I’m pretty sure Players’ Player of the Year rules oblige nominees to come from more than one club, allowing players the opportunity to vote for at least one opponent, instead of a team-mate. That being the case, we will probably see a token Aberdeen player on the list alongside the Celtic nominees.
This award, voted by the professionals, has been dominated by Celtic players for a lot longer than the league title itself. Di Canio, McNamara, Larsson (twice), Viduka, Sutton, Hartson, Maloney, Namakura, McGeady, Brown, Izaguirre, Mulgrew, Commons, Johansen and Griffiths make an incredible 16 Celtic winners in the last 20 years.
The current holder missed the chance of defending his title after an early season injury kept him out of the team, then the irrepressible form of Moussa Dembele made Leigh’s chances of a sustained run unlikely.
Moussa, alongside Kieran Tierney, are likely to be nominated for both Player and Young Player of the Year. Stuart Armstrong’s late season form may see him nominated, while Tom Rogic’s early season form deserves a shout, but all electorates have notoriously short memories, so Stuart stands a better chance than Tom.
Scott Sinclair has been the transformational element in Scottish football this season. His speed of thought and control are exceptional. He was the player who Celtic battered defences into submission early in the season as Celtic picked up from some nervy European qualification performances, and transformed into a well-oiled machine.
Scott’s performances in his debut season in Scottish football reminds me of a former PotY winner’s debut season. Both arrived as support forwards in their mid 20s. They share the same speed of thought. This instant the ball arrives(d) in their vicinity, the next phase is already underway.
I remember commenting during the season that stopped the 10 that Henrik Larsson was “precious” to Celtic. It was clear he was having a huge impact on the team, but Jackie McNamara and Craig Burley outshone him for many as they picked up the Players’ and Writers’ trophies respectively that season. Henrik’s true talent was still unfolding.
Scott Sinclair’s impact this season has been no less precious. For me he is the stand out Player of the Year. Oh, and the nomination from Aberdeen, I suppose it has to be Ryan Christie, who steadied a stuttering Dons team and helped secure what will surely be second place.
Join prodigious Celtic writer, Paul John Dykes, at the launch of Tom Campbell’s new book, Bobby Evans, Celtic’s forgotten hero, at the Admiral Bar, this Thursday, 6 April, at 7pm. You get register and find all details here.
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Hutchybhoy
Email me at
Blantyretim1@aol.co.uk
And I’ll pass his nob number to you.
You going to golf in July?
Usual suspects doing usual pub crawl whilst you bhoys chase the wee white baw
BIG JIMMY on 5TH APRIL 2017 6:49 AM
Can`t do anything but wish you all the very best with the assessment.
Wish I could offer more than that .
Some informal medical advice prior to your appointment might be useful.
Maybe there`s a medic on CQN or perhaps your G.P. could steer you in the right direction.
Either way , it sounds as if you have had a raw deal all round.
Hail Hail to you.
Ha ha
Mob even. Glasses required ☘️☘️
Word of The Day
Abnegate /ˈæbnɪˌɡeɪt/
verb
1. to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.)
2. to reject; renounce.
3. to relinquish; give up.
Derived Forms
abnegation, noun
abnegator, noun
Word Origin and History for abnegate Expand
v.
1650s, from Latin abnegatus, past participle of abnegare “to refuse, deny” (see abnegation ). Related: Abnegated ; abnegating.
KTF
Good luck Jimmy
DBHOY on 5TH APRIL 2017 6:12 AM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10278665/1-in-6-believe-immigration-has-benefited-Britain.html
Perception and reality.
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Perhaps a tad biased ?
Europeans in London preaching to the converted.
Christian Dustmann German
Tommaso Frattini
Associate Professor
Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM)
University of Milan.
Hutchybhoy
Sent you a message via FB messenger re BGFC contact details
Good morning
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/hearts-0-celtic-5-by-numbers/
Enjoy the stats and numbers you won’t get in the MSM as Broonie secures his 7th title, Celtic their 6th in a row and Hearts are hit for 5.
