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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Simple Minds. . . Bleepter and the Bleepted
You can play it once you reach Carlisle.
Sips
I want the FOD to die.
In a permanent death kinda way.
And I’m probably one of life’s soft/nice guys.
But I still want their cloven hoofed club to die. Forever.
HH jamesgang
Sorry for the bad ham sandwich I c&p from the HB.
Watching the Cameron interview on the BBC news reminds me of Chuckles at his peak when running Sevco. I can’t believe he made a joke about hunger strikers especially when the Refugees are on Hunger strike at Dungavel. (Or maybe no one has told him)
sipsini @ 22:15 totally agree I would go a little further and say I just want them to die , right now go away and be no more………….Please
HH
Hey Big J
I’m 100% with you :-)
Prestonpans boys
Imo , some of bigger away Supports seem to drown out the GB as the sound bounces off the roof
Almore, Will re send. Yes I’m from Clogherhead.
I have been doing this Trinity College Dublin Course about 1916, sorry for not replying sooner.
Up Celtic and the Dreadnoughts
Sipsini – I can’t see a scenario where that could happen. There is no pot of gold in the SPFL awaiting them. Better informed folk than I are saying £50 million gets them on an even keel. Where’s that coming from?
I have no fear of them whatever….
I grew up in Paisley.
Celtic was my big team
St M was my local team
And within that local team Tony Fitzp always came across as being a right good man, regardless of creed, colour, etc.
In many ways (including his managerial career) he seemed to me to be st mirren’s version of TB.
HH jamesgang
Last comment on tommy cooper. I was home on holiday and walked up to a local pub to watch Wales v Scotland, big Jock’s last game.
Normally we wouldn’t have bothered but something pulled us up there.
henry cooper came on as a sub and the fervent bluenoses in there were frothing at the mouth…”effin breest” was a common comment….they didnae fancy him one bit.
jamesgang,
Your a big gentleman and to here that from you speaks volumes.
Just watching Clydebank on the news, hope DD is watching, or just popping up on my telly :)
Cowiebhoy
22:18 on
23 March, 2015
TET
Hope all is well
I’ve made my stand, no SFA for me, not a penny
I suffer as I miss the Bhoys, in cup games, but a stance I have made
Hail Hail
I made the same decision last year . the bhoys on the boat were ribbing me about going to Hamdump to see the bhoys win the treble…………it will be very hard to miss that……as it will be for you too I’m sure
HH
HH
Sipsini – we are pleased at a crowd of 75% of capacity – that’s when we’re top of the league on the way to a treble and having just put in a decent showing against good European opposition.
With all that we still make massive losses without European football unless we sell.
How many seasons will Ibrox even come close to that capacity and what kind of budget will that give them? Do they have a scout network capable of unearthing saleable gems?
If there was anybody out there with 30m plus to lose and the vision to take them forward they’d already be in place.
They’re a busted flush. I’d be amazed to see a challenge from outside Aberdeen or Dundee for a decade.
Champ67
I’m in 112 and rarely hear any singing from the opposition no doubt due to the bhoys to my right :0)
I assume it is ok to continue to refer to them as James Hunts.
jamesgang
I’ll second that…extinct, like the Dodo…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Sips
When DD pops oot yar telly it’s time to go cold turkey!!!
Visit me in the pokey big mhan when if/if I’m ever doing time for calling a Stickie a Hun??? !!!!! ????
HH jameagang
roberttressell,
I see the same picture as you in their financial state, but, it didn’t stop them before!
Nothing would surprise me what tricks are used and the all seeing eye turning a blind one…I would prefare not to give thems the option.
clogher celt
22:22 on 23 March, 2015
You get my e-mail?
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Tunis – strange enough it probably is. Every other sweary word is fine. You can probably call them The Scum.
Odd isn’t it….
Robertressell – I’ve said 30m above but that’s generosity.
Previously I’ve laid out figures that show 50m to realistically get back towards Europe quickly.
It won’t happen. Back to how it was in the 80s for them.
Celtic Mac
I expect nada from the suits, they have shafted the support on many ocasions when they should have stood by them.
This will just be another in the long line me thinks, move along now……know your place.
