This season, Gary Hooper has looked well below form of last term; his touch, movement and goals record don’t match up, but he came off the bench on Thursday to score a truly excellent goal. Controlling a difficult ball in the centre circle, with defenders in close attendance, he picked out Giorgios Samaras before sprinting past his markers and finishing.
The winner against Motherwell was less spectacular but required sharp movement and spatial awareness.
Footballers cannot always play through bad form, sometimes they need a break, even for an hour on the bench, to get a different perspective on how they and the team play.
Despite his return to form I would retain the same 4-2-3-1 formation against Inverness next time out.
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Listening to Billy Ekstine on youtube just now. What a singer!!
Cultsbhoy
Yes mate Level 4 and coached the Glasgow Catholic Schools team for 3 years.
I’d like to continue this in more depth another time if that’s ok?
I didn’t intend to belittle your enjoyment, I just got to a stage where I felt there was no implementation of our own ideas, only imitation of others.
owen says:
8 November, 2011 at 23:55
That isn’t a description of boredom, that’s a teenager or student you’re describing…
hh
RogueLeader says:
8 November, 2011 at 23:59
Rose’s are plants ?!? Is that like Toys’r’us for hortocultural female spies?
hh
Right bhoys in off
HH
bjmac
Ah suddenly everything becomes (Rose)clear.
RL
My laughing woke my mother…again!!! :))
Caeser67
Go on…:)
I must say – I’ve done SFA courses in both Dundee and Aberdeen and found all the coaches to be decent guys – but they are obviously 3 line whipped on some of the SFA dogma..
In Aberdeen there’s an older coach – Jim Crawford. He’s probably late 50+, not shy of a pie, but what great technique. Funny when he picks the younger aspiring coaches out for demonstration and they fall for his faints, moves and tricks….every time. So it does show that trainers with a higher level of technique required at later stages.
Taking what they say with a pinch of salt, they were saying they regularly get pro players on their courses, particularly as these players approach the end of their playing careers. He says they confess to not ever getting some of the basic training they are learning at any point in their development….which explains a lot!
Bundoran
Night mate God bless.
Tuckin their habit under their chin when havin a Sherman Tank!! lol
Night All.
Keep the Green Aspidistra flying.
owen
easy for you to say!
Paul, I hope you don’t mind this self-promotion. It’ll be brief honest (and it is for a good cause!).
Hi Bhoys, I’m an editor of a videogame news/feature website called PS3 Attitude. We are completely non-profit and all of our earnings go to GamesAid, the UK games industry charity.
On Saturday, our editor will be tackling the UK’s toughest 10k after years of neglecting his body, and we’re trying to raise some money for charity in the lead up to his final moments. I know everyone on here already donates plenty, but the gamers on the board may be interested in the charity prize raffle we are running.
We have lots of prizes, including Mad Catz Street Fighter X Tekken FightSticks (worth a small fortune), various games and merchandise. There is a lot of good stuff – and, to be honest, we don’t have too many entries so far, so there is a good chance of winning something.
Sadly, I can never find an excuse to mention Celtic on the site, but if Celtic fans could raise over £100, I’m sure I can run with a “Celtic supporters show their support for Dolph10K”. Nothing would make me happier. :-)
All our money goes to GamesAid, which you can read about here: http://www.ps3attitude.com/new/2011/11/what-is-gamesaid-and-why-does-it-deserves-your-support/
The competition article is here: http://www.ps3attitude.com/new/2011/11/support-gamesaid-win-awesome-prizes/
Sorry for taking up the blog for non-football related stuff, but I hope the cause and the prizes are of interest to some.
Hail Hail
The PLC are in business.
True, this involves the business of ‘sport’, ‘community’ and ‘history’.
But they are secondary elements….. Crucial to their customers yes, but secondary to the PLC
Cash-flow is the Primary element, the Paradigm they plan and operate within.
Without it….
Nothing.
Customer feedback?
Testing the market?
Kite Flying?
