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Go on the Celts
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Hiya. Can anyone in Glasgow tell me what the weather's like before I set off..? Shades or cagoule weather?
lynnsindecisivegreensocks
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QPRs young striker Ray Jones has been killed in a car crash.
Todays match for them canceled. Terrible tragedy.
I'm sure all our thoughts are with his family.
4-0 to The Celtic today. Easy meat
Hail Hail
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cagoule lynn, light drrrrizzle, should start to clear up late afternoon, mostly remaining overcast though
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Cheers Mark! Right, I'm off. Mon the Hoops!
lynnsmatchfitgreensocks
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Paul67:
Money. The Chairman. Totally agree. But, I also think that Gordon Strachan's strength of character and coaching ability has caught them out.
DruidDude:
Sociologists with knowledge of group behaviour and psychologists who understand the 'hate' emotion might have a clue about what they're about. Me? You? Us? We don't go there. It's football. A big big deal in our lives, but not worth what they indulge in
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Hi folks, just back from holiday.
Anything interesting happen over the last 2 weeks? Any decent transfer speculation?
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Good morning all
A quick question for anyone with Barcelona knowledge.
I want to get two tickets for the Barca v Sevilla game next month.
Does anyone know the best (cheapest) way to go about this?
Thanks in advance
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miketw10
nothing much with all concentration on the Moscow game.The consensus seems to be that not much will happen unless we qualify for the CL or offload the big money freeloaders.
Did you try the fiddler ??
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inside write - I've only done it the once. It was for one of their CHAMPIONS League games. Went to the ticket office at the Stadium in the afternoon of the game and could pick what seats/price I wanted. There are also guys outside selling tickets but I went for the offical route just to be sure.
CHAMPIONS 3 - Hertz 0
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Brown to score today
3 -0
hailhail
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Good luck today to the bhoys.
3.1
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Don't like the look of this. Is this cover for Mark Brown if the holly goalie goes ??
"Czech stopper keen on Celtic move
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Czech goalkeeper Michal Danek is hoping to join Celtic before next Friday's transfer deadline.
The 24-year-old Viktoria Plzen shot-stopper told Czech newspaper Sport he would visit the Scottish champions in the coming days.
"Next week I am going to visit the club," said Danek. "If this (transfer) was possible, I would certainly not refuse it.
"It is a great club, I am going to fly there to see how it looks."
Danek has also been linked with Norwich and AEK Athens. "But the interest of Celtic is the greatest," he said.
Viktoria Plzen chairman Ladislav Valasek stressed that Celtic have not made a bid for the goalkeeper who has conceded just one goal in the first three matches of the Czech season.
"Danek is in excellent form, he is a mature 'keeper and the Czech goalkeeping school has a good name in United Kingdom," said Valasek. "But we have not received any official offer yet, though we have heard about their interest."
Poland international Artur Boruc is currently the first-choice goalkeeper at Celtic, with Mark Brown his understudy.
© 2007 ireland.com "
pablophanque
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BoltonBhoy my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this sad time.
Hail Hail
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pfayr
Yes, I did indeed. Saw the Moscow game there. Then stayed on to watch the Chelsea game with the wife. Got quite drunk, as you can guess!
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Inside Write
From what I can remember last year when we did the same, I just googled Barcelona Tickets and it came up with all sorts of avenues to explore. Some will even book your hotel room with tickets included.
Here's an example
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"Donati can emulate Larsson: StrachanPublished: Saturday, 25 August, 2007, 07:05 AM Doha Time
GLASGOW: Celtic manager Gordon Strachan believes Italian midfielder Massimo Donati can follow in the footsteps of Henrik Larsson and become a Parkhead legend.
The midfielder, signed from AC Milan in the summer, scored his first goal for the Hoops in last week's 3-1 win at Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier League.
And with Donati improving with every game he plays alongside fellow new signing Scott Brown in the middle of the park, Strachan feels there are glorious days ahead for the Italian.
Indeed the Celtic boss can see comparisons with the way Swedish ace Larsson made a slow start to his career in Glasgow before going on to become one of the best players in the club's history.
Speaking ahead of his side's SPL match at home to Hearts today, the Celtic manager said of Donati's start: "You can't judge a player after a couple of games.
"Henrik Larsson didn't do too brilliantly in his first few appearances and if he had been judged after them he'd never have stayed for so long.