HH
https://youtu.be/h8pfjNOfBoA
CORKCELT on 4TH APRIL 2017 7:08 PM
What pisses me off most about Ernie is his blog name, how can anyone espouse the political stuff he does and think it a good idea to take the name of such a revolutionary icon.
He opposes the Independence of his Country because “it might” affect his standard of living.
FFS Lads starved themselves to death here for the cause.
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Moderators.
Does this constitute an abusive post?
‘FFS Lads starved themselves to death here for the cause.’
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Moderators, is it abusive to ask a poster to specify exactly what ‘the cause’ is that they are referring to?
Is it abusive to ask a poster how such a cause is replicated in Scotland?
Moderators, is it abusive to suggest that posters engage their brain before posting, in order to avoid appearing to be an idiot?
Any news lads
How many illegal immigrants got through last night, to pilfer our social welfare, rob our low paying zero hour contracts jobs and put more pressure on the health service.
Thank god for the vigilance of Macjay et al. If it was left to the pinko liberals like Mrs May we would be overrun.
CELTIC BALANCED NEWS. COM
Morning Champions.
I was meant to be travelling down for the game tonight however my 3 year old daughter is unwell and I don’t want to leave her at home.
My ticket is an e-ticket so if someone wants to take my place I could always forward the email on? Would that work? It’s in the upper Jock Stein stand.
If anyone’s interested just let me know.
Hey Big Jimmy.
Hope it all goes well today big ghuy. As ever, think of the boxing ring, be on guard at all times. Avoid the sucker punch.
Then have a blast cheering on the champions.
Gristle are a dour stuff team, who will sit back and try and hit us with a sucker punch. My wish is the fans stick with all the players, even the normal scapegoats, and cheer them on, if we don’t make a quick breakthrough.
Hail Hail to all.
Macjay
Are you seriously holding up the daily telegraph as a bastion of impartiality whilst simultaneously discrediting the study I linked because they are not British nationals? Really?
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Daily Telegraph tops IPSO naughty list with nine upheld complaints followed by The Times and Daily Express
IPSO upheld adudications September 2014 to September 2016
Publication No. of code breaches
Daily Telegraph 9
The Times 7
Daily Express 7
The Sun 5
Sunday Times 4
Daily Mail 4
Mail Online 4
Express.co.uk 3
Daily Star 2
Mirror.co.uk 2
Star on Sunday 2
Sunday Mirror 2
Telegraph.co.uk 1
Sun on Sunday 1
Metro.co.uk 1
Sunday Express 1
ernie lynch
Were you accused of being abusive?
JJ
Macjay
Seriously??
The chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph has resigned from the paper, accusing it of a “form of fraud on its readers” for its coverage of HSBC and its Swiss tax-dodging scandal.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31510152
MOONBEAMSWD on 4TH APRIL 2017 11:20 PM
“Any news on who will be Stupid FC’s new 3rd couch?”
*****
Not sofa.
Jimmynotpaul
” Gristle are a dour stuff team, who will sit back and try and hit us with a sucker punch. My wish is the fans stick with all the players, even the normal scapegoats, ”
My impression was that Thistle showed more enterprise than most teams who visit Celtic park and only poor finishing and good goalkeeping prevented them from scoring.
I am not sure that we have any scapegoats at the moment. Nir Bitton and Dedryk Boyata were the two most likely to receive OTT criticism but that has almost disappeared int the case of Dedryk and certainly diminished re Nir. For James Forrest, it has changed to applause !
JJ
8.38
** Gristle !!! Should read Thistle.
Beatbhoy
I am not a fan of puns but that was quite good 0:-)
JJ
JNP
I thought you r `Gristle` was deliberate to highlight your opinion of the Jags !
!
DBHOY
MACJAY refuses to countenance any opinion raised via a platform with which he disagrees-try referencing an article printed in,say,The Guardian. He even had a pop at one because it originated from that well-known pinko rag,Vanity Fair!
