For a long time last night, the diary’s credibility looked to be shattered as Celtic led Hamilton 7-0, but happily the hoops conceded and Calum MacGregor stepped up to add the eighth goal in what turned out to be a bit of a mauling for the Lanarkshire side.
It had been coming, the question now is can Deila’s side keep doing it ?
Within ten minutes of the kick off, goals from Lustig , Biton and Rogic had fired the Celts ahead, and within another fifteen minutes Hamilton would have been as well getting back on the bus and heading home.
Leigh Griffiths bagged the first two of his hat trick before half time, and another fearsome start in the second half had Forrest netting and Griffiths on the score sheet again.
At this point, anyone who had the 7-0 forecast would have cashed out, as it looked like the referee would have to take his shoes off to enable him to keep count.
Hamilton managed a consolation goal, as Celtic bombarded the Accies defence, and if it wasn’t for goalkeeper McGovern, it would have been embarrassing. Well, even more embarrassing, and in the end a late goal from Calum MacGregor finished off what was a good nights work for Celtic, when more or less everything seemed to go right.
St. Johnstone have already phoned in sick ahead of Saturdays game.
After the game, manager Ronny Deila seemed to be in a better mood than usual, as it finally looks like his plan is coming together.
“It was a fantastic night and I’m very pleased with the performance from the boys. It’s always hard to keep up the tempo and intensity when you are 3-0 up after 10 minutes, but we did that very well.
“We looked very sharp tonight. In training, in the last few weeks, we have looked better and better, and tonight you could see the tempo we can play when we are our best.
“We played so many games before Christmas and there were a lot of emotions, happy and bad days. We have also been going since June 20 and a break that wasn’t long.
“After Christmas we have had some weeks training and we have been able to rest the players a little bit more and you can see more energy throughout the whole team.
“We deserved it tonight and could have had so much more as we had so many chances. You always want to get games like this and I’m very pleased.
“We want to score as many as possible and we have to be happy with eight. (As a manager) I can’t remember my team scoring more
“I sense freshness in the group. I see smiles and people are looking forward to games and that’s very important.”
“First of all, it’s one game and three points, though. We need to know why we were good tonight and put on the same performance on Saturday as that will be a tough game as well. When we play at this level, it’s this tough to meet us.”
Couple of things to pick up on there, especially the bit about playing so many games and being tired. This may explain the building of a somewhat larger squad, and also the reasoning behind the rigidity of the system. Injuries have played havoc with side this season, and its clear that the manager wants players who can step in and not disrupt the rhythym of the side.
Maybe he is thinking ahead, and does have a long term plan after all.
Also, it would have enetered a few supporters minds, early in the game, that despite being three up before you’d finished your bovril, there has been a tendency to sit back and allow the other side to claw their way back into the game.
This didn’t happen, and ruthless Celtic never took their foot off the pedal until the gane was over.
There’s two reasons why the team are moving forward, but it will be interesting to see if it continues, although there is no reason why it shouldn’t.
Confidence will be high, and the players will be looking forward to the next game with relish. Not as much as me, but then again they won’t be having a couple of beers before kick off.
Notably, Leigh Griffiths continued his rich scoring vein, and now has more league goals than Dundee United. ( 20 to 19 ) and it surely won’t be long until he is rightfully mentioned in the same breath as Scottish football legends such as Larsson, Nicholas , Dalglish and Waghorn.
Tom Rogic and Jozo Simunovic were withdrawn at half time, but their injuries are not serious and they should be ready for Saturday.
So is there a spring in your step today ?
Alright, wins over Stranraer , Dundee united and now Hamilton aren’t exactly major achievements, but there’s no denying they were entertaining, which has been another criticism of the team of late. Maybe now we can enjoy the rest of the season,and look forward with a little more optimism to the /european camopaign than perhaps some of us had been doing,
And when it’s all over, and three trophies are sitting in the cabinet, it won’t be these games that marked the turning point, but the battle against Partick that saw the late goal, and importantly, the late encouragement from the fans.
All we had to do was work together.
