Work ahead of the new season is underway in earnest after Celtic came through a game in Austria against top flight Russian club FC Krasnodar in Austria yesterday afternoon. Every hour has to be carefully planned from now on.
Ronny Deila has only 11 days before taking to an Icelandic field on Champions League duty. Players need to step up, from 45 minutes against a fellow-preseason team, to 90 minutes of competitive action against a team who are already midseason. Pushing muscles too hard now will be counterproductive; players need a planned gradient of training, rest and games to get them as close to peak condition as possible. No matter how well this goes, the players will be short of their peak for weeks.
Trying hard not to think or talk about signings but it’s good to see Craig Gordon confirmed. Fraser Forster is the most committed professional at the club, so he’s not a player who needs to be driven to improve, but we all need fresh incentives to go back to the well again, and the arrival of Craig will give Fraser fresh focus after returning from a disappointing World Cup campaign.
Welcome to Celtic, Craig.
There are around 36 CQNers already out on Aberdour Golf Course in what could be described as ‘fresh’ conditions. A great night lies ahead.
This year we are raising money for Glasgow the Caring City and The Cookiejar Foundation. We have two copies of this magnificent canvas, signed by Billy McNeill, one is available to the highest bidder on ebay here.
The other is available for raffle. Every donor to this JustGiving page gets an entry in the raffle. The minimum donation is £1, which we can all afford to participate in, although you can donate as much as you want. Our thanks to @BarryMcGonigle for the image on the canvas and OPG Graphics for creating the work.
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Cowiebhoy
I like it. I’d imagine it would have a few, apoplectic though :-)
Brazil FK goal???????
GB64
Most certainly prefer the one TR has shared with us :-)
Seeing the other up close, it’s just not Celtic IMHO
Hail Hail
cowiebhoy
How you and your family ?
Had BT down last week with his family.
Naebar, won a cheap one there….never a foul
RWE,
Zombies?
A law unto themselves.It doesn’t matter if it is a 1st,2nd or 3rd version of them, they will do as they please.
http://thefrontofthebus.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/did-rangers-actually-pay-sfa-400k-for.html.
Make what you will from that.
is Hulk the worst player in the tourny?
hes only playin cos hes got a happenin name
if his name was eric he would be lying drunk on the copacabana just now
An Tearmann 20:09 on 4 July, 2014
Rwe/pfAyr-referees
Although there have been 1 or 2 talking points on the whole I think the World Cup has been good for referees,There seems to be a bit more of ‘letting the game flow’resulting in a bit more contact.and (most) feigning not rewarded.interesting topic tho
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I would like to see the feigning or simulation punished rather than simply not rewarded.
Just come in and see Brazil are 1-0 up.
How many times has Neymar feigned/simulated?
Just saw the referee fail to enforce the ten yards from a Colombia freekick and not yellow card the two Brazilians who encroached by five yards.
Fifa Rules of soccer
LAW 12 – FOULS AND MISCONDUCT
Cautionable offences
A player is cautioned and shown the yellow card if he commits any of the following seven offences:
•unsporting behaviour
•dissent by word or action
•persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game
•delaying the restart of play
•failure to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner kick, free kick or throw-in
•entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee’s permission
•deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission
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Neymardiving CSC
googybhoy ♥ celtic
21:36 on 4 July, 2014
too true mate
always had a great time in manchester
through work and the footie
had many a run in with a few man u fans in my time
they all know how big tne CELTIC are
u can tell when they start singing the songs ;-))))
made may a friend by standing my ground
wish we could play them every year
jam67
That white strip out next Friday it seems.
Hoopy-do
you have missed the obvious one Fred,even sounds like a jakey
” It’s like an EPL game”
5 4 3 2 1….
Unbelievable that a Columbian player has swapped shirts at half time with Neymar.
Losing mentality.
Hoopydo
Eric Bana played Bruce Banner funny enough.
Googybhoy
Will need to do my own taxi ing in 10, the’ve been oot in Glasgow,
Train back to stirling, last time I done Glasgow, I was done for driving in a bus lane :-)
All doing well thanks Bhud
Oh, and the 3rd strip, would look even better without the sponsor
Paddybhoy1888 at the gholf, get that design for new CQN T-shirts
Hail Hail
Enjoyed that half.
