Well, it sort of depends on how much you had to drink, I guess.
Thats it then.
Another treble..the third.
A ninth consecutive domestic trophy.
Of course, some people were upset..
Celtic fans blasted for leaving Glasgow in ‘disgusting’ state following treble treble street party.
It didn’t stop there..everyone seemed to want a moan.
Ex-Rangers star Steven Thompson says Celtic’s Scott Brown ‘lacked class’ against Hearts
The Hoops skipper was booked at the final whistle for taunting Jambos hitman Uche Ikpeazu
No dignity , you see…not like the dignity what Hearts have got..
It’s hurting them, isn’t it ?
So much so that at least one club has already made moves to stop title number nine..
First, close the schools…
Perhaps it’s even deeper than that..
But it’s too late. The road to ten is now open.
After the game, Peter Lawwell ended speculation as to who would be driving the club on the last leg of the journey.
It’s Neil Lennon.
Others were approached, but took too long to make up their minds.
Many among the support have cast their doubts on Lennon.
Fortunately, the man himself has no doubt in himself or in the club.
He’s not going to run out on us.
He knows what is needed, and as we told you a few weeks ago, all that remained to be agreed was the transfer budget.
It appears that that has been sorted.
Celtic won’t reveal just how much is available, as that would put a few quid on the prices of the players that are of interest.
For all of those who think we could have aimed higher, we could maybe have spent more money and so on, I would say you cannot put a price on what Lennon brings to the club.
He’s here, he’s staying and we’d better get used to it.
He had a difficult remit when whatsisname left, but he delivered.
He deserves his chance, and I’m quite sure that the man who seems a lot more mature than the one who left Celtic a few years ago will now go on to etch his name in history.
Anyhoo…something to read to give you a sense of perspective..from Facebook
A wee visit to Heaven.
A Celtic fan goes to visit his best friend Pat in heaven for a day, who passed away just after Celtic`s centenary year in 1988.
The friend walks in and spots Pat. Pat he shouts
Pat, whit you dain here?
Friend, Ach i just thought i`d come and visit you, av missed you so much..with that they give each other a great big hug.
Friend, So whit likes it in here?
Pat, aye it awright, you`ll never guess who came in the other day?
Friend, Who?
Pat, Cesar and Stevie Chalmers,then Harry Hood came in , that`s 6 of the Lions in here noo, they awe sit oar there laughing and joking, but Gods at his whits end wie Jinky, he`s always cairrying oan.
Friend, Whit diz God say aboot it?
Pat, `he jist laffs and shakes his heid.
Friend, thats a while yuv been in here noo eh?
Pat, Aye came in jist efter we won the Double in oor centenary year, Remember we wur both at Hampden that day, when Celtic scored in last 5 minutes to win the double?
Friend, Aye i`ll never forget that day, it wiz Scorching tae, remember?
Pat, aye good times.So whits happened efter oor centenary year, did we clean up?
Friend, well naw, things got quite bad for us Pat.The following year we stopped Rangers winning the treble, by winning The Scottish cup, We beat them wan nothing, Wee Joe Miller scored.
Pat, Ach that`s no to bad, least we won something.
Friend, Pat, but things got a lot worse.
Pat, Whit dae ye mean ?
Friend, well remember we were always oan aboot The Kellys and Whites, no spending money?
Pat, Aye.
Friend, well Rangers took full advantage of it and started to dominate us , we wur oan oor knees.
Pat, Whit ye mean oan oor knees?
Friend, Pat we cudny compete with them, they wur buying aw the best players,and as usual we wur spending pennys hoping to catch them up, but it wiz in vain.But the funny thing is, they signed a tim.
Pat, Rangers signed a tim, ye winding me up?
Friend, naw, and you`ll never guess who they signed?
Pat, who?
Friend, Mo Johnstone!
Pat,Thee Mo Johnstone that played wie us, or another wan?
Friend, aye Thee Mo Johnstone.
Pat, hod oan, i wiz at Love Street wie you the day we beat St Mirren 5 nuthing tae win the league, he scored fur us that day,and your trying tae tell me he signed fur them?
Friend, aye Pat it`s awe true, he even scored the winner against us in the last minute at Ibrox
Pat, ah canny believe whit yer telling me here,
Friend, Pat it gets a lot worse, it wiz hard times for Celtic fans.
Pat, whit dae ye mean, it gets a lot worse?
Friend, well ah dunno how to tell ye this, but they went on tae git 9 in a row.
Pat, ye mean they equaled Jock Steins 9 in a row.
Friend, aye Pat, it wiz sare watching it.
Pat, but surely we musta won sumhing.
Friend , we did, we won a Scottish cup under Tommy Burns, but things wur a mess.
Pat, canny believe they won 9 in a row,
Friend, Pat it`s awe troo, but things took a change fur the better but it wiz a long hard slog.
Pat, whit dae ye mean?
Friend,well ye remember ah wiz telling ye aboot The Whites and Kellys, well the celtic fans finally hid enuff ae them, and started protesting and boycotting games in the hope they wid leave.
Pat, an did they leave?
Friend, well no at first, they did their usual an tried tae pull the wool oar our eyes.
Pat,whit dae ye mean?
Friend, well they telt us we wur moving fae Paradise tae Cambuslang an we wur gonna git a state of art stadium
Pat, Please don`t tell me we moved away fae Paradise.
Friend, naw Pat we didny, we`re still there the day.
Pat, Ye nearly gave me a heart attack there.So whit happened next?
Friend, Well you`ll never believe this, a wee guy by the name of Fergus McCann came fae naewhere and put together a group of rebels and finally managed to get shot of The Whites and Kellys, The Celtic fans were going mental with joy at the news,
Pat, so who iz Fergus McGann?
Friend, naw Pat his names McCann,no Mcgann
Friend, A wee guy that came fae Croy, but emigrated tae Canada, where he made hunners ae money,and decided tae invest in Celtic.
