Crawford Bridge Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 20 minutes ago, Doc Holiday said: Shankey 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seumas Abrach Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 6 hours ago, Crùbag said: B'fheàrr leam Òran na Cloiche ach bidh na faclan car doirbh dhan a'mhòr chuid. "'S i u ro bha ho ro hilli um bo ha Hilli um bo ruaig thu i hilli um bo ha 'S i u ro bha ho ro hilli um bo ha".... Uill, 's dòcha! Ach, tha mi a dol leat, chaneil mi cho cinnteach a tha an seist an "éist-bhéist" air ge ta! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamba_trio Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 4 hours ago, Gaz said: Lambert was an excellent midfielder and had the balls to go somewhere else to get better, unlike someone like Paul McStay happy to stay at the same level at the club he supported scudding diddly teams every week. McStay stayed at the club he supported because he supported them. Celtic - at that time - were a diddy team. They scudded nobody. Ever. In 94-95, when McStay was turning 30, Celtic were the lowest scoring team in the Premier Division - he was playing with utter turnips at Celtic. Hell, he played alongside Peter Grant his entire career. It wasn't remotely similar to modern football (and the world was a very different place in 1992). And it wasn't like Brown or McGregor, who were happy to scud teams every week. Although he was a far far far superior player to both (and absolutely should have left Celtic). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Tom English: Quote Wirtz and Musiala took turns to drift over to Ralston’s side of the pitch, where, helpfully for them, Ryan Porteous also roamed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holiday Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 1 hour ago, Crawford Bridge said: Or Larry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 5 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: It's about an incident almost 40yrs later during their war of 1812 with the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland... ... noteworthily during which regiments including Royal Scots Fusiliers, commanded by a Scottish admiral and an Irishman, burnt down Washington the White House and Capitol... ... after the Americans sacked Toronto. Incidentally a different Scottish admiral also commanded the Royal Navy fleet which bombarded Fort McHenry at the Battle of Baltimore in 1814 that inspired the anthem ("... the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air..."). Yeah we've already done that above. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuboMoravcik Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 11 hours ago, tamba_trio said: McStay stayed at the club he supported because he supported them. Celtic - at that time - were a diddy team. They scudded nobody. Ever. In 94-95, when McStay was turning 30, Celtic were the lowest scoring team in the Premier Division - he was playing with utter turnips at Celtic. Hell, he played alongside Peter Grant his entire career. It wasn't remotely similar to modern football (and the world was a very different place in 1992). And it wasn't like Brown or McGregor, who were happy to scud teams every week. Although he was a far far far superior player to both (and absolutely should have left Celtic). Wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamba_trio Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 4 hours ago, LuboMoravcik said: Wrong. You do realise I was defending McStay?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior_Arab Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 17 hours ago, tamba_trio said: McStay stayed at the club he supported because he supported them. Celtic - at that time - were a diddy team. They scudded nobody. Ever. McStay won 3 leagues, 4 Scottish Cups and a League Cup during his Celtic career. While it wouldn’t represent a great return for a present day Celtic player, it hardly merits the “diddy team” tag. Most genuine diddy teams (as in pretty much everyone not called Rangers or Celtic) haven’t won that much silverware in 100+ years of existence, never mind in a single 15 yr spell. It says a lot about their sense of entitlement that the “lean” spell used by Celtic fans to deny the fact their supporters are glory hunters (“look at our crowds in the 80s!!!”) would represent an absolutely golden period for fans of every other club in the country bar one. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamba_trio Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 1 hour ago, Junior_Arab said: McStay won 3 leagues, 4 Scottish Cups and a League Cup during his Celtic career. While it wouldn’t represent a great return for a present day Celtic player, it hardly merits the “diddy team” tag. Most genuine diddy teams (as in pretty much everyone not called Rangers or Celtic) haven’t won that much silverware in 100+ years of existence, never mind in a single 15 yr spell. It says a lot about their sense of entitlement that the “lean” spell used by Celtic fans to deny the fact their supporters are glory hunters (“look at our crowds in the 80s!!!”) would represent an absolutely golden period for fans of every other club in the country bar one. Apologies, I wasn't meaning it in historical way (as if Celtic were diddies until they heroically rose from the ashes). I was meaning that, in the early 90s (when he was considering leaving), Celtic were at the same level as most of the teams in the league. You can't say that McStay chose to stay at Celtic so he could take it easy humping teams every week. That's not the way it was. In 1990, Celtic won 8 league games the entire calendar year. In 93-94 Celtic won 15 league games all season (in a 44 game season). They finished 10 points above relegation. They managed 11 league wins (out of 36) a year later. This time, Celtic finished 10 points above a play off place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylish Kid Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 On 15/06/2024 at 14:51, Doc Holiday said: What's the tactics for the Swiz cheese mob, lump it up to Shankey? I think this is a good learning point - it is important that fans of clubs educate their fellow Scotland fans of the accepted nicknames for their players. Anyway we will pass it through the holes in their defence.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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