Sentiment and Sinclair, scrapping for second, Neil and Hibs

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I don’t cling to sentiment when it comes to footballers on high wages, so when Scott Sinclair was unable to get into the first team I would happily have released him.  We seldom see a player rediscover his form and goal touch as demonstrably as he has in recent months.

You may have noticed the way Scott coached Timo Weah during Saturday’s game against Hamilton.  He is thriving on the responsibility and the confidence it instils.  Playing the wings is a hard shift.  You hear more ‘feedback’ from the crowd there than from other areas of the field.  I know some of our very best wingers in recent times have carried this extra burden.

Delighted that the three clubs scrapping for second place below us managed to take points off each other in a week Celtic won twice.  Well done to Aberdeen, Newco and Kilmarnock for sticking with it.  If there was a clear challenger their task would be easier.

It is a source of some regret that Project Hibs is on the skids right now and Neil Lennon is set to lose his job.  Hibs and Neil seemed a perfect match.  His results at the club against Celtic, Newco and Hearts were unprecedented in the modern era.  Football progress is seldom linear and this year was destined to be one of realignment, something Neil and the club should have acknowledged.

They could do worse than appointing boyhood Hibs fan, Gordon Strachan, as manager, but whoever gets the job will be a step down from Neil.  They are likely to remain a Premiership team for the foreseeable future – they will not appoint the likes of Terry Butcher again – but mid-table mediocrity beckons.

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  1. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    AN TEARMANN on 29TH JANUARY 2019 3:14 AM

     

    Macjay

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Muslims in

     

     

     

     

    Brita out

     

     

     

     

     

     

    It will all end in tears for the deutschlanders

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Truly sad comment

     

     

     

     

    You have boundless ignorance of what is going on in Europe.

     

     

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    What is going on in Europe is the rise of fascism related in part to the acts of terrorism carried out by……………?

     

    Fundamentalist Muslims.

     

     

    In large part caused by Merkel`s stupidity in attempting to change the demographic of Europe .

     

    Without the consent of the German people .

     

     

    Or maybe her communist upbringing leans her towards Putin .

     

     

     

    The upshot ?

     

    Brexit .

  2. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    “Why are so many Latinos deserting the Socialist nirvanas of Castro`s Cuba , Ortega`s Nicaragua , Maduro`s Venezuela and now AMLO`s Mexico and heading to the land of the great satan , Donald Trump ?”

     

    Most likely because the three socialist countries have have been subject of economic warfare by the US and the rest of the rest of the ‘democratic humanitarian free west’ since the last century, to the extent they can no longer get access to basics, that is actually a result of capitalists fear that the socialist countries are doing just fine with their free elections and lifting all from poverty.

     

    You’ll be referring to those humanitarians who have spent their modern history as imperialist expansionist so slaughtering indigenous populations and more recently anyone who dares question ther will, aye right. Bolton has already told the world they are only in it for the oil, where does that leave yer bullshit about democracy amd humanitarians.

  3. Macjay

     

    World is beating a door to Australia

     

     

    May be true,

     

    Pending skin pigments,

     

    Pending social economic and political background

     

    So off youl go to an island described as a concentration camp.

     

    The Chinese are certainly beating a path,building up strategic stakes in all ore exporting(to china) companies

     

     

    It has everything to do with you in the context that you are an immigrant to Oz but want to stop others seeking the same contentedness and happiness you exhibit being theire

     

     

    HH

  4. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    ‘GG on 29TH JANUARY 2019 3:42 AM

     

     

    I learned a long time ago to ignore the silly comments of those whose intellect empowers them only to insult anyone who dares to cast doubt on their preconceived notions.

     

    They see disagreement as a threat .

     

    And their violent verbal response speaks volumes about their mentality .

     

     

    You use the word ” nazi “. National socialist workers party .

     

     

    Both the ” left” and the ” right” have their totalitarian regimes.

     

    Stalin slaughtered more than Hitler. Through starving his Ukrainian population to death .

     

    Mao is well up there too with his great leap forward .

     

    They were both as Nazi as Hitler.

     

     

    CQN.

     

    Full of anti Trump stuff.

