The day after the opening Champions League qualifier of the season can get a bit tasty on the blog but business has been pedestrian since last night’s professional performance by the men in hoops. If you wanted to be pushy, you could point to a couple of glimpses of goal which fell Cliftonville’s way as a result of Celtic defenders being dragged out of position, but that’s about the measure of an unfamiliar defence at any time.
Congratulations to Georgios Samaras, who scored in Celtic’s first five European away games last season and obliged again yesterday. A remarkable record for a player who is never employed as a penalty box striker.
It would also be tardy not to congratulate Celtic and Cliftonville supporters on their exemplary behaviour throughout the day. After recent disturbances in Belfast there were fears that a group of travelling Celtic supporters could find trouble in the city but the casual observer could be forgiven if he thought we were in Seville again.
Maybe Belfast council should invite us over every July to spread a bit of cheer. We do football very well, in all respects.
Neil Lennon can now kick back and relax with a formality of a second and the next round not for another…. 12 days!! Maybe not. 12 days is not a lot of time to do anything in football, so every day, including match day against Cliftonville, will need to be meticulously planned to ensure we are ready to face an opponent who could well be midseason. Relax, and you’re finished in this business.
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‘GG
04:51 on
19 July, 2013
I used to get frustrated that wee Jinky would beat a guy once,chuck a “U turn” and beat him again and again.
I much preferred the direct approach of Wee Wille Henderson.Byline at speed and cutback for Millar ,Brand or Forrest.Painful to watch.
I subsequently heard that big Jock instructed Jinky to play that way,thereby dragging central defenders out of the middle and creating space for Stevie Chalmers,Joe McBride and Willie Wallace.
Wee Jinky .A joy of my youth.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
05:12 on
19 July, 2013
Tell you,Pal.
Oz has balance.
The culture is ” fair go.”
Nobody,usually,can get away with excesses.On either side.
Union excess is exposed , political excess is exposed.
Not a lot of F——g in Oz.
;-0
Enjoyed the chat.
Hail Hail
‘gg
04:39 on 19 July, 2013
pjbhoynyc
02:46 on 19 July, 2013
hoopy-do
Ask any respected physicist about latest findings in quantum mechanics and matter…Spooky stuff!
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The problem I have with that is I distinctly remember it when it was first promulgated.
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GG
My point to hoopy-do was twofold.
First…Scientists will acknowledge that science has more questions than answers, particularly when it comes to ‘matter’.
Particularly quantum physicists, who now acknowledge that reality is akin to that described by the first to promulgate on the Heart of the ‘Matter…’ Jesus Christ.
All you need is Love CSC
Roll on the Physicists… But C’Mon The Jesuits
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
05:20 on
19 July, 2013
“Bunch of bigots”
Game,set and match to B.M.
Love it.
petec
04:18 on
19 July, 2013
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Hate dissolves when it is pinpointed
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Like with a water cannon?
charlotte Fakeovers @CharlotteFakes 5h
Here’s @JackIrvine pitching to Craig again. Blackmailing editors seems to be a key strength of his.
http://i.imgur.com/DvK93eJ.jpg
Jack Irvine………….talking about the SMSM
“Equally the morons in the media need to know they are dealing with somebody who takes no s*** from them and knows every one of their editors and their little secrets”
I thought we were all paranoid Jack thanks for confirming we have been correct all along………….SMSM=morons
By CRAIG FORBES
Published on 19/07/2013 00:00
Hearts’ hearing for the notice of complaint issued by the Scottish Football Association for the Tynecastle club going into administration has been postponed until next month.
The hearing was meant to take place yesterday but the SFA released a short statement declaring that “due to the unavailability of tribunal members, today’s judicial panel tribunal has been postponed” and it will now take place on Thursday, 1 August.
The Edinburgh club were forced to call in the administrators on 19 June and have been charged with an alleged breach of disciplinary rule 14, which relates to suffering an insolvency event.
Possible punishments by the SFA could include a fine or suspension or termination of membership from the governing body.
Hearts will start the first Scottish Professional Football League season with a 15-point penalty for moving into administration.
The threat of court action over a partially-paid £100,000 tax bill sparked the decision to place Hearts into administration last month, with BDO taking over the running of the club.
lionroars67
06:12 on
19 July, 2013
You do us all a great service by keeping us informed about the machinations and duplicity of the keepers of the hun flame.
Cheers.
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
05:20 on 19 July, 2013
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Even Deedle will tell you Jinky was the better winger.
I know him from my childhood and through a family connection by marriage. His not mine.
He has always been a good guy and like his father in particular was in no way a bigot.
He and Jinky were good friends after they gave up football and both helped out with some charity work my dad and uncle did for the local churches and pensioners.
He was as blind as a bat, and Tom Gemmel will tell you he was lost after Tommy breathed on his contacts.
