There was never any doubt that Frank McGarvey’s heart lay at Celtic, but he had an affection for St Mirren. There, under Alex Ferguson, he made his name as the figurehead in an attacking young team which won promotion from the First Division. From Love St, he won a move to the European champions and all that followed. It is fitting we face them tonight, just days after Frank’s funeral, when our thoughts returned to an irrepressible talent in his prime.
St Mirren lost at Tynecastle on Saturday, their first defeat since 5 November. That run of seven games saw them take points off the four teams that separate the champions from the Paisley side. You will not need reminding that they are the only domestic team to beat Celtic this season.
Every team in the league plays differently against more resourceful teams. What St Mirren’s form tells us is that they are disproportionately effective against top sides and less effective when they presumably have more of the ball against weaker opponents.
Celtic have been imperious at home this season, so we should be confident of at least maintaining our lead, but Stephen Robinson will have watched how Kilmarnock frustrated us for long periods on Saturday and will work on a plan to build on that. I’ll be glad to see us take the lead.
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Hiyas
Good afternoon Phil and all
I hope our pitch is a help and not a hindrance tonight.
Seems to have deteriorated this season for some reason (more rain than usual).
HH
Cheers lct and bw.
No way will Celtic win tonight.Not with Lawwell back in charge.
I expect the gap to be down to 3 points before the next Glasgow Derby and several of our players will be sold and Ange will walk away….
Failed Beancounters CSC
Move the ball quickly….and we win ….
The biggest danger tonight is repeating what we did at Paisley- making too many changes to the line up. Save the big changes for Morton and put out our strongest available side tonight.
Just looking forward to the game.
Has been 11 days since I saw our team in the flesh.
Ange wanted a larger squad for this season to fight on all fronts and has utilised the squad wisely.
Fixtures look kinder for us this next few weeks and I’m sure we will be successful.
AN DÚN on 18TH JANUARY 2023 12:26 PM
The biggest danger tonight is repeating what we did at Paisley- making too many changes to the line up. Save the big changes for Morton and put out our strongest available side tonight.
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Correct Mate.
I know that ANGE has spoken about possible changes for Tonights team, but I HOPE that any changes are kept at a minimum ?
As for the Scottish Cup game v Morton on Saturday, IF certain Players are left out Tonight due to possible fatigue, then I would hope that those Players are back ” Fighting fit” for Saturday ?
I understand when ANGE says that the players arent ROBOTS….but they ARE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, who SHOULD be able to handle Midweek games as well as Weekend games ?
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED.
HH.
As a youngster growing up in Glesgas EAST END……..We played Fitba….EVERY Day and Night, whether it was on a School Pitch or Glesga Green, Toryglen etc, or on our Local Streets.
We never STOPPED…….unless some Burd was wanting a Snog !
LOL
HH
WHAT IS THE STARZ on 18TH JANUARY 2023 12:19 PM
No way will Celtic win tonight.Not with Lawwell back in charge.
I expect the gap to be down to 3 points before the next Glasgow Derby and several of our players will be sold and Ange will walk away….
Failed Beancounters CSC
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Peter Lawwell’s appointment as a non exec was a bit ‘curious’, given his long standing previous involvement, and the fact his son is employed in a prominent role.
There again the board loyalist maintain that Celtic is run just like any other PLc.
From last thread
Decent link posted by An T – to Lint’s twitter discussion.
(He’s gathering followers with this type of content. Good for him)
It’s good stuff. Sets out some facts and context clearly but, IMHO
1. Is talking to a brick wall
2. Has the merest sniff of whataboutary
Re first point, Graham Spiers no longer has any place in my personal view of the Scottish footballing landscape.
I used to like the guy’s stuff.
Liked it a lot in fact.
But sensed a sea change several years ago.
Such was the desperation to have a functioning entity playing out of Ibrox wearing blue – the moral compass appeared to shift and blind eyes appeared to turn.
I concluded that ALL of them – even the decent ones – will eventually revert to the staunch supremacist mothership .. regardless of the facts.
His strong defence of Gordon Smith (a man I hold in almost universal contempt) was the last straw for me.
Re the second point above,
Might need a tin hat but I’ll say it.
We need to be better at stopping (often ignorant) sectarian chants.
Occupying a position in a moral hierarchy which is one layer above staunch pond life is not what I want for our club.
To be clear – this is about our values and behaviours in reality.
Couldn’t care less how it is spun by imbeciles in the media or cowardly equivocators in Scottish public life.
