I like Neil Lennon. If Neil Lennon is talking about football, I shut up and listen. But I respectfully disagree on other subjects. If the last three years have taught us anything it’s that Celtic don’t need oldco or newco Rangers. Unequivocally, Celtic Park is quieter since Rangers liquidated, the level of competition we previously had added many to the gates, none of us feel the anxiety of genuine sporting challenge, but so what?
If Celtic sell 40,000 instead of 50,000 season tickets are we mortally wounded? The accounts would suggest otherwise. Does it mean we cannot compete in Europe? I refer to Neil’s record. Does it mean we cannot attract quality players? Well, it means we will not be able to attract some players, but I’m more than happy with the calibre of players we’ve recruited at the moment. Good riddance to the parts of Celtic that went out the door when Rangers were flushed down the Liquidation Lavvy.
I’m going to cut Neil some slack. I’ve been among Rangers fans and been generous enough to acknowledge income will rise at Celtic if newco ever reach the top flight. It costs nothing to be magnanimous.
What we do need is competition, the like of which Aberdeen have given us in the league this season and they and Dundee United may provide next season, if current trends continue. Congratulations are due to Hearts, who won the Championship before the clocks went forward, an incredible display of dominance, but as our two cup wins against them this season (3-0, 0-4) proves, they are miles away from providing the level of competition we see from Aberdeen.
Don’t have time to get dragged into a larger debate at the moment, but whenever Scottish football next turns its mind to strategic development, how to bolster Aberdeen and United should be top of the agenda. I enjoyed our four games against United this month and the recent league game against Aberdeen. More of them would be welcome.
We have a league split at the moment, where the top six hive off to play for the title, but it comes with only five games to play. An earlier split, allowing us more games against those at the top, while creating more opportunity for teams at the bottom to pick up points from their peers, makes more sense. Especially if more commercial income could be shared with the likes of Aberdeen and United.
Have you ever walked up Ben Nevis? Will you ever do so? It’s a big task if you are starting from scratch. When is it safe, what do you wear, what if something goes wrong, how long will it take, what about nourishment along the way?
The Ben Nevis Huddle delivers much of what you need on a plate. The Foundation have it all in hand. You get to walk up the mountain with a couple of hundred other Celts. They let you know what you need to know, check the weather for you and generally look out for things. They have left no one on the mountain. Yet.
What’s more, you get to do it in the name of Celtic FC Foundation, for our work with autism, downs, the homeless and destitute, those marginalised from our society, and those living in third world poverty.
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And I will walk one dred miles
And I will walk one dred more..
Three dred Spartans.
beatbhoy @ 20:11,
How do you know it’s the word ‘hun’ that’s the problem?
Maybe it’s the word ‘deid’.
Maybe it’s soooper-swede.
They might not have recovered from Henk induced PTSD.
Hail Hail
TBM
She said , “she”ll buy the drinks ” lol
We had a good day on saturday
Good performance
Good win
Good company DD in the stand with us
And a great bunch in the kerrydale for a few beers afterwards
Bmcwp’s , DD, Petec, thunder road , gordybhoy and ….ALMORE !!
Also the rest of the good guys at the corner
And it wad Sunnnnyyyy !?
Totally trumped up charge against JG,
by god the blazers must be hurting like hell
watching us stroll to the treble
Oh what to call them now..
Teddy bears, bluenoses, rangers,
Never ever ever have , just Huns always Huns.
Will throw in the occasional sevco now and again.
Hope NBM aren’t looking at banning that.
Beatbhoy/BMCUWP
beatbhoy, you could be right, in that they may try to argue that the use of the word dead is the problem. However, they likely feel that that is an argument they have won, so they wont want to revisit that/give anyone an opportunity to adduce evidence to prove that Rangers died. They have nothing to gain on that, and only something to lose.
And they aren’t looking to get JG …..the point of this exercise is to paint celtic fans in a bad light … so they charge JG, on the expectation that he wont defend on the substantive issue …. they can make an uncontested finding that hun is a proscribed word, and then use that finding later as a stick against Cetlic fans that they are using sectarian language is what they are looking for here … and, they can get it because the club wont fight on that issue.
I think Celtic fans are being stitched up in all of this.
BMCUWP …. like you, I wish the club would stand up and do the right thing … but, based on their dealings with fans over the last several years, there is little reason for optimism, I’m afraid. Unless they see that this will make money for them, they wont touch it.
Of course, more, ehm, offensive words will be, er, sectarian soon. The anti-sectarian industry need it to preserve their jobs. Just like elements within the anti racist industry and charity industry. Jobs for middle class types who don’t understand the issues.
Evening Timland from a very wet hun free mountain valley.
Jeezo, their hate toward us is getting ramped up I see, JG getting cited, dearie me.