Doesn’t stop him from suggesting that replies to him are a case of playing the man rather than the ball.
Or from engaging in discussion with The Donald on articles from Breitbart and AMTV.
HOTSMOKED
So did I! Still,I reckon it might just stick.
celtic by numbers on 5th April 2017 7:52 am
Would you have the stats on Callum McGregor ? Two of his interceptions led to goals as well as his dummy for Stuart Armstrong to score. Would be interesting to see his comparison for the 90 minutes…
Ernie, When I first started posting here years ago, one of the first things I noted was your moniker & straight away I thought, “Here is a Tim I can empathise with”. How wrong I was, over the years I have read your stuff with increasing amazement.
Now let’s be clear, I have absolutely no problem with you espousing your views and the fact that I might disagree with what you say is of no consequence,
What I was making reference to was your using the name of a major Revolutionary Icon as a moniker, to me it is akin to A.C.G.R. calling himself Mother Teresa.
Anyway I’ll attempt to scroll past your stuff in future to avoid causing you further offence, I’m oofff oot (Kev J speak) to attempt to play Sclaffbaw (ACGR speak) so have a nice day.
Best of luck Big Jimmy.
Cheers,
Mark.
Big Jimmy- hope you bring back a result.
Hot Smoked.
Ta!
Just stepping into the breach while Davidopoulos has his hands full.
Thanks to BLANTRYE TIM, MACJAY1, JIMMYNOTPAUL for your good wishes about this medical today.
part of it is to attend a ” Shrink”….I’ve tried to tell the guy it’s okay as “I’ve been aff ma heid for some time now”….but he’s no for listening. I was only trying to save him the bother of an assessment ?
Another BIG day on the 18th of this month, when I come up against the Scottish Legal Aid Board ( SLAB), at a PROOF Hearing. Again like last months PRELIM HEARING, I am forced to represent myself, as I have been unable to find any so called solicitor to represent me, as they are ALL too scared to go up against feckin SLAB !
SLAB stand accused of wrongly denying me my legal and/or human rights to legal aid funding in the run up ( and including my Employment Tribunal back in 2010). SLAB ONLY admitted making mistakes OVER THREE YEARS AFTER they had the opportunity to own up…they failed to do that at that time ( 2010) ?
That lack of funding is what caused my so called solicitor ( CROOK), to act the way he did at my Tribunal, when despite winning my case in the first 10 minutes, he fecked it all up cos he alone knew that he wasn’t get paid by SLAB…………….He also neglected to advise me of this lack of funding for 8 months !
He later claimed to the Law Society during their fecked up, corrupt investigation into his conduct, that his “non disclosure” of this MOST VITAL INFORMATION, was somehow” ACCIDENTAL” ? and not deliberate on his part ?
The feckin Law Society accepted his claim stating ” The solicitor had NOT acted recklessly/ deliberately, by not advising his client of the problems with SLAB Funding” !
Now I ask you….If I chose NOT to tell someone certain information about anything for 8 months, then that is clearly a DELIBERATE DECISION on my part, is it not ?
The Law Society of Scotland view it differently, just so they can allow one of their own off “Scott Free”. The serious contradiction by the Law Society in relation to that one issue is this….they questioned the solicitor’s “INTEGRITY” for not advising me of any problem with funding, and issued a “Censure/Warning” to him……….surely when you do that it should mean that the solicitor acted deliberatelY ? No ?….feckin unbelieveable !
Anyways, for this upcoming case on the 18th April, SLAB are using the Tragedy of the Maryhill ( Stockline Plastics) Company that blew up on Tuesday 11th May 2004, with the loss of several lives, as a means to argue that I am somehow “Time Barred” from raising this Court Action against them……………….I have other ideas, as clearly “The Statute of Limitations” does NOT apply in my case ?…hopefully The Sheriff will agree with me ?
Apart from all the above…everything is great on the SS Big Jimmy ship !
Hail,Hail.
MIKE IN TORONTO,
Where are you when I need you mate ?
