Anthony Stokes is in the best form of his Celtic career at the moment, arguably the best form of his life if you overlook his stunning cameo at Falkirk. It’s hard to know if this is related to no longer being in the shadow of a more favoured son, or if Anthony has just got his ‘stuff’ together, but his intervention was absolutely crucial in our only Champions League win so far. He had all the wisdom necessary to bate an opponent into a clumsy foul.
The psychology of a three year contract, worth more money, before performance bonuses, than the player will be able to spend is not always a good thing for a footballer, but the competition for a starting berth up front for Celtic is acute. On the back of his winning goal on Sunday Amido Balde has been talking about his ambitions to secure a regular place, Teemu Pukki is guaranteed nothing while Georgios Samaras has been used regularly as a striker. Anthony will remain under pressure to perform.
All of this competition will come into sharp focus in Amsterdam next week. Celtic will come under pressure for most of the game, but this is something they are comfortable with. We will need someone to exploit the openings Ajax will leave in their defence. Put your money on Anthony for the George McCluskey role.
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Evening Timland from a cold hun free mountain valley.
praecepta
I haven’t forgotten, I just can’t seem to locate my passport, it ain’t where I left it, Mrs TET has a habit of putting things away, and telling me that she didn’t do anything of the like, it can’t be far away, now that the young fella is away, she will have time to find it.
BTW, my bet of the night was both teams to score in Madrid, over 9.5 and the trip to barca would have been well paid for >}
HH
Stiliyan Petrov @StanPetrov19
I’m saddened to hear the news about Fernando Ricksen! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time! God Bless
Kojo
You are correct. It is wonderful seeing a world class talent in our team though. When the time comes for Virgil to go, he will generate a Scottish record transfer fee. Enjoy him while we have him.
JustaFan
Hiya,Pal?
Pleased tae Meetya!
Agreed… “Imminent” is No the Correct woid..
Howevahhhh..
How many times dae Ye get a Chance tae slip in the Woid..”Imminent”.. intae the
Conversation?
Anywey…
The Vultures will gether… Ah hiv no doot o’ that.
Personally, Ah hiv nevah seen a C.B. with Mair Pizazz n Elan.. Playing fur Celtic.
Virgil, in Ma Opinion, is a Brammer.
Hope we kin Haud oanta him fur Longer than Ah think we wull be able tae!
Nice Chatting.
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
When Fernando Ricksen played for antique rfc i hated him and wasnt very complimentary about him or his mates. Since he left them, I haven’t given the fella a second thought. He deserves our best wishes and I for one wish him luck in his upcoming battle. It took Jhinky from us and i am sure the wee man would be the first to offer Ricksen his support.
perpectivecsc
Efe would be my player of the month.
A few had their sights set…not now.
Well done Efe.
SOAL
8-3 hingin right oot it……!
Kikinthenakas
Well said robcfc11 would like to echo your sentiments. I saw on twitter that the sun have video of him breaking down on tv, every time i think that paper cant go lower it does.
Delaney’s Dunky
Hiya,Pal?
Pleased tae Greet ye!
Yep.. Virgil, is Too Good .. fur…. OOR… Ain Good!
That ,aboot sums it up.
Nice Chatting,pal
Noo.. Ah …
Gotta Scram, Sam..
Seeya..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
I see pistol Pete is overlording it over the scoddish game again.
http://billmcmurdo.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/bad-news-on-kings-return/
And they just canny help but to blame PL, dearie me, stupid huns.
HH
7-3 to Real Madrid, a very famous score. Where have the 53 years gone? Time for cocoa! :-)
Hi TET
Don’t worry – email me your flight number and arrival time.
Passport details can follow on later – they just want arrangements (time) for picking up the keys on the Tuesday afternoon.
Jack Regan
21:49 on 30 October, 2013
‘Fernando Ricksen diagnosed with ‘MND. Not my favourite guy but far too young for this horrible disease. No horrible comments please don’t let CQN down.’
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That’s shocking news. He’s only 37. You can only wish him the best.
It’s astonishing how many ex footballers are affected by the disease.
praecepta
Sent
HH
That Hibs mob are rank!!! How did we not beat them?
Dreadful news about Fernando Ricksen. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
Don Revie, the famous Leeds and infamous England manager also died of this terrible disease.
TET
Good Mhan – will deal with it in the morning (working from home).
Bedtime – busy day tomorrow – will email you.
Night all.
