I know I’m not the only one with a pavlovian dislike of hearing Celtic players mentioned in international match reports in June. Preseason training is only four weeks away, quickly followed by the Champions League qualifying round, so these weeks should be for rest and recuperation. The one exception to the rule, this summer, is Emilio Izaguirre, who is set to play two World Cup qualifiers for Honduras over the next two weeks.
Emilio missed most of last season through injury and then sat out much of the remaining part of the campaign due to the impressive form of Charlie Mulgrew. He is the one player in the squad who benefit from competitive football to restore his edge, and confidence.
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Sabres of Paradise
Sorry to hear about Alan Thompson.
He was one of the real men whom put the fear of all Gods into der hun, whilst lining up in the tunnel.
A great left foot coupled with courage and pride, made him a force to be reckoned with.
Best wishes for the future.
ahh its im ok now.. i love uz all HAIL HAIL!!
All, night all in this wee bastion of bastioness!
HH
Art of War on 4 June, 2012 at 01:58 said:
Alcohol can be a curse mate.It seems like Lenny has winded his neck in,but do ya know what hit me there? – Thommo – he is only 38!! – just a bit older then i am,yet look at the things they have achieved,and the stress and grief that they have all been through – think Thommo has recently been divorced – Lenny and Johan couldn’t be much older?
How can i pass judgement myself,i am sitting here having a cold cider sure?
But the thing is this – i am just a regular worker,i am not employed by the CFC – When a person joins that outfit,there is a lot of responsibility – and i dare say that they are getting paid a decent wage.
Professional – that is the word here – you are talking about possible qualification to the CL group stages – the greatest show on earth – and the margins are slim – there are dozens of other European sides aiming for the same goal as we are.
There is too much at stake here.Nobody is bigger than the CFC,and that includes you,me,Thommo,Lenny,Desmond,Lawwell or even the great Stein himself.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 4 June, 2012 at 01:58 said:
Just for you
Aye wild child full of grace
saviour of the human race
Dont disgrace
know yer place
and just in case
you fill the trophy case
Just remember to smile as you kill!!
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/Desmond+White
..2 photos down
Sixteen roads to Golgotha on 4 June, 2012 at 02:19
Well said and I agree with all of it.
Neil knows now more than anyone else he is carrying the hopes and dreams of so many people and it is imperative that He himself improves and that means all the people around him improve as well.
The press will try and make this into a bad moment for Celtic but Neil will, IMO, make very good use of this crisis.
I can still see a cracked Celtic badge in the rags though. o_O
For the techno afficionados, a mix I have been listening to and shows off the Genius of the Maestro from France.
Laurent Garnier – Universe 1994
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
It’s a long way to go;
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
ooops sorry sorry.. start again
“It’s a long way to Jobo Baldie,
It’s a long way to go;
It’s a long way to Jobo Baldie,
in East Lilbride ye know
Jobo wrote a letter to his Irish Molly O,
Saying, “What’s the weather like there,
Write and let me know!
……
Lilbride = Kilbride
Margaret McGill on 4 June, 2012 at 02:24 said:
Is the Blue Lagoon not in Argyll Street? Under the bridge? There is another one,beside the train station all the same – maybe it’s a franchise these days?
A feed out of that establishment guarantees a heart-burn free next day hangover,literally swimming in grease the grub is.
Just on up,opposite the Witherspoons,on the other side of the street – there is this real wee hun dive – can’t remember the name of the pub,all black & white pictures on the walls of boxers and old hun teams – anyway,this Sunday night,me & my mates had been on a pub-crawl all over the centre – so we staggered into that wee bar,after Witherspoons,around 10 o’clock it was,ya just looked about the place and knew it was hun land – so we ordered the four pints and sat at the bar,there was only about half a dozen oul timers in drinking there at that stage (luckily for us maybe).
So they start yarnin’ away – the usual,”where yiz fae?” – “Shankill” – the obvious answer – then they start swearin’ the Pope,Fenians,Celtic…blah blah blah.And when yer in drink,ya can only listen to so much of that tripe.One of the mates goes for a whizz,then as he walks back into the bar,the hands go up and the Hail Hail begins,and we all join in – the oul lads start shaking and banging their glasses off the bar,and fair play to them,they called us all the names under the sun,”Papist bees”,i can always remember that old time insult.
Then the barman,a big c***,he grabs the phone and starts shouting – “gtf ya fenian so-an-sos,im callin’ the polis!”
