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Podium chasing is embarrassing.
1st?
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Flicks it up with the outside of the foot.......
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....and volleys home!
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3rd???
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3rd???
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BKev you should know better.
Anyways,from my favourite Lanterne Verte position-the Shaktar website has the press conferences,and lots of pics of the Bhoys in training.
http://shakhtar.com/mpl/allnews.pl?bound=all
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Paul67 - hope that you and the rest of the Bhoys over there have a great time in the build up to the game....and a safe escape from Donetsk after Skoosh scores the winner!
How many of the faithful are over for the game?
TTTTtimetogetthemonkeyoffthebackCSC
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With all the international excitement this game has arrived before I'm quite ready for it :-)
Really looking forward to tonight's game, my personal target for the Bhoys is 4 points from the opening 2 games so we'll see how tonight goes.
Strikes me there is only one decision for the manager to make and that is whether to sacrifice Aiden McGeady for Paul Hartley. Given his use of substitutes I'd be happy to see Paul Hartley start and have Aiden as the impact option in the 2nd half.
Ce sont les meilleure equipes
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Paul,
One change from saturday makes sense. Paul Hartley back to help defend down the flanks and break up the midfield play from them.
Keep it tight and then unleash Aiden to help carry the play to them from 60 minutes onwards.
2-1 to the hoops.
Lovelyjubbly csc
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I think the least we will get is a Draw.
I have every confidence in this team.
what a start to the group that would be
Mon The Hoops
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two each will do me fine.
Hartley for Aiden is the obvious change as they will try to get behind Naylor like Spartak did.
Hoping we can spring them a few surprises at set pieces ourselves :)
It will be a night full of tension....hopefully the great away support will cheer them onto the result we deserve !!
Hail Hail The Celts Are Here ....
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From end of last post..
I thought I'd repost this as I posted it the other week before the Moscow game.
I think it speaks volumes of what tonight is all about.
The way the team have been playing lately it looks as though they have all seen this.
But I think it really is what games like tonight should be all about.
Celtic F.C. Passion
/Bishop B
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7 hours or so to kick off. I think Hartley will come in given his performances in Moscow and Paris. Confidence must be sky high right now, although this will be a difficult game. I would take a 0 - 0 right now.
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Antibes,
hope you are well, do you know any bhoys in my neck of the woods(Charente), could do with some good company for these nights.
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Afternoon
Was doing a bit of youtube scouting for the game tonight...
I had forgotten quite how impressed I was by Shaktar's Nery Castillo when I watched him for Mexico in the Copa America, if we dont defend him well he could tear us apart...
Nery Alberto Castillo
Be afraid bhoys....
Lucarelli doesnt look bad either....
At least we've got this
And this...
And him...
Suppose best not forget Either this
or
him..
C'Mon the hoops....
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Here's some light relief from an article on pork pies, page 19 of today's Metro :-
" Bob Farrand, chairman of the Guild of Fine Foods, says the new pies are as epicurean and as regionally diverse as fine wine : 'Ten years ago, pork pies were mass-produced for the service station and the lowest common denominator - every conceivable sludge was in there. Now there are huge regional variations and it's artisan. The winner, Walter Smith's pigs are from 5km dow the road and are free range. He only uses the belly and shoulder, a lovely combination of dark and light meat. "
Try Walter Smith's prize-winning pie at www.waltersmith.co.uk
WhothouGht 'Walter Smith's pigs are from 5km down the road' was a pure classic line.
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Danny/dontbrak,
Thanks for the info from the previous thread.
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The updated co-eff for Scotland
Our Country's co-eff is the springboard for Celtic to go straight into the Group Stage and it's good that Scotland has moved up one position but what we need is for Celtic to make it through to the final of the C.L., for Rangers to reach the semi-finls of the UEFA CUP and Aberdeen to win the UEFA CUP.
C'mon The Hoops
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WishawGourmand-cheers for that.I was wondering what to rustle up for the old man and myself as we watch events unfold in the Ukraine.
Pork pie it is.