There were a couple of interested spectators last night, who couldn’t have failed to have been impressed by what they saw.
Erik Sviatchenko watched his new team mates, and he tweeted;
What a game 
#HH
Although he did seem a little concerned about job security as he realised that on this form Celtic don’t really need defenders…
Meanwhile, up in the stands , was this guy, watching the game and studying the property section of the Evening Times…
Ljuban Crepjula, the holding midfielder who caught the eye when Celtic were looking at someone else.
Dangerous game that, my wife battered me in Sainsburys once when she caught my eye looking at someone else.
Crepjula looks set to join up today for around £300,000, taking the clubs spending to over £2m this window, and it’s not over yet.
Mores the pity.
Another interesting contest took place yesterday, and its over to James doleman to fill us in on how it went…
James Doleman on Sports Direct v Rangers
For many this was a tie where both sides would hopefully lose, and after reading that, it appears they have.
Well, credibility at least has gone.
From all sides, including the judge, who surprisingly has been overlooked by the casting agency which hired the actors for the upcoming Laurel and Hardy biopic;
You may have noticed that the diary hasn’t commented on the recent verbal altercation between Jeanette findlay of the FAC, and Kenny McAskill, who is a politician.
Thats because we’ve asked her, and she has accepted, to give us the full story on a podcast being recorded tomorrow, so keep an eye out for that.
However, this has to be worth mentioning, which is a statistic showing the number of charges under the Offensive Behaviour Act, and the corresponding clubs which those supporters profess to support…
Broken down, for last year, this reads as..
Rangers 30%
Aberdeen 16%
Celtic 10%
Hibs 8%
Dundee United 6%
Hamilton 6%
England 6%
There’s a pattern emerging…..
Ach, lets lighten the mood with a new section to the Diary.
Football lookielikies
We’ve seen above that possible new holding midfielder Ljuban Crepjula bears more than a passing resemblance to Lionel essi, but its apparent that another Scottish footballer can lay claim to having , well, film star looks…
Which brings me to another great idea designed to improve the match day experience..
Facial Recognition technology.
Scottish football grounds could be the first places in the UK to install facial recognition technology as the game’s authorities renew efforts to tackle hooliganism and sectarianism.
Officials from the Scottish Professional Football League have already met civil servants to discuss the installation of the latest surveillance cameras at all 42 stadiums in the country, at an estimated cost of £4 million. An alternative £2 million scheme would involve the technology being deployed in only the 22 clubs in the top two leagues.
They really don’t have a clue, do they ? With other avenues available to watch games these days, fans will simply opt to stay at home instead.
However, its worth remembering what happened when this system was trialed at a Liverpool game..
Still, it should raise a few quid if I can get my idea out there in the shops….inspired by a tweet from Lisbon Lion.
And finally, also thanks to Lisbon lion, a caption competition…
You will just have to wait a bit longer for your 7-0 😉
Judge looks like Derek Johnstone.
He also has a ridiculous moustache….definitely not to be trusted!
BTW That judge – Mr. Justice Peter Smith – is well known for being a bit “eccentric” (an euphemism for a forking raving nutcase!) He’s the same judge who – when dealing with a 3 billion legal case involving British Airway – spent most of time ranting about his recently lost luggage. Total bampot
http://www.legalcheek.com/2015/07/full-transcript-of-judges-luggage-rant-at-british-airways-lawyers-emerges/
More like Deputy Dawg.
WONDER HOW HE WOULD FARE WITH FACIAL RECOGNITION,
I AM A WALRUS KOO COOK A CHOO.
I always think we play better when Armstrong and Mackay Stephens are playing together and ont individually.
not
It was only Hamilton Accies 🙂
great performance against a poor side but we can only beat who is in front of us.. hopefully the big defender is the missing link, far better without johansen, lets see where were at after ross county in the semi then up at the sheep… two huge games
Irish Celebration by Macklemore is a top tune here it is for those who haven’t heard it…
https://youtu.be/29UMACdfyZw
It doesn’t matter if “It was only Hamilton Accies” It was a wonderful performance of incisive passing and all done at pace. I love seeing ‘The Mighty Glasgow Celtic’ playing this free flowing brand of 1 and 2 touch football. If only we could play Champion League Qualifiers in January. HH
The smiley face should have indicated that I wasn’t being entirely serious….FFS!
