Scottish football has afforded defending champions the courtesy of a home game on the first day of the season to allow the league championship flag to be unfurled at the start of the new campaign for as many decades as I remember.
As this has, in effect, become a courtesy to give Celtic a home start to the campaign in as many years as my sons can remember, we’ll be at Tynecastle on the opening day of the season. Flag Day will have to wait.
That said, I like the idea of taking on Hearts away, then our nearest challengers, Aberdeen, at home. Come through this successfully and we will be in excellent shape for the campaign.
The Aberdeen game comes immediately after the final round of European qualifiers, so we have an opportunity to finish August in a real high – if we get the preparatory work done early enough.
Bring it on. We don’t need no stinkin’ courtesies.
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TURKEYBHOY on 19TH JUNE 2016 1:45 PM
I now take it the Warbs story was untrue.Not a peep from the Level 5 lackeys in the Record,Herald,Scotsman.
Sure they would have been all over it.
Warbiola and Weir were at a charity dinner last night at The Thistle Hotel (now The City Hotel),in aid of James Mortimer’s late daughter’s cancer fund. My mate was there,2 tables away from them. Not sure if it was in the rags,as I don’t buy them. HH
Sipsini – the obvious question is was the change in contract consulted on? Is there a recognised trade union representing staff? If so that’s where you’ll get answers and practical assistance.
If not then I’d be loathe to advise someone on line who might land themselves in a dispute with their bosses with no backing.
Two points on the brexit,
Turkeybhoys discussion about the islamisation is nothing to do with European membership, the vast % are the result of imperialist commonwealths, the migration of commonwealth subjects to the source of the empire.
Sipsini, ernie will tell you that migration patterns will not change as a result of trade agreements with Europe, what he won’t admit is that the migration will be controlled and those migrating will need health insurance and be financially self sufficient, there will however be the same problems with illegal immigration however catching them will be easier as all migrants will need to register whereas there is no current requirement for migrants to register unless they are claiming benefits.
Harvatski Jim
Linfield jersey ? That’s nasty stuff
Hope you don’t mind me saying but I loved your 90% happy 10% sad post, it made me think back to my own mother in 2008 and your post summed up what I felt, but you put it better :-)
Sipsini
Get BT on your case, my sister has employment law in her CV, she has done HMRC appeals for years, she actually knew Heidi Poom (?) the dissenting big tax case accountant through meeting her in the courts, won’t see her till tomorrow but will chin her for any info
After the Tories said they wouldn’t contest the Batley by-election,a former BNP idiot is…….
Gerryfaethebrig
Harry was correct on Carlton Cole ,and correct on his dog.
He was found not guilty.(:-)
TT
Sips..,
Does your current contract have an end date ?
If not then there is no obligation to accept a new contract, thay can make it a condition for new employees but not existing employees.
TURKEYBHOY
Take this offline and contact me on
bmcuwp@gmail.com
FYI,I’ve referenced the problems that the Brexit campaign are exploiting.
As for yer childish name-calling,speaks volumes. Fill yer boots. I’ll happily call you what your posts imply you to be.
Twist and turns
Has the john brown confirmed his position oot thi side o his moof yet?
:-)
HH
Tinytim
Exactly…..
Hope he’s wrong with Clint (38 in Ocotber) Hill
Big Carlton was on a pay per play deal, failure yes, but not much damage to the club, wouldn’t have minded him 10years ago
Isn’t it ironic that folk can sit overseas and comment about immigration to the UK, so long as they can live and work wherever they want?
The ‘I believe in borders, so long as they don’t apply to us’ club.
A new biography of Tom Clarke 1916 Leader. Lasts about an hour and made by a local guy for You Tube. Well worth a look if you have the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_FYbqkof8
Last 5 mins of Tyrone v Cavan 0-15 to 2-07
TINYTIM
So is this the Huns pushing their boat out then??
Working overseas outside the EU identifies the main difference in how migrant workers are controlled and how the migrant population is/can be limited, even when trade deals are in place.
Sevco swoop while Celtic dither
Clogher 3.38pm
I thought that myself, we are brought into this life nobody owns any country, some might think that’s simplistic but am afraid it’s the truth…..the old Cqn can sometimes be dripping in irony
Open to all
I don’t know too much about tennis (or very much else) but the guy playing Andy is seemingly number 9 in the world…..competition winnings £10.5m ????
