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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greendreamz
14:13 on 19 February, 2014
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Cheers.
Glasgow dave,
It ain’t going to happen. We aren’t needed.
Imagine the effect though. Debt. Lots of it. Lots of glory hunters. Lots of hostility from English football fans. Possibility for mediocre 8th and 9th place finishes. Hmmm… On the other hand, no hun officials.
If Scotland was not in the EU could we pay our players Monaco type wages?
LB
Arran looks very beautiful but isn’t it costly to get there? Skye is such a wonderful place. Happy memories from there.
Favourite island…..
Eve muirhead.
Ok she isn’t a land mass, but she is a Bute. :p
Billy Bhoy 05
14:08 on 19 February, 2014
There’s a certain lack of self awareness when someone with a surname as a first name attempts to ridicule someone over their first name.
Especially when the person being ridiculed to steps to change his first name when he was only fourteen.
Fans of classical musicians having a laugh, the Dutch National Orchestra brass section are ripping it up at the speed skating on bbc red button.
Quality ice cream jackets.
to =took
In preperation for the Independance vote can i please ask that everyone uses the correct vinacular when discussing how they will vote?
It is not Yes or No
It is
Aye, too right a um man
or
By Jeeves No, chaps. I am with Quee and country.
MWD
eddieinkirkmichael a very wise move!!! Hail Hail Hebcelt
I’m Neil Lennon (tamrabam) – obviously the Sky money helps the EPL teams stay far ahead of the likes of Scottish teams but do they really get more TV money than Bayern, Barca or Real? Plus the likes of Chelsea and Man City have received their main funding from non-Sky sources, as will Paris S-G and Monaco in future.
It would appear that Paul67 has been delayed in a meeting, or maybe it’s taking his lawyers longer than expected to go over the new blog.
Anyone want to join in a wee game of guess the article headline?
I’ll go for Anatomy of a Spiv, as yesterday’s had a reference to the latest Hobbit movie, so I think he’ll continue down the movie theme.
John O’Neil
14:07 on 19 February, 2014
Shuggiebhoy, if Cuba is such a wonderful place, why haven’t you moved there?
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School playground arguments coming out now….
Tom,
Not really. If Shuggie thinks it is a such a great place then he should move there. Of course he may already be there. Shuggie are you there already?
Phyliss,
I don’t know facts and figures if I’m honest but I doubt Germany and the likes get much less than England for tv rights.
Also many seem to forget the inglush done no too bad in Europe long before Santa Sky came along.
http://twitter.com/SITVTam/status/404328709185748992/photo/1
Titter. Snigger! Ha ha ha!
Geordie Munro
14:22 on
I wouldn’t mind being stranded there, I’d curl up nice and close ;)
Shuggiebhoy67
13:40 on
19 February, 2014
Cubans don`t have a vote.
Suffragette movement UK.…………..votes for women.
Damn right.
Nineteen whenever………..
2014
Cubans still DON`T HAVE A VOTE.
Like non-white South Africans during apartheid.
An affront to decency.
Human rights ignored.
Billy Bhoy 05- did your campaign manager set you and your party members a list of blogs to come on attack anyone who disagreed with the yes campaign and we were unlucky enough to get you?
We’ve discussed this, attacking people who have a different views to you will lose you votes. You’ve done more damage to your campaign on here than good.
Elsewhere in the real world the SNP’s policies up until now have all been to buy votes. Long term there is no way free prescriptions for all should or could continue, for those who need them yes, I’m all for that but each ‘free’ prescription costs £40 in real money. This can’t last forever and they know this and so do those who rightly voted against this in the Scottish Executive.
Additionally, free tuition fees (£6K-£20K per student per year)will again, not last forever but coincidentally meet the needs of the demographic they believe they need for chance of success on the indy vote. They (snp) know these policies won’t last forever and when a new party reviews them, the snp will make them out as bad guys, despite the fact they were never sustainable viable options in the first place.
The way the yes vote campaign rolls as far as I see it:
We have a plan
You’ll have to wait for the plan
Here’s the plan we’ve dumbed it down for the audience.
Yes we see plan A is franced and yes there is no plan B.
What we are doing now is attacking all with the audacity to think we should have thought this through and at least have a plan b. Do we have a plan b yet? no but we’ll campaign for one.
We shall continue to attack those with differing views and see how it all pans out.
Back to Celtic please?
Hail Hail ;-)
John O’Neill,
You speak from a perspective that far far too many on here don’t even begin to appreciate, let alone understand. That perspective only really comes, I believe, from living in and learning from another culture.
Our founder did appreciate this, as he insisted on our being called CELTIC, which was meant to act as a bridge between Scotland and Ireland, rather than Hibernian. We should be trying to integrate into Scottish culture rather than PROTESTING and proclaiming our difference. I believe that our mission statement reflects this.
Maybe if we become independent, attitudes may change among some of our support. Doubt it.
