Last month we heard from one of our community, RalphWaldoEllison (John), whose adult son, Tony Conway, has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, the same strain of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) that claimed Jimmy Johnstone almost six years ago.
Tony, John and their families now live in the United States, but they, along with Tony’s brother Martin, are travelling to Scotland this weekend to watch Celtic play Dundee United. They will be here for a total of around 48 hours but I will get a chance to meet them and they are going to the game with Jinky’s son, James Johnstone.
I spoke to James last month and he relayed Jinky’s strong views on research into MND. The fight against this disease will be won one day but there is a great deal of research and political effort required before then. Tony has committed himself to this end.
This morning James Johnstone told me: “My Dad was my hero and I took great pride in the way he fought this horrible disease, it’s great to see the same attitude in Tony. I know how much my Dad loved the Celtic fans and his answer to this would be to help get a cure for MND. Hail, hail.”
I encourage you to visit Tony’s blog dontshrink.com, learn about the condition and leave him a message of support. The Celtic Movement began by putting food in front of hungry children 124 years ago and it remains one of the most able forces for good in the land. We can pick up this challenge.
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Tom English: Ally McCoist’s reputation at risk over Guerra
Published on Thursday 12 January 2012 01:25
A YEAR ago this week, Juan Manuel Ortiz was readying himself for a game against Real Madrid. Ortiz was an Almeria player back then, an apparently important cog in their (doomed) battle against relegation from La Liga.
The arrival of Jose Mourinho’s men was greeted with a combination of excitement and fear for Real were in no mood to take pity on their struggling hosts. They started with Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso, Sami Khedira and Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Kaka and Angel Di Maria.
Real had won their previous eight games in all competitions, scoring 25 goals in the process. Ronaldo, alone, had scored 13 of the 25.
It’s hard to say for sure how Ortiz played in that game against Real but he must have done just fine because he completed the full 90 minutes of a shock 1-1 draw. Later the same month, Ortiz helped Almeria qualify for the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey. Before he left for Rangers, and in the last weeks of the La Liga season, Ortiz played at the Camp Nou and shared a pitch with Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and the rest of Pep Guardiola’s invincibles. Almeria lost 3-1. A respectable result, no question.
His last game for his old club was against Real at the Bernabeu and an attacking triumvirate of Ronaldo, who scored twice, Karim Benzema, who also scored twice, and Emmanuel Adebayor, who scored three times. The point is not that Almeria got slaughtered on the night but that Ortiz was starting in these games. He was a La Liga player. He was used to life on the biggest stage in football.
For whatever reason, Ortiz has not, and may never, hack it in the Scottish Premier League. From Camp Nou and the Bernabeu to nowheresville in a matter of months. His last start for Rangers was in late September. He’s played the sum total of 14 minutes since then. By the sounds of it, Ally McCoist has all but given up on him in the same way he seems to have gone cold on two other midfield acquisitions, Alejandro Bedoya and Matt McKay, the latter having started just two games for Rangers as well as one brief appearance off the bench.
Now, it seems, that he’s keen on another Spanish player, a striker this time. Javi Guerra is his name, Real Valladolid his club and in the region of £2 million his price tag. On Tuesday, McCoist all but confirmed that Guerra was at the top-end of his wish-list should Nikica Jelavic depart for pastures new. McCoist believes Guerra is an outstanding player and something of a goal-machine – and the stats tend to back him up.
Guerra has started 14 games this season and has scored eight times. Last season, he started 38 games and scored 24 times. The season before, when he was at Levante, he scored 12 goals in 33 games. With numbers like those you might expect him to eat up the SPL. That’s obviously what McCoist thinks, but he probably thought that about Ortiz as well. He might have thought that, if Ortiz can play 90 minutes against Mourinho’s top boys and come out with a 1-1, then surely he was going to be a success in the SPL. Right? Well, wrong. So far, at any rate.
Some alarm bells should be ringing in McCoist’s head in relation to Guerra. Firstly, he was on the books at Valencia in La Liga for three years but only ever made two appearances. All his goals have come in the Spanish second division. No doubt, it’s a decent level of competition, but it’s a level below Ortiz had been playing at and we all can see how out of his depth he has appeared in the SPL. Ortiz was coming up against Barcelona and Real Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla. Guerra has been doing it against Recreativo and Ponferradina, Elche and Salamanca, Numancia and Huesca. We all have a love of Spanish football, but their leagues are not without their dross. It’s hard to judge Guerra’s merits based on performances in Spain’s second tier. Not all that glisters over there is gold.
