It’s always dangerous to welcome news that an opponent will be without an automatic first choice player – think back to last month, when news of Leigh Griffiths’ injury broke, forcing Brendan Rodgers into playing Moussa Dembele against Newco. Well-resourced teams have strong squads, but for every Dembele waiting in the wings, there are a dozen or more Pukkis.
So while news that Borussia Monchengladbach are likely to be without striker, Raffael, winger, Thorgan Hazard and central defender, Andreas Christensen, is encouraging, it’s no more than that. It’s little more than Celtic replacing Roberts, Griffiths and Sviatchenko (three nailed-on starters at the beginning of the season) with Forrest, Dembele and Simunovic.
The absences will have no impact on Brendan Rodgers game planning, but it might play on the mind of Gladbach manager, Andre Schubert, who is dealing with the first run of sustained disappointing results since he was promoted from Gladbach reserve coach last season.
Manchester City looked vastly more accomplished than Gladbach when they met in the opening group game, so the draw City took at Celtic Park, and the manner in which they were forced to fight for it, is likely to convince Schubert that a point would be a good result for his team.
A draw would be an inconclusive result for both teams chances of finishing above the other, but a win for either team would be the most important result of the group.
Looking for tickets for the semi-final on Sunday?
Celtic sponsor, Intelligent Car Leasing, have given us a pair of tickets for the North Stand (Celtic supporters area). Tickets are all sold, if you or your auntie’s brother’s son want one, this is one of the very few ways left of getting your hands on any!
The pair will be raffled together, to enter, email the address below with the correct spelling of Monchengladbach (clue, this is not a trick question).
I’m not taking this too seriously, so all entries will be considered. Here’s the thing, though, we should be doing what we can for the Celtic Foundation on such a great occasion. While you are entering, why don’t you make a donation to YOUR Foundation here.
The last competition winner made a donation. It was a coincidence. Honest…….
Entries to competition@celticquicknews.co.uk . Competition closes at 14:00 on Thursday, winner will be informed that day. Make sure I have contact details for you, it wouldn’t be the first time someone won a CQN competition and didn’t check their email until after the event.
Good luck, and enormous thanks to Intelligent Car Leasing.
For a short period we are shipping a FREE copy of Paul John Dykes acclaimed book, The Quality Street Gang, with Andy Lynch’s autobiography, Hoops, Stars & Stripes, written with Paul. That’s two quality books for £14.99 + p&p – an absolute bargain.
Order now and the CQN Bookstore. We take delivery of Andy’s book later this week, they will be arriving with you soon thereafter.
Fill your boots before The Quality Street Gang offer ends.
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Hello again all you young rebels.
Finally crawled back home from the rebel peninsula, don’t know
who’s idea it was to have a food and wine tasting festival on our
Celtic weekend but they deserve a medal. As per usual the hoops
were everywhere and after our bhoys had made a few trawls up
and down the main st. it was a wonder there was any wine left
for the visitors.
Talking about visitors, ALMORE’S bhoy Dr Marc graced us with
his presence and what a lovely lhad and a real pleasure for us all
to meet him, as has all the CQN family members who have made
the effort to visit us this side of the planet.
Well, free wine, cheap Guinness and malt whisky is a powerful mix
and as you can imagine our Celtic day was a great success again
and with Capt.Spalding band belting out music from the 60’s mixed
with rebel tunes from us the dancing was bizarre, think of rock and
roll, Irish dancing, and the twist rolled into one, and that was just
PADDYMACOZ kidding on he was trying to find his wallet to buy a
round :-))
More new members signed up and a Welsh family approached us
and enquired if they could join explaining that they didn’t know
much about football but they knew of BBJ and they loved the Celtic
atmosphere.
Think were gonna need a bigger club.
H.H Mick
Big Jimmy
Your jokes are getting worse
When we played Gladbach in a pre season friendly 3 years ago, some of their challenges were of a Lasleyesque nature.
Ter Stegen was their goalie absolutely clattered Tony Watt about 20 yards out. If it was a competitive game, Ter Stegen would have walked.
Dessybhoy, the polis are taking their lead from the media and politicians who are keen to stamp out any public anti hun (and by hun I mean rampaging horde) demonstrations. As a result blow up dolls are deemed more serious than sectarian fueled vandalism. Common sense doesnt come in to it when you are chasing the budget to keep your specialist unit funded for the next 5 years. The bottom line is that we are more attractive targets for them.
GEORDIE MUNRO on 18TH OCTOBER 2016 7:31 PM
HEADTHEBALL @ 5:18 PM
“you don’t want to cross our Brendan.”
Bit racist that clip is it not? ;))
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Probably in Southern States so would get away with it ;)
HH
Belfast Joe.
Go into settings and switch java script off.
I think I had the same problem, Almore told me to do that and its worked for me, so far.
HAMILTONTIM.
Survey completed. Good luck.
