There has been a bit of revisionist nonsense expressed recently which appeared to damn the achievements of the current team by comparing them to the great Martin O’Neill side, but Martin’s team were known to struggle in qualifying on occasion.
Let the record show, four wins from four games. Three clean sheets, two of which were achieved away from home. The remainder of the tournament will present stiffer challenges but Celtic are a completely different team than the side which lost heavily in Utrecht two years ago.
This is what planned, sustainable, progress tastes like.
The Champions League proper will be difficult for Celtic to win; no fewer than 12 former European Champions battle to reach the Wembley final, but we are one of them and we’re there on merit. After a four year absence the excitement of those early Champions League nights at Celtic Park against Rosenborg, Porto and Juventus has returned to the club.
Bring it on.
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Phew…. Could have been worse. Bring on the Barca :-)
So that’s a return to Celtic Park for Aiden and Messi.
starry plough
– > Sorry – is this somehow a good thing?
Is Mathews quicker than McGeady……….
We’ll soon find out
HH
We can qualify from that group!!!
Bring it on
When did we last play Benfica?
1st Nov 2006
That should be G7…Group G
sick of the sight of Barca and Benfica! We could go through right enough.
can’t believe I actually feel slightly disappointed at that draw as we’ve played them before. Still. Fantastic trips there previously with exception of Spartak for me.
All previous winners in our group except Spartak
leftclicktic
17:35 on 30 August, 2012
Barca,Porto,Spartak & Celtic
Nope it is Benfica not Porto.
Barca again :-/
;-)
londonBhoy
that was for you, it was my 40th and I watched it in euro disney…
0 3 in Lisbon
Have we signed anyone yet?
Who is at Ross Hall checking the medical appointments?
we are through ……………………………
bigJoethinksITSeasy
3rd place finish, at least…right?
Good draw, though not much new to see
Did I hear him right when he said we won the cup in 1997? So that’s twice we have won it. Why not two stars? Lol
We could get second place in that group….
How many times will we have to play benfica and Barca for God sake before we get a chance to see some fresh opposition. Disappointing.
glad we didn’t get chelsea but would rather we didn’t have to play spartak moscow either, will have to put aside my admiration for aiden mcgeady for 2 matches!!!!
LuxCelt
I like Aiden as a player and as a person if that’s okay with you…
Pot 4 team in Group C is Málaga. They have to fancy their chances of getting through.
United get a typically easy draw!
A – Porto, Dynamo Kiev, PSG, Zagreb
B – Arsenal, Schalke, Olympiakos, Montpellier
C – AC Milan, Zenit, Anderlecht, Malaga
D – Real Madrid, Man City, Ajax, Dortmund
E – Chelsea , Shaktar Donesk, Juventus,Nordjelland
F – Bayern, Valencia, Lille, Bate
G – Barcelona, Benfica,Spartak Moscow, Celtic
H – Manchester United, Braga, Galatasaray,Cluj
Just seen the draw, we have the glamour and the possibility of progress, couldn’t be much better, very happy.
Think that’s not a bad draw for the hoops IMO.
See the Japanese CH has signed for Southampton.
HH
Milan’s group would have been best in terms of last 16 qualification.
Do Sevco get placed automatically in the QF? For the good of all the teams?
Group D
total nightmare
Madrid, City, Ajax, Dortmund
Will city be knocked out again?
Group D really is a belter – Madrid, man city, Ajax, and Dortmund.
Benfica and Spartak are beatable….we could have had a worse draw…bring it on.
Hail Hail
ffs what a group D is!!
Glad we were in the same pot as CFR Cluj…
No doubt the daily rankers would have run with a headline of ‘Down the Cluji’ if we had them in our group and they beat us.
Also happy to avoid Group D…what a group!!
We’ll skoosh that! Who is coming 2nd? That is the question.
Group D – Proper champions group ?
cheeeeeeeeeers for that team………………..
think you all milked it a bit though
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BigJoestandingBY