While captain Scott Brown will return to first team action this week, with the league encounter with Aberdeen out of the way, Brendan Rodgers will almost certainly continue to rest players ahead of the teams next meeting in the Scottish Cup Final.
Getting it right for Hampden is only one aspect the manager will be concerned about. Celtic’s first Champions League qualification round starts eight weeks tomorrow, between now and then the entire squad has to get their annual rest period and a significant portion of preseason. Several will also be on international duty four weeks from now.
While you and I want to see out the league programme undefeated, it is more important players are rested for the various cup finals which take place between now and the end of August. The Partick Thistle game on Thursday doesn’t register on what is important.
Celtic FC Foundation
Six days from now, while you are watching Celtic skelp Hearts, I’ll be running my first marathon, in aid of the Celtic Foundation. I’m now in mild panic about what lies ahead, but on this Anniversary month, it’s important that we pay more than lip service to what being a Celtic supporter is all about.
If you are able to, please support the Foundation here. If you are unable to, perhaps you know the Hail Mary…….
Thank you for the unbelievable support I’ve received so far. There will be a time on Sunday when it will fuel the legs.
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Scaniel . Haven’t encountered that problem , BuT many thanks for the reply and the advice .
Sorry to hear about the passing of Lambo’s Front Teeth.
Thoughts and prayers for him and his family.
A sunny 75 at 10 am -way down south .. Pain in the butt sand laden weather front from the Sahara has moved on ..
Rube being close to a treble has the media digging up Inter’s blow out in 67 Heard an ” Inter historian ” on the radio last night -.
” No complaints re The European Cup . Thrashed by a far superior team.. .. Shipping three to a team from Serie B was an embarassment .. Handing Juventus the Serie A title on the last day of the season was a disgrace that will never be forgotten.”
Today’s 3 from 67 – ( a very good year !!!)
7″-The Vagrants -Respect – (ATCO )
7″Unrelated Segment — Story of My Life (HBR )
7″-The Salvadors -Stick By Me Baby ( Wise World )
Twists n Turns: Cheers. I’ll keep checking in for updates.
Did they buy ‘ not being able to afford to run a development team ‘ along with the history?
SOUTH OF TUNIS:
People who are good at snooker are so often accused of having had a misspent youth, but mate, see you and your music, (and your books) did you ever go to school, or sleep, or eat? Often I try and find what you post on youtube, sometimes I’m lucky and other times I’m not.
I think you’ve gotten me more into music in my twilight years than I ever was in my youth.
jmccormick
with your love of food I would urge you to try and get a table at http://www.loco.pt/ tomorrow night when JP McMahon of Anair in Galway joins the kitchen for a collaboration , should be very special.
my thoughts and love to the family and friends of LFT
So Reggie,no evidence that Brendan Rodgers disapproves of rebel songs.
Why did you bring that up in the first place?
Born in Ireland and left Donegal when you were 12..Mmm.
I’m going for reared in Harthill,swallys in the Rosevale and season ticket holder in the Copland.
Aniar
BOURNESOUPRECIPE:
The reason they played their development team with a young average age was simply because it was cheaper, not because it was innovative or brave. They released most of their older youths to save dosh.
I will be curious to follow their youth teams travails next season to see what exotic European venues they get to experience, and also, which teams (and what age group) will grace Glasgow to further their sporting education against the The Rangers youth team.
That club is broken and all the kings horses and all the kings men don’t give a tosh.
So tomorrow night Derek McInnes & The Bottlemerchants play at Ibrox Stadium and will be hoping for their first successful gig there in 26 years.
This gig will be a warm up for their last stop on this years tour on 27th May, the same day as they will be releasing their new single “Hoof The Baw At Hampden”.
The Record
Celtic look set to land another 1000 tickets for next week’s Scottish Cup Final after Aberdeen decided not to take up their option for an extra 1340 Hampden briefs.
The Parkhead club had reacted with fury earlier this month when it emerged the Dons could potentially receive an extra 700 tickets for the showpiece season-ending clash as the Hoops look to close out the Treble.
SFA chiefs said that was due to the fact Celtic wanted their traditional area of the national stadium – the east end – which holds slightly fewer fans than the opposite side.
