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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Load of codswallop on here tonight, wish you would reel it in a bit.
WHAT IS THE STARS
That’s pollocks mate:))
I hake to tell you that as you’re a good sole..
Perchance BR will surprise us with a smelter of a signing before the big gemme..
KTFish
Must ay, I wa a wee bit down after the game on Friday night, but my wee hero, NFL, has cheered be up big time. Well done to Efe, Stokes, Dylan, all the other hibs lads and don’t forget the Proclaimers,!!!! Hail hail friend.
DESSYBHOY on 14TH AUGUST 2017 9:15 PM
Quonno
The Governments position is no repeal until something else is in its place, that is not what Parliament voted for, was the communications part of it excluded from repeal or was it all of it? We see regulary that the internet is used to spread hate and threaten, the law makers need to be looking at that and extending existing laws to cover on-line stuff if the communication part is repealed.
There will be wheeling and dealing done that ensures any repeal will inflict minimum embarrassment on government.
Quonno
“Leaving above aside. Regardless of good intentions, the repealing of legislation takes time.”
And when the intentions are not good, as in this case, the SNP are just waiting to retaliate with Strict Liability because they got a bloody nose, despite the lobby fodder voting record of every SNP mSP on this matter.
I cannot see an SNP MSP breaking ranks on this matter any time soon.
As for taking time- they lost a vote- the legislation can go ASAP. Look how quickly they put the Named Person Bill into cold storage, until it could be revised to fit the law.
easy enough for them to scrap it all immediately and re-draft a Bill on Offensive Communications (and this time do not limit the sccope to football, behaving like a Morningside curtain-twitcher.
Portuguese Musical Interlude,
Here’s a famous tune from Pedro’s hometown, Beja, Portugal.
The opening line is…
“…Beja was founded about 400 years ago, by the Celts.”
( Beja foi fundada cerca de 400 anos pelos Celtas)
The song is a bit of a Rhebel song and tells of the Celtic people’s struggles with the Romans, Arabs and French.
There are lovely images of the Churches and the Castle.
The music has a familiar Celtic accordion strain and could easily be confused with other tunes dishonestly appropriated by The Peepul:))
Up the Celts of Beja!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYjgAr5YBHY
Starry ya bassa I was just about to post something like that. In a bit of a dace now
Duncanum- Leader od Glasgow City Council, Frank McAveety and his cronies , were guests at Poundland; when the sing song was live on TV, and said hee haw.Amazingly it was around the time of the safety issues at that midden.
Hope to God we get past Astana as canny wait to hear Hadok the Priest ringing out at Paradise again.
Oh and Jim Kerr is quoted as saying that Simple Minds are re-releasing their early 80s hit in honour of Brendan telling them the bhoys would win the Cl this year, he said “I promised you a mackerel”…
Aff oot!
:-)
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 14TH AUGUST 2017 9:27 PM
Quonno
“Leaving above aside. Regardless of good intentions, the repealing of legislation takes time.”
And when the intentions are not good, as in this case, the SNP are just waiting to retaliate with Strict Liability because they got a bloody nose, despite the lobby fodder voting record of every SNP mSP on this matter.
I refuse to believe that the intentions of every opposition MP at Holyrood are good.
Would strict liability be such a bad thing.
Just imagine THEMS being held liable for the moronic conduct of THEIR support.
And before you jump in. It is questionable if those respsonsible for such legislation would care to enforce it.
Sevco 2 Hibs 3…..but that is not the story…..strange that…
SID1888 on 14TH AUGUST 2017 9:35 PM
Hope to God we get past Astana as canny wait to hear Hadok the Priest ringing out at Paradise again.
Looks as if we are back to eating fish on Fridays.
These fishy puns have caught some people hook, line and sinker.
Good Evening.
Here is something new…
“How To Manage The Scottish Sports Media”
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/how-to-manage-the-scottish-sports-media/
!!BADA BING!! on 14TH AUGUST 2017 9:37 PM
Sevco 2 Hibs 3…..but that is not the story…..strange that…
Tam McManus nailed it in today’s Herald.
yet another re-run of The Codfather on film 4………..the Marlin Brando one.
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 14TH AUGUST 2017 9:27 PM
Quonno
“Leaving above aside. Regardless of good intentions, the repealing of legislation takes time.”
And when the intentions are not good, as in this case, the SNP are just waiting to retaliate with Strict Liability because they got a bloody nose, despite the lobby fodder voting record of every SNP mSP on this matter.
I cannot see an SNP MSP breaking ranks on this matter any time soon.
As for taking time- they lost a vote- the legislation can go ASAP. Look how quickly they put the Named Person Bill into cold storage, until it could be revised to fit the law.
easy enough for them to scrap it all immediately and re-draft a Bill on Offensive Communications (and this time do not limit the sccope to football, behaving like a Morningside curtain-twitcher.
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A grotesque stereotype.
Morningside is Edinburgh South – staunchly Labour you know. From 2015 to 2017 Ian Murray was the only Labour Party MP representing a Scottish constituency in the House of Commons.
The curtain twitchers you refer to are, most likely, Tories voters – try chekin’ the windaes Shettleston, neebs….
:-))))
Just wish we had a player like Guppy for Wednesday. Jamesie won’t flounder though and I’d expect him to plaice a shot in the net at some the wee shark !
Celtic will have smelt the fear in Astana . In short we’ll skate it.
Glasgow’s green and whiting.
Off the scales –
The Broad Black Breamer and The Sam Browne Trout..
Wrassetafari.
Hope the mods don’t batter and deep fry my post to Starry fish….
At least there’s no trawling tonight.
Carp on to yourselves for Cod’s hake.
Will Craig Gordon be our goalkipper on Wednesday?Will we sign Conor Sammon as backup striker or is that a red herring?
Maybe somebody’s spinning us a line and trying to lure us into more fishy puns but they won’t catch me!
One on porpoise mention led to that.
Ffs.
Let’s get back to wrongly interpretation of rebel songs.
There’s a unicorn that’s hanging in what’s known as father’s room
Will Rod Stewart be in attendance along with his wife Annette
Channel 4 now. Catching The Tax Dodgers. 1 hour with the good guys.
Just sayin’ like…
Back to Celtic. For those in Ireland, game on Wednesday will be shown live on Network 2 (as well as BT Sport).
Lift McCahir Og your face
from brooding o’oer the old fishpaste
There ye go St. Stivs…..combined them both for ye!-))
Whits the John dory about paddy .. I thought he was a gudgeon for us
Who broke the fishing puns everyday barramundi rule?
Sorry,Just had some chow der but am back now.
You see weed have a whale of a time if we can make the group stages. Packed in like sardines,signing on our heroes
Just watched the end of Rostock v Hertha Berlin. Apparently it was held up for 17 minutes because of crowd trouble and fires caused by flares. Have the BBC or STV mentioned yet that it was all NFL’s fault?
Bourne
That post was below parr….
Who in their right mind Lobs there flares into a packed football stadium. Smoked Havoc all round
BCW
Things could be a shoal lot worse
An old friends coat that’s so butter stained and worn
And beech trees almost Fred bears at Tralee’s
you’re all cracking these fish puns just for the halibut aren’t you?