When Anthony Stokes picked himself off the ground having won a penalty yesterday his eagerness for a piece of the action was clear. Having missed the majority of the season through injury he is a player with a point to prove.
The penalty correctly went to Kris Commons but Anthony still had an opportunity to remind us what a valuable player he can be. He is not the strongest or most skilful player at the club but he is a natural goal-scorer.
Competition for a place in Celtic’s attack has seldom been more acute. Lassad, Miku, Samaras, Stokes and Watt are all pressing for a place alongside Gary Hooper. Each of them will have to consider the possibility of new arrivals in the summer, when securing a place in the squad, never mind the starting line-up, will be a challenge.
Anthony’s return to fitness, and form, is a timely reminder of what he brings to Celtic, and what we have missed once or twice this season.
On Friday 1 March the Lisbon Lions will be at the Kerrydale Suite providing commentary and answering questions on their magnificent European Cup final win in 1967. This has never happened in 46 years since that game, to say it is a unique opportunity fails to tell the whole story.
The event is part of our 125 4 125 campaign – central to reinvigorating the charitable spirit which is part of the club we love. It will be a family occasions, tickets are available at £10 for adults and £5 for children. The night has been organised by several fans working in conjunction with the people at Celtic Charity, so please do your best to support this great occasion. Individual tickets or tables are available, details here.
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Sportscene never fails to surprise.
We are game 1.no after match comment whatsoever on DU penalty that never was.
The St Mirren incident rerun , I think, 6 times.
Move on to Aberdeen Dundee and we see a few reruns from this and last week’s games.
The only conclusion I can draw is they are taking the mickey out of us; it’s too blatant to be stupid; has to be deliberate with Maclean in the chair.
Think I have watched for last time this year unless a live game.
The only consolation I take is they must be hurting like hell. Good!!!
Michael
Who do ye support.?. Ah know ye are no a Celtic FAN..
You must be.. a Supporter of the Celtic.
Because..
A Celtic FAN.. wid never.. Choose the G.B. Over his Beloved, Beloveds.
The G.B. hiv goat themselves intae this Mess..
It is up tae them tae figure ooot….How tae get oota it.
It has nothing tae dae with.. Peter.
If the G.B. decide tae dig In thur heels..instead of proceeding with efforts tae Obviate the Bones of Contention,on which the Polis are chewing… tae the Satisfaction of All Parties Concerned..
Then Ah hiv No Sympathy with their Cause..
They need tae Change some of their.. Habits..
the Wans that are Proscribed in the Law..
Fur.. Like Ah said..
No Matter How the cookie Crumbles..
Ye jist canny..
Fight.. The Law.
Rules ur Rules.
Kojo
Still..Laughin’
Kojo
Still.. Laughin
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’
setting free the bears
21:10 on 17 February, 2013
Spot on!
About a year ago ( maybe more) I posted my view that if I were Lenny I’d plan future striking options around Stokes rather than Hooper. My argument at the time did not take account of the injuries that would befall Anthony – but thats just luck, the same could easily hamper Hopps at a later stage. My thinking at the time was that Celtic is the peak of Stokes ability (mostly due to his lack of pace) and I reckoned he’d be most likely to stick around. I also felt at the time he was the better finisher of the two. I still think if both played same number of games Stokes would out score Hooper over a 3 season period. He is a prolific SPL goal machine.
I hope he stays fit and gives Lenny something to think about. He even sounds like he is finally growing up.
Rules are for the little people.
Michael
23:01 on 17 February, 2013
petec @ 21.42
More pertinent, “would you want your son or daughter to join the polis?”
___________________________________________________________
My Son loves watching the Green Brigade as much as the team on the park, especially when we get tickets close to that section. He is 12 now and there is no doubt he will want to be alongside supporters like that in a few years time, it is human nature at that age.
Energy, a Love of Celtic and impressionable, who has not been there?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPtGFYdwPIk
Of Course ,the Rules Never Apply tae Folk like Me
Right?
Kojo
Still..Laughin’
burnley78
21:15 on 17 February, 2013
I think you will find most on here are well aware of the goings on.
Welcome to the twenty first century.hh
I think its time PL made an official statement saying that Celtic FC do not furnish personal information and seat numbers to plod. If not then we can only assume that in fact they do.
I believe we have the option to resign Stokes for another year, we’ll do it.
