Yesterday’s result at Ibrox gave some welcome encouragement but it would be wrong to read too much into it. Rangers still have the kind of lead that would have Celtic thoroughly confident of a league win and, lest we forget, St Johnstone collected all three points from Celtic Park already this season.
The win at Inverness was much more important. The Highlanders are bottom of the league but that is a false position. Two points separate Hibs, Dunfermline, Aberdeen and Inverness, while Kilmarnock, who shipped six goals to Inverness at home two weeks ago, are only a further two points away. Even with 10 men Inverness remained well organised yesterday, don’t be surprised if they move ahead of the four teams above them in the weeks to come.
The league is remarkably tight from fourth place St Johnstone to bottom Inverness, where fewer points separate the teams than split Celtic and Rangers. Don’t, therefore, be surprised if points are dropped in the most unlikely places.
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Barrach, from memory yes, GL2 is a big fella of erm body mass of a lion proportion….. Then again I should say before I’m grassed up that he’s built like a whippet noo :>)
That picture is taken from the Sunday mail I think, if it is the same match that is.
V
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Mick
Jist in..
Mick, great Nomme de Blog..
Welll
Ah am refering tae ye submission where ye mentioned.. that Stokesy’s Hoose had bin subject
tae an Act or Act of VANDAL ISM..
Noo..LIke everthing else.
Kojo has a Dead Drop Cure fur that kinda Stuff… which is perpretrated by
Vandals and their kith and their Kin..
If and when.. That Person or Persons who have committed this crime..is/are Apprehended..
or Failing that.. are Caught.. Tried.. and If Found to Be Guilty.
If Kojo’s Law wiz the Law of the Land..
The Responsible Party or Parties of those acts of Destruction to Stokey’s Hame..
Would be sentenced Tae..
Thirty Lashes oan their Naked Bumbelleery/Bumbelleeries
and Salt Rubbed in their wounds.
Then Released.
Ah kin assure ye..
That there wid be no more silly and childish acts of Vandalism, committed against any
Household in Scotland..
Ever Again!
Kojo.
yer pal.. who likes ye aloater.
!
Guys
Tried to loiighten the tone. Some of you have some fabulous momentos, not to sell, but to pass on. My wee grandson is getting that silk scarf of mine, the penny dated 1888 is going to the Celtic Museum
Hail Hail and if you are Irish,Welsh, Italian, Russian etc Protestsnt, Jewish, Catholic or nothing, doesny matter, cos we only know that theres gonna be a show…………
Night all aff tae Glasgow at 0530 fae Fife……
Mick says:
20 November, 2011 at 19:57
” Wonder how the papers will report it ?”
Brazen Hussy(26) Teases Local Lads.
Sad thing is…
this is all a legacy of a divide and rule policy which pitted the the 17th Century equivalent of you, me, and wee billy against each other – so the Lairds could hoard their siller, whore their principles, and see their perfumed, hankerchief-laced power increase… still, thats all in the past eh
tic1
A group that was set up after a Celtic fan was murdered are offering lessons to staff at the Scottish Parliament prone to anti-Catholic comments, so therefore its a “sectarian” problem!
Hail Hail bhoys & ghirls – here’s a wee link to ma skipper Emma Greene scoring from 45 yards yesterday in the Munster Ladies Intermediate Cup Final for Carrigaline UTD – I hope you enjoy it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vBYNRINTvM&feature=youtu.be
up_over_goal at 19:42
“Just a quick word on the Rangers fouls per booking stat from yesterday. It’s a bit of a weird premise to base anything on. A team can make 15 fouls in a game and if none of them are serious it’s possible none of the players are booked (providing they’re evenly spread around the team). Conversely, if 4 serious fouls are committed, it can lead to 4 yellows.
Let’s keep it sane, people. ”
I think I was the first poster to point out those stats and I take a wee bit umbrage at your final sentence.
Firstly, I drew no such conclusions. I merely presented the anomaly.
Secondly, I am well capable of drawing the same thoughts as yourself that those 6 tackles by St. J might have been serious enough for 50% of them to result in bookings, whilst the 16 Rangers fouls might have been mild infringement such as to justify a booking ratio of just over 10%.
These are possibilities to be entertained and on which to keep an open mind.
As is the possibility that the ref was biased or corrupt or intimidated. There is no lack of sanity involved in keeping an open mind to the other possibilities.
I’m not going to take any lessons on sanity from someone who thinks Zaluska is a better keeper than Forster :-)
Pintaguinness,
Give the penny to the grandson, it might dig him out a hole in the future, you never know.
Then again its your penny, and a great memento.
hail hail
Finn MacCunaill
You should have mentioned that she scored that goal against the Rangers.
Finn MacCunaill says:
20 November, 2011 at 21:07
was that Davina Seaman in goal ??
Vmhan he doesn’t look that big.
Mind you BBJ is in front of him so its hard to put in perspective.
:-)
Parting shot
Far too serious and deep on here. Now some time ago I asked you to name a team based on Cartoon Characters. Now try SWEETIES! Heres mine and you’ll see where I am going with this
4-4-2
MARS
SNICKERS YORKIE BOOST DOUBLE DECKER
MILKY WAY TOFFEE CRISP RUFFLE BAR HERSHEY
BOUNTY BAR (TWIN STRIKERS)
Now that’s sweet, beat that !!!!!!
FAO setting free the bears – valid point
EMMA GREENE – 45 YARD HVN BASHER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vBYNRINTvM&feature=youtu.be
JimmyQuinnsBits says:
20 November, 2011 at 21:04
I spent a few hours this afternoon looking at vids on you tube about the Fammine and the Irish fight against the brits, after reading some of the garbage that gets spouted on here at times I had to go and re educate myself.
