Celtic did not do enough to earn three points against Motherwell on Saturday. Kyogo’s turn and shot – off target, Rocco Vata’s cross onto the head of Oh – also off target, were as close as we came, but it was insufficient. Without Hatate and Jota, we are easier to defend against, without Abada, we have one less match-winner.
This far into the season, you and I are familiar with time-wasting antics; Motherwell excelled in this department. An injured player, mostly off the field, managed to cling to some on-field territory for an entire physio visit. Another rolled around in distress after bumping into the chest of Oh. Motherwell’s Kevin van Veen was already booked when he carried a second ball onto the field in a blatant attempt at time-wasting. Referee John Beaton looked the other way.
Fair play to Motherwell. If we are back in the Bernabeu on Champions League duty, I would expect Celtic to do the same. It is the referee who sets the parameters for time-wasting. The game will be disrupted until he shows sufficient resolve to caution players. Or he can just acquiesce and be party to a farce.
Celtic already have a Coronation Cup, so it’s appropriate for the club to win a Coronation League on the weekend of 6/7 May. It would be even better if Hibernian were the opposition, ‘ensure Parkhead is covered in shamrocks of green.’
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St.Anthony
@Stephen4_2
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Apr 20
One of the great Celtic images from the 1960’s. Billy McNeill with arms outstretched after giving Celtic an early lead in the 199 SCF. A 4-0 rout of Rangers followed with an incredible 132,000 looking on.
@mcneill_libby
https://twitter.com/Stephen4_2/status/1648923161386180610/photo/1
There’s only one King Billy…..
And that’s McNeill.
What a leader.
There is an obvious slot on Sunday 7th May on sky schedule for us to play. Early Sunday. Hopefully 12pm !!!
Lisbon Lion
@tirnaog_09
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Apr 20
Celtic clinching the 1966 title at Fir Park. It was to be the start of 9 successive title wins and of course gave Celtic entry into the European cup the following season. I wonder how they got on? :-)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1648956127827165189
Saint Stivs
Celtic wen ton to win the European Cup, ok I googled it!
*went on
McPhail
Yes but BBC sports led the next day with a report on the shinty from Kingussie.
Burnley78
To be fair to the BBC it was a cracking match in Kingussie
when we started returning to football post lockdown, i worried for a while that the supporting behaviours would change, just like going to work maybe people would care less about actually attending football matches,
that in itself though ignores the emotional attachment that scottish supporters have to their team, the location, the stadium, the experience of the whole end to end day/weekend, even the travel (i learnt more about scotland looking out the shammy bus on awaydays than i ever did reading books) and offcourse the history and memories of games past and our people we lost.
so this season crowds up again,
given it is a one horse race really , ity is incredible that support is up everywhere, and indeed that is without these clubs ever selling out for a celtic game and rather leave stands empty.
11 out of 12 …………..
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Inside The SPFL
@AgentScotland
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2h
3,320,737 fans attended #Premiership matches in 2022-23, the highest it’s ever been at the end of the regular season, attendance is up 13.86% & 5% increase on the last full pre-Covid season(18-19)
Averaging 1.86% a week it’s the best supported league Per Capita in World Football
https://twitter.com/AgentScotland/status/1650484833418633217/photo/1
Hearing no fixtures to be announced today.
I must be close to breaking the refresh button on fixtures list page.
St Stivs
It is good to see that.
Also it seems at CP that most of the season book seats are being used for most of the games unlike previous. Notable on Saturday for instance. Stadium nearly full. So actual attendances will be well up.
Aipple
Same re fixtures
It must be a complex one with public order issues around Coronation etc. These bloody Chelsea fans can’t be trusted.
Probably make us play on Monday 8th at 12 noon or 7.45pm
Remember these arseholes could not organise a piss up in a brewery unlike BRRB who could organise that anywhere.
Fans especially Celtic fans do not enter their thinking.
If Police Scotland are under staffed due to cuts and reforms tough titty. We pay their feckin wages.
And dont get me started on away grounds against Celtic when home ends are empty there should be sanctions and fines against these Klubs.
If you want to sell a product like football the 1st thing you want is full stadiums for tv spectators to sit up and go wow…
Let me take charge.
D :)
They can Police umpteen Orange walks on the same day each year.
Sameoldpolicecorruptasfeck
D :)
I would like to see Bernabei given a run at left wing he has pace can beat a man and is wiry, problem being if his full back is a similar height it is an obvious issue when defending, hopefully when the league is won the young man can get a run there.
MCPHAIL BHOY on 24TH APRIL 2023 4:16 PM
Saint Stivs
Celtic wen ton to win the European Cup, ok I googled it!
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the company i work for sponsors Internazionale. because the big boss was a supporter.
i impressed him one time in a meeting by learning the Inter team from 67 . and rhyming it off, parrot style,
i called it their greatest acheivement being runners up to the lisbon lions
GK 1 Italy Giuliano Sarti
SW 6 Italy Armando Picchi (c)
RB 2 Italy Tarcisio Burgnich
CB 5 Italy Aristide Guarneri
LB 3 Italy Giacinto Facchetti
CM 4 Italy Gianfranco Bedin
CM 8 Italy Sandro Mazzola
CM 10 Italy Mauro Bicicli
RW 7 Italy Angelo Domenghini
CF 9 Italy Renato Cappellini
LW 11 Italy Mario Corso
Manager:
Argentina Helenio Herrera
He however told me a very different story that I had never really considered, that allthough inter were european champions and indeed going for 3 in a row, in the run up to lisbon their domestic form had been a disaster, and as a 13 year old fanatic he watched the team collapse, they had lost suarez the striker and stopped scoring goals, it was not purely cattencio as the tactic, they had to defend leads because they stopped scoring.
