But then again, we’d all have taken a score draw before kick off if we were offered it, so there’s not really anything to worry about .
Right ?
Their keeper will never play like that again.
Right ?
In Copenhagen last night Celtic roared out of the blocks and could have been ahead after just 12 seconds. A few minutes later it could have been two…Oddsone Edoaurd scorning the chances he normally puts away with ease.
It didn’t matter, and it didn;t affect him. He finally scored-finally lol- after just 12 minutes, and after that Celtic could have gone on to put the game and the tie to bed.
At half time, the Danes were on the ropes, but a few doses of smelling salts and they came back out swinging.
And this is the bit that concerns me..well, some of what concerns me.
Celtic didn’t seem to be expecting a quality side , on their own patch, to come out and make a fist of it.
When they did, the players couldn’t handle it, Olivier Ntcham especially, who didn;t seem to be on clock when his error led to the equaliser.
Celtic somehow held out, even creating a chance or two themselves, but it was the old trouble.
Not putting the ball away, and not having a defence that was confident enough to spread confidence through the team.
Unless Lennon starts with three at the back, and he doesn’t have three centre backs, the team looks shakey.
If only there had been an opportunity to sort this….
However, it’s a results business, and history will record that Celtic got a draw away from home in a european knockout stage tie, with Edoaurd’s goal the first away goal in such a tie scored since Henrik Larsson had us jumpjng about against Boavista…
I know…
Celtic should prove too strong for the Danes at a packed Celtic ark next week, but that little ngging doubt at the back of my mind refuses to go away.
At the risk of being labelled defeatist, negative and all sorts of similar things, i keep thinking that the return will end 2-2..
Partizan Belgrade anyone ?
However, the draw , when combined with an astonishing collapse by Sporting Braga at ibrox means that Scotland will have an easier run in later competitions, which of course, means Celtic will…
Which, as Moravcik 67 on twitter explains, is a good thing that might even get better..
Tonight’s draw sees Celtic move up 2 places to 44th in the rankings, above both Dinamo Zagreb and Viktoria Plzen – which could be important for next year. A win next week would see us overtake Copenhagen, Krasnodar, Anderlecht and Athletic Bilbao as well.
Combined with Rangers’ result, Scotland has moved up 2 places to 14th. If both APOEL and Olympiakos go out next week – both lost at home tonight – a top 15 spot is almost certain. It would probably take Basel and Malmo to meet in the Europa final to prevent it at that point.
A top 15 spot gives Scotland 1 extra team in Europe from 21/22, including 2 CL teams and another in the new ‘best of the rest’ EL. The other teams will skip at least 1 qualifying round as well. Up for debate whether this is good or bad from a Celtic point of view.
4. Finally, if Celtic beat Copenhagen next week Scotland will move up to 13th place. That would see the Scottish champion guaranteed group stage football of some kind – as they would likely skip 3 CL qualifying rounds and start in the playoff.
Finally, finally, Scotland are currently the 6th ranked nation this season. Keep up the results from this season and last and it won’t be long before an automatic CL place is in the bag. If Celtic repeated this season’s results for 5 years we’d be around the top 30 clubs.
And all we need are a couple of defenders.
Last nights best players were Julien, Forster and Edoaurd. It shows that at this level, first team ready players make a difference. The projects are not ready for that.
If we are to keep up this pace for the next five years and get an automatic UCL spot, it’s plain to see what needs to happen.
Now, an appeal.
Those of you who run, or are involved in the running of a junior or non league football side have been asked to help a team who have run into a bit of trouble..
As a cash strapped new venture, the Ibrox club have now quite got the clout required for major kit companies to seek them out, so they’ve decided to grab the bull by the horns and pop themselves out there on the market.
One of their fans had a suggestion…
One head, just one head, yet displaying a measure of stupidity worthy of a dozen.
what’s going on here ?
That’s the most defeatist, negative and all sorts of similar things prediction I’ve read this morning. I’m going for 3-2.
2-0 to Celtic
Caption: “The Sevco defender was caught sleeping when the cross came in.”
With King on the way out, Andy Halliday makes a hash of his audition for chair of RIFC
Sevco player training for their 2020 Christmas party.
A bit harsh Ralph we came right out of the blocks similarly to how we did at Ibrox in September.Eddy should have had two, Callum should have done better with his chance, Ryan, well it was a penalty, but in other non VAR circe might not have been given. Copenhagen are a fairly decent team probably worth a draw on their own turf, it will be different at Celtic Park.