DBBIA/TonyMeltonMowbrayCSC
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Does anyone have some odds for Celtic to win all six CL group games?
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brattbak -
Channel 4 8.30pm tonight :
The
WildGourmets
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WirelessGuide-I'd better not be looking to change channels at half eight!
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The cat is the only domestic animal that isn't mentioned in the bible.
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paul, I usually go into every game looking for a win , but to-night a draw(any score)will do me nicely.
the butterflys have started in my belly alreadys
mon the hoops
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At the risk of further adding to Bishop Brennans stress levels are rabbits mentioned in the Bible?
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Well, it seems to be pretty unanimous. No change except Hartley to start for McGeady. Remember all those debates about our best team? What happened to them?
Anyway, if we've read Gordon's intentions right it'll be the first time. Be prepared for a surprise.
Someone asked me an hour ago if I'd settle for a draw now.
No way.
A draw would be a good result, but given the first 3 games we've got we need a win. And can get one.
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What about Hartley in for JVH,and going 4-5-1?
This is a big night for Lee Naylor.A big game from him defensively could set up the whole campaign.
I would settle for a draw;that is how ACM would approach this tie,and set out their stall accordingly.
If we win it'll go down as the greatest rsult in Scottish football for nearly a week!
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winningemmel @ 13:22 - excellent pork/offal riff initiated there.
Grannie Cauley, my Govan granma, always referred to one of those desperate Rangers generations up against Stein as 'Waddell's Sausages', oddly enough.
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DBB
What about it? :-)
I think JVofH is vital tonight, as I don't believe Scott McDonald would have made as impressive a start if it wasn't for JVofH's leadership.
He has, I think, been unfairly criticised so far this season and the goals are starting to flow. I would think he's our most experienced Champions League player tonight?
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Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
"If you're good enough, the referee doesn't matter."
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
"It is up to us, to everyone at Celtic Park, to build up our own legends. We don’t want to live with history, to be compared with legends from the past. We must make new legends."
"If you're ever going to win the European Cup, then this is the day and this is the place. But we don't just want to win this cup, we want to do it playing good football - to make neutrals glad we've won it, glad to remember how we did it."
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Jock Stein
Cups are not won by individuals, but by men in a team who put their club before personal prestige. I am lucky - I have the players who do just that for Celtic"
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TMC-He must be,I don't see JJ making the trip.
I worry a bit about his mobility and pace[worries I have about ESno as well.]
But tonight is going to be about the result;the end will justify the means if we pick up a point or three.
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I hope Tommy Burns pins up on the dressing room. What Chelsea, Rangers and a few other teams have spent as well as a few other teams in their attempts at winning the CL but have never managed to do so. It´s an irrelavance
"The greatest manager in the history of the game. You tell me a manager anywhere in the world who did something comparable, winning the European Cup with a Glasgow District XI." - Hugh Mc Ilvaney
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JVoH has looked a bit sluggish to me this season. But the goals are going in. And he looks to be forming a partnership with Scott MacDonald, who has really impressed me so far.
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Chelsea will begin their European campaign at a sparsely populated Stamford Bridge, a familiar sight at a club where the number of seats outstrips the demand for tickets.
There will be nearly 10,000 empty seats, even though prices have been slashed due to the low demand. An adult ticket will still cost £36, with children and OAPs able to watch European football for £18.
Mourinho added: 'If we have Barcelona, Real Madrid or Inter Milan it's sold out. People don't look at Rosenborg in the same way as I look at them. The normal fan probably thinks it's an easy job, but I don't agree. The prices are not the best for them.
'The motivation for the fans is the Premiership and the latter stages of the Champions League. They don't look at the group stages with the same importance.'
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Interesting call dbbia.
Anyway I think there must be a good chance that McGeady will start, given his form and confidence on Saturday. Maybe Hartley coming on when we've got something to hold.
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test
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Sitting in the lounge…………………..
in Madrid……………………………..
With a long vodka…………………..
And a face 2 mach…………………
Will miss the game 2 night…………………………….
