starchief

Celtic score. Absolutely amazing run by Scott Brown, though Fortune gets the goal and Keane the assist.

Not a great pitch in the Aberdeen v Celtic game. Aberdeen dominant so far but one goal a piece. Reminds me of a 1970s game. Bad pitch with two teams running up and down the park, instead of the heavy tactical game. The Dons seem to think Celtic are there for the taking.

Could be anything though. It might just be someone being close to the sack. However, it could also be one of the Brewster rumours perhaps? Someone accused of beating their wife? Allegations of racial assault? Someone suggesting a player does drugs? It might not be true and be potentially slanderous. Not really enough info to go on.

I think the Cox/Proctor partnership could have real potential over the next few seasons, which is why I'm sticking with that. More of a long-term thing (even if neither has a contract but then who does?).

It's more out of desperation. LDZ can't cut it and Golly's not the player he was. The other choices are a right-back, a 36 y.o. midfielder, a central mid that's never played there or a young untested player. It's not a great choice.

Esson Bulvitis Tokely Munro Shinnie Proctor Cox Hayes Sanchez Foran Rooney Like Harry, I'm putting Tokely in the middle and Bully out on the right. Tokely did well last year in that position until a mistake against Falkirk. He's getting to an age, where he may be looking to stay back more, so I can see him making that position his own for a couple of years. Bully could do well at right-back as he likes to attack. Shinnie's in there to see what he can do. If he's been no good in training, then it would be McBain. No point playing either LDZ or Golly. In fact, I'd even experiment with Eagle, Duncan or Stratford in there, rather than go back to the two more natural left-backs. I'd be looking to bring on Ross in midfield at some point. Most likely for Sanchez. I'd like to see either Hayes or Ross going into that central attacking mid position. It would be so useful to have a more midfield player in there away to the sides at the top of the division as Sanchez (whose more of a forward) seems to bullied out of those games.

I would love it if he done that tbh I'd be shocked if anything other than that happens... ...unless County get relegated

To battle against Dods, Kenneth and Wilkie? Tough call. Maybe one of them on the way out (a bid came in for Kenneth)? Or will he switch to full-back? ...oh and Webster. Amazingly, injured at the moment. Who'd a thunk it?

To come from the Celtic fans: "it was never a penalty" - even if it blatantly was. "we should have had three penalties before that" - 'coz Celtic should get every marginal decision, otherwise the referee's a mason, conveniently forgetting the amount of dodgy decisions Celtic have had. "they should have had a man sent off after 1/3/5/etc mins" for a heavy challenge that most referees won't have given a yellow card. It doesn't count of course, the challenges by Roy Keane, Gary Caldwell, Peter Grant etc etc that somehow didn't result in a red card either. "the ref's are all against Celtic", even though most teams outside Rangers think that both sets of the Old Firm get the major decisions for them (even if you can't point out the odd occasion when they didn't) Note to Celtic/OF fans: getting a soft penalty does not cancel out the OF not being awarded a penalty. Most teams don't get awarded a penalty for marginal decisions. And how many soft penalties can you count being awarded against the OF teams? Far less than are awarded to Celtic or Rangers.

I think we can get second. Spain can beat everyone but, if Levein plays the game more like Smith/McLeish, I can see us holding the Czechs. Then it's just down to who can sneak a goal. The big trick is to not lose poor goals to the teams below us. We (and the Czechs) are better than them, so as long as we concentrate, plus a bit of luck with form and injuries, then it's all to play for.

Barrowman was the first choice striker in the SPL. Rooney scored more goals than him, even though he had to come off the bench. Barrowman was a far poorer striker than Rooney and offered up a lot less in terms of being a target man or creating chances for others.

I reckon a 0-0 with England and Wales (and you know how poor England are at penalty shoot outs), but Italy should be strong enough to beat Ireland. Probably 2-1 on the day. I think Manchester United will win over all. They might not be in it but you can never write them off. I'm a big fan of Johnny Wilkins and the other football rugby players.

WHAT????!!!! They're even beating us there?