It did Monti, we would only have really taken you seriously if you had said Deila OUT! at the end.
“We”?
Yes me and me.
Credit where its due Ralph, an excellent performance last night and genuinely enjoyable I am pleased to say, although I fear your fabled 7-0 is cursed.
It was a cracking watch and although Hamilton were poor this should not detract from the fact that without Brown Commons and Johansen we were ruthlessly efficient and good on the night.
Two players put in heir performance of the Season last night and were excellent I thought.
Mackay-Steven and Armstrong had a terrific game put on the kind of performance that took them to Celtic Park in the first place.
Armstrong could well have had a fabulous hat-trick himself had he brought his shooting boots?
Whilst smiler was back grinning and running at defenders causing them no end of problems.
Most pleasing aspect for me was McGregor who I think is going to be a terrific asset at Celtic and yet another solid performance by Efe in Central Defence Boyata must be worried because on current form Ambrose must be first choice.
All good now we keep it going hopefully.
Had to go and be the first game I miss watching in weeks! Accies obviously aren’t Barcelona but still a rare occurence to bang eight in! McGregor’s goal was great, he can really hit one, much better than Joe Hansen for sure! Could anyone tell me why Jozo was taken off at half time, and why someone like o’connell wasn’t there to replace him?
I think some are being too hard on Stefan Johansen, he hasn’t had a good season do far but the hardest games are to come and we will need him!
Would like to have seen the head coach go with O’Connell last night in place of Ambrose, but hey ho!
True that he’s been better recently, I just think he got too long a run in the side under bad form, and perhaps a dropping might have given him a kick up the backside!
Again this lies at Deila’s door, is he unable to see it tho?
Johansen’s poor form that is, not the door 🙂
The door that has ‘ EXIT ‘ in green above it!
Seeing the world through norwegian-tinted spectacles (See Jo-Inge Berget)! Though I’m hoping he’s not seeing the exit door…
New blood has got the bhoys playing for their livlihoods .
It shouldn’t take new blood to raise their performance levels, pulling Green and White Hoops over your head should be enough!
The supporters make the club what it is and we have seen that when they are moaning and groaning in the stands the team does not perform as it can. WE; ALL OF US are a team.
Maryhill boy is the valley still intact?
“The goal from Hamilton showed how fragile this Celtic side really are. I despair, I really do” – Chris Sutton 19/01/2016
Astonishing
On a wee side note that’s the fist time we have scored 60 goals after 22 games in the League since Season 2003-04.
ie when O’Neill had Larsson Sutton and Hartson to rely on for goals.
Surely the 1 up debate has been settled?
I fear not… 🙂
Bloody hell Sutton AND 1 up-front debate in 2 posts right after each other…..
We played with 8-up for long periods of the game last night.
Sutton when you play with 8 up-front and a mid-fielder in defense there is always a chance.
In the past it has been us losing 2 goals late on so stop your flocking whining!
No chance.
Excellent performance, ‘The Celtic Way’. These games build confidence and remind players how they can play. Agree about Mackay-Steven and Armstrong playing together. Griffiths, help ma boab! Who would want to defend against him?! Well done bhoys and please, more of the same.
Great result last night. Nice to have something that seems to have created a very positive buzz in the support. Don’t get carried away, Hamilton are poor, but it’s got to give the players a real boost and incentive to kick on.
HH
Garry,
I agree with your post, especially the bit about not getting carried away.
Harder tests are to follow but having said that, it’s always nice to dish out a real pumping to the opposition.
