Ronny Deila has been talking about a treble since early in the season, far too early for my liking. History suggests that trebles are notoriously difficult to win, even for dominant teams. The league is usually won by the best team but it’s hard to win every game in two cup competitions, no matter how good you are.
Despite this, I’ll not bet against Ronny getting his wish. He needs to win four games cup games, three of which would be at neutral Hampden, with only one game, the Scottish Cup quarter final, possibly being played away from home.
The cynic among you will, therefore, expect an away draw, possibly in some far-flung end of the country, like Inverness. My money is on a trip to Easter Road. I’ll be happy to avoid Tannadice, scene of our last defeat and a place they’re understandably feeling sort over the loss of Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven.
People of Kirkcaldy: that whole 1994-Ibrox thing, forget about it, we’re OK.
Well done to Celtic for highlighting their position as the least likely football team to financially default, according the US rating agency, Standards & Poor’s. Commercial and ticket income across Scottish football has fallen in recent years but that was only going to result in Armageddon if those in charge of clubs put an inflated sense of their own importance ahead of paying bills.
See the photo above sent by Mary’s Meals last week of the school kitchen we funded at CQ10. Work is already underway to raise funds for a fourth CQN kitchen in Malawi after the CQN11 St Patrick’s Dinner, on Friday 13 March at the Kerrydale Suite. Email me for ticket, celticquicknews@gmail.com
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Starry plough
Thanks man. Been a good weekend and todays not too bad either.
Nice draw in a while and a couple more wins this week and I am made up
Think the compliance officer only gets involved with Sevco situations, when one of their players has been red carded and he’s called in to down grade it to a banishment to the junior league for the referee.
Moonbeams WD
Did you see he claimed for a bottle of IRN BRU?
That is beyond parody
Snake Plissken
Good to hear:))
Cracking day here and I am off, tunes on, late lunch on the cards in time for the draw..
Would love to see a Celtic v Hibs final this season then we can all get on Timbhoy 2’s Big Green Bus:))
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Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan. The Vow – Critically Rebuked by 45% of this fine nation.
13:04 on
9 February, 2015
Awe Naw @ 12:10
No matter your issues with other posters it is not your right to remove their anonymity on here. If anyone wished that I am sure they wouldn’t use silly nome de blogs to talk to one another. There are very few who don’t use nome de blogs. it was also pretty much an unwritten rule (may even have been written) back in the day that no one outed anyone on here no matter their grievance.
Not good buddy and I thought better of you than that.
MWD said AYE
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Well said Moonbeams..there should be People Above You posting Similar..
And l hope your Post is supported by the Vast Majority of CQN..
There is a Big difference sending Sleekit emails to All Your Pals on CQN and Outing someone to the World..
Example: The Nicest most Genuine poster on Here with Not one enemy could loose there Job if ‘Outed’ on here..
As Wee say in Australia..A ‘Dog Act’..
Summa
I just made that up BTW. About the scandal wae Jim Murphy. That happended back in 2012. Just looking to see how close an eye ole Alfie is keeping on ole CQN from his office seat. :-)
MWD said AYE
Eddieinkirkmicheal
I’m so sorry for your experiences mate.
Ain’t got any suggestions, as I don’t know what you will be feeling.
But Eddie if there’s anything I can do, and I mean anything (help, support, want to talk) anything, please do not hesitate to ask.
Genuinely be delighted to help you mate.
I’ve always looked forward to reading your posts, which display your decency, compassion and humanity.
I hope we get Raith Rovers at home in the cup
Honest set up playing good football who deserve a decent pay day for their recent (fallen) giant killing exploits
Plus the fans can chant there is only one Turnbull Hutton they never burned your stadium down
i did see that snake. hardly a scandal though it was laughable :-))) Bet he took the bottel back to get his deposit back to. :-))))
MWD said AYE
Eddie
Sort to hear of the grief that has been directed at you and your family.
