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No. 10. Roulette wheel manager appointment

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We played at Hampden on League Cup duty for the game after the death of Bertie Auld’s great pal, Jimmy Johnstone, Celtic players wore a number 7 on their shorts to mark his passing.  There was so much emotion around the club that week, Gordon Strachan later said that winning his first trophy as Celtic manager that day was second on his thoughts, they simply could not lose with emotions among the community already so raw.

There is a symmetry with tomorrow’s game.  It’s a League Cup semi-final, not the final itself, but Ange Postecoglou is also chasing his first trophy as Celtic manager and Celtic will wear Bertie’s number 10 on their shorts.  If they play with a fraction of the guile and fight that Bertie showed when he pulled on those white shorts, St Johnstone are wasting their time showing up.

Celtic have won 12 successive games at Hampden, St Johnstone won on their four visit last season.  The Perth side have struggled to score goals this season but remain a formidable defensive outfit who know how to win cup games, albeit against lesser opponents than Celtic.

That record of Celtic’s will count for little as for many who will play for Celtic tomorrow, this will be their first visit to the national stadium.  It is a big game for the captain, too.  Hampden has provided Callum McGregor with fond memories for years, he knows every inch of that pitch and can own it tomorrow.  This League Cup offers him his first opportunity to climb the steps to collect a trophy as captain.  I cannot see past Celtic tomorrow.

Newco provided their fans with a recognised name, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, who starred for Rangers before heading to Arsenal then Barcelona.  Earlier this week, I suggested a manager should be, “tactically gifted, an effective communicator of ideas and instructions, as well as a working knowledge of a value market to strengthen your squad”.

van Bronckhorst was manager of Feyenoord for four years before a year in China.  His first act as manager was to sign a loanee already at Feyenoord, Colin Kazim-Richards.  Hmmm.  He won the Dutch League, the latter by a point from Ajax, who played 19 European games that season, 13 more than Feyenoord.  He resigned from Feyenoord having subsequently lost the league by 17 and then 21 points, without leaving evidence of being tactically talented.  An 11th place finish in China left no one stressing about his departure.  The Netherlands in not a value market, it is the most monitored country on the planet, every time a kid there bounces a ball, three scouts turn round and take a notebook out their pockets.

It continues to amaze me how appointing a famous player as manager turns otherwise sensible people into adherents of superstitious gambling.  Evidence van Bronckhorst will succeed at Newco does not exist, this is a huge gamble, all the man has is name recognition and a title eked out against an exhausted Ajax team.  Newco remain at their natural territory, the roulette wheel.

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  3. Gene on

    31003

     

    Surprisingly I didn’t see any QPR support with an orange Warburton’s loaf wrapper on their head – strange that.

  4. scullybhoy on

    Saint Stivs on 19th November 2021 7:49 pm

     

     

    AN TEARMANN on 19TH NOVEMBER 2021 6:00 PM

     

    Timmy7

     

    Tough day for you,laying your mate to rest.

     

    Take it easy

     

    He was held in high regard by

     

    God bless Squire Danaher rip

     

    HH

     

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    aye, hard times endured, another of the good guys lost.

     

     

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

     

     

    Please accept my condolences.

  8. Hot Smoked on

    SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 19TH NOVEMBER 2021 8:55 PM

     

     

    That is a truly remarkable piece of journalism.

  11. scullybhoy on

    Hot Smoked on 19th November 2021 9:57 pm

     

     

    Scullybhoy obviously thinks so ,too !

     

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

     

     

    Try living under their democratic governance.

     

     

    HH

  13. quadrophenian on

    Westcraigs on 19th November 2021 6:12 pm

     

    Time will tell if Van Bronckhorst is a good appointment for us.

     

    We thought that Gerrard was a good appointment for us.

     

     

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    Am with you on this one – Van Bronckhorst was a decent wee player and will inevitably have access to loans and yoofs fae his Holland homeland. Oh how we laughed and snorted when the Reds Under18 coach was jetted in to acclaim. Agree that his 1 in 9 was a pish tally, but his cohort inflicted sizeable damage to my dream of the 10.

     

     

    On that topic, imagine how more poignant our team’s numeric shorts tribute to wee Bertie woulda been if we’d just have scooped the – as yet – elusive ten.

  14. tonyrome on

    BELMONTBRIAN

     

     

    Cheers mate enjoyed your picks too. Did you ever get the green docs?

     

     

    KEEP THE FAITH

  15. BelmontBrian on

    TONYROME

     

     

    Naw, belters, I thought that Dees in the Trongate was the place to go.

     

     

    I’ll just have to you leave this mortal coil with not having a pair of your Doc’s.

     

     

    Major Domos for me, via Shopacheck

     

     

    Brian

  16. scullybhoy on

    “For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.”

  20. Almore on

    SFTB: thanks for posting that. Always embarrassed by his involvement in Irish rugby team. Complete and utter scumbag on so many levels. Glad he’s been exposed.

