At 21-years-old Tom Rogic should be strongly staking his claim for a central midfield berth at Celtic. The fact that he’s not is a disappointment to the player, and apparently the nation of Australia. It’s also a disappointment to you and me. He has the physique and the passing ability but after some tentatively positive performances last season he hasn’t kicked on as hoped.
There could be lots of reasons for this, it’s not necessarily the ‘fault’ of the player, his ability or the club, but football careers wither on the vine when clubs hoard talent. If Tom can get some game-time under his belt at Melbourne Victory, and potentially get to Brazil in the summer, we will have a better indication if he is the real deal.
Someone just text me, “Rangers need to be a long-term sustainable business and that’s the bottom line. The club needs to change”, from that memorable Craig Whyte interview to The Scotsman in 2012. Groundhog Day….
So Fifa presidential candidate, Jerome Champagne, has proposed the introduction of a sin-bin, to be invoked by the referee brandishing an orange card. What’s your view on this, is there a universal association between sin and orange, or is this another subversive plot by Celtic fans? I have my suspicions.
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the long wait is over
21:08 on
21 January, 2014
Found the link meself
you should have gave a warning it was the full 30 minute highlights, lest anyone forgets dip in and out of it, bigoted anti catholic song after song after song.
highlights though, Pat Nevin, nearly scoring, when he was still a tim.
mitchells goal is at 25 mins.
the huns get boooeeeddd at the end.
walters canny take it interview.
chaeatin monkey bassas
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cleanse your palett with this , 44 minuts of the day we won the league.
Cowiebhoy,
I think you’re right.
Gerard Wiesfield would not have let Celtic go to the wall for the sake of an overdraft which was small compared to his overall wealth.
He wasn’t a massive football fan but his wife was a fanatical Hoop and he listened to her.
When Fergus appeared he didn’t need to get involved but he would have done if required.
His wife’s son is still on the board.
tlwio
cheers as well, sorry should have said that.
Raspberry-Weet-hoping to make PTs night out on Friday.
Can’t imagine playing home games anywhere,other than CP.
henrik and harold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGzCSmHa-5o
a few well kent Celts on the STV independance debate in Greenock by the way,
stv now,
The glorious balance sheet
“Davie Syme (another hunnic cheat) referred to this policy in the Evening Times when he retired from refereeing 2 weeks prematurely in 1994 or thereabouts – he had also wanted to finish up at Ibrox but was given a lower league game instead.”
They obviously didn’t want a rerun of the Tait / Kilmarnock 1998 fiasco…
Saint Sivs..
Click on my link and if you type Ally Mitchell v Rangers in the search bar, then you will see the goal at 50 seconds.
Added bonus you will hear Jim Shyte’s commentary as McCoist and Laudrup miss sitters.
All in 50 seconds….what’s not to like?
Smell the Glove CSC
There have been many referees who favoured Celtic, it wasn’t just the Deadly Bears who got decisions.
You’ll all recall we got a throw in at Hampden when Big Roy stole the decision resulting in Joe Miller’s goal?
There was a corner one time at Fir Park too.
justafan
21:30 on
21 January, 2014
Yip when you know they will not fall for the “renew SB’s” you sell all the assets (well whoever owns the stuff), park and all :-)
Bloody MK Dons just done me for £250 …bar stewards !!!
prestonpans bhoys dam justice for the 5
21:15 on 21 January, 2014
CORRRRREEEEECT …… long term investors waiting in the wings, my erchie……asset strippers the fore, sevco lackies to the door…..hahahahahahaha
gearoid1998
I went to La Salle from 1988 was about the time
ryecatcher
21:32 on 21 January, 2014
Now my Auld Da has similar views to you on Fergus, thinks it unforgivable he walked away with £45m, with a statement if he got £50m from sale he would donate £1m for a new training centre.
From memory there was another reported interested in buying us, some Hun builder who claimed his grandfather played for us, JB Bennett ? Was it, from the Kilsyth area ?
Now there may have been more ?
PS – Fergus did put his money where his mouth was, Thanks Fergus
….pfayr supports weeoscar
21:39 on 21 January, 2014
Serves you right for backing sheep……hahahahahahaha
jeez_I_thought_blinker_was_pants@20:52
“SFTB – The bold Reginald in that team would give “journeymen” a bad name”
Have to agree that Reggi was clearly not good enough and the Di Canio swap deal ranks as the worst bargain since Gillingham swapped a set of tracksuits for Tony Cascarino. Lovely tracksuits they were.
