Finishing third last season, Aberdeen go straight to the Europa League playoff round, so their only competitive game since losing 5-0 at Celtic Park at the end of last season was Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Livingston. They prepared for the season with only four friendlies, meaning they have seen less game time than anyone else in the league, perhaps in the country.
Our record at Pittodrie is excellent. There have been 11 wins and two draws since the last defeat, under Ronny Deila, still, for my generation, this is always a daunting fixture. We were conditioned during more difficult times.
What happened last season to Aberdeen remains unexplained. Jim Goodwin had them performing well, but letting a two-goal lead slip late on against Newco derailed them. Form disintegrated amid humiliating defeats to Darvel, Hibs and Hearts.
Barry Robson took over as interim and effected an immediate turnaround. From an unlikely position, they climbed the table into third position, sweeping aside Hibs and Hearts without trace of their earlier defeats. Barry’s status as a winner is without question among the Celtic support, I hope he succeeds at Aberdeen, although not for a few more days.
I was a bit surprised to read Brendan Rodgers suggesting that Reo Hatate “has to prove himself”. This is no more true for Reo as it is for everyone else in the squad. Managing a couple of dozen young athletes will require various techniques, I hope this is merely a way to tweak Reo’s role.
One technique all managers like to employ is making an example of a miscreant. Alexandro Bernabei missed a team meeting and put his own neck in the stocks. If there is a serious athlete in there, he had better show himself quickly.
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Good evening all from the Queens Park Cafe. It’s a hard life.
Somebody mentioned England easier world cup draw.
Watching them against a poor Welsh side.
NAE CHANCE..
BRRB
Are you a delivery driver to the boozers as well?
Celtic Legends
https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1665315351259906048?t=v1EPuPfu4XbpOp5I5FfA8g&s=09
HH
Rodgers latest interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Ofd2URz4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwa7KgVuypk
Worried about tomorrow’s visit to sheepland? Stressed about lack of marquee signings? Chill out to this . This guy can sing .
The Scottish Government is funding a £116m project to link Leven (population 8,850) to the “main rail network”
The constant expansionism of the Edinburgh commuter belt continues unabashed.
Shame they can’t fund 700m of new track to connect Glasgow Airport to the existing network
(Can’t have our precious Edinburgh Airport competing on a level playing field)
As for railway link to Celtic Park?
Probably 101st project on a list of 100.
Evening all/
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 12TH AUGUST 2023 8:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwa7KgVuypk
Worried about tomorrow’s visit to sheepland? Stressed about lack of marquee signings? Chill out to this . This guy can sing .
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Brilliant, had never heard of him before. My immediate thought, was these two tunes.
John Martyn – May You Never
https://youtu.be/LOi_wxypeGc
BE GOOD TO YOURSELF – FRANKIE MILLER (BBC Sight and Sound in Concert 1978)
https://youtu.be/TXGhYRM_BNM
HH
Ron 7.42
I deliver myself to pubs B. For which landlords are grateful. I’m in the Allison Arms via Heraghtys. You can never have enough good times. 👍
Hope you’re well old chap.
Tom McLaughlin / Tiny Tim
Don’t know Liverpool well as a city but when I spent a wee bit of time up there (from living in London) every few weeks in the 80s it was a great place on a Tuesday night. Usually one of the 2 teams played that night and then it was out to a club where usually the players would appear later. Just normal people back then who liked to socialize……some a bit too much.
Especially the blues who we got pally with.
Neville S, Inchy Heath, Pat V, Ratters and Sharpe all enjoyed a good drink and knew how to work hard and play hard.
That 85/6 season they were brilliant. It was great to see them get their place in the sun. Ironic that they were denied their European Cup place due to Liverpools troubles and the tragedy in Belgium.
Liverpool and Everton had a different rivalry to ours. A lot of respect and good will between them.
Howard K Terry D and Colin H were great football men. They loved the game first and foremost.
I was lucky enough to go up to a derby game in the 80s and pre the match which had a 3pm kick off on a Sunday.
Through a friend we had organised a Sunday morning game against their backroom staff at Bellfield training ground. 8 a side indoors.