Stokes is a great SPL player, ever playing poor he’ll score. The guy is a goal machine, injured, out of form, the guy still ends up scoring goals.
jimmci
The only consolation I take is they must be hurting like hell. Good!!!
I will second that,gives me some satisfaction.
Awerabest PJ
Kojo
Surely a club statement would clarify matters?
Kojo
23:22 on
17 February, 2013
Well Spoken. Just as well you are not a racist mind
Shall we reminesce?
HH
CRC
No way PL responds to a statement signed from C**tbhoy, what were they thinking.
petec @ 23:25
Unless things are sorted Neil will be bringing the league trophy over to an empty 111 on the 16th March.
There is not a lot of time for the club to sort this out.
What’s this I hear about the Celtic support being drawn from the non native population?
The majority of Celtic supporters are not Scottish?
News to me.
Burnley78
21.15
Well said.
TT
The GB say the have never met Neil Lennon….”Lets go to war banner” depicting Lennon setting fire to ibrox and had huns fc written on the stadium….to me thats not clever,stupid idiotic more the work of an imbecile….this is the type of thing the rags love to get a hold of,thankfully they didnt…..for all we know maybe neils got second thoughts on them…..are flares necessary at football matches…far as i know theyre banned……….no mention of noise at the juve game on here about the noise which sounded like fire crackers coming from their section……saw 2 policemen trying to get involved after everthinghad come to an end…..i think this is the incident which has sparked everthing off………have to say the were missed yesterday
CultsBhoy
Yes.. Ah agree completely, with your comment.
A Club Statement oan the Matter,is Needed..
and Ah Fully Expected Wan…Forthwith.
Howevahhhhhh..
It noo looks like .. that Statement wull be Publish..
Presently. or. in the Passage of Time..
Still..
Ah know Wan of they Things . wull Arrive..Fur Sure..
but
Ah couldnae really tell ye.. jist
When.
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’
Would any of the posters, who tend to always quantify their support for the Green Brigade with a large BUT,
still attend Celtic Park if they received even a fraction of the police attention that the GB get.
Kojo
23:22 on 17 February, 2013
I have seen with my own eyes Celtic fans being questioned by Police and not just going into the ground. I’m talking 400 metres and further away from the ground. People being questioned and not even being in a group. It is totally wrong.
I appreciate you are not over here but it IS happening and it is sinister IMO.
The Huddle 23.29
Bang on .
How can PL respond to such a name.
TT
I’m watching Shutter Island.
I’m now wondering what reality is?
A statement from an unknown unidentified spokesman for an unaffiliated group
or
The silence of the succulent lambs.
I am sure as meat only Findus Lasagne that there is a grain of truth somewhere and both sides believe they have the moral high ground.
I’m a wee bit high and hallucinatory at the moment having had potatoes for dinner for the first time in a week.
Self imposed, cardiologist advised diet.
Can I just go along and forget life’s issues for 90mins and support the Hoops?
What are the GB all about anyway?
Behave it’s not about the football :O)
Kojo
Think you are missing the point. The treatment of our support is the thing. Now yesterday it was the GB turn (again) and they are certainly getting the brunt of it.
But two weeks ago I had a humiliating experience at the hands of one of these smirking cops. The clown felt the need to search me for drink in front of my 13 year old son.
Tomorrow it might be your turn and if plod takes a dislike to you or needs the arrest, who knows were the trumped up charge may lead.
Dont post often but lurk a lot. The debate with regard to the GB is getting split into the Polis are all huns and the GB is the beating heart of the Celtic support and can do no wrong. No let me declare right at the outset I am not a Polis but I do know many and a high percentage are good tims who are quite open with where their allegiances lay with their colleagues. I suspect that there are quite a few chaps jockeying for position within the new Scottish Police Force and within a future independant Scotland who are trying to build a reputation here. The GB are open season and I suspect many are correct that it would suit many on the board if the GB were not an issue any more.
Like the Polis, as not all Polis are huns, not all GB members are god fearing members of society. And, it may well be, I dont know any of the GB, that like society in general there are a few bad apples among them.
However, I like the Green Brigade. I enjoy what they bring to Celtic Park (mostly).Without them there would be little to no atmosphere.The Celtic support must stand behind the GB and voice their support. Let the board know that victimisation of the GB is not acceptable as victimisation of any other part of society is similarly not acceptable.
