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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IMHO, Remembrance is about victims, all victims, of conflict wherever. It is not about the military. My first and last post on this.
Neil canamalar @ 07.38
” Wasnt archduke Ferdinand shot by a uniquely British military handgun supplied by British intelligence”.
The gun was a Browning produced by The Browning Arms Company in Belgium . If its serial number is kosher then it was one of hundreds sold by The Browning Arms Company to the Serbian government. . Some of those guns were then given to Serbian agents conducting operations in Bosnia .
The evidence suggests that lots of people ( and therefore relevant governments) knew that the assassination was planned..
Sammy Wilson, one of the 7-1 Heroes from 1957 has passed away.
God rest him – Sammy scored the first goal that day in The Hampden Sun.
Big Nan
A well-written piece. Well done.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
Yes, atrocities going back 500 years, carried out by the biggest imperialist warmongering nation in history. From the concentration camps of South Africa to the bounty hunting soldiers in Kenya, paid by the lopped of hand or ear. Could go on and on. No continent escaped it.
lionroars67
Apologies.
You are of course quite right. In the international side, WGS more or less established the Charlie Broonie central pairing.
Read you wrong.
HH
Kitalba.
Haven’t been on blog for a while and was wondering if the B/V is still on for Friday,I’ve been trying to book a room in a hotel but they are all full thanks to the International game at Celtic Park,so it’ll be home around 8- or 9.00pm for me,could be a busy bar that day with the football on.
Marrakesh Express
10:24 on
11 November, 2014
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
Yes, atrocities going back 500 years, carried out by the biggest imperialist warmongering nation in history. From the concentration camps of South Africa to the bounty hunting soldiers in Kenya, paid by the lopped of hand or ear. Could go on and on. No continent escaped it.
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The British and Irish Empire?
SoT,
Cheers, I was told by an amateur military historian (British soldier) that the gun had been issued by the British secret service. The Browning was standard British issue at the time. He referenced a book that traced the serial number.
macjay:
Atrocities’ are NOT fine, when have I ever said otherwise; however they are a ubiquitous consequence of retaliation by the oppressed against an invading/occupying aggressive nation and well you know the distinction. Yet you stoop down to the gutter to justify your narrow minded prejudices. You focus and highlight the lesser of two evils, the lesser being a direct and unequivocal reaction to the greater, to vindicate the gross crimes committed in the name of Britain, ignoring the simple fact that if the invasions had never happened… neither would the retaliatory ‘atrocities’.. How many would still be living peaceful lives if Britain had not been an expansionist and aggressive nation.
What has happened has nothing to do with Celtic, nothing at all.
Amongst the brief list of countries uninvaded by the British is….The Vatican City.
Oldtim
ill call you soon..
oldtim67:
I’ll be in just after 4.
skyisalandfill
10:24 on
11 November, 2014
No problem mate, just fitba chat
Just simply refuses to accept Ireland was an occupied country ruled by force and bloodshed, he can put whatever labels he wants on his lies the truth is simple, Ireland did not join the British imperial forces like Scotland Ireland was conquered and the difference is no even subtle but the lies suit his purpose.
And we’re back dragging Ireland into this so he can blame others for dragging it in.
I’ll repeat for your benefit macjay maybe this time you’ll pay attention.
Ireland’s greatest contribution to the British empire was the forced starvation of millions of natives while the the food cultivated on their soil was shipped throughout the British empire to feed the imperial war machine.
Do you accept that ?
Oldtim
I’m going to give you a call tonight.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
10:17 on 11 November, 2014
kitalba
10:00 on
11 November, 2014
I don`t drag the Irish in.
I respond to insults directed to me and mine by bloggers who are Irish by birth or preference.
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I think you do more than that – unless you have a strange definition of insult.
I responded (approvingly) a few months ago to a BRTH post about British miscarriages of justice (Birmingham 6 / Guildford 4 / Maguires) and you countered that by displaying a Youtube link to IRA murders of 2 Australians in Holland.
It said quite a bit about your sense of perspective when it comes to Irish/British politics.
