When the Champions League draw was made, I feared we would face Anderlecht at home on the final game after five defeats. This would not necessarily have been the end of our interest in European football, but it would have damaged the momentum in the club in recent months.
You will remember, ahead of match day five, we discussed that the Anderlecht-Bayern Munich game was probably more important to our season than the PSG-Celtic game. As it transpired, Bayern’s second half winner made all the difference to the second half of our season.
News last night that Celtic are the only group stage qualifier from the Champions Pot to still be in European competition offer some comfort; outcomes could have been a lot worse.
While European football is the custard in our doughnut, all I hear from is Celtic fans who are grateful it is over for a couple of months. We have an unbeaten record to further and two games a week until the January break.
It can be pretty horrible, a huge club stuck in a minor league without competition, but it offers us respite, an opportunity to recharge, experiment and return afresh.
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Wondering if Roy Keane has EVER said anything good about ANYTHING. What a BOOR.
SOUKOUS on 7TH DECEMBER 2017 1:52 PM
Hard to take him seriously , he totally overdoes the Marlon Brando bit. He might as well go the whole way and stuff cotton wool in his cheeks!
Peaky is still one of my favourite shows, though.
Greenpinata
I didn’t know anything about this, but I did find this link online.
Thought I’d give it a bump.
http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/film-homelessness-glasgow-shown-online-14005355
Good luck to all involved.
HH
Good Afternoon Folks.
We now have no European Football till February and it will give the players a chance to recharge their batteries after a hectic schedule and, if the opportunity presents itself, it gives Brendan the chance to strengthen the squad in key areas with a view to making a greater impact in Europe come February.
The draw will be tough no matter what but we can progress if, and only if, we play to our strengths and do not let other teams dominate both us and the ball.
Hopefully, in the intervening period, we can stretch our lead in the league and get that particular trophy half way into the bag.
The transfer window just might be interesting. But I stress the “might”.
Can I thank all of those who have donated to the Mary’s Meals appeal. The help given so far has been absolutely fabulous and will make a huge difference.
So that everyone knows what this is about I will explain.
Last year myself and some others from Balfron in Stirlingshire sponsored a school of 265 pupils in Liberia through Mary’s Meals and so we fed those kids for a year.
As a result of the kids being fed one square meal a day, the school roll has jumped from 265 kids to 805!
To feed 805 kids this years costs £11,190 but for every £1 donated before 31st December this will be counted as £2 thanks to the generosity of some wealthy benefactors who have agreed to fund match Mary’s Meals donations.
So, Before 31st December I am trying to raise £5,595 to feed this school, and of that sum we have already raised £1320.50 leaving a balance of £4,724.50 to get in the door over the next 3 weeks.
As it costs £13.90 to feed a child for an entire year, I am looking for roughly 307 people to sponsor one of these children by donating £13.90 plus gift aid.
There are various fundraising drives ongoing, but to make the most of the “double the money” offer from Mary’s Meals we need to get as much in the door before 31st December as possible.
So, if any of you who have not donated so far have a couple of quid spare then please consider making a donation via the link below.
Funding a school in the second year is always more difficult as the first year often results in a jump in the number of kids attending, but of course over the long term the local community benefits hugely because the number of fed and educated kids rises constantly.
So, if you can, please help.
I promise not to bang on and on about this but really appreciate any size of donation at all, especially at this time of year.
https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/fundraising/project/jim-mcginley/st-anthonys-balfron-appeal-for-a-meal-1
Cheers
BRTH
BIG-CUP-WINNERS on 7TH DECEMBER 2017 2:01 PM
‘ no matter the heights Celtic are reaching’
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The current side isn’t as good as the sides of MoN, GS, or NFL.
The domestic invincibles stuff is fine, but it’s more a reflection of just how bad the Scottish game is currently than anything else.
So I’m not sure what heights you think Celtic are reaching at the moment.
But if you’re happy though, that’s the main thing.
