The narrative was set for Aberdeen. After six consecutive league wins without losing a goal, their bubble was burst when they drew with Dundee and St Johnstone, but it hasn’t turned out that way. They have scored 10 and not conceded in the three league games since. Out of the Scottish and League Cups, their entire focus is on beating teams less resourceful than them in the league, which is everyone apart from Celtic.
Despite Celtic’s impressive ability to collect points dating back several months, Aberdeen are hanging in there, a remarkable achievement. The only thing which separates the teams are Celtic’s two 2-1 wins in their previous meetings this season. From Saturday afternoon Aberdeen’s complete focus will be on their visit to Celtic Park on Sunday.
By contrast, Celtic will return to Glasgow early Friday morning after their trip to Milan. They will face Aberdeen pretty much as that trip leaves them.
If I was offered a win and a defeat this week, I’d take the win in Milan, but we will need enough in te tank for Sunday’s game.
Thanks to everyone who booked a ticket over the weekend for the CQN11 St Patrick’s Dinner on Friday on 13 March at the Kerrydale Suite. Anyone still to catch up, let me know, celticquicknews@gmail.com
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OG RAFFERTY 1508
Sorry,broadband disnae work in my local. It wasn’t me you offered that to,cos I’d have bitten the hand off you!
That was some strike,that. Too young to know first hand,but the loyalists went to the pub instead of work,Nationalists carried on as usual,and Merlyn Rees endeared himself to everyone by referring to it as Ulster Nationalism.
Superb planning,this. A self-proclaimed Army Council organise a strike. Now,if you throw a party and no-one turns up,you have a problem. Organise a boycott and everyone turns up,you have a problem.
Organise a strike and the Nationalists ignore you while your side go to the pub,well,what are you to do?
Answer-pull the barmen out on strike! The women are gaun mental about their men being in the pub all day!!
No,bud. Trust me,had you offered that to me,I would have it now. I may have shortly after I track it down.
I could do wi a laugh.
Asked this question yesterday,can anybody confirm that Thursdays match will not be played at the San Siro but at Milan’s new stadium – Guiseppe something. Hail Hail Hebcelt LCF kicks off at 15:00 not 15:30 according to my ticket application from Celtic
Hebcelt
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, commonly known as San Siro
LB
Dear Peeps,
A wee bit musing on the anthem discussion.
So now we are all of us reminded that it was never written to be an anthem, and that the original was very, very English in form, permit me to offer the observation that many Irish folk who sing it would flounder if asked to offer their own translation; oh, them as learnt the Tongue of the Angels as kids in one of the Gaeltachtaí could offer a version, but as for almost everyone else – nah, they’d be lost. They’d be lost because Amhrán na bhFiann is truly apalling Irish; sorry folks, it’s just atrociously bad stuff.
One of my beloved grandadies used to characterise it as doing a complete disservice to our language, our music and our culture in general; ‘course, he had beeen committed to O’Donnell Abú and was well upset that it wasn’t selected.
Myself, I don’t subscribe to the entirety of hisview, but his linguistic point was pretty much bang on target.
Which does not change the fact that I love the damn thing, and enjoy roaring it out in either tongue, even if it is gobbledygook i nGaeilge…
LiviBhoy thanks for that so is it a completely new stadium or the San Siro re-vamped? H H Hebcelt
and re-branded
Apologies if already posted and please delete if so. Picked it up from TSFM. Funny as furk!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11354357/live-football-tv-this-week.html
hebcelt.
Name was changed from San Siro to Guiseppe Meazza in 1980. Stadium is situated in the part of the city called San Siro.
Heb,
They are one and the same I believe.
Heb,
Bit like us and west ham….kinda.
Sorry with regards to the above if you could go to Friday.
“LCF kicks off at 15:00 not 15:30 according to my ticket application from Celtic”
Hebcelt,
Somewhere on the ticket/application there’ll be a disclaimer stating subject to change.