Will be at 40somthing thousand feet……………..
Up in the Air……………………………..
Just hope the bHoys do us proud……………….
And we don’t take a shoeing……………………….
BigJoewishingEvery1AlltheBESTevenW.G.; - )
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Has any poster got info about Celtic pubs where the game might be shown north of the Thames tonight? No answer from the phone number listed for the pub near Euston where I've gone in the past.
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14:24, thismancraig
I do hope you are right. I see only in JVOH a slow moving guy who is not to keen to be involved in the heat of the battle, who wins not enough balls in the air, who consistently makes stupid fouls and does not give the 100% that most of the Bhoys give.
Re. McDonald, I think that the other side of the coin is more accurate, i.e. it is McDonald who is helping JVOH score goals.
I would, without hesitation, play McD. up front on his own with Hartley replacing JVOH but playing in a more midfield role. However I think that GS favours your thought process and if that is what happens I hope JVOH has a blinder.
C'mon The Hoops
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http://www.celtic-crazy.com/celtic-fc-pubs.html
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Dave................
http://www.celticbars.com/
BigJoeWishingDave&CelticALLthebest
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Davein London,
The Cock Tavern at Euston will show it...the Marquis of Granby at the top of Covent Garden will show it.....the Kingdom in Kilburn will show it.....
Would recommend the spirit of 67 csc fellas at the kingdom meself.
Wavy
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LONDON - THE YUCATAN, 121 STOKE NEWINGTON HIGH ST (Tel: 0207 254 6198)
LONDON - ST GERMAINS, 1 ST GERMAN RD, FOREST HILL, SE23 (Tel: 0208 6903180) (Germains 67 CSC)
LONDON - THE BLACK LION, KILBURN HIGH RD, KILBURN
LONDON - THE KINGDOM, 229 KILBURN RD NW6 7JG (Spirit of 67 CSC) www.spiritof67csc.co.uk
LONDON - THE WISHING WELL, 89 CRICKLEWOOD, BROADWAY, NW2
LONDON - McGOVERNS, 147 CRICKLEWOOD, BROADWAY, NW2
LONDON - EDGE OF TOWN, 242 STATION RD, EGDEWARE (Tel; 0208 958 2868) (London North West CSC)
LONDON - PORTMAN ARMS, 422 EDGEWARE RD, PADDINGTON, W2 1EG
LONDON - RYANS BAR, HALE LANE, EDGEWARE (London NW CSC)
LONDON - THE OXFORD ARMS, 265 CAMDEN HIGH ST, CAMDEN
LONDON - MONAGHANS, 204 WALWORTH RD, SE (Nearest tube station - Elephant & Castle)
LONDON - MONAGHANS TAVERN, HIGH RD, WOOD GREEN, N22 (2 minutes walk from Wood Green Tube) (Henrik Larsson No1 CSC)
LONDON - HARINGAY IRISH CENTRE, PRETORIA RD, TOTTENHAM
LONDON - THE FIDDLERS, 5 TOTTENHAM LANE, WOOD GREEN, HARINGAY
LONDON - HENNESSY'S, GREENFORD BROADWAY, MIDDLESEX (St Pats CSC)
LONDON - THE COCK TAVERN, PHOENIX RD, EUSTON (London No1 CSC) & (Underground CSC)
LONDON - ST ALOYSIOS SOCIAL CLUB, PHOENIX RD, EUSTON
LONDON - RAWLEY`S PUB, 162 EVERSHOTT ST, EUSTON
LONDON - THE BLACK HORSE, 37 WEDMORE ST (Holloway CSC)
LONDON - THE NEW INN, BRENTFORD (West London CSC) http://www.westlondoncsc.co.uk/
LONDON - BLACK SWAN, 17 DEVONSHORE RD, HARROGATE
LONDON - THE BULL, OUTSIDE WOOLWICH, ARSENAL MAINLINE ST
LONDON - THE PLOUGH, LONDON RD, WESTCLIFF, ESSEX (Tel: 01702 220041)
LONDON - O`DONNAGUES, 174 GOLDHAWK RD, SHEPHERDS BUSH, W12 8HJ (Tel: 020 8743 1587) (Shows every Celtic game!!)
