Politics of the game encroaching on Neil Lennon

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It is one thing for football fans and administrators to be embroiled in the politics of the game but it’s no wonder that Neil Lennon tires of such subjects.  His team are top of the SPL and in the knockout stages of the Champions League but he is being distracted by references to his club emanating from the lower leagues.  Maybe he should limit his comments on this subject to those of Walter Smith, “We wish the new Rangers Football Club every good fortune.”  Every “new” club deserves the same courtesy.

Can you imagine the reaction if Neil said the same!

Speaking of which, I see the man who has avoided trying to win friends among other clubs since his arrival in the game last year is now trying to influence people on league reconstruction.  Good luck with that.

We spoke over the weekend about well-run clubs in the SPL (Inverness, St Johnstone, Ross County, Motherwell), where managers come and go but results tend to remain buoyant.  Notably absent from this list was Dundee United, who have underachieved for years, but whose manager, Peter Houston, was today given permission to speak to English Championship side, Blackpool.  Houston has been unable to sprinkle magic dust over Tannadice so, if offered the Blackpool job, I expect him to accept.

United need to ask some fundamental questions should they be forced to replace their manager, like why they have vastly more resources than Motherwell, and appear to be able to produce prodigious young talent, but consistently fail to match the Lanarkshire side the in the league table.  They are a club in need of vision.
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  1. Che-did you nap it too? Got it 14/1. Mrs Bing got me a box set which i took back to HMV,no refund,exchange for other goods or gift card.Ridiculous mate.

  2. Gene’s a Bhoys name.

     

    Couldn’t agree more.

     

    CQN at its worst when politics is the focal discussion.

     

     

    SPF

  3. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    Thatcher. I know it’s not nice but I too will celebrate her passing. She had not a shred of compassion in her wretched body and I doubt she has a soul. Not only for the working class in the UK, the Falklands but also because when the chance came to get Pinochet, she protected him as well. Rotten to the core.

     

     

    I stopped believing in God some years back but I swear when I think of people like her, I wish wish wish I could believe in divine justice.

  4. cliftonville celt from belfast on

    Kojo always annoyed me me those stupid posts taking up loads of space and full of pish !!!!!!

     

     

    I can assure him from the age of 5 i have prayed to have the chance to push the button on that bitch without hesitation & I wouldn’t consider it brave it would be an honour

     

     

    Bobby was right our revenge will be the laughter of our children and how we’re laughing in belfast at them and their fleg

  5. Che

     

    19:46 on

     

    14 January, 2013

     

    Hearing reports the democratic flag lovers have thrown petrol bombs at St Matthews Church in Belfast.

     

    Sinister twist.

     

     

    My daughter who helps out at the special needs group in the parochial hall( next to the church) had along with the children to leave the building in a hurry and I’m sure you can guess what state the poor kids’ nerves were in

     

    AS for describing it as a “sinister twist” sad to say they were throwing kerosene bombs at our church over a hundred years ago

  6. bobbyrussell-I think it might be the same tomorrow at HMV tomorrow mate,lot of jobs on the line ,a shame.

  7. I have read some garbage on this blog, been a contributer to a fair bit masel, but never have I read as much right wing propaganda as I have today.

     

     

    It must be lonely in the gable end in Airdrie these days.

     

     

    Away to crawl back into the cave, much better conversation with the trolls in there.

  8. Yeah, took it 16s with Oscar dara 5s in a trixie other one nowhere. Decent wee lift tho

     

    That apart moves me further away from T(sevco) 4 in the relegation battle :-)

  9. Big Swee walks on with Neil Lennon on

    Some interesting viewing on the site this evening.

     

     

    Hatred is a strong word and she is a worthy recipient for a lot of the anger her policies created.

     

     

    I cannot wish for another human being to suffer but I will not mourn her passing.

  10. !!Bada Bing!!

     

     

    Sad Times indeed

     

     

    Woolies, Virgin. Menzies, Our price,Tower Records, Music Zone,Fopp..to name but a few

     

     

    Something magical about Record shops, now they are a thing of the past

  11. gebhoy is the taxmans tick tocking clock, tick...tock on

    Pinochet a hero, FFS for all the trolling in the world, i know i shouldnt bite but here goes;

     

     

    The Rettig Report found that at least 2,279 persons were conclusively murdered by the Chilean government for political reasons during Pinochet’s regime, and the Valech Report found that at least 30,000 persons were tortured by the government for political reasons.

     

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictment_and_arrest_of_Augusto_Pinochet

     

     

    Pinochet, a hero indeed………and to think this is a Celtic blog!

     

     

    gebhoy

  12. ‘Big Bones’…

     

     

    I Recall That You Were The Clown Who Posted The Outrageous ….

     

     

    And Totally Unsubstantiated Allegations.

     

     

    About The Colonial Police And Army….

     

     

    During The Savage Mau Mau Uprising..

     

     

    In 1950s Kenya…..

     

     

    Gleaned From A Very Dubious Article…

     

     

    In The Pages Of Al-Grauniad…..

     

     

    The Ultimate Source….Of Anti-British Propaganda….

     

     

    The Mau Mau Uprising…..

     

     

    Was Essentially Just Another Episode..

     

     

    In An Ancient Tribal War…..