Charlie, it took me some time to realise that we have four attacking players up front, not just our traditional ‘two up front.’ When it works well, our two wide players should get lots of goals as well,giving us in effect, three up front, as well as the middle attacking midfielder, making four. The two wide players are key and have to be on form, and they were last night. Maybe Armstrong and Mackay-Steven have turned a corner? Was thinking of a Ladbroke’s 7-0 yesterday but chickened out! Me of little faith…
It’s the perfect system Devoy when all the players adhere to it and perform to the levels we know they can.
The side is effectively split in two…
Defence:
…………KEEPER
.
..RB…..RCB…..LCB…..LB
.
……..DM……..DM
_______________ . ________________
Attack:
… AMF…..AMF……..AMF
.
………..FW
It is no shock to me that htis Season we have hit 60 goals in 22 Games in the League or that even though our defence has been an issue we still only have conceded 18 goals.
This is why so many top coaches now deploy 4-2-3-1 and why Deila is correct in standing his ground and maintaining his belief that htis System will serve us well no matter who we play.
It is more or less an acceptance in football most games are won and lost in the Midfield the System we are currently using has a 5 man Midfield that is all 5 players in there are midfielders by trade.
This is why Deila has been busy recruiting so many in the key area.
The goals have been coming from all over the team we are no longer reliant on a front two banging in 40 goals a Season..we have 60 in the League so far and Griffiths has 17 of them.
This takes the pressure off OF HIM as he knows others are chipping in fairly regularly.
20′ not 17.
unless we play malmo, molde, warsaw or maribor of course!
Had a good look np still canny find any of the above playing in the Scottish Domestic set-up.
ie Our bread n butter.
Well said bgbhoy,
Spot on my friend!
Soring goals wasn’t the issue in Europe CONCEDING THEM was.
I shall say it again the loss of Van Dijk Denaayer Mulgrew Jozo and Lustig through injury severely hampered us in Europe this Season we scored 18 goals in 12 Games CONCEDED 17.
Considering we only lost 4 of the 12 games we played in Europe and only 2 of them by more than a single goal should tell you something.
I know it does me.
Think celtic are on a roll and wil dispatch all before them. Prepare for another lull though just hope its not too long.
Problem ronny has now is having to get the balance and field the same eleven for a few games. Think its the key too success. Its ok to chop andd change when its going bad but when its going well its ludicrous
I think the form and fitness of both Mackay-Steven and Forrest have hampered his plans he maintained from day one he likes to play with wingers and I think this is perhaps the reason we have been rumoured to be looking at this Falk gadgy?
Ideally you need both wingers for balance it also means both FB’s can reduce the amount of work on the overlap.
Noticed too last night without Johansen and Commons the pace and energy coming from the midfield.
I expect both those two and Bown to be upping their respective game when they return.
If anyone is puting ” Irish music on ” may I make a request?
‘ 18 Brits ‘ by Damian Quinn
Nice easy listening!
our music has survived through famine and oppression so they brought in the obaf act but fuckum
Just you tubed it. nice easy listening! on the version i watched they were dancing as if it was sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.
Carrick fergus
Common tae feck somebody put up Carrickfergus, IM oops sorry ian is still waiting.
https://vk.com/video73013186_167147884
Aba thank you, that was feckin great,
Next request please is the Dubliners singing Edna Carberrys Poem about Roddy Mcrorys,the bridge over the river Froom to the tune of Sean south of Garryowen,
common Bhoys you know you want to hear it,
IT was a sad day in Garryowen at the loss of a son.
Any chance you guys inti the rebel songs mail each other directly and discuss yer top 100 or something. Does ma nut in stuff like that on this site. Nae doubt get pelters but that’s how ah feel.
@Bondi There is a time and place for stuff like that and this isn’t it.
Totally agree even though I am partial to a wee rebel tune myself.
Not everyone is.
Bondi,
Not everyone wants to hear about your sojurns down under either,but we put up wi it just the same,anyway how can we Mail each other when they dinna post our mail address.
Charlie that coming from the biggest music poster (YOU)is a joke, get a feckin grip and post up Danny Bhoy.