Journalism…. the new PR?
Makes sense to me….
News is something someone wants suppressed. Everything else is just advertising.
Eyes Wide Open says:
8 November, 2011 at 20:10
Mo chara
Great post
Hail hail
tellitasyouseeit CSC
Cultsboy and SFTB,
not sure what level 3 equates to in the coaching scheme of things. I have been a youth coach in England for the past ten years, level 2 which is UEFA B level.
The English FA have introduced a youth module- 3 modules – Modue 1 developing the environment, Module 2 developing the practise and Module 3 developing the player. Module 3 is a UEFA A license award, The final assessment involves taking an elite youth team to an FA centre, where you undergo an interview and then they assess your session. Have to say, and have said in a previous post a week ago that the English FA is really getting its act together on youth coaching and football.
My coaching sessions are themed, even the warm up will relate to the theme, such as tonight with an under 11 team it was short passing. All coaching sessions end in 4 v 4 game. I has 12 players, so I had end zones, with a target player in each, 4 v 4 with two floaters who joined the team in possession, so effectively 6 v 4.
Apparently this is what the latin countries play, and Gus Hiddink had his South Korea team play 4 v4 for six months before the 2002 World Cup, and look how ell they done. My league my club play in, which is in Gloucestershire are going to 4 v 4 and 5 v 5 leagues for Under 6’s and Under 7’s. It is the way forward, more touches, game time and induces a passing game.
However, the biggest problem we have is that kids do not play football as we did a generation ago. I was speaking to a Portuguese friend about his 9 year old son, and they are coached 5 days a week, and this is normal in Portugal. I am lucky to get an hour a week, and tonight we trained on a bumpy pitch, with inadequate lighting and my actual coaching time was probably 45 minutes. How are we as coaches, whether Scotland or England going to be able to develop players to compete with players where the schooling day allows them the afternoon to play or be coached at football or other sports or pastimes. I believe a huge step would be that the schooling day should begin at 7.30am, and ending at 1.30, and the time say to 3pm should be used for sporting or other non curriculum activities, such as music or art. Cant see it happening as it is far too progressive and god forbid, it means a bit of effort for parents and teachers to get to school earlier.
Frankly, the lhads and coaches in the Nextgen have done us proud, as I know what they are up against. Just hope that some of them get the opportunity.
HH
P L G T F!!!!
Eyes Wide Open says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:25
Could you imagine someone like Phil being on the board – he would terrify the lives out of every one of them.
If he was, I would never ever cross the Irish Sea again. Go and read his blog. Some of his observations re Irish politics ae pathetic!
Phil looks after Phil.
hail hail
thetruthwilloutwithoutwithouttheneedfordonationsforthewebsiteyoudontneedanexplanationwhyablogdisappears CSC
Really loved the discussions on SFA coaching on the blog today. It’s been very informative, and it has also counteracted the negative perception I had of before. I must say, I’m always impressed by the wealth of knowledge this site has collectively.
(p.s. regarding the last post, entry into the raffle is £5. Maximum of 2 prizes per person, but as we’re pulling out the bigger prizes first, those with more entries stand a better chance of winning them.)
Off to baw baws.
P L. G T F
Patrick27 says:
8 November, 2011 at 22:35
MWD
Aye could be. I think something is a bit strange about this one, maybe Phil just wrote the story so that the club HAD to react with a definite NO!!!
HH
—–
That may or may not be true…however, all we have at this point is a rather watery statement that falls well short of the kind of outright denial… and a statment of intent that
I expect Celtic fans need to see/hear.
I would like to see, nay challenge, Peter Lawwell and Dermot Desmond to put their names to such a statement: Declaring that they demand the Ibrox club are held fully accountable by SFA/SPL for financial doping and seeking to gain an unfair advantage to the detriment of other clubs. I would like to see them demand that they make financial reparations to the other teams for lost revenues including prize/gate money. Additionally that any trophies won by them in the period be revoked/annulled and awarded to runners-up.