Secondly, if Guerra was a tyro then there might be more inclination to believe that McCoist is on to something, but he’s not a tyro, he’s 29 years of age and he’ll be 30 in March. You have to wonder, too, why he didn’t get a move to La Liga in the summer after his 24 goals last season? And what about his re-sale value in the event of him turning out to be a triumph in Scotland? Basically, at his age, he doesn’t have one.
That will hardly matter to the fans, of course. If they get two or three prolific seasons from him, then they’re laughing no matter what age he is. The potential for re-sale value should be a critical part of the Old Firm’s transfer policy in this day and age, though. Clearly, Celtic have grasped the concept. Given the dire straits Rangers are in, you might have thought they would have grasped it, too.
How many strong saleable assets have they got at the club right now? Assets, that is, that might generate the kind of transfer fee that would make a difference. Jelavic, for sure. Allan McGregor, definitely. Those two are really the only bankers. If McCoist has £2m, plus a healthy wage, to spend on a striker he has to do two things with it. Turn it into goals and then turn it into profit. That is the fiscal reality.
That is a road that Neil Lennon seems to be going down. Yes, he’s had more financial freedom to spend than McCoist has had, or is ever likely to have, but Lennon has predominantly gone for younger players in the transfer market, players who might one day be sold later for a decent return. We’re talking here about Gary Hooper and Beram Kayal, Victor Wanyama and Adam Matthews, Emilio Izaguirre, Joe Ledley and Anthony Stokes. The average age of those seven signings is 22.4.
Lennon, and his scouting staff, have recruited young and potentially-valuable players. At Rangers, McCoist has brought in Carlos Bocanegra who is 32, Doran Goian who is 31, Ortiz and McKay who are both 29 and now another 29, soon to be 30-year-old, is on the Ibrox short-list. Given the financial hole they’re in, you would think that Rangers would adopt a similar signings policy to Celtic – buy low and try to sell high at a later date. But, no.
So, Jelavic. Is he staying or going and, if he’s going, is Guerra the man to replace him? Might Guerra be the new Jelavic or the new Ortiz? It’s not just the pursuit of the league title that might be riding on McCoist getting it right. Having got it wrong a little too often in the transfer market already, it’s McCoist’s very reputation as Rangers manager that’s at stake.
If we had lost a 15 point lead……………………………
2 them……………………………………………
Paul wold be looking at 1500 posts a day……………….
Just goes to show how some people like 2 moan
BigJoecanMoanAweeBIThimsell
Unfortunately the natural issue with bhoycotts is how well the team are doing. Last year we were very close to calling a bhoycott, particularly at Kilmarnock which already has suffered a half baked bhoycott campaign. We got back in the title race and the CSA called off any potential bhoycott, clearly because there was no chance of making it work.
Any campaign has to be very well coordinated and pushed from every supporter angle, the CSA, The Trust, the Irish Supporters Assoc., the Green Brigade and all the most influential websites. Far from impossible, but you need to really focus it and campaign for it. I think you would have to make an example of one Club as a threat to the others, ghost town environment, put the fear of death into the others.
There are so many fans that a general blanket bhoycott would, and this is only opinion, break down. Celtic, and away trips, is a way of life for many people. Maybe a month rather than a match might work. But for example, from here on in in this particular title race which game would you want to miss, or more importantly convince others to miss and leave the team without support? I see the greater good but I don’t you could convince everyone of that view.
There are also two catalysts to the bhoycott. The threat of a vote going Rangers way, or as a reaction.
As a threat that would be in the run in to the title, making it very hard to enforce. Reactive, in August or September would be more easily mustered, but what would that achieve other than tantrum, as I said I cannot see it lasting if the Celtic board did everything they could in line with the fans views. If they don’t it’s armageddon.
But as a general point I agree entirely a cohesive, organised approach should be being developed right now and the consequences of a vote in favour of cheating spelled out unequivocally to those with a vote.
Morning Bhoys and Ghirls!
Just donated to the appeal for Vanessa, I don’t know the wee girl but know her grandad who is a retired former Air Traffic Controller at NATS Prestwick, normally a big jolly guy extolling the virtues of retirement to us worker bees, when in the pub!
Its a long shot in every sense, to raise the cash and to save a life, but those who can afford a few quid please donate something to a very worthwhile cause.
Take care all in Timdom.
