Rosenborg went five years without winning the Norwegian title before Kare Ingebrigtsen turned things around. Under him, they were champions the last three seasons – back on the pertch. A mere two points off the pace, having scraped a win against Valur, he was sacked, just six days before his former team face Celtic.
It seems harsh. This is a club burdened by their Champions League history. Until 2004, when money replaced meritocracy, they held the record for the number of consecutive appearances in the group stage (8). But they never turned the lights off. They see clubs from other small nations reach the group stage of the Europa League and, to a lesser extent, the Champions League, and know they could do the same.
If they thought Ingebrigtsen’s team would have beaten Celtic he would still be in a job. Instead, they have thrown the dice in the hope of giving players an edge. The new interim boss’s only managerial gig in the last seven years was six weeks in charge of the Aruba national team. Since then he’s kicked around as a youth coach and been an assistant in Dubai. It’s a strange one.
Sacking a manager often leads to a short-term boost in results, which is all that is required for European qualification. Expect this tie to be competitive. That’s good, I prefer Celtic to play in games with a visible edge, than against unknowns with fire in their belly. Cool heads will be needed. On that subject, we’ll discuss Jozo later.
Newco, having successfully argued the SFA should refer the matter of Rangers’ eligibility for Uefa competition in 2011 to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), now request the SFA do not take the matter to CAS. It’s a kind of Newco logic; any victory in a storm.
They argue this procedural guidance establishes the complaint has no merit, whereas the SFA Judicial Panel Disciplinary Tribunal did not address the complaint, only their competency to examine it.
The Judicial Panel ruled “the Notice of Complaint must be determined by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.” The word “must” has been overlooked by Newco. The SFA must act accordingly. Taking the whole thing to Lausanne will make sure we don’t need to go through another round of “Who are these people” type witch-hunts. I know what you are thinking, Dave King has been making friend with the SFA on a weekly basis for months now, surely they will do his bidding.
I’m not sure Dave’s that clever.
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GENE
McLean is a battler so exactly the kind of player they need in the Championship.
He will be a leader something they sadly lacked last season.
Fan-a-tic
I think he’s a great signing for Stoke
Poor stuff by some eedjit as Tiger drives on 18th.
Superb round by Molinari in the clubhouse at 8 under.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 22ND JULY 2018 2:13 PM
DELANEYS DUNKY on 22ND JULY 2018 2:19 PM
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I spend so much time looking at their Lillian Gish that I thought their spelling was okay.
STARRY PLOUGH on 22ND JULY 2018 2:37 PM
Monaghan
“Their dark web controls search engine output with over arching knowledge of the algorithms that drive the output on the internet.”
oh oh someones been binging Netflix again:))
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Have to admit, Starry, I had not the faintest clue what this eejit was on about.
FRIESDORFER on 22ND JULY 2018 3:27 PM
Monaghan1900,
“The infulance will spread…”!! rofl HH
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I imagine that’s not the kind of stuff we’d want spreading.
GERRYFAETHEBRIG on 22ND JULY 2018 2:52 PM
Monaghan
Cheers, your copy n pastes from the dark side fair make me smile, am away to look up “Frederick the Great” maybe he could help solve our so-called defensive problems :-)
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Apparently our Frederick would not tolerate “non-noble vermin” in his officer corps. Sounds like a Hun.
Another governing body compromised, Great work our James.
https://thecelticblog.com/2018/07/blogs/the-strange-and-troubling-saga-of-show-racism-the-red-card-takes-another-turn/
These guys know exactly what they are doing.
KLV
Monaghan :-)
As for the golf a faultless round by Molinari, worthy Open champion
Roll on Rosenberg on Wednesday back to real sport :-)
Bravissimo Francesco Molinari (who was a tasty price at your local turf accountant this morning).
GERRYFAETHEBRIG on 22ND JULY 2018 6:52 PM
As for the golf a faultless round by Molinari, worthy Open champion
*his brother won the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond several years back
G64
That posts reads as if you took advantage of said “tasty price” also reading between the lines Angelgabriel might have also backed the Open champion
Well done bhoys
Tontine Tim
Must have good Masonic genes in that Italian Molinari household :-)
GERRYFAETHEBRIG
Masonic Gene – ok I admit it :)))))
Trophy presentation and the sevco end is empty
Gene
Definitely not your good self :-)
I did have a “s” at the end of gene
James Forrest article deffo worth a read.
