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Podium
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so close...
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so close
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C'mon the Hoops.
Weather awful in Fife, but don't see as a leveller as Hibs try and play decent football.
3 Points today would clinch league before split.
Hail, Hail
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anyone else having setanta problems? No satellite signal being received!!!
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Well done SimplyaBhoy
Star for a Thread.
Lubo.
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Minx1888,
My Setanta is working OK. (Cable TV).
Lubo.
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Can we win the league against hertz on 05/04?? If we win all the games between now and then do we still need them to drop more points?
In true keegan style. I would LOVE it if we did that!!!!
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Anyone think WGS will keep Naka on the bench becoz of the weather? Hope not as he really lifted us last week against the Sheep.
C'mon the Hoops!
Hibernian 1 Celtic 2
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team news anyone??
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apologies for posting twice
Dont want to nit pick Edward but are you accepting that rangers play the tune to a BIGOTED song over tannoy (ie billy boys) not one that mentions a team name or refers to a team as animals or any playground banter but a song that has the line "up to our knees in f**ian blood surrender or you'll die"
Will you accept rangers play this tune overe the club tannoy and therefore cannot possibly be doing all they can to erdicate bigotry when they actually use it to create atmosphere. I hope you do not take this as a personal slight on you as I normally enjoy and agree with a lot you write but was disappointed that you did not seem to admit bigoted songs on the tannoy and kinda drifted away onto other points.
Just that how can a problem be addressed until the true extent of the problem is accepted. The first step would be to stop playing billy boys on tannoy.
I ask a genuine question here, was billy boys played on the tannoy at home leg v villareal. If not then why? Rangers know its wrong so wont play it when uefa listening but belt it out when scottish teams go? AM i wrong?
Again sorry if this seems personal, just interested in your answers as a level headed ordinary decent guy who happens to support my rivals. ANd again dont think celtic are whiter than white but there are no sectarian songs played over tannoy at celtic park.
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WGS saying BBJ injured Nake in.
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The lad in the middle is looking for a season ticket-winter games only.......
:P
noel.
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does that mean petrov up front again?
worked once, not so sure again, would dublin be a shout?
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Naka in for BBJ.
Hail Hail
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Team Confirmed for Today:
Boruc,
Telfer, Balde, McManus, Wilson,
Petrov, Lennon, Keane, Maloney, Zurawski, Nakamura
Lubo.
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Most likely Magic up fromt with Maloney.
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I hope that Stan or Naka, play in behind Magic and not as a 4-4-2.
Try and play Hibs at their own game by pulling the defenders out and leaving space in behind.
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Heading out in a blizzard for a mile walk to pub for game, hope setanta can show it ok.
C'mon the hoops!!!
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my mate phoned setanta and they told him they cant get their tech. folk out to Edinburgh!
On on my tele right now but its the highlights show from yesterday, not live coverage from the game...
Just back from London and drove all the way from Prestwick to Wishy, no the best!!!
COME ON THE HOOPS
2-1 to Celtic!
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as a home game goer only its days like today that you have to take ure hat off to our every game diehards,who are their and are always their hail rain or shine or even snow.hope they warm them selfs up today by chearing the goals flying in to the hibs net eh? celtic songs only mind hailhail
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...its on live now!
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Noel
I would let him borrow mine when I couldn't make it but I don't think he'd make it up the stairs to the top tier :0)
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Mornin all,
Lot's of talk about the weather but pitch looks ok. A bit wet down the middle so likely to be difficult for silky fitba'. Wonder how Naka will take to this. Look to Keane, Lennon and Petrov to win this one for us in the middle.
1 BORUC, Artur
2 TELFER, Paul
12 WILSON, Mark
6 BALDE, Dianbobo
44 MCMANUS, Stephen
25 NAKAMURA, Shunsuke
18 LENNON, Neil
19 PETROV, Stilian
16 KEANE, Roy
7 ZURAWSKI, Maciej
29 MALONEY, Shaun
Unused: Marshall, Pearson, Dublin, Thompson, Varga, Wallace
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Stan always seems to score in two consecutive games, hope this continues.
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Expect a tight game today, 0-1 to Celtic.
Will be happy with a clean sheet, also looking forward to seeing Gary Caldwell again.
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Hibs Team today:
HIBERNIAN:
1 BROWN
2 WHITTAKER
5 SMITH
4 CALDWELL
6 STEWART
3 MURPHY
11 GLASS
33 KILLIN
10 RIORDAN
17 SPROULE
8 THOMSON
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Cheers Lubo - back on now! Few snowballs at the satelite dish worked a treat :)
BBJ injured like Paul think it will be tight will take a 1 goal victory.
