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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Phyllis dietrichson
Of course I believe you I think we played Real Sociedad the Basque mob about the same time, 1980 was my first ever old firm game, the infamous cup final, I was 10yr old in a mixed car, the guy driving was a Rangers fan (they were Rangers back then) my mum and his mum were old school gossiping over the back wall, he was probably the only guy my mum would have let me go with, Lennybhoy you know the Celtic fan in the car with us, he drank in the West End (langloan) then the Georgian hotel……….anyway I digress, FrannyB if you are still about I had the odd pint in the West End (Airsrie) back in the 2000s as I interloper to Whinhall (Davidson Steet) for a few years, obviously those are years I will never get back, did you ever travel on the bus from St Margerets chapel, we travelled up to Aberdeen in the 90s with them all the time
Cork celt
weefra
Any one who has met him has stated on here that he is a lovely man,
I have no doubt that this is true.
However some of his behaviour on here is crazy.
He fell out with me ages ago over ronny out. Fair enough, I deserve it. But it is just a silly joke, after a match I said weefra out. He took offence.
Then he objected to people posting in foreign languages ( irish mainly but Latin and french also) he thought people might be having a go at him in a foreign language.
Then came the nuke the lotta dem remark
Personally I think the guy has issues
Praecepta – to get one of the 22 automatic places – it’s all about the coefficient. This is made up of two elements – the country coefficient and the club coefficient. The country coefficient is hopeless for us as the likes of Aberdeen, St. Johnstone, Inverness etc keep getting knocked out so early. So we rely entirely on the club coefficient, which obviously improves the more points you get in the Champions League.
My main point is that Benfica have consistently aimed to be 3rd in their Champs League group, so that they can then get a successful run in the Europa League, where they pick up the same coefficient points.
It’s a great strategy – they end up in Pot 1 of the Champions League each year, they come third, they do well in Europa so they keep their coefficient high – a virtuous circle.
I feel as if I’m barking at the moon with this theory – so tomorrow I’ll do you the stats on the last six years for them – how many times they’ve been top seeds, how many times they’ve finished third, and how many times they’ve then had a successful Europa League campaign.
Soal
Your Johnny rotten
Lenny Izzy had a decent game on Wednesday but was still caught out of position too often. Not good enough for CL.
VP 10.25am
If people were walking the streets glorifying The 1st or 2nd world war it would be stopped, you as a tax payer should sue the council for loss of earnings ! Let the orange order pay (at least double fare)
BT
No way that is the PF man
WITS
……..Welsh took a doin’ that nicht an aw!
:)
Popty-Ping CSC
Evening loonies.
Lennybhoy, BT and Cowiebhoy many thank yous for helping sort the tickets for Marspapa.
LATCHFORD 2013
I’ve long been of the opinion-stated it here frequently-that Celtic PLC knew the script wi Rangers.
They knew they were gubbed and decided to let things run their course. Had they got involved with sanctions of any sort,they would have been crucified.
Kicking a man when he’s down,etc.
And entirely unjustified because…
Celtic letting it go,trusting to the laws of the land,the laws of the game,any law you care to mention,would give the same result.
Liquidation,and cheerio cheerio.
I don’t blame Celtic for what has happened. I blame a criminal abuse of every law applicable to this particular case.
HAMILTONTIM
Prescient,you got on just in time!
Bankiebhoy
Yes I remember that now
It was all a bit of crack,
Remember folks Its just a blog. Nothing more nothing less. HH
evening everyone
have been on holiday and had no wifi for over a week so apologise in advance if this has been asked recently
having cancelled sky sports around 2 months before the end of last season i have gone the whole hog and cancelled the whole package so am looking for a kodi box.
i have some info on what stuff to download once buying it for tv, movies and sports to work but see many different models available
which model of box can you recommend.?
if thunder roads is reading then thanks for the offer of help re a tattoo design, i havn’t got your mail addy from paul67 yet due to being on holiday but will do so and mail you in the next 2 or 3 days.
@ hebcelt.. perhaps planning a couple of days in stornoway next week, any recomendations for food and or b&b, thanks in advance
The Spirit of Arthur Lee on 8th August 2015 10:33 pm
Take a Pil…..