     

    Not a word of condemnation about Maduro .

     

    Because he`s of the ” left “.

     

     

    Gross hypocrisy .

  5. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    AN TEARMANN on 29TH JANUARY 2019 3:58 AM

     

     

    ” Pending skin pigments ”

     

     

    The kindest thing I can say to that is that you don`t know what you`re talking about.

     

    Sydney is an Asian city.

     

     

    Incidentally I came to Australia legally as others should .

     

    What`s your problem with that ?

  6. Canamalar

     

    Re Bolton. I don’t think he needs to use oil as an excuse for trying to drag US into a war.

     

    Any war.

     

    Statistically he would be laughed out of Congress and in the court of public opinion.

     

    US is largely energy independent. Imports from Venezuela have dropped precipitously in the last few years.

     

    Canada is by far the largest energy supplier to the USA, outpacing second place Saudi by a factor of 3 times.

  7. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Most common ancestries of

     

    Sydney urban area (2016)[18] Population %

     

    English 1,220,145 25.3

     

    Australian 1,133,985 23.5

     

    Chinese 487,976 10.1

     

    Irish 416,642 8.6

     

    Scottish 307,460 6.4

     

    Italian 204,160 4.2

     

    Indian 194,018 4.0

     

    Lebanese 160,372 3.3

     

    German 122,901 2.5

     

    Greek 117,714 2.4

     

    Total population 4,823,994

  8. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    GG,

     

    Fracking is too costly, Bolton has already said they want the biggest oil reserve in the world.

     

    If socialism is so bad why do the electorate continue to defy the US and vote them in?

     

    A wee reminder that the elections were monitored by European and South American monitors who all stated free and fair election.

     

    Better Venezuela was found by the Carter foundation to have one of the best democratic electoral systems in the world.

     

    We

  9. Carter in 2014 sent letters to Maduro expressing concerns about the breakdown of law and order in Venezuela.

     

    Many questions were asked about the most recent election which the opposition boycotted.

     

    Venezuela was once the richest country in South America, hell we even sold the oil companies expensive mainframe software, but now the people are starving and rioting in the streets in defiance of the regime and his Castro trained goon squads.

     

    Why are there food shortages and hyper inflation?

     

    Misconceived domestic policies and no doubt corruption and cronyism?

     

    Like Francis I hope that the situation will improve for everyone with bloodshed and mainly without the intervention of troops.

     

    But it’s not a high priority in my thoughts when I light candles at mass on Sunday.

  10. Kev

     

    Physically it was the Romans.

     

    Spiritually it was our sin which condemned Him to die on the cross.

     

    And I’m off this time.

  11. Macjay

     

     

    Still no answer about Australia’s own concentration camp,I think the skin pigment comment stand,s otherwiseAustralias Naura island ,concentration camp/processing unit would not exist.

     

     

    “Fundamentalist muslims”

     

     

    Macjay

     

    Which country had all but 2 of the 9/11 nuts?

     

    Which country is the harshest most fundamentalist regime on the planet?

     

    Is ther trade with uk in pounds,millions or billions?

     

     

    Who says you came legally? Is it the same state that runs naura concentration camp?

     

     

    That alone calls into question your right to be there.

     

    No problemMacjay I just don’t see why you as an immigrant(rightly/wrongly() can determine the exclusion of humans as I said above seeking the same contentedness and happiness as you exhibit,.

     

    Comes across As me myself and I am alright so f… my fellow human,esp those with diff skin pigment

     

    HH

  12. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    .KEV on 29TH JANUARY 2019 5:13 AM

     

    Would I be correct in thinking that, had it not been for the Russian’s winning ww2, despite their loss of, what ?, 26 million Russians, if it werent for the those Ruskies, we’d all be talking German today ?

     

     

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    The same Ruskies who had a treaty with Hitler to bisect Poland 50/50 .

     

     

    Wonder how the International Brigades felt about how their mate Stalin had stabbed them in the back .

  13. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    AN TEARMANN on 29TH JANUARY 2019 5:32 AM

     

     

    Strange.

     

    I basically believe in the rule of law .

