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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DD: 10am at Buchanan bus station. Was going to call you earlier but left phone in school.
When and where can we meet?
West Ham are utter mince.
Macjay
Was listening to Pink Floyd “Us and Them.” There. Beautiful track fae my childhood that still resonates strongly in 2017. Listen to the lyricist.
New BT Charges:
Just had new payment plan notice before BT announced CL deal;
Internet up £2-50 per month;
BT Sport up £3-50 per month;
Rake of 1p per minute increases on; landline, mobile, overseas & 1471 calls – and that’s not counting Film packages etc that I don’t take.
Increases were in the ‘pipeline’ before BT bid.
Almore
City Centre cafe???
DD…
Is it the Esquire again?
I’ve not been up that neck of the woods since I vacated the hun B&S where I served my penance :o)))
I sent my son to a “secular” school as my non RC wife won that debate. They sang CoS hymns at assembly, they had the CoS minister in almost daily, they visited the local CoS church regularly, they had the Cardigan and EBT Thomson in to award end of year prizes and they gave prizes of rangers memorabilia to the bumpers who managed to behave for more than 10 minutes. Worst decision I ever made.
Sipsini
Wotherspoons Esquire. Cheaper beer now than in Miller Reid’s days. :)
DELANEYS DUNKY
Haha Jimmy Caldesrwood that’s who I mean’t Big Beetroot Face wid explode at the huns :))
A Scottish Football Manager today spontaneously combusted as his team went six down to Celtic::))))
AN TEACH SOLAIS on 6TH MARCH 2017 8:46 PM
Community harmony is my concern and the curse of religious bigotry.
However , when you introduce the personal into the discussion , there really is little point in continuing.
JINKYREDSTAR…..
Cheers for that, it was a long time ago my sisters brought it up.HH
Gearoid, most Catholic schools in the West of Scotland now have a number of peoples of other faiths or no faith, attending them.
One of my nephews attended Corpus Christi primary school in Knightswood . It has a great reputation as a good school. My sister told me just under half the school roll were not Catholic when my nephew was there.
Two girls my daughter was friendly with when she was in the Brownies , attended our local Catholic primary and neither of whom are Catholics. Both these girls also go to the Catholic secondary school .
All this rubbish from the likes of Gordon Smith about Catholic schools being a cause of sectarianism, is a pile of mince. Catholic schools are an easy target for peepul who can’t or don’t want to realise its their own bias against Catholicism that is a problem.
There are only two places in europe where Catholic schools seem to annoy some, here and the North of Ireland. Strange that.
In a way school pupils who are not Catholics and attend Catholic ones , could fulfil the Green Brigade prediction, the grand children will be Celtic fans.
DELANEYS DUNKY on 6TH MARCH 2017 8:49 PM
Macjay
Was listening to Pink Floyd “Us and Them.” There. Beautiful track fae my childhood that still resonates strongly in 2017. Listen to the lyricist.
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Never quite ” got ” Pink Floyd , but I will give it a go .
DD- it could be a sign …:)
Praecepta- i think you have a 2 week window to get out of a contract if the price increases? Maybe worth a look HH
DALLAS DALLAS WHERE THE HECK IS DALLAS on 6TH MARCH 2017 8:57 PM
Gearoid, most Catholic schools in the West of Scotland now have a number of peoples of other faiths or no faith, attending them.
One of my nephews attended Corpus Christi primary school in Knightswood . It has a great reputation as a good school. My sister told me just under half the school roll were not Catholic when my nephew was there.
Two girls my daughter was friendly with when she was in the Brownies , attended our local Catholic primary and neither of whom are Catholics. Both these girls also go to the Catholic secondary school .
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Now , that is really encouraging.
The association between Catholicism and Celtic , not so encouraging.
IMHO.
MACJAY
At no point did I make a personal reference to you. Merely pointing out the fallacy in your argument.
I am sure that we all wish for community harmony but suggesting that this will be accomplished solely by children attending the same school is simplistic. HH
DD: How about the fans’ café beside the Superstore?
Richie’s (Tifanny’s?) near Blane Valley 10.15?
Man C v Stoke live on Sky Wednesday, a CL night, UEFA a bit like the SFA re the rules…
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 6TH MARCH 2017 8:56 PM
AN TEACH SOLAIS on 6TH MARCH 2017 8:46 PM
‘Community harmony is my concern and the curse of religious bigotry.’
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Your argument presupposes that denominational schools cause or contribute to religious bigotry.
Did you attend a denominational school?
Are you a religious bigot?
!!BADA BING!!
I’ve got till April on internet – June on Sport. Screwed a fixed 2 year landline deal out them. Make no mistake – BT will get this CL package back via the punters plus the £900M Italian loss they took a hit for!
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 6TH MARCH 2017 9:03 PM
DALLAS DALLAS WHERE THE HECK IS DALLAS on 6TH MARCH 2017 8:57 PM
Gearoid, most Catholic schools in the West of Scotland now have a number of peoples of other faiths or no faith, attending them.