Pat, So we got better players wie his money?
Friend, Naw Pat, he decided tae redevelop the stadium,and telt us he wid gie us a stadium we wud be proud ae.
Pat, ye mean they knocked doon the Jungle?
Friend, Aye Pat, but what a stadium we hiv the day,
Pat, ack, we hid sum great times in the Jungle, remember?
Friend, the best times.
Pat, so whit happened next, am dreading ye telling me the huns goat tae 10 in a row.
Friend, naw, we went through a couple ae mangers guys like Lou Macari, Liam Brady, we even hid a doacter in charge by name of Jo Venglos ,but sadly ,the huns still hid the upper hawn oan us.
Pat, so if they hid the upper hawn oan us, they musta won 10 in a row.
Friend, Pat, we goat this wee Dutch guy as oor manager, Wim Jansen, and he made Murdo MacLeod his assistant, remember we wur there that night Murdo scored a screamer, when 10 men won the league?
Pat, aye , whit a night that wiz.so whit happened tae their 10 in a row?
Friend, Pat it was nerve racking, av never been so nervous in aw ma life, it went doon tae last game of the season,and we wur playing St Johnstone at Parkheed, if we won, we won the league and stoapped their 10, we beat them 2 nuthing, a Nowegian scored and this guy called Henrik Larsson, Pat whit a player this guy was, he went oan tae become Celtic 3rd highest goal scorer in history, the fans called him King Henrik, he wiz always scoring against the huns, honestly Pat, this guy cudny stoap scoring goals fur us,.
Pat, So we went oan tae dominate did we?
Friend, naw Pat, things were still a bit topsy turvy, the wee Dutch manager left after a season.
Pat, yer telling me, a guy won us the league and stoapped that mob dain 10, and he left?
Friend, aye Pat, the board and him hid a .disagreement, and he walked away, but left us as Champions.
Pat, Then whit?
Friend, well they made this Irishman the manager, guy called Martin O`Neill,remember him? he played in that great Nottingham Forest team that won the European cup twice in the 79 n 80
Pat, aye that wiz a good team, but wiz he any good wie us?
Friend, Pat in his 1st season, we won the treble,
Pat, laughs, no way
Friend, aye Pat he did, we hid some great players in that side, but thats no the best part, he took us tae a European final in Seville, 80,000 Celtic fans went tae Seville Pat, Celtic were showing signs they wur oan the road back tae greatness Pat.
Friend,, But he left as well, you`ll never guess who we goat as manager next?
Friend, Who wiz the player ye hated the maist in the 80s and played fur Aberdeen?
Pat, Ah hated that wee Strachan, but it widny be him.
Friend, Pat, it wiz, but listen, he grew tae love the Celtic and won us a few leagues, he did awright wie us honest Pat.
Pat, this is hard tae take in , wid never huv thought he wid become oor manager, he hated us back in the day.
Friend, Well he did, and he became great friends wie Tommy Burns,
Pat, funny ye say that, Tommy and a young fella by name of Phil O`Donnell wur sitting jist doon there last night, killing themselves laughing at sumhing
Friend, two good men Pat.
So how long did wee Strachan stay fur?
Friend, fae 2005 tae 2009, he left and Celtic gave the joab tae a guy called Neil Lennon, an Irishman, we loast the league that year, but Pat, he managed to win us 3 league titles in a row, then he left, it wiz nuts.
Pat, he won 3 in a row and left, sounds like the usual,
Friend, well next they appointed a Norwegian guy called Ronny Delia, naebdy hid heard ae him, remember thinking, whit the fuck at the time.
Pat, gonnie stoap swearing , you`ll git me fucked oot here,and its aweright in here.
Friend, sorry mate, but this guy Delia, he won us another two oan the trot, then left.
Pat, hod oan, if the guy called Lennon won us 3 in a row, and that Ronny guy won us 2, that makes 5, ye mean we won 5 in a row?
Friend, aye Pat and it gets better, efter Ronny left, we got this guy, another Irishman called Brendan Rodgers.
Pat, and yer telling me it goat better ?,
Friend, Pat yer never gonnie believe this, he won the treble in his 1st season and we went thru the season undefeated, they wur called .The Invincibles, it wiz unreal he then won us another treble in his next season, tae make us double treble winners,1st team in Scotland tae dae it,the supporters were ecstatic Pat.
Pat, wait the noo, so if ma countings right, thats us done 7 in a row?
Friend, Aye Pat 7 in a row unbelievable
Pat, so is the guy Rodgers still winning with us?
Friend, Pat, he left us, under poor circumstances,and went tae Leicester city,the hing is Pat, he left a lot of Celtic fans with a sour taste, we wur going fur the league and Scottish cup, when he walked away, he hid already won us the league cup in November.
Pat, he won two trebles and walked away, no way, so yer meaning tae tell me, we`re in with a good chance ae another treble? whits gawn oan doon there?
Friend, Well ye remeber ah telt ye aboot the Irishman Lennon, who won us 3 in a row,when Rodgers left, Celtic appointed him as interim tae help us try tae achieve the unimaginable and get a Treble Treble.
Pat, so noo yer gonnie tell me, we messed up and the huns won the double?
Friend, Pat, he managed it, we won the league a few weeks ago, and won the Scottish cup oan Saturday, there were thousands n thousands oan the streets dancing , singing and having the time of their life`s, Pat its been unimaginable;to think whit we went thru in the 90s, Celtic have cleaned up for last 3 years.
With that Pat raises himself from his chair, tears streaming from his eyes, and gives his best mate the biggest cuddle ever.
Friend, Pat, ah better go noo, ah telt the wife ah wiz only nipping doon tae the bookies, that wiz 9 hours ago.
As Pat`s mate was jist about tae enter the lift, he shouted tae Pat, oh Pat, wan last thing.
The huns were liquidated!!
