Auldheid did an article for us over the summer contesting the notion that this season’s Premiership race would be more closely contested than recent seasons’. Seven weeks in it looks prescient. It’s not only that we’re four points clear with a game in hand, it’s the manner of most of our victories which is the most telling.
We’ve scored six, five and four twice in six league games, rendering the lack of a league clean sheet an irrelevant detail. On that subject, having watched Coulibaly’s goal for Kilmarnock over again I don’t think there’s much blame to attach anywhere. As Brendan Rodgers said after the game, Dorus de Vries was as far of his line as he should have been when play was >40 yards from goal. It was a Black Swan strike.
It’s difficult to say if we’ve missed Leigh Griffiths or not. We passed up a barrel load of chances at Inverness, which he may have been able to do something about, but the squad is so strong at the moment it’s impossible to say if Leigh would have been able to augment what we got from Moussa. Great to have both fit and ready, though.
Some of the football on show on Saturday was sublime. The passing speed and accuracy gave us time and space to open up Kilmarnock. It will be a different task no Wednesday but we have to challenge ourselves at this level.
I watched the Aberdeen-Newco game yesterday. For all Aberdeen took the points this game supplied more evidence that they are well short of the form which saw them as genuine contenders for most of last season. A catalogue of unforced errors saw them concede possession and momentum throughout the game.
They will still probably win Best of the Rest title, thought, as Hearts don’t seem to be able to put a run of performances together, Motherwell are far from the team who finished second three years ago, and Newco don’t seem to be able to score or defend to any acceptable standard. Loved Souness suggesting they need to spend more money – a team already spending more than they earn! And to what end, catching St Johnstone? Ponder the facts behind your EBT, Graeme, then you might reassess what spending money chasing a football dream leads to.
As Auldheid suggested, these teams will take points off each other more than off Celtic. Records could be broken this season.
It’s in our DNA
74 Celtic fans have signed up to Sleep Out at Celtic Park on 12 November. Sleeping out in Glasgow in November is a non-trivial matter, but it’s being done to raise money to tackle the “torment of homelessness” for the winter ahead. Respect to all involved.
I’m not sleeping out but on Sunday I’m running the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon through Glasgow for the Foundation. The prospect feels non-trivial at the moment (though less onerous than sleeping out in November). Dozens of Celtic fans are also running for the Foundation.
The engagement right across the support to put something back in the tradition that started with Brother Walfrid in November 1887 is remarkable. We get it.
Not all of us can sleep out, or pound the streets for months in preparation, but if you can support any of these efforts please so. My MyDonate page is here. Thank you.
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Floating,
That Louden plea epitomizes the saying, “crumbs from the rich man’s table”.
Heart rending and pathetic, 600 rolls and 300 pies?
Beats the loaves and fishes.
The right wing, Tory ethos can never sit comfortably in the Celtic family.
Anyone expressing those sentiments can not be a true Celtic supporter.
There I’ve said it, ’cause I believe it and that’s what forums are for.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 26th September 2016 11:57 pm
Come on mate. I know you dont believe that.
Been talking to you for 8 years.
Calm down.
lets watch together the continuing legitimization of Trump in the American media in 2 hours from now and all yout fears will be allayed. :)
CHAIRBHOY on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2016 11:49 PM
Instinctively I don`t reply to childish insults.
What`s substantive about ” The guys a troll, plays stoopit…” ?
And you want to debate ?
O.K.
I have excellent reasons to mistrust ” charities ” based on years of seeing how charities cheat charitable people
Thats my concern about the good Celtic people who have from the goodness of their hearts raised funds for Palestinians.
How will this money be distributed ?
Who will perform due diligence to ensure that the funds are spent on the people who need it most .
How much money will be spent on administration ? or ” administration ”
One small personal example .
In `85 , my family and I took part in fundraising following the devastating earthquake in Mexico.
From contacts , we subsequently found out that a local ” official ” had claimed 10 % commission on all the funds collected.
Middle East. Due diligence.
You think ?
Have a look at Shane Warne`s charity shop .
The tip of the international charity scams.
Now , I would have confidence that Mary`s Meals would not fall into the above categories .
Guess why ?
Think I will have a pie on a roll.
Having a clue why. Just got a notion for it.
gordybhoy64, if you’re coming to the BV, bring my hipper. I’m one down.
Macjay, pfffft. Just read a couple of your reasons for not wanting to sign up to the joint CST Celtic resolution, fair enough, but to use getting spam email is nothing short of pathetic,
Wot a cop out. Just say you’ll never support anything the CST support and stop yer bull shite.
