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[Over the Bar]

The forces of darkness drop two points tonight so Celtic go 4 clear at the top! 

Not bad for having an injury ravaged squad, having to play CL footie while rangers players watch Corrie on a Wed night and having lost the 1st old firm game of the season.

[Doogie Browser]

Plus two more goals under his belt for Cillian Sheridan, all in all a good nights work for Celtic, 4 points is a great cushion in the SPL.

[mhacadoir]

all in all a good night. thought donati played well, as did hinkel and sheridan grew in confidence. give him a year and we got a player.

[mylestheslasher]

Plus two more goals under his belt for Cillian Sheridan, all in all a good nights work for Celtic, 4 points is a great cushion in the SPL.

What were shierdans goals like - did he play well in general?

[T Fearon]

Brilliant for young Sheridan, an Ulsterman who can score goals in top flight football. Hope Trap is being informed of his progress.

Watched the Huns Moterwell match and all I can say is thank fcuk we missed out on Lafferty, he makes Miller and Boyd looke like Gulllit and Van Basten

Incidentally anyone fancy a day trip to the Villareal game? Supporters Club in Antrim offering trip and ticket for £85, back on the midnight sailing from Stranraer.Sounds good to me

[lynchbhoy]

Brilliant for young Sheridan, an Ulsterman who can score goals in top flight football. Hope Trap is being informed of his progress.

Watched the Huns Moterwell match and all I can say is thank fcuk we missed out on Lafferty, he makes Miller and Boyd looke like Gulllit and Van Basten

Incidentally anyone fancy a day trip to the Villareal game? Supporters Club in Antrim offering trip and ticket for £85, back on the midnight sailing from Stranraer.Sounds good to me

was thinking the exact same myself about sheridan and lafferty.
Young Shero will be a viable option up front  for Ireland if he continues to progress. The striking four would be Doyle, Keane, Folan and Shero.
Prob more starting to emerge now too.
Just need to get the midfield and full backs sorted out, but I think things are looking good.

Also looking good for Celtic right now with the young side starting to play well. But so they should, most of these lads cost a lot more and are imo far more skilled than their opposition in the spl.
That spl teams sit back with 10 men behind the ball each game v Celtic makes it harder to get wins.

Dont know if anyone saw the game motherwell v huns last night. I didnt watch it all, just 5 - 10 minute segments, but it was highly entertaining football with motherwell really playing great stuff and deserved their draw. No 10 men behind the ball there, why do teams go out to play attacking soccer against rangers and not against Celtic ?
I have to say that while the quality /price of playes in the spl is way less than the epl equivalent, the entertainment is imo way better than most epl teams - with exception to Arsenal and at times man u, chelsea and liverpool.

Hope Celtic can keep this going now and gain confidence in preparation for the next game v huns and win that one. Samaras back is a huge lift for the side too. Hope McGeady recovers quickly.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

just back into work today from last Tuesday...The game against Utd was good for atmosphere and really enjoyed it, the 2nd half was poor but i understand the reasons for it. It's just a pity we didn't have JVOH and samaras fit as we def could have created more chances hence the Utd pressure...but a draw with Utd is not at all bad with the players we had available, i know at Celtic Park we should settle for nothin less than a win against all teams but when you're using your 8th choice striker to come of the bench then you know your in diffs...

P.S. met Gaoth on the Stena and had a pint. Good lad he his...I was down looking for T Fearon on the London road before the game but no joy...

Illdecide, your not a bad aul spud yourself, was wrecked by the time we got home after the game - 4am!! 
Tone would have spent the pre-match trying to find his brick again. 

[T Fearon]

Lads, I spent the pre match time in Merchant City and Princes Square shops, at the behest of my wife who accompanied me. Sorry I missed you. Didn't even get to see the brick as that area of the stadium was cordoned off. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer walked right past me on his way up to the main entrance, past Brother Walfrid's sculpture, with his reserve squad, about an hour before kick off.