"But he went on to become one of the best ever players seen at Celtic.
"So you can't make an instant judgement and you have to wait until the end his contract before you will know whether a player was worth it."
This weekend Celtic will welcome a Hearts side who have had a disappointing start to the SPL season." GOOD !!!!
pablophanque
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Paul67,
Where have you been the last 5 years ?
Let start a competition and see how many quotes we can find where a member of the board has used the term "Old Firm" explicitly.
During TV negotiations, Shirt sponsorship deals - Starlings fyling together in unison. No the board cannot have their cake and eat it as you suppose. When we were making noises about moving into the EPL our board practically done Rangers touting for them.
Our Board rely on the Old Firm as a business safety net. It´s a tried and tested model and they are happy having it hanging around as it has served them well over the years.
The last thing that our board would want to see is the demise of the "Old Firm" as it would affect their investment and remove the buisness saftey net.
IMHO to say anything else to the contrary is just lazy journalism or an excercise in semantics
Anyways 3.0 today I reckon...
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Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo, couldn't disagree with you more. I truly believe the days of our board needing and wanting to be seen as one half of the OF are long gone. The huns know this and I think it is they and their lick-spittles in the 4th estate who perpetrate this nonsense.
They need us far more than we now need them IMO.
pablophanque
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pablo,
"now" as in today ?
time will tell. Rangers qualify for the CL and we dont and somebody buys Rangers and it all changes.
No more joint sponsorship deals then. You can rest assure me on that ?
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Hallooo,
I’m not too bothered what the score will be today, certainly 5 – 0 would be nice but all I want is to get this game out of the way, with 3 points in the bag along with our ubiquitous good behaviour award.
Come on ye Bhoys
Hail Hail
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Very quiet at Rugby Park today and lots of spaces in the stands.
I am quite surprised to see both sides getting the ball down and playing football!!!
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Inside Write, I presume you've got your cheap flights sorted? As far as tickets are concerned, you can pick them up in most of the larger Tourist Information offices at face value. If you buy through booking agencies or touts you will be paying a premium for their "services".
For example, I attended the Celtic CL game there and bought my tickets through an internet agent, paying £60 a ticket. When I visited the Tourist Info (not even knowing that they sold tickets) I found that I could have bought tickets for the same part of the ground £20 cheaper, each!
You'll probably also save a fortune on your hotel if you sort it yourself when you get there. It helps to learn at least a little bit of the language so you can at least greet people in their own language and give them the gist of what you want. They will both appreciate your efforts and be somewhat more helpful...
I often search to get the names, details and locations of suitable hotels on the internet (e.g. Expedia), then find the hotel's own website and contact them myself, often quoting the 3rd party price and asking them if they can improve on it.
Good luck.
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Awe_Naw, I hear what you're saying and who knows what will happen when someone buys the bigot dome. My only hope is we will still have good people running our club to the same standard that it is being run right now. I would be more than happy to have our own sponsors and I welcome the day when we do. The less we have to do with that shower (ed excepted) the better. It's all about opinions mate and only time will tell who was / is right.
pablophanque
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Stuck in work. Any team news ?
pablophanque
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Going by the stats there is not much between the two teams in the Rangers Vs Killie game.
KILMARNOCK RANGERS
Possession
51% 49%
Shots on target
4 6
Shots off target
1 3
Corners
3 5
Fouls
7 5
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baz/mike/bigchipsuk
thanks for the replies.
Have got my flights and apartment booked for Sep weekend, and will either book direct from Barca, or try one of the tourist outlets when I get there.
bigchipsuk
I do try and speak the lingo whenever possible, but keep getting corrected from Spanish to Catalan, so it makes me a little hesitant as dont want to upset them!
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SUnderland 0 Liverpool 1 Latest
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Inside Write, look here. Tickets start from around £35, but this is of course a top category game.
If you went for a lower category game (with more chance of seeing FCB in full silky flow, cracking in a hatfull of goals), such as FCB v Almeria, you can get in from as little as £12.
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Inside Write, re: Spanish v Catalan, just upset them! After all, some effort is better than none, and we don't spend all our time correcting them to Glaswegian from English when they come over here!
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thanks again bigchipsuk, I am tied down to the Sevilla game, so will check out the tickets when they are available.