RobinBhoy
From English’s article:
you would think that Rangers would adopt a similar signings policy to Celtic – buy low and try to sell high at a later date. But, no.
That would be called ‘forward planning’ – why bother? It would be like Captain Smith ordering a Blue Blazer at Chumley’s from the deck of the Titanic.
Inexplicably bright and sunny this morning here in North Ayrshire.
Morning all from gay Paree, pleasant enough morning, bit of rain later though (10C max)
Looks like rANGERs will be missing out on another couple of potential transfer targets, PSG have managed to outbid them for Maxwell from Barca and look likely to do the same for Kaka (from Real) and Pato (from Milan).
Swally will be pure ragin’ so he wull.
January effing transfer window!
The usual chain of events:
AGM- Lennon will have funds to spend!
As the window approaches – Lennon will only sign players that improve the team
When the window opens – Lennon is happy with what he has but will try and improve the team
Midway through the window – Celtic playing the waiting game, looking at signings towards the end of the window
Right at the end of the window – Speculation right up until the window shuts but overall disappointing maybe a loan signing.
Once the window shuts – We tried really hard to bring players in.
It’s kind of like repeatedly going out with a girl you know you are never going to get anywhere with but you can´t help being interested in her because you really fancy her!
If on a winter’s site a walloper
Good morning,
There has been some considerable speculation on these hallowed pages about the merits or otherwise of a number of potential centre forwards who may be signed in the transfer window. In the course of these debates and arguments, I am always impressed by the statisticians among us who can inform us that this or that player scored so many goals and that their scoring avarge is 40% or a goal every three games or some such.
I am not really a great statistics man. I much prefer words to get my meaning across but sometimes the odd statistic just jumps out at you– even when it appears in the midst of a good story!
In 1953, a rather gregarious young man who goes by the same name as myself went on a lads holiday. Now this rather curious chap would be my father, and the destination for this holiday would be the popular town of Buncrana in County Donegal. The oul fella had been there scores of times before with his own parents, but on this occasion he was with a group of mates. It was a popular destination for young men who were living in Scotland but who had been borne in Ireland or who were of Irish parentage– and as this Holiday was over the Easter period ( April )- there were lots of young folk around the town.
Among those who were on holiday at the time was one William Gallagher. Willie was the eldest son of the mighty atom himself- Patsy Gallagher-and both Willie and Patsy had played for O Holy redeemers school team where my old man had played some football. Further, although Patsy was born in Milford, my father had always regarded Patsy as a Ramelton man which is where my grandfather was brought up and so Willie and my old man had a fair bit in common and were reasonably pally.
So, there he is in Buncrana and he thinks that he will go to the house where the Gallagher clan are staying and say hello as you do.
When he gets there, he finds that friend Willie has a few others with him who my dad does not know- although as he says himself they seemed a nice crowd. Among Willie’s friends was a wee smiley guy who my dad had never met but who he had seen before. This wee guy was a right wee live wire, with a cherubic wee round face, a wicked sense of humour and facial muscles which were simply locked in a permanent grin. Whatsmore, as he got to know him, it would become more than apparent that the wee chap was mad keen on the odd practical joke.
In those days, my old man sang a fair bit, and at night he would do the odd turn in the Plaza ballroom in town and in one or two other locations and so from what I gather this young team from Clydebank and their hangers on had rare old time.
However, smiler was a touch agitated. If any of the crowd had been in touch with “Home” he wanted to know if they had heard any news. Remember that at this time, not only were there no mobile phones, very few people actually had access to an ordinary private telephone and so calls “home” were things to be arranged well in advance for both the caller and recipient.
So if anyone in the company called home from the post office, smiler wanted to know if there was any news!
The reason for smiler’s consternation? He wanted to know if there was any news on whether or not– he had been signed by Celtic!
Again, it is hard to imagine that a football player would be reliant on someone else’s phonecall to learn whether or not he had been signed by Celtic, but that was the case in 1953.
Alas, there was no news of any such signing and smiler just got on with his holiday apparently– in fact he would not actually sign for Celtic for another 3 weeks! However he obviously knew that he was of interest to Jimmy McGrory. Once he did sign, it could be said that he had a slightly strange career in that he was perhaps looked upon as a utility player. Someone who would not always make the team.
Yet when he did make the team– whether it be the Celtic team or any other team he played for– the statistics that i was referring to above suggest that he was devistatingly effective.
