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Celtic Diary Friday June 2: Fisching Tattle

The Johnny Hayes story is gathering pace in the papers.

Underwhelmed Celtic fans everywhere are shrugging their shoulders and re-affirming their faith in Brendan Rodgers, claiming if he thinks he’s what we need, then he must be what we need.

A fee of £1.2m has been mentioned, with Ryan Christie heading to Aberdeen as a make weight in the deal.

Anyone else not quite see the point of this ?

If a move is to be made for Hayes, and he is a decent player, surely it would be better to wait until Manchester city have given a yes or a no to selling Patrick Roberts ?

Or is it a case of getting Hayes in early so as he is not seen as a replacement for Roberts should the English youngster decide he’s not for the returning ?

Hayes is in  the Ireland squad for their friendly with Uruguay in Dublin on Sunday, and Celtic are “keen” to get the deal sorted before then.

Or are they ?

John Kennedy spoke to the press yesterday;

‘The important thing is keeping the squad together and that we don’t make too many changes,’ 

‘If you can add one or two who can make us better then you want to do that because you want to improve in all areas, but it’s very difficult to do that.

‘We have a strong group and if you are not going to make the team stronger, then there is no point bringing in extra bodies.

‘Our approach will be, if it’s better than what we have then we will add, and if not then we just go with what we have got.’ 

Hayes is not better than what we have got.

He’s better than what any other Scottish side has got, but not Celtic.

Viktor Fischer, however, is different.

The Danish winger/striker/attacking midfielder, depending on where you read about him, was one of those wonderkids we hear about from time to time.

He came through the ranks at Ajax, and made a bit of a name for himself. 111 games, 33 goals, including one against Celtic at Celtic Park in 2015.

A move to Middlesborough has turned sour, and he wants out.

At 22, he still has plenty of time to revive his career, and was last seen in a video shop asking for a copy of the Scott Sinclair Story.

This fits more with the idea of adding quality, and is more in sync with the policy of buying in a player who can be improved and sold on for a profit.

Again, however, there doesn’t seem to be any great urgency from Celtic to do early business, as the tone of Kennedy’s words above implies.

There is one player we might want to take a look at, and thats the top scorer in the league last season, and when you consider what Celtic achieved, his was no mean feat.

Liam Boyce, the boy from the Falls Road, told the Irish News about his best season in football;

“Personally, it was unbelievable, but there’s a funny story behind it,” 

“My fiancée’s mum used to text me every week saying ‘Scott Sinclair scored again’, so I had that at the back of my mind and, once I scored four at Inverness, she texted to say ‘that’s you level’, so I just tried to concentrate from then on in because he got so far ahead of me I didn’t think I could catch him but, thankfully, I did.

“So I was trying to keep the in-laws happy and then that makes sure I’ll be happy,”

“They scored more than 100, so for me to score so many goals for our team, it was more important because they were important goals that took us away from the relegation fight towards the end of the season. I think that was what was the most pleasing thing about it.”

And on the day it was confirmed Boyce was Scotland’s golden boot – when Sinclair failed to score in Celtic’s final day win against Hearts – there was no need for a text message from the usual suspect.

“I was sitting in my fiancée’s mum’s house watching it with them and, right up until the end, I thought Scott was going to score a hat-trick, but thankfully he didn’t,”  

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He’s just had the season of his life and all he’s talking about is Celtic !

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Huddersfield Town have appointed David Moss as director of football.

Moss leaves Celtic with a considerable track record as chief scout, having a decent claim to finding Virgil van Dijk and Victor Wanyama, among others. Will he return to Celtic Park waving a cheque book at some of the squad ?

Huddersfield have been promoted to the English top tier, and with that comes a few quid, which they will be anxious to start spending.

And this leads us to why you should, if you haven’t already done so, cancel Sky TV.

Celtic are on the cusp of something special. You can feel it.

Yet money talks-actually, it screams obscenities- and there isn;t a man on this earth who wouldn’t be distracted, tempted and finally seduced by the wealth on offer down south.

A look at the cash earned by the EPL clubs is frightening…

By comparison, here’s the figures for Scotland..

We must not underestimate how well Brendan Rodgers is doing in keeping our squad together, nor must we fail to appreciate how hard it must be to lure players to Glasgow, for all its charm, when the money in the game down south is so grotesquely distorted.

Then again, our revenge will be our laughter when it all goes tits.

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But in the meantime, cancel Sky. No need to be a part of it.

Over at Ibrox, and their new signing Bruno Beckenbauer is having trouble doing the club handshake…

they’ve also secured Carlos de la Pena, google it yourself, i can;t be arsed, and Ryan “Father ” Jack from Aberdeen.

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Have they taken that photograph in the lift ?

For those of you who know he played for Aberdeen but didn;t notice him last season, lets consult Wikipedia…

The triple signing spree has elated the hordes of darkness, who have begun their usual bout of we’re coming to get you nonsense.

But, as Kenny Brown on twitter pointed out… all of this might be too much  too soon for the new club…

Replying to

If was a dog it would be the same age as Bruno Alves 

Whereas another Tweeter summed up the difference between Celtic and “rangers ” ..

Celtic fans are unhappy that we might sign Aberdeens best player while Rangers fans are ecstatic they are signing Jack.That’s the difference

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As you know, it’s Friday, and that means its time for Etims…

Knob of the Week 

In a week where Theresa May showed how to run an election campaign,

 where Donald Trump claimed showed he genuinely thinks that glabal warming is a myth started by China..

It’s OK America. We in Ireland understand what it’s like living with Orange idiots who just seem to love burning shit.  

you’d have to do something special. or be someone special to wrestle the title away from those two.

