Speaking at the weekend, Kenny McDowell looked ahead to the cup semi-final saying “We aren’t going into the game fearing a big defeat. If anything we are going into the game knowing we’ll have to be on our guard and wary of that, but we are not going into it fearing of losing by a big score-line”.
Admitting that he’s wary about the prospect of a big defeat is the last thing you want your manager to say publicly as you prepare for a cup tie. It conditions everyone to the prospect of defeat.
From Ronny, it’s all positive: “It’s going to be fun.
“It’s good that this is a big game, so we won’t be underestimating the opponent.
“We are in a good position, we can win everything and that motivates.”
Big games, big results, are often won in the head before a team takes to the field. You win because you know you’re going to win, because you know you can rely on your team-mates. You know that if you do your job correctly, there is nothing the opposition can do, short of elbowing you in the face and hope you retaliate.
No game of football is easy and Ronny and the players will know they will have to work for anything they get on Sunday, but the preparatory work has been done. The players are fit, rested and can’t wait for Sunday.
On a side note, I can’t believe how thoroughly the New Club advert has penetrated media coverage this week. On top of Motivator McDowell, can you imagine ‘ex-players’, pundits and fans having to explain their existence and relevance in the run up to a semi-final? This wasn’t a crowd-source advert, it was crowd-sourced media management, which ran rings around the best paid PRs in the business.
Let me know (celticquicknews@gmail.com) if you want a ticket to CQN 11 St Patrick’s Dinner at the Kerrydale Suite on Friday 13 March – Cup Final weekend, as it happens, or you can buy a ticket at the bottom of this page. I’m in the mood now.
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£1.5m bid for Armstrong might look better on Saturday night if Aberdeen win . If DUFC win it will look insuffient….?
well I have had a board meeting and so its holiday till Tuesday in Lower Saxony ….off for supplies ………etc etc etc
braw
auldheid
15:43 on 29 January, 2015
I don’t think they are that frequent, he wouldn’t get in our midfield just now Henderson is far better and he can’t get a run in our team.
Alfie
Good post…..
No like ye :-)
well thats that sorted – its they big bad fenians thats to blame , so it is. obviously nae mirrors in their (big) hoose
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The Rankers Supporters Trust wishes to express its concern at what we consider to be a clear attempt by some online elements of the Celtic support to incite trouble ahead of an O£$ F$£% game which already has the potential to be a powder keg fixture.
We, along with the vast majority of the Rankers support, noted with some amusement the recent advert taken out by Celtic supporters in a once respected Sunday newspaper. However, what has followed makes us considerably more uneasy. There is now no question that a hardcore element of the Celtic support are not content with the troubles which have plagued our club over the past few years. For them, Rankers Football Club, and by extension its fans, must cease to exist.
Whether this stems from an inferiority complex amongst part of a generation who had to live through Nine-In-A Row, or whether it is down to a more ingrained bigotry, a fierce football rivalry is not sufficient for these people. We are extremely concerned that the rhetoric and hatred spewed out by the likes of Phil MacGiollabhain, Angela Haggerty, Paul Brennan’s CQN website and others, is a deliberate attempt to try to stoke sectarian fires and incite violence at the upcoming fixture.
One need only view the reaction of some Celtic fans to the recent blog by MacGiollabhain entitled “The Fenian Blood Festival” to see how these people operate. MacGiollabhain himself has never challenged the assertion that he is “tarred with a sickening sectarian brush” and he has willing servants in Miss Haggerty, CQN and several other online Celtic sites. We urge all sane Celtic fans to ignore their bile.
We hope the upcoming fixture will be fiercely contested. We hope, despite being clear underdogs, that Rankers will win. We also hope that fans of both teams will be able to travel to and watch the match safely. We hope that Police Scotland, as well as policing the day effectively, will take careful note of those who continue to try to incite violence at the upcoming fixture. It would be an odd legal system that arrested people for singing songs but ignored hate speech and incitement of violence. Should the worst happen, we hope the full force of the law will be brought to bear not only on the perpetrators of any trouble but also those who encourage it online.
Rankers and our fans have many challenges to face in the months and years ahead. Challenges which are considerably more important to our long term future than this upcoming O%^ F%$ game. We urge Rankers fans to stay safe, behave in a way which can make us all proud of our club and enjoy their day.”
