You seldom hear football people speak as unguardedly as Peter Grant did to The Herald yesterday about Scott Brown. “If somebody had offered us £4m (in 2010)? I would have driven him down the road myself”. The tone of Peter’s piece was supportive, though. Our former assistant manager affirms Scott is a vastly improved performer since. I agree.
You never really know what is going on inside a squad. Footballers play with injuries, many find the distractions of wealth all-consuming and some are simply deployed incorrectly. At the #19 game last week I recalled the form of Stiliyan Petrov under John Barnes, he was lost, especially when playing right back. Bobby Petta also looked out of sorts under Barnes but within weeks of playing for Martin O’Neill both were among the most valuable assets at the club.
Neil Lennon told us last week that Scott Brown was unfit during last season’s Champions League campaign. It’s clear that he is an incredibly more effective player when fit, but Peter Grant suggests Brown has also learned positional discipline, a subject he has previously been criticised here for.
A lot of Scott’s contribution is off the ball. He closes space, filling the park with a presence, which is defensively important, especially on Champions League duty. I’ve never seen Celtic’s yardage stats on players but you have to think he’ll top the list most weeks, he is the Great Scottish Runner, but all that energy needed to be harnessed correctly, which is perhaps what Scott is learning from former midfielder, Neil Lennon.
The next achievement to look out for from Scott is a marquee performance on a European stage………
Which leads us onto the Great Scottish Run. You can still sign up for the run, and if you’ve registered already, or are still to register, you can participate in the 1254125 campaign.
The heart and soul of our community is something we cannot take for granted. It has flourished because you, and countless thousands before you, have decided to improve the lives of those around you by getting involved in the name of Celtic.
On Sunday 6 October there is a 10k and Half Marathon. If that is beyond you. There are family events taking place the day before.
The first thing you need to do is sign up for the Great Scottish Run, or here for one of the family events.
Once you’ve done that, you can register for the 1254125 campaign here.
Then you can create a donations page here. Click Start Fundraising, search for Celtic Charity, setup your My Donate account).
Email me and let me know if you are having trouble signing up or need any more help, celticquicknews@gmail.com.
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FFS, sorry for the huge message! Didn’t intend that at the start.
Glendalystonsils.
Anyway,Pal.. It is Good tae Know that ye ur still Living and using up
as Much Oxygen as ye kin.
Ah know that Ah dae!
It’s good Tae Be Alive..so it is.
Awe kidding and swankin ,aside.
Ah hiv noticed that Aboot McCoist… whit ye hiv remarked oan.
He diz hiv that.. Wee Petted Lip. look… aboot him..
No quite the Puir Mooth Look..or..whit Ah imagine a Puir Mooth Look wid..well..Look like..fur Ah hiv nevah seen wan o those.
Although,oan occasion. McCoist’s , wee Petted Lip Expression changes.. tae wan jist like. . Pop Eye,hiz..
Jist afore he Guzzles doon that Can of Spinnach!
Ah suppose that only happens when Coisty is Feelin’ Peckish!
Noo, When Ah think aboot it..
McCoist is an Ugly Son of A Lady Dug..
Of Course that is Why Ah dinna like Him.. He Reminds me too much o’ whit Ah visualized..Uriah Heep ,wid look Like..
NIce chatting,pal..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
Yep.. A Barbie Doll!
Ah knew that Ah hiv seen His Look Somewhere!
Morrissey the 23rd
Stop changing your moniker ,so as I can remember who you are :O)
and next time put on at tie with that T-shirt.
I’m in the Broonie fan club.
He’s playing some of the best football of his career at the moment, but I also think he’s been solid through most of Lennon’s time in charge. He also had some good seasons under Strachan – his low periods certainly weren’t as low as some made out.
He’s had some fantastic European performance too.
He was poor under Mowbray but so was everyone.
I think many expected him to be a different type of player. He’s decent going forward but his real strengths are in his defensive runs, his tracking, positioning, the way he maintains the tempo and drives the team on in tricky games.
4m was a big price tag, but he’s been good value. Considering the amount of money we’ve spent on 1-3m players who have barely played 30 games, it’s quite refreshing to have a signing who became a mainstay in the team for such a prolonged period and a captain.
Pot kettle with Peter Grant I have to say , grossly overrated as a player , lump of wood who should have handed the Maestro half his wages at park head for carrying him for over a decade!!! His one half decent game came in Airdrie cup final when he had ripped a stitch in his tights leading up to the game!! I would gladly have driven him somewhere if a team offered us a set of bibs and a 2 litre bottle of diluting orange!!!
seanoc @ 17.38
This.
Desert Bhoy
Oh.. The Oil Fields of the Middle East?
Ah bet you hiv a Few guid Stories tae Tell.
Thanks fur satisfying Ma Nose Itch.
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
VP KO’d by fearless Oscar Knox @ 17:37
P67 advised me to change it as the “Oversexed” was resulting in my posts not making onto the board by the spam detection software. I am ‘Morrissey the 23rd’ on almost ever forum I’ve ever registered with on-line. I’ll stick with this one in here now.
