Saturday was one of those days when your players descend from various corners of the globe to resume domestic duty with an away fixture – and win – while our nearest three rivals all lose at home after resting for two weeks.
Motherwell have now ‘done’ Aberdeen twice this season; more about them later in the week. Hibs may still finish second in the table, but pushing the champions all the way counts for nothing if you can be mugged at home by a St Johnstone team who had not scored in six games, picking up only a single point in the process. Hibs are better than this, but Neil Lennon needs to find the consistency sauce. Second place is there for whoever gets their act together.
And what about Newco? Murty came so close. It’s been a year since they won three consecutive games and all regular interim manager Graeme Murty needed to do was beat Hamilton Accies at home and he would have broken through the glass ceiling. Unfortunately, the men from the SuperSeal Stadium are made of sterner stuff and gubbed their hosts 0-2.
Only one team has the wherewithal to win the title, but it doesn’t look like anyone else has the stomach for the battle for second place.
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SFTB- you looking over ma shoulder? :-)
that david edgar podcast, he wears a t-shirt weird tales.
is it a sponsor ?
Art of War ..
Look over your ither wan !
Smiley …here you see me here you dinae thing
Braw.
Neustadt- couldnae see you for the chip! Lol
See when it comes to the awards this season you’ll get the ‘Cheeriest Bugger’ award! Congrats. :-)
eurochamps
all the best in the next couple of weeks and on. a friend went through the same op.a good few years ago, still going strong with the occasional gout problem. stay strong.
https://youtu.be/u5WWVJhuRTk
I have been listening to this an awfy lot ….
A braw braw song….
Goes right through me,..
Braw
There are 16 CL ties happening on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The betting for most of them is quite competitive and even but there are a few perceived matches with teams at long odds to win.
You can get 11/1 on Anderlecht beating Munich in Brussels
or Qarabag beating Chelsea in Baku
You can get 13/1 on Maribor beating Spartak in Moscow
You can get 20/1 on Apoel beating Real in Nicosia
You can get 25/1 on Feyenoord beating Man City in Manchester
But the biggest single odds on a team winning lie with Celtic in Paris, available at a whopping 28/1- that is how big a task this game is. A game to relish and to fear. A game to challenge and to inspire. A game that can damage or boost.
But, given the odds, any positive result will have been gained agaisnt overwhelming expectations of a gubbing. Isn’t it great to get a chance to tilt yout lance in this exalted setting?
SFTB- just want Celtic to give them a bloody nose. School bully might still beat us but i want them to think again.
Would rather be here giving it a go than been pumped out earlier.
Thank you to everyone who has expressed messages of support for me today.
They are very well received, very much appreciated and will help sustain my resolve over the next few weeks. Thank you.
Cowiebhoy,
I will gladly meet your daughter.
However, my experience of the new young breed of teachers entering education, is that they are, by necessity, more technologically advanced and multi faceted than my generation , or indeed I, ever were. So much more is demanded of them, but they do have youth and enthusiasm on their side.
As long as your daughter’s approach to working with young people is child centred then she will be fine.
However, if your daughter feels I can assist at all, then by all means get in touch.
Eurochamps67
SFTB…..it has been well established on this blog over the years that bookies are awfy daft and know next to nothing aboot the game….!!!!
I wonder how they bide in business!!!
Long live Gibraltar… (Not the red imps obviously)
Smiley shake the odds thing…
Braw
Eurochamps67- best wishes mate.
Phils up:
Tims move into the 21st century with blogs and all
Proof that the Old Firm work hand in red hand
SFTB
PSG will be CL winners 2017-2018
EPL clubs naw
Real Madrid naw
Barthelona naw
Bayern Munich naw
time to make it look like others have a chance in the fairness department on all things money.
Neymar will win the CL next year.
Dontcha love nostalgia?
racism? naw
sectarianism? naw
power, corruption and lies? naw
cant beat the good old days of Hellmans mayonnaise, tuberculosis and hitler.
Bonjoooouuur to all cheese-eatin’ surrender monkeys out there! Time to wave the white flag in salute to the vanquishing green one. Our advance guard is on its way.
28-1 on offer? That’s not a price,that’s an insult!
I hope every member of the squad is told that today,and then is told tomorrow that PL has put their win bonuses on it. That should sort it.
Good morning CQN from another mild and overcast day in East Devon.
Wish I was a betting man, 28/1? Outrageous.
YNWA
Morning been a while,
Good luck to the bhoys heading to Paris, hey who knows.
Ayrshire is Green and White
DOC
Sorry missed your reply. Let me know the next time you visit York, I would like to meet up for a couple of beers… I do know some very good pubs
Some powerful and heartwarming posts yesterday
KTF all
Eurochamps……….