I believe the Broxburn CSC is based in his pub.
I think I’ve mentioned the story before about how I was at a local game in Tel Aviv with a work colleague and his family. His father, a Ukrainian originally, remembered Jinky from the 60s playing against Kiev and he related to his mates in the stand how Jinky bobbed, weaved and turned the Kiev team inside out. He kept on about the hunched red head.
They were all in fits laughing when he translated to them how Scottish refs had Specsavers as sponsors.
Deedle never had that kind of recognition.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
06:41 on
19 July, 2013
Paul67 started this site as an antidote to the news agenda relentlessly being beamed out from Govan via the SMSM, CQN with Paul67 at the helm has been a success, the war has been won by the internet bampots, Sevco with the SFA and friends in the SMSM have been exposed for what they are, Succulent lamb will be referred to by historians in the future to explain how the SMSM was bought and paid for, in fact im sure someone will write a book with that as the title “succulent lamb” how to cook the books……………………………………
I know there are some who never get beyond looking at the pictures on the Sun and they are unaware that what they read is laughable, for us thanks to many fantastic internet bampots we know the truth
Ban the rags and the phone ins, why listen to the morons on the phone ins?
Remember it’s the Champions League draw today. 11am UK time.
The stock sale which took place yesterday resulted in a 15% drop Rangers International Football Club (RIFC) plc’s share price which finished the day on 42.5p.
The value of the shares sold was just over £180,000 but it brought the market value of RIFC down from £32.6m to £27.7m.
So.
That`s about two and a tad Wanyamas.
Explosive laughter suppressed.
Only just.
Good morning friends and a Big Happy Friday from a gloriously sun kissed Kuramathi Island in The Maldives. A bit warmer than ole EK.
lionroars67
06:58 on
19 July, 2013
Mate.
Access to our beloved Celtic and the extended Tim family has proved much easier since the advent of C.Q.N.
Nevertheless, you assist by providing the wee nuggets of inside info into what is going on behind the scenes and often goes unreported.
We colonials would never be able otherwise to access “the good oil.”
Thanks again.
Morning CQN.
Wasn’t aware big McManus had signed for Motherwell. Good luck to him ….except v us. Glorious morning here in Shropshire. Should be perfect for haydock races this evening.
My brief but stressful liaison with Laura.
Was in town on Tuesday. Walking past a shop, I spotted some cushions I liked the look of. Into shop. ” can I help you sir”. ” Aye. That green and white cushion in the windae..huv ye goat 6?”.
Back she comes. ” yes sir, shall I leave them at the desk whilst you’re looking around”?
Yes please.
Gets to checkout. “There should be 6 cushions here for me”?
“Yes sir, I’ll just put them in some large bags for you”
“How would you like to pay”.
“Debit card”
” are you aware you can take them on credit at very low interest?
Interest…on cushions??
Panic sets in. ” errr..how much are they?
£510 sir
Cough…£510…..for 6 cushions?
Yes sir…£85 each.
Chokes……panics…but tries to still look unfazed.
“Actually, now that I look at them, I’m not sure it’s the shade of green I was looking for. I’ll just have a quick look around before I decide.”
Browses …..slipping nearer and nearer the exit…sneaks oot.
My first and last date with Laura Ashley……….
Jobo,
It’s sooooo sunny in ole EK at the mo with a promise of the upper 20’s by the afternoon. Not quite the Maldives, but better that we’re used to eh?
Have a happy time with your missus and look out for the news after 11am UK time.
Daft question given that I’m going to Blantyre and all that, but at the Columba tonight I take it that there is drink involved? I mean, I don’t want to turn up and my mate would have to leave his car.
twists n turns
07:20 on
19 July, 2013
No way you`re a Jock.
The rule.
First point of contact: ” Emma chizzet ?”
Discount for cash?
How no?
Reading back through the posts I came upon a post from the contemptible Singing Detective defending the contemptible Rupert Murdoch.
Defending Murdoch’s media empire as “the provider of truthful analysis” and then suggesting the phone hacking scandal was a ploy to attack Murdoch’s empire by left wing organisations in a bid to scupper Murdoch’s News Corporation’s £8b BSkyB takeover.
Absolute arrant nonsense.
We all know Murdoch and his political poodles, the Tories and specifically Jeremy Hunt in this instance, were in control of the politics involved in manoeuvring the acquisition process.
I feel better now I’ve got that off my chest, Good morning CQNers.
Macjay
Maybe I’ve been in England so long I’ve been Anglicised.
Emma Chizzet…..lol
Morning,
Affiliation_CSCs @cscaffiliation
Champions League draw at 11am today. It could be a if or a maybe. Tight timescale also for arrangements to be made.
TnT
Home on Wednesday , will call you nearer the weekend when I get settled back in if thats OK .
