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Scotland failing last night had nothing to do with Ireland and everything to do with Scotland.
Agreed.
It's hypocritical to criticise Celtic for their good luck message when we were 5 seconds away from the whole of Scotland wishing them good luck on Sunday.
And what would have happened in that scenario? Ireland & Scotland would have been through.
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Our success didn't hinge on their failure. Had we not bottled it and conceded a last minute equaliser we would still be in with a shout, and the whole of Scotland would have been praying for Ireland to win their next game.
And on that tone, if Ireland hadn't beaten Germany then we'd have still been in with a shout, equaliser or not.
The point is that they are the group rivals of Scotland, so wishing them luck in any way is counter-productive to Scotland. If Celtic feel that their Irish heritage is so strong that they believe they are Scottish and Irish, then just don't tweet anything about the games. Simple.
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Here is a better screenshot
And your point?
Celtic are a Scottish club, remember. There was literally no need to tweet support for Southern Ireland when success for them would mean failure for their own nation. I can't remember Celtic wishing them good luck on other weeks, so why this?
From what I seen on Twitter last night, it was non Celtic fans who were whipped up by the Celtic tweet. The perma want to be offended mob reacted exactly as they were expected to react. That's probably the most embarrassing thing about the whole incident.
All you have to do is look at the replies to the original Celtic tweet to find hundreds of Scots, most of whom will have questionable at best Irish heritage, getting all excited about it.
Nobody would have batted an eyelid had we not been in the same group, or had our success not hinged on their failure.
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Those below were tweets about their other players in the Scotland squad.
I find it telling that the Irish support is 6 times more popular than the Scottish one.
The tweet about Southern Ireland was completely unnecessary but did the job it was intended for: whip the faux-Irish element of their support into a lather. Say what you like about Celtic, but whether it be tri-colours on tracksuits, celtic symbols around the crest or tweets supporting a direct rival of their own nation - they know how to manipulate their support in every way possible.
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Celtic - a Scottish team.
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Lots of teams have switched dugouts in the last few years to get right on the linesman' s case.
I think Craig Levein started it, but might be wrong. Maybe Czaba Laszlo.
Killie did the same this season. No surprise to see that Hearts had did it first though.
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FFS, it was a wee bit of amusement you miserable b*****ds.
Amusement. (n) - the state or experience of finding something funny.
funny.
funny.
funny.
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Shameless plug for our new podcast: which looks back at the Dundee United win; looks ahead to Killie v St Johnstone/Hearts; and has a special look at the first competition winners in Killie's history. There's a lot about that side that I didn't know ahead of doing the days of research (shockingly little on the internet about that side, so newspaper archives were thoroughly trawled) so should be of interest to all Killie fans and maybe even fans of Scottish football in general.
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Over £10million spent by The Home Office on the McCann case with another £2million earmarked for next year -http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34278538
Spend millions on a wild goose chase looking for a white girl who is likely already dead, and then sit by as children drown in the Mediterranean.
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We were shite for 3 years , you will fail to find a Rangers fan state otherwise , truth and reality is that many celtic supporters have became so engrossed in the Rangers saga that they have failed to witness their very own clubs slip in standards and downsizing before their very eyes
Yes and no.
Yes that the Celtic supporters have been so engrossed in Rangers that they've taken their eyes off the ball in terms of supporting their own club.
No that their club has slipped in standards and is downsizing. Slipped would suggest something that has accidentally occurred, whereas Celtic's recent frugality has been very much deliberate. They've had no real rival for the Premiership title, so have no need to spurge cash domestically. Of course on the park Deila has been a magnificant failure in Europe, but I'd surmise that CFC would have budgeted to qualify for the Europa League and had they then made the UCL group stages they'd have started spending money.
When Rangers get promoted, or if Aberdeen are well ahead come January, the Celtic board have money in the bank that they can throw about in order to put everyone back 'in their place'. Of course money doesn't necessarily guarantee you success *see Rangers in 2014/15* but if it's used wisely in Scotland then it pretty much will.
But you get a point for having a go at Magee anyway, so well done.
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Id suggest your three hilarious attempts at that Ramsdens cup thing were more of an epic fail if you really want to go down the route of moneys available compared to your competitors for honours
No, because it was the Challenge Cup. CHALLENGE CUP. The last time I checked it was not one of the major trophies available in Scotland, the MAJOR trophies that Celtic have continually failed in.
