Stokes, Griffiths, desolation and competition

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Anthony Stokes started the season with a flurry, scoring four goals in the first three league games of the season, but he managed just another three goals before the arrival of Leigh Griffiths two weeks ago.  He has since scored against Aberdeen in the Cup as well as Sunday’s hat-trick against St Johnstone.

Three goals in 28 appearances is a desolate return for a Celtic striker, especially during a season where the team have been so dominant, and would have contributed to Neil Lennon insisting a striker, capable of scoring regularly in the league, was recruited in January.  Managers often talk about needing competition for places, so it’s natural that we should extrapolate from the arrival of Griffiths.  While we may see both strikers play together between now and the end of the season I’m not convinced the manager will have this pairing in his mind for next season.

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Select 11 players in either a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 formation; you’ll need a goalkeeper, two full backs, two central defenders, 3 or 4 midfielders and 2 or 3 forwards.  You also need to select a manager from the decade.

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So far around 60 people have entered teams so we have lots to do to hit the £1000 target.  For a comprehensive list of players who are eligible for selection, see CRC’s comment here.  Email your entry to Doc here, and remember to include a manager: doccqten@gmail.com

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  1. @TET

     

    can you cut and paste me winner of first race at cheltenham 2014?

     

    ive heard your skills are second to none.

     

     

     

     

     

    fanx tom scudmorecsc

  2. Celticrollercoaster supports the Dambhoys on

    *********CQteN dream team update*************

     

     

    103 teams entered (not enough time in the night to sort and collate, I have updated 70, so far!:-) )

     

     

    125 is so close!

     

     

    All we need is another sponsor to raise the target figure and make my life hell :-)

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

     

    doccqten@gmail.com

  3. marrakesh express

     

     

    23:18 on 18 February, 2014

     

     

    Spot on. I can understand the pro Sevco agenda of the rags as Media House are very good at what they do.

     

     

    What I don’t get is the way we accept the anti Celtic stuff. Half truths, innuendo, and outright lies.

     

     

    Who are the pro Celtic journalists?

     

     

    cv

  4. Marrakesh Express on

    Doc

     

     

    So in order to find out who’s in the squad or who’s injured, we have to put up with eg yesterday’s front page banner negativity about the GB?

  5. Would it be to much to ask Celtic Football Club if they could let us know were and when the reserves are playing, I noticed to- night that they were playing at the almondvale stadium in Livingston, were I stay. it would have been good to know from celtic fc , as I would have went down to see the youths,

  6. ttt

     

     

    From last night, I went to the pit.

     

     

    Unfortunatly the blog is really no that interested in the real fight.

     

     

    The sfa are still doing what they do best, sfa, they are still running the show their way, and we are still bending over getting shafted.

     

     

    The expression ” It hurts so Good ” comes to mind.

     

     

    Still paying in to a corrupt game, when will the penny drop mi amigo ?

     

     

    When they are back in the top league and winning stuff with the help of the cheats with the whistles, possibly…….but it will be a new generation, a generation that are going to fight their way from the back of the bus, just like our forefathers did, just like we are trying to do, it’s never ending.

     

     

    It could be stopped, but I see no desire to even try and halt the continuing agenda against us.

     

     

    HH

  7. Neustadt-Braw

     

     

    23:59 on 18 February, 2014

     

     

    aye well …..an oor in front of God,s country …so I,ll bid you all goodnight…..braw

     

    _____________________

     

     

    Braw indeed, likewise, nn all.

     

     

    Keep the Faith.

  8. A Ceiler Gonof Rust Dancing in the Moonlight with Annabel Goldie on

    Doc, young ACGR has his final SYS (do they still call it that?) prelim tomorrow. Once he’s finished I’ll get him to peruse your list and provide a dream team.

     

     

    I can just see it. FFS da, who TF is Reggie Blinker?

     

     

     

    Ha ha, will do do mate.

