Celtic face Hamilton tonight, after manager Ronny Deila begged the SPFL for more games against the Lanarkshire side, due to it being the last time no-one moaned at him about the results, tactics, or team line up.
Celts, of course, won 8-1 in the last encounter, giving the support an idea of what it’s like when things go to plan. It didn’t last long.
Any chance of a repeat tonight ?
Its unlikely, but a win shouldn’t be beyond the hoops, and as that would put celtic nine points clear at the top of the league, and deliver a massive psychological blow to Aberdeen, then thats all we should ask.
Saidy Janko returns to the squad, James forrest has been left out, giving him a chance to get his head together, and Carlton Cole is injured, along with Jozo Simunovic. Ach, they’ll be company for each other.
So Ronny says, but we’ll get confirmation later when Peter releases the team sheet.
Gary Mackay Steven is a little worried that Hamilton might be out for revenge.
“Since that defeat they have gone on a pretty decent run, Before that game we knew they were a good side and are more than capable of putting results together so it was pleasing to get that result, but I think it’ll be a different scenario and they will be right up for this one so we’ll need to be right at it too.
“We scored early and created a lot of chances early on and managed to take them all, which was pleasing. It was five-nil at half-time and it was one of those nights where every chance we got seemed to go in, which was great for us.
“It was a good night but Hamilton are not an easy team to play, especially at their place so it’ll be a tough game on Friday.”
We really need to stop showing so much respect to other teams. Sometimes the way the players approach games makes me believe that they believe the nonsense they spout.
It’ll be that plastic pitch which could be a leveller, so the guys need to be careful of injury as well. Mikael Lustig showed us the new away top, specially designed for such an occasion.
Deila though, will play it safe, ensuring that the players have special footwear designed for plastic pitches.
Speaking of plastic pitches, Mark Warburton, manager of First Division Second Rangers, had a pop at Ronny, after the Celtic manager said he was a clueless tosser who didn’t have the faintest idea what he was on about.
Or something like that, I’m paraphrasing here.
Actually, that might have been me.
But Ronny has upset the Govan Guardiola, who responded the same way he usually does, with dignity.
“If Ronny did say that then I think that’s disrespectful because you are entitled to your own opinion.
“I think the one line for me that jumped out from that interview is number one, there’s a good grass pitch and number two there’s a good artificial pitch.
“If you’re happy to accept second best then go for the artificial pitch, if you want to set the higher standards then you go for the best quality of grass pitch. That for me was the one sentence that summed it up.”
So it’s “disrespectful ” to offer your own opinion, unless it’s his opinion.
I think I know what the fabled magic hat looks like, complete with nasal attachments
Back at the ranch, and the absence of Carlton cole from the team has prompted questions from the press, especially as the forward has been linked to a move to China. When this was mentioned to Deila, he said it was news to him.
No shit.
Why would any player bother letting Deila know about his future plans or ambitions?
It became obvious when Nadir Ciftci and Aiden Nesbitt went out on loan the day after the Partick game that Deila has little or no control over the staff.
And its this that may ultimately see him exit Celtic Park, having failed to stamp his authority.
Tonight we can expect Gordon, Lustig, Sviatchenko Boyata Tierney Brown , Biton, Armstrong, Johansen Mackay Steven and Griffiths.
Allan , Christie and Roberts may make an appearance, but not until late on.
I suppose we should get the league won before experimenting with flair and excitement.
Looking forward, and the tickets for the Morton game are on sale.
THE Bhoys are back on the cup trail on Sunday, March 6, as Morton visit Paradise in the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup.
It’s a 12 noon kick-off and you can be there with tickets are available now for both Season Ticket Holders and through General Sale. Tickets for this cup tie are priced from £15 adults and from £5 concessions (65+/under16).
The Hoops have lifted the Scottish Cup a record 36 times and are enjoying a good cup run again this year having successfully disposed of Stranraer and East Kilbride in previous rounds.
The Celts will again be strong favourites for this tie and with your support they can make it safely into the semi-finals.
Season Ticket Holders – Season Tickets holders have until 5pm on Monday, February 29 to purchase their regular seat and activate their season ticket for the match. Tickets can be purchased online, by calling 0871 226 1888* or by visiting the Celtic Ticket Office. Booking fees apply online/via booking line.
Home Cup Ticket Scheme Members – Payment for tickets through the Home Cup Ticket Scheme will be taken on Monday, February 29.
