Slightly annoyed at being moved from the Upper North tonight but after experiences of League Cup games at this time of the season against Partick, Falkirk and Morton, it’s probably no bad thing that atmosphere is concentrated up close and personal to the field. Celtic Park can be an intimidating theatre, but League Cup nights need some crowd management to make it so.
Remember, it’s a 19:15 kick off, so don’t pitch up midway through the second half!
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Davidopoulos
Is it them that doesn’t make a drama out of a crisis? If he doesn’t start scoring soon he might just need them :))
Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan. The Vow – Critically Rebuked by 45% of this fine nation. @13.55hrs.
Gone fishing again.
Even Sturgeon would be proud of that operation in flannel, back to school for you or at least research at your plaice.
Skates on, must fly.
HH.
livibhoy
13:58 on 24 September, 2014
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Read the secret footballer after seeing you mention it. Decent read
Who do you reckon it is ? U heard any rumours …
The honest cover up
No but absolutely no confidence in the integrity of the Labour Party either at Scottish or UK level to do so
They trumpet about social justice and told Scotland to vote NO to help them achieve it
5 days later they announce an intention to freeze Child Benefit.
Must go.
THE TOKEN TIM
Aw,I take it all back what’ve said about you!
Seriously,pity you won’t be there,mate. But,well,I reckon you have a pretty damn good excuse.
Fairly sure you won’t envy my weekend,fairly sure I envy yours.
Enjoy it,bud. I’ll catch you whenever.
MWD @ 13.55
Excellent post, and I agree with everything you said, Red Tories are finished in Scotland. They wanted a NO vote in order to save the 50 or so MP’s they would normally get for WM. I have voted Labour all my life, but joined the SNP as a direct result of the vote, and will never vote Red Tory ever again.
HH
#the 45%
Proudbhoy
Dave Kitson
Reading/Derby(?) ginger haired striker
Leftclick,
Awwwwww.
Big bill hayley fan is he? ;)
There is definitely an issue for Scottish Labour to address in the loss of support in our heartlands.
Voting against them to produce an elected Tory candidate takes us back to 1979 level of mistakes.
Anyway, if Griffiths is to be accommodated with few changes tonight, I’d go:-
Gordon (hopefully fit)
R.B. Denayer VVD Izzy
Brown Biton Johansen
Griffiths Scepovic Wakaso( or Commons)
Right back is the problem position. Efe, because of mistakes, is not getting a lot of crowd support these days. As Lustig Matthews and Fisher seem to be still unfit, I might risk Kayal or O’Connell there for a spell.
proudbhoy
Dave Kitson is rumoured to be the Secret Footballer. Not convinced it is one player myself. I think Danny Murphy is involved and possibly Le Saux.
Be stupid to be one player. What you make of it?
LB
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
16:01 on 23 September, 2014
j67
15:19 on 23 September, 2014
R.I.P john divers
john scored one of the finest goals i have
seen at celtic park.
it was back in the early sixties on a winters
day.
there was a breakaway down the right
the ball was crossed at speed at head height
john was at full speed through the middle
nobody thought he would reach the ball
but he took off and was horizontal when
he connected with his forehead on the
18yard line, the ball flew into the top
corner.
of all the great goals over the years this
one sticks in the mind
god bless you johny
~~~~~~~~~~++~~~~~~~~~~
Wow,nae kidding. What a goal!
I lived that goal through your telling of it,mate. I wish I had been there and seen it as you did.
But I didn’t need to be.
You sure did the fella justice wi that.
Hail hail
That story brought back memories for me too:
I wasn’t at the game either but switched on the radio in time to hear the Bhoys toiling away on a dirty winter’s day when the announcers excitedly reported John Divers diving header of a goal.
They went on to laughingly discuss whether his name should be pronounced Divvers or Divers. One of them declared, “It’s Divers when he scores and Divvers when he doesn’t”.
Funny what sticks in your memory over the years.
Proudbhoy
The promises made by the heads of the 3 main parties and already broken timetable are via the link below;
http://politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2014/09/23/scottish-devolution-timetable-can-westminster-keep-its-promi
Hx2
I think Derk Boerigter is a secret footballer.
Nobody at CP has ever caught him at it.
son of gabriel – thank you, my friend in Celtic! (thumbsup)
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers –
Because they are living the debt in the company.
But for that to come about, someone must have willingly lent them money, and the previous owners must have willingly sold their interest in the business.
So it’s a private matter between consenting adults.
As a result,costs such as wages or investment in the business are driven down,and taxes not paid on the profits.
All businesses are continually looking to reduce costs. As for tax, so what? Business does not exist for the pupose of paying tax to Her Majesty’s Revenue.
We all have a legal obligation to pay taxes when due. We have no obligation to structure our affairs so as to maximise our tax liabilities. Because the government does not own us, see?
