That much I’ve worked out.
That lot keep harping on about their journey simply because they have relied on journeymen players and management to help them take it.
So far, arguably, it’s been successful, they have come from nothing, nad to paraphrase American singer/songwriter/musician Bruce Springsteen, the criminal clowns have stolen the throne…ย
In cases of larceny and theft, one would usually rely on the guardians of law and order to put things right, and to appropriate just punishment, but this is Scotland, and guardians of law and order and beacons of truth are in considerably short supply.
There’s a long way to go to get football sorted, and before we do that we need to get our own house in order.
The changes in infrastructure at Celtic should be announced next week, when Dominic McKay takes over from Peter Lawwell, along with a few names for the key positions, but until then, there’s a game today…
The criminal clowns now own the successor to Rangers, a club formed some 150 years ago who were placed in liquidation back in 2012 due to excessive financial mismanagement under an egotistical leader.
Frankly, he made an arse of things and the club perished as a result of it.
In fact, he dragged several other Scottish clubs along the road to extinction with him, and only intervention at places like Celtic, Hearts Motherwell and Dundee stopped the whole shebang from crashing.
Yet somehow this seems to have escaped the attention of our media, who are only too pleased to go along with the pretence that nothing happened.
Thats where we are right now, and if the game is to prosper, certain things need to change, such as the media …and SFA…perception of reality.
But thats for another day….
John F Kennedy was a man for inspiring speeches and will be remembered as a great twentieth century leader. Some would say he was a visionary, although the his words to his wife about his headache getting better back in November 63 probably won’t be regailed as one of his more prophetic claims.
His namesake, John Kennedy…there’s no f in John Kennedy at Celtic…oddly enough that might yet prove to be prophetic….has an inspiring speech to make himself today, shortly before his charges take the field at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup.
And it should be based around those criminal clowns who have stolen the throne…about how the cheats have prospered, and how its because our players have played no small part in allowing that to happen..
We can’t change the past, but we can determine the future, and that has to start today.
Kennedy has to inspire the players to a level not seen since Bertie Auld fancied a sing song in the tunnel at Lisbon, or when Roy Aitken drove his team mates to a 2-1 win over Hearts in the centenary season, when most of them would have settled for a draw.
He has to remind them that they are playing for a cause, for a people, and that nothing less than one hundred per cent will do.
They must be prepared to put life and limb on the line out there, and when they feel they have given their all, they must pick themselves up, dust themselves down, and do it again.
This isn’t about laying down a marker for next season, this is about showing them that this season they got lucky.
We need to show them who we are and what we are capable of.
Everyone at Celtic owes the fans a performance to remember today, whether or not the club goes on to win the trophy is irrelevant, we want something to remember, something to make us proud of who and what we are.
Of late, the players seem to have finally started to play, and if we can add a wee bit of pace, power pride and passion out there this afternoon, it just might make us feel a wee bit better about the last few months.
After all, form is temporary, class is permanent.
Cool heads and raging hearts – GIRUT….. The jersey’s must be a great fit.
Ralph, its clear that the Scottish press have been hiding their pent up feelings since 2012. Their match reports were always biased towards just the one club. The new basket of assets club’s limited success has unleashed a torrent of joyous celebration. I read some of their match reports which contain so much rubbish that i have started to keep a dossier, just for my own amusement. I have a septic tank, but now I also have a sceptic tank, it’s as full and just as smelly as the other because that’s where I store the dossier. The Scottish press have always been sycophantic lamb munchers, Hun supporters to their core, their imaginative, creative writings could give Stephen King a run for his money. Stephen Kings books are great works of fiction, just like the SFA – SPFLs creative 5 Way Agreement, unfortunately their Agreement has terrible consequences for Scottish football…
Mike, good post, I don’t know about you but any game that I have seen the huns play in the SPFL they haven’t looked that great at all well organised and fit yes and also very lucky with a lot of their decisions(which we know why) In the few of their Euro mat chess that I hav seen them play in they have come up against some very poorly performing Euro opposition for whatever reason and the only good thing that I have seen wsa that wonderful goal from “Bootsie” Roofe and maybe one other decent performance in their whole Euro campaign. It’s only our abysmal performances against them in the SPFL that have given them their easy ride this season, as has been said at the start of this historic season It was ours to lose and boy did we do that in style, here’s hoping that we can restore a bit of our pride this afternoon. Hail. Hail.