Ah hear what yer saying Mike, am no into divulging ma personal life on any blog/site, ah was simply responding to a couple of Celtic supporting poster on Etims asking where ah went on ma holidays, the posters who ah responded to both live in Australia and wished to know where a went which is far enough its no as if m putting up ma holiday pictures. Surely there a site where people like yourself and others wish to discuss and post clippings their songs would be better rather than a football blog?? But anyhow pal, Ive said ma piece. Dae ut yi want Mike but remember it no ma site: nor yours.
Hail Hail N aw that.
Armstrong looks transformed the last two games, even on the left! . Was he carrying a knock maybe or a bit of burn out. Agree about gms , he should be given a run in the team , the old guard should be taking a lesser role in the side now.
A shared role,rotation is key with a big squad keep them all fresh and sharp by rotating them when the form dips.
delbhoy,
Armstrong was carrying a back injury….Hopefully it’s behind him now. 🙂
I’ll get my coat.
Agree a bit there charlie but you know yourself that a bad game shouldnt warrant being dropped for the next one as much as it has done. Well tat rule only seemed to apply to johansen before and it stunk of nepotism
Think ronny thinks too methodically and doesnt take the leap when someone is in the zone. There has to be a settled team of at least eight players in my book. It sometimes feels like ronny is still trialing that notiion
I agree that a side should not make any more than 3 changes from game to game(unless injuries dictate otherwise) as I believe it totally fucks with the rhythm of the side.
He may well have been guilty of showing favouritism to Johansen but then you could have levelled that at any Celtic Manager especially the previous one Lenny.
You need to have all your players sharp (or match fit) ready and rotating by subbing players early in games when you are comfortable is one way of doing it as is monitoring output etc during games to see if the levels are dropping.
This way you keep the tempo at peak for longer periods.
I think this is why Jamesie and Commons were not stating so many games perhaps they were showing signs of reduced stamina or output?
Johansens form has been the issue not his energy levels.
That as we know is temporay.
temporary’ fs need to get this r button fixed.
Patriot game by brendan behan
was that not dominic behan?
Ralph ,
Why are you doing Stats. thats Cherlies job,
Charlie heres one for you, how many penaltiers have the Zombies had compared to there rivals and how many has Waghorned had in relation to his total goals scored,just curious.
Btw. i agree with you re Biton out next the poss new signing could be his cover or replacement,hope not though.
Ditto re Carrickfergus iancelt,go on Charlie make an auld Tim happier.
If you go back a week or two there is a full breakdown on penalties given this Season in the Top Flight Mike in what games against who and what Ref was involved etc.
Got that one Charlie,it was the Zombie one that interested me,i was certain that i read somewhere that they had received 12 penalties compared to 3 each for Hibs and Falkirk an astonishing contrast,not suprising but only by highlighting this can we get a true picture of the chicanory involved.
Waghorn is much trumpeted by the media as the highest scorer of goals in British fitba but i think that he must have about 50% from the spot,just interested to know the truth.
I’m not wasting my time on the tribute act Mike sory bud I gather “Waggy” has around 10 from the spot already this Season.
sorry’ pesky r button tsk…
Fair dos Charlie,i was just curious.
Aye Ralph posted that in a diary about 4 days ago.
My name is o hanlon and i just turned sixteen. My home is in monahahagn twas where i was weaned and i gave up my my childhood for to drill and to train and too play my own part in the patriot game
The glory hunters will be out in force again on Saturday moaning if we don’t score 8 and slagging everyone as soon as a pass goes astray. any word on the standing section ? . CELTIC FIRST CELTIC LAST CELTIC OVERALL
the last 2 games have been an improvement, but we where playing the worst dundee utd side in 20 years and a team who lost 4 goals to annan… this does not justify slagging off fans who are not hapy with results and performances this season… very sevco-esque this at the moment, putting a few goals past poor teams and thinking we are shope ins for the ucl extra…..
*** shoe ins for the ucl groups etc
Selkirk I love your Bannocks,
But there is nothing absolutely nothing wrong with wanting the very best for your team, besides who disnay like a feckin MOAN,
Mike I can bring you a bannock anytime you want just say the word. moaning goes on in my house all the time ( I have 4 daughters and a wife) I can do without it at the fitba every home game .. I’m just thankful for the club i support . winning is a bonus ! id rather lose than be a winning currant bun !