LONDON - PRINCESS VICTORIA, UXBRIDGE RD/ BECKLOW RD, SHEPHERDS BUSH, W12 9DT
(Tel: 0208 749 9410) (Shepherds Bush No1 CSC)
LONDON - ROBIN HOOD & LITTLE JOHN, CHISWICK HIGH RD (Nearest tube: Chiswick Park) (Shepherds Bush Emerald CSC)
LONDON - TIR NA NOG, 280 BRIGSTOCK RD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7JE (Tel: 020 8665 6168)
LONDON - BROAD GREEN TAVERN, 296 LONDON RD, WEST CROYDON, CR0 4DG (Tel. 020 8240 6026 9) (Bhoys of Croydon CSC) http://www.bhoysofcroydon.com/
LONDON - CAPTAIN MORGANS, CLAYTON RD, HAYES (Bobby Murdoch Memorial CSC)
LONDON - FLANAGANS, UXBRIDGE RD, WEST EALING
LONDON - JACK BEARDS, MITCHAM RD, TOOTING BROADWAY, SW17 (Wimbledon CSC)
LONDON - THE THREE HORSESHOES, WHETSTONE, N20
LONDON - QUINN'S, KENTISH TOWN ROAD, CAMDEN (Closest Tube is Camden Town 4/5 mins)
LONDON - THE ALEXANDRA, WEST FINCHLEY (Just off Finchley High St)
LONDON - KELLYS BAR, 124 CLASPHAM RD, STOCKWELL, SW9 0LA (Tel: 020 7735 5657)
LONDON - THE BROCKWELL TAVERN, DULWICH RD, HERNE HILL (Tel: 020 7326 4987) (BBC Scotland & Setanta)
LONDON - GANLEY'S IRISH BAR, 133 DULWICH RD, HERNEHILL, SE24 0NG
LONDON - CORLEY'S TAVERN, 286 NEW NORTH ROAD, ISLINGTON, N1
LONDON - MAGUIRE'S IRISH PUB, 19-21 CHAPEL RD, ILFORD, IG1 2AF (Tel: 020 8478 2161) (Bhoys of Ilford CSC) www.bhoysofilford.com
LONDON - THE TWELVE PINS, 263 SEVEN SISTERS RD, FINSBURY PARK N4 2DE (Tel: 020 8809 0192)
LONDON - THE PLOUGH INN, 518-522 WANDSWORTH RD, SW8 3JX (Tel: 0207 6222777)
LONDON - FITZGERALDS, LOWER CLAPTON RD, HACKNEY, E5, (Tel: 0208 985 4487)
LONDON - BOOTLACES, 596 LEA BRIDGE RD, LEYTON (Tel: 0208 556 0130)
LONDON - CODEES BAR (aka The Rugby Tavern) LONDON RD, TWICKENHAM, MIDDLESEX (Shows Setanta)
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'People dont look at Rosenborg in the same way as I look at them'
DBBIA/TheSpecialTwoCSC
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A.N.N.A.O.N.N.
can you now go in2 more detail
Bigjoewho'sthunderGOTstole
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Celticlover
I think that playing 1 up front in that fashion is half way to admitting that you can't win the game. I think JVofH is often overlooked in his importance to our game, certainly I don't think we'd have been as impressive in the 2nd half of the 2nd leg against Spartak without his leadership. McDonald has to score more goals before he can be trusted with our hopes.
2 up front with solidity in midfield and the option of Aiden off the bench is the way to go I think.
Now in fully excited, pre match preparation mode!
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I think Jan has been great so far this season. He is scoring for fun and being very clinical. He has a few assists also. The thing I'm happy about is that he's doing what no Celtic striker did last year and that is staying in the middle. Too often last season we had two strikers dropping off or drifting wide giving the opponents centre backs an easy game. I don't want him running around like a blue ar*ed fly knackering himself out. I want him playing with his head like has been doing so far very effectively.