We just lifted our pints and staggered outside,buckled over laughing,singing the Celtic Song.The worst thing is,there is this big swanky hotel just a wee bit up from all the madness.
There is something about Glasgow,even though that pub was a hun place – Glaswegians are tough,tough people.They drink this stuff called Heavy as well,it looks like an ale of some type.
Thinking back now,i consider myself fortunate that we didn’t land into that pub earlier,when it maybe could have been packed with huns.
Anyway – Peace to the Celtic nation.
InCognitoCSC.
Slan.
Sixteen roads to Golgotha on 4 June, 2012 at 03:20 said:
Cheers for that story. Next time be more careful. In the hinterland it wouldn’t have ended so innocently.
petec – just seen your post there – apologies for rambling on a bit.
A wee tune from Italy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29SPPPtb-64&feature=related
Oiche mhaith.
Chairbhoy,
I listened to a podcast tonight and the person was saying that they have just found an unblemished red heifer in Israel (possibly 2) and because of its significance they are keeping it secret from the Americans. Whether this is just speculation or not I don’t know as there is no news on google about it.
Wonderful stuff?
I think if Celtic supporters are to survive into the 21st Century any further with the stamp of an egalitarian future in the spirit of brother Walfrid without the huns as a mill stone we need to find our role as Post Modern androgynous monkeys just to be unique. Ken likesy. Otherwise we’ll be like the
same Hearts and Hibs Argentina once invited in 1952.
http://www.gerryhassan.com/uncategorized/the-scotland-of-sixty-years-ago-and-what-it-says-about-us-today/
a jubilee ago
Sixteen roads to Golgotha
This track was one of the first trance tracks I ever listened to on a compilation bought from Tower records way way back.
Quench – Dreams
It still sounds pretty good today.
Margaret McGill on 4 June, 2012 at 04:23
I think the Hun has devoured itself. I just can’t see anyway they can be operating next season. It has been like a game where the odds were stacked against us but we have not flinched a millimetre in the way we have tackled them. They are dangerous at all times but our gameplan has been long term, Brian Quinn has been essential, likewise John Reid for his short stint despite on field results not being good and hopefully Bankier will be as well
If after a season they come back and start in Division 3, they will not be anything like the supremacist scum they are now IMO. They will also have no history so most of the vermin won’t even bother.
In the meantime Celtic will hopefully be going onwards and upwards in every sense, especially as the FFP should level the field at least a bit now.
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G’Day.. Mags..Petec Sixteen..MacJay.. Sydster.. Kit..
Longtime no Chat..Had a Wee Break from Internet Scottish Fitba Chaos..
I thought l was Going to Go into a Deadline Rehab..and if l Heard the Word Duffy again Jeezo..
So the Word Rangers has Been banned from Our House.. My Poor Olde Dad..It ain’t No Fun Being a H*n and all that..
So l took Him and the Family to Barony Castle Nice wee Place..What does My Nephew ask as we Drove Up.. “Does Craig Whyte Own this Grandad..?” Jings.. He Doesent Drink or Smoke so has to Suffer it.. Ha..
Looking Forward to the Euros.. Of Course The Hellas will be on in Our Hoose..
Hope Yir Awe Guid..
Summa
Good Morning to all.
It’s only 20 C today, and showers. Those who are going for Euro 2012 they might expect only 25C and more.
petec on 4 June, 2012 at 05:04 said:
I agree with you. However, have you ever seen those documentaries where the lionesses seem to treat with depraved indifference the murder of their own young to the perceived powers that be? I still feel that Celtic is a healthy robust lioness that still doesnt call all the shots compared to its diseased nemesis.
Summa of Sammi….
The G man will be fresh for the Euros as he was not used enough last season by Neil.
From our attacking midfielders/forwards…….. this is the order of importance I have for each of them going forward.
James Forrest
Georgios Samaras
Gary Hooper
Kris Commons
Paddy McCourt
Anthony Stokes
James Forrest is going to be unreal next season, the improvements in just one year have been remarkable.
Georgios Samaras will get better and better when players around him are better, you have said this before.
Gary Hooper needs to have that “attitude” he had against Hearts every game he pulls on the Hoops shirt. He has the potential to be a Celtic Great but needs to threaten 40 goals next season which means very few off days.
The others need to do a lot more for me, Kris Commons has the best chance of getting a place next season but he will need to get back to his very best form.
