I like Scott Brown and Leigh Griffiths’ reactions to our recent adversity. It says a lot about them. They both personalise responsibility for what happens next, this is an important part of recovery – and success.
A week ago I wrote that the League Cup semi against Ross County was the biggest game in the rest of our season, and that it wasn’t a game I’d bet on. It provided the toxicity cup football can generate, creating a crisis mentality which rolled into Aberdeen on Wednesday.
This psychological phenomenon has to end now. Feel free to put a date in June in the diary to get back to it. We are in a genuine league title contest, something you and I talked about as a great thing for Scottish football not so long ago. We have no God given right to be miles ahead of anyone. We are here because we’ve made mistakes and an opponent stepped up. Welcome to Celtic.
If you want to open an inquest when the patient catches a cold, knock yourself out, but I’m not up for it. If we want this title, we circle the wagons and give the manager and players the encouragement they need to get the job done (and, erm, that includes you, ‘Phyllis’). You can be sure Aberdeen fans will do nothing less.
Tomorrow the focus switches to Perth, where Aberdeen take on St Johnstone. They won their first 8 league games this season, but the wheels came off the tractor immediately after their most important victory away from home – at Tynecastle. Next up was a League Cup game against Hibs, the loss of which plunged them into a five-week chasm.
They are a team who get notoriously nervous just when they begin to think they are in with a chance. We’ll see what Tommy Wright does with them tomorrow.
Enjoy your football. Enjoy this league race, the challenge and the disappointments. Enjoy that thrill when a goal goes against Aberdeen, or the downer when they score. It will make the finale all the more rewarding, I promise you.
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Will Ronnie BE THE FIRST MANAGER TO BE SACKED WHILE HIS TEAM IS TOP OF THE LEAGUE??
MIT…
Welcome are you a hun :)
Sipsini
Young Miss GFTB’s middle name is Grace, we are off to Santa Ponsa in July and she has asked if she can post on Cqn I vaguely remember you posting she was a better poster than her dad, after all this time you weren’t far wrong
Barcabhoy on 5th February 2016 9:04 pm
Refer to my post on page 8 regarding injuries. We have a few problems that seem to compound each other regards injuries.
1. We play tonnes of games (more than anyone in the league)
2. We get the shit kicked out of us…..and the ref lets it happen.
3. We play on deliberately manufactured poor pitches. It stresses joints and muscles already pushed too far by 1 and 2
Its easy to see why we have injuries.
Added to that we have a really poor squad! Major teams ie barca, real madrid etc etc can afford to rotate their squad to an extent (much better than we can) and still know they can dominate their leagues. If barca had to deal with repeatedly waterlogged pitches (in the winter) and overgrown pitches (in the summer) compounded with the refs letting the opposing team brutalise them PLUS playing way more games and having as poor a squad as we do then they would have as many injuries as we do!
Injuries are easy to see why they happen.
The most frustrating thing is why the squad dont surround the refs repeatedly when we get kicked (put some pressure back on them) our board dont shout about the players getting a beating week in week out.
plus shout about the state of the pitches we are forced to play on, aberdeen watered their pitch all day long to make it a mess. Knowing they have 2 away games after it to give the pitch time to recover, the sfa national pitch against the huns was unfit for a rugby game.
Gerryfaethebrig….
Might be in Santa ponsa the same time all going well.
My daughter will be there the first two weeks, she will be heading home as I arrive…hopefully.
Weefrathetim….
Ignore the 1% bad enjoy the 99% good
Hail Hail
The Spirit of Arthur Lee on 5th February 2016 10:17 pm
Tontine Tim
Must be hanging about with derk
*he did say leaving that he didnae want tae go and hoped tae be back someday. stay healthy and when the dust has settled be back in time for next season, free tae.
trevorstevencsc
The Tricoloured Ribbon,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdchW3TOzAY
dublin2016
Sipsini
It brings a lump to my throat and i get misty eyed every time
Roy c posts that song especially when theres a wee hauf in
my hand :- ))))
Might be able to catch up with your pal in Perth soon as our
club is heading over there for a gethegither with their csc
looking forward to a few Guinness in Rosie’O’Gradies with him.
H.H Mick
Has anyone else noticed, that over the years, we essentially have become serial plaintiffs against a defendant who is beyond the law?
As our footballing estate diminishes and our returns disappear, we find with horror that we have no redress, no avenues to stop the rot.
The keys to the house, the cheque-book and the future, lies in the hands of the people we gave it to.
When we look how far we have fallen in footballing returns on investment, it is now wonder that we have accepted without reservation, a diet of hasbeens and notbeens.
This Celtic is but a shadow of the past.
HAD TO WATCH THE ROSS GAME IN A ROOM FULL OF HUNS IN THE HOTEL IN TENERIFE LAST WEEK NOT PLEASANT AT ALL!!!
H H
GERRYFAETHEBRIG
Cheers buddy, nae chance of ignoring. I live in a very isolated location, trolls concern me for my families safety. Your concern is well appreciated. HH
Jude
You could have went to a pub rather than sit with the zombies
Weefra
Chill mate, I ignore my stalker so let it go
Winning Captains
How did we miss the strategy that we should be employing football director to cover our rookie managers mistakes and give him guidance??
Coz that costs too much cash and is far too sensible?
You and Paul67 are in more of a position to ask those questions.
Ask them and publish it here.
No comment would be the likely response from the boardroom I fear.
FFS…watching Graham Norton, now all the baldie guys have hair…that’s not right, I’m natural…cheating bassas.
