Celtic Diary Friday March 17: It’s All In The Planning
New Head of Recruitment Lee Congerton has been telling us the why’s , the wherefores and whats it got to do with you of his new job at Celtic..
Of course, there’s the Brendan Bonus…
“I was very fortunate to work with him at Chelsea, along with a lot of other very good people, including Glen Driscoll, who is Head of Performance here, and I’m looking forward to working with these guys again. Obviously Brendan’s a big reason why I’m here but I’m also delighted to work for Celtic and I’m very proud.
and the Celtic effect…
“Celtic is known all over the world. I feel fantastic and I’m really looking forward to the challenge ahead.”
So, whats the plan ?
“We will be looking worldwide, but we can’t forget our roots and Scotland, Ireland and the rest of the UK are very important for us,” he said. “But we’ll be looking everywhere for talent that fits what Celtic is about.
“We took Moussa Dembele from down the road, and he’s been a great signing, so we’ll constantly be doing that, but we’ll also be looking at other areas.
“I believe we can find the right players to fit the profiles that Brendan needs and wants, and without doubt Brendan will polish the diamond and make it sparkle a little bit more and hopefully allow the players to be successful for Celtic.
“As I said, I’m very happy to be here and I’m looking forward to working with Brendan and all the guys, but I am also attracted here because of Celtic, and that combination of Celtic and Brendan made it an easy decision for me.”
No, no. I mean whats really the plan ?
Where recruitment is concerned we need the sort of planning that you get when you eat toilet paper so you can wipe your bottom on the way out.
Hanging around public football pitches with a Celtic top won’t be enough.
Even if, er, as he says..
“Scouting is not about I. It’s about the team. I like to smell the grass and see the player.
“Scouting is not about I ? ”
Yes, he does like to smell the grass, and presumably inhale it as well.
But there was one significant thing he said, something that might actually point to a change in policy from the club…
“This club is one of the biggest in Europe and we want to be playing Champions League football. So, players we are recruiting need to be able to play Champions League football.
In the years BB -Before Brendan -we were recruiting players we could turn into champions League players-have we stepped it up a level ?
Congerton also points to his time working with Gen Driscoll and Brendan Rodgers in a previous life, and standing on the outside looking in, one could be forgiven for thinking that Brendan is, in fact , on a mission…
But for now, there’s a league to be won.
Having had the weekend off last week, Celts will be determined to hit the ground running up at Dens Park on sunday.
Paul Hartley, who didn’t used to have weekends off when he donned the hooped jersey, is ready and waiting.
“We’ve been good against the top four teams at times.
“We’ve always ran them close, we beat Hearts, we beat Rangers, had close games against Celtic.
“Aberdeen have probably been the team that’s been the most impressive.
“It’s the other games we’ve found difficult at times.
“It’s such an important game for us, five games before the split but we know Celtic are an excellent team, there’s no getting away from that.
“They’ve got some outstanding players but we’ve got to make sure we play to our maximum and see if we can get anything from it.”
Hartley had a tremendous attitude on the pitch, and he has transferred it to his players. Sunday won’t be easy, and we need to remember that the prize of being the first team to beat Celtic -purely notional-is still up for grabs.
Thats despite the bleatings coming from Ibrox. A sort of general euphoria at getting a point…
Which brings me to matters arising from the court case concerning the unique remuneration policy at the original Rangers..
The judges have now retired to have a wee chat about what they have learned, they will each go away and consider the evidence, then they will meet up again and have another wee chat, and then they will declare their decision.
It will probably take a few months. After all, they need to be spot on with what their conclusions, because our source at HMRC, at least he said thats where he was from, i personally doubt it becuase he was drunk and smelt of wee wee, said..
“Don’t worry, we’ll get our fucking bit ”
Its not really a “bit “, though , is it.
There’s a lot of people right now who must be wishing they’d been eating toilet paper to keep their bottoms clean on case of accidents..
And I’m intrigued by this letter, which at the very least hints at some sort of cover up…
Oddly enough, in September 2013, the badly spelt Bishopp appeared to change his mind..
‘It was common ground before me that the presumption is that tax appeals are heard in public, and with no concealment of identity or detail. I accept that, in the past, there was good reason to fear that the personal safety of certain individuals was threatened; but the information now before me indicates that the threats have abated and have probably disappeared.
‘Even if the identities of some individuals were concealed in the First-tier Tribunal’s decision, the nature of the issues was not.’
‘Perhaps because of such feelings, professional football clubs are often regarded as having a special status. In some respects that may be the correct view; but it should nevertheless not be overlooked that a modern professional football club is not a ‘club’, in the sense of an unincorporated association of members who join together in pursuit of a common purpose, but a commercial enterprise whose function is to generate profits for its shareholders.’
‘Any application for privacy, anonymity or redaction of detail must therefore be supported by the same type and quality of evidence as would be required of another taxpayer, and will be granted only for the same reasons.
If only we had a couple of reporters north of the border prepared to dig into this story.
For years, Rangers lied about their remuneration policy, they amassed debts they couldn’t pay, and as a result plunged into oblivion.
Its not that difficult to understand, and yet it seems beyond our media to ask the standard seven “w” questions…
What, Who, Why, When, Where, Which and How.
Okay, “how ” doesn’t begin with a “w” , but theres one in there.
Thats not all.
Look at this, which also needs investigating..