St Mirren have been our toughest domestic opponents this season, even if we were well off our best when they beat us. Robinson has done a good job there, as he did at Motherwell.
I don’t see them going full park-the-bus. I think they will want to give us something to worry about and we will have to be switched on defensively, especially in transition.
But as long as we do our job we should win the game.
Don’t see too many changes, but I might be tempted to give Abada a start.
Have folk on here not hear about the advent of firesticks?
If Celtic are unwilling to let supporters from Ireland watch home matches via a stream, I, like many others will find a way to watch it. I will be sitting down tonight at 7.30pm to tune in.
A firestick is 50 quid. A subscription to all the sports channels for one year is 55 quid.
For that princely sum you could get two months of Sky Sports and BT Sports.
Why anyone would give these organisation one brass penny when all they do is hamper the club at every opportunity is a mystery to me. Sky Scotland doesn’t even attempt to hide the contempt they have for the club.
Last time out we started poorly, defended badly, had a slow midfield and a back 4 of Ralston, Jenz, Welsh and Taylor, none of whom will likely start tonight.
We gave them too much encouragement last time, finish them off by half time please
MALACHY DUFFIN , seconded :)
Just a reminder to get your Superbru predictions in for tonight
Big Jimmy
I may be able to drop pin at EK but the problem is still with Fridays- I have to drive on Friday evening so I cannot be drinking then
2 losses in 60 domestic games for CCV and 7 draws
Awesome record
MALACHY DUFFIN – You are right, 1000s of us watch on firesticks all around the globe. It is the only viable way. I assume it is all word of mouth though so as not to blow the cover of the suppliers who play hide and seek with the big bad broadcasters.
front 3 for tonight Abada right side ,Kyogo centre , Jota left side (wasted on the right side).
Serie A side Monza have completed the signing of Marseille right-back Pol Lirola on loan with the option to buy.
Back 4,
Johnston , CCV, Kobayashi , Bernabei
Midfield 3
Hatate, McGregor, Mooy
St Johnstone chairman Steve Brown has stopped short of apologising to fans after a furious response from fans over Rangers ticket allocation for their Scottish Cup showdown.
Callum Davidson’s side will be without a huge section of their support after fans announced they would boycotting the fourth round clash at McDiarmid Park after the club decided to give the visitors three sides of the stadium, with adult punters charged £30 for a ticket. Raging season ticket holders will be moved from the home stand as St Johnstone sacrifice their home advantage for the cup tie.
Apparently, ONLY 300 St Johnstone fans have bought Tickets, so it wiull be like a home game for the Huns.
HH
MALACHY DUFFIN on 18TH JANUARY 2023 1:07 PM
Have folk on here not hear about the advent of firesticks?
If Celtic are unwilling to let supporters from Ireland watch home matches via a stream, I, like many others will find a way to watch it. I will be sitting down tonight at 7.30pm to tune in.
A firestick is 50 quid. A subscription to all the sports channels for one year is 55 quid.
For that princely sum you could get two months of Sky Sports and BT Sports.
Why anyone would give these organisation one brass penny when all they do is hamper the club at every opportunity is a mystery to me. Sky Scotland doesn’t even attempt to hide the contempt they have for the club.
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I am WELL AWARE of those Huns at Sky, but in your Post you have NOT considered the situations that Celtic Supporters like myself are in, when trying to watch Celtic on TV and/or Computer.
Its very troublesome for me to try and go to see Celtic these days due to Disabilities, so I RELY on watching Celtic from my home.
I give CELTIC TV £12.99 to watch a Game on PPV, I also DO have a FIRESTICK, and I pay BT SPORT £25.. per Month to watch the Fitba via my FIRESTICK.
I ALSO pay ” NOW TV”, which provides me with ALL the SKY SPORTS Channels, again via my Firestick. This has been £25 per Month….but its rising to £29..99 next Month.
I would rather NOT give SKY and/or BT SPORT ANY Money, but I have little choice.
I live alone with NO Family to speak of, so I have no one to assist me, and I do NOT KNOW how to get Sky Sports and/or BT SPORTS….or CELTIC TV via my Firestick… I have tried but I have FAILED…..Cos I DONT KNOW what I am doing ?
THAT is the reason why Folk like me give these organisations MANY BRASS PENNIES !
I dont like it, but I have little choice.
HH
I would be stuck here listening to BBC Scotland if it wasn’t for the Firestick.
I remember even using CCams. That’s how long i’ve been at it.
