And then the lights came back on.
You and I have discussed this before, but one week from tomorrow Celtic could be in involved in a +£20m penalty kick competition. Between now and then I’d have the players take 100 each. Preparation is everything and there’s no amount of preparation for penalties next week which will be too much.
You have to suspect that it’s too soon for Brendan Rodgers to throw new keeper, Dorus de Vries, into such a critical game, without a proper opportunity to work with his defenders, or be assessed by Stevie Woods.
After the Aberdeen game later this month we have a two week international break, where de Vries will be able to work with the coaching staff for an extended period, but that precedes the group stages of European competition, so I’m not sure when the new keeper will get a first team break.
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Politics of envy Macjay? The only politics of envy is what the wealthy like to encourage in the classes below them – envy of the wee bit extra that others around you are getting. Envy of those on housing benefit,DLA, etc to distract from the real cause of their grievances. Don’t blame the financial gamblers, their political enablers – blame the foreign family down the street, blame a refugee, blame an unemployed youngster – just don’t look at us stealing all the things you produced!!!
Politics of envy eh?
MacJay
There was no state sponsored doping in Russia.
A cover up, possibly, [ Just like happens in the rest of the world ] but not a hope in hell there was anything like you are suggesting.
You have always come across as a reasonably intelligent bloke, but when you come away with pish like this, I really need to re assess my judgement.
Interesting discussion on Newsnight righ now about the cost of Olympics etc. If Team GB meets it’s medal target, it will have cost just over £5m per medal.
Ticket gone.
Sorry – £5.7m per medal in Rio compared to £2.1 per medal in Syndey 2000. Provided they meet their target of 48..
NATKNOW on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:42 PM
Interesting discussion on Newsnight righ now about the cost of Olympics etc. If Team GB meets it’s medal target, it will have cost just over £5m per medal.
and I bet they didn’t even think to check ebay first-))
THE EXILED TIM on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:39 PM
That`s fine.
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:47 PM
NATKNOW on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:42 PM
Interesting discussion on Newsnight righ now about the cost of Olympics etc. If Team GB meets it’s medal target, it will have cost just over £5m per medal.
and I bet they didn’t even think to check ebay first-))
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:-)))
First ever medal won by Celtic went for £10k the other day. Far more precious and cultural significant than an Olympic Gold for air hockey or whatever is considered sport these days…. ;-)
ROBERTTRESSELL on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:37 PM
” classes ”
What classes ?
Did London benefit from the Games? Will Rio? Why are the stadia half empty? How ‘clean’ are these Games? Can Celtic win gold?
Sorry, what a lot of balderdash! F*** the Olympic Games! IOC as corrupt as FIFA…
(of course that’s just my opinion)
THE EXILED TIM on 15th August 2016 10:39 pm
MacJay
There was no state sponsored doping in Russia.
A cover up, possibly, [ Just like happens in the rest of the world ] but not a hope in hell there was anything like you are suggesting.
You have always come across as a reasonably intelligent bloke, but when you come away with pish like this, I really need to re assess my judgement.
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Apologies for butting in on a conversation but you are deluded if you don’t believe that doping in Russian sport is NOT state sponsored
Have you ever been involved in competitive sport (not including football)?
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:51 PM
Did London benefit from the Games? Will Rio? Why are the stadia half empty? How ‘clean’ are these Games? Can Celtic win gold?
Sorry, what a lot of balderdash! F*** the Olympic Games! IOC as corrupt as FIFA…
(of course that’s just my opinion)
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And mine.
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:51 PM
Did London benefit from the Games? Will Rio? Why are the stadia half empty? How ‘clean’ are these Games? Can Celtic win gold?
Sorry, what a lot of balderdash! F*** the Olympic Games! IOC as corrupt as FIFA…
(of course that’s just my opinion)
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International Association of Athletics Federations – corrupt.
FIFA – corrupt.
Link – Seb Coe. :-))))
Blessed Martin O’Neil had a right good eye for a keeper.
