When the Champions League group stage draw was made I don’t think many of us considered the head-to-head between Celtic and Bayern Munich would be critical in deciding who finishes second. PSG’s 3-0 win over Bayern in Paris, together with their 0-5 in Glasgow, effectively ensures they will top the group. Celtic’s 0-3 in Brussels makes it practically impossible for Anderlecht to avoid bottom place.
All this means the only thing left to determine is the final position of Celtic and Bayern Munich. The German champions are overwhelming favourites and rightly so. There may be 32 teams left in the tournament, but two of the top four favourites to lift the trophy are alongside Celtic and Anderlecht in Group B. It would take a gargantuan task for Celtic to get the better of Bayern on the head-to-head, never mind in Munich. You can get 30/1 against Celtic tomorrow night, but I will not be betting, even at those odds.
It is at this stage, worthwhile acknowledging what happened to create this face-off between Celtic and Bayern Munich. Both teams were thumped by PSG, and both beat Anderlecht by three goals; Celtic away from home. Bayern responded to the appointment of new manager Jupp Heynkes with a 5-0 win at the weekend, but that came about because a drift in form was discernible. They are a team who have looked vulnerable.
Great teams can look vulnerable and still win 5-0, and I’m not going to tell you Celtic are going to turn them over tomorrow night, but Brendan Rodgers is planning for exactly that outcome. I might not bet Celtic at 30/1, but I don’t fancy the potential 12% return over one day available on Bayern Munich either.
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OUR SECOND CQN PODCAST this week, featuring interviews with ex-Celts Alan Stubbs and Chris Sutton, previewing the big games this week against Bayern Munich and Hibs at Hampden on Saturday.
Stubbs gives an insight into Liam Henderson as a player and talks about where his career should go from here.
BT Sport pundit Chris Sutton, who was speaking at the SPFL Betfred League Cup media day, spoke about Celtic’s European challenge in Munich and his former gaffer Gordon Strachan’s departure from Hampden Park.
Speaking on behalf of BT Sport, Alan Stubbs also spoke about his regret at leaving Hibs, and looks ahead to the League Cup semi-final between two of his former clubs.
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Come on you Bhoys in Green!
Munich the place to be today, not stuck behind a computer:))
Sounds like the travelling support are having a fine time and making new friends:))
Do us proud Celts.
HH
FRIESDORFER
Blinding way to start a day!!!
Hope yeezaw enjoy it.
SIPSINI
I assume the training you put in during the Lisbon trip has stood you in good stead? You’d bliddy need it in that company!!
StilljealousCSC
DELANEYSDUNKY
Myfanwy will tear you limb from limb if you don’t get her beloved-wee play on words there!-back in one piece.
And that includes his liver!
Please pass on my regards to all,esp H,S,J,T et al. And anyone else I missed out.
And give yer wee Mammy a hug from me when you get back.
Hoopy Birthday MALORBHOY.
Wow, here’s hoping you get the best present imaginable.
Best of luck to everyone in Munchen. Show them what it is to be Celtic.
COYBIG
P.S. Nae pyro
:)
HUNDERBIRDSAREGONE
The way their drinking is going,pyro might be too loud and too bright for them!
BMCWUP
Cheers, or as they say in these parts: Prost!
Gruss Gott aus Munchen
HH
BMCUW
Aye, Jock Stein. Loadsa Steins.
HH
Malorbhoy,
Happy birthday John……have a belter…
Bma
Anyone know if Sean Thomas has been found and reunited with his passport and tickets? All the best today Malorbhoy,maybe just maybe a birthday to remember Hail Hail Hebcelt
FOR BIG JIMMY
The scene in Munich. Feast yer eyes on this.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=munich+beer+waitress&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipiN264_nWAhUYOsAKHZIhBswQ_AUIEigB&biw=1024&bih=672#imgrc=c02Qzi3dXLWT6M:
:)))
Good Morning Bhoys Well Jozo is injured once again he may be a great centre back but as he keeps getting injured and is out for long periods he is as usefull as a chocolate tea pot. I believe we need to replace the player.Tonights game for me will be a worry I hate to see us get a humping like we did against P.S.G. it makes for rotten viewing but if we get a result like we did against Anderlecht you just cant beat that feeling.Bayern have many big stars in there team and also have home advantage so we will have to play well above ourselves if we are going to get anything from the match.H.H.