The moral of the story Bhoys and Ghirls,We all know and love someone like Pat, enjoy the good times a lot of great people never got the chance to witness what we have…
RALPH
Indeed. And since Pat has proof of the afterlife,the huns having one anaw should come as no surprise.
Great post though,and great to see you back in form.
HH.
THESE HUNS ARE HALFWITS!! CATHOLIC SCHOOLS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM!! IS PEOPLE LIKE THESE POISONOUS CREATURES THAT CREATE “BIGOTARY”! AND IDIOTS LIKE HIM HAVE TO TELL THEMSELVES THIS STORY!! OH IN LAST TIME I CHECKED CATHOLIC PEOPLE PAID THEIR TAXES TO!! SO OF COURSE THESE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE FUNDED IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS!! IF THIS SCUMBAG KNEW THE HISTORY OF BRIGADOON”SCOTLAND HE KNOW WHY SAID SCHOOL WERE CREATED!! REGARDLESS OUR CLUB WELCOME ALL!! UNLIKE THE DEAD ONE AND THE NEW MORE VILE ONE!MANY MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY NEVER WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS!BUT LOVE OUR GREAT CLUB! I LIVED IN SYDNEY FOR YEARS AND CLOWNS LIKE THIS GUY SEND THEIR OWN KIDS TO “CATHOLIC” SCHOOLS THO BY THAT TIME THEY REALISED HOW THEIR VILE FILTH PERMA RAGE WONT BE TOLERATED AND MOST DROP THE HUNS ASAP!! HENCE HIS “MOST DRIFT WAY FROM THE MIDDLE CLASSES” HA HA MEANING THEY REALISE WHAT THEY BOUGHT INTO AND WANT OUT!!THATS WHY WERE ARE A TRUE GLOBAL CLUB AS THEIR OWN DIRECTOR TOLD THEM “HUGH ADAM 2002 SUNDAY HERALD” THESE ORCS NEVER GET IT THO I RECKON DO! OUR CLUB IS A COMMUNITY WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS GREAT INSTITUTION THAT WHEREVER WE ARE IN TE WORLD WE COME TOGETHER AND WE HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT!! SEE THE PROBLEM IN “BRIGADOON”SCOTLAND IS THESE CLOWNS ACTUALLY THINK OUR CLUB ARE THE SAME AS THEM !GOD! NEVER!OUR CLUB BORN OUT OF SOLIDARITY, COMMUNITY, LOVE AND CHARITY ARE POLAR OPPOSITES AS WE ALL KNOW BUT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE NARRATIVE IN THE MEDIA AS HELPS THE “JOCK THAMPSANS” FEEL OK ABOUT HIS VILE HATE! HENCE THE HORRIBLE TERM”O F” I CANT EVEN WRITE THAT! BASICALLY OUR GREAT CLUB NEEDS OUT OF ANY SET UP THAT INCLUDES THESE CREATURE AND THAT HELLHOLE WHERE ANY CLUB PLAYS! HAIL HAIL
As a Croy bhoy , I love the story at the end. My mother was in the same class at school with Fergus.
‘Unfortunately’, I never got to see the final on Saturday as my wife was giving birth to our son, Quinn James Michael! What a day to be born! The anniversary of Lisbon and a world record treble treble!
Life is GR8!!!
Pat,
Congratulations on the new arrival!
HH
Blessed days Pat congratulations.
Yeah, I’d second that.
Every good wish to all of you.
HH
Cheers guys
Thanks mate HH
Congratulations and best wishes.
Thanks pal.
WE ARE ALL NEIL FRANCIS LENNON
GOD BLESS THE POPE
FTQ
I am overjoyed!!
Aye, me too Big Mhan.
When the cnut was ‘injured’ you no doubt noticed, as did I, that the defence was quite alright, thank you?
Hertha Berlin?
Accrington Stanley?
Exactly!
We’ll never hear of any of them again.
HH
PS I’m now do bladdered that I need a harederer fitba wi’ the laces pokin; oot an’ ra lether soakin a that rain jist afore a scub it mwi’ ma heid….
Oh? where wiz aye|?|
Anoway, ye’ll never hear of the big cnut, wotzisname, a la brenden, not never no more…..
An its no nay nevir, no nay never no more……
Bertie Auld? Why, I doo bileeve sir, that Bob Kelly said aye okay, as Big Jock made it conditional.
Nae FN co-incidence that wee Bertie wiz at the middle ae things then Big Jock brought us up to the level we’re at now. Leeds home an’ away FFS?
Both Tims, Jock and Bertie) both Protestants, BTW.
Knowledge is kinda en passant…..
But, any and all knowledge I have will be freely given away and oor wee mhan will be privy…
Where’s peas’n’ BTW.
Gallagate’ll be loast.
Come back peas’n’barley, yer patter is seriously missed.
HH
Yes, we do indeed, the painful 90’s, as the ad says, all good things come to those who wait, happiness is definately being a TIM, Hail, Hail, great read.
Sorry, but I can’t get behind Neil Lennon. This just smacks of the cheap option, especially now we know Lawell never actually interviewed anyone else and says we don’t need a major rebuild. Everyone who is backing Lennon has been had by the board, again.
This was an important appointment for 2 reasons, number 1 is obviously 10 iar, no complaints there, but the second reason is that this was another sliding doors opportunity for the club to kick-on with investment from the board. However like ’67, stopping the 10 and also the run to Seville, the board sat on their hands and the club and supporters suffered. Regardless of whether you like Rodgers or not, the man carries a lot of goodwill amongst his fellow managers, and this was a great opportunity to at least try and get another huge name (Rafa being my fav, although never convinced it could have happened) and show world football what kind of name Celtic can draw. Instead we now look like we’re inward thinking and have no ambition beyond 1st in the league.
With regards to Lennon as well, in his last spell there were definitely highlights, however I think when you look objectively, you could make an argument he is the weakest manager we’ve had at the club for more than one season.