AchillesHeel CSC
SFTB
rights and wrongs
£250m a year in vested in ‘elite sport’. Is it worth it? What could that do in terms of grassroots health?
Posh sports are defo in there but there are some areas where access is pretty open.
Swimming – but you need to get up at 5 am every morning if you’re any good.
Cycling – actually quite easy to get involved (on the road).
Hammer thrower just got bronze. Pretty easy down the local club if you want to do this.
Hockey pretty similar to football cost wise for participants.
Tennis and golf are more about profile for the events as ‘glam’ bits rather than the ‘serious’ business.
One of the things that always struck me whilst traveling in England was how well many schools were resourced for sport in a way that doesn’t happen in Scotland.
Elite sport is now so tainted by drugs I think it is on its last legs as are the corrupt organisers ina similar way to FIFA and UEFA.
HH
On the mystery midfielder debate- I’d take Michael Carrick in a heartbeat wonderful footballer often unheralded. If you get a chance listen to Graham Hunter’s podcast interview with him. Great series of interviews by the way well worth seeking out and listening to.
NATKNOW on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:50 PM
Saw that about the club buying that medal, an irreplaceable piece of Celtic history.
Much more significant than a lot of these Olympic medals won in ‘fannying about’ sports for the privileged.
*****Last Man Standing 8 update****
Good Evening fholks and since we launched LMS8 last night we have had an incredible response so far. An amazing 60 entrants have applied to date to take part.
Don’t worry if you have not received a response from us so far, as we are busy working through the emails and should be in touch by tomorrow (hopefully).
We are not far away from the magic number of 67, which will then trigger a free entry for one of the registered competitors. So keep the entrants coming for a great cause.
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Last Man Standing 8, our Maestro of a competition, starts weekend 3rd September.
Prize pot starts at £1555 and may top £2k. Must be won this time. No further rollover.
Really simple to win as well, just pick one unique winning team each week from the fixtures provided and if you are the last (wo)man standing the entire prizepot is yours. How can you fail to lose?
Cost to enter is £10 each, with 50% going to support Shay. You can have as many entries also possible as well.
Email us on cqnpredictor@gmail.com to register and receive more info.
HH
CRC
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:58 PM
NATKNOW on 15TH AUGUST 2016 10:50 PM
Saw that about the club buying that medal, an irreplaceable piece of Celtic history.
Much more significant than a lot of these Olympic medals won in ‘fannying about’ sports for the privileged.
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Certainly is for us mate. As I say – important social history.
Joe Fillipi’s Haircut heard that Peter Houston was in the running not long before we appointed St Brendan.
Sorry to bring that up Joe CSC
Maybe we need a CQN list of proposed new Olympic sports. I’ll start with…
Dogie wrangling
Dumbhoy…
Lots of hammer throwers in Scottish football…
On posh sports, my niece is in the elite squad for a posh sport, just missed out on selection this time but fingers crossed for 2020.
Modern Pentathlon, she attended local high school but could not have succeeded without commitment by her parents not so much financially as time. I can’t imagine how many miles my sister put in driving all over the uk to comps and training camps. The reward has been full time athletic status and a life we’d all love, but so much hard work and dedication put in to get there and she will never get rich from the sport!
THE EXILED TIM @ 10:04 PM,
Yeah! Lucky we had the Griff… doesn’t care what the line-up, formation, tactics are… the old school, work your socks off and take your chances still seems to work;)
BMCUWP @ 10:09 PM,
Yes, that was interesting, as is the chaps MO, he out of the blue posts contraversial comments with little frame of reference.
Then even though no one comments follows up with a truculent post.
Hail Hail
Two more sleeps, two more sleeps.
Aye, two more sleeps.
Champions League would be soooo good.
Conflicting emotions.
Excitement, anticipation and hope on the one hand.
Fear, panic and dread on the other.
Can’t wait, bring it on. :)))
18 years ago today
Let perpetual light shine upon them
James Barker (12), from Buncrana, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. James’ family had only moved to Buncrana from England a year before the bombing. James was one of three boys from Buncrana to die in the explosion.