Hail, Hail.
Is this the most bizarre excuse for a defeat ever? They moved the goal posts Ian Cathro
Losing 5-0 at home is bad enough for any manager but attempting to stat it off is best avoided.
Take your medicine, lie low and move on quickly.
To go public with the claim ‘Take away the goalposts and we are able to compete’ must be causing terror in the Tynecastle boardroom.
It’s not just on the park that Ian Cathro is a rookie, trying to explain and salvage something from a 5-0 defeat that could easily have been seven or eight is madness.
When a manager plays the ‘small margins’ card I cringe. Almost every match is won or lost by small margins, they pick up big salaries to make small margins go in their favour.
Over 90 minutes at home you’d expect to have some periods of possession, create chance and force saves out of the opposition keeper.
Life away from the whiteboard and power-point is proving difficult for Cathro, unless he develops some realism without ditching his theories he could well be binned in the summer as realism invades the boardroom. Rather than fine margins, cutting your losses will be the message.
“We lost 5-0, but there are different parts to games,” he explained to The Sun.
“There are points when the game is alive and points where the game is no longer alive.
“In the first half we went with an attitude of ‘No, we are going to play and win the game’.
“So we went toe to toe and played against them.
“Nobody in the land can tell me we were inferior in the first 45 minutes. I’m not having it.
“Let’s be clear — I’m not passing comment on a 5-0 defeat as a whole and saying we competed.
“I know they scored five against us but if we assess what happened in the period when the game was there and alive, I can’t allow anyone to say we were inferior.
“There were situations where we could have gone ahead.
“If a couple of things were slightly different then it is 2-0 to us at half-time. Take away the goalposts and we are able to compete.
“We are able to go toe-to-toe and put in a performance which made the game a game.
“It wasn’t one team waiting on Celtic to score.
“Everybody who was there recognised that we were more than capable of playing against them and playing our part in the game — to such an extent that we probably had slightly more chances in the first half.”
Cathro takes Hearts to St Johnstone knowing that a defeat will leave them five points behind the Perth side and closer to sixth place than fourth.
If that happens Cathro will have more to worry about than removing the goalposts.
BMCUW @ 8 54.
” Breitbart “.
Think my favorite Breitbart thing was their revelation that Hindus working at CERN were sacrificing humans to Shiva deep in the bowels of the earth . I got the point re a white power / muscular Christian outlet smearing non white / non Christians but couldn’t figure the CERN connection . . Did some research — seems CERN are doing the Devil’s work re promoting a non biblical view of the origins of life .!
GREENPINTA & BADA BING,
Cheers Bhoys.
VFR800, RE The word of the day, ” ABNEGATE” ?
does that mean that when the Legal Aid Board denied me legal aid funding…..I was ” ABNEGATED” ?
HH
Tweeted earlier this morning:
Rangers Tax-Case @rangerstaxcase · 3h3 hours ago
Update on the 5 players Rangers admitted paying illegally.
Knowing their names is one thing, but why has the SFA and SPFL refused to act?
Árd Macha
Anyone know if Pedro’s girlfriend will be in the dugout with him tonight ? I’m hearing rumours she works steady nights?
FITBA…?
Surely I am NOT the only celtic supporter who remembers this ?
Under MON we were playing The Sheep in their pen, and HENRI Camara was a sub.
It was a close game methinks possibly 1-1 at the time, when MON decided to bring on the bold Henri.
After taking an eternity to get the tracksuit off ( Why ?), Henri made his way to the touchline alongside MON, who was his usual animated self, attempting to get the ref’s attention to the substitution.
MON got the refs attention finally……………Henri then proceeded to take off his BLING 9 which was also taking another eternity)….and then HANDED all the BLING to MON before running on to the pitch.
MON’s face was one of utter disgust…and without even looking he handed said bling to one of the other members of staff.
if I remember correctly, Henri Camara never kicked another ball for Celtic after that ?
Some of these “modern” players want a right good kick up the erse !
Does anyone else remember that ?
HH