Quiet Man
I hope the GB fully read and take heed of everything you stated. I have feared this would happen for sometime. The foot soldiers of the GB the ones the give the team fantastic vocal support have been badly mislead by their leaders.
The penalty awarded against Celtic on Saturday highlights how we don’t need to give anyone an opportunity to punish Celtic. The same goes for the support I remember one of my first away matches at Pittodrie a young fan was arrested for stepping onto
papa john 23:26 on 17 February, 2013
Love your pizza.
‘GG with food cravings.
TT
He can respond to the Green Brigade
He can respond to the allegations.
His silence will damn him
Celticrollercoaster
Pal..
Do you Think that I am a Racist?
Hmmmmmm
My, you really are stretching
If ye canny Argue yer Point of View… like a Normal Person..and stick tae the Subject at haun..
then..
Do ye really believe that Calling a Guy a Racist.. maks a lick o’ sense..?
Ah’ll answer that fur ye…in case ye hiv difficulty..
Na..
It is jist plain.. Whacko.
Kojo.
Still..Laughin’
BrotherAidanIwisnaelate
welcome to CQN land
Are you sure you are not a zombie? (huns are dead!) :-)
HH
CRC
Re GB I’m not commiting myself one way or other until I read a fullclub statement. In the eabsence of it I’m going on impressions. My impression is that GB add more that they detract. They are fundamental to stadium armosphere and possibly future support of the team.
I accept that they have the odd idiotic banner that is unhelpful to club image but young people do daft things.
Right now I’m going on impression and I like the GB and what they bring – daft banners, aside. However if the club tell me something sinister is going on and provide rational for their support of Police – I could be persauded otherwise..
The Bhoys that were arrested should be aware that this can affect their house / car insurance even if they found not guilty as you must declare this on application for insurance and also on your renewal. Be careful out there Bhoys.
ps If they are still living at home their parents must also declare it.
CRC
Don’t give the joko racist oxygen
scroll on by – I know big Bobo does
Canamalar. Sadly many malcontents in our support are all to ready to dance the tune which the establishment wish them to.
Whether it is anti strachan. Anti Quinn anti fergus or anti board. Our malcontents fall for the establishment ‘divide and conquer tactic every time.
Challenging our leadership and rallying against them moaning and having a cause is our way.
Just as we are about to put clear water between ourselves and our rivals the only winners in this will be those who dislike and detest our club.
Evidenced by many new posters on here stiring the pot.
I respect you are convinced the GB statements are true. I think there is much more to this and would rather understand the full picture.
big-cup-winners @ 23:40
It will never be Kojo’s turn. He wouldn’t know a fitba’ ground if it landed on him.
The GB statement wasn’t penned or signed by C***BHOY.
Here it is copied from the GB site:
Group Statement
Posted on February 17, 2013 by admin
Towards the end of 2012, the Green Brigade announced a two-match boycott of Celtic Park due to the continued police harassment of our members. We hoped to highlight the extent of our ill-treatment and perhaps force the police into a re-think regarding their bully boy tactics. Sadly the harassment has actually worsened since then, leading up to the events of yesterday which left the group with little choice but to leave the stadium before kick-off.
It has reached the stage where our very existence is under serious threat as fans will not continue to pay £500+ to be treated like criminals.
After the disappointment of Tuesday night, we had made it our intention to thank the team for their efforts and once again back them to the hilt. However, it was clear that the police, and indeed club officials, were not going to allow this to happen.
Even before we had even got near Celtic Park, the police had tracked us down at the CSA on London Road. They took our merchandise off of people who had recently purchased it and questioned the staff as to why our members were allowed in the building.
As we approached the stadium and began to enter, some members were told that they were to leave as they had received a football banning order. No warning or explanation was given. Others were greeted by a message at the turnstile after swiping their card that read “suspended for one game.” Again, without any warning or explanation as to why this was the case. These ‘’bans’’ were at the behest of the club and not the police, for reasons still unknown.
We were then approached by a Celtic steward who advised us to be wary when entering the section, as he was advised by Strathclyde Police that they intended to arrest some of our members, and that they were in possession of a ‘wanted’ list with names and pictures of the unfortunate fans who were to be singled out. It was at this point that we decided that we were putting our own members at risk by entering the stadium. As we made our way to the exits, one Focus officer, Tommy McCrindle, was grinning from ear to ear, goading the group into a reaction that fortunately he never got.