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Edward, from the previous thread. No apology necessary, I wouldn't expect you to have the official version on your ipod. :-)
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Hi Paul,
For once I hope your score prediction comes right :-)
MGM78 :- My apoligies I did go on a bit of a tangent, however I agree the playing of the billy boys over the tannoy is wrong, I utterly condem the song and the meaning behind it, I hope I haven't given the impression I condone it in any way. I agree it should be stopped, it's offensive, and has no place in any society never mind a modern one.
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Sorry to hear about the weather, I'm settling down to watch it in Denia after a glorious morning cycling in very warm sunshine.
3-2 the Hoops with a Maloney double.
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celtic 3-0 Stan and Zuraw twice
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Edward, it would not distress me to have Hibs remain on your tail.
I loved the wee piece Murray done with The Sunday Herald today, when they reported his £48 ten year JJB deal will bring in a guaranteed £5.8m per year.
Does no one read this before it gets published?
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minx-
do they have satellite in cumbenauld ?
I thought electricity and running water were getting installed NEXT year ?
:P
noel.
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The bhoys are in fine form right now and I expect us to win handsomely.
Amusing all this talk about the weather on C67. We're expecting a late winter storm here in Minneapolis tomorrow, nothing to be concerned about - only 8 inches of snow forecast.
Denia I feel your pain :)
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teams coming out
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My dear friend, Timoot,
I have indeed Enveloped an Indicative Intellection,buried within my recent remarks.
The answer to which, is Germane to a Celtic Target.
Also on at least two other, submissions.
Hibernian 0 Celtic 3.
Serious.
Hail! Hail!
Kojo.
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Stan looks to be up front again
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Nakamura close with a free kick.
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Good FK by Naka - just wide
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yes,stan is at centre forward
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5 mins. Opened well. Petrov up front.
Nakamura put a free kick just wide.
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Anyone have a link where u can watch the game live on the net?
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Hibs have a goal chopped off.
Let off..
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6 mins. Hibs goal chopped off for off side. Correct decision but only just.
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Afternoon Noel!
Aren't we funny today!
Boys having real trouble getting through to Edinburgh today. Some still stuck on M8!
Phew... thought that was a goal!
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Hibs working hard closing us down quickly. Hibs goal disallowed (correctly)for off-side
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well done the snow . I dont subscribe to Setanta but it appears I've got it today .
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hibs goal was level, should have stood
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Bhoys haven't settled yet - Hibs putting pressure on Telfer. Good chance wasted by Sproule.
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hibs a lot brighter. should be 2 up.
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Hibs playing well.
Celtic not in the game yet.
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Celtic Cross, I've go it too!
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disagree,with you , pal..Bhoy Malloy!
offside.....blatent....
expect a retraction, when yoy see the replay
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celtic need to wake up quick here!
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15 mina. Hibs had the better of the last 10 minutes. Only Celtic attempt at goal was the early free kick, Hibs have had a few.
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Back off again, Setanta must be watching CQN
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Bhoys starting to settle now - some good passing ended up with a half chance for Magic
Sproule causing Wilson a few problems down the right
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poor strength from magic not holding off Caldwell. Meat and drink for BBJ
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Great stop by Boruc
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sounds like sproule needs someone to slow him down.....
noel
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getting pasted here
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Hibs have scored. It was coming..
HIBS 1 CELTIC 0
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bollocks
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23 mins. Hibs 1-0 Celtic
Free kick from Riordan, Boruc was standing very close to his right post and the ball went to his right.
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1-0 Hibs. Good Free-kick - Boruc diod well to get a hand on it but couldn't keep it out. Hopefully that will spur the bhoys into action ....
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Hibs 1 up, Boruc out of position for free kick. Free kich awarded after Wilson chopped down Sproule. Sproule has skined him a dozen times already.
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did artur hav hibs first goal or whit? he left that whole side exposed for the goal!
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We have played 4 or 5 long high balls to Petrov so far - Stan must be wondering what the heck he is supposed to do with that kind of service
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Hibs by far the superior team.
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30 mins. Celtic have not constructed an attack yet. Hibs putting us under pressure.
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Sould have been 2 Nil.
Celtic all over the place.
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Memories of Artmedia and Clyde here today. We are being run ragged.
