There’s some fresh enthusiasm in Lanarkshire this morning with the appointment of Englishman Ian Baraclough as Motherwell manager. Baraclough had a couple of successful years with Sligo Rovers from 2012-14, winning their first title in decades, before things fell apart this year, but his role as a scout for Huddersfield over the last six months is likely to interest Motherwell as much.
Motherwell directors have had a long-term tradition when looking for a manager of saying they want someone ‘plugged into’ the scouting and agent network. This game is all about the right contacts, you don’t get to acquire a promising Blackburn Rovers reserve (as Motherwell once did), but this particular activity is also very competitive.
The small matter of how to deploy players is, of course, equally important, but if you’re Motherwell, Celtic or Barcelona, that call is a shot in the dark.
I watched newco Rangers for the first time last night, although I ended up watching a lot more Queen of the South than I expected. The latter, each of them journeymen, were excellent, the former were symptomatic of everything that’s wrong with comfortably well-off footballers. Newco’s medium-term future, if they have one, will be to spend the next few years building a self-sustaining lower league club, capable of winning promotion and remaining a top-flight football team thereafter.
Get along to Celtic Park early tomorrow, Davie Hay will be signing copies of Caesar & the Assassin in the Superstore. If you ask him nicely he’s promised to sign your CQN Annual too. Don’t forget your camera!
Also remember to look out for the Foundation bucketeers as you approach the ground or enter the turnstiles. My boys and me will be at the North Stand, turnstiles 1-13, say hello if you’re around.
Thanks to everyone who donated to Mary’s Meals yesterday, the response was overwhelming. Emails went out this morning to winners of the Magners’ tickets.
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HighlandBhoy, Sorry for delay in replying as I was out for a bit of lunch. Ann-Marie O’Riordan has actually been around for some time in the local trad scene. She recorded a bit of stuff as a schoolgirl and won a few awards. Think she is around 25 now. She has always threatened to make a big break through but at last it seems to be happening for her,
Definitely worth a listen if you like Traditional music.
SoT,
I have been oot all day but I have just read back and seeing YOU praise Single Girl has really made my day. If someone of your discernment musically can enjoy SG, there’s a wee bitty hope for me yet.
!!Bada Bing!!
13:24 on 13 December, 2014
gene’s a bhoy’s name- Tony Fitzpatrick auditioning for SSB,embarassing.
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So soon after dirtying his hands in the SFA sevco telfer Charade
whod a thunk it :))))
Anybody tuning into shortbread looking for balanced debate about anything to do with sevco, your wasting your time.
Shortbread – run by the Huns for the Huns HH
!!Bada Bing!!
OPPPPPPPPS sorry it was higgins :((
Agree with above, Shortbread or a fine Boss cover. No choice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SjKkSwML6U
Corkcelt
Thanks again, could listen to that voice till the cows come home! Hope things pan out for the girl, makes you wonder how many other hidden gems are out there.
Highlandbhoy
CQN Is indeed a mad place. My best mate who is a huge Tim was the first guy to alert me about the place. He lurks but never posts, he reckons 90% on here including myself are bam pots and also reckons the vast majority know very little about football.
I love it and get infuriated by it in equal measure. I think it is necessary for your sanity to take an extended break from it every now and then.
Over the past week, there have been a few very nasty periods and some “absolutely” brilliant ones. I do feel the need for an extended break coming on but I will see out this year and perhaps take the break as part of my New Years Resolutions.
Parkheadcumsalford @ 14 12 .
Any ” discernment ” I have is purely accidental. There are 2 types of music -music I like and music I dont like . .
I very much like Sandy Posey . I like her voice / she worked with good bands and good producers. . Much more to Sandy Posey than Single Girl ..
Radio Scotland is hilarious. The undead apologists are tying themselves in knots sticking up for Ally. Long may it continue.
SoT,
Single Girl is the only song of Sandy Posey I know but she has made it one of my all time favourites.
corkcelt
All New Year’s Resolutions are made to be?
how hard is it to get 10p off 500,000,000 “people” ? just think what sevco could dae whit that wedge. Paint the bigot dome, buy some weedkiller for the pavements outside, serious tripping hazard there you know. the anonymous one’s would need their cut also. quick calculations leave …. 0. they better ask for 20p
For all those, you know who you are, who are having a go at me for hammering home the stupidity and duplicity of the YESNP con – let me say this: I too would prefer that CQN was an exclusive football forum.