He played for his first senior team– Morton– some 82 times scoring an amazing 57 goals. Now that is impressive by anyone’s standards. From there he moved down south and played with Middlesborough for two seasons scoring 14 times in 38 games. Clearly he didn’t play every game down there, but again the stats are reasonable. When he left Celtic after a 7 years stint, he played 69 times for Dundee United and hit the net 30 times over a 3 year period. Lastly he made 18 appearances for Raith Rovers and scored 4 times.
But Celtic was his real love and so it was there our smiler spent the majority of his career. He stayed roughly the same length of time as Henrik and in that time made 191 appearances ( compared to Henrik’s 221 )– although I stress that he did not always get a game. During those games he scored an impressive 82 goals- many of which were extermely memorable as they were left foot thunderbolts.
Many will by now have guessed that the wee smiley man was Neilly Mochan.
My memories of Neilly were of course as the Celtic trainer who ran on with the magic sponge when someone was injured. The image I have of him in my head is of the wee guy with a slightly redenning smiley face, slicked back though thinning hair, perhaps just a wee bit portly– but who i would have put my money on to beat any of the Lisbon lions in a sprint save perhaps for Stevie Chalmers and Bobby Lennox!– let’s face it Carl Lewis wouldn’t have caught Lennox!
Neilly won the Coronation cup with Celtic in only his second game, won league and cup doubles and of course scored two goals in the league cup final when Hampden basked in the sun. He was a Celtic man through and through, and of course developed a great relationship with Jock Stein with whom he played and worked with as trainer and the holder of that magic sponge.
The guys over at the Celtic graves society have recently been given access to Neilly’s remarkeable collection of memorabilia and I have no doubt that there will be more articles on this collection on the timternet in the coming months. However for now you can see some of the photos and a description of the things Neilly collected here:
http://celticgraves.com/topic/9330076/1/
My old man came to like wee Neilly an awful lot and earlier today was talking away to me about that time in Buncrana which brought all this to mind. Just a wee smiley funny guy– who happened to be more than alright on a football park!
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If you liked my wee story– or even if you didn’t– please please please do what you can for Vanessa Riddle. She is a wee girl who can be saved but only by way of a treatment that the health authorities do not provide in Britain. Having thought she had beaten her condition, she has relapsed and now faces a fight for her life. This is a fight that is winnable– but to even stand a chance takes an awful lot of money!
Her grandfather is a Welshman who works in Prestwick beside my brother in law and a couple of other big Celtic supporters. All the family live in Ayrshire and Vanessa is currently in the Sick Kids Hospital in Yorkhill. I was asked if I could spread the word of Vanessa’s fight amongst the Celtic family in the hope that the money can be raised to at least give her a chance.
There is something awfully wrong with our society when it would appear that a child can be cured– or stands a chance of being cured of a dreadful disease– but policy or money means that that cure and treatment will not be administered.
So here is the link to Vanessa’s appeal: Anything you can do will be greatly appreciated, but if everyone who went to Seville donated just a fiver we could save Vanessa!
Thanks– really deep heartfelt thanks– to all those who donated, tweeted, e-mailed and messaged me about this. You really are some crowd and I am in awe of your kindness and compassion.
http://www.justgiving.com/vanessa-appeal
Cheers
Brogan
Celtic Football Club— doing their best since 1888!
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up_over_goal says:
12 January, 2012 at 09:47
If on a winter’s site a walloper
Not tinted,please?
maccargo says:
12 January, 2012 at 05:38
Love this quite from the spanish super striker rangers are going to hand over 2.5 million for – bearing in mind that people are taking rangers to court over 20k and 30k!!!!!
Meanwhile over at the Peckham Palace……..
Meanwhile, Gers target Javi Guerra, 29, revealed the Ibrox side have been tracking him for a year.
The Real Valladolid striker said: “I’ve known of Rangers’ interest, even from last year. I spoke to my agent who confirmed it.
So a whole year eh??- “interest even from last year”- so that would be 12 days ago..FFS
Hello guys, got a great wee story, but first i’d like to put a couple of shouts out.
jeff winters, yer a bawbag.
hugh keevins, yer a bawbag too and a disgrace to your profession.
Terry, top drawer last night…..made my journey to the gym a pleasant experience.