Disagree with it was crap, Celtic were the better team, the Danes struggled to score, there will only be one at Parkhead next week, Elyannousi added nothing to the party, Ping Pong too easily bullied.Julien and Eddie outstanding, Forster save at penalty special.
Halliday in state of shock at Braga win
I trust that Ross Nelson is now reconsidering the company that he keeps.
With this amount of rain,packed Celtic ark sounds correct!
Caption: The Glasgow divide.On one side Halliday,on the other,football….
Sevco protester commits suicide by pitchfork.
Is he authorised?
am I the only one who thought Broony was completely exposed last night? he no longer has the legs. he definitely was not helped by both Christie and Ncham stinking the joint but I thought he looked beat once the pace of the game continued to rise.
Biggest concern Copenhagen copied sevco tactics 2cd half went narrow in midfield and put 3 against our 2. It seemed to unsettle us again. First half we were confident 2cd half really sloppy with decisions. Big Tom to take Christie’s place Griff to come back should take care of business. HH
We’ll hump them in the second leg and we should have done so last night when they were 3-0 down after 12 mins. Beckenbauer? Aj-er fuck, stop dribbling when you are the last man. Their centre forward knew what he was doing with the head clash, dirty fecker. The game is catching up with Broonie but he’s the focal point and replacing him will be Lennon’s (sorry CS Neil’s xx) biggest challenge.
One of those “lets shout FUXAKE!” at the telly nights.
Ideal start and seemed like another professional night in store and then we were very much off the pace in the 2nd half and ended up going further and further back and drawing in on ourselves.
Christie is needing game time…Frimpong isnt a defensive defender…Broony is getting like Mascherano at Barca…the Sweeper role awaits…Calmac needs to learn that killer pass touch from Rogic..Ntcham needs to apply himself for the whole game…Our forwards need to work on clinical finishing…Ajer has to clear the ball sometimes…Hayes and Frimpong have to learn when to go and when to stay in a 4..
HOWEVER…that can all be addressed…we arent staring into an Abyss..just need some application and attitude..no dramas..we can beat them at home with the same start and get 3 goals in to end the tie quickly and professionally
Eddy needs to finish more chances. There, I’ve said it.
There are two errors in the “rangers” statement:
1. Missing apostrophe in “clubs Official Kit Manufacturer”
2. They have accidentally typed a 5 in the “landmark 150th year in 2022”
No. I think clubs is correct.
They will need strips for Sevco The Rangers currently (or for the time being) a club in the Scottish Premier League
and, also
legacy strips for the good old EBT days of Rangers 1872 (in Liquidation and heading straight to Hell)
so I make it 2 (two) clubs.
It will be alright on the night bhoys Celtic will take about 4 of them we just need to win the game and we are through.
Great result last night would take that any day.
Football “A Game Of Two Halves” the auld yins are the best yins, its been said for many, many years, so it must be true. It was certainly true last night, should have been 4 up by half time, “should have” but “should have” doesn’t win games. If only F.F.F. could perform as well as F.F. it would be effing great, but no Efe Ambrose great. First half we looked composed and skilful, second half the Danes looked like wolves in the chicken shed and we were the chickens. Both Moi and Frimpers playing their first game back from injury, Broony took a sore-one or two and things just never gelled. They were there for the taking, but next week, we will take them. Bring on the Rogic and GIRUT.
Caption VAR says penalty.
(Video aid for raingers) as it will be known by the sfa.
Big Sutty goes fishing at sevco game and hooks a Bluefin
Last night’s 2nd half performance makes me worry for Ibrox. Our tactical discipline and formation were all over the place.
Copenhagen have been on a 2 month hiatus but dominated a 2nd half when our fitness should have come to the fore.
We have good players but tactically so poor.
Also, unsurprising that £7m Jullien, £9m Edouard and £10m FF are consistently our best players in big games. Our strategy should be fewer signings but higher average transfer fee.
Good comment at last someone with a bit of logic
So Steven Gerrards Rangers (not to be confused wit RFC in Liquidation) get a 15.000 fine from the SFA( not to be accused of representing all Clubs fairly) as they then proceed to give Celtic a 4.000 fine for, well nothing really.
I am still waiting for another fine for SGs Rangers for their behaviour after the Kilmarnock game when half the team surrounded and abused the ref and a killie player. Not one word about that fracas in the media. I believe the ref was Beaton so most likely left out of his match report.