     

     

    Between The Kikuyu….And The Luo..

     

     

    The Most Recent Episode…

     

     

    Was The Violence Around The Kenyan Elections In 2006…..

     

     

    Where 5,000 People Were Killed In Intercommunal Violence….

     

     

    And Sixty Churches Burnt Down….

     

     

    The Rwanda Massacres Are Also Connected To Violence Between Hutus(Related To The Kikuyu)……

     

     

    And Hutus(Related To The Luo)…..

     

     

    So I Won’t Be Taking Any Criticism ….

     

     

    From Someone So Clearly Lacking In Education….

     

     

    As Your Fine ‘Oirish’ Self…..

  13. Mac

     

    I have close friends in the vicinity, I was speaking of a sinister twist in relation to the current situation, appreciate the history of torment the area and St Matthews has suffered historically.

  14. Gene's a Bhoys name on

    The loss of some of high street brands is the free market working – we have too much retail capacity and we are changing our shopping habits to the internet. Specialists like hmv and jessops cannot compete with amazon / tesco etc – who is next currys? hope not as an ex employee

  15. Corkcelt

     

     

    The problem with your son in laws scenario is we wouldnt be aware of it.

     

     

    So for me … Die soon ya witch

  16. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    cliftonville celt from belfast

     

     

    Yes! Toast her passing with a glass of milk in one hand and your choice of tipple in the other.

  17. Dead and Loving it on

    Depending when you came on tonight , you would be forgiven if you thought that you had logged onto follow follow

     

    I have never known supposed Celtic men with such extreme right wing views

  18. Che

     

    Go raibh maith agat a chara

     

    Anyway the daughter’s home safe and it’s now “batten down the hatches time”…..again

  19. notthebus

     

     

    20:19 on 14 January, 2013

     

     

    “Listen”

     

    “Cuthbertsons”

     

     

    Both record shops in Paisley. Long gone and missed.

  20. 12th October, Thatcher Day? Are yous aff yer heids? One of the nicest guys I know, a right good Tim, and a handsome devil to boot, would be appalled. That’s his birthday. When I see him in the morning I’ll be telling him and he’ll no’ be happy. Might even break the shaving mirror.

     

     

    Hail Hail!

  21. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    CHE

     

     

    Not much danger of getting dragged into the relegation zone when yours truly is in the league.

     

     

    Having a blinkin’ nightmare season………

  22. Thanks for advise lhads the ‘devils hooves’ comment wile makin me lol has made my decision easier

     

     

    B-)

  23. Dead and Loving it on

    cliftonville celt from belfast

     

     

    Have you never tried Magners with milk ice cubes

     

     

    no , me neither

  24. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie

     

    20:01 on 14 January, 2013

     

     

    Basically what you are saying is that in Chile,the end justified the means.

     

    As a Catholic ,I was brought up to believe that the end never justifies the means

     

    For me ,an excellent principle.

     

    Allende was elected democratically by the people and was overthrown by Pinochet with the assistance of the C.I.A.

     

    Castro took power through the barrel of the gun.His family shamefully,retain it to this day.

     

    Pinochet`s anti leftist pogroms were the mirror image of those carried out in Argentina.

     

    Pinochet and Galtieri,nasty fascist dictators.

  25. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    Hmm, I’d say milk in one hand and maybe a nice Argentinian malbec in t’other…. but I think it deserves something more raucous than a nice glass of red. Might even splash out on real champagne.

  26. Some serious complaints on Danny Kelly’s TS programme about EPL ticket pricing and facilities at so-called top grounds.

     

     

    Interesting that the main bone of contention is ‘kids costs’ and that TV money is getting poured into wages rather than reducing match-day ticket costs.

     

     

    Maybe the ‘Premiership Bubble’ is not far away from bursting!

  27. cliftonville celt from belfast on

    Magners with ice-cream – my da would call that a smokie !!!!!!!!

     

     

    Worth a try methinks

     

     

    Call it a aulbitch cocktail

  28. normanstreet49 on

    johann murdoch

     

    17:39 on

     

    14 January, 2013

     

     

    Looks to me my friend that old Chuckles is going to charge the gullible tw*ts to watch Sky TV on a big screen at the bigot drome…….. they will all be scrabbling for tickets for that one???????

     

    You couldnt make this up……..

  29. Dearest Kojo,

     

     

    I am afraid you have niether the depth or knowledge to go over my head, you are a boy of little experience in this life, your mind is made up and no reasoning will change that, twas ever thus with people of your ilk. Have you ever met the lady, stepped forward to receive her applomp, listen to her pontificate on life, I doubt that. You are one who is confined to the armchair of life, enjoy your soft life I doubt if you would have survived five minutes in mine.

     

    HH

  30. cliftonville celt from belfast on

    I’d say champagne would be hard to come by in west belfast on her entry to hell !!!!

  31. Loic Remy to have medical at QPR. Looks like Ashley using all his money on naming rights at Poundland whilst Fernandes & ‘Arry have offered him silly money.

  32. Gene's a Bhoys name on

    Praecepta

     

    I for one can’t wait for that day – but it won’t happen as long as there are enough sky subscribers. There has been discussions about capping wage bills but we’ll have to watch that space.

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