Elsewhere in the real world the SNP’s policies up until now have all been to buy votes. Long term there is no way free prescriptions for all should or could continue, for those who need them yes, I’m all for that but each ‘free’ prescription costs £40 in real money. This can’t last forever and they know this and so do those who rightly voted against this in the Scottish Executive.
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Martin, such realism will soon have you condemned as a heartless Tory. Savage cuts etc…
There isn’t much to talk about Celtic. It is one of the effects of no cup football.
Eddie,
Ha! She might let you curl up if she was stoned
Boom boom ;)
Phyllis Dietrichson
good point on the ban, had overlooked that fact completely. Thanks for correcting me.
On my general point, I do not see a league anywhere in Europe stronger (in depth) than the EPL. I think the stats confirm this. Certainly Man Utd are not as strong, but Man City have got stronger, Chelsea continue to spend and have overtaken Utd, Liverpool are on the way back playing great football under a good manager. I don’t see why one or two of them will not continue to reach finals.
Barca and Bayern are very good sides, but outside of those two, who will provide a consistent challenge?
Parkhead,
Quite a few posters post from different countries. Not sure if that makes our opinions more valid. I wholeheartedly support your post about integration and moving away from a ghetto mentality. I fear that attitudes won’t change for some time however.
Shuggiebhoy67
Cuba and her fraternal comrades..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-26210187
theoriginalsadiesbhoy @ 13:24 on 19 February, 2014
What is the operating system?
From Microsoft:
“Occasionally, Windows might not read your user profile correctly, such as if your antivirus software is scanning your computer while you try to log on. Before you follow the methods here, try restarting your computer and logging on with your user account again to resolve the issue.”
weeminger
14:17 on
19 February, 2014
greendreamz
14:13 on
19 February, 2014
You’ve gone over complicated there. I think he means her work, as in the things she’s done and saved on that laptop. Not her work as in the servers of the place where she works.
13:24 on 19 February, 2014
I would be grateful if any techies on here can help me. My wife can’t get access to her work on the family PC. When she tries to enter, a message comes up saying,
“The User Profile Service failed the logon.
User Profile cannot be loaded.”
Its been clearly stated that the person is trying to access their work system from a remote PC (their home) and is failing. It maybe their work they are trying to access but they are trying to access it from outside the system i.e. via the internet
ISo what have I missed?
All’s fine in the blinkered world of macjay1 for Neil Lennon,
he has his vote and is happy being patronised by the corrupt political system in this country.
Wake up! you’ve no one to vote for other than greedy corrupt self serving individuals banded together with no ideal other than to work out how to stay in power.
Right wing greed mongers pillory the poor and vulnerable in our so called society using extreme cases from the Daily Mail to numb there consciences whilst spending billions on aircraft carriers and nuclear weapons just so the politicians can pretend the map’s still largely pink and can sit at the top tables in NATO
John O’Neil 14:38
Yes probably but couldn’t be further from the truth.
HH
Parkheadcumsalford
14:37 on 19 February, 2014
‘Our founder did appreciate this, as he insisted on our being called CELTIC, which was meant to act as a bridge between Scotland and Ireland’
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Bit of a latter day, historical revisionist myth.
Pretty much dismissed by Woods and Campbell.
rather than Hibernian. We should be trying to integrate into Scottish culture rather than PROTESTING and proclaiming our difference. I believe that our mission statement reflects this.
Maybe if we become independent, attitudes may change among some of our support. Doubt it.
I liked this post on Phills blog, regarding thems just waiting on the £30 million from the rich South African, lol,
Like sevco I also get emails from African people (usually princes) offering me £30 million for free. All I have to do is give them my bank details
Yep, it’s all the Daily Mail’s fault.
“Right wing greed mongers”. No left wingers could ever be greedy could they. Your lot aren’t any different to the other lot. They are all humans. At least the Tories admit that they like money.
twists n turns – I agree to a certain extent with your “EPL strength in depth” argument – certainly the EPL 4th, 5th and 6th would beat their counterparts in Germany or Spain, but what about the teams below that? Is there really that much depth?
eddieinkirkmichael
13:19 on 19 February, 2014
Fully agree…I would enter at Junior level just to get away from here… :) …dirty cheating barstewards….
ernie lynch
14:47 on 19 February, 2014
We will always be different from them, and we will always proclaim that difference
Eddieinkirkmichael
I have the pleasure of looking out my window to Arran and the views are exceptionally stunning, particularly when like now the mountains are covered in snow.
Playfair
Another case of pots and kettles
John O’Neil
14:49 on 19 February, 2014
Yep, it’s all the Daily Mail’s fault.
“Right wing greed mongers”. No left wingers could ever be greedy could they. Your lot aren’t any different to the other lot. They are all humans. At least the Tories admit that they like money.
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I think we’re talking primary school playground levels now.
No point in continuing any discussions…….