Eddie Howe was generous about Celtic when asked during the press conference announcing him as Newcastle manager. In his view, he was unable to take on the task of managing such a club without his regular backroom staff, whom he was unable to convince to move to Glasgow. This was the reason he gave Celtic when rejecting them in May, although I was sceptical then.
Compare that to our own Ange Postecoglou, who accepted the job with nothing more than a list of names detailing those he would work with at Celtic. He knew none of them. The contrast could hardly be starker.
Six months later it is easy to forget what shape the club was in when Ange arrived. A threadbare squad, minus the want-aways, a new CEO in his first job in football with zero on-the-ground experience of European football. Eddie Howe didn’t have the self-belief that Ange has, but Eddie was right to doubt the job could be done with anything less than the A Team.
Newcastle may have all the money the sovereign investment fund of Saudi Arabia can put their hands on, but spending it effectively in January, tempting transformative players into a club marooned at the bottom of the table, will take more than a jab in the arm before bundling them onto a plane bound for Newcastle.
No bad blood with Eddie, he made the right decision, right for him, right for Celtic, although maybe not right for Newcastle, who failed to lift themselves off the foot of the table last night because of a late equaliser from our old pal Teemu Pukki.
I know what you are thinking. Hibs bounced Newco out of the League Cup a week ago, can they repeat the result in the league at Easter Road tonight? Before a win over 10-man St Johnstone on Saturday, that Hampden result was the only time they avoided defeat in six outings. They are a poor team, dare we expect anything……..?
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Mckay’s domestic problems were so bad,he started with European Rugby 2 weeks later….
CONEYBHOY
Re Turnbull. “the 10 touch turn is his worst attribute. I decided to watch him for the whole second half in Germany and it was clear to me he is nervous to use his left foot. no long passes, short passes, first touch , nothing. He literally did not touch the ball with his left at any point. As a 99% right footed, and crap player , i know that fear of a longish pass with the left but even i tackled with the left.”
Good point that I bore my mates with. The first coach I ever had, at Hawkhead Juveniles in 1962, made us train for 50% of each session with our weaker foot, with the objective in his words of
“making one foot as bad as the other!” So for an hour, twice a week, I dribbled, passed, trapped, crossed and shot with my left foot. I also practiced by myself. I was a winger, and it seemed like in no time, I was taking corners with either foot.
Oddly, this ambidexterity seemed to help me when I played table tennis for the Bellahouston Youth Club. One of my team mates, and doubles partner Alex Gray, who later went on to play for East Fife and famously captained the Jags team that beat us 4-1 in the 1971 League Cup Final, was frequently bamboozled when I suddenly changed my serving hand when practicing against each other. It won me a lot of points!
I was never able to write left handed, or serve left handed in lawn tennis, but the ability to play fitba using either foot stayed with me my entire less than illustrious career. I am continually amazed that so many professional players are so pitiful with their weaker foot.
THE ZEN OF JOTA @ 2:19 PM
Well done Teemu Pukki, arguably a better footballer than the guy he replaced at Celtic but crashed and burned here due to Moneyball, lastminute.com, nonsense …..
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… and waist size perhaps?
BSR – I’d argue that the odd result apart we’ve under- performed over the piece, and we’re seeing that in four main ways:
1. We’re plummeting down the coefficient table;
2. We used to be going toe to toe with Barcelona and Bayern, now we’re competing with Betis and Bayer;
3. We’ve been outperformed in Europe by Them for 3 seasons in a row now; and
4. We’ve allowed Them to catch-up and overtake us in just 4 years.
I accept that money is a factor and the gap between us and the Barcelona’s and Bayern’s is enormous, but where we’re concerned it only seems to work one way – money is said to be the difference between us and Bayern, but we don’t seem to regularly beat teams who have much less money than us – Cluj, Ferencvaros, Athens, Sparta Prague, etc.
