Don’t give me any semi-final chat for now, we have a league game ahead, the biggest threat to which is to take your eye of what’s in front of us. For the next six days, the season is one game long.
St Mirren did their homework before coming to Celtic Park yesterday. The Paisley club are five points adrift at the foot of the Championship but for almost an hour were as compact and competitive as any Premiership club against Celtic this season.
There was nothing particularly innovative about their strategy; two banks of four, which seldom had more than five yards between them, with a couple of runners trying to occupy Celtic’s back line, but it wasn’t until the introduction of Patrick Roberts, and, crucially, Leigh Griffiths, that Celtic’s shape was up to the task.
Moussa Dembele and Scott Sinclair were double-marked throughout as St Mirren sacrificed control down their left. We are at the stage of the season that there can be few surprises from any team, and certainly not from these two. The challenge for Celtic is to exploit other areas of the field.
While Brendan Rodgers was right to give credit to St Mirren for their performance, from what I gather there was a bit of an inquest behind closed doors. We lost a goal to a straightforward set-piece, could easily have been two down early in the second half, and created very little before the opening goal.
Much of the afternoon took on a familiar ‘Celtic treble upset’ look. You and I have been here before. Many times. We got away with it this time, partly because we were playing a team at home who have won only four of 25 Championship games this season, but mostly because we have so much in the tank this season we can raise our game.
St Mirren have marked a few cards; no game can be taken for granted.
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Macjay
Thank you.
In the flurry of exchanges I’d missed that that was your response. I suppose for me choosing Celtic as my team didn’t have such obvious ‘accident of birth’ elements though my parents’ values were undoubtedly a factor. But being a Celtic supporter instantly made me a minority throughout my youth and life would have been much easier had I chosen a different route.
In terms of the parochialism and protection of your patch associated with football supports – I recognise that. It’s why I feel so proud of my support when we travel well and respectfully in other countries and are recognised accordingly, most recently by ‘the German club’!
I feel what I believe to be the ethos of our club – as shared by many supporters – fits my own.
Chicken or egg? Who knows. Have a good day.
HH jamesgang
Apparently after the St.Mirren game it was like the Spanish Inquisition.
To say that Brendan Rodgers wasn’t happy would be an understatement.
Me personally I try not to criticise any of our players, apart from non-triers, although this is irrelevant just now because they all seem to be making the effort.
Brendan is the boss however.
HH.
JAMESGANG on 7TH MARCH 2017 7:50 AM
Thank you .
I was concerned about the misunderstanding earlier.
There are some I would endeavour never to disrespect .
:-)
JohnJamesSite on The Speculative Society is worth a look before it gets removed.
Very difficult to copy too.
“Difficult,not impossible”
https://mobile.twitter.com/mikesanz19/status/838803982411759619/video/1
I had a good drink yesterday with a few pals.
Did a wee pub crawl in Belfast city centre , started drinking at one, got back home about ten last night.
Monkeyed.
Woke up earlier there and checked the trouser pockets – think a only spent about a ton which is amazing considering we had something to eat and were drinking those expensive foreign beers like Heverlee and Birra Moretti.
Was definitely in the bookies at some stage so a must have one money on the evening greyhound racing.
Anyway also had a pocket full of pound coins, about a score in total – put all the change in the wee Trocaire box for lent.
God is good.
HH.
GREENPINATA on 7TH MARCH 2017 6:26 AM
‘Animal’s have rights too. The right to be slaughtered humanely.’
##
That’s not a right that animals have.
It’s a moral obligation that humans have.
Not the same thing.
Besides, what happened to ‘We don’t care what the animals say’?
BOGNORBHOY
I have a nephew with cerebral palsy and he has become the first employee at Glasgow airport in a wheelchair chair as far as I’m led to believe
He starts with Jet2 at the end of this month
Like that wee boy he is an inspiration and doesn’t let his disability rule his life.☘️☘️
Bobbio
Wow. Not that I haven’t read it before. But wow that it’s up there in online print.
You well know that one of our cqn contributors has written much on the subject online and in Parliament.
HH jamesgang
Morning all.
I may be quite wrong but I woke up this morning feeling my worse fears about an SNP Government are being fulfilled through Dr Morrow. There is institutionalised racism in Scotland. They either are not aware of it or (imo much more likely) they refuse to acknowledge it and so they dress it up as an issue for football. They choose to call it sectarianism, thereby misusing the word and allowing them to ignore the real problem.
Faith schools in an independent Scotland???
Bobby M – That the writing of a deranged lunatic my humble friend.
He claims he knows who killed Kennedy ffs.
Mental case.
It’s taking at least 15 minutes for me to post a comment on here nowadays – Listen I’m a devout capitalist, love to see people making a few shillings, however the adverts on here are ridiculous. Even worse than Video Celts site.