  9. macjay1 for Neil Lennon – 23:31

     

     

    iPaddy McCourt Supports Wee Oscar – 23:28

     

     

    Excellent post – Germany is a great country and in many ways much more liberal, tolerant and forward thinking than most European countries, Britain included.

     

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    Thanks to Britain and the U.S.

     

    ___________________________________________________

     

     

     

    You’d have thought the Russians, who lost 20+ million and even went to all the bother of capturing Berlin, were worthy of a mention in dispatches.

  10. Drambowie Celt

     

     

    Pal.. Ah am auld School..

     

     

    Neil Sedaka.. ?

     

     

    Hmmm

     

     

    Na..Ah hid a Joab fur years.. which..at times..

     

     

    Required me tae Play the Pie Ano.. during Ma Actl

     

     

    Which Ah did..,n still Daee.. at Hame n In Ma Pals’ Hooses..

     

     

    Ah am A Very Popular Guest..

     

     

    As ah Kin..well.. Rattle the Irvories.. Pretty Damn Good,boss..

     

     

    Ma Musical Tastes run tae.. Jazz…

     

     

    ONLY.. Auld Fashioned, Ah know but, that suits me..

     

     

    Fur Ah am An Auld Fashioned Guy.

     

     

    Ah only listen tae the Oldies..

     

     

    Canny Go.. the Modern Stuff.. Ay.. Tall.. Nae Way, Boss.. Nae way.

     

     

    Nice chatting, kiddo..

     

     

     

    “Ah’m Gonna Sit Right Doon Ne

     

     

    Write Masel ..

     

     

    A Lettah!

     

     

    Oh! Ye….ah… !”

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Still,Laughin’

  11. @TET

     

    the first year I hit Cheltenham we sang rebel songs all the way

     

    {from bham} the pet name for irish peeps was ducks

     

    so in our tormented wisdom we backed the first winner at 25/1

     

    the drunken duck ha ha I think it was dawn run first year no sure

     

    we were minted. what a hoot.

  12. A Ceiler Gonof Rust Dancing in the Moonlight with Annabel Goldie on

    Doc, the zombie club have Irvine controlling everything that is disseminated to the gullible Scottish public. I see no reason why we (Celtic) “need” entertain old style media any longer?

     

     

    We should have been out of sight of the dead / now zombified remains of the hun but our failure to cut our ties with the past, and publicly state the old firm is a historical relic is dragging us back into the cesspit.

     

     

    Get them out of paradise and bring in new media savvy experts, it’s not like we’re short of money.

  13. Starry plough is Neil Lennon, thanks but starry they tell you after the score were they were playing. and that’s were I get frustrated, anyway thanks again.

  14. young kojo

     

    I just new you were musical . self taught?

     

    I myself taught me everything I know. bass, lead ourmonica

     

    bongo’s mandolin spoons washboard

     

    only problem is im no 21 anymore lol.

  15. Drambowiecelt

     

     

    Ha, I like to think I know a thing or two about a wee gamble on football, in reality I know feck all.

     

     

    In the past couple of weeks the wife has scooped a couple of trebles just going by teams starting with………whatever took her fancy.

     

     

    The only thing I would know about horses, the eat at one end, and shit at the other, just the way I like it, have enough bother with the football >}

     

     

    Best of when Chelt comes around, had a decent first day last year mind you, done a acca from all the pundits I could find, whittled them down to who was tipped the most, and lo and behold, got it up, no the biggest return in the world, but paid a bill or two.

     

     

    HH

  16. A Ceiler Gonof Rust Dancing in the Moonlight with Annabel Goldie on

    TET, I sent you a mail today re, are you over here for the game on 1st march and a possible sclaffbaw event on the big chap’s hallowed turf.

     

     

    Chariot time before a hard day keeping the oil flowing in the pipe.

     

     

     

    Hail Hail Celtic men n wummin.

