It was good to get our business out of the way on Friday night before what turned out to be an interesting weekend, as the Scottish Premiership adopted a familiar look. Aberdeen did well to come from behind away to Ross County. They will not challenge for top spot, but their grip on second place looks to be in rude health.
The major questions is, is there a genuine challenge from Hibs for the remaining European spots? Their win at Ibrox, also coming from behind, suggests Neil Lennon has instilled an important ingredient of success: attitude. Not every opponent will be as defensively porous as Newco. Nor will they always face a self-defeating pantomime of a stadium.
The test for Neil will come when his team faces disciplined defensive formations – like Ross County, the only side who have prevented Hibs from scoring this season.
St Johnstone are the only other team on full points, however, they have the benefit of starting the season earlier than those who didn’t have European football, so I wouldn’t read too much into their wins against Motherwell and Kilmarnock. Their 0-3 League Cup tanking at home to Partick Thistle may be more indicative of the season ahead.
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* The quest for 7-in-a-row begins;
* Jozo Šimunović: Made of Stone;
* The Champions League – Astana preview;
* James Forrest: The enigma;
* Nir Bitton – Case for the defence.
This week’s big interview is with legendary Scottish football broadcaster, Archie Macpherson, who speaks about Jock Stein, Neilly Mochan, Charlie Tully and John McPhail, as we approach the 60th anniversary of the 7-1 game.
50,000 Celtic fans can’t be wrong…
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WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 14TH AUGUST 2017 2:48 PM
Turkeybhoy…this is for you. The title is very apt… :-)
LOL,cheers mate.The dead walking the earth bit,we already know about.
TD,whatever could you mean?.
I really do hope that when his number is up Jabba exits, stage left, pursued by a bear!
Turkeybhoy
I dont recall saying anything of the sort but hey ho
We’re light, imho, at the back when everyone is fit, another CB wouldve been welcome, Bitton is a 1/5 game player in his favoured position. Lets just say he doesnt fill me with much confidence when at the back, having seen the likes of Moyes, McGuigan, Tebily et al there i think ive suffered enough
Jabba is the epitome of misplaced self entitlement
he is also the epitome of a hun (in fact any images should be accompanied by a warning)
TURKEYBHOY
Coupla weeks ago,a nightshift driver-me!-lost two headlights inside 30 minutes.
That would have been me off the road,but for the fact that I have three spares in the glove compartment.
Bliddy nightmare changing bulbs now,btw. A degree in gynaecology would be a great help.
I also have a spare wheel under the floor as intended,and one in the back. No kidding.
Sorted-as long as I don’t hit water hard. Did that once,a nice pirouette and nose first in a ditch.
Be prepared,aye. But not for that!!!
BMCUW
You haven`t got a degree in gynaecology?
I think I am going to have to sit down.
JJ
TONTIME TIM,
I agree about Linda Thorson being a looker.in the Avengers…..but can she play Centre Hawf ?
HH mate.
………………….
CLOGHER CELT,
We have been telling they bassa’s for over 5 years…they aint feckin listening.
HH mate
Embramike- thanks
OK,I give in.Next season I expect Celtic to start the season with 6 Centre Halves,and 4 strikers.All must be of a quality to be able to play in the CL in case any of the 1st picks are injured.Furthermore,3 of these Centre Halves must be willing to sit in the Stand every week and pick up their wages,one can sit on the bench.As for the Strikers,2 will sit in the stand every week,with 1 on the bench.
To round things up,thats 5 players of CL quality,willing to sit most weeks on the bench,and pick up around 150,000_200,000 per week between them.
If we dont make the CL,contact CQN for advice.There are people on keyboards ready to assist.
Glad thats sorted.Dont know what I was thinking.
He’s not to everyone’s taste,I get that. But JJ comes out with some right good stuff.
https://johnjamessite.com/2017/08/14/the-utmost-good-faith/
Huns manager Pedro………” Guy with nae Logicly” ?
I’ll get ma coat.