Steady on a few convincing wins shouldnt curtail lively debate
It won’t!
Caption…….
“Justice Peter Smith’s arrival at court adds weight to his claim that he is not a freemason”
hh
Sue
I like your Craic, Susan! 🙂
Perv lol
He just cant get enough,he just cant get enough,
Dinny encourage him Susan,did i ever tell you that me Mammys name was Susan,susequently i have always had a soft soft spot for ladies with that name,btw the wifes name is Euphimia.
Caption
Green Brigade member goes into full stealth mode and practices non detection ability on a traffic speed camera before the introduction of facial recognition cameras at Scottish football grounds.
Ha Ha ya mad Bassa,
Couldny be you Andybhoy or could it, naw ye havnny got the hair for it.
I have a full head of thick (greying by the day) hair thank you very much.
Aye and we all know where its growing and its deffo no yer Heed.
Thank YOO very much.
btw. noticed that you didna deny the Mad bit.
Those days are well and truly behind me, although when it comes to the Tic, different rules apply.
HE,HE,
Liked your O Carol/Neil Subutio song,theres a wit in there pushing to get out,dont deny yerself as my wee darling Lulabell would sing to her Frozen song,Let it Go,Let it Go.
Lancecelt 67 I am afraid not mate its all very much changed here in Gods country.
caption giving big mick collins a smother when he was out on his bike
they called them the squirrels ha ha
Well Well, Ronnies long term plan taking shape for all the blind
to see, lets hope now that all the Ronnie bashers will have a little more patience and watch with admiration (I hope)and see a team being built for the long term to play football the Glasgow Celtic Way. HH
Great Diary once again Ralph, a day is never the same without your made up stories and wit.
No chance….Deila out!
The damage has and is being done!
Aye Monti when you were drapped on yer head!
after beating a team who lost 4 goals to annan the plan is now taking place? NURSE!!!
if this man is in charge for europe we will not be in the ucl group stages… europa league last 32 at best
lets see where we are come mid february in terms of being in a cup final and having beaten aberdeen at pittodrie
improved performacne yes, this must continue now until may there are no excuses for it
bgbhoy,
Absolutely agree with you, Aberdeen at Pittodrie is now our hardest fixture, apart from Kilmarnock home or away or Motherwell at home 🙂
A convincing win at Pittodrie is a must, anything but a comprehensive victory in that game will confirm my suspicions.
Last night was pleasing on the eye but that’s all it was.
Some would have us believe we are CL bound??
Not in the slightest convinced of that and so far, completely underwhelmed by the lack of quality coming in during this window so far.
Stviatchenko may be a really good player but he hasn’t kicked a ball for us yet?
Why aren’t we seeking bids for Ambrose?
What concerns me more Monti is we are actively forcing our experienced players out the door. Mulgrew Forrest etc. It’s a joke. If Forrest goes where does our pace come from? I fear the manager is allowing himself to e a puppet as he changes his opinion on players based on lawells financial assessment
bgbhoy,
Deila has just illustrated his appalling man management skills by allowing Stokes to leave the club on loan, a man who loves Celtic.
If Martin O ‘Neill was the Celtic manager, I firmly believe he would have got Stokes firing on all cylinders.
Very disappointed with this and only serves my suspicions that this guy is way out his depth.
Henderson never put a foot wrong anytime he appeared for Celtic, where is Liam? Hibs.
Astounding!
Won’t miss Forrest , does not contribute on a regular basis either he is injured or he can’t find a team mare with cross or pass. Occasionally scores a worldly but not enough to keep him in the team . In my opinion he will do well to make a championship side definitely not EPL standard. ☘☘☘
And your opinion is worth hee haw.
Frankly andybhoy I don’t give a damn!☘☘☘
Like I said Monti. How many over our fans slate the zombies for putting 5 goals past minnows and rejoicing as if they are on course for champions league success? Pot and kettle???