Keep it lit.
Keep everything lit.
HH.
PSG exploited our weakness. The last two goals were throw away. They are not so mighty. Celtic have nothing to lose and everything to gain. PSG the opposite. These are the games that make life exciting. Mon the hoops. Into these Qataries. Celtic 2 – Qatar 11 -1 . Hail hail.
Celtarella at 1.45am
What made you post those links and state that they were Phl’s?
EUROCHAMPS, RAYMAC, WEET WEET WEET and others,
May I wish ALL the best to ALL on here, whether it’s personal health issues and/or health issues in relation to loved ones.
JMcCormick……..Great news about wee Nicholas.
KTF.
The Famous v PSG , surely The Celtic will not play as poorly again ?
Also as TAUARANG mentioned in that heavy defeat last time, wasn’t one of their goals an OG…and another a penalty ? I can’t really remember, as I’ve been hoping to put that night down as a ” WAN AFF” ?
Like everyone else I hope Celtic at least run them close…and who knows ?
i’ll be having a wee bet on the Auld ‘Tic as per usual.
HH
BIG JIMMY .as long as we play well then see what happens. ktf.
Is it just me and if not why have this smsm decided to suddenly have The QUARK ( Alec Rae) all over the place in the last few weeks in particular ?
If I remember correctly..The QUARK has coaching badges ( probably he and and Bomber Brown got them out of a Lucky Bag ? )…however IF The QUARK is so qualified to talk about the Huns…how come he isn’t being touted for the managers job………YET ?
Has the Fat Gardener got the Sunderland job yet ?
Between ALL these qualified fitba experts….BFDJ, The QUARK, Wee Barry, Bomber Broon, McCoist….not forgetting Dickie Gough and Hateley etc etc….why are none of these real Ranjurs men being touted for Ipox ?
Could it be they don’t want to go near it ?…..like Wattie ?
HaHaHa.
HH
Word of The Day (This is how it feels to be FTSFA….)
venal /ˈviːnəl/
adjective
1. easily bribed or corrupted
2. open to purchase, esp by bribery
3. willing to sell one’s influence, especially in return for a bribe
4. open to bribery; mercenary:
5. associated with or characterized by bribery or corruption
Derived Forms
venality (viːˈnælɪtɪ) noun
venally, adverb
Word Origin and History for venal
adj.
1650s, “offered for sale, capable of being obtained for a price,” from French vénal, from Latin venalis “that is for sale,” from venum (nominative*venus) “for sale,” from PIE root *wes- “to buy, sell” (cf. Sanskrit vasnah” purchase money,” vasnam “reward,” vasnayati “he bargains, haggles;”Greek onos “price paid, purchase,” oneisthai “to buy”).
KTF
DHARMA BAM on 21ST NOVEMBER 2017 7:49 AM
Celtarella at 1.45am
What made you post those links and state that they were Phl’s?
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Seems the narrative is that Phil’s a liar.
On no! That means Rangers never went in to liquidation !!! Oh my !!!!!
HH
BGFC
Taken from a Celtic Blog email
FEAR AND LOATHING AT IBROX: INDECISION HAS PARALYSED THE TALENTLESS SEVCO BOARDROOM.Featured Image
Date: 20th November 2017 at 12:38pm
Written by: James Forrest
One of the best terms you can use to describe an organisation in a state of paralysis is to call it a Polish Parliament.
The term derives from the state of that legislative body in the 17th and 18th centuries where it was relatively easy to stall all progress in the country simply by buying off or convincing a single elected official to cast their vote your way.
This is because every single member of the Polish Parliament in those centuries possessed what was known as the liberum veto – the absolute ability to derail any bill that was to be passed simply by saying no. Getting stuff done quite literally depended on unanimity. If someone was opposed to something and you couldn’t win that person over the idea was dead.
Individual parliamentarians would insert ludicrous clauses into even the most basic piece of legislation. Foreign powers would buy votes to wreck any attempt to build up the strength of the government or the army.
The situation at Sevco seems a little bit like that right now; it’s not a club that’s merely having difficulty coming to a decision on who their next boss should be. It’s one in total gridlock, unable, perhaps, to do what seems simple enough to the rest of us.
Who holds the power inside Ibrox right now?
If you were to pick up the phone and ask for the person in charge, who exactly would you get?
Would you get the bus magnate or his son? Would you hear the dulcet tones of WATP Gilligan, who I know isn’t on the board room but could still, for all we know, hold a crucial deciding vote? Would you find Alastair “No Surrender” Johnson asking for your name? Would you get the South African crook, hiding across the water as all this unfolds here? Would you get the interim manager Murty? Would it be the Director of Football?
