Except, of course, we don’t. We are already ahead in the tie. We don’t need to take any chances or be reckless.<\/p>\n
As usual, the visiting manager, Ante Simudza ( is his wife called Unkl Simundza \u00a0? I’ll get my coat. ) has played down the importance of the crowd, which means he will have told his charges to come out and try to get an early goal, to silence the crowd.<\/p>\n
“The atmosphere will be very hot but I don’t think that will be a problem,” he said. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n ” It is a football atmosphere and we like that. The 60,000 fans give energy to the team and of course make it very difficult but we know how to react to that. We have to be very focused in the first 15 minutes under pressure but that will not take our powers, it might give us additional energy.”<\/em><\/p>\n “I don’t know if it will affect them because Celtic is a very big team with a nice history and they are used to playing in such games but the pressure is certainly on them, I don’t gamble but we have an equal chance of going through to the group stage and I think tomorrow will be a very tough match. I had watched DVDs and my assistant had given me information which meant Celtic did not surprise me in any way, what I expected from them I saw in Maribor. It would be a big achievement if we qualified. We played well in Maribor but we have to play a little bit better in Glasgow. But we know it will be very tough because we know Celtic are a very good team. We have to be tactically 100 per cent in defence and offence and in the 90 minutes we will see where we come.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This idea, straight from the basic book of football management works most of the time. \u00a0But not at Celtic. The crowd actually gets louder if the other side scores early on. Thing is, if they get two or three, everyone just goes home. so it’s important to stay to the end tonight, and maybe even get in a little earlier than usual. any form of intimidation will help.<\/p>\n Confident ?<\/p>\n Absolutely. Maribor are a decent team, but Celtic are a good one. And you cannot discount the atmosphere at Celtic Park.<\/p>\n Theres been a little bit of a revelation from former striker Henrik Larsson, which was not meant to undermine Ronny Deila, not from him, anyway, but the timing of the article, in the Scotsman, is at least \u00a0little bit suspect , if not downright disrespectful.<\/p>\n In the article, Larsson admits to turning down the Celtic job in the summer, which we knew anyway, and claims there are no plans to bring him to Celtic Park in November if Ronny makes an arse of it, which we know is probably true from his point of view, but theres no doubt Lawwell has yet to delete his number.<\/p>\n ” Yes I declined the Celtic job this summer. This was something I had to think about. In the end, I chose to remain at Falkenberg.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Larsson also denied that he has an agreement in place that will see him become Hoops boss in the future, adding: \u201cI have no agreement with Celtic on anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Not exactly hot news, but it s not entirely unexpected. The press have not been behind Celtics run to the group stages, and thats shameful, considering they should be standing shoulder to shoulder beside the champions of Scotland.<\/p>\n \u00a0But its nothing new.<\/p>\n \u00a0Six days remain of the transfer window, and should Celtic overcome Maribor tonight, Wakaso Mubaraks paperwork problems will be miraculously sorted, as will the arrival of Stefan Sepacovic, the Sporting Gijon forward. His 23 goals in 41 games last year is not to be sniffed at, and we can only hope he has the hunger we need to convert the chances that come his way.<\/p>\n \u00a0A couple of players will be leaving, Balde and Pukki could go out on loan, and then theres always the worry that Neil Lennon will land the Crystal Palace job and take Adam Matthews and Kris commons with him.<\/p>\n \u00a0But thats for another day. At the moment, \u00a0it’s all about getting a result tonight.<\/p>\n
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