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There are limits to how far we can recruit from our domestic market and continue to prosper.  Martin O’Neill preferred to sign players his teams had faced, which meant Hibs and St Johnstone being plundered, eventually leading to decline.  Gordon Strachan enjoyed watching Hibs all his life; it showed in his Celtic signings.

Rumour has it when Jock Stein signed Willie Wallace from Hearts in 1966 his timing was determined by the need to deny a rival Wallace’ signature.  Neil Lennon should find it easy to compete with the likes of Derby County, if he is motivated to do so.

Enjoy the fantastic clips of Willie Wallace below from the 1960s.  You’ll have seen many before but the clip of him beating three Celtic defenders before scoring was new to me.  It might have been the goal which convinced Jock to move.

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  1. South Of Tunis on

    west csc @ 14 31 .

     

     

    Trap is renowned in Italy for his inability to speak Italian. His occasional appearances as a TV studio pundit have a cult following.

  3. mearns 2 milton on

    Starry,

     

     

    I agree, I think with most players now money is the main objective. If Hooper wants to play in England, will that do his international chances any favours? Not at Stoke or Norwich. Agree with others tho, if he wants away, he should go now and not run down his contract.

  4. The Moon Bhoys on

    Johnny Russell looks as though he was born to play for Celtic, he has that gallas touch which normally in terms of strikers thrives at Parkhead. Just sign him Neil, he has to be a better bet than Bangura, Miku, Lassad, Murphy etc.

  7. Doc is Neil Lennon on

    ….PFAyr, I’m not trying to suggest we are to become financially reckless.

     

    I just think the money we would get for Hooper would not be enough, and that it would be better value to keep him, even for the year, it might even persuade him to stay.

     

    £7m would be silly money for a player in the last year of a contract, £2-3m would be more likely.

     

     

    Ah the joys of transfer speculation!

     

     

    I do get the point that if a player wants to leave he’s better away, agree with that.

  8. oldtim67 on

    blantyretim.

     

     

    I just gave him a call.

     

    He’s been trying to get me on my old number,the phone I lost in Barcelona in November.

  9. thebhoywithmcgraininhisside on

    kayal33

     

     

    14:43 on 6 June, 2013

     

     

    Could well be a great shout. With a good preseason behind him his futsal fitness levels may well be more in keeping with 90 mins football. And this coming from someone not fit enough to play 5 aside in goal…

     

     

    A midfield three would give him some protection as he develops. Here’s hoping.

     

     

    HH

  10. shoulder2shoulder on

    Seriously can NO-ONE tell me how ling it would take for delivery of WW book if ordered today ??!? HH

  11. The Battered Bunnet on

    THE FAT SLUGS have been consigned to the slag heap. Ally and Jim, the corpulent, cackling, pie-crazed cartoon stars of Viz comic have been killed off after a controversial newspaper leak.

     

     

    Typically tottering in brown brogues and shoehorned into clingy suits, the saliva slavering Ally and Jim were celebrated for their indulgence in life’s simple pleasures: namely pies, yumyums and whispering (with all three frequently relished simultaneously).

     

     

    Created in 1989, on the cusp of Viz’s breakthrough from cult status to mega-sales, the pair would try to browbeat unsuspecting men into meek humiliation.

     

     

    But given the ill-fate that tends to befall Viz characters, they inevitably made do with a selection of baked products from their ever-hapless suitor, Greggs.

     

     

    As students and the chattering classes were won over to Viz, the Fat Slugs became the subject of Guardian letters and discussions about childhood obesity.

     

     

    “Ally and Jim – The Fat Slugs – are a product of the neglected issues in Britain today, and so far from having a rude immature sense of humour, the cartoonist is perhaps being observational,” wrote A Level student Rachel Spence in a media studies paper.

     

     

    With admirers as diverse as Jangle Jackson and Jim White, and detractors such as Chick Young, who called them “too unstubble”, the Fat Slugs became one of Viz’s best known comic strips, alongside the likes of Roger Mellie, Johnny Fartpants and Billy the Fish.