Anyway on to the story. A guy that comes in to my work, professes to be a st mirren supporter, get’s offered a corporate ticket for the game v huns 2 weeks ago ( hun end ). So he takes the ticket, noshed up @ ibrokes, bused to the game, saw his second team get gubbed, back to the bus then dropped at ibrokes to get a taxi. He tells me there’s maybe 20 of them waiting as car after car, streams along edminston drive tooting horns, green and white scarfs out the window, shouting niceties at the stranded orcs. It’s at this point he takes his iphone out of his pocket and shows me the following video ( i dont actually have the video, he is a wee bit reluctant to part with it…but still working on it ).
From the view point of the red brick facade, looking across the street, a double decker “pride of the clyde” bus comes in to view, stops directly across the road from them. At this point, 50/60 celtic fans pile of the bus, congregate in the central reservation and start singing “just cant get enough” then proceed to do the huddle. This lasts for about a minute, before a police van pulls up, gets the supporters on the bus and moves it along. All the while, there’s one northern irish voice whimpering in the background saying : “i dont f**king believe this” “somebody phone the police” “f**k sake, f**k sake”.
Comedy gold……..even the guy that took the footage thought it was hilarious.
i’m sure there’ll be a few of the guys on the blog that where on the the bus.
PC67
Just in case Eddie McGraw is online you have mail.
Brogan
Great account of the life and times of cannonball Neilly.
Believe it or not,he also played left back for Celtic towards the end of his career..
Well remember Bob Crampsey`s description on Scotsport :
” And a woeful clearance from Mochan.”
macjay1
If that’s a reference to the book, this is where I get off. Read the beginning and, like, the author kept changing the story! And not like in a raconteur ‘I’ll get back to that in a minute’ way! Just gone forever – stop, start. Jeez. Dan Brown it ain’t.
Well done you for getting to the end, though.
BRT and H- the goal Neilly Mochan scored in the Coronation Cup final was, according to my dad, the best he’d ever seen.
He’s probably right but I’m aware that as I get older the passage of time seems to polish our memories, burnishing them and knocking off the rough spots.
My favourite Celticgoal is Mcgarvey against St Mirren, at least I thought it was until someone posted a link to it on here and it didn’t look all that special.
Maybe it’s better to go to the game, watch and wonder and store up the memory, rather than have blanket TV coverage come along and reveal it in a harsher light.
Oh Willie Maley was his name,
He brought some great names to the game,
When he was the boss at Celtic Park.
Taught them how to play football,
He made the greatest of them all,
Gallagher and Quinn have left their mark.
Chorus:
And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay,
They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hay,
And most of the football greats,
Have passed through Parkhead’s gates,
All to play football the Glasgow Celtic way.
In ’38 there was a show,
And Glasgow was the place to go,
A model of the Tower was football’s prize.
England sent four of the best,
They didn’t meet with much success,
Because the trophy ended up in Paradise.
Chorus
Well Coronation time was here,
Fifty three, that was the year,
Another four from England met their doom.
They said we’ll have to try again,
But like before it was in vain,
Because the Cup is in the Parkhead trophy room.
Chorus
Well fourteen years had gone and so,
To Portugal we had to go,
To play the team that Italy adored.
Celtic went out to attack,
They won the Big Cup and they brought it back,
The first time it had been on British shores.
Chorus
Now 21 years to that day,
With pride, It’s our Centenary,
And we’re among the honours once again.
Six million pounds the huns did spend,
But Souness found it was in vain,
Because the Celtic are the Champions again.
Chorus
And now in 2012,
It feels good to be alive,
And we’re about to celebrate again.
The fans all cry out for Izaguirre
He rises up into the air,
And brings the Scottish Cup to Paradise.
Chorus
Good morning from a bright Manchester.
Just caught a bit of the MSP s debate on independence.
SNP very reticent to take this to the people. In the ling term Salmond will rue the day he put forward the Offensive Act.
New [300th!] issue of ‘When Saturday Comes’ is out, up to the usual standard.
Interesting bitsandbobs that were news to me [and mildly Celtic related]-
Boavista have gone into a much steeper decline than even the ole Celts since 2003. They’re now in the Portuguese lower leagues, partially due to the expense they have incurred in the new stadium that was built for Euro 2004.
Wigan, when they were a big club in English non-League football [ie before the pyramid] got fed up at not being voted into Div4 and applied to join the Scottish league.
