There’s something healthy when the arrival of a new striker, who has yet to trouble the net, has raised the game of an incumbent. If you talk to footballers they’ll tell you they need to be challenged. Even most greats hit a comfort zone, where they know they are cherished by manager and fans alike, so that knot in the stomach about where the next contract is coming from never materialises.
Gary Hooper missed this at Celtic. He was the apple of Neil Lennon’s eye, and clearly top striker at Celtic, but a few seasons in his appetite for the same old challenge seemed to wane. I’m assured by those who shared a dressing room with Henrik Larsson, this was one area which set the Swede aside. The accolades meant nothing to him, he wanted every trophy, every record, which perhaps indicates why he captured the Champions League in his mid-30s.
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Jimmynotpaul, the similarities are there in the posting styles of Ryecatcher and Rudi, but it may be coincidental.
I fear we may lose Cifcti for a minimum of five games if the SFA behave in their normal manner.
Just off to the hospital to have my check up to confirm or not that I am as thick as a bottle of chips.
GER57
Or bring it along on 10/10. Save the postage and the sure and certain outcome of it not arriving.
prestonpans bhoys
Congratulations to you both and may you have many more together .
Right fellow tims,that’s me heading off for a nice lunch with my wife, Paddy and his girlfriend. Off to that nice Italian that you talk highly about in the city centre. Hail Hail.
leftclicktic
I hope you are not referring to me…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Prestonpans Bhoys:
Many congratulations to you both.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
JNP
Enjoy amigo, I hope P has his cheque book! :-)
Morning all followers of the green and white sun……would like to add my congrats to prestonpan bhoy and his better half…Dallas …keep it lit ….Orcs cannot abide our Sun…
Leftclicktic……..inspirational stuff….awfy braw ……
tattie roguers of the land unite !
braw
DALLASDALLAS
I’ve never seen bottled chips. I think anyone who suggests such an anathema deserves to be vilified.
Bottled chips,ffs. Whitedoghunch will be raging.
Btw,welcome to the legion of the trolled. You have finally arrived. Your encyclopaediac knowledge of all things Celtic doesn’t cut any mustard with us,you know.
Only once you have been well and truly trolled can you really call yourself a proper CQNer.
Yorkbhoy @ 11:07
The only part of that with which I disagree is `probably` .
Dallas Dallas,
Where can I purchase a bottle of chips? That`s the kind of information that could come in handy before any lengthy journey.
VizreadersCSC
Re Cifti, maybe it was lost in translation. Maybe being bitten in Turkish is like being kissed in Scotland? Anyway, 10 game ban I think.
Happy 25th anniversary to me prestonpans and his good lady wife
The weather at St Andrews is deteriorating. Should suit the British and Irish players. Paul Lawrie came from 10 shots behind on the final day at Carnoustie in 1999. If he can get over the disappointment of yesterday, he could still be in with a shout. I agree with the poster earlier, and the bookies, that young Spieth is favourite. What a player!
Chris McLaughlin @BBCchrismclaug 1h1 hour ago
SPFL agrees 3 year deal allowing Scottish Football to be shown on mainstream TV in China for first time. Worth around 500k a year.
In deepest Burgundy on grand parental duty and had to share this with you. The youngest of the three to the daughter who is married to a Frenchman is just eighteen months and a bright, lively wee chap he is. Books are beginning to absorb him for ten minutes now and again and one in particular. It is one of those that is heavy on detail with streets and parks full of people. He is picking up words rapidly and so we spot the cats, the dogs, the woman who looks a bit like Grandma and so on. I spot a certain figure in green and white hoops on two of the pages in the large size format. Only once did I have to tell him and now when asked, “Where is Celtic?” he points straight to that figure. I will glow for the rest of the time we are here.
PATMCGRATHTAKESAPENALTY
Get ’em young,mate. Good man!
Billybear
11:21 on 20 July, 2015
Och when you’re a big team you just have to have the squad to deal with these things. Having said that I was hoping he’d get a run out in the challenge cup, oh wait….
embramike says “the Huns are Deid”
Is that a better deal than BBC currently pay the league for?
LB
To me
I give up on this new phone 8((
Sorry bhoys, changed mobile number again
Back to original which finished 757
Have the SFA done away with ‘not guilty’ and ‘not proven’?
dallas dallas where the heck is dallas
10:52 on 20 July, 2015
Graffiti on the wall and Roy Croppie, was that photo from the Feyenord tournament we played in around 1981? Don’t know, to be honest with you …. Had a wee look on google ,, you could be right though ….. HH
Just checking the betting for the gowf. 33/1 that the winner will win by 2 shots or less. I think that’s amazing value. They go 6/4 that the winning margin will be 3 shots. What do I know?
As there has been some talk of the Royals on here of late, here is one from Viz Letters:
“So Princes Harry and William are throwing a party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their mother’s death. I’m glad that they can finally laugh about it, but throwing a party seems a bit harsh.”
JJ
patmcgrathtakesapenalty
It’s all the wee gems that build up the treasure ,enjoy.
PATMCGRATHTAKESAPENALTY
braw ….with french accent…
braw
LiviBhoy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33594354
GER57
33-1? Strange one,that. Likelihood is a playoff tomorrow,IMO.
Glad you had a good time on Saturday,mate. I hear you had to be called Gerry just to get in!
Computer Bhoys.
Some help required here. Whenever anyone posts a link to a Tweet, for example,
“embramike says “the Huns are Deid”
11:22 on
20 July, 2015
Chris McLaughlin @BBCchrismclaug 1h1 hour ago”
no other posts will appear on that page. Thanks to BMCUW, I now know that switching over from Chrome to Safari shows all the new posts. Any ideas why it happens in Chrome?
JJ
Is Paul Dunne a `Paul Dunne`?
Neustadt-Braw
Mental pictures
Allo allo
Brewwwwwwwwwwwww
Till later all
prestonpans bhoys
10:26 on 20 July, 2015
Congratulations (commiserations to the wife)
So much for a day off watching the golf getting dragged shopping seemingly the Mrs has John Lewis vouchers to spend on the bright side wee yin is wanting to go to Maggie Mays for some lunch so the thought of a wee cold cider might get me through the shopping just a pity the wee blade prefers Maggie Mays grub to crisps in the Tollbooth
I haven’t saw the Nadir bite once but in my opinion I don’t think he done it and would find him not guilty
Dallas Dallas like the Nadir situation I missed your exchanges last night but like others I agree with you
Hail Hail
This week sees the 20th anniversary of the Celtic tradition…..The Huddle
@celticwiki
Dallas Dallas
I believe that team pic is from the Feynoord tournament. We also played a few games in the USA that summer too.
Anyway if you are as ‘thick as a bottle of chips’ God help the rest of us. Well done on your measured replies, for me some of them are just not worth bothering about. Too many good Celtic people on here to let them win.
HH
Has Ciftci emerged from the Black Site at the SFA yet:))
leftclicktic
Nice deal that. The Kodi Brigade will be pleased. The commentary may be interesting.
LB
LIVIBHOY
Aye. When they mention our No 9,we’ll get a bottle of chips.
Lovingly
In the absence of DBBIA I can only advise that ole Celts legend Zheng Zhi will be doing the summarising .
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Zhi
BLANTYRETIM
Ain’t autocorrect a bitch?