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What does 10-in-a-row matter, Armstrong, Directors’ Box hospitality

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If you review the comments section in August, you will note the demand for a holding midfield player to be purchased.  There was corresponding anger (to put it mildly) immediately after the close of the window that one wasn’t purchased.  Roll on three months and it’s difficult to see where such a player would fit in, even during Champions League games.

Instead space opened up for Stuart Armstrong, who, often used on the left, was well out of the picture last season.  Now he’s playing central mid and earned two assists and a goal on Saturday, leapfrogging Nir Bitton and Callum McGregor for his place.

McGregor again answered the call at left back, but his move into the middle at halftime changed the game.  Two goals down, Celtic needed someone to take a grip on the game.  Operating with very little space McGregor played a one-two with Armstrong, dropped the shoulder on a defender, before finding the corner of the net.  True control under pressure.

Kolo Toure’s first game back from injury was memorable for the wrong reasons, caught ball-watching for Louis Moult’s goals, the first of which is Goal of the Season material.  Sharpness will improve for Kolo, but the change in defence illustrates how effective the Sviatchenko-Simunovic partnership has been.

Graeme Souness met the Scottish media last week and gave his personal insight into the game.  On Celtic’s dominance, which he was unequivocal about, he posed one question: “What does 10-in-a-row matter?”

I know one Celtic fan who is neither here nor there on the subject of 10-in-a-row but for most of us, that number of consecutive league titles has enormous resonance.  46 years ago Celtic broke their own record to go seven-in-a-row.  When nine was achieved two years later it met with little enthusiasm, but a target was created – and met.

Nine-in-a-row was a record many of us were enormously proud of but it’s no longer something we can shout about, nobody can, when two share the achievement.

I suspect the week after 10 is achieved we’ll wonder what all the fuss was about but our world view will change.  10-in-a-row represents the horizon for many of us, we cannot seriously consider what lies beyond until we’re there.

Here’s a couple of thoughts for you.  We’ll no longer count our achievements in years, but in Generations.  Generations of Celtic fans will perhaps know the occasional blip, but that’s as harsh as it will get.

Perhaps more tellingly, Celtic will not to lose another Scottish league title in their lifetime of a fair percentage of fans.  It’ll be green and white, right ‘til the end.

Directors’ Box auction prize

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2 seats in the directors’ box

Champagne reception
5 course meal in the Walfrid Suite
Fully expenses bar (pre and post-match)
Half time snacks and refreshments
Car Parking
And a match programme.

There are experiences in life which money can’t buy. This one is now available for you to bid for here on ebay until Thursday lunchtime. Two of you, directors’ box, Champagne reception, 5 course meal, free bar, get in there – and tell your pals about it.

Many thanks to Intelligent Car Leasing for making this possible – and for you for taking part.

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  1. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    BRTH,

     

     

    If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

     

     

    what happened to abductive reasoning ?

     

     

    And why do the Celtic faithful suspend it for our Neo Liberal ..soon to be Nazi like ??? board

     

     

    a) Cos Rangers are at the moment shite

     

     

    HH

  2. Moonbeams Wet Dream on

    Ok! Ok! Ok!

     

     

    So we should not be shouting from the hilltops that we an and likely should achieve a TREBLE this season but we should however shout from the top of Mount Everest that 10-in-a-row and beyond is not only achievable but pretty much a Bankier (see what I did there).

     

     

    MWD canny fathom the depths of it.

  8. gearoid1998 on

    Seriously cannot believe that anyone accepts their tainted, illegally acquired 9 and hopefully the next SC decision will put that particular point to rest. Anybody in doubt needs to have a wee deft juke at the Asterisk years.

     

    Anyway I’m with Glasgow Dave the 10 in a row chant smacks a bit of Monkey entitlement doesn’t stop me wanting it though with every fibre of my being.

     

    As I am fond of mentioning to a hundred acquaintance few remember the name of the 2nd man on the moon or as Mickey Harte,the Tyrone Manager, was fond of saying 2nd is nowhere.

     

    HH.Work to be done.

  9. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    Davidopoulos,

     

     

    Hopefully the article is being used in a way to concentrate SFA minds … wishful thinking on my part.

     

     

    WWF fitba for the big brother generation …

     

     

     

    HH

  11. Davidopoulos on

    Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo

     

     

    The Phil Mac one? Or do you mean Paul’s? I don’t think Paul’s is badly written, I just don’t agree with the sentiment.

     

     

    Phil’s is badly written, but I agree with the sentiments…

  14. bournesouprecipe on

    The ole CQN Duck test is a humorous term for a form of abductive reasoning. This is its usual expression : If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s……………..

  18. Moonbeams Wet Dream on

    Davidopoulus

     

     

    Sentiment – they are skint and getting skinter and the accountants helped cover it up or did not ask for evidence of future investment.

     

     

    That’s how I read it.

  25. LMCBhoy on

    Moonbeam/ DavidO

     

    Pretty sure the accountantants would get very tangible assurance of future funding. I am sure they know that is the very core of TRFC issues. It would need to be very secure for them to give the opinion they did.

     

    Imo

     

    HH

  26. MoonbeamsWD on

    Davidopoulus

     

     

    Therein lies the issue with the article and a lot of what Phil writes. it’s open to interpretation as it is at times never specific with regards the point he is trying to get across. Is that so he he can swing it that he was right if\when something happens as his article does allude to more than one scenario.

     

     

    MWD

  31. Jungle VIP on

    Awe Naw @ 1:11

     

     

    I, too, have often wondered what happened to Abductive Reasoning.

     

     

    I’m sure I once saw them supporting Charles Sanders Pierce and the Semiotics at The Ol’ Burns Howf.

     

     

    Since then, however, nothing.

     

     

    I’m sure there’s a simple explanation …

     

     

    VIP

  34. tonydonnelly67 on

    MOONBEAMSWD on 5TH DECEMBER 2016 1:46 PM

     

    TD67

     

     

     

    Stick your nose in your poo and then lick your sample off your nose onto the we bit o plastic.

     

     

     

    MWD

     

     

     

    I’ll say it again, it’s been said, keep up ffs ya turnip.

  36. Davidopoulos on

    LMCBhoy

     

     

    You are of course right. However, what could the tangible assurance be? We don’t really know, and Phil’s article is just innuendo.

     

     

    I won’t speculate further.

  38. Davidopoulos on

    MoonbeamsWD on 5th December 2016 1:44 pm

     

     

    Well, that is the major problem with Phil. At the other end of the spectrum you have John James who is as blunt as a…blunt thing, but he leaves himself open to looking very silly when he calls things incorrectly.

  41. Jungle VIP on

    As a former frequenter of the aforementioned-now-died hostelry (and once frequent poster on this hallowed blog ) might put it: ‘modren adbuctive reasoning is rubbish’ …

  42. Greenpinata on

    My friends in Celtic, Paul 67 et al,

     

     

    What a timely article, especially the experience that money can buy.

     

     

    I mentioned this morning that Celtic should use any surplus money to slash ticket prices for ordinary fans.

     

     

    Yes the auction is a good experience, yes its for an extremely good cause.

     

    Does it exclude the ordinary fan who make up the vast majority of our support. Most Likely.

     

     

    It also highlights perfectly what money can get you at Parkhead.

     

     

    Our aspiration must be a club for all fans, an opportunity like this should be available for all fans. Not just the few who can easily afford it.

     

     

    HH.

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