However Aberdeen have satisfied the demand from their fans after selling out their initial allocation of just under 20,000 tickets and will not be taking up the option for the extra 1344.
Those tickets are situated in the upper South Stand. And while it has still to be confirmed whether those briefs will be handed to Celtic, it now looks as though both clubs will have more or less an equal share of Hampden.
Celtic last week revealed their ‘disappointment’ over the allocations which could have seen their fans outnumbered by the Red Army for the final on Saturday, May 27.
The Hoops released at statement insisting they have done everything in their power through discussions with Hampden chiefs to maximise the allocation for their fans.
A STOR MHA CHROI .
A life without music and books is unthinkable . It started when I was a wean and never stopped .. Primary school saw me being sent to a child psychologist and being diagnosed with what the modern world calls Autism . I didn’t sleep much , I slept even less when I discovered speed in the mid 60s . I was an explosive timebomb saved by going to Uni and getting to play with numbers . I didn’t sleep much until I met the woman who became Mrs S of T . These days , I sleep like a log .8 hours a night -no problem..
“Not having a youth development team is like signing a new youth development team”
…………Mark Hateful.
Reggie various Hun bassa Fact, copyright, Gftb , ps soal if yr looking in Angela says she was talking to you yesterday m8 keep it lit m8
R I P lambos front teeth
For what it’s worth, I don’t think Celtic fans need to or should be singing rebel songs. We have enough great songs about the football. So why bother singing songs of war?
I have to say it’s pretty telling that any voice of dissent gets you labelled a hun. If there is anything hunnish it’s stamping out dissent in the support.
Will be interesting to hear what mcinnes has to say after the midweek game at ipox ,win lose or draw . He never has anything complimentary to say about celtic , had we hammered ten past them on Friday ,it would have been against the run of play . But getting back to that game , a whirlwind start by the team , but after that we allowed them to get into the game , we can’t let that happen in the final . That wee Hayes has a habit of scoring rockets against us , and that Stockley will need to be sorted early doors . I don’t think boyata or Jose were too comfortable in handling that guy , Mcinnes saw that so expect more of the same , we need to get the job done , and keep the mibs influence out the game . I was a bit disappointed we took the foot off the pedal .
A STOR MHA CHROI
Its where Sevco went wrong when they had to start in Division Three.
But no youth based team would do for them, they went down a blind alley for 5 years hiring broken down
journey men on big wages John Daly, Ian Black, etc etc, and it was third or nothing with a massive gap to Aberdeen never mind Celtic.
If you have no development and no money you are indeed broken and also have no hope.
After Pedros bonkers rant about their own league,and only being a point behind Celtic,he,today,has a pop at Aberdeen.according to the Portugese version of Alfred E Neuman,Aberdeen are going down the way,while his Munters are on the way up..
I think its becoming clear now to us all,why he was managing in Qatar.Even they were getting shot of him.
Absolutely barking mad.
TIMALOY29
I pretty much stopped singing certain songs in 82 when I started converting my best pal to Celtic
I still sing them in the pubs and buses,mind.
They are in the main songs of freedom from oppression,celebration of our heritage and our battles against suppression
They have their place in our history,they have a place in our hearts and we should never forget where we came from.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE:
The company that ran their youth development team post 2012 went to the wall – owing money – and with Charles of the big hands, on the board, in 2013. Their team now survives on the profits of gambling. Make your own mind up whether that is a life moral lesson or not.
Lucky for us they don’t have a feeder club in Columbia.
TURKEYBHOY
Pedro certainly has a point about Aberdeen going down the way. It’s maybe just his English though, I think he was referring to them LYING down when they played Sevco.
Best dirty laundry yesterday ? – This –
” I told Mr Whyte that he would be mad to go ahead with the transaction and he should walk away . There were things we had to discover and it made it uncomfortable having to discover things rather than being told up front ” .
Gary Withey -A Scottish Court -15 5 2017…
If nothing else , the trickling down of information re that lot is a treat .
