I can’t argue with John Hughes winning the Manager of the Year award. Without glossing over the obvious semi-final issue, he’s taken Inverness to stick-on favourites for the Scottish Cup and, for a while, stuck with Aberdeen in the Best of the Rest fight. The second half of the season have seen fortunes fade, but this reflects the resource paucity he has, compared to Dundee United or Aberdeen.
What’s just as clear is that Ronny Deila would have been a contender for the award. Appointing a manager is always a risk. Gordon Strachan was as safe a pair of hands as you could hope for in 2005, but it took nerves of steel for him to cope with some early reversals. Tony Mowbray was also a known quantity, who should have done better, but rookie Neil Lennon pitted against experienced Walter Smith was highly risky. Neil could have sunk without a trace, instead of winning all those trophies.
At least Neil knew the club and the club knew Neil. Appointing a guy from one of the smallest professional clubs in Europe, totally unknown in the Scottish game until Celtic scouted Stefan Johansen, was an almighty risk.
What we recruited was a philosophy. Celtic knew how a football team should be prepared, how to recruit, what tactical intelligence was required in a manager, and they travelled to Strømsgodset to find their man.
Had he qualified for the Champions League group stage, I reckon Ronny would have won Manager of the Year, but as this is the standard Celtic managers are judged by, he missed out. There are no guarantees in football, so qualifying next season cannot be taken for granted, but he should be better prepared. As should the players. This is the target, Ronny.
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Gorbalstam/TGCW
I think I might be in the same ward as both of you. I was intending to vote SSP but that’s not an option.
HT,
It’s Tuesday.
Polling day is Thursday.
I’m thinking that your no taking this seriously min :))
hamiltontim
18:09 on 5 May, 2015
How do I find out all of the possible candidates for the constituency where I live?
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You can go to your local library, to the reference section and ask about the Representation of the Peoles Act and write to the parliamentary ombudsman requesting a list of declared candidates for your constituency. They are legally obliged to provide this information,including the candidates address.
Alternatively, you could just google it :-)
What’s your costituency, I will see who is standing.
Just heard Raman explain how lee Wallace went through “administration then Liquidation then being Re-Admitted to SL3 with sevco” no mention of relegation. Times they are a changing Bhoys
Is the cannabis party affiliated to the UKIP party?
GM
I’ve been busy :-)
stringer bell
Got it now mate but thank you for the offer.
exslaemuirbhoy
This is from STV website
Lee Wallace admits the next four weeks at Rangers could be the toughest time of his four years at the club.
Since his move from Hearts in 2011, Wallace has seen the club go into administration, liquidation before being admitted into Scottish football’s fourth tier.
Seems closer to the truth than normal , you could be right .
FourGreenFields
18:42 on
5 May, 2015
It’s the closest version to the truth I’ve heard spoken on STV. Big PL got a job there noo as well ???
Hamiltontim
18:26 on 5 May, 2015
My preffered option is also SSP with the Greens as a fall back.
He gets the blame for everything else so why not :-)
gorbalstam
Greens policy on faith schools rules them out for me.
Looks like I’ve got two days to take up hash!! :-)
GreenInBingley
Progressive lot, them Norwegies
Hamiltontim
18:53 on 5 May, 2015
Ach then you wont care who gets in.
SoT,
Just back from Dublin and saw your reply to my post with the link to the Buffon article my son wrote for the 42.ie online journal.
I have always admired Gigi, both as a player and from what i had read about his character.
The fact that he stayed with Juve during their fall from grace, speaks highly of him.
Not sure about not carrying the missus’ shopping, though, to be fair, no man would be seen dead carrying those poncy carrier bags!!
As for the Real game, I would prefer to see Juve go through, if only for the sake of Buffon and Pirlo and hope they get Barca in the final.
Neil Lennon is in the studio for the game on TV3 in Ireland.
Teuchter ár lá
18:40 on
5 May, 2015
Is the cannabis party affiliated to the UKIP party?
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Only inasmuch as they both have an affinity to Whities.
Tonight I shall be cheering on Carlo’s Real Madrid.
Not because I particularly like them, but because I DO NOT like Juve.
So there!