Nice try though.
P.S. Diddy forum for that Challenge Cup pish.
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Why do we scrimp on offering our young talents a new deal.
Because we've got clueless muppets in charge?
Jim Mann has reached the stage already of "actions speak louder than words". Start doing what you preach and things will be fine.
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Some of the information that came out at the board meeting is very, very worrying indeed. Far more worrying than Gary Locke's managerial tenure.
*Shameless plug* - we talk about it on the new podcast, but it's also out there if people want to find it.
https://soundcloud.com/oneteaminayrshire/otia-6-coughing-hotel-deals-and-dodgy-tactics
Very little on here (unless I've missed it) about Greg Kilties turning down a new deal.
Not surprising. The work of our 'board' since May has been an absolute clusterfuck.
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Killiesquirrel is bang on the money.
Well almost. We're paying zero contribution regardless of whether he plays.
Living expenses only.
So he's completely off, then? We're paying for a flat, food and travel plus more if he plays?
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Swansea paying his wages unless we play him, and if we do it's £250 pw.
Why on earth would Swansea do that?
Why indeed.
It would literally benefit Swansea in no way. He isn't going to be playing first team football. He isn't likely to play much development league football. He is no longer training with undoubtedly better coaches.
The only way Swansea would benefit from this is if the club involved is playing at the very least a % of his wages for the duration of the loan, game time or not.
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Alexei Eremenko has joined FF Jaro and missed a penalty on his return home. Also, it is possibly the worst penalty I've ever seen.
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The latest episode of the podcast is available to download/listen to from the links below.
It features an in-depth Dundee preview including the thoughts of "Deestruction" on the match, questions answered, a defence of Lee McCulloch, betting and hunners more!
Dae it.
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/one-team-in-ayrshire-kilmarnock/id1002221373?mt=2
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/oneteaminayrshire/otia3-diving-in-baws-first
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He's shown good awareness so far. Nice and solid against limited opposition and decent distribution.
Looked good in warm up too.
Fide!
Where the hell have you been?!
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A man has gotta dream pal
I guess, but I think I'll continue to dream of a Smiths reunion as that's far more likely than us finishing 4th IMHO.
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4th
*insert monkey covering eyes emoji*
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How has Stuart Findlay been for you guys?
Has looked very promising in pre-season. As he's a bit quicker he looks to be forming a decent partnership with Connolly which is positive.
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Great interview with Kris Boyd by Graham Spiers in the Herald.
HE will be (whisper it) 32 in three weeks’ time. He has just signed a three-year deal for a third tour at Kilmarnock. Kris Boyd, it must be said, is looking leaner and trimmer again after a wasted year at Rangers, when this prolific goalscorer’s form disappeared amid the dysfunctional mess at that club.
This will be Boyd’s 11th season in Scotland’s top-flight, starting this Saturday. He remains – despite Henrik Larsson’s prodigious presence among us – the greatest poacher of our recent SPL, on 167 league strikes to Larsson’s 158. The mystery is, Boyd has had goals pouring out of him, despite, as he puts it, “my various career lows when I couldn’t get a game”.
Does he feel sharp and ready, back in the famous Killie stripes? “Aye, I do,” he says. “I’ve already scored a bunch of pre-season goals and I feel sharp and up for it. Last year at Rangers might prove a blessing in disguise, in that I was in and out of the team. I almost had a break from regular football last season, and I definitely feel rejuvenated now.”
Boyd speaks pointedly as one who, even when approaching 32, feels he has to endlessly prove a point, both to himself and to his many doubters.
“I’ve been written off many times,” he says. “When I came back from America [and a dismal spell with Portland Timbers in 2012] they said, ‘Ach, here’s Boyd, playing out his career with Kilmarnock.’ But I had then – and I still have – the drive and determination to prove to myself that I can still go and score goals. The day I lose that motivation is the day I’ll quit.
“I’m eight goals away from scoring 100 career goals for Kilmarnock. I think it would be a remarkable achievement, considering I’ve already done it with Rangers. It is well within reach of me, and I’d love to put that one to bed. Not many strikers can say they’ve scored 100 goals for two clubs.”