WHATISTHESTARS
I speak to WEEFRA twice a week,and I know he hasn’t had his problems to seek.
He didnae need me to defend him-and some of the time I wouldn’t!-but trust me on this,he is as good as it gets.
Any friend of DENA29,the Guinness Slayer,is a friend of mine!!!!!
WITS – 10.29pm
If anybody has issues with your Ronny out surely it should be me !
Ronny must stay
Treat the blog as a blog, fellow Celtic fans, funnily enough Mr Pastry or Thompson Twin have never replied to me every time I ask them about our team…….
It takes me all my time to post on a Celtic blog, how sad to try and be somebody you hate
Hail Hail
Gordon
Agreed. It should be fun.
GERRYFAETHEBRIG on 8TH AUGUST 2015 10:33 PM
VP 10.25am
If people were walking the streets glorifying The 1st or 2nd world war it would be stopped, you as a tax payer should sue the council for loss of earnings ! Let the orange order pay (at least double fare)
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Wouldn’t cover the cost of fumigating the cab.
Blooming heck,i write possibly my longest post ever on her and get no replies,
think I will be for the flouncing as well
Bmcuw
How so young M?
WITS
When I require a character reference, you would be the last of my choices to give one.
Bobby murdoch
I don’t doubt what you say for a minute about is true. He seems well liked by anyone who has met him. ….but some of his contributions on here are erratic
HAMILTONTIM on 8TH AUGUST 2015 10:33 PM
Your welcome mate, hope you had a nice meal.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Mick, cheers buddy. The blog is doing my nut in. Talk soon buddy. Byeeee
voguepunter/gerryfaethebrig,
Consider yourselves fairly lucky lads as 40,000 Apprentice Boys and 140 bands traipsed round Derry today in the biggest parade Ireland or Britain sees in the entire calendar.
Thankfully these days Nationalists ignore it totally and this really gets to them.
A massive cloudburst made my day and gave the mutants a right good wash.
Marvellous stuff..☺
Phyllis Dietrichson on 8th August 2015 10:30 pm
A good post about what appears to be Benfica’s strategy in Europe. I’ll be keeping an eye on the odds for their CL group games!!
All this world’s a stage……………and the bangers
have their own fuming contribution to make……..
sometimes it’s centre-stage and at other times it’s
“exits stage left”………
It’s rarely good-bye and more likely
……………….au-revoir!
:)
The Chelsea keeper sending off today. Similar incident to craig Gordon last week ??
Anyone think
Tricoloured Ribbon
Good on ye mhate…I ignore them too….just venting some rage on ere :O)
Speyside lhad
This is one we have , I think
http://www.amazon.co.uk/M8-Android-Streaming-Jailbroken-streaming/dp/B00ZCEX0BA/ref=sr_1_17?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1439070144&sr=1-17&keywords=m8+android+tv+box+fully+loaded
Nakasammi – believe me me I’ve had a couple of profitable nights myself.
VP 10.40am
My cousin taxi driver out here, who is obviously Celtic daft always worked when those bams were walking, he said he made a fortune, he then stopped as one day one eijit clocked his Saint Christopher next to his mirror, (norn Ireland accent) thankfully one of them had a bit of sense and stopped the other 3 eijits from attacking him, little did the clowns know St Christopher was looking after them travelling…..
wits,
Courtois caught yer man on the knee.Thought it was a bit sleekit to be honest .
Watching MOTD.
Can managers not be gracious in defeat/draws??? Mourinho has no class.
Right gordy,
What were ye doin at a Dumbarton v Hibs game?
Lennybhoy
Another lovely wee night and now sitting on the veranda having a night cap.
Phyllis D
Get where you’re coming from. Been looking at the stats and if you assume 17 of the 22 places go to the top 3 leagues (x3) and next 4 (x2) = 17.
So that leaves 15 dived as follows; 5 (x1) top seeds, 5 (x1) from the top countries that get 3/4 places and 5 (x1) via the Champions Route = 15 – makes up the 32!
So in effect we would need to jump up 20 places minimum (20+ co-e points = last 16 with 4+ wins = 5 chances) to get an automatic Group Stage place (or win the Europa) – otherwise we will continue to be in the Champion’s Route (= 5 chances).
Tough gig!