Scale of Euro achievement underlined

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Last night my brother reminded me of a comment he made after the 0-0 against Benfica on match day one of the Champions League, “I hope we’re not sitting with one point after five games”.  Expectations can be as high as you like, but reality based on experience at that stage suggested Celtic would struggle to have more than a single point at this stage of the tournament.

A solitary point away from home in our Champions League history would lead the harsh realists to expect our trips to Lisbon, Barcelona and Moscow would be fruitless, leaving the enormous matter of tackling Barcelona at Celtic Park.

Two of those away games resulted in defeat, and we were behind in Moscow before one of the most significant fight-backs in modern Celtic history.  It’s difficult to find perspective for the win over Barcelona.  Suffice to say, they won 0-2 in Lisbon and 0-3 in Moscow.  Celtic’s 2-1 remains the most astonishing result of this season’s Champions League.

Manchester City’s failure to qualify for the knock out stage, with their seemingly limitless budget, tells the story of how difficult this tournament is.  England’s other mega-wealthy club, reigning European champions Chelsea, sacked their manager this week as the expectation they are likely to be eliminated at this stage dawned.

Beating Spartak and qualifying for the knockout stage will be suitable reward for a remarkable team.

The very first CQN Annual is NOW in stock and shipping order yours here! P.S. it’s great.

In case you missed the story, check out the Celtic Trust’s ‘Stand up for the Green Brigade‘ call on the 12th minute on Saturday. Full details on the Trust’s site.

P.P.S. Stand up for the Green Brigade.

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  1. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Ahh? Mr Boaire, when Mr whisky comes calling you’d best be on your guard.

     

     

    Now thats advice from a man who just cant say no to a dram and has parted company with mr self control a long time since. Keep on drammin.

     

     

     

    Take it or leave it, or leave it or leave it…………..:-)

  2. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    petec,

     

    Greek, Russian and Coptic orthidox churches were bourne out of political self determination, they refused to accept the imposition of a single sects demand for compliance to their docrtine, there are far older Christian sects than yours, in fact to many of them you are mormons and jehovas witnesses. I cannot hate all of the new testament as there are gospels contained. But the spurious distractions therein that can be twisted to set Christian against Christian and create a teir system that breeds snobbery and derision rather than harmony only strengthens my argumet.

     

    As for new gospels, utter claptrap, the Coptics are a Christian sect founded on the same teachings by apostles who travelled to Egypt to spread the message, their gospels were not new, neither are the Greek or Russian orthidox gospels, doubting Thomas travelled to India and spread the word, when the portugese got there they were stunned there was an alredy thriving Christian community, trick being like you they were arrogant and intolerant of anything that did not bend its knee to rome and slaughteres many during their education process. Those gospels may be new to you because you choose to be ignorant, but do not dare dismiss Christians who believe in the true message simply because they dont follow your narrowminded sectarian outlook, how dare you in the name of the Christ condemn Christians because they dont read the claptrap you prefer over the gospels of our Lord.

     

    Your outburst is the mark of the mason the crusader who condemns and murders in the name of the Christ because of your arrogance that only you can be correct.

     

    You disappoint me and its sad to think you actuakky call yourself a Christian with all that hatered in your heart.

  3. Word association

     

     

    foxes.com

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jijX-OxQzw

     

     

    One of my dad’s favoured singers “She was well fit, and without her, there’d have been no Kate Bush…”

     

    Moi: Da-a-a-d! Kate Bush?

     

    My Dad: (deep, engaging chuckle) Okay, forget Kate Bush; but you should have spent a weekend with Noosha….

     

    Moi: O mo dhia…

  4. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    FFM, are you drinking drain cleaner or have I missed something?

     

     

    As said before chill, I’m assuming you’re telling the world you’ve got me? You may not like your prize catch buddy, I’m not too expensive to feed but I do expect some good stuff in my swill tank.

     

     

    Are you a billionaire from motherwell?