Slan.
KTF.
BT
I’ll be at the airport next week visiting Jet2. I’ll look out for him.
HH jamesgang
I have to laugh reading when reading that Catholic schools are the foundation on which sectarianism is bred.
It is only the stupid, those with an agenda, and those with hatred in their hearts who are the ones to place such an accusation on one side of an education system.
If you really have the will to learn the truth why not inform your view. I did a few years back. It is simple to determine the true reasons for hatred that runs so deeply in this little backwater.
Then determine through a little self reflection wether you are a) stupid, b) have an agenda or c) are just filled with hatred?
MWD
Week early big man
End of the month before he starts, his twin was one of the bhoys in the car on way home from Perth last season…
Back to League duty this week. Hopefully the toilets will be survive ( relatively) unscathed :-)
Latest blog from Oz.
https://stayinguplateblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/perfect-results-to-concentrate-the-mind/
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 7TH MARCH 2017 8:07 AM
just read that article.blow the lids off today.sent it to AMERICA and asked contact to circulate to all AMERICAN CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUBS.
16 Roads
There a too many things about Dunblane to be able to dismiss on that basis mo chara. Trust me I wish it was that simple.
HH jamesgang
Word of The Day (inspired by Der Hun when the get another @Statement@)
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Obsequious /əbˈsiːkwɪəs/
adjective
1. characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
2. servilely compliant or deferential:
3. obedient; dutiful.
4. obedient or attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
5. submissive or compliant
Derived Forms
obsequiously, adverb
obsequiousness, noun
Word Origin
adj.
late 15c., “prompt to serve,” from Middle French obséquieux (15c.), from Latin obsequiosus “compliant, obedient,” from obsequium “compliance, dutiful service,” from obsequi “to accommodate oneself to the will of another,” from ob “after” (see ob- ) + sequi “to follow” (see sequel ). Pejorative sense of “fawning, sycophantic” had emerged by 1590s. Related: Obsequiously ; obsequiousness (mid-15c.).
KTF
BT
The Legend Mobile? Who needs a Venga Bus when you can hitch a ride in a Legend Mobile!!!
;-)
HH jamesgang
VFR
Just to say I think you’re amazing.
TopicalCSC
HH jamesgang
The JohnJames site reminds me of this.
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“A police officer pulls a guy over for speeding…
…And has the following exchange:
Officer: May I see your driver’s license?
Driver: I don’t have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owner’s card for this vehicle?
Driver: It’s not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: That’s right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owner’s card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: There’s a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. That’s where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: There’s a BODY in the TRUNK?!?!?
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain.
The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Who’s car is this?
Driver: It’s mine, officer. Here’s the owner’ card.
The driver owned the car.
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if there’s a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but there’s no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said there’s a body in it.
Driver: No problem.
Trunk is opened; no body.
Captain: I don’t understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didn’t have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.
Driver: Yeah, I’ll bet the liar told you I was speeding, too.”
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Discredit a valid story by surrounding it with nonsense.
BMCUWP
Ive copied it. Unsure whether you thought it not possible to copy or innapropriate to paste here?
MWD
16 roads – Celtic über alles… on 7th March 2017 8:30 am
E-mail me at vfr@girfuy.co.uk and let me know what equipment and browser you are using and I’ll send you a guide on how to configure it to kill the ads.
KTF
Well I am astounded of forehead! Looks like the deal for the new manager for the new Ibrox club has stalled. No deal agreed and no release from his current contract finalised. The Rectum report it “hangs in the balance”.
Add to that the fact that their new Director of Football, touted as Ross Wilson last week, has yet to materialise!
Meanwhile the obsequious hun still thinks both are coming!
KTF
Jamesgang – Apologies mo chara.
I didn’t read the John James article to be honest with you, so didn’t realise he was writing about that Dunblane tragedy.
It’s just that the last time I read his website he was making all kinds of claims about unsolved mysteries.
Shouldn’t have jumped in there commenting about something I hadn’t even read.
Still think the bloke is off his rocker though.
HH.
ernie
A cracking story. Probably an old one but I hadn`t heard it before. Excellent.
JJ
VFR
Having finished `Ulysses `, I decided to further tax my brain by reading the DR yesterday. They were talking as though the new manager was a done deal.
JJ
BOBBY .copied and sent but refuses to go.
VFR800 – Thanks chief.
I’m on a Sony android fone – It’s the adverts at the end of the page that’s causing the problem.
Two for to hit x to get rid of them, when a do so it doesn’t disappear, just sends me to the websites of the companies who are advertising.
Maybe it’s just this stupid fone.
Apologies for being grumpy and gurning about the adverts.
No adverts, no CelticQuickNews a suppose.
KTF.
