Consecutive defeats saw Hearts slip from a promising third to a Gorgie Insurrectionist sixth over the last nine days. Both reversals were by a single goal and came against our Coefficient Monkeys, Aberdeen and Newco, the latter of whom continue to do sterling work in Europe on behalf of the Scottish champions. It really does make a difference.
In his post-match interview at Pittodrie on Saturday, Hearts boss Steven Naismith explained how his team surrendered a lead by throwing the players under their luxury coach, “It wasn’t anything tactical, we got bullied”. Translated: My tactics were without flaw, and we would have won if the players had been man enough.
2024 is almost upon us but in corners of this country, people in position are still trying to explain away their own inadequacies by questioning the effort of those who work for them. It’s all a bit primitive, although, if you’ve ever been to Tynecastle on match days, perhaps Naismith is their perfect boss.
There has been a perfect symmetry to Hearts since September, they lose every game against teams who reached the European group stages, and beat everyone else, with the solitary exception of a draw against Hibernian. The aforementioned thrower-of-others-under-the-bus will attempt to arrest this run at Celtic Park tomorrow. Let’s not allow that.
The best news from earlier this week was the return to availability of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Daizen Maeda. I would start Daizen in a heartbeat tomorrow. Cameron, on the other hand, what’s the rush?
His hamstring was only tweaked, so there is a high probability he would get through the game without incident. The question for Brendan, is, what’s the probability of the alternate outcome? Would three weeks’ rest guarantee his full recovery, and his implied availability for the game against one of our Coefficient Monkeys?
Liam Scales, Stephen Welsh and Gustaf Lagerbielke should have enough in the tank for this one.
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Wits.
Ah right.👍
Thought twas Dermots fav employee
Catch up soon
HH
Awe now WITs and AT I am in and out.
2 great Tim’s, God bless boys.
D. :)
Congratulations to Aberdeen for last night’s victory over a team ranked 30 places higher than us.
Based purely on that result we must be worried about Aberdeen.
Could be though that the defeated team were not prioritising the match.
ITSCALLEDTHEMALVINAS on 15TH DECEMBER 2023 11:44 PM
A quiet night let me wander over the BBC sports pages.
*you should have taken a wee wander over to the Scotland page, 27 year ago there was a horrendous murder in the Vale of Leven, for those that don’t know the Vale is a collection of towns, villages (including the Renton) and hamlets, in which a young high school lassie was savagely beaten and tossed, allegedly still alive, into the River Leven.
Now it seem that the authorities knew who the perpetrators were but did NOT have sufficient evidence to charge them until last year and they had been locked up since, all 3, one had since passed away, were found guilty this week and the story is on the BBC Scotland site including photies of those involved including the guilty 3, however in true scummy BBC fashion the ring leader is pictured in the hoops, effin scum, and no just those horrible butchers but the national media which you all pay licenses for.
Petec on your new blog/site all the best amigo!
A wee tip don`t post anything that has “KevJ” on it or honest-Boaby-liar-picker will delete it with all the ferocity of a MIB sending off Johnny Doyle :)))))
HH
like an episode of still game on here sometimes
418
You and yer cronies/dopplegangers must be Isa
Best not meet you in the lift
£47 a ticket
Did ye hear lawell and his cronies are pretending its the same team??
And still charging you like it is….
Good morning all from Govanhill. Gerrintaethum Celtic!!!!
WHAT IS THE STARZ on 15TH DECEMBER 2023 9:52 PM
Lads
I was meant to be travelling over for the game tomorrow. Have been struggling with bronchitis all week so won’t make
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Me too Mate. Ive ben struggling badly since December 3rd with violent coughing, sneezing and serious lung and back pain.
Ive not been out anywhere since the CQN Bevvy session on December 1st.
Ive had to CANCEL Three ” Flu Jag” appointments in the last Two weeks.
its Murder Police Man.
HH
Leaving for the gam five hours before KO has its drawbacks but it does feel that I don`t have to wait so long for the Match-Day experience to begin.
