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Weighty comparison for Ntcham

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Roy Keane played 13 games for Celtic and the first two of those were memorably for a disastrous performance and result away to Clyde, then what looked like an out of shape performance by the former Ireland international at home to Kilmarnock.

The remaining 11 games of his Celtic career were a lesson on what a great central midfield player looks like.  This was an era when we had recently seen Champions League winner, Paul Lambert, and Neil Lennon, play central mid, both masters of their craft, but Keane fulfilled the role better than anyone I had seen in a Celtic shirt, even as a 34-year-old.

There’s a video of his solitary performance away to Rangers (@FocusOnCeltic), where he asserts himself effortlessly, a lesson on how it should be done.  I watched a similar video of Olivier Ntcham against Newco on Sunday (@CelticBible).

The obvious point should be made.  The Rangers team of 2006 that Keane faced had players like Barry Ferguson and Dado Prso, and had a proper manager, whereas the team Olivier Ntcham faced are not of the same calibre, nor were they at home, but you and me have watched rubbish Oldco/Newco teams over the years without seeing such a complete performance from a Celtic central mid as Olivier’s.

Last month I suggested we drop Olivier and pull Callum McGregor deep, as the former’s passing and effectiveness was off the pace during the qualifiers.  He was one of several subject to bids and contract talks over the summer.  A clear head seems to have elevated the 22-year-old’s game to a new level.

The King is in town, get along to see Henrik and pals do their stuff at Celtic Park tomorrow.

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  2. TheLurkinTim on

    Kev,

     

     

    You’d be surprised how often the question of how to get the CST/CSA combined be used..to help push the Res12 agenda forward….It was a work in progress last I heard…but of course yer own agenda wont listen….try patience

     

     

    H.H.

  7. petec on

    Garry,

     

     

    Thanks for a good day oot.

     

     

    I wish I didnae drink that double vodka.

     

     

    It was good to see you again.

     

     

    Spookiness was you sayin’ you have a lot more grey hair. I said the same to the legend frae the Emerald Isle.

     

     

    God Bless

  8. Kev on

    THELURKINTIM on 9TH SEPTEMBER 2018 12:58 AM

     

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    Aye, whatever you say. √

     

     

    Off oot to shave my eight 8 years long beard aff.

     

    Patience √ CSC

     

     

     

    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  9. david17 on

    Liverpool throw-in coach Thomas Gronnemark ‘has the weirdest job in football’

     

     

    As he explains, there is more than meets the eye to the humble throw-in and it’s a skill that when mastered can lead to goals and even “save the life” of a team.

     

     

    Gronnemark estimates there are 40-50 throw-ins in a game and in Saturday’s 2-1 win against Leicester, Liverpool had 54 – their role and importance, he says, are “underestimated” unlike other set-pieces.

     

     

    “If you are expecting professional footballers to be world-class throwers without coaching then you are pretty optimistic,” he continues. “Generally the standard is quite poor.

     

     

    “A focus on throw-ins can save the life of small clubs, as a technique to survive.

     

     

    “But at the top of the league, it can help with a more fluent style of play. No matter what position in the league, throw-ins are an advantage.”

     

     

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45405476

  11. David66 on

    Good morning CQN from a wet and blustery Garngad

     

     

    I hope the Albanians pump Sevcoland the morra night.

     

     

    Just hope the Griff is ok for our league campaign

     

     

    D. :)

  19. Jobo Baldie on

    Good morning, friends.

     

    Back from my own wee International Break and it’s a drizzly, blustery start to the day in ole EK.

  27. big packy 1 on

    morning bhoys from a dreich looking Cheshire, hate these international breaks, anyway the dugs are looking at me with the come on lets go stare.catch you all later.hh.

  30. Delaneys Dunky on

    Good morning from a glorious sunny Clydebank. Great Sunday morning tunes Marspapa. HERE I AM LORD has set me up for 10am Mass.

     

    Brendan Rodgers CSC

  31. Greenpinata on

    I for one totally welcome the hiring of Fairhurst Consultants to independently investigate the crush.

     

     

    Fairhurst have a good track record in H&S consultancy.

     

    They can list :- Wimbledon, Ryder Cup, Grand National, Commowealth games bla bla.

     

     

    Celtic should be applauded for taking this initiative.

     

    Anything that can help to identify failings and to ensure that this can never happen again must be a good thing.

