The frustration at the news Derk Boerrigter is injured, again, and will miss another important Champions League game, is enormous. Derk was a big part of our summer signing strategy but he came with a caveat concerning his propensity to suffer injury.
We have seen only flashes of him since he joined from Ajax in the summer. His opportunities to exploit his undoubted speed in SPFL games will be limited by opponents tendency to defend deep, denying him space to run into, making Champions League games all the more important to his season.
Our other pace player, James Forrest, will surely come into sharp focus for the visit of Ajax on Tuesday.
I see Alasdair Johnston is expressing concern that Our Hero is still pulling the strings at Ibrox! I never thought of that!
Let’s see…. He is a director of Sevco 5088 Ltd, the firm which had an irrevocable right to buy the assets of liquidated Rangers, he issued a pre-action letter to exercise those rights, there was in independent ‘inquiry’ which completely failed to investigate control of Sevco 5088 Ltd, then he went quiet. Why are we always a day behind the news?
Does that mean he got bored and went away, or is he conducting his business in private? I am sure it’s the latter but Craig Whyte is the least of Johnston’s concerns when it comes to who is able to pull strings at Ibrox. All the action is offstage.
Speaking about what is happening offstage, whenever Rangers International’s advisers confirm how the company can appoint sufficient executives to be compliant with AIM requirements, they will need a new chief executive.
Going by recent (and not so recent) trends they will need someone with their snout constantly in the trough, with impeccable Rangers credentials, with their snout constantly in the trough, who is currently available for work, with their snout constantly in the trough, who has previously worked in the game and with their snout constantly in the trough.
If only they could find another genuine fan who would be prepared to do whatever necessary in return for a remarkable contract. Can’t think of anyone.
Wait a minute………
Thanks to everyone who participated in Show Your Hand yesterday.
Sean Fallon: Celtic’s Iron Man:
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PF
Partick Fistle
Was it Berti who wrote that when he first got into the team an opponent spent the full game “nipping” him at set pieces and he could not concentrate on the game for shouting & complaining:))
On walking off the park the same player put his arm round him and said not to let anyone distract you its just part of the game.
Bertie (I think) said he learned a valuable lesson that day.
off this time
Is Rogic still out? One day he is gonna have a match winning performance none of us will forget. Ajax would be a good time to do it if fit.
VP KO’d by fearless Oscar Knox 18:16:
I too watched the Broonie assault from the North Stand and then again on the highlights in the Pub. I use the word assault with sarcasm. A red card and a three match ban, you are having a laugh. I was fuming and still am.
We should all give him a break, he has been done up like the proverbial Kipper. Yes he was stupid and yes deserved a yellow card for the first tackle. It was a fresh air shot that resulted in the cheating Brazilian acting as if he had been shot.
I say appeal, another big team, wee team decision.
…PFayr:
Every day is a School day…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
fritzsong
Away run yourself bubble bath, light some scented
candles and put some show tune’s on.
‘PF’ = Presbyterian Freemason
Why didn’t we spot it earlier?
sipsini
For it’s a grand old
– one for which to trim your nasal hair for
PF.
Phollow Follow?!
:-)
HH!!
P.F
Perfect Fellow….
Ah know, Ayrshire! ken we’ve got to stick together
HH
Recently there has been a lot of chatter about how we have sat back and watched deidco control Scottish fitba, let’s be perfectly honest it wasn’t always so but close enough, now PL runs it ))))).
When we first emerged anti-RC was still prominent in Scotland and as has been recently reported one of our founding fathers, Joseph McGroary was one of the first Catholic lawyers in Glasgow since the reformation.
We were at first tolerated, a bunch of paddies playing a british game as opposed to hurling, along with other “Irish” sides such as Hibernian. However with our early success this acceptance soon wore off.
Our initial rivals were Queens Park who ironically on formation toyed with the name Celts for the club. Although they have their name on the Scottish Cup having won it 10 times, 8 of those before we came into existence and as a result of their resistance to turn professional they do not hold any Championship titles.
Our main rivals now became Third Lanark who were founding members of the Scottish League; their success was fleeting winning 1 title, 2 Scottish Cups and 3 Glasgow Cups in the late 19th early 20th centuries.
Their one and only title win was followed by our six-in-a-row, as such somewhere a rival had to be found for the upstart Irish side from the east end of the city.
With the demise of early power houses Dumbarton (who were joint winners of the inaugural Championship), Renton (World Champions in 1888) and Vale of Leven (who had 5 Scottish Cup wins including a walk over the deid team who refused tae show up for a replay), the onus was now on a side formed in 1872 who incidentally do not have their name on the cup as they were over 20 years in existence before they won it, in fact we had won it twice before their first. We had also been Champions 4 times before their first, their shared win with the Sons of the Rock disnae really count.
Something had to give and the rising team fae Rhu who to give them their due had followed up their initial title win with another 3 were the chosen people by the powers that be at Lodge Park Garden.
