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Novel sportswashing, Bodo and AZ elevated atmosphere

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Bodo/Glimt converted a late penalty to secure a 2-1 win over AZ Alkmaar, whom Celtic eliminated from the Europa League in August.  Since then, AZ have seen form fall before a spectacular recovery.  They have won 12 and drawn one of their last 13 league games, a run that included victories over Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.  Whether Celtic would have coped in this company (I doubt it) no longer matters, although you would prefer to travel to Dundee on Monday without an exhausting European game last night.

I was pleased when I heard Roman Abramovich was sanctioned, inhibiting his largess at Chelsea.  Abramovich started the trend that has seen the mineral wealth of emerging nations distort European football, the sooner it ends the better.  The sanction justification was light on detail, littered with couched terms, nothing a lawyer could get their teeth into, which was probably deliberate.  Some will read this as being an arbitrary decision.

Sportswashing is the term of the moment, but if it was used in this instance, it happened differently from most.  Abramovich was unknown in the West before buying Chelsea, his money bought a profile and credibility before anything needed to be washed.  Perhaps not before a profile in the West became useful.

The day of the oligarchs dominating European football may be numbered, but there’s many decades left for other spenders of their nations mineral wealth to go round.  The circus will just move on from West London.

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  11. David66 on

    Good morning all from a damp and grey Garngad

     

     

    Bring on them Arabs.

     

     

    Freebigjimmycsc

     

     

    D :)

  16. leftclicktic on

    Good bud ,just on way to do some chores for youngest daughter.

     

    I may be a whileCSC.

     

     

    Till later all

  22. Saint Stivs on

    Ange explanation of why he doesnt take a backroom posse around the world is really excellent.

     

     

    Summary,

     

     

    if you need to take a group with you then you will get lazy

     

     

    my first job is to get the people here to believe in me , the person,

     

     

     

    quite superb.

     

     

    full of self-belief,

     

     

    that is a wonderful interview with a world-class man

  23. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Good morning CQN.

     

     

    Big thank you to Tom McL and An T for posting links last night to Ange interview and recent Celtic goals montage respectively.

     

     

    Both were brilliant watches !

     

     

    Respect.

  24. EmeraldBee \o/ A Double Niner!! on

    Was in Babbity’s yesterday for the first time in over two years. Noticed that it’s under new ownership and had been somewhat ‘tarted’ up though the musicians still appear apparently on Wednesdays and Saturdays as previous. Does anyone know if it is still a good Tim pub on matchdays?

  26. Saint Stivs on

    I hadnt thought about this before.

     

    I wonder if Brother Walfrid ever had any business with the Ship Bank Inn,

     

    Just a back lane away from Charlotte Street, and a 3 minute walk for the Brothers.

     

     

     

    Lost Glasgow

     

    @LostGlasgow

     

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    Mar 4

     

    Couple of nice Glasgow watercolours, by David Small, coming up in Great Western Auctions’ March sale; Mumford’s Theatre, Saltmarket (1875), and The Ship Bank, corner of Bridgegate and Saltmarket (1880).

     

     

    https://twitter.com/LostGlasgow/status/1499760430008479745/photo/2

  27. scullybhoy on

    “When you think of the job that Ange Postecoglou has done to get Celtic into position to win the title and possibly even a Treble with a Scottish Cup quarter-final looming against Dundee United on Monday, you have to be impressed.

     

     

    “But not half as impressed as you are when you consider he’s actually done it all since the turn of the year without his best player.

     

     

    “Makes you wonder where he’d have had them if Furuhashi was fit.

     

     

    “Celtic are three points ahead in the Premiership after 30 matches.

     

     

    “Furuhashi has started just 12 of those. With two sub appearances. That’s just 14 outings. The guy hasn’t even featured in 50 per cent of the top-flight games.

  30. tonyrome on

    Saint Stivs on 12th March 2022 10:12 am

     

     

    CelticQuote

     

     

     

     

    @CelticQuote

     

     

     

     

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    Jan 20

     

     

     

     

    “If you’re scared of anybody then you shouldn’t be involved in football.”

     

     

     

     

    Danny McGrain

     

     

    https://twitter.com/CelticQuote/status/1484259794051604485/photo/1

     

     

    —————————————————————————————————

     

     

    A few on the thread of this tweet guessing who the ugly hun is in the photo. I think it’s kenny black.

     

     

    KEEP THE FAITH

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