Neil Lennon will begin to get his players back at Lennoxtown tomorrow after, what for most of the first team, has been a two week international break. For many of the established players, he’ll be hoping for a clean bill of health, but with trips to Tynecastle and Milan ahead, the manager will be keen to spend time with Teemu Pukki.
Teemu played 92 minutes for Finland in Tbilisi last night so will get little time on the training fields before Celtic’s next two games. Tynecastle itself may provide the most effective training opportunity ahead of Wednesday’s game at the San Siro.
Delighted for Gordon Strachan, who has already caused an unlikely upturn in Scotland’s fortunes. He is a better coach and tactician than he ever got credit for. His Key Performance Indicators (winning leagues, knock out stages of the Champions League) were achieved in spades, but there was a soft underbelly which always seemed to undermine progress. Curiously, his Celtic team went 15 months without keeping a clean sheet away from home in all competitions, despite winning the league in both seasons this run spanned.
The one game during this period of note was the 1-0 defeat to Milan in the Champions League knock out stage; the only game Celtic completed 90 minutes without conceding. If Neil Lennon can replicate this achievement he stands an excellent chance of a second successive memorable Champions League campaign.
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sftb
I think history shows Ormond was acting under orders, especially in Jinky’s case.
Was it not Jock Stein who said when he took the Scotland job, that the SFA handed him a teamsheet with Rangers players already included – or is this a Celtic myth?
They were certainly involved in team picking as most of the Lions total lack of selection underlines.
TET
Once again …Sally’s poor cup record haunts them ….they could have done with a lucrative cup fun
First round Sally did it again :-))
G’night my timbo tarrier taig tattie howking buddies.
Proud to be one of you………
An unrepentant Fenian, descendant of poverty stricken navvies, labourers, miners, railway workers and other things that were too dirty for some to do……. but I’m not a B$^%$d….. there I draw the line…….
RobertTressell
For all dingwall is a fat bigot, he knew the writing was on the wall the last time, maybe it’s his coded message to ra bearz, whatever, they will ignore it, and for that I am gratefull.
HH
PFayr
Now, now, they are still in the mighty Ramsdens Cup I will have you know >}
tigertim
21:55 on 11 September, 2013
RobertTressell:
“Lets see how it pans out”
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I’ll have to park that just now and let it develop organically. I’ll pencil something in and get back to you……… lets compare diaries……… blah blah blah…….
Energy crisis? Bottle the hot air spoken by wannabe managers all over the world and we’d be heating our backsides for free this winter……
Nighty night.
Sevco: House of Throes
Houses of the Seven Hundoms
– House McOist
– House Ogilvie – Sworn to House RFC/SFA
– House WhyteNGreen
– House Waistcoat
– House Duffield
– House Skint of Motherwell
– House Lannybottle
– House Stark naked in Emperor’s Ys
– House Novo
– House Regan
– House Longmuir
– House Tully (ho ho ho)
– House Murray I
– House Murray II
– House Murray III
etc etc etc
– House Bockle
– House MustStayOpen
– House … etc
Just watching a prog on BBC2 called The Wipers Times. One of the soldiers just said, “the only good Hun is a dead Hun”
That’ll be the Beeb getting innundated again. And they’ll stop supporting the forces.
You may give me vile abuse but leave my dog out of it says Jim Spence
http://oi41.tinypic.com/344a2qo.jpg
Just seen an STV advert for an appeal, featuring a dug called Jock running about with a t-shirt on, imagine who would put a tshirt on a dug!!
stbf
A weasel hasnt got a backbone. So there!! <:0)
STFB @ 21;32,
See here;s the thing I was the first to take the SD to task.
Surely Paul67 must have the original post where I ripped him to bits.
Now my assumption then was it was Kojesque
Now I think they are different.
If they are the same I’d be amazed
But surely Paul Brennan should tell us what is what
I know he’s acknowledged meeting Kojo.
But at the one of the day it is what it is.
Your Pal Gerrard threatened. To insert something in me.
Let him try it!
Hail Hail
Gordybhoy64
The documentary following this is” 9/11,phone calls from the tower”.
I remember the day clearly and unlike you I was on this side of the Atlantic.
So many tragic & heartbreaking stories.HH.
bsr
I think that one is a myth but Jock had to tell the SFA the same as he told Bob Kelly that he would brook no interference in team selection.