LADBROES latest betting.
new manager appointed …………………………..
before admin 5/2
after admin…..2/7
Good morning CQN
What a wonderful season we are all enjoying, Brendan has done and continues to work his managerial magic transforming the squad individually and collectively to give us these performances we are enjoying every Saturday
I see Dr Morrow geeting it today i have posted the section pertaining to Education, hope the facts help
Background
Dr Duncan Morrow is Director of Community Engagement at the University of Ulster and former Chair of the Advisory Group on Tackling Sectarianism, Scottish Government, 2013-15.
He is responsible for developing the University’s partnerships with groups and organisations across the community and he established the Understanding Conflict Trust, which was initially designed to lead and facilitate difficult dialogue and conversation around issues of history, politics and conflict and to identify practical steps to promote change.
He was most recently appointed as Chairman of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Tackling Sectarianism, Scottish Government, 2013-15.
The was composed of Dr Duncan Morrow (Chair), Dr Cecelia Clegg, Ms Margaret Lynch, Rev Ian Galloway and Dr Michael Rosie and supported the Scottish Government to more clearly evidence the nature and extent of sectarianism in Scotland, and develop policy to tackle it. The Advisory Group published its conclusions on 29 May 2015. These can be read here:
Independent Advisory Group Final Report
Education
4.41 Our position stated in 2013 report has not changed from the belief that sectarianism
would not be eradicated by closing schools (AGOTS 13, 37). Above all, we believe that a
creative, active, holistic and co-ordinated approach to delivering education work to tackle
sectarianism is vital if there is to be long term change.
4.42 Tackling sectarianism as a policy agenda is still relatively new and this has to be
taken into account when deciding how to approach and deal with it. As work progresses
Education Scotland need to identify where sectarianism will be appropriately addressed as a
stand-alone issue and when it can be explicitly placed within the wider equalities agenda
covered by the school curriculum.
4.43 To be able to integrate this agenda into the broader equalities work Education
Scotland need to ensure sectarianism is integrated into the curriculum in a clear, locally
appropriate way. Moving sectarianism into the wider equalities work too early and before
teachers and schools have the opportunity to not only address it but build their own skills,
experience and confidence will have a negative impact on the potential delivery and work.
4.44 Through organisations funded to work with schools we know local histories have
been used to engage and put the issue into context of the area and people the pupils know
and relate to. Education Scotland have built on this, developing lesson and journey plans for
use by teachers in the classroom. This approach could reap huge rewards if teachers are
supported and provided with correct curriculum material that they can use.
4.45 We believe that every school should be able to show how they have been dealing
with this issue. To aid this development an accessible (‘Horrible Histories’) type timeline of
sectarianism in Scotland should be developed that can be picked up and used by schools
and where appropriate the effects and impact of Scotland’s history had on local history can
then be investigated.
https://www.actiononsectarianism.info/news/a-report-reviewing-the-implementations-of-the-recommendations-of-the-advisory-on-tackling-sectarianism-publishe
16 ROADS – CELTIC ÜBER ALLES… on 7TH MARCH 2017 9:09 AM
I use the adblock browser on the phone.
I wouldn’t bother otherwise. Life is too short.
Seems the possible new Sevco manager is on £2.5 mil tax free in Qatar, the huns have no chance of getting near that money……but i’m sure they could sort out the tax free part of it…….
Wet , wild and windy -way down
Off oot to Napoli for tonight’s Napoli v Real Madrid . A wee 2 day jolly with the mad mental Inter codger from down the valley .His idea .
Looking forward to the game . Napoli could be good enough to beat Real but just as easily could be bad enough to lose 5 -0. Napoli are the epitome of mercurial . Game is that rare thing in modern Italy -a sell out . It’s a fab atmospheric stadium when it’s full.. Be interesting to see how insigne plays , be even more interesting to see how Marko Rog plays . A 13.5 million euro signing from Dinamo Zagreb . Aged 21 — burdened with the tag of being the new Modric .
Inter codger in full on nostalgia mode .– Inter humping ( and shooting their bolt ) Real on route to Lisbon in 67. Also commenting re the size of the away crowds that Inter attracted on their way to Lisbon – ” These days you’d have to love them to get off your ass to watch them “.
Looking forward to Napoli — my favourite italian city . Staying with Inter man’s young sister -she’s 82 . We’ll be wined and dined before the game . The food will be great , I’ll be absolutely stuffed . Hope, too , to squeeze in a wee visit to an old town flea market which includes a wee second hand vinyl table . . High hopes !!!
SoT-Sounds like a cracking trip,enjoy
Thanks EL I’ll try to find adblock.
HH.
FAVOURITE UNCLE
It took me a while,every time I tried to copy it,it went to a different site.
Eventually c&p into an e-mail.
If you mail me at
bmcuwp@gmail.com
I’ll forward it to you.
Hh