I never really understood what was so special about Roy Keane as a player until he came to Celtic, where he opened my eyes for 11 games (his first two performances, against Clyde and Kilmarnock, were awful).
He’s right up there in terms of great footballers I’ve seen play for Celtic, but he’s difficult to feel affection for. Today’s comments are a case in point:
“When [Celtic] qualified [for the Champions League]the celebrations were way over the top.
“I thought they’d won the competition. People were hugging each other, the manager, the coaches, the players.”
And the fans, Roy, Celtic fans were celebrating every bit as much as anyone you watched on television. No one thought we’d won the competition, but we are all aware of the transformational impact group qualification has on our football club. That’s worth celebrating. Fans all did, even if some former players found it difficult.
Brendan Rodgers qualified for the group stage with what was largely the same squad which disintegrated in Europe last season. He became the first Celtic manager to reach this level in his first season.
This challenge, coming a few weeks into your time as manager, is viewed as hugely difficult objective by the club. New managers seldom takeover successful gigs, with an upward trajectory and a list of targets ready to sign up.
The significant achievement in Europe this season, which has largely gone below the radar, is beating last season’s Champions League group stage participants, Astana, 2-1 at Celtic Park, with 11 starters who were all at the club before Brendan took over (one Rodgers signing started the away leg).
By any measure, Astana should have considered their chances that night and concluded, “We were better than them last season, and they’ve not added a player to the team”. (Two of Brendan’s signing came on as second half subs).
Going into this season we turned-over around 10% of what one of Roy’s other former clubs, or Barcelona received. If we had around £450m extra to spend, every season, there would be less celebration at reaching the group stage, as it would no longer be transformational. Maybe we’d be like football fans in Manchester, and only fill half our stadium against a Bundesliga team.
Or maybe we’ve not lost the joy in supporting our team. Neither have the manager, coaches and players.
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Will Joey Barton return after Monday as Joey Barton?
Maybe Andy was asked to have a wee barney with Joey.Just saying.
Warburton will walk, he won’t be worksd by King and Traynor’s Lapdogs, ‘ family reasons’…will be the excuse.A hun like McInnes or Tommy Wright will be next in
We should take Joey on a feree at half the Zombie salary for the defensive mid we really need.
Give him the playing time with the team he really wanted to play for anyway…
bournesouprecipe on 15th September 2016 7:08 pm
Will Joey Barton return after Monday as Joey Barton?
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The Joey Barton.
Or Joey Barton International Ltd.
The inmates on hun media are saying Barton and Haliday had a fight yeaterday and barton got his marching orders. Hope halliday battered ten bells out of the mouthy gobshite.
Huns are happy he wont bw in their team v Ross Co.
To guess, Barton was to be dropped at the weekend, went in a huff got moaned it by one of their young wide boys and blew up at the pre madonna.
Just guessing, But i think we would have been dropped eventually.
Or maybe he stuck the tragic hat up warbbies butt.
Joey will tell the world what happened you can be sure of that.
KLV
This Sevco soap is the gift that just keeps on giving.
You can be sure Barton wont go quietly and a poor result at Aberdeen and the Orcs will turn on the Magic hat ! Stuart McCall by Xmas anyone?
im going to enjoy this
KLV
You can rest assured that there will be a confidentiality clause in Joseph’s contract. If there is’nt then they are even thicker than I thought they were.
HH
Non-performing high wage earner sent home? Hmmm.m……
Gearoid1998
If they feck him off they won’t be paying him, so I very much doubt he will give a feck.
HH
KEV
Thought he was dropped last weekend?
Joey Barton bust up, the real reason? On getting his pay cheque it bounced so high even Senderos couldn’t catch it………
Ps
Payment for contract termination will have a similar clause but Huns have difficulty holding their water so it will out at some stage.
It ain’t going to end well.
Up the hoooops
Has Barton been up here long enough to spill the beans in a Glesga accent?
Joey tolld him he’s sh**e
ACGR
Hope he slapped Jimmy Bell?
The cry was no surrenderos…………….. ( verse Ross County )
Place emptied
Nitol CSC
TET
With a bit of luck.
Hope everything good in the Valley.
HH
Doesn’t Barton have a book coming out next week …. bet he wishes he had done this a few weeks ago …. bingo… new chapter or two for his tell-all.
Lol. His eyes dropped that’s for sure and his own opinion of himself as a hard man.
That’s warby got an excuse for dropping points on Saturday.
Joey will still open his gub, I would be surprised if a) He would sign a confidential agreement, He is known for twittering his every thought and 2) Do you really think sevco have enough money to silence him?
Safe bet he is up to o good before they play on Sat or after it, when they drop point again. He will be getting the blame for Saturday and he has reacted the way they want and he has walked. Contract cancelled to save money.
KLV
No doubt all a cunning plan to get joey off the wage bill. Next up will be warby warbs the warbmeister, to be replaced by sidekick weir, aka the cheap option. It’s all unraveling over at the crumble dome quicker than my old Christmas jumper.
MIT
Barton’s new book, an in depth analysis of Spiderman and Scooby Doo:)
And a few gags about Sartre.
HH
Rumour is Joey Barton called Andy Was On Holiday last Saturday an Orange flavoured Beer Steward or something similar.
MWD
Notthebus
Now there is two words that you don’t see in close proximity…..Sevco and soap.
VFR
So in your opinion Peter is not CEO of the company, just CEO of advertising.
Defo not worth his £1M salary/Bonus per an bum then.
MWD
TGM … can never have too many books about Scooby Doo , or jokes about Sartre….
here’s an oldie but goodie …
Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French cafe, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress, “I’d like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream.” The waitress replies, “I’m sorry, Monsieur, but we’re out of cream. How about with no milk?”
Can someone or a few of you go in and give a donation to John James. FFS the man writes loadsa words and really deserves cash.
MWD
GEAROID1998 on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2016 7:36 PM
Notthebus
Now there is two words that you don’t see in close proximity…..Sevco and soap.
= = = = = = = =
Maybe it was the soap that goaded them into smashing our toilets.
So when you want them to make a statement, they will not make one? They really are mixed up.
KLV
Gearoid1998
This is Joey Barton we are talking about, he won’t give a toss about the huns, I honestly believe he just signed for them for a laugh and the crazy money they will be given him and I have no doubts that they will stop paying him and he will take them to court.
The gift that keeps on giving :-)
It’s good thanks, but too hot, this past six weeks has been unbearable, dipped below 40 for a one day, hopefully it’s changing.
HH
MIT
I can just picture Joey Barton trying to explain the philosophy of Sartre to Lee Wallace:)
Id pay to see that.
HH
Agree with Paul’s opening article.
I was dis-appointed listening to Keane last night, can’t resist getting in a smart Alec dig,he should know there are plenty keen to do this without joining in as a former player.
Always was a bit weird, but perhaps his new look as Judith the Weather girl is effecting his judgement.
Best ignored.( As DD did )
MIKE IN TORONTO
Sartre stays at her for a moment and blinks through his thick lenses.
Finally he says,
“Everything is figured out, except how to make coffee.”
TGM
:)
Level 5 clearly do their job … already hearing stories about prior problems with Barton …. wasn’t hearing those last week when he was going to beat Celtic single-handedly
*stares
Obvs
No idea what happened at Murray Park with “Dick” Barton, but am confident the BBC will have a minute-by-minute clockwatch posted on it soon.