  5. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire

     

     

    03:37 on 23 November, 2012

     

     

    petec,

     

    Greek, Russian and Coptic orthidox churches were bourne out of political self determination, they refused to accept the imposition of a single sects demand for compliance to their docrtine, there are far older Christian sects than yours, in fact to many of them you are mormons and jehovas witnesses. I cannot hate all of the new testament as there are gospels contained. But the spurious distractions therein that can be twisted to set Christian against Christian and create a teir system that breeds snobbery and derision rather than harmony only strengthens my argumet.

     

    As for new gospels, utter claptrap, the Coptics are a Christian sect founded on the same teachings by apostles who travelled to Egypt to spread the message, their gospels were not new, neither are the Greek or Russian orthidox gospels, doubting Thomas travelled to India and spread the word, when the portugese got there they were stunned there was an alredy thriving Christian community, trick being like you they were arrogant and intolerant of anything that did not bend its knee to rome and slaughteres many during their education process. Those gospels may be new to you because you choose to be ignorant, but do not dare dismiss Christians who believe in the true message simply because they dont follow your narrowminded sectarian outlook, how dare you in the name of the Christ condemn Christians because they dont read the claptrap you prefer over the gospels of our Lord.

     

    Your outburst is the mark of the mason the crusader who condemns and murders in the name of the Christ because of your arrogance that only you can be correct.

     

    You disappoint me and its sad to think you actuakky call yourself a Christian with all that hatered in your heart.

     

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    canamalar

     

     

    Do me a wee favour and link me to where you are reading this stuff?

     

     

    Give me some links man instead of lambasting like a mad man.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnHprUGKF0

  6. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Bo-aire, having watched that video you posted the best I can say is please visit an optician or a feeder fetish group.

     

     

    Man that was a difficult watch:-(

  7. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    petec,

     

    as I said all along, just google their gospels and have a flick through them they all carry the same message, the differences, are with the spurious claptrap the sects add that helps them justify whatever they want.

     

    I’ve said a few times only the message matters, theologists are expert in the spurious claptrap thats the only reason its added, to keep them in a job and reviered.

     

    Everyone understands the message, only theologists think anything else is important.

     

    Again sorry for the outburst.

  8. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    FFM, have you just bouldered your huggie? WTF does “your posts are not funny enough mean”? I do like that beacause I’m not a professional comedian.

     

     

    Is there a standard I have to adhere to? If not and you’re not amused then scroll on by bruv. Its in no way compulsory to read my “shite posts”.

     

     

    I like the fact that you read them anyway and then make a comment that pinpoints you as a knobend.

     

     

     

    Hail Hail Bruv

  9. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    FFM, I didn’t come onto this blog to have spats with an angry hunnish tim. I used to go on to rangers media and bait the enemy there. It made me sick after a while, but you are making me a whole lot more sick on this site this evening.

     

     

    I’ll leave it at that for now and you can tell me another time what has got your knickers in a twist.

     

     

    Are you a hun? A very well disguised one? C’mon, tell us.

  10. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    I’m off now because this place is beginning to gie me the boak.

     

     

    Last 16 is well within our grasp and we are ra graspers

     

     

     

    Hail Hail Celtic men n wummin.

  11. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    I think you’re facing a mental disorder FFM, you’ll need a strong woman ya bampot.

     

     

    Hail Hail bruv

     

     

     

    WE ARE CELTIC, aye we urr!

  12. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    FFM\A Ceiler..,

     

    my bad, too much cheap vino and too quick to jump to stupid conclusions, I know I know its no like me :oD)))))

     

     

    petec,

     

    none of my stuff comes from any link, its just blurted out, when I said just google, and have a look, that is exactly what I do I dont save links unless its got dirty pictures (aye am a sinner:o) or talk about Celtic :o)

     

    Right now I am reading this

     

    http://www.metalog.org/files/thomas.html

     

    Its is what I think you would call Gnostic and what I’d call a perversion, many famous quotes littered with IMO masonic claptrap, I am not a theologan but as I said earlier you dont need to be a theologan to see the message being corrupted. then again I could be completely wrong, innit geeze

  13. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Petec, I’m happy you don’t do the good stuff. It was an eight year old bowmore single cask. We named it “three elements” and its a cracking dram.