Caption…
shudda went to specsavers.
any team that really presses us high causes us massive probs. Rangers have discovered the recipe and so have other teams. This team has players as good as ours and I do worry about the second leg. 60,000 fans can be a 12th man but sometimes it works in reverse and the pressure tells.
I would have taken Ntcham off after ten minutes. He’s either brilliant or too casual and slow.
Fingers crossed.
✊✊
Haliday hits the deck causing £100k of improvements at the crumple dome.
Hummels and elite have made an announcement destroying sevco.
They are going to court and dont hold back. Pity the media dont seem too bothered about it. But what else is new.
Caption: ” Oh the rangers are stool, oh the rangers are stool “
Caption,Andy has only got one ball.
The other has been kicked over the wall
1-1 away goal seems ok but we all know we could have put the game out of sight. Strange night in that Copenhagen was an average side that seemed to come to life when we did the opposite. I think we may blow them away at Celtic Park and would be shocked by anything else. vs. Killie (3-5-2)
Forster
Ajer/Jullien/Simunovic
Forrest/Brown/Christie/McGregor/Hayes
Edouard/Griffiths or Bayo
3-0 to the bhoys
Caption: Big shock for player after he tells club doctor there was blood on a stool.
I would like to discuss the tactical move of going to a narrow 4. Shouldn’t this have been identified quickly and our wider players dropped into midfield? We started with Christie playing wide, couldn’t he have dropped into the middle leaving Edouard spearheading the attacks with Jamsie playing off of him in a Raumdeteur/Trequartista role? It seems that would’ve settled our midfield. Christie has played a box to box role before in Europe.
Been trying to post, unsuccessfully.
Uralius,
Ralph is just separating the wheat from the chaff 🙂
Ah it’s like VAR for comments. Although how do yours always get through?
Good point 🙂
VAR stops play as Halliday is caught in the off chair trap
When all is said and done, 1-1 is a tremendous result away from home in europe.
I remember the days when an away game in europe was a guaranteed defeat, not anymore.
It was a poor second half but our boys got a good result, let’s not look too deep into it, the players are doing fine!
Caption: one down, 50,000 to go!
Where’s Noah when you need him?
The animals came in two by two, but we don’t care what the animals say, what the heck do we care,
cos we only know that there’s gonny be a show,
And the Glasgow Celtic will be thereeee!
Jungle Jangles:
As Celtic prepare to announce a huge new sponsorship kit deal, reputed to be worth a whopping £60.00 million pounds over 5 years. Elite-Hummel announce that they are taking legal action against “Rain-Gers” for breach of contract. Have they no suffered enough? erm Naw. From Minty’s glazier mint training ground and then the Hummel Academy for teddy bears, whatever next? Cold Shouldered Chairmen, three Bears, whining, cheating bunch of malcontents. And as the SPFL and the SFA. sponsorship deals run out this year, who would be the next sucker to sponsor the mankies or their pals in the governing bodies. It can only be betting companies desperate to publicise their services. Because nobody likes to sponsor cheats or fraudsters. Trying to hang on to Celtic’s coat-tales, desperate for money, their days of cheating are numbered. Our halcyon days are coming.
Caption : From Rangers TV: ‘Penalty! Red Card! Off! Off! Off!. Somebody just kicked Andy’s zimmer away.’
Caption: Halliday; being one of Slippy G’s favorites sat on a stool and slid right down.
Caption Haliday learns the hard way not to steal a chip of the fat controllers plate
Great result for the Celtic ladies last night defeating defending champions Glasgow City 2-1 on the opening night of the league campaign.
Come on you ghirls in Green
I read that Kelly Clark Captain and Celtic TV pundit scored the winning goal late on.
I watched live on BBC Alba. Horrific conditions and the equaliser was a cracker.
WTF?
Watching wenches football? Nonsense!
Caption: penalty to Rangers*
penalty to Rangers*
Anton, don’t you have an edit button?
I thought this statement would have made news not here Shame that.