It can be pretty horrible, a huge club stuck in a minor league without competition, but it offers us respite, an opportunity to recharge, experiment and return afresh.
No respite this weekend. Away to arguably the second best team in the country, definitely the second best manager in the country. A team who have scored 4 goals in 2 games against us so far this season. Biggest test to our invincible record.
Mungolianbhoy
Roy Keane is one of my all-time favourite players… and his performance in the second leg of the CL semi against Juventus (when he knew he had been carded, and wouldn’t be playing in the final) is one of the best performances I have seen (he put the team on his back and carried/willed them to the final)….
but, sadly, he also seems like one of the most angry/unhappy buggers I have ever seen.
I dont know the guy at all, but I hope that, away from the pitch/away from the TV, he is perhaps more at peace…
football’s turned into moneyfootball -you never judge the score of a game without saying how much the opposition cost
psg 12-1 – we did quite well
motherwell 1-1 tough game, shudda done better
offillwatchingshaneonfilmfourcsc
Corrupt SFA at it again.
Now Sevco will have to play someone who lasts the whole game.
SOUKOUS on 7TH DECEMBER 2017 1:52 PM
Anyone watch Peaky Blinders last night?Thought this was quite a funny observation on Adrien Brody.
“Tell your mama we have a deal.” Adrien Brody is so hammy that the Food Standards Agency is looking for his Red Tractor stamp
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Totally hamming it. He sounds like a hybrid of the Marlon Brando characters in the Godfather and On the Waterfront.
Fist two series of Peaky Blinders were very good. Downhill since then.
A very tough fixture against Hibs coming up I would imagine, Neil knows Celtic, he knows our club and he knows Saturday will be his best chance so far of taking three points off of us.
Again we will need to be at our best to go to Edinburgh and come home with all three, Hibs have already made it tough for us this season and on their day are way better than the Sheep or the Zombies.
I’m not sure Brendan will go for wholesale changes but there will a couple I reckon.
Griff to lead the line.
Mon The Hoops
Paul67,
I’d be interested to know what CQN’s view on the current McInnes-Aberdeen-TRFC saga is.
How does it compare to the Tommy Burns-Kilmarnock-Celtic affair?
Were there any precedents set back then that should be followed now?
Bearing in mind:
Celtic and Kilmarnock were not in direct competion for 2nd place.
Tommy Burns didn’t manage Kilmarnock to 2x losses against Celtic immediately prior to his transferring.
And while It may be said this has nothing to do with Celtic, I would point out that it is happening in the league that Celtic currently leads – and is happening between the 2 clubs closest to Celtic.
I’m sure I’ve missed a few points as well…
“One of the most Angry/unhappy buggers I have ever”
Brendan Rogers would probably have been prepared for the type of comment made by Roy Keane in reference to Celtic’s latest and would probably have not been surprised.
Jealous Roy ?
The good thing about Hibs is they will come out and attack..
Yesterday, I met one of the most inspirational people I have ever had the joy to be in the same room as.
Young (22 next week), courageous, determined, lovely speaker, smiling throughout, witty and intelligent.
She was paralysed in an accident at 14, never to walk again and had to undergo lengthy rehabilitation for a while thinking that she would never get out of bed again. For most of us, getting a wheelchair would be a sign of a dark future but, for her, getting her first wheelchair was her route back to activity although, then, she did not know what that would entail and how far it would take her.
She accepts what happened to her and encourages people to ask straight questions about her condition rather than avoid or look away. She knows what she lost but has found new purposes from self care in daily living to athletic excellence.
Now ,she has 3 European and 1 World records in Para-athletic events.
Her story is here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/40292261
Word of The Day (Just for DavidO and MIT…)
gavotte /ɡəˈvɒt/
noun
1. an old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter.
2. a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance, often forming one of the movements in the classical suite, usually following the saraband.