And here he is, the man rumoured to be the next “big name ” to roll up for his part in the ongoing Ibrox pantomime,

Vladmir Weiss, who had a bit part in the previous Ibrox panto put this picture on twitter with the line…

Im so gucci.  

Yeah . You are.

And Vald the Sad-you are so

Knob of the Week 

The caption competition from yesterday featured a tragic photo of a man who had jumped from his office on Wall Street, but you lot turned it into something else.

I do despair..

Alzyerpal June 1, 2017 at 9:40 am · Edit · Reply

Caption; Kenny Miller has landed. 

A popular winner, but an honorary mentions have to go to…

Martin67 June 1, 2017 at 10:48 am · Edit · Reply

Caption: Gutted, he missed the spikey railings 

Morto June 1, 2017 at 10:53 am · Edit · Reply

Caption:
Apparently Dave King said, “jump and I promise to catch you”. 

JimmyBhoy June 1, 2017 at 6:33 pm · Edit · Reply

Bobby Madden …. “It’s awright, that wee boy Tierney ran right into Stockley!

 

 

Today, we go back in time to happier times…. for some

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mike
6 years ago

Majic Ralphy, Your SO funny, hunny, hahah.

Help, I have OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Diary ites.

Like Jimmybee saiz, we have a great squad at present, lets bust a gut to keep them.

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Mr.Davies(club spokesman) has already informed us that we won’t be getting plenty of players in,JK is confirming this.Prediction,Celtic will not be invincible in C.L.Good to see TRFC(sorry) signing RCs,hopefully their “followers” will “think” before indulging in anti-Catholic songs??Hayes,no thanks,diver and all round annoying guy.
The money in the English game is amazing,if only,if only…..

6 years ago
Reply to  Rob O'Keeffe

If only what?
Celtic is a SCOTTISH football club and our commitment should be to our own league FFS!

ROB O'KEEFFE
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

SOME FORM OF BRITISH LEAGUE THAT INVOLVES CLUBS THAT BRING IN HUGE VIEWING FIGURES??

ROB O'KEEFFE
6 years ago
Reply to  ROB O'KEEFFE

STICK TO YOUR SCOTTISH LEAGUE, FFP?RACISM STATEMENTS FROM SFA?CORRUPT /BIASED OFFICIALS? NAE COMPETITION? ROLL UP, ROLL UP, GET YOUR OFFEESHUL SEASON TICKETS. I WANT CELTIC TO BE AMONGST THE ELITE AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO IT HANGING ABOUT IN A SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

6 years ago
Reply to  ROB O'KEEFFE

“Hanging about”?
What league are we going to go to then?

The Central Scrutinizer
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

What if Rob simply meant that he wished Scottish football, and therefore Celtic, had access to such riches?

6 years ago

True….but what if he didn’t?

ROB O'KEEFFE
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

THERE ARE VARIOUS PROPOSALS BEING DISCUSSED AMONGST MANY CLUBS IN EUROPE, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CELTIC FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL WHICH THEY WON’T DO HANGING AROUND WITH LITTLE OR NO COMPETITION….

ROB O'KEEFFE
6 years ago

I DID ACTUALLY MEAN JUST US, DON’T TELL ANYONE THEN WE COULD GET A PLACE WITH THE BIG BOYS INSTEAD OF BEING STUCK IN A PLACE THAT CELTIC FANS KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT. REMEMBER GUYS THE DOOR COULD BE SHUT IN OUR FACES SOON AS REGARDS C.L.PARTICIPATION!

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Caption: CR Smith,Hugh Dallas’s Favourite Company

6 years ago

Clearly you get chips with everything in Qatar. Here’s hoping they sign Mad Vlad in will take them months to get him fit.

6 years ago

I’m 50/50 when it comes to Jonny Hayes, he has a lot of strengths in terms of pace, power, great left foot and a goal threat, 24 assists for Aberdeen last season is a good effort.
Neither up nor down about this potential move, but it’s a long season & you need a few squad players who can contribute to the teams success.
Overall i think Hayes would be a handy addition…domestically!

P.S. hope my post wasn’t ” tantamount to bullying “.

Admin
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Mskes sense cover wise..GMS not an answer to any question

6 years ago
Reply to  Desi Mond

Desi,
It’s a pity about GMS,i had high hopes for him when he arrived from Tannadice.
I agree tho, he’s had long enough.

Taxi.

6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Adding to that, IF Brendan wants Hayes then we need to put our faith in a manager to make the right decisions for the team, club and the support.
He has already provided evidence that he knows what he’s doing by dropping Efe Ambrose almost instantly on entering the building.
Just my opinion but he needs to do the same with Boyata.
HH

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Is J.Stockley available…….

Uralius
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Martin signed Fernandez…..

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Are you the full Monti?Sitting on the fence? “worrying”about bullying?We want Chief B back,sorry,Erudite straight talking Monti! You are today’s caption winner cos everyone except us “won” yesterday??GF7

6 years ago
Reply to  Rob O'Keeffe

Rob,
It’s a term i’m not comfortable with, my bluntness and conviction seem to be portrayed as something else…by others….at times.

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

‘Conviction’ !!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The only conviction you’ll ever have is for being drunk n disorderly and spilling yourself in the street!

A self confessed ignoramus alky sex addict claiming he has ‘conviction’!

Get a grip of yourself.

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

At least you’ve maybe now learned not to spout ‘Pish!’ when the adults are talking.

You know, the folk who understand what real conviction and moral courage is.

6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

Go on…….

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

The links are there for you to scrutinise for two days already.

Read them and tell me where your ‘conviction’ is then.

Otherwise you’re just an empty blawhard, braggart and, aye, a schoolyard bully of the worst degree.

An unreconstructed, self confessed bevvy loving ignoramus.