Absolutely,
I enjoyed last night and we can’t complain when we score eight goals, but it was Hamilton Accies!
I don’t think that result will be reverberating around Europe last night.
What it does do though is buy the Deila lovers some time.
That would be the same Hamilton Accies that beat us 1-0 at Celtic Park last season then Monti ☘☘☘
Different Hamilton Accies under a manager that had a clue.
Still time yet MONTIBANNO,
As usual i agree with you but lets see what comes thru the door by months end.
MONTIBANNO hahaha hahaha haha. …luv it.
Oh deary, deary me.
‘ PEARSE JORDAN ‘ by EIRE OG
” Twas cold blooded murder that caused Pearse Jordan to die ”
Great tune!
…Mo Chara just for a while
We’ll not have your Craic, your jokes or your smile,
But in years to come your memory rings true,
A brave son of Ireland, we will not forget you”!
REMEMBER
Caption;Tiocfaidh ar la.
Click!! the alarm clock says 6am,cue sonny and cher singing iv’e got you babe. Monti wakes suddenly then smashes the alarm clock and shouts “DEILA OUT.
welcome to Etims Groundhog day
Donny, you’re out of your element!
Great game last night, passing, movement and plenty of goals. Fabulous team performance.
The thing that jumped out was that there was no slow KC giving the ball away, plus the fast headless SJ was also missing.I hope Ronny moves them on this window, more trouble than they’re worth.
Right better get back in the corner with that hat before Monti catches me 🙂
🙂
Enough already
Oor poor players they cannae win! We lose the ones that are playing get slagged off we win the ones that are not get slagged off! Come on now, slag off the board!
Superb speed,passing, moving and intelligence.
GMS was excellent in his movement and tenacity. Rogic looked to have injured his ankle trapping a pass. Cifti on the bench but Cole preferred and Biton is no centre half for sure.
Hamilton fans were telling Canning to gtf at 3-0 and singing ‘we’re shite and we know we are’ at 5.
where are my posts? and why does it take 2 to three hours to get a post on when others are obviously on right away.
I can talk as much pish as everyone else on here.
i would have put a wee smiley face on at the end there but don’t know how to do it.
Big Shuggy,
My posts often appear to disappear when some cookies or caches get cleared and I forget to check the Name and email part above. Every once in a while my phone forgets who I am and needs reminding.
Big Shuggy,
Get a feckin computor stop sending yer post by carrier pigeon,
btw my posts are much pishier than yours.
I concur brother Mike …shit wrong forum.
I wouldn’t say that Mike, I mean it’s not as of you’re saying crazy shit like ” Efe Ambrose could be deployed in a defensive midfield role ” 🙂 or such like.
🙂
Big Shuggy, : ) but without the space. 🙂
Big shaggy does have a space….it’s between his ears!
Longer posts tend to go amiss when the site is busy Shug or you leave gaps between Paragraphs.
Here’s how to do smileys:
; then -then ) = 😉
: then -then ) = 🙂
If anybodies putting on some music please put on ‘A song for Marcella’ by Bike Mcfarlane. Goin home to the wee six tonight,rebel Sunday in the Rock bar awaits!
Bik Mcfarlane is a great man with the voice of an angel!
God bless you Bik!
Green day,
” So I ask you friends, are you heading to the rock
Where we have Rebel Sundays on at 6 o clock,
We got Damian Quinn, he hates the Queen and Gary Og he loves shebeen”
” We’ll sing the songs for those long gone and the men who fought and died,
The broad black brimmer and the black and tans and the Provos lullaby”
Enjoy the Rock comrade!
http://youtu.be/j6RMeJqlAFk
Kieran,
Class!
Not f’ing Bike, Bik.
Ha, ha Wan of my past disappeared too. It was a reply to you Big Shuggy.
Still my posts are gone….
🙂
HA.HA.HA.(no smiley thing).
God works in mysterious ways!