However it was the Yes lot with their premature triumphalism that polluted this site before the Neverendum…..and it was also they who, unable to accept their ‘gubbing’, started all the 45 rubbish afterwords.
You, like the Sevconians, can dish it out, but “don’t like it up ’em”
HighlandBhoy have a wee listen to Siobhan Miller
Good Afternoon Timland.
Chick Dung biggin up the sleekit one on shortie…good.
corkcelt…….good luck wae yer flounce,I’ll look forward tae
yer unflouncing roon aboot the 5 of Jan,we have a game
that night,smileyfacethingy.
Corkcelt………….Dermot Desmond, Denis O Brien, Ann Marie and yourself. Looks like all great people hail from the rebel county.
Some people voted Yes and some voted No as was their right. Why the insults?
Hope Liam Henderson plays tomorrow.
Happy birthday Mikael Lustig . Hope he stays injury free once back in the team. Essential for further progress in Europe.
Tony Higgins should know better but as he has done extremely well out of SPFA members to get where he is ….he is unfortunately a soup taker in public
Thanks whitedoghunch had a wee listen. Beautiful voice.
corkcelt
she is a lovely lass let people know about her
Motherwell’s new investor just confirmed on Radio Scotland that he is a Rangers shareholder.
Honest to God. Will the incestuous nature of Scottish Football and the establishment club ever end?
My wee maws fav sandy Posey song
http://youtu.be/n8jIr4fV8c8
HH
horridhenry
what’s stupid about wanting self determination for your country,divorce from Westminster etc… phrases like “accept their gubbing” is nothing more than provocation.
And if you want to talk about duplicity,ach don’t get me started. Where’s Gordon Brown now after his role in the referendum? Biased newspapers,television,radio in the lead up to the result was nothing short of national scaremongering. I accept the No vote (for now ) but don’t dislike anyone who voted No.
bring on the football
HH
exslaemuirbhoy
14:29 on 13 December, 2014
how hard is it to get 10p off 500,000,000 “people” ? just think what sevco could dae whit that wedge. Paint the bigot dome, buy some weedkiller for the pavements outside, serious tripping hazard there you know. the anonymous one’s would need their cut also. quick calculations leave …. 0. they better ask for 20p
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Why not a £1 ……has a familiar tone as well
Nye, You are probably right, but I never start my New Year’s Resolutions until about the 9th January (My birthday) anyway. There is always too much cake and drink still lying around up till then
hankray, Yep all Corkonians OK but I wouldn’t be caring too much for either Desmond or O’Brien..
Ignore him !
sheep v arabs should be a good game o football, does all terrestrial tv money head doon edmonston drive ?
Corkcelt
Is O’Brien, not a real Celtic supporter ?
£1 ffs they could get 4 shares for that, to miserable that lot
Hope DU beat the sheepies and their despicable support
today,it will sent us up for a classic next week.
Cowiebhoy, I honestly don’t know, he certainly seems a sports supporter and has more of the common touch than Desmond but I don’t know about his Celtic credentials.
Corkcelt……………I was told recently that Dermot D is a scratch golfer
I think its Dermot D’s kids that are the Celtic fans, they badgered him into buying into the Tic
I believe Denis O’brien pays a hefty chunk of Martin O Neil’s salary.
hankray- Again I don’t know but he is an absolute Golf fanatic plays in a lot of the Pro-Ams. Would have expected him to be very low handicap, could well be playing off scratch.
Corkcelt
I believe he bought Martin O’Neil’s 4% Celtic shareholding, just after Martin left Celtic
As said he does like his sport, and part funds the Republic management team ?
I also believe he is an actual supporter, although based in Carribean, with his mobile phone network, owns Digicell
Hail Hail
BCW a I would view all of those descriptions as a matter of opinion and I am unsure whether any of them fall under the definition of an Internet troll.
However you didn’t answer my question?