It’s Friday again, it’s also St. Patricks Day, so lets be careful out there…
but more importantly, its time to reveal this weeks Etims
Knob of the Week
But before we do, I’d like to ask, can a woman be a knob ?
Yes, she can.
In the week where Nicola Sturgeon has called for another referendum on Scottish independence, Allison Paerson, who seems to want to be Katie Hopkins when she grows up, has emerged from the shadows and used her Daily Telegrph column to offer her thoughts on the self determination issue for small nations.
Earlier in the week , she said that Nicola Sturgeon was a traitor, and demanded her execution by proclaiming
“Off with Her Head “
Having been reminded that MP Jo Cox had been murdered in the street by an extremist under a year ago, the bold Pearson changed her tune, sort of..
Nicola Sturgeon – another treacherous queen of Scots – has miscalculated
On that basis, Allison Pearson is the first female winner of the prestigious Etims award…
Knob of the Week
Caption time, and yesterday we had Nicola and Theresa deep in conversation,
which was overheard by
Nic : It would appear that the English Torries don’t understand the legalities of campaign funding!!
Terry: Maybe, but unlike you Scots, we do know what fucking Liquidation means!!
Today, what are they looking at ?
Happy St Patrick’s Day,everyone.
I’m gonna celebrate the huns players being cast adrift in a turbulent sea of bankruptcy by getting Guinnessed oot.
Two excuses right there,as if I need any at all.
Milk… You’ll awaken under a green and white rainbow lying in a puddle of brown
Taken from the Johnjamessite…(If that’s OK)…
Andrew Thornhill asked the Supreme Court to reverse the Scottish Inner Court’s decision in respect of issues 1 and 2 but acceded to finding 3. This was an inordinately surprising volte-face. So much so that the Chair of the four esteemed Lords and one Lady responded to this key concession by asking him if this meant he was accepting that PAYE was due on the Sub Trustees individual funds
Thornhill responded with a simple but highly resonant “Yes“.
So allow me to convey what this effectively means if it’s not immediately apparent to readers. Thornhill, acting for Rangers, accepts that EBT holders must pay tax and NI on the funds deposited into their trust fund by Rangers. He has thrown the players and executives to the HMRC wolves.
One might ask whether he is taking instructions from David Murray
I style this site as ‘Cynical Reflections From A Tub’ but the cynicism is this concession by BDO shows my reflections a clean pair of heels. BDO’s counsel, acting on their express instructions, has given HMRC a clear run at going after individuals by accepting that the scheme was fatally flawed, and in so doing they implicitly offer the Supreme Court a compromise where Rangers win on Issues 1 and 2 and conede on Issue 3.
However here’s the kicker for HMRC. Should BDO/Rangers appeal on issues one and two be upheld, and three be conceded, it would present HMRC with a legitimate and unchallenged one-off claim against Rangers EBT holders for employee NI and tax, and Rangers for employer’s NIC
However HMRC would not have a mandate to pursue other trust funds
Allow me to emphasize this point. If the Supreme Court accepts the compromise, the 108 recipients of EBT, are, not to put too fine a point on it ‘totally fucked’. If the Supreme Court do not uphold the appeal, and they would not in all probability reverse an acceptance by the appellants on issue 3, the Inner House continues to hold sway. HMRC would be unshackled to vigorously pursue the EBT recipients. It’s a classic example of:
Heads you lose, Tails you lose.
The bus that is coming down the road from the Inner House is fast approaching. If it misses, it will stop to reverse over the 108 who foolishly thought that they had had a narrow escape. The proceedings of The Supreme Court were deemed by me to be dry, but I did not anticipate the Shakespearean blood-letting at its conclusion.
Those seeking Title Stripping will undoubtedly have their mandate.
NOT QUITE THE “HUNG DRAWN AND QUARTERING” MOST BAYED FOR
So gentlemen how long before the first very public claims of “Rangers told us that’s how British tax works” is sounded by one of the foreign EBTers. Some of those names on the list will be facing hundreds od thousands in HMRC claims and I don’t see them taking being shafted by our friends at Ibrox quietly.
A cheerful thought to savour on St Paddy’s day.
Caption: Well that’s one way to get a point.
Caption: the stadium roofs have collapsed, but the safety nets remain intact at Imbroke!
Caption – Sevco fans desperate to get a view of the Point use any vantage point available. (well there are 50 million of them).
Happy Saint Patricks Day to everyone.
Stick to football and leave the politics, I’m sure you could have found better Knob’s of the Week – Bobbie Madman for example
Ralph!
You chose me !!! I can only assume you are on your way to Dunoon and would welcome a lift and a few beers in the Greenock club.
Having a wee singalong this afternoon but don’t tell Monti.
Hoy you?:)
a wee observation regarding the last 2 games against sevco…..
we have been piss poor for large parts of these games.
we started too slowly and were second to every 50/50 ball…..reason ??, they were up for it more than us and put more effort in.
the game at ibrox our quality eventually took over but the game there at parkhead we were really bad most of the game and at the end lost control of the game.
i hope we can learn from these 2 games and put things right in the semi next month.
Sviatchenko has been most at fault in my opinion as he has made many mistakes and looks very nervous on the ball giving it away too many times which puts us under pressure.
We also need to be better in midfield and keep the ball better and play better passes to our forward players.
We have missed the quality of Rogic in the team but hopefully he will be back for the semi.
the huns being as stupid as they are think that they can take us again but as long as we are up for the fight first and foremost then our quality will see us destroy them.
