Referee Mallenco scouted ahead of Celtic game

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The Guardian did an excellent piece on Wednesday on how referees in various European territories would view the penalty box wrestling of the Juventus players.  In short, there is a variance in how these offences are punished.  Who knew?

Juventus knew.  I hear they watched four videos of referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco ahead of the Celtic game.

You have to admire their thoroughness.  They had a plan to combat Celtic and needed to know if the referee would let them away with it.  Gone are the days when someone at Juve would simply pick up the phone and ‘ask’.  The danger from Celtic was known, illegal holding would nullify this danger and watching a few videos established what players would get away with.

It’s no longer sufficient to scout your opponents, if you want an edge in this game, scout the referee too.

Every day’s a school day.

I hear from a good contact that a journalist who recently departed the media for a job in the lower leagues once wanted to be a bit of a Jungle Jim. Apparently he was keen to ditch his industry for a job at Celtic back in the 90s. What an escape!

On Friday 1 March the Lisbon Lions will be at the Kerrydale Suite providing commentary and answering questions on their magnificent European Cup final win in 1967. This has never happened in 46 years since that game, to say it is a unique opportunity fails to tell the whole story.

The event is part of our 125 4 125 campaign – central to reinvigorating the charitable spirit which is part of the club we love. It will be a family occasions, tickets are available at £10 for adults and £5 for children. The night has been organised by several fans working in conjunction with the people at Celtic Charity, so please do your best to support this great occasion. Individual tickets or tables are available, details here.
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  1. Tet.

     

     

    Glad you’re winning the battle, they’re a curse.

     

    Tuesday will be my day then.I won’t let you down.

     

    My daughter won’t let me anyway.lol HH

  2. Jackie Mac brings his team to CP tomorrow.

     

    A team that likes to play football.

     

    Looking forward to it.

  3. sipsini

     

     

    Day four is the hardest imo, today I felt that I could cut the patch in half, it’s all in yer head anyways, so it’s cracked, I will keep one patch as a momento, so will use six in all, four whole ones, and two half ones, so eight days in all.

     

     

    Go for it, it’s no easy, but it’s really easier that you think, I have just tried to do things that I don’t normally do when I was having a smoke, habit changing and the like.

  4. The votes have been counted…

     

     

    Maley’s Bhoys Twitter Awards – Results!

     

     

    Best Official Account Of 2012 – Neil Lennon (@OfficialNeil) (38%, 611 Votes)

     

     

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  5. Thindimebhoy

     

     

    23:04 on 15 February, 2013

     

     

    This Depression is all about strengthening Big Global Groups.

     

     

    This recession crap, is just that, utter crap.

  6. Maley’s Bhoys Twitter Awards – Results out tonight. Two awards for CQN!

     

     

    Best Official Account Of 2012 – Neil Lennon (@OfficialNeil) (38%, 611 Votes)

     

     

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  7. TET

     

    After tons of attempts I tried the positive approach.

     

    Rather than giving up the fags I became a non smoker

     

    It frees you from the idea that you are making a sacrifice in not smoking but that smoking really has nothing to do with you.

     

    I have tried a few fags since but to be honest they taste disgusting.

     

    The method might not suit you but I hope you find the right one.

     

    Because outside of satisfying the craving I never found smoking a fantastic high

  8. 3 years of waiting to get to to the top is too long for Chuck he needs the money now…

     

     

    He wants/needs that CL music music ASAP otherwise the Chuck charade is well and truly goosed…

     

     

    Imagine asking the PM for help when his clubs history, the history he purchased (I know no laughing at the back) involves non payment of taxes

     

     

    I think Chuck should take the new Rangers were ever they can go.

     

     

    Hopefully thats as far away from Scotland as possible…

     

     

    Greens running scared of Celtic…

     

     

    Rangers chief Green seeks Prime Minister’s help in push to leave Scottish football

     

     

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba … ds-newsxml

  9. Green is the ultimate self publicist.

     

     

    If I didn’t read CQN every day, I would have NO idea about anything he ever said.

     

     

    Go figure?

  10. petec

     

     

    This Depression is all about strengthening Big Global Groups.

     

     

    This recession crap, is just that, utter crap.

     

     

     

     

    Not really there is a recession among ordinary folk have you not noticed your bills are higher and your wages stay the same..?

     

     

     

    So you pay more for less

  11. Recession and depression are words capitalists use to

     

    create unemployment and depress wages

     

    to increase profits.

