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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TRAVELLER BHOY
Y’alright,big fella?
Just got back in after my shift,pondering my fourteen hour break.
Hmmm,what to do?
Enjoyed our wee chat yesterday-cheers,bud!
TRAVELLER BHOY
Strong suspicions that the board called Neil’s bluff.
Along the lines of
‘I canny be expected to rebuild every season after losing my best players!’
‘Ok,see ya’
BMCUWP
Had to catch my bus!
Which i did….phew!
Was goin to go with right im “in aff oot” but that was getting a bit technical.
Sounds like you already know how to spend those hours btw ;)
Enjoy :)
RANGERS have been told it will take at least a decade to challenge Celtic as the most valuable brand in Scottish football.
The Premiership champs have climbed to 37th in the top 50 brands in world football, ahead of clubs such as Benfica, Sevilla, PSV Eindhoven, Besiktas and Santos.
Fallen giants Rangers are still in such turmoil off the field that analysts from Brand Finance were unable to even create a rating for them.
Celtic have been given a brand value of £50million by the company, one of the world’s leading valuation and strategy consultancies, up from £36m in 2013 when they were ranked 44th in the world.
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SACK THE BORED – THE CELTIC BORED THAT IS – PLC STANDS FOR PETER LIEWELL COMPANY – THE DONOT IS THE ONLY ONE HAPPY WITH THESE FIGURES.
M McGill CSC
THUNDER ROAD
A certain thought had crossed my mind,a relaxing coupla hours!
BMCUW
Brilliant to talk to you my fhriend
After I spoke to you lol I went to the shop and bought CHOPPED tomatoes and chilli powder. I already had Worcester sauce
Meant to take it last night lol
But I’ve been up all night
Waiting for the announcement
Is it ok to take it now and go to work
Good morning friends from a disappointingly grey and dull (though currently dry) East Kilbride.
I see my online bookie is offering 200/1 on tonight’s game having, in the first 20 seconds, a shy to be taken by a left footed player with no fixed hairstyle and whose mother’s maiden name begins with R. Worth 50p surely ;-)
TRAVELLER BHOY
I canny vouch for its efficacy without some kip involved!
Tbh,I reckon you have to sleep off the cure as well as the booze,haha.
BMCUP
Running oot of booze
Hoping that recipe was an alternative
What if I pickle it first
TRAVELLER BHOY
Running outa booze?
Ffs,this sounds like an emergency.
Drain yer petrol tank and flambé the cure,that should work!
Travellerbhoy
“What if I pickle it first”
If your “pickled” then what’s the point? :) por cierto
Petrol tank on hold
Flambed the chip pan last night
Fire brigade not too happy
por cierto
: )
Happily pickled
TRAVELLER BHOY
I used to share a place wi a guy who liked making chips when he was bevvied.
Despite my dire warnings.
So I moved somewhere else,left him to it.
Less than two months later,he burnt his place down,all his belongings with it.
There was a damn good chippie just round the corner as well,eejit of a bloke.
A good wee scroll back there through the latest few pages. Thought that ACGR was going to win post of the night with his email exchange with the Portuguese hacker (page 15 at 23:43) but then I guffawed at the simplicity of this –
Thunder Road at 05:42 on 28 May, 2014
Serious question.
Was Australia shut last night?
Have a fine day!
BMCUP
Magic bhud
Still laughing
Being on my own and no much of a cook
I rely on takeaways
In Livingston
So I can really understand your friend
Morning all.
Dreich in dunblane Jobo.
Travellerbhoy. KTF pal. Love n peace.
BMCUW. Morning youngster. Always so wise for one do young!
HH jamesgang
TRAVELLER BHOY
You shoulda said!
Get a slow-cooker,chuck stuff in it,get bevvied then eat.
Problem solved.
Whither the cash strapped scrofulous hillbilllies the day?
JAMESGANG
Wise?
You’ve got the wrong bloke!
You got another day off,bud?
BMCUW
You just did a fine wee Delia Smith form of wise words! See what I mean!
Back today. On the train to the Big G, as james brown might say……
…..if he wisnae deid!
HH jamesgang
‘You got another day off,bud?’
Very good, since when did the bhlog become WorkaholicQuickNews? ;/)
Morning all. Much the same as usual down here. Very changeable.
Any change in the old rumour mill about who our next manager is to be?
Hoping and praying that the undead keep their manager.
DBBIA
since you told us you where heading for retirement…
BMCUWP:
You coming on the 21st?
Hail hail
You know if we get
Michael Laudrop ,its just another excuse to tie us into Rangers at every turn :(
BMCUP
I know bhud
All I heard was drink
Cos I’m a traveller
Got electricity for 8 hours a day
Generator
What was that aboot drink
From last night….
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Burghbhoy
22:19 on 27 May, 2014
Ledley , highest earner at the club…sold
Samaras, 3rd highest earner at the club …. Sold
Brown, 2nd highest earner at the club….watch this space.
IMO that is why Neil left .
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Good!
Another clique – gone.
Jamesgang
Appreciated my friend in Celtic
Hail Hail
B/Tim- only 9 weeks to go..
JAMESGANG
Ah,good point.
Tbh,I reckon that’s what any lady of the house does.
You know when you come home,sit down to yer dinner and she goes-
“I’ve slated over this all day!”
Nope. She chucked it in the slow-cooker and legged it to her pal’s place for a gossip.
Trust me.
dontbrattbakkinanger
08:36 on 28 May, 2014
B/Tim- only 9 weeks to go..
What is this place? RQN?!?
HH jamesgang
THE HONEST MISTAKE
Yes,mate. Hoping to get STEINREIGNEDSUPREME along too.
Can you book me two tickets,or shall I contact WINNING CAPTAINS?
thejunglebeforeduringafterthe4:2gemme=ecstacylikenoutbeforeafterinthejunglethemightyjungle…etc…
08:34 on 28 May, 2014
To paraphrase…,. I’d never join a clique that would consider having me as a member!
Are cliques the new reds under the beds mhate?
HH jamesgang
jamesgang -once I’m retired I’ll be too busy to hang out with the ole deadbeats and stumblebhums on here ;/)
BMCUW
Slow cookers and casseroles. So simple even a boy can do it!
Aff oot. Laters. Peace n love Timdom.
HH jamesgang
dontbrattbakkinanger ;-))))
Just in to ask – whats the beef with
Owen Coyle?
Cos he dissed the Celtic in preference for a
managers job in England?
If the answer is yes then, how does that sit re:
Tony Stokes?
Did he not do the same thing?
In other news…..it’ll be interesting to see how
the Hibbees fans deal with this Petrie bloke.
Will they – starve him of their cash and let him know who’s
boss?
Or will they be ‘headed-off at the pass’ with some sort of
resolution 12 type of gobble-de-gook pash?