“Feeling more confident than any time in the last five years” was the sentiment expressed to me by a Newco fan this morning. And with some reason. They have gone two months without defeat, while Celtic’s blistering runs of successive wins stopped; we’ve won three and drawn three of our last six.
Reasons for any marked change in results are usually varied. With the league won, Celtic rested players, while others were injured. Opponents have also paid attention to their Scott Sinclair Problem. Stop Scott getting the ball and you inhibit Celtic’s most potent danger.
You also have to factor in the reality that Brendan Rodgers has given 52 competitive pre-match team talks. There are only so many times you can vocabularise your rallying call before its effects diminish.
The contrast in the other Hampden dressing room will be stark. Brother Pedro’s accent will still appear fresh to his players, never mind his message. His tactical talks and implorations of effort will seem innovative, whether they are or not. For these reasons, and more, Newco players will fear nothing on Sunday.
This game will be more straightforward that Ross County last week. We know Newco are there to win, to knock us out of the cup, stop our Invincibility Quest and reach their second major cup final. We’ll not face 10 men behind the ball.
Having said all of this, you and me will both be stunned if Celtic don’t prevail. We have the better players, the better manager, we’ve faced many and varied challenges this season and come through impressively.
Dembele, Griffiths and Rogic are back and available. The manager has choices on who to play, and options to change the game, or freshen things up later.
That same Newco fan this morning accused me of selective memory, with good reason, when I said I couldn’t remember Ugo Ehiogu playing for Rangers. It was no less alarming to hear a fit and active man of 44 died so suddenly. Condolences to his loved ones. There but……….
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Kevj Stan the man getting it tight on Davies left peg seems the lee rigby charity money Disney add up cheats thiefs and liars the lot of them
SANDMAN on 21ST APRIL 2017 6:08 PM
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My sentiments exactly.
Hit them hard, early and often.
Brendan should tell our bhoys that the first wee kiddy on hardman who assaults one of our guys has a target on him and whoever dishes out justice will get a bonus.
They are a bunch of fannies who can give but can’t take it.
Make sure they know there is a price to pay.
VFR800 IS NOW A MONSTER 821 on 21ST APRIL 2017 4:02 PM
Got my book and Jock Stein t-shirt today. I will be sporting it proudly on Sunday as we pump Sevco!
Got to say I admire that confidence. Taking a book to read at the game. ;-)
Did Supersally contradict himself in Court today ?
Watching the STV News tonight, their man at the Court reported, ” McCoist was asked if he was aware of the cash problems at THEM when he was manager” /
he replied, ” No, I was there to put a team on the pitch blah blah”
But McCoist added, ” There were players I wanted to buy, but we didn’t get them, and I felt that the offers that we put in were never enough to get those players” ( or words to that effect) ?
IF he was telling the truth and didn’t know of the cash problems, as he claimed….then how did he know that their offers for players were not high enough, but more to the point, didn’t this clown question his Chairman/Board, WHY the offers weren’t high enough ?
Also, Wattie Smith stated to DF that “He WAS aware of the cash problems blah blah” .
So are we to believe that these two life long friends Smith and McCoist NEVER spoke to each other at ANY time about the cash problems ?
Maybe it’s just me, but I think Supersally contradicted himself, and that he and Smith MUST have had conversations about the lack of money.
HH
We should also test eyes in the back of the heads partiality by doing what their centre halfs do and play right through the back of their forwards.
They did it constantly last game with Madhun who penalized our centre half while allowing their shite to foul with impunity.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/sports-direct-seizes-control-of-two-us-sports-chains-in-101m-debt-deal-35641748.html
Oh dear, the BBC Scotland Huns just outdid themselves with a gushing homoerotic love letter to Perdo.
I’m almost cringing for them. Almost. I just can’t get my palm of fmy face first.
A former Rangers player dies tragically. Very sad for his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
BBC Scotland takes the opportunity to show his goal against Celtic. Sadly predictable.
HEADTHEBALL on 21ST APRIL 2017 6:47 PM
A former Rangers player dies tragically. Very sad for his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
*he only played 9 games for them and we have this:
“Ugo Ehiogu ‘never forgotten’ at Rangers” be prepared for the black armbands and minutes silence on Sunday.
Barney67 – very good and I am that confident.
Winning Captains, any help needed, just let me know.
So the cardigan does an I know nothing routine and needs to be shown boardroom minutes to prove he does actually know something.
And
The eternal gardener is asked a strange question about the captain and gives an equally strange answer.
These two lads are obviously having memory problems possibly brought on by too much wishful thinking.
Continues Monday.
Since starting Celtic By Numbers the most common debate I encounter is the Paddy Roberts one. I will be clear -having looked at the data we should do everything to keep him. With thanks to Tiago Estêvão@TiagoEstv on Twitter who produced an analysis of the most productive 24 wingers in the top 6 leagues in Europe, I used Tiago’s framework to look at Roberts, Sinclair and Forrest.
The results are here http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/give-me-more-wings/
Put it this way – I haven’t changed my mind!