  13. Celtic_First on

    Guadalajara president, Germán Retuerta, has just said his club won’t take part in any third-tier matches “until a judge tells us that’s what we’ve got to do”.

     

     

    This is getting messy.

  14. Celtic_First on

    If you have the time, the inclination and a smattering of the language, an interesting hash-tag to put into Twitter is

     

     

    #GUADANOSERINDE

     

     

    Guada is Guadalajara.

     

     

    No se rinde means “won’t give up”.

  16. Burghbhoy on

    Shouldertoshoulder

     

     

    I ordered mine 3 days before the cup final and was delivered to my dad today.

  20. shoulder2shoulder on

    Burghbhoy

     

    So that would make it about a fortnight,allthough was it not out of stock for a couple days ?? HH

  21. Kojo on

    Whit Ah dae is Watch.

     

     

    Aye, Ah Watch.. Yep.

     

     

    Noo..a Few years ago..

     

     

    As wiz Ma wont..

     

     

    Ah Watched Stan Petrov.

     

     

    Awe this took place at the Annual Celebratory Celtic Celebrations.

     

     

    We hid jis Hid a Very Successful Season..and The Team Wiz Getting the Full Monty .. fae the Cock a Hoop Celtic Fans..

     

     

    Naturally, AWE the Celtic Players, Lapped up ..

     

    and Could Ye Blame ’em??…

     

     

    awe of the Raucous Cheering and the Accolade Laden Avalanche of Naked Ebullience.. which wus being Shoveled Upon them…in spite of the fact..it represented a real and present danger of Deefening them… fur Life..

     

     

    Ah said .. “Awe o’ the Players”..

     

     

    Howevahhhhhhh..

     

     

    Thur wus wan Solitary Player.. Whose whole Demeanour wiz at Odds,with the Rest of his Fellow Team-Mates.

     

     

    A Guy Who Hid the Look of a guy who hid jist eaten a Soor and very

     

    Unripe… Gooseberry!

     

     

    Stan Petrov, wiz his Name..and Being a Miserable son o a lady dog.. whiz his Game.

     

     

    Yep. Stan looked like the Embodiment o’ the Storied..

     

     

    Party Pooper!

     

     

    Well..the rest is History..

     

     

    Stan. Left at the end of those Celebrations.. Gone..

     

     

    When He Did leave.. It wiz Then..

     

     

    Ah knew why Stan had Looked so forlorn and Miserable during those Happy and Carefree Celebrations.

     

     

    Fur Stan, knew Darn well that He wiz Leaving Parkheid on the Clyde..

     

     

    And.. He wiz experiencing a Rather Large Dose of

     

     

    Depressing and Torturous Regret.

     

     

    Hey.. It Happens..

     

     

    Stan, wiz thinking..

     

     

    Mebbe.. it wiznae such a Good Idea..tae Chase the Buck..and tae Lust efter, and experience the Fame, that the English Premier League wid Offer.

     

     

    Anyway,like Ah Stated at the Beginnin’ o this Historical Review..

     

     

     

    Ah Watch.

     

     

    And.. During the Recent..Season Ending.. Celebratory Celebrations.. That we jis Hid.. In Honor of Oor Double Trophy Victories…

     

     

    Like Ah say… Ah Watched..and Ah particularly…well.. Watched..

     

     

    Gary Hooper.

     

     

    Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

     

     

    Noo Wid did Ah see?

     

     

    Well.. Ah saw a Young guy.. Who THOROUGHLY ENJOYED Himself.

     

     

    Ah witnessed, first Haun..

     

     

    The Gush of the Pride and The Happiness which wiz Emanating frum his Body Language..which Matched, and In some Cases… Surpassed, quite a few of that of his his Team-Mates.

     

     

    Ah didnae see the Slightest Hint of A Guy who wiz Carrying the Burden o’ hivin’ made A fatal Error in Judgment, Like Ah did..

     

     

    When Ah Watched.. Stan.. awe those Years Ago.

     

     

    All that being Said..

     

     

    Ah still Canny Definitely Come tae the Conclusion that Hoops Wull Stey..

