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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Awe_Naw…,
happy buffday
I’n no a kevin and its no ma buffday either, hope that helps clear up a few things too :o)
wind farms can only one part of a co-ordinated energy strategy, the issue is the other parts are deliberately being neglected, the wind farms are deliberately being set up to fail, which will allow/encourage more dangerous sources. Wind farms, tidal farms, geothermal and solar sources is what is required, any single one of these on its own is set up to fail, in an attempt to undermine and ridicule the renewable philosophy.
greenjedi
are you saying that socialists should not make a living ?
Kittoch: 12 January, 2012 at 12:00
celticnetwork Tweet
“Jeff winters website suspended.”
The slimeball has lost all his media work as well.
Re. this transfer window. The manager has said he wants a striker with physical presence and goals, and a centre half to go along with signing of Lustig.
I reckon Lustig has been bought more with next season in mind when 2 of our current right backs are out of contract with the other a probable target from down South.
A better quality of centre half than we currently have would be nice but as long as we have 5 centre halfs in the squad (and a further 2 out on loan), this isn’t a priority and waiting for the right player in the summer may be a better option than another squad filler now (unless we are selling at least 1 of the current 5 in this window).
Priority number 1 is a striker. In fact it should be our only priority.
Anything happens to Hooper and Stokes we are stuffed. Samaras, whilst improving greatly in his general play recently isn’t, and never will be, a regular goalscorer. Bangura seems like an expensive mistake, but we’ll need to wait and see and perhaps a loan away to a Championship down south for the second half of the season may help him adjust to the football in this country.
One of Diawara or Rhodes, if they are the players the manager want, should be signed and we should push the boat out financially to deliver.
re: precription fees. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. If you can afford it you should pay for them, if you can’t you shouldn’t. Universal free precriptions is an unaffordable sop to the grey vote, in my opinion, much like the winter fuel allowance; a noble concept which is similarly absurd in terms of the universality of its allocation.
re: windfarms/pylons in the countryside. The majority of people live in cities. Many of them are below the poverty line, many of them are children. They need electricity. The priority therefore is finding the cheapest means of transporting electricity from where it can be generated cheapest and safest, to where it is needed. This seems to mean it needs to get generated far away from cities. Transporting it cheapest involves pylons; if it disrupts the view, I’m willing to take the hit so that weans in high rises don’t have to contend with (as much) crippling. biting cold during the winter.
The rationale for windfarms/offshore energy etc isn’t conclusive in terms of cost/benefit (yet) but numerous industries wouldn’t have gotten off the ground without state subsidy. I’m far more exercised by the subsidies farmers get from the EU to produce food we can’t eat and milk we can’t drink, just to dump it on third world markets. At least the windfarm industry is trying to find a means of satisfying our energy demands without destroying the planet.
Just my tuppenceworth.
LiviBhoy.I think we can see why Celtic dont want to spend big money on a player in these hard times there is no guarantee spending say 5 million would get us a quality striker it is a risk.However,the size of the risk must be considered we currently have two strikers on the books Rasmussen and Bangura who have shown what you buy at 1million-to-2million and unfortunately at this moment in time they dont look good value.I think spending 5 million say on Rhodes is still a risk but percentage wise less a risk than either Rasmussen or Bangura was.I think if a player has been well scouted and his goal scoreing record over games played s calculated along with the quality of opposition they have been scoring against taken into account and the players background is researched the risk can be reduced.H.H.
greenjedi says:
12 January, 2012 at 12:07
You evidently know as little about the economics of agriculture as you do about, well, on the evidence on here, just about everything.
canamalar.
Thanks bud
Hail Hail
Trust DBBIA and Ian Crocker to kick off CQN’s first wind power debate!!
We did have a nuclear power station in our backyard [Chapelcross] , now de-commissioned.
I think I prefered it to the windfarms.
We get the wrong kind of wind in Scotland, because we don’t have a climate, we have weather.
And for the foreseeable future the weather is going to get windier, but not in a good way.
A lot of multi-national energy producers, with very deep pockets, are taking advantage of the completely compliant attitude of the Scottish government to push for large windfarm developments which would not be built elsewhere in Europe.
Speaking of strikers, perhaps young Keatings will now come into the reckoning. He’s fit again and is scoring again!
I also wonder whether James Forrest could best be deployed as a striker. He seems to be developing Gerd Muller thighs and is definitely quicker than der Bomber.
Joe Filippis Haircut says:
12 January, 2012 at 12:12
Totally agree with your analysis but I fear Celtic are still trying to fix the mistakes Mogga made in the transfer market.
Bangura is a mystery! No idea why he was signed and who signed him.
LB
O Dea will sign for Leeds this weekend.
JohnnyClash @12.13
Maks nae sense tae me.
And it maks nae sense tae Mo.
LiviBhoy I agree Bangura is a bit of a mystery I still hope he makes it with us but I hav my doubts.H.H.
Sorry if already been posted. Just found this very funny.
Dring Dring: “Bonjour ..Sochaux’s General Manager speaking…
‘ow may I help you”….
Glasgow Voice: ” Aye hello…dae ye speak English an’ at “?
G.M. : “Mais ouis..and better than you I am thinking”…
GV: “Great…listen ah’m fae Glasgow Rainjurs an’ ah wonder if ye could do us a favour”…
G.M.: ” What are you after please “?
G.V.: ” Could yous kid on that ye want to sign Maurice Edu” ?
G.M.: ” Maurice …who”??
G.V: “E…D…U…”
G.M.: “Never heard of him..but go on please”..