Fernando Blasco Baselga (12), from Madrida, Spain. Fernando was a Spanish student who was one of a group taking part in a student exchange programme to Buncrana, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. He was from Madrid. His parents travelled to Omagh to bring home his body. The Spanish ambassador also travelled to Ireland to help with the arrangements.
Geraldine Breslin (43), from Omagh, County Tyrone. Geraldine was killed after she had left Watterson’s clothes shop where she was employed. She was a close friend of Anne McComber who was also killed.
Deborah Anne Cartwright (20), from Birchwood, Omagh, County Tyrone.
Gareth Conway (18), from Carrickmore. Gareth was about to enrol in an engineering course at the University of Ulster at Magee when he was killed. His father Mickey plays handball at All-Ireland level and he and his wife Marie have another two sons and three daughters.
Breda Devine (20 months), from Donemana, County Tyrone. Breda was taken by her mother Tracey (27) her into Omagh to shop for a wedding gift. Tracey Devine was seriously injured after suffering 60 per cent burns.
Oran Doherty (8), from Buncrana, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Oran was one of three boys from Buncrana to die in the explosion. His family said that he had been looking forward to going to Omagh all week.
Aidan Gallagher (21), from Omagh, County Tyrone. Aidan Gallagher had gone to Watterson’s shop to buy some clothes. He had studied car bodywork at Portadown College and spent two years building up his own firm. He would normally have been working on a Saturday afternoon but changed his plans and decided to go into town with a friend instead. His friend was badly injured. Aidan was the only son of the Gallagher family.
Esther Gibson (36), from Beragh, County Tyrone. Esther came from a large family, she was the eldest of five girls and six boys who grew up on a farm outside Beragh. She had worked in Desmonds clothing factory for 15 years and was a Sunday school teacher for the Rev Ian Paisley’s Free Presbyterian Church at Sixmilecross. Her uncle was Oliver Gibson, the DUP assembly member for West Tyrone. She was due to be married next July.
Mary Grimes (65), from Beragh, County Tyrone. Mother of Avril Monaghan (30), and grandmother of Maura Monaghan (18 months) who were also killed in the explosion. Mary Grimes was a mother of 12. She was born in County Cork, and she was a former maternity nurse. She was on a trip to Omagh to celebrate her birthday.
Olive Hawkes (60), from Omagh, County Tyrone.
Julia Hughes (21), Omagh, County Tyrone. Julia was studying at Dundee University but had returned to Omagh for the summer to find temporary employment. She was to return to Scotland next month. She was working in Image Xpress, a photo shop in the High Street in Omagh.
Brenda Logue (17), from Omagh, County Tyrone. Brenda and was one of a family of five. Brenda had left her mother and grandmother in a shop to see what was happening in the street outside. She was caught by the full force of the bomb. Her mother and grandmother escaped with cuts and bruises.
Anne McCombe (45, 49?), from Omagh, County Tyrone. Anne was a close friend of Geraldine Breslin who also died in the explosion. They had both worked together in Watterson’s clothes shop. Anne was a Protestant and Geraldine a Catholic but their friendship bridged the sectarian divide. Ann was married with two sons.
Brian McCrory (54), from Omagh, County Tyrone.
Samantha McFarland (17), Omagh, County Tyrone. Samatha was a student at Strabane Grammar School. She was killed alongside her best friend Lorraine Wilson.
Seán McGrath (61), from Omagh, County Tyrone. Seán McGrath was a businessman, who was married with four children. He died in hospital on Saturday 5 September 1998.
Sean McLaughlin (12), from Buncrana, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Sean was an altar boy at the local church, St Michael’s Oratory. The McLaughlin family lived just a few doors away from the Doherty family who also lost a son in the explosion. Sean was one of three boys from Buncrana to die in the explosion.