     

    I don`t believe in assisting queue jumpers who have enough money to pay the people smuggling to jump the queue .

     

     

    1200 drowned attempting to come to Australia.

     

     

    How many in the Med. ?

     

    Thousands.

     

     

    Patently , you are in favour of rewarding the people smugglers and restarting their trade in people smuggling.

     

    Shame on you.

  14. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    AN TEARMANN on 29TH JANUARY 2019 5:32 AM

     

     

    Saudi Arabia. So what ?

     

     

    You flatter me . I determine nothing.

     

     

    Fact check.

     

    Australia’s “offshore” refugee and humanitarian resettlement program — that is, people facing persecution or violence elsewhere who are selected by the Government to come to Australia — is among the most generous in per capita terms, although it is currently not the most generous. That title goes to Canada.

     

     

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    Enough from me now. its getting boring.

  15. Not too many transfer rumours on the last 2 pages!!

     

    Good morning all from a still dark, cold and slushy East Kilbride.

  16. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Trad….,

     

    He does not answer questions, only spouts the propaganda of his extreme right wing sources

     

     

    GG,

     

    No doubt where your information comes from.

     

    All propaganda and bull from US sources.

     

    As I said international monitors from Europe and South America told the world the election was fair and Maduro won with 67%.

     

    The US told the opposition to boycott, that’s not Maduros fault.

     

    Twenty year starvation embargo is the reason for population hardship. The US illegally withholding Venezuelan finances of over 20 billion and a now another 6 billion with the UK illegally withholding their gold reserves.

     

     

    You need to find Nonpartizan sources and not just parrot propaganda.

  17. SFTB – I’m questioning it’s reliability as an accurate source.

     

     

    Not a chance that I’m going to read any of the content – I have read it on occasion though, and it’s basically immoral, not to mention pure propaganda and lies.

     

     

    Each and every one of the four websites that I mentioned, are against the decision to withdraw US troops from Syria. They all agitate for conflict with Russia and Iran.

     

     

    I’m old enough to remember when the Left was supposed to be anti-war, and anti-imperialist.

     

     

    Now look what it has become.

     

     

    A pound to a penny they all support Emmanuel Macron as well, you know the former Rothschild banker?

     

     

    Those publications are not only extremist, but they also despise the working class.

     

     

    Vive les gilets jaunes!

     

     

    HH. ? ??

  18. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Look at Libya, Iraq, and Syria for the model for regime change in countries the US want resources.

     

    The Ukraine had 5 billion pumped into it to bribe and arm opposition for coup.

     

    This time they are giving the Venezuelan opposition all the resources that have been illegally withheld from the sovereign government to bribe and arm the opposition who will and have stated give control of the oil to US companies.

  19. Alex Jones is a bampot by the way, and I wouldn’t go to Australia for a bet, never mind reside in the place.

     

     

    Over & out.

  20. You can find any written ” information ” to back up any agenda.

     

     

    Surely that statement cannot be controversial, because it’s true.

  21. Good morning CQN from a snow laden Garngad

     

     

    Have our custodians just accepted the slap in the face from the SFA over Cheatin Beaton.

     

    Accept the cheating and it will always be there. He should never be allowed anywhere near one of our games again.

     

    I bet we get Beaton before sevco get Coloumn.

     

     

    Bring on Saint J

     

     

    D. :)

  22. Kev’s piece is an appalling piece of anti semitism and I’m surprised no one’s commented how unacceptable it is . He engages in Holocaust denial, accuses the Jews of crucifi-ing Jesus and throughout uses Rothschilds when it’s clearly a pseudonym for Jews (one which is used frequently by both left and right when they want to get at jews and somehow believe this is ok. It is probably the nastiest post I’ve ever seen on CQN. It should be removed forthwith and the poster banned.

  23. EXCLUSIVE: Filip Benkovic could have played his last game for Celtic after devastating injury blow

     

     

    From The Hun…..please no….

  24. ENOUGH on 29TH JANUARY 2019 7:41 AM

     

     

    Unfortunately holocaust denial is becoming increasingly prominent with the far left. It is no longer the exclusive territory of the far right.

     

    Shocking new stastics show 25% of the US are in denial. This can be attributal to education and the teachers of education .