Since the flights to Glasgow from Donegal stopped it’s just made it harder to go over. I still get over for about 4 games per season. None of the big ones unfortunately.
Yeah, Firestick is the way to go though when you can’t make it.
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 18TH JANUARY 2023 1:27 PM
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Pity if you cant Drink SFTB Mate.
But it would STILL be great if you could make an appearance in East Kilbride Village. The Pub is called ” BAROCCOS” …Apparently ?
I havent been in East Kilbride since the late 1970’s…Too many weans stoating aboot that may look like me ?
I could TRY and get you ” Appearance Money”….IF I can be your Agent ?
LOL
HH Mate.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/14/racism-in-the-uk-has-got-worse-over-last-five-years-says-report-14920082/
Big Jimmy.
If you can attach a HDMI cable to a tv you’ll be able to set up a firestick.
If you like i will send you absolute foolproof instructions via email on how to set up a firestick for viewing. I have no skin in this game, i do not sell firesticks nor do i sell subscriptions to firesticks. Firesticks can be purchased at Amazon for around 50 quid and where i get my yearly subscription is 60 quid, they were called Derry Streams but they’ve changed it to something else recently. But i have their whasapp number here.
I’ll instruct you on how to install the firestick step by step and i don’t want anything for doing it. It’s not a problem.
Up to you.
A wee trawl through the archives there, looking at Frank McGarvey.
Kind off forgotten but plenty footage of his times as St Mirren, and way back then 74-79 he was a hun skelper in the black and white.
Paisley took him to Liverpool, Celtic were interested but wouldn’t pay £270,000, not only was he not breaking into the Liverpool team (up against king kenny and fairclough and gayle), he was unsettled, so the chance to come to celtic who paid the same price, was too good to miss.
In Franks book he tells the story that ferguson who had him at st mirren offered him better money to go to aberdeen, but he choose celtic.
look at the size of the crowd – frank and billy stark on show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVNOlthI8eQ
Just paid Celtic TV for the game tonight. I am doing dry January, so I think it is a win-win, unless I am getting confused again.😉
😀 😃 😄 😁 😆 😅 😂 🤣
In Ange we trust
If it had been a cup tie, would the price include the penalty shoot out before the game?
Good afternoon all from Jamaica Street.
VAR excellent thread not just about spanish football
https://twitter.com/DaleJohnsonESPN/status/1615664043917807620?t=AUhgCm5O0TUXdpPTEPJXSQ&s=19
In Spain
Referee body has officially asked the league to urgently adapt semi auto technology
Cadiz threatening legal action
2 man Var Team removed from duty for weekend game
MALACHY DUFFIN on 18TH JANUARY 2023 2:18 PM
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Cheers Mate.
Please feel free to ask The MOD or PAUL67 for my Email Address.
I ALREADY have an AMAZON Firestick installed by a ” IT” Guy a few months ago. That is why I have been able to watch BT SPORTS and SKY SPORTS etc.
I ALSO have the HDMI that you mentioned and using my Remote Control, I can click onto HDMI to watch NOW TV/SKY Sports and BT SPORT.
HH
Obituary: Frank McGarvey, former Celtic striker who won every major medal in Scotland
Story by Ronnie Esplin • 4 Jan
Not many players get a standing ovation at half-time but Frank McGarvey was among the privileged few – and it was his favourite memory of his time in football.
On March 14, 1981, the former Celtic, St Mirren and Scotland striker – who died aged 66 on New Year’s Day following a battle with pancreatic cancer – had the main stand at Parkhead on its feet and the rest of the then terraced stadium in raptures as he went up the tunnel at the interval after scoring a double of what would become a hat-trick in a 7-0 win over the Buddies.
McGarvey’s second goal, which saw him beat three St Mirren players before driving high into the net from 20 yards, showcased the desire, determination and talent the Hoops fans had come to associate with the Glaswegian following his big-money move from Liverpool the previous year.
“My best moment came in a Premier League win over St Mirren at Parkhead,” he said. “The reception I was given by Celtic fans at half-time will live with me forever.”
By the time he hung up his boots following later spells back at St Mirren and at Queen of the South and Clyde, he had won every major medal in Scotland at the time – Premier League, First Division, Second Division, Scottish Cup and League Cup.
SCULLYBHOY
You have probably seen this
Holocaust survivor, confronts Cruella Braverman about her use of language to describe refugees
Scariest thing is the tories applauding Cruella at the end and that the home off8ce tried to get a charity to take down their link to this
https://youtu.be/mO5bSZ8CuuY