So what did we learn yesterday? Primarily we learned that you can’t replace 8 players from a team which won 0-4 at Tynecastle while leaving the core element of the team in place. It is justifiable to be critical of the performances of experienced key players who didn’t perform, but Wanyama, Brown, Matthews, Miku didn’t become bad players overnight, nor did Tony Watt, what happened is the essence of our team – the system – was missing.
The effort was there but the focus which makes this Celtic team wasn’t. In many ways this was the perfect setup for a Champions League game against a team too many people are telling me we’ll turn over. Our Christmas Cup Final on Wednesday will require every element that existed against Barcelona last month.
The knives are out for Spartak’s foreign players, who are taking the blame for the clubs disintegration since losing at home to Celtic, both in the press and online fan polls. We may see a more Russian looking Spartak on Wednesday. Which will be no bad thing.
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I Still can’t Believe a Male in Scotland would Use the Term “Succulent Lamb”..
I hope to Ghod they Don’t Acctually know what the Term Means to Greek Males..
Summa of EltonFtBoyGeorgeVsChattyManCSC
pigalle
11:05 on 3 December, 2012
Wonderfully comic of this fine Scottish writer to pen his final article in the style of a teenage girl.
With spots.
James Traynor’s article
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Morning,all.
I’ve just read Mr Traynor’s final column.
Stunning stuff-stunning that it wasn’t spiked,that is.
It actually sums up in a handful of paragraphs where he went wrong over the years,a downward spiral from journalism to cheer-leading.
Many of us would love the chance to write our own epitaph. Few of us would make such a hash of it as Traynor did.
It looked for all the world like a parody,and given what Traynor has become over the years,that is most appropriate.
Stay away from the razor-blades,Jim. Deep down inside,I think you too loathe what you have become.
As I said yesterday, in the new Zhun free world of Scottish football all clubs are on transition. That includes Celtic who are switching from SPL title chasers to European ever presents.
Anyone remember Calimero?
He was a wee fat chick who wore half an eggshell on his head and went around greetin’ “It’s an injustice!”
Wonder why that popped into my head this morning?
What rhymes with bilious?
Bobby M
I believe he should be observed. He is consumed by ( understandable) self loathing…
Feed the Bear
For a few years in my young days I navvied on building sites & big construction projects around the UK.
In those days there were a lot of feckless, irresponsible, itinerant ‘tramp navvies’ (like myself) who would quit the job on a spur of the moment whim or perceived slight. They generally left with a dramatic throwing of whatever tool ( pick, shovel,.. whatever ) they happened to be using at the time & a string of expletives, at the Ganger or whoever they saw as the cause of their sudden resignation.
This angry exit was generally known as JACKING & was the source of great hilarity. It would be loudly cheered by the rest of the squad, while the angry Jacker would urge those around him to, ‘ Rear up & Jack like a man’.
Today Jim the Jacker’s resignation would have brought the loudest of applause from those long gone tramp-navvies.
That’s the way to go, James, ..snarling & blaming everybody but yourself.
KILBOWIE KELT
Did any of them throw in the trowel?
Green Lantern (((((0))))) 10:39
Brilliant! lol!
Monteblanco
Supersillious
Enough of Jabba.
MON THE HOOPS!!
Lionel Messi has hailed Celtic’s fanatical support as like nothing he has ever seen and hopes the Scottish champions join Barcelona in the Champions League knockouts as a result.
The Argentine admits to being blown away by the Bhoys’ support during their recent Champions League double header – the last of which in Glasgow saw Celtic record a famous 2-1 victory.
The Scottish giants head into their final group game against Spartak Moscow this week level on points with Benfica, who make the daunting trip to the Camp Nou, in the battle for the second qualifying spot.
Trailing Benfica by virtue of their head-to-head record, Celtic know they must better the Portuguese side’s result in Catalunya if they are to progress to the last 16.
Messi is certainly hoping Neil Lennon’s men make it through, for while he is not a fan of their style of play, he rates the club’s passionate fans amongst the best in world football.
“The Celtic fans deserve to be in Europe,” Messi told the Daily Record. “They have been amazing in both games we have played against them recently.
“We knew what they were going to be like in Glasgow, but the way they were in Barcelona after they had just lost in the way they did was amazing. I have never seen anything like that before.
“We have not always been supportive of the way that Celtic try and play football. However, their fans deserve the knockout stages of the Champions League as I think the competition would be a quieter place without them.”