One of my nephews attended Corpus Christi primary school in Knightswood . It has a great reputation as a good school. My sister told me just under half the school roll were not Catholic when my nephew was there.
Two girls my daughter was friendly with when she was in the Brownies , attended our local Catholic primary and neither of whom are Catholics. Both these girls also go to the Catholic secondary school .
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Now , that is really encouraging.
The association between Catholicism and Celtic , not so encouraging.
IMHO.
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Brother Walfrid CSC.
DD…
My first engagement was in the Esquire, upstairs. How time flies :((
Oh well, it all worked out well in the end. HH
My auld mammy will be 99 yo in a few months time. This morning she was telling me (for the thousandth time) how, when she was leaving school…” the parish priest told us it was forgivable to deny our religion in order to find work.”
In my own experience looking for my first job, I was asked which school I attended…HOLY CROSS…however, I got the job…The boss was a Tim.
Snodgrass having a mare.
An Teach Solais, schools in America have been integrated over the last 40 – 50 years but racism there still exists maybe not as openly as before the Civil Rights movement , but its there.
West Ham couldn’t keep weans out a close!
Dallas
As you are well aware in the North the Catholic school system was born out of necessity. State schools are essentially Protestant and their emphasis in the curriculum on all things British, from emblems through to Assemblies, led to the complete exclusion of an Irish dimension and made them a “cold house” for those of a Catholic persuasion.
Catholic schools are attracting a greater proportion of their pupils from many different religious and ethnic backgrounds (helped by the fact that 18 of the top 20 “selective” schools were Catholic and 17 of the top 20 “non selective” schools were also Catholic. Top schools based on figures compiled in Gcse/A Level examinations. One of the “Catholic” schools in Bangor, for example, has a pupil profile that is 60% non Catholic.
Anyway Dallas hope you’re keeping well. Saw your post on the Celtic Antrim contigent and needless to say I concur lol.
HH
Macjay
Knew you missed Pink Floyd. Enjoy wi an open mind. :)
Almore
It’s a Sunday morning date for a Scot’s Fry up. :)
Just back from my meeting, replied to those that made contact. Replied to those that I have received donation from.
ALMORE, I’ll not be at the Corner, us Coatbridge Bhoy’s always arrive late…:) if Sannabhoy is there give it him or I can send you details or one of the Bhoys or Ghirls and I’ll get it.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Dr. Morrow is the SNP’s professor of choice for these topics.
He can be guaranteed to lend his thin academic veneer to a report which provides the answers the SNP were looking for, which were:-
1) Make sure 2 Glasgow football clubs are in the frame for all that Ulster stuff which is what sectarianism is BTW.
2) No reference to be made to wider sectarianism- anti-English, anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish, or any form of religious or political sectarianism.
3) Leave the churches and the OO out of it- we don’t want them in the frame.
And the good doctor delivers what was actually expected of him.
No one with an alternative viewpoint will ever get appointed to these commisions- you have to come from a Rugby supporting or non-sports background and have no obvious religious or political background. But above all, you must be prepared to tell us back what we told you to tell us.
No self respecting college would have approved the recent Nil-By-Mouth questionairre as satisfying any model of test construction for surveying attitudedes. It starts with a question about whether you think we have a major problem and whether we need to be tougher in tackling it. And regardless of whether you answer yes or no to that loaded leading question, you are asked several further questions aboit why you think it is worsening and what should be done about it. You are asked precisely zero questions about leaving it alone or sidening the issue. It is a closed attitudinal questionairre- institutionaly prejudiced towards an outcome.
DALLAS, DALLAS WHERE THE HECK IS DALLAS
Thanks for showing the example from USA.
I agree that we should be working for harmonious relationships but to lay the blame on schools is ridiculous IMO. I do not believe that non-denominational schools or faith schools are the root of the problem.
I also agree with Hamiltontim that Celtic should not be seen as a Catholic club. We should be proud of our origins but from the outset open to all.
Even Dr. Morrow does not blame separate schooling for bigotry and, so, it is at best naive to think that integration by itself would be the cure. HH
AN TEACH SOLAIS on 6TH MARCH 2017 9:03 PM
MACJAY
At no point did I make a personal reference to you. Merely pointing out the fallacy in your argument.
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Really ?
” even the one in………… 45 Hill Street,Glasgow, ………..with its charitable advantages do more to perpetuate inequality than is perpetrated by faith schools. When even the bold doctor acknowledges that faith schools, per se, do not cause bigotry it seems strange that…….. someone thousands of miles away ………would make the same claim.”
sidening should be widening
Dallas
Three of my grandchildren attend Saint Ninian’s Knightswood. Another school with a great reputation. My oldest granddaughter’s first holy communion was last year. She was in the minority in her class making her first communion.
Bro. Walfrid.
CELTIC
A name which is inclusive of largely protestant Scotland and largely Catholic Ireland.
Bobby Evans was one of my first known Celtic players.