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Strikers and the comfort zone

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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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  2. Canamalar on

    bgx,

     

    I’m pretty sure you know what the bible says and your too big a coward to term the question in the way you want to, you get closer with

     

     

    “Canamaler..I Honestly Dont Have a Clue what happens to muslims who dont believe Jesus is their Saviour…U tell me…”

     

     

    when you specify the Christ but still trying to get some one else to say what you are afraid to say.

     

    Go on, from your knowledge of the bible

     

    “What happens to muslims who dont believe Jesus is their Saviour”

     

    What does the bible tell us happens ? That is after all what you want a Christian to tell you when you know exactly what the bible says, no ?

  3. jimbo67 on

    Roy Croppie @ 21.10

     

     

    I was there. One of my all time favourite moments. In anything

     

     

     

    Jimbo67

  4. Jungle Jim Hot Smoked on

    “.However, we were given freedom of choice”

     

     

    Really? Do we need information before we exercise that freedom?

     

    JJ

  10. ThompsonTwin on

    Harry Boe

     

    —————-

     

    Interesting!

     

     

    Of course there are some deluded, brainwashed and demented pr**ks on here, who would put up an argument that our squad should consist only of SNP comedians, from Holyrood and Westminster, and who would replace Peter, Ronny and Johnny, with Salmond, Sturgeon and Hosie.

     

     

    Now that Spencey has thrown his lot in with the Tayside chapter – he could do all the interviews.

  12. Billybear on

    Canamalar, prove me wrong!

     

    By the way, I don’t believe in re-incarnation. I believed it in my last life, but not this one. :-)

  13. IniquitousIV on

    That young lad Larsson at Helsingorg looks like he will become a fair player. But does he have any kind of pedigree?

  21. jamesgang on

    billybear

     

     

    21:33 on 19 July, 2015

     

    Canamalar, prove me wrong!

     

    By the way, I don’t believe in re-incarnation. I believed it in my last life, but not this one. :-)

     

     

    ——-

     

     

    Spoken like a true Zombie!!

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  22. jimbo67 on

    Roy Croppie

     

     

    I believe my mum and dad went a touch radio rental at that one – my mum asked my dad if she thought I’d be okay to which he replied ‘Kit we’ll not see him for days’. And he was right.

     

     

    Jimbo67

  24. Canamalar on

    billybear,

     

    I think the onus is on you to verify your claims, I did not make any unsubstantiated claims, you did, so as I said, prove it, back up your claim.

  26. What is the Stars on

    Canamalar

     

    ” I did not make any unsubstantiated claims”

     

    Ahem! !.do you remember that uefa investigation into rangers when they were still alive that you entertained us with for a few weeks.

  31. jimbo67 on

    Roy Croppie

     

     

    Certainly as good as any I have been on- the craic is always good on these away trips but a win doesn’t help add to the pleasure.

     

     

    Jimbo67

  32. sixtaeseven - Gardez la Foi on

    First MEGA mistake from the new Serpico manager (Warb-something?) to say that the Hibs match is a pre-season thing.

     

     

    The Hibs boys will have that pinned up in the dressing room.

     

     

    Could be a Motherwell-esque scoreline over the 90mins.

     

     

    In which case the Warb-something dynasty would be over as his feet wouldn’t touch the ground on his way back to Bradford? Brentford? Branflakes?

     

     

    On the other hand, and in a parallel universe, he could be the real McCall !!!

     

     

    Ha ha ha

  34. Canamalar on

    bgx,

     

    We both know exactly what you tried to do and we both know you will twist and squirm, I never said you read the bible, I said use the knowledge you have of the bible, you knew enough to identify a very specific and pertinent point fundamental to your whole argument, the reference you identified about the saviour.

     

    I do know better than to discuss with an disingenuous coward but I think we’ve made my point on this sufficiently to call it a day at that :)

     

    Good night :)

  35. sixtaeseven - Gardez la Foi on

    roy croppie

     

     

    “Forest away”?

     

     

    I was already imagining the 10 zillion euros we would be getting for wee Jamsie…

  36. Canamalar on

    WITS,

     

    You still smarting :)

     

    A bit weak trying to tie that into the current discussion,no :)

  38. BGX on

    Canamaler.Sit down Girlfriend..You gettin awful upset…I was never involved in an Arguement…..Chill…Laughing..

  41. Auldheid on

    Joe Filippis Haircut

     

     

     

     

    20:51 on

     

     

    19 July, 2015

     

     

     

     

    Gerryfaethebrig. When we go to confession the priest is only the mediator between us and Jesus and our forgiveness comes not from the priest but Jesus.

     

     

    ==================================

     

    You could argue that if Jesus is within, then forgiveness essentially comes from self, but perhaps through adopting the same forgiving attitude Jesus had of others, for self?

     

     

    Here is an exchange between The International Forgiveness Institute and myself on the subject of forgiving self that touches on the matter.

     

     

     

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B62m3ggkEX2RTXRiWWo1QXVmY3M/view?usp=sharing

  42. Canamalar on

    bgx,

     

    Me upset, not likely :)

     

    Done and dusted :)

     

    Nail you to the cross and daubing vinegar on the wounds now

     

    Yer mealy mouth and pathetic scorn are pitiful, as I said

     

    We’ve shown your motives and agenda clearly enough, thank you.

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