Chapeau Seamus
HH jamesgang
Won a good few quid for France winning the World Cup. Just won a good few quid for Francesco Molinari to win the Open. Think I will put some of my winnings on Celtic to win a treble treble and Champions League. They say luck comes in 3s. ??
Golf is for elite Freemasons.
Rest in peace mam.
Bagger Vance ‘Inside each and every one of us is one true swing. Something we were born with. Something thats ours and ours alone. Something that can’t be taught or learned’. Hh
ACGR
Speaking to you by phone today during the final round brought me some Carnoustie luck. Love wee Francesco noo.
YNWA
Looks like I was right to ask “who are these people?” I wonder if the wider media will publicise it… or lift a finger to find out who has been giving SRtRC PR advice.
The Hrvatski household is deeply spilt today.
Virgin TV has lost its right to show Alibi, Drama, Eden, Gold and 6 others. Cue weeping and gnashing of teeth from Mrs Hrvatski.
BUT
It has included Premier Sports for the next 2 months for free. So, Celtic’s away game with Rosenborg can be viewed from the comfort of Mr Harvatski’s living room. WOOOOOOHOOOO
Since leaving the blog Kev J has never been of it in various guises. Keep on keeping on Kev. Hh
HJ
Kill your Television. It is beelzebub’s medium and mouthpiece.
God bless Celtic.
Let the People Sing.
HRVATSKI JIM
Thanks for the heads up. Virgin don’t seem to be trumpeting this.
Iconic scoreline in the LC today:
Forfar 5 East Fife 4
That was on penalties though.
Commentators nightmare – if you’ve been accessing a hipflask.
G64
It is pals of Kev who are posting in his support. I support Kev about 80%. Stop short at some of his views, but no many.
YNWA KevJ
Evening all,
I enjoy reading articles about sports people overcoming adversity to achieve success.
Scotland’s own Beth Dobbin features in a BBC website article by one Katie Falkingham.
The article contains a brief bio on her father – ex-footballer, Jim.
I’ve also capture a para from his Wiki page.
See if you can spot any difference …
BBC
Her mum Jean and Scottish dad Jim – a former footballer for Barnsley and Grimsby among others – rushed to her side
Wiki
James Dobbin is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder from 1980 until 2000. He notably for Celtic, Barnsley and Grimsby Town
Another blatant example of the BBC’s determination not to report anything remotely positive about our club.
Hail hail
DD
It is beelzebub’s medium . Not when Celtic is on.
SC1888
They are more concerned (rightly) with what people like Mrs HJ can do to then. Remember, after many years of watching Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, Poirot, Morse etc. there is no new trick that people like Mrs HJ has to learn. And, there are lots of them.
Great stuff from James Forrest today again , two great articles , time for the Celtic board to get their finger out !
G64- VG big guy HH
Billybhoy
The iconic score was the other way about.
East Fife 5 Forfar 4. Was it a Ronnie Corbett sketch?
Just had the misfortune of seeing a clip of this years Benidorm Orange march. What a shit hole of a place. Not sure how it will work after Brexit.
there’s a new version of Arthur Macbride on Spotify by Paul Brady – he loves that song
HJ
When I was a kid, my mother would not allow any game involving Rangers to be shown on her telly. She would not have evil on show in her living room. My mammy is 82. She has seen Celtic score thousands of goals. She has never witnessed Rangers score a goal in her life, nor Sevco.
YNWA
So who would the Sevco supporters,be rooting for at Carnoustie,or is someone mixing it on here,and what did the Hospitality idiot say to Tiger,I heard it but couldn’t make it out, People pay big bucks for Televisions,and the sound is terrible,time these companies were taken to task.
G64
Was in Benidorm wi my 2 daughters on a fag run weekend 2 years ago. The amount of times I almost decked an Englishman or Glasgow Hun for being inappropriate in behaviour towards my lovely ghirls was unreal. Never again. It is a cesspit of wrong wans.
Timbhoy
Huns were probably rooting for the Catholic Loyalist McIlroy. Dichotomy wi that man.
DD Myself and Vogue Punter and our good ladies had a long weekend in Benidorm a few years back and the only good thing about it was the Bodhran bar. However after what I witnessed I would advise all good tims to boycott the place. Hh