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It’s great news that Celtic have secured three first choice players, Charlie Mulgrew, Adam Matthews and James Forrest, on new long term contracts.  It allows the players to forget about long-term career issues and concentrate on team matters and the manager and scouts can worry about squad recruitment efforts in other areas.

This news is a direct consequence of Champions League group stage qualification.  Not only do Celtic have funds to increase wage budget, more importantly, aspirational football players, who want to reach the very top of the game, have a reason to be here.

The same is true of Fraser Forster’s England call up.  Scottish football has long been regarded along the lines of lower division football in England, but with Champions League football, the English national team have endorsed our football.  It will be easier to attract the next wave of recruits as a result.  One day Kris Commons [stand out Player of the Year candidate]can only hope his own national team will regard his productive displays in the same manner.

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  2. up_over_goal on

    re. Tom English on Andy Goram – the thing that sticks out a mile on the article is the date.

     

     

    Here’s the XI I’d like to see today:

     

     

    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Forster ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

     

     

    Lustig :::::::::::::::::: Wanyama :::::::::::::::::: Mulgrew ::::::::::::::: Izaguirre

     

     

    ::::::::::: Ambrose ::::::::::::::::::::: McCourt :::::::::::::::::: Ledley ::::::::::::::::

     

     

    :::::::::: Commons ::::::::::::::::::::: Hooper ::::::::::::::::: Samaras :::::::::::::

     

     

    Whatever the XI, surely Neil at some point needs to see Ambrose in midfield again after his assured display v Raith Rovers?

  3. blantyretim on

    Happy Birthday Kilbowie Kelt 75 years young…

     

     

    nice to see you posting Swanseabhoy… take care..

  4. Big Mike on

    It just gets better and better. You start to worry if you can be just too happy. Mon the Merry Hoops!

  7. saltires en sevilla on

    Good morning fellow Celts, beautiful day in Renfrewshire, with clear blue skies and lovely Autumnal colours framing my view North over the Campsie Hills and Ben Lomond.

     

     

    The oul’ mill and chimney with the River Cart glistening in the foreground, and I’m making breakfast for mini as she gets her hoops on in readiness for today’s game. I hear her Celtic choons playing in the background. Bus arrives at 11:00 and all is well in the world.

     

     

    The day will appear dull and grey to the Sevco hordes. Karma has a habit of

  9. Taurangabhoy on

    Did sevco also buy the rights to the Tina Turner song Simply Depressed. My face hurts from smiling

  10. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    The Scotsman is dying on it’s feet. Circulation continues to fall to worrying levels.

     

     

    English needs the work and the money.

     

     

    He/they must try anything to continue the papers life.

     

     

    I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him.

     

     

    What goes around…….

  11. saltires en sevilla on

    Karma has a habit of coming back and booting you squarely in the nads:-)

     

    Maybe they will realise the benefits of behaving better in future ….maybe?

     

     

    Looking forward to a strong performance v Hertz

     

     

    Putting on the agony

     

    Putting on the style

     

    1,2,3,4,5,6,7 scoring all the while

     

     

    Such a team you’ll never see

     

    For miles, and miles and miles

     

    Watching Glasgow Celtic

     

    Putting on the Style

     

     

     

    Lovely biscuits

  12. ASonOfDan on

    Morning,

     

     

    Looks a lovely day and the mini’s are coming to town.

     

     

    Oh! and Fat Sally has probably not slept all night.

  13. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    Anyway, really looking forward to the game today.

     

     

    Taking my wee girl with me.

     

     

    Many thanks to Sannabhoy for the ticket.

  16. The Battered Bunnet on

    Tom English won’t be getting a job with the Red Tops anytime soon.

     

     

    He’s done some splendid stuff lately, but today’s was actually, and depressingly, quite brave.

     

     

    That it needs to be said is one thing. That he’s the one to say it will bring him plenty of grief.

     

     

    That’ll be Tom joining the Beanos on the banned llist I suppose

  18. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Off for a wee swim, then on to the game, in one helluva good mood ….. It does NOT get any better than this….

  20. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    sannabhoy

     

     

    Many thanks from Olivia too!

     

     

    Canny wait!

     

     

    Take care!

  22. Kayal33 on

    up_over_goal

     

    09:03 on 7 October, 2012

     

     

    McCourt? Shouldn’t, and won’t, be in the 18.

     

     

    —————-Forster——————

     

    Lustig Ambrose Wilson Izzaguirre

     

    ———-Wanyama Ledley———–

     

    —-Forrest Commons Samaras—-

     

    —————Hooper——————-

     

     

    Subs Miku McGeouch Watt Matthews Lassad Mulgrew Zaluska

  23. jocky bhoy on

    67heaven … i am neil lennon..!!.. ibrox belongs to the creditors

     

    08:48 on7 October, 2012

     

    Rm match report?…LOL

     

    Shame that space constraints on that report meants.they couldn’t mention lee mcculloch was booked for simulation in the box. Very ‘dignified’. Wonder if soccer AM will pit that in their “tom daley’s dive of the week” slot?