Together with a group of pals (mostly Celtic fans) had the temerity to take the lead only to lose 14-1 after an hour of torture against a team of 5 ex pros and 3 ringers from their youth team. They also did it while kicking lumps out of us too. All in good spirit. They swapped the lovely all yellow change kit for a case of smirnoff (who I worked for at the time) !
The derby was fairly flat 0-0 at goodison.
Then we went to Sammy Lees testimonial dinner in the city hall that evening. So we saw that from the other side. Equally enjoyable evening with real football people. Paisley and others all with reference to the father of it all the by then departed ex Scottish miner Bill S.
I was down briefly for the golf last month. I did remind myself I must go back soon and enjoy it in a leisurely few days.
Glasgow has the same passion and could have had that global football city status if we were not stuck in our pathetic wee league with its parochial challenges.
It’s great to see Liverpool do so well though. Great for its people to have that and music to feel great about. I hope the toffees can get a team on the park to match the amazing new stadium in the next couple of years and get that rivalry back to where it was in the 70s and 80s.
BELMONTBRIAN on 12TH AUGUST 2023 8:44 PM
Some great Glasgow talent there ! I remember seeing John Martyn (Ian McGeachie as he was then) in the Glasgow folk centre Many moons ago .
GLENDALYSTONSILS
A wee aside …
About 2008 I was visiting the sister in Ojai , the local bar , the hub (dark and music playing on jukebox ) 11 am not many in , anyhoo I thought a beer is in order . Went in a couple of older guys at the bar drinking shorts . Got myself a beer and one of them goes ‘ Scottish ‘ I immediately thought , oh no here we go the American thing , I’ve got ancestors from Scotland . Nope turns out he’s from Liverpool , leather cowboy hat , waistcoat and lovely jacket , it was around thanksgiving time and him and the barmaid were discussing gravy and we had a chat about bisto ! Turns out it was Jackie Lomax https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=38lGfyq9PcA&pp=ygUaamFja2llIGxvbWF4IHNvdXIgbWlsayBzZWE%3D
After a few drinks and chat we were talking about who he played with , who was good / not so good …
Can’t repeat on here what he he said about Terry Reid
😂
France all over Scotland but incredibly only 13-10 ahead at half time.
BOGNORBHOY on 12TH AUGUST 2023 8:55 PM
i must admit, I’m not familiar with Jackie Lomax but he can sing too! Terry Reid has been a favourite of mine since I got his first album back in the sixties . Such a talent who could have done so much more .
BOGNORBHOY
P.S. That bar in Ojai ….was BRRB in there?
GLENDALYSTONSILS
Not sure if you aware of this.
Sinead O’Connor said that she would never again cover a Prince song after ‘Nothing compares to you’
However she agreed to cover this version of Prince’s ‘I would die for you’
Sinead loved her son.
SINEAD O’CONNOR & RADIO RIDDLER “I WOULD DIE 4 U”
https://youtu.be/NX1D1MdcpiM
HH
20-10 France now
I see Servette winning vs 4th placed Swiss team tonight. 1-0.
Good momentum. 2 wins and 2 draws in league so far. So they will be close to top.
Much stronger Servette team than on Wednesday out tonight. 3 better players.
27-10 to France. One way traffic.
St Gallen equalise at Servette.
BELMONTBRIAN
Brilliant . What a loss .
GLENDALYSTONSILS
Thanks for reply :)
Nite y’all
3 – 1 the God guys ‘ra morra/
HH
Huge game tomorrow.
We have done well there recently and we should have the belief.
We are as game ready as they are. Only 1 game played each.
We have some new players and a change of system which will keep our challenge fresh and keep them guessing.
They will have the Barry Robson intensity and the crowd up for their first home game.
We may need to be patient and remember we have won a few games there late on and we have a deeper squad than them which could deliver over 100 minutes.
As always any win will do.
Hart Ralston Taylor CCV The pole, Calmac, Reo, MoR, Daizen Liel Kyogo would be my team but our man will probably play the Bull.
First name on the team sheet tomorrow
David Turnbull
No way Brendan will not start DT
2+ goals for David on Skybet is 20/1 .. canny see us getting another penalty but the Bhoy had 5 shots on target last week …
Bet responsibly … f that get the mortgage on it :-)
That 6ft 3’’ English LB Celtic Underground said we were monitoring joined Gent today.
Archie Brown is his name.