Off to the game now 2-0
King Kenny and Scoosh
- worth a fiver
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Lifted from www.sportinglife.com
'Foul on Neil Lennon (Nottm Forest) by Alan Thompson (Leeds), free kick awarded'
Good to see the two old stagers still battling away (Forest v Leeds 0-1)
Mon the hoops today. 5-0
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Kilmarnock 0 Rangers 1 Latest 52 min
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Everyone seems to be forecasting Celtic N Hertz 0. Have you all suddenly found a new confidence in Celtic's defence under your pillows this morning?
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1-1 Ya beauty!
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I wonder if Naismith will have the bulls to score the winner?
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BigChip....
good point! I'd be happy with a win...no injuries...a clean sheet....then a few goals if possible.
Was Kennedy injured last week? I felt he was a bit off in the games he played. Not complaining, I know he needs time and games....but we did look more solid with Caldwell in there.
I'm quite jealous of you lot that are going to the game. I was home for a couple of weeks and got to the Killie and Aberdeen games. Could get quite used to that......
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Your right BigChipSuk....Celtic 5 Hearts 1.
'mon the Killie
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Its all KILMARNOCK
come on Naismith
BigJoewhowantsblondy2score
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I love it when you log on and are presented with a post like that miketw10.......
Ideal start to the day....
Off to watch the game.....
PS To those mac users who were considering Parallels as a solution.... Not viable...Not defintive answer....If you use it there may be some video material that continues to cause encryption problems..
PJBwhowillhavetopassonCH67fromnowoon.....
Glad you are home safe and well bigjoe....
C'Mon the Hoops...And Stand Up For The Manager
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Celtic could be set to seal an astonishing loan move for Eidur Gudjohnsen IF the current players can dispose of Spartak Moscow in next week's crucial Champions League qualifier.
Sources close to Barcelona say this deal is one of the options currently on the table and as things stand, it would appear to be Gudjohnsen's favoured option.
The 28-year-old Icelandic striker has previously stated his desire is to play for a club who can offer him Champions League football. Manchester City and Juventus are the latest clubs to be linked with £8million bids for the player. West Ham reportedly also tried to sign him a few weeks ago but were knocked back.
However, none of the clubs who have so far expressed an interest in signing him on a permanent basis are Champions League contenders. He does have a good relationship with Juventus manager Claudio Ranieri from their time at Chelsea, but whether that would be enough to persuade him remains to be seen.
Celtic certainly need a Champions League class striker, and Gudjohnsen wants to play for a Champions League class club...
Could this be a perfect match made in Paradise?
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Killie have 56% possession.
I'm sure Celtic had 60% against Falkirk.
All we got for the rest of the week was how Falkirk dominated the Celtic midfield for 60 minutes. Will we get how Killie has annihilated the Orcs midfield for the majority of this match?
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drat....................
1...........................2 to them
bigJoewhoAINT2happy
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killie 1 rangers 2
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The Darnellists win 2-1 at Killie, Beasley and Darcheville scoring either side of Invincible's contender for goal of the month.
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Strachan off to open that bottle of buckie
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Just watched the Killie game against the FOD.
Another two scrappy Goals For Rangers. two tackles on Rangers players, ball trickled to both beasley and Darcheville, both could hardly miss.
Good counter attacking goal from Killie.
Come on the Hoops, 3-0. JVOH, McDonald and McManus
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Paul
Da Seeress o' Atlantic City, who ye know by anither name...
Has predicted da winner o' OOR Premier League,
wull depend oan ONLEE FOWER GAMES!
If ye dinna know which Games ur dese,
Den it's no ma joab tae Tell!
But dem dat diz... wull understaun...
WE MUST WIN AWE AWE DESE!... or we'll SUFFER...feelin' faur frae WELL!
We'll Gnash oor Teeth, an' Rent oor Claes....
It wull Be BLOODY ...(Rhymes wi' DELL!)
collie.
Tail's Awaggin', Tail's Awaggin'
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Killie couldn't handle the strenghth and guile of Darcheville when he came on for the second half. Ball played into his feet with his back to goal.
He either turned with it or laid it off to keep them on the front foot.
A Naismith inspired breakaway gave Killie the goal of the game.
They are big and strong, but not much of a football team. Keep the ball off them and they will have to foul to get it back.
Possession is the name of the game against them.