Jolene Marlow (17), from Eskra, Omagh, County Tyrone. Joelene and her sister Nicola (15) had taken their great aunt, Bernie Shaw (75), into Omagh on a shopping trip. Jolene had three brothers.
Avril Monaghan (30), from Augher, County Tyrone. Avril was seven months pregnant with twins. She had four children under 7. She was in town with her 18-month-old daughter Maura and her mother, Mary Grimes, to celebrate Mary’s birthday. All three family members died in the explosion as well as the two unborn children.
Maura Monaghan (18 months), from Augher, County Tyrone. Maura’s mother and grandmother were also killed. Maura was the youngest victim of the bombing.
Alan Radford (16, 17?), Omagh, County Tyrone. Alan was due to get his GCSE results . Alan was in town to help his mother with the shopping. Alan’s body wasn’t identified until Sunday.
Rocio Abad Ramos (23, 24?), from Madrid, Spain. Rocia was a Spanish group leader who was taking part in a student exchange programme to Buncrana, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Rocio Abad was on her fifth trip to Ireland. She was the leader of the exchange group and was helping supervise the Spanish children on a day trip to Omagh as part of their language course. She had been due to be married soon after the bombing.
Elizabeth (Libby) Rush (57), Omagh, County Tyrone. Elizabeth Rush owned a pine and canework shop next door to the Cosy Corner pub in Omagh. She had a cafe upstairs which was a popular meeting place in the town. Elizabeth was killed in her shop.
Veda Short (46, 56?), from Gortaclare, Omagh, County Tyrone. Veda was another member of the staff at Watterson’s clothes shop. She was married with one son, three daughters and a grandchild.
Philomena Skelton (39), from Dooish, Durmquin. On Saturday Philomena was accompanied by her husband Kevin and daughters Shauna (13), Tracey (15), and Paula (18). Her son Ray (16) was not with the family that afternoon. Philomena was caught in the explosion as her daughters tried on school uniforms. Kevin was in a neighbouring shop when the bomb exploded and escaped with light injuries.
Frederick White (60), from Omagh, County Tyrone. Fred had just returned home from a holiday abroad and went into the centre of the town to do some shopping. He was an office-holder in the local Omagh Ulster Unionist Association. He died alongside his son Brian (27).
Bryan White (26, 27?), from Omagh, County Tyrone. Brian was killed alongside his father Fred White.
Lorraine Wilson (15), Omagh, County Tyrone. Lorraine was working with her best friend Samantha McFarland in the charity shop run by Oxfam in Omagh. They were evacuated and left the building together. They walked into the area where the bomb exploded.
Natknow
2 man hunt…
HH
Proper sport on BBC2 now – Robot Wars just started…
WeeBobbyCollins
Transferable skills…. :-)
HH
DUMBHOY on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:07 PM
Natknow
2 man hunt…
HH
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LOL!
Kerbie/Kerby?!
Natknow
repetitive blog posting…
Think we have several medal hopes on here already :-)
HH
The truth about dopping in Russian sport came out in December 2014. It was Russian Julia Stepanova who told German tv ARD how it was organised, with a help of Russian Federal Security Service and other authorities. Stepanova was earlier found guilty by International authorities for taking the drugs. What is really shocking,Vladimir Putin called Stepanova -Judas.
Natknow
List compilers
ditto
HH
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE
Quite right about conflicted emotions
But would you rather be a sevconian with nothing for your emotions to get conflicted about-:))
DUMBHOY on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:10 PM
Natknow
repetitive blog posting…
Think we have several medal hopes on here already :-)
HH
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Can’t imagine what you mean…? :-)))
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:10 PM
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE
Quite right about conflicted emotions
But would you rather be a sevconian with nothing for your emotions to get conflicted about-:))
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Not sure zombies are capable of emotion..
Genuine philosophical conundrum!
Natknow
6.30amish nearly every morning. Same words just put in a different order…
was thinking of changing my moniker to Lurkin Hun…
HH
Nat Know
Wiki keeping -Macjay Gold
Bonus Collecting – PL Gold
MWD