Lurkintim, good to see you’re sorted for Wednesday.
HH We are all Celtic, except the zombies, they’re hauf died, hingin in the nether world looking for another mangin criminal to come in and save their rotten dead corpse of a / an institution.
MARGARET MCGILL on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:07 AM
And here , my friend , you have the perfect example of what I have been saying.
So.
Celtic NOT all inclusive after all.
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FLOATING on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2016 11:59 PM
The right wing, Tory ethos can never sit comfortably in the Celtic family.
Anyone expressing those sentiments can not be a true Celtic supporter.
There I’ve said it, ’cause I believe it and that’s what forums are for.
Macjay, are you a shareholder in CFC?
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 27th September 2016 12:12 am
I agree with you there.
I once worked for a charity in Boston as a starving student many years ago.
It was called “Fair Share” . Run by a bunch of conniving scum. It was to assist the homeless.
They were lucky if they got 10%. They are still around today. Total scam. I guess macjays question is
“how does one gauge the legitimacy of a charity org ?
From time to time there really is garbage posted on this site.
But tonight “this one’s a dilly” (copyright Boris c/o Blazing Saddles)
HH
ACGR @ OUTLOOK DOT COM – GET YOUR FREE THE ZADOK RINGTONE on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:15 AM
gordybhoy64, if you’re coming to the BV, bring my hipper. I’m one down.
Macjay, pfffft. Just read a couple of your reasons for not wanting to sign up to the joint CST Celtic resolution, fair enough, but to use getting spam email is nothing short of pathetic,
Wot a cop out. Just say you’ll never support anything the CST support and stop yer bull shite.
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Ye gods.
Just said I did and I would.
So , stop yer ain B.S.
Mr Stivs, I posted various invites to you for coias for the Killie game. <Maybe its about time we stopped playing hard to get and sorted oo shit oot.
acgr@outlook……………………………..dotcom.
There's a fat boy breakfast and a cracking day at paradise on that one.
First one's on me bruv.
HH
MARGARET MCGILL on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:18 AM
That`s it.
In a wanny.
Mon the 600 free ham rolls for sectarian bigots.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember when Rangers were ‘bearly alive’ in the ‘ Hugh Dallas ‘ game at Celtic Park.
If you walk from CP up towards Dennistoun to Duke Street you’re usually fine, no worries as long as you quickly get into the safe Tim shop the Crown Creighton, or make your way to your car, amid the shoppers, and disperse.
If you were at the above game when Raingeritis ran amok with fake sendings off, a Celtic coin, and mock huddles, and mock penalties,you wouldn’t have been so lucky.
They emptied the Louden that night and the sombre Celtic crew that ‘bravely’ take this route up Millerston St were met with a hail of flying tumblers, smashing glass, and all because ‘they won the league’
Bridgeton Cross? – don’t go there
NilByMouth CSC
But Macjay
Come on
sign up
Macjay, delayed reaction to your post tis morning about spam email.
A thousand apologies to you and may you meet the lovely Annabel on one of your antipodean nights out.
Good lad. Are you a Celtic shareholder?
MARGARET MCGILL on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:23 AM
But Macjay
Come on
sign up
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MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2016 11:06 PM
MARGARET MCGILL on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2016 11:03 PM
Macjay
come on
just sign the thing
you know you want to.
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O.K.
Where can it be found ?
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As I said at 11.06
I will.
Where can it be found ?
Agcr
Saw the invite next day. I was steam boats that night.
Will do cafe some game. Ta for invite.
So our resident right wing aussie is now officially in the camp of Ms Jeanette Findlay and our own Mr Hamilton Tim.
Things you thought you’d never see on a Celtic site.
Tomorrow, Donny todily washes WMD’s motir in his pants and bra…………………………….:_)
Bedtime.
Night all.
ACGR @ OUTLOOK DOT COM – GET YOUR FREE THE ZADOK RINGTONE on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:25 AM
Macjay, delayed reaction to your post tis morning about spam email.
A thousand apologies to you and may you meet the lovely Annabel on one of your antipodean nights out.
Good lad. Are you a Celtic shareholder?
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I`m not a shareholder , mate.
If the lovely Annabell is a relative , my son would probably be available to show her the ropes.
He`s a social animal.
FFS, who gives a shit if macjay signs up or not. If he’s not a shareholder it matters not a jot.
Sorry Macjay, I was just laughing at your spam email excuse early this morning, I thought it was a bit pish for you TBH.
You’re normally a bit more collected than that.