Interestingly, the game we discussed last night, the away tie in Italy in 65 that we lost 3:0 saw Jock pick 4 Gers and only two Celts. However, in 1965, the Scottish public probably thought that did represent the balance of talent in the two teams. For the next decade there should have been a lot more Celtic than Rangers caps. However, even that imbalance was not always an anti-Celtic bias as Jock regularly pulled Celtic players out of the selected squads. Jock wanted Scotland to win but, in his mind, it was Celtic first, second & third and Scotland could get by on his cast offs.
jimbo67
19:31 on 11 September, 2013
Lovely post
SFTB
Remember being an upset 9 year old in 74, that Jinky didn’t play. Law did. Just cheered Danny louder.
Since it’s 9/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO1gBrKGRsM
Did emdae see the story abt the poor bulldog that got kicking on a bus cos it had Celtic top on?
Ps they also called it a Fenian B*****D.
the onlooker
13:23 on 11 September, 2013
Is anyone familiar with Munich ?
Familiar enough to recommend a venue for watching Celtic V The Zombie Cousins on Saturday
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Sorry I haven’t been on all day as I had a wee op done on my ear. Now there are a couple of places you’ll see the game if you ask them to show it. Too many of them are interested in the EPL and that includes thes two places but they will definitely show it. It might be on the smaller screen at the bar, saves you running back and forward. Both are owned by the same guy and easy to get to by public transport.
You can get get the U-Bahn -U1, U2, U3 and U6 to Sendlinger Tor and go to Kennedy’s Bar in Sendlinger Tor Platz 11:
http://www.kennedysmunich.com/
Or you can get ANY of the S-Bahns and get off at Marienplatz and go to Killians/ Ned Kelly’s at Frauenplatz 11 this is close to my favourite pub in Munich the Andechser am Dom:
http://www.kiliansirishpub.com/
http://www.andechser-am-dom.de/
http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/fileadmin/media/Dateien/plaene/pdf/netz13_A4_Englisch.pdf
I have never physically lived in Munich but my spirit lives there having been there in excess of 70 times and I’ll be back next weekend for the ‘Fest. Not sure about Molly Malone’s as it is not easy to find, without a taxi.
Choirboy!
Your ‘slip’s’ showing!
H.H.
sftb
True enough, but I was reminded of this one game recently I attended at Hampden,
Scotland 0 Russia 2 ( Lev Yashin in goals) 10th May 1967
Ronnie Simpson
Tommy Gemmell
Frank McLintock
Eddie McCreadie
Jim McCalliog
Jimmy Johnstone
Jim Baxter (captain)
Denis Law
Bobby Lennox
John Clark
Billy McNeill
Even The Lions needed a full eleven.
Chairbhoy
I don’t know or care if they are the same person or not. They re-inforce each other and they pollute the blog with racist thinking and Tin-foil politics.
I make no demands on the blog’s owner about revealing his views. Actions speak much louder than words and these posters are tolerated and unapologetic. I fear we will lose poster numbers and poster quality over time if this persists. There are times when I am shamed by what appears in Celtic’s name on here.
Now, for the avoidance of doubt, I am not a pal of gerald766 and I am only guessing at who he is. My belief is that he knows a lot more about Neil than Kojo does and he is defending Neil’s character.
You got caught in the crossfire today because you praised Kojo’s “insight”. To my mind, it was not a very insightful exchange at all. I felt there was a lot of attribution and post-hoc rationalisation going on. But, it was just a bad post,IMO, from you-nothing more sinister.
I think you are as safe from the risk of any insertions as I am from visiting violence on TSD. Mind you, if he’s marching with his mates up the Gallowgate this weekend I won’t vouch for his safety.
Angelgabriel,
I have seen the phone calls from the tower programme,harrowing stuff.
TET,
not sure about all the conspiracy theories,just feel that the courage shown by NYPD and FDNY was incredible that day,i say a prayer for them all this day
Bring On The Croatians….
By The Score….
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International Challenge Match
3:00 PM | 12 September 1984
Hampden Park Glasgow
SCOTLAND 6 YUGOSLAVIA 1 FT
Half-Time Score
(3 – 1)
Manager:
Jock Stein
Players:
1
Jim Leighton
2
Steve Nicol
3
Arthur Albiston
4
Graeme Souness

’18
5
Alex McLeish
6
Willie Miller
7
Kenny Dalglish
(Nicholas, ’54)
’31
8
John Wark
(McStay, ’46)
9
Mo Johnston
’66
10
Jim Bett
11
Davie Cooper
(Sturrock, ’54)
’11
No.
