No excuses, please, Brendan

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As a rule, I don’t like managers complaining about the pitch, the weather (Barbara is blowing in Hamilton right now), the ball or anything else prior to a game. Experience suggests if you give players an excuse to underperform, they’ll grab it with both hands.

The pitch at the Superseal (save us) Stadium Hamilton is more than adequate for a football match, let’s get on with it.

After a run of solid results Accies came off the rails in the last two games, losing narrowly to the top two: 1-0 away to Celtic then 1-2 to Newco in Hamilton. These are not the games which are important for Hamilton but losing twice by a single goal will sting. Barricades will be reinforced for Celtic tomorrow.

Brendan Rodgers has managed his squad subliminally well this month, resting players throughout but still putting a team on the field to win all, apart from the 1-1 away in the Champions League. He’ll know that anything less than 100% tomorrow brings the real risk of dropped points, so I’m far from sure he’ll be in the mood to rest anyone.

It’s been a couple of weeks since we saw images of Kieran Tierney back training. When he went through his operation we were told it would be January before we’d see him back, but he’s a fit lad, I wonder if he’ll be ready for 20 minutes on the magnificently smooth Lanarkshire surface.

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  1. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 24TH DECEMBER 2016 7:42 AM

     

    SYDNEYTIM

     

     

     

    Bah humbug,and seconded by this grinch!

     

     

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    You two deserve each other.

     

     

    I don`t mean that in an inappropriate sense.

     

     

    Syd.

     

    ” Cheers ” on New Years Eve ?

     

     

    We have to bundy on .

  2. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    VFR800 IS NOW A MONSTER 821 on 24TH DECEMBER 2016 8:38 AM

     

     

    A minor but significant variation.

     

     

    Christ`s Mass.

     

     

    As in :

     

    Martinmas.

     

    Michaelmas.

  3. Big Georges Fan Club - Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on

    Congratulations to Mr& Mrs VFR800!!

     

     

    So, its Hamilton today…will HamiltonTim have split loyalties – will he root for only 3-0 to Celtic instead of 4-0 ??? Hmmm :-)

     

     

    WeeBGFC prediction: 3-1 to the Mighty Hoops.

     

     

    HH

     

    BGFC

     

     

    WaterProofsCSC

  4. TONYDONNELLY67 on 23RD DECEMBER 2016 12:09 PM  

     

     

    100% agree Tony. No sovereign; our own currency; and no financial control from London or Brussels!  Strange days when TD67 and VFR are singing from the same hymn sheet!   KTF

     

     

    Tony`know your history’ Donnelly 67

     

     

    Yep Tony.

     

    Disturb/disrupt the parliament and union -that by its own hand knowingly and by its political will

     

    exterminated dehumaanised and murdered millions of your forebears and mine or forget (they are forgiven) “and suckle rthe teat of union.you opted to sook.big time.all ‘plastic jocks’ done was ask the question, it was the plastic rebs like yoursel that shat it.

     

     

     

    Vfr/fritzsong

     

     

    Aye the currency, and the oil question,

     

     

    The doom and gloom of union figures, which we always always always believe or was it an economic parting gift/warning shot of a parliament worried itwould be disrupted, …..you know…something akin to what it started to do to ireland from 1916 onwards that left it economically stinted til it joined eec in 73.

     

    Shoorly rhe union would not be that vindictive.or nasty would it?

     

    As a wee side Iissue whats QE?-apart frae makey uppy figures.

     

     

    Hail hail bhoys just dont like to see tims fight for the butchers apron as a sooky blanket ;-)

  5. Merry Christmas to you and your family Paul67 . Merry Christmas to all CQN and your loved ones. Have a great one. Just turned 25 December over here. Looking forward to spending the day with family in rotovegas. Have fun and take care of yourselves and each other. Hail Hail .

  6. embramike supporting Res 12 on

    Celtic starting line up v Hamilton

     

     

    Gordon; Gamboa, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Izaguirre; Brown, Armstrong, McGregor; Roberts, Sinclair, Griffiths;

  7. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MACJAY

     

     

    Mailed ST and included your fine self in the felicitation for him to pass on.

     

     

    Have a belter,auld pal.

  8. Big Georges Fan Club - Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on

    Hello this is WEE BGFC. Todays team is the most ethnically symmetrical in the history of the universe!

     

     

    HH

     

    WEE BGFC

  9. BIG GEORGES FAN CLUB – HAIL, HAIL, WEE OSCAR on 24TH DECEMBER 2016 11:34 AM

     

    Hello this is WEE BGFC. Todays team is the most ethnically symmetrical in the history of the universe!

     

     

     

    HH

     

     

    WEE BGFC

     

     

     

    and you think it will only be 3.1 CELTIC. WELL YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ME.

  10. Big Georges Fan Club - Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on

    Hello this is WEE BGFC. Me and Da huv shorts oan – hardcore :D

     

     

    HH

     

    WEE BGFC

  11. WITS

     

    Have to say i was very jealous of you supping a pint of the black stuff in Dublin yesterday ! Can’t wait to get back in February , glad your daughter enjoyed her first pint !!

  12. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    TAURANGABHOY on 24TH DECEMBER 2016 11:02 AM

     

     

    Delightful to put a face to the name , my friend.

     

     

    Orrabest to you and yours.

  13. D.D, – A wee prayer said for your Mum.

     

     

    VFR800 IS NOW A MONSTER 821 – Happy Anniversary to your good lady and yourself.

     

     

    HH

  14. Just catching up. DD said a wee prayer for your mother and will remember her at Midnight Mass.

     

     

    Someone does not know HT if he thinks his loyalty could be split.

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