It would seem that the police and indeed the club have upped the ante even further in recent weeks. The facts are;
– We are now 10 members down since the turn of the year.
– We have had two members arrested and charged over the ‘zombie’ banner that was unfurled at the Norwich friendly. One of those members was arrested at a busy airport in front of family on arrival from holiday.
– The first of those charged had his first court appearance last week. This was laughed out of court but not before the stress and inconvenience of telling family members, taking time off work and missing big matches.
– Numerous members’ have been harassed at their homes in recent weeks, another clear tactic of intimidation.
This is all done under the say-so of Strathclyde Police’ FoCus unit. Celtic supporters have the same police officers following them week in, week out. This allows them to become familiar with the names and faces of our fans. It would appear that they use this familiarity to try to intimidate us even further. Simple things like name-dropping partner’s names or family members’ names has become an all too common theme. It’s all part of the bullying nature of this unit. The aforementioned McCrindle actually has on his social networking site that his job description is “full-time Fume-a-pest & termite control.” McCrindle was also in the midst of controversy following the Juventus game, as three members were arrested to be charged with a minor breach of the peace which quickly became offensive behaviour at the football, leading to banning orders being made a part of said members bail conditions. McCrindle even went as far as to attempt to pressure the Procurator Fiscal in to ensuring that one of the accused would not even be granted bail. The sad thing is that it’s our money that pays this man’s wages, whilst also affording this unit countless ‘’working holidays’’ to places like Amsterdam, Barcelona and Moscow.
After the last boycott, Peter Lawwell and Neil Lennon publicly expressed their desire to meet with us to iron out any issues we may have. We decided that this was something which we should try to use, so contacted them via a private email about this almost immediately. Sadly, they were ‘too busy’ but would contact us when they were ready. We’re still waiting on them getting back to us about that particular email, although we did receive one prior to the Juventus game with an agenda that in no way mentioned any of the concerns that we outlined. We advised that we weren’t prepared to discuss anything any further with them until our initial request was granted. We are still no further forward with that and as a result, any relationship with the club has completely disintegrated. Since this relationship has broken down the ticket office has become entirely uncooperative with us whilst the chief steward with whom we had a good working relationship with has been moved post.
We have never met with Neil Lennon before but have had numerous dealings with Lawwell in recent years. At almost every meeting, he has made promises that were never kept so this is nothing new. He met our members to discuss the fall-out over the “Let’s go to War banner” that depicted Lennon setting fire to Ibrox and had “Huns FC” written on the stadium. This led to charges and court cases which lasted 18 months for 3 of our members. We had met with Lawwell to discuss this and to see if he could lend his support to the case. Lawwell advised us that he thought the charge was ‘a joke’ and it was his opinion that the term ‘huns’ was in no way offensive. Furthermore, he went onto say he’d be happy for the club to defend us in court. We were clearly delighted with this. However, when our lawyer contacted him about this a few weeks down the line, Lawwell denied all knowledge of the meeting and refused to comment any further. As if that wasn’t bad enough, a senior member of Celtic security, David Brannan, was used as a prosecution witness.
We have heard in the last couple of weeks of meetings involving Lawwell and other Celtic fan groups. At these meetings, Lawwell has made no secret of the fact that he intends to see the end of the group sooner rather than later. He was quoted as saying that he would “give them enough rope to hang themselves.” We were told that Lawwell used CCTV footage of the section to pinpoint who he felt the ringleaders were and picked out a member as someone who ‘had to go’. We have also been informed that other fans groups may have attended similar meetings with Peter Lawwell and if this were the case, we would find it extremely disheartening that we were not informed of the club’s intentions by other Celtic fans. At this stage however Celtic’s agenda seems clear – They are intent on finishing the group off.
Our decision not to attend yesterday’s match was not something that we had planned. We simply felt that it was a decision that had to be made purely to protect our own members and those within 111. It has now gotten to the stage whereby members of our group live in constant fear of the police showing up at their homes or workplace with a trumped up charge, or to be told that they are banned from football matches as they approach the gates of 111. Now, more than ever, the continued support of the rest of the Celtic fans is appreciated immensely. We cannot stress enough that if things do not change for the better, the group will be unable to continue to attend matches to support the club that we all love.