Brendan has now see enough of our mistakes in the last 2 games against them i am sure he will put them right.
HH
“We also need to be better in midfield and keep the ball better and play better passes to our forward players”
Are you Charlie Nicholas using an alias?
do u want to suck my fucking cock ???? dick
so u r happy with our last 2 games against the scum ???
for me we have been terrible against the scum in our last 2 games….need to do better…end of
fffsssss
i was born in 71 and i am a pure tim…..i have seen the great and the truly bad but no matter what i will always love CELTIC
Calm down my man. I’m not questioning yer credentials as a Tim. No need to give yersel a coronary. I’m sure you’ll wake up sober in the morning and see it was a tad unnecessary to post multiple drunken replies to my slightly cheeky wee post. HH
PISH! Reason? Bitton was on the park and so was Boyata. Boyata and Bitton struggle with the pace of the game Brendan wants to play and they slow the whole build up. Furthermore the whole team were misplacing passes due to the training surface being too different compared to the playing surface had half of those through balls connected we would have had 5 or 6 goals.
See how we don’t have any ‘good-looking’ politicians, does that automatically make them all HUNS.
Is it a bird, is it a plane, awe naw RUN for it. The “rangers” are coming. HH
St Patrick’s day should be celebrated loudly, visibly and annually here in Scotland.
They don’t want the Irish to celebrate their own patron saint, yet the local councils and Police allow thousands of unwashed oranfe bastards to pollute the air every summer?
orange
The Irish!they make the World Irish!
Happy St Patrick’s Day Ghirls and Bhoys.
Caption : Dave King Jets in with “the Point”
Lee Congerton,look no further.I`m your mahn.HH
I`ll get my boots.
I agree wi bongo.
Each and Every Supporter of every Club,Minus Sevco are living in Reality.Sevco,Well what more needs said.54 Titles in Almost 5 Years.If they get Titles stripped we dont need them.Theyre Tainted.HH TCAH
Caption
Looking on the BDO/HMRC from the outside.
Ah the fun is about to begin, the Supreme Court, the Magic Hat, Mike Ashley, Scottish clubs demanding the stripping of titles from the so called worlds greatest club.
They are so stupid, they celebrate a draw as the winning of the league.
HH
A tidal wave of hurt is coming for oldco and newco. Delivered by the courts off the pitch and us on the pitch. I’m enjoying the media trying to wriggle and squeeze any crumb of “positive” news from the court cases and the magic hat sacking. They are failing so badly and the stories are cringe worthy. On this St. Patrick’s day 2017 we can finally see a day of truth and reckoning coming for the “brethren” in whatever incarnation they are in today. Off to Southie for the Parade on Sunday even though it’ll be snowing! Hail Glorious!
So the Sevco love in continues fs lol. Jesus, Lou Macari’s first game in charge for us was against the oldco and we won. Look how that worked out!!
No it wasn’t, great Celtic man Frank Connor was in charge to the team and deserves all the credit.
Macari can take the ‘credit’ for everything after that!
The Cha
I may have to stand corrected on this one but I recall Macari being in the dugout with an entourage of about 50 folk celebrating Brian O’Neils winner lol. I think Frank Connor had a 100% win as well. Did he pick the team that day?
WELCOME BACK TO ACTION TOM ROGIC!!
Q. Have the creditors been paid?
Have the Silverware and Titles been ripped out of there Shameless Clutches.HH
I’m owed many years of hatred and derision at oldco, sevco and the bastard Partridge in a pear tree… Money would not cover it… Blood and entrails would be a good start.
Fuck them all
Looking on things from a RainJurz perspective.Celebrating getting a draw Against the Mighty Green Juggernaut.Its amasing what can get a Hun excited.King Davie flying in and a 5th rate Porta getting the Hot Seat.Caixhina making Ludicrous claims regarding History Titles etc.Only in Scotland do we get this Muppet Show.They honestly believe if they keep repeating things,Eventually it will become True.Reality doesnt work like that,The Reality is,This Side Show Can and Does show no Shame or Embarrasment making False Claims and Statements on Matters that have nothing to do with them.And we are all letting this go on for as long as it Continues.This Country is a fcking Laughing Stock to outsiders looking in on our Game.Everytime that Venomous Cretin of a Club tries to lay claim to Fantasy.Its not just the Hun thats getting laughed At.We are Guilty by Association.HH n Aw That.
We are Guilty by being associated with the Huns.That Bothers Me,Seriously.Guilty By Association.No fcking wonder Every other Football Association Looks on our League as a Joke.The BS that we are expected to put up with Beggars Belief.Until summits done.Its plenty more of the usual.HH n Awrat.
For as long as this Cretinous Mob The Tribute Act are here Stinking our Game to High Heaven.We are Guilty By Association.Thats a Fact.
Happy St,Patrick’s Day to all a day of abstinence for some of us, Look I don’t want to upset anyone and I am not currently , anyway sold on I dependence but if it happens should the old “Flegs” issue be resurrected.
Apparently previously a lot of football fans objected to a club flying the flag of a foreien state. They did not feel historical and cultural imperatives should e allowed to influence this.
Will they take the same view if the Union fleg is that of a former state or will that be OK and will they support the tricolour flying at Celtic Park. We should. be told and they should be askd.
By the way that is some EBT list, there were at least 3 names I have never heard of, every Rangers player who did the business for them on the pitch got a mention, except our Bobby!
