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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ZBYSZEK on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:10 PM
And her “reward ” was to be banned from competing in Rio.
Shameful.
GLENDALYSTONSILS
Eh……………….. Naw ;)
HH
DUMBHOY on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:14 PM
Natknow
6.30amish nearly every morning. Same words just put in a different order…
was thinking of changing my moniker to Lurkin Hun…
HH
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I scroll past a lot of stuff these days. Tried engaging but realised that sometimes, there’s just no point. Life’s too short…
Last post on threads, Mise
MICKBHOY1888 on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:07 PM
18 years ago today
Let perpetual light shine upon them
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And may they rest in peace. Amen.
MOONBEAMSWD on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:14 PM
Nat Know
Wiki keeping -Macjay Gold
Bonus Collecting – PL Gold
MWD
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Roaring – Ronny – Gold!
:-)
LURKIN HUN
Whatever happened to NATKNOW?
;)
mickbhoy1888 on 15th August 2016 11:07 pm
18 years ago today
Let perpetual light shine upon them
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So awful – a real crime against humanity.
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:18 PM
LURKIN HUN
Whatever happened to NATKNOW?
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Cheeky bugger!
We already had Sadie. Now we have Doris.
Sounds like a Bingo outing :)
Dorus
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37088333
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:32 PM
Wasn`t intended as a spellcheck.
:-)
MICKBHOY1888
HH
Mickbhoy1888
Sobering post.
RIP
SETTINGFREETHEBEARS@9:12
Firstly, my point on funding for the Olympics was that money invested brings success, lots of money brings lots of success.
In is the same in the world of football – Celtic does not have access to lots of money and we don’t spend what we afford – therefore we will always be in the second/third tier at best.
DD, PL and the board know this and do as best they can, albeit they make mistakes – they are human.
Brendan and Ronny are not liars.
Your “posh boys” rant could have come straight from the Socialist Worker, or one of Corbyn Hood’s Trots.
Mo Farah is not a posh boy – Jess Ennis is not a posh girl.
I totally reject that portrayal – probably you would be quite happy watching the Homeless World Cup – they of course get funded also.
Talk about corruption. Just watched the Heavyweight Final. The judging panel should be recruited by the SFA. I have seen several horrible decisions this year but this one was pure disgusting.
Floodlight Dominoes…
Origami……that would be on Paper View….
Bedtime…
Testing……..HH.
WEEFRATHETIM on 15TH AUGUST 2016 11:52 PM
Testing……..HH.
yes you are
S.S.
Very naughty.
The American, Avery Brundage, was the last IOC president who believed in the principles of sportsmanship and fair play…’amateurism’ …The Latin word ‘amator’ means ‘lover’, so, an amateur was someone who participated in sport for the love of it rather than for any payment.
Television had a lot to do professionalism taking over the Games…big tv audiences meant sponsorship and loadsamoney. Result? Greed and corruption, drugs and cheating…Tennis and golf are not Olympic sports but they have big name players and these are the competitors who draw the crowds…and more importantly, the sponsors…Remember the Barcelona Games? The American basketball Dream Team who were always going to win gold, long before they arrived in Catalunya. That wasn’t about competition, was it? Usain Bolt…ffs. A man who can run fast, whose sport is over in seconds, and yet he is paid millions for it, totally out of proportion…
Ach, it’s getting late and I’m just winding myself up and probably boring the pants off anyone reading this…Until amateurism is reinstated (nae chance pal) in Olympic sports I will be an absent viewer…and football is accelerating in the same direction…night all.
Point taken. HH
SFTB.
quite excellent observations on the elitist history and continued British favour of the universities,
for sure though many working class heros won through. usually running events, think crabb, foster for example.
the shootin, archery, , rowing, sailing, all posh boys and girls.
dressage though, dont agree,
i am away to attend to annabel , for our side step to the office tomorrow,
horses for courses,
no parking fees fees
I would suggest a little research for those convinced of Russian doping with State involvement.
http://thesaker.is/ruslan-ostashko-five-minutes-of-common-sense-how-russia-will-be-punishing-wada-must-see/
or
http://thesaker.is/are-the-olympics-dead-yet-unraveling-the-doping-scandal/
HH
Am a barred or whit, last post not on, may be pants but a lot of posts on here are the same, pure drivel.
macjay
“The principal political issues around these Olympics are two fold.
The state sponsored Russian doping scandal , reminiscent of the OstDeuchlanders of the `70s and `80s .
The funding swindle ? Yes. The inhabitants of the favellas are the victims .Not the non public school boys of U.K.
Your whole piece reeks of the politics of envy in a U.K. context.
A throwback to Soviet era ” sport .”
Whetever happened to the Press sisters. Or was it brothers.”
If I express disapproval of the needless loss of life in WW2 it does not mean I am indifferent or callous towards the loss of life in WW1 or in any other conflict. I happen to agree that both issues you raise have merit but they were not the issue I was focusing on at that time. To raise them at all, is either a non-sequitur to my point or just a squirrel distraction.