     

     

    ScullyBhoyCSC

  21. Almore on

    HOT SMOKED on 19TH NOVEMBER 2021 10:07 PM

     

    Scullybhoy

     

     

     

    ` Try living under their democratic governance.`

     

     

     

    I don`t understand

     

     

    ************

     

     

    He played for the ‘national’ rugby team but was a complete bigot, and exposed by his step daughters as a paedophile.

  22. An Tearmann on

    JHB, That was an utterly superb post. Like so many of you’re previous contributions.

     

     

    Thank you so much for this post and for 99% of you’re previous posts.

     

     

    You’re writing is a such a joy and a breath of fresh air.

     

     

    Keep on keeping on, and being the observant and, and thoroughly impressive poster that you are.

     

     

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    One of my favourite posts on cqn.

     

    A fine èxample of a troll talking to itself.

     

     

    Your joe side is a touch reminiscent of Tam( as salaam alaikum:-) the “planted” caller/ranter in the George loves George talkradio show.circa 2012.am sure there will be audio bout t’internet.😊.

     

     

    Your silence on corruption is not unexpected,throat a bit sore! it is only matched by your indefatigability in implying continuity in identity.

     

    cannae put a shite back.

     

    Tho many are trying.it is funny tho.watching the symbol of corruption in Scotland be the unions handy chatel.

  23. TexasTim on

    TURKEYBHOY on 19TH NOVEMBER 2021 11:12 PM

     

    Disgusting verdict in Wisconsin.

     

     

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    I agree – I saw some of the evidence given and wasn’t surprised at the verdict when listening to the State laws there (and here in TX).

     

     

    Bottom line?…..he wasn’t on trial for being a little fat virgin with Mommy issues, that wanted to play soldiers. The jury’s conclusion was logical, based on the law and the evidence.

     

     

    Not that I agree…

  24. Wishaw tim on

    😂😂☝️😂😂 mean wile ‘ back at the ranch, I know who I would rather sit next to on a bus 👏rosieparkscfc !!! good night god bless leave it to the cqn tag team !!

  25. An Tearmann on

    2nd favourite today :-)

     

     

    Frontier gibberish — that was some amount of frontier gibberish.

     

     

    Mitchy .I agree.hahaha

     

    All these monikers tae.!!

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CumbieyabassCsc :-)

  27. An Tearmann on

    WISHAWTIM

     

     

    stay and post something Celtic.

     

    Or give it a try.an experience or something

     

    I don’t think you are a snider,

     

    But you keep proving me wrong.

  29. An Tearmann on

    Corkcelt

     

     

    That would be great craic

     

    I was trying to find the clip made by the Denniston bus singing the 7-1 song,cracker.:-)

     

    Hope all good.watch those numbers over there my friend,

     

    HH

     

     

     

     

     

    That is some obituary of Tweedy.

     

    His daughters have some strength.

  32. Laxalt on

    Bit churlish, but Stevie (not the bookie) entered 15 competitions as Sevco manager and won one.

     

     

    I think we’ll settle for Gio having the same success…

     

     

    StevieG will do well at Villa

     

    I base this on the fact, he took shite players, who will not be sold for 7 figs, and turned them into a good team.

     

     

    Imagine 30 elite athletes at the Aston Villa training ground in the first week in January… All earning between 3 and 5 million a year and Kent n Morelos turn up???

     

    It’s not gony happen.

  33. Laxalt on

    Point being…. I reckon Sevco have told their new manager that Stevie will be buying their players.

     

     

    Maire chins than trophies that mob

     

     

    Up the ol’ Movement etc etc

  34. petec on

    Laxalt,

     

     

    There is no doubt, IMO, that SG will buy one (I doubt anymore) of the Sevco players for way over the odds price in January. Or is he?

     

     

    It may well have been part of the quick release.

     

     

    Who knows if the Big Shaft is coming in? SG couldnae leave quick enough.

     

     

     

    Isaac – can you dig it?

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q429AOpL_ds

     

     

    Win Well this Day Celtic.

  36. petec on

    When the State forces Vaccinations – Please realise this is about Control not about a mad Virus.

     

     

    Governments – GRRRRRRR

  37. petec on

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq7JSic1DtM

     

     

    Come on Ange’s Celtic players – Led by the Awesome Callum.

     

     

    Lets win and deal with who we have to.

     

     

    I hope we meet Hibs in the Final, not just because more chance we will both get tickets (Aidan & Moi) to Witness the Newco get smashed, Corporate wullnae be so heavy when its against Newco. o_0

     

     

     

    Hampden Covered in Green suits better. Respect St Johnstone – we will need to play our fitba to Progress.

     

     

    Ange is right on it!!!!!!

  40. petec on

    Groove EasyGroove Groove didnae have his best mixing on this Evening.

     

     

    The Tunes he dropped were WoW, howevahh.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94el68HLV5s

     

     

    The Event 1 in Ingliston, no doubt Grooverider dropped the most Amazing of Sets. Easygroove hada set that had the Sonics aff the scale – if I remember correctly (I was a bit mad).

     

     

    Grooverider played the best set but EasyGroove dropped the most incredible tunes.

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