In 4 years, 3 leagues and 2 Scot Cups. 5/12 trophies
Pumped out of Europe in the first round of 2 competitions in his first season, only qualifying for EL group stage courtesy of an over-turned result against Sion, and won 1 game in the group. Third season easily best in Europe, including Barca and last 16,and the last season we were pumped 6-1 at the Nou Camp by a guy with apparently more defensive nous than Rodgers, and only won one game. Domestically, each season the football became more laborious and difficult to watch, preferring trying to get a clean sheet record for his goalkeeper over actually winning games
This has been a bit of a rant apologies, and I want to make clear that I loved Lennon the player, and before this I did look back at his time with fondness, but the club has moved on beyond him now, we need better.
Put it this way, Neil Lennon got Hibs to 5th and 8th in his time. Tony Mowbray had them 3rd both seasons in charge, just saying like
Its a shame that some of us turn against NFL and talk of more “sophisticated” managers. Rafa has been routinely avoiding relegation in the EPL on a much learger budget than Celtic. We have NFL and I for one will stand behind him and judge him on his results and team progress. truth is most big name managers work with having outsized transfer budgets and buy in success in the form of mercenary footballers mostly there for the money. we are unable to compete with that kind of money. Rogers came here to get a jump to the EPL. We will never see his likes again. No one goes from EPL or other top European league to SPFL in a management role unless they have failed miserably more than once. We have a Celtic man who has proven that he can win lets back the guy till he proves himself one way o the other.
Can’t disagree with anything you say ; it’s a difficult position for me as he would not have been my choice yet he’s now our manager so don’t want to say much negatively .
Your trophy stat is also significant in that during those 4 seasons there was only an Ibrox entity for 2/3 of a season ( mid Feb admin killed them league wise ).
For me the fear is losing the modernity in approach in all football matters that was started post 2014 .
Rodgers brought EPL standards of professionalism to the club , standards that should be built on particularly with the next 2 league campaigns in mind .
There should be no slide back to SPL standards .
Next 2 seasons are as big as any in our history and NO stone should be left unturned in making sure everything , EVERYTHING is given to finishing this quest , a quest to right the wrongs and put justice into history .
I doubt ourselves or our club will ever be in this position again , on the verge of seeing this done .
On Saturday two huge Celtic events occurred , a Treble Treble , and the appointment of the man to see through the final phase of a 10 year quest which will put right history and stand , like the 3×3 forever .
We hope and pray that the second Sat event ends as well as the first did .
Correction , last 3 of 4 seasons re Ibrox entity
Now that NFL is appointed, I am 100% behind him. Give him his time and we can then comment on what he can do with this team. No point speculating now. 100% backing is what is required and lets see what happens. Target 1 qualify for CL groups stages!
Michael,
” you can’t get behind Lennon “?
What are you going to do then?
Utter drivel!
Diz “concur” have sexy connotations?
Ach, you 2 bitches mibbaes deserve wan an ither.
HaHaHa 🙂
HHH
Hows Rafa been doing with Newcastle?
Whay aye, we divvent na.
Apart fae the new huns thingies, we’re withoot doot the thickest fans oan ra planet. Why aye!
HH
Reading those pieces from follow follow or some such Swamp beggars belief. It’s the ability to so self delude that they believe in a flat earth. The very reason we fought so hard for Catholic schools is perfectly illustrated in those pieces. Catholic children would be disadvantaged in other “state schools” by prejudice, anti Catholic/Irish bigotry and other elements of their culture.
Couldn’t agree more, Mike A.
The 2nd one is both hilarious and breathtaking at the same time! These clowns actually believe that dross. And, of course, the SMSM propogate/play along and then it becomes “fact”, viz. “it wiz in ra record and oan ra telly, whit mair proof is needed?”
They have no connection with truth nor reality, but our Board fought to “save” them? We had a chance to end that supremacist, poisonous scum for ever and Peter Thomas Lawwell and the rest of our Board helped with the myth of same club et cetera as Desmond did and chose to resurrect them. That to me is unforgiveable and the final insult is that THEY blame US. Deary me indeed.
But on an FC (not PLC) note. WOW. Nine-in-a-row (Treble-Treble) completed and going for 9-in-a-row League titles and we’ve got Neil Francis Lennon, a true Tim to lead us. Aye, it’s another fine day to be a Tim.
HH
Excellento. Someone, could have been Ken Diddly Dodd, once said, “Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is purr-fect, it means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections”
Mind you he also said, “Did any of us, in our wildest dreams ever think that we’d ever live long enough to see the end of the DFS sale”.
Its a choice to embrace all the good things about Celtic, or to just look for the imperfections. I made my mind up years ago to embrace the good things, but not to close my mind to the imperfections…
You truly are the Patron Saint of Imperfection. 😉
I’m no monster- Guillermo del Toro, no I’m Saint Michael of Marks and Spencers, follow me to the food hall. 😉 <8
Are you Saint Francis Xavier?
This comment was one of many I’ve tried to post lately but which disappeared. I wonder if there’s a solution?
HH
Comment intended for 26th May:
“Terrific comment Charlie S, and you’ve stood up for NFL from the outset. Well done.
As the dust settles and we lap up the Treble-Treble, and we now KNOW Neil is our permanent manager, FFS let’s drop all the ‘debate’ and get behind a certain fellow Tim.
HE’S EARNED IT! Oh and BTW, his win ratio as Celtic manager is only a bawhair behind the one and only Jock Stein.
As Monti has been pointing out, it’s now ESSENTIAL that PTL backs the guy that he has chosen to manage our great club, and backs him with sufficient funds for Lenny to lead us to The Ten and increase our standing in Europe.
Hail! Hail! The Glasgow Celtic, a dream like no other!
Oh and lest we forget, Neil was our manager when Rangers died and he’ll likely see the tribute act follow, follow suit. 🙂
HH”
Ha, just re-posted a comment which had disappeared when posted on 26thMay, and guess what? Aye, FN gone AGAIN!
Ah well…..
