Call me a cynic, but after recent “soft” red cards shown against Motherwell and Hamilton players facing Celtic, I sense a bit of “even themselves out” in store for us at Hampden on Sunday. Memories of Hampden semi-finals against Inverness and Ross County, where we were denied progress and (probably) a trophy due to red cards feature heavily in the memory.
The best chance Newco have to stop Celtic and reach their second Scottish Cup final would be to fall poleaxed on the ground after each and every challenge from a Celtic player. Bobby Madden may feel obliged to show that referees are not scared to red card Scotland’s top players.
Celtic being reduced to 10 men didn’t do Newco any good at Ibrox last month, but they would bite your hand off for a second crack at those numbers.
We need to play smart, especially Scott Brown, who I expect will be targeted. Odds on Madden sending off a Celtic player will be short.
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I read in t’newspaper t’other day that £50m is required to repair the potholes in Scotland, but, t’government is only allocating £10m for this.
Got me thinking. (I know, I know)
Apparantly there are 2.7m vehicles running around Scotland at any given time
Road tax varies (for cars) between £0 and £600. Erring on the lower side I’ll say the average road tax is £200.
Times that by 2.7m and it gives a total income of £540m.
Add that to tax on car insurance companys, tax on new cars, tax on fuel and so on and so on, income from car (and commercial vehicles) must be close to £1bn per annum. Now, if t’Scottish Government is giving only £10m for pot hole repairs, pray tell, where the hell is the £990,000,000.00 remaining going to?
Dedryk used to weigh in with one or two goals from corners, and Jozo has also contributed. Perhaps if one or other of them had a consistent run of games, we might have bagged one or two more.
I would have to agree with posters who blame our delivery though. Overhit, underhit, big high floaty ones to the goalkeeper. Griff seems to be the best bet which ,unfortunately, takes him out of the goalscoring equation.
Free kicks likewise. We’ve seen Griff for Scotland and both Moussa and Ntcham for France u21 score beauties but for Celtic they seem to have sand wedges for feet.
I hear rumours the fixtures will be out this afternoon and we will have Dolly at home for the first game.
KTF
On corners…
CelticByNumbers did an analysis of Celtic’s performance at corners:
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/cutting-corners/
My wee girl has a wee part time job at a local restaurant.
This lunchtime she served The Griff and his girl friend!
Says he and his girl friend were very nice too.
Says the restaurant was buzzing by his presence.
He ate a healthy lunch too!
Good on you son.
Tontine Tim on 10th April 2018 2:58 pm
I once reminded him about Charles Patrick’s 2 at Brockville, Big Billy’s Bumper at hampden 1965 and similar 2 year later against Vojvodina, 3 games he was at BTW. His response was “aye 3 and the only reason you remember them is they were rare occasions”
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Maybe your da meant “rerr occasions”? :-))
NATKNOW
Thanks for the tune. Boabbie loved the blues, and loves the new moody blues, but hates music.
However, time to admit I need help. That line in the song, “12 men going to the graveyard, only 11 coming back” had me substituting ‘teams’ for ‘men’.
It’s gone too far now, when I cannae even enjoy a good tune in peace!!
From, Lisbon Lion eclipsing, pub team skelping “Invincible’s”
to, the shyte yer troosers fae Boaby Madden semi final! lol
Who widda funkit!
Oh, and,…….
“What happened to the AC Milan charity money ?”
Its probably stuffed doon the back ae the same couch as
the £49 Old Firm Rubber Stamping Same Club Lie Money!
Fae begging bouls, tae sellin souls…..dear, dear.
Ach well, as long as beautiful pub team skelping Brendan
troosurs his £45 k a week, throw yer hands in the air
jist like Simon said.
Clap Clap Throw Me A Fish CSC
Maybe waan day they’ll git it,…maybe waan day.
….oot.
VFR
Anything you can report back on from last night’s Fan Forum?
In particular were any questions asked about SFA Compliance Officer investigation into 2011 licence?
STARRY PLOUGH on 10TH APRIL 2018 12:52 PM
ROBERTTRESSELL
“I spent a happy wee hour or two last night on you tube watching Martin’s team, great team for sure but the set pieces were different class as was the delivery from wide areas. Every corner seemed like a goal scoring opportunity, my heart sinks now when I see our corners and free kicks:((”
*****
Great team indeed, and, as I’m only counting meaningful matches, achieved an invincible treble in their own way too, as the only domestic defeats in 2000-01 came in 2 games after the title was well sewn-up with the miracle 39 point turnaround.
And we were all too deliriously drunk to be bothered.
So as standard, when playing against newly crowned champions, it is customary to applaud them out onto the pitch. Give us Aberdeen first and win the league with Sevco the following weekend and they will be compelled to applaud us onto the pitch as newly crowned championees!