HH
BIG JIMMY on 14TH AUGUST 2017 1:08 PM
HOT SMOKED on 14TH AUGUST 2017 12:25 PM
Big Jimmy
TTB is a poster on here ( TBB = The Battered Bunnet).
`(sic) is used to show that you have copied something exactly as it was even though there was an error in the original.
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Perfect explanation, copied being the operative word. Sic should not be used to denote irony, as in using it after typing “Rangers”. That’s what “inverted commas” are for.
HOT SMOKED on 14TH AUGUST 2017 3:42 PM
BMCUW
You haven`t got a degree in gynaecology?
I think I am going to have to sit down.
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Qualified By Experience,old bean.
On light bulbs!!!
Turkeybhoy
Wait and ill help you put your toys back in the pram
Silvercross CSC
Maradominic
Still no suggestions as to who we should sign as striker cover then ?
I would have thought that your expert perspective would have thrown a few ideas up ?
No clues ?
Meanwhile in my wee slightly happier world celtic took another step towards 10 in a row and beyond this weekend whilst rivals faltered and celtic will play a massive game which I am really excited about and already have butterflies in my stomach.
Nice that celtic can be a source of happiness and enjoyment for some and misery for others don’t you think ?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 14TH AUGUST 2017 3:39 PM
TURKEYBHOY
I know all about that.Had Taxis on the road myself some moons ago.I agree with the headlights.My Jeep failed its MOt here couple of weeks ago,bulb.I took it across to the garage nearbye,and a 13 year old kid fitted it for me.I had”nt a clue
Just read about Tony Watt’s move to Leuven. As an alumnus of the University in that town, I can assure him that a wonderful place awaits him. However the team are not top drawer. He can always console himself in the many great eating places and student pubs in the town. If he lasts till the Kermis festival, he could join the student procession of floats round the town, the first and last of these being cared for by students handing out free Stella Artois by the gallon. If he gets fed up; he could always do one of the numerous courses offered by the Uni. After all I do not see Leuven ever competing in European contests, so he will have time on his hands.
GO TELL THE SPARTIM on 14TH AUGUST 2017 3:54 PM
Turkeybhoy
Wait and ill help you put your toys back in the pram
Silvercross CSC
Its not “Toys out the pram”.Its exactly what you and others are asking for.No matter how much bad luck with injuries we have,we still should have cover.And not just any old cover.
Am I right?
If you think thats”Toys out the pram”were you brought up in a Monastery.
Only joking in case you start again,FFS.
5 game ban for Ronaldo
TRADITIONALIST88 on 14TH AUGUST 2017 4:08 PM
5 game ban for Ronaldo
Neil Lennon to be publicly hanged at Glasgow Cross.
Excusing violence. Promoting sectarianism. Filming journalists. This is in the 21st century, in Scottish football, at Sevco.
https://thecelticblog.com/2017/08/blogs/be-in-no-doubt-ibrox-is-now-the-most-dangerous-place-in-scottish-football/
Red Sky At Night
Monday, 14 August 2017
Urgent Letter To Her Majesty from Club 2012
We wish to bring to the attention of Her Majesty the issue of Neil Lennon abusing Rangers fans at Ibrox on Saturday. We consider his reaction to good-natured sectarian abuse and friendly death threats to be extreme. After all, are we really to believe that our own wee part of Her Majesty’s kingdom is longer safe for bigots?
There was a time not so long ago, last week in fact, when Fenians were there to be verbally abused and indeed on occasions assaulted, without any comeback on the fine upstanding bigots dishing it out. But, now, in a land where the SNP’s brand of political correctness runs amok, it is no longer safe for harmless bigots to force their sectarian bile down the throats of Fenians because, as we saw at Ibrox on Saturday, some Fenians are taking the law into their own hands and causing our own loyal fans immense suffering by, and I kid you not, cupping their hands around their ears in an obscene gesture of pure hatred, with no concern that there were children in the stadium.
Before we know it, we’ll have copycat crimes, with other Fenians feeling they can cup their hands at our supporters who are, after all, only exercising their birth right to remind Fenians that their right to life is not a right at all, but rather, a gift from their betters.