HH
Nurse Ratched, meds tray please ^
I wont make too much of this but isn’t your “Nurse Ratched” a wee bit played out? Ne’er mind, if it’s the only thing you can come up with just carry on, we’ll try to pretend it’s still funny!
HH
Saw a Jambo quote in their tunnel some crap about blood not showing on a maroon shirt. Says everything about how they approach to the game, maim and be maimed. Pathetic.
Three trebles is some achievement, it hasn’t really sunk in yet.
I think it will take some time to fully sink in, a bit like TicToc learning the alphabet.
Oh, you’re so kind, Monti! 🙂
HH
Weered, that wasn’t necessarily my intention, but he IS kind……kind of FN annoying at times, but still kind! 🙂
HH
PS please excuse my ignorance here, but how are the Reds looking for Euro next season, and in general?
Weered, that’s very good to know, and thanks for taking the time to answer. It cannot be easy in the 6 counties but parity is close if not already achieved. THAT’s SOME achievement, but I’m sure, to be sure, that the West of Scotia can achieve this too.
Quickly, I’ve nothing against average Protestants, never had. The Lions, sans 5 Protestants would not have been the Lions. But the average has oft been hi-jacked by the minority scum. Ibrox a centre in point.
Anyway, Good Luck to the Reds, and to yourself Weered, and yours. TicToc.
HH
PS Had a beautiful night with our ‘wee bhoy’ tonight, earlier. His partner and our wee Diamond Sam (grandson) are living it up in London so we grabbed the chance to go back to our wee triumvirate. Family IMHO, must come above everything; Treble-Treble, 9-in-a-row on the agenda and Pat Higney has a new wean.
Och, it’s always a grand day tae be a Tim; Saturday just managed to enhance that for ALL of us. WOW, this Tim thing’s gettin’ a wee bit easier. 🙂
HH
Aye, Weered, long may that parity continue.
It’s not about being ‘better’, just being equal.
I truly hope that those who live in the 6 counties manage to maintain that “parity” and never return to what erupted in 1969.
I lack eloquence but I generally mean well.
HH
25 May 1967: Celtic goals 63 and 84 minutes.
25 May 2019: Celtic goals 62 and 82 minutes.
Typical Tory Plc,misinformation followed by the biggest disappointment you could have after a victorious treble.The Huns are the same club with same honours because of the Tory Plc in fact they signed a secret agreement to cement it.Good at paying themselves and cheating Celtic fans.Old firm title race because of the ponces cheating our own club
Message to Lenny the Lion: Pleas Mr. Postman can we see.
A different style of football, quicker and with more variation.
Some bigger, more athletic players, who are up for the fight.
Different systems and tactics, so that our play is less obvious.
Please study the videos of past games, especially the Dembelle Odsonne combo, that terrorised defences.
Please can we ask our wingers to take a chance manno ex manno.
Practise throw-ins, corners, penalties, to improve our play.
Show the player that if one is targeted or assaulted that the three musketeers style is adopted, one for one and all for one applies, i.e. take it and give it back, plus.
Complain and moan frequently at any and every fud in black.
Cheers.
s
So Ralph, tell me more about these other candidates who were approached but took too long to make up their minds…
Will they be the same ones whose agents submitted their CVs & interest in the role, only for Lawwell to stick them straight in his folder/bin and ignore them as he already had the cheap option in the bag?
Interesting Neil mentioned he wanted to ” build the game around his strikers “, hinting at two up front.
Looking at the squad, i feel we need players who can walk into these positions.
Right back
Central defender
Central defensive midfielder
Centre forward in the Moussa mould.
We also require back up to the new right back & cover for KT.
A challenger to Scott Bain is also required.
At the moment the only players i’d keep:
Bain
Ajer
Simunovic
Tierney
Forrest
Brown ( sporadic )
McGregor
Rogic
Shved
Johnston
Christie
Morgan
Edouard
Griffiths ( last chance saloon )
F.F. F.
Doh!
No i’d keep Ntcham, if silly money was bid that could change though.
There’s not many more I’d keep apart from the young ones looking to break through. I assume you feel N’tcham will be sold in the summer, I think him and/or Rogic will move on if the right bid is received.
That means going out the door on top of the loanees and the above two is:
Gordon
De Vries
Lustig
Gamboa
Izaguire
Commper
Kouassi
Sinclair
Bayo
Probably more I’ve not mentioned
Not a lot in transfer fees I’d be expecting outside N’tcham and Rogic, but there must be a lot in wages tied up in those players.
Gerry,
I like Rogic but he misses too many games, again if big money came in i’d let go.
IMO Rogic, a tremendously skillful player, has a 2nd achilles heel, in that he can be bullied out of a game, as I felt he was on Saturday. Given the ‘consistency’ of Scots refs failing to offer our most skillful players any protection, I’d have to say I’d tend towards accepting a decent offer but I’d sooner keep that calibre of player and get our CEO to come out and highlight what we all know has been going on for decades; a perennially anti-Celtic agenda. James Forrest needs more protection too.
We’ve got the proof, we’ve got the bullets and all our CEO wants is to ‘protect’ and even enhance his grossly OTT emoluments. HE OWES US BIG STYLE.
HH
How the fuck can we have a formed opinion on a guy who has played 2 minutes due to injuries?
Speaking of a rebuild we need a goal keeper. The reseves are 37 each and the first choice should be the reserve. He may improve when all the crappy flashy tippy tappy trappy pishy passy Rogerian autocracy is drummed out his head but the lad’s nerves are shot.
The Board eh… same as it ever was.
Hi All,
Everything appears to be well.
RIP Harry Hood a quality player who was always comfortable with the ball at his feet, I remember seeing him put the ball through the legs of two players with the one pass, can’t remember the opposition but a class act indeed.
So it’s Lenny then, I actually didn’t think he would take the job never mind it being offered to him!!
Mainly because of all he has had to go through at the hands of the dark side but he is obviously made of stronger stuff.
I do wish him all the best.