I agree with TD67, get it out in the open and fight it tooth and nail, but sadly I can see the club doing sfa, the boy will get done imo.
Feck the hun monkeys and their masters.
ttt
Aye,says it all, bitch an moan, yet keep funding them, doesn’t equate in my caveman head.
HH
I once – many moons ago – had a girlfriend that used to call me “hun”, which is a term of endearment used commonly in the North American continent (and elsewhere for all I know).
Maybe JG was lamenting the fact that there is no such a notion in the modern world, and no-one calls anyone “hun” any more…
Maybe that’s Campbell O’s problem – he’s not having it, cos he’s not getting any…
RonnyBarker CSC
Geordie Munro….youre my lawyer…simply repeating a chant….case closed…brilliant…
Back to football, we will dominate for years. That means CL access. Embrace the ambition Celtic.
BMCUWP … I agree with most of what you say …. the problem is that they make up rules as they go … and, so far, Celtic have, at best, gone along with that.
The address of the hotel which is called “The Sultan Club” is Avienda Arturo Rubenstein Marbella.
BGX … I am not up on scottish law, but in most jurisdictions, it is not a defence to a claim for libel to say that you were merely repeating it …. I expect that the SFA will adopt a similar approach to this.
MIKEINTORONTO
No quibble from me re your point about the fans. The board have hung us out to dry often enough recently.
If Hun, Sevco, Zombies, Monkeys are a no go…well…i”ll just call them Sevcozombiemonkeys….god my uncle used to call thems The Pigs….wow…
Delahunt is it just a rumour.or was he seen in Grants Arms.
leftclicktic
Lake Street Dive.
Very good band ( to my ears anyway ) Vinyl suits them.
Oh well another week of University Challenge
where I never knew a single answer
“but, based on their dealings with fans over the last several years, there is little reason for optimism”
Mike,
Rightly or wrongly I think Celtic fc will put a little more weight into charges against players than they ever will of fans.
Mike in Toronto…then as u say…it will be his english ainta tooa goooda…slap on the wrist for JG…
Chairbhoy
Never thought of that!
Barred from signing any more Swedes then!
Not fair, look at the turnips they’ve signed!
gordybhoy64
Keep watching. Victoria is on now.
Geordie
Not an unreasonable assumption, but, they dont want to weigh in on the hun issue. And a finding against JG that it is a sectarian term will be used as a precedent when charges are eventually brought against a fan for using that term.
If the club can defend the charge without going down that rabbit hole, they will do so. And if it means JG (who is not evfen under contract for next season) getting a slap on the wrist, they will take it.
Just my opinion. And if I am wrong and you are right (and I sincerely hope you are) …. next time I need a good lawyer, I will definitely hire you! :)
HH
JG cited for singing a wee football tune – non sectarian and non offensive unless of course you are offended by the term Hun! Now I wonder who put the SFA up to this? Will Celtic robustly defend JG (hope so) dearie me one does wonder about the double standards in Scotland, thousands sing banned racist and sectarian ditties each week broadcast live on TV and radio and what do the Scottish footballing authorities do – Hee haw but god forbid a Celtic player should sing a song that mentions the ‘Huns are deid’.
timbhoy2
20:27 on 23 March, 2015
Delahunt is it just a rumour.or was he seen in Grants Arms.
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Yep, he was asking….where is timbhoy2 ;))
Bhoys3: The Cladagh and Kelly’s Bar are quite close to you. You might try them. There are bars in nearby Puerto Banus or back towards Fuengirola if you are prepared to travel by bus.
Mike,
Celtic, wrongly, made their stance on that word years ago. It was misguided. Celtic must defend him if the word sectarian is cited.
Bobby M, can’t see any challenge for years.
Mike,
Lol. You’ve probably forgot more about law than I know:)
It’s not about who’s right and who’s wrong. I just think Celtic will fight Jg’s corner on this stoopid charge.
HH
Almore,
I posted last night but not sure if you seen it,
just wanted to thank you for my badge,
you were like santa in the CP
Bhoys3,
This bar shows all games, watched celtic game in there in
October last year. They will def have game on.
There is an Irish bar just round the corner from it but in was showing EPL and did not broadcast our game.
Hope this helps!
Hail! Hail!
Oops, this is the bar.
http://www.sevacard.com/partner/Banana-Tree
Thanks to all for their help.
Breaking news, Glen Campbell has had to re-record one of his biggest hits*, and it shall now be called ‘Bleepy Come Back’
*only for Scottish audiences
oglach…the whole thing is really unworkable…how can you only implement rules or laws Sometimes…its crazy…you cant nick thousands of people but you can nick individuals…its all so stupid…implement the rules or laws 100% of the time…or ammend or scrap them…seems sensble to me…
Bobby Russell,
I nearly choked on my (bleep)ters chicken there.
Grants Arms..well they are round Delahunts ass…Allegedly…