KTF
AULDHEID on 10TH APRIL 2018 3:33 PM
I wasn’t there but hope to have some feedback shortly.
KTF
PHILBHOY on 10TH APRIL 2018 3:27 PM
My wee girl has a wee part time job at a local restaurant.
This lunchtime she served The Griff and his girl friend!
Says he and his girl friend were very nice too.
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I hope Oysters were off the menu. :))
Just of the phone to the SFPL, what a waste of time that was, “still in talks with the broadcasters” Seems like a complete shambles, still none the wiser.H H Hebcelt
DREW1967
From this morning.
Are you still noising up Yoker huns in Albion and Station bar, ya big bully? :))
Andy McAuley is a good Son of the Rock.
I bump into him a lot at Celtic away games, last time at Allianz Arena Munich last October.
I was at Hampden the night Saint Tams beat Braidfield Clydebank to win the cup. Was Pat McGinley playing that night for Saint Tams. Was proud he lived all our dreams, along with Tosh and wore the Hoops.
HH
Who would win in a race between the Compliance Officer and Sisyphus?
VFR on 10th April 2018 1:40 pm
WHITEDOGHUNCH on 10TH APRIL 2018 1:20 PM
Stuart Armstong can put it on a sixpence from a corner.
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That’s nae good! He needs to put it onto somebody’s napper!
KTF
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Well it’s not rocket surgery – simply sellotape a sixpence to their foreheids.
Jez-oh, is it just me or is the world getting dumber…
GREENPINATA
Hahahaha!
Club sandwich!
And a San Pellegrino,
Sandman
Ehhhhh, shoorly you would tape the sixpence to the ball so that you could also capitalise on own goals?
Sandman
Naw mate, it is not just you.
We are definitely living in Dumb Down Days.
Mad May and Baw Jaws for example.
PHILBHOY
Wis it a deid club sandwich:)))
HH
Greenpinata
Which girlfriend ?. – No 1 , 2 or 3 ?. :0
HEBCELT,
like i said yesterday, the attitude of the SPFL is ” let’s make as much money out of this as we can and to hell with the fans”
Disgusting.
Tell you what, make that a 42 point turnaround. A miracle just got bigger!
Nice symmetry, -21 to + 21 in one season. Bloody marvellous!
TONTINE TIM,
Why don’t Celtic invite Charlie Gallagher to Lennoxtown to show them how to take a corner? He was the best in the business.
Sandman
Half a sixpence, Tommy Steele Whom Stuart fashioned his bouffant on
‘less tape less coin’
Davidopoulos
Why use a coin at all?
Wouldn’t a contactless card be more appropriate for our corners?
beatbhoy
This is true. We could also use Apple Pay…except at Ibrox where the WiFi doesn’t work…
DAVIDOPOULOS on 10TH APRIL 2018 4:21 PM
Or Papal.
Afternoon fholks,not been on in a while,too busy allowing my mental health issues continue their work of making an anchorite of me.But set pieces stir something in me & felt compelled to post.
Brendan should apply a rule that insists every minute spent getting a tattoo has to be matched with same amount of time spent on improving our corners & free kicks.
He should also stop the short corners,we’re not Pep’s Barca.
And he needs to find a way of getting effective delivery with Leigh in the box to get on the end of it rather than taking them.
Or sign Naka & Lyon Juninho.
JNP…
Hope you’re on the mend.
HH fhella.
back to lurkin
COYBIG
ernie lynch
Lol!
BABASONICOS71
Good to see you post – you’ve been missed.
Take care!
BABASONICOS71 on 10TH APRIL 2018 4:23 PM
Agreed about Griffiths.
It’s perverse that the only natural striker in the team is taking corners.
BABASONICOS71
Good to see you on mate, ye wur missed:))
I know the ole anchorite situation only too well, take care on that front, back in the game now and feeling a lot better for it!
BlackDogCSC
HH
STARRY PLOUGH
Brilliant!
Right, where’re aw the posters that said the other day that Ernie wisnae funny?
Giving it ole Kirk Broadfoot faces now!
Just had a sneak preview of the new Manic Street Preachers album “Resistance Is Futile.”
Great tribute to the Hillsborough 96 victims on the track Liverpool Revisited.
God rest their souls. Out 13 April.
Cannae wait to hear it fully.
Cannae beat a bit of Welsh anarchy.
Baba.
Thanks that’s really appreciated, especially with all that’s going on with yourself.
I had noticed you hadn’t been posting, so it’s great that you felt up to posting again.
Look after yourself and remember, I know you know this, but I’m going to say it anyway, it’s always good to talk.
Hopefully see another post soon, maybe even a wee music link. :-)
Hail Hail