It is the indiscriminate nature of life that can shock us the most. Liam Miller, 36, is critically ill with that most feared of diseases, which has taken so many in our families, and our own CQN community. Legend has it that Sir Alex Ferguson came to Celtic Park to watch 17-year-old Vincent Kompany, but was blown away by Miller, who got on the end of an incredible move to score, as Celtic humbled Anderlecht in the Champions League.
This may or may not be true, I suspect Ferguson knew about Miller before travelling north, but the player’s potential was irresistible, either way. He was the brightest graduate of the Celtic youth system since Paul McStay – delivering on the same level Kieran Tierney is now.
Ferguson offered a contract five time more lucrative than Celtic and Liam was off to Manchester, as Celtic fans bemoaned the apparent futility of a development system that took years between producing players of quality, only for them to leave after delivering for a few months.
For Liam, that was the high water mark, he never against reached those levels. Let’s hope he wins his fight against a disease which takes young and old, often as a consequence of a genetic lottery. Decades of fundraising and education (including by many on here) have made a real impact on survival rates, but much still needs to be done. And for goodness sake, don’t sacrifice your life for the tobacco industry.
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!!BADA BING!! on 13TH NOVEMBER 2017 6:50 PM
Chick Hun is an absolute bellend…
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in December 2016 I was in my new local as I had just moved into the Calton 3 days earlier.
That Chump Chick Young was in the pub with EBT Thomson, Pat Bonner, Peter Houston and on or two BBC Chaps.
The “singalong” was in full flow and most folk in a Festive mood until Chick Hun decided to grab the mike and MURDER an Elton John song. That was bad enough but worse was to come as he decided to mouth off halfway thru his “song” by telling the crowd…” Come on and join in….aye even you UGLY WOMEN up the back there” !
It didn’t go down to well, and I was just waiting for some wee Glesga wummin to race up and thump the Chump ?
His pals ( to be fair) did look rather embarrassed and almost turned their back on him as he continued to murder the song.
One of Chick Huns problems is that he feckin loves himself, and sees himself as the star of the show…and when in reality he’s just an ugly wee baldy old loudmouth, who thinks he’s somehow important etc ?
I hate the Chump !
HH
I am this morning in the process of trying to sober up after Saturdays CQN Hoot, my further own Hoot on Sunday…and another 8 hour Hoot yesterday.
I aint feeling or looking too clever this morning, I’ll go oot for some milk and rolls in 10 minutes…then it’s phone aff the hook and a serious day on the couch.
No more drinks til Celtic play.
HH
Nae hoosework getting done either.
This morning, before Mass, a prayer will be offered through the intercession of St Peregrine for Liam Miller. I will also remember his family and close friends in this stressful time for all concerned with his well-being.
Big Jimmy, I thought Chic Young would have sung a slade song as he looks like their guitarist , Dave Hill.
BIG JIMMY. have some pity on chick after all he is a st mirren fan. anyway you rest up. hope you feel better later.
DALLASDALLAS
Think so? Reminds me more of Roland Rat.
Dallas Dallas…
The EK v Albion Rivers game kicks off at 3.00. It’s all ticket and I’m not certain how close it is to a sell out. I dont have a ticket and hoping tbey are still available on the day.
lurkinwhileworkinCSC
Jobo , thanks , I wasn’t sure if it was a 2 or 3pm kick off time.
Bobby, chic Young is a slimy little snake but Roland Rat is also a good name for him.
Word of The Day (It doesn’t describe Mikael Lustig ……)
phlegmatic /flɛɡˈmætɪk/
adjective
1. having a stolid or unemotional disposition
2. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
3. self-possessed, calm, or composed.
4. of the nature of or abounding in the humour phlegm.
Derived Forms
phlegmatically, adverb
phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, noun
Word Origin and History for phlegmatic
adj.
“cool, calm, self-possessed,” and in a more pejorative sense, “cold, dull, apathetic,” 1570s, from literal sense “abounding in phlegm (as a bodily humour)” (mid-14c., fleumatik), from Old French fleumatique (13c., Modern French flegmatique), from Late Latin phlegmaticus, from Greek phlegmatikos “abounding in phlegm” (see phlegm ).
KTF
Jobo
Re Rovers cup tie. It’s an all ticket game as you know, and while unlikely to be sold out, I wouldn’t chance your arm turning up on the day without a ticket – while it’s unlikely to be a sell-out, it’s not unlikely that they won’t be selling tickets on the day.