HH
……………
Cowiebhoy
Aye, sadly for all the good it does, there are many 1000s who still contribute to the sham, and IMO, the more that do, the more they take the piss.
And we call ourselfs intelligent………………….
I have said many times over the years, I would rather the club took up something like basketball, just to gtf away from the corrupt hate that we are involved in.
Given the operchancity, they would have us put down, their hate is so great.
I also said many years ago that we were akin to the Jews playing football in Nazi Germany, if only they had the power the Nazis had, we would suffer hte same fate as they did, and I believe that from the bottom of my heart, this is supposed to be 2015 ffs, and yet the Irish-Catholic in scotland are still subjected to…..move along Timmy
This is where I agree with NA2 on this, this is the reason I left the country all them years ago.
Sorry for the rant.
HH
“I dont recall him scoring against any of the top sides.”
Thetimreiper,
Just the couple in the derby game v the gooners and another couple v the team that’s running away with the epl.
Apart from that he’s rubbidge :)
Robert Nesta Marley had the right idea………
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior
And another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned –
Everywhere is war –
Me say war.
That until there no longer
First class and second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man’s skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes –
Me say war.
That until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all,
Without regard to race –
Dis a war.
That until that day
The dream of lasting peace,
World citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued,
But never attained –
Now everywhere is war – war.
And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
that hold our brothers in Angola,
In Mozambique,
South Africa
Sub-human bondage
Have been toppled,
Utterly destroyed –
Well, everywhere is war –
Me say war.
War in the east,
War in the west,
War up north,
War down south –
War – war –
Rumours of war.
And until that day,
The African continent
Will not know peace,
We Africans will fight – we find it necessary –
And we know we shall win
As we are confident
In the victory
Of good over evil –
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil –
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil –
Good over evil, yeah!
———
KTF timdom
HH jamesgang
evening all
Just like to say that in my eyes NFL is up there with the very best Celts as an absolute legend as a player, a captain and a manager.
Not just for enduring the physical attacks in the street, on the pitch side, the letter bombs and all the other sectarian crap he suffered but also the depression and back trouble he went through.
Neil has gone through so much in his life just to be a part of our great history. Finally he is free from all the nonsense and can enjoy his football………..now if he gets interviewed and says, Celtic don’t need Sevco, scottish fibta doesn’t need Sevco etc he will be back in the firing line as MSM would have his comments blown up to such an extent the hun hoardes would be in such a state some idiot somewhere would try something against him. He is probably taking the easiest option for himself to ensure his personal safety and i can totally respect that.
The only thing that has irked me about Neil is his continuing silence on the sleekit gardeners whisperings but perhaps he stays silent for the same reasons.
If I was Neil i’d tell every interviewer that i’d not answer any questions re Sevco and if asked then no future interview with that reporter would ever be given.
He’s been a wonderful servant to Celtic, he deserves to be left alone and free from any controversy over any Celtic / Sevco debates from now on.
NFL = My Celtic Hero (as 15 tops with Lennon 18 will testify)
Politics,
Where did the Tories get Rory Stewart from, the 17th century,
And baron pur is of tweed, wtf,
Salmon playing the pipes on dancing milliband is funny
Sipsini – I think the years from 1988 to 2000 left a lot of us feeling they would somehow shaft us. I remember after they got one back at 5-2 up in the 6-2 game thinking they could come back.. The cheating years scarred us all emotionally I think! It’s taken me a long time to accept the reality of their fecked up situation… But I’m there now….
rangers then
sevco now
huns forever
That is all
Speyside lad, well said,
We mostly are all still Neil lennon
Until we meet again…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Buik – that’s a very unholy trinity….
Bed for me…. Nighty night
weeminger,
I hope you are right. I have my doubts, probably due to their old clubs history.
Found guilty on what? A p**y fine they didn’t even pay! Naw, don’t let them crawl up…nail their coffin while we can.
Jamesgang
A CQNer commented that I looked like a white bob Marley on Saturday … Now you post these lyrics
I’m reporting you to the compliance officer ;)
The club has – ahem – “decided against” a loan from Mike Ashley. Aye, sure, if you say so……
Bada Bing
Hi ya mucker
the mighty Cleland 2003 takes up most of my time now
Take care
Love
Sips
Steak bake through the heart!
HH jamesgang