Caption; the gap is so big, they have no choice but to fence it off,
Caption: The Borrowers are left hanging high following Supreme Court proceedings.
Come to COatbridge Monti…month long programme of events culminating in a street festival tomorrow. I have retired from the annual Father Ted quiz( dressing up optional) and still have my prizes for winning a few years back, a black tshirt with white collar bearing the legend “That would be an ecumenical matter” and green flashing Rosary beads. A rear terr here.
Sounds like my type of place….and people!
Caption. Fans worry as Rodgers picks DeVreis
It seems that when the taxmans shit hits all those proverbial fans it will herald the beginning of public castrations of those who sold the EBTs to the foreign players. I concur with Maryhill boy. The lawsuits will be myriad and may well help Scotlands balance of payments issue
THE TAXMAN COMETH AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AD NAUSEUM…
Fuck I’m feeling better already
St Patricks Day not celebrated in Scotland, try not celebrated in Lurgan. I got a text message from my children’s primary school to say that no pupils were allowed to wear Celtic tops, no Irish Tricolours, no Ireland tops,no hair to be dyed green. The reason given? A protestant teacher that was invited to take part in last years celebrations deemed all of the above very offensive.
Una,
I will refrain from sharing what i would have done to the teacher.
Fick him/her and their flegs!
Caption:Look there’s Kris Boyd,the worlds greatest goalscorer,even John Clark has heard of him!
Una,you should have pointed out in no uncertain terms 1.Celtic are not anti-Protestant. 2.The Tricolour is a flag of peace,cough,cough…3.The Ireland top is not anti-Protestant.4.Dying your hair green is pretty daft and 5.Sack the ignorant teacher and get a Catholic “volunteer” in instead.
Hail Glorious St.Patrick,dear Saint of our isle.
Una… It appears that the teacher was not ready to teach in a Catholic school.
He needs to go and have those preconceived notions replaced by common sense.
Many of his ilk just can’t come to terms with the fact that Northern catholics/nationalists are equal in all things with everyone else.
Recently silly Arlene Foster basically called for a unionist v nationalist headcount to determine the election result… Oops
And we will not be more equal than others
And we will NOT be made second class citizens again… NOT FUCKING EVER
EVER EVER EVER!!
ABSOLUTELY… I NOW QUOTE IAN PAISLEY Sr
NEVER… NEVER… NEVER
Usual quality ETims post.
Do others feel like me and ask “what the fuck is going on here”?, regarding all the legal pish. The discussion, much in freemasonic, double-speak is absolutely fucking ludicrous. That shower of freemasonic, orange bastards cheated for decades under Sir Scumbag Murray, evaded tax and NI contributions and we’re now in the highest court in the UK arguing fucking legal minutae? It’s crystal clear; the bastards cheated and now it’s payback time. Let’s have no more bargaining, they’re guilty. My wee grandson could work that one out. They’ve cheated to win ‘honours’; they’ve been dishonourable. The honours don’t count FOR THEM. We want the Truth. The Truth decrees we’re due those stolen honours. We want those honours legitimately due to us. Lawwell, you had better be listening. No more excuses; stand up for our club and its supporters and get this sorted. While you’re about it, get tore right into the Ref’s committee or whatever it takes to stop us being robbed on the pitch. This is your final, written warning…..and the clock is ticking. FFS, act a bit more like ‘the rock’ you’re named after, Peter.
TicToc.
PS, I’ve had a rebuttal from both the FOI people and the complaints section at the BBC. The complaints section rebuttal is very long and full of shit, basically. I’ll be happy to furnish my original complaint and the responses on here if they are requested by ETims and Ralph and the Bhoys have no objection.
HH
I object 🙂
Many thanks for your usual, considered, eloquent reponse, Monti 🙂
You are most welcome my friend 🙂
Ah, comrade, the pleasure’s all mine.
Auf Weidersehen, pet 🙂
I worked ‘over there’ in the early eighties and it wasn’t unlike the sit-com. In the pub one night in Munich, having a wee ‘debate’ wi’ some Krauts about fitba’. My mate (BoBo) is gettin’ seriously pissed off (and seriously pissed-up) and out-the-blue says; “look, you cabbages, we stuffed you 2-0 when it really mattered.” Fritz and Hans, in unison “fen wozt zis?”, Bobo, “1914 to 1918 and ’39 to 45, now go and fuck off you kraut-munchin’ fuck-pigs”
Allelujah, that was class. Good health, BoBo.
HH
ive got pals fae yon buncha crackpots and a dont understand were that krauts patter comes fae that bobo musta met some good natured wans who knew that winstons wains canny fight
Somebody on the etims twitter feed wants to discuss ‘ Auf Wiedersehen pet ‘
Well i’m not on Twitter so fucking come on here and discuss…
I loved this programme!
” Dearest Brenda ” 🙂
Monti … One of the best ever bits of TV was on Auf Wiedersen Pet… watching Oz in his “grey” Y’s picking and cleaning his toenails with a pointing trowel… Priceless
Lol,
So many good memories of this programme, one of my favourite scenes was Barry and Wayne out on the pull..
Barry turns to girl and say’s ” Would you like to come back to our hut ” 🙂
Quality!
I agree completely with almost everything you say except for the masonic doublespeak etc.
I have never watched such high powered legal submissions ever. It was mind bending at times.
I for one do not trust british justice and nor should anyone who uses this forum.