Apropos of absolutely nothing — Jeb Bush is a Roman Catholic.
Also I’m a little concerned of this new tendency to compare Celtic wins favorably to sex.
Carry on…
Neil canamalar .
The Browning was sold by The Browning Company from its store in Liege to anyone who had the money .American owners who fully suscribed to that right to bear arms thing..
Highly recommend this—-
The Sleepwalkers : How Europe Went To War In 1914—Christopher Clark ( Allen Lane 2012 ).
His book on Prussia —–Iron Kingdom —–is also mighty fine.
Macjay:
Can you point me to where the British Empire is officially referred to as the British and Irish Empire?
SoT,
Thank you, I will try and find out what book the guy was referring to.
Big bit of why I like this place, education.
Hail Hail
oopla !
subscribed .
Morning Timland from a warm and wet hun free mountain valley.
A fair bit of hun like thinking on the blog this morning.
HH
Take Star Wars?
Based on macjay’s arguements this morning I am now realigning my view of the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic.
Yoda? Nooooooo Yoda. You evil little green alien man with weird speech impediments!
MWD said AYE no more Yodaism!
Well,that’s the annual bloodletting and bedwetting out the way.
Friends again?
Right we can talk about football now………………………
:o)
Aye, you can’t help feel for those who dies in the the two world wars as either cannon fodder or fighting a good fight, god bless them and may they rest in peace.
Just reading back abit to fourleafclover post
Rip shug toner
God bless you and your family
Fourleafclover and who ever else was a friend of shug .. Take care and look after each other
So as I asked previously, do we have enough of a team to carry out any meaningful training sessions during this international break ?
Glad you all respected the minutes silence.
Right, let’s get intae Ronny’s ribs again!
How many of our team were pish on Sunday?
Right, let’s get goin’ then.
Back tae normal, ah luv it.
Sorry to interrupt a poppy debate with trivial nonsense . For anyone who can be ersed whats your favourite 5 Hoops goals vs huns ? (games you were at please)
Mine are
5. Joe Craig @ ibrox 1-0
4. Shaun Maloney @ CP 2-0
3. Charlie Nicholas @ ibrox 2-1 New Year game
2. Nakamura @ CP 2-1
1. Murdo @ CP 4-2
We’ll never see us score against them again
HH
21/5/67 – Alan Thomson’s last minute winner against Klos from about 25 yards (or more) and Larsson’s dribble and chip past Amanarso (yes, that was intended) and Klos.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
10:06 on
11 November, 2014
How many players do we have away on international duty ?
Are we still struggling to keep enough of the team at home to have meaningful training sessions ?
Almost all.
Robcfc11
Cant believe I left Henkes out, and Thommo’s a beaut welly as, then there was Sutty’s last minute one, aach it was a daft question, too many to choose from
HH
Favourite 5 against the huns at games I attended, Not in any order.
Joe Miller, 89 cup final. Little did we now at the time it was papering over the cracks.
Henrik’s chip in the 6-2 game. Incredible player, incredible goal.
JVOH last minute winner at CP. Shut the huns up in mid-title celebration and they paid for it.
Andy Lynch 77. My first cup final against the huns.
Roy Aitken at Ibrox. Again the huns were celebrating and the bear scored with a volley into their end. The scarves went down quicker than the hun share price.
Top 5 goals against the Orc’s
1. Larsson dinking Kloss after making an arse of Amaroso
2. Naka screamer
3. JVOH as the turds high fived in the dug oot
4. Paul McStay at the strip asset dome fae jsut ootside the box 2-1
5. Murdo 4-2
MWd said AYE
As a avid reader of history…..and a watcher of historical fact programme’s………… I have never ever heard or read ……….British and Irish empire !!!!!……..never ever…
EVERY one we scored against them was my favourite. I watched the 3-2 CP game in Jinky’s in Albufeira on a holiday with 23 huns, me and 1 other tim….. none of them could look me in the eye the rest of the night when they returned from their sash bash…. turns out it was more of a sash whimper…. HH