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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thetimreaper on 15th September 2016 9:35 pm
Barton put out a cryptic tweet about being a ‘football man’ when thems were over in Belfast. I got the sense all was not well. He wasn’t in the big photograph.
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Was the boy O’Halloran in the bigot photo shoot? What was going through his head when he put pen to paper with that shower of shite.
If I was as good a football player as he is supposed to be I’d have hacked my feet off with a rusty spoon rather than sign for the evil that resides at the red brick lavy.
I hope he wasn’t in that photo.
gordybhoy64 on 15th September 2016 10:40 pm
I see Joey boy deleted a tweet that more or less said just cause I apologised doesnt mean that I am wrong
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Not before Sky slapped it on their yellow scrollbar-
‘Apologising doesn’t always mean that you’re wrong and the other person is right. It means you value your relationship more than your ego’.
Joseph A. Barton, guidance counsellor.
Nice one Joey, get tore inta them, you know you want to
TGM
Ann Budge is a ruthless capitalist bassa.
She is part of the Reekie establishment and an eastern star suspect.
I met her after a lecture many years ago.
I immediately thought Thatcher.
Barton…cut and paste king and all round half-wit.
One day, he might wake up
But i doubt it.
HH
Re Barton.
Who got September 15th in the sweep?
DD
Im not surprised, guessed as much.
She likes to put herself forward….a bit pushy, and then some.
Windbag.
HH
ACGR…
I’d have hacked your foot off for you ;))
DD
I will hazard a wee guess, did she attend Uni of Edinburgh?
Speculative guess, if you catch my drift.
HH
DELANEYSDUNKY
Wee treat for ye,bud. With added sidebar!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?ebc=ANyPxKrPO4cTuCs858XcmredDDGUY89k6dx–qGQjyg3DDmBDv6Sy1UAKCxCv0yLJ1fztediOzTdaX5cUHe1RsgmFVOFcAvdyg&v=tykqUeikV48
Roll up,roll up(!)
Despite Everyone knoqwing so Much.
There is Nothing new under the Sun, the nasties they mix Sun and Son together.
The Lord stepped into his Creation to dispel that nonsense, he even took so much Pain.
Chess game to a Mental Level.
There is a Mega Spiritual Battle going on that most have no IDEA about.
CELTIC…CELTIC
Come on you Bhoys in Green.CSC
ACGR @ OUTLOOK DOT COM – GET YOUR FREE THE ZADOK RINGTONE on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2016 10:45 PM
He was in the photo. O’Halloran is a Sevco/Aberdeen/Hearts level player, nothing more. He isn’t anywhere near good enough for Celtic or down south. So we can assume he stepped down a division for the cash.
THEGREENMAN
Only way she’d have got into The Speculative Society would be as a cleaner-or a stripper.
thanks to Lennybhoy , Almore and Delaney’s Dunky for getting in touch already . Come on guys , 1 hr of your time when you’re already going to the game . just leave a little earlier and then enjoy the game knowing you’ve helped to bring 2000 kids to Celtic Park
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The Kano Foundation is holding our annual bucket collection at Celtic Park before the killie game on the 24th of September. This game also marks the 5000th child that we will take through the turnstiles to see Celtic.
We are really keen/ desperate to have as many people help us with the bucket collection as possible as every penny raised goes towards allowing more children to get to see Celtic . If you can spare an hour or so please get in touch with us as we would be absolutely delighted to have as many people as possible rattling buckets. Please drop a note to Sannabhoy at sannabhoy@thekanofoundation.com or go online to our website at http://www.thekanofoundation.com/call-for-volunteers-2 . Please, every single volunteer is worth about £50-100 to us so the more we have , the more we can raise and the more kids we can take to Celtic Park. We are now up to 102 child tickets at each game meaning we can now take almost 2000 kids each season.
Thanks and Hail Hail
Sanna
Burds have no chance of being speculative in Reekie. They would be stoned to death or drowned first. :)
Celtic is So Positive.
Celtic is so Good.
Globally.
BMCUWP
Shhhhh
They are tuning in now:)
HH
It’s understood Barton was at the centre of a furious argument with a number of his team-mates inside the first-team changing room on Tuesday morning.
