Tom Rogic is well within his rights to take time to consider his next contract. He is thriving at Celtic, but with a year left on his current deal, the future is open. Front and centre of his mind, of all players’ minds, will be the dirty little subject. The money paid to lesser talents than Tom in England is incredible, Tom is well within his rights to ponder his position in the food chain.
Then there is his place in the Celtic squad. Brendan Rodgers is continually looking to improve the team. It doesn’t matter who you are, you cannot be sure of a place well into the future.
There are also reasons to consider why Celtic might be a good fit for him. He is not the archetypal English Premier League player, all physique and running. Tom is a throwback to not so long ago when craft on the ball got you into the team, not the ability to burst a lung for 90 minutes. All too often, he’s a 60 minute star.
Evidence is everywhere that he is a big game player and proven match winner, but he is not going to temp a title chasing team from England, instead it would be the bottom half battlers who are most likely to be interested in him. He’s not a natural fit. Better to stay with the champions.
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Gerry
That was me ole Maw’s description of Celtic supporters,
” Aye away an see the Celtic yer a Saturday Kafflik ” usually followed with the
obligatory ” fit ye better ye went tae Mass ”
No idea what she was referring to.
Pog
For some years ALDI didn’t open on Sunday here in the UK – but they gave in to commercial pressures.
BSR,
The Graf Spee had as much success in Montevideo as we had :-(
Pog
Boom
CQN for Celtic themed one liners ( and sunken liners ) CSC
Next up Robert Taylor in……….. Guns of Wyoming
Back in 90 minutes CSC
Sometimes we complain too much about Scotland but there are many instances when we get it right and are ahead of the game (not in a football sense).
BBC Newsreader George Alagiah given stage 4 cancer diagnosis – JOE.co.uk
https://apple.news/AqUbboarXT4yocxRWVrKb0w
For all you Desperados
PMTH/BSR
Two of my uncles were on the Exeter which was badly damage by the Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate. It was out of commission for about a year and upon returning to service it was sent to the far east (two uncles back on board) to escort allied craft in and out of Singapore. Sadly she got into a bit of a stramash with the Japanese Navy and was very badly damaged again….trying to make her escape, she was sunk and most of the crew (including two uncles) were captured and put in a Japanese Concentration camp where one of my uncles fell in love with a beautiful Japanese girl who delivered the rations.
Sadly it turned out that she was in fact already in a relationship with the camp commander and taking it very personally he had my Uncle Alec flogged.
However they did manage to escape as did about half the crew, the other half either having died or unable to travel.
My uncles Alec and Willie always said that they never really had a lot of luck in their life.
I often pointed out that having me as a nephew probably made up for it. :)
Hail Hail
Matt
Matt,
Refreshing to have you posting again.
BSR 7.07pm
:-)
I read you post with my mother’s voice ringing in my ears :-)
okay ghuys ,you obviously dont like my dog stories, so here is a true story apologies to our non catholic supporters, as a young bhoy my mother was a member of the union of catholic mothers ,now being a member meant once a month, one of the priests would be invited for afternoon tea on a sunday, now normal afternoon tea would be shiphams salmon paste sandwiches, but if father o hare or father o shea was coming, it was john west red salmon, oh how i looked forward to that particular month.lol.
Big Packy
I love your dog stories…its your Priest stories that do my head in ))))
Matt
Brilliant story.
I remember the Exeter the Ajax and the Achilles,
PocketBattleShip CSC
HH
Big Packy
When the priest visited our house it was the only time my father never swore or shouted at me, so funny watching him nearly explode and trying to be polite because the priest was in…. he kicked my bahookie when the priest had left but it was worth it every time
HappydaysCSC
WHAT IS THE STARS, how are you and how is your westie, forgive me forgetting the name.hh.
GERRYFAETHEBRIG, we had to be on our best behaviour or else.lol.
GFTB
I was about 9 or 10 and hiding in my cubby hole in the loft in our house in Old Monkland when there was a knock at the door.
