Congratulations to who originally penned: “We shall not be move, not by the Hearts, the Hibs or The Rangers, erm, we’ll not be moved, OK?” Celtic stand alone, our historic rivals, those who half a century ago denied our grandparents, are gone. Do we have a perfect season ahead? Maybe not, but it will be a unique historical joy nonetheless.
Some of the chat yesterday was that the Premiership would be poorer without Hibernian next season, but anyone who watched Hamilton out-pass and out-play them on Sunday wouldn’t think so. Hibs have offered nothing of note to league football for years. Terry Butcher has got practically everything wrong since arriving at Easter Road but his post-match comment, that perhaps his team needed relegation to thoroughly clear the decks.
Whatever Hibs are they are not competition to Celtic. Our domestic competition next season will come from Aberdeen, Dundee United and Motherwell. United and Aberdeen both finished the season poorly after showing considerable promise early on. Expect Jackie McNamara and Derek McInnes to build on their work over the last year.
If you were an aspiring Championship club you will not have welcomed the Accies result on Sunday. Now clear of their administration travails Hearts have the strongest squad in next season’s Championship. They will also be solvent, able to build on their squad and are likely to sell more season tickets than anyone else in the league.
Hibs’ newly recruited chief exec, Leann Dempster, is potentially the clubs most important recruit in 10 years. She will surely attempt to fit her successful Motherwell template onto the Edinburgh club – and may even have more resources at her disposal.
Queens and Falkirk know they are up against it in their bid for promotion next season but they are two well-run clubs who will have an influence on who does go up. I’m not even prepared to consider anyone else for the promotion spots, some just don’t have the players, some don’t have the management, some don’t have the money to end the season. Some are afflicted by all three ailments.
With the potential of a rejuvenated Hibs making next season’s play-offs, Premiership clubs will spend the next 11 months anticipating the very real possibility that it’s odds on that two clubs will go down next season. Accies and Dundee look more than a match for St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Ross County and Partick Thistle. While Celtic will win the league comfortably, we’re likely to see intense competition between Motherwell, Aberdeen and United for the ‘Best of the Rest’ badge, and between the other eight clubs to stay up.
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theglasgowcelticway- we won the Wembley 6s ,i think it was called,was on Sportsnight with Coleman……..remarkable….
Nicholas,Crainie,Reid,W McStay were in the team.
Awe – Naw:
When we went to that CQN quiz night someone asked about the possibility of Commons going to England. She said that wasn’t going to happen adding, unless he wants to come here to visit his kids.
I think Commons is going nowhere.
The saying “Houston, we have a problem” seems appropriate if there is any truth in this speculation.
Squire
Think that was the mag retweeting that rather than Paul. Entirely innocent and uninformed. On Facebook we have been posting various theories – again all uniformed.
Steve Clarke must be in the running – on the night of Aberdeen game I said on here that the word in the MSM was that Neil was for the off ( for non football reasons) and that Steve Clarke was the name being discussed.
Coyle is liked but would cause such a negative feeling – box office he is not.
Who would be surprised if Neil gets the Southampton job? If he does bet he signs Hooper!
Re 5 a sides …
Have memory further back…
Maybe imagining it but think a young Lou Macari was a member back in a winning team?
theglasgowcelticway- BSR beat me to it but ah wisnae far rang :)
CelticRay
Good call.
Berkovic was lauded by the fans initially(had his own song) and scored 2 great goals vs huns. I did think he would be great!
Brattback scored the league winner! But for a better set of contact lenses he could have scored 30 in 98/99. Very unlucky from a yard I felt
Cowiebhoy
Aahhh just reminded me
“Hectors hoose” and naw no the wan doon ibrox way .;))
The Double Deckers its aw coming back
Saturday grandstand watchin the hillman imps , mini’s and vw beetles racing each other across muddy courses
CB
So did I, he did play for Rochdale for a bit.
Thot the boy had potential for a young fella, maybes the time wasn’t right for him.
HH
Was waiting on the train this morning. Suddenly dawned on me that someone was whistling the sash.! Looked up to see this fat. Baldy and as expected ugly dude in a brown suit. Just then the train arrived.
Dunno if the fool will be there tomorrow, but if he makes a reappearance should I play:
a)Roll of Honour
b)Champions League music
C) The Funeral March
D) or Zombie tune.
What do you think?
Agree re Brattbakk – googled to see what he is doing nowadays & amazed to hear he is a pilot. Can just imagine him missing an open runway!
Been on Oddschecker (comparethemeerkat for punters)
Victor Chandler go 1/3 Coyle while Skybet go 4/9.
Perhaps (and hopefully) more importantly, Betdaq (owned by D Desmond) are the biggest price on Coyle by far – as well as markedly shortest on Clarke.
ABC for me also but I know my place.
WC
Yakin will get the soton job, the owners are Swiss I believe.
HH
Sammi’s farewell to CFC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3vCB3YBMUo&feature=share&list=RD7nZKMm-nOsc
Just a wee side note on where we are.Spurs have just taken,Pinnochio from Southampton.One season of success and he is poached.Success being,play attractive football,win nothing,get the acclaim from an English media,looking for someone to crow about.Its easy really.
We must go for a Yakin or someone similar.Laudrup,maybe.Someone who will make us better.Does anyone think,really,all the EPL sackings and failures will take us on that extra step.We are Celtic.We ARE a world brand.We have a great chance of playing in the CL every year.What better chance to show off your talents than at a club who just need that spark of inspiration.As much as I loved Lenny,he did not have it.
