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Chasm, but Celtic should have done much better

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For all of our dominance yesterday, you have to think there is room for considerable improvement. Passing in the first half was frequently poor, shooting throughout the game was invariably off target, and when we managed to keep it down and between the sticks, the keeper was able to read the shot. Gilks played well, but the truth is we flattered him.

Moussa Dembele grabbed all the headlines with his back-heel-flick-nutmeg-winning-goal, but I spent much of the game debating whether it was time he was rested. Against Newco last month, he held the ball up and linked play, while finding and exploiting space. Yesterday his linking was poor and he seldom found space.

The incisiveness we enjoyed watching as recently as the outing against Manchester City, was missing against Gladback on Wednesday and at Hampden yesterday.

There were also enormous positives. Jozo Simunovic and Erik Sviatchenko were absolutely critical on Celtic’s grip on the game. Their positioning – when we were in possession – kept the ball flowing. They both gave us playmaker performances, and they didn’t miss a beat defensively either.

Again, just as on Wednesday, it didn’t work for Nir Bitton. When we play out from central defence like this the deep-lying playmaker role is crucial. He need to create space for us to move the ball forward, while he becomes an auxiliary defender as our full backs are so high up the field.

Stuart Armstrong came on and played higher up-field than Bitton and managed to put the squeeze on Newco.

The game reminded me of the League Cup semi-final two years ago, when Celtic subjugated an impotent Newco without scoring the volume of goals their superiority deserved. There was a chasm between the teams, which makes my belief that Celtic can play a lot better all the more interesting. Conversely I suspect that was a high water mark for Mark Warburton’s team.

The portents are good that he believes that game was a sign of progress.

As for Craig Thomson, that was self-evidently not good enough.

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  1. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    ACGR @ OUTLOOK DOT COM – GET YOUR FREE THE ZADOK RINGTONE on 25TH OCTOBER 2016 12:47 AM

     

     

    Thanks for that.

     

    I shall enjoy sifting through their dirty linen.

     

    Hee Hee

  2. acgr @ outlook dot com - Get your FREE the Zadok ringtone on

    Macjay, that wan was more for MWD, if he can tear himself away from getting fingered by his doctor.

     

     

    Only kidding big fella, hope all went well for you today. Doesn’t sound like a pleasant experience, well unless Annabel was the fingeree and wore her thick gloves……:_(

     

     

    hubba ding.

  3. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    ACGR

     

     

    My fav. so far.

     

     

     

    No chance of beating those c__ts whilst we have a team of fairies unfortunately. Look at the size of that sviachenko or even biton and the gangly Aussie. Our players couldn’t go through cotton wool never mind these guys

     

    1 person likes this

  5. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    ACGR

     

     

    The best part;

     

     

    “ONE person likes this.”

     

     

    Wonder what the others thought of it.

     

    :-)

     

    Bloody hilarious.

  8. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    NEUSTADT-BRAW on 25TH OCTOBER 2016 1:16 AM

     

    Gidday doon under the big rock….

     

     

     

    Braw

     

    ==============================

     

     

    Choos or Zeig or whatever.

     

     

    26 in balmy Sydney today.

     

    Braw indeed.

  9. Neustadt-Braw on

    BTW if I ever meet Tiger Woods ….he is getting double clicked!!!!!!!!!!

     

     

     

    No sae braw….P 67 ….we will pay you and your wee elves…..

     

    Think aboot it ????

     

     

    Wid be braw ……independence …….braw…..

     

    Adverts are for losers ……

     

     

    Braw.

  10. Neustadt-Braw on

    Michael Rost …is home tomorrow. And thankyou all for the mentions…… It is awfy braw to pass on unerwarted gute nachrichten !!! Micky was well surprised….. Dankeschon….

     

     

    We will BMG the Germans though in November……

     

     

    Braw

  12. Neustadt-Braw on

    Carnooooostie man I love ya…..

     

     

    Only 4per cent on ma wee phone …..got to hack oot oh this bunker….

     

     

    Keep smiling …..and ” mind the gap” as yer girlfriend wid say !!!

     

     

    Braw …

     

     

    Goodnight MacJayeee

  13. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    NEUSTADT-BRAW on 25TH OCTOBER 2016 1:31 AM

     

    I hope Sidney recovers !!!!

     

     

     

    You are naughty…

     

     

     

    Braw

     

    =================================================

     

     

    Nah. Sydney wiz naughty.

     

     

    Schlaf gut

  14. Neustadt-Braw on

    Up to 6 per cent with that wee interval….

     

     

    Macjay if Sidney was 26 degrees core tempo…..then you are riding a dead horse ….smiley thing

     

     

    Looking forward to an interesting couple of Yeats….. Poetry in Burnion….

     

     

    Is anyone following my nephew in Wallonia……???….

     

     

    Canada Dry in sexy French !!!

     

     

    Brawness is all over ….

     

     

    Braw.

  19. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    NEUSTADT-BRAW on 25TH OCTOBER 2016 2:08 AM

     

     

    Sydney , mate.

     

     

    Two “Y’ s .

     

     

    Not my preferred mount , in any case.

     

     

    Wollonia ? Walloons and Phlegms ( sic ) . Yep ?

     

     

    Wallies …wally dug…..porcelain ………..?

     

    Loons ? Shortened form ?

     

     

    That`s yer homework.

  21. 'GG on

    Chasm

     

    a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc.:

     

    “the chasm between rich and poor”

     

    The chasm is readily illustrated in the amount of goals scored by both sides.

