I know what you are thinking, Ewan Henderson looked the part. Even more so than his brother, Liam, who also left Celtic for a loan spell at Hibs, before moving to Italy. That laser-precise pass at Tynecastle which set Celtic on their way to an important victory when Neil Lennon picked up the pieces left by Brendan Rodgers pointed to riches ahead.
Unlike many apparent teenage prodigies, Ewan never disappointed, trouble was, he did not play often enough to disappoint. All we know for sure is that Lennon did not rely on him and after six months at Lennoxtown, Ange Postecoglou has moved him on.
Hibs, managed by Shaun Maloney, who worked with the player as a Celtic youth coach, is a good move. He has a realistic chance of commanding a regular first team place in an aspirational side. Celtic released him permanently for little more than an initial loan agreement that will prevent Ewan from facing them for the remainder of this season.
With two midfielders already signed this month, it is no surprise that Ismaila Soro is set to follow Ewan out the door. For reasons that continue to perplex, MLS clubs continue to swoon around the edges of the Celtic squad, with New York Red Bulls reportedly hoping to add Ismaila to a list of former Celtic misfits that includes Patryk Klimala, Cameron Harper and Lewis Morgan, the latter moving from Inter Miami last month.
Another midfielder on the move is 20-year-old summer recruit from Sheffield Wednesday, Liam Shaw, who will spend the remainder of the season on loan at Motherwell. Liam was one of the success stories in the win over Real Betis in December. The move to Fir Park will hopefully give him an opportunity for first team football, it should also give you and me a better chance to assess his potential.
The Dundee pantomime season officially ends this week (oh yes it does) and Dundee are wondering what use they have for our on-loan panto act, Leigh Griffiths. We are short of striker talent and Ange is still new to Scotland, so may be unfamiliar with how things work. The panto season is also over in Glasgow, Leigh’s time at Celtic must also be over.
10 sleeps ’til Hibs.
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HS @ 12.38
The schools going back will deliver another Omicron mushroom cloud of infection / re-infection.
Might need 3 or 4 weeks to play out.
Even if the grounds are allowed full crowds — only 80% will turn up.
People with CoViD19 / scared of infection will not turn up.
Omicron is looking like the worst flu season turned up 4 times.
We won’t run out of body bags but we will run out of hankies and paracetamol.
I think CoViD19 has won.
We will now have an 5th endemic CV version of the common cold.
We beat SARS.
We beat MERS.
We lost against SARS2 aka CoViD19.
One possibly thing more incredible as 11 men born within 30 miles of Glasgow winning the big cup happened in 1967 !
Sidney Poitier led in 3 incredible movies. One of which led to him being the first black man to win an Oscar.
In the heat of the night
To sir with love
Guess who’s coming together
Incredible movies of their time. A genius actor whose peak was reached at the time our Celtic reached theirs.
RIP
Meant ‘ one thing possibly ‘ in first sentence grrr
Bournesouprecipe
Great article. Thanks for posting.
Leftclick
Agreed. Martin and his family have left an incredible and eternal legacy. As fitting and ‘Celtic’ as anyone could imagine leaving in my view. Huge credit to all who have played their part.
“One possibly thing more incredible as 11 men born within 30 miles of Glasgow winning the big cup happened in 1967 !”
In keeping with your `One possibly thing`, what about 30 men within 11 miles in 1976 ?
HS
I will need to think on that ?
Any clues
MADMITCH on 8TH JANUARY 2022 12:51 PM
HS @ 12.38
The schools going back will deliver another Omicron mushroom cloud of infection / re-infection.
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And students returning to universities.
One way to minimise the adverse effect of the virus on the economy and life in general would be to restrict hospital admissions for those affected by Covid who are voluntarily unvaxed, and let nature takes its course.
Here is a novel idea.
Build hospitals to cope with demand, create jobs……no?
In other words invest in the NHS.
D :)
Mad Mitch
I do agree some folk might be frightened to go to the football on the 17th and that is fine and their own right to be. The majority will still be keen to go I imagine. A campaign to encourage lat flow tests by all before going ( I know they are not perfect ) might make sense to lessen risk.
2 questions
Where are your data points for omicron being bad flu season x 4 ? Or is it your extrapolation ?
Why would England be ok to have live sport with fans and Scotland not given very similar dynamics ?
BURNLEY78
Sidney Poitier led in 3 incredible movies. One of which led to him being the first black man to win an Oscar…
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Sidney was in some great films, as you say. A young guy, he also featured in The Blackboard Jungle and The Defiant Ones with Tony Curtis. Plus one of my own boyhood favourites, The Long Ships. Certainly a trail blazer.
EL @ 1.11
Simple solution to a complex problem — not for me.
There will always be people on the margins who cannot be vaccinated for long standing health reasons.
Not many involved — but what would you do about them if they wanted a jab but existing medical conditions won’t allow it?
Starts to get messy.
Probably use a bigger carrot and a smaller stick.
Eg — Allow insurance companies to half their pay-outs for non jabbed early deaths.
State doubles the premiums for those who can’t be jabbed for 12 or 24 months.
Take the vaccination passport idea seriously?
The current process is a chancer’s charter.
Maggie’s parting gift — public services hollowed out from within / the too many in the public who think they are special based on Forger’s Gazette headlines and Facebook propaganda.
Progressive / collectivist politics — we all move together / as one.
If you don’t want to then you pay a price.
BURNLEY78 on 8TH JANUARY 2022 12:55 PM
‘Sidney Poitier led in 3 incredible movies. One of which led to him being the first black man to win an Oscar.’