Now let’s be perfectly clear here Scottish football was in a good shape so this wasn’t just about promoting the Kinning Parkers but actually stopping the tottie howkers, this was about operation ABC, Anyone But Celtic.
Every trick in the book was tried including venomous attacks by the MSM which through the years have included attacks on the likes of Jimmy Quinn and years later George Patterson and Charles Patrick continuing on into the era most of us have lived in.
But getting back to the advancement of the deid team. Although numerous teams won the Cup in a span of 25 years between huns wins including the aforementioned Third Lanark, Hearts, Dundee, Falkirk, Kilmarnock, Thistle, Morton, Airdrie and St Mirren, between the end of WWI and the start of WWII the hun would claim 16 Championships, coincidence? Govan Shipbuilders sporting division also won the 1st post war title.
Prior to 1912 there being no serious trouble between the deid team and Celtic, suggesting that the arrival of the shipbuilders had a significant effect on social relations in Glasgow. It was also the year ure primrose became president of Rangers.
Primrose was an outspoken anti-Catholic and publicly pledged the deid team to the masonic cause. His predecessor, James Henderson, had been respected in the Catholic communities, but Primrose became an active West of Scotland Unionist, publicly voicing anti-Catholic sentiments. He recognised that a rivalry with Celtic would bring financial returns and through clearer religious lines, that rivalry could be sharpened and all this could be done under significant moral justification.
So this man, a great uncle of Arsenal and Scotland goalie who when a pundit on tele couldane say the word Celtic, initiated, along with the Lonesome Boatman, what we see today, as I said ABC and they fitted the bill. Now if you tell this tae huns they will reply what about the trophies and titles you have won and the response is we were good, no very good, no great to have done this.
One man and his hate of a segment of the Scottish community plus his greed has created what we are still witnessing today. Greed being the key word here.
Fast forward to 1986 and our game is well respected in Europe, we have competition and don’t have it all our own way. Step forward Ayr’s Harold Steptoe and greed is the word, they have reaped what they have sewn and as my da would have said “hell scud them”.
As Ian Archer once said in the Glasgow Herald “As a Scottish football club, they are a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace. This country would be a better place if they did not exist”.
Torontony 19:14:
Mail back to you mate.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
One Nation? I will from now on be giving it IRA big time at Celtic Park. For the only reason, I want charged and then take the thing all the way to European Court of Human Rights. How much longer can the Pro-Independence mob on here bury their head in the sand.
POLICE have submitted a report to
prosecutors over alleged sectarian singing
by soldiers at Rangers’ Ibrox Stadium, but
have not yet recommended charges against
any individuals involved.
Officers were called in after video
footage was circulated online which
appeared to show uniformed troops
interacting with fans while singing
about loyalist organisations during an
Armed Forces Day event between
Rangers and Stenhousemuir on
September 28.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said:
“Following a full inquiry by Police
Scotland, a report on the circumstances
was submitted to the procurator fiscal
and the military. At this time the
inquiry is completed. However, if new
information does come to light, it will of
course be acted upon.”
But the Crown Office said the document
did not recommend the prosecution of
any individual suspects.
It said: “We have not as yet received a
prosecution report in respect of any
specific individuals and as such there
are currently no ongoing proceedings in
relation to this incident.”
The Ministry of Defence could not
confirm if any disciplinary action had
been taken against armed forces
members, but said it planned to carry on
with events at Ibrox and other clubs.
3 game ban for what he did is an absolute joke from an absolute joke of an organization – why do we issue red cards? He was sent off during the game and we probably lost the match as a result. The challenge was petty and he gets 3 game ban – UEFA is total nonsense (dallas anyone!)
Juve players man handled our players deliberately and with no intention playing/looking at the ball – is this acceptable UEFA. You are bullies and lining your pockets whilst ruining this game!
rant over :)
bournesouprecipe.
We can only but dream….or win the lottery.
Have the sodjers set a precedent then
Can your occupation mean you can’t offend through song?
Wonder if Salmon, Sturgeon or the other one will comment on this.
Makes me fear for life in an independent Alba. Genuinely.
Celtic should be looking to appoint a board member who has influence/respect within football governing bodies – its the only way we have a chance of being heard or taken seriously.
Peterborough United star Lee Tomlin has
admitted he was so upset when the club
refused to sell him to Celtic he told
manager Darren Ferguson that he would
never play for him again.
Posh rejected several bids from the
Scottish champions for Tomlin ranging
from £1.2 million to £2.1 million on
August 31. The player found out about
the bids on the morning of a game with
Crawley and was devastated when
Ferguson told him he would not be
leaving London Road.
Tomlin was substituted at half-time
during the Crawley match – the only
League One game Posh have lost this
season – after admitting his ‘head was
all over the place’.
A furious row between player and
manager broke out leading to Tomlin’s
threat to down tools, but within 48
hours the 24 year-old had apologised
and promised to knuckle down and help
Posh back into the Championship.