Important Information – For this tie, Areas 115 to Areas 118 have been allocated to away supporters and as a result these areas will not be available to Season Ticket Holders. Home Cup Ticket Scheme members have been relocated and match tickets will be sent out. Season Ticket Holders in this areas should visit the Ticket Office or call Customer Services on 0141 230 1967 to purchase their ticket.
General Sale – Tickets for Celtic v Morton are also on general sale price from £15 adults and from £5 concessions (65+/under16). These tickets can be purchased online, by calling 0871 226 1888* or by visiting the Celtic Ticket Office. Booking fees apply online/via booking line.
Please note that our print at home facility will not be available until after 5pm on Monday, February 29.
12 noon on a Sunday.
There is not expected to be a capacity crowd, and to be honest, if this trend continues, it won’t be long before the club will be ringing fans to ask what time they can make it before deciding on what time to kick off.
It’s not entirely the clubs fault, and the SFA deserve a chunk of the blame as they don’t exactly sell the tournament, but then again, they don’t exactly sell anything.
They could make it more interesting by making all the cup games a sort of handicap event.
For instance, we could have Willie Collum as referee, with Stephen Muir, Bobby Madden and the boy Dallas on the lines.
Or , maybe they could bring back an old friend…
That should even it up a bit, and Celtic could perhaps make it more of a competition by hitting all the corner kicks either too hard or too soft.
Oh, hang on, we do that anyway.
Nothing is certain in the cup, and to be honest, it presents a great and affordable opportunity to take the kids along for a day out. Especially if they have been misbehaving all week.
That’ll put a stop to it, if you threaten to make them go again.
Elsewhere, drunken wife beater Paul Gascoigne found a few people prepared to pay to listen to his “memories “, although we hear it turned out he was asking them to remind him what happened during his playing days, and the whole thing ended up in a bit of a bigot fest, which is unsurprising.
And you know what, who cares ?
Every now and then now that the clubs gone, there will be events like this, but as the years go by, there will be less and less attending them.
And at least it kept them off the streets.
We hear that the next generation of the peepil is a little confused as to who to support now their old club is dead… especially as they are determined not to continue bailing out Scottish clubs..
Todays picture for you to offer up words of wisdom on ……
And no, its not the Lennon CSC in the London road Tavern sorting out the season books.
Ralph,Great read once again and the pictures well i liked the
guy covered in bubblewrap,must be Ronnie getting his armoured protection on early,for the flak thats sure to follow tonights match.
Caption, Monti,Andybhouy and Bigbhoy gamble on Ronnies starting line up for tonight.
Well done Ralphy,Whats it all about RALPHY?
good article ralph is that tap picture goram gough and gascoigne with just out of picture the fast approaching gay dog adair and chums
Nah mate.
That’s Goram, Gough & Goram…….
Warby should consecrate on their fans and all their hatred and bile they sing, before talking about disrespect. Gazza will go the same way as the huns 1872.
HH
Consecrate? Quality Wulz!
A always make an arse of it M8. Here’s hoping the bhoys don’t tonight and we’re 9 clear !
HH
caption bgboy lays down the law to monti and wee andyboy about what to post on e tims
Take it all the sutton haters will be out in force today because hes got the balls to say what a piss poor shambles our signing policy and management team are. Well said big man!
I agree with Chris Sutton 9 times out of 10.
He always talk sense.
Tom,
Definitely, Sutton loves the Hoops, that will do for me every time! HH
Sutton was a failure in management so it’s worth bearing that in mind when listening to his comments, however, there can be no doubting his passion for the club and his desire to see us be a success.
Morto,
I couldn’t give two fucks about his record as a manager.
You don’t have to be an artist to describe a painting is shite!
Aye, but he is a broken record. I’ve heard it all before. Cifti was signed to be a big Striker, but should have been moved to be an understudy be for Tom Rogic then we should have moved for Guido Marulingo or moved someone with Griff like traits into being his understudy for a couple of years. The Target Man up top is quite honestly playing into the hands of domestic defenses and if it worked Scandinavian sides would be much more prolific.
Great to see a picture of my favourite ever game, Striker, in the diary. That looks like a later version as the wee ribbon, sitting on the pitch waiting to be wound round the side of it, looks plastic. The original was a nylon affair. Hours of endless fun and one of the goalies was the dead spit of then CFC No. 1, Ally Hunter. Happy days.
Caption…
Just one more waffer theen meent and I will miraculously sheet your leetle pal charlie out of my enormous derriere.
I’ll get my coat…
I’m away to ‘ creosote ‘ my fence 🙂
Outstanding!
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Not read Sutty’s latest but remember his angry tirade after the Ajax game. The rubber pants brigade were apoplectic but not me, as it was only what everyone else, in the pub I was watching it, said.