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Alright guys, long time no post. Been having PC issues (like not having one) for a while due to getting married and moving house. Hopefully getting a laptop sometime soon but i'm having to make do with stealing internet time at my Mum's house or at the library.
Enough about me,
I know alot of the guys like to take part in a wee bit of fantasy football fun (a threeser???) so check this one out.
Its the official EUFA
Champions League Fantasy Football site.
I've created a private league called 'the Champeens League' which anyone is welcome to join.
If you dont have a team already then you can register at
Fantasy Football Fun
Once you've logged in and picked your team, click 'Leagues' at the the top of the page.
The code to join is 6960-25496.
You know what to do!!!
Deadline to register for the games tonight is 19:30 this evening. Sorry it's short notice but i'm sure there's a few guys out there with more than enough time on their hands.
Have a good one and a big GIANT MON the hoops for tonight
Laters, Michele (previously Codi36)
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I really don't want to see a 4-5-1 tonight, certainly not if JVOH is the lone striker. McDonald could do an OK job here but there is always the risk that the ball wont stick and the team gets pinned back for 90 minutes, restricted to shots from outside the box.
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I really don't want to see a 4-5-1 tonight, certainly not if JVOH is the lone striker. McDonald could do an OK job here but there is always the risk that the ball wont stick and the team gets pinned back for 90 minutes, restricted to shots from outside the box.
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Many thanks indeed -- cheers, gentlemen. Can now avoid work all afternoon by sifting through all that information. Might take your advice on the Kilburn one, Wavy. Marquis of Granby was too full last time we went there.
Confident, btw.
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Aw Naw,
Not your fault but that celtic bars page is woefully out of date and a few of those london boozers have either shut down or become gastropubized......
My steers further up the page are all presently functioning celtic boozers...
hail hail
Wavy
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UEFA.com is a shabby website. Anyway, just purchased the game for $7.95. There were two options Setanta for $9.99 and ESPN for $7.95.
Also checked out Moscow for hotels for the finals - OUCH. Cheapest Marriott was $700/night. Are the bhoys worth it - of course. Just won't be sharing that particular piece of intel with Mrs MN :)
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True, Wavy, and thanks to this blog I was recently spared a wild goose chase over Vauxhall/Kennington way, where I gather the Hoops Bar is no more.
Thanks again!
DiL
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Malone19-pinned back for 90 mins,restricted to shots from outside the box-up steps Naka to ping the ball into the postage stamp corner from 25 yards;cue bedlam from the banks of the Don to the banks of Loch Lomond!
Hope all the Bhoys in Donetsk have a great time,and get home in one piece.The Ukrainian Polis do not have the best of reputations,something they will need to work on for Euro2012.
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Daveinlondon,
listen to Big Wavy.
I´d be flabbergasted if it´s not on in the Cock Tavern, Marquis of Granby or the Yukatan
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Mncelt, your opinion is welcomed! I'll let other make up their own mind.
MC
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If Shaktar see us come out in a 4-5-1 they'll be all over us, knowing we are looking for a draw.
I just can't see Mr. Strachan starting our campaign off this way.
It's got to be 4-4-2, with Jan and Skippy upfront, let skippy run at them and unsettle them, our midfield will support the attack and put them on their back heels.
C'mon the BHOYS! TIME TO CRACK THE NUT OF THE AWAY GAME HOODOO!
bf
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Does anyone have the picture of Tommy Burns mid air flying into the pack ath the end of the spartak game??
Absolute peach and want to pass it on.
cheers in advance if ye do!
Moan the hoops,
0-2 Celtic
JVOH 41 mins, Donati 74 mins
chokinontheabovecouponupscorelineCSC
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dontbratt -
the t in rabbits is silent and their were/are fn hunners ay them in Israel
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I've just listened to 51 Robyn Hitchcock tracks on the bounce so I badly need a beer.
