Could someone remind me the last time we heard rumours that Ronny Deila had players rebelling against him? I heard it often, and put it to the club, but was told the players had bought-into the changes, then underway and largely unproductive. I think we got our answer after the full-time whistle yesterday. This is a group of players and manager with a common purpose.
Celtic are now top of the league, a point away from qualifying from the Europa League knock-out stages, and are beginning to look like a team, but the results are largely secondary to the transformation. Even if Virgil’s 90th minute winner hadn’t arrived at Pittodrie, progress is evident. The fragility and lack of cohesion which marked so many of our performances until early last month has gone.
Success has many fathers so it’s difficult to know exactly what’s behind the improvement. Scott Brown’s return from injury helped enormously, as did the return of Mikael Lustig and Adam Matthews (although I thought Adam had a torrid time with Niall McGinn yesterday).
The blossoming of Stefan Johansen has to be the most striking element. He has without doubt been the most improved player this season and an early contender for end of season awards. By any measure, he had no right to score his goal yesterday.
The return of James Forrest, who yesterday played his fourth game in eight months, will give the squad an extra boost before the final two Europa League group games. If he has fully recuperated from the problems which blighted him throughout this year, he’ll give fresh impetus to the pacey product Ronny is trying to hone.
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Macjay 20:41 re Belgium
A victim of war on our side is a victim
A victim of war on the enemies side is a victim
A victim of war is a soul in heaven,
A victim is not a propoganda or ideological extra used in debate.
There are no worthy or unworthy victims
Only victims.
HH
An Tearmann
03:36 on
11 November, 2014
Macjay 20:41 re Belgium
Couldn`t agree more.
Which is why Remembrance of victims,in uniform or civilian, should be pure.
Unsullied by ideological or nationalistic preferences.
Whether those preferences be British or Irish.
Or even British AND Irish,as mine are.
I posted the reference to the “rape of Belgium” to counteract the view expressed on C.Q.N. that the entry of Britain to the Great war was somehow a bit of a scrap between a couple of colonial powers and inbred European Royal families wishing to expand their empires.
Britain was the last of the Great powers to enter the war and only did so to honour a treaty made with the Belgians.Her entry was entirely justified particularly in view of the subsequent “rape” of Belgium by the hun.
How`s about the Lusitania ?
Good morning from a mild Glasgow city centre where the rain never looks faraway
Macjay.
If you agree,why sully those victims with whataboutery?
Am I to retort I will see your lousitania and raise you a somme!
In war victims are victims in my view regardless of side.
The uk may have in your opinion been the last in, but it was most certainly first to start preparing as thro the alliance system its pact to protect belguim was signed in 1839.
Recall tho germany and italy (1871) did not yet exist.
To suggest the uk take kudos for being the last into war,when they had been ‘civilizing’ the planet thro famine, militarism, racism and class warfare, brutality and trade sanction for the previous 100 years is in itself
Wrong.They knew it was coming and where prepared.The build up of empire was the spreading of state sanctioned death in its name with a one sided memory of who the victims were(and still is to a certain extent), so long as profit could be exported back to the uk.
Today I will remember men and woman of all walks of life, all creeds,ethnicities and areas of the globe killed in the stupidity of war .done in my own way, and in hope we learn and hope we change.
Always in hope tomorrow will be better.
HH
http://theshamrockglasgow.wordpress.com/banners/
Some class banners courtesy of the shamrock
;-)
HH
Recognise any?
winning captains:
If possible could you send me a copy of the ‘Lesson’ too. Also, if you’re about on Friday I’ll square you for those DVD’s.
Macjay:
There is no nationality on Earth, above or bellow pain and its horrors, but many a nation made, and make, a profitable science out of killing and maiming. Death by war can be indiscriminate and the bastardised symbol of the poppy is exclusive and for me now, it does border on triumpalism as opposed commemeration.
I don’t let the huns jingoism deter me from wearing a poppy, neither do I deem it appropriate to wear one in defiance of them and their hypocrisy.
One, for me, should wear one solely for the right, pure, and all inclusive, regardless of nationality or creed, reasons… or don’t wear one at all… lest you be fake.
Good morning friends from East Kilbride where we start the day with damp underfoot but an absence of active precipitation overhead. Cold but not freezing.
A wee uplifting song for you Bhoys and Ghirls in the Norttern Hemisphere as you start your day.
http://youtu.be/hk2xaeXnxlM
HH
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Best We Forget..
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Only 84 Days to the Next Old Firm Game..
Thumbs Up
Summa
kitalba
06:43 on
11 November, 2014
Macjay:
There is no nationality on Earth, above or bellow pain and its horrors, but many a nation made, and make, a profitable science out of killing and maiming. Death by war can be indiscriminate and the bastardised symbol of the poppy is exclusive and for me now, it does border on triumpalism as opposed commemeration.
