get an English side probably take Spurs.

  21. Fingers crossed big Julliien passes his medical and can agree to a contract, the big fella needs to move on not only for himself but for Celtic.

     

     

    He should be playing (somewhere) every week, good luck to him if the move goes ahead.

  22. He would be a great player to have when we were pummeling teams and had them on the ropes 😜

  23. Scullybhoy

     

    I was 13 at the time and never went to the Hun games until I was 15. Anyway that day I went to the shows at the Kekvinhall – came out around 5.30 to see the score on the front of the Citizen. Surprised as we were always underdogs against the cheats.

  24. theBHOYfromU.N.C.L.E on 23rd August 2022 10:43 am

     

     

    SCULLYBHOY on 23RD AUGUST 2022 10:39 AM

     

    I was 9 but looked about 5 ….seriously.

     

     

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

     

     

    I bet you still look a lot younger than you are. After a lot of searching, I hope this is the game you were at. You were very fortunate to be able to see Celtic before they lost their soul :–)

     

     

    https://www.thecelticwiki.com/1964-09-05-celtic-3-1-rangers-league-division-1/

  25. Posting on Celtic in C/L that was so yesterday

     

     

    LIONROARS67 on 22ND AUGUST 2022 10:13 AM

     

    https://youtu.be/ltcHzgUc944

     

     

     

    The 2022/23 UEFA Champions League group stage draw takes place in Istanbul, Türkiye, on Thursday 25 August and will be streamed live from 18:00 CET.

     

     

     

    Which teams will line up in the group stage draw?

     

     

     

    The draw will feature 26 automatic qualifiers and six play-off round winners whose identity will be confirmed on 23 and 24 August.

     

     

     

    The line-up is subject to final confirmation by UEFA.

     

     

     

    Pot 1

     

     

    Real Madrid (ESP, Champions League holders)

     

     

    Eintracht Frankfurt (GER, Europa League holders)

     

     

    Manchester City (ENG)

     

     

    AC Milan (ITA)

     

     

    Bayern München (GER)

     

     

    Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

     

     

    Porto (POR)

     

     

    Ajax (NED)

     

     

     

    Other pots

     

     

    Liverpool (ENG)

     

     

    Chelsea (ENG)

     

     

    Barcelona (ESP)

     

     

    Juventus (ITA)

     

     

    Atlético de Madrid (ESP)

     

     

    Sevilla (ESP)

     

     

    RB Leipzig (GER)

     

     

    Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

     

     

     

    Borussia Dortmund (GER)

     

     

    Salzburg (AUT)

     

     

    Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

     

     

    Inter (ITA)

     

     

    Napoli (ITA)

     

     

    Sporting CP (POR)

     

     

    Bayer Leverkusen (GER)

     

     

    Marseille (FRA)

     

     

    Club Brugge (BEL)

     

     

    Celtic (SCO)

  26. My friends in Celtic,

     

     

    We have all seen the benefits of sound goalkeeping over the last few weeks.

     

    The goalkeeper maybe our most important player on the pitch and imo Joe Hart remains our most inspirational signing.

     

     

    Interesting seeing the results of Jobo’s poty fun competition.

     

     

    What player on the pitch did thier job to a 100% success rate ?

     

     

    The only one was Joe Hart. He deserved his vote and in fact every time our goalkeeper has a clean sheet he should receive votes.

     

     

    Imo of course.

     

     

    HH, the journey continues.

     

     

    PS : Congratulations again Jobo on the new arrival.