Before the second leg against Maribor I went into detail about how important it was for Ronny Deila to rest his players. He did, we lost to Inverness and players spent the bulk the Maribor game looking like strangers.
Since then players’ propensity to look strangers has increased, with the arrival of Stefan Scepovic, John Guidetti and Wakaso Mubarak, not to mention the anticipated return of Aleks Tonev. Ronny has some serious decisions to make.
Does he flood the team with all this new blood, or allow them time to build match fitness and familiarity? New blood is badly needed but so is team cohesion.
Any decision for Aberdeen will be made with the visit to Salzburg one week today in mind. On paper, away to the top seed is our most difficult Europa League game, so we have to be ready.
My expectation is that three, if not all four, of the above will feature heavily on Saturday, which will inform Ronny ahead of his choices for Europe.
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Celtic hh :-)
H.H
UK Government confirms NHS is not exempt from controversial trade deal (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership)
Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey said “Lord Livingston tried to claim that the NHS won’t be affected, in that case why is the NHS included in the deal and why can’t the government just take the NHS out of TTIP? The government needs to stop trying to pull the wool over our eyes and veto the inclusion of the NHS in TTIP now.”
(Unite is Britain and Ireland’s largest trade union with over 1.4 million members working across all sectors of the economy.)
http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/uk-government-confirms-nhs-is-not-exempt-from-controversial-trade-deal/
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Is this the same Lord Livingstone of Parkhead that sits on the board of my beloved Celtic Football Club?
The same Celtic Football Club that……….
“…….was formed to significantly change the lives and wellbeing of local people in Glasgow’s East End who lived in severe poverty and lacked opportunity and education.
While the world has moved on in many regards, for some in society not a great deal has changed. Charity and creating opportunity remains a core competence of Celtic and its charitable arm, Celtic FC Foundation.
Our charitable ethos and social conscience will always remain part of our identity alongside footballing excellence.”
http://www.celticfc.net/charity/about
How does Lord Livingstone merit a seat on the Celtic FC board?
Does he have a “charitable ethos and social conscience”?
No Lords On The Celtic Board
COYBIG
Philvis does it again. All is well with the world.
I for one am looking forward to seeing the new signings.
Lets hope the team takes shape and we can move onwards and upwards.
Neil Lennon & McCartney
12:24 on
11 September, 2014
He merits a seat on the Celtic Board because he shares a mindset with Tory donor Dermot Desmmond.
We need a settled team, we need a settled system……….I was right about it being a mistake to rest the players pre ICT game, we lost two games instead of one and might possibly have won both if they’d all played against ICT.
Philvis returns in triumph!
Ave Philvis!
HH!!
Paul67
Any decision for Aberdeen will be made with the visit to Salzburg one week today in mind.
Do you think that would that rule out John Guidetti from the starting 11?
Maybe bring him on as sub?
Fitba Post,feel free to scroll by!
Liam Henderson…can’t believe Ronnie hasn’t given him a chance this season.Going by last seasons form,he’s surely a better bet than Charlie,Johansen and Biton from what i’ve witnessed so far.
Another BBC lie bites the dust.
NO RBS JOB LOSSES IN THE EVENT OF INDEPENDENCE: http://tinyurl.com/q75hyku
TET
And here they are……so far.
Great bunch of lads!
I’m sure if we stick together with them, either Boris or Nigel can lead us forward brilliantly to a clean sweep.By that I obviously mean that Scots will be at the front spilling their own and others’ blood while they count the profits back in Blighty.
It’s only right and proper that we know our place after all
Andorra
Belarus
Bolivia
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Republic of
Guatemala
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mali
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Mongolia
Paraguay
Sao Tome and Principe
Sweden
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
quonno
12:27 on 11 September, 2014
Neil Lennon & McCartney
12:24 on 11 September, 2014
He merits a seat on the Celtic Board because he shares a mindset with Tory donor Dermot Desmmond.
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That may well be the reason, but if so, it’s not on merit.
No Lords On The Celtic Board
Neil Lennon & McCartney
12:24 on
11 September, 2014
Is this the same Lord Livingstone of Parkhead that sits on the board of my beloved Celtic Football Club?
I don’t think he is on the board, he’s left it months ago I’m sure.
Philvis
Good to see you posting again!
Hope you and yours are well!
NLMc. As Guidetti cannot play next week against Saltzburg I think he wont start on Saturday but as you say he might get a run out as a sub.I would like to see all the other new Bhoys including Tonev getting some game time. H.H.
BBC reporting of referendum is disgracefully biased.
The RBS and Lloyds story is only being selectively reported. Lloyds HQ has been in London for over 100 years. RBS issued a letter confirming no job losses and no change for day to day account operations. BBC’s source last night was not RBS or Lloyds but Treasury.