The point I was making re journeymen in 99 was that we had Larsson and Reiper and Lambert in addition to solid pros like Boyd, Mcnamara, Burley, and Stubbs. Fergus had gradually improved the quality of our playing side from the times of Gary Gillespie, Stuart Slater, Justin Whittle, Andy Payton, Gary Holt, Carl Muggleton and Wayne Biggins.
But I will accept placing Blinker in the section below journeymen and I’d only really put Johnny Gould & Darren Jackson from the team list solidly in the journeyman category.
Team was:-
Jonathan Gould
Marc Rieper
Jackie McNamara
Alan Stubbs
Tommy Boyd
Stephane Mahe
Paul Lambert
Craig Burley
Regi Blinker
Henrik Larsson
Darren Jackson
St stivs.
No worries. Should have put up a NSFCQN warning…
Try again !!
gearoid1998
I went to La Salle from 1988 was about the time Harry Trainor was really sick and in a bad way I think
On the point of Referees being given their choice of last game. Joe Timmons asked for a Celtic game, sure it was Vs St. Mirren. He wasn’t in same Lodge as Syme, in fact he wasn’t in…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Cold and wet——-way down south
but —–
Roma 1 -Rubentus 0
has brought a wee burst of cheer .
Rube beaten / Rube oot the cup .
Nice !
SFTB
Marc Rieper, now there was a player, real pity about his injury.
As for Regi, true story, I went to Prague for a long weekend quite a few years ago, Miss Cheque :-) was on in our Hotel, who did I see walking about with one of the contestants ?
Hail hail
Gerald Weisfield
A friend of mine told me a story. She is a Deputy Procurator Fiscal.
The lawyers were assembled at this bench.
The judge asked the first one ..”And who are you?”
Lawyer: “Your Honour….l represent What Every Woman Wants”
Judge: “And what may that be?”
Lawyer: “Your Honour…that is a substantial erection in Argyll Street, Glasgow”
12 targets 11 to go were are they.i celtic are good at spinning , I bet there is no more players coming in this transfer window, but it will be the usual patter,we tried to sign,a, b,c right up to the last minute ,
!!bada bing!!
21:33 on 21 January, 2014
Raspberry-Weet-hoping to make PTs night out on Friday.
See you there
Sadly —–no surprise.
Media reporting ” serious violence ” between rival Ultras after the Roma v Rubentus game.
I see a few bhoys discussing Bobby Tait and the Kilmarnock game , I worked with Jim Loughlan the Killie centre half , his mum and dad are Celtic ST holders and he told me it was the sweetest thing ever when they beat them that day , he said hes never seen a ground empty so quickly and it was a lovely sight .
I was in the Elcho bar the day Bobby Taits refereeing came back to bite him on the arse. Had my 30th birthday party the day before so was half canned when Ally Mitchell scored. What a great couple of days and then Craig Falconbridge equalised for Dunfermline. I will never forget that name. But I suppose it made it all the sweeter to win it the following week at Celtic Park.
Bobby Tait GIRUY.
Ohits
If you watch the clip you can see him going Tonto when they score the winner.
Guys I’ll be running a Celtic quiz on Friday night at 9. All are welcome to try and topple Kayal33, from the Winner’s Podium.
Would be a good idea to keep sober too, as some of the questions are stretching.
Tlwio
He also told me about when he scored against us at CP , he said his parents were jumping about the north stand and everyone round them knew who they were , he also added it turned out alright as Berkovic scored twice in a 4-2 win.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
22:10 on
21 January, 2014
Would be a good idea to keep sober too
Are you being serious………. 0-)
Badabing 2131 – I also saw Syme coming out of that scummy wee 20 Club in Cathcart Rd Rutherglen steaming drunk when he was a ref. No doubt he had worked his way there after starting off in the Quarry Bar.
The SFA were well aware of his drinking habits and the type of establishments he frequented – he once turned up steaming drunk to referee a game at Easter Road in 1988.
Of course none of this stopped the SFA from giving him Celtic and Rangers games in which to go through his routine of honest mistakes……
Ohits
Is there any truth in the rumour that he nearly signed for us but his mothers demands put the club off? Might just be a vicious rumour. Feel free to decline to answer if you’re uncomfortable in doing so.
Never heard that one but knowing him he would have walked over broken glass to pull the hoops on .
Barefoot I may add.
Ohits
Fair dos. Wasn’t his young brother also a smashing player? I’d heard he was even more talented but doesn’t seem to have made it.
HH
Tlwio
Re the refs picking their valedictory fixture – the actual term used was “affinity match” and the ultimate execution of same was by Bro Hugh Dallas at Fir Park, 2005 when he managed to assist both his clubs.
WhistleGub, in The Teser