I agree Gerald, they have had an easy Europa ride, the teams that they have met, most have had injury call -offs or other associated problems. At Ibrox, they remind me of a pack of wild, howling dogs, bullying and screaming at every perceived injustice, it’s pathetic really. The penalty stats here in Scotland, for and against, reveal their Mib-bery backing. We need to turn up today though and not be cowed by their physical approach, we have some great players, they need to show how good they are on the park..
Hail Hail Gerald.
Agree Mike, just started listening to the match on BBC Sportsound at 2-0 to the Huns I through the telly through the window, kicked the wife over the rooftops, locked the dog in the cellar and am awaiting the police calling. Thinking that if Desmond hasn’t the new CEO a massive cheque and a directive to get this horror show sorted next season f not sooner then he faces, the very likely situation of a half empty Celtic Park for a few seasons, darent even check for any sort of score at Ipox. Hail. Hail Mike
It’s the hope, that is so gut wrenching. You hope for a performance, you hope, for a win, when that doesn’t happen, you are left totally deflated, knowing that the media will all be crowing, ramming it down your throat. The season began with so much hope of the team making new history, as the season progressed we got more and more angry, more and more deflated. If only I could hibernate. No reading sporting papers, no watching Scottish football on the TV, nothing. As you say, the season ticket sales will be the driving force for board action, the ยฃ19.00 mill. bank balance will be massively reduced due to Covid, our share of the Frimpong and Klimala sales will add around ยฃ9.00 mill. into the kitty, a few other players will be sold as well as the loanees returning. A new manager, a new CEO, a new DoF That’s the ‘hope’ for next season. Meanwhile…. H.H.
More importantly some new players.
I’m a James Herbert man myself!
Brendan Behan m8. His writings, wit and humour are brilliant, he thought of Ralph, when he said .. this: “I am a drinker, with a writing problem”.
Bobby Madden will hug a hun today.
Is Pizza Express in Woking, showing the game today?
This Aamer Anwar who has been ( rightly ) shouting from the rooftops about the racist abuse of Kamara, makes me question if he will be equally public & vociferous in his condemnation of the hun support, when the can get back into stadiums?
I’ll be watching that one closely but already know the answer.
If this is the moment throughout society & in sport to tackle discrimination then that means ALL discrimination & not just ‘ racism ‘.
It’s time the songbook of anti Catholic/Irish hatred from the hun support was outed, banned & banished to history, just like the original club.
I hope the huns appreciate that their very vocal indignation at the Kamara case & the public support they had in the wake of it, will only intensify & mirror their inaction of their own supports choice of hate songs….
The wider public will be watching!
and more importantly…..listening!
monti am gon fur 3-0 to the tic today or 165-0 in zombie language heh heh
Watched his interview today with interest, when asked about racism in Scotland he covered everything except anti Irish/Catholic racism. Just another mouth piece who’s afraid of the hordes.
Up until today i haven’t been overly anxious about this game today, not because i think we will win but just because i could do without it.
The thought of winning today would ease the negativity & general disbelief of this season, the thought of losing is akin to me turning up at Stephens the bakers only to be told ” There’s nothing left “.
I hope we win, i pray we win so let’s leave it all on the park & go for them.
Sevco 0 Celtic 1 Duffy 90th min.
I coughed when I saw your goal scorer
Duffy ffs
a went in the bookies yesterday and asked wit price for the huns tae win 56 next season he said ffs charlie dae ye want tae get me dun for fraud but ile gie ye a hundred tae wan they dont dae two heh heh aint bookies clever
No Duffy today Monti, Iโd take any of the others to do it though.
wee strachan is wooing us wae his clever patter oan telly bring back a young refreshed lookin gordon ///////////////////opinions
yon zombies think that offside goal makes it 55 nuthin aint huns dumb
goodness me 110 nuthin weer in trouble COYBIG
How bad can it get. Brown should have gone to Aberdeen, as for Laxailt crap, Kenny mince, McGregor overrated, Eddie flatters to deceive, they are making the Living dead look class.
JPK and McManus look like the living dead on the touch line
Utter capitulation. Kenny and Laxalt arenโt footballers. Pathetic wage thieves the lot of them.