     

    IMO.

  12. To the Guys who like wine

     

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    brnobhoy

  13. Thindimebhoy,

     

     

    I agree with everything you say.

     

     

    I dispute this being a recession and not a Depression.

     

     

    The clever statisticians can give out their figures that……….

     

     

    My son, if he disnae make it as a footballer is likely to have a £20000 debt before he enters work, if he goes to “higher education”.

     

     

    ;)

  14. Gordon64

     

     

    Recession and depression are words capitalists use to

     

    create unemployment and depress wages

     

    to increase profits.

     

    IMO.

     

     

     

     

    Yes Gordon words are real whatever they mean to the ordinary Joe

     

     

    Right now the people are being systematically devalued finacially and morally

     

     

    Rip their heart out and their soul dies

     

     

    Its amazing whats happened to the ordinary people

     

     

    They got sold the gravy train and now they cant complain

     

     

    Strange how credit makes the meek speechless

  15. Gordon64

     

     

    00:45 on 16 February, 2013

     

     

    Petec

     

    Well said.

     

    ______________________________

     

     

    Thank You buddy. If the FFM disnae have a ticket for the Roses gig I will be buying, when my bets come in. ;0)))

  16. stringer bell

     

     

    00:22 on 16 February, 2013

     

    Green is the ultimate self publicist.

     

     

    If I didn’t read CQN every day, I would have NO idea about anything he ever said.

     

     

    Go figure?

     

     

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

     

     

    You nailed it with your post.

     

     

    Until i started lurking on cqn and other sites i was on an uneven playing field as i was reading the msm pash.

     

     

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    That was three years ago.

     

     

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  17. petec

     

     

    I agree with everything you say.

     

     

    I dispute this being a recession and not a Depression.

     

     

    The clever statisticians can give out their figures that……….

     

     

    My son, if he disnae make it as a footballer is likely to have a £20000 debt before he enters work, if he goes to “higher education”.

     

     

     

     

    Petec

     

     

    You are right its a depression dressed up as a recession its the Emperor with no clothes

     

     

    What is without doubt the young people you mention will be paying the bill and the old will be selling thier lifes work to stay alive

     

     

    Whts happened is nothing short of an absolute tradegy for mankind

     

     

    It means we will all have work for less and longer to pay our governments debts to their lenders

     

     

    Who are the lenders….?

     

     

    Thats an easy answer, the banks the same fekkers we bailed out

     

     

    And do they work under the same terms and conditions as the rest of us..?

     

     

    No

     

     

    Whats happening right now will have Charles Dickens spinning in his grave, Im sure.

     

     

    Whats worrying is its not over by a long shot

     

     

    More squeeze on the workers is still to come

     

     

    I just wish someday a real politician can come along again someone with dirt in their fingernails and the only expense they fiddled was the one that bought a down out a coffee.

  18. These are hard and desperate times no doubt.

     

    I look back in history to the real people who built this city,

     

    not the tobacco barons, but the working people of the Clyde.

     

    They should be our inspiration.

     

    For whatever hardships we are enduring now,

     

    they endured a hundred fold worse and fought to make it a better place.

     

    Now it’s our turn to stand up.

     

    HH

  19. If JR has used technology to expose Cheaters.

     

     

    Let chwWWeaters cheat. ;)))))))))))))))

     

     

    John Reid is a massive fan with a lot of technology that is frightening. G4S.

     

     

    Yeshuah?

  20. Thindimebhoy

     

     

    01:13 on 16 February, 2013

     

     

    I am very lucky, I am living with my Mum and Dad, I’m 40 and will be out of debt in July this year.

     

     

    Get out of debt ASAP.com

  21. petec

     

     

    I am very lucky, I am living with my Mum and Dad, I’m 40 and will be out of debt in July this year.

     

     

     

    Lucky bhoy

     

     

    At 40 Mum and Dad are still there to wipe your ass

     

     

    So what about everyone else out there without mum and dad to fall back on..?

  22. Thindimebhoy

     

     

    02:47 on 16 February, 2013

     

     

    petec

     

     

    I am very lucky, I am living with my Mum and Dad, I’m 40 and will be out of debt in July this year.

     

     

     

    Lucky bhoy

     

     

    At 40 Mum and Dad are still there to wipe your ass

     

     

    So what about everyone else out there without mum and dad to fall back on..?

     

    ___________________________________________________________________

     

     

    Fair comment, I am very very lucky.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH6TJU0qWoY