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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gordybhoy64
Knowing my luck Columbia will win 3-2 :-)
Some naive folks on here, jeez South Korea got to a semi in their WC, England won it. Crazy to think that a good Brazil team at home weren’t going to get decisions and go far in their WC.
gordybhoy64
To be scored by Columbia.
Now to make the night – I need Brazil to score a 3rd goal (preferably a pen @7/1)……………….
got Brazil 3-1 and Rodriguez to score anytime (which he has) @55/1!!!
fan-a-tic
I could not have put it better.
Fan – a – tic
Totally agree.
Come on Columbia.
Brazil on the ropes
Diddy, he should never be offside there!!
Judging by the crowd……Teeth in Brazil look only slightly better than Scotland?
NofluorideinLochKatrineCSC
Doc,
You checking oot the flood at the pool party themorra ?
Eddieinkirkmichael 22.32 the “Jesus will be spinning in his grave” joke is one of my favourites. I wish I could remember which comedian I heard it from so that I could credit him. It’s up there with the Bill Hicks line about if there are any Christians in the audience who may be offended, “Forgive Me.”
fan-a-tic
aye this team aint a patch on Brazil teams of the past,
the so called beautiful game is being destroyed by the cheating and corruption
that is going on,Brazil will win this tournament as its the only result that Fifa want
I grew up loving Brazil, don’t know when that changed. Probably with the Ronaldo incident in France ’98 when I realised that Brazil wasn’t a poor nation who believed in pure football, rather it was a rich country just like ours who had sold their souls for the Yankee dollar
Playing this guy Fred is like playing with a man short or am I missing something? Hail Hail Hebcelt
CowieBhoy, can’t make it.
Still decorating and of to London and Germany this week, so no free pass.
Neymar looks in bother
vclxi
22:45
I just caught a fish :)))
Hebcelt
No …he’s terrible
vclxi
Eddieinkirkmichael 22.32 the “Jesus will be spinning in his grave” joke is one of my favourites. I wish I could remember which comedian I heard it from so that I could credit him. It’s up there with the Bill Hicks line about if there are any Christians in the audience who may be offended, “Forgive Me.”
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Or the Bill Hicks joke about crosses:
A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. You think when Jesus comes back he ever wants to see a ******* cross? It’s like going up to Jackie Onassis wearing a rifle pendant.”
Another great game this. If we get a good final I’ll call it the best WC ever.
Praecepta,
best of luck in the last 5,although I would rather see an equaliser
Scottish politicians are genetically handicapped cos’ they’re, well, sweaties.
Know your place. Vote Tory toff. You know it makes sense.
the huddle,
do you think this is a good brazil team
Fred means Wayne Biggins in Portuguese.
Or the Rivaldo dive 2002, or Leonardo elbow in 94
This is like watching the MIB at Ibrox….very poor refereeing
gordybhoy64
the huddle,
do you think this is a good brazil team
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I think it’s a good team with a few very good players and an excellent one in Neymar, they are just as good as anything left in the tournament. Are they a great Brazil team, no.
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
22:51 on
4 July, 2014
This is like watching the MIB at Ibrox(or anywhere in Scotland)….very poor refereeing
….PFayr
Not quite – otherwise Brazil would have got a pen by now!
C’mon the Ref! :-)
Winning goal scored by an EPL player. Order is restored. Fank you Sir Alf and the ole Jelly Bean.
There’ll always be an Ingerlund…..
Lhope the goalie never gets the chance to play for Brazil,or BQN will be in meltdown :-)))
Brazil v Germany
just disowned my daughter….we have the picture of henke scoring his second against porto framed and described on our hall ….been there forever…..so in the wake of the harris verdict today I said to her ‘never trust a man with a geographical surname’ her response was where’s savile?……..grrrrr she compounded her error in trying to pick me up in the spelling difference
referee wanker
Game over
Mediocre Brazil stumble on
Moonbeams WD. @ 22:41 o
EmbraMike You still in Windy City?
No – back in Windy Embra – rats
Ray Winstone’s Big Disembodied Heid
Winning goal scored by an EPL player. Order is restored. Fank you Sir Alf and the ole Jelly Bean.
There’ll always be an Ingerlund…..
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Oi Ray, Luiz doesn’t play in the EPL anymore
the huddle,
I think they are an average team,with one or two good players,and Neymar who although brilliant at times is a cheating wee rat
I hope Germany will be able to defend or protect themselves against these hoodlums.