Tom, Brendan and don’t ask Chic Charnley for a job reference

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What is the cost of Tom Rogic’s continuing absence for another two months?  Tom has scored more than a few winning or equalising goals over the last two years.  We could need him to deliver the third leg of the treble, or to keep the winning run in the league going, but this will not be the real cost.

Tom has been robbed of a precious three months during the most effective spell of his professional life.  He improved with every passing month, got stronger, lasted the entire game and even scored a last minute winner.

With competition as it is at Celtic, he’ll be distraught.  The personal target of all those who have been on an upward trajectory this season is to put their name on the team sheet for the summer’s Champions League qualifiers.  For a player who the manager insisted worked for months before he was relied upon to last 90 minutes, any time he gets before the end of the season will be about recuperation.

For now, there should be no personal targets for Tom apart from being fully fit come June.

You know when you read a nugget which encapsulates much of the journey Scottish football has been on in recent decades?  Chick Charnley yesterday on Jim Duffy: “When I played for him at Dundee and Hibs, he would give me Mondays off because he knew I enjoyed my weekends.”

And that was Chic making the case that Jim should have a higher job!  Cheers.

Another quote to consider, this time from Brendan:

“There are three types of supporters. The first type who absolutely love you because you are the manager of Celtic.  It doesn’t matter what you do, they’ll give you shirts and want you to sign everything.

“The second group are: ‘Okay, we’ll give you a chance and let’s see how you do. See if you win games and I’ll decide’.

“The third group, that’s the group who if you won five they’ll say you should have won seven. ‘You won 5-2? Why did you let in the two goals?’ You can never win!”

I wonder if he’s spoken to Gordon Strachan?

Oldtim

A question for those of you who have been here since the early days:

Oldtim made a significant first post on CQN but neither he nor I have a copy of it.  It was, however, copied and referred to by many in the months that followed.  If you have a copy, let me know.  Thanks.

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  1. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Surely the wee face painter must be in with a chance of being new sevco boss:)

     

     

     

     

     

    Hh

  2. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar...... Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    So, sevco were willing to waive THEIR right compensation … what the ….

  3. Jmccormick 10.10pm

     

     

    Did DJ have the brown brogues on with his jammies….. Wee Billy Winkie !

     

     

    I don’t mind DJ on SSB for me he sums them all up……ignorance is bliss

     

     

    The frightening part is some believe their “we arra peeeple”

  4. I have no knowledge of Scottish bankruptcy law.

     

    But since many on here apparently do.

     

    Would liquidating the present entity and buying the original club from liquidators be possible or make sense?

     

    I’m sure the SFA would be willing to let them have the old clubs registration back and admit them to the bottom tier like sevco were allowed.

  5. VFR800 is now a Monster 821 on

    You’ve just got to love Stan Collymore:

     

     

    The gift that keeps on giving. Come to Forest Mark and David, you’ll see what a European Cup looks like… https://t.co/1Vt7VYwfjI

     

     

    — Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) 10 February 2017

     

     

    KTF

  6. From FF…

     

     

    Imagine if a management team’s agent informed a club on Monday that they were triggering the resignation clause in their contract.

     

     

    Imagine that said agent then attempted to withdraw that demand on the Thursday. Almost as if a job had fallen through.

     

     

    Imagine if the Chairman then got fed up and decided to call their bluff after seeing the Forest through the trees….

     

     

    Imagine they tried to say verbal resignation didn’t count without a letter and the club said ‘aye, right’.

  7. Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan on

    OK – try reading this.

     

     

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/02/10/mark-warburton-resigns-asrangers-manager/

     

     

    Is it just me or does this piece make absolutely no sense at all and does it totally contradict itself towards the end?

     

     

    Roddy Forsyth once released a really stupid and ill-researched piece about the previous club and I honestly thought he would never make such a glaring mistake again.

     

     

    However, it may well be the case that I was totally mistaken.

     

     

    This is just astounding.

  8. Kevjungle

     

     

    Aye, very good

     

     

    Trust me Jim Traynor is Jim Traynor, the same type of Airdrie fan as his pal Ballantyne…… Did you never read his Daily Record interview for Sevco

     

     

    Next you will be telling us Keevins & McNee are journalists…..

     

     

    Don’t ever believe what you read…….even on CQN

  9. Kevjungle

     

     

    Aye, very good

     

     

    Trust me Jim Traynor is Jim Traynor, the are type of Airdrie fan as his pal Ballantyne…… Did you never read his Daily Record interview for Sevco

     

     

    Next you will be telling us Keevins & McNee are journalists…..

     

     

    Don’t ever believe what you read…….even on CQN

  10. Wonder what AWE NAW would make of this situation :(

     

    Come back Awe Naw .

     

     

    VFR800

     

     

    Yip, guys in the pub ( not me i hasten to add ) when bored would either , go and pick a fight with the Soldiers (Eton) or go gay bashing on the banks of the river in Windsor , mental ……

  11. Magnificentseven on

    We are all laughing at sevco and the board eejit is on again posting about cliques, must have been early closing tonight

  12. Not many have a double post on a page 16 podium

     

     

    So true that it had to be posted twice

     

     

    Traynor is and always will be a currant hurting bun

  13. STARRY PLOUGH on 10TH FEBRUARY 2017 10:19 PM

     

    The Night of the Long Loaves…..

     

     

    brilliant,

     

     

    -))))

     

     

    but with cheese

     

     

     

     

    was them roasted or toasted

  14. VFR800

     

     

    Yip, guys in the pub ( not me i hasten to add ) when bored would either , go and pick a fight with the Soldiers (Eton) or go gay bashing on the banks of the river in Windsor , mental ……

  15. BFDJ on SSN, laughable p*sh.

     

     

    Unless Warburton has actually put it in writing, then he has not resigned. If his agent tells the Club he is going to resign that counts for nothing. No person with even one brain cell would resign in writing unless they had a concrete offer from somewhere else.

  16. VFR800 is now a Monster 821 on

    MARSPAPA, sounds about right!

     

     

    And the Wolf on Dedworth Rd was always good for a scrap – no reason needed!

     

     

     

    KTF

  17. Warbs denies resignation.

     

     

    Says: “this is scandalous” according to DR

     

     

    ooooft! Jim Traynor, what have you done?