Fair play to our management for trying to bring this matter to the attention of Police Scotland at the ground but, as you must have guessed, every policeman, every referee, every journalist, every lollipop lady, are all now Fenians.
Now a terrifying precedent has been set. Lennon’s example, with its implication that the insults and abuse, painstakingly refined by generations of our forefathers, are no longer reducing Fenians to quivering wrecks. In fact, Lennon’s gesture indicated that he really didn’t care how vile our insults were, regardless of the care and preparation that had gone into them. It’s like we’ve woken up in the hell a post-sectarian apocalypse.
This renders screaming sheer hatred at Fenians for 90 minutes pretty worthless as an exercise. And that, Your Majesty, is an outcome we cannot countenance. It’s not like we have lives worth a shit unless we can make Fenians feel inferior. Soon, and again I do not say this in jest, they’ll be expecting to be treated as equals. And our poor comrades who even now are selflessly preparing death threats – and bullets and bombs through the mail – are bereft. What if this campaign of intimidation simply no longer works? And, Your Majesty, if it does indeed come to this, and you ever wonder why our whole empire of beliefs crumbled into dust, you’ll remember that terrifying day when a Fenian was allowed to cup his ears at our insults.
Signed
Your Loyal Subjects
Club 2012
The Rat and Gutter Bar
1690 Boyne Road
The Past
My Masda 6 does not have a spare tyre. Only a can of tyre weld.
Right I am Joe The Toff,big,well not so big,1 Litre JD,and 1 Litre Vodka prize,Darts tournament tonight.Could very well win it.
Anyway,I am taking 6 sets of Darts with me,cause you just never know what could happen.
Turkeybhoy
All i was advocating was another CB, as i really dont rate Erik, BR originally said he wanted one, so do i, we shall wait and see.
I also think we should be planning for the Moussa sale, id rather we didnt sell first then scramble around trying to replace, though i can see the value in having a forward that can play across the front (but then we’re short there too)
As for monastery upbringing, your close.,nowhere near Compostela.
Conciliatory CSC
GO TELL THE SPARTIM on 14TH AUGUST 2017 4:17 PM
Turkeybhoy,
I have posted on here in the past few weeks my wish for a good strong ,good in the air defensive partner for Jozo and ,or Boyatta.If Eric had not got injured I think he would have gone and another brought in.The problem is finding one.The SA guy seems small to me.I still stand by,3 CHs and Ajer are enough.
Bobby,
You can get the original source material here: https://someoldhat.wordpress.com/
There’s also a minah bonus in there just for you.
https://twitter.com/pmacgiollabhain/status/897109811015417858
Polter having medical for Celtic
Who is Polter ?
HH
Pedro Caixinha the dead parrot walking.
No football credentials, no pedigree, just parrot English and Sevc clichés nicked and mimicked from dead Rainjurs via his gobbledegook writers.
Fact is he probably knows it, and knew it when he signed his contract.
Lets cobble together a football club with soft loans for salary after we quickly dismantle the best squad in Scotland, and lets do it in round about a fortnight with no marks, that’ll fix it.
He’s laughing all the way to the bank and those that appointed him are in close contention for best laughing stock since the real Rainjurs.
They are indeed the peepil.
KITTOCH on 14TH AUGUST 2017 4:33 PM
Polter having medical for Celtic
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Who’s that?
Sebastian Polter
Full name Sebastian Polter
Date of birth 1 April 1991 (age 26)
Place of birth Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
I assume Polter is Sebastian Polter of Union Berlin. I saw him play for QPR last year, not what we want or need. Would be a step back to the Bangura, Balde etc days.
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11711/10723800/qpr-forward-sebastian-polter-to-undergo-medical-at-fc-union-berlin-sky-sources
This guy??
Sebastian Polter is 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
© St DBBIA
Born: April 1, 1991 (age 26), Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Nationality: Finnish
Height: 6’4″ (1.92m)
Sebastian is the Pedro Croucho of German fitbawo