When Roy Race’s scriptwriters sat down to decide on their weekly football fantasies they would never bring themselves to write what Jack Aitchison went through yesterday.
A scoring debut.
With his first touch.
As the youngest player ever to play for the club.
This is classic (Roy) Race-ism. To get to the stage of making your Celtic debut as a 16-year-old striker Jack would have to have eclipsed many older players in the youth structure, so he clearly has something about him, but consider anything he achieves in the next five years as a bonus.
With Kieran Tierney (18) and Ryan Christie (21) also scoring their first goals for the club yesterday, there was an air of optimism that some of the development work we’ve invested in recently is bearing fruit. The most important lesson from yesterday in this respect was Tom Rogic (23).
Tom has been at Celtic for over 3 years, which indicated the time it takes to develop a player. He came through long-term injury during that period but he could easily have dropped off the scene a year ago without much fuss. He now looks every inch the modern creative midfield player. What he did to create the chance for Ryan Christie’s goal yesterday was sublime. If you didn’t see it, go look for it.
It takes time and patience to develop players, but the evidence is mounting that we’re good at it again.
Really pleased the sun shone on Ronny’s last day, in every sense of the word. It was a high to go out on after a lot of rainy days, in every sense of the word. I planned to appraise him, and our strategy, after the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat but decided to leave it to the end of the season after his quick announcement that he was leaving. Will pick up with this in due course.
As I walked away from Celtic Park yesterday and pondered the success or otherwise of Ronny Deila’s reign, the thought occurred to me, maybe it’s too early to tell?
Remarkably, over the weekend, more than 500 of you have contributed to a crowdsource project to publicise issues relating to Resolution 12 in The Guardian newspaper, and a business paper serving Uefa’s territory in Switzerland (all without a mention in the main blog).
We are not served particularly well in Scotland with oversight, accountability and governance. It’s important for our society, not just our game, that those who can articulate this situation do so. Read this article for more information, with a link at the bottom to participate.
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Not mentioning any names but I heard a certain Celtic employee from within the inner circle of the dressing room was singing ‘the bluebells are blue’ as a joke in or around the Newco game. Has anyone else heard this?
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/14497450.Reports_of__two_minor_explosions__on_Glasgow_s_Buchanan_Street/?ref=rss&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
Celtic I know for sure are concerned about the safety of their employees is we are the only club that pursue a new LNS enquiry, this is not only a Celtic issue, I think Hearts were “done out of” more money than we were based on an old spreadsheet that was doing the rounds on CQN a few years back.
We need more clubs to come forward after the HMRC appeal is finally done and dusted or do they not care?
Not mentioning any names but I heard a certain Celtic employee from within the inner circle of the dressing room was singing ‘the bluebells are blue’ as a joke in or around the Newco game. Has anyone else heard this?
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Maybe “another” inquiry is the answer por cierto.
Macjay
Uber conflicted Mhate.
Horse riding daughter who hates football and doesn’t want to be left alone but then just sits in her room with her iPad when I’m there.
11 y/o son. Loves playing football, doesn’t really like watching it and in balance doesn’t want to go.
Me. A Bhoy who wants to make up for lost time having wasted too many Saturday afternoons chasing an egg shaped ball as a youngster.
So I’m conflicted as a parent aside from all the Res12 LNS stuff!!!
Matches against Sevco? Hate the hatred but wouldn’t want my team to be without my support. And/but wouldn’t want my son subjected to it at such a young age.
HH jamesgang
We need more clubs to come forward after the HMRC appeal is finally done and dusted or do they not care
Only if your from lurgan, and that you play for Celtic they care, kind answers your question a think?
But you get paid well for it Michael, and you knew this before you came right? So where’s the story here?
http://readceltic.com/2016/05/17/lustig-celtic-players-never-get-enough-time-off-summer/
Nimmo has to be revisited, for me that was the greatest crime of all. However the Big Tax Case is under appeal and until that is finally put to bed and assuming that Hector is vindicated then that is the time to raise Cain over the Nimmo fiasco. However Celtic acting alone are unlikely to get anywhere we will need the backing of other Clubs and that means for us Celtic Supporters we will need to get supporters of other Clubs activated.
That is for another day however, the immediate priorities are Res 12 and getting the right man in to lead us, followed by long overdue overhaul of our bloated squad.
Glad to see Ralston’s and Aitchison’s mug shots joining the first team squad on the Official Site however that brings the total number including loanees up to a staggering figure of 40.
