If Scott Brown departs in the summer to join Aberdeen as Stephen Glass’ assistant manager, the body of work he will leave behind is beyond what anyone could imagine when he arrived at the club in 2007. With 10 league titles, six Scottish Cup and six League Cup winner’s medals, his major trophy haul is greater than any Scottish club apart from Celtic and Oldco Rangers. He is also one of the few in the modern era who could have gone to the top flight in England and chose to stay at Celtic.
He will be 36 in June and although his recent form has been as solid as ever, he no longer has the mobility to cover the ground he once did for Hibernian, Celtic and Scotland. I will be sorry to see him go as he would be an invaluable resource to the new manager but the timing is probably right. It would, however, be good to see him leave after raising the Scottish Cup one more time.
2020 saw us miss out on the CQN Charity Golf Open for the first year since 2005 (can’t remember why). Ever the optimists, we have put Friday 23 July in the diary at our usual corner of Fife in the hope that by then the world will be a bit more sociable. We will release more details as guidelines permit, but if you would like to attend, please email cqnopen@gmail.com . Maybe see you there.
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DD’s answer when aske about any imminent arrival of a new manager.
As with any key appointment at Celtic, there is a process which involves research, investigation, interviewing and negotiation. This process is underway and is taking place privately and when complete, the Board will make a public announcement.
“We are mindful of the fact that there is a huge amount of interest and speculation among our supporters and the press. However, we have to respect the privacy of potential candidates and the integrity of the process, and so I think it would be inappropriate to make comment on the type of candidate we are looking for.”
Aye takes me back to what must be the 2nd most famous shower scene in history when NFL passed his interview for the permanent job.
No one else considered blah,blah,blah
Norrie- spot on,Desmond played the part of absentees landlord perfectly. Out of touch doesn’t even cover it…..
with the golf day in the article above: what is the feeling in Scotland that things will be up and running in mid July? I selfishly ask as i have a ticket to the Damned in Glasgow with some pals and desperately want to go. Cancelled Glasgow/Huns in Oct, Edinburgh rugby bash in March so am targeting July now to get home. Not seen my auld boy in a year and my auld dear since Christmas 2019 and my pals since Feb 20 in Dublin
I personally think the gig will be re-scheduled but if pubs are open i want to come over. Good to know if Scotland will be open , even if Ireland still make me test/quarantine on the way back. Would help with my negotiations with the family here!
Fundraiser for Kamil’s family.
https://gofund.me/db0f6b3d
Beyond comprehension at the awful, senseless murder of an individual. God be with them all.
BGFC
You could try Aberdour though…😉😉
Dermot Desmond loves the “Old Firm” and is delighted to see the “Gers” back.
We await the arrival of Roy keane with baited breath….
CELTIC MAC on 24TH MARCH 2021 12:18 AM
The provos political analysis was never the most sophisticated and I suppose you could argue that id didn’t have to be vis a vis their own situation, but it did leave them a bit short when considering anyone else’s situation. Being unable to see Scotland’s political and historical development as anything other than a pale shadow of Ireland’s as an oppressed nation illustrates that.
As for Scotland being off limits I’d suggest that was a bit of post facto diplomatic revisionism on the part of MM. It suited the Provos to have Stranraer and Holyhead relatively porous to allow the campaign in England to continue and that was the main reason for the lack of activity here.
Philbhoy,
I reckon McKay will be involved in the process. I as sure as hell wouldn’t want to be taking over in a new role without having (at least) some input on who the new man (or woman 🤷🏽♀️) is.
Awful news on the young Polish man who lost his life. Scottish needs to do something about it’s dark heart as appeasement never works.
RIP Kamil.
Lawwell should be nowhere near the appointment of either the manager or the DOF. His time is up.
Good morning CQN
Not a member of any political party, indeed IMO the party system is now broken particularly in those countries which are dominated by two main parties, these so-called democracies are ill-served by those parties.