Only one person I would prefer and that is R. Martinez but he is already gainfully employed.
Steve Clarke is a very good tactical coach but I do not think he could have handled the pressure that the Celtic job would’ve brought upon him, so onwards and upwards with Lenny.
Summer signings will be important, please not to many loanees, if any.
Whose going to leave (apart from the loanees)??
The anger in the darkness is boiling over, they are hurting badly, it will certainly be a summer of quality urine in the tabloids and the usual outlets, anything to sooth their furrowed brow and make them feel important.
When the season starts I honestly feel The Hoops will hit the ground running as we are now aware of what a bad start to the season can have on our confidence, si it’s full steem ahead with NFL and THE MIGHTY HOOPS.
HH
How the plebs are fooled it’s all Ashley’s fault, the Celtic mafia control football in Scotia, print any shit about Celtic and players
The othe side of the coin, the treble treble an unbelievable achievement caused by a bit of good business to bring Brenda in, but the board screwed that.
Now Liewell and his cronies have gone for the penny arcade and lengthened Lenny’s contract
No doubt he is lining up quite a few loanees for next season.
When will they ever learn?
I would also keep a few of the youngsters. Connor Hazard can challenge Bain in goals and be a more than decent backup. Ralston would be a reliable backup RB. He needs to work on his crossing (according to what I saw of Hearts league game). Henderson, Dembele, McInroy,Deas, Aitchison and Ok-Flex should all be given a few chances in the future too.
Otherwise I would agree with your list Monti. Treble Treble
HH Harry Hood
Lenny was at West Brom. to scout, Rekeem Harper, who also visited Celtic park when the trophy was presented, a box to box midfielder who is highly rated.
He was also over in Paris, perhaps to scout Silas Wamangitula, a very young centre-forward who plays for Paris F.C.
Also Celtic are said to be interested in the Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori, he has been out on loan at Derby and is highly prized.
Why should we get rid of Kouassi who has like Bayo hardly had any game time, lets at least give them a chance, they are still very young.
Its also been said that we are interested in the Killie-Scotland right back Steven O’Donnell who is in the last year of his contract and Killie want to sell for income.
Them apart, it was said that we have made enquiries about the Newcastle keeper as back up to Bain.
At least it suggests that we are looking to bring players in. Scott Allen is another who has signed a pre-contract with Hibs. Lots of wages being freed up, a much required clearing out.
Kouassi and Bayo both need there chance to impress, others got it.
Bayo maybe….
If Rekeem Harper is brought in Kouassi’s days are numbered and so another £3.00 mill. goes down the pan.
Bayo needs a decent chance as does Kouassi.
We should keep Sinclair for another year.
Ntcham should be kept as should Henderson.
Injuries weakened our squad so much in 2018-19 that we need to make sure we have capable replacements who can step in. Our best 11 at this moment:
Bain
Right Back?/Ajer/Simunovic/Tierney
Christie/McGregor
Forrest/Rogic/Sinclair
Edouard
That doesn’t mean they will all stay. We need 3-4 proven players of quality and need to thin the squad to free up some wages.
We need to see what these players can do:
Okoflex/Dembele/Henderson/Kouassi/Arzani/Shved/Bayo
to fill out our squad.
Devoy,
Christie & McGregor isn’t physical enough for Scotland m8, a Wanyama type is required in there.
The reliance on contracted players (rather than loanees) in the run-in gives me hope.
Not the greatest fan of Lawwell and scunnered by past niggardliness/penny pinching/ biscuit tin approach to buying players but overall I’d prefer to see young guys being given the chance to succeed. 10IAR? Fine, if it were to occur. Above all else? Above promoting youngsters just so fans get bragging rights? Strikes me as unhealthy.
The victory they enjoyed at the Rustdome followed by the defeat at Kilmarnock exposed them for what they truly are: a wee team that can lift itself against the big boys but lack the professional approach necessary to share what ought to be our aspirations.
Loanees next season? By all means. But continue to promote from within. Let academy players sink (more often than not) or swim.
The sheikhdown model of the EPL should be resisted.
HH
Moreover, it is not possible for our new manager to continue to be associated with the BBC.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wtgpJw6A-_g
Agreed.
Why has Neil Lennon not been officially announced yet?
Who will be assisting him?
Johan Mjallby?
Gary Parker?
Neil Lennon is only going to be as good as the team he is allowed to build on the park, it’s that simple.
He needs first team ready established players, the manager needs top signings, players who walk into the first eleven.
We need to start at the back, Is it over for Craig Gordon? Maybe not because Lenny said he wants to use the keeper less, do we keep Craig as back up to Bain? Remember it wasn’t long ago Chelsea were after Craig so this will be interesting.
We need a right back, should we keep Lustig as experienced cover for a new shiny, younger right back?
Cover for Tierney is needed.
If we forget the loan signings for a minute, we are left with Simunovic, Ajer & Tierney at the back, this is th area we must concentrate on, rebuild this defence with quality.
If it were possible i’d like to see Benkovic here for another season, I like McKenna of Aberdeen because he’s my type of centre half, when we go to the rat pit, Swinecastle & Pittodrie, you need to be solid.
In midfield there are one, possibly two positions i’d like to see strengthened, a player to take over from Brown but have the same influence as Brown, wide left is an issue, can Shved make it his own, Mikey Johnston or could we bring Patrick Roberts back?
Sinclair’s days should be up, he is apparently our highest earner, for what in return tho?
Lacks strength & confidence.
Up front i’d be happy to see Griffiths go, quite simply we can’t have a guy go off sick for half a season.
Edouard needs a Moussa type beside him.
Johnston, Henderson, Dembele should be introduced during games when we are three up, let these boys play without pressure.
I’d say five to six first team picks brought in.
Bain
Simunovic
Ajer
Tierney
Forrest
Ntcham
McGregor
Rogic
Christie
Shved
Henderson
Johnston
Dembele
Edouard
Boyata gone…..praise the lord!
