So how do you feel about playing a couple of teenagers, Filip Twardzik and debutant Jackson Irvine, in central midfield, but dropping a couple of SPL points? Good, I hope. Welcome to the world of player development.
For a decade or more Celtic produced prodigious youth teams but watched as Dundee United, Hibs, Hearts even Hamilton Accies graduated more effective adult players. Key to this is perhaps ensuring that players are tested at a higher level at key times in their development. In short, if you have not played regular first team football by the time you are 22 there is a good chance you will not fulfil your potential.
There is cost to this development, you’re not going to win all the time, especially when the two teenage central midfielders are surrounded by other young players: Adam Matthews, 20, Tony Watt, 18 and James Forrest, 21. Half time substitute, Victor Wanyama, is still only 21.
I’m looking forward to seeing more teenage kicks in the coming months.
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Kojo
22:08 on 2 September, 2012
Superb post.
This Club will win the Big Ears again when the players are brought through the system. We must do it our own way.
We now have the chance of a lifetime (doomsday for huns) to bring through a lot of youngsters under relatively no pressure. This is a God send. We must realise this.
whitedoghunch
A local butcher here makes a real mean black pud, as sweet as sugar, he makes it with chicken blood, no bad if I may say so.
Knock knock. Come in. Mr Romanov thats the bank on the phone saying that money for Tempers hasnt arrived.
AH SH*T no again!!!!!
THE EXILED TIM
I couldn’t remember exactly the cars involved as It was just a brief mention.
God Bless all the affected families and friends.
Celtic on first? Sumdae’s for the chop!!!
WDH, Charley Barley’s is a good Butcher without doubt. But I have never been a fan of Stornoway Black Pudding. Too greasy and not spicy enough for my liking.
My dear,dear,dear,friend..Petec
Hiya,pally..??
Nice tae greet ye..as always..
Thanks fur the Nod.
Sure..’
Ah am a Master at that Sorta thing..
which is..
Stating the Obvious!
And Ah wull continue tae dae so.. fur..
well..
That is whit Ah Dae~
By the way… Hiv ye ever … Sat doon and thought aboot this..
“Whit is ..this..
Bohemian Grove.. deal.. Awe Aboot??”
Knowing You,palomine.. Ah bet that Ye hiv, of course..
Heck..
Mebbe, Father Malachi.. wis right??
Maks ye wonder..
“It is No jist the odd Individual evil-doer.. by with which we are faced..
It is By Principalities”
Somebuddy, said that..
Ah believe it.. and Ah am sure.. You Do Do.. tae.
Kojo
yer pal..who likes ye aloater.
Still, Laughin.
Worrying news on Scott Brown if the press report are accurate.
Could be some difficult decisions to be made in coming months if Broonie can’t shake the injury off.
On the plus side we seem to have brought in players who can help change our formation from a traditional 4-4-2 to one up front at times while still posing a threat.
Wingnuts competition on BBC1 just now….it’s a tough call.
T4
Any news on Levante taking legal action ?
Or just hot air !!
TTTT
I thought it was 2 European Cups on display!
ht – their wives are noted for their Mona Lisa smiles….!
T4
http://celticunderground.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=958%3Aceltics-number-7-miku&catid=49%3Aseason-2012-2013&Itemid=85
Excellent article about Miku
HH
Booing? Frustration? harmless? Not enough of us object?
I did….see when the North stand started shouting against Motherwell “Strachan Strachan GTF”, I bleep bleep objected! My nose objected to a bleep bleep massive boot that would have got me a second time as I lay helpless on the ground as some five or six youthful products of our educational system decided that I needed a lesson in bleep bleep manners.
No one, NOT F*n ONE so called Celtic supporter did a thing except I don’t think they were really Celtic supporters because as the Doc Martin swung through the hate filled smug arsed sneer ma mates came out the toilet……devastation ……as their the septums shattered!
It was then that I remembered that God gave us four cheeks and made an a*se out of two of them!
DRINK IS EVIL!
Hail Hail
Estadio
Kojo,
That’s probably me trying to push Ephesians 6:12 as much as possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOCaYEV3jDc
Let the Lord fight the Spiritual battle, he is the only one fully equipped, is what I say. ;)) Trust him fully.
An awesome video and I am sure the Lord would be happy about the Lard, happiness and all that. We need to be aware of what is happening after all.
Why does it always rain…… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ZjXtEB84I&feature=related
Whers this Sharkeys bar thats so famous??
Phyllis Dietrichson
Phil is a freelance journalist. He has history with News International, The News of the World publishing a number of his stories.
TTTT
That made me laugh, you see I have a wee theory as to why Mona had that wry, mischievous look upon her face, not for these pages though :-)
jude – it’s in a mosque. Shhhh!
T4
T4
Thats no nice. Funny but no nice!! :o)))
gallagher
A player that, IMO, will Grow with Celtic.
I feel we will do very well away from home this season in the group stages, by that I mean we will not be beaten by Benfica or Spartak away. ;)
If Master Broon dis hiv.A Gegenerative Hip.. BONE… Problem
it is a Cinch .. that That Problem wull No Go Away..
Because..it is. well… DEGENERATIVE..
Sad..
The Lad shoot clean oot his Locker.. and Retire..