SNP took power in Scotlands devolved parliament in 2007, I find the hypothesis being presented on these pages that somehow, anti-catholicism, Irish racism along with Celtic FC being persecuted by the SFA and the Scottish Government and that it all began by the SNP in the 21st century as laughable risible preposterous nonsense
http://www.penguin.co.uk › Non-Fiction Books › The Catholics
1 Mar 2018 — [Roy Hattersley] is very good: Catholics is a great read and spectacularly well- researched…. British Politics, especially the …
How the English Learned to Hate Catholics – Gresham Collegewww.gresham.ac.uk › lectures-and-events › how-the-en…
Medieval England was proudly Catholic and ostentatiously loyal to Rome. … and even now – anti-Catholic prejudice has been a cornerstone of …
Extract from Professor Emeritus Edinburgh Univerity Tom Devine
Recent reports of religious “hate crime” against Catholics in Scotland have heightened social anxieties—yet such claims are unconvincing when a broader historical and sociological view is taken. Whilst anti-Catholicism was one key marker of Scottish Protestantism for several centuries after the Reformation, in more modern times it declined rapidly and significantly. Few Scots now have the desire, or the wherewithal, to undertake sectarian discrimination. In this chapter we review the historical decline of anti-Catholicism and examine some of the (now substantial) evidence on religion in the social structure and in social experience. These suggest a Catholic community now firmly in the mainstream of Scottish life—and an anti-Catholicism firmly at the margins.
The Independence referendum 2014 followed by the Brexit referendum 2016, has stirred up extreme polarised political positions throughout the UK, Brexit, in particular, saw the Trumpian/Steve Bannon style of politics adopted by the British flag shaggers, indeed Sir Keir Starmer leader of the Labour party has himself adopted the butchers’ apron in photoshoots, it’s no surprise that following extraordinary political success in England (80 seat majority) the Tories are now pouring great resources into poisonous personality right-wing populist shite through Ross and Davidson, with the coming elections in May these pages will be filled with political propaganda by party zealots, I hope there is more football debate than political.
LIONROARS67 on 24TH MARCH 2021 9:34 AM
Good morning CQN
‘SNP took power in Scotlands devolved parliament in 2007, I find the hypothesis being presented on these pages that somehow, anti-catholicism, Irish racism along with Celtic FC being persecuted by the SFA and the Scottish Government and that it all began by the SNP in the 21st century as laughable risible preposterous nonsense’
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Can you provide a link to one post, any post, that proposes such a hypothesis.
Because if you can’t you are attacking a straw man.
DD mentioned the board is involved in the decision process for the new manager but a DoF should have a major say too. This wasn’t mentioned.
Lots of internet gossip about a DoF and who it might be but do we know for certain we’re even getting one? Has this been confirmed by the club?
LIONROARS67,
I don’t think anyone is claiming that the SNP are responsible for Scotland’s shame. But they have done NOTHING, imo, to deal with it. If anything, in the current situation, they have made matters worse, especially Nicola Sturgeon with her furious attacks on Celtic and contrasting praise of the deid team. Like you, I have no specific political allegiance but I will be very carefully weighing up whom I shall be voting for on Thursday 6 May.
LIONROARS67 on 24TH MARCH 2021 9:34 AM
Just to help you out, the argument isn’t that the cult are responsible for anti Irish Catholic sentiment in Scotland, but that it is part of the weft and weave of Scottish history and life and has been for centuries.
Which is not to say that the SNP did not fully embrace this particular strand of belief as their own. Anyone who knows anything about their history is well aware of that.
Both The Sun and The Record online are now giving higher profile to Kamil’s murder,shamefully The Record has no description of the killers,or the story’s background.
Donation made
RIP Kamil
HH jg
A lot of us don’t buy the rags,with very good reason, The Daily Record surely has a public duty,to print as much detail about the 4 ba#@ard$ who committed this brutal murder, they are still at large,I know I shouldn’t expect any more from a reprehensible organisation……
Right on cue the party zealot appears
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD on 24TH MARCH 2021 9:49 AM
I refuse to enter a political discourse about voting intentions that are idiotically based on which football team you support or what church you attend, and if that is the extent of your scrutiny on a political party before voting, dearie me
RIP Kamil
HH
LIONROARS67 on 24TH MARCH 2021 10:03 AM
If you could just provide a link to a post that advances the hypothesis you are objecting to rather than engaging in ad hominem abuse and insults.
Shocking and horrific as that murder undoubtedly is, is anyone who has ever lived here actually surprised that it happened?
Ernie- no
FRIESDORFER on 24TH MARCH 2021 8:48 AM
BGFC
You could try Aberdour though…😉
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Ohh…I see !!!
Was looking forward to that whisky trail too. Seaside it is then :-)
HH
BGFC
Ernie – not one single jot surprised.
And not surprised about the lack of coverage…….