Anyway, glad you’ve sorted out your issues with the CST.
HH
Hahaha,Jim Melrose b’fkuc.If he met me i’d be the one expecting to be asked for an autograph.Is there a celebrity list below ‘z’?
The Loupen,next stop the Oscars.
Macjay, here’s a link to the lovely Anabelle. Its a bit long but gets really intersing towards the end.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL5RrdoFFwo
Yum Yum
MacJay, you’ve been on this site long enough to know you are well liked and respected. That goes for me too.
I have no love for the Charity industry… and I’m very particular in that repect but that’s not the point is it?
Last night you accused a Celtic related organisation of causing spam on your e-mail account you used that “fact” to “protect” fellow supporters by intimating a Charity supplying Palestian was corrupt… You then posted a link to “The Austrialian” in support of this supposition.
This is your M.O. it’s disingenous and it is Trolling.
You made no effort to put the story in any meaningful context… you made no effort to link any developments on the story. Just an effort to diss that Charity.
The ABC piece seems to me to be a measured and quality piece of Journalism from over two weeks ago.
Yet it didn’t chime with your agenda, did it?
Hail Hail
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. ”
John Kenneth Galbraith
Recognise this symptom on CQN?
ACGR @ OUTLOOK DOT COM – GET YOUR FREE THE ZADOK RINGTONE on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:36 AM
It was more the sharing of my email address .
Wot a sex kitten eh Macjay.
………………………….:_)
Ok macjay I seriously thought you were a shareholder. If you change your mind you can go here….
Hamiltontim on 25th September 2016 12:29 pm
CHAIRBHOY on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:39 AM
MacJay, you’ve been on this site long enough to know you are well liked and respected. That goes for me too.
I have no love for the Charity industry… and I’m very particular in that repect but that’s not the point is it?
Last night you accused a Celtic related organisation of causing spam on your e-mail account you used that “fact” to “protect” fellow supporters by intimating a Charity supplying Palestian was corrupt… You then posted a link to “The Austrialian” in support of this supposition.
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I accused nobody of anything.
I am cautious about providing my email address ,related in fact to a comment which was addressed to me on this site some time ago.
Now. You don`t understand that.
I accept that.
Macjay taken a doing tonight,chill oot guys
http://youtu.be/fgp5xTSsDmA
Fox News,love it
:))
You mean paranoia?
Why would sharing your email address with a reputable organisation be a problem?
Do you use it for banking, purchasing, searching, Why would the CST be a higher risk than buying a spring, a DVD or a hair dryer (I assume you have a full head of dark lustrous hair at this point).
Nah, came across as a bit pish, I’m still not convinced. Then again, you don’t have to convince me of anything. Just tell me to fack off and I will…………………………………:_)
No more questions asked. Fast, safe and easy so it is.
Jesting with you bruv, have fun and enjoy Wednesday, whatever happens, I know I will.
Hail Hail Macjay.
FLOATING on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:40 AM
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. ”
John Kenneth Galbraith
Recognise this symptom on CQN?
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Forget the symptom.
Consider more the ailment.
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FLOATING on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2016 11:59 PM
The right wing, Tory ethos can never sit comfortably in the Celtic family.
Anyone expressing those sentiments can not be a true Celtic supporter.
There I’ve said it, ’cause I believe it and that’s what forums are for.
Macjay, post me your email address and I’ll send you another zadok tone. I promise I wont send your addy to suck off my monkey dot com.
dibb dibb dibb and cubs honour.
CHAIRBHOY on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:39 AM
Just so you know.
The A.B.C. is a politically biased organisation.
Inhabited by Labour and Green supporters.
Entryism , my friend,
Viz Corbyn and the Labour Party.
ACGR @ OUTLOOK DOT COM – GET YOUR FREE THE ZADOK RINGTONE on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:55 AM
Macjay, post me your email address and I’ll send you another zadok tone. I promise I wont send your addy to suck off my monkey dot com.
dibb dibb dibb and cubs honour.
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You`ll have to do better than that , big boy.
quickly logged on and saw a discussion about charities earlier on…….
Am not having a dig, or any shit like that as there are 1000’s of charities that do good work.
I hate national charities as they are run like businesses and the vast majority of donations go on
– getting more donations
– board/higher management renumeration
– nonsense that will not further the people that should benefit.
Some charities in the UK spend 1 billion pound to generate 1.5 billion pounds.
That creates an ecosystem where a fuckload of people make money of the charity….I hate that.
MacJay…..anathema….iss a Polaris to Hamas….;-))
#FAC The Polis
FTSFA
H.H.