     

     

    No enuff Inside Info. tae Come tae a Conclusion.. oan THAT, Ah am Afraid..

     

     

    However.. Ah kin SPECULATE..oan Whit Ah Saw..or.if ye Like..

     

     

    DIDNAE SEE.. regarding, Hoops.. Body Language and Observable Mein..

     

     

    Kin Ye Blame Me if..

     

     

    Ah Speculate, that Hoops. Wullnae Go ..

     

     

    Well.. This Season, anyway????

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Still Laughin’

  22. Celtic_First on

    GlassTwoThirdsFull

     

    15:05

     

     

    Please God no.

     

     

    A lot of calls for it, though.

  24. Celtic_First on

    One of the club’s lawyers has explained the following: “The league thought Germán [the club president] had taken those €3m for himself, but if they look at what the auditors have said, they will see that Germán took the money to pay off the club’s creditors. This club is now without debt.”

     

     

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    All of Scottish football’s recent life is here. Plus a bit of Father Ted.

  25. shoulder2shoulder on

    Kojo

     

    Maybe it was because Stan felt a loss of where he was leaving….and quite simply Hooper Disnae…he’s defo away,thoughts of fame have got him,imo HH

  26. Turkeybhoy on

    First post.Been reading every day for 4 years.Absolutley love the site.Funny,informative,great banter,so looking forward to being part.

  27. Highly temperamental and sexed Huberta on

    As some of you know, I am doing the Huddle this Saturday on Ben Nevis to help raise money for The Celtic Charity. I’m due to pay my £125 pledge today and I haven’t raised it. I was given this framed Jinky pictures to help reach my target. I have put it up for auction on various sites. Any CQN’ers want to put a bid on it?

     

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151958756579348&set=a.494874444347.282794.654304347&type=1&theater

  30. South Of Tunis on

    Managerial merry go round .

     

     

    Mainstream Italian media claiming that Ancelotti will be the next Real Madrid Manager .. It is also claimed that Real will pay PSG 4 million euros in compensation

  31. pmarsh22 on

    Great great memories.

     

     

    I was behind the goals v Those Who Have Gone, think it was a League Cup section game away.

     

     

    Note wee Jinky giving McKinnon a wee pat on the head.

  33. The Moon Bhoys on

    Kojo

     

     

    If i remember correctly the speculation at the time was that Stan was desperate to get away and this was his way of letting us all know that he wasn’t for hanging around.

     

     

    Hoops for sometime now has blanked all questions on his Celtic future, suggesting he hopes he doesn’t have one. Good luck to him wherever he goes.

     

     

    Personally would love to see us with a front 3 (or perm any 2 from 3) Stokes, Watt and Russell. There’s goals in that combination for sure.

  34. South Of Tunis on

    Fitba tonight —–

     

     

    Euro Under 21 Championship ——-

     

     

    Russia v Spain.

     

     

    Germany v Netherlands.

  35. Zbyszek on

    Guys

     

     

    How good is Henrik Ojamaa?

     

    I hear he passed medicals at Legia Warsaw. Can he be League Europe class?

     

    I hear he was good assistant at Motherwell.

  37. Tontine Tim on

    pmarsh22

     

     

     

    15:32 on 6 June, 2013

     

     

     

    Great great memories.

     

     

    I was behind the goals v Those Who Have Gone, think it was a League Cup section game away.

     

     

    Note wee Jinky giving McKinnon a wee pat on the head.

     

     

    *me too, it was day of the black walk in close proximity tae aye broke.

  38. Neustadt-Braw on

    Celtic -First—–

     

     

    No se rinde means “won’t give up”. class …

  40. mayanman on

    Signed book received today, thanks CQN. Great to see Willie’s goals again.

     

    HH

  42. The Battered Bunnet on

    Zbyszek

     

     

    Decent attacking player, who had some great performances last season, but a bit peripheral in bigger games. Young guy, could develop into a good pro, and should do well enough in the Polish league next season, but not Euro class at the moment imo.

     

     

    A prospect for the future, but with a lot of work to do to get there.

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