The trip to the US to play Real Madrid is core to strategy for Celtic right now. It allowed the significant North American support an easier opportunity to see the team, keeps the club’s profile high among the game movers and shakers and will have contributed valuable financial resources.
You know there’s a ‘but’ coming, don’t you.
Gary Hooper, Anthony Stokes and Daryl Murphy all picked up or aggravated strains on the trip. The players are still stepping up their fitness regimes. Muscles are being stressed, then rested, then stresses a little further. Returning from two lengthy flights with a high incidence of non-contact injuries suggests we need to review how we prepare athletes for travel.
Do you like the new-look Celtic Quick News? Some fundamental changes have engineered into the back-end which should make things more solid going forward. More new features will come on-stream shortly. My enormous thanks to Kev, who designed the template and everything new in the engine room.
Don’t forget, if you have an article in you for CQN Magazine email me: articles@cqnmagazine.co.uk and let me know what you would like to write about. I’ll be able to give you some pointers. Next edition coming soon.
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miki67 @ 21.04,
A recent post on this blog stated that we’re different from the huns – we’re not haters: he obviously wasn’t quite right. Also, why isn’t Ernie Lynch correcting your misuse of “fascist”?
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Snake Plissken
21:55 on
14 August, 2012
Don’t forget KC
gsu
Broony and Forrest withdrew from the squad this week, only Mulgrew was available to Levein.
Test….
Hampden Challenge Cup thriller
Queens Park….4 Partick Thistle..5.
Nine goal thriller at hampden tonight
Spiders 4 -5 Harry wraggs
And as a plus east Stirling tanked airdrie 3-0
All in the pawnbrokers cup
Excellent news no Bhoys playing for Scotland, no real interest in the Scottish team , hope CL populates his team with Newco . The whole world is already laughing at SFA , that would put the tin lid on it!
El diego bhoy
good whitecrook and Clydebank Bhoy and proud of it,the love for Mrs W T brought me here to sunny Balloch(who writing this script)
Googybhoy as i have said before pint on me next time your up,not Sept off to L A for the month
H H
Paolo di Canio, eh?
An undoubted talent, but when he played in Italy for some of the major clubs like Milan, Lazio and Juventus he was never considered a truly great player and won only a handful of caps.
When we signed him from Milan he was more often than not a bench-warmer.
Did very well for us during his brief sojourn, and was also player of the year.
A well-known fascist who in his youth was a member of the notorious Lazio Ultras, has been seen giving the nazi/fascist salute after scoring (for Lazio), and has a Mussolini tattoo! When Mussolini came to power in 1922 he adopted Lazio as his club, instead of Roma whose fan base was mostly left leaning.
Yes – a nice guy indeed!
HH!!
Palacio
The billboard is at the away end in Easter Road, which pleased Hearts fans and not so much the Hibernian fans. It’s also near Bridgeton Cross. I first of all thought it was just to put a non-Celtic player (no SPL trophy celebration!) but you’re right, no SPL. Odd. Maybe put around before the tv deal signed.
auld neil lennon heid
19:37 on 14 August, 2012
Just catching up with tonight’s blog.
I have often enjoyed your thoughtful, insightful, probing posts.
Tha four worded post tonight is the most insightful yet, well said.
Goooood Evening all,
just popped in for a quick fix before bed
fit fettle?
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Pest
Normally when a company pull off the phoenix scam that rangersevco have just done, they robustly deny any connection with the previous liquidated business. They stoutly defend the fact that they are a brand new business and any activities of the liquidated business have no connection to them.
rangersevco are the complete opposite. Shouting from the rooftops, aided and abetted by a rangers minded written and broadcast media; that they are exactly the same club as the one liquidated.Same ground, same staff, same colours, same crest, same stinkin’ bigotry. Still the “people”. A real boot in the sac to everyone outwith their stinkin’ club.
Surely to god justice must prevail and this farce brought to a close.
Scottish football has not been brilliant recently and we dont have our troubles to seek but if this thistle is not firmly grasped then the corrupt behaviour on display from so many officials in the game could be the final nail in the coffin of scottish football.
This is my first post under the new style and that makes me happy, the post itself makes me sad.
Hail Hail!
invercelt21:56 on14 August, 2012:miki67 @ 21.04,
A recent post on this blog stated that we’re different from the huns – we’re not haters: he obviously wasn’t quite right. Also, why isn’t Ernie Lynch correcting your misuse of “fascist”?
