Striking partners, sloppy thinking, define overinvestment

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It’s difficult to say for sure if Stjarnan are the worst team I’ve seen Celtic play but they are there or there about.  They defended resolutely, have a good goalkeeper and scored a fine goal, but they are no Arbroath.

Ronny will be annoyed at the loss of the early goal.  I always think of San Marino’s opening goal against England on these occasions.  This was back in the 90s, when San Marino weren’t the team they are now (cough).  England took kick off but found themselves a goal down after 7 seconds.  They lost a sloppy goal because they were far too complacent, as did Celtic last night.

One thing which will be clear to all is the focus on goal Leigh Griffiths brought when he came on.  It will be tempting to contrast this to Nadir Ciftci, who looked (and was) less potent, but Leigh’s first sight of goal came as a result of Nadir’s work.  I suspect both benefit from being able to play off a partner.

The passing looked better last night and it was good to see the lungs remained productive until late in the game.  We now have a big week of preparation ahead of the next round.

Delighted to see the Celtic Foundation on the shirts last night, well done to all concerned.  The Foundation should feature more prominently in everything we do (fans and club).  And if you’ve got a pair of trainers, sign up for the Great Scottish Run.

Just caught news of Newco’s £175k bid for Scott Allan.  Define overinvestment, to use local parlance.

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  1. Cosy Corner Bhoy,

     

     

     

    I made a bit of progress re your quest to shake the hand of the Crusader.

     

     

    I spoke to a friend who is a member of the congregation there. It is an Anglican Church now.

     

     

    Anyway, there is plenty of history there…venue of the premier of the Messiah.

     

     

    Clogher

  2. Quote from daily mirror on kirk clubfoot’s bsn for sectarian abuse directed at jones McLean

     

     

    ‘Broadfoot was born into a Protestant family in Ayrshire and is known to be a staunch supporters of certain cultural traditions relating to his religion.’

     

     

    Noddy explains bigotry to English people. Volume 1.

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  3. I hope we have formally noted interest in Scott Allan….just bump up his price. Nice try by Hins to buy a win over Hibees this weekend.

     

     

    Acting like oldco…

  4. So I’ve been thinking about this gay marriage thing,

     

    What happens if two brothers want to get married(one is in his 20’s the other is 10) well it’s no like they can breed kids but the incest might create a wee bit of controversy, them, get this, they turn up at a fundamentalist Christian church (go wild here, Catholic Church) and the priest says no.

     

    Who are you supporting ?

  5. I’ve got this other scenario, embdy wana to stretch their imagination in the name of freedom ?

  6. Yep you’ve guessed it, drink, a marriage made in the bottle and will never be condemned because too many booze bags think freedom comes without responsibility

  7. Well there you are :oD))

     

    Protest too much and you get a reputation, at least there’s some that still read simple English :)

  8. What is the Stars on

    What if the wild man of abu dhabi wanted a fight and no one would fight with him

     

    Would that make us racist

  9. WITS,

     

    Answer the question, would you stop your loving sons getting married on principal or prejudice ?

  10. We can laugh all we want at the ridiculous shoehorned sycophantic excloooooosive Jim White and Sky Sports ejaculated upon us, but four fox ache at what point does it become favoutitism? He only ever does excloooooosives for one team! That. Is. Not. Journalism. Ama waytima bed. Pished.

  11. What is the Stars on

    Canalmar

     

    It’s a silly question

     

    Sons I don’t have. But if I did. I doubt very much they would want to marry each other.

     

    They could marry anyone they liked or loved. It would be none of my business.

     

    I do have daughters and the same applies to them.

     

    Gay people are no more inclined to marry their siblings than straight people are.

     

    I am opposed to incest on grounds of principle, prejudice and common sense

  12. rudicantfail on

    Celtic,last night,were playing the equivalent of what Sevco played against in their first season ‘journey’…..

     

     

    Perspective is a thought provoking word.

     

     

     

    Leigh Griffiths scored for fun in the English third tier,with Wolves, before he got benched after his goals dried up….

     

     

    Perspective is everything

     

     

    Go on Rony….Change my perspective…….The Jury is still out

     

     

    Change my perspective on Scottish fitba

  13. clogher celt on

    I have had a few calls about Dublin 2016 from lads over here.

     

     

    The plan is to offer tickets to those that have e mailed. We will set a kind of a deadline on that, to allow people to make their minds up etc.

     

     

    Any tickets left over will be sold to Celtic fans, here.

     

     

    Looking at the costs etc, tickets should be 10 euro, which will include music and food. As long as we sell all 250 tickets.

     

     

    I hope that is okay, if I have got anything wrong please let me know.

     

     

    Clogher

  14. rudicantfail on

    If anybody wants to change perspective to perception.

     

     

    No problem.