Robbie Keane signs on loan to Villa. That’ll stop screeds of should we/shouldn’t we over the next 3 weeks
Yo ho ho, off we go
What do you know, it’s nine in a row
Bye bye Rangers
Celtic’s on the ball again, on the way to make it ten
Bye bye Rangers
You can talk about your great defenders
Sing and shout about your No Surrender
But let us give you this wee tip
We’ll be there for the league and the cup
Rangers bye bye
Yo ho ho, off we go
What do you know, it’s nine in a row
Bye bye Rangers
Celtic’s on the ball again, on the way to make it ten
Bye bye Rangers
You can talk about your great defenders
Sing and shout about your No Surrender
But let us give you this wee tip
We’ll be there for the league and the cup
Rangers bye bye
But let us give you this wee tip
We’ll be there for the league and the cup
Rangers bye bye
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo says:
12 January, 2012 at 10:17
Many Happy Hoopy returns of the day to excellent CQN scribe Awe Naw..
Alles gute zum geburstag..
googybhoy- I stopped voting a long time ago,but every ballot paper i get from now on will be used as a protest vote against the SNP.
Kayal33 says:
12 January, 2012 at 10:19
Thank God for that, one down one to go…
Awe_Naw
Ah, the rhyme crime song.
I’ve always sung:
But let us give you this wee tip
We’ll be there for the league and a kip
Rangers bye bye
(Always thinking of the players’ welfare after a long hard-fought season)
MHR to ANNOAN.
May age bring with it wisdom and discretion ;/)
My Celtic, the caring club.
Starry Plough,
Thank you very much kind Sir …. wanted to take the day off but the proverbial has hit the fan at work this week. This is how it used to be
Überstunden ago ago is me :-)))))))))))))))))))))))
37 today
Hail Hail
up_over_goal says:
12 January, 2012 at 10:06
It`s a reference to Lady Isobel Barnett on:
“Animal,vegetable or mineral.”
You had to be there.:-)
#transfers@spl#
Celtic contact Aston Villa to enquire about loan deal for Robbie Keane#
!!Bada Bing!! Kano 1000 says:
12 January, 2012 at 10:22
googybhoy- I stopped voting a long time ago,but every ballot paper i get from now on will be used as a protest vote against the SNP.
Been down here for many years so doubt that I will have any say in the matter. I emailed Salmond last night to see if he could offer me some of the things I take for granted down here that ate not in Scotland.
I do not expect a.serious reply.
Wonder if police will test the scope of their new legislation by charging Jeff Winter?
Macjay – Isobel Barnett killed herself [ole electric fire in the bath] after being found guilty of shoplifting.
Awe Naw
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 60 Geburtstag
Love
Morning bhoys, the sun is out, still cool but as ever hun free.
Happy birthday Awe Naw, keep doing what you do best :>)
Awe Naw- Happy Birthday.
Lads any of you seen the BBC sport page? main headline Rangers have interest and the confirmed with spanish strikers agent and then the picture shows aunt sally on the phone lol.
I’m just glad we as a club keep our cards closed to our chest because that lot are a total embarrassment and that includes the BBC,Clyde,Real Radio,The Daily Record,The Herald.
Everyday now your online and its a different story to try and make it look as if everything is rosy up Govan way and they try to create a negative headline towards us.
The Daily Record this morning has the headline Donnelly will snub boyhood heroes and move to England and then a headline about the spanish striker could move to ibrox for £2.5 million, i give up.
I cannot wait untill these rats go under because i await the day the media in this country plead with us to help their cause ha ha ha ha ha let the games begin.
If we help their cause then it makes us look just as bad and I’m sorry Mr Keevins you little reptile we do not bail out tax dodgers.
up_over_goal says:
12 January, 2012 at 10:23
I´m a mumbler when it comes to songs due to hearing that has been frazzled by Marshall amps
When Germans want an encore they shout for “zugabe” which I believe means encore.
They shout it over and over again until they get it.
for about 10 years I thought they were shouting “boo ga la dude” … which I thought was really cool .. had no idea what it meant but it fitted in perfectly with the Zu-gabe Zu gabe Zu gabe .. I was quite shocked when a whole crowd once were not as enthusiastic as me for an encore
and a guy who I was with and who speaks German fluently … asked me who are they ?
Who are who I replied ?
This Boogie Dude you keep asking for he replied ?
That´s when my education into asking for an encore in German started.
It rhymed perfectly and I honestly shouted it out at concerts openly and loudly for ten years without being pulled up about it.
At my next concert I tried the Zu Gabe chant and it just wasn´t me … so I still chant for “Boo Ga la dude” it has become a part of me now
Even at Scottish concerts !!!
BooGaLaDudeCSC