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Our problem lies in midfield. Naka and Shaun are not at the races - probably not the ideal conditions for these two. Wilson and Telfer under constant pressure down the flanks, Keane and Lennon can't get into the game due to the way Hibs have lined up
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WGS telling Stan to drop back more
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Penalty to Celtic
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34 mins. Penalty to Celtic for foul on Moloney.
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Penalty. Celtic. Maloney brought down
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Penalty Celtic - great run by Shaun - clear penalty after seeing the replay
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Celtic have scored…
Maloney Penalty.
HIBS 1 CELTIC 1
Come on the Bhoys.
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1-1!!
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clear peno-goal Maloney
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35 mins Hibs 1-1 Celtic.
Maloney penalty.
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GOAL - great finish by Shaun. We don't deserve it but I'll take it.
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I hope this settles us.
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lets hope they kick on now! great run by maloney, brave decision by the ref as well. wonders will never cease eh?
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Normal service resumed - nice plkay through the middle - Naka plays Stan in and the shot blocked for a corner - fianlly cleared
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we've started to get a bit of shape
4-1 I expect
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Half time:
Hibs 1-1 Celtic
Celtic scarcely deserve to be level, Hibs could have been a couple up, though the goal has got Celtic finding some space.
Nakamura booked just before half time.
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sounds like the away support are behaving themselves-good bhoys !
noel.
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Unfortunately my snowball throwing ability hasn't got any better in 40 years - had to hit the sat dish to get the game on! Took a b
loody age.
Don't think Naka got a booking for that tackle.
Some team Hibs - if we win this it will be the second best win of the season after 1/1.
TB
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Half time. First 30 belonged to Hibs. Boruc gifted Riordan a huge target to hit. Boruc really needs to wise up, to many poor decisions/judgements for my liking.
Great peno from the wee man and we are back playing a bit. Second half should be interesting.
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HT Hibs 1-1 Celtic
For 35 mins we were competely overrun by Hibs and created not a single chance. After Hibs scored the game changed. Hibs for some reason took their foot off the gas - possibly tired after their earlier efforts on the heavy surface. Celtic took the upper hand at 0-1 and were awarded a penalty after a great run by Maloney. The replay confimed a bad challenge from behind. Great finish by Maloney.
No complaints from me about Boruc for the goal - the shot was well placed in the top corner.
Keane had a good effort saved by the keeper just before HT after a good pull-back from the bye-line by Magic.
I would have expected WGS to make a change at HT given the first 35 mins but he may keep things as they are now that we have got ourselves back in the game.
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Noel,
Is that snowman in your garden? You stay in Renfrewshire? PA6?
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Don't think Naka got booked Paul - just a talking to - although a booking was deserved
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i think we all thought boruc was leaving too much space at the free kick and so it proved.
we didn't start playing till our goal.
far too much space in the middle and sproule was getting too much room down the right.
petrov's now sitting deeper and we've slowly cancelled out the hibs threat.
this could be the game for pearo again. a wee bit pace and dig in the last 20 could win us it.
see how the first 15 goes and then maybe GS should make a change.
Emjay
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mncelt,
if Boruc had have been a step to his left he would have made the save. He on purpose invited the free kick taker to try and beat him at his left post whick Riordan
done perfectly. Just seen it again at half time. Boruc is too far to his right.
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Lucky to escape with a draw so far...
First 30 minutes mostly hibs...Sproule unnerving the back four with his relentless running and their 5 across midfield closing down our 4..
Boruc positioning at the free kick was well suspect- he did well to get even a hand to it...
Great piece of running from Maloney who when away to release our first shot on target from open play got up ended. Cool finish for the penalty.
After Stan dropped back into midfield we looked a bit more composed....
Keep up the last 15 minutes performance in the second half and then stick Dublin on for the last 15 and it will come.
Bobo and McManus must keep their heads when sproule is attacking them....
Come on the hoops!!!
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Sir Paul,
Hibs, "settled", much much, quicker.
Therefore, seemed to be in the ascendancy in the first half hour.
Hibs did score...... but..... although they had all of the play.... really did not do much...... their "goal" was very obviously.....offside.
Otherwise, they wasted any chances that they carved out.
Once Celtic scored.....the Hibs crumbled...... it was eleven Hibs behind the ball....... therefore..... it was all Celtic ...the last 15 minutes.
I believe, Celtic will run riot in the Second Half... They have now "Settled in".
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Bennybhoy-
it is my garden...but a good bit from PA6.....
noel.
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that should read a good bit away from PA6
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Only listening to radio so can anyone say if WGS has put Stan back and pushed Maloney up. If so is this part of the reason for our improvement?