Word of The Day
opprobrium /əˈprəʊbrɪəm/
noun
1. the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
2. a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach.
3. the state of being abused or scornfully criticized
4. reproach or censure
5. a cause of disgrace or ignominy
Word Origin and History for opprobrium
n.
1680s, from Latin opprobrium “disgrace, infamy, scandal, dishonor,” fromopprobare (see opprobrious ).
KTF
Mixed feelings about the game tonight. I hope for, but don’t expect anything from the game. Getting beat won’t be unexpected or a disappointment – getting beat by ore than 2 will be a disappointment however.
On our day we can get a result by putting in a disciplined performance with a wee bit of luck. Brown and Ntcham will, IMHO, be key to this. If they can force themselves on the midfield it will give our defence a breather and allow our creative players to shine.
Looking for big performances from everyone, but especially Roberts, Sinclair and Rogic (who I hope will play).
More in hope than expectation.
KTF
HUNDERBIRDSAREGONE
Well,they might not be too easy on the eye-who am I to complain?-but they can each carry ten tankards of a litre each.
That’s cool!
This one can only carry four-but then,how many do you need in one hit?
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-waitress-holding-4-mass-beer-jugs-oktoberfest-munich-germany-55629456.html
Hunderbirds are gone – i think Big Jimmy just fainted :-)
Happy birthday to Malorbhoy!
Enjoy the trip bhoys an ghirls whatever happens at the match.
The Jozo continuous injury situation, and the fact we done nothing to address it, is my only beef with Brendan.
To be stepping out tonight v such formidable opposition with a makeshift defence, yet again, is bad management.
It’s inexplicable. Everyone knew the situation re our central defence weaknesses . The money is there. Why wasn’t it utilised to strengthen?
Is Lustig gonna fill in? Nir?
Either way, it’s going to require a Herculean effort to not only take something from the game, but to avoid a real doing.
I’m sure we won’t adopt the ( foreign to us) formation of 5 at the back. We tried that in Barcelona and it didn’t end well.
So it’ll be 5 across the middle. Those 5, have got some shift ahead of them. Given it’ll take players with running power and stamina, I assume Calum will start.
Never say never with this group of bhoys but I’m somewhat anxious about tonight. Of course losing to Bayern away can be a fate suffered by better teams than us, but a thumping is never pleasant.
Hope we can get some sort of a foothold early doors but this has all the signs of being a very long night.
Any kind of result over there would be magnificent, but the reality is it’s extremely unlikely.
Cmon bhoys, make me repost this tonight as I chomp on a huge portion of humble pie.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 18TH OCTOBER 2017 10:08 AM
HUNDERBIRDSAREGONE
Well,they might not be too easy on the eye-who am I to complain?-but they can each carry ten tankards of a litre each.
That’s cool!
This one can only carry four-but then,how many do you need in one hit?
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-waitress-holding-4-mass-beer-jugs-oktoberfest-munich-germany-55629456.html
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BMCUWP………Please don’t mention “JUGS” !
HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE….Your a Star mate.
Those images have made an auld man very happy….and thats only the Beers.
As for those Buxom German Barmaids….have three washed and sent to The Calton immediately !
in fact…don’t bother washing them….FINEGHIRLSYOUARE !
I need a wee lie doon noo, it’s too much.
My Barperson later today is a wee guy called feckin Frank….I am so jealous.
I will show Frank the owner of my local the photos later today, when his wife isn’t looking….he’s a good Celtic man.
Hail Hail Bhoys…i’m sure Celtic and the support will do us Proud !
HH
Choon for the day –
We’re a Winner .
https://youtu.be/ewAMZ615zxw
Thanks to everyone for my Birthday wishes so far met a few CQNrs already
Message for Tiny Tim I’m with Brendan in Marinplatz he is looking for his ticket
TWISTSNTURNS
There’s a problem with Jozo for sure. Turning out to be our own Daniel Prodan.
And as there’s also now a problem with Sviatchenko,well,we have a problem.
Maybe we should have taken the risk on the South African Beckenbauer,but can you blame the club for deciding not when you look at the Jozo situation?
Difficult. Our first-choice CH partnership have barely played a game. We don’t seem to have a ready replacement in the youths,and Dedryck is left to play alongside a makeshift partner,so no chance of that being an actual partnership.