Or would you get some low-level pen pusher with no clear idea of who’s setting the strategy? Would you even know the name of the person on the other end?
There appears to be nobody in charge at Sevco right now. The club is dallying on the biggest decision it has had to make in its five years of existence and nobody wants to grab hold of it. Is it as simple as that? Or is the answer that they can’t?
It’s common knowledge that the board was split on whether the target should be McInnes or Murty. This weekend, both suffered a terrible blow to their chances. Either board faction would have been stronger had its candidate took even a point but for both to lose, at home, was disastrous. The fans aren’t convinced by either man, and have made it clear.
But there are stories circulating that Chris Coleman or Alex McLeish have been offered the job if either wanted it, which those reports suggest neither did.
So who made those approaches and on whose behalf whilst both Murty and McInnes remained possibilities? I hear that Coleman, in particular, was being pushed by Allen and Robertson, in an ill-conceived attempt to present it as fait accompli and try to bounce the directors of both factions into taking a decision of some sort.
Whether true or not the positions of Allen and Robertson are curious. We have these guys involved in the manager hunt, and they are the only people remotely qualified to do that job. But do they have the authority to get the person they want and make the two boardroom factions fall into line? There are three segments of the Ibrox power structure here – not including the dressing room one where Miller, not Murty, is king – and all appear to wield the veto over the rest.
None comes out of this weekend looking stronger; indeed, all have seen their positions immeasurably weakened. But all are now desperate and looking for an answer which will appease the supporters and which won’t offend the sensibilities of one another.
Fear and loathing swirl around the boardroom table. Rumours abound of deep currents of anger running beneath the power structure. The Three Bears listen to King talking about a share issue and worry that they will ever see a penny of their “investments” back again. They didn’t put that money in just to have worthless sheets of paper handed back to them.
The problems which stalk that club are not going away. They continue to haunt all involved. Sevco is in a state of siege. The fans are in uproar. The team is weak and gutless and incapable of putting three wins together.
But the divisions on the board could be the lethal blow that brings it all crashing down. No-one is in charge at Ibrox. Ponder that for a moment. The club is floundering. Its chairman will soon get a damning verdict from a court. They are managerless. They are skint. And nobody is leading from the front. Nobody is doing a damned thing about it.
They are in trouble so deep you can’t even see the bottom.
HH
Celtic V…PSG…” Please Score Goals” ?
PSG….”Please STOP Goals” ?
Both of the above will do for me.
LOL.
HH
Good morning all from an overcast but rather mild central Éire.
Hope all those travelling over to Paris have a safe and enjoyable trip. It’s great for the club to be playing the likes of PSG in the Champions League, enjoy it while we can. Then onto another huge game on Sunday. Exciting times indeed for the club.
HH
MICKTT
Good to see you back HH !
DHARMA BAM
The first of those is via Jonjamessite. Posted in his comments yesterday.
Not quite sure why JJ has the serious hump with Phil,bloggers frequently rehash articles from other sites. Happens in the MSM too. But I don’t think I’d like to fall out with him!
On which,today’s article is well up to scratch.
FawnfawnbowandscrapeCSC
Big Jimmy keep the faith. I see you are. We are going to Paris for a shock win. Shock to everyone else that is. This game is made for us, for our story. Hail Hail
I’m sure we all remember how we went to Ajax and gubbed them 3 – 1 on their own turf around 2002 ?
Prior to the 2nd leg at Celtic Park, myself and many other Celtic supporters that I spoke to were of the opinion that we would also gub Ajax in that 2nd leg….we had EVERY reason to be very confident ?
Lo and Behold…Ajax gubbed us 1 – 0 that night…and gave MON Bhoys a real scare..including the Celtic support.
Maybe..just maybe…the current Celtic Bhoys will scare the BeJesus out of Neymar and his mob tomorrow night ?
Wouldn’t it be wonderful…Magical ?
HH
Another day, another Deidco ex-player (Kanchelskis this time), spins a yarn of days of yore before Diedco died.
Must be nearly Christmas an they’ve got books to punt. Les gullibles will lap it all up of course. I’m waiting on one of them bringing out a Cd next, stuff of nightmares I know.
Meanwhile, back in 2017, Celtic face one of the top sides in the world.
Hail Hail.
Big Jimmy, play our own game, no fear, anything can happen. Coybig. Magic aw right. Dream on mate. Hail hail
Bmcuwp how are you doing mate. London reunion was great except for the laringitis. Drank beer and listened to a few yarns in a weatherspoons near London Bridge. Big cuz took me to the Killie game which was a bonus. Wish I could get home more. The grass is always greener ; )