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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Englandshire humiliated by 405 runs at Lords & Sue Barker should be humiliated too!
BBC impartial comentary my bahookie.
HH
Gerry
This golf is hotting up :-)
Go Monaghan !!
Great first half, after dodgy first 5 mins. 4pt lead at HT.
Protected lead in 2nd half, inviting Donegal to take long shots.
Tactics paid off, just, as Donegal had numerous wides – incl last kick of game which would have tied game.
Some will say Donegal threw it away, going by attempts at pts – other way of looking at would be to say Monaghan deserved it by putting pts on the board and restricting Donegal to shots from long range, resulting in numerous wides.
Either way – Monaghan won
:-) :-) :-)
Jude
Theres a couple of useful programs for cleaning out your computer that might be worth a try.
I use WinASO Registry Optimiser and CCleaner.
They are both very similar…..they can delete a lot of the junk that builds up through browsing the internet and also deleting old and unused registry keys.
They pretty much have a lot of Windows tools all available in the 1 program and it saves time looking through Windows to find them.
They will also defragment your hard drive and can stop some of the programs that are on your taskbar from starting automatically(they can make it take longer to boot up)
Id say try a few of those and if its still slow maybe its down to your hard drive being almost full or perhaps your laptop could now be doing with a RAM upgrade?
Perhaps a few things to try?
Jude
Some Security programs like Norton can have a real slow down effect as well so perhaps if your troubles have started after installing new security….it may be that program.
Got talking to some Ingerlanders in the hotel last night. Burnley, Blackburn and Chelsea fans
Usual football chat and I saw it coming when I mentioned my team.
‘Bit of a pub league now up there isn’t It.’?
‘Hmm, that Fox & Hounds team that beat Barcelona two years ago did alright’
jmccormick
16:16 on 19 July, 2015
Hope you don’t mind me asking what was that Galacian Fish stew like ?
I just got a sausage supper out of the chippie, so far I am still in the good books
Thunder Road
16:54 on
19 July, 2015
Jude
Id say try a few of those and if its still slow maybe its down to your hard drive being almost full or perhaps your laptop could now be doing with a RAM upgrade?
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A memory upgrade can make a difference and it is easy to do amd not necessarly expensive.
I use Crucial’s memory scanner which will look at how many memory slots are in the box/laptop and recommend an upgrade with a price.
If there are free slots then they can be used if non free then the chip held can be replaced by one with more memory.
Web site is here http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/memory-info folks can either use menu if they know their system or download the scanner. I’ve used it a lot.
The Comfortable Collective
All well and re VVD – however if the CB from Pollok has CL and Europa league experience, particularly the CL which is a higher standard than the EPL, this is a factor which the potential buyers like to downplay as it drives up the value
Hh
prestonpans bhoys
16:19 on 19 July, 2015
Going there tomorrow, paradise bar for the game on wedensday, canny wait to get out of Scotland pishing down all day :-) hh
Jude
Regarding your hard drive……IF it is about 3/4 full it will be slowing you laptop down.
Sometimes it can fill up quickly if you save lots of images from a digital camera so moving them onto an external drive like a usb stick or memory card can free up a lot of space and speed your device up again.
You may also have some old programs that you do not use that could be uninstalled.
gerryfaethebrig
Hello there, now I feel you may be at the wind up, nothing wrong with a sausage supper. For me a puddin supper with a single steak pie is my go to option, especially from the Atlantic in Whifflet.
Today’s fish stew ended up as an oven dish. Got stuck into the strong cider in the euphoria of my Olympian road running efforts. FYI I polished off 3 bottles all with an ABV in excess of 7% before 2pm. Decided to throw new potatoes, garlic, peppers, red onion, capers and paprika into a flat dish full of sizzling olive oil. After 25 minutes. , I added lemon juice, more paprika and white Rioja. Five minutes later I slapped sea bass and cod fillets on top, sealed with foil and stuck in oven for 10 minutes.
In the interim, I was starting on the rest of the white Rioja whilst cutting up some nice bread.
All told, the dish was glorious , myself and the Mrs dined like millionaires for a few quid.
What’s not to like?
That’ll teach you for asking….
HH
gerryfaethebrig
Maybe should have said. ” that’ll learn you “instead.
Cheers
Congrats to Monaghan.
They thoroughly deserved the win, though had Donegal shown more composure late on, they could have caught them, but it would have been undeserved.
I think a revamp, with fresh faces, if they are around, is required for Donegal.
Mon the Paul Dunne
jmccormick
17:21 on 19 July,
Never at the wind up, I am the worst lier in the world (must be a confessional thing) I can assure you I type as I think, sometimes not s good thing, I honestly enjoyed your Galacian fish stew post and trust me wee miss GFTB loves her sausage & fritters fae the chippie, she eats enough of all that fruit & veg nonsense every day !
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2015-2016/west-brom-star-james-mcclean-criticised-for-turning-back-on-national-anthem_sto4826630/story.shtml
Cathach: Saw your message earlier. Hope to see you on Wednesday.
traditionalist88
Time for Celtic to smash the ‘SPL wee diddy league’ paradox.
