Did we get a fright at Inverness last week? That’s probably overplaying it a bit, but we didn’t get our own way against a team who have already overachieved this season and are more than capable of raising their game for the big occasion.
This is a team who will have no fears of facing Celtic. They have a manager who will arrive at Hampden tomorrow with a plan to win the game.
John Hughes will not be the only one with such a plan. Ronny Deila knows this game is the most important on the roster between now and the end of the season. Only a potential Scottish Cup Final would be a bigger game. Without wanting to be disrespectful of Aberdeen’s title push, which is an arithmetical challenge only, we are two wins away from winning the treble, and Inverness are the only top flight team who are able to stop us.
It we do achieve a treble this season it will be our first in 14 years. Martin O’Neill’s triumph in 2001 was our only one in 46 years, so we have to wait a long time for these occasions. Unfortunately, it takes only 90 minutes to extinguish the opportunity. A few refereeing decisions the right way and Dundee United had us in a vulnerable place in the last round. Without absolute concentration the same could happen tomorrow and the remainder of our season would take on an exhibition-game feel.
Feeling a bit nervous now.
Keep your eye on Kris Commons, he loves Hampden.
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Season 1966-67 was not a treble winning year.
It was a QUINTUPLE.
Glasgow Cup. We beat the former Govan side at Ibrox in the first round with Bobby Lennox hitting a hat trick. He was like a stray greyhound from Powderhall that night.
League Cup. We beat them again in the final.
Scottish Cup. Beat Aberdeen 2-0 while our minds were already on Lisbon.
Scottish League. Clinched when we drew 2-2 at Ibrox watched by Helenio Herrera. Wee Jinky scored twice and scared the day lights out of the spy.
There’s a few ole Kontermans still sticking pins in a Henrik doll.
Darn hit POST before I could say
No need to mention May 25th 1967 or Lisbon.
thunder road
21:00 on 18 April, 2015
dena29
try again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ZKQfp7D6U
It gives me goooooosebumps every time
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Makes me greet every time!
HH jamesgang
Bobby,
You say it much better than I.
No more from me, as I have bent my own rule of discussing religion or politics…..not to mention the ladies on the blog.
Jimmynotpaul, the one and only Roy Croppie posted the highlights of the game at Ibrox in November 1983. I mentioned some of the stuff that happened in that game. The late Brian Whittaker’s best game for us.
I’m a technical and IT dunderheid, posting links is way beyond me, I only learnt to copy and paste a few months ago.
gg….
All absolutely true…well said!
HH
clogher celt
And they wonder why there are people out there with a grudge.
HH
jamesgang
ya BIG jessie :)
Thunder Road
21:00 on
18 April, 2015
dena29
try again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ZKQfp7D6U
It gives me goooooosebumps every time
yes that worked ……………one word ……SUPERB………
HH
jamesgang
I love ma Da!
Quite right too he is indeed a wise man :-))GlassTwoThirdsFull
21:06 on
18 April, 2015
the_huddle
Just goes to show how over-rated possession is, eh? :-)
an irrelevant statisic ……
.BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
I reckon your beliefs have caused no harm to others-the men of the cloth,Glass and Paisley,may not be so sure of their ground on that one
doubt you’ll get any argument on that :-))
HH
What a sunset tonight, fantastic. Night night Timland.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
SALTIRESENSEVILLA 2114
Surprised you understood it wi the mistakes! Personally I’m still trying to figure out what I really meant and got zig,but heyho…
Thanks for that,mate. Genuinely. I don’t consider myself to be sectarian or bigoted,or any term like it,so it really p’s me off when others make a living from it,especially with a reckless disregard to the likelihood of a death due to feeding poison to willing recipients.
OMG you watch a video and when you get back you’ve missed half a page
ohhh but it was worth it
thank Petec and thunder road
HH
Stringer Bell,
I don’t know about the drink but the quotes about Celtic are genuine. She seems to be a Thistle supporter. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……………………………….
Internet has been down more times in the last day or so than an auld hoores knickers, pain in the bahookey.
So sorry if I don’t reply or take some time too.
HH
From open play,Henke’s goal was the best
From a set play. This.
http://youtu.be/3ECoR__tJNQ
HH
WeefratheTim
21:21 on
18 April, 2015
What a sunset tonight, fantastic. Night night Timland.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Lucky bhoy
night night Weefra
HH
Weefra
I’m full of admiration for anyone who succeeds. Honestly not sure I could achieve that myself.
TET
Our respective fathers sound very similar. My Dad is from Perthshire and had just come down from the highlands. He wasn’t a Celtic fan. But he most certainly admired their principles which he shared.
He didn’t take me to Paradise. But he put me on a road that could only have one destination.
HH jamesgang
dena29
Are you coming over for the game tomorrow?
thunder road
Guilty. Now pass me another hankie! Or is it hanky? Not sure I’ve ever written that word before.
HH jamesgang
Gerryfaethebrig, thanks for your reply.
George McLuskey and our much missed Tommy, both gained a lot of fouls by slipping the ball through opposition players legs, then colliding with the player.
When we beat the Dons at Pittodrie in January 1982, George took the ball wide round Jim Leighton, then cut the ball back to Frank McGarvey who had an open goal. Frank swung at the ball with his left foot, sclaffed it, it came off his right leg, and went behind him, he touched the ball but Scotland’s best ever ref, Willie Miller took it off Frank.
The first and only time I ever saw a player nutmeg himself.
It didn’t affect the result, we beat them 3 1 for the second time that season. I think it was Paul McStay’s league debut and he scored our second.