I don’t let the huns jingoism deter me from wearing a poppy, neither do I deem it appropriate to wear one in defiance of them and their hypocrisy.
One, for me, should wear one solely for the right, pure, and all inclusive, regardless of nationality or creed, reasons… or don’t wear one at all… lest you be fake.
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I can`t and don`t disagree with one word of that.
Summa of Sammi….
07:15 on
11 November, 2014
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Best We Forget..
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:-)
Very naughty.
Many a true word spoken in jest.
Best not be saying that at the Dawn Service.
Poppycock!
Spent a wonderful evening with an ex military man from USA.
I kept my thoughts to myself….As you do when in a bar with an American soldier on the eve of Veterans Day…
But he turned out to be a Good Guy….
Who understood the MSM more than most Americans…
Here is one perspective….Mine..
If I may.
When I was a wee bhoy watching the World At War on Sunday TV…
I asked my father why did the normal Germans not say no….This is wrong.
My dad told me some of them did & .God Bless them.
Never understood that until of late…..
Now I understand that Fear and Insecurity are the Big Motivators…
When controlling a populace.
There were some very brave Germans who did say No…
Braver than I imagine I could be….
But….
Imagine if we were the bad guys invading different countries?
Imagine we were the ones breaking International Laws?
Imagine we were the ones who took a symbol that we all related to as a symbol of peace, a symbol of never again, a symbol of remembering the futility of carnage…
And then used that symbol via celebrities and politicians in a competition to see who could wear the largest one…To normalize War Crimes.
& validate military sacrifices on behalf of Multi National Corporations…
That is what Pisses me off.
The Chutzpa of the politicians is absurd..
The Agenda of the media is Insidious…
The Gullibility of The People is Tragic….
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Roll On The Oil…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSYPecZI_AI
PS
Respect to Mr McClean. …
A Voice of Reason in a Ridiculous World.
I hope my children have his Cajones and Principles.
PJBhoynyc
07:25 on 11 November, 2014
Poppycock!
Spent a wonderful evening with an ex military man from USA.
I kept my thoughts to myself….As you do when in a bar with an American soldier on the eve of Veterans Day…
But he turned out to be a Good Guy….
Who understood the MSM more than most Americans…
What thoughts did you keep to yourself………???
an tearmann
06:15 on 11 November, 2014
A post that speaks for so many of us.
Class.
HH jamesgang
Wasnt archduke Ferdinand shot by a uniquely British military handgun supplied by British intelligence ?
PJBhoynyc
07:25 on
11 November, 2014
I refuse to allow these guys….
“The Chutzpa of the politicians is absurd..
The Agenda of the media is Insidious…”
to determine my attitude to anything.
Why give them control over your feelings or opinions.
The huns hate the Pope.
I`m a TIm ,so I love the Pope.
The huns love the Queen.
I`m a Tim,so I hate the Queen
Et al.Et al.
I`ll make my mind up on any issue,uninfluenced entirely by what the huns or the media feel or say about it.
Just reading back.
Condolences to those have lost friends and loved one’s, and best wishes to those awaiting the gift of life.
God bless.
Sean.
PJBhoynyc:
Sometimes I get the feeling that it has become a national competition, a world cup of grief, to see which nation can best revise history to indoctrinate their populace into believing that they sacrificed and suffered the most. I find it really sad that we have come to this and I often get a horrible feeling that the remembrance ‘shows’ and the associated pomp and paraphernalia are becoming a justification ‘for’ war… rather than a commemoration of the horrors endured by the maimed and the fallen – from all countries – and those they left behind.
I don’t anymore feel the need to wear a badge of infirmity to broadcast to the world my personal and private sorrows.
What’s the difference between a German orphan and an American orphan?
War makes monstors and politicians make war. Start one and there’ll be dragons.
Morning all.
Dawn down here. Not too bright and not too cold so far.
Hope we are happy being top of the league.
Can individuals request that retrospective action be taken against the likes of McGinn, since the media has failed to do so, unlike when they went after Boerriggter.
An Tearmann
06:15 on
11 November, 2014
Macjay.
If you agree,why sully those victims with whataboutery?
Am I to retort I will see your lousitania and raise you a somme!
To suggest the uk take kudos for being the last into war,when they had been ‘civilizing’ the planet thro famine, militarism, racism and class warfare, brutality and trade sanction for the previous 100 years is in itself.
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When you say “the uk”,I take it you mean the UK including Ireland and Irishmen.
weeman67
The thoughts of Smedley D. Butler….
I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country’s most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
macjay
I suspect you missed my wider point.
Although I admire your independence of thought…
Kitalba.
It is more than a feeling. It is most certainly a national competition. Way I see it, it is about controlling information….!