And that, as tempers frayed, Warburton attempted to intervene – and ended up arguing furiously with the Scouser as stunned team-mates looked on.
One source told us last night: “Barton has never been the type of guy who holds back when he has something to say.
“He told some home truths inside that dressing room and not all of the boys reacted well to what was being said. One of them pointed out to Joey that they hardly lost a game last season and had been doing fine without him.
“Barton responded by saying they were playing against s*** teams in a s*** league. But he lost the plot when one of the boys said they managed to beat Celtic last season without him too – and that he hardly got a kick against them at the weekend.
“It was all getting very heated but when Warburton tried to calm it down Barton went head-to-head with him too. He left the manager with very little choice and it’s difficult to see how he can come back from this now.
“Barton has not been seen at the training ground since and has been told to stay well clear until Monday morning when he’ll discover his fate.”
Joey Barton responded to the claims in a late-night tweet.
DD and BMCUWP
Influence runs deep.
Edinburgh is rotten with it.
Huge conflab required for this topic.
HH
Cheers thetimreaper, I wasn’t suggesting he was good enough for Celtic. He is however a professional football player and by definition better at the game than I ever was. However, coming from similar Catholic upbringing as myself I question why he would sign for the very club who’s support despise everything he believes in.
Surely he’s got more than a single brain cell in his cranium. A couple more years building his stock may have seen a move to a proper club where he could have held his head high and looked the supporters of the club he supports in the eye. He should have taken a leaf out of Henke’s young fellas book and told them to fack off.
As for the photo, his family must be so proud of him.
If you listen enough, you may well hear Clashes in the Sky.
You would have to Shutdown Everything in the House.
Alone with your SELF.
Silence is Under rated.
CELTIC ALWAYS.
THETIMREAPER
Various different angles coming out,how strange.
All the hallmarks of a kangaroo court stitch up.
Hope he has strong legal support,no point in expecting his union to back him.
Sipsini, I wouldny let you near me with a rusty spoon. You even look like Josef Mengele.
Sorry for Language
EmilioWannabe.CSC
DD and BMCUWP
Check out what Sandra Uttley has to say.
Have a wee scan.
Shhhh:)
HH
@ Night you hear…..
ACGR
Why would he go there, he obviously disny need the money, well he might, but why, it’s a strange one, the boy O ‘ Halleran went there for the money, getting 5K a week as I understand, a bit jump from the £600 he was on at St Johnstone, but Barton, a Catholic going there, it will come out in the end, and I reckon he will coin it in at their expense, I pray he does anyways.
HH
ACGR….
Gregory Peck will do for me:)
Ach you know I’m only joshing.
Let’s sick back and laugh at Joeys tweets, now he knows he’s getting hung out to dry. ;))
So Warbo has lost the dressing room.
THEGREENMAN
Will do,mate. But later,tabbed it.
Offski,long night this.
TGM
A wee conflab is due soon between you and I in Dalmuir or my mammys favourite place Maryhill. Almost forget what you look like. :)
Lots to blether about round a bowl bro.
Hail Hail
The Barton thread on hunmedia is hilarious. Its also deeply disturbing, sick shows the level of intellect of the average right wing zombie.
This isn’t going to end well for the new KKKlub.
DD
Anytime you are free bud, i come see you or whatever.
Loads to talk about.
HH
Just tuned in.
Excellent lead Paul.
Magnificent punch line.
Sipsini, are you going to the Man City game? I hear there’s gonnay be a Hootenanny.
Local all night garage there, paying for petrol:
‘Some hot popcorn as well, please’
Attendant (frowning) : ‘We huvnae got any popcorn… whit ye want popcorn fur anyway, this time ay night?’
‘Joey Barton.’
Attendant (like a goat looking at a new fence); ‘Eh?’
Modern all-night garages are rubbish.
Trust that Fraser Wishart and his PFA team will look after Joey…
ACGR
I am sure I have seen HT post that M O’H pracises his faith in HT’s parish.
He was in the photo wi the Shankill mob with a dour coupon.
I am hearing Joey Barton’s refusal to be photographed with orange scum in Belfast is an issue here.