I knew it would be for me and I made ready to skeedaddle via the skylight, a half house leap onto next door neigbour’s shed and over the fence to the piggery. I had just got half out onto the roof when ma sister Jean called up the stairs ‘It’s the priest for you Matt’.
Immediately every event that could have involved the priest went through my mind and having no specific guilt I worked out it would probably be about taking an extra Altar boy session. So I scampered back in, dropped through the hatch and belted down the stairs to meet the padre.
Sadly it wasn’t ‘Priest’.
Whenever we had visitors, our Jean always put on her posh voice. I had heard ‘it’s the Priest‘ when what she had shouted was ‘it’s the Police‘.
I’ll save the gory details for another time, but I’m sure that’s why we call them the ‘Polis’….so as we don’t mix them up wae the ‘Priest’.
Hail Hail
Matt
Shiphams Salmon Paste – a blast from the past :-)
I was also partial to salmon and syboes sandwiches.
Matt,
Was that when you got done for bleach of the priest?
domestoscsc
Big Packy
My westie is called Angel
WHAT IS THE STARS, apologies should have remembered how is she doing.hh.
Big Packy
She is grand. Doesn’t get enough walks though. But with the long evenings coming in I will rectify that
16 ROADS – CELTIC ÜBER ALLES… on 25TH MARCH 2018 4:19 PM
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.
Evelyn Beatrice Hall.
I don’t know Evelyn but I’d always thought it was Voltaire who said that.
Fritz
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall
POGMATHONYAHUN AKA LAIRD OF THE SMILES, who remembers cremola foam, tiger nuts, cowans penny carmels, five boys chocolate, lucky bags, bazooka joe bubble gum.nostalgia.com
I hear talk about Anthony Joshua and him being exceptional.
I lost interest in boxing the night Nigel Benn put up an unbelieavble performance against Gerald McClellan.
Nae mair fighting
Celtic, the Sabres of Paradise, will always still be Fighting without hurting others.
Wee Berties interviews were excellent.
CELTIC is GOOD.
*unbelievable*
Soz.
I bloody hate these international breaks with a vengeance. Paddy Roberts is champing at the bit to play and I’m desperate to see him play. Bloody internationals ………. harumphhh!
Matt Stewart 8.03pm
I look forward to the gory details :-)
Old Monkland ???
The priest would be far more scarier than than the polis :-)
Neil Lennon had an incredibly disciplined team under his tutelage.
Incredible – when you know it is Scotland and the refs are as bent as an Arabs dagger.
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/comparing-expected-goals-and-assists-to-2016-17/
Looking at player expected goals and assists compared to the unbeaten SPFL season of last. Whose form is holding out amongst all the injuries?
embdy ever read ‘dream of a celt ‘ about Roger casement – gonna get it for an Easter read!
PETEC on 25TH MARCH 2018 8:30 PM
Incredible – when you know it is Scotland and the refs are as bent as an Arabs dagger.
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Celtic by numbers 8.32pm
Enjoyed your stuff in the “not the view” I don’t go on to other sites apart from Cqn but definitely enjoyed your breakdown of everything, am not that analytical just want Celtic to win :-)
Ivehadtochangemyname
I read it..and enjoyed it
THEORIGINALSADIESBHOY, just think of the brig before the time capsule, sorry gerry.lol. the fountain cafe, the baths, your mum giving you a shilling for the school canteen, but going down to christies, and getting a sausage roll or a bridie and a cream ring all for a shilling.nostalgia .com
All the Lucky ones going to Witness Celtic against sevco @ the Dump.
Njoi
I’m hoping for a thrashing of the sevco.
Paddy back.
Show no mercy Celtic.
This is the one.
StoneRoses.CsC
Gerry, sorry I never replied to your post last night about Irvine Bhoy’s you tube footage of our goals in the Eighties. I was at a 50th in Ayr last night.
A lot of great memories came back when I watched the footage. Frank McGarvey , Tommy Burns and Paul McStay were the stand outs with honourable mentions to Murdo McLeod , Davie Provan and Brian McClair.
I’m glad you enjoyed watching them .