HH!!
timbhoy2
17:13 on
5 May, 2015
On Friday Morning The Labour Party will be finished in Scotland that’s the price they will for not going along with the yes voters on Independance’,I’m positive the Torys and the S N P will govern the Country.
They will only be finished if they fail to learn the lessons of the past.
For too many years, they have taken their voters for granted. For too many years the party has allowed itself to be perceived as being associated with municipal corruption and cronyism. Too often it has allowed London headquarters to drag it rightwards ever rightwards.
As someone who stopped voting for after my first sight of Tony Blair, I sincerely hope that a doing on Thursday will be the catalyst for the People’s Party, in Scotland at least, redeeming itself.
It must honestly ask itself after five years of Cameron and Osborne is Labour unable to win a convincing victory?
Mon the Juve, get intae Franco’s XI
Got juve-real BTTS
Inversnecky to beat out feeder club
Good odds of 3/1 HH
Lot of talk earlier about smoking ban.
As far as I am concerned a fine piece of legislation.
Me. I’d go a stage further and ban the smoke
F A C petition signed. :>).
Of we are talking politics let’s remember the people’s own MP today.
God bless Bobby Sands.
LB
Franco’s X1?!
He’s been feckin deid for 40 years.
HH!!
Ernie
You in the huff? Thought we had made up. Maybe not. Lol.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Juve v Real Madrid is like Huns v Hertz. Pirlo is a footballing legend tho. Mon Juve.
LB
Correction to previous post.
quonno
19:11 on
5 May, 2015
Lot of talk earlier about smoking ban.
As far as I am concerned a fine piece of legislation.
Me. I’d go a stage further and ban the smokers.
tallybhoy
19:13 on 5 May, 2015
Haha, I’ve still never forgiven Atletico Madrid, stubborn Auld git that I am!!
HT
Patrick Harvey blamed Catholic schools, strangely not faith school, for homophobia in Scotland.Yes he apologised but that was more to secure votes than contrition.As a Celtic fan it would never be the Greens for me unless they dramatically changed their position.
quonno @1911
Whoohoo mon the vapes. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
theglasgowcelticway
19:15 on
5 May, 2015
HT
Patrick Harvey blamed Catholic schools, strangely not faith school, for homophobia in Scotland.Yes he apologised but that was more to secure votes than contrition.As a Celtic fan it would never be the Greens for me unless they dramatically changed their position.
Did Harvie solely blame Catholic Schools.
Went to one myself and never heard it promoting sexual diversity. Even segregated us from the lassies,
quonno
Yes.
Sorry, I’m away out to burn more heretics.
Greenbingly @1905
Vfunny :))
Dilemma
Labour in my DNA
BUT where I live (London suburb) labour lucky to get 100 votes
So it’s Tory or LIb Dem if I want my vote to count ??? So do I
A) not vote
B) vote Labour and accept wasted vote
C) vote Lib Dem and feel pathetic
D) vote Tory and have my Mother turn in her grave
Help.
67ECW
greeninbingley
19:05 on 5 May, 2015..
Pmsl….:))
theglasgowcelticway
19:22 on
5 May, 2015
quonno
Yes.
Sorry, I’m away out to burn more heretics.
Watch your political correctness.
The word heretic is no longer permitted in Hail Glorious St. Patrick. It has been replaced by infidel.
67 European Cup Winners
Spoil the ballot paper, write Ronny D for PM
After reading back on the rationale for smoking, I checked the calendar.
Full moon was yesterday.
It’s cinque de maio today, so maybe a surfeit of tequila explains the justification.
I have no idea of the revenue collected from smokers, but I would hazard a guess and suggest that it’s substantially less than the cost of treatment for cancers and other lung disease, connected with smoking.
The only coffers being filled are those of the tobacco companies.
John Reid needs his head looked and his priorities reevaluated.
Does he wish to shorten the lives of his (former) constituents or does he wish to improve their quality of life?
What could possibly explain the statement attributed to him?
Like me he has been touched by the big C, and. I don’t mean Kojo’s, and surely he should be familiar with the pain of seeing the suffering involved, much of it caused by cigarettes, which benefits no one, except Big Tobacco.