Weefrathetim
I still think you should ignore the bad……concentrate on Ronny & the bhoys delivering another title
Hail Hail
BT
Thanks for that. How are you and the ghirls tonight? He really comes across as a strange, queer person. Serious concern for our safety. HH
Gerry
I concentrate on nothing else. Lol. HH
Is there still a sense of panic?
I know I felt it the other night, calmed down a bit not.
Time for out players and management to show their mettle.
I still believe they will.
Naive? Perhaps, but will support the team from now until the season end, and celebrate another close title victory.
Competition, who would have thunk it?
I know we spend more than others in Scotland, doesn’t give us the right to win every game, that has to be fought for, played for.
We lacked that a on Wednesday from the little I saw.
Still Standing(and did not pick Sevco in Last Man Standing)
even though they were named Rangers, not The Rangers, or Sevco, Rangers!!!!!!!!!!
:-)
ANOTHER NOTCH IN THE TREE OF LIFE AT 12 BELLS BHOYS!!!.
Weefra
The ghirls are great and in their beds
There is no threat to you buddy, it’s only a blog and you need not worry about anything
Ok lets Make it simple…Ronny is Peter Project…Aim….To get a team of young, preferably Scottish players, on the Cheap, mould them into a team To Dominate Scottish football and Europe, well see what happens…18 months ..I dont see it……..I Think we are in trouble…Momentum and Form is with aberdeen….Simple….If im Wrong Fine…Hope so….But Heres a Challange……Name Celtics Best Starting 11 in Formation….Give me 12 answers…Bet no more than 3 are The Same….We aint a Team….No where near it……That Aint PL’s Fault…..Its Deilas…
Melbourne Mick…
I mail Brian but don’t get a response, I’ll give him a bell.
Like your posts mick, went and visited my nephew last week to see the new bhoy, they are going to settle in Sydney come May.
Can’t blame them. HH
Hey Jude, always nice to notch up another year.
B T
WAS ALL I.
H H
clogher celt on 5th February 2016 10:22 pm
Mike In Toronto,
Welcome back. I was talking to a woman yesterday who lives in Toronto but spends her winters in Drogheda. Small world. Good to see you back.
*a few years, in fact a good few years ago, I was at the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock. Mrs TT and her wee mammy went for a cup of tea and I went intae a pub for a pint of mince.
While there I got talking tae one of the residents of the wee village (pop 811 urban and 1404 rural).
After hearing that I actually lived in Canada (I never mentioned where) and no the Bonnie Banks, he told me he had lived in Toronto, he spoke of the Old Windsor House and Maple Leaf Ballrooms, home fae home for many Irish and Scottish ex-pats. Small world right enough.
On the way tae the Shrine we passed a bus with the sign Dunfermline on it. Mrs TT asked if I thought they were Tims!!!!!
After I had knelt down to pray at the gable end of the local small parish church where the apparition of Our Lady, St Joseph, and St John the Evangelist had appeared I asked for my wee favour.
Turning on the radio on getting back in the car I was greeted with the news that John Collins had scored at the bigot pit. As we headed down tae Clifden we were further informed that Paul McStay had made it 2.
My favour had been granted and the car rocked with the Rebs.
Doc
I posted the same the other night, people moan about no competition then want a manager sacked when top of the league, Ronny has his frailties (mainly the players, his players) but apart from all that …… All the very best in LMS….you have a few people cheering you on the more a although you have to defeat Sevco, BBC, Sportsound, SSB, Daily Rectum, Evening Shark Jump, and last but not least William in Toronto, Sitting with the Bears and Lennybilly
Doc you need all our prayers, but best of luck
BT
I’ll believe that when he says it. Anyhoos, the new pet rotweller will welcome him with open gub. All signs in place with police approval. :)))) HH
Night Night all. HH.
Doc if you Delaneys and jobo turn up with a full head of hair at the corner, I’m out of here ;))
Doc
I asked Mrs TET who I should pick re LMS this week and she said Kille, just couldn’t do it due to the elbows, cheat with the whistle and the super dooper magic hat factor, couldn’t pick thems either, best of.
HH
WeefratheTim on 5th February 2016 11:06 pm – Name this stalker, sure someone will be able to identify them. If he posts on here then it’s really easy to track him. Name the Bassa
GerryFTB, fair comment, I also agree with WC’s, we give the managers job to a relative newbie manager, then expect a win % of 90%.
I still think, given time and support he will succeed.
It isn’t always easy to stick the ole neck out after a couple of bad results.
Regarding Sevco, I’d rather loose than give them any type of support:-)
PS, I know the guys who have picked them don’t want to win!
Doc and WC-the outlook is not inspiring,we all want success for the team ,manager,club, supporters. I would say 80/90% can’t see any progress or a future with RD in the job. We will go and support the guys in our colours on the pitch regardless. IMO the project has failed and we should have replaced a guy who is miles out his depth. The deeper problem as we all know,and are scared to lead with on here,is Peter Lawwell. His influence on football matters will scare away any managers of substance. HH
Gerryfaethebrig…
We all welcome the challenge, it’s more to do with watching our team fall apart at the seems.
No structure, no leadership on /off the park.
You can’t dispute that.
We all want the same. HH
Bada Bing, I know the support will support, and would never question that.
I still think Ronny can succeed, we agree to differ on that.
On Lawwell, my opinion is mixed, he does what he is tasked with by his Board.
My problem is much more with the Board than PL, he does his job to the stipulation given by them.
He is over paid, but hey, who would refuse a wage rise?
And I am not asking for the Board to be sacked, but too many have sat for too long, fresh ideas on the Board would be a start, as always, just my opinion. But how to affect that Board level change?
EDDIEINKIRKMICHAEL
Our Swindon CSC knows him and converses with him. He is all numbers. See ya next week at the corner buddy. HH.