This message has been edited - 07-nov-2007 @ 04:56

Originally posted by Cork&Proud:
Still if we had a half decent Centre Forward we'd have won by at least 3, that must be our priority in January.

Originally posted by bear:


Skippy was class...what match were you watching?

Originally posted by bear:



Skippy was class...what match were you watching? 2 new defenders are the first priority

Originally posted by Cork&Proud:


JVOH was at Centre Forward with Skippy as his foil. what match were you watching?, My point is JVOH isn't good enough, no pace, no confidence and lacking goals, now if Skippy were 6 inches taller maybe we could play him centre forward.

Originally posted by Bandage:
Disaster.

We're in the dingy hostel we usually stay in but one of the lads booked us into a 14 bed dorm instead of a 4 bed room. As a result I'll be staying on the internet for the night ahead of my 7.55am flight back to Dublin as I don't want my private bits fiddled around with.

In the meantime I invite further discussion on Aiden McGeady's display tonight - on further reflection I want to upgrade my original comment.It was in fact one of the greatest performances of this, or indeed any other, era. [/ B]

Originally posted by Bandage:
Talking of RTE, I've said it on here before but the punditry is incredibly lazy on their coverage and Brady, Giles and Dunphy are stuck in a comfort zone whereby they simply don't bother doing any research on the teams other than solely providing coverage from the perspective of the English teams involved.

I'm sure most people don't mind if they're coming out with their usual, 'I don't know much about them' rubbish if it's a Besiktas or a Dynamo Kiev or someone but the hordes of Irish Celtic supporters deserve better than lazy generalisations and blatant inaccuracies caused by the fact they can't be bothered finding out anything about the side. If I had such little knowledge about a subject then I wouldn't be so forthright in delivering scathing criticism on it but it's the polar opposite on RTE.

I gather they had quite a go at Aiden before the game last night yet then didn't have the good grace to admit they wrong after his performance. I'm off to have a look for it online before resuming a private email with Stephen Alkin on the topic.

Originally posted by myboyblue:
Is he referring to the Ronaldo from 2 seasons ago cos if so, yes.

Originally posted by Bandage:
No chewfaille, I reiterate my comments from last night. It was one of the best individual displays I've ever had the pleasure to witness. If it was by a player playing for one of the EPL teams in the competition then RTE would be raving about it for weeks. Alas, they have their preconceived ideas about Celtic and indeed Aiden, who they wrote off after watching him play twice for Ireland in the dying embers of the Staunton regime.

Talking of RTE, I've said it on here before but the punditry is incredibly lazy on their coverage and Brady, Giles and Dunphy are stuck in a comfort zone whereby they simply don't bother doing any research on the teams other than solely providing coverage from the perspective of the English teams involved.

I'm sure most people don't mind if they're coming out with their usual, 'I don't know much about them' rubbish if it's a Besiktas or a Dynamo Kiev or someone but the hordes of Irish Celtic supporters deserve better than lazy generalisations and blatant inaccuracies caused by the fact they can't be bothered finding out anything about the side. If I had such little knowledge about a subject then I wouldn't be so forthright in delivering scathing criticism on it but it's the polar opposite on RTE.

I gather they had quite a go at Aiden before the game last night yet then didn't have the good grace to admit they wrong after his performance. I'm off to have a look for it online before resuming a private email with Stephen Alkin on the topic.

In other news I'm just back from the game and the absolute s****g hun b*****ds that were on the flight this morning from Galsgow to Dublin was amazing. They must have got cheap flights to go to Barcelona through Dublin or something and there was probably about 15 or 20 of them on it. Obviously there was a big Celtic contingent too and initially the huns were sheepish enough but as the plane was landing they burst into their sick song about Big Jock, The Sash, a load of others from their collection and shouting sectarian abuse at everyone generally.

There was a potential flashpoint for a while and they were shouted down and told to shut up in no uncertain terms (especially by Rocko!) but they thought they were right hard men. Yet then they all waited behind on the plane until everyone else got off before disembarking in one big unit like the cowardly --------s that they are.

I also see they began rioting in Barcelona last night (a day earlier than usual) and I really hope they get a horrible kicking on the pitch and from the Spanish police. Absolute animals.

Originally posted by Kylie Fan:
Celtic should go after Kenyawne Jones from Sunderland, looks like a good player and wouldnt cost much....

I gather they had quite a go at Aiden before the game last night yet then didn't have the good grace to admit they wrong after his performance. I'm off to have a look for it online before resuming a private email with Stephen Alkin on the topic.

Originally posted by threeboys:


Bandage - whats his email - stephen.alkin@rte.ie ? I'd like to throw my weight behind a few things - e.g. why they show Liverpool when UTV do as well. Nothing more frustrating than flicking around and seeing the same match on 2 stations - doesnt make any sense