I’ll try and be better dressed next time you see me. No promises. I’m a natural tramp.
Was having a quick look at the BBC site on Scottish Fitba, just to gauge the level of negativity about our players/team/club/company/supporters, when out the corner of my eye I caught sight of a link entitled:
Scottish Cup
Queen of Sth v Rangers
Eh, I don’t think so somehow – try again ya buncha numpties.
Don’t know what match to watch tonight.
None of them jump off the page and say – “Watch this!”
Unlike Milan v Celtic, Celtic v Milan, Barca v Celtic, Celtic v Barca, Celtic v Ajax, Ajax v Celtic.
QOS v the huns?!
GTF!
HH!!
sixtaeseven
17:55 on 17 September, 2013
‘Was having a quick look at the BBC site on Scottish Fitba, just to gauge the level of negativity about our players/team/club/company/supporters, when out the corner of my eye I caught sight of a link entitled:
Scottish Cup
Queen of Sth v Rangers’
######
It’s A Scottish Cup, not The Scottish Cup.
The definitive article is potentially a source of controversy where thems are involved.
You’ll note it’s been omitted from the names of both teams.
Evening all, just a quick visit to whet your appetites for tomorrow’s big game in Milan.
Morrissey the 23rd
17:28 on 17 September, 2013
Photos from the Petrov game by Patrick McGuire @paddimir
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddimir/sets/72157635426371671/
Me with Stan:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3807/9770525873_029ef4e10d_o.jpg
Superb matey Hail Hail !!!!
Neil Lennon speaking to media: “Joe (Ledley) has travelled but is a major doubt so will make a decision on it tomorrow.
James Forrest hasn’t travelled due to illness. Nir Biton has joined the group and will come into contention. (!)
Feels fantastic being here. Everything we have worked on since being eliminated by Juventus has been geared towards tomorrow.”
If Ledley is such a doubt, I’d go with Brown and Mulgrew in midfield. They’ve never played at CM together for Celtic before (in a 4-4-), but their recent performances for Scotland suggest they’ll do a job.
And here come the dots:
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Forster ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Lustig :::::::::::::::: Ambrose :::::::::::::::::: Van Dijk ::::::::::::::: Izaguirre
Matthews ::::::::::::: Brown :::::::::::::::::::: Mulgrew ::::::::::::::: Samaras
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Commons ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Stokes :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Milan must be confident seeing as they named their team today.
MASSIMILIANO ALLEGRI:
“We didn’t play well on Saturday, actually, we
played very badly against a Torino side that
caused us a lot of problems. Tomorrow will
be a different game as they always are in the
Champions League. It’s a great atmosphere.
The start of the group stages. It’s a big
match as we’ll be up against a team that are
very physically string as well as being
technically good players, especially in the
attacking department. They’ll be a tough
team to face. I think that the players will put
in a good performance tomorrow to put the
match in Torino behind us. We’re playing at
home as well so we’ll have our fans behind
us as well just as they were in the match
against PSV. There are all the ingredients for
a great match and a great performance. I’m
not worried at all about the situation. This
period that we’re going through, we’ve
actually been a bit unlucky. We actually only
have four players with what you can call
muscular injuries. Then there are the
traumatic injuries and here you’d need a
crystal ball to see these things coming. The
number of injuries we have reads like a
wartime news bulletin but nevertheless, the
work done by the medical staff and the
physiotherapists has been outstanding. Matri
is similar to Pazzini as a player. I think he
gives us important options up front. He
created space for the team when he came on
against Torino. That’s why we bought him.
The line-up is already done, there are only a
couple of doubts. Birsa or Robinho and
Constant or Emanuelson. Noverino, De Jong
and Muntari will play in the middle with Matri
and Balotelli up front and one of either Birsa
or Robinho behind. Kakà’s injury was getting
worse and worse as the game wore on and
the gesture that he gave yesterday regarding
his salary shows the kind of guy he is and
the respect he has for the club and the fans.
He showed real commitment on Saturday. On
Sunday we have a big match against Napoli.
We have 6 matches between now and 6
October. I can understand that Torino feel
bad but our behavior was not out of the
ordinary. I told Mexes to take the throw in
quickly as 30 second later Larrondo was
jumping for the ball. El Shaarawy pulled up in
training and I’m happy that we have 5
players who play for the national side and
we’re happy to send them to do so. It’s not
up to me to reply to Montella. In Florence,
Balotelli was given a two match ban for
protesting and the year before, Ibrahimovic
got three. We should have defended better in
Turin. We were playing with a new look
forward line and now the objective is to get
through the group stages. Not conceding is
important as when you concede more than
30-35 goals, you’ll be out of the top three
spots. The Champions League is different to
Serie A. We can’t give away as much as we
did with Torino. If you defend better, you
attack better. It won’t be easy against Celtic
and Ajax as it’s never easy in Europe. Pato is
doing well in Brazil and he’s back in the
national side but he could have not made
these accusations against people that are
working every day. I think that Celtic are a
strong team and we’ll see what happens.”