If this board,or DD,throw away this chance,then woe betide them.
Coyle,Mc Kay,Jacky,etc,FFS,can no one set their sights higher?.The same people would baulk at the return of WGS,yet would settle for managers that could not lace his boots.
FFS,listen to yourselves.If you settle for mediocrity,you deserve all you get.
TSOAL
You bet we have!!
Morrisey23rd
Aye …rare,appearances after Xmas. Off next year.
HH
Marspapa……
The Flashing Blade?
winning captains
23:13 on 27 May, 2014
I would take Steve Clarke & Morten Weighorst as a pair, both with good positive coaching reputations and Hoops in their hearts :-)
Night all, need to go back to work Wednesday
Hail Hail
Unequivocal Henrik for me, even if it is November, The Man even agrees to stand by his word to another man. These young bhoys will blitz us in to the Champions League, Manager or no Manager. Loved Lenny to bits, Give me Joy in my heart
SFTB 23:13 – roger
Larsson was 1/3 last Friday
Online Daily Mail
By William Lugner 26.May.14
Pupils to study Gove’s self-published novels 27-05-14 ALL schools will teach Michael Gove’s self-published novels about talking dragons and happy housewives.
Gove said dropping modern classics like To Kill a Mockingbird meant there was now room on the curriculum for the 200 or so books he has published on Kindle, of which 11 copies have been sold for 49p.
“Teenage boys will love my Horatio Hove novels, about a dashing cavalry officer in the Crimean war who has a sizzling affair with Lilly Langtry even though he looks like a glove puppet frog.
“I researched it by watching Sharpe’s Rifles and Master and Commander, so it’s 100 per cent historically accurate. The best bit is where Horatio sinks all Napoleon’s aircraft carriers.
“Schools will also be required to purchase multiple copies of my fantasy epic Lord of the Thrones.
“Kids will love it because it’s full of wonderful, imaginative ideas like magic swords, quests and talking dragons, and the reader gets a nice break from the serious bits thanks to a dwarf who gets into funny situations.
“I’ve even done a book for girls, Hattie the Happy Housewife.”
Teacher Tom Logan said: “I read one of Gove’s thrillers, Day of the Cultural Marxists, but I found the story about a group of terrorist teachers trying to assassinate David Cameron a bit farfetched.
“Most teachers get confused by a Banda machine, so I doubt they’d be able to steal RAF Tornadoes and attack the House of Commons.”
turkey…
Don’t in any way disagree with your analysis but was interested in your phrase ‘EPL sackings and failures’.
Are these one and the same, as in… they failed so were sacked.
Or is there another point being made distinguishing sackings from failures?
Tsoal bankiebhoy1
Wow stuff i’d forgotten about
Captain pugwash !!
Adverts
Milkybar kid
Colgate toothpaste mckeller watts fir beefiness
Beanz meanz hienz
Mcewans is the best buy
Master mcgrath dog food
Am oaf before a git banned , good nite lads :)))))))
Dontbrattbackinger
TheFlyingNorseMan CSC
big wavy
22:06 on
27 May, 2014
Arguably, depending on how enlightened the new managerial appointment, the biggest fall from grace could be our club captain mr brown….
Despite some obvious improvements still ranks as one of the most technically suspect players I’ve watched. He was undroppable under Neil and equally could be sought by him again.
All ifs and buts but plausible all the same…
Matt Carty elected. For the first time ever every person in Ireland has some form of Sinn Fein representation at one level or another…
No “Ifs and buts”that is one load of bo!!ocks.Broony is our best captain since Roy Aitken.
Dont know what team you have been watching the past two seasons,but not the same as me.
big cup winners
We are the champions http://youtu.be/hSTivVclQQ0
I’ve paid my dues
Time after time
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I’ve made a few
I’ve had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I’ve come through
Malky getting his best shirt ironed ,for an interview tomorrow i hear
Turkeybhoy
We will get who the suits decide, we have no choice or say.
HH
Cowiebhoy, will check out dates for the last two weekends in June and get back to you. Enjoy your scratcher ya big fairy.
HH
B B
Ive got some nice cuff links for him.
Anyone else having fun with paddybhoy1888’s account hacker?
I’ve got him on the hook………………….he he:-)
DD- I would take him.
Doc
22:50 on 27 May, 2014
CowieBhoy, that would be penny pinching in the extreme!
Hearing the Head of Scouting has already got his jotters.
Can’t disagree about the Head of Security either and the Head of Catering needs to have a look at themselves.
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You missed out the Head of PR.
HH
CRC
Night all. Night wee Oscar God bless x x
It may not be breaking news to our cognoscenti, but Wikipedia tells me tonight that Legia Warsaw are confirmed to be Poland’s champions in 2014/15 CL 2nd qualifying round.
I love green and white champions, wherever they are. Well done, 2inarow.
Getting used to being in this stage of the CL draw and I’m far more comfortable with teams at our level here than Paul67’s ludicrous efforts to extend the hand of friendship to the bigoted wasters that make up the Scottish Premiership.
Good luck and all best wishes to Cliftonville, St Patrick’s, Legia and the rest.
I don’t even rate OC as a match pundit!
God help us if he’s handed the reigns of the 1st team.
HH