The politics of envy – cheap jibe was the only thing salient to my point and I think, as in most of its uses in debate, it is a form of passive aggressive table turning. There are many bluenoses and fans of the deid club who claim that our resentment of their EBT funded success is just the “politics of envy”- the supposition being that we would do the same in the circumstances- the idea that all jumped up wee bolshies would be swilling from the pig trough if we did not build a barbed wire fence to keep them out.
The point is that private schools and “elite” (in the sense of equipment rich) sports benefited inordinately from the change in tack and the diversion of lottery funding to medal-capacity sports. It was predictable and it has come to pass.
At no time did I accuse track and field athletics of being one of those sports: it is quite patently not. But those sports that are providing the increase in our medal tally are precisely rowing, sailing and swimming. We always had the occasional athlete, swimmer and boxer who gave us medals in tough sports with high intensity training and dedication – they were always low in numbers because the rest of the world provided competition in those sports. There are talented runners, jumpers and fighters coming from the poorest countries in the globe. They have a sporting chance of overcoming their funding difficulties and competitive opportunities to take their chance.
But that does not apply to Equestrian events or sailing where serious equipment must accompany every competitor. That is a given and that given militates against talented people from poorer countries getting a chance. That is an issue of fairness not envy.
The second element of my argument- generating a health and participation benefit- you do not address. I am asserting that building several all weather basketball courts in several inner cities could be achieved at the cost of one single Olympic medal but we are more interested in the prestige of our position in the medal table than in generating that participation boost.
Craigellachie 10
It was never my intention to denigrate the dedication and efforts of anyone who pursues any sport to the level of excellence and that is why I made my opening statement. Your girl is fortunate to have parents who are able to provide transport and equipment to help her reach for that elite level BUT…. you must know of many other family situations of talented athletes and sportspeople who were willing to sacrifice too but were not able to. I do not wish to put any sport down: I want to get maximum benefits (not medals) from investment in sport and, since most of the lottery money comes from the poorer elements of society, via the lottery gambles, then their communities should benefit from the payout proportionately. That does not happen just now.
NATKNOW…
You can fare talk, I reckon a wordsmith debate with yourself and SFTB would go down a treat. :))
Paul67, I hope you now understand my last correspondence with you. HH and goodnight.
As what I intended to sync previously with regard to VFR800A8 stating that Celtic have produced many young footballers now plying their trade within Scottish football.
That in itself shows that we as a football club are providing youngsters to develop and god willing prove themselves within the game.
And possibly end back at Celtic , like Charlie Mulgrew.
Did Charlie Mac Nicholas no come back??????
weebobbycollins
One of the difficulties with the amateur era sport is the same difficulty that caused the split between Rugby Union and Rugby League.
The Gentleman sportsman could afford his amateurism and, if the game was restricted, had more chance of success. They resented professionalism because it allowed the talented working class and middle class sports people to earn and subsidise their sport in the same ways that their inheritance wealth subsidised them.
Weefra…
How you doing mate?
I’ve been out the loop of late, catch you at the corner during the season. HH
Mickbhoy 1888
Thanks for posting the names and circumstances of the Omagh bombing. A terrible, terrible thing.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them
may they rest in peace.
Amen.
Mats Nilloc
Your “posh boys” rant could have come straight from the Socialist Worker, or one of Corbyn Hood’s Trots.
Opposed the Trots all my life but the idea that the Momentum group is the Militant tendency re-visited can only exist within minds opposed to rational thought. 300,000 people reconnected with the Labour Party- there just aren’t anywhere near that number of Trots out there. You may be able to find a couple but they are pretty ineffectual and have been for years. You cannot dismiss a party’s grassroots so easily.
Mo Farah is not a posh boy – Jess Ennis is not a posh girl.
Which is why I exempted Athletics and Swimming and (partially) Cycling from the criticism. Those are, generally, meritocratic sports, but they were not always so.
I totally reject that portrayal – probably you would be quite happy watching the Homeless World Cup – they of course get funded also.
You might reject it but you barely understood it and have given no rebuttal of it.
As evidenced by shoehorning in that the Homeless World Cup was subsidised. I was not arguing for no subsidies just subsidising {or redistributing the money raised by indirect taxation (VAT and Lottery) in a different way for more widespread benefit}
I remain convinced that your political preferences lie far away from The Labour Party mind you. You are fooling very few.
Sips@1250
Have had surgery a couple of times in the past few months, all successful, hopefully. That’s why I’ve not been at CP for the start of the season. All clear now and will be there for the sheep a week on Saturday. Looking forward to meeting again. HH
Goodnight CQN- bed is calling
neil lennon shut yer mouth their is no old firm its people like you that scottish journos love neil for the record they were liquidated which means death.