They weren’t in it to grow the business. They were in it to rip the arse out of it.
If Phones4U was no longer viable as a going concern – and it wasn’t, since the networks deserted them – winding up the business was the right thing to do.
Whoever lent BC Partners £205m would have known the risks when they did so.
I’m sure BC Partners bought the business in good faith. If not, they’ll have a hard time raising money for future deals. Word gets out.
Unfortunately not all retail businesses can be saved, or we’d still have Woolworths, Comet, and HMV stores. (thumbsup)
Steinreignedsupreme
squire danaher
I understand that and sympathise with your frustrations but who will benefit from Labour losing Scottish seats?. Surely the Tories will. Wasn’t one the reason for voting Yes to rid us of Tory Governments we didn’t vote for?
Seems a bit cutting nose off to spite face to me.
I agree with other posters saying the Scottish electorate are very canny and it will be interesteing to see what happens in 2015.
My personal view is people should wait to see what is delivered in terms of new powers.
Any Catholic voting for Harvie and Co might get a wee fright.
“Virulently anti-Catholic” and “would love to be the one who jumps into the first bulldozer to raze Catholic schools”
Just 2 of the descriptions that have been given to me about PH.
Cant say if that is true or not, just what I have been told and thought i’d pass on.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
It’s the complete lack of humanity I don’t understand. How much money is enough?
I genuinely could not contemplate dumping so many people onto the dole in the pursuit of yet more wealth when I already live comfortably. Bewildering.
Gordon
Efe Denayer VVD Izaguirre
. Brown Johansen
. Commons
McGregor Griffiths Wakaso
proudbhoy/livibhoy,
I know that Danny Murphy had been touted as the secret footballer, but im sure i read/heard afterwards that he was “cleared” of being the one.
Didnt know about Kitson though.
Belated condolences to the family of the late Johnny Divers.
John’s career bridged the end of one era to the launch of the Stein Years.
His team entertained and disappointed on a regular basis and it was this lack of cohesive consistency which denied them their rewards.
Johnny had a signature way of tackling, where he would crouch low and hook his foot around the ball and emerge with it without barely touching his opponent. It was like pickpocketing.
Reading some of the tributes from those who knew the man from his teaching career, it would appear that his greatest triumphs were in the classroom. Not a bad legacy.
Rest in Peace, John and thanks for the memories.
I’m looking forward to watching Saturday’s game in the Friars’ Walk Tavern in Cork and next week at Celtic Park, as the ThomtheThim Roadshow winds up for the year.
Keep the peace.
BMCUW,
haha, cheers asbestos gullet :-)
One of these days, I’ll manage to make another dayooooot. Eventually.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
What the disappointed Yes activists forget in their overblown rhetoric is that not everyone who voted Yes is a hardcore Nationalist. In a single issue referendum people decide how to vote for a lot of different reasons and that results in strange bedfellows.
Sure, some will change to become SNP supporters. But many more will go back to not voting or to voting on the basis of which government they feel will be best for them and their families. The constitutional issue won’t be the primary one in the general election for most Scots, they see that question as having been settled.
Kitson was on football league show on BBC Saturday night. Maybe Danny Murphy got him the gig…
philvisreturns 14:16 on 24 September, 2014
We do still have HMV stores. I passed one on Saturday.
Gordon_J
that is your hope!
Good luck with that.
MWD said AYE
Secret footballer……
…Stephane Bonnes?
On your article Paul67
Celtic Park is a Theatre
It’s gonna be more like an empty theatre tonight,
Coat goat n oot.
MWD said AYE
The Token Tim
All the facts do not fit any one player.
It has been discussed here.
http://www.whoisthesecretfootballer.co.uk/
LB
livibhoy
14:12 on 24 September, 2014
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Le saux was actually one i thought of .. Remembering hearing years ago he was smart well read etc… Around when fowler had run in with him
Couldnt picture him in vegas weekends etc thou
Good read so it was… Learnt alot of stuff from it… How clubs tell agents they want attacking full back around so many million and agent goes through list for them until they find one.
I see there is 2nd book… U read that ?
SFTB
If we set up as a 4-3-3, the front 3 need to press high up the park, with the mid 3 in close order. Wakaso puts himself about; not so sure about the other 2. I like your 3 in the engine room; mobile and can tackle. Johansen loses possession too easily but he can see a forward pass occasionally.
I think we’ll win comfortably tonight. 4-0, Denayer 1st goal. 135/1 @ Skybet
Some labour people on here seem to be thinking’ aw their awkinda fed up coz they lost but when it cums tae the crunch between labour and tories they will vote labour’….i find that incredible.dont you understand that lots of people out there think “labour tory whats the differance”….ive never voted anything but labour and i thought that if we had an independant Scotland that it would be a chance to build a new Scottish labour party,but thats gone now and soon so will labour be in Scotland…live with it….its what youre no vote got you…..