Nick Robinson and Robert Peston might as well wear Union Jack suits on the news
Regardless of how the vote goes this voter registration figure is incredible: 4,285,323.
It means that only 96.677 eligible voters aren’t registered.
Democracy.
neil lennon & mccartney – How does Lord Livingstone merit a seat on the Celtic FC board?
Lifelong Celtic supporter, shareholder, internationally celebrated business leader who successfully ran one of the largest companies in the world. Hugely respected by the most senior politicians and investors in the land…
Went to the same school as our hero Craig Whyte…
Why wouldn’t we want him on the board? (thumbsup)
the pantaloon duck – (thumbsup)
We need to win the midfield on Saturday!!!
Build the team around a solid midfield……………..and we’ll be fine.
From Celtic on Saturday I want to see evidence that the defence can come together more than anything else. Of all the things that have surprised me this season it has been the failure in this department.
MWD says AYE
I would have young Liam Henderson in the starting 11 ahead of Johansen every time.
HH!!
Paul
Don’t think we are playing anyone on Sat the 14th >}
HH
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medtim
The last one is a surprise >}}}
HH
Bawsman
12:28 on
11 September, 2014
We need a settled team, we need a settled system……….I was right about it being a mistake to rest the players pre ICT game, we lost two games instead of one and might possibly have won both if they’d all played against ICT.
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Yep, resting players is a nonsense.
If we get an injury on a Saturday then we call in the reinforcements for the Tuesday/Thursday, whatever day it may be.
Rotating your defence is a particularly bad move. Especially when you rest one who played well in Maribor then don’t use him for the second leg!
The only mitigating circumstance for this Saturday is that we have a number of new players and Ronny may not yet know his best team with them factored in.
That was not a problem up at Inverness though and I hope he has learned from that.
HH
Good Afternoon.
Just to confirm that the CQN sponsored event at Dumbarton Harp CSC scheduled for tomorrow night has had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Apologies to anyone who was intent in going. Hopefully we can reschedule the event at some point in the future
BRTH
Weeminger
Does that statistic say how many of those have been registered by MI5? :-)
Now before you NaeSayers go aff on wan.
that there wiz a wee joke.
I can here your rage fae here Ernie.
BTW Ernie. The Brazenhead. I agree it is a great wee bar set on one level in Cardonald. You should come along more regularly. Ernie plugs into google… :-)
MWD says AYE
Tallybhoy. All managers have there favourites and Rony is going to play Johnsen as he rates him.I wonder if Broonie will make the bench on Saturday ? H.H.
philvisreturns
12:35 on 11 September, 2014
Why wouldn’t we want him on the board? (thumbsup)
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Does your thumbsup mean you’re joking?
As Minister for State for Trade and Investment, he tried to claim that the NHS won’t be affected By TTIP.
Neil Lennon & McCartney
Lord Livingstone of Parkhead is, as they say in the vernacular, being economical with the truth!
tallybhoy – Ave Ave! (thumbsup)
philbhoy – thanks! You too :) (thumbsup)
Would expect a big crowd for game on Saturday….the weather forecast looks good……we will all be going along to check out the new signings……..then again some fans will not quite make it……….the phone inners..the sky divers…the hunday mailers…the sevco waiters will have by now have their excuses ready…….so if youre thinking about it get up off your erses and support the bhoys in green
neil lennon & mccartney – As Minister for State for Trade and Investment, he tried to claim that the NHS won’t be affected By TTIP.
What has that got to do with Celtic? (thumbsup)
Booker T
12:30
Further to your point, I noticed Liam wasn’t involved at all in the Development League game against Dundee this week. This Development League is now the second team and we were playing our Under18s.
It’s a mystery how the fringe players in the first team squad are going to get any serious playing time this season. We’re carrying the same sized squad as last season with one fewer team required.
Probably, we’ll bleed them out on loan and their fitness levels will embarrass us again.
Neil Lennon & McCartney, agree.
Well done to those who spotted the deliberate mistake on the date of the game. Now amended.
Shakes head from side to side :)))
Apologies if this has been posted before. tried to scroll back on previous article but couldnt find it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/11088540/Newcastle-United-for-sale-as-Mike-Ashley-eyes-Rangers.html
Seems like Mike Ashleys interested in Sevco and will sell NUFC if required to increase his stak However if Campbell Ogilvie has his way surely the SFA will alter their rules on ownership in the meantime and allow Honest Mike to increase his stake in Sevco if he doesnt find a buyer for NUFC thus ensuring the Spivs get their cash, Mike gets his club and Scotland keeps Sevco????