Thunder Road
21:31 on
18 April, 2015
dena29
Are you coming over for the game tomorrow?
afraid not :-((
HH
Stringer Bell….I was disappointed at that quote also and actually emailed Mhari. She was kind enough to respond and advised me that while she is a Thistle fan she has a number of relatives who are Celtic fans and the comment was taken from something she said when she was 16 and something that she very much regretted. I found her response polite and honest. We all make mistakes but unfortunately in this day and age of social media things can be picked up by people who are able to twist and use for their own advantage.
My ex-brother-in-law, used to work with Wimpey and was pally with a foreman called George Logan who also worked with Wimpey, and he was alright for a hun as much as a hun can be alright.
Well, when the Pope came to Bellahouston some trees had to be removed (they were replaced by new trees after the Papal visit) and George had to oversee this exercise. Now George was a knuckle cruncher of the highest order as well as being a member of the Orange Ludge. Each and every day Pastor Jack Glass and his followers would troop up to Bellahouston and call George all of the Fenian Bassas under the sun, a tad ironic given George’s allegiances.
GG, Jamesgang, Thunder road…
Absolute classic Henrik, loved the way he described the goal in the following interview.
Was looking for the quotes and came across this piece written by Michael Grant in January this year, you might have read it but I missed it first time round.
Great article and describes the goal…
Iconic games have iconic moments. Celtic had won none of the previous season’s four derbies. Larsson had missed them all. Ask a Celtic fan to name Larsson’s greatest goal and the most popular response surely would be the unforgettable finish he delivered five minutes into the second half. Sutton did well to lay a long ball into his path but the goal was pure Larsson. Four touches took him away from Tugay and past Konterman. He was through. Some might have rushed their attempt. Larsson clipped the ball with beautiful impertinence over Klos into the net. The chip, the hairband, the dreadlocks, the tongue out: it was classic Larsson.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/sport/football/6-2-triumph-catapults-celtic-into-new-era-under-oneill.117389180
I Won’t post the whole thing here because it’s quite long but couldn’t resist this bit… Davie Dodds description of Paradise is superb…
This new force shot out of the blocks. 2-1 Dundee United, 1-0 Motherwell, 2-1 Kilmarnock, 4-2 Hearts: 12 points out of 12 going into the Old Firm game. It wasn’t good enough to have them top of the league. Rangers won their first four games too, with more goals and a better goal difference. The stage was set for Advoaat’s imperious Rangers against O’Neill’s rising, expectant Celtic. “After East Anglia, north-west and London derbies it’s time for Chris Sutton to stop pussyfooting around,” said Sky Sports’ coolly accomplished commentator, Ian Crocker. “He’s about to discover the real thing, the mother of all derbies.” The camera lingered on Sutton during the words, as if it knew what was coming next.
The following 11 minutes were arguably the most extraordinary in Old Firm history. Instant pandemonium. Sutton squirted the ball low into the net from a corner after 51 seconds. That was from a Lubo Moravcik corner and after another eight minutes Stilian Petrov headed another past Stefan Klos. Three more minutes, a Moravcik lay-off to Paul Lambert and a sweet drive for 3-0. Celtic were rampant. In the stands there was euphoric disbelief. And noise. “The atmosphere was electric,” said Billy Dodds, one of the Rangers strikers that day. “Honestly, it was scary. I’d been in Old Firm games before but that one was unbelievable. The noise coming out of Parkhead! And it was bang, bang, bang, it got louder and louder and louder, you’re thinking f****** hell this is a whirlwind. The stadium was rocking. Oh my God, they took the roof off. You’re thinking ‘this could be a double figure job if we don’t get to grips with it'” Referee Stuart Dougal put it another way: “I’ve never heard noise like it in my life. Some engineer might tell me it isn’t possible but it felt like the stadium was moving. It was a massive, massive outpouring after years of Rangers having the upper hand.”
Mind you
There’s only one Roy Croppie….
Hail Hail
jamesgang
21:31 on
18 April, 2015
thunder road
Guilty. Now pass me another hankie! Or is it hanky? Not sure I’ve ever written that word before.
HH jamesgang
Tissue :-))
HH
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
21:15 on 18 April, 2015
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I was in quarantine after my transplant and my sleeping was all over the place due to the drugs. I slept in and it was the second half before I got on PC to listen to radio commentary.
It took Gerry McNee an age before he mentioned the score. Although I knew from the funereal tones we were ahead.
I woke the house up and probably the neighbours when he said it was 4-2.
Chairbhoy
Instant pandemonium thats exactly how I will remember that game……..when the whistle went ……..cant remember getting to the bus ………it was like a dream
HH
For all of us who witnessed LGs superb hatrick on Wednesday it is incomprehensible that he will not start tomorrow. RD started with LG against ICT and JG against Killie. Without doubt RDs best formation was when we played JG and LG together.
Thunderroad, just watched the goal compilation and I have a tear in my eye, absolutely brilliant, cheers mate!
Dena
Posh burd!
HH jamesgang
pogmathonyahun aka laird of the smiles
21:33 on 18 April, 2015
My ex-brother-in-law, used to work with Wimpey and was pally with a foreman called George Logan who also worked with Wimpey
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I’m such an erse. I was ‘sitting there thinking Wimpey’ 80s burger joint!!!!!
HH jamesgang
jamesgang
21:47 on
18 April, 2015
Dena
Posh burd!
HH jamesgang
a veritable mrs bucket :-))
HH
Cheeky
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
https://youtu.be/T3kaKcHDils
‘GG
I reckon the noise I made that day was the loudest ever in that club without a drum involved!!!
I had the easy part,watching with the enemy-!-but your day sounds a tad tougher. Tell you what,we both did well to survive,eh?
You look after yourself,bud. Life’s muddy blarvellous,innit?
Jamesgang, that thought did cross my mind when I was writing the post. I used to like the ole Wimpy Spicy Beanburger :-)
the huddle
One of my favourites of all time. Absolute class. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.