If you get a spare 5mins watch big Ange appointing Son as Spurs captain on utube .. ffs patronising school teacher
Ange was terrific for us but in my opinion he might be doing the same speech somewhere in Saudi Arabia in a year or two …
I knew Ange was for the off on trophy presentation day when I saw the emotion on his face while standing with his wife & boys.
His usual poker face had dropped and I figured as much. He was taking it all it at CP one final time.
Good luck to Ange & thanks for the memories.
I just loved watching his Celtic team.
BFTB 10.52pm
Don’t disagree …
Tellingly his long hug with Jota that day as he was substituted at Hampden …
We move on, Brendan is our here and now… never thought for a second I would ever want Brendan back, but football fans are fickle, personally am delighted he is our manager … 13hrs to pittodrie kick off, canny wait
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 12TH AUGUST 2023 9:04 PM
BOGNORBHOY
P.S. That bar in Ojai ….was BRRB in there?
I wouldn’t have been surprised if he was , that man’s a pub crawler extraordinaire …😜
A week or so later Jackie lomax and a few Ventura players , played a gig in the hub it was a great night , i m sure BRRB would have loved it 😜
Good evening all from a bar in Ojai. You absolute shower. 😂
A bar in … Ojai ????
BRRB where they feck is that ?
By the way I think some bam must have been putting vodka in Miss GFTBs Fanta in the sports bar as we got to our seats she said “those men (you, Brian & St Tams) were really nice” … I said … hen, appearances can be deceptive …
BIGRAILROADBLUES on 12TH AUGUST 2023 11:20 PM
I knew it . As a famous actor once said ….’of all the bars in all the world …..guess who was there !’
Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSeCuR51rek
The Big Push – I Shot the Sheriff/Road to Zion/Hip Hop
Must say I’m really enjoying Brendan’s interviews as compared to the surly, spiky ones offered up by thon Ange.
Don’t get me wrong; loved what Ange gave us from a playing style and signing POV.
But I felt his crabbit interviews betrayed an inner mix of arrogance and apprehension.
Brendan’s open-ness is a breath of fresh air.
Thanks too for the Terry Reid video; what a chanter!
Quadrophenian
Totally agree re Brendan
He is genuinely trying to inform and still retain the high ground with the media.
Giving value but keeping respect.
BURNLEY – yes; and that’s an art in itself.
Ange’s disdain tickled us all initially, as no-one had given it tight to the scottish scribes who’d been giving it to Celtic tight for years. But Ange’s interviews were parsimonious to us fans hungry for insight and info.
Brendan’s a more mature and wilier operator who will, as ye say, retain the high ground with the press pack!
Devastated when Brendan left
Never thought for a second I would ever want him back (not that my thoughts matter)
Over the moon Brendan has returned
Actually think … we have a better Brendan in charge
If it’s good for Celtic it’s good for us
Roll on … 12pm
after today I wish Barry Robson all the best 🍀
Burnley78 8.50pm excert
Glasgow has the same passion and could have had that global football city status if we were not stuck in our pathetic wee league with its parochial challenges.
That does not make sense B78
We won European Cup stuck in our pathetic wee league with its parochial challenges.
Toileted ragers won cup winners cup/rioted stuck in our pathetic wee league with its parochial challenges
Fergusons Aberdeen won the Cup winners cup stuck in our pathetic wee league with its parochial challenges
Alas all 40+ years ago.
‘If we were not stuck’ we are not stuck anywhere B78,we did canvas in the early notties,it came to nothing.All valid titles and cups have been won stuck in our pathetic wee league,you know we are not going anywhere and never will until the likes of next year’s CL pushes on,meaning we rely more on Europe as our prime source of income by participating in varying standards of European league structure,its happening at moment in CL,Europa & Conference.
The ol parochial challenges(which have always been there) are a lazy diversion from gross mismanagement of our club by Michael Kelly,Chris White,Smith et al,pact members in 1994 that would have rendered our chat be classed a memory/3rdlanark.but we came back stronger and better and on a proper business setting resulting in our most successful period ever,I am sure you agree,all in our pathetic wee league
We claim world record trebles in our pathetic wee league,God willing I live for day we overtake both clubs out of ibrox title haul.might even sip a wee gin in celebration.:-)
Hope you keep well and no recurrence your past illness happens
HH