It is a classic fallacy of Scottish football. No sooner does someone utter that a team’s second 11 could win the league, they are brought down to earth. Ninth placed Motherwell failed to take anything from Celtic Park on Saturday, but the champions were well below par for the second successive game.
If we were at the Plastic Pasta Stadium in Livingston, or bumpy Tannadice, the blame would immediately go to the surface, but even though Celtic Park looked immaculate, our passing was poorly executed.
Ange Postecoglou has already pondered this problem this season. Three of our four opening league fixtures were punctuated by periods of poor passing: Aberdeen, Ross County and Hearts. The system then caught fire against Dundee United, Ross County in the League Cup, Newco and for 50 minutes against Real Madrid.
There were periods of worry in the game against Shakhtar Donetsk that, remarkably, St Mirren were able to make more of. Motherwell may well have watched and learned. Wednesday will inevitably inject change into Celtic veins. There will be more space in advanced position and let’s hope any sense of casualness will evaporate.
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Headers (Heedies)
I was telling my grandson about how we used to play headers in the close and between the lamp-posts and a jacket on the sidewalk. Do any of the kids still play this?
Does anyone else remember this game? It was about the same time as ‘Leave the den’ and ‘kick the can’.
THE QUIET MAN on 3RD OCTOBER 2022 9:39 PM
GG
I think forest signed over 16 new players
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21 according to Goal
https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/how-many-players-nottingham-forest-signed-list-every-deal-transfer-business-explained/blt875afd881aa8b555
Joe?????????
I am going to hit the sack – so tomorrow?
so saddened by Neustadt’s passing. One can easily imagine his easy-going humour being a foundation for a great many friends. My thoughts are with his family and those around him. A lovely contributor to This Dear Green Place.
Awfy sad.
HH
SCULLYBHOY:
Yes tomorrow between 1 and 1.30 Culturlann …Guy with bag….that’s me.
JOE – If I get up in time I will call in and look out for a Celtic scarf – anyway, I’ll spot you!
HH
Saddened to hear the passing of our Deutschland correspondent in Chief, Neustadt Brau
A real loss to this dear green place.
To all family and friends in Germany….Mein Beileid
Condolences too to those in Scotland, and elsewhere
RIP Andrew Griffin
SCULLY;
Over and out.
Bhoyjoe and Scully like a scene from Sleepless in Seattle trying to meet up.
Night all
It’s poignant that we are playing in Germany this Wed,
If Neustadt was with us , hale & hearty, no doubt he would be there .
Sad to hear of Neustadt Braw’s passing. A great contributer to the site, unlike some on here. As other’s have said, a lovely guy.
RIP from Auchrannie in Arran.
SARGASSOSEA on 3RD OCTOBER 2022 9:57 PM
Headers (Heedies)
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The game we played more often was ‘kerby’ – a low-fi version of the modern crossbar challenge. You had to chip the ball across the street from opposing pavements and look to get a rebound (a kerby I spose). That resulted in a goal/point. Mibby I recall getting 2 points if you got a kerby off a volley?? Happy times.
HH
Apologies.
Just logged on and posted and did not read back.
Sincere condolences to Neustadt Braw’s family. May you Rest In Peace, Andrew.
Condolences to the family and friends of Andrew Griffen. He used to post great contributions on the blog back in the day. Also nice to see a few old names remembering him.
MNCELT
Yip.
In my fitba watching room cleaning the fish tank right now. Temps dropping here so the wee attic starts getting some love and used again.
My good Kentucky lass was chatting about your good lady and friends last night as we sat around the fire in the back yard. A controlled fire, not the house burning down, don’t call the fire brigade. All is well.
Awfy braw.
Positivity personified.
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QUADROPHENIAN
The hours devoted to Kerby. Our wee street could have been an Olympic venue. OK, perhaps not but conditions were good.
Was a point if it came back across and 2 points if you caught it and you would move to the middle line. That’s where the points were made!
I loved Neustadt’s posting style , always cheered me up .
RIP Braw Bhoy .