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Kojo-my old friend-
can I have my green-tinted glasses back once you have finished with them...?
cheers.
noel.
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Richard
No....He put stan back to shore up...no obvious signs of anyone replacing him...
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Strangely lacklustre performance. I think Stan Petrov looks more the part at the fron of the midfield five rather than as an out and out striker. Agree with Emjay - Pearson on (for Neil Lennon who looks particularly out of sorts) if we are going to stick with one recognised striker.
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Calm....deep breath......focus... patience....
All good things come to those who wait. Hibs will burn themselves out before 65-70 mins. Their high energy game is a gamble. One which we have now adjusted too.
C'mon the hoops.
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rumoid,
Cheers for info.
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I'm with Kojo
not in the biblical
sit back and enjoy.
4-1
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My dear friend, Noel,
Yes they are GREEN TINTED,as a matter of fact.... But they are Prescription!
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Playing with Magic up front on his own - Stan will no doubt be expected to get forward an support him from midfield
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monteblanco............rankers fans singing 'star of the sea' what a thought, LoL.
and yup id still hate them :-)
maloney having a great match and a great season......
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Joke Brown winds me up.
"Very clever player Petrov, he invited that foul"
Argh...
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Ya Beauty…
Celtic have scored again…
HIBS 1 CELTIC 2
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McManus, what a striker :-)
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GOAL - Mick tap in
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Goal machine McManus again!!
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59 mins. Goal for Celtic
Hibs 1-2 Celtic
Direct from corner.
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keeper hibs off
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Low corner by Naka, Magic jumped over it and Mick side footed it into the net
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Hibs keeper sent off
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61 mins. Hibs keeper Brown ordered off, handled from Zurawski outside the area.
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Hibs goalie sent off - handled the ball outside the box as Magic was about to go round him
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its all looking better now :-)
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Maloney to score freekick?
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What a difference a couple of minutes can make :)
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Good FK by Maloney - 'new' keeper saves. All Celtic from here on in ....
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no hibs keeper had excellent positioning :-)
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Celtic spraying the ball around all over the place - using the extra man well
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think i would rather magic was allowed to score the 3rd rather than the keeper handling and getting sent off! fancy us to hold the lead now!
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Penalty
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70 mins. Penalty to Celtic, foul on Maloney.
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Penalty saved by Malkovski.
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Maloney Missed Pen
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Naka brought down on edge of box - no foul given
Penalty to Celtic -Maloney brought down - hibs player should have been booked (and send off for second yellow)
Penalty missed - good save by keeper
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FFS
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no idea why it wasn't a second yellow for the foul on maloney
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Keeper saves again from Petrov after he was played in by Naka.
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Balde hasnt got a baldy.
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Hibs not out of this yet - taking the game to Celtic again
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remind me who is down to ten men? all hibs again.
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Hibs went close with ball across the box. We need to get the ball back again ...
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Pearson coming on
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naka off, fairly much a poor game from him.
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Naka coming off
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The commentary by BBC Scotland is pretty woeful. You would never have known McManus had scored.
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3 mins added
never seen wgs so animated
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Full Time:
Hibs 1-2 Celtic
Better result than performance, though I think we are the only team not to have lost at Easter Road this season, and we have won both games.
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Hot and cold today and more cold than hot. And I am not talking weather.
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Undeserved three points but that's the mark of champions.
Hibs should have been down to nine men, however.
Kudos to Maloney.
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Points more important than performance.
Shows now that we have a good fighting spirit within the camp that we could have done with at Artmedia and Clyde.
WGS is begining to groom a very competant and hard working team. Roll on League Championship parade, Champions League and next season.
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Wilson was my man of the match, take nothin away from wee Shaun!
2-1, Does this mean I'm the Oracle again?!
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A hard fought win. All credit to Hibs who never gave up - they lack a good centre forward.
Our missed penalty gave Hibs a lift in the same way their goal did for us in the first half.
No stand-out performances today, a hard fought team win. Maloney worked hard, won us two penalties and scored one - so MOTM for that effort.
Boruc will be partly blamed for their goal but dealt easily with everything else that came his way.
Defense looked pretty solid even when under a lot of pressure in the first half hour. Midfield found it hard going, Lennon probably pick of the bunch in there.
Magic and Stan (when forward) did not get much service today.
Anyways, a good 3 points and another 2 points gained on our closest challengers. One step closer to being crowned Champions :)
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A hard earned 3 points. A wee bit fortunate in my view to get all 3.