Strictly speaking,we need a Lambo,NL type to patrol in front of them. Or just force BM out wide and hope the full-backs can nip the attack in the bud,or that the CHs defend like the Alamo.
Not got high expectations tonight,mate. But I know every player will be at full 100% effort and commitment.
Btw,you know John Ferguson,ousted Godolphin supremo? I’ll send you some interesting-if circumstantial-stuff on his bloodstock operations over the next few days. Bin Suroor may well have been understating the case.
Champion .
Off oot ———-Enjoy !
https://youtu.be/Njq_E5qsUz8
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 18TH OCTOBER 2017 10:34 AM
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Any info on John Ferguson formerly of Godolphin would be appreciated BMCUWP.
I first followed him a few years ago when I discovered his breeding links with the Godolphin stable, just after he started to train on his own, horses over the jumps.
He caught my eye early doors when I realised this man was wearing two hats, as it was shown that he was getting horses from Godolphin that were not deemed fast enough for the flat racing as young 3 and 4 year olds etc, and entering them into the national hunt Racing, and for a while a lot of his horses were winning at big prices first time out.
I told a few of my racing mates about Ferguson at the time, and we got a few winners.
i saw an interview with John Ferguson on ITV a few weeks ago, but I didn’t catch it all, so I do wonder if he’s starting to train horses again ?
HH
Celtics £97m forward breaks ankle. Don’t worry it’s not Griff but Boston Celtics Gordon Hayward.
BCQN in meltdown as the club should have foreseen this as he is always injured and bought another to be on the safe side :))))
Jozo Simunovic -Celtic Record
Made Debut
170915 Europa League Ajax 2-2 Celtic
Till
141017 League Celtic 1-0 Dundee
122 Games Celtic have played
060 starts
002 sub apps
005 unused sub
055 not in 18 match day squad
002 Goals both in League
Hello this is WEE BGFC. Ok we ur here! Where ur yees?
HH
WEE BGFC
Hello this is WEE BGFC. Ok we ur here! Where ur yees?
ok don’t rub it in.they also support who………………..
Wee BGFC
Head for Marienplatz.
Thousands congregating there today. :-))
Is it a person’s fault if they are injury prone? Do they do it deliberately or are they more fed up than anyone else?
Gordon, Gamboa, Lustig, Boyata, KT, Brown, Ntcham, Armstrong, Roberts, Sinclair, Griffiths
BIGJIMMY
Will do,mate. He’s not training,he was a major player in bloodstock for years-buying for the new-to-the-game Arabs. He then became racing manager to Godolphin.
As I said,circumstantial,and I haven’t really looked too far into it,but he was clearly overpaying at times. So who knows how many were allowed to “slip through” his employers’ fingers due to erroneous advice?
Plenty of info out there,and I’ve got three weeks holiday soon. Should be fun.
Happy birthday Malorbhoy, have a good one. Hail! Hail!
Well that’s the nerves starting to kick in.
Must say , I felt a lot more confident when thinking Big Jozo would be playing .
Still have a wee inkling we could get a point.
For me the team is
Gordon, Gamboa, Lustig , Boyata, Tierney.
Brown, Armstrong, Ncham
Roberts, Sinclair
Dembele
Thought long and hard about it. Dembele needed for his hold up player and power.
Really jealous of those over in munchen!!!
Have a great day Bhoys and ghirls!!
HH
Here is the Marienplatz live web cam. I don’t know why it says at the bottom of the image that it refreshes every five seconds, as it actually refreshes every minute.
Most of the Bhoys seem to be congregated at the far end.
http://camteria.com/en/germany/munich/marienplatz_cam_4018
Jealous
HH
The far end is where the bars are. Currently just round the corner at Kullians and i would estimate around 3 million Celtic fans, 2 million of which are trying to get into the toilets……
BATEEN BHOY
Our on the spot (in the field?) reporter :)
Eaither there’s been a New Article posted, ma refresh button isny wurkin’ or naebdy’s postin’?
Is awbdy in Munchen?
London hun weans getting beat 0 v 1 at half-time by Roma weans.
Games on BT 3 just now followed by our youths v Bayern youths at 3 bells.
H.H
NEW ARTICLE POSTED A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO!
new article posted.