Bada
It comes way behind
Morelos get on line abuse
Sevco Player gets a racist comment (allegedly)
Ernie: zNot in the slightest.
Sectarian attacks and murders perpetrated by them have been going on for as long as I can remember and I don’t expect them to stop in my lifetime.
I wonder if the Polish Consulate has gotten involved.
Today is ‘National Life Day’ in Poland.
But it sure as Hell isn’t In Scotland
RIP Kamil
DD selective so-called interview with the Celtic website is a fraud, a sham, it’s gaslighting the fanbase with zero information, and to those of us who have some footballing insight, knowledge of the game, and passion for our club, this interview gives zero confidence in the process currently being undertaken
DD says “As with any key appointment at Celtic, there is a process which involves research, investigation, interviewing and negotiation”.
Neil Lennon wasn’t a process……..Below is the CEO explanation of NL appointment, no research, no interviews, CV’s in a drawer FFS
“It’s a fantastic job and I’m sure there would be people looking from afar who had an idea of coming here.
“We had approaches from many, many agents, many representatives of managers across the board. “We put them in the file, just left it and kept our word to Neil, really.
“We had a mini board meeting right after the game. Dermot’s here. Dermot, myself, the chairman (Ian Bankier) and Tom Allison decided what to do.
“We knew that Lenny was getting the job. We decided that we should kill the speculation on a high, get it out and let our supporters know and the media know.”
Not only was there no process, but the manner of the appointment of NL was also amateur, akin to an amateur team committee telling a guy he was the new manager in the shower room after a wee committee meeting in the back room of the clubhouse, big club ? Embarrassing PR
Let’s examine the team who are supposedly undertaking this selection process:
DD takes the lead with the CEO (PL) and Ian Bankier 3 men on zoom calls occasionally joined with our new CEO, none of these four individuals have been involved in football as a scout, player, coach, or manager in their lives, their expertise is in business, not football, of course, our present CEO(PL) has operated as a de facto DOF despite he himself having no football qualifications or football experience to do that role, hence the DOF part was never acknowledged officially, this DD interview is giving out zero information on the future of the football dept, not even on which structure is going to be put in place for next season
Will we have a continuation of our existing structure, DD controlling the new CEO who operates as unofficial de facto DOF and a football manager, it certainly appears from the interview with DD inferring they will appoint the candidate?
If this communique from Celtic FC on behalf of DD was meant to promote confidence stability and hope for next season for this fan, it did the opposite,
aff oot have a good day
LR67- nail on the head.
Lions
Although somehow they recruited Brendan
LIONROARS67
Good post.
DD still taking the fans for clowns, so no change there.
Roll up! Roll up, get yer maccaroon bars an’ season tickets here!
Not a penny more.
Scott Brown – Celtic legend. But time to go and learn a different set of skills as assistant coach. Total respect. Time now to get Soro a lot more game time so we can see what he’s made of. You can never really capture the past – Lustig was well past his best when he left and subsequent events didn’t suggest we should have given him his “better deal”. Tierney probably wouldn’t have contributed much as a result of injury – we overplayed him and he needed to go elsewhere to get some rest and reach his best. Total respect for him.
ERNIE LYNCH on 24TH MARCH 2021 10:10 AM
Unfortunately not.
However those historically responsible for such behaviour have largely, though not completely, confined themselves to lying under their respective stones over the last 10 years.
In different circumstances, the excuse for and the most convenient outlet for such behaviour would have been allowed to go extinct and Scotland would have been a better country as a result.
I’m not saying bigotry would have completely disappeared, but – as the T Devine quote above suggests – it would have likely remained considerably lower on the collective radar than the supremacist shite endured across central Scotland over the past 2-3 weeks.
Oh dear, the politics gets worse. Why do the adversaries not just set up their own blog and let Celtic supporters get on with football? Hate to think what it will be like nearer the election. Think I will leave then.
Actually came on to talk about our major shareholder’s condescending to speak to the plebs. Away back when Fergus launched the first shares I thought great the Kelly are gone and we the supporters get a chance to have a say in the running of the club. Just shows what I knew then about PLCs. Now we have a shareholder who dictates everything that will be done. Oh and what a mess his ideas have caused us this year.
We are back to the Chairman telling us to behave ourselves and let our “betters” get on with running (down) the club.
Pity my cousin’s wife is retired as Head of the Irish Stock Exchange might have found out how to deal with DD from her.