I don’t have to add any more to how you’ve already described your own shallow emptiness of a life.

Live in denial, even when the facts are right there in front of you.

Refuse to even look, yet still claim you have ‘conviction’, and ‘concern for the health and well being’ of your children, while ignoring the stark reality of the brutality surrounding us all.

You’re a joke figure now, son, and you did it all to yourself.

You hung yourself by your own petard, Monti.

Btw, cheers for the personal signature last night, I never knew your name was Dick, but it really is quite apt.

6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

Gringo,
Go on…..anything about Celtic in there?

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

I was going to Parkheid when you weren’t even a stink in yer Mammy’s kitchen, kiddo, and I’ve written about Celtic extensively here, and elsewhere across the Internet, on a regular basis, so too bad for you that you haven’t been paying attention.

I saw most of The Lions play in my first, and some of their last, few games from Section 2 of the Celtic End.

I bawled my eyes out when Tommy Gemmell died, when I heard Big Billy is ill, only two days previously, and spent most of last week bursting into tears every time I thought of what The Lions and Big Jock did to wake up our great club and its incredible supporters to our true potential.

These are the men who inspired me, men with true conviction, with unshakeable moral courage, and with the determination to prove every small minded bigot wrong, that the good guys can and do win, no matter how often the weasels try to pull the wool over our eyes.

These are the men who shaped all of our futures, Monti, and do you know how they did it, pure, beautiful, inventive football aside?

They showed us that, no matter which way the haters and the bigots and the cheats tried to con us, that we had the resilience, the belief and the power of our inexhaustible fortitude within ourselves to prove every last one of them wrong, that we ARE better people than they ever hoped to give us credit for in their craven ignorance and petty, vindictive, jealousies.

I am a cast iron, 100% product of those brilliant inspirational men and it’s The Lions themselves who have led me in the search for the truth that the spiteful Freemasonic societies have done everything to hide from us down the centuries.

And, I can assure you, pal, the rest of the world is now waking up right along with me, the odd one or two witting ignoramuses aside …

So there you have it, my potted history, with the brilliance of Celtic Football Club itself right at the very heart of it.

What I want to ask you is, have you read those articles yet and if not why not?

Because you will be shaking in your new boots and panties when you do.

In fact, I’d hazard a guess that you’re doing that already;

I mean, why else would you refuse to read something that only takes a few minutes but will change your life’s outlook irrevocably and forever, and unquestionably for the better ..?

Only fear itself does that, mate, and yours is written all over you.

6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

I think i’d rather read Viz, have a ride, get pished and listen to some Richard Ashcroft….then do it all again.

Yep, a good night ahead.
P.S. keep the personal attacks coming, i enjoy them but heaven knows what Ralph and the rest of the blog make of it.

Gringo,
There is NOTHING you can say to me that will bring me down, because i don’t give a fuck.

“This aggression will not stand man”

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

Ah, you’ve misread me again, man, how many times do i have to tell you, I’m not on here to attack you, but you just keep on reacting with dunderheedit insults and asking for it.

And I DO know you, Monti, I grew up surrounded by self important tinpot ‘hard men’ like you.

Most of them wasted their days calling me a ‘Taig’ a ‘Tarrier and a ‘Dirty fenian bastart’, comments I suspect that you yourself never had to hear, but they soon learned the hard way that they were just projecting their own backward stupidity outwards in a deluded attempt to make themselves feel better.

Only for them to feel much worse, whether I flattened their daftness with a few choice words or not, because we all know intrinsically that we’re aw Jock Tamson’s bairns floating about in the same sea of nonsense., whether yer Da and his mates tell ye that ‘We Arra Peepil’ or not.

See the thing is, Monti, I never did like bullies, bigot or no, but I also knew you only had to give ’em enough rope and they’d hang themselves soon enough with it.

So here you are. Dangling in the wind.

And, if you’d stop insulting me, and pay at least some attention to what I’m pointing out here, you’ll soon see that my intent to inform is both genuine and sincere.

But it will require much more concentration from you than letting your trigger finger batter out your well worn reactionary responses in reply.

Broxburnbhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

LOL I love the everybody is an igoramus and the whole world is realizing how right you are Gringo Maybe this whole thing is an Alien conspiracy started by the aliens from area 59 asssited by Lee Harvey Oswald and the ex czar of Russia ( who is still alive I read it on the internet ). LOL
Seems you are also the greatest Celtic supporter who has ever lived. I’m honored to read your posts although I suspect that the secretive world government are worried you might be onto them LOL. My Friday laugh is complete have a great weekend everybody

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

Haha, nice one, BB.

Have you read the two articles I shared?

Maybe if you do you won’t be laughing so much though.

Go on, give it a go.

Anyone who believes everything they believe on the internet, and then try to rubbish it, clearly doesn’t know if he’s coming or going.

Just like Phil wrote yesterday about the hun support

‘Indeed, it seems their priority is to silence the message rather than analyze the message.’

So it’s odd to sees cut willful ignorance on an alleged ‘good Celtic page.’

No, I’m not the greatest Celtic supporter that ever lived though I did get to see some of the greatest Celtic that ever lived, but I never thought I’d have to put up with so much defending of The Establishment from alleged Celtic fans.

And still not one of you have read the damn articles …

Silence the messenger rather than analyze the message …

Pathetic.

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

*’Silence the messenger rather than analyse the message.’

And, BB, NOWHERE do I claim that everyone is an ignoramus; my retort was aimed directly and specifically at Monti, who has spent 3 full days ignoring the messages I have shared in favour of, as he himself puts it, ‘A Viz annual, a bevvy, a ride, and Richard Ashcroft.’ …
(His interest in what appears to be a book about wallopers is questionable at least, but each to his own, I suppose.)