It’s the age old trick, tell a lie often enough and it becomes FACT, they like facts them lot, anyways watching said vids has reinforced my belief that appeasment is not the answer.
The Irish will always be second class citizens in the brit eyes, and Celtic are a symbol of Irishness, the hate is getting worse by the day, I hope and pray the good folks of scotland open their eyes sooner rather than later to the hate that is being metted out, there are many, many good people in scotland of all faiths, it’s so sad that the bigots are in control.
Ulysses Mcghee
I see you were tilting at windmills earlier in trying to get Kojo to display logical consistency between Statement A and Statement B.
His usual defence is “I didn’t mean what I said and I didn’t say what I meant”
He has a reluctance to spell out his prejudices in a neat and logical form, preferring to provide a smokescreen of fog and verbiage so that its meaning can be as manifold as possible.
As far as I can work out from his reply, he seems to be stating that he is happy to share a football stadium and support of his club with a disparate group of people from different cultures. But he would not like them to actually live in his country unless they thought like him.
Best I can do as far as interpretation goes. I failed Kojoese at school because I kept laughing when it was meant to be serious.
celtfish says:
20 November, 2011 at 21:13
From memory I believe it was Mary! HH
ET got your email earlier thanks, and agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments.
got a bet of 33-1 for Montp for the French Ligue 1
PSG top
Montp 2nd at the mo
both on 30pts
PSG gettin beat 1-0 at home to Nancy now, 60mins gone
Rennes 4th on 25
:)
Pinta
I’d bench Mars and Snickers and replace them with M and M.
U
forgot about curly wurly – he can be sub
ernie lynch says:
20 November, 2011 at 20:38
I have got the Campbell and Woods book, and if you read the prologue (page 12-13), you’ll see they consider the impetus for Celtic’s founding had been building for a few years before Hibs’ victory in the 1887 Scottish Cup. Brother’s Walfrid and Dorotheus had been involved in football teams before 1887.
Why would the mission statement on the official website not be admissable evidence? It is entirely consistent with Celtic historiography for at least the past 30-odd years. Secondary evidence, as any historian will tell you, should not be dismissed simply because it is secondary evidence.
The circular is in Wilson’s A Century With Honour, page 4. Took me quite a while to type it out, actually. I’ve quoted it because here we have primary evidence, from the founders of the club, making absolutely no reference to political aims. It is also heavily Catholic, and quoting it proves my point that Catholicism is absolutely intrinsic to Celtic Football Club. Not, “much more so than Republicanism,” because Republicanism was a supreme irrelevance to Celtic’s founding. Simply put, without the Catholic Church there would be no Celtic FC, and singing hymns would be much more in keeping with the club’s origin than singing rebel songs.
You are purposely mixing up nationalism and Republicanism when you quote Conway, and in any case, one speech at one dinner, does not a football club make. There is no evidence whatsoever that Celtic had any political aims at all from their inception. It is quite ironic that you accuse Wilson and McNee of supposition, but are perfectly happy to indulge in it yourself to further your own agenda.
Also, being, “not a nice chap,” does not in any way undermine McNee’s work. Nor does being a, “nice chap,” support or undermine Wilson’s.
I’m afraid you’ve got a lot more work to do if you want to convince anyone that Republicanism has anything to do with Celtic’s heritage, never mind being vital to it.
Would sour plooms be the ref?
pintaguinness says:
20 November, 2011 at 21:14
gob ‘stopper’
stalks of rock x 3
parma voilet; chocolate ball; chelsea whopper; swizzle.
toffee dainty; spanish goald & sherbet ‘lemon’
HH
M
setting free the bears
Hold your umbrage, sir! I was not thinking of any particular poster as I typed.
Having read your post, should I assume you are implying that the ref was indeed biased at the Rangers/St J game?
I should have dispensed with the plea for sanity. What was I thinking? This is a football blog!
Anyway, Fraser played well yesterday.
But Lukasz is better!
pintaguinness says:
20 November, 2011 at 21:23
forgot about curly wurly – he can be sub
Is he any good in the aero?
Saltires – yer team will melt but doe vring back memories:)
This is really funny
In between about Irish,Catholic, politics etc, we have a a debate about the best team structure made out of sweeties, p***ing myself!
Mint cracknel left mid!
PaddyG
Aye, they have achieved their goal, stiched us up good and proper.
Have one or two of dem black pints for me the next time you are oot, and please enjoy every last drop :>)
HH
problems with keyboard, as you will have seen, sorry
Wee Mc Allister from Falkirk FC was known as crunchie, Raphael was a soft centre and not changing ‘topic’ but whispa this without fudging the five centres. Better off with a jaffa cake.
I think we should play that big Texan at the back with a couple of MB Bars
StMichaelsBhoy2 says:
20 November, 2011 at 21:24
Good post.
We shouldn’t forget any part of our history or heratige, how it came about, how we got where we are and what contributed to it, but it’s time to move on as Celtic now.
Rico
up over goal
“Having read your post, should I assume you are implying that the ref was indeed biased at the Rangers/St J game? ”
If you had read it, you would have read clearly that I was saying that an open mind should be kept for the adverse possibilities (bias, corruption, intimidation) as well as the innocent one you offered, dismissing others as lacking in sanity.
I have not seen the game yet, hence the open mind.
Good evening bhoys
Vman are you still about?
Hail Hail
BlackpoolBhoy
In our sweetie team, I think we should be scouting the under- appreciated South American market and find a place for the Aztec Bar.
Would we have to get the Rangers player, R.S. McColl, in as manager?
I think stalks of rock would be awesome in defence and best suggestion so far. Cant work out if a pan drop would be a bad goalie or a striker who has to go off in a hurry!
A wee smartie would be team manager, of course
Cant believe I’m typing this