     

     

    I get the feeling for some , personal agendas and point scoring are more important than identifing the causes and subsequently ensuring that mitigation is put in place to prevent a reoccurance .

     

     

    To reitterate; For many match attendees, especially parents , this is THE most pressing issue @ Celtic Park.

     

     

    HH.

  32. marspapa on

    DELANEYS DUNKY

     

     

    Hope you and PETEC had a blast yesterday …. tell wee MARY , MUNROS was never the same when she left :))

     

     

    give a wee hug tae xx.

     

     

    catchye….

     

     

    ps… tears every time i try and sing that hymn .

  33. Delaneys Dunky on

    Petec

     

    Thank you for your company in Dumbarton Harp CSC yesterday. Great jibberjabber Peter. Hope young A’s birthday party goes well today. See you soon my fenian brother.

     

    YNWA

  34. Delaneys Dunky on

    Marspapa

     

    Will do thanks.

     

    That Mike Rutherford song produces a tear in me every time I hear it. Makes me think of my 2 grandads, my dad, myself and my 2 sons.

     

    The Living Years. Magical thanks B.

     

    God bless you and yours.

     

    YNWA

  35. marspapa on

    GREENPINATA

     

     

    Hi , you’ve been on here long enough , therefore you should realise that is their sole aim , childish and rude and often offensive , hey ho it creates debate .

     

     

    hope you have a BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY :))

  36. marspapa on

    APPOLOGIES if posting random songs gets on anyones THRUPPNYS , just filling in time before the gang get up for breakfast …anyhoo , have a good day ya’ll .

  37. Dbhoy on

    “What a Wonderful World” [1970 Spoken Introduction Version] along with Oliver Nelson’s Orchestra is a song written by Bob Thiele (as George Douglas) and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released as a single in 1967. Thiele and Weiss were both prominent in the music world (Thiele as a producer and Weiss as a composer/performer). Armstrong’s recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Intended as an antidote for the increasingly racially and politically charged climate of everyday life in the United States, the song also has a hopeful, optimistic tone with regard to the future, with reference to babies being born into the world and having much to look forward to. The song was initially offered to Tony Bennett, who turned it down. Thereafter, it was offered to Louis Armstrong.

     

     

    Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 — July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.

     

     

    Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an “inventive” trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).

     

     

    Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong’s influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to “cross over”, whose skin color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a black man.

     

     

    Armstrong died of a heart attack in his sleep on July 6, 1971 at the age of 69, 11 months after playing a famous show at the Waldorf-Astoria’s Empire Room. He was residing in Corona, Queens, New York City, at the time of his death. He was interred in Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, in Queens, New York City. His honorary pallbearers included Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Harry James, Frank Sinatra, Ed Sullivan, Earl Wilson, Alan King, Johnny Carson and David Frost. Peggy Lee sang The Lord’s Prayer at the services while Al Hibbler sang “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” and Fred Robbins, a long-time friend, gave the eulogy.

     

     

    Armstrong was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972 by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy’s National Trustees to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording. Recordings of Armstrong were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have “qualitative or historical significance.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXiQtD5gcHU&list=RDwEBlaMOmKV4

     

     

    HH

  40. Greenpinata on

    MARSPAPA on 9TH SEPTEMBER 2018 9:35 AM

     

     

    Sad but true i suppose. I just feel the safety of our supporters should be paramount and any initiative that can assist that goal should be welcomed.

     

     

    Beautiful Sunday indeed, apart from pesky work.

     

    Have a nice day.?

     

     

    HH.

  41. bamboo on

    DAVID17

     

    It does make sense to coach players on throw-ins . Every extra percentage a team can add is a positive.

     

    I know it will be about quick throws and players moving into the space to receive ect.

     

     

    We did have 2 good long-throw exponents who could hurl the ball right in the opponents penalty-box ,Ambrose and Matthews.

     

    Couldn’t understand why Ronny Deila stopped them employing this weapon. For some reason defenders find a long throw more difficult to deal than a corner.

     

    Maybe RD thought it was too crude a tactic but thats not really logical.

  42. marspapa on

    GOD BLESS Doddie Weir , did’nt realise he is suffering from MND , a hero of mine as a kid , as were all the SCOTLAND RUGBY players of that era .

     

     

    Need to go Grandson footie at Greenfield, EKFC 2008’S .

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