He also admits in his own words that he outright refuses to read either of the brief articles I sent him, preferring, instead, to respond with such choice gems as ‘Fuck off ya fanny’,’Bellend’ ‘Fud’, even signing himself off, unwisely, as a ‘Dick’ at one point.
Yet I’m being accused of ‘abusing’ Monti, The Chief Bellend Of ETims Comments Section who wants to silence anyone who comes on here and appears to be smarter than him, even old men, who have said more in one sentence than that fool will ever put together in a lifetime.

I didn’t call him an ignoramus either, he quite proudly made that claim himself. I only echoed his sentiment, much as I only responded in due kind to his pathetically weak ‘insults’ and school bully whimpers when he knew he was cornered.

He refuses to look at the articles, even though one demonstrates the protocol that allows Britain to directly profit from and legislate for, taxation in America, that is, in other words, Britain still owns America, (the Virginia Corpoartion; I recommend you look it up by simply Googling ‘Britain Owns America’) while the other article comes from The Guardian in 2004, back when it was still a relatively trustworthy broadsheet, detailing how the Bush family, backed by the Rockefellers, Rothschilds and other leading bankers and industrialists funded both Hitler and the Allies, ultimately leading to the most incredible mass hoax of the Second World War itself.
You don’t need to look anywhere for proof, it’s all in this article, WW2 was a sham and a scam, and all they had to do was what they did with the Manchester hoax, point at some ‘outsider’, get him to cause a wee bit of havoc here n there and next thing you know it’s Abracadabra and every gullible chump in town cannae wait to ‘flush them out of their drains’, ‘rag doll these c’nts’ etc etc, even though they haven’t the first clue that they’re blaming the wrong guy at all.

You don’t get much more of a dirty trick played on humanity than that, pretending that Hitler was our enemy when we were actually funding him.

So on ye go, BB, you keep following your leader, whoever it may be, just like the gullible Hun support as they all fell over the edge of the cliff.
Keep on silencing the messenger while ignoring the message, lest it shatter your cosy fantasies about what you’ve been told by your great lords and masters what reality really is.

Just you keep on wi yer nose in the fitba, while the SFA and their handshaking buddies keep taking you and all willing others for the mugs you so obviously are.
Remain in your blindness, without a thought of your own in your heads, nor the hope of raising one, lacking the ability to analyze or interpret the blatant messages that are around you every day, but which you refuse to look at, preferring instead to project ridicule towards those who ask that you just take a look, as it’s important.

Do you think Jpck Stein didn’t know of the blatant Masonic conspiracy against our great club?

Of course, he did, he told the players about it before nearly every game, ‘We’re playing against 12 men out there’, every Celtic fan knows this, and even every Rangers fan of then and now knows it too, the only difference is that their Grand Masters remind them every week to keep their damn traps shuts on it and pretend that it’s the opposite, that their brothers in the press and the SFA are out to do them down.

They’re not only working this ‘double bluff’ number on Celtic, they’re working it on all of us, in every aspect of society.

So tell me, BB, in your extensive research and wisdom, why would Big Jock know this, of this Masonic conspiracy against our club, against our people and against one specific religion, and publicly acknowledge it, and remind his players of it weekly, while you and Monti have decided that it’s not even worthy of a curious look?

Do you think Freemasonry has died out since Jock Stein died in Cardiff or do you think it has increased in its numbers, expanding its scope to include any wannabe corrupt fool who’ll do anything for money, and believing that he’s part of being a particular societal elite?

Can’t you see that this is the same bullshit they told Ra Peepil that they WERE Ra Peepil, only to throw them off the cliff when the time came, and still manage to have them dancing around the same backward totem pole today?

The Celtic men I grew up surrounded by, some of whom had either lived through, or fought in, both world wars, knew exactly the nature of this hoax, saw with their own eyes what this bullshit war business was all about from the killing fields themselves, i.e., more profit for the rich, more death for the rest of us.

They knew without a doubt that we were being royally shafted, in a quite literal sense, and it was men like these who informed me of the intrinsic secret reality at the dark heart of our society.

Now you can sit there and mock and jeer all you like, it’s water off a duck’s back to me, but I only hope for the sake of your families, at least, that men like yourself wake up from your deliberately blind ignorance before it’s too late.

And I’m not judging you at all, I understand well why you prefer to hide under your ignorance, which is NOT stupidity, btw, but I can guarantee you that men like your grandfather, or his father before him, would be appalled and disgraced at the level of willing arrogance and willful ignorance displayed by the majority of our current society, and especially those on this page like yourself and the other yin, who profess to be Celtic men, Monti even calling himself a ‘rebel’, giving it all the TAL and all that posturing, when he hasn’t a clue what this rebellion is actually against.

‘For 800 years we fought (them) without fear and we’ll fight (them) for 800 more’

You know this song, right?

Do you understand the meaning of it?
That the Empire, in its multiple disguises, has been destroying and murdering and raping its way across Ireland, Scotland, and the rest of the world for more than 8 centuries already, but that the true freedom fighters stand ready in their awareness of the Empire’s evil intent to prevent any further incursions into their territory, or robbery of their peoples and lands.

800 years, man, yet you lot mock and jeer when presented with the evidence …

And I bet you still sing about ‘knowing your history’ when in or around Celtic Par, without even the most basic understanding of what that history actually represents in the grand scheme of things, in fact, you would deliberately ignore it, mock it, and jeer at it, exactly as you’re doing right now, when someone tries to present you with the evidence of it.

So I say the same to you as I said to Monti, Broxburn Bhoy:

On ye go. Live in yer ignorance. Close yer eyes to reality.
Get drunk and get fucked and pretend it’s not happening.