Maloney's was my MOTM in he second half. Bags of energy.
How many match winning points has Mick won us?
Lubo.
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Get that flag out.
No-ones gonny stop us now !
hearts to draw with rangers next week.
Us to do them the week after.....
before we end big ecks misery.....
noel.
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absolutely professional performance from celtic.
we should have scored more when the keeper was sent off.
we gave them a lifeline with the penalty save but i think these are the games that win you championships.
glad to say shaun maloney once again proved me right.
man of the match again!
scottish player of the year by a mile.
when the hibs support go home and watch the penalty decisions they'll see their right back was skinned!
he took the boos with a pinch of salt coz he knew he was right.
mcmanus- not a great score but a scorer of very important goals this season. well done the big yin.
Emjay
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Sorry but I don't think it was undeserved at all on our second half performance. To be honest it could have been a rout at the end.WGS made some positional changes at HT and from there on in hibs rarely threatened seriously.
We played some good football again and it was a smashing game.Hibs are a real good team and have some terrific players. Whittaker in particular is a fine right back and Thompson is as good a midfield playmaker as you will find in the UK.
Once we had their measure it was one way traffic. Maloney did to them what Sproule was doing to us in the first 20 mins. After that he ran out of steam and ideas.
Pretty impresseed with Caldwell, he uses the ball really well out of defence. Steve McManus what a useful player to have .He's scored some damned vital goals for us in the big games.
Well done WGS, another big, big result for us.
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Sir Paul,
Great stuff, loved McManus's VERY SLICK GOAL....... I think he got a clever assist from Magic...... A real now you see it .....now you don't.........Leaving, Hibs goalie and defensive guard absolutely BEWILDERED.
Man o' the Match......
Steven McManus....
Good steady game and scored the WINNER......
WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE!!
Wonderful Result.......... Hibs were UP FOR IT.....trying to overtake the G.A.......
But tough luck, chums......My heart bleeds fer ye......
And that will be right!
Celtic, I LUV YA GUYS.!!
Hail! Hail!
Kojo.
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Right-
Who is going to be 1st to post a link to the goals.............?
noel.
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Tony Mowbray's scarf was a fashion disaster!
Full steam a head for a Millenium of Domination!
Martybhoy
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timoot & emjay - agree with you both. We didn't start well against a good team & needed to dig in. We did that & slowly but surely damped Hibs' fire. We put them under pressure in key areas sufficiently to get a one man sent off & one who should have been for a second yellow. It could easily have been 4-1 (that would have been a harsh on Hibs).
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Fantastic result - gritty is the best word I can think of for the performance. Would have enjoyed the beer a little slower if Maloney had stuck the penalty away - but yet again he made the difference between losing/drawing and winning.
I will personally not be able to exorcise the ghosts of Black Sunday until its won but I think we have a boss who knows that there are around 1 million Celtic fans who need the physcological repair that this title will bring. Personally I'm a fruitcake in the football sense and the images of last May haunt me....
5/4 here we come.
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Kojo, since you are still here was the hint for Steed Malbranque of Fulham..
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McManus the winner in Edinburgh again.
I thought we contained Hibs for 60 minutes, Boruc never made a save after Hibs goal.
Mowbray must want to strangle Sproule, lots of pace but doesn't even look like delivering a decent cut back or shot.
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i know it doesn't matter now but did you hear joke broon during that game?
urging them to get a penalty. slagging bobo and lennon for the kind of players they are.
he's not even hiding it now!!
whittaker should have walked and also i noticed that sproule is always late in the tackle against us. he also should have been booked today.
but hey who cares? 15 clear and a party to look forward to!!!
Emjay
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My dear friend, Timoot,
In a word......
No, it was not....... OOOOOOPSSSSS!
Hail! Hail!
Kojo.
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how did the singing come across on TV ?
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burnley78...
heard a snippet of a bad one getting sung but thankfully it died out before the chorus.
apart from that it sounded ok.
nothing sinister to report tomorrow! who? our press?
Emjay
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3 hard earned points. You dont get anything for free these days. Maloney was outstanding and I'd point out Caldwells performance for hibs. He looked like a one man defense. He looks like a decent catch for our squad.
Overall a hard earned win on a rather soft trodden pitch, Bitter cold with snow falling.
Nakamura was ok in parts of the game and remember that without the " Pass " there wouldnt be the " Goal " i.e assist for McManus.
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My dear friend, Burnley78,
I am glad you asked....