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Not so. The first black man to win an Oscar was James Baskett in 1948. The first black person to win an Oscar was Hattie McDaniel in 1939.
David 66
Invest in NHS = Total good sense
Invest properly in a properly run NHS with the right principles makes even more sense.
The current issues are laying bare years of neglect and mismanagement at all levels. A great institution hi jacked for profit and political gain.
Turkeybhoy, the unionist name calling is childish to say the least. Funnily those posters don’t use silly names for the tories.
I wonder if there is a reason?
DAVID66 on 8TH JANUARY 2022 1:22 PM
That’s a bit like the gardening advice on how to grow asparagus.
‘Dig a trench three years ago’.
B78 @ 1.24
x4 figure — plucked straight from the air based on the effect it will have on hospitals.
A number was needed to add context to my other comments.
Consequently fag packet analysis but it provides a data point.
Happy to discuss with any interested parties.
Worst flu season x4 = Broken NHS
Do you have any thoughts yourself on this?
Care to share them with the CQN multitudes?
Or are you waiting to hear what PL thinks on the matter?
To satisfy your pedantic point Ernie I will add the qualification : leading actor
Sidney Poitier was the first black lead actor to win and Oscar in 1967
Hope that clarifies
Progressive/collectivist from the poster who reckons 50% of Scots are nazis. What japes.
T7 @ 1.29
BJ = BoJo / useless twatt / fat pudding boy / Spaffer J …
Is that enough or do you want more?
DC = Scratchy
GO = Sniffy
Ex BBC Scotland commentator saying he works for Killie TV now,mentions Sevco every 2 minutes on Off the Ball……kidding nobody
John Barnes ☝️
I keep seeing pics of Boris Johnson leaning over people
getting their vaccines and trying to encourage others to get
theirs
In my opinion, that fat lying sleazebag is the biggest detriment to
persuading the unvaccinated to get vaccinated
Who would do as Boris Teflon Johnson tells them having witnessed
his performance over the last 2 years
God only knows what keeps him in a job
He should be up in court on manslaughter charges
BURNLEY78 on 8TH JANUARY 2022 1:33 PM
It’s disrespectful of those who preceded Poitier to ignore or disregard their achievements.
The SP chat @ 1967
He did not win an oscar.
RS acted him off the stage in THofTN.
And he got the gong.
Mad Mitch
Not sure re PL view on it ? LoL
Thanks for clarifying your figures are estimates. I genuinely did wonder if there was proper empirical evidence and was not being facetious. The hospitalizations to date are nowhere near the worst flu season that is a certainty !
In my view NHS issues are way more complicated than just this as evidenced from the level of absences from work currently. This situ has brought them to the fore for sure. I worked in the health division of SG for a period and saw some of this first hand. I chucked it a year before my contract was up due to the hideous politicising of it vs genuine concern for the health of the nation.
If a positive can come from this shit scenario I hope a root and branch agenda to address the shortcomings of the UK health service vs other developed countries in the world can emerge. And I say that with no disrespect to alm those on the front line passionately trying to do what they can to achieve better outcomes despite the leadership vacuum and resource paucity.
The irony of our well funded military personnel and being re positioned to support the health service in times of emergency says it all for me re government priorities.
This is REAL emotion
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=strange+fruit+billie+holiday
Ernie
Thank goodness I have you around to keep me right on what is disrespectful !
BURNLEY78 on 8TH JANUARY 2022 1:10 PM
There is nothing to solve. I was just exaggerating your `mistake`. Nothing serious.
“ERNIE LYNCH on 8TH JANUARY 2022 1:39 PM
It’s disrespectful of those who preceded Poitier to ignore or disregard their achievements.”
Would those who feel `disrespected` need to read CQN in order to so feel?
B78 @ 1.44
What the numbers — Scotland or the UK — behind a bad flu year?
When did we last have a bad flu year — my memory is 2018.
What are your ideas for a better NHS — if indeed you think the NHS is the correct route?
My first thought would a be a post graduate stream into medicine.
Biggest issue for me is that we have too few doctors and we pay them too much.
England has never trained enough doctors to support the needs of the NHS.
Consequently our issues started in 1948.
Funnily enough Scotland has always trained more — related to population — but we then exported them and got staffing issues through a different route.
Madmitch
Agree RS was magnificent in Heat of the Night. One of my personal all time favourites.
1967 was without doubt Poitiers most productive year though performing iconic roles in the 3 acclaimed movies I mentioned.
His name is Reo and we watch him from the stands .
He loves the Celtic and he hates the Orange bands.
Hehe.
HH
Phil
BURNLEY78 on 8TH JANUARY 2022 1:50 PM
Some things are more deserving of respect than others.
Was it not Larry Parks?
HS
Thanks
Great to see Anton Dowds performing so well for your local team right now btw.
A good Celtic supporting lad.
MM
Will get back to you later
Off to watch my lad playing football !
Hopefully less than 500 turn up !!!!
B78 @ 1.44 / Pt2
The military in the UK are not well funded.
Once the UK MIC — Military Industrial Complex aka the suppliers — has taken their cut and the upper middle class officer cohort have sorted out their schooling / housing / pension arrangements we are now down to the bare bones.
The US on the other hand …
MADMITCH on 8TH JANUARY 2022 1:55 PM
Some years ago there was a resolution at the BMA’s AGM that all their spokespersons should have a Scottish accent.
It was a tongue in cheek comment on the over representation of Scottish doctors.
Scotland has always produced more doctors than England. There’s a historical reason for it but I’ve forgotten what it is. Something to do with anatomy and resurrectionists and Burke and Hare and English medics having to train on the continent.