Ralph’s pitiful a win is all that matters sums up the lack of ambition of a (large?) section of Celtic fans. If we were the second worse Celtic team ever they’d be happy.
The Cha,
Wee bit harsh on Ralph describing his opinion as ” pitiful “.
I do agree with you that Celtic should be winning games in a certain fashion, entertaining fashion.
Having said that, if at the end of the game tonight we have gone 9 points clear of Aberdeen, that will do for now!
I was playing the ball (the opinion) not the man (our esteemed diarist)
We’ve already played our 8 hardest games (UCL Play-off and EL Group) and played about a dozen more games than the Sheep. We’ll only play, at most, 4 more games than them and they need 7 more points than us to win the league. Combined with our vastly superior squad surely we should be doing more than just winning, as if we’re in a tight toe to toe struggle with a financially doped up to the eyeballs, now gladly deceased, pre-Armageddon ‘rival’.
Look we are top of the pile that counts with a 6 point advatage with more goals scored that the bread bin knows what to do with.
And everything is al right then Tony until we meet another moderate team an d we fold like a pack of cards,once more howlin into the night.
Tony,
Yes it is a good position to be in but there is a lot going on at Celtic, things that all of us should be concerned about,long term.
I’d suggest that ‘Whingeing Warbo’s’ gig at Sky during the week was a blatant attempt at putting himself in the managers ‘shop window’ and was pleading, so he could get the hell outta the ‘bigot dome’. His rants have become all the more frequent and erratic the closer it gets to ‘squeaky bum’ time. He will not be here next season as he can’t manage the pressure of the ‘gold fish bowl’, with the increased opposition next season, he will be looking for a get out clause and that’s with a fawning smsm. Only my opinion. HH
Awe Diddums!
Will that prick gasgoine be prosecuted under the anti – secterianism laws in Scotland.
The Magic hat is one complete and utter muppet, but this is what the Media have created, hanging on his every word.
Re Sunday kick off, SFA do it again, and again, and again.
Ralph would be great if you can do a piece, or someone can do a piece on how the SFA/AFPL get their jobs, and keep them even when very obvious not fit for purpose.
Cheers for the Diary as always HH
Sutton has absolutely nothing positive to say about Celtic, he has a negative attitude which pleases his masters.
A great player but a clueless manager.
If Ronnyhad the cash that MON had he would be in a better position, however he is Peter’s lapdog.
In relation to Warbsy the ta to all genius that has lowered his imperious standards to enter Scottish Football, his comments are farcical.
Then again Delilah should not have answered any stupid questions raised by the laptop loyal, great article 4-0 tonight
HH
Cartvale,
So the thousands of Celtic supporters who AGREE with what Chris Sutton say’s, what of them?
Caption,
Commons and Celtics new target man meet for lunch after the first day of pre season training 2016
Caption : No veneer in that chair
Caption, fat Sally giving his shares away to Billy Bigot….
Caption: “Deila’s three new midfield signings relax before being unveiled to an adoring Celtic public…”
Caption: “Celtic’s three attacking midfielders…”
Caption: “Curly, Larry and Devoy play a game of ‘Emerald-tinted spectacles’…”
Caption: “Curly,Larry and Monti play a game of ‘Deila out’
Thousands of Celtic supporters agreeing with him,yes if you are lead by the nose by the laptop loyal who wish to stir diarrhoea in every article about Celtic be it:
Delilah, MON, Lenny, Strachan etc;
The only manager that took over prisoners and refused to answer drivel was Jock, he morethanonce showed someone the exit door.
I a not a supporter of Delilah, but I can think for myself, I also attend Parkhead asI have since 1958.
Cartvale,
I don’t read any redtops so I have no idea what you are talking about!
Cartvale, I am the same as Monti,never bought the Gutter press
for decades,ditched sky 12 years ago,because of the obscene wages paid out to foreign players.Celtic will never ever get a
positive press in these bigoted shores,even if we ever did well in Europe.The clubs P.R.department should be guiding everything thats said about Celtic,we fail miserably on all Tic related Media.We should be chasing and Banning everything thats Negative P.R.Fergus would never have allowed anyone to get away with it.Montis correct i believe about Sutton,he cares about the club,sometimes its better for the Board to hear a few home Truths.Hail.Hail.
Cartvale,who was the one sticking up for the Tic tonight,
Sutton thats who,Boyata got the ball,never in a 100years a sending off.
Hamiton player shows his studs twice,once into young Tierny a straight red every day of the week.