Not the same but a few years ago I was organising lunch for the grey brigade on the day of a European game. I phoned and booked the restaurant and put the details and time up for other CQNers to decide if they could make it. I got a call from the restaurant manager who was a friend asking me if I had cancelled as one of his staff had taken a call and cancelled the booking. It was easily sorted but shows how easy it is to get at people.
Re McCulloch..the guys a coward…usually rolls about greeting after he has done someone and know a few ex players who would have loved to sort him out. Again the lack of protection from Hampden shows what every club are up against and Madden and Thompson’s performances for one club against two different teams has been disgraceful. As TET has been saying sort the refs sort the problem.
Kikinthenakas
eddieinkirkmichael,
Upsetting reading what you and your family have went through.
Glad to hear you’re starting to come through it, hope all goes well.
P
79 Caps – bah! Congratulations. (thumbsup)
Jungle VIP – About all that can be said for you, Philvis, is at least you’re honest!
And handsome.
I know you’ve been over this a hundred times before with plenty of us on here and you’re probably beyond redemption ;-)
If The Legend of Ron Burgundy taught us anything, it’s that nobody is beyond redemption. Even podium stealer 79 caps.
But just for the heck of it:
You’re still defending the indefensible: accidents of birth, leading to trails of advantage and privilege, leading to better paid jobs and better quality of life, life expectancy, etc., while reserving the right to dodge out of paying for the services which are often essential to many of our less well-off fellow citizens.
All I’m really saying is this: people have an obligation to obey the law. No more than that.
When it comes to tax, if you break the law you should and most likely will be prosecuted. If you haven’t broken the law, it’s nobody else’s business how you structure your finances.
Nothing wrong with some of that, but to compound this unfairness, ‘better off’ types often want to pay less towards the provision of what many of us consider to be essential services; including waste collection!
I’m sure they want to, but they can’t.
Contrary to this image some folks have of Lord Snooty and pals guffawing at the poor while they themselves pay no tax, high earners and the rich contribute far, far more than their pro-rata share of tax.
On income tax alone, the top 1% pay a staggering 25% of all tax. When you look at VAT, stamp duty, inheritance tax, taxes on capital gains and whatnot, you find a similar pattern.
There’s just no lawful way to be rich in the UK without paying a lot more than the average man in taxation.
So most tax avoidance is at the margins. People who have already forked over huge sums to HMRC trying to get creative about saving money here and there through tax efficient savings schemes. The tax code of the United Kingdom is so horribly complex that it has created a whole industry of tax accountants who help their clients navigate their legal responsibilities while being fleeced as little as possible.
But they’re still fleeced, unless they do something blatantly illegal.
Don’t hate the players, hate the game. By this year of Our Lord 2015, we can’t claim to be innocent of how people respond to financial incentives. So why do we act surprised when people react to incentives? It’s madness.
You or I might think this behaviour is either immoral or praiseworthy. But it doesn’t matter what we think. The law isn’t applied by opinion poll.
(As an aside, I work for a voluntary organisation that supports people with disabilities, with local authorities buying the services we provide. From most of our ‘buyers’ we haven’t received an increase in our hourly rate since 2008. How have your finances faired over that time?)
Surprisingly well, but the fringe benefits have dried up. In 2007 nobody batted an eyelid at putting us up in five star hotels or spending small fortunes taking clients to Amsterdam or Barcelona on expenses.
It was a heady time, like something out of The Great Gatsby but with more men in suits getting lapdances.
Those days are long gone due to a combination of the economy and paranoia over the Bribery Act. Best thing I was offered recently was a ticket to Wimbledon and an overnight at a Premier Inn. To see the mixed doubles or something.
Pass. (thumbsup)
Moonbeams WD
Humza Yusaf tweeted he can confirm he buys his own Irn Bru.
Made me laugh anyway.
jc2
13:11 on 9 February, 2015
Received with thanks, will forward to Barach Obampot tomorrow.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
timbhoy2
13:09 on 9 February, 2015
See Celtic Football Club still hire Buses from Parks of Hamilton,horrible looking coach,cant get my head round that ,hiring from him ,a big shareholder at Sevco.