Who will be first to feign an injury?
bring oan griff
The season from hell. Ffs, someone put us out of our misery!
saint gies a masterpiece ae e l o s confusion tae yon zombies kiddin thursels on aboot a million and forty heh heh a blame the schools
Oh Billy Boy the Lambeg drum is calling
From Ludge to Ludge and every Hun inside
They said we died but aw the Tims were lying
To you and me it’s title fifty five.
Oor orange taps shout out We Arra Peepul
And we aw know the SFA agrees
That’s why they said oor EBTs were legal
And gave us Bobby, John and Hugh as referees
fookin briliant mate
Are we just whoring Odsonne Edouard now?
port eddie has chucked it gettum tae fook
only if you need a whore who cant f_vuck
we need mer tims in that team like wee paddy//// james mc carthy and a coupla big hard centre haufs ////////dontl let the bast///rds get yees doon tims weel be back COYBIG
goodness me the zombies will awe be talkin ulstar scotch efter yon davis goal weel awe be askin wit the fook ur yon zombies talkin aboot awe week heh heh aint huns dumb
wait tae next season when mikey destroys yon over rated patterson
If you opened your mouth in the changing room after a performance like that you got a good hiding.
Today you get a 3 course meal and an open bar.
port a good hiding too good furrem
Are we all in agreement in sending Peter Lawwell up for our Certificate of Participation?
Yet again against the huns we fail to take gilt edged chances and lose two soft goals. The huns have looked very ordinary against us all season but know that we will shot ourselves in the foot as usual. It was like watching an old movie.
Regarding the penalty, I said to my pal when it was given that Edouard should be nowhere near it, a player who looks uninterested, lacks confidence and has been poor all season should NOT have been on it. Kennedy should have made the call for Griff or someone else to take it.
am wae andy
My good lady just said to me ” are you not going to say anything to me all night “?
Fck off!
monti take her for a short break in a caravan in scotland //////////////iff yr a millionaire heh heh aint short breaks getting very expensive or maybe its jist me being shy how a spend ma pennies
G`day Monti.
you need to buy a Koala sofa bed.
glesgas went quiet all of a sudden on accounty sum guy put up the fireworks law zombies dont want tae go tae bar l on account ae thur fear ae being alone wae timmy heh heh
Just watching countryfile here & he’s going on about impregnated horses, i got to wonder, do horses give blow jobs?
I knew a few horses from Kirkcaldy who did.
monti ur you oan the swally cause if ye ur lee it alane kid
Give it mare sugar and you`re in.
port a think am gony stalk you sweetheart ha ha ha ha
charlie, I`m the one wae the glowing smile and bloodshot eyes.
heh heh
All for one player.
Fairy tales are made by hard decision-makings in the background.
same as joints ar made in joints /////////////am wae port
As Confucius once said to Peter Lawwell:
“Eff off, I have industrial deafness.”
2nd/3rd comment in as many weeks.
Nothing contentious.
And it’s the moronic “Awaiting for approval”?
Fukk right off, like Celtic PLC, I’ve had enough.
G`day TicToc,
I have even tried to write like charlie and it is moderated.
I am sure charlie is thy moderator elite.
port you better beleive it crocadile eater
wae a side of fava beans.
“Every young kid who
s a Celtic fan, it
s their dream to play for Celtic.Only a few lucky ones get to do it, and it`s such a privilege for me to be living it.”
-Steven Welsh.
Yet when he blooted an open goal, he should have been told to stay up as centre forward.
One of the few who can read a ball.
Fact:
Spit lands and sticks to your beard after 10 Guinness. Tomorrow`s breAKFAST.
port a dont know if its me or you whose crazy but a think a luv ye //////////////////use a nomde plume on any reply cause mrs charlies brother is a private detective ha ha ha ha
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charlie, my Mammy once told me.
If I ever brought the Polis to the front door, I would go out the back one black-n-blue.
port mrs charlie tells me that every time a go oot the door heh heh
The stats do not lie:
Celtic have lasted 55 mins per game.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph Dom. You better be good.
When I was jazzercized
When I was criticized
When I was sevcoized
When I was modernized
Dermot wasn`t there.
In the eye of, at our discretion, a player played today beyond all else.