Ralph any updates on work getting done in the close season,Musuem,New Superstore etc also i would Barrowfield to be upgraded,as to go and watch the Development Squad there rather up in Lennoxtown,do you think something like that could happen thanks,
Caption: mccoist road tests the new ibrokes seats. Specially designed for their supporters who are of the not overly skinny variety.
Or: Turkish guy throws £1 on the table and confidently calls “I’ll open for an ibrox”.
Aff their heids Monti, Sutton a great player but ???
Of the many Celtic supporters I know, the vast majority ignore McGarvey, McAvennie, Hatson, etc; great players, but ghost written.
I would rather read an article by Billy Connollyor Kevin Bridges denigrating Celtic with a bit of humour.
Show me a positive article written by any of the above, also this has nothing to with Delilah.
Cartvale,
Sometimes an honest article may not come under the ‘ positive ‘ banner.
Personally, I would rather read an honest article, spoken by someone who loves the club, as a number of those players you have included, do.
I prefer people to call it how it is rather than paper over the cracks with spin.
Spin is what u get at Ibrokes, trying to build up a new tier club, if u read the laptop loyal regularly, which I do not, then the spin regarding Celtic is negative.
Remember Dr Joe and the non entity Czech signed by him, could not even get his country right.
Bias against Celtic, again that istheparanoia bighting in or as u call it the SPIN.
I have noobjection to people who love Celtic giving concise criticism, but not narking constantly be it Lenny, Delilah, Strachan whatever.
Cartvale,
Yeah the media are responsible for us being woeful in Europe.
The media are to blame for selling our best players.
The media are to blame for not paying the living wage.
The media are to blame for Peter Lawwell giving Police Scotland information on our fans.
The media are to blame for Scott Brown sitting down on an Edinburgh Street, pished, days before a cup final.
The media are to blame for… Blah blah blah.
The media are to blame for the Syrian refugee crisis…the media this the media that!!:@@
My issue with Sutton is not that what he says is true or false, it is the manner in which he constantly puts his opinion forward.
Several times on BT sports after euro games he has come across like he just escaped Cairstairs, shouting, ranting, raving, constantly repeating the same point and interrupting everyone on the panel. I do not believe this is because he cares about the club I believe this is merely the act of an attention seeking twat! It also helps him pay the bills.
Paul Grant,
It’s a sad day when a Celtic fan like yourself, turn on your own kind.
Can I ask you this question? Do you really think Chris Sutton is craving attention, to what end?
The photograph is either one of the Celtic Board deliberating over which new forward to bring in next year or the Scottish footballing authorities with their new cup draw system devised to avoid the embarrassment of the recent “cock up”.
Caption: If that’s you Rangers, can you make that noise again
sutton is a blaw hard who says what he is paid to say and he is front of the queue when it comes to soup fuckum
Haddows closed?
4-0 to the champions tonight griff hatrick ffs its got to come up sometime ha ha
caption the guy wae the majic hat says to the wee guy i wouldnae like to empty chubbys pot
Paul thats called passion and caring about celtic , we all rant and rave after a humping in europe. He just says it as it is and the faithful through and through mob dont like it. Cant argue with his points about signing number tens all the time and people like cole. Signing a support striker like cifti then shipping him out coz he cant play on his own, the whole thing is a joke
Delbhoy,
Quite correct mate!
Very interesting that our greatest captain Billy Mcneill isn’t described as a ” soup taker ” or ” an attention seeking twat ” even though he has written in ‘ the sun ‘ for years on all things Celtic?
Very strange that….
Sutton and Hartson and anyone else are described in derogatory terms but Billy escapes such insults.
Bit hypocritical me thinks.
Correct monti , i reckon half the team feel the same and it will all come out when ronny and co are gone
Monti I believe that’s because even the most blinkered of fans wouldn’t dare to speak about Big Billy that way and they know it. As for Sutton I agree that his managerial record is Shiite but I do think he says it like it is, we can agree with him or not but ffs do we need to resort to terms like soup taker
Spot on maryhill,Sutton stood up for the Tic tonight,Boyata got the ball,very slight change of direction,never a straight red.Hamilton player shows his studs twice,the first time a very dangerous tackle on Tierny, a straight red every day of the week he gets yellow for the second tackle.
Deilia ,McDonald ,Craigen,yes it was a red.
No way that was a fucking red!!!!
Good to see more improving and development tonight. Bring on Europe
Well that was pish.
The only upside tonight is the fact Boyata won’t be playing next week.
Unfortunately Brown and Lustig will.
There’s that last man last ditch tackle again coming to haunt us.