HH
Guiseppe Meazza played for Inter and Italy. He was also Manager of Italy..He died in 1979. Name of stadium was changed in his honour..
A crumbling tip and a potential death trap.
Wonder how AC felt about that?
JJ
Is the 70% ‘poster’ a troll?
Is the Pope occasionally mentioned in The Soldiers Song add-ons?!?
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!!bada bing!!
13:45 on 23 February, 2015
I thought Scott Brown was as good as i have seen him in a Celtic jersey yesterday,head and shoulders above the rest,it could be the introduction of Bitton ,which has helped him be a bit more consistent of late.After the Euro Qualifiers ,if Scotland don’t qualify,i hope he retires and we will get the benefit in future seasons.
……………couple of years ago with what seemed like a chronic and progressive hip injury I honestly thought broooonie would be moving towards semi retirement of worse by spring 2015. Here we are, best he’s ever played for us.
For once, Mark Hately would be spot on!!!!!
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árd macha
15:24 on 23 February, 2015
LiviBhoy,
Re-read my initial post, which comes across as abrupt.
Apologies as that was never my intention.
Árd Macha
—————–with a name and manners as good as that you’d no be welcome on the old Follow Follow hatefest site!
HH jamesgang .
Geordie Munro
15:18 on
23 February, 2015
Bawsman,
Maybe the word ‘feinian’ triggers their filter.
Maybe it’s the incorrect name for where Raith play?
My money is on the former ;)
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Never though of that……………seriously………….made I larff.
Oopla !
Manager of Inter and Manager of Itsly
Oopla # 2.
Italy.
Sot,
That kinda explains something I was told a while back….only one set of fans call it San siro, the other set call it the full title.
HH
Árd Macha
Not at all mate. Didn;t read that way to me.
Amusing yesterday at the game I went for a bovril after half time as wee LB was frozen and I wanted to get him out the wind. Reached the front of the queue and was asked.
Whose next, What dae you waant???
Hillarious.
I supped my bovril and the wee man pottered about as I watched the game on the TV screens and Celtic turned them aff! Back up we go and seen all the goals.
Cursed them at the time but the wee man had a 2nd wind and so did the Hoops.
Jamesgang
Thanks for re-posting this. Missed this originally.
LB
panda hands
F*** the corn
Now that’s snort out loud funny!
HH jamesgang
Big Mike 16.15
That’s hilarious!
Meazza scored lots and lots of goals for Inter and Italy .World Cup Winner in 34 and 38
Big Mike.
Thanks for posting that and cheering me up.
Clive Whittingham is my new journo hero…..even though he’s only reporting on what footie is on the telly.
Clearly well briefed on the Sevco circus act!
Excellent.
!!badabing!!
Not a fan of Chelsea, but Mourhino right to crack up. Referee was absolutely shocking.
Go for the jugular on Thursday with 3 strikers- Big John, Leigh and Jay
HH
Two features today on the Irish flag and national anthem – one from the past and the other from the present. Let’s see how Clyde 1 respond at 6pm…check both out here:
http://www.cqnmagazine.com
jamesgang
16:29 on 23 February, 2015
panda hands
F*** the corn
Now that’s snort out loud funny!
HH jamesgang
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Yup – I might use that at CQN-11 !! :-)))
Livibhoy at 15.35, thanks for those links, it’s interesting to see what others are saying – and the Aiburdeen blog is hilarious, a whole new language!
San Siro / Guiseppe Meazza
Sign of the times.
Recently saw an interview with Ruud Gullit- being an ex AC player he called the stadium -San Siro.He expressed sadness re the lack of fans / atmosphere in the stadium.Interviewer couldn’ t resist a -“Serie A was still good in your day , Ruud”
Big Mike
It would appear that the Telegraph, in their eagerness to get to Friday’s match and slag off newco, have forgotten about our game on Thursday!
