Manchester City have flattered to deceive in the Champions League since becoming one of the richest clubs in the world, before reaching the semi-finals of the competition last season. That contest ended in a 1-0 aggregate win for Real Madrid, closer than many expected, based on City’s domestic form at the time.
What happened at City last season is the stuff books are written about, well after the event. They took the early season by storm, but when it became clear manager Manuel Pellegrini was to be replaced by Pep Guardiola in the summer, results fell apart. Even their highly-credible results against Real Madrid were criticised for a perceived lack of effort in places.
Now Guardiola is in charge and City are short odds on to take the title. The look imperious in English football, while their 4-0 trouncing of Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League earlier this month was remarkably comprehensive.
Celtic have managed to draw a Champions League group stage with two of the four top favourites to win the tournament. Barcelona are favourites with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid behind, but City are ahead of recent finalists Juventus and Atletico Madrid. The other UK clubs barely rate a mention.
This luck of the draw is far from a normal event. It appears harsh on pot three team, Borussia, and absolutely daunting for pot 4’s Celtic. The humbling in Barcelona two weeks ago served Brendan and the players with a lesson, perhaps not their last this campaign, but tomorrow gives us a chance to face off against one of the best teams in the world. It will be exhausting and exhilarating, but we should face it with some anticipation.
You are going to see Celtic score four, five and six against many teams this season. We are so far ahead of the rest of Scotland this is the norm. These Champions League games are the bonus which will illuminate the dark evenings, but they will also provide a valuable yardstick to measure the scintillating football we watched at the weekend.
Are Kieran and Tom ready to face the best in the business? Do Scott Sinclair and James Forrest have a point to prove? Can Leigh and/or Moussa use their pace to create space against top international defenders?
By 21:45 tomorrow evening you’ll know some of these answers. Give me this kind of stress any day, instead of Molde or Fenerbahce.
Thanks for all the support for the Great Scottish Run for the Celtic Foundation on Saturday. Special thanks for those who got the MyDonate account up to this level (below) yesterday. And a bigger thanks to the person who moved us on!
308 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- »
I’m using it now and it’s awesome! I’ve signed up for my account and have been bringing in fat paychecks. For real, my first week I made $302 and the second week I doubled it and then it kinda snowballed to $120 a day! juet folllow the course.. they will help you out…
Useful site………… http://www.CashPay60.COM
I’m using it now and it’s awesome! I’ve signed up for my account and have been bringing in fat paychecks. For real, my first week I made $302 and the second week I doubled it and then it kinda snowballed to $120 a day! juet folllow the course.. they will help you out…
Useful site……….. http://www.CashPay60.COM
VFR800A8 on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 5:32 PM
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 12:35 PM
I suspect we may not be politically aligned; however, we are in terms of supporting our Club!
FAC the Act
=================================================================
Mate.
Your politic preferences are an irrelevance to me.
Your support for Celtic is the only thing of relevance.
Quality from The Heid tonight – doing well in his managerial position at Wigan – when interviewed after Wigan beat wolves 2-1 (Will Grigg’s on fire again, by the way) he responds to the interviewer’s question regards Sam Allardyce’s dismissal with:
“I’m Scottish, I don’t really care… An’ I hope it gives us a better chance of qualifying.”
Nice one, Heid.
;))
VFR800A8 on 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016 9:06 PM
_______________________________________________
Sorry to be on the Fergus bus again….
But,…….
Fergus didnae put in the money that saved us
John Keane did!
If ye know the history – CSC
FACe the Facts!
FAC the bored who gave birth to the Act!
FAC the fans who are squirreled off Focus!
FAC the bus in front of the goals the night;-)
FACe the music and dance to the James-Ribbery-Robben-Forrest-Show….the nicht;-)
FAC off tae yer bed Kev and let PETEC have the floor.
…..oot-zzzzz…..
Jimmynotpaul
Heh mate I meant to say I hope you are taking it easy and lookin after yourself on the health front.that was really appreciated for tonights game.
Bellarmine was a good base for education (it all came back when I went to langside 5 years later ha) I enjoyed the craic, my pals , fiitba, alas the passing exams I left til later.
Winnie dean attempted to teach me drums ha, noddy scanlon qas my form teacher.mr mcilwhaine for history.
Thanks again.
Ps didnae realise boaby ran rhe levern lol..
Will chat soon
Enjoyin the chaos enveliping the noohuns, I suppose warbs will be hot favpurite for England job lol but I suppose the FA will check his employment history ha.