The fact is the league particularly is ours to win or ours to lose going forward in the foreseeable future. The second incarnation of “rangers’ simply don’t have the spending power to compete for the type of player or team that will challenge us over a season. That has been the story this season with a poor start and a manager who flitted overnight. That said to make progress in Europe we can spend some money and play with more savvy in Europe. some quality signings in and a few who move on and we’ll be set.
I think the reason the kouassi, bayo and the rest don’t get close to game time is they don’t show anything in training to merit a start far less a jersey…
Kouassi has been out for months with cruciate damage.
Bayo, ruptured his achillies.
“Compper tore his labia.”
After reparatory surgery, does that mean his lips will be sealed? 🙂
Or preferably a deal sealed to GHTF.
HH
Devries.
Lustig.
Boyata.
Gamboa.
Izaguire.
Allan.
All out of contract. Freeing up aprox. £6.5 mill.
Benkovic.
Burke.
Weah.
Toljan.
All lonees returning to their parent clubs. Freeing up £4.00 mill?
Compper still with one year left.
Mulumbu still with one year left.
Arzani still with 6 months left.
Castagne is a right back & Meling is a left back.
Meling wouldn’t play second fiddle to KT.
This would be an issue.
Agreed but Tierney when fit will play, Meling is a very good player who wouldn’t leave Rosenborg, where he is a certain starter, to sit on the bench away to Ross County.
Beach busy, bank holiday? 😉
If we got £7m or £8m for Ntcham, i’d spend some of that to bring Patrick Roberts back.
What about Fraser Forster? The big chap needs a move.
What we really need is a Director of Football who takes overall responsibility for:
Medical Department;
Fitness and Conditioning Department (including the performance department);
Recruitment and Scouting Department; and
Future management/coaching team recruitment.
What we have seen recently is the departure of a great coach (for all his sins) who also decimated our infrastructure. While one of Lenny’s selling points is he won’t walk out on us at the drop of a hat, we need to have the backroom in a place where the departure of one individual isn’t going to mean we need to build a whole structure and support network again. So a DoF who will put all those things in place and ensure they are in place for the long haul and that the management/coaching team “buy into” that is vital.
Equally, it’s vital going forward that the DoF puts in place a vision or strategy for the club – part of that is already set in that we recruit projects to sell on, and that part of the business model should remain, albeit complemented by a stronger, more experienced “core” of first teamers to support the projects in their development. Another part of it is around our playing ethos or what is referred to as “the Celtic way”. It ought to be apparent next season that we’ve moved from BR’s expansive, possession-based approach to a more direct approach under Lennon. That’s not neccesarily a bad thing, but as with the backroom team, we can’t constantly flip from one style to another at the whim of whoever is in the manager/head coach’s seat. If Lenny’s style is to be out style, we need to be thinking about the next manager as someone who will continue that – otherwise we end up going from tiki-taka to route 1 to tiki-taka, etc…
So a DoF to provide stability, a head coach who is supported by their own assistant and first team coach but also by the very best fitness, medical, performance analysis, youth development and scouting staff the club can recruit (and who will be there for the long term).
With that in place, I’m relaxed about Lennon being manager – he knows how to deliver for the first team but we need a DoF to ensure all the other things are taken into account.
In terms of playing staff, we could do with a cull. Out of contract players – De Vries, Boyata, Allan, Lustig, Gamboa, Izzy; loanee departures – Burke, Benkovic, and Tolijan (we could also let Arzani return to Man City), will see us trim the squad almost by default. A few others could go with minimal impact on the team – Comperr, Hendry, Mulumbu – while others I think have peaked or need to be moved on for everyone’s benefit – Rogic, Ntcham, Sinclair, Bitton, Gordon, Hayes – And a few out on loan – Henderson, the two Americans again, Morgan, Oko-Flex.
A few purchases from the SPFL and a couple of “big” signings would put us in a better place, which would leave us with the following as a squad:
GK – Bain, and have Doohan for the first half of the campaign (playing League cup matches) and Hazard for the second half (playing Scottish Cup matches) to see which (if either) of them are best placed to remain in the squad (loan them out alternately);
RB: Ralston (to see if he has what it takes); and O’Donnell from Kilmarnock (c£1m) as back-up while we see if either of the RBs have it;
LB: Tierney and Taylor from Kilmarnock (c£1m);
CB: Jozo and Ajer. Soutter (£1.5M) and McKenna (£5M) as back-ups. McKenna would be a bit steep at this price, but I think we would eventually sell for a profit. The two Scots would be good enough for most SPFL games and with Lenny in charge their lack of passing ability wouldn’t be such an issue.
CM: MacGregor and Christie as first choices. Brown to stay but being phased out over the season. I think Eboue deserves a bit of a run (and might suit Lenny’s system). I’d also go for Turnbull from Motherwell (£2m). And a “big signing” here – a proper playmaker.
Wings: Forrest, Shved, Johnstone; Arzani (if we don’t send him back) and I’d like to see Eddy playing off the left at times. Dembele to be drip-fed in – he’s only 16 after all.
Forwards: Griffiths (if he’s fit to come back); Eddy; Bayo (who needs a shot at some point); and a “big signing” here (in the Dembele mould of play).
£10.5 million spent on the Scots/squad and money left from the Dembele fee to cover a couple of “big” signings – a playmaker and a striker. This may also be recouped by sales (Rogic, Ntcham, Sinclair ought to make us around £10m between them) I’d drop McKenna if we could get a better CH for that money (or if we could get Benkovic back on loan).
A pretty decent squad of 25 players. Next summer, we’d potentially be looking at needing a Goalkeeper if Doohan or Hazard hadn’t stepped up to the mark; a Right back if Ralston or O’Donnell aren’t doing it; and a CB if we go with Benkovic and need to replace him.
For the day that it is.
On 28 May 1888, Celtic played their first official match against Rangers and won 5–2 in what was described as a “friendly encounter”
Neil McCallum scored Celtic’s first ever goal.