     

    The team from the wrong side of the tracks has scored a measly 11 goals despite their big money striker signing in the summer. (No I don’t know who it was either, but BFDJ was extolling their virtues before a ball was kicked in earnest)

     

    Meanwhile the good guys, (you know the ones with handsome appealing manly features) have put 26 in the old onion bag, as Tommy Smythe likes to say.

     

    And of course we have played one game less.

     

    Another telling statistic is that only 4 teams, Ross County, Kilmarnock, Partick Thisle and Dundee have scored less than them.

     

    That surely translates to bottom 6 form?

  22. 'GG on

    Houston lose to Denver in the Monday Night Football match up.

     

    Final Score 27-9.

     

    Tomorrow night’s clash is the first game in the World Series with Chicago Cubs playing Cleveland Indians.

     

    Don’t you just love October sports?

  23. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Craig Thompson.

     

     

    Svia`s disallowed goal.

     

     

    Wee earpiece.

     

     

    Time that a Tim tech-head found a way to hear and record the exchange between the ref and his cohorts on the sideline.

     

     

    P`raps Maggie Mc Gill is the man. ( Person ? )

  24. Greenpinata on

    Dena 29,

     

     

    Best wishes for today.

     

     

    My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

     

     

    HH.

  26. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 25TH OCTOBER 2016 6:18 AM

     

    MACJAY

     

     

     

    Shug from Still Game,that’s yer man!

     

     

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    Shamefully , Rab , I `m not familiar with your classical allusion.

     

     

    A matter I intend to rectify.

     

     

    Forthwith.

     

     

    `S good to be a Tim.

  32. vfr800a8 on

    Word of The Day (inspired by the Comedy Club’s place in Scottish football)

     

     

    Mycosis /maɪˈkəʊsɪs/

     

    noun

     

    1. Any infection or disease caused by fungus.

     

    2. In medicine – a disease caused by fungi.

     

    3. In medicine – a fungal infection in or on a part of the body.

     

     

    n. pl. my·co·ses (-sēz)

     

     

    Derived Forms

     

    mycotic (maɪˈkɒtɪk) adjective

     

     

    Word Origin and History for mycosis

     

    n.

     

    1876, medical Latin; see myco- + -osis. Related: Mycotic.

     

     

     

    KTF

  33. Jobo Baldie on

    I once had a mate called Mike Osis. He was a fun guy to be with.

     

     

    Work calling, (thank goodness………..)

  34. vfr800a8 on

    Jobo Baldie on 25th October 2016 7:19 am

     

     

    I once had a mate called Mike Osis. He was a fun guy to be with.

     

     

    Work calling, (thank goodness………..)

     

    ____________________________________________________

     

     

    Thank goodness right enough …………………………

     

     

    KTF

  35. vfr800a8 on

    Great picture of Jozo’s tackle on Mackay here. It shows Mackay was going down before any contact was made!

     

     

    Good we article as well – he says he has a bit to go before he’s at his best! (Jozo, not Mackay).

     

     

     

    KTF

  37. vfr800a8 on

    Moussa Dembele should stay at Celtic and he can become as great as Ronaldo or Raul says Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane

     

     

    By David McCarthy

     

     

    FORMER French superstar admits he’s a huge admirer of the Hoops striker and believes he must continue to ply his trade in Glasgow if he wants to go to the top.

     

     

    Zinedine Zidane believes Moussa Dembele can become one of the game’s all-time great strikers

     

     

    ZINEDINE ZIDANE last night urged Celtic’s hottest prospect Moussa Dembele to stay at Parkhead for up to two years if he wants to become one of the world’s top strikers.

     

     

    Real Madrid boss and Zidane has watched the sensational rise of fellow Frenchman Dembele – including his two Champions League goals against Manchester City and four goals in two games against Rangers – and believes Europe’s top clubs are eyeing the 20-year-old progress.

     

     

    But the former World Player of the Year is advising the Celt to continue his football education in Glasgow rather than jump at the first chance to leave.

     

     

    Zidane said: “Dembele is one of the most talked about young strikers in Europe at the moment but it has not surprised me at all – I always saw that.

     

     

    “He isn’t just scoring goals, he is scoring big goals, important goals like the one against Rangers. That to me is always the sign of a great player.

     

     

    “I have played with the greatest strikers, Ronaldo, Henry, Raul, and you knew on the biggest occasions they would win you games – and Dembele is already showing that.

     

     

    “It was great for him to score his goals against Manchester City, not just for the result but for him personally.

     

     

    “He will now go into games knowing he can score goals against the best clubs and that confidence does everything for a player of that age.

     

     

    “I hope he can score more goals while Celtic remain in The Champions League, it will be good for him.”

     

     

    Zidane knows Dembele will eventually leave the Scottish champions but the Real Madrid manager is adamant he should be in no rush,

     

     

    He added: “I do understand now that the biggest clubs in Europe are being linked with him and that will be his destination eventually – but my advice now is ignore it all.

     

     

    “He can progress well at Celtic, at a great club who are in Europe, and under a very good coach.

     

     

    “I know his time will come but he needs to make good decisions – and his next at least one or two seasons should be with Celtic.”

     

     

     

    KTF

  38. BIG-CUP-WINNERS on

    OBO BALDIE on 25TH OCTOBER 2016 7:19 AM

     

    I once had a mate called Mike Osis. He was a fun guy to be with.

     

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    Jobo, think I knew him too, sort of guy who grew on you……….

  40. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    No sure if posted already but

     

    Is the switcheroo in place or is it new real rangers men

     

     

     

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