HH
“We would like to wish the new club all the very best for the future ”
Walter Smith 2012
“Antoine Griezmann says he’d like to pull on the Hoops one day ”
AnyGoodRumours CSC
Winning Captains-
Thank you for taking the time to single me out for advice. I really appreciate it.
I’ve been told not to fiddle with my device settings by the Apple Store geeks, as I use them on-the-go for work.
I’ll nip in and ask them about your suggestion.
The fact that certain folk are having to emerge from the shadows to explain their version of events to a public forum will do me.
BadMemoryCSC
:-)
new article?
Strong rumours Wes Foderingham is out of Sunday’s match.
Anyone any news?
You need a goatee beard to get job in the Apple Store
Cool csc
Mincey
Won’t matter. They can put 2 keepers in goal and we’ll still tank them-))
Embdae know if we have guys on a yellow going into Sunday?
glendalystonsils
Fair comment but their back up has not played a game for them yet and well might be a tad jittery.
I for one hope Foderingham is out.
With all the money in football, can clubs not have proper black armbands, instead of tape used to hold socks up?
Tony Adams shoring up that Granada defence….1-0 down after 3 mins
#fanny
Did Sleekit “honestly” say “I didn’t realise we were £18m in debt I thought it was only £14m” :-)
No wonder the new club were struggling from the start, with the young managers wages (and backdated gardening leave & 1p shares) don’t buy into the history stuff but there is one thing the new club inherited from the old club (apart from the bigotry) a total business basket case
Still think HMRC should have gave Craigy Bhoy a contract, he knows more about liquidation law than any Tax Inspector I have ever met
Good evening just thinking back to working with the dble glazing salesman was about 90 per cent tramps 10 good ghuys by the way all bosses were tims must have known they were all to thick any how’s no football tops allowed but funny enuff a blind eye was turned to anyone waring the blue n white rag one of the lead bigots was the first guy in Scotland to get done with sectarian singing his nickname was Albertz real name McLean
GFTB … …18 million or 14 million … what’s the difference? … I mean, what’s 4 million among friends (with funny handshakes)?
you didn’t pick sevco for GFS this weekend, did you?
Hahaha ……..Sally Magnusson(BBC Scotland) must think that if they show clips of rangers scoring against us it will help them win the semi.
I lost count of the huns goals they showed and then to give some balance they showed ……NO footage of Celtic scoring against them! Hehe
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY AT GLASGOW
Continued Preliminary Hearing: 3 October 2016
(002) you CRAIG THOMAS WHYTE, being an officer of a company, namely a director of The Rangers Football Club plc, a company incorporated under the Companies Acts, with company number SC004276 and having its registered office at Ibrox Stadium, 150 Edmiston Drive, Glasgow (hereinafter referred to as the “Club”),
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So deffinetly the incorporated club that is being liquidated
OH DEAR
MYTHBUSTERS CSC
easyJamboApril 20, 2017 at 16:40 (Edit)
The full indictment…
Hmm, I’ll leave this here…
‘…you CRAIG THOMAS WHYTE, with intent to acquire a majority and controlling stake in the shareholding of the Club from Murray through Wavetower Limited a company…’
Not just a shareholding of the Club, but of a Club with a capital ‘C’!
OH DEAR ,OH DEAR
MYTHBUSTERS CSC
Something to remember if ‘same club’ is ever raised again; this is a criminal trial, the indictment must be accurate and have no ambiguous words, terms or names (we might not understand them all, but every word will have been picked over and all the legalese will be correct, even if we can’t get our heads around it). We can be 100% sure that if anything existed within the walls of Ibrox, or was just ‘believed’ to exist, that could, in any way, be described as a club, other than the one described in the document as Rangers Football Club plc, whether spelt with a small ‘c’, capital ‘C’, or even a ‘K’, they would not be using the word ‘Club’ as synonymous with that public limited company known as Rangers Football Club plc!
There is no need to risk such confusion, they could quite simple refer to it as ‘the Company’!
For anyone who might think otherwise, what I’ve just written is factual, and not merely opinion.
OH DEAR ,OH DEAR,OH DEAR .
MYTHBUSTERS CSC
Above 3 posts taken from
TSFM
Mincey
Who is Wes Foderingham?
MWD
Bada. 7..49.
Biton booked against St Mirren. Lustig v Inverness.
No one booked against Albion Rivers.
Hail Hail
Bamboo.
Sally definitely Celtic minded.
Hail Hail
MIT 8.24pm
Give me a shout if you ever have a spare £4m and I will do the same for you…..seemingly it doesn’t really matter !
Am on Newcastle on GFS2 this weekend, much to Art of War’s annoyance, as I was breezing out of work at 1.30pm today he was moaning he had to wait until Monday to see how many goals I might get, this coming from the Cqner who is one goal behind the leader……..for the record the Cqner in joint second place is on the Toffemen…….
Monthe’Hammers !!!!
Only jesting AoW….. But a wee West Ham shut out would help in the slagging stakes, considering I am 1-0 up just now in tournement stage :-)
Awe this football n football related talk.
Gee me some politics. :-@)))
MWD