Soro would have been half a yard off the pace, though the pressure would have been still there. Ryan Kent played our Captain by taking him wide.
port clark kent isnae even faster than me wae a hangover change is needed and weellaugh at this next season
if celtic won today i woulda been happy but the zombies need tol ie to thur ain a pity thum
I wonder if Lawwell or Bankier are feeling as low & hurt as i do this morning?
Is this being accepted?
Second fiddle to that mob?
Desmond going to get away with this? Lawwell, Bankier?
Rid the club of these cvnts today & a high number of these non triers on the pitch.
YOU CAN’T FKN STAND STILL!
Can someone tell me how to accept this stuff?
What we have been witness to this season, on & off the park, how do you accept this?
I’m hurting it’s that simple, i’m not going to say otherwise, this season has been a mess of our own making, the Scottish cup is a big thing for me, maybe for all of us, to lose to them on the back of losing the title makes me sick, almost physically sick.
What about you Dermot, how do you feel the day?
Football sold it’s soul many, many years ago, there must be a social club filled to the brim with ex football managers, they would name it, “What If.”
You can just see them sitting huddled together chewing the fat about players they missed out on, like – Finnbogason – Mc Ginn – Tonev, ‘what if’, we had signed them instead of the other players who took there places. ‘What If’ that shot had gone in, instead of hitting the post, discussing tactics, tactics WTF are they? Their anthem would be ‘Standing On The corner’ watching as the world goes by. It’s extremely hard to find any sympathy for them, after all, football pays a heck of a lot more than just the barely living wage. Really successful managers are few and far around, if we do get one, then we will all cherish him. As a club, we have so much to offer, nothing comes close to a passionate, knowledgeable, world wide fan club. Change is coming, embrace it…
There is also the social club for past directors of football clubs, its called GTF.
I fell asleep on the couch early thru the 2nd half. I woke up as eddy was on the run up for the penalty. Obligatory save then falling back into a slumber was a doddle. These games used to have me on edge. Now itโs acceptance that the worst has been designed by businessmen bad at their business
I remember reading a quote from Cal -Mac at the start of the season, he said summit like this… the pressure just grows and grows, I thought that, that sounded strange. I don’t pretend to know all of what went on behind the scenes, but it didn’t sound good. From a board’s perspective as well as a fans, it has been a complete disaster, the culprit is easy to find, it’s no wonder he is going, but I suspect the 2019 exposure of his involvement in the 5Way Agreement was the catalyst for him going. From Lawwell to Bankier etc. there time is well up, it’s time for change at all levels. It’s time is for my second jag, so tatta the noo…
The 2019 ‘AGM’ exposure.
Shame you were not in the changing room and the training ground before. Fat, slow-witted, lazy on the training ground, lacking in desire, while the opposition were sharp, lean, crisp. Hurts to say it but we looked like slobs, they looked sharp. Anybody who sees differently will see us continue on the same vein. Lawwellโs incompetence and constant interfering cost us ยฃ300 millions in Euro Champs League money, good players, the 10, prestige and pride. Was it too difficult to stand outside Griffโs palace and the other players with a mask on if need be with scales and a body-fat checker, both available for less than ยฃ50 each? Did the trainers have something better to do over the lock-down than check the players are keeping well and fit? Disgraceful, heart-breaking and will cause pain for many a year. Hope the board start to do what that pile did and back the coach to the hilt. THEY DID, WE DID NOT and only a fool would argue. New coach needs being in NOW! Run the rule over the squad, kick those slackers up their pishing backsides, get rid of those who want to go or are not good enough, or as in many case, both and get desire, competitiveness and win so bad it hurts attitude, then the pride will return. Walk on with hope in your heart. HH!
Jose tells Levy ta pish off and is heading up ta Glasga! (Well someone had ta say it!) HH!
Well… he is special
In case you like being butt f_vucked there will be another one in 2 weeks.
Hey G R I N G O, it’s two Jag Mike….
Florentino Pรฉrez of Madrid bleating today that โbig clubsโ $5bn in debt and will go bust by 2024…
And? Everyone is supposed to break out the hankies? Resign ourselves to the โsuper cabalโ?
Sometimes change can be for the good, offer an improvement, but not always, sometimes having the same structures can offer stability. Money just doesn’t fall down from the ‘money tree’, someone at the bottom of the chain has to pay for the change, that would be us, the ordinary supporter, presumably through higher charges for SKY TV. That wouldn’t be me, because I ditched it when I realised that my doe was going into the EPL.
