{"id":3354,"date":"2013-08-09T11:30:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T10:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2013-08-09T11:30:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T10:30:22","slug":"the-great-debate-the-green-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=3354","title":{"rendered":"The Great Debate; The Green Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Holy Poet sends us his thoughts…<\/p>\n

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Once you asked and some stood up, responding to your call<\/p>\n

And a corner of this massive ground stood proud and very tall<\/p>\n

You asked for them and what you got was magical at times<\/p>\n

Magicians, who are merely fans belting out their rhymes,<\/p>\n

Celtic had so many options but that final choice was made:<\/p>\n

It was close down Section 111 and move The Green Brigade.<\/p>\n

By doing this you\u2019ve split the fans when it\u2019s unity we need<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to stand united and for Celtic to take heed<\/p>\n

Of what we think as Celtic fans and where they\u2019ll put these Ghirls and Bhoys<\/p>\n

Oh! How silent Paradise will be, no atmosphere, no noise.<\/p>\n

Who will lead our choir off, Come On You Bhoys In Green<\/p>\n

The loudest chorus worldwide, the best ever heard or seen<\/p>\n

The proudest and most passionate, to millions this was Heaven<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s just a gaping hole, that\u2019s Section One Eleven.<\/p>\n

The flags, the banners, Tif os, call them what you will<\/p>\n

Some abused, some\u00a0made us laugh\u00a0but all gave us a thrill<\/p>\n

And what of European nights when the twelfth man helped win games<\/p>\n

You praised them final whistles but now you name and shame.<\/p>\n

The Green Brigade breathed life into a ground that lost its breath<\/p>\n

But kick them out and this atmosphere, will surely die a death<\/p>\n

Ban the flares, ban the thugs, make them see some sense<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t deprive the Bhoys and Ghirls by sitting on the fence<\/p>\n

A compromise is needed, in fact it\u2019s paramount<\/p>\n

Fans turn up to hear them so take this into account<\/p>\n

No one\u2019s bigger than the Club and I\u2019m not saying they are<\/p>\n

Without them it was so quiet here and with them come so far<\/p>\n

Listen to your fans out there, they\u2019ve petitions going round<\/p>\n

It\u2019s guidance that these young fans need, not displaced in the ground<\/p>\n

If you think they\u2019re too big for their boots then cut them down to size<\/p>\n

But let sense prevail and settle this for the sake of Paradise.<\/p>\n

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