There are also quite a few hopefuls from our all conquering Development side knocking on the door.
Big decisions will have to be made.
Visually summarising CQN this morning –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3QgAaoTdnU
Ole Michael Lustig? – The Swedish Provo CSC
I might pop down and watch Izzy while I’m over there, see how it goes.
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/i-need-to-play-izaguirre/
Poor effort from SMSM – Arsenal have been going to buy one of our players every year since ‘Jimmy McGrory of the Celtic’ CSC
new article posted.
A VIEW FROM THE DERRYBHOYS BANNER………
left CELTIC EDDIE sleeping on couch and made my way down high st towards THE GALLOWGATE around 9am.meet first tim in celtic strip outside LYNCHS.ask him where there is a shop to buy lucosade.directs me across the rd.pakistani shop keeper tries to sell me a gun.make my way to morrisons to buy WHITE LILLIES for JOHN LYNCH’S shrine in the pub.way back wee guy selling hats n scarves tell s me I was in ”
some state” last night in SQUIRREL.not me pal I was on train from York.very sorry and i’m on my way to the pub and hand in the lillies.
mass in ST ALPHONSUS and talk to lots of nice people at back of church.they all shake hands before mass.nice touch.priest gives wonderful sermon.2 colleections and a wee bhoy ties all the collection bags together and passes them to SVDP man .he does this every week.what a job.tell priest after mass I enjoyed his sermon and then i’m in nephew JOHN-JOSEPH’S car and we head to duke st.
meet up with BGX for breakie only to discover COIAS is shut.never mind café a few doors down does nice coffee.BGX does not take sugar and announces he does not need it as he is a HARD MAN FROM GALLOWAY ST.maisonettes end.
leave billy and it’s of to SELLIK PARK.JOHNJO spots street opposite FORGE and we get space for £2.wee guy says PAY WHEN YOU GET BACK.what a star ,he should be in charge at CELTIC.
were on the rd again .meet 2 lovely girls from ST ROCHS in THE GARNGAD collecting for school trip.part company with JOHNJO he is off to find HANNAH’S 75 birthday stone beside JINKY’s statue.me i’m off to find CQN corner.what a result .JOHN FALLON there in person .surrounded .join the q and ask if it’s ok to say hello.what a smile what a lovely guy .time for everyone.over comes his son .ARE YOU BT I’M FAV UNCLE. great welcome” so come and meet some of the bhoys”.first there is JUNGLE JIM who last met 50 years ago.SFTB,KOLNCELT ,no JOBO sorry to say.bad news from JJ re his cousin MICHAEL HUGHES who died in TORONTO a few years ago.walked home from ST BEDES RED RD 65 years ago with MICHAEL on our first day at school.donated to the advert.now where else could you give money to a complete stranger and know it will not be thieved.
meet up with JJ and he tells me he has poured quarter bottle on his mother’s stone.get photos beside JINKS statue.always plenty of VOLUNTEERS asking if” both want a photo together”.even hold yir jacket and don’t rifle pockets.
right time is getting on so in wee go 5 in a row.seat right beside DERRYBHOYS BANNER.touch it lovingly.ask JJ if he knows his great grannie who WAS
great came from DERRY.bish bash bosh the goals are flying in .atmosphere something to savour.stood up and joined THE HUDDLE.text from marie my neice .she is behind goal with her daughter.meet up at half time .hugs n’ kisses.MARIE won tickets in ST NINIAN KIRKIE raffle.what a week ST NINIANS are having.3 former pupils all playing.
bish bash bosh again .goals every time I sit down IZZIE comes out to warm up.great reception which he just loved.game ends.guys are bringing out the stage for presentation.everyone spots LENNIE and that wee bassa McCann.dogs abuse he gets .I shout LENNIE to punch the bassa.LENNIE fakes punching him .McCann looks up.then away .too late I pull my rosary out to show him what he is missing.do I sound bitter WISH I HAD BOUGHT THAT GUN.EFE does backward summersault.off podium.WOW
riht outside and back to car.wee man has some buss. head!! car safe nothing damaged.down to LYNC.HS for well earned pt of diesel and then train to embra.
home in YORK 9pm.what a day. so for my last game I really picked a cracker.well last unless PL grows a pair.not just RES.12 lots of other complaints.but as the BRAZEN HEID BARD put it maybe my heart was never really in it
PS PS.did I mention I met JOHN FALLON.