Phil`s site is available again for those who like to read of the continuing tale of potential woe at Waterworld..
STAIRHEEDRAMMY
For most of Scotlands stormtroopers we are the only target.
A perfect representation of Scotlands shame.
I see the team 5th in the Bundesliga , two points ahead of our opponents tomorrow, are leading Sporting 0-2 AWAY. That is an indicator of the task we have tomorrow.
JJ
Melbourne Mick: We spoke to Dr Marc on Sunday and he was thrilled with the way you and Paddymacoz looked after him. Can’t wait to go into the Bad Ass Cafe with our polo shirts from Down Under.
He supports the idea of a Celtic store in Melbourne but says he’d prioritise the fans’ café beside the superstore:-)
Míle buíochas for all your help.
JNP:Many thanks try tomorrow.Time
” We don’t play against a typical Scottish team, we’re playing Celtic. They play in the Champions League because they are good.”
Cristoph Kramer, BMG
….and goodnight all.
Golf in the morning then another trip to the Magnificent Celtic Park.
JJ
Hot Smoked @ 8.49
Quote of the month
Good Evening.
Here’s a little caption competition…
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-turds/
Anyone else still unable to get on to Phil Mac’s site? A number of posters have said he’s up and running again, but I just get a blank page.
I think a win tomorrow night will be up there with our best in recent years, given where we have been in the last few years.They played really well v Barca a few weeks ago, their GK threw 2 in.We will need another high energy, high pressing 14 man performance IMO.A draw isn’t the worst result.
Jeezo, quiet on here tonight…
Been with CQN since the start and it is a fantastic achievement by Paul67 and team. Only visit occasionally now as very few interesting characters or opinions remain. Too much in-fighting and drivel. Can’t believe only around a dozen posts per hours at a peak time – used to be a dozen a minute not so long ago.
Standards have fallen as the CQN focus has shifted from blog to publishing. Paul67 used to ensure decent standards of language and content so that it was a safe place for people of all ages. Some of the stuff now makes the daily mail look enlightened.
Hope we can work together to bring it back towards former standards in this 50th anniversary year celebrating one of the greatest ever team sporting achievements.
Tomorrow is going to be another tough but magical Euro night!
Timgreen
I get the feeling …you like shit stirring.
anyone else know the feeling of when you say “you can get my ticket I’ll be on holiday.” and it seems fine! but then you’re on holiday and the game’s tomorrow and all the bars are saying “no amigo, barca man city” and you start saying to the wife “it was your idea to go at the october week” … or is that just me!!
so i’ll try this from spain.
CELTIC
Pointing at you lot back home!!
Badabing
Hi mate.seen yir hero Springsteen on C4 News bout U.S elections.he is also on newsnight beeb2 later on same subject
HH
booooooooooooh
try it again!
CELTIC
Qf
CeeeeLTIC!
come on you bhoys in green!
Qf
Gone to my bed…need to rest up for GOING to gemme the morra.hh
AT- many thanks i will record it HH
voguepunter
thanks for the indulgence!
lucky bastard!!
VFR
You at the corner tomorrow or are you a continuity gazeboer.
DebtsmustbepaidCsc
QF
Good luck mhate.hh
As my old dad used to say when he couldn’t get to a game.
bring me back a result.
hail hail!
Phil’s ‘new look’ site …
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/glasgow-is-green-and-white-and-no-red-flags/
http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/celtic/celticshamrock.htm
HH
ALMORE
Sorry I’m late getting back to you, had to put my auld body
back under the duvie cover, still suffering.
Dr Marc is a real credit to you and your family and I’ve told
him i will let him know about our christmas BBQ day on 4th
Dec. before he goes home to see his maw and paw.
I’ll visit your cafe next time home, hopefully ,and nail anybody
i can find from sales and merchandising to badger them
about investment over here to help us keep the Celtic ethos
alive and into the next century.
H.H Mick
GEAROID1998 on 18TH OCTOBER 2016 10:28 PM
Depends what time I get out of Coias at. I know you won’t flee the country for ten spot so nae worries. I can get it another time if need be.
FAC the Act
KTF
Goooooooood evening CQN:-)
Really slow blog today, not surprised- I tried to log in this afternoon on my works hi tech and powerful system, and was gobbled up by an advert which kept tripping my session.
Now on iPad, which also appears to be acting much slower on this BT infinity
Are these adverts taking up too much memory/speed ? With graphics ?
Anyway, hopefully by this time tomorrow I’ll be home, hoarse, but celebrating 3 pts :-)
Oh and I hope it’s dry, I got soaked at last game, as I’ve been moved down nearer the front in North Stand, as sponsors take my seats
Hail Hail
Hi Celts,
Hope to be in town early and a dry day so I can have a dander round George Square.Glasgow is green and white.
Will be in blane valley from after 4.hope to share a beer or 2 before the game with fellow Celts :-)
See yiz in there
HH