But I doubt if that blindingly obvious plea bargain regarding the go ahead to go after the P.A.Y.E would make a difference to the outcome. If it does then fuck all has really changed and that dishonourable shower of wealthy Nazi masonic bastards will have slipped away with the help of british justice
The above reply is for TicToc
Cheers, Weered, I understood that and thanks for your comment. We almost all agree on here most of the time and hence are often speaking to the converted. Text for communication is a bit like looking at something, but only two-dimensionally; it’s imperfect. In the pub you have the chance to clarify immediately, on here (or any blog) you can get fried for a misunderstanding. Introduce alcohol at high levels and you just chuck a hand-grenade in…….
Anyway, Happy St Paddy’s day, one and all and hope it’s back to ‘business as usual’ at Dundee on Sunday.
HH
Cheers TicToc … Along with all in here, I truly hope that the whole rankers hierarchy come out of this covered in shite and are shunned by their peers for conning everyone but especially for being so arrogant and conning themselves
Was that caption pic not taken just after the 2nd last time Hibs won the cup?
that caption reminds me ae borstal they bhoys were geen us a smother while we went ower the other fence ha ha aint juvinile delinquency grand
Dignified and proud, vow to settle up the score!
R.I.P. VOLUNTEER ALAN RYAN
WE ARE STRONGER THAN BEFORE
UNBOWED
TIOCFAIDHARLA!
They thought his death would break us or make us go away……
Stupid, stupid Brits!
heers wan for the crackpot monti
Cheers Charlie Bhoy
Caption: TIME TEAM, with Tony Robinson.
Excavation of 25 Cromwell street moves into it’s 3rd day.
Tryin’ to respond to ‘charlie’s’ incomprehensible comment at 12.51. No reply button. Probably says it all. No point replyin’ if you don’t know what the fuck the question is.
HH
Oh, BTW, charlie, I’ve had a go at “The Rose” (oan ra new guitar) after you posted Frankie daein’ it. Ah loved the film (but, fuck me, it hurts).
Anyway, the fuckin’ local cats at least responded, Meeeiiiaaaaooooowwwww, as ma wife made a (new) bolt fur the door. Life’s a beach.
HH
Oh, BTW, charlie, Hamburg is a long way from Munchen, both in miles and in culture; somethin’ like Noord Deutsche undt Platt Deutsche? Trust whichever you choose, but Munchen, in the Bayerischelandt, Suid, is/was Catholic. Hamburg is/was Lutherian. Personally, my dear, I don’t give a damn. An’ I don’t give a fuck either. 🙂
HH
so why choose tae answer hen
tic toc a canny help ye wae comprehension the question is ur you a hun if so i can understand why missus tic toc is runnin but apart fae that mellow oot kid ffs
heers wan fur tic toc
Why TF, didn’t you put that up before I got fuckin’ annoyed and posted my latest(not necessarily last) post?
We’re all Tims on here, except them fuckin lurkers.
Ergo, we’re all pals.
Forget ma last post, I wiz mibbaes huvin’ a period?
HH
charlie, there was a time you made sense, and lots of laughs. Yer now becomin’ a real fuckin’ pain in the arse without any grace (other than the grace of god, which ye, no doubt, think ye deserve)
Ye say “a canny help ye.wae comprehension”. Well, actually ye could, if ye took the time to try not tae be so incompre-fuckin’-hensible.
You’ve now, effectively, called me a hun twice. That tells me everythin’, charlie. You’ve no argument, lost the fuckin’ plot and are tryin’ desperately to come out in front.
Ye’ve failed, once again. Noo, rev up, fuck off, and don’t fuckin’ darken my nights/mornings further. Just FUCK OFF.
Auf Weidersehen. You’ve really fuckin’ annoyed me tonight. Noch Nichts!
HH
dont get upset sweetheart ime only kiddin wae ye the only pain in the arse yoov got is mr tic toc gein ye rough sex but hey ho it takes all sorts
Just been watching some youtube footage of my heroes from yesteryear, Michel Platini France 84 v Portugal semi final.
Zenidine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Gabriel Batistuta, Enzo Scifo, Georghi Hagi and many more…
But there was a red haired guy from the Calton that came into my mind, because at the end of the day all these great players are a gift ro the game and make the beautiful gane well, beautiful.
I just wish we could still have Tommy in the dugout!!!
R.I.P. TB
NEVER FORGOTTEN!
Monti, Tommy’s book is exceptional, just like Tommy. The iconic picture of him, on his knees and hands in prayer after humpin’ the original huns will never leave me.
I respect no religion, as is my choice. Tommy was a devout Catholic, as was his choice. If ever a human being could persuade me that religion had some point it would have been Tommy Burns. My family hail from London Road (and Ru’glen).
I think, from memory, that Tommy was at St. Mary’s. My family were parishioners of St Alphonsus. They’re not far apart.
All The Calton. Many a great person lived in and left The Calton. None greater than Tommy Burns.
HH
tic toc a think a mightuf read you wrang if ye forgive me a might sleep the night he he and if yer hearts in the right place a apoligise most sincerely… if it isny ………..you fill the dots
charlie, I’m no’ intae fallin’ out wi’ anyone. I have strong beliefs (and erms), but no’ got the eloquence tae express them too well. I’ve goat a real short fuse, but I never hold grudges, ah just haud ma opponents heid in a lock until he promises tae agree wi’ me.
