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What did Robbie Keane ever do apart from scoring from penalties and from play?   He couldn't head the ball with any expertise, didn't take set pieces, useless at tackling. Nygren contributes much more to Celtic's overall game than any of the leading goalscorers from the past. It's reasonably evident he thrives when there's class alongside him upfront. His footballing intelligence is on a par with Hogh but obviously more limited in technical ability. Nygren is tall and strong as a (gentle) ox, doesn't get injured. Celtic struck gold with the signing of Nygren for a relative pittance.

Be some craic when Engels and co leave in a week

There's always the dark cloud lurking 

I didn't take you for an Arne Engels fan.

Oh I'm not really either. He is playing well first 2 games though. Like a man looking a move away!

Ah sure you know me, glass half full when it comes to Celtic. For good reason with that crowd in charge.

Engels was shite v Dundee.
What peed me off about Engels v Kilmarnock is that he gave a feck to be involved and threw off the shackles to put in a brilliant shift. But why just v Kilmarnock? he had the wherewithal to be that outstanding player in a hundred games previous and was content to do just enough and show sufficient potential.

Hassan deal looks nearly complete! Positive progress but realistically need about 4/5 players minimum.

I think MON is in there to be a bit cautious. Celtic signed some absolute shite over the last 3 years and let some youths go who were superior.

I can't see him panic signing.

The word about Mon's input to the transfer strategy is not about caution but to focus on quality targets,  not a free for all cheap signings bundle.

Be some craic when Engels and co leave in a week

There's always the dark cloud lurking 

I didn't take you for an Arne Engels fan.

U2 were and will always be looked at as a Maga band, and for them to come from Ireland is something to celebrate

What individuals say or don't say from said band is different, there isn't a band/group or soloist that doesn't have 'bad press' or snobbery about it

Christy Moore is said to be a dour fecker along the lines of Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor had her moments and I'm sure there are hundreds of other great Irish artists that fall foul of the general public as was the case of the one that died in the bike crash recently

But yeah, begrudgery holds a special place in Ireland   

Bono waited less than 24 hours to pontificate and moralise to the world about October 7th. He waited around three years to open his mouth about the ensuing genocide.

Chirsty Moore allegedly being a bit dour isn't much of a parallel.

I wasn't tying to make parallels, apologies,  just pointing out how we are a bunch of begrudging cnuts 

Speak for yourself and for your kind of cnuts. 

I'm enjoying the classy TG4 coverage. How is this working  the Fleadh and Féile an Pobal happening simultaneously?  Have they merged events/some events or have both entities manage to have their own identity?
The Féile located in West Belfast and the Fleadh in other parts of Belfast

[Ox - doesn't come on against Dundee, where is he in the pecking order]

I dunno where to start here tbh...midfield options below

Bernardo - been sent out on loan
Hatate - not featuring and has asked to leave, will get his move soon.
Ox - doesn't come on against Dundee, where is he in the pecking order
McCowan - sub role which is prob fine for Scotland but please nooooo for Europe if we qualify
McGregor - still decent but getting older, how much longer can he go on for 33 or 34 I think
Engels - will be sold soon, get £20m-£25m take it and spend it on other players
Nygren - Doesn't do much in a game but pops up with crucial goals

Now what do you think...

Of the trio, Ox was my last choice on offering a contract to, about a country mile behind Kelechi and Saracchi.

On Nygren, you need to watch the game a bit more closely, he is active in the game, helping out in midfield and defense, he gets around the pitch, closing in on space. And that albeit he is not a midfielder, he's a nr 10. In the current team Nygren is essential.

It's a funeral, not live f**king aid.

Tell that to bono. Him trying to get the congregation to join in with him singing the "Daaaaaaaaayyyyyy" word from his recited version of Beautiful Day at the end (and the Congregation not obliging). Then 'The Edge' suddenly wanders over and stands there awkwardly, seemingly also not knowing if he's at a funeral or live aid, and not sure if he's supposed to join in or not, before giving up and walking back to his pew.

Does anyone in Ireland have  anything good to say about poor old  Bonzo  any more?

Any respect he once had , is surely long gone by  now?

Bono looks very old now. Very jaded looking. Years and all the travelling etc. definately catching up with him.

if Tony Blair had been a pop star instead of a politician he'd be Bono.

Apologies. I was replying to the buck eejit who weighed in with "he started a relationship with her when she was 19" as if that was the story.

As for "that's the take?" you're the one describing anyone daring to raise an eyebrow at the man's character as a result of his untimely death as "hand wringers".

But it is the story. The rest is you bedwetters trying to sully someone out of general principle because you have to be edgy.

He did absolutely nothing wrong, she hasn't claimed anything was untoward and they remained friends and collaborators long after they broke up. But you carry on and be outraged on her behalf.

Well said, hard to credit we're still living deep in the valley of the squinting windows some 110 years since, still whispering the same old innuendoes.

Haissam Hassan £7m right winger. Had superb world cup.

Getting there now, albeit slowly.

Slowly, as in glacial pace.

BTW, Duran is a versatile player, not just a strike but also can play effectively on both wings.

Sensational news from Celtic Park as a second marquee player has one foot inside the door.  It has taken Celtic  7 months to close the deal. Bodo Glimt were reported as demanding 8m for Kasper Hogh  but Celtic decided why not give them 11m+

The Agency season 2 definitely a level up from season 1.

Aye looks like season 1 was purely laying ground. Season 2 is very good so far - 6 episodes in.

The 2nd series was absolutely a lift on a very good 1st series. Fassbender is brilliant and the end of it is unreal. Series 3 well set up!!!

Haven't bothered with it so far. I've watched the French original. Assuming it's just the exact same story line.

Me having rated the French original as high as the sky I wasn't in a hurry to watch the US version. Regardless actors matter and in this one Fassbender is outstanding, he's the centre of every episode, magnetic. Richard Gere, smooth as teflon, unflappable. It is its own show, and can be enjoyed as that. I don't feel that there's any need to compare it to the original.
But if I was to compare   it's not in the same league as the French one. The amount of time something is explained out loud to a presumed dumber audience is frustrating, nuance is oft times absent without just cause.
And pound for pound re the character acting, only Fassbender who masterly carries the burden of his contradictions would be left standing.

There is no chance of Celtic even dipping into the 70m +30m funds that are already banked, in order to purchase new players. There is also no danger of them even spending more than the money that will earned on the transfers. What most folk want is that they sign the players they need in good time before the CL play off game.

But some people keep repeating the refrain of the perils of going into debt when there is 'dangerous' 'reckless' talk  of spending all the money that will be earned on transfers on buying much needed replacement players.

Why don't BBC 2 just use the RTE coverage for the hurling final, it's organic GAA - without the cringe factor and Marty was born for commentating on Munster and AI finals. Niblock just doesn't have the voice or the wherewithal. Let the BBC2 NI GAA team be regionally restricted.
 

The ceo etc are not gangsters, they're low grade total spoofers, shite at their job, spread barefaced lies about Kelechi's salary and Saracchi's so called demands and then are so childishly naive to think their lies wouldn't be exposed.