  17. okay waited till late to post so young children may be in bed regards the ira question after a lot of soul searching 21 years ago my wife and i out shopping in warrington parked our car in mr smiths car park bottom of bridge st about 12 o clock went into boots chemist then mcdonalds for a burger then proceeded to go back to our car probably around 1230 suddenly an event that would change our lives forever happened a loud explosion absolute bedlam something i do not want to ever experiance again people with blood covering them from head to foot acry from inside a shop please help my wife being a staff nurse rushed to help little boy 3 years old lay on the floor she cradled him in her arms but it was allin vain two arms had been severed what had that little boy done to deserve that iam a celtic supporter definately not an ira supporter.

  18. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Blooter It!

     

    00:08 on

     

    19 February, 2014

     

    macjay1 for Neil Lennon – 23:31

     

     

    iPaddy McCourt Supports Wee Oscar – 23:28

     

     

    Excellent post – Germany is a great country and in many ways much more liberal, tolerant and forward thinking than most European countries, Britain included.

     

    ————————————————————————————-

     

    Thanks to Britain and the U.S.

     

    ___________________________________________________

     

     

    You’d have thought the Russians, who lost 20+ million and even went to all the bother of capturing Berlin, were worthy of a mention in dispatches.

     

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    Nah,mate.

     

    The Soviet Union gave us the delights of totalitarian East Germany which needed a wall to keep it`s citizens in.

     

     

    U.S. and U.K. provided the Berlin airlift as the Soviets attempted to starve West Berlin into submission. U.S.provided the Marshall plan.

     

    Thanks to Reagan and Thatcher and star wars,Gorbachev bowed to the inevitable and Germany was reunited IN SPITE of the Soviets and the Warsaw Pact.

     

     

    I purposely haven`t mentioned the rape of Berlin. :-(

  19. ACGR

     

     

    Just saw it, no I am not over, sadly, the tickets are for the young fella.

     

     

    It’s his Mots birthday, and he is taking her to see the Celtic, that’s what I call treating her the right way >}

     

     

    HH

  20. GuyFawkesaforeverhero on

    Doc is Neil Lennon

     

    23.37

     

     

    Yes, I’ve sent a team which is my best of the last ten years and it was fun putting it together.

     

     

    Thanks to all who pulled the details together.

     

     

    I’m only sorry that a captain was deemed surplus to requirements because every good team has always had a brammer.

     

     

    JackieMac is my team’s skipper.

  21. @big packy

     

    jeezoo that came out of the blue tnite I die every time I hear or read

     

    those personal tales and I know where your where your coming from.

  22. Margaret McGill on

    THE EXILED TIM

     

     

    00:00 on 19 February, 2014

     

     

    Your wasting your time. Honorable all the same.

     

     

    macjay1 for Neil Lennon

     

     

    00:28 on 19 February, 2014

     

     

    You dont half talk a lotta pish about Soviet Union/Russia.

     

     

    Put it this way..If the Russians had not won the Battle of Stalingrad there would have been no D-Day.

     

     

     

    So pish and pish excepted are the deid deid yet?

     

    Canny be arsed reading back.

     

    Any one?

     

    prey Tel aviv?

  23. Margaret McGill on

    Kojo…when you write yourself that lettah make sure you address it properly!

     

    Just saying like!

  24. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Mags

     

    Put it this way..If the Russians had not won the Battle of Stalingrad there would have been no D-Day.

     

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    O.K.

     

    Nothing,however, to do with the issue we were discussing.

     

    Current day Germany.

  25. Margaret McGill on

    It brings a tear to my eye so it duz! As a Celtic supporter to see our wonderful bored and paul67 coming oot ae the closet and supporting lenny in his admiration of the GB. Tears tae the eye..tears tae the eye

     

    HH

  26. Margaret McGill on

    macjay1 for Neil Lennon

     

     

    01:19 on 19 February, 2014

     

    Ah Germany is a wonderful place. Trust me. I love it. However, you are being your usual disingenuous self by alluding to that it is thanks to Britain and USA that its such a wonderful place. Naw it izny. Its thanks to the obliteration of Nazism by the Soviet Union.

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