Panda hands, top tale I spat coffee all over my table in Costa laughing(fellow customers looking bemused)
I’m old enough to realise if we sing of a victory over oppression
Shieldmuir Celtic, Big Nan
Was having an intellectual (ahem) discussion with 2 of our South Side cousins on twitter over the weekend re: ‘sectarianism’ and the word ‘sectarian’. Apart from it quickly degenerating into them using industrial language and hurling insults I did actually learn something. Apparently ‘Hun’ is sectarian cause it is. And I’m a middle class lefty cnut who needs a wash. :-)
The apparent true source of reference for what is sectarian and what isn’t is this gem on the nilbymouth website http://nilbymouth.org/resources/history/
Now you know. No legal or governmental reference just that.
HH
SJ
Burgas Hoops
14:44 on
23 February, 2015
Dont be fooled:
Bosnia and Herzegovina National Anthem:
ANTHEM LYRICS IN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
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Maybe it’s just me, but I prefer the official language.
I feel it loses something in translation!!
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hebcelt.
I though that Inter fans call it the Guiseppe etc. , but Milan fans stick to the San Siro.
Keepthehighballslow
16:35 on
23 February, 2015
Big Mike.
Thanks for posting that and cheering me up.
Clive Whittingham is my new journo hero…..even though he’s only reporting on what footie is on the telly.
Clearly well briefed on the Sevco circus act!
Excellent.
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From the daily Telegraph about rangers game on Friday. -just had to print it all out. Hilarious
Friday February 27
Falkirk v Rangers (19.45), Scottish Championship, BT Sport 1 VM 547 / 549 HD, 19.30
Our weekly chance to check on what chaotic nonsense has befallen Rangers and what havoc Mike Ashley has managed to wreak north of the border in the last seven days carries us to a Friday night in Falkirk. Inevitably all the coverage, and most of the crowd, will be interested in the UK’s most farcical club (settle down fans of Leeds and QPR, you’ve got nothing on these guys) but spare a thought for Falkirk who used to yo-yo up and down out of this league quite a bit before they suddenly found Hearts, Hibs and Billy Smart’s Travelling Circus joining them at the second tier.
Currently fifth, Falkirk have a great chance to claim a famous win here given how abysmally Rangers are playing football, conducting their business, treating their wives, tending to their gardens, behaving on the way home from the pub and everything else besides.
Interrupted post……
I’m old enough to realise if we sing of a victory over oppression in the country that was doing the oppressing it will be called sectarian down to the fact the establishment is in denial and completely refuses to accept the factual historic events as truth
Let the people sing HH
From the Telegraph sport on TV :
Friday February 27
Falkirk v Rangers (19.45), Scottish Championship, BT Sport 1 VM 547 / 549 HD, 19.30
Our weekly chance to check on what chaotic nonsense has befallen Rangers and what havoc Mike Ashley has managed to wreak north of the border in the last seven days carries us to a Friday night in Falkirk. Inevitably all the coverage, and most of the crowd, will be interested in the UK’s most farcical club (settle down fans of Leeds and QPR, you’ve got nothing on these guys) but spare a thought for Falkirk who used to yo-yo up and down out of this league quite a bit before they suddenly found Hearts, Hibs and Billy Smart’s Travelling Circus joining them at the second tier.
Currently fifth, Falkirk have a great chance to claim a famous win here given how abysmally Rangers are playing football, conducting their business, treating their wives, tending to their gardens, behaving on the way home from the pub and everything else besides.
FANTASTIC !
I liked sipsini’s response when someone stuck ‘Fenian barsteward’ on his locker at work back in the day.
He said he stuck ‘proud’ in front of it!
Takes cajones and a sense of humour to respond like that!
HH jamesgang
fieldofdrams
The Dons can be quite funny. The Jambos can be quite funny as well. They rip into each other.
I look at all the forums but the Jambos and Hearts one’s are probably the most readable. No sure if readable is a word!
Pains me to say it because I don;t like the Jambos much but it can be a decent read.
LB