But bear in mind that the next time you burst into the brilliance that is The Celtic Song that ‘the history’ you’re singing about is the very same history that you’ve just rejected here, as given to you sincerely by a fellow Tim, with the best of intentions, and the hope that we all learn from it before it’s too late.

Remember this: The history we’re taught is written by the victors, by the Empire itself. It’s their books we read, their lies we’re fed in their schools we attend.
It’s their wars we fight, on their behalf and for their profit, and it’s our lives we give in our ongoing contribution to their seemingly interminable blood sacrifice across the globe, where we can expect at least another 800 more.

If you know any old wartime Bhoys who have the good, or bad, fortune to still be alive, ask them about this.
Ask them why the British government sent tanks and the Army into George Square, ready to murder and kill the ordinary working people there who had seen through their sham.

And ask yourself, while you’re at it, why the British government would even attempt to kill its own people on their own streets, the same people who had just fought and won their ‘War To End All Wars’ for them, (so much for that) why they’d murder the women who had worked in their factories, made their munitions, sacrificed everything, to help the very people who were quite happy to slaughter them at the first sign of dissent, or the men who built their warships and their tanks and their guns.

Go on, BB, ask around.
I know that West Lothian isnae exactly the heartlands of Scottish republicanism that other parts of the country might be but I’m sure you can find some old Bhoy who will tell you themselves, even if its just on the bus into Glasgow.

Cos I can assure you of this, man; if you really knew ‘The History’ you would not be showing yourself up for the fool you just have.

HH

ROB O'KEEFFE
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

DON’T WORRY ERUDITE. WE ALL HAVE OUR OPINIONS, I GET YOU,OTHERS DON’T. I WANT THE BEST FOR CELTIC AND I KNOW IT’S NOT IN SCOTLAND. GUYS BEHIND THE SCENES ARE WORKING ON STRATEGIES ALL THE TIME OVER WHICH AVENUES ARE OPEN TO US. KTF

Admin
6 years ago

Martin ONeills first ever Celtic interview with Bill Leckie

By the way..Ryan Jack..9 years at Aberdeen ..weird how he didnt re-sign for his testimonial?

6 years ago
Reply to  Desi Mond

Desi,
Maybe he was informed he wasn’t getting one?

Cortes
6 years ago

Desmond White: “My expertise as a CA enables me to state categorically that the attendance at tonight’s European Cup Quarter Final against Real Madrid lies within the range 18,543 to 18,550.”

6 years ago

The Viktor Fischer link would be a good signing , however as he has played at Ajax in the past, i would want to study his medical history records before moving the transfer forwards.
Good player and would be a good move, surely it won’t be difficult encouraging someone to nove from Middlesbrough.

Uralius
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Viktor Fischer has had one long term injury causing him to miss much of the 2014 – 2015 season, her struggled to regain his first team position after that injury……

6 years ago
Reply to  Uralius

Uralius,
Thanks for that m8!

6 years ago

Caption: blue letters on the Hoops, fuck that, they went a step further on one strip adfing a rouch of red as well as blue ‘ peoples Ford ‘.
Maley would have turned in his grave!

mike
6 years ago

Wee Gordon Strachan spent his entire budget one year brining in the Broony, that WAS a good buy and sensible to boot, what a bargain.
IF Hayes comes in then that will add temporarily instant cover for Roberts, it would also add Sinclair as a possible third striker instead of bringing in another one. IMO we need another big centre back but only if SVIAT or Sumo move on.
In Brendan we trust, so far he hasn’t done anything wrong.

6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,
While i agree that Scott can play in a striker role, he isn’t a striker, i would argue we MUST sign another striker, i think Dembele will go this summer, Mike.

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Not so sure Monti, but if he does go, then he goes with our best wishes and then you are right, he will need to be replaced.

6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,
I still think we need another sriker if Dembele stays, Moussa would be the first choice with Griffiths back up, but if one got injured it leaves you with just the one striker.
That to me is a big gamble with (hopefully) a Champions league campaign, domestic matches and International commitments.
I think a ckub the size of Celtic, playing maybe 60+ games per season, merits three strikers.
HH

6 years ago

Just thinking there that maybe brother Pedro was right when he said, ” Aberdeen are coming to the end of their cycle “.
There does seem to be an exodus of players at Aberdeen….important players.

Jocsoc
6 years ago

I like Hayes, but I don’t think he will improve our squad. I would also be disappointed if Ryan Christie was allowed to leave. His contribution to Aberdeen in the league run-in was immense and gave them the springboard for their Cup final effort. He needs to be given the benefit of the “Brendan Touch” which could see him become one of our top players in years to come.

6 years ago
Reply to  Jocsoc

Jocsoc,
I would be happy if it was GMS that was tbe makeweight in the Hayes transfer.
I would like to keep Christie.

mike
6 years ago

A sandy coloured clown they call the hun man,
he slinks across the World every night,
just to sprinkle hate and lies, with all his might,
he tells the gullibles, everything is gonny be, alright.

In dreams, I dream of you Celtic,
In dreams I think of you,
In dreams you win all the time,
You help Paul talk in rhyme,
In dreams, your always mine.
The big O.

mike
6 years ago

Thank you sir, but its the Orb. that takes the credit for that, I am just a conduit for his genius.

I close my eyes and then I canny see,
I wonder who I will be.

H.H. (Harry Hood).

mike
6 years ago

Nearly nine million smackaroonies for the van mahn,

Jumpin Jack flash its a gas, gas gas, WHOOOHOOOO.

6 years ago
Reply to  mike

What’s this?

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Celtic’s cut on the Van Dyke transfer, when it happens. its a late gift from him and will swell the club’s coffers, helping with player purchase no doubt, WWWHHHOOOHHHOOOOO.