That would go a long way to calming everyone down.
HH
M
Eyes Wide Open says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:25
never mind the Gorta’ Choirce Phil. Look to Glenswilley
If we want a fan to represent us on the Board don’t look any further than the incredible J McGinley. Just read BRTH post earlier tonight. CQNers unite and influence the other websites (ask Auldheid). He’s the man. I’ll stake my wee set of shares on him no prob!
Re. Coaching
I wonder how many badges big Jock had.
garcia lorca says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:58
I have just read your post re League Cup final day. Myself and girlfriend had a similar experience. She had removed all colours. We might have well spoken to an answering machine as the cop in charge. We were less than 100 metres from the house we wanted to visit but he was not interested. We made our way to the nearby police station and made a complaint. I have been in correspondence with Sthrathclyde Police since and despite giving id numbers we have made still made no progress. I still haven’t given up. I logged onto a map on my mobile and was able to gain access to the address by moving three streets away where there no police but loads of beer drinking bluenose louts. We reached our destination almost two hours later despite being within shouting distance from it.
big jock didnt need no stinkin badges.
hamiltontim says:
8 November, 2011 at 22
That’s it. I’m going to ask Stevie M or tricia to identify you next time I’m in B67 or Foggy dew
Br\o/gan R\o/gan Trevin\o/ and H\o/gan says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:51
As I am reading down your post I could tell where it was going, but it does have me asking, where does the collusion start and end? How much do the media know and how involved are they? Same for the SPL and SFA.
It is like one of those Spooks series where it turns out one of the main spooks is a spy, all bar Harry Pierce of course, and then I start wondering even about him if you follow me.
I have long thought that the ramifications of Rangers being found guilty of avoiding tax would be felt much wider than Rangers in spite of attempts to contain it.
The SPL rules open up recourse to a number of avenues of redress and the best bet would be if the guilty parties would cough now in return for clearing the way for changing the nature of our game so that football for entertainments sake was the prize and not the eradication of opponents in the pursuit of clearing debt caused by the same fear of eradication.
Our game is intellectually as well as financially bankrupt.
saltires en sevilla says:
9 November, 2011 at 00:47
Celtic cannot claim the higher moral ground until it is established that it is vacant. They can say nothing until after the outcome of the EBT case.
They can plan and take soundings and have options ready but do not need to draw attention to themselves and away from those where attention needs to be paid.
The informal response to a Internet story is about as far as Celtic can go at present. However if they had any doubts about the feelings of the support, and I wrote to them myself months ago about steps required to restore confidence in a league bereft of integrity, then they have all the ammo they need to tell other SPL clubs that any “solution” that is seen by our support to simply allow matters to continue as before, is just not an option as it would have financial consequences for the one dependable club in the SPL (us) with a knock on effect on the others.
Maybe Phil was a stalking horse, maybe it is serendipity arising from his impatience at Celtic’s silence but it has certainly turned up the heat a notch or two.
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/done-deal/
For Celtic to do this would be unforgivable.
Br\o/gan R\o/gan Trevin\o/ and H\o/gan says:
8 November, 2011 at 21:51
By your own exhaustive logic Rangers should already have been fined out of existence by breaking critical SPL rules. The SFA, being their safety net, however, should have taken steps to protect themselves if nothing else. So why was all this allowed to happen? like we didnt know. Your essay mentions administration what happens if the huns are liquidated? Is there less rules to break or does anyone really give a monkeys? or should I say phoenix’s?