Hummel UK & The Elite Group was proud to have entered into a supplier agreement with Rangers Football Club in good faith in March 2018. We saw this as an opportunity to work together for the benefit of the club, its supporters and the Hummel brand. However, despite being given warranties and assurances by the Rangers board that the club was free to enter into their arrangement, it transpired that Rangers had previously signed a conflicting agreement with a third party. The club has therefore been unable to fulfil its obligations to Hummel & The Elite Group, which would have included the creation of a Hummel branded area within the Ibrox Megastore, along with crucial marketing activity such as perimeter advertising, player activations, and promotion on the Rangers FC website. Hummel UK & The Elite Group has nonetheless made payments to Rangers totalling c. £2.5m and supplied kit worth approximately £1m. Despite doing all of this in good faith, we are now facing some public statements from Rangers which are not correct. We have been unable to find a way forward despite making repeated efforts to reach out to the club. It is with regret that we have therefore rescinded our agreement with Rangers FC with immediate effect, due to the club being in material breach of contract. We remain willing to try and resolve matters with Rangers FC on an amicable basis. Contrary to reports, Rangers is not owed any further payments from Hummel UK & The Elite Group at this time and we are disappointed by Rangers’ decision to commence legal proceedings in respect of these issues. Those proceedings will not result in any payment to Rangers and are an unwelcome and unnecessary distraction for the club, its fans and Hummel. We have now begun our own legal proceedings against Rangers which we are very confident will result in a positive outcome so we can all move forward.”
Now I’m sure if Celtic had lost its kit manufacturer the media would have gone out their way to give it attention.
HH the good guys.
The internet is a great tool to use, to find out about most things, just at the touch of a button. There is so much out there that satisfies a hungry mind. All of us share a love for Celtic, its history, its roots, its togetherness, its empathy, its good heart. We all have our own favourite players, coach’s and we all have our own opinions on how the team should play, who should be in it, or not. We celebrate the many great things about our great club and despise its many enemies. Celtic as a club offers us so much and we demand only the best for it and a level playing field. We do not get that though from Scottish football, or from the clubs current custodians. All we seek is honesty and fairness and for the club to be safe, history tells us that there is always a time to be wary of the many dangers facing the club. But most of all, all we seek is the truth and an honest game.
Soccer am pretty rubbish but Eddy and Ntcham on it this morning
Grab in January? Is a player their to prove?
To,to witness thy confidence.
Mean,Mr Mustard Neil.What you chose nearly cost us.
Defending the 6 yard box even for a minute,time to drag the favorites. They doubled up on the fullbacks and our wingers are not defenders.
Bringing on subs in your mind Neil you ‘hope’ are fit, is…
Ismaila Soro and Patryk Klimala should be on the starting team sheet after that drawn tour.
What
s learnt Neil? A Shite defender slide tackling on show. Id drop Ajer,cause again in Europe hes that useless idiot that reads the ball,by 2 yards behind.s a skill to slide tackling.There
Our midfield is tapped,next.
Too fine. Run to training and back.
O
do we learn? Owell,enjoy.Pedros to sell us.Somebody has pissed in the SFAs coffee.
Point being,Lady Jane. Sweet Maria.
Bowl please my love, Monti.
Encompass all styles of Pedro. You can
t always get what you want,when its there. Grow dry rice.60 million for 2 players?Useless i`m worth double and I behave.
Come together Pedro.
Rabbit
in. Though its their boots or soft.Thinking of a previous comment regarding ready made players like Ellyanoussi. Julienne are the way to go instead of your bayou and klimalas. I’ve seen enough of those two to believe they’re not going to make it. You know it everyone does. Why go there? The Huns made a good choice with hagi. He’s ready and better than our recent signings. I question our brain trust in the recruitment department these guys aren’t any better than local players. Julienne is well worth it so was odsonne. Spend wisely Celtic. It will pay dividends. Julienne could walk into most epl teams at a profit for the club. Odsonne. Well the sky’s the limit.
Forrest has gone off the boil and I fear there’s no improvement in him he’s instinctive with no football brain. He made bad decisions he could have squared to odds or in the second half for a certain goal yet he still touches the ball too far ahead of himself with the resulting low percentage shot. McGregor could’ve squared to eddy as well instead of ballooning the ball when we had four against 3 in a breakaway. These finite decisions can mean progression or getting put out. Though I hold McGregor in high regard. Great first half fucking class would put that down as our best of the season. Also frimpong did ok but his decision making is awry.
Also all these missed comments maybe buck the trend and keep writing in the old diaries when the comments are finally accepted as acceptable.
Not too sound disparaging but I think there’s been an executive decision by the brains trust running the forum to omit anything derogatory about Lawell et al. To sanitise our opinions into something innocuous and rattle waving and rah rah rah. Is this where we want to go ? Insipid opinion? Granted there’s been pro IRA stuff that would be seen as something to move on from. Follow Follow can go on with their tarrier comments and other disparaging remarks against Catholics. It makes sense to eventually detach ourselves from bigotry and teach our children not to engage in bigotry. But there’s history there. It can be extrapolated in a decent manner. Without true history we are just another provincial football club devoid of passion. No one wants furore that’s leads to people being attacked because of religion. But Celtic are a political club always have been, this is our identity. Hiding it to appease a bunch of suits is a cop out.