6 years ago
Reply to  mike

I would use most of that and bring Paddy Roberts to Celtic permanently.
Really hope we see the wee man back in a Celtic shirt.

ROB O'KEEFFE
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

NOPE SIGNED MR. DAVIES. HOPEFULLY A C.L. CAMPAIGN?? ROLL UP, ROLL UP…..

6 years ago
Reply to  ROB O'KEEFFE

Subtitles please?

ROB O'KEEFFE
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

BULLY B-)

6 years ago

The bully…obviously!
I’d rather you didn’t include me in your posts, starting today.

6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Weered,
Just ignore my posts, i’m not interested.

Alzyerpal
6 years ago

Caption: Preparing for their assault on the Europa League,*Rangers
once again steal a major talent from under the noses of their
*Old Firm rivals.

mike
6 years ago

Blooped Duped and Pooped. Gawn yersell Donald.

Let the wind blow high,
let the wind blow low,
doon the street in ma kilt, i’ll go,
Donald whaurs yer troosers.

Honest Hoops
6 years ago

Caption: proof just released, the chuckle brothers have a siblings divide

Gringo
6 years ago

Haha, I’ve been banned fae ETims!

For telling the truth, and insulting Monti! 😀

What a joke!

I didn’t come on here to insult anyone, it just so happens that certain shit stirrers got in the way of the fire.

Any explanation why you’ve banned me, or are my above assumptions correct?

6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

Gringo,
” insulted Monti “? I couldn’t give two fucks what you say about me, you’re a complete fuckwit who only visits here to cause disruption.
Your a name on a blank sheet of paper, stop taking yourself too seriously friendo, no one else is.
Have you actually posted anything to do with Celtic?

Fud.

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

I ‘only visit here to cause disruption’?! 😀 😀 😀 😀

MONTi who signs off, (and on), as ‘Fud’, says this to someone in all seriousness 😀

Add ‘Lack of self reflection’ to your ever-growing list of weak points, then.

Bear in mind, I came on here to alert you to something that everyone should know about, not to insult you or anyone else, yet your sole contribution to the main thrust of my evidence-based argument was to write ‘PISH!’ all over it.
No counter argument, no due respect to the message, just ‘PISH!’, at least 3 times, and probably more, if I could be bothered looking.

Now Ralph says that he ‘doesn’t want to read abuse’, and I get that, because neither do I, yet all you’ve done since I first posted this information FOR YOUR BENEFIT is insult and abuse every word I write, much as you’ve done to so many other credible posters on here.

You seem to think that this is your territory and all other threats must be eliminated.

Look back at our posts of the past few days and you’ll see that ALL of the primary abuse comes from YOU, Monti, not me, I only respond in due kind.

You just can’t help yourself swarming over anyone’s posts who might have the intelligence and articulacy to bother you, you’ve spent months making a clown of yourself with this behavior and damn fine you, and Ralph, and Desi, and everyone who else who reads this otherwise fine blog knows it.

So don’t accuse me of causing any ‘disruption’ when you are the sole cause of so much bloody mindedness and bad feeling on this site yourself.

I understand that you and Ralph might be mates, and why he might let you off with stuff others don’t get away with, but I know that you both get why there had to come a day where you got it all right back at ya, with bells attached.

What I don’t get is how I can be blamed for this, how the censorship only starts when it’s Monti’s turn to pay the piper.

Besides, if you think being hoaxed by your government in lies of such horrendous proportions as they’re playing on us now, then you have no idea what the word ‘Serious’ means, and I won’t submit to your demands when your only professed source of ‘factual input’ is your Viz annual and the continuously disgraced world mainstream media.

Anyway, if I took myself too seriously you’d know all about it, wouldn’t you, chunky ..?

Btw, where is this ‘blank sheet of paper’ of which you speak ..?

Are you getting these missives via telegraph ..?

6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

PISH 🙂

6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

The blank sheet of paper is between your ears.

6 years ago
Reply to  Gringo

” Chunky “? I’m starting to think this guy knows me….:)
Either that or he’s asked his wife for an intimate description….

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Wrong again, pal, i meant that you’ve got a fat chunk of your booze-filled brain missing.

Read they articles yet ..?

6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Yep read all the links you put up…..just finished actually 🙂

Broxburnbhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

I read those articles too – utter poppycock.

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Don’t lie, Monti, you didn’t read them.

Broxburn Bhoy, (or have you changed your handle to ‘Utter Poppycock..?)) tell me, which parts of the articles did you disagree with?

Gringo
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

I should also point out to you, BB, that the use of such a term that is so incongruous with West Lothian indicates that you might not be telling the whole truth of it either.

Either that or you think you’re John James.

mike
6 years ago

but poo pooped. scooped and jack boot from the clown troop.
noo lets all form a huddle hoop. Zoopla, the clown.

rebus67
6 years ago

Jonny Hayes is the type of utility player that aspiring teams need. He is experienced and although in his late twenties, is very fit. Also he would not cost much to buy. In addition, BR has seen him hurt us a couple of times. He can play on either wing or as a right mid behind a striker. He scored 9 goals in the league, and more importantly had 19 assists. He is valued at under 1 million but does have two years left on his contract. Would he make more of a contribution than either Christie or GMS? IMHO No and Yes.
At the end of the cup final, BR spent a bit of time with Jonny talking in his ear. He was clearly impressed. Mind you, he did the same with John Ogu of HBS at the end of the second game against them. I took that to mean we would sign that player but whether attempts were made or not, I know not! Breaking news, Ogu is available as his contract expires at the end of June.
Should we sign Hayes? A straight “Yes or No” does not cover this situation. As my wife constantly says, “It depends!’ It depends on his price and what we have to give up to get him. It depends on whether we can get Roberts. It depends on which promising youngsters will be blocked from the first team over the next two years. It depends on whether this story is real or invented!