[illdecide]

just watched the highlights there on the BBC website, not bad at all. Sheridan took his goals well espicially the first one and Donati looked like he had a decent game...

[the colonel]

was at the game,  sheridan was good, got better after the first goal, donati was good. killmarnock never had a shot that brown had to save. mark wilson is gettin better at left back. how he hasn't been capped yet i dunno

[mhacadoir]

wilson had a good game, as did hinkel. i9 think mr naylors days in a celtic top will be numbered.

i think if sheridan has another year under him he will be a top player, i was at the hibs game and he scored and watched last nite on the telly (polish tv!) and he grew in confidence. Good to see mizuno being blooded in as well, we are having a lot of midfield options with donati back, brown playing well, hartley, robson, crosas, mc geady, maloney, naka.

[T Fearon]

Everythin looking rosey, fringe players proving they're up to the task and not dropping any silly points. Tocuh wood it continues. Naka's goal was top class as well, but the Sheridan's fist was something else, great header on, following up for th pass and finished cooly with aplomb. Hope he doesn't come back to Cavan for the Mc Kenna Cup

[the colonel]

'Secret' Obama code name revealed 

The names are chosen for ease during radio communications
The not-so-secret code names used by the US Secret Service for the president-elect and his family have been published.

Barack Obama is called Renegade, while his wife Michelle is Renaissance, and their daughters Rosebud and Radiance.

They will replace Trailblazer (President George W Bush) and his wife Tempo in the White House on 20 January.

The names are chosen to be easily pronounced and understood when agents use radio communications.

A list of names starting with R was drawn up by the White House Communications Agency, a branch of the military that serves the White House and Secret Service.

SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES



Renegade: Barack Obama, President-elect
Renaissance: Michelle Obama, president-elect's wife
Radiance: Malia Obama, president-elect's daughter
Rosebud: Sasha Obama, president-elect's daughter
Trailblazer: George W Bush, President
Tempo: Laura Bush, First Lady
Rawhide: Ronald Reagan, ex-President
Smurfette: Kareena Gore, ex-vice-president's daughter 

When 19-year-old Karenna Gore's father became vice-president in 1993 she had to choose her own name.

In 1997, she wrote: "Ever since four years ago, when I was put on the spot and told 'two syllables' and 'It has to start with an s,' I have been cringing in the back seat when identified as 'Smurfette'."

Al Gore frequently told people his code name was Al Gore because he was so boring. However, the Washington Post reported that he was initially called Sawhorse but eventually became Sundance for unknown reasons.

Vice-President-elect Joe Biden is known as Celtic.

The outgoing president retains his code name as he and his family will continue to have Secret Service protection.

"There's nothing top secret about them," Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren told Associated Press.

"It has no operational security significance any more because of encrypted communication capabilities."

The code names have "nothing to do with security" and more to do with ease in radio communication for those agents whispering into microphones up their sleeves.

The defeated Republican presidential candidate John McCain, a senator from Arizona, is Phoenix, while his wife Cindy is Parasol.

His running mate, Sarah Palin, was Denali - the name of national park in her home state of Alaska, and the natural gas pipeline project there.

Her husband, Todd, the North Slope oil worker, was Driller.

Previous code names have included: Passkey for President Gerald Ford; Rawhide for President Ronald Reagan; Deacon for President Jimmy Carter; and Angler for Vice-President Dick Cheney



New Vice President is a hoop!!

[Doogie Browser]

New Vice President is a hoop!!

Aye but apparently he is also a Derry man!

[illdecide]

Lads Celtic were poor yesterday...def thought it would finish a draw and TBH did we even deserve a draw never mind a win but i suppose take them while we're getting them as I'm sure there'll be some decisions against us soon enough. Thought McManus and Caldwell were at fault for their goal, donati was poor and thought Maloney was brutal...then again there were too many brutal to mention