While Barca have already sealed their place in the knockouts, Celtic can be rest assured that the Catalans will go out all guns blazing against Benfica.
Aside from maintaining their stunning start to the campaign which has seen them win 18 of their 21 games in all competitions, Barca are also intent on helping Messi overhaul Gerd Muller’s record of 85 goals in a calendar year.
Messi is just one behind the legendary German striker and could eclipse the feat, set back in 1972, on Wednesday night.
Monteblanco
Sorry
Supercilious….. Haughty arrogant showing disdain..
Re Jabba. How can the BBC possibly justify retaining him given his bitter attack on current “journos”.
Suspect a good bun such as Darrell King will get Jabba’s gig if the DR can afford to take any new staff on.
Paper down the drain. What a loss….
Dundee Utd announcement. I was looking forward to this game. :0(
The away visit to Celtic, due to take place on Wednesday 12th December, has been postponed due to the William Hills Scottish Cup replay between Arbroath and Celtic taking place on that date.
So Sir Succelenti goes just when there are widespread vacancies for fattened sack-spillers. Timeous without the tim bit.
WassailGemmell,ML2
Jabba was gettting the bullet anyway as part of a revamp of the Daily Record. Making himself out to be a martyr…
BMCUW,
:¬)))
A SON OF DAN
Bullet,you say?
Did he bring it on himself?
Regarding Jabbas quitting
Frankly Jabba and his cohorts have absolutely zero credibility left. It seems to me that it was the root cause of his problem.
He backed the wrong horse.
He chose to stay silent even though he knew the story
He is still even today having a wee snide pop at the internet bampots who undermined him and ilk for the past 2 years
And he has compounded that mistake by backing Charlie green and his posse
Too many mistakes Jabba and too many like him still working, they should follow him out the door too.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
;0)
ASonOfDan
11:49 on 3 December, 2012
Given our poor home domestic form, the postponement of DU game may be no bad thing. Play it in January or February when hopefully we will have sorted ourselves out and are focused on home league games.
Celebrity huns just keep coming. First marti pellow and now james arthur…..woooooo…intae him Frankie bhoy!! HH.
Andy M @ Scotzine @scotzine
So news comes to us from a reliable source that the rumours are true. James Traynor is taking up a post with.Rangers as Head of Marketing/PR
Jabba your teams still cheating
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Andy M @ Scotzine @scotzine
Questions must now be asked of his recent articles and their biased nature given his new position. #taintedarticles
Andy M @ Scotzine @scotzine
So news comes to us from a reliable source that the rumours are true. James Traynor is taking up a post with.Rangers as Head of Marketing/PR
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Fat boy runs away, spitting bile angrily, looking guiltily over his shoulder as he scuttles towards the welcoming arms of his gross and diseased orange masters.
Deliberately I had always avoided reading Fatso’s article regarding The Famine Song.
I now know why. A bitter, twisted old man.
Off ye trot now Jim……
If what Andy Muirhead says is true,then Traynor is to be congratulated on his new role.
I’m sure he will be a resounding success-he’s been doing the job for long enough already…..
Ten Men Won The League, 12:00
At last, it’s official.
And they are weaker for it as he immediately loses his claim to be a neutral. Happy days
new article posted.
Tainted Articles!
I love it!
Paul 67 , when i read your comment “In all seriousness, Second and Third Division football is not difficult, it is essentially Keep Fit on the cheap” I must admit the following thought crossed my mind.
You had highlighted the disrespectful comments attributed to spartak sources about Celtic and their style of play and urged that we “shut the clown up”.
I couldnt help think that your article was one for the away changing room wall and when it became apparent that they were well set up with a few tidy players I started to worry that 1 up was a bit of a slender lead.
For whatever reason , they did not lack motivation and however short they were in quality they did not wilt or loose fitness at the end – whether it was acheived on the cheap or otherwise.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
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I’m sure he will be a resounding success in his new role-he’s been doing the job for long enough already…..
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That says it all – the truth, la verite, la verita, la verdad.
BTW I heard Traynor’s first ever interview on sound radio. He was invited to bump his gums about how stupid and inarticulate professional footballers were. The irony was that he, himself, was well nigh incoherent. Though, I must say, he did become better at lying to a grateful nation.
It is quite possible that he jumped before he was pushed. I mean he couldn’t have relished being policed by Cosgrove on the radio. Who knows – a similar arrangement may have been in place at the DR.
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