>>>>>>>>>>>
What are you on about? If you don’t think Thatcher’s a fascist,fine. I am entitled to my opinion.
And if you ‘ve ever read any of my posts you’d know that I do not ‘hate’. I may loathe,despise,disparage,slag off,revile,disrespect,but hate is the oppsite of love and requires too much emotional involvement.
So,please,no backhanders directed at me,and please,don’t go trying to drag another poster into havin’ a go at me.
You don’t know me. I don’t know you. Leave it at that.
HH!
have a nice evening guys am offskie
take care
I remember been at the reserve game when the huns barred us.
Durrant was goin mental at the half-time kickoff as the ref, can’t mind who waited for the trackside band to finish.
The flyover topped the day off.hail hail.
Summa,
I am indeed, just dose me liberally with Macallan (12 yr old please)
Back to ‘In Treatment’. (Gabriel Byrne is some actor)
Apt,eh?
: > )
bt
All the best to your mini tomorrow. Mine’s is 2nd year. Time’s a-flying.
The ole SSN propanganda in full flow now. Charles Green telling fans not to queue up for season books tomorrow because of the high demand and large queues expected but urging them to book online instead.
Incredible.
SSN, Snyde (together we are rankers, together we are rankers…repeat 1690 times) and STV all in overdrive.
Saw the interview with charlie boy on STV tonight, cringeworthy, talking to the fans etc. I do not know what time it was but when I drove by at 2pm I only noticed about 6 people hanging around, the front street was empty outside the big hoose.
Had to swerve to miss a large chunk of tumbleweed I may add.
HH
Ozzie Tims
5am ramorra Nae Tims Sco. v Oz
Fox 3
Palacio
Chuckles Green is apparently going to sit in their fans-section next home game. They’re starting to take to him. Which is nice.
Wow!! Canamalar has soitenly taken to yon Unicycle…..No hands now.!!
That’s Just Showing Off……
Or Evolution In Action….?
Cannae Decide…Ah’ll Sleep On It….
Bloke109
Saw that, apparently he’ll be in with the Blue Order. They’re welcome to each other.
tsd,
aye you do that, take your time sea cucumber
Bloke109
22:05 on
14 August, 2012
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I thought the current Sky deal ( Before PL and wedge head negotiated a new one a few weeks back) had two years to run. I think the meeja tried to sell the lie that it was finishing this year hence the doom and gloom with the huns liquidating. So it should have just rolled over. Can anyone correct me on this.
Still cannot see why Sky have not got us on there, is it because the orcs are not on it.
HH
Congratulations to the under 20 side on an excellent 3-1 win against Motherwell tonight.
This is a very young side some of whom are only 16, and with very few of last season’s under 19s most of whom are either in the first team squad or with the develoment squad.
HH!!
Need some help bhoys. Miss Hoopyathome in Es Canar, Ibiza. Looking for bar showing the games. Anyone been there recently?
wonkyradar
19:24 on
14 August, 2012
Top.
If there was a “like” button on here, I would press it till my thumb burst
Palacio67
I think you’re right on the deal duration. And you’re probably right on your other point too. I think those who’re going to get Sky do so as the EPL kicks off so they’re probably selling the non-SPL aspects to avoid the gunfire here.
miki67
21:52 on 14 August, 2012
Is Mars really the orange planet and are there huns in space? They do run around like space cadets so I was just wondering.
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i’d imagine judging by the less ludicrous claims about season ticket sales, the orcs will have all the space they need for many years.
as regards it being the orange planet, i dunno. is it mars that make chocolate oranges?
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Aussie Olympic Team just landed in Sydney..
There should be a Few who can walk straight through The Medal Detector..without any Dramas..
Summa
Iain Durrant, the man whose career was ‘ended’ by Neil Simpson.
Iain Durrant, the man whose career included more top level league matches than the aforementioned Neil Simpson.
Iain Durrant, the man whose career was ended 14 after that assault.
That Iain Durrant?
So we are told that we have to qualify for the Champions League before we can buy players. Problem being that we wont know if we have qualified until the late hours of the 29th, only giving us a couple of days to complete business. Do we believe that we have 1-2 deals lined up or are we going to run out of time?
Supposedly It’s the union bears green willl be sitting with.had the mispleasure of training one of them.what a twisted and bigoted young man he’s turned out to be.
I blame the parents.hh.
BBB
Were you once timbhoy2?
Buffalo Bills Bhoy
Thought the blog missed a trick when they failed to ask
Are you a Bis Hun :-)