Incidentally, I agree that the atmosphere is greatly diluted in the absence of the GB but like a morgue?
Exaggeration diminishes a valid point.
BIG JIMMY on 16TH DECEMBER 2023 8:22 AM
Whatever virus is going around and i can assure you this was a bad yin…its taken me nigh on 5 weeks to get through it but still have an intermittent hacking cough.
And that was after ma covid/flu jag annaw!
Good morning all from matchday Garngad.
Big Jimmy, Wits keep well Bhoys.
A lot of coughing bugs going about.
We need a right good win today and get us back on track nothing less than 4 please bhoys against these wannabees.
COYBIG
D :)
Aye a right good win agin the minis……..
I hear Maeda could be back
The pattern of assistance will no doubt be in operation this weekend with the MIBS doing their masters bidding as usual …be aware Celts and take note . ..,the figures will eventually damn them .I imagine a few referees arses will be twitching …is that a career light disappearing over the horizon 🤔
Video Celts reporting Lagerbielke is for the off in the January window.
mmmmmm!
FOURSTONECOPPI on 16TH DECEMBER 2023 9:45 AM
He might be but I would say that is guesswork on the part of Video Celts.
I think that teams who play in European games during the week often drop points at the weekend. Despite that, I keep getting 4-0 0r 4-1 ( pen) in my head. I hope Celtic get it on the field of play :-))
Soon be departure time for me.
Lagerbielke being told he can leave the club next month,you know what Celtic should be telling the recruitment team the same ,along with a few on the board the same ,also the stadium is looking a damp looking stadium that’s in need of being demolished,and personally moved away from Parkhead to another site with better transport links will it happen?
TONTINE TIM on 16TH DECEMBER 2023 12:46 AM
I would suggest never visiting the BBC (Scotland) page nor reading the MSSM. better for one`s peace of mind :-).
Right, oft I jolly well go.
Cheerio for now.
TIMBHOY163 on 16TH DECEMBER 2023 10:08 AM
I can see you are really looking forward to today`s game :-)))))
Deff off now.
Spirit of 86 Celts ….give that Edinburgh shower the same feeling and emotion today ..,after all we know they can’t afford the fare !!?🍀🤔
Why are Kilmarnock ok with their Manager acting as a pundit[fan] of Sevco for their Euro and Cup games, can’t remember this ever happening with a manager from the same league. Are there league rules being broken with this obvious conflict of interest?
HOTSMOKED I Take it you don’t like my comments
Meeting Almore for a beer in the Crystal Palace before the game (ticket courtesy Coneybhoy again). Drop by, all welcome, bring plenty cash. I’m skint again. 😊
Mrs BRRB asked me to come home before New Year. Damned impertinence.
Lagerbielke being told he can leave the club next month,you know what Celtic should be telling the recruitment team the same ,along with a few on the board the same ,also the stadium is looking a damp looking stadium that’s in need of being demolished,and personally moved away from Parkhead to another site with better transport links will it happen?
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Cambuslang has great transport links.
We would be playing there now in a superb stadium if it wasnt for some militant nutters 30 years ago
its not too late
🏟😁
Lagerbielke out McKenna in
Final Superbru reminder:-
Angel Gabriel, Belmont Brian, Bhoy from the Village, brth, Chalmersbhoy, clinko, Hamilton Tim, McCaff, Melvin Udall, Tirconnell & wee McCaff still to get predictions in. A few more still have to make predictions for the St. Johnstone v Hibs game which has been brought forward a few weeks to today. Need to make these predictions by 3 pm
P.S. To answer Hot Smoked’s query- I have been on CQN for getting on near 20 years now. I used 2 browsers on my Mac- Safari is the main browser and worked fine on CQN for all this period but suddenly became incompatible a few weeks ago. I can load the first page but all navigation between pages has gone. If I post something I can see the final page but can’t access anything between p.1 and the final page.