I also appreciate that after the dark times in the 80s and 90s the success we’ve had has been amazing, but we’ve never really pushed on – I imagine that what we do now is largely the same set-up as we had when MON was around and that was almost two decades ago! We’ve stood still – the football world has moved on. They have overhauled us in 4 short years and we’re now playing catch-up. Yes they’ve spent big and had advantages, but they’ve spent less than us in that time and we were so far ahead of them it wasn’t true (a quadruple-treble would attest to that) so I’d say we’ve punched below our weight overall and that we are indeed stale!
Good Evening BRRB,
Josip’s presser.
Smells like Team Spirit.
God Bless Ange & the Bhoys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFfg0AphTS0
C’mon the Hibees, Cheating Beaton will be wearing black above his true colour blue.
I wouldnae be expecting a result Tonight, primarily because of the MIB.
Hibs Humped them in their ain midden (Hampden) so you never know.
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Today had a nice. Conversation with an old timer who grew up in a close across from barrowfield. Jeese oh he knew his stuff
Which founders are in daalbeth. Named first Celtic team and goals scorers. Barney battles. Who lived in the calton.
Absolute joy. Made my week so far
Competition for Every place @ Celtic is essential.
Thats what makes players even better.
Just turned on Sky sports to hear thick Boyd say ‘everybody thinks Kent is the best player in Scotland’ or words to that effect . Mute telly immediately .
Boyd epitomises Sky when it comes to Scottish Football.
Useless.
To the guys who have had the wonderful football careers criticising David Turnbull I salute all of you. I love this site but some of the stuff posted is complete nonsense. Of course David Turnbull could strengthen his weaker foot but some of the comments about an excellent young Celtic player belong in the tabloids. (where they were probably read in the first place). Cqn must have some team past and present. I suppose even if he does no work on his left foot there will be a new whipping bhoy next week.
Daily Record have us returning to play in Edinburgh tomorrow, just sums up their journalism😱
Cheating Beaton
Cameras Ready – Prepare to flash!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_RfediFJFQ
Oh and loads of empty seats for the club demanding more cup final tickets😉
Prestonpans Bhoys
I saw that. A whole article about returning to Tynecastle. It actually had me doubting where the game tomorrow was being played. I should have known better
SPIDEY101 on 1ST DECEMBER 2021 6:52 PM
BSR – I’d argue that the odd result apart we’ve under- performed over the piece, and we’re seeing that in four main ways:
1. We’re plummeting down the coefficient table;
2. We used to be going toe to toe with Barcelona and Bayern, now we’re competing with Betis and Bayer;
3. We’ve been outperformed in Europe by Them for 3 seasons in a row now; and
4. We’ve allowed Them to catch-up and overtake us in just 4 years.
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MON warned Celtic supporters about “The Slow Lane” was about to take control of Celtic’s recruitment.
Celtic supporters response was, ….
“MON is a dinosaur!”
“MON is a long ball merchant!”
“Wee Gordon will be a breath of fresh air!”
and loads of other deflections, blah, blah, blah, etc, etc.
MON was replaced by a puppet of whom, PL said,….
“Gordon is a CEO’s dream kind of manager.”
Point is, Celtic fans since 1994 regime change event, have been doormats. Easy meats. There to be took.
MON elevated the status of the club to the point where we fancied our chances in any joust, with any giant.
In effect, MON hid the big glaring lie about Celtic.
The lie that we’re all in this together.
Look at it since!
Even as MON was marching us to a European final, the bitches on the board were bitching about, the status and gravitas, that were being bestowed upon MON, from English MSM, and instead of channeling that positive vibe the club was enjoying from such status, the board minions, led by Brian Quinn, and his ‘carefully’ released text about,….
“Our esteemed manager!” What was that about? Green eyed monster Quinn?”
Was MON’s rise a threat to Quinn, and the other faceless wonders who sat next to him in the directors box?