I think you’re missing the point. Completely i know his agenda. He just doesn’t want a to be seen as representing a rabble going on about bobby sands etc it sort of diminishes the credibility of what’s happening in the here and now. Tbh I don’t think there’s enough of us who can be bothered with res 12 and the longer it goes on there will be less interest in pushing for it
In earnest there should be a forum or collective pushing for res 12 it’s not happening here. There’s only intermittent commentary on it. Base comments about Lawell makes us look like an embarrassing rabble caught up in the last game. If he wants to push this forum entirely on getting justice for something that happened many years ago then he’s going about it the wrong way This is a legal matter and not many of us have the wherewithal to fully understand how to go about getting a result. It’s all just intermittent angry responses followed up by who should be playing against st Johnstone.
am a the only wan who thinks from the evidence above mrs lance fucked off cause hees fulla shit
Maybe Charlie. I’m full of shit. But I’ll stand by my statement that there’s those who want to push for res 12 and the longer it goes on the next btwrest will evaporate. Our club want to sweep it under the carpet and the protagonists will be seen as ineffective complainers holding on to something that’s never going to amount to anything. What’s your input? What’s anyone’s input on here. ? There is a valid reason to push for it but from my angle it’s just diatribe with minimal support. If they were winning the league the impetus would improve but that’s not going to happen. They will be miles off at the end of the day. We have a corrupt establishment in place and there will be no relinquishing of titles or fiduciary punishment.
It may appear weak to cop this but without support there’s no answers.
We are holding a moral compass and without sounding to puritanical are in the box seat for any future wrongdoings a precedent has been set. This forum has political leanings but we are caught up in the here and now.
Ralph and others feel strongly about pushing for justice but I beg the question how much time do we as individuals would put his exuberance into striving for justice ?
Ian,
Resolution 12. is ongoing, it isn’t finished. Auldheid is still working on it and on other matters as well, like the 5Way. I’m told that he has some assistance, but Ralph ^ ^ helps Auldheid immensely. He continuously works extremely hard for justice for Celtic and a level playing field for Scottish football. You are wrong mate, very wrong. Now that David Low has joined the Celtic Trust, hopefully, there will be added strength, for the Res.12 cause. They are all aware of Lawwell’s secretive involvement in many issues including the 5Way and hopefully more will come out, it isn’t dead by any means, but you have to understand the many difficulties that they face. And BTW. We are all Bobby Sands.
Mike the only time we talk about res 12 is when Ralph brings it up. It’s becoming a novelty. No one is taking it on individually in here or in any way activists. We are only involved in the immediate, the football. You’re in denial
I’m not Bobby sands, but I respect that the prisoners back then shouldn’t be deprived of clothes, furniture, or be given bread and water rations in 3 day increments. They should’ve been treated as either political prisoners or in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
Watch your mouth about Bobby Sands….
I was involved with the bobby sands movement when it was happening some IRA guys came over to garner support. I am well th bobby sands. He’s a saint in my eyes
All good!
Well. It’s a bit of a tightrope. I think there’s more of a connection than you think. He’s. Certainly less of the protagonist of old.
You have to remember that BOTH of them have to earn a living as well as pandering to us for entertainment, give them a break FFS.
That’s true
Good comment Mr saiz. Imagine lining up for a penalty against the big man. It fucks with players heads. You’d think a low penalty in the corner would be a shoe in for a goal against such a big man. Special mention to copenhagens keeper. I’d be looking at him if we don’t get big Frazer he’s not bad.
Behave,he`s toon grey.
Bring back the back of the goals.
sissy in the corner!
What did we do pay for second time round for Fraser? He
s not putting the kettle on.If we dont keep him,the money is wasted on a keeper within the club that nobody can see.
And they`ll stick with that.
When was the last time he bent over to pick a ball up out of the back of the net?
Carry that weight…those in front have been sold.
Enjoyed for a while sweet Lady Jane.
Did give an approval of this comment but it’s probably ended up in another forum. Good logic Charlie. Forster is worth two players. Hardly a mistake in him. For all this talk about McGregor being the best in scotland I’d like to see a comparison in mistakes btw both keepers
Spot on Dim ^
Dim,? lights are on shining brightly
That was to Captain Darling.
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