G.V.: ” It’s like this..we’ve nae dosh and nae prospects either…but tae keep the Bears happy we’re trying tae put oan a face that says we can refuse offers fur oor players”.
G.M.: ” Zeez Bears you are keeping ‘appy…will they believe this”?
G.V.: ” Listen..efter the pish we’ve fed them …they’ll believe anything…honestly”…
G.M.:” Purely in the interests of Scottish/ French relations I will agree to this madness..So we will offer..say.. £2 million to begin with…
G.V.: ” TWO MILLION…??…Naw fur feck’s sake naebody will believe that. Start oaf at £500, 000…we’ll knock that back..
then you can come back again wi’ an increased offer..which we wull knock back again…and ra Bears will be chuffed tae feck”
G.M. : “Oh very well…but I have to say …if zis is how you conduct your business ..I can’t see you being in business much longer..Au Revoir..”
brimmer
gerryguk7 says:
12 January, 2012 at 12:11
The subsidies for ‘green electricity’ don’t come from the taxpayer, they come from the consumer.
They are, in effect, a regressive tax. The poor pay more as a proportion of their total income than the better off.
Re the continuing interest in Jordan Rhodes,I commented a few days ago that there were many instances of one-season wonders,players who had done little in the previous years then shone brightly for one season before petering out.
I don’t know whether JR will fall into that category and I do not want Celtic to get their fingers burnt a la Stuart Slater-who really was a star at West Ham.
However,on the other hand,a check on Chris Sutton’s stats backs up the first part,but proves that the second isn’t always true!
He had scored ten goals in over sixty league games prior to his last season with Norwich.
25 in 41. He was 21yo at the time.
Hmmmmm…………
Habby Birthday, Charlie
LiviBhoy
Good comment & agree with everything you say but i just feel Rhodes would be worth spending the cash on, he is doing the buisness at the moment against teams who are probably better quality than most in the SPL. Definitely a gamble worth taking i would say. I suppose it all depends on who we can sell, far too many squad players. Stokes has done fantastic for us along with Hooper. Bangura its hard for me to make judgement on, I certainly wouldnt say he is a dud, Hasn’t been given a chance and might yet do something. i hope!! I suppose could say the same about Rasmussen. HH
A striker with physical presence?…….. Kevin Davies @ Bolton anyone?
Alan Brazil and Ronnie Erani where talking about him this morning and it was mentioned as a possible option.
PC67
ernie,
Not sure I’m following you; doesn’t the Scottish Government pay a subsidy to windfarm developers?
The Idiot says:
12 January, 2012 at 11:07
Champs Elect purchases:
Oor Vic £900k
Bangura £2.2m
Champs Elect sales:
Sick Note £1m
Jose Hooiveld £1.35m + add-ons
Orcs purchases:
Ortiz £500k
Wallace £1.5m
Goian £800k
Bartley loan fee?? 100k?
Bedoya £400k
Bocanegra £400k
McKay £300k
Aluko £75k??
Orc sales
Fat erse £1.7m
Jose?? lol
Celtic as usual will wait until the last minute to get another striker in.Does it make sense,time will tell but what if Hooper or Stokes get injured,during the game against Dundee United,who goes on,what if we lose points because we cannot score goals.
Buy now,we cannot afford to lose the league this year.Mr Lawwell we are all watching,this is your last chance to get it right.
brimmer ‘kano 1000’ says:
12 January, 2012 at 12:19
Last bit from Francenish person = fantastic.
Pedrocaravanachio67 Fella Davies at Bolton would be my type of players but EPL transfer fees and wages put him well out of our reach.H.H.
Jeff Winter joins the list of English guys who really ‘get’ Rangers.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire says:
are you saying that socialists should not make a living ?
……………………
No, but how many Socialists can you name who have entered Politics and not sold out?
Kitalba,
Are you around?
Been in meetings all morning but just back to the office for a short time as I’m booked out this afternoon also.
I you’re around over the next 30mins you should get a hold of me.
Hail Hail,
Mucker
WG
Thanks very much !!!!
Hail Hail
Joe Filippis Haircut says:
12 January, 2012 at 12:18
I hope every player who pulls our jersey on makes it.
Serge
I agree with your comments re Rhodes. He is under 23 is there not a clause that we can get him on the cheap because he is not playing in the country of the team purchasing him?
I may be talking mince but sure I read it on here a few days ago.
LB
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS says:
12 January, 2012 at 12:20
Rhodes career stats are better than 1 in 2 (80 goals in 149 club games).
25 goals in 21 league games this season (plus another 6 in 5 for Scotland U21s)
16 goals in 38 league games last season
19 goals in 45 league games the season before last
Happy Birthday, Awe_Naw.
I forgot to add,Rhodes would be the one for me,after watching him am telling you this boy is a player.If Mr Lawwell is looking for a cheaper option Jason Roberts is your man.
Never been a fan of Jeff Winter’s diatribe. But if that has been his posts and not some hacking of his account then methinks he should be called to task by the powers that be if they are intent on stamping out this sort of behaviour……
Or will we see it as merely banter of a religious nature which any right minded person would recognise as being a poking of fun……..NOT
Signing Kevin Davies could well involve Owen Coyle’s Granny killing a chicken then examining the entrails to foretell if the deal is a goer or not.
I don’t think I could stand the suspense.
ernie lynch says:
12 January, 2012 at 12:12
To be fair, the supermarkets are ‘squeezing’ the farmers.
Some of them are down to their last three Range Rovers :-(
new article posted.