Playing Substitutes:
14
Paul McStay
(Wark, ’46)
15
Charlie Nicholas
(Dalglish, ’54)
’80
16
Paul Sturrock
(Cooper, ’54)
’64
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EqXXNqdLDsc&fulldescription=1&hl=en-GB&gl=GB&client=mv-google&guid=
Gordybhoy
Had a couple in the Dunti at the weekend. Is that a haunt of yours. Nice Guinness!
Delaneys Dunky,
not now used to be a few years ago,i now drink in the Hibs club or the Glenhead Social
Club to give it its proper name,i was there on Saturday night,not that I remember much about it :-))
Sftb and Jude
I think Ormond threw Jinky on for the last 5 mins against Yugoslavia but I may be wrong.
I do remember the ITV World Cup panel in the studio slaughtering the Scotland manager.
Bobby Charlton said that Jinky was Scotland’s best player so why was he warming the bench instead of playing in a crucial WC match that Scotland had to win.
Charlton also questioned why Lennox wasnt even in the squad. He’d appeared as a guest for Celtic in the Ron Yeats testimonial a month before, which Celtic won 4-1. The England Great said Lennox read his game to perfection and was a joy to play with, not to mention his lightning pace.
But not for wee Willie Ormond.
He picked an over the hill talisman Denis Law and a guy who wouldnt have got near the Celtic bench, Donald Ford.
These type of stories could fill a book bigger than War and Peace.
Good evening all
Too many experts on here now for me. The amount of info coming from some posters is, quite incredible. I have no doubt Google has had a doing. So I have decided to just lurk, and post occasionally, so, night night Timland.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar
hun skelper 21.28
:-) no worries, if the old bhoy is still around drinks are on me
TET 21.29
Cheers HH
Gordybhoy
Is Fr Joe Mills in St. Mary’s now?
weefra
The only experts we have are expert bletherers.
Don’t let any of them/us intimidate you.
Take care.
BTW My definition of expert is “someone who is called in at the last minute in order to take the blame”.
Delaneys,
Aye he is,quite a character I must say,any time I have come across him
Weefra
I’ve been called loads but expert certainly doesn’t sound familiar.
gordybhoy64
I also admire their courage, they should never have died.
When you get a spare 90mins, have a look at that vid, it may change your mind, or not, but for sure you won’t be 100% convinced it was an attack by terrorists.
HH
Ho ! Ena….
I See You Made Full Use Of Your Wee Break…..
To Re-Read Alinsky’s ‘Rules For Radicals’
And ‘Brush-Up’ On The Objectives…..
Of Gramschi & The Nefarious Marxist ‘Frankfurt School’…
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Saul Alinsky’s 12 Rules for Radicals
Here is the complete list from Alinsky.
* RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)
* RULE 2: “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why radicals don’t address the “real” issues. This is why. They avoid things with which they have no knowledge.)
* RULE 3: “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.)
* RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity’s very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)
* RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)
* RULE 6: “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. (Radical activists, in this sense, are no different that any other human being. We all avoid “un-fun” activities, and but we revel at and enjoy the ones that work and bring results.)
* RULE 7: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news. (Even radical activists get bored. So to keep them excited and involved, organizers are constantly coming up with new tactics.)
* RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)
* RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists’ minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)
* RULE 10: “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. (Unions used this tactic. Peaceful [albeit loud] demonstrations during the heyday of unions in the early to mid-20th Century incurred management’s wrath, often in the form of violence that eventually brought public sympathy to their side.)
* RULE 11: “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)
* RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)
[ TSD…He Soitenly Gets Carried Away Wi’ Rule#12 !…….Kojo]
Up The Hoops..!
BT
I though i got called an expert. .. then realised the t shoulda been a v :) ..
fieldofdrams.
Good opening post, hope you find the family link to the tim upholsterer…HH
pogmathonyahun aka laird of the smiles
the onlooker
Nov2006
I will be in Molly Malones watching the Milan game. I have already cornered the owner who assured me it would be on. I will remind him of this a few times between then and now to ensure it. If you fancy meeting up let me know
HH