Neustadt-Braw
Maybe I don`t hit it far enough to lose it 0:-)
Auldheid
Where is the Tim`s pub?
Hun skelper
Thanks. I asked because I am in Arbroath.
JJ
Jungle Jim Hot Smoked
15:36 on
29 January, 2015
Aye, knackered. The yellow fluffy stuff would be hanging off some of them. I guess that’s the difference between amateurs and guys (and girls) hitting the ball at over 100mph.
An Tearmann
I think proudbhoy lives in Australia .
JJ
Mind bending remarks from Stewart Regan on Twitter earlier.
Time this guy packed up his pencil box.
http://thecelticblog.com/2015/01/news/stewart-regan-argument-from-ignorance
the green man
12:59 on 29 January, 2015
You might find this spells it out along with what is necessary to put trust back into our game.
http://www.tsfm.scot/spot-the-difference/comment-page-16/#comment-44637
All that is happening the advert, the anger etc is a symptom of justice not only not being done but actively being avoided by the very people charged with delivering it.
Until that happens our game will feel corrupt, and for some too corrupt to support.
James Forrest
Is that account for real and why now?
The documentation showing Ogilvie’s early involvement with the DOS ebts that LNS was not advised about ( because it was witheld) reached Hampden in early December at least.
Is Regan fishing if account is real?
15.52
Thanks for that James.
Disingenuous doesn’t even it do it justice. Nor does economical with the truth.
Ignorance or lies, that’s what it comes down to.
polcullen
15:08 on
29 January, 2015
long time lurker first time poster. hi bhoys and ghirls, looking for some info from any spanish based people. been looking at leasing a bar in the costa del sol but a bit wary of getting my fingers burnt by estate agents, been digging about on the web but information seems scarce. Wondered if anyone on here had any dealings with any english speaking agents in that area.
H H
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Have you thought this through ?
Many bars are struggling big time, and estate agents are the same the world over, you have to be really wary and careful.
I know a bloke who is close to me, Spanish, estate agent, one of the few honest ones I have come across, I could have a word with him for you.
HH
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Philbhoy
She is good thanks, big lifstyle change, the dugs are loving it :)
HH
Kano , Pablo , Celticlover , StJohnDoyle – CQN in heaven must be mental 15:49 on 29 January, 2015
Another comedy classic.
Neustadt-Braw
15:26 on
29 January, 2015
wonder wit happens to all them tennis balls ? they only use them for about 20 minutes …I had the same one for about 3 years when I was wee….kept it hidden in a sock in the boiler press………..
dribble dribble dribble ……
braw
Your post got me thinking…….how much does a tanner ba’ cost nowadays?
Auldheid:
Oh yes, it’s his official account mate.
He actually said that today.
an tearmann
15:46 on 29 January, 2015
Proudbhoy 12.30.
Hi mate.,
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Proudbhoy lives in Perth Aus :>)
Good advice though about the walking, it’s good exercise in between the running days.
Pace wise all he needs is a decent watch like the Polar m400, GPS, pace, heart rate and calories burned, also has an integrated activity monitor. Smart phones can do most of that innaw with free apps.
V
Hrvatski Jim
Hey Jim …
What happened to the Zombears’ fiendishly clever plan to sneak dead fish into Ashley’s stores? I dont think it happened, so wonder if they will bring their dead fish to throw instead of tennis balls…
Maybe its just me with my Sicilian blood that would think about that ….
ThegodfatherCFC
Oh Dear, that is some St Atement.
HH
TET
yeah thought it through done plenty research and not looking to make millions just looking for a change in lifestyle, dont particularly want to be in glasgow when we are playing them, or whichever tribute act follows them, regularly. met with an estate agent last week when we were in that area and he seemed ok but having a bit of difficulty finding out how legitimate they are.
HH
On Sunday Celtic have an opportunity to establish a victory for the good guys
Winning 1 or 2 nil will be OK – the point is to win
But in my 58 years of supporting Celtic never has a better time presented itself to surpass the 7 – 1 result
I will be happy to simply win the game (the alternative is depressing)
But I want every player on it and at it for 90 minutes
Hammer them Celtic put them in their place
67ECW
Listen to aw u who can walk and run abooot
Wish I was still logged oot…….
polcullen
Why Costa del Sol ?