Good luck with the fags.
HH
Is the guy who owns Cardiff right in the head? If Celtic wanted more than his bid how was a deal agreed?
“We… agreed to buy Wanyama, but they raised what they want from £10m – they wanted more – and I said no,” said Tan.
Jobo….
Enjoy Paradise 2
The Local weather forecast suggests a deluge of inescapable Irony….
Emeraldbee you can have a drink mate. Leave car at home or like me bring the wife as your personal taxi.
KTF
HH
Good Morning All from a sun drenched Clonmel even at 7.30 am. Golf is getting earlier and earlier to avoid the heat. Its 8.15am today. I note that the tolerance levels for the trolls on the site is dropping sharply and that is a welcome development. One thing that disgusts me is that they never even bother to sympathise or offer good wishes to any CQN’ers who are sick, bereaved or in any sort of difficulty. They are like parasites clinging to this wonderful site. Everywhere on here you see goodness, Charity & friendship. Of course as in every family we have our disputes but there is a core of decency that is patently obvious that runs through the site. Latest example the Belfast Bhoys helping the Glasgae visitors and you just know that this favour will be returned 100 fold. I love the
site.
gg
Echo what u say on Willie Henderson.
Although not a member of the Broxburn CSC, ( I’m a member if the longer running Burgh CSC, for my Brox buddies)I did frequent Willies pub in Broxburn.Willie is now retired and the said boozer is under new owners.
Willie is an absolute gent, loved talking about fitba and his patter was great.
Stories he would tell about wee Jinky were magic and u could tell by the way he spoke the depth of feeling he had for the wee mhan.
Hail Hail
Is the SFPL showing signs of recovery?
Have to be honest…. wrote off St Johnstone and Hibs last night
Congrats to St Johnstone on a fine result and the Hibs recovered from a dreadful start to keep the tie alive……….armageddon still on hold
corkcelt
You beat me to it.
The wealth of advice,concern and just basic decency from the lads in Belfast was extraordinary.Advice about the wearing of colours,taxis, accommodation,routes to take,routes to avoid.Offers of accommodation.
The lads couldn`t do enough.
La familia.
Rangers FC Official @RFC_Official 5m
I know Rangers are in the Third Division but you only get an opportunity to come somewhere like here once – Ian Black #RFCQuote
Retweeted by Gregory Ioannidis
HA HA HA……………………..toast all over the laptop now
The next level of finance? Did they not raise £22M 7 month ago? Sounds like getting his excuses in early.
WALTER SMITH last night admitted he doesn’t have the business brain to take Rangers to the next level.
Smith, who made history by becoming the first person for 140 years to manage the club and then be appointed chairman, insists he doesn’t want the job long-term.
He insists he doesn’t have the financial nous to do the job properly and is only there to sort out the infighting that has blighted the board.
Smith said: “There’s a level of finance we need to find to progress and I’m not suited to that kind of work.
“I’m not conversant with business or legal matters and that’s why I can’t be a long-term appointment as chairman.
“My focus of attention is getting this club back to the days when the talk was about the team on the park and not who does what in the boardroom. That’s my goal.
“We’ve made huge strides as a club and now we have to find a level of finance to go even further.
“And I’m under no illusions about the kind of contribution I have to make at this time.”
Smith said the club’s thoughts were with White’s family.
“I remember when he was appointed as manager and he had such a difficult job at that time, not just because he was following Scot Symon, but because Celtic were enjoying the best period in their history under Jock Stein,” Smith added.
“Davie was also manager of Dundee when I was with Dundee United and, ironically, he brought the League Cup to Dens Park in 1973 by beating Celtic.”
Wee Wally Smith just can`t help himself.
Uses a time of mourning to have a wee dig.
What`s ironical about that?
The fact that Rangers gave a Rangers lover the boot ?
Nae loyalty,nae dignity,nae class.
That`s the hun.
Is this a backhanded way of admitting Sandaza won his claim for unfair dismissal. He had no contract, they had sacked him.
The Ibrox club last night confirmed they have reached a mutual agreement with Fran Sandaza to terminate his contract.
Good morning Timland.
twists n turns…….good luck wae the fags and horses
I know I should nae moan about this hot weather but
getting fed up………..oh fur a good nights sleep.
Is the CL draw today? I can’t find one mention of it in the MSM.
Another element of the National Health Service is sold off.
Plasma Resources UK, was a state owned company that offered the NHS supplies of uncontaminated blood and blood by-products and was set up specifically to protect our blood supplies.
At the time it was set up there were genuine concerns about not only blood supplies but also about the sources from which worldwide blood was resourced.
Sold off in a short sighted political move that will have long term consequences for the nation.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/is-there-no-limit-to-what-this-government-will-privatise-uks-blood-supply-sold-to-us-private-equity-firm-bain-capital-8718029.html