Having looked at all the evidence, I am of the firm opinion that I do not know what will happen. I do know we need better than Hayes, but can we get it?

Rebus

6 years ago
Reply to  rebus67

Rebus,
Yes we can & we will get better players than Jonny Hayes, however like i explained earlier today, it is a squad game these days.
I think Hayes would be more effective than Mackay-Steven for example.
Celtic probably should have went for Hayes when he was at Inverness.
HH

Cartvale88
6 years ago

Caption
What you will do for new windaes

Love the pushing in the media about the pish, quality and Ranjurs men being signed by Pedro the donkey. Hide under your beds they are back, even DJ has spoken.
The only one that tells it the way it is, Ralph.
At the Stadium of Light today brings a lump to yourt throat, the only true faith indeed.

mike
6 years ago

For the past couple of years, we have read on Celtic forums, that we should sign Johnny Hayes and now, oh we could do better, both Brendan and MON think that he would be a good signing, so that will do for me. Instantly available, within our budget, knows the players and the country, he has been the stand out sheepy player for me in the last couple of seasons, plus he likes Guinness, what else do you need? Lets see how he does in Europe, I want to give him a chance.
btw Rebus I liked big OGU he has the stamina and the physical attributes that would help us counteract the bullying (am I allowed to say that)? against the other Scottish sides.
Buy them big, buy them good, buy them fit and fast, see how they run, Lady Madonna.

6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,
You know that i don’t pay much to statistics and all that bullshit, but 24 assists is good going.
We have always had squad players, guys like Momo Sylla who can come on and do something, the one thing i do like about Hayes is his direct style, eliminates people.
HH

mike
6 years ago

Christie loved the time he spent at Aberdeen on loan, he wants to go back, if he progresses as we hope that he will, Celtic can include a buy back clause.
Protect yourselves.

6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,
What evidence is there that Christie wants “to go back”?
Ken

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

only his testimony, that he loved his time up there, there is no way on earth that he will go back up unless HE wants to and Brendan has confirmed that it is in HIS best interest.

6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,
Thank you for your reply, very corteous and considerate of you.
Your opinion is one i cherish and look forward to reading…….cough.
More tea sir? 🙂

Rebus67
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,

Inthink Christie loved his time at the Dons because he was a first team player and for no other reason. Christie, Henderson and other yound players are in a difgicult position. Even although they ate good players they need to develop. Without regular first team play, they will not develop. Do we stick or twist on them….that is the question. Why GMS played ahead of Christie, I have no idea. Why Ebouie was bought when we had Henderson and possibly McGinn…I have no idea. BR could tell me but he is not answering my calls.

Rebus

ROB O'KEEFFE
6 years ago

GOOD NEWS, KARAMOKO HAS SIGNED YOUTH REGISTRATION WITH CELTIC. THAT BHOY IS CLASS!

charlie
6 years ago
charlie
6 years ago
charlie
6 years ago
mike
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

WHOOHOO the Charlie mahn is back, with photogenic proof of all that I say, thank you sir. For our Friday night viewing, stick the kettle on, open the Guinness and sing out loud the Celtic song.

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  mike
mike
6 years ago

Rebus, Kieran Tierny is a young player and now a regular first team player, if you are good enough it doesnt matter what age you are. The question you are posing IS Christie and Henderson good enough for the Celtic first team, to find out that answer you have to look at who is keeping them out.
Every Celtic supporter that ever breathed wanted young players developed and playing in our first team, but only Brendan could answer that. Incidentally I asked the Eboue question myself, why is he not playing, who scouted him, who signed him, is he ill prepared for Scottish fitba? only Brendan can answer that, same with McGinn who I touted 2 years back, but times have changed for the better since then and I am more than happy to leave that up to Brenda.
Hope you and your good lady are well, pass on my good wishes to Tommy Bhoy, I hope he is well.

6 years ago

Charlie,
Can you put a track on for me please?
Liam Gallagher ‘ wall of glass ‘?
Please.

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Charlie,
Cheers m8

BJF
6 years ago

The problem with a squad is if you drop someone because they have a stinker they don’t get the chance to play out of it. Waiting on the bench doesn’t bring form back, probably only playing does. Injury and loss of form hold players back, Tierney and Sinclair came straight back when they recovered from injury but they are such obvious first picks. GMS didn’t get that chance, Griffith had to wait until Dembrlle also got injured to get back in.
How do you make the right choices? BR knows how to but I think too big a squad is devisive, players moan about each other and the coach, we need to cut down, make decisions on Forrest, Christie, Griffiths, Erik,Gamboa before bringing in other bench warmers. BR has to move folk on even at a loss and stick to the mantra ” better than what we’ve got.”

6 years ago
Reply to  BJF

BJF,
Excellently put and i fully agree, having said that, do you not think Hayes would add a new dimension to the squad?

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Yes,diving and generally being totally annoying signed Weered,Una and Gringo…..

P.S.Are you a Jesuit,Monti? Cos you’ve caused all the “troubles”(allegedly).

charlie
6 years ago
charlie
6 years ago
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Quality!!

mike
6 years ago

BJF THAT is the whole point of having a squad, to put pressure onto those already in the team, except of course for the first team picks.
I always get amused at this time, because everyone rightfully has their own opinion, the season has just finished but supporters are already getting their knickers in a twist about who is coming in or out. We have a HUGE player list and we know that Brendan likes to work with about 23 first team players, I would like to see the dross being shifted providing they can be sold and perhaps only a couple brought in, but some are expecting big big names, which isn’t gonny happen, they will not come. So me, I am happy to leave it to Brendan and not accuse big Pete of penny pinching, YET.