Fur he is A Young Man.. and
If He continues to . receive..as has bin mentioned… Cortisone Injections, and the Like.in order tae Face a NINETY MINUTE OUTING.. and tae fullfil hiz contractual obligations wi’ us…
tnen that kinda Treatment wull eventually.. only .. hasten a Complete..
Hip Replacement Procedure…
Mebbe, no such a bad thing..
Howevahhhhh.. like Ah said…
If the reportage oan his Problem is True.. then..
He should consider Ma advce .
Kojo
Still Laughin’
jude – in terms of physical location, there’s not much in it.
Estadio will fill you in on the spiritual side of things! :-)
T4
Phil mac with the scum?? 40 pieces comes to mind. Sold ur soul son!! Wont be reading any of his stuff again.
Noticed the Paradise Bar on Tollcross rd yesterday.
Bloke 109.
I agree with your thoughts on diverse opinion…and would take the theory a stage further. For various reasons i found it necessary to give up my season ticket but still go to the majority of games via online bookings. The beauty of that is that sitting in a different seat every week actually gives me a different perspective on the game and especially on player performance.Most of all a different view point every week provides an insight into the players who pass and move as opposed to those who remain relatively static.
The two best players at making space for themselves and taking a pass have been imho Nakmura and Paddy mcCourt.
Hmmm how long before Butcher gets the sack?!
T4
tommytwiststommyturns – OK I’ll remind us, but it breaks my heart to believe that there are Celtic fans who don’t know this. On 15th April 1989, ninety-six football fans died when they went to a game – the cause of their death was (in the view of the official enquiry, and obviously I reduce) a loss of control by the police on the day. Two days later on Monday 17/04/1989 The Sun ran a front page story with a banner headline called “The Truth” when they claimed that one Liverpool fan had stolen items and even urinated on his fellow supporters as they lay dying. Two days later the Liverpool Echo ran a story from a doctor who was in the ground, who had treated the dying fans and who believed he may have been the object of the story – he had gone around the dying supporters lying on the pitch – loosened their clothing and found that many had urinated as a result of the crush.
It’s now 23 years later but I don’t want my club to have the remotest association with this filth.
The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie
21:18 on 2 September, 2012
Big Braw Moon Rolls Over Our Fair Verdant Hills….
Hmmm……
A Ceiler Gonof Rust..????
Stick It In The Hadron Collider,Kojo,…And We’ll See Whit Comes Oot….
~~~~~~~~
Gers Foul Creation….?
Futile Gers Racoon….?
________________________________________
Mr singing detective. You may be good at singing but you’re no detective. I dont normally berate fellow celtic men but you sir are a cheese covered end of the bell.
Thank you and Hail Hail
Phyllis – totally agree. Justice for the 96.
T4
Looking for help, going to be in Palm Springs Ca from the 16th to the 23rd Sept anybody tell me where to catch Benfica and Dundee games. Thanks in advance will then be heading to Las Vegas to celebrate 30 glorious years of married life on the 25th September.
Arrive back in Glasgow 27th in time to play the Kano foundation golf day on the 28th and then catch up with the wife. Hail hail PB
I cant remember the approbrium when Phils Rangers Tax Case story broke in the News of the World.
HH
Kojo
I suppose it’s down to the doctors at the club.
It might also be down to the money men as well.
He could have 2 years without any bother, maybe even 4 years or more, as long as they keep pumping the cortisone in he won’t feel too bad, but…
The cortisone will only hasten the demise.
Football is a ruthless business, and players are expendable, will the money men cash in the insurance policy, which I have no idea if it’s feasable to do so or not,or will they keep pumping him with the cortisone so he can see out the contract.
Broonie has a serious decision to make, if the reports are indeed correct, or will he be swayed by others.
I have seen many’s a player who are virtually crippled cos of the way they were treated by their clubs.
Not the best of choices to make.
Right, so, on Boxing day guess what Santa did?
Guess what he wears under his beard and ?
Where did he park his reindeer.
Which reminds me of when I was kidnapped by a a bolshevik revolutionary cell just outside Leningrad.
I woke up, trussed, blindfolded but fortunately they had not covered my ears.
I heard the conversation from the other room.
“Ah my leetle soviet lover, should I wear my bikini or galoshes today” (I bet that that is the first time that galoshes have ever been mentioned on CQN!)
“Trust me darling, if it doesn’t pish down my name is not Rudolph!”7
She got ready and they both walked out into the fading sunset (they were on the nightshift in the gulag) when all of a sudden the skies opened and the …..well you can imagine as she turned wae her doe yes to her man and said…. ” every day is like Christmas when I’m with you”
and he said
“Trust me darling…..Rudolph The Red Knows Rain Dear”
Oh Aye the pic
Busted flat in Baton Rouge
Hail hail
Estadio
AweNaw
Slight difference. Phil freelanced and got his story in the Screws. The Sun serialising the book is altogether different from a journo for hire getting a story published. Point may be moot – stories that the Sun has pulled it.
JeromeK
Interesting. I can see how that would bring differing perspectives. Happens at away games almost by definition – wouldn’t mind trying it at CP.
Phyllis Dietrichson
I read a C&P of Phils article before I realised where it came from.
I admit to being extremely disappointed that he decided to allow the serialisation of his book in The bog paper.
MWD
Awe Naw – he’s made a mistake, I’m not saying he’s a bad person.
And learn to spell opprobrium.