Malmo’s season started well. They were undefeated in their first eight games, recording wins against current league leaders, Gothenburg, and recent champions, Helsingborg, as well as a 2-2 draw at Elfsborg, but form soon slumped.
They’ve only recorded back to back wins in the league once since. Wednesday’s 3-0 over Salzburg is by some measure their best result of the season. Right now, there will be a lot of football fans in Austria wondering how on earth Salzburg are out of the Champions League. There’s a fair chance there’s just as many fans in Sweden wondering how Malmo remain in the competition, but there are clues.
Salzburg lost narrowly to Rapid Vienna days before the capitulation in Sweden, the second reversal in two league games this season. They beat a team from a regional league in the cup (0-7) but that and the 2-0 win over Malmo is the only positives in an early season full of panic.
Preseason friendlies are not to be regarded as an indication of anything, but home win over a weak-looking Southampton was the only friendly in which they avoided defeat in four attempts. At most this indicates their fitness was behind the curve.
The most telling inferences from all of these stats is that the margins between success and failure for Malmo, Salzburg, and Celtic, are tight. We could and should have beaten Maribor a year ago. Dedryck Boyata’s late goal against Qarabag transpired to be all that separated us from them. We are looking fit, and organised, but you and I both know we’ve yet to spark up front. We have a lot of work to do in the margins before the end of the month.
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Is that the Champions League or the defunct very worthy European Cup.?
I did say I was posting on an empty head.
HH.
GORDON64 on 8TH AUGUST 2015 6:30 PM
Celtics greatest goal scorer James McGrory scored 55 (fifety five) hatricks. 267CSC
i counted 59, all competitions
Hello Norman – you’d better be careful in that big bad city!
What a time for mayo to score – right on ht
Saturday Night Quiz ah?
I’ve got one…
Name the 5 players who have played with Maradona AND Messi
Good luck
B-)
Courtois does a Craig Gordon but actually catches the man and WAS the last man. Correct decision.
Evening all, first post on the new site, looking good although I have to say/I have found it a bit more difficult to view on my Blackberry,, which has meant my productivity at work has risen. please make it more user friendly for mobiles, so that I can get back to some serious loafing at work
ARiel Ortega , riquellme , Batistuta, The big guy who played with inter Milan until he was 39…legs like tree trunks
North Cyprus (formerly Baku) Bhoy on 8th August 2015 6:39 pm Hello Norman – you’d better be careful in that big bad city!
Don’t worry about me Eddie, I’m sure I’m gonna be fine….
J McCormick 6.29
I watch football all the time, BT sport goes from Brazil to France to EPL to Scottish championship, I look forward to any live game as an armchair fan but after minutes I lose interest, when it comes to Celtic I am encapsulated even back in the teletext day, even worse when I went to the games, by the way I hope the recuperation on the running is back on track (or treadmill)
Hail Hail
Ruggygman
Riquelme is correct. I think ur talkin about Zanetti at Inter
Everyone says him…but its not right
:-p
Ortega…? No?
Crespo ?
Here you go Norman! :-)
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Watching the Chelsea Swansea game. How the Chelsea goalie and the Swansea No 6 are still on the field surprises me.
Charles Kickham. ……………could be Mayor’s year to slay their demons.
Saint Stivs on 8th August 2015 5:55 pm – See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/a-lot-of-work-in-margins-needed-before-malmo/comment-page-3/#comments
simpson i’m just out of mass and that question was in my mind.
Might just be in from the pub , and not a betting man , however we will beat Malmo home and away , anybody know the odds on this ?
Oh, I see the goalie was ordered off. Begovic is now there. Shows you how much attention I was paying. In fact, it is a good game.
Marspapa
Are you around mate?
Ortega is surprisingly incorrect too
As is Crespo
So is there 2 Norman’s posting on CQN :-)
Auldheid – from earlier re: Kodi
Glad to see you ditching Sky, I’ve still got BT Sports as I’m kinda tied in.
I prefer to watch fitba on the telly if I can’t be there so that’s why I have been banging on about everyone getting a wee kodi boax.
I know you can download kodi to PC/laptop but not the same watching fifty fae there.
Sky would be happy to see Scottish fitba die as they could focus even more on EPL.
THEIR downfall could be the CL TV that they missed out on, oh and Spanish, German an Italian fitba.
Add to this toxic mix the anti-Celtic bias that exists and I can only conur that you would be aff your heid to prop up these bassas!
So well done Auldheid, starve them out.
PS. Anyone who has contacted me regarding any kodi problems I will be in touch with shortly. Family and holiday getting in way.
HT
You need his number ?
HT
Just sent him a text telling him you are looking for him
I’ve asked a few bhoys about the buses from Blantyre
Celtic ~ 8/13 to win at home.
Celtic ~ 8/13 to qualify for Group stages and Malmo ~ 6/4
Batistuta?
Art of War
A good mhate in the know, said ensure you download
– iptv stalker –
copy the zip file onto box, laptop or tablet
Assures me it is the top program out there for all systems ?
Mr P
You CDM approved ? Will drop you an email
Hail Hail
Cowiebhoy/BT
Cheers lads. He’d asked me to get him two tickets for the first few away games for him and his daughter. I’ve got him 2 for tomorrow but don’t have a number for him. If either of you could pass on my number to him and let him know that would be great.
Just heading for dinner so might not have Internet access.
Pracepta
Batigol is (again surprisingly) incorrect
Tbh
There is one u shud get. The others are very difficult
Aow
Disappointed with chelski coverage tonight
Too much buffering
Reading on FB lots of problems today
hankray
Mayo dominating – donegal can’t respond – would never have predicted such a big score margin
Not an IT man, my son downloaded Kodi by following a clip on You Tube.
Have had all the matches today.
HH,
Clogher
HT
You still in Portugal?
I’ll text him your number and let him know
I might have the shadows numbers too
St Stivs I stand corrected. I would not wish to under estimate the great James McGrory’s amazing goal scoring achievement. HH
HT
Done
Stumped but will try Zanetti?
Think he was about 38 when he retired?
Surely the end of an era for Donegal.
Great while it lasted.