Sincere condolences to the family and friends of Andrew Griffin, I spent many a night loving his own style posts. Braw. Back to lurking. HH
J,Quintana,
You are kidding no one you absolute,BOTON
Remembering Kerby,
As with other contributors …
Rules in my street in North Belfast) which were few , were very similar..
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* Hit Opposite Kerb = 1 point
* Hit both kerbs ( doubler = 2 points)
* Catch rebound before it hits ground allowed to advance to half way , multiple free throws ( for as long as you kept scoring)…. However
* Once you missed from halfway, your opponent would grab the ball and throw it at you , you had to get back to the safety of your own kerb before he hit you with the ball. ( being struck in this fashion resulted in loss of all your points)
Kept the games going for ages.
Happy days.
The Onlooker
Had to add my condolences for the sad passing of Neustadt Braw.
We are losing our best and others are being driven away or banned by our worst.
Moderator is a tough job but the blog can easily die if the only time we hear from the majority who have left is when they come back briefly to offer condolences for the dead.
We have a couple of posters sucking all life and courtesy out of this blog. Anonymous online trolls they are
THE ONLOOKER
Those are the rules we played!!
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SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX
Weird and tough day.
AIPPLE and ONLOOKER…
You blokes were patently playing a more sophisticomated version of kerby than us on the soo’side.
We never advanced off our respective kerbs; but am sure I also recall that there was a bonus point for volleying it if it came all the way back to your own side.
It was a game of skill and chance:
The skill in trying to chip at the right height and velocity.
The chance in ensuring you didn’t get run over by passing cars ;)
Good morning all from Govanhill.
Hope this doesn’t miss the mark.
This poem seems appropriate for NBraw
When Great Trees Fall
Maya Angelou
When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.
When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.
Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance, fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of
dark, cold
caves.
And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
KDS chat — I know / I know.
Plus the Fridge Magnet out on manoeuvres.
And PMcS adding another string to his IT bow …
What could possibly go wrong with this level of gossip?
QP are really upping their game regarding looking for new youth talent.
PMcS seems to be one public face of their efforts.
Heavy duty analytics behind it as well.
More long term than Gretna.
Same target.
Should we be afraid?
Clyde give the impression of being the happy hoofers.
Crownpoint project might just be spoiling a local well.
QP seem to be getting all of their ducks in a row for some serious growth.
Businessman with resources / serious growth credentials vs Natland / SFA football.
To me — worth a watching.
If he is seen in the company of a structural engineer …
I think DD better start to up his G40 game.
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Kerby, ha.
Posh new scheme 70s kids.
Our street only had one side with a pavement. We played kerb instead,
And we were so poor nobody had jumpers , so no goalposts ………..
SAINT STIVS on 4TH OCTOBER 2022 10:40 AM
Kerby, ha.
Posh new scheme 70s kids.
“Our street only had one side with a pavement. We played kerb instead,
And we were so poor nobody had jumpers , so no goalposts”
I can actually hear the Hovis ad tune as I’m reading this! :))) por cierto
monty python ……………
when ah wur a lad
https://etims.net/?p=17955
Click the link and scroll to the caption competition.
It’s MADMITCH watching his plans for the regeneration of Glasgow City Centre come to fruition! :))) por cierto
Condolences, to the family and friends of Andrew Griffin
Being brought up on a new council estate in the late 50s, kick the can was popular because you could have 20 kids playing it.
Didn’t play much kerby because we used to play footie on the waste ground close to us. Sometimes the primary school pitches until the janitor came and chased us off.
Oi xxxxxx I’ll tell you’re maw.
Por cierto
” They daft lads have been playing kerby with grenades”
your maw
THE QUIET MAN on 4TH OCTOBER 2022 11:01 AM
Por cierto
” They daft lads have been playing kerby with grenades”
:)))))))))))
por cierto
Used to play “headers” in the close, only rule we had was if you didn’t header it full length then other guy could volley it back at you.
There were 3 families living on ground floor and don’t remember any complaints.
DALRIADABHOY
you hit the mark
Quiet on here today