How Gordon stayed on the pitch is beyond me?
It was a great tackle, Thomson is a cunt!
50% with you on this.
Wee Skippy clearly thinks Sutton is a moaning fanny?
Which coming from Skippy is hilarious.
Two ex Celtic Strikers canny agree what chance have we got? 😉
Penny for Craigans thoughts at the end there…. 🙂
craigans got his job causey the company he keeps fuckum
I don’t mind Craigan as a pundit tends to tell it like it is the majority of the time and remains fairly objective and more importantly impartial when putting his view across.
Sutton is not impartial and his emotions tend to override rational thinking at times.
Just an observation.
Oh dear!
Well Thomson at it again with us, he is the worst official, we should have won it with the missed penalty though….. coupon down already this weekend!!!
no complaints, not good enough
your blaming a man who awarded us 2 penalties?
Fuck sake!
How much longer do we have to put up with Shite like that?
Bgbhoy spot on that simply was not good enough
Deila? Just go…this is painful now!
deila saying we need to learn to stay on our feet!? erm duuuuuhhhh!!! this guy is a fucking pretender, hes is honestly painful to listen too
1-1 with hamilton accies, even with 9 men its not good enough
wee jamsie couldnae make the team on account of his sneaky shils bgboys pal out
😉
What a joke irrespective ofThompson Delulah must walk, and do not bring up up Griffiths miss
Which one?
He could have easy brought up the Mackay Steven miss and the fact they should have been down to 9 men.
But hey we were gash anyway so it makes no odds in the end.
Biggest downer for me is the fact both Brown and Lustig seem to be on the slide now at Celtic.
Both a shadow of a couple of Seasons ago.
Thomson is a disgrace but our performance was worse we had our first shot on target after 34 mins and only because we got awarded a fucking stonewall penalty we consistently failed to create chances
but maryhill bhoy we had 13 corners, 18 throw ins and ran 8miles as a team
🙂
Evening gents another night of shambles pssses us bye,and if Aberdeen get their act together it’s going to be a difficult run in.
Just in from the match managed to see the penalty incidents,again and why Mackinnon was allowed to stay on the park beyond me. If young tierney wasn’t as quick to see it coming he was a goner,so because he managed to get out the road no red card. Young lad staying on his feet saved the thug.He gets a yellow,then clobbers Johansen,who I thought was Celtics best player tonight and no card.
Boyata I think is just a little unlucky, I think he got enough of the ball, but I can see why the ref gives it.
Missed penalty so costly,but the game went as I thought.
Compact accies let us play passy as usual in areas it doesn’t matter, possession overkill,keeper not one save to make,not one shot fired in. Too easy too predictable,to play against.
Just feckin skunners ye!
Hail Hail
Jimmybee,
It’s just awful, will someone just sack him??
Silly me I forgot that, I trust you will all forgive me for focusing in trivialities like goals.
It’s the experts corner bud don’t come in here talking about goals and nonsense like that 😉
Well that was so predictable,never a straight red for boyata,he got the ball and it slightly moved direction.
It should have been a straight red for the Hamilton players tackle on Tierny,two stud showing tackles,one yellow.
Well said Sutton,you are correct,Deilia,Craigen and McDonald,you were talking pish.
See the pattern emerging,the bigger teams are brushing us aside,ie.Hertz,Killie.Hamilton,et all,its gonna get worse after the split.Whats needed,get our Big players,playing and stop being bullied.
Lustig and Brown were next to useeless for the bulk of the game I thought.
You also thought it was a red card??
…and you say you played the game?…. Subbuteo maybe!
I think it was offside Monti but the fact of the matter is Boyata gave the smiling assassin an opportunity to send him off.
He duly obliged of course thus changing the whole game as a result.
We went from 80% possession to hitting on the counter in one moment of brash decision making by Boyata.
The Manager has clearly spoke to the defenders about this and he has chosen to ignore him.
Game changer no need.
Charlie, i thought that Lustig had a good game,he looked sprightly,who could he cross to nobody.Karim the big centre forward should have been playing with Griff.to mix it up for Griff.to give him space.Broonie lost it,saddens me to say it but well past his best.Mulgrew should also be playing mid.We are miles to soft and need our big bhoys in.John Young is correct,wee,young players are ok but at this point of the season we need the BIG guns playing.
Every time he received the ball when we were on the front foot first half he stopped turned back and played it back 20 yards to Boyata or Brown.
Hopefully Janko is back soon he at least can take a man on and looks to keep the momentum going forward.
Lustigs days are numbered I think.