Take this as a fuckin’ compliment: even efter a’ the shite ye threw at me, ah hud a wee go at “the Rose”. Ah didnae know the ‘wee man Frankie’ covered it but loved the film and the performance of Bette Midler.
Anyway, juist ask ra neighbours whit they thought…..a’ fucked oaf tae their city flats.Twats.
HH
monti oor tommy was cheated the supreme court will verify that and in his memory we must right the wrong hail hail
charlie, ye’ve probably nailed the only thing that will force ‘the rock’, mibbaes SIR Peter (in his own poxy mind), intae action. Let’s get this out there via the GB etc., “ye cannae let Tommy Burns down Peter, can ye………?”
In life Tommy was, a very special Tim,
In death, the Celtic family still loves him,
A Calton man, devout and pure,
None were better, o’ that we’re sure.
RIP, Tommy Burns.
HH
heerswan for the crackpot tic toc
seen is were inte yer man frankie heers another wan
Aye, charlie a just luv it! “I had a fight with a bottle of whisky last night, and the bottle of whisky won”
How often huv ah heard that (an’ no’ always frae Frankie Miller) I’m cream-crackered Pal, and offtae ma kip. Stay happy, stay well an’ stay aff ma missus! 🙂
HH
charlie, ye’ll no’ believe this but ah’ve nearly cracked Frankie’s cover ae The Rose. Just need the voice…..oh, an the chords…..oh an’ the timin’…………an a better guitar……..oh an’ tae huv it tuned……….grow ma hair a wee bit longer………..fuckin’ hell, me an Frankie cood be twins, er, apart frae that, eh?
An’ it’s good-night from him……….
BTW, I really like Paul Hartley, just hope he’s ‘oan holiday’ oan Sunday.
HH
this wans for the champions league teams cause CELTIC are cummin
heers wan jeest because
I’ll leave ye wi’ this, charlie;
tic toc ive got 4 big bhoys in ma hoose who tell me that but when the celtic play they say ffs the auld yins back he he aint tims wae the same face as ye when ye were a bhoy grand COYBIG
fuckit heers another wan seen as weev got plenty a booze left ha ha
Oh, FFS, ah really shouldnae ae hud that last hauf boattle ae scud………noo anyhing can happn…hic…a (bad) joke, hic.
Rastus’s wife, Lillabell, comes to the end of pregnancy and delivers Rastus a white baby. Rastus is a wee bit bewildered.
He goes up to Massa’s house: “Massa, I’s want to know how comes asiz a black, Lillabell’s black an baby’s kinda white. Massa says: “Rastus, look out on them fields of sheep. They mostly white, but you see them little black ones too.” Rastus ponders for a second: “Okay Massa, you stay off Lillabell an ah stays off your sheep?”
SORRY. (it’s just another life-long aberration, hic.)
HELP!!!
HH
tic toc i think yoor no a hun right enough ha ha
this wans fur ma auld da
Charlie, you’ve been a laugh, ye pretty much always are.
RIP, Charlie’s Da’, ye’ve left us somethin’ we cannae control, but we’re Tims, we’re no’ control freaks. Thanks Charlie’s Da’, you’re still alive oan here.
HH
heers another wan fae oor crackpot chrisie
tic toc heers a cracker for tomorow night danny jacobs can fight 11 tae 2 looks good tae me jeest dont start greetin if he loses he he
Aye, Charlie, good luck for that wan. I just aboot never bet anymore. Took a real fuckin’ hammerin’ in the mid eighties and quit. I had a silly tenner on Scotland tae beat England in the 1990 ‘final’ at Rugby Union an’ bet the same on ‘Don’t Push It’ (a phrase ma Da’ often used) in the National a few years ago. Took a minor doin’ in Stoke (aboot 8 yrs ago when ah met wan ae ma brars an’ we hud a punt) Oh, an me an’ oor eldest hud a punt on Stan (11/2) in a SCF about 2003? tae score the 1st goal. He did, the mason ruled it out. Cunt.
Goodnight.
HH
tic toc heers wan fur your auld man and mine
tic toc a tenner wus a hammerin …ffs that musta been some sweatshop
Charlie, the tenner was on Scotland (7/2) tae beat England in 1990………an’ they did. Grand Slammed the fuckers.
The hammerin’ wiz in the high hundreds, about 3 weeks’ wages at the time an’ I was on top money contractin’ at Heysham power station, dawn tae dusk. Maybe 1984. It’ll no’ happen again.
HH
aint christie grand
that wan is for the auld guys who payed thiers and oor dues
excuse ma french but god blessum
god bless patsy o hara and the inla
god looks efter his ain
any cunt dont luv this disnae no celtic
this is were we belong and next season oor man brendan will prove it
right jeest because the swalllys dun ime going tae say wan last thing if that ralph wan disnae gei me the caption comp his fuckin windaes ur in…… a wis gonny say he he but the fuckers gettin oan ma nerves noo…….so ralph you have been warned ……………is that how ye spell warnd
aint tims psychologicoly grand noo if that ralph wan disnae laugh at ma dyslexic spellin he can fuck off
Here’s wan fur when ye wake up, Charlie:
Starkle, starkle little twink
Who the hell are you I think,
I’m not under what you call,
The alfluence of incohol.
I’m just a little slort of sheep,
I’m not drunk like thinkle peep.
I don’t know who is me yet,
But the drunker I stand here the longer I get.