I wish they had kept the tennis courts at langloan now ! (Coatbridge reference)
Roberttessell…
I’m in unite but they are management nodding dogs. Thanks for the info.HH
GFTB…
Cheers mate, reckon they will put thirty days notice on the table tomorrow. I’ve not been involved in industrial action for over twenty years as TBJ knows, as he was at the helm of it but this wee prick is taking the piss.HH
Canamaler…
That’s something I will need to look into, cheers for the nod.HH
So we have one that refuses to vote and one who does not have a vote or not entitled to a vote being a forign national talking about irony of those eligible to vote through their nationality regardless of their location, the only irony here is people perceived entitlement to judge.
Sipsini
You were given info by others too.
If you’re looking into it, here’s a former Norwegian foreign minister.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/27/norway-eu-reality-uk-voters-seduced-by-norwegian-model
Cana
No refusal, I just decline to be involved
Surely still allowed an opinion whether it’s right or wrong
This blog thing will never take off if opinions are now out of bounds
We all love a bit of irony
The Old Lady
GFTB
“I wish they had kept the tennis courts at langloan now”
*****
Memories of long, hot Summer afternoons, strawberries and cream, and ice-cold Pimms come flooding back.
BEATBHOY
Are you not confusing the Langloan courts, Coatbridge with the Whinhall courts Airdrie!
Beatbhoy
Goggle Langloan / Coatbridge…… Not too sure if you will find much strawberries and ice-cream, a lovely wee rebel scheme, better than the proddy enclave Gartsherrie where I reside, not many in ML5 but am definitely in the worst…….makes me smile every day and even better they all know I am laughing at them…..no fitba talk in these parts since 2012
The migrant argument really pisses me off.
I was third generation Irish when I started my apprenticeship nearly forty years ago and was treated like an immigrant as a sixteen year old in a colonial Orange company.
I brought up my two kids on my jack jones and if I had to go to another country to make their lifes better, I would have fought tooth and nail to do it.
Most that migrate are working. Fact, there will always be wasters, were be it born here or came in, it’s always been a problem and always will.
GFTB
No need. I spent many a seemingly endless Summer evening sipping Moscow mules and watching the Langloan Masters from the Members’ balcony in The Buchanan Arms.
Fin 15
No. Such was the Arcadian Bliss of Langloan, I never ventured further East than the Time Capsule.
On Brexit
Anybody else disappointed in the lefts opposition to this referendum question?
The collective has been neutered.
So do I back dave or boris as the tory party has its finest internecine chibfest since the repeal of the corn laws.
Finally the cancer at the heart of the little englander tory is being addressed.
It has only the race card to play
HH
The Buchanan Arms….. Whoooft
Beatbhoy…. Well before my time I was a member of the Bank Social as soon as I hit 18, my father’s pride and joy (not me the membership)
Young nephew stays behind the outdoor sports centre, a Langloan wannabee
GFTB,
Watching the Gaelic here. Weather not great. The commentators are talking about it as a day for ‘Hail Mary’s’ (high balls into the box etc). That would probably cause offence if it was said in Scotland:))
Hopefully Shane Lowry keeps it together. I was in Baltray a few years ago when he won the Irish Open and had to decline a cheque for 500k. Robert Rock got the money in second place.
I hope the family are well.
GFTB,
Can you tell me the difference between someone who refuses to vote and someone who declines to be involved.
Being a national entitled to vote and that the effects of the referendum will affect your life, whether you accept it or not, you are by definition involved. Abdicating responsibility is in effect refusing to vote. This is the biggest independence referendum vote of your life yet apparently less important that the piddly scots nat agenda.
A wee read from jj…
The Bootleg Bears
by sitonfence
The embarrassing fallout apropos the proposed signing of Josh Windass and Matt Crooks has escalated. £60,000 would have been sufficient to release both in time for the forthcoming friendly at Charleston Battery but there seems to be a blanket ban on all transfer fees at Ibrox. Accrington Stanley will be paid in the fullness of time as the FA will insist on it, therefore the delay in paying them what they’re due is somewhat surprising. There is evidently a policy at Ibrox of signing players that command no fees, including players like Clint Hill who at 38 (on October 19) should be hanging up his boots. In his one year extension contract at QPR he was not included in the squad in 24 of their English Championship games and was an unused substitute on the bench on nine occasions. Not one of his thirty-three absences was due to injury. By contrast Jordan Rossiter missed 17 of the 22 Liverpool Under 21 games last season through injury. At half the age of Hill, his signing is also a gamble.
