Virgil’s suitors

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Aye, sure, Dick Advocaat would like to sign Virgil van Dijk for Sunderland.  Of course he would, but Virgil is very unlikely to go to Sunderland for a host of reasons.  Many clubs have made inquiries about Virgil but the player has an understanding with the club.

For a start, he’s going nowhere until after the Champions League qualifiers are over with, and even then, player and club have agreed that only approaches from tier-one clubs will be considered.  No disrespect intended for Sunderland, but a haul of one cup in 79 years leaves them well off the pace.

The prospect of Celtic being interested in Steven Fletcher, as reported in The Herald this morning, is unlikely to make any difference.  If Fletcher is wanted it will be for the qualifiers, there will be no quid pro quo.

Virgil has two years left on his contract and there’s little prospect of him extending his stay in Scotland, so if Celtic decide to listen to offers in late August it’ll do no harm having as many English clubs as possible bidding portions of their TV bounty for the player.  So let Sunderland bid away.

You and I have been working on the whole Mary’s Meals project for a couple of years now.  It’s not a big part of any of our lives, but what we’ve done is a big part in the lives of thousands of kids we’ll never know.

Reaching the 1 million kids fed each day figure last month has reinvigorated the charity.  It’s a worldwide phenomenon but incredibly started here in Scotland.

At midnight tonight a couple of guys will start to walk the West Highland Way, 96 miles, a 17 thousand feet ascent.  They hope to complete the journey within 24 hours.

You and I know that not every journey is completed on time, some, sadly, will never be completed……… but these two are close to hitting their £6k target figure for Mary’s Meals before they set off.  Go and give them a a couple of pounds, help drive them on to complete the task.  Every £1 you give will feed a child for a month.  A month!  Tell me you’re going to do something better today and I’ll not believe you.

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  1. Jobo

     

     

    Why do you need lessons?

     

    You said you’d scored pure HUNners the other day?

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  2. glendalystonsils on

    The Green Man

     

    16:08 on

     

    5 June, 2015

     

    I hope Orangefest is affected by lightning strikes just before a massive sink-hole opens up, and sucks all the sashers straight down to the fires of Hell.

     

    Its only fair.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    You’re far too good to them. It’s a weakness.

  3. Dena

     

     

    Of all the broads in all the bars you choose to be your Gok Wan….. Cowiebhoy?

     

     

    MTF lady!

     

     

    Surely sipsini is the one to choose?

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  4. Quonno, BSR,

     

     

    Yes, the honest mistake, the referee not accountable and no action or reviews to be taken, as you say BSR, not even the courtesy of a reply.

     

     

    When compared to the fall-out from the Thierry Henry handball….

     

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Republic_of_Ireland_v_France_football_matches

     

     

    Their silence is deafening.

     

     

    “On 18 January 2010 it was announced that Henry would face no sanctions in relation to the incident, after the committee found it had “no legal foundation” to deal with the case, as the relevant rules only covered sanctions for preventing a goal by illegally handling the ball. FIFA rules reportedly forbade any other action as the referee had not seen the original incident.

     

     

    MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

     

     

    Dena29….

     

     

    Thanks for the offer, one way or another I’ll try to get there resplendent in the hoops:-)

     

     

    Hail Hail

  5. Lennon n Mc....Mjallby on

    Orange walk,Orange lodge,King William of Orange,12th July main calender event,defeated Catholic king at Boyne,Orangefest.

     

     

    How is that a celebration of modern day Protestantism and how the feck can it promote social inclusion?

     

     

    Wouldn’t it be better for the CoS to have an annual event to promote the church?

     

     

    Or is there something more appealing about defeating Catholics?

  6. Cosy Corner bhoy

     

     

    ……Re gettin a pint to mark your 54th wedding anniversary,read when lurkin the other night

     

     

    I would have to make it 2 pints.

     

     

    1.to celebrate your anniversary

     

    and

     

    2.reintroducing the concept of trust,integrity and unquestioned truth into the number 54 back into ma head lol

     

     

    :-)

     

     

    hail hail

  7. Reading about Cowiebhoys ankle. I just had a mishap about 20 minutes ago and went over on my ankle. Pain was excruciating for first minute or so and then more or less subsided. Sitting here now with ice pack around my elevated ankle, hoping I’m not looking at a couple of golfless weeks. Had just hit a run of fairly decent form too, won my last 2 Competitions and looking forward to a Seniors outing in Co. Kilkenny next Monday. There is always something.

  8. glendalystonsils on

    bournesouprecipe

     

     

    That’s quite a lineup. The Masonic boom will be heard for miles.

  9. lennon n mc….mjallby

     

     

    16:31 on 5 June, 2015

     

     

    Fhriend this has got close to fek all about the church of scotland. Vast majority of these skanks wouldn’t know what the inside of any church looked like.