Morissey..,
I did think about asking for volunteers to take printed copie to games but with the commitment you ghuys are already offering I couldn’t in all honesty ask or expect for more.
Good mhan.
On Broonie, for a few years I was one of his biggest critics but all the time I gave him dogs abuse I maintained he would become a monster for us, I honestly think his time is coming, no this year, stoksey will have everyone bowing at his feet this year.
I’m thinking two years time The Broonie will become Ghodzilla. Is they in line with the European champions predictions :o)
See the guy who threw the bacon into the Mosque,did the eejit not know
it is only Roman Catholic Churches you can target in Scotland.
Greenyin @13.42
Been on hols so missed item on brake club banner.
However, James Kirk,of McNeill St was my great uncle. My aunt used to say that when she was very young it was displayed in the house and she would get up on the table and sing C
Hoopybhoy,
You don’t need a season ticket to buy a 3 match package.
Just a mate who has one.
Quick fingers wouldny go amiss either.
Paddysmarket
the holly tree was on rutherglen rd at Camden st mate…my only memory of that pub was its demolishing
Oh and I think James Forrest can be the same I just have a niggling doubt about his commitment, I knew The Broonie would run through walls for us, I don’t get the same vibe from the Forrest bhoy.
Sorry screen jump,
aunt used to sing Celtic songs for the family and friends.
Can you direct me to picture of the banner
Thanks
Bmcuw
Interestin that u mentioned earlier carryin a wallet in ur back pocket can cause sciatica
I myself suffer from sciatica and hadnt heard this before
Thanks for the heads up
B-)
There’s not much sevco have in common with Celtic.
But . . . .
For the second season in a row, sevco have been drawn against Queen of the South in the ramsdens cup.
For the second season in a row, Celtic have been drawn against Barcelona on the Champions League.
Nae difference really.
Paddysmarket
there were a few streets in the gorbals that changed name in the 40s/50s the street I was born was called warwick st later changed to Nicholson st…just off Bedford st.
M23rd
Only kidding mhate,nice speaking to you at Blantyre KOSC.HH
hotshot
http://scotianostra.tumblr.com/post/42921074966/sarsfield-celtic-brake-club-banner-1895
I dont believe some of you guys on here who call yourselves Celtic supporters Peter Grant may not have been our answer to Maradona but everytime he pulled on the Celtic shirt he gave 100%.I can think of quite a few Celtic players over the years who have turned on our great club players like Charlie Nick and so many others but Peter has never done that he is a true Celt. H.H.
Peter Grant was a great Celt, and don’t you forget it.
His technical ability was nowhere near some of the idols who have passed through the gates but during the hardest of times his passion for Celtic and sheer grit dragged many a Celtic team up from the deck to a positive end.
His performance in the 5-0 Sporting Lisbon comeback was his zenith.
His industry allowed the maestro to play.
His fingers pointed in every direction possible inside Parkhead. ; ))
Don’t slate a legend like Peter Grant; he gave more for the cause then any of us ever will.
The team to win
Forster
Lustig-Efe-Virgil-Charlie
Adam-Scott-Cris-Izy-Sammi
Anthony.
Any forced swap makes it easy to move core players
Hello Bhoys,
Don’t ask why me and Lady Celt are in Berlin… Interesting City, found 3 x bars playing match, Irish pub in Europa Centre, The Blarney – reckoned to be Celtic supporters bar, 20 mins on U Bahn, and another called The Celtic Village… So not losing out… Any Berlin lurkers with experience of these?
Sports shop round corner from Hotel, selling lots of European tops… Celts are there in numbers, but also some crowd with Blackthorn Cider on it… Made me spew… Held off on buying St Pauli top due to it… Should I request they pull der Hun top based on the truth!? The Stasi wouldn’t have bought it!
Up over goal, has picked my team… Ledley if anyway injured not to start, we need 11 fully fit players with Brown #1 pick, Commons, Samaras too.. The 4 almost settled Defensive outfit we’ve had + Stokes showing a wee bit of pace to his distracters… 70 yard run in 85 minute of match on Saturday…?
I see “Catholic schools are the enemy” chief exec of a liquidated club extender of seasons is on SSB. Has he or the bokkers for that show no shame.
Bookers*
bhoylo83…. It’s sitting on it that causes the problem.
Masty, thanks for that as I said my memory is poor
of that time, but the pub that I used to meet them at
was not on Rutherglen road I am sure it was Ballater
street, I must be getting the name of the pub wrong, yeh I
know names of streets were changed around the time you
mentioned I was born in the late fifties and only knew Florence
street by that name, but my old granny who was born around
1898 referred to it as Rose street, by the way an uncle of mine
from the sooside who has now past away always answered to
Masty by his friends and family ,, small world.
HH
Ok keyboard warriors. Who wants to help get signatures for this proposal from share-holders outside Celtic park at the St Johnstone game?
Contact me at: Morrisseythe23rd@aol.com
http://thecelticnetwork.com/2013/07/29/resolution-for-agm/
kdc
bokkers sounds better.