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coming round past central
can hear the great escape tune being chanted
i wonder
huns outside pivo pivo chanting it - finishing it off with "england"
who are they singing at ?
only couple of guys with socialist party flags/banners on way back from demo/rally
hemdanis indeed
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Turning to Parkhead, I'm told it's the same Starting XI as last week.
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SO that would be a starting lineup of
Boruc
Wilson
Caldwell
McManus (C)
Naylor
Nakamura
S Brown
Donati
McGeady
plɐuopɔɯ
Vennegoor of Hesselink
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Mornin All,
Team for today...
1 Boruc Artur
3 Naylor Lee
5 Caldwell Gary
12 Wilson Mark
44 McManus Stephen
8 Brown Scott
18 Donati Massimo
25 Nakamura Shunsuke
10 Vennegoor of Hesselink Jan
27 McDonald Scott
46 McGeady Aiden
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Embdy having problems with 67+
I keep getting some.............
Buffering crap................
BigJoeWHAcannygetHISpcGoing
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JVOH and Macdonald up front
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This'll do for starters............ :o)
"youths break hearts at barrowfield
Gregor Kyle
A scintillating first half performance from the Under-19s saw them break Hearts in their first home game of the season at Barrowfield.
The visitors were simply demolished by John McLaughlan’s men in the opening 45 minutes, with striker Kevin Cawley grabbing a brace and Michael Graham rifling home a stunning volley to go three ahead just minutes before half time.
Although the youths failed to add to their tally after the re-start they continued to dominate proceedings and maintained their clean sheet with a mature and commanding performance"
pablophanque
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Why is it when I type...............
plɐuopɔɯ...................
it comes out upsidedown..........
BigJoewhoNEEDS a new PC
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Paul, Watching the huns game,couldnt
help noticing how this sick chant of big jock knew ,is becoming a regular at their games.
It seems to be one of their new catchfrases, to the extent that they are holding up scarfs with it on them.
I dont know if its just me,but i find this particular chant extremely offensive and think it should highlighted.
I suppose then Duffield could slap their other wrist and make them write out 'i must not be naughty' 500 times
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We've got an attacking Bench, too.
Subs:
M Brown
O'Dea
Sno
Hartley
Riordan
uǝllıʞ
Zurawski
BigJoe,don'tyoujustloveantipodeans?
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The Hearts' Lineup, meanwhile is:
13 Banks (Gk)
2 Neilson
26 Zaliukas
4 Berra
6 Gonçalves
23 Stewart
10 Kingston
29 Ksanavicius
28 Ivaskevicius
16 Mikoliunas
22 Elliot
Subs:
9 Pospisil
7 McCann
46 Divine
11 Driver
18 Cesnauskis
25 Karipidis
30 Kurskis
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Any news on KM ? Not on the bench today?
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Channel 67 seems ok. Playing at 491 kbps.
How do you get the upside-down text?
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Apparently carrying a knock from the Scotland game.
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Good rendition of YNWA
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Kick off.
Fans in fine voice
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richie, it's my special Antipodean Keyboard. And yes, it seems Miller has a knock from the South Africa game midweek.
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JVoH heads a freekick past the post after outjumping Berra.
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Richie
Do an internet search for a flip(upside-down writing) program.
Mon the Hoops
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Good chance for JVoH from a Naka cross - just wide
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Naka free kick headed wide by JVOH
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Hibs 1 up against Aberdeen at Easter Road in 5 Minutes through Zemmama.
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Aiden has started well
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and Murderwell have scored through Lasley in their Visit to Fir Park, Gretna 0 Motherwell 1.
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and Murderwell have scored through Lasley in their Visit to Fir Park, Gretna 0 Motherwell 1.
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Millar injured playing for the Alba
BigJoewhoISintheKNOW
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Great start for a change!
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McD shot deflected for corner ...
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NIce series of 1 touch passing from Celtic.
Hearts on back foot, if I can use a cricketing expression.
Corner for Celtic.
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PJBhoy...
What'd I say?
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Hearts breakaway after Naylor misplaced pass.
Celtic back in possession.
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Goal! Naka or JVoH?
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9' GOAL NAKAMURA deflected in off JVoH after a McGeady Cross
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1-0 Naka
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BigJoewhothinksweAreplayingWELL
1............0 the hoops
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GOAL Naka
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Deflection off Hearts defender.