Last season, by his own admission, was a personal failure, though Boyd points out that quite a lot appeared to be malfunctioning all over Rangers. It was just the latest in this striker’s intriguing sequence of good times and bad, though he admits that life suddenly feels fresh and motivating again.
“There’s much more to life than living inside the Rangers bubble,” says Boyd. “I’ve been there, I’ve done it, and I’ve scored my goals over the years.
“I’ve had career highs and lows. There is nothing worse than training all week and not getting a game at the end of it, and I’ve been there over a number of seasons with different clubs.
“I came through the Kilmarnock system, I was scoring every week, the same continued at Rangers, and then I got myself in the Scotland set-up, and got goals for my country as well. So I’ve had real highs.
“My biggest regret was that it didn’t work for me in England. At Middlesbrough, the moment Gordon Strachan got the sack, I knew it wasn’t going to work out. I then went and had a great spell under Billy Davies at Nottingham Forest, scoring goals and feeling I was hitting my form at that level. But, with Forest missing out on promotion, and Billy then losing his job, my move to Forest couldn’t happen.
“But you know what? Of the various bad experiences I’ve had, I wouldn’t change any of them. Because they have made me the person I am today.”
Boyd grew up a Rangers fan in Ayrshire, in the village of Tarbolton, but Kilmarnock has always had what he calls “a special place in my heart”. It was the club that reared him from 12 years old and honed Boyd’s hungry scoring appetite. Famously, when he joined Rangers in 2006, he handed back to Killie his £20,000 cut of the transfer fee from Ibrox.
“I just felt Kilmarnock needed the cash for their youth development. It was basically a ‘thank you’ for what the club had done for me. I felt it was the right thing.
“When I was a wee guy growing up I remember my dad once saying that my grandpa would give someone his last pound. It stuck with me. I think if you can be generous with people, then people in turn will look after you.”
The subject of money reminded me that Boyd, after everything, must be pretty well-heeled. Surely, after his various lucrative contracts – in Scotland, England, Turkey and America – he needn’t actually work again. It must be an enviable position to be in.
“Put it this way, I’ve looked after what I’ve got,” he replies. “I’m not going to sit here and say I’m not going to work again. That’s not the person I am. I like being out there. I love football, I like speaking about it, I like coaching it, I like playing it. I know about the majority of things that are going on in football – I got to my bed at night and I’m still reading about it and wanting to learn. So, whenever my playing career finishes, I don’t think I’ll be finished with football.
“I’m not motivated by money. My main aim is the challenge ahead, and asking myself, ‘how can this challenge benefit me as a player or as a person?’ If it was all about money I’d have left Rangers long before I did in 2010. There was a £3.5m offer in for me from Birmingham City, with big wages on top, but I wanted to stay at Rangers and win things with Rangers. I want to work in my life, I want to crack on.”
Boyd is currently doing his UEFA Pro licence, and is back coaching Kilmarnock’s Under-17s, with a determined goal of becoming a coach or manager one day.“It has been an excellent experience under Jim Fleeting and Donald Park, and a huge learning curve for me,” he says. “It has been a great education.
“If there is an opportunity for me to be a manager in the future, I want to be ready to step in. I don’t want to have to play catch-up. I’m not saying doing this course will make you a manager – time will tell on that – but it definitely helps you. I want to learn, and I want to push myself.”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13502213.The_Graham_Spiers_Interview__Kris_Boyd/
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It would be extremely unfair on Greg Kiltie to drop him IMO. He was one of the few bright sparks towards the end of last season and has played well in pre-season.
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Bringing in Rob Dickie from Reading.
Any Killie fans have any more news about Queens taking Chris Johnston on loan.?. William Gross is still training with us is Paul Hefferan. Will any of the above be a good signing for Queens
Johnston would be a good signing. Heffernan is done and Willie Gros never even got started. Avoid & avoid.
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Let's All Laugh At Celtic Thread
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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'rico - you are at times one of the best Celtic posters, but oh so often you're dragged back down to the seabed with the rest of the benthos.
The point is not that they wished Ireland well. As has been said on many occasions now, Celtic F.C. sent out well wishes to Scotland's direct rival for a play-off spot. It doesn't matter if they've wished Scotland well previous, they still made a point of segregating themselves from the rest of the nation.
No answer yet as to why Celtic didn't wish luck to Northern Ireland though? Seeing as well, one of your most popular players/managers in recent times represented them and all that.