Word Origin and History for gavotte
n.
lively dance, 1690s, from French gavotte (17c.), from Old Provençal gavoto “mountaineer’s dance,” from gavot, a local name for an Alpine resident, literally “boor, glutton,” from gaver “to stuff, force-feed poultry, “from Old Provençal gava “crop.” From the same source is French gavache “coward, dastard.”
KTF
just donated brth – amazing increase in rolls -brilliant work
gavage
a method no longer used by ethical and quality foie producers but picked up by the SMSM to peddle their lies and deception
Cheers John51.
I Love Corcaigh
I Love Cork people
My family come from and stay in Corcaigh !
But few Corkmen get on my man boobs !
Roy Keane is one of them and as the song says
“ In Cork he is known as a
;)
“ LANGOORRRRRRRRR ! “
JUNGLE VIP on 7TH DECEMBER 2017 12:58 PM
Have you ever tried typing quickly on a keyboard when you’re upside down … ?
¡¡¡ pǝuǝddɐɥ ʇıɥʍ ʞooן puɐ ʇɐɥʇ pǝıɹʇ ǝʌ,ı
uooןɐq ɐ sı ǝuɐǝʞ ʎoɹ ǝɹǝɥ dn ɯ,ı ǝןıɥʍ puɐ
Roy Keane suffers from anhedonia
ALASDAIR MACLEAN
The mcinnes fiasco only exists because sevco are skint. My understanding is that his contract includes a clause that if compensation is met then he can go – under those circumstances aberdeen would be bound by that contract and would have to agree to release him. Show us the money is the correct approach by milne.
The SMSM have played a blinder for sevco in pressing the mcinnes for sevco story.
The difference in the Tommy Burns case was that no such agreement existed and of course the media were not on our side – no surprise there.
He’ll end up at ipox – hell mend him
Burgas @ 3:47 …. stop that immediately!
Mongolian bhoy has me convinced I’m deaf …
Now, your typing has me worried that I’m blind (or drunk, or both)
:)
mike in toronto
And you appear to be disorientated and confused – it was me that exposed your deefness.
Shall we call the nurse?
Over on RM they are saying McInnes is in on a 3-year deal. For some reason they are not too keen on his assistant manager though.
Davidopoulos …. d’oh! this getting old thing sucks!
do I get any say on who the nurse if?
Kate Beckinsale in Pearl Harbour type nurse? yes please
Nurse Ratchett in Cuckoo’s Nest? probably more appropriate for this place, but not so much, thanks.
:)
67
Sky Sports now saying they are heading to Pittodrie shortly . . .
Drat that MiT .
mike in toronto
Close. It’s Kathy Bates in Misery…
BROGAN ROGAN TREVINO AND HOGAN on 7TH DECEMBER 2017 2:36 PM
Good Afternoon Folks.
Donation made.
Best of Luck with target !.
HH
Aye a braw day …
Smiley birthday bhoy thing…
Just let off a load of fireworks…May Angie baby always smile…
Braw
DENIABHOY on 7TH DECEMBER 2017 4:03 PM
Over on RM they are saying McInnes is in on a 3-year deal. For some reason they are not too keen on his assistant manager though.
If he has any sense, assistant manager will be parting company with McInnes.
Quonno,
Some of the vile sectarian abuse directed at Tony Doherty via Twitter etc has been truly awful. I am glad to say that many many people jumped on it and criticised such treatment and abuse right away, and many of them were fans of the club from Ibrox.
I find it astonishing that such attitudes can prevail in the 21st century but am heartened by how many condemned such behaviour.
Alasdairmaclean
The Mcinnes saga is a charade, nothing more, nothing less. For that merde chairman of the sheep, he is a puppet and a bigot. Of course McInnes is going to hunville, but Milne has to appear to be playing the game, which he is not.
Huns have no money but friends in all the right places.
From my perspective, McInnes is a fraud, hell mend him.
KINGLuBO
we simply must put ALL our effort into gettting out of this cesspit that is Scottish football, no matter what.
KINGLuBO