he told me they did not win any of the last 6 league games and had a demoralising loss to juve a couple of weeks before the final and that had a huge impact on their mentality.
the league was in touching distance but they managed to draw twice at home the week before lisbon, and in his opinion, Herrara had losdt the edge and advanatage and in going for a historic treble they lost the lot by the classical prioritiscing the importance of a future fixture rather than the next game.
he also told me they got taken to a play off against sofia, soemwhere neutral, but struggled to get through.
and allthough considered still as favourites, he said the italian supporters had lost belief in the team and that his own father and uncles did not think they would win in lisbon and if they went behind they would lose the game.
he did praise Stein as being a master tactician and every bit as good as his team.
in summing it up he said Inter where there for the taking had peaked when beating an ageing Madrid, and it was their turn to suffer the fate.
intersting i thought to hear it from the oppostion side.
maybe those who were there could share an opinion on that ?
Burnley78,
I for one hope the home games are on a Saturday. Can’t make lunchtime Sundays.
Burnley78
I have never been down south in Italy.it will be crazy for a while when all confirmed.
Enjoy have a great time.
Some scenes.
HH
There’s no early EPL game on TV on Sunday 7th May
“We just knew, even after 15 minutes, that we were not going to keep them out. It was a miracle that we were still 1-0 up at half-time. Sometimes in those situations your confidence increases and you start to believe. Not on that day. Even in the dressing room at half-time we looked at each other and we knew we were doomed…
(Following the equaliser) “I remember at one point Picchi turned to the goalkeeper and said ‘Giuliano, let it go, just let it go. Sooner or later they’ll get the winner’. I never thought I would hear those words. I never imagined my captain would tell our keeper to throw in the towel. But that shows how destroyed we were at that point. It’s as if we did not want to prolong the agony.”
Inter Milan defender Tarcisio Burgnich speaking about the game years later, from ‘Inverting The Pyramid – A History of Football Tactics’ by Jonathan Wilson (2008)
“We were also angry with the manager because he had watched them play and hadn’t told us they were so good.”
Inter Milan legend Sandro Mazzola (2017)
Top flight clubs will be kept waiting until Tuesday to discover the post split fixture list.
St Stivs…………..yes the halcyon days of Scottish football when titles were hard earned. Celtic of course winning the European Cup and Rangers beaten in the European Cup winners Cup final all in 1967. Scottish teams were a force in Europe in those days.
Parkheadcumsalford
I phoned up to join a Pilates class
The trainer said ‘are you flexible?’
I said ‘well I can’t do Tuesdays’
Hankray/St Stivs
Apols if already posted
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52439318
read that this morning.
the beeb and stv could do more on tv with this stuff. a european history for scottish clubs wou;d be good.
BURNLEY78
Lord help the English Prem (not really) if Millwall make it up. How many London teams would that be?
dundee the only scottish city with two existing clubs who reached a european cup semi final
Moravcik67
@Moravcik67_
1. Euro stuff. Here’s some gibberish about what’s in store for Scottish clubs in 23/24.
Next season will be the last to use the current 32 team group stage format before moving to the new 36 team format in 24/25.
For Scotland, 23/24 will be much the same as 22/23.
Moravcik67
@Moravcik67_
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Apr 23
2. We finished the 21/22 season 9th in the rankings. This means we’ll have 5 teams in Europe again next season, with 3 guaranteed group stage football of some kind.
Our champion will again go straight into the CL group stage. Who wins the CL this year won’t change that.
Moravcik67
@Moravcik67_
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Apr 23
3. Our runner-up will start in QR3 of the non-champion route of CL qualifying – so two rounds to reach the CL groups.
If they don’t qualify for the CL they’re guaranteed the Europa groups at worst, regardless of what CL round they’re knocked out of.
https://twitter.com/Moravcik67_/status/1650149827190087682
The Celtic machine now freewheeling to a second title on the trot although not at their best on Saturday by all accounts and heading for the pot of gold in the Champions League. A fantastic achievement by Ange and the lads.
Next up it’s yet another derby to be won and the treble. I always felt that the Hoops had the quality up front to dismantle the shaky Rangers defence in the previous encounter where they had to rely on fa full back to keep them in the match although I do rate Tarvenier as a decent player.
Watched the Brighton Man U game yesterday and the seasiders very unlucky not to have won the game in normal time. A shocking penalty kick by Jolly March probably on 200 hundred grand a week. I’ve seen some brilliant penalties by GAA players in recent weeks shooting into a smaller goal area than soccer. Upwards and onwards.
Moravcik67
@Moravcik67_
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Apr 23
10. As previously mentioned, we move to a 36 team group stage format in 24/25. The access list for 24/25 will be determined by the final rankings this season. Scotland will again finish 9th.
This means that whoever wins our title next season should go straight into the 24/25 CL.
going straight into the group stages giving us no qualification rounds is an absolute prize worth having.
are we going to japan pre season ?
;pplimg to the accounts how much was sydney worth to us ?
get that other tier built celtic plc ……….
brilliant 2nd caller to ssb
if beale cant beat celtic especially at ibrox, then he has to go
Coneybhoy……….good read. Dundee the standard bearers in Europe.