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  10. South Of Tunis on

    Nice wee item on the tele re a Rube fan who walked from Torino to Berlino and got his reward when Rube gave him a ticket.

  11. lennon n mc….mjallby

     

     

    16:31 on 5 June, 2015

     

    Orange walk,Orange lodge,King William of Orange,12th July main calender event,defeated Catholic king at Boyne,Orangefest.

     

     

    How is that a celebration of modern day Protestantism and how the feck can it promote social inclusion?

     

     

    Wouldn’t it be better for the CoS to have an annual event to promote the church?

     

     

    Or is there something more appealing about defeating Catholics?

     

    *******

     

    I think you’ll find most Orangemen and Orangewomen here have little if anything to do with the church. They’re just small-minded bigots. My in-laws are church-going Protestants (well, the older ones are) and despise the OO. One year the head of the OO in their town turned up and asked if they could bless their bible ahead of the march (not sure if blessed was the word he used!!). Anyway, he was told to beggar off as they’d never seen him in their church before and they wanted nothing to do with their crap.

  12. Good luck to the chaps doing the west highland way,

     

    roughly 2 miles an hour for 24 hours

     

    height of 4 Ben Nevis’s in between

     

    i hope they are well prepared and organised re food stops

     

    good luck

     

     

    hail hail

  13. Nice parting shot from the bold guidetti, maybe you’ll be back in next years champions league mate !!!!

     

     

    No I don’t think so either, this time next year he’ll be like the Motherwell billionaire’s wealth …. Off the radar

     

     

    Thanks for the memories John (not)

  14. Celticrollercoaster supporting Shay,our bhoy wonder along the way on

    Evening fholks

     

     

    Need some help. I am after a couple of Wee Oscar wristbands for a cracking CQN lurker who now lives in the States. Unfortunately, I am out of stock

     

     

    If anybody can help, drop me an email

     

     

    celticrollercoaster@yahoo.co.uk

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  15. an tearmann

     

     

    16:41 on 5 June, 2015

     

    Good luck to the chaps doing the west highland way,

     

    roughly 2 miles an hour for 24 hours

     

    height of 4 Ben Nevis’s in between

     

    i hope they are well prepared and organised re food stops

     

    good luck

     

     

    hail hail

     

     

    ——–/

     

     

    You’d manage that in about 43 strides Ya big colossus you!!!

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  16. Corkcelt

     

     

    You can claim the 5 in a row :-)

     

     

    Hope nothing serious Bhud

     

     

    Dena29

     

     

    You find anything on that Asos site yet ?

     

     

    Hail Hail

  17. Guidetti’s pic has been removed from the rogues gallery on the Club site but Denayer, Tonev and Wakaso still feature.

  18. CRC

     

     

    When I eventually get up stairs I will have a look, might have 1 up there

     

     

    Norrie

  19. bournesouprecipe on

    Disappointed in John Guidetti full stop, well done RD for effectively showing him the door with his exclusion from the side, and the promotion of Leigh Griffiths.

     

     

    The player’s got a big mouth, a big ego and a big job ahead in finding a better platform than Celtic.

  20. mullet and co 2 on

    Orange fest bands was trending on Twitter last night.

     

     

    My contributions – king (billy), the overtones, Gerry and the peacemakers, the White sea horses, public image very limited, david king Bowie and the spiders from lugan, 50 scents, fool fighters, what’s the script?, king will I am.

     

    My favourite was funny hand shakin Stevens

  21. *THE KING VIC 67* on

    Unsure if it’s been discussed today but find the two press releases/advertisements from Celtic embarrassing!

     

     

    Okay, so a cheap shot a Sevco and the MSM but in my opinion it’s

     

    Backfired.

     

     

    “We need them, we rely on them, kids season tickets from £50”

     

     

    Well, yeah true, but it was the same club/business who included in their renewal packs that if *Rangers were promoted the ticket price would increase.

     

     

    Shame on you Celtic!

  22. corkcelt

     

     

    16:32 on 5 June, 2015

     

    Reading about Cowiebhoys ankle. I just had a mishap about 20 minutes ago and went over on my ankle. Pain was excruciating for first minute or so and then more or less subsided. Sitting here now with ice pack around my elevated ankle, hoping I’m not looking at a couple of golfless weeks. Had just hit a run of fairly decent form too, won my last 2 Competitions and looking forward to a Seniors outing in Co. Kilkenny next Monday. There is always something.

     

     

    —————————–

     

     

    As someone who recently underwent ankle surgery to rectify a broken bone that I had originally thought was just a twisted ankle years ago, my advice is get yourself to the doctor and get X-rays.

     

     

    The due diligence is well worth it.

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