K Park is staffed from 10am to 10pm weekdays, so I suggest swinging by after work *with cash* one night this week.
Nice to see Moussa reminding Europe of his undoubted quality. But as I said last night,his recurring injuries might be viewed as problematic to potential big-name suitors.
So,should Celtic be putting out the feelers to him and his agent,offer to improve and extend his contract? Set his mind at rest re his future without compromising his ambitions?
He’ll still only be 20 at the end of the season,but he’ll only have two years left on his contract,so I think we have to up the ante for him.
Oot n aboot in Sciacca earlier . Hot , overcast and very humid . There will be a storm / downpour later .
Cognitive dissonance abounds
The ignominy of failing to qualify v welcoming the fact that no qualification means no humiliation in the real thing ( and when you can’t beat an ice -hockey team —-)
The knowledge that a country which is heavily into formations/ tactics etc ended up with a national team which is an absolute shambles .
Being entertained by the sight of Insigne calling Ventura ” a confused clown ” and De Rossi refusing to play and telling Ventura — ” We need to win ,not draw and you want to play me?” – and knowing that such stuff simply demonstrates what a shambles it was .
Game was dreadful – two dreadful teams . Fouls / elbows galore ( from both teams ) A touchy feely Ref that missed 4 penalties ( 2 for each team ) . Missed 2 hand balls and then saw a hand ball where there wasn’t .. Booing of the Swedish Anthem was less noisy than the booing that Ventura got when the team bus arrived . Ventura will go — many hope that the corrupt dinosaurs who gave him the job also go .
Ground zero for Italian football — they either sort out the shambles or accept perpetual mediocrity.
SOUTHOFTUNIS
Sounds all too familiar to Scottish football fans,I’m afraid. Didn’t see the game last night but I suspect things would have been different if the ref knew what a penalty was.
” You want to know what annoyed me the most ? — that team playing with four stars on their shirts ”
Marco Tardelli — 13 11 17
Thanks DD and CorkCelt, fingers crossed a ticket shows up somewhere and I’ll remain hopeful up until the last minute.
Meath and Cork surely did have some superb battles over the years, ’87 and ’88 will live long in the memory. Sadly both are no longer the powers they once were but Cork seem to have some decent talent coming through (full forward for Nemo, is it Connolly, looks a tasty prospect).
Off to the Aviva later on, nerves are kicking in bigtime. Come on Ireland.
HH
BMCUW
Mega mongrel me has no preference in International football .. . . I like football — that guff last night was like watching the Eton Wall game .
SOUTHOFTUNIS
I long ago lost my interest in international football,but I’ll be watching tonight’s match in a pub in Troon.
And I expect I’ll book a fortnight off at the start of the World Cup.
Four games most days,lunchtime onwards. Stock up on the tinnies and put my feet up
I’ll doubtless moan afterwards about the quality,but it’s a chance I’m willing to take!
BMCUW;
You in Troon today? I;m off. Where are you drinking?
St stivs
Agree re ML, but I fear him and Broonie might arrive at retrial at same time. ML I believe is still suffering from a chronic ankle issue.
A great Celt and I wish him well at the World Cup with his country. What’s the odds on Zlatan coming out of retirement??
HH
It strikes me that the current malaise in Italian football creates a problem for UEFA’s club competitions on the one hand, but on the other, perhaps offers the likes of Benfica, Ajax, Anderlecht and ourselves an opportunity to stay a part of elite European club competition.
As the super rich “elite” clubs in Europe fashion football into an ever more avaricious set up, (let’s face it, the top 8 clubs would rather just play amongst themselves all season, and sell the product, as they see it, to the highest bidder). The loading and tinkering of the Champions League format, to favour the big four TV audience nations, is well underway.
It is easier to impose these changes, in favour of the richest countries, if these four nations feature the strongest clubs in the playing sense. If these clubs, because of their quality, would allways easily qualify for the group stage, then the argument that they shouldn’t have to qualify in the first place is a stronger one.
However if the likes of Ajax or ourselves could successfully challenge and defeat the Italian clubs, and the Italians struggle in the group stage, then the inclusion of the italian clubs automatically going into the group stage, would be harder to justify, at least on sporting merit.