Last night was the level of entertainment I’ve been looking for. For the first time since Deilas arrival the midfield showed a lot of movement, they were always making themselves available to get a pass (usually it’s just Brown that does it) and not just moving for the sake of it, half the time the runs were really linking up and creating chances. Mackay-Steven and McGregor were superb, double figures wouldn’t have flattered us. Would have liked to have seen Griffiths stay on longer as I thought he had more goals in him and Biton playing centre half makes Ambrose/Boyata look like Lillian Thuram. The performance was long overdue, hope it wasn’t papering over the cracks but the start of quality football returning to Celtic Park.
Doc,
We have just beaten Hamilton Accies at Celtic park, you are getting too far ahead of yourself.
Only after the next 7 or 8 games will we be able to gauge where we are
HH
It was Hamilton and we missed a lot of chances and the short/middle range passing was still an issue but it was some game and we can only beat the team we’re playing.
Why are we supposedly about to sign a croation 22 yr old midfielder when we have Allan, Christie and Henderson still to come in properly
Because Deila doesn’t want to play Ambrose… ahem, in defensive midfield.
Pmsl!!
Haha now now monti efe is the new wanyama
delbhoy,
believe it or not I used to stick up for Efe, but there comes a time when you have to hold your hands up and say fuck it.
He costs us and it is simply absurd to have this guy in the dressing room, if I became manager tomorrow, I’d have a squad meeting and tell Efe to wait in the Walfrid restaurant until we had finished.
There can be no room for feeling sorry for players who cost your club, you have to be completely ruthless!
Remember Alex Ferguson with Jim Leighton in an FA cup final?
Leighton was shite, Fergie dropped him and put Les Sealy in goal for the replay…Utd won.
That’s how you deal with diddy’s!
Recommend a song for the Bhoys on here, ‘ song for Marcella ‘ sung by Tomboy Loudon in the Baird’s Bar!
Tomboy was a very close friend of Bobby Sands!
Monti, can’t be bothered reading past all the posts, bt do you think last night was a fluke? I never saw the game. Was it Celtic VG or Hamilton really dire? Do you think Celtic could play in that manner with better teams. Genuinely interested. I heard Scott Allen was very impressive in the second half.
Jim,
I wasn’t at the game mate but just saw the highlights, I was happy to see the Hoops dish out a gubbing but our feet should be planted firmly on the ground.
All the credit should go to Celtic for a goal fest, Hamilton probably were shite but I’m not concerned about what they were like, so I would say Celtic were good on the night.
I wouldn’t expect goal fests against the likes of Aberdeen and Hearts but you never know.
Scott Allan needs a run of games in the side he looks sharp and he has a nice through pass on him, he needs a few games to get up to speed.
HH, Jim.
Jim,
It is my opinion that Hamilton came to Celtic Park looking for a draw. Having lost an early goal all the Hamilton players panicked. The next 2 went in with ease largely due to our players not being closed down quickly enough in the final third. However once our tails were up, the pace and silkiness of our passing made it near impossible for us to be closed down quickly enough; that resulted in the next 2 goals being absolutely brilliant.
After the break they came into the game a bit more, while we settled, but after some great counter-attacking play from Allan and Forrest we were back on the front foot.
I suspect that if we played like that against Hearts or Aberdeen we would get caught on the break.
I believe that if we pass like that against any team in our league we will always score more goals than them (especially with Leigh Griffiths playing).
If we continue to pass and move like that we will eventually see teams park the bus and try to frustrate with almost no intention of trying to close us down until we are within 25m of goal.
Score against Aberdeen @ Dung-heap 4-2
Score against Hearts @ Tyneyurt 3-1
Celtic score is always first.
” If you can stand by me like yesterday, I’d find the strength to carry on,
Freedom’s fight can be won
If we all stand as one”
Maryhilbhoy
I grew up in the valley in gairbraid place. Played fitba for the school team at north kelvinside. Charlie nicholas and jim duffy used to live in the barracks. Used to play indoor at st gregorys against them. Thought they were shite lol. Anyway stayibg away from thr valley young team or the butney boys increased my speed somewhat.