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Ok. Trouble is what extremists do is try to make everyone else extremists. In truth, I'm sure the vast majority of people just want to live in peace and aren't too bothered what anyone else believes in (religion, territory, hell, the Cold War, at it's heart, was all about which economic system was best - unbelievable!). But these extremists, whether that's Bush, Bin Laden, the BNP or Blair (perhaps we should ban these beginning with 'B' - even Mr Benn used to steal things to keep as souvenirs) are so black-and-white that they force ordinary people to choose sides, picking the most extreme events. Islamists blew up the twin towers so should America hate all Muslims? Well, a right-winger blew up (Timothy McVeigh) blew up central Oklahoma, so do Americans hate Americans? Should Palestinians despise the US for voting in Bush, even though 49% voted against him? Should the Middle East hate for Britain for Blair's support for the Lebanon invasion, even though the British people were against it? Bush said 'you're either with us or against us' but life's a hell of a lot more complicated than that. The Iraq march and polls suggest would then that the UK is on the side of Islamic extremism? Obviously not but that doesn't mean we're all marching to the tune of Rumsfeld either.

Why are you attempting to put words in someone else's mouth? The OP said nothing of the sort but you're trying to make him out to be in favour of Islamic extremists, when it's pretty clear he's against Christian/Western extremism, exemplified by Bush & Blair. Or should I say how disappointed you are that you can't vote Blair in again as you fundamentally believe 'our boys' should have the right to invade any non-Christian country? Probably not, but you take my point? Georgios - your posts are very difficult to read and I'm still not sure what you're saying. Do you mean that the torture by Americans was an excuse for the torture of Americans? Or is it the other way around? Nevertheless, the invasion of Iraq was a huge catalyst for the radicalism of young Muslims and a breeding ground for racists too. Withdrawal of US troops from Saudi Arabia (would Catholics like Muslim soldiers in Vatican City?), a creation of a Palestinian state (to think how close Rabin was - how different the world would have been without that assassination) and a hands-off approach to other countries would take down the extremist threat (both from fascists and islamists) to almost zero. And you know what? It's also the right decision too.

And what Arabic nation has ever attacked the UK? Now what Arabic nation has been attacked by the the UK?

Robbie Keane supported Liverpool and Celtic. Roy Keane supported Spurs and Celtic. Most Irish I know have a liking to one of the Old Firm and an English team. I'm pretty sure most of us have an English team too. Doesn't mean we can't support one in Scotland too (although I've no time for those that support two, know what I mean?)

Was he Southern English by any chance? Nope, Dutch.

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They don't even need to take the first part of the sentence. All they need to do is say they are instigating a 3 or 5 year plan and: - Butcher has been offered a new contract and has accepted/declined if accepted: - talks are now ongoing with important first-team players to enable Butcher to build, whilst seeking out new players if declined: - talks are now ongoing with finding a future manager to take the club forward. On his word, player contract talks will soon begin. Otherwise, it would appear the board is fiddling while Rome burns.

Same for me. Normally, I'd say drop Duncan and put Cox in the midfield, with Sanchez in attacking mid but against Killie, I'm going to be a bit more cautious.

Hear! Hear! Why would we wish Imrie bad luck? He always did his best, never mouthed off about demanding a transfer, put up with abuse from his own support (get a grip, guys!) and brought in some much needed cash when he could have went on a Bosman. All the best, Dougie!

Thought Caldwell was a bit unlucky (should have been cleared before him and there was little he could do as it bounced off) but I doubt that'll hit the mind of the 'Tic supporters. I'll be very interested to see how McDonald does at Middlesborough. Always thought he was a pretty good player myself. The Celtic supporters do make me laugh though. They're constantly telling the Rangers fans how great they are because Celtic can spend in the transfer window and have a better balance sheet. Weird sense of priorities (and before anyone starts, yes, I'd say exactly the same if it were the other way around).

I see poor old Celtic are losing to Killie (on Kuwait Sport if you can get it). It was bound to be evenly balanced mind you as Celtic got Robbie Keane and a bunch of other multi-million unknowns, but then Killie signed Severin and McGuire, so they're equal. Got to feel sorry for them :D