6 years ago
Reply to  mike

The big names do come…..Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.

charlie
6 years ago
charlie
6 years ago

right a need tae deliver a suite fuckin guy turns up when a wis jeest settlin for a coupla beers ………..such is life he he see yees later

BJF
6 years ago

No Monti I don’t think Hayes adds that much more than Hames Forrest, Insppreciate it is a squad game but there are automatic picks and ” fillers”, and if the “fillers” don’t play regularly they don’t get the chance to impress or develop where it counts in the first team in key matches not soft ones..

I rate Hayes but not more than Jamsie or Ryan Christie and I am not sure at 29 even Brendan can get more out of him, still he is Irish!

6 years ago
Reply to  BJF

BJF,
So what’s the answer then, play our strongest XI and the bench made up of our best/promising youth players?
As it stands just now, Sinclair & Forrest will be first picks on the wings, Christie isn’t a winger, neither is Henderson, so for me there is a squad place to fill, Hayes would do us a turn domestically, Brendan obviously feels the same.
John McGinn is another, young, Scottish and Celtic mad, not to mention talented.
HH

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Ralph,very serious note.If you look at the picture of Alves,does he have 5 fingers and a thumb on each hand or is ETims severely affecting me? Spooky….

6 years ago

What on earth is this character Gringo, banging on about?
I couldn’t give two fucks about conspiracy theories or Governments hiding Aliens, who gives a fuck.
Football, sex, music and alcohol is the righteous way….

Friday night Barry White….let’s get it on.

Ooh yeah….

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

monti that gringo wan reminds me ae the lion and bull story ……….an auld lion is lying in the savanah starvin ccause it canny run as fast as it used tae so along comes a dumb bull so the lion does what lions dae and eats the fucker anyway efter it has its full it lies back and roars ….anyway

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

a mile away two rich cunts are runnin aboot wae guns so they hear the roar and get a taxi ower and shoot the fucker

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

the moral ae the story is dont open yer mooth when yer full a bull ha ha

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

ony kiddin gringo i wis jeest dying to tell that story ha ha ha ha ha

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

ralph if that disnae win joke ae the week you can kiss ma arse he he

6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

He’ll be on the now bangingbon about area 51 and the twilight zone box set.
Do do do do do do do do 🙂

6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Beat this then

Bonner

McGrain
McNeill
Van Dijk
Gemmell

Johnstone
McStay
Murdoch
Di Canio

Dalglish

Larsson

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

boracs the goalie lennox is in and joe mc bride is up wae henrik apart fae that i concur

6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Hahahahaha brilliant!

6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Paolo is a God to me m8, although Lennox was fantastic, before my time tho.
HH

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

jimmy b guarenfuckinteed

Broxburnbhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Monti he is clearly being controlled by the ancient adlantians who were made by ancient robots on the planet Zonk!

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  Broxburnbhoy

broxburn a used tae run aboot yon planet zonk but then a swapped microdots fur buckfast ……..noo everywere a go turns intae planet zonk ha ha aint buckfast grand

charlie
6 years ago

james doleman says the most viewed tweet today was muttonchops saying of the barbers model at the eleventh hour he put in a bid but alas it failed for 2 reasons ……..it was nonsense and it was illegal ha ha like monti says stupid stupid huns

6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Indeed old bhoy, indeed!

6 years ago

Ticket office now saying 10,000 waiting list,and another list even larger for the safe standing area.
Time to build upwards.
On the Johnny Hayes debate,he is a good player ,and would suit our style of football. Brendan will be going all guns blazing in Europe,we need players like Hayes to come in and give rest to Sinclair etc. As we attack on all fronts next season.
European football is going to drain us,we need those type of players in our squad. Another couple of quality players in and in Brendan we trust.

6 years ago
Reply to  jimmybee

Jimmybee,
Absolutely agree!
Hope you are having a grand evening my good man!

Una
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Zzzonti zzzonti zzzoring

6 years ago
Reply to  Una

Good evening Una, how are you this fine evening?

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

monti yon unas got a wee crush oan you

6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

Charlie,
Cannae blame her 🙂

6 years ago

It’s all good Monti cheers m8

6 years ago
Reply to  jimmybee

You are very welcome, thank fuck the CL final is on tomorrow night, withdrawal symptoms already.
HH

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

a wanted juve to win then i read a story aboot the bhoys in lisbon last week they went intae a pub belonging to ronaldo and he phoned to say buy them a drink oan me

charlie
6 years ago

jimmy the qs up at paradise today were fuckin unbeleivable …….ps how dae ye spell qs

6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Queues!

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

fuck me monti i am seriously impressed did you go to uni or was it a course ye done in saughton he he

6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Spellchecker 🙂

6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Charlie,
More chance of Saughton than Edinburgh tho.

6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

More chance of Saughton than Uni tho.

6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Charlie,
What do you think of Jonny Hayes?

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

get the bhoy in if it disnae work oot we can lend him and a couple more tae lenny next season jeest tae upset the zombies ……you understand he he

charlie
6 years ago

crackpots heers a good read fur yees

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

Viz?

charlie
6 years ago

weered a bet you could make a poem up about it he he ye better hurry up before yon tea drinkin poetic fermer beets you to it

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

weered its a great wan tae tell when workin wae sevconians ……they take it personal he he aint huns dumb

charlie
6 years ago

fuck me weered your good at yon verse gemme

charlie
6 years ago

if its aboot auld tez may and pentioners …..a heard it

charlie
6 years ago

caption the first hun wears his tat …..the specky hun aint big enough for that jersey

charlie
6 years ago
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