Good work by McDonald inside box.
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Good play by Brown (or maybe McD) got to the byeline and pulled a good cross over to Naka. Shot was deflected in off a Hearts player but should go down as a Naka goal
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If we keep this up I'll need a new abacus before half time.
Dominant in midfield and getting forward.
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Bhoys are playing well. Great cross by McD, contolled by JVoH who set up Aiden for a one-on-one inside box - should have done better
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Donati looking good. Unpronouncable Lithuanian booked for a tackle from behind on him.
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Booking fopr Hearts defender.
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Hearts being run ragged here. If we score again soon then we could get a few today
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bbc live text given goal as an og to Berra
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Gretna have equalised at Fir Park.
What a shame for Murderwell.
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Nakamura is almost entirely unmarked. Dangerpus tactics from Hearts.
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and Brewster has equalised for Aberdeen at Easter Road
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Celtic have dropped the pace a wee bit.
Hearts coming back into game.
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2-0 Yaaas!
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22 Mins GOAL DONATI
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2.....................0
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2-0 Donati
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Fabulous individual goal from Donati
2-0
Woo Hoo !!!
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MO, MO, MASSIMO, MO, MO, MASSIMO, MO, MO, MASSIMO, MASSIMO DONATI!
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what a goaaaaaaaaal
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MD cut inside, beat two players and placed a nice shot into the far corner - great goal
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yes Celtic getintaerum
Hail Hail
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Just seen K.M………………….
In the stand, with his Mrssssssssss
She is well fit…………………
BigJoeWhoCannyHelpIT
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Hearts hit the Post, and Caldwell deflects the rebound behind for a Corner.
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Scott Brown coming on to a game now. Seems to be a slow starter in games
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Hearts should have scored - where was the central defense?
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mncelt,what Central Defence?
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Kingston hits the post and almost scores with the rebound. Celtic create a chance on the break with McDonald's shot blocked.
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Aiden/Naka have switched sides. Aiden clearly held on edge of box but no foul given
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plɐuopɔɯ ʇʇoɔs has a shot saved by Stevie Banks.
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Good play again - Shot from McD saved
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Another McDonald chance blocked. He's looking sharp today.
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First-time volley by SMcD saved.
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Another good effort from McD saved
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plɐuopɔɯ ʇʇoɔs..............
is playing a blinder.
There is only 1 plɐuopɔɯ ʇʇoɔs
1................plɐuopɔɯ ʇʇoɔs
BigJoewhoSTILLlikesMrs.KM:-)
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Mick header saved - good effort
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Brewster's got a second to put Aberdeen 2-1 up at Easter Road
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Kingston clears off the line from JVoH after a Naka corner.
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JVoH header saved on the line. Good pressure from Celtic
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Aiden has lost a lot of possession in good positions this half.
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Halftime at Celtic Park:
Celtic 2 Hearts 0
Nakamura (9)
Donati (22)
It's been a good first half for Celtic, two nil going on five or six up. Having said that, Hearts have had 1 or 2 chances on the break, notably when they hit Boruc's Post, but for the most part, it's been one way traffic.
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Am I the only one who heard The Sash being belted out at the Rangers game and the crowd boo-ing it?
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Paddybhoy - I heard them booing god save the queen!
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¡ʇı punoɟ
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HT Celtic 2-0 Hearts
Excellent first half display. Hearts look a poor side this season - they are giving us lots of space all over the park. Our midfield are really starting to gel together. We have 4 very skillful players in there. One concern is that they may be a bit lightweight against some opposition but WGS looks like he is favouring skill over strength.
The defence have not had much to do. Boruc made one excellent save near the end of the half. Naylor and Caldwell play too many long balls out of defence. Wilson has been linking well with Naka and getting forward aften.
Donati still a bit careless with some passes but he is improving with every game. Brown started quiet but came onto a blinder. Aiden had had lot's of the ball and has made some great runs but almost all resulted in lost possession. Naka is really working hard this season and this game is no different.
Up front, JVoH getting better service this week and is proving to be a handful for their defence. Scott McDonald looks good - he should have been on the score sheet but his all round game probably makes him the MOM so far.
Off for some breakfast ...
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richie, Shhhhhh, that's me and the numbered one's 'in' joke. ;-)
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