SORRY – MY CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS STUCK :(
______________________________________________________________
LADS – CELTIC SENT A CONDOLENCE LETTER TO MY MOTHER TODAY STRAIGHT FROM CELTIC PARK
IT WAS 3 PARAGRAPHS LONG, AND IT WAS WRITTEN SO WELL – IT WAS SIGNED BY COMMUNICATION OFFICER, IAN JAIMESON
MY MOTHER NERLY LOST HER LIFE WHEN SHE READ IT TODAY – AS ITS 3 MONTHS LATER, SHE CUDNT BELEIVE THAT SUCH A MASSIVE ORGANISATION LIKE CELTIC CUD BE THINKING ABOUT HER SON ( SHE THOUGHT OUR OBSESSION WAS JUST YOUNG LADS (caps lock works again) going to the pub….. My mothers love for Celtic FC has grown so much, she now is txten me about results when im at work with no telle or radio…
She cried her eyes out when she say this letter, my dad was taken aback, and i was in a wierd happy/stunned/sad but proud moment !!
I just want to say, i love Celtic so much, i love every single person that supports them, and i love my older brother Stephen Kelly RIP
Thank you Paul 67, for the great site to let me post this – i hope Ian from celtic can see this post – but he’l be getten a lovely letter anyway..
GOD BLESSS THE WHOLE CELTIC BODY
PETER KELLY
My first thoughts on this situation was that Celtic are in a difficult position – damned if they do, damned if they don’t.
Then, because I’m a bit slow, the question came to me, damned by who? On the one side they’ll be damned by Celtic fans and on the other damned by affiliates of Rangers, Motherwell, Hearts, St Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Airdrie, bombers, bigots, cheats, thugs, the SFA and the Scottish press – all of whom would be dancing on the streets if the same thing happened to Celtic.
So Celtic board – who’d you rather be damned by?
SunnyBhoy says:
9 November, 2011 at 02:56
Absolutely!
FOR EVERY FIVER A TENNER!!!!!!!
Im_from_cork_bhoy says:
9 November, 2011 at 02:47
SORRY – MY CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS STUCK :(
______________________________________________________________
LADS – CELTIC SENT A CONDOLENCE LETTER TO MY MOTHER TODAY STRAIGHT FROM CELTIC PARK
IT WAS 3 PARAGRAPHS LONG, AND IT WAS WRITTEN SO WELL – IT WAS SIGNED BY COMMUNICATION OFFICER, IAN JAIMESON
MY MOTHER NERLY LOST HER LIFE WHEN SHE READ IT TODAY – AS ITS 3 MONTHS LATER, SHE CUDNT BELEIVE THAT SUCH A MASSIVE ORGANISATION LIKE CELTIC CUD BE THINKING ABOUT HER SON ( SHE THOUGHT OUR OBSESSION WAS JUST YOUNG LADS (caps lock works again) going to the pub….. My mothers love for Celtic FC has grown so much, she now is txten me about results when im at work with no telle or radio…
She cried her eyes out when she say this letter, my dad was taken aback, and i was in a wierd happy/stunned/sad but proud moment !!
I just want to say, i love Celtic so much, i love every single person that supports them, and i love my older brother Stephen Kelly RIP
Thank you Paul 67, for the great site to let me post this – i hope Ian from celtic can see this post – but he’l be getten a lovely letter anyway..
GOD BLESSS THE WHOLE CELTIC BODY
PETER KELLY
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2010 Never Again
Nice! God Bless
1) The blue coloured rowing club? Who gives a monkeys.
2) Whether our board are complicit in an old f*rm conspiracy…..? Yawn.
3) Those who attach conditions to their devotion and support? Better af without yae onyway.
Love CELTIC for Kibera Hoops, offer your devotion for the flourishing of Thai Tims.
The board, currants etc will all come and go- love, generosity and inclusion will live forever.
San Diego Bhoy says:
9 November, 2011 at 04:39
Yeah I see what you mean….
huns thrive on that morondom
We blind mice. We Tims are nice.
See how they run. See how they run.
They all ran after the donuts life,
Who cut off their wails with an injunction knife,
Did you ever see such a pile of shite in your life,
As we blind mice? (x2)
Its been riveting guys…later!
How can Celtic FC have had discussions on what they might do when something that hasn’t happened eventually happens?
Predictably, certain people will be queueing up to slaughter Lawwell and Desmond for a future action that hasn’t and might not eventuate. It has started already.
Unbelievable.