I did not notice ANY SINGING......... in fact I thought the Celtic Following were very subdued...
I sure heard the HOME SUPPORT......SEVERAL TIMES... They were not singing....... I think the correct TERM is ......
WHINGING!!
Loved Every SQUEAK!
Hail! Hail!
Kojo.
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Well ground out win today... title winning stuff....
Hibs played some execellent stuff (as did the bhoys!!), sproule is lightening fast and TM seems to know how to use it!
Glad to see WGS changing the tactics when things weren't going to plan.
Kojo,
I get the hint... of course it is Ballack from deutchland!!
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Well done WGS for getting it right once again. Mowbray is a very astute manager and he has beaten him 3 times in the spl...
BTW for those who didn't catch the interview WGS said that Zurawski has had a virus for the last 3 days and didnt train- so well done Maciej!!
Roll on next week...hopefully to our first piece of silverware of the season.
On the BIG Prize; am I right in thinking that if Hearts drop points next week (which is quite likely) we can lift the title at home against them? (assuming we beat Caley and Livi of course)
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Highlights video on my blog NOW !
noel.
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Yes as said previously better result than performance.
However at no point did we go chasing the game, everything was kept simple.
The only player upfront that shaun for us was Maloney!
Looks like we will have the chance to win the league v Hearts at home.
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My dear friend, Big Liam,
Your are very correct..
Naka, today was brilliant.....as usual ...... Now that I am on..... I may as well give My INDIVIDUAL CELTIC PLAYER PERFORMANCE CRITIQUE:
Boruc........................ EXCELLENT.......
Telfer....................... EXCELLENT....
Wilson........................EXCELLENT...
Lennon....................... EXCELLENT...
Keane...................... EXCELLENT...
Bobo........................ EXCELLENT...
MCMANUS..................... EXCELLENT..... MAN O' THE MATCH!
Nakamura.................. EXCELLENT........
Petrov..................... EXCELLENT......
Majic...................... EXCELLENT.....
Maloney.................... EXCELLENT....
Pearson.................... EXCELLENT....
The Little Admiral......... EXCELLENT........
GARY CALDWELL!!!........... EXCELLENT........
CELTIC FAN BEHAVIOR...........EXCELLENT.......... Mucho IMPORTANTE!!!!
And why does EVERY CELTIC EMPLOYEE, earn a badge of EXCELLENCE??
Easy answer.......
Look at the SCORELINE............ CELTIC WON!!!!!!!!!!
Hibs 1 CELTIC 2!!!!!!!!
All in ALL........
A fine day at the OFFICE!
Hail! Hail!
Kojo.
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We got the points and at this stage that's all that matters. We were assured and confident. I can't agree that Mr Telfer was excellent though. His distribution of the ball is terrible. If we had a better right back (Wilson?) then we would be able to hurt taems more. Telfer defensively is poor and offers little going forward. Blind spot Mr Strachan?
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Kojo-
why do I get the feeling that ,in your opinion, we were excellent ?
:P
noel.
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My dear friend, JinkyNewton.....
You my friend are very, FEY.....
You are in the correct.....
HEMISPHERE!
Well, whadya know?..... whoda thunkit?
Hail! Hail!
Kojo.
ONE, HAPPPPPY CAMPER!!!!
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john-b
That's very much the dilemma John.
I count myself as amongst those who are very uncomfortable with the open support of the IRA by some amongst the Celtic support and feel that I have every right to consider that support of that organisation has nothing whatsoever to do with Celtic Football Club and is indeed an albatross around its neck, particularly in terms of its perception within the UK.
Equally there are many who see that support as intrinsic to their right as Irishmen and women or of Irish descent to demonstrate their pride in achieving freedom from English oppression. They seem to take the view that any attempt to make them stop is an attack on their Irishness and a reflection of a bigoted Scottish society. They will on the other hand condemn the Rangers support for songs that for them reflect their history in defence of what they see as their rights e.g the Sash. Is it political or sectarian?
I do want to see us celebrate our Irishness. Similarly I want to see us take pride in being a Scottish Football Club. Whether the two are irreconcilable amongst our own support I really don't know and only wish there were an easy answer.
I can only repeat what a much wiser man than I said some time ago
Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae many a blunder free us,
And foolish notion.
It would be a very interesting prospect for the opposite sides of opinion to list what songs and chants they find offensive in the other in the hope that some sanity might emerge and common respect for others but that's not got much to do with today's society has it?
BTW hope you had a good trip. We can certainly agree on being entirely happy with the result.
