One small compensation for Martin O’Neill is that Daizen Maeda will not have his usual post-international break recuperation requirement following in a fortnight. Japan take on Scotland at Hampden tomorrow before facing England at Wembley a week later. You get the feeling the player could benefit from getting away from Celtic business for a while, without the costs associated with a 36 hour journey.
It is an underappreciated fact how important Japanese football has been to Celtic over the last five years. Without Kyogo, Daizen and Reo Hatate, our trophy count would be less (perhaps significantly) and our transfer spend would be significantly higher. We went all in on Japan for a while, then, after diminishing returns, lost faith in the strategy. Recent scattergun approaches have been incoherent.
The premise that took us to Japan still stands. It is a fertile and under-scouted territory. We should be back in earnest.
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Just been informed,the charity night they had at Celtic Park there,the organizers were charged,£1,500.
How much do the GB charge when collecting,sorting,organizing,delivering items for the various Food Banks that would be empty if not for their great endeavours?
Now that is the Celtic ethos.
£1,500,should hang their heads in shame.
Thanks to all for the birthday wishes. You are still an absolute shower
Of old gits. 🤣
Can someone please tell me what “Sad are the Homes” refers?
The Seàn South song
Don’t ask me what he’s on about mind you
https://x.com/maxinetheblack1/status/2037998448734048540?s=48&t=pLERKYVBy2vfK2Cym_B3Tw
Great response
Turkeybhoy on 28th March 2026 10:01 pm
How much do the GB charge when collecting,sorting,organizing,delivering items for the various Food Banks that would be empty if not for their great endeavours?
Now that is the Celtic ethos.
£1,500,should hang their heads in shame.
Seriously? Need confirmation of that….
The Hand of God,
Thanks for your reply. I’ve been singing that all my life and never known that verse!
HH
Bada,
I got it from mates who were at it.
When I say” At it”,I mean they attended,,,,,,,,,,,🙂
organisers charge for using the facilities.
who would have thought that .
might be because they need to declare it as an expense to the business. for hmrc purposes.
but hey. go fill your boots people who live in other countries to avoid paying tax.
Yogi,
Its not Sean South.God knows what he is on about.There’s a line from The Streets Of Gibraltar,
but that’s” Sad are three homes in Belfast now”.,,,,,,,,,,,,,🤔
YogiHughes on 28th March 2026 11:51 pm
The Hand of God,
Thanks for your reply. I’ve been singing that all my life and never known that verse!
*its no really a verse but the spoken introdu
YogiHughes on 28th March 2026 11:51 pm
The Hand of God,
Thanks for your reply. I’ve been singing that all my life and never known that verse!
*its no really a verse but the spoken introduction to the song by Charlie and the Bhoys
That makes more sense.
dearie me.
no wonder that eejit gets debate time when people posting here do not know the lyrics to sean south.
sad are the homes around garryowen
when they lost their joy and pride
Saint Stivs,
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂,fekin prick.
Maybe a jealous prick,don’t know,or just a run of the mill prick.
Yes,no tax,cheap everything,best Health Service,Sunshine beautiful beach on my doorstep.Oh,and 35 % interest from the bank every month.
How’s your life,prick.,,😥
my mates told me .
define mates people still paying taxes in Scotland .
and maybe going to see Celtic. in the live as the bloggers say .
Celtic should relocate to turkiye.
tax free environment. with maybe a supporter.
35% interest from the bank?
wheelbarrow economy.
Sebo Tounekti puts Tunisia 1-0 up against Haiti (in Canada I think).
Get your money on the Ivory Coast giving the sweaty socks a doing on Friday night.
I can’t see a game listed on Friday for the Ivory Coast. Yang & Oh didn’t make any impact against them for South Korea last night (0-4).
I’m guessing you are referring to Scotland v IC on Tuesday, itscalledthemalvinas…
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Turkeybhoy on 28th March 2026 11:52 pm
Bada,
I got it from mates who were at it.
When I say” At it”,I mean they attended,,,,,,,,,,,🙂
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A bit to windaehingerish Tb.
£1500 to do what exactly? To pay for what?
Congratulations to the Celtic roller coasters Crc on his retirement
Hail hail
Vatican Media Live
https://www.youtube.com/live/03pYP2Nmreo?si=EaAYRDxR_c_nJBPg
Ave Ave
Post Scriptum
The Bold Fenian Men by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
https://youtu.be/fVfjqsNpW7A?si=AxZAgrHEgrY8droA
Blog broke?
Morning all?
Morning, all.
Morning CQN
CRC top bhoy.
I always meant to ask what happened to him, and MWD and Lennybhoy.
They all seemed to disappear when I was on a sabbatical.
HH
Johnny Kenny has one goal for Bolton, and remains our top scoring striker although he left in January. The striker ‘situation’ like others, has been well posted before, but with seven league games left IMO it’s been a major factor in 3rd place. Even poor Wilfried might have gotten out of jail had we a functioning No 9.
Celtic without one, and a non existent midfield has haunted us, Nygren CalMac Hatate isn’t a battle cry, AOC’s has shown touches but no fitness to match. Adding a £25M player we didn’t know we had till he was nearly gone, is a must for the run in. The question of why MON insists on two wide, lingers, we might try a regular 4 with two up front, Bernardo or McCowan in the starting to add to Engels, CalMac, Hatate.
Cvancara seems the best option of the January cavalry to try and fill the gap, and find a focal striker but old MON doesn’t have his troubles to seek since the shock Tannadice flop. Two up top including Nygren maybe be a Cup option trial.
today is a waste of a weekend day.
theres nothing on.
no football.
the golf and horse racing are low key.
the F1 has already finished.
and its pissing down all day so puts me off going into town to hear some tunes in our usual haunts.
whoever engineered this as a sunday wants hunted.
would be better off working.
Yes why 2 wingers at all times? , when one or both are not producing, it’s not working, why can’t MON not see this, it’s madness.
I’m going to celebrate. 🍻
The Wolfe Tones Lyrics
“Sean South Of Garryowen”
Sad are the homes ’round Garryowen
Since lost their joy and pride
And the banshee cry links every vale
Along the Shannonside
That city of the ancient walls
Unbroken treaty stone
Undying fame surrounds your name
Sean South from Garryowen
‘Twas on a dreary New Year’s Eve
As the shades of night came down
A lorry-load of volunteers approached the border town
There were men from Dublin and from Cork, Fermanagh, and Tyrone
And their leader was a Limerick man
Sean South from Garryowen
And as they moved along the street up to the barracks door
They scorned the danger they might face
Their fate that lay in store
They were fighting for old Ireland
To claim their very own
And the foremost of that gallant band
Was South from Garryowen
But the sergeant spied their daring plan
He spied them through the door
The Sten guns and the rifles, a hail of death did pour
And when that awful night was past
Two men lay as cold as stone
There was one from near the border
And one from Garryowen
No more he will hear the seagull’s cry
O’er the murmuring Shannon tide
For he fell beneath a northern sky, brave Hanlon by his side
They have gone to join that gallant band
Of Plunkett, Pearse, and Tone
A martyr for old Ireland
Sean South from Garryowen