Mrs TET just told me that MN is more common than most people seem to think, and that quite a few kids get it, didn’t know that.
Best of to FR.
Cowiebhoy.
Sad news about your amigo.
HH
Anybody any idea why my Chrome now spends more time ‘not responding’ than actually working?
No semi-finals for me this year then.
John O’Neil @ 19:34
Why do you think the board oppose resolution 12?
Cowiebhoy @ 20:24
Sorry to hear you’ve lost a friend.
Jude
Because the MIB let them boot us off the pitch. McPake’s red tonight, would have gone unpunished against us.
Wee Tart back on form today on Twelve Strings :-)
Sorry to hear about Fernando Ricksen
A man with a few demons which we all could recognise in some of our own favourites
Let’s offer him all our support and demonstrate our humanity
I would strongly support a bhoycott on the grounds of safety within that scrapheap of a stadium (although we might give the sfa/glasgow council/scottish parliament an excuse to pay for “urgent safety repairs”
Peter Lawwell’s SevcoTV interview:
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/246299-watch-celtic-chief-executives-peter-lawwells-extended-interview/
Kojo 22:17
Virgil is the best thing to happen to the Celtic since ,well Mr Wanyama
He has legs like an octopus ,and they can move like that yon road runner from the acme cartoons the used to make wiley cayotee earn he’s money ,
He has strides that over take Didier agathe on the last hundred metres running from a through ball from Paul Lambert,and he was worth a magnificent £14 million from mon
Big Virgil ,keep your eye on him ,because if you don’t ,all you will see is he’s heels and dust
Hopefully those clubs that are trying to sign Virgil were watching his defending when Partick scored.
They might change their minds,and he can stay at Celtic for a wee bit longer.
Last post from me. I promise. Morrissey, well, I tend to believe that Celtic explored the matter and found no reason to pursue a claim for millions of pounds. What other reason could there be? I asked Canamalar about board motives but got no answer. Contrary to what Canamalar may think, I support a lot of the motives for seeking answers. However I just cannot agree with the notion that Celtic will walk away from huge compensation in order to maintain some OF. Mr Desmond is a ruthless capitalist. They aren’t renowned for walking away from such a bounty for no good reason. I can only wish you well. Good night.
Malorbhoy
7 off us are going Tuesday till Thursday
Just back from the pub. Got speaking to a lass who was not too fond of Lou Reed but thought Perfect Day was ‘One of the best songs ever’ then when I told her it was about heroin addiction she was gutted. I dont understand this kind of thinking. I then saus songs mean what you want them to mean and she said she will always remember what I said about the song. Ye canny win sometimes.
HH
Watching highlights of 80s International football in Spain in English. There were some players about then.
16roads
Whilst big Virgil had a ballet moment at the Jags goal, I thought big Mikael was more to blame for ball watching.
morrisseythe 23rd
23:10 on30 October, 2013
Anybody any idea why my Chrome now spends more time ‘not responding’ thanactually working?
….its morphed into you ?
HH
John O’Neil
It all depends what you want to believe.
The Celtic board will give nothing away, they are smart cookies, and the end game is to escape scotland, that is a given.
I believe that they don’t want to open the can, I don’t agree with it, but I believe that is their reasoning for saying nothing re the sfa and their corruption, it’s their lever if you like.
Now wheather it works out for the good, who knows, but I will tell you this, if it fails, they are on their plums.
HH
Clubs now. Should be in bed, but.
When Fergus came calling I refused to Bhoycott, I purchased the shares when he took over, but I couldn’t bring myself to stay outside. It just felt like betrayal…thank God others seen the bigger picture. If they all thought like me, Celtic park would have been jam packed every week…what chance change then?
Awe naw
So your honest gub, got you a KB.
Know the feeling bud! :))
Platini now. Great player, wouldn’t have made sub in Lisbon
Morrissey the 23rd
23:12 on 30 October, 2013
‘Peter Lawwell’s SevcoTV interview:
http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/246299-watch-celtic-chief-executives-peter-lawwells-extended-interview/‘
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He says that he will only respond to the motion at the AGM and not beforehand out of respect for the requisitioners (I paraphrase).
What’s wrong with opening a dialogue in advance of the AGM? Saying what happened and exhibiting the correspondence
If it can be shown that the board did all they could perhaps the motion could be withdrawn.
There won’t be time at the AGM for any degree of consideration or to allay the concerns that people have.
Of course the fact that the board hold 95+% of the votes probably mean they’re not that bothered.
That Van Baston goal