We like Patrick Roberts; all of us do. He’s the kind of player who gets fans out of their seats, an entertaining throwback to a time when wing wizards were wanted by all. But Patrick is more than that.
I spent a bit of time with him last year at an Adidas ‘Backed by Messi’ event. He was very chilled for most of the day, before becoming sharply focussed, “I need to eat.” “I need to eat” was said several times. It had an urgency, the time for shooting the breeze was over, within minutes, a meal was needed to keep physiological objectives on plan.
Patrick wasn’t seeing many first team minutes at that time, but focus was complete. This is an athlete who plans to go all the way in the game.
He’s at Celtic because he wanted to be here. Manchester City were looking for an incredible figure for his transfer, well over double Celtic’s previous highest transfer fee, although perhaps not so incredible given the market in England. Without Patrick’s patience, City would have found a buyer, but Patrick knows where he and Celtic are going this season.
Great to have you back, Paddy. You’re going to love playing centre half. Ask big Nir, it’s an absolute blast!
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Jason Denayer would do for me. He was immaculate for us first time round . Picked up a few caps for Belgium. I think would slot in well beside Boyatta. Sunderland wasn’t great for him but they were a shambles. Get him in Brendan.
Jimmy
Talking about rabid huns posting online, saw a vid of Artur Boruc blessing himself at Ibrox in front of them. It really is incredible the offence they take at a guy for touching his forehead, chest and both shoulders! Talk about conditioned to hate. RM have a thread on ‘what to do if your son/daughter marries a Catholic’ – absolutely mental reading.
HH
I am also of the opinion that St.Johnstone didnt park the bus on Saturday.
The first half they pressed us higher than most teams have in the last 2 years under Brendan.
The second half Celtic just overan them and the could not maintain their first half pressing.
Even though it wasnt Celtics best performance if you look at chances alone, the crossbar, and a brilliant opposing keeper the score could quite easily have been 10-2
The last 20 mins we should have scored 6
Macjay @ 8.37
” Climate change.”
The new term for ” global warming. ”
Why the change ?
Because it was a more precise term than the one first used and to attempt to stop (unsuccessfully in your case) people making the specious argument that “because the earth’s climate changes naturally (due to any number of cyclic factors, including solar cycles, La Nina, variations in the earth’s orbit/tilt) that it can’t also change due to human activity” Why would one exclude the other? This continues to be the single worst argument that climate change deniers come up with… that somehow the existence of natural variability means that human-induced climate change cannot exist. It’s a completely illogical argument!
Because there hasn`t been any global warming . Ask NASA.
This Nasa seem to accept Climate Change is man made. Is there another NASA you were thinking of?
It`s all a theory.
Not a fact .
Have you studied Science? A theory is a good thing. It does not mean a made up set of unproven assumptions. A theory is the best fit explanation for established observations (or faccts as you call them). It is designed to be disprovable, not to be proven. Has anyone disproved it yet or shown that there is a better fit theory? Or is the global scientific community just saying anything to chase the buck of government research grants? As opposed to the deniers of man made climate change, who get grants from the great despoilers of the environment, who just happen to have more riches available to buy a maverick opinion or two?
Newly formed in the land down under – Science Denayer CSC
So.
What`s changed ?
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0m9BAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=Floods+in+bangladesh+1950s&source=bl&ots=4k61_kqR9F&sig=uTDakerGEIC8uXBf_PXJMiVvNuM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPkNyHw_7VAhWENpQKHTMSAlIQ6AEIUjAI#v=onepage&q=Floods%20in%20bangladesh%201950s&f=false
Setting free the bears
Not a problem mate, it’s as I said just me, I’m not big on stats, and I also don’t think Tommy Wright is a good manager and St J are a bellow average team and caught a tired Celtic team, stats can be used anyway to suit an end result, any stats on the flying hours, and sleep, and a five hours time difference on a three day trip to Asia, against what the St J team did last week, on how that affected the game? As I said they can go on and on with stats and form, and if they where all right and counted, there would be no bookies :)) as I said it’s just not for me, undefeated still is my only stat :))
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:18 AM
I’m not sure if it can strictly be classed as a theory, or even a hypothesis, because it’s not testable or verifiable.
3 things – Celtic. Yes.
2 things – Kez Dug. Bye. You’ll no be missed. Useless puppet.
1 thing – Unimportant Asian floods. Check Texas. Vote winner.
Other thing. Now this is just my opinion. But St J played very well defending from front. No matter we still were good enough to beat them. They got a fortuitous goal and we should have scored 3 or 4.
Last thing.
MWD
TRADITIONALIST88 on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:10 AM
Jimmy
Talking about rabid huns posting online, saw a vid of Artur Boruc blessing himself at Ibrox in front of them. It really is incredible the offence they take at a guy for touching his forehead, chest and both shoulders! Talk about conditioned to hate. RM have a thread on ‘what to do if your son/daughter marries a Catholic’ – absolutely mental reading.
HH
Lol, it didn’t seem to bother them when the sub they brought on Sunday, with the clasped praying hands with rosary beads tattoo guy came on and also blessed himself TWICE :))
TRADITIONALIST88 921
Oh,very good!
Btw,I think MACJAY is playing Devil’s Advocate on this. He’s far too intelligent a fella to believe that Global Warming is a Chinese construct,or whatever. After all,his adopted country has also seen some extreme examples. As have neighbouring countries.
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:18 AM
Have I studied science?
Thank you for asking .
Well , yes.
But only anatomy , physiology , botany , zoology , physics , chemistry and biochemistry .
Which is precisely why I refuse to accept a theory as a fact .
I don`t dispute the possibility of climate change .
I just refuse to accept it as Holy writ.
Because………….