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JUST BACK FROM MY FIRST AWAY GAME IN A COUPLE OF YEARS..... KOJO STEVEN MCMANUS HAS A GIFT AT LOOKING COMPOSED IN THE OPPONENTS BOX.. I JUST WISH HE HAD THE SAME COMPOSURE IN OUR OWN BOX.............
FOR ME HE ISNT A GOOD DEFENDER AT ALL..... IN FACT I THINK HE IS MINCE........
1 TACKLE WHEN BALDE GOT BEAT, THE HIBS GUY WAS CLEAN THROUGH AND THE GUY SAID TO ME "THAT WAS SOME TACKLE BY MCMANUS"....... IT WASNT, IT WAS WILSON... COVERING MCMANUS WHOS POSITIONING IS WOEFUL....... I WOULD BET MONEY ON HIM NOT PLAYING NEXT YEAR.... BACK UP YES... BUT CALDWELL WILL START FIRST..... AS FOR A SCOTLAND CAP....... OH DEAR OH DEAR......... BTW I HAD £20 ON 3-1 AND WAS HOPING WEE SHAUN WOULD MISS AS I FELT AT THAT TIME WE WOULD WIN 4 OR 5....... AS FOR WEE SHAUN, WELL AGAIN HE IS OVERATED.......... BUT THE FULL TEAM WERE POOR APART FROM WILSON AND BORUC.........
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My dear friend, Noel90,
So..... Ya Noticed my display, of not a little RETICENCE...... in my PRAISE....of the CELTIC?
Honestly.... and this is Pukka!
I NEVER EVER TAKE MY PLEASURES, TIMIDLY!
I have lived long enough, to realise........ TAKE THE GOOD, GLADLY! ...... The Bad can be such a DOWNER!
My MOTTO........
ANY WIN, IS A VICTORY!!
Make sense? OF COURSE it does!....
In any VICTORY..........
EVERY BODY IS A HERO!!!!!!
That is my Philosophy, not only in my, LOVE FOR CELTIC......
IT STANDS ME IN GOOD STEAD...
IN MY LOVE FOR LIFE!!!!
Hail! Hail!
Kojo.
Determined to be JOYFUL......
EVEN WHEN WE WIN!!
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Guys anyone know where you can access stats on players for each game? Particularly number of passes complete - even better if this is split into Forward / Backward passes.
In a team that can at times retain the ball so well, Mr telfer is like a fish out of water. But I'd like to have some stats to back this up before launching into one!
I know opta used to to do it but anyone got a link?
BTW - Good result despit the performance. SM was MOM by a mile.
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Good game today and Hibs were maybe worth a point, they caused us some trouble even with ten men.
I thought Maloney was incredible. Just before his mazy run for the first penalty he won the ball in the tackle on the half way line! He took the penalty really well. Obviously with the new set up up front some of the passes were going astray but Celtic always looked threatening. With McManus getting the winner it was a good day for our home grown talent again.
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My dear friend, Mackybhoy,
Well...... Ya Sure Told Me..off!
However.........
Your ascribed feelings, Betray,the MARK OF YOUR.... DEMEANOR .....and I guess.........YOU ARE STUCK WITH IT....
Happily,My Demeanor, knows none such, feelings.
Only, Joy and Gratitude of a Job WELL DONE...... IN ALL Departments!
Funny how people react differently ....
But I would have it ......
No Other Way!
Your opinion is a good as mine....
Mebbe even Better.
Hail! Hail!
Kojo.
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A workmanlike three points today.
However,i have in all ,my time never seen so many misplaced passes as of those played by Telfer.
I have no criticism as such of the rest of his game but i lost count of the times he played the ball to an opponent.
The away bhoys must be commended for their"due diligence".
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Just back from the match.
I don't remember ever having such bad weather conditions to get to a match.
I left Leven at 12 and missed the first 30 mins of the match.
When i arrived we were already one down.
I thought Maloney was our MOM by a country mile.
I thought Wilson was poor and that Telfer had a good game.I thought that Keane didn't play that well.
Baring in mind that i missed the first 30 mins i thought we were the best team and deserved to win.
Hibs are a good side to watch.
I wish that we had bought Steven Whittaker instead of Wilson for the right back bearth.
I would not play Naka and Maloney from the start next week.
The defensive balance of the side isn't correct when they both play together.
I would play Dublin and Magic with Maloney on the left and Stan on the right.
Remember this post, we must ensure that Andy Todd is marked at set pieces.
Dion can do that .
All in all a very good result.