     

     

    Reinforces my view that the political landscape is like a clock with both extremes meeting at 12 o’clock.

  25. Kev

     

     

    I thought the Romans crucified JC?

     

     

    Your post also denies the Holocaust.

     

    WTAF?

     

     

    It’s bigoted and anti Jew.

     

     

    Terrible post.

     

     

    TT

  26. morning bhoys, from a cold damp Cheshire,,for goodness sake ghuys, there is enough shit getting banded about out there, lets stop the arguments.hh.

  27. Alasdair MacLean on

    The Sun saying that the injury to Benkovic became apparent only after the Hamilton game.

     

     

    Here’s hoping they’re exaggerating to sell papers and get clicks on their website.

  28. Enough at 7:41

     

    I guess the reason nobody remarked on the kev is that most people just scroll on by. But thanks for your reminder of why we scroll by.

  29. traditionalist88 on

    CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 29TH JANUARY 2019 7:14 AM

     

    Trad….,

     

     

    He does not answer questions, only spouts the propaganda of his extreme right wing sources

     

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    Wisnae me, just logged on and not read back… not sure I want to:)

     

     

    HH

  30. Alasdair MacLean on

    On the arguments: I would say to all, please Don’t stop. It make for good interesting reading.

     

    I WOULD ask that the participants remember the rules of proper argument regarding basic manners.

     

    Insults spoil the arguments and lower the standard of the reading.

     

    Thanks!

  31. Avon Barksdale on

    Why is anybody surprised at one of the resident rockets on this site spouting blatant anti semitic crap on here? He’s spent God knows how long on here insulting and mocking decent Celtic supporters for having the audacity to actually going to games, spouted tosh on here that would get you laughed out of any pub in Scotland, (eg search the accounts and you’ll find Celtic are secretly giving money to the huns – the list is endless), belittles excellent Celtic players like Scott Brown, lionises mediocrity like Mark McGhee and Gerry McNee and just generally does anything to make himself seem “cute” ie smarter than everyone else. A total attention-seeker if ever there was one. Everyone has to listen and respect because he stood in the jungle? Hardly makes him unique – as I recall there were 12000 of us.

  32. Just read Kev’s post and I would want it removed too. I have only ever asked for one CQN post to be removed before and it was a direct link to a more overt Holocaust denier, made by a poster name that has long departed.

     

     

    Kev’s sins are less overt but the text reads as a form of holocaust denial with weasel words. If, as he says, it does not matter if it was 2 or 6 million, then why quibble about the estimates and why imply that it was a Jewish conspiracy to establish a higher figure? Would we walk away without sympathy if only 500 k had been killed? A million? Does 2 million evoke boredom but 5 million gains traction on your sympathies? It’s all poisonous nonsense.

     

     

    We had a fair bit of much less important nonsense last night, Merkel as an agent of Putin when Osties are mpre likely to be far right, yoking Macron a Jesuit educated secularist with Rothschild (and, save it, I know he worked in a bank bearing that name- there was no political or religious entry requirement just being good at banking), and 25% of Americans being holocaust deniers because of leftist teachers (holocaust denial is remarkably low in the USA though ignorance of the facts of the Holocaust is high).

     

     

    None of these issues come anywhere near close to where Kev has chosen to sail. It looks, again, like a False Flag post. A lover of Kojo who ties his coat to Jeremy Corbyn?? Oh Aye?? How’s that work then?

     

     

    Posts like Kev’s stain CQN and, as An Tearman said, leaves our other right wing Trumpists looking like Daily Mail cliche spouters, in comparison.

  33. Jobo

     

     

    Not so much as a good rumour and two more sleeps till the window slams shut, remember the guide

     

     

    ( 3 ) Celtic FC do not ‘buy’ or ‘sign’ players they ‘finally complete’ deals. The hugely dull nature of this event should be emphasised at all times by using at least one of the following terms – ‘protracted’ ‘long-running’ ‘drawn out affair’ and from Summer 2018 ‘dicking about’

  34. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Trad..,

     

    was referring to macjay, answers questions with questions because he knows the truth will show him up for what he is.