We have a club run by people, minions, who don’t like to see the status of our manager rise as it might give the manager some leverage in any negotiations.
So if Celtic manager isn’t in effect, a puppet, like Strachan, then that won’t sit well with the board?
MON achieved what he did, despite the board.
Same with Stein, McNeill, Hay, Burns, Jansen, Rodgers, Ronny, NFL the 1st time.
Ange? For me, Jury is out as to whether he is a puppet?
Or is he aware that he’s going to be pushed, to save the old firm?
Or have the Celtic board already bunged the other half of the old firm so they won’t go bust and let Ange win the league this season as throwing it would be too obvious, because Celtic PLC know that even hard to reach happy clappers might be forced into a rethink at renewal time?
Dominic McKay was a PLC coached actor,…
PLC Geppetto to Dom, “When season tickets are sold out, that’s the cue for you to resign, its all explained in this brown envelope. Thanks.”
Who would rule it out?
Hun tv ,Aribo back on his feet like Zebedee…naw he didny Zee had a spring, nae feet :O)
Spidey101
Nobody has out performed or overtaken Celtic, despite the environment, and mini implosion which we survived. Their predecessor existence out performed themselves, all the way to extinction via Manchester.
In the equivalent period of the new club’s existence Celtic’s revenue for player sales is something like £112 Million to the new clubs £8M.
All the more fuel to your fire? – but we mustn’t let the loss of a tenth consecutive title cloud the big picture, and we’ll see Celtic spend again in January, in an effort to win the pre determined handicap chase, called the SPL.
Celtic need a political change of ‘Direction’, which would admittedly include new football men, but to debate we’re overtaken isn’t real, Sevco have won nothing in Scotland aside from the bounce game empty stadium 55 (ahem) never mind Europe, where they are unbankable pariahs, who fell at the first against a p@ss poor Brondby.
How many blog names can one poster have ?
Tonight Matthew I’ll be …….
When you watch these huns running about like mad dogs, it makes you wonder if they take advantage of no drug testing in this country.
Stops the game as Hibs break,no head injury, glad this is live actually
Has a word with Porteous twice for being fouled twice
Did Ian Croker nearly have an accident in trousers there?
Unless you’re double jab, with a date for your booster you should all just fuck of and troll somewhere else.And take the political pricks with you 😉👍🤷🏻♂️
Probably red card in coming
It’s been a joy🤔👌🏻👍
Prefect example of the refs handling and interpretation of the game between Clancy and Beaton.
Sky sensibility don’t seem to have a mic close to the huns.
Never seen this before, apols if it’s well known.
https://youtu.be/EK7IKO5ekzo
Brian
Croker’s rage as Morelos misses
fairhill bhoy,
if directed at me.
hmmmmmm.
The UK Governments own site.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronavirus-vaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-reporting
I know what is coming, and it isnae good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDGfpW13CFo
Looks like a long night for Everton
Sevco pen or hibs red card sweep,
I will go 58mins.
Did Beaton book Goldson for a bad tackle or for refusing to sign a new contract ?
Morelos has spent most of the first half trying to wind up Porteous under the nose of an oblivious Beaton . Porteous , to his credit , just laughing at the useless wee cokehead .
Bore of a game between two rather poor teams .
BSR – They are Champions, 4 points ahead in the league, have done better than us in Europe for the second successive season, and are on an 8 game unbeaten run against us stretching back over 2 1/2 years – in what way have they not over-taken us?
Oh Dear, Duffy with o.g. For Brighton against West Ham.
SPIDEY101 on 1ST DECEMBER 2021 8:41 PM
BSR – They are Champions, 4 points ahead in the league, have done better than us in Europe for the second successive season, and are on an 8 game unbeaten run against us stretching back over 2 1/2 years – in what way have they not over-taken us?
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Because they consistently need help from bent referees.
MARTIM1980 on 1ST DECEMBER 2021 8:43 PM
You can type quicker than me😂😂😂😂