     

     

    LanguageissubjectiveCSC

  15. What is the Stars on

    Clogher That sounds fine. Keep a ticket for our guest of honour from abu dhabi

  16. Not read back todays, but I’m going to.

     

     

    Going drinking with 16 Roads and TCR really does take it out of ye, especially 16 Roads. I haven’t felt okish until Wednesday. :P

     

     

    JJ, I put a smilie face there. ;))

     

     

    It was a sight to behold the fervour about the Horse Racing in Ireland, even though Downpatrick wasn’t on, there were a good few horses passing through.

     

     

    Sorry about that Taxi, I asked for it straight away, and it was going to take an hour at least, so I continued on to meet the TCR and left you to yer 3 worcester sauce crisps and 4 cream eggs.

     

     

    Ya Mad Ege Bamyasi.

     

     

    Thank You JJ, for yer amazing hospitality, I cannae wait to sit // STAND ;)) alongside you @ the Holy Ground, likewise TCR.

  17. clogher celt on

    Ok, where were you last night?

     

     

    I spent half the second half asking people “Are you WITTs from CQN?”

     

     

    Good laugh and met a few Dublin Celts as a result.

     

     

    Clogher

  18. What is the Stars on

    Canamalar

     

    You are correct to say it’s not been discussed properly. It probably never will

     

    Political correctness dictates that anyone who opposes gay marriage is labelled a homophobic and therefore the same as a racist or fascist who should not be listened to.

     

    I voted in favour of gay marriage in our recent referendum here in the Republic of southern eire basically because I don’t really care what 2 or more consenting adults do. Good luck to them. But I didn’t like the way some of the opponents were portrayed as knuckle draggers.

     

    It got a bit silly, on one TV debate a gay activist who was actually campaigning against gay marriage ( yes you heard correctly) was called a homophobe by a straight politician who was campaigning for it.

     

    People are strange

  19. Sorry gheezers, I’ve been able to choose where I going to be, so, who wants the big gobshite target at the most important and significant anniversary in the world next year ?

     

    800 years of oppression and they still found their balls, aye am in, unless somebody pays decent money no to go :)

  20. What is the Stars on

    Clogher

     

    No I didn’t make last night

     

    Don’t worry, we will meet soon

     

    Well done on your efforts

  21. What is the Stars on

    Canamalar

     

    I will introduce you to a few of my Dublin 4,West brit pals

     

    Oh what jolly fun we will. Maybe organise a cricket game in your honour

  22. WITS,

     

    Me and my auld da, had a no holds barred argument about it, and then he kissed me :)

     

    I don’t think he’s homophobic cause he kissed me

     

    But he reckoned paedophilia was the next big barrier after homosexuality

     

    In ten or less years we will be watching people justifying child abuse.

     

    He reckoned that is the target, take humanity back a thousand years

  23. What is the Stars on

    Canamalar

     

    Going to bed now so I will reply tomorrow

     

    But of course I have heard the argument that one taboo after another will fall and society will degenerate

     

    Maybe

     

    It’s happened before. Roman empire was pretty degenerate by the time the huns and vandals arrived to finish it off.

     

    But I would chill about it

     

    Consenting adults are the key words

     

    Spain today raised the legal age of consent from 13 to 16

     

    I have faith in the evolution of humanity and don’t believe in masonic conspiracies.

     

    Now if you told me there was a secret group of wealthy men who controlled the banks the press and government and public opinion I would say. Possibly

  24. Canamalar,

     

     

    It was the Lisbon Treaty thing that done it for me.

     

     

    This sh!t is happening all over workplaces, overriding what the Union members have democratically voted for. I can tell you the instance in my own work and it is a Big company. Unite can get tae feck. Centralising Union power is just making it easy to control so many from the Workers side as well. You can get my email and I will let you know the circumstances where The Management Union of Unite have shafted the worforce in my work.

     

     

    HH big chap

  25. Canamalar,

     

     

    Yer A Star.

     

     

    I’ll pray that wee Leigh starts to believe he is more than Worthy of that 9 shirt, we both know he is.

     

     

    Ronny is a Good Guardian and seems to want to build a Harder team than Neil, Neil’s team was like himself, a very clean player, our card counts were incredibly low despite the targeting by the local refereeing chumps, he also had Great discipline in Europe from his players.

     

     

    It is time to get a bit dirtier, methinks, especially @ home.

     

     

    Ghetto Superstar

  26. Oh and I’m the devil incarnate, there’s not one who will question that,think, think then be sick

  27. Canamalar,

     

     

    It is just me, ma Mum, Dad, ma weeest Big Sister (she had no right to survive what she went through as a Baby) that definitely Believe, that leaves ma 2 Bigger Sisters and ma Wee Brother that are definitely not Definites, they have been swayed by public opinion to whatever the Societal Engineers want them to believe, depending how they have been steered…..

     

     

    Yes, you are right Mr C.

     

     

    Thank You

     

     

    Luke 18:9-14

     

     

    Have you heard about the Big Strong Man