So just give me one more drink
To fill my cup, ’cause I got all day sober to
Sunday up!
HH
that ralph wan has 2 choices ……ignore me or gei cheek back ..either way ime famous n ma local allready so ralph kiss ma ars
is that how ye spel arse …….ffs wheres mike the fermer when ye needum he he …….ony kiddin mike talkin tae the animals disnae count
Its been an Amusing Few Days.The club that died at the Supreme Court and another team kidding on theyre the dead club,If They get titles stripped and silverware whipped out of there Museum.I reckon we should steer clear of Taintedness.And have nothing to do with it.Nul and Void.Its bad enough They are now a Tribute Act and Each and Every other Team in the League is Reluctantly Associated with the Scummiest Club to Ever Exist in our Game. use to enjoy going to the game till it Dondered on me as it has others.All that cash spent Or more to the point Cheated out Of.Going to Old Firm Games.And Nothings Changed.My dough is staying in my wallet.Peter Lawells as corrupt as the Huns.If our board had any decency,They,d take this Pish the full Road.As long as Parkheads a Full Hoose.DONT EXPECT CHANGES ANYTIME SOON!!!Just keep renewing those season tickets.Keep this Farce On Goin.HH.As long as the mneys rolling in.FFS something needs done.We are laughing at Sevco But our own Board must really think we are all Brain Dead.Everything About Our Football in this Country is a fcking JOKE!!
TICTOC, I’ve been saying it for years; Peter Thomas Lawwell is no Tim. A bean-counter by profession, a tory and very likely a mason. Enough said on THAT.
The situation in Scotland will most certainly not change if all we do is sound off online and don’t make ourselves heard in other places, most certainly including our Board.
I recently (in February) advised I was having a pop at the BBC. The interest shown (from here) was embarrassing by its absence. I did get a response from the BBC, duly obfuscated and whitewashed, after my complaint and also got a rebuttal from an FOI request. I see grounds to continue, and I will until I get a satisfactory conclusion. Problem is, few others take the time or effort required to DO something, and ultimately that’s why we are where we are.
I still suspect that many huns, current and past, will have their grandchildren supporting Celtic. I need no more.
HH
watch this see the players theyr ok but J ohn Doyle was wan ae us
Seems like Charlie has been playing with himself for hours
seems like wee reds nappy changer turned up early
see wit happens wen ye leev yer computor…….. oan grandwains post in yer name ………anyway weerd if ye worry abooot somecunt slabbering when yer sleepin stay awake ffs
ma grandson said ffs granda why are you talking to a guy with a nom de plume like weerd have you been on the hun sites again
My nom de plume was first used on Paddington years ago
Frigging predictive text… PADDYNET
That’s right… Blame the wains… That’s what I’d do
weerd where are you
NORTH BELFAST
weerd if your gonny start throwin addresses oot ffs wait tae ma misses takes the wains tae the swimmin
weerd the wain shouted me back doon the stair he said granda that weerd fucker is a guarenteeed hun and i agree whole heartdly
Methinks Charlie’s comin out also…I’m as much of a hun as Jock Stein
weerd now you say yer fae north belfast ile say no more ime all of a quiver ya fuckin knob………weerd go back on follow swallow yool find yer match
the weerd guy fae nORTH Belfast is some craic ffs a shooda left the wains oan
weerd ur you thinkin wit yool say back or are ye jeest a dick………..me thinkin is for the english and there like ya fuckin hun
anyway noo ive got a quiet hoose ime away for a baw baw but see that weerd hees worth the watchin if ye wur half daft like him COYBIG
Seems that Charlie is in need of gender reassignment
Or a sleep 🙂
Charlie looks to be fluent in the Ulster Scots language of is it just a dialect
Plus ca change?
Caption:
Hey Billy.
What is it Sammy?
Wasn’t it forecast for clear and sunny today at Hampden?
The Manhattan Transfer…
Moderator information give me translation button on the site.HH
Tuxedo Junction etc
nicola sturgeon is a fucking buffoon. Shortly after the UK decided to leave Europe she was hawking herself all over the EU building. Offering tp suck anyone off who would side with her for Scotland to stay in the EU. The fucking dipshit even asked the Spanish for support BWAAAAAAHAWWWWWWWW. What she and her cronies completely miss is that Scotland isn’t a country and has decided not to be twice. As soon as Scotland is a country (big assumption here) they can apply to the EU to join but dont be surprised if the addies up and takies away fuck that idea over big time. And theres also the spanish.
This referendumb is all about the SNP shitting themselves and looking for an excuse to rouse the rabble. “The English told me to fuck off boo hoo!”
In as a team oot as a team.
Nicola sturgeon Nob O’ the decade.
Caption : Theres two types of chair jimmy crankie, theres the big chairs and then theres the wee chairs
Fuck off Terry Fuckwit!
Away back to the Bears den….fud!
He’ll keep the butchers apron flying here. High time the act of union was repealed…
Poor Wales tho they can throw hundreds of choirs into the front line
The Darian scheme caused the act of union, not where the English were begged. The SNP of the day got hoodwinked/swindled (no surprises there) and had to go cap in hand to England to save thier sorry arses. England btw have been paying ever since.
“As the Scottish Darien Company was backed by 25–50% of all the money circulating in Scotland, its failure left the entire Lowlands almost completely ruined and was an important factor in weakening their resistance to the Act of Union (completed in 1707).”