Who would have thought the history those guys were going to have on the game of football here at home in Europe and across the globe.
Thank you for giving us our football club.
Unbroken Undefeated and Unrepenting Celtic F.C.
Absolutely BRILLIANT JB, as ever.
You could try bein’ less predictably so. 🙂
But, “if you know the History”…………(and you’ll know more than I) we scudded them by 3 clear goals on the LAST EVER OF game, in April 2012, (I wish TF it had been May 28th too) when a PROPER Charlie struck 1st with that unforgettable header into the ground, and then, up, up and away past the piece of shit that was and is Allan McGregor.
Being intimidated by that scum on the subway, as I often was, as I went to see my wee gran, lives long. THEY do have decent supporters and to deny this is ludicrous, but it’s NOT the minority spoken of in the SMSM. For the good of all, that scum should be eradicated, the ‘heart’ being Ibrox.
HH
Jimmybee,
” James Kelly handed him the ball, he said Celtic first and Celtic last and Celtic overall “
An excellent article by Jonny Hayes, highlighted by the Celtic Star. IMO it adds value to the appointment of NFL as our permanent manager, an appointment I’m a lot more than okay with.
HH
https://thecelticstar.com/kieran-callum-mcgregor-and-james-forrest-have-been-playing-continuously-for-3-years-hayes/
Come on now lads , the Celtic are winning domestic trophies on an industrial scale,
What’s the problem? Rogers was only here until his stock had risen again and to think any different is plain stupidity on our behalf , history is repeating itself M.O.N
Then wee Gordon, we’ve done no bad since, get behind Lenny and get on with the job , we all have a part to play H.H
Danbreen,
Spot on!
Well said. No one in our history has had to put up with more personal physical and verbal assault. Let’s get behind the boss.
Are you Dan from enniskillen?
Why are you asking where posters come from?
Because I have a friend from there with the same name….what’s it to you anyway monti …are you the blog police?
Good health to you and yours Pat.Congratulations.
4 x 3…Why not!
Love this.
https://youtu.be/x1xKV6LxIL0
Money, money, money, sang Abba, with swinging hips and very kissable lips. What to do with all that money? The high-end manager leaves, taking his expensive team with him, leaving the biscuit tin heaving with dosh. The Bentley is gone and in comes the Ford Popular, tried and trusted, chugging along, its gone a few extras mind, like an engine of love, its experienced and electric windy’s. A bus full of , but some gave exemplary service, some were just replacement parts, the result of bad mechanics. The same applies to the loanees, ten in total but still counting. The savings approx. £10 mill. per annum. Two weeks till the new models arrive begin tae arrive, with electric windaes. The question is, how wide will the windy open, will it rise open easily or do what the auld windies did, stick open very little before it slams shut. Eager anticipation of getting these new models, or will the anticipation be dampened down to frustration, then disappointment, just before the windy shuts it usually turns to anger. FUCK, why did I renew, again, the bastards have done me up like a kipper. They promised new expensive top end models, but delivered the usual keech, naw they didny promise, we just expected. But Haw, the millions are still there, maybe come January, yes…
So it’s Lenny then, you can’t please all of the people all of the time.
I didn’t think he would take the job oweing to all he has been through at the hands of the dark side, but he must be made of stronger stuff.
The only person talked off prior to his appointment that I would have been happy with was R. Martinez but he is already gainfully employed.
So it’s onwards and upwards with NFL and The Mighty Hoops.
I was sad to hear the passing of Harry Hood, a class player who was always comfortable with the ball at his feet, I did see him from the old jungle put the ball through the legs of two players with the one pass, can’t remember the opposition but quite sublime. RIP.
It would be nice if we all got behind Lenny as he deserves the chance just like anyone else.
We can all produce the stats that say he is or say he isn’t but he is our first team coach and we need to get behind him.
I have a feeling that The Hoops will hit the ground running next season as we have already learnt what a bad start to the season does to a teams confidence.
So onwards and upwards.
HH
It seems that KT has successfully undergone treatment for his double hernia. THAT IS SUCH GOOD NEWS.
If we get him back in full fitness it’ll be more than any new signing can offer our team.
Hail! Hail! Kieran, Get Well Soon.
We’re no’ the same withoot ye!
HH
If it was Celts in Baku for the final tonight we would take more than those two combined and not whine about where it is.
It’s all just self-interest politics man.
Schizophrenia Football.
To choose Baku which is in Asia for a showcase cup final is one of the daftest decision UEFA has made and that is saying something for an organization that makes daft decisions all the time. What were they thinking? I’m sure they got paid mots of money by the government to have it there. I also note one Arsenal player was afraid to travel there due to tension with Armenia. UEFA what a bunch if useless suits.
FORE….
First it was fitba. then it was Rugger, whatever next? Wimbledon at Parkheid, or the green jackets of the Mastars Classic, God forbid, its ever used for stock car racing. Vroom Vroom, its green fur GO. Celtic the sporting Hoors, Chase me… Sell yer granny fur a few bob, watch out that your seat disny get put up on E-Bay.
If you can’t watch Celtic from Heaven then I’m going to put in an application for reincarnation as a cross between Jinky,Henrik and Jimmy McGrory skill wise.I would sign a 20 year deal for Celtic and wouldn’t leave for any amount of cash…..
Super Leigh to come back,promising he’ll be better than ever…oh yes….SMH,IRL
Question for all the bams who don’t want Lenny as manager.Where do you think Celtic stand in the grand scheme of things? Top table?…..nope…..
Is that danbreen from enniskillen?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17310468
Anyone else notice the parachute regiment flags in among the hearts scum on Saturday?
The Huns are fond of waving this about as well.
Of course they will tell you they do it in support of their forces, nothing to do with 1 para regiment murdering unarmed folk.
Weered,
By any means necessary, comrade!
Weered,
Absolutely m8, hopefully violence is never to be seen again!