It`s a theory.
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” As opposed to the deniers of man made climate change, who get grants from the great despoilers of the environment, who just happen to have more riches available to buy a maverick opinion or two? ”
God. More pseudo socialist manna for the masses.
MACJAY
I think serious flooding historically occurs every three years or so.
Now,that cycle is annual.
The current one in Mumbai is also well out of season,the rainy season is usually around June/July. They had it then too,btw.
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:33 AM
The first leading politician to come out in favour of the notion of global warming was Thatcher.
I’m not sure where this left/right thing came from over the issue.
Macjay
I once knew a 40 a day smoker who lived till he was 95.
Your logic would suggest that there was, therefore, no link between smoking and lung cancer.
There have always been “events” but the sceptical and disputatious scientific community, which is not an easy one to fool, has gradually become more and more convinced that the observations and facts fit best within a model of a “Man made Climate Change” theory.
The alternative “theory” that “there have always been mass climatic events, therefore the current increase is just a blip (probably)” is not a Disprovable Theory because, no matter how much evidence accumulates, you can still disappear into the bolt-hole of saying – “Well, it’s a bigger longer-lasting blip”. Untill there’s not enough air left to provide breath for such a long sentence.
Anyways, work calls.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:32 AM
Tell you what , Bobby.
The average Australian bloke and his missus have the highest leccy bills in the world.
And we are sitting on the largest energy providing deposits in the world which the climate change nutters refuse to allow us to tap .
What would a socialist do ?
ERNIE LYNCH on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:35 AM
Che.
Good. issues . Not left / right .
tonydonnelly67 on 30th August 2017 9:31 am
Yeah, If they weren’t confused enough already…
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 30th August 2017 9:32 am
Agreed, he’s probably at the wind up/starting a debate. If it was a big conspiracy think of the number of leading scientists who’d have to be on message in countries all over the world. And for what return?!
HH
Macjay
Last question
In your field of study, is Lamarckian volution still deemed as possible? Not a lot of evidence there
‘What happens to the Boyata song if we sign Denayer?’
So s’happening in the SLAB shambolic unionist loyal Tory party?
MWD
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:36 AM
Macjay
I once knew a 40 a day smoker who lived till he was 95.
Your logic would suggest that there was, therefore, no link between smoking and lung cancer.
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I provided nothing to do with anecdotal evidence.
Whatsoever.
That`s your devious construct.
I provided real evidence of previous natural floods and disasters.
Decades prior to the current ” climate change ” scare campaign .
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:42 AM
Macjay
Last question
In your field of study, is Lamarckian volution still deemed as possible? Not a lot of evidence there.
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You and yer big words again.
A loan deal for both Jason Denayer and a guy called Odsonne Edouard who up until this morning I had never heard of would leave me underwhelmed.
Denayer played well alongside the best centre half we’ve had in my lifetime Virgil van Dijk (not the best servant, a la Billy McNeil, the best player) but couldn’t kick his own arse in the last two seasons, he was appalling for Sunderland, fat and unfit looking.
Edouard’s claim to fame is his involvement or not in a shooting incident?
I would stay well clear of both.
You need evidence to have an opinion these days?
I always thought people had a difference of opinion, an that was that? :))
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:42 AM
Happy to be crossing swords with you again , SFTB.
I`m hopeful , nay confident , you`ll come good .
Given time .
:-)
ROBINBHOY
Big Virgil is arguably probably one of the most talented centre halfs Iv seen in word football in my life, IMO.
TONYDONNELLY67 on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:53 AM
You need evidence to have an opinion these days?
I always thought people had a difference of opinion, an that was that? :))
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Love it.
Far simpler approach to life.
Much to recommend it.
Hail Hail , Tony.
From ET today:
“During pre-season, to see the team you eventually sign for, playing a hell of a lot of games when you haven’t is quite tough but that’s part and parcel of football. ”
If you read between the lines wee Paddy was itching to be playing for us whilst he was doing next to nothing. I found that quite moving.
TD67
Opinions are good but informed opinions are much better.
In my opinion tomato sauce is bitter but in my informed opinion tomato sauce is not butter and depending on brand may or may not ever have seen a tomato.
MWD
butter not bitter.
Is it because SLAB couldn’t build a bridge with LAB that the queensmasoniccross has collapsed?
MWD
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 30th August 2017 9:58 am
TONYDONNELLY67 on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:53 AM
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Some are just more qualified that others to assert it.
HH
TONYDONNELLY67 on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:53 AM
You need evidence to have an opinion these days?
I always thought people had a difference of opinion, an that was that? :))
Where is your evidence for that, Tony? :-)
Can an opinion be wrong?
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Some are just more qualified that others to assert it.
Aye in your opinion :))
30TH AUGUST 2017 10:14 AM
Can an opinion be wrong?
All depends on the context a suppose?
If it can’t be proved as fact, a suppose it’s an opinion, ?
ROBINBHOY on 30TH AUGUST 2017 9:52 AM
A loan deal for both Jason Denayer and a guy called Odsonne Edouard who up until this morning I had never heard of would leave me underwhelmed.
I am afraid you are going to be “Underwhelmed”.What would you suggest Celtic do?.The French guy Brendans team have been monitoring last season while on loan.If Brendan thinks he can do a job for us,who are we to argue.Dembele will be back.All this nonsense about “An injury problem”.Its a hamstring injury.Suffered by many players.He came back too soon.Denayer ,I think is just hacks grasping at a story.He is on 50 grand a week.Celtic will be trying desperately to get a CH in.On loan or permanent,but its not easy.BR will only sign a CH that suits him.The horrendous amount of injuries to key men has been the problem and losing the boy Rivaldo,did not help.Only so much you can do.