All tje best
HH
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/brendan-rogers-inspired-by-the-power-of-celtic-park-1-4242127
Interesting comment about the ” flag of Eire. ”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14767886.When_over_100_000_turn_up_for_a_Clyde_game___albeit_against_Celtic/
Did Lee Wallace ” Grass Up” Alladyce ?
FA new managerial team, Wobbly Warbo as manager, Barton as his assistant ?
Wouldn’t be great to have ALL those expert English pundits who for years have been telling the English nation where their national team have been going wrong, why don’t these football experts put their names forward ?
I speak of numpties like Lee Dixon, Ian Wright, Harry Rednap, Jamie Rednap, Jamie Carrzgher, Steve McManamam, Souness, Lawrenson, etc, etc after all these people and many others seem to have all the answers ?
IMO, given that the English football establishment are now in a real state of embarrassment especially when members of the English FA and their league managers were so critical of UEFA and FIFA’s corruption etc, they have seriously failed to ensure that their own Association is free from wrongdoing.
I strongly suspect that Alladyce may prove to be only the “tip of the iceberg” ?
Again IMO, if the FA were to turn to that moron Glen Hoddle as their new manager, they would really be the laughing stock of the football p!anet, if they aren’t already ? IMO, it’s a absolute disgrace that Hoddle has been allowed back on our screens given his beliefs ?
I seriously believe that Alladyce will have to emigrate given the public and media pressure that surely won’t let up ?
Don’t be surprised if that same English media were to offer him a deal to name names of others within the English league who have been at it for years also ? That way Alladyce would be in a position to say, ” look I’m not the only one” ?
Good Morning Timland.
BIG JIMMY…..the English media will be all over this,they ain’t
like the spineless lapdogs who masquerade as journos up here,
in all honesty couldn’t give a rats erse
Sky have asked Brendan on his thoughts on ” Samgate” ?
I must admit to being rather surprised that Brendan chose to comment on it, and at the same time question the ” methods” used to share Alladyce ?
I suppose that on the one hand Brendan is implying how low the media will stoop and took the opportunity to transmit that to an interviewer from the media, however IMO I wish he had just said ” no comment” or ” nothing to do with me, I’m Irish” ?
New England manager …Chris Sutton ?
No way, Big Sutty is far too honest !
Well I for one am looking forward going to tonight’s game, and as the norm for me looking for a result, I don’t do predictions or pick the Celtic team for tonight’s game it’s a squads game and many diff places can be held by diff players I leave that up to the manager, I also don’t have a problem with people who think should be playing, but! Most times when they are strong on the opinion on who THEY think should start, the player/ players who get the nod for the start are not the ones they fancy, they get it in the neck for every mistake they make, doesent matter how they play they’re on to a hiding, I’ve heard it many, many, times, it’s kinda along the modern day times of coupons when someone has picked Celtic to win 3-0 4-0 5-0, and like Saturday we lost a goal? The amount of people I’ve heard saying ,…that goal f,.,.,d ma coupon….seriously? We won 6-1 ffs :))
But with an open heart I honestly think we’ll get a result tonight, positivity was always my strongest suit, anyway, let the game start and we take it as it comes, get right into them Celtic.
Lurking Huns, SMSM, and level5 GIRFUYs
TONYDONNELLY67
Can’t wait for tonight, hate those bloody qualifiers,we are
where we all want to be, so enjoy.
I doubt the media up here will get to involved in the Alladyce gate, they won’t want to piss of they’re English colleagues who might turn up the tanks at hampden and ibrokes, and give the bassas a few home truths on the game up here, as I’ve noticed the English tossing the word up here that’s ignored called “integrity ” ssshhhhh!
That’s the way I see it to NYE, just enjoy it, .
Dug tae the park,then breakie,then back tae bed,I’ve got
a late night ahead,it takes me hour’s to come down after
these games…..catch yees laters.
Good morning friends and welcome to Matchday 2 from a dry, pretty clear skied but very, very windy East Kilbride.
With hope in our hearts.
Morning everyone, and it’s a ChampionsmLeague night where we should show the world what we are about.
I have had a great two days in Hamburg in the new job and am thankfully home tonight.
However I do need a ticket for tonight, any help would be appreciated. I knew I was taking on this new job and could not plan to be here for our home games so I waited too long.
Any spare tickets will be welcome, full price paid.