Joey Barton’s temperament is a gamble. The latest free transfer to be released to the media by Level 5 is Adrian Mariappa who only played in three matches for Crystal Palace last season. He was out of the squad for 22 games and an unused substitute on the bench on 13 occasions.
No matter how much the media will attempt to put a gloss on matters, Barton, Hill and Mariappa are cheap short-term fixes who cost nothing and will leave for nothing. Rossiter’s muscle deterioration problem has fended off other suitors. As for the signing of Windass he has never commanded one pound in transfer fees in his entire career to date. He moved from Harrogate Railway FC to Accrington for free in 2013. The same applies to Matt Crooks who has been loaned out to Halifax, Hartlepool and Radcliffe Borough during a less than stellar career where he could not command a transfer fee. No-one would bite when he was available for £38,000. He could have been signed from Accrington with no acrimony for only £75,000.
As Windass and Crooks joined Accrington on free transfers the club is not out of pocket. No other club was prepared to venture £38,000 to sign either of them. Their background to date does not bode well in regard to resale value.
Dave King has released a statement that he will begin to drip feed his responses to fans inquiries on Monday. He will continue to drip feed positive spin all the way to the open sale of season tickets. This is not an exercise in transparency. One of the questions that should have been asked is why Rangers have signed players with no resale value? Why has there been an absence of capital expenditure in his transfer dealings?
King and Mangetout Traynor can spin this all they like but the proposed £30m to be spent on the team has not been delivered. King has lied to the supporters. As opposed to paying £1-£3m on promising players as is the case at CFC, with the aspiration of selling them at a significant profit, King has scraped the bottom of the barrel and cannot even find enough to pay development fees. The austerity at Ibrox is obvious. The fiasco in regard to Accrington Stanley is just the tip of the iceberg. Could King not have used the £800,000 that he was provided in a soft loan by Rangers First CIC to buy one player with a resale value, or has that money been set aside for his next appearance in court?
BEATBHOY
Aye,but to be fair,you only ever watched the ladies doubles.
BEATBHOY:
Buchanan Arms as well Kat but Phil Cole’s was the Pub to be in. No balcony and no windows but a great Pub.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Clogher
All good here, likewise hope all is with you, mailed BMCUWP earlier as we had lost email addresses, he mentioned how good Dublin was, still gutted, think it’s worse as the good lady really wanted to go as well
Canalamar
I honestly don’t try and cheapen the referendum but I really can’t find any common ground with any MP, even in my own area (a Celtic fan as well) reading and watching the Jo Cox stuff that lady would maybe get me out of my chair and vote, but sadly we only read how decent a MP she is when no longer with us……. I have been a civil servant now for over a quarter of a century, politicians lie and promise false promises, my mother and father when still with us used to get really annoyed about my stance but am afraid I can be a bit stubborn if I think I am correct (which in the most is am not) by the way growing up my mum and dad didn’t ever tell anybody who they voted for, I thought it used to be a secret ? These days others try and influence others, not me, I will live my life the way I always have (hopefully for the best)
Apologies for the rant
BMCUW
Cue BSR.
lennybhoy
I wonder who got the Tommy Gemmell portrait of the goal in Lisbon that was on the wall in Phil Coles, first ever game at Parkhhead (8yr old) dogged the train to carntyne, got a lift over then sat in the baggage compartment at the bottom of the double decker bus……on Coles bus on way home, even got a chippie at Marchetties back at the precinct, my father always talked about the supports busses that left all the way up Blair Road
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 19TH JUNE 2016 3:23 PM
‘Sipsini, ernie will tell you that migration patterns will not change as a result of trade agreements with Europe, what he won’t admit is that the migration will be controlled and those migrating will need health insurance and be financially self sufficient’
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Not true for Norway, so I can’t see why it would be true for the UK.
The problem as I see it is that people like you will vote for Brexit because you think it will stop people from the EU coming here to live and work.
When people like you you find out you’ve been duped,what will you do and who will be made to suffer?
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-norway
GERRYFAETHEBRIG on 19TH JUNE 2016 4:51 PM
Your opinion might hold some wight if you’re talking about a normal election where you are voting for an individual politician or a political party.
I can’t see it’s of any relevance when you’re being asked to vote on a specific issue in a referendum.