Fuck all to do with the butchers apron ya fanny. I would tell you to concentrate on Irish politics but you probably know less about that than scotland. ya fucking fanny.
Fredcfuckwit,
Why did you stand by and do nothing as your club died?
Stupid, stupid Hun!
you do realise montit that your responses on here could be computer generated
Probably,i’ve certainly programmed your wife!
I hear enough versions of Hiberno-Scots history.
I did not ask for details of the Act of Union!
I couldn’t care less about its commissioning!
It’s a outdated piece of empire as is the retention of earlier subjugated “near neighbours”
I just called for it to be repealed.
Sometimes less is more
No you accuse people about supporting the butches apron, a few fact can always get in the way of a good story. In this case the begging bowl was well and trully produced. get it up ye ya fanny.
No you accuse people about supporting the butchers apron, a few fact can always get in the way of a good story. In this case the begging bowl was well and trully produced. get it up ye ya fanny.
Dobby… You referred to me as a fanny twice. I wish you had did it a third time.
I could have been fucked left right and centre
good for you for thinking otherwise
why dont you congradulate your good SNP mate alex salmond for calling Rangers (your team) an institution? and calling for everybody to let them of them off … square that circle cunto
the truth always comes out in the end
That particular institution is about to be institutionalised
aye, the butchers apron comes in handy right enough
DOBbs,
What is your fucking point?
You are out of your element!
“You can go your own way…”
The Tories want your oil then it’ll be your wondrous sheep and Highland cattle… Where will it all end….
Weered, “Where will it all end….”
When the tory bastards try to take my whisky….. 🙂
HH
Rumoured that a Trumpesque Hadrians wall to be built… Buy shares in concrete manufacturing but wait until they harden
Weered,
Engage with dobbs because he is beyond thick?
Monti… I’ll engage with high and low intellect as they all have a story to tell… Mind you, some have better stories than others
WELL DONE TODAY IRELAND!
Well said, Monti.
LOUDER!
WELL DONE IRELAND (YESTERDAY)
A BRAVE ATTEMPT IN 1916 TOO.
HH
Yes it was great to do the old enemy over… Have you ever noticed the number of countries are an old enemy of England 🙂
Yes i have, their chains used to be attached to their throne…
Used to be!
I took your advice and replied to dobbs
as they reached the mountain-side,
A wondrous portal opened wide,
As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed;
And the Piper advanced and the children followed,
And when all were in to the very last,
The door in the mountain-side shut fast.
Yes, a sad tale of duplicity and its consequences
Dobby… Accept my apologies for referring to you as Dobby. That was a typo. I do not know you well enough to greet you with a term of endearment
It was predictive text… Fucking technology doing my thinking for me
Fone’s dying
Slan
And as they reached the mountain-side,
A wondrous portal opened wide,
As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed;
And the Pipers wife my jizz she swallowed.
And when all was in to the very last,
The door in her mountainous ass shut fast.
A partial rewrite
Water water everywhere nor any drop to drink…
Noo tha Sevco beat the Accies its we are the best team in Scotland.lololol.FFS Sevco really dae Believe there Own Trumpet Blowing.I honestly hope they put up a better fight Next Season.Brother Pedro needs to back up his BS.HH the Leagues Ours.
Have a Grand Day Ghirls and Bhoys.
Hope who E Kouassi`s for all to see?
Entering Dundee? Not with they cordurhoys ya canny.
Control they Glasswegians today Mike.
Oor Mike in Dundee;
That’s not a nose.This is a nose.Harry Hood.
Game of 2 halves in accordance with no belief in-front of goal.
PS: I want to watch Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final.
Predicament Free.
Celts win today because defenders want to score.
Khids, today`s message, if it`ll fit around your neck is brought to you by;
suportpower.
We are the Pronunciation.
Laptop. 1 new message; stonkerered.HH
Still hate couscous.
https://youtu.be/kgXawCjPBIc
Maggie`s Green and White
RIP Tommy.
Greenock Morton v sevco in the playoffs.
I`m scalping tickets for the Dublin end.(Bus ticket included)
Rewritten for normal peacetime L5 status.
Pedro`s found the sevco spice.
sevco veto trance FC.
Who`s to test Kenny? Bassa.
Andrew Dickson was Head of Football Administration of Rangers FC (IL) in May 2011 when the former billionaire was brought on board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0FlTjvQLgw
sevco surf`s up FC.
Ralph,
Can we have a new thread today please?
The Scottish Green Party, an unelected shower of arseholes, who’s manifesto contains a remit to close all Catholic Schools.
This is the Peepul who are in power in Scotland.
Meanwhile the diddy men still march up and down the streets of Scotland after 10 years in power, education, the NHS and our economy hits the buffers, while the Scottish Police Force still arrests innocent Celic supporters.
Vote for that No thanks.
Schools=Thy dirigisme slaves only in waiting.
Yes your majesty you CAN be our sovereign head.
What`s the odds for an OG for Celtic today?
Now Paul Hartley…
that`s a player of Celtic calibar we`re in need of.
Dundees` goal keepers strip?
Will the referee see that it clashes?
Hartley`s no mug.
Instead of your eyes starting to play up at 50+,
they introduce a substance called fluorescence strips.
You`re eyes are to have had it at thirty.
Specsavers Optical Group Ltd`s to watch.
NEWSFLASH:
Andy Halliday`s Category D.
Virtual Bell co-ordinates welcome Andy to the furniture.