It is hard to stem the will of the richest clubs, but if the Champions League is to thrive, it must retain its competitive nature. Otherwise we might as well just watch the wrestling on a Wednesday night.
Retiral obviously! Sorry predictive etc
HH
2 choons for the day –
Joe Smooth –
https://youtu.be/Yz1xMiyrfsw
Will Downing –
https://youtu.be/VZFDlrrz0_M
Congrats to Mikel and his Swedish team mates in reaching the World Cup finals.
GER57
Should arrive about 730,mate. Destination unknown,waiting for a reply from TALLYBHOY.
I’ve still got a season ticket in my pocket which belongs to a Troon lad,and it needs handing back!
I’ll call you as soon as he lets on,does your number still end 799?
Cup Final tickets arrived today folks.
Ye Ha .
H.H
BMCUW
Yes it does. I’ll try to get over tonight. HH
BMCUW
I admire your interest .. I simply couldn’t sit down and watch -EG — Ireland V Sweden — it would be like being locked in a room with a very loud Ed Sheeran compilation on a never ending loop .
Curiosity ( stemming from a report re it being the best Moroccan team in years and years ) saw me going out to watch Ivory Coast v Morocco last weekend . I really enjoyed it — skill and pace . Morocco were very good — way better than either of last night’s grunt and grind merchants.
HUNDERBIRDSAREGONE
In truth,the only country which consistently features strongly in the last eight is Spain. The others tend to have one-Bayern,Juventus,PSG or Monaco,pick an English team if you’re lucky.
I’ve suggested previously that the top seeds remain as they are,and the rest of the group stages are unseeded. I think this will improve the quality of the product as well as making it more interesting for the viewers.
But will well-fed turkeys vote for Christmas,even if they know that few will be willing to keep feeding them otherwise?
Club football could well go into the same decline we have seen in the international game. Who would have thought that was likely in the 90s,when every tournament was a belter?
SOUTHOFTUNIS
Fortnight off,nearly 50 games of football,well-stocked beer fridge. What could possibly go wrong?
I’ll start you off with my eyes. Or my liver.
GER57
Good lad. Will keep you posted.
SOUTH OF TUNIS on 14TH NOVEMBER 2017 10:24 AM
BMCUW
Mega mongrel me has no preference in International football .. . . I like football — that guff last night was like watching the Eton Wall game .
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You’ll enjoy this then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Alna0thSE
Btw. That’s the only know footage, audio or visual, of the lad himself.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 14TH NOVEMBER 2017 11:08 AM
I’ve suggested previously that the top seeds remain as they are,and the rest of the group stages are unseeded. I think this will improve the quality of the product as well as making it more interesting for the viewers.
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Couldnt agree more, HH
BMCUW
A lifelong friend of my dad’s, and then me, who is no longer with us, led a very busy working life, but on occasion, was prone to the odd three or four day bender. I hold his memory in very high regard, so let’s just call him “ Jake”. (See what I did there, drink pun fans?). He used to look well rough, after one of his…ehm… soirées.
One day I was meeting Jake and another guy on a work related matter in the local at teatime. I arrived a bit later than arranged, but was not too surprised to see that Jake wasn’t present, in that I had seen him out the previous day, and he was in some nick. I said to the other guy, who was there, “is Jake no comin’?”. “Naw” says he, “I think he had to give blood… A pint from each eye!”
:)))
A wee shame for Italy last night but to steal some words from Steve Earle…
The balance comes due some day…
Anyway, only one more game to go then we can all get on with actually enjoying football again.
Prediction for tonight??? I predict a snoozefest.
Where does a chap go to escape the never ending troubles of this world when there’s no Celtic games for a couple of weeks?
I’m not a big pub guy. I don’t have a bar where I drink. (I love that part of a Scottish conversation when discussing someone – ‘where does he drink?’ – it’s like a part of the persons soul or something – my answer for myself has usually been ‘at the kitchen sink’ – is it a dying thing as pubs change and done disappear? I digress.)
It’s gloomy without Celtic!
I’ve a lot of interests other than fitba but I have started to notice that I’m a bit grumpier than usual when I haven’t seen celtic in a while. It’s a great distraction from the world…..
Random ramblings in a dreary Tuesday morning……..
The Reverend I.M. Jolly
And it’s years since I’ve had philvis to argue with on here……
RobertT
:)
“Where does he drink?”
liked that.
Well observed.
HH