Big place is Spain, there is an empty bar in the village I live close to :)
HH
James forrest
Mind boggling.The meeja narrative is comprimised.
Its lost to the bampots.
Sir Dave done it.his sale, everythin,and the *tuped* fans identity has worry over somethin sold for a £1.nae word bout SDMs revaluations o £brox noo eh.
HH
Hoorah….!!!!!! …… I’m back on……good news for me, but not for yoooouuuu ….hahahaha… what happened, was it an HD …….HACKED BY DERHUN……!!??
Is it just me or have the media gone completely overboard with this “old firm” nonsense. Looked at the evening times and every heading is OF, wonder if this is their response to the CQN Advert. I say f@@@ their OF.
I see the Daily Record have placed Boys of the Old Brigade on their ‘Jurys Out’ list!!!
Ah well I suppose that is progress of sorts, after all for how long were the lazy/stupid MSM happy to brand anyone singing Irish songs of freedom as ‘sectarian’??
I assume this little jem, the ‘Jurys Out’ list, came from the DR themselves and not the police?!
HH
Sadly, it’s an Edinburgh jury and they’ll be back in a minute.
BigMike
It’s 3 years worth of chip wrappers in a week.
They are interviewing every player who will talk to them this week who played at least one minute of the OF games before Oldco died, became newco, claimed to be oldco but didn;t pay the oldco debts.
Tuped and duped are the buzz words.
LB
traditionalist88
I believe the police will be sitting at both ends of the pitch with big red buttons which will display X’s when any song they do not deem suitable is sung.
3 X’s and the pie stall will be shut.
LB
See Paul and Cqn getting it tight from the rst….ad really got them at it….Good….
LiviBhoy
16:22 on
29 January, 2015
traditionalist88
I believe the police will be sitting at both ends of the pitch with big red buttons which will display X’s when any song they do not deem suitable is sung.
3 X’s and the pie stall will be shut.
LB
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Hence the reason why the fat gardener won’t be going!
HH
Scotlands shame, Manchester’s shame the dregs of society are an embarrassment to this country & our game.
https://t.co/h1TmdwvWR3
https://t.co/izxtLiFlf2
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
16:11 on 29 January, 2015
Listen to aw u who can walk and run abooot
Wish I was still logged oot…….
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I’m talking about it BT, canny dae it myself.
I fell and went over on my ankle a few days before New Year, I’ve had a bad back since and awaiting Physio etc, I can’t run in any case as I’ve got spondolosis in the neck. As an ex fitness fanatic it’s doing my nut in.
I guess all this crap happens with auld age and maybe a bit of overdoing it, when I was younger.
I hope you at least get back to walking soon amigo, what about swimming?
V
Is Bobby Sands MP ok to sing?
IF Ah wur King..
Ah wid Amble ,slowly.. wi Deliberation
AWAY .. fae the Armstong.. Negos..
Because..
He..in Ma Considered Opinion. He is No worth.. Two Million…
Na.. We hiv made a fair bid..n..if it wiz rejected..
Then..
Byeee….
Noo.. whit wuz the Name of the fellow. fae.. Tranmere Rovers?
Aye.. He is next oan the list. Goata Hustle..if we want tae get him afore
the Windae Shuts..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
BigMike
It most certainly is NOT just you! I bought the herald on Sunday and saw many references to the OF. Also, during any Library visit ( about once a week) I have a gander in the `papers. I certainly noticed a heck of a lot of Old Firm references. Mind you, as they have always promoted the `same club` lie, I suppose this is their big week. I really hope Sevco fail to be promoted. I don`t know if I could cope with this hysteria three times next season!
JJ
So, what songs would (i) wind up the zombears, and (ii) not get us in trouble?
I’m thinking ….
1. Always look on the bright side of life … “always look on the bright side of death, just before you draw your terminal breath…”
2. Michael Jackson’s Thriller (as long as we could ‘flash mob’ the zombie dancing scene ) …
I quite enjoyed the suggestion of ‘today’s the day the Teddy Bears had their pitch knicked…’ still chuckling away about that one.