     

     

    BTW fill in you own gag about mcculloch simulating a footballer.

  25. bazzabhoy on

    burghbhoy

     

     

    08:56 on

     

    7 October, 2012

     

     

    I remember watching that game, must have been 13/14, and being disgusted as the tv pictures clearly showed the pig saying what he said to big Pierre.

     

     

    So that night I wrote to the sfa addressed to jim farry, explaining I clearly saw ( as we all did) the pigs racist and sectarian comments.

     

     

    Still have the reply.

     

     

    Farry wrote back saying there was nothing he nor the sfa would nor could do unless the big Pierre complained.

     

     

    Truly pathetic.

  27. Saint Stivs on

    gloriuos morning here, bright blue sky and no rain.

     

     

    10am kick off at duntocher, youth football on a sunday morning, fantastic.

     

     

    woke up in an awfy good mood,

     

     

    life is good.

  29. Snake Plissken on

    Tom English tells the truth and his compare and contrast with Terry is excellent.

     

     

    The excuse of “it was a different era in the 1990s” will soon be getting trotted out BUT Goram revealed his filthy Rant only a few years ago – none of us knew what he said in 1996 but Goram bragged about it which makes it even worse in my view.

     

     

    Pierre should have raised this at the time but I wonder if it would have been given credence as that era was the height of the Laptop loyal succulent Lamb thing.

     

     

    Credit to Tom English for saying it now but it should have been said when the quotes first appeared. Perhaps Tom English (and every other journalist/columnist in the country) should ask himself why did it take him so long to write this.

  31. shady on

    Morning,

     

     

    A beautiful, clear (but cold) sunny morning in Ruglen. Nice day for a stroll to paradise.

     

     

    Should see us going top again today – though it’s certainly refreshing to see other teams taking their chances.

  32. roy croppie on

    Well said English…at last!

     

     

    The sycophantic, knee trembling Scottish media never took him to task for the company he kept in Belfast and Glasgow; the ridiculous armband excuse and his admitted racism and sectarianism.

     

     

    And he stills gets air-time and column inches. A despicable individual!

  33. up_over_goal on

    Kayal33

     

     

    As I said, it’s the XI I‘d like to see.

     

     

    What’s your view on Ambrose? Thought he looked absolute class as a midielder. As a defender… (early days, of course)

     

     

    Get the impression he’s happy playing anywhere, while Vic is a bit precious about his place as a CM. Mulgrew’s record as a CB v hearts at home is exemplary. So far, he’s played every position bar striker, though I thought he looked excellent as a CM.

     

     

    We agree on one thing – in 4-2-3-1, Commons is the only choice for the no.10 role.

  36. tarrant on

    “Credit to Tom English for saying it now but it should have been said when the quotes first appeared. Perhaps Tom English (and every other journalist/columnist in the country) should ask himself why did it take him so long to write this.” – Snake, 9.48

     

     

    This.

     

     

    Maybe, just maybe, the MSM is unenfeebling itself. Murray’s grip, the huns’ grip on the media is slipping, such as their grip on reality is. As their team of SPL players, internationalists, and teenagers being groomed for future fundraising, fails to string together a pair of wins in the fourth tier of Scottish football, their knuckledragging golem following will stop buying papers, so there is less need to pander to them. So who else can the press pander to?

     

     

    Arise internet bampots, give us your blogs from four years ago so that we can recycle them as intrepid reporting!

     

     

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    Morning everyone, what a day to hump the minihuns.

     

    http://youtu.be/xmTPb18DubE

  37. West Wales Celt on

    Up_Over:

     

    Totally blown away by Efe’s start.

     

    Gotta say, I think we need a competent and settled centre half partnership more than we need another midfielder.

     

    Whilst some of the defending against Spartak could have been better Efe and Kelvin need more time to develop what is starting to look like a pairing we can settle on…

  38. Silver City 1888 on

    Don’t know the source or even if it’s true but since when did that stop the MSM? If it is true, then so much for Armageddon. Long may it last.

     

    Mark Moran‏@Markm19682002

     

     

    @celticrumours some interesting stats on Armageddon. Out of the 10 clubs who played in spl last season, and this, 5 have seen an increase in crowds. St Mirren are 200 down on last year but visit of Celtic will soon sort that stat. Motherwell down by only 50 fans.

     

     

     

    Retweeted by Celtic Underground

  40. ianinascoli on

    Just noticed on the Celtic web site that the team will wear the new away kit today. However I`ll be wearing my lucky pants! :-)

  42. thomthethim on

    silver city 1888,

     

     

    Traynor claimed last night that attendences were down and that some clubs were having trouble paying Tax and NI.

     

     

    Cosgrove replied that that wasnothing new, obviously referring to Whyte’s fiscal policy.

     

     

    Jabba moved swiftly on.

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