Word of The Day
vicissitude /vɪˈsɪsɪˌtjuːd/
noun
1. variation or mutability in nature or life, esp successive alternation from one condition or thing to another
2. a variation in circumstance, fortune, character, etc
Derived Forms
vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, adjective
Word Origin and History for vicissitude
n. 1560s, from Middle French vicissitude (14c.), from Latin vicissitudinem (nominative vicissitudo) “change,” from vicissim “changeably, in turn,” from vicis “a turn, change” (see vicarious ).
Related: Vicissitudes.
FAC the Act
KTF
as in
The Scottish Press are showing are demonstrating a real vicissitude towards the manager of a recently formed football club in Glasgow, perhaps unfairly given his lack of qualifications for the job.
Hmmmm, someone’s been googling :))
Watch the spineless smsm all get the tuppence worth in about Samgate. Theyll no doubt be reading the Sun, Mirror and Telegraph for material to regurgitate up here. These same cowards have sat on British football’s greatest scandal for four years, with the main protagonist Murray remaining relatively unscathed.
Good morning Tims………….
” coffee Graeme ?”………………
MARRAKESH
I don’t see them wanting to get involved in this one, as they’re friends over the border may turn on them, and giving them a few home truths oh how corrupt things are up here, Mr Thompson I’m thinking would be the first I reckon, I hope like you say they do tip they’re toe in the water at being journalists, but I have my doubts, let’s see :))
SIN CITY BOY at 6:10
Go to http://www.macphersonspub.com in Savannah. I can vouch for it, been there a few times. Great place and they pull a stout pint professionally the way it should be served.
The game is on Fox Sports 2 at 2:45pm your time. This pub will definatey have this channel, although phone first to make sure.
HH
You’re a star. They’ve replied already confirming that they are showing it. Woohoo.
BANKIEBHOY1 on 28TH SEPTEMBER 2016 8:11 AM
Good morning Tims………….
” coffee Graeme ?”………………
Obviously I’m missing something :)) a don’t get it?
sipsini on 27th September 2016 9:19 pm
VFR800A8….
I’ve heard different figures on how much the bank was looking for to stop a foreclosure?
I would really like to know how much we actually had to pay to halt it.
I’m quite confident that the Huns owed a lot more than we did and the invisable man had a lot to do with it.
It’s time he was called out for what he was up to.HH
_______________________________________________
When Fergus put his money in Celtic were about £5M in debt; this was dwarfed by Rangers debts which was about 6 times that of Celtic. He initially put in £1M (with no guarantees or offer of shares) to stall a bank foreclosure – the same bank who were funding Rangers enormous debt. Paul Larkin has a great video called The Asterisk Years and this provides great detail on what the Edinburgh Establishment were doing with Rangers. It’s about 35 minutes long but well worth a watch.
Fergus got the Club for about £9.5M and did make a healthy profit when he sold it to Desmond. He also offered interest free share purchase options for fans. Over 60% of shares were owned by fans when he left.
New stadium, majority fan ownership, stopped 10 in a row. He did exactly what he said he would.
For that, I’m glad!
FAC the Act
KTF
If we were to be playing a Lower League team tonight, away from home, who were banging the goals in and riding high at the top of their League, many of us would be worried about an upset. That is what Man City are facing tonight and the `Lower League ` ground will be like no other ` Lower League` ground on the planet.
JJ
Hahahahahahaha
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtUJModXYAI5T98?format=jpg&name=large
Saint Stivs says SACK THE BOARD on 28th September 2016 7:57 am
Good one!
_____________
Where’s the Green Man? He’s been missing (along wi’ Tony D) for a few days.
FAC the Act
KTF
Td67
I hear what you say Tony but Keevins, Wilson, Jackson and Co just won’t be able to resist giving their ‘expert’ input. Id love it if they rattled the English cage to the extent they turned fire on our sham of a governing body, but I think we’d be the least of their problems.
VFR
I believe it was John Keane who placed £1m with the bank to stop foreclosure. Unless of course this was a previous attempt by the bank to foreclose.
MWD
VFR
Oh I’ve been here, just not been posting, the politics crap does my nut in, the uni mob in here love it and take over, it’s not for me :))
Referee from Sunday shows a bit of spine and Wallaces Warbs.
Details here if you want to click on the link.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-boss-mark-warburton-facing-8928057
Sam All now favourite for Sevco Job although SFA are hovering just in case WGS doesn’t take us to the next big championship.
MWD
Hi everyone.
Someone I know is selling 2 adult executive tickets for a £100 each but 1 can be downgraded to a child if anyone interested.
Cheers.
Bhoyos……….
Nil-By-Rekord………..
Please.
HH