Didnae realise ye had taken some timeout, I hope all is well with your good self and you are now suitably recharged and raring to go again.
HH
petec on 4 June, 2012 at 05:47 said:
Not sure about McCourt!!!
All the opposition need to do is hand in the team list before kick off with a “Van der” prefix before every name and Paddy will keech himself!
Margaret McGill
We are in a country where we are not appreciated nearly enough.
It is Bigotry.
I listened to Paul67 tonight talk very well on BBC Scotland, if I was a listener passing through without any allegiance, I would have continued listening because he spoke well and spoke a lot of sense.
If Dermot closed down the Huns, and lets face it he could because he has the finances and the contacts to do so, what would happen in Scotland?
Tims would feel the brunt of it, and very painfully because these bitter people would target the smallest and most innocent amongst us.
The way things have transpired, the Huns are destroying themselves because of their stupidity and because they are being constantly placed in situations where they are exposing themselves further all the time for what they really are.
I still have that nagging doubt in my head that they will escape this and Lord it over us again, thankfully, it is getting less every day.
HH
Petec
Further to our chat last week,and knowing your interest,I find this very informative.
Not trying to prove a point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw7FJ9y8m4M
Well guys been a riveting pleasure as always! See you again tomorrow night with more Thommo news. Night Night and let the bed bugs bite… they’re only after yer catholic protein to keep the bio mass going.. latters….!!!
petec on 4 June, 2012 at 05:59 said:
just caught that!…… so the donut is preserving the status quo and ameliorating the historic Scottish cultural malaise by not buying the huns for a few bob! Pure genius that man! The queen will give him a medal one day. If not the queen then someone. If all that fails I’ll pin a medal on his sacred chest myself saying “Scotland thanks you” ya goddam blighter you!” Thank goodness for moral leaders like yourself who are not really interested in making a few bob via betdaq
That’s me off to walk the West Highland Way.
“sore feet when rankers die”
I hope when I manage to log in to the blog thems is no more.
HH
Anyone know if there’s a definitive date by which everyone MUST know whether RFCiA are still going to be in existence next season, in order that the fixture lists can be drawn up, and so that we know exactly who’s playing in which league come the end of July / start of August?
At the risk of putting ideas into the computer that churns out the fixture lists, is there a possibility of a ‘delay’ being built into the dates for RFCiA’s fixtures so that they can start playing a condensed program of fixtures by Sept or Oct, “for the good of Scottish football”, in case that club are not ready by the start of the new season?
Just woke out of a drunk sleep and seen tommo is gone no shock here think commons will be next if what I have been told is true from last season one of the reasons we did not see much of common it was not football reasons sad for tommo he has to get his life together it’s a downward slop he’s on
Looks to me like there are some wise people living in Ireland.
BBC’s Stadiums of Hate = Borat
Luis Jackob about BBC’ s Stadiums of Hate
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 4 June, 2012 at 05:59
;)
This is not about flesh and blood IMO, it is deeply spiritual, I didn’t realise this when I posted the above on CQN way back. I remember you complimenting me on the post.
I always take on board what you say m8 and will research a bit on the YT link, you are very respectful and always looking to build bridges. A true Celt.
Margaret McGill on 4 June, 2012 at 06:08
I sneaked it in there, I don’t think Dermot is the one for moral guidance but he does know how to capitalise, perhaps an unholy alliance.
Don’t eat the bed bugs. :))
Sorry to hear Alan Thompson has parted company with the club.
Whatever the reason for his departure, I wish him well for the future.
Lenny summarily dismisses his good friend….not a decision that could have been taken lightly
Hope CFC sort this our asap …we don`t need any negative interference …
Alan Thomo off the duly indulge his mid life crisis.
Such is the luxury afforded the modern day footballer.
He’s doing it because he can…
Morning Celts, sorry to see Alan Thompson leave the club, perhaps the move away from the goldfish bowl will be a help, I wish him well.
Hx2
Morning Zbyszek, I’ve just read you’re reply Last night to miki67, it was as I thought, sensationalist tripe from the BBC documentary, the producers had decided the picture he wanted to potray and then went and found the evidence, visiting one area briefly which will feature in the Euros (Warsaw) says it all, shameful media report.
As I said to Miki67 yesterday, the Irish will be fine!
HH Z
petec on 4 June, 2012 at 06:25 said:
Cheers,my fellow Tim.