Stan Kroenke – Arsenal – American Billionaire, like DD will not invest his own money.
Roman Abramovich – Chelsea – Russian Billionaire invested ยฃ247 million.
John Henry – Liverpool – American – Billionaire – revenue way down.
Mansour Bin Sayed – Emirate – Scooosh – owns a huge forest of money trees.
Glazer family – American – Billionaire – debt ยฃ474 million.
Joe Lewis – British – Billionaire – has a new ยฃ1.2b stadium to pay for.
Now we can see who it is that benefit’s from the proposed S.L.
Talk of Super Leagues, you can smell the greed emanating through their pores. Meanwhile in Scotland there is only one club, plus a “Basket Of Assets”, borrowing mightily to keep the lights on. Joe McHugh at Video Celts keeps a watchful eye on the shenanigans going on at Govan. Yesterday, Companies House announced that the basket of assets had their fourth share issue in a MONTH, converting ยฃ430,000 into 2,150,000 shares. Last years turn-over was ยฃ59.00 million, losing ยฃ15.9 million, the plebs should be revolting oops, too late, they already are, they will swallow, swallow everything. Financial Fair Play was never something that they were interested in. Shares like confetti, not interested, you just wonder when the “Basket of Assets” will need to be re-strung. Despite all Covid pressure we will still pay all our bills, be honest in our dealings and pay out to some good worthwhile causes, for that is the Celtic Way, not stepping stones, the real Celtic Way.
As we all listen to the multi millionaires telling us what should happen with European football…
Super League seems to be collapsing, hopefully sevco will follow! HH!
Give the furloughed forwards the last 4 games to exalt their careers.
Edouard has a story to sell.
Give him 4 absolute dead wood games?? You think thatโll save his career? His lack of professionalism along with your hero Lennon is one of the reasons we are in this situation
Heโs gone. Get over it. Absolute weapon you are
Did you see shortly after he came on he should have got in the box but didn’t have the energy/fitness? FFS it was a few minutes after coming on.
Total embarrassment.
He was needed this season to keep himself fit for when Eddy was unfit, unwell, needed a break and wasn’t capable of that simple task.
Total embarrassment.
Hopefully his, Lennon and Lawwell’s unprofessionalism have been consigned to the dustbin and from now on we get total professionalism from the new CE, manager and players.
Next step is to give our wives to the Huns. When does it end!
I heard super league are getting desperate. Kelly hearts have been approached. Talks are at an advanced stage
Griffiths??? One of the main guilty men in this clusterfvck of a season and some dodgy characters want to save his career at my club. Trolling of the highest order. His arse should be booted down London Road.
He might turn out to be a litmus test of the ‘new professionalism’ allegedly sweeping through Celtic.
Keep him on then its nothing new and the same old same old.
goals win games
mo camara could run really fast
If the Super Dooper Pooper League is kaput, I take it that Financial Fair Play will be rekindled?
Whole thing feels like a set-up to me, a big wind up to ensure people, myself included, who have gotten used to spending the weekend with their faimilies, hitting the park or the beach, whatever and enjoying family life, are wound up, feel they have won something, only to spend the rest of their lives on a freezing bench, pished off at their heroes lack of success, at least we have plenty of that! Klopp of the Kop saying he doesn’t want it and his billionaire bosses being blamed by him? Come on, they would have him roasted, they are laughing at our stupidity while they coin it in and know they are safe, same as Lawwell has done for years. Oh well, Celtic Park please driver, or the nearest Hoops Bar! HH!
The ESL have confirmed today:
Engelbert Humperdinck, with his rendition of Please release me, has been cancelled for the opening ceremony.
Has someone taken the Hump?
then it would be perdinck
er, dinck.
I see the Reds lost to the Glans through goals from Rory Donnelly and Ciaran O’Connor. FFS lads, you’re on the wrong side. ๐
Hopefully timing it well for the Cup in May.
The Glens are a good team now with the ex Cliftonville players they now have
I heard you got your arses felt by the glens. They did you good and proper
It lets the team know they are not unbeatable ๐
Glens have an Iranian sugar daddy. they will be going full time next season
Does that mean signing weapons of mass destruction. Oh wait that was iraq