Free ticket available Main Stand rear, due to late call up to prawn sandwich brigade:)) sould suit an EK bhoy or nearby for pick up
The May 2015 election will be the most interesting in recent times.
The Lib Dems are likely to lose a lot of votes across the island especially from the young people in England and Wales.
The Tories I believe with their English parliament have cut off the majority of gains UKIP might have got and that move has left Miliband struggling.
The Labour Party are living in dreamland if they think England will return Red Ed.
The Scottish vote then comes into play but the disappointment many are feeling does not have 5 years to cool down.
Getting out the Red Tories and moves to unseat as many as possible by the 45 are afoot.
The interesting thing is if the 45 put forward candidates running on that ticket then the 3 unionist parties cannot combine their votes as they did in the referendum. When they are all out for themselves it will allow an organized YES movement candidate (not necessarily SNP) to steal in.
People are already looking at the marginal seats and add that to the SNP becoming the third largest party in terms of members in the UK the backlash to the made up powers has begun.
Gordon Brown had better watch because Kirkaldy as I understand it, voted YES.
The Red Tories should also be wary that their traditional heartlands voted for Independence and if a modicum of that vote can be replicated things will be interesting.
It makes no difference if Scotland returns all seats as Labour, they won’t count so it is time to break things up as best as possible.
The fight has not yet begun.
vmhan – ynwa wee oscar
14:14 on 24 September, 2014
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Thanks.. Read it tomorrow.
Bedtime here.
We’ll Rise in the morning with the fenian band
The Honest Cover-up 14:17 on 24 September, 2014
From what I could make out, one of the reasons for voting Yes was to get rid of the Tories.
I found the passion around the Scottish referendum fascinating. It was really exciting to watch from afar and see folk so engaged in politics.
I don’t think New Labour will get in at the next election even if they retain their Scottish seats. People down here are apathetic about politics and working-class folk all over England have been deserting New Labour in droves.
There are good reasons for that. New Labour deserted their core vote when Blair came on the scene.
Part of the demonization of the working-class in the UK portrays them as stupid, but they are not silly enough to vote for the current Labour Party just to get Tory policies.
The Token Tim 14:24 on 24 September, 2014
proudbhoy/livibhoy
The Secret Footballer is Dave Kitson.
proudbhoy
Read the 2nd book. Good read and Celtic get a mention. TSF is touted for a Scottish team.
It is a bit similar to the first but openely tells stories from other players which have been passed on to him.
I have suggested to people on here to read it for ages when they talk about players loyalty and what players like Ledley have said when leaving the club. These players are smart. They have good PR. You don;t burn bridges. You look after the money. You want to leave a club under a cloud publicly? No. It makes you out to be a trouble maker and your streams of revenue could be affected going forward. Modern players care about one thing – MONEY. Anyone who thinks otherwise is I’m afraid living in the past.
I found it interesting about cliques at clubs especially established players who are afraid of younger players taking their place or new players doing the same. They can make life hell for them. Could this have happened at Celtic to say a Pukki? Who knows? What is clear is that no man on the street can even begin to imagine what is going through the mind of a footballer these days. TSF gives you a window into that world.
I also read the Kevin Twaddle book who was a gambler and didn;t even concentrate in some games due to worrying about how his coupon was going. A frightening thought for any die hard supporter of a football club. Players are that far out of touch with the man who comes to watch them at times that it is not hard to see why people are drifting away from the game.
Rio Ferdinand who has his own charity tweeted one New Year.
He was asking for sympathy while everyone else was partying he would be stuck in a hotel sleeping preparing for a match.
He was then lambasted by the public who came back with things like: Spare a thought for the people freezing and struggling to make a living while you rake in £115k a week.
That sort of sums up the modern footballer. Sad though it may be they are self centered and selfish young men who worry more about their image and their tattoos more than the club they play for.
LB
the token tim
14:18 on 24 September, 2014
As frequently stated on here
Greens leader Patrick Harvie and his predecessor Robin Harper are the only (moderately) significant politicians who have openly advocated the abolition of Catholic schools.
Harvie is a nasty little secular bigot who demands tolerance from everyone while demonstrating intolerance from anyone who has the temerity to disagree with him.
The honest coverup
What will you say when the new powers are kicked into the long grass with the forthcoming Gen Elect and war v ISIS?
What will the NOs say after 5 years of UKIP/Real Tory coalition and ejection from EU?
What did Lord Reid say in 2010 –
“A GOOD ELECTION TO LOSE”.
Lets not have sanctimonious handwringing about leaving the poor to suffer under a Tory Government.
It was good enough for John Reid in 2010.