Could anyone suggest a bar in ML2 where a down-at-heel, nerves-and-gout-and-diarrohea-plagued Celtic fan might purchase a pint of real ale for 25 bob ?
WaterinGholeseeker
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I've just got back from the butcher and paid £150 for 8 legs of venison.
Is that too dear?
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Agreed, ANNAOAN. Been there a few times; just that they are not answering their phone. Can't leave until soon before KO (and that's without distracting myself all afternoon on CQN!)so just wanted to make sure. Been in the Yucatan often enough now too, but that's a bit further away from me and a fair step from the nearest Tube.
Another topic I meant to comment on at the weekend but wasn't fast enough: it's pleasing to see (from comments, the occasional highlight clip and the "old media") that our captain is getting better and better. Is the captaincy bringing out the best in him?
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WG,
25bob ???
Thats pushing it
Call a taxi to 147 Stewarton Street;-)
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brattbakk -
venison was king of the mullet, he should have been a fishmonger
awnaw -
Teser's in Kirk Road and I am headed there
N-O-W
laters ghuys and ghals
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Enjoy the match paul, hope our Bhoys can do a job 4 us.
Good time 2 b a celtic fan at the minute, back on top, playing well, new signings improving the team, a chance in Champions league,long may it continue.
Rangers supporting buddies not so full of themselves after weekend's results.
Thanx again 4 this site, read Bill Leckie's report on Celtic v Inverness game, another reminder why i gave up reading the papers and started using this site.
Roll on kick off.
Hail Hail.
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Michele Cocozza:
Looks like you have a few names already, so I added my name to the list.
I have a feeling the blog is going to be quiet later on during the game, what with a few over in Donetsk, and plenty looking for a pub!
So, if anyone needs some text commentary for the game, i'll be home and sober and willing to type updates.
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Chennaiseaboid @14.07
Yer NOMEN disnae suit yer Passion...
a name like BENGALTIGER... wid be mair in Fashion!
Loatsa Guts Ye hiv!...der is nae doot!
Faur ye dinna FEAR, dat da Celts'll... WASH OOT!
Da Celts wull WIN!
Everyboady get dat Straight!....
Don'ask, wull LOSE,
CELTS WULL SHOW DEM DA GATE!
Fur Celts Hiv PLENTY o' Skill tae win... an' WIN DARN WELL...
Oor Chilin' wull Proodly take Tonight's SOCCER Video...
TAE, SHOW AN' TELL!
It wull depict a VICTORY FUR DA CELTS!
As DA GLASGOW CELTIC WULL TAK DON'ASK, "TAE SCHOOL"...
An' da Teacher an' da rest o' da kids...
WULL AGREE, THAT THAT, WIZ AWFY COOL!
Celtic 3 Don'ask 0
collie.
Tail's Awaggin', Awaggin'
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Winning G
I just had Soft Boys I wanna be an Anglepoise Lamp on! Still sounds good today .
Bhoys in Donesk, I know ye can do it, now just go do it !
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Keep telling it Collie
Keep telling it.
'Cos one day distant there'll be no more of 'em for us all.
So enjoy yourself, it's later than you think...
Here's to...
Anticipation. Champion's League Football. Cold Beer. Warm women.
Anything I left out?
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Ulysses McGhee @16.39
Der is wan thing dat ye left oot...
OOR Elation an' Satisfaction...Which tae da Sky...wull Soar oor Spirits Up,
WHEN WE WITNESS OOR BELOVED CELTS, LIFT DA EUROPEAN CUP!
Och,Aye... an' AU CONTRAIRE!.....
Der is NAE SMA' CHANCE, dat we wull see dat DAY!...
Jist bide yer time...
Da day dat WULL Happen....
An' ISNAE, SAE FAUR AWAY!
Dis time ROON' ?
Who knows?.... not I...
But NAETHIN' IS IMPOSSIBLE!
Mebbe, PIGS CAN FLY!!!
Celtic 14 Don'ask 0
( Dat Score is fur Kojo!)
collie.
Tail's Awaggin', Awaggin'