5 more wins required ,unless TFOD beat TWFOD.
Hail! Hail!
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Kojo
The mystique you are creating around our new playmaker is causing me to lose sleep.
I lye awake at night wondering ,who can it be?
What slithers can you give us.
Whodunnit?
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Hi all
Excellent result and at this stage it is all that matters.
Provan and Guidi on Clyde are slating Celtic in Provan's case "if this is Celtic playing well they have no chance of competing in the CL," and always harping back to Artmedia.
Guidi critical of the signing of Caldwell not Celtic class.
Remind me but we are 21points clear of a team who nearly got to the last 8 of the CL, and frankly we would have gubbed Villarreal this year.IMO the CL is not such a huge step as some would have us believe, with IMO the exception of Barcelona.
Kojo is it Germane Jenas or Defoe?
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MackyBhoy
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Maloney - Was the only forward player we had today. An off day for the rest maybe. Strong contender for Player of the Year. AlthoughI wouldn't go for him myself he has won a number of matches for us.
McManus - Personnelly I would say he is definately Young Player of the Year. Improving all the time which is all you can ask of a player in his first full season!
And neither of them cost £3m but made the significant difference today.
23 WINS out of 29 games!
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Just back,
Weather not as bad as first feared but crowd was pretty sparse today obviously because of it.
Hibs started the game better and got the goal they probably deserved. However, after we equalised I thought we controlled the game for the most part. It should have been more comfortable and we hung on a bit at 2-1 but this was due to Hibs gambling and leaving magic 1 on 1 with their central defender in order to push more players forward. I thought we would score on the break at that point but alls well that ends well!
Singing was not too bad with the exception of some small pockets of fans that probably wouldn't be heard on TV.
tinytim
Can't agree with you about Wilson/Whittaker. I have paid pretty close attention to both since the time both were linked with us and I think we made the right choice.
mackybhoy
you appear to be a hard man to please!
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Dessybhoy, some things never change. An away win in terrible conditions and still no credit!
As I have mentioned before.. If the h*ns finish second they will get more credit for that than WE will for winning the league.
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tinytim - would that be Steven Whittaker who conceded two penalties today? Hardly a ringing endorsment of a full back.
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Loved the match, both teams attacked at all times, great to watch and be at
Maloney easily man of the match ( mackyboy think you may have the wrong player)could have scored cracker in the last 2 or 3 minutes
Wilson was very good apart frm 10 mins against Sproule in the first half
lots of dig, was good to see
Downside was that i was stuck in middle of the buckfast mob who tried to belt out BofTOB the whole time
glad it did nt come over on the telly
forget the IRA songs we dont need them
If Rangers had won this game it would have been called a griity result by the chapions elect
We do it and we are derided, IGNORE THEM they are sick as parrots
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tinytim,
Firstly well done in getting to the game today.
I would suggest Whittaker's defensive qualities let him down. Indeed had it not been for his error we would not have had a foothold in the game at HT.
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Mackybhoy, what are you on?
Shauno is overrated. He has been our best player (and the SPL's) this season by a mile! If he is overrated then i would love to know who you think IS a good player!!
As for big Mick, as far as i am concerned, he has scored the 3 most important goals of our season so far. League winning goals.
We're about to win the league and you slate the whole team after we WIN away from home against one of the best teams in it. Lighten up!
C36
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Tinytim, in actual fact we will have virtually sewn it up with just TWO more wins and a draw, if TFoD beat TWFoD as you suggest, and our draw is against Hearts on April 5th. This would leave Hearts able only to equal our points total by them winning and us losing every remaining game thereafter, and they would require a substantial shift in their favour in goal difference.
To be absolutely sure we just need to win our next three games, and Hearts to drop anything between now and April 5th. So even if they get a point against TFoD we can wrap it up at home to them (Hearts) on April 5th.
Hail! Hail!
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I'll happily wait a few weeks and want Hearts beat 'them' and also Hibs to keep plugging away, hopefully for a top 3 finish... with 'them' in fourth !!
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I have to disagree with the disparaging comments about Mark Wilson. He did have a torrid time of it in the first half hour, but remember he is playing out of position in the left back slot. However he stuck to his task well and most importantly lasted the game very well. He had a great run up the park near the end and was very strong in the challenge in the last ten minutes. He looks every inch a footballer and will do for me.
By the way, all of us in the pub could see where O'Riordan's free kick would go!!
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Surely we can't seriously be interested in where others finish.
What does it matter who finishes below us,all that matters is that our house is in order.