Totally agree. FFS the huns don’t even use parks.
Get the bhoys on a McCreadie coach.
HH
Just seen the tackle on the Hearts player. The ref never sent the guy off.What is a sending off in Scotland.
Who did we get away in the Cup?
MWD
if you are stupid enough to leave your name around the internet then that is your problem not mine.
The information on the internet especially twitter is game for all.
It is a google search away.
And only Anal Stools made it public that it was he… so if you fall for that then your volunteering to be in the fanny fraternity
No apologies forth coming from me.
I will unfriend you on facebook to save you any worries.
HH
My thought for the day…
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Totally agree re Parks of Hamilton, get them tae….
Spanner on SSN,desperately trying to ease the pain of his heroes getting pumped,he said it wasn’t really a shock Raith Rovers won at Poundland…..
Awe Naw
fire away.
MWD said AYE
LP-just seen it ,that’s a jailing job
http://www.nufcdirect.com/club-score-knitted-hat-904672?colcode=90467218
Mad Mike sellin Zombie hats doon the road.
Peaky blinders…
Worth watching ? First episode on here. Think i heard good reports before about it
P67/Winning Captains-due to guys getting serious hassle from being on here,is it possible to have a personal message facility between posters? Would stop email addys and phone numbers being used by hunmonkeys.Good luck with new design of CQN.HH
Moonbeams WD. Wee Oscar’s our Bhoy and Kano’s our mhan. The Vow – Critically Rebuked by 45% of this fine nation.
13:12 on 9 February, 2015
‘Westminster is full of criminals and peado’s.’
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That’s what the huns say about CFC and the Catholic Church.
We call them bigots.
What are we to call you?
proudbhoy-Peaky Blinders -brilliant stuff,i would sign Arthur for the hoops,to play just 1 game against that coward McCulloch
!!Bada Bing!!
13:30 on
9 February, 2015
LP-just seen it ,that’s a jailing job
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Remember the custodial Big Drunken Disorderly got ? The MIB thought that was a booking too.
MWD
I am surprised what a sweetie wife you have turned out to be. As I say Anal stools outed imself. Not me. Only he could make that connection. You seem desperate for new friends to make that connection.
So with the greatest of respect go f yerself
HH
lennon’s passion,
A Celtic player celebrating a goal at Tynecastle, is a second yellow and subsequent sending off offence.
Kris Commons CSC.
Árd Macha
thetimreaper
Such is his bond with the Geordies…………more chance of them buying Celtic hats.
Think what eddie is going through shows just how easy it is for people to track you down and get info.. espcially if the dumb monkeys can do it .
Probably a good chance for everyone to do some security things if your on social media alot. Put your facebook to private..leave personal info/photos off twitter etc .
Not sure how much things like that will help but it may be enough to put some of the dopiest ones off.
Stay safe everyone
!!bada bing!!
13:34 on 9 February, 2015
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Thanks have it paused here.. waiting for the other half to finish printing off her canvases. Busy times
Arthur someone in the show ?
Phyllis,
Thanks for the info re Madeira, I’ll have a look for the bar. Cheers.
ernie
call me what you want.
But tell me. Is it not slowly being proven true that Westminster is full of criminals and peado’s.
Celtic had a problem with one man and hw was shown the door by Big Jock.
If you wish to misrepresent my statement and believe it to be comparable with the huns view of every Celtic fan so be it. Only highlights your blinkered unionist view.
MWD said AYE
Peaky Blinders- great stuff.
Wee Annabelle Wallis is very, very watchable.
That time again folks, I have my begging bowl out (AGAIN) for NCCA UK (Neuroblastoma charity) in memory of my wee pal Oscar & to raise money for other kids and their families
Plz donate if you can
https://www.justgiving.com/TommyMelly-Edinburgh-Run
Thanks HH