My second browser – Firefox- has Adblock disabled and I used it for all sites that demand this. It allows me to make these posts on CQN but, to do so, I have to click x on several ads and , as I aim for the x- it moves so that you have clicked on the ad and have to wait to close it to try again. Sometimes the ad will suddenly get bigger and block the whole page. It takes any enjoyment out of reading or making posts.
I am told I should use a 3rd browser and adopt a 3rd set of bookmarks for this additional browser and I was called one of the malcontents, by a CQN poster, for refusing to do this. To be honest, I am conflicted as to whether it”s worth it. If Tom McGlauchlin, Petec and St. Stivs can be blocked for such minor offences, I am no longer sure I want to contribute posts here. I’d love to keep up with the posts of people I conside friends on here but, at the momnent I am using it only to keep people informed about Superbru.
I hope CQN reverses its recent “improvements” and gets back to light touch censorship and more widespread access without suffering ad bombardment.
We must be in a proper state of defensive surfeit to so quickly get shot of the type of centre-half who inventively positions himself in the 6-yard box in the final minutes of a champions league tie to give us one of the sweetest victories we’ve had in that comp for aeons. Only Scalesy would do something as surprising as that from our backline cohort.
Gus seems a very natural lad and genuinely delighted to be playing for us.
So I wonder what the hell the real reason if he gets let go.
Will we be able to sell at a profit or get sfa for our investment??
SWEDEFA CSC
PS: Just back nin from watching Melb Victory beat Sydney 3-0 in the ‘big blue’.
Nice to see Arzani nick a nice goal and put in a decent wee shift.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the Scottish football league
They come from bonnie Scotland, they come from county Cork,
They come from dear old Donegal and even from New York,
From every street in Glasgow they proudly make their way,
To a place called dear old paradise and this is what they say.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the Scottish football league.
There’s Fallon, Young and Gemmell who proudly wear the green,
There’s Clark, McNeill and Kennedy the best there’s ever been,
Jim Johnstone, Murdoch, Chalmers, John Divers and John Hughes,
And sixty thousand Celtic fans who proudly shout the news.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the Scottish football league.
Repeat to fade CSC
are the GB still in talks for a return , miss them badly.
are the GB still in talks for a return , miss them badly.
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i think the last stumbling block is their fkin drum 🥁
they want to beat it as loud as they can constantly for 90 minutes to bug everyones thruppennies instead of giving it a break as soon as they have got the song up and running so the song can be heard and everyones head gets a rest
i think discussions are currently at an impasse
There is no room for compromise on the GB ban. It’s a case of accepting stadium rules of behaviour or remain outcasts.
Can the GB guarantee conformity and be reinstated? I’m not so sure they would even want to.
the problem with the GB is that they are all full of dontgiveafukness
now there are plenty of other fans who are also full of that, i might or might not be one of them.
but if i display my dontgiveafukness then i get launched out and nobody notices because im only 1 person.
but if a group of a few hundred all display it then that has other consequences
I see we’re being softened up for MO’R sale. Possibly in January (would cause considerable anger given poverty of current form), but more likely the summer (would be accepted by most as the model working). All about the ambition and effectiveness of our recruitment that follows.
Celtic F.C. v Heart of Midlothian F.C.
cinch Premiership
16/12/2023 3:00pm Celtic Park
Referee:Kevin Clancy
AR1
David Roome
AR2
Jonathan Bell
Fourth Official
Duncan Williams
VAR
Gavin Duncan
AVAR
Graeme Leslie
I see we’re being softened up for MO’R sale. Possibly in January (would cause considerable anger given poverty of current form), but more likely the summer (would be accepted by most as the model working). All about the ambition and effectiveness of our recruitment that follows.
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would be interesting to see what clubs come in for him.
problem is we never really know that other than the club a player eventually goes to because a thousand (1000) clubs get mentioned all over the place to sell newspapers and to make social media folk sound like they have inside knowledge so cant tell fact from fiction
aw well ,will just have to be subjected to away fans song list once again at Celtic Park, dearie dearie.