TURKEYBHOY on 16TH MAY 2017 10:35 AM
After Pedros bonkers rant about their own league,and only being a point behind Celtic,he,today,has a pop at Aberdeen.according to the Portugese version of Alfred E Neuman,Aberdeen are going down the way,while his Munters are on the way up..
I think its becoming clear now to us all,why he was managing in Qatar.Even they were getting shot of him.
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It depends. As things stand, Sevco have the second biggest budget in Scotland. Aberdeen could be losing several first team players next season. They better hope Sevco keeps wasting their money.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE:
and no decent youth players to step up into the big team. It will be interesting to see what they really get for Gilmour and where the money goes to, but even with the hubble focused solely on it, I doubt you’ll ever see it.
Good morning CQN from a dull and damp East Devon.
Believe that my account has been hacked, just changed my password and all seems to be well, hopefully.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 16TH MAY 2017 10:38 AM
TIMALOY29
I pretty much stopped singing certain songs in 82 when I started converting my best pal to Celtic
I still sing them in the pubs and buses,mind.
They are in the main songs of freedom from oppression,celebration of our heritage and our battles against suppression
They have their place in our history,they have a place in our hearts and we should never forget where we came from.
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That’s fair enough. I agree that songs about fighting oppression are less offensive than say, songs of empire.
I still like to keep to the songs about Celtic Football Club.
However, I am 100% opposed to any government trying to prosecute decent fans for singing such songs.
I hope Pedro wins his wee league and they forge their 55 league title in 4 years.
Pedro Points system
3 points per game played + bonus point for any result.
Other teams
Less points than Rangers no matter result.
MWD
TIMALOY29:
So Aberdeen lose a few players, maybe, maybe not, how many charlatans and freebies is Pedro going to have to bring in to replace all the crooks (physically), charlatans, freebies and Garneresque fuds?
Pedro it toeing the party line, he knows he has made a boo-boo leaving Qatar and he wants away and he is employing positive reverse psychology to ensure he gets his contract paid in full when he gets sacked.
Checkpoint Charlie, 150 Edmiston Drive, for the chique-est of fenian agents only.
TIMALOY29
Aye. Agreed.
Give us songs of freedom,give us songs of heartbreak.
Give us songs of joy.
Songs of hatred,not for us.
Ahh………… the ole simply the second best budget in Scotland myth that runs parallel with the same club myth.
They’ve got to sack to survive with Senderos and Hill next up, O’Halloran has been trashed as was Joey Barton, and the previous manager.
They haven’t bought a player in five years outwith pledged season ticket money or loans on the never, never its all smoke and mirrors. The alleged £500,000 for wonderkid Billy Gilmore is a downright Level5 lie , speak to someone that knows the cross border soccer association rules and that type of fee, isn’t due.
What happened to the Lewis MacLeod money?
5 minutes until the court takes it’s morning tea….
What revelations will today bring?
Can’t wait for Johnston, Bain, and King to take the stand.
A STOR MHA CHROI @ 10.44
See my point on Billy Gilmour. The Scottish League is apparently a ‘bronze league’ and the training fees
due to Sevco are a fraction of the fee miraculously plucked out of the air by Jim Traynor.
The EPL is ‘a gold’ league as Celtic found with Moussa Dembele where a fee of £500,000 really was paid.
Ah! Looks like yesterday’s log on problems have been sorted, thank you, then again I did ask a couple of times if anyone was having the problems, and was there a fix, no one answered as normally they do! I’m wondering if it was something I said? Not to worry, I slept very well last night :))
Murray and some pals started a company which took a cut of any player who came through the Murray Park Conveyer Belt -copyright Keech Jackhun-
BOURNESOUPRECIPE:
It is a bilateral agreement governed and policed (sic) by FIFA. It is structured. So Chelsea would pay The Rangers the same amount for an untested bhoy like Gilmour that we paid Fulham for a blodded first team player…. (and a proven goal scorer)
I think they would be lucky to get 150,000 and I mean lucky.
There is a scale, and I have it somewhere, just can’t remember where.
Remember Dundee Utd got conned by the huns and the SFA, for ‘wonderkid’ Charlie Telfer (me neither), for about £390,000,which is up there with biggest transfers in Scotland in last 5 years.