It feels like cheating when Brazil score from a corner, Don’t remember the Brazil 1970 or 1982 team scoring from a corner.
Zapata and Ospina holding that Colombia defence together.
Hoopy-do,
hahahahahaha.
Widnae mind lying on the old copacabana just now myself wae a stack of ice cold Magners..
Tricoloured Ribbon
Thanks for the link to that.
No surprises, no compo and no fine for tapping up.
All it took was a phone call from St Andrews Square.
The nonsense from Smith about how he regrets it all is when you read it just pure flimflam from the BBC.
He says in effect that he would do the same thing again as long as the club was Sevco.
BBC showing their usual integrity when confronted with a Sevco PR blurb.
I think it would be fair to say that this game’s a bit ‘stretched’, making it a really exciting watch. Ref’s been a bit lenient with the cards, for both sides.
Brazil showing the odd sign of fluency at times, and could be more than 1 up.
Anyone else notice from the tv footage that the “Christ The Redeemer” statue in Rio has anti-homeless spikes along the length of it’s arms.
Jesus will be spinning in his grave.
Sftb,
Agreed.
Zapata has been a revolution :)
SFTB
’82 team scored from a corner. Guess whom against?
Hoopy
You seen Fred or Boughera?
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090320033607/marvelmovies/images/5/5e/The-hulk-2003.jpg.
Here he is heading up from the beach hoopy do.
RWE @ 21:47
Just saw the referee fail to enforce the ten yards from a Colombia freekick and not yellow card the two Brazilians who encroached by five yards.
Was an indirect free kick for high feet, so defenders ran at first touch.
Don’t know why they don’t play the ball backwards away from the wall in that situation.
Brazil are better divers than Colombia.
Cant believe the country that gave as reason to call it the beautiful game have so discredited it.
Surely the rush to import Brazilian superstars will stop as they are very ordinary now.
Has the rest of the world improved while Brazilian football declined?
Fed up with the acrobatics in football.
And commentators justifying it with crap like there was slight contact.
Pansy sport now.
Cowiebhoy
21:52 on 4 July, 2014
I can see a new design for a badge as well :-)
HH
CRC
tricoloured ribbon
21:58 on 4 July, 2014
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090320033607/marvelmovies/images/5/5e/The-hulk-2003.jpg.
Here he is heading up from the beach hoopy do
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shit. he looks angry
he must have heard what i said
im out of here, you wont like him when hes angry
cowiebhoy
21:52 on 4 July, 2014
Cannot see you getting paid for that.
I get the same with my two.
Dads Taxis CFC
CRC
Don’t tell Doc, he’ll claim it :-)
Right be back in 20
If it stays 1 – 0 in that game, I’ll get 10pts
Hail Hail
beatbhoy
Well remembered. Oscar outjumped Souness
Good day Celts and happy Friday :>)
HT I seen your apology post earlier and thought …… There goes a man …… Mhan lol.
Ps never seen your original post but I’m damn sure there would have been naw any apology required if you were talking to me.
Walk talk HT_CSC
Cowiebhoy
22:01 on 4 July, 2014
I’m sure his badge design will be in tartan and by giving them away he will claim he has sold more. Typical sales bhoy, never thinks about margin :-)
HH
CRC
Was watching the game in 10 min delay……what a first half….had everything……the studio pundits don’t half talk a load of old shoite at times….. Hahahahahahaha
Ref slightly favouring Brazil
but it was my idea, FACT:-)
Evening all, just logged on, what was my idea?
vclxi
21:54 on 4 July, 2014
Anyone else notice from the tv footage that the “Christ The Redeemer” statue in Rio has anti-homeless spikes along the length of it’s arms.
Jesus will be spinning in his grave.
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Jesus isn’t in a grave.
IfyouknowyourhistoryCSC
CRC, now now, you know the lovely Green Badge out sold yours, by 13 I believe, yes or no?
And you cheated by ordering more Black ones, trying to fix the result, rather, ehmm, Govanish:-)
Celticrollercoaster luvs his luminious lime boots
21:59
I’ll get my order in now for the new badges mate ;)