Tomlin, in an interview with the the
club’s PUTV guru Neil Gilby, said: “I
woke up that Saturday morning and as
usual I couldn’t wait for the game.
“But then my phone rang and I was told
that Celtic had bid £1.2 million for me. I
rang the Gaffer straight away, but he
hadn’t heard anything about it so I got
into the car and started driving to the
game.
“But all I could think of on the way was
what the move would do for me and my
family. It was a move that would change
everyone’s life. It was all I could think
about as this was a team I’d supported as
a boy and when I got to the ground I had
a meeting with the Gaffer.
“I told him I couldn’t think straight
because of what was going on, but he
straight away told me to forget it as the
bids weren’t big enough and that I
wouldn’t be going anywhere.
“That was hard to take, but I said I’d
play as usually when I step on a football
pitch I can forget about anything. This
was different though and I was pulled
off at half-time.
“I could understand why as I wasn’t
playing the best, but even sitting in the
stand I was hearing stuff about the bids
increasing to £1.6 million and then £2.1
million and I thought that was great
money for the club considering I only
cost them £150,000.
“This was something I’d dreamt of and I
just thought the manager was being
horrible towards me. We had a big row
and I told the manager I’d never play
for him again.
“One of my problems was people telling
me I was better than other players. I’d
seen Mclean go, Mackail-Smith go,
Boydy go and then Gayley went and he’d
only been at the club six months.
“But then I started to think that if
Gayley could get a move after such a
short time at the club, there was still
time for me to get where I want to be.
“On the Monday morning I turned up
for training and apologised to the
manager. He knew I’d said stuff in the
heat of the moment so there was no
problem with us.
“It wasn’t going to do my career any
good by refusing to play anyway. It took
me a good couple of months to get over
it, but I want to help the club get back
into the Championship.
“I still have dreams to play in the
Premier League, I’d love to play
internationally, I’d love to play in a
World Cup.”
Tomlin has missed the last four Posh
matches with an ankle injury. He could
return to action in Tuesday’s (October
22) League One clash with Sheffield
United at London Road.
Ferguson described Tomlin today
(October 18) as the ‘best player
TnT, whit have I done?!?:-)
Stringer Bell
19:37 on
17 October, 2013
Have the sodjers set a precedent then
Can your occupation mean you can’t offend through song?
Wonder if Salmon, Sturgeon or the other one will comment on this.
Salmon and Sturgeon? there’s something fishy about that pair.
Doc….haha…nothing bud…read back….was a wee attempt at humour about initials. No offence meant…..sorry if I upset you….as I say ..read back :-))
Paul67 – lot of trough-y ooh aahs! in that article!
Broonie and the 3 match ban – there’s a fair amount of evidence to suggest that UEFA might reduce the retrospective ban; the Benfica player and the Deco (Arsenal) dive – 2 that I can think involving our games.
No use going over old ground – he got the red (as a result of stupidity/ frustration) – over and done with. Makes no sense not appealing the ban now.
If he is to be of any use (getting it overturned) then we need him for the Ajax + AC games – by the time the Barca game comes around it could all be academic. Harsh – but true!
TnT, no offence taken bud, noticed PFAyr and BT getting called Huns, if they can be so can I:-)
They called him The Rigger
Those who have met PF would know that it obviously stands for Prop Forward…..unless, of course, as he is in the legal profession, it is Procurator Fiscal.
Regardless, I have met him at quite a few CQN do`s and have never understood why a Hun would keep attending.
JJ
Jungle Jim 20:03:
To prop up the Bar and those of us that have stood there with him…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
JJ
Sure he wasn’t a hooker? 8-)
It is easy to laugh at THEM.
However, have we, despite warnings, acquired, at some expense, our very own Daniel Prodan?
Been down the Broonie road before.
No guarantees that he won’t act as stupidly again in the future.
BT
He has never fished in his life.
Lennybhoy
At the bar, it stands for Pretty Firsty.
JJ
quonno
20:09 on 17 October, 2013
It is easy to laugh at THEM.
However, have we, despite warnings, acquired, at some expense, our very own Daniel Prodan?
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Preposterous.
Boerrigter’s career stats look not too bad overall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derk_Boerrigter
Scroll to the table at the bottom of the page.
How did PF get outed as a currant ?
Tallybhoy
Deeply sorry for your great loss.
16 roads – Wee Oscar the Celtic warrior.
Agreed.
PFAyr ,
doubt he’s a hun , but deffo a Bear .
HH
Sanna
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie
20:16 on
17 October, 2013
yep its total his total is
2007/08 36
2008/09 32
2009/10 32
2010/11 38
2011/12 23
2012/13 43
oh lets try yep his total is………..
Read Board’s response to Celtic Trust’s motion regarding minimum wage.
Lot of fancy words but nothing specific about what we pay lowest rewarded employees.