Night Y’All.
macjay1:
Your obsession with dragging Ireland into every sullied opportunity is getting tiresome
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” Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
When they come I will stand my ground
Stand my ground I’ll not be afraid
Thoughts of home take away my fear
Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears
Once a year say a prayer for me
Close your eyes and remember me
Never more shall I see the sun
For I fell to a soldier’s gun
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Where before many more have gone.”
kitalba
08:10 on
11 November, 2014
macjay1:
Your obsession with dragging Ireland into every sullied opportunity is getting tiresome
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Obsession ?
Obsessed with facts?
Guilty as charged.
Tiresome is just fine by me,as long as we`re dealing in facts.
The fact is that,whether any of us like it or not,Ireland and Irishmen played a significant role in the creation of the British Empire.
To pretend otherwise is ridiculous.
Parkheadcumsalford
07:59 on 11 November, 2014
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Open season was declared on all things Celtic when, McLean and Nevins ‘disgracing’ of the Celtic fans during the SCF 2011 v’s M/well – went unchecked.
Since then….Celtic have been SMSM- punchbags. imho
No ‘rebels’ on the board = A chocolate fireguard PLC.
Pjbhoynyc,
I don’t believe it is independent thought, look at his latest, Irish were willing participants in British imperialism ffs, he refuses to countenance that Ireland was simply another occupied country as part of the British empire the me that is simply sick and twisted.
2 mins silence at 11:11?
Aye….tell yer wife how ye won medals down in Flanders.
C’mon The Blessed Martin and Aiden wrap it roon thum.
Big Mark McGhee = Sellic manager material imho.
Off oot, bye.
One of the most significant roles played by Ireland was dying of starvation in their millions while the food cultivated on their soil was shipped around the globe to feed the British imperial war machine, yes a very significant role indeed.
He is a poppy fascist who demands respect for a silence that includes respect for heroes the equivalent of the SS, aye very good. A little englander living in oz.
Oh, afore I go….why have the SMSM-puppets got the green leaf thingy removed from their poppies?
Bring back the Jungle – see how many poppies ye find in there?
Off oot, bye.
macjay1:
I have no problem with facts and before I use them I generally read beyond Wiki – the fountain of abused knowledge – before I introduce them.
During the grand ol’ Empire building days, what was the make up of the Irish government, how many British troops were billited there? How many of Cromwell’s bady bastards answered Lord Kitchener (an Irishman) and his ancestors call in the name of ‘Ireland’.
So when you drag Ireland into any equation could you please tell us which Ireland you are refering to, can you quantify it beyond your prejudice, is it the free Ireland or the conquered and Oppressed Ireland, ruled by Westminster with an Iron fist and lots of bullets and baynots.
Good grief, there’s some bollix on here this morning, think I’ll disappear till the nutters have left.
Bawsman,
Too true. Why does CQN attract these people?
JamesGang, sorry went to bed early last night and missed your post.
While I wasn’t carrying the twins then, my belly looks as though it could well be now:-)
kitalba
08:38 on
11 November, 2014
Which Ireland?
Extraordinary.There`s only one Ireland.
When people of Irish preference or nationality insult me and mine,I feel it`s reasonable to respond in kind.
I don`t drag Ireland in.They do.
Prejudice? Yes.Prejudiced in favour of the truth.
A commodity sorely lacking here sometimes.
PJBhoynyc
08:09 on 11 November, 2014
weeman67
The thoughts of Smedley D. Butler….
I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country’s most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism
Thank you for your service to this wonderful country of mine, I too served…but what were the thoughts you kept to yourself when you met this other wonderful serviceman..??
I will look for your response later in the morn, off to bed for the second time, have never slept well since I got discharged……..
macjay1
It’s really hard and largely pointless trying to create a league table of nationalities’ war guilt over a span of say 4 centuries. History’s way too messy to facilitate that…..
Eg Highlanders
1740s victims of ethnic cleansing in their homelands
1780s increasingly the spearhead of British imperial expansion extirpating native Americans in their homelands. Ironic. But classic imperial tactics since roman times.
WWI ferocious troops fighting in an imperial bloodbath with a well known reputation for not taking prisoners.
WWII fighting the evils of hitler but also in the fervent hope of Churchill, retaining the British empire.
So are they guilty? Innocent?
And what am I as a 50% highlander?
You could do this for any race/nation you want with little real relevance for our today and our tomorrows.
But I promise if you did it for Ireland you’d find a race much more sinned against than sinner in the horrible game of empire.
Placing a similar template on the experience of scots and Scotland in empire makes for a very different balance of culpability.
And for Scots like me (and you?not sure where you hail hail from) that makes for difficult but homes reading.
HH jamesgang
Homes = honest
Apols