     

     

    Good to know Bob M is spreading the word.

     

     

     

    Good toons bro.

     

     

     

    HH

  14. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    FFM, good god man, mrs ACGR thinks I’m off my trolly, I should make her read yer post over the last couple of hours.

     

     

    Na, the pish that goes on on the boards should stay on the boards, although minty is going to have each and everyone of us up in court.

     

     

     

    shitingit.com.

  15. canamalar,

     

     

    I read extracts of The “Secret” Book of Thomas years ago. Basic premise is that Jesus was never resurrected.

     

     

    I call it bull but go ahead and take it in, it is just information at the end of the day. The word “secret” should be getting you going radio rental straight off the bat though. ;)

     

     

    To correct you the Gnostics were all about knowledge (Gnosis – it is one of the meanings of the G in Freemasonry) and they believed that Satan was doing a good thing in the Garden by getting them to disobey the one thing that God had forbidden. Curiosity killed the cat. They believe God was being cruel by not letting them access one tree out of the whole Garden. HMmmmmmmm

     

     

    It is a very simple choice, Good or Evil IMO and I’d be very wary of anything being added to the mix now.

  16. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    FFM<

     

    yer a mad paranoid micky rubber nut :o) so am a BTW, nothing bad is going down, up or even sideways

  17. The Lodge numbers are definitely dwindling but the doctrine is being externalised through the media now, the internet especially. Freemasonry is Anti Christian at it’s very core and all they want to do is undermine the fundamental tenets of Christianity, when they do that, they will have succeeded in the Great Work, or as it is also known The Plan, the P being definitely capitalised in any of the books that reference it.

     

     

    Enough of the Deep stuff heres a tune…….

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy9GmieAEaQ

  18. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    petec,

     

    I thought thats what I said, and as I said it doesnt take a theologist to spot it, its the kind of claptrap I expect theologists to preach or spend forever discussing and dismissing, I’ve read it and dismissed it.

     

    However I have found others that carry the pure message which are not in the new testament and that grinds my gears, I will try and remember which ones and see if I can find you a link, but as I said they are usually randomly selected, read, accepted or dismissed then move on, I dont get hung up or become stuck on wondering why they are not, I know why.

  19. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    ffm, I’m glad I’ve amused you tonight. But do you know what I’ve enjoyed more?

     

     

    Watching you make an arse of yourself, without much encouragement from me, well maybe just a little bit.

     

     

     

    As I said, I didn’t sign up to CQN to bitch with fellow tims. But if you attack me then why would I not light your fuse? It seems to have worked perfectly.

     

     

    So, what is the source of your anger? Does it come from a zinfandel shaped bottle?

     

     

     

    P.S. I’m only an amateur psychiatrist BTW.

     

     

     

    look into my eye’s, deep deeper deeeperrrrrr………………………..

  20. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    FFM,

     

    have you been drinking per chance :oD))

     

    who told us we cant sing Celtic songs

  21. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    FFM,

     

    and why are you getting all morose, lighten up, things are still going our way regardless of all the faux triumphalism. They’ll still be playing in div 3 at the weekend, and the best bit is the meeja have not got them thinking they could have been saved, their bewilderment is ten fold anything we are dealing with on the FTT result, Plus we’ve still got another bite of the cherry, they dont :oD)))

  22. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Petec,

     

    thats another one of those no gospels innit, what have I told you about them :oD)))

  23. Good morning,

     

     

    …dearie, dearie me…………….I see.the Panto season has kicked off early with a right lot of ‘rum’ characters……….

     

     

    Aye………

     

     

    Anyway,

     

     

    ….what’s changed?

     

     

    ..nuthin’.

     

     

     

    :)

     

     

     

    HH.

  24. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    FFM,

     

    yer gonnae get yersel a ban, you need yer bawbaws mhan

     

    noo say sorry for the bad language and get to yer bed

  25. …”Haudmacoat,

     

    ………… haud me back,

     

    ……………haud me back.!!!………..”

     

     

     

    Last Orders Please!

     

     

    Do yer talkin’ while yer walkin’

     

     

    etc etc…………..