VVD is the perfect opportunity to drive a hard bargain, when and if the time comes.
No more Celtic bargains.
jmccormick
Atlantic chippie ?? Don’t believe the rags, Sandros fae Townhead or the Fountain fae the Fountain are the best !
bournesouprecipe
17:46 on 19 July, 2015
traditionalist88
Time for Celtic to smash the ‘SPL wee diddy league’ paradox.
VVD is the perfect opportunity to drive a hard bargain, when and if the time comes.
No more Celtic bargains.
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Unfortunately Celtic won’t have a say in this one, VVD will be the one who decides.
And Celtic have done very well these past few years in the selling, we aren’t mugs.
gerryfaethebrig
Glad you took it in good heart, to be honest looking at your posts I thought you would. I have had a few wee nights out in the brig back in the day…a place called Scruffy Murphys? I think. I am probably a good 10 years older than you so maybe before your time..
Anyway, if you get the chance use my recipe, no fee of course, I’m on the second bottle of white Rioja and all is well with the world.
By the way, we always enjoyed spanking you Coatbridge boys at the football, Espyside in particular.
HH
almore
17:45 on 19 July, 2015
In the boozer today and a few were talking about next Easter they seem to think there could be trouble (non Cqners) I asked them why they thought that, thankfully they couldn’t answer, by the way very good guys
gerryfaethebrig
Will take your advice on the chippy….always liked the stuff from Atlantic though.
Had a busy weekend. Griffiths proving yesterday that if you supply him he will score! Great to see.
Positive result going into midweek.
LB
jmccormick
17:50 on 19 July, 2015
Scruffy Murphys !!!!!
Tbat was my “manor” grew up next to the pictures and at one point in Scruffys I had a biurd in each corner, which wasn’t bad for somebody as ugly as me, back in the day if you knew some of the songs fallen heroes it got you a “lumvber” sometimes can’t understand how I ended up marrying a Sebconian (darling if you are lurking you are the best)
the_huddle
We won’t keep a disaffected player. I’m sure Celtic have told VVD quietly through successive windows, that we’ll sell when the correct offer is made.
VVD doesn’t set the price Celtic will, and my point is we should have a look at the ridiculous prices paid in transfersville, before we set the price.
It’s time for Celtic to raise the bar, and that’s based on each time I see VVD play, including his thirty yard pin point pass for the fourth goal, just yesterday.
Not too shabby for a CB
HH
almore
Will you be over on the 1st for our opening game?
Have kinda composed something and decided what id like to do but would like to hear what you think.
Celtic have been great over the past years when selling to the EPL, if VVD goes there then I’m sure we’ll get a good price but I don’t think we are in the position to demand some crazy fee (as the player will know he’s being priced out of a move)
Irish amateur player Paul Dunne was 1,500-1 to win the open to start the open.
jmccormick
17:50 on 19 July, 2015
Espuside, if you could kick a ball “down the parks” you could kick a ball anywhere, BigShuggy will be on soon talking about about “the parks” by the way BigShuggy had me by the throat one day in those dressing rooms, you might find this hard to believe but I was at fault
BSR
Exactly, if Ross McCormack can go for 11m then we have to re-evaluate our position. Sometimes I think EPL sides are more willing to pay the higher fee when they know wage demands are going to be astromonical, which is not the case with guys coming from Scotland
HH
traditionalist88
18:02 on 19 July, 2015
BSR
Exactly, if Ross McCormack can go for 11m then we have to re-evaluate our position. Sometimes I think EPL sides are more willing to pay the higher fee when they know wage demands are going to be astromonical, which is not the case with guys coming from Scotland
HH
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Villa captain Delph went for £8mill and Man Us Evans is apparently going for £10mill, sure the fees are stupid in England but not all are stupid.
gerryfaethebrig
Espyside, made Easter Road look like the Camp Nou!
Scruffy Murphys? Never even knew there were women in there…mind you drink had always been taken.
Gerryfaethebrig: I can’t see why anyone would think that. It will be a massive national event with many political, trade union and community groups taking part. There will be plenty of Garda supervision so I don’t see any safety issues at all. It will be as big and as well supervised as the St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Aleksander Tonev is being allowed to leave Villa, I don’t know if Villa are looking for a fee or not.
I would have liked him to have done a lot better for us but it wasn’t to be.
traditionalist88
Very good point.
It seems to me that class and pedigree should not be dictated by which league the transfer system happens to find you playing in.
If EPL clubs had scouted and bought VVD from Eredivisie in the first place maybe the way he’s playing now they’d be happy to pay double figure millions, that is paid across the EPL and even The Championship.
It’s time for Celtic to ‘buck the trend’ of low price CL experienced players, and demand more money.
Thunder Road: I will be over on the 1st and can meet up after the game. I volunteered for the Kano Foundation pre-match collection. I’ll email you in the week before the match