A journalist friend in Norway tells me Jo Inge Berget is a traditional no. 10, not a striker. We need both. Kris Commons fills the creative roll almost exclusively, we need someone to share the burden, but we still need a strong, penalty box striker, who can stand up to the pressures of Champions League football.
Best of luck to Tony Watt, best of luck to Standard too, who I hear have put a lot of skin in his contract. Belgium should give him a better chance of fulfilling his potential than anywhere in the UK. It’s head down and work hard time.
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Night night y’all.
Changes to the blog?
No ta.
x
meansong
sorry, offline getting home plus dinner.
broony was used at LB by Tony Mowbray
I know what you mean on Sutton but a half fit Sutton at CH Cup Final 2002 when he club had CHs cost us a final
love the love comments, don’t see many on here!
an ex of mine who I dated late 88, early 89 died recently and after the shock and grief , I am enjoying pulling the old photos and letters. love never dies
BCW
sorry, missed your post.
you are spot on. Ian Andrews. great shot stopper.
he came to Strathclyde Uni for a charity do. Derek Whyte was sober, Ian was lashed and on the pull. He had those, Action Slacks on
presented a prize and my mate shouted ‘don’t drop it!’
he looked crushed
told Derek that he was getting pished cos everyone hated him. Shame
vespacide
not sure you need the magic beans, sounds lush anyway
thindimebhoy
defies logic
if they had the money then there would be no crash
when it crashes , all they have is debt, so can’t pay
jail is the only punishment for bankers
I know, I don’t really care for magic beans, but they where my sacrificial bargaining ploy, drat I am far too transparent.
Hail Hail.
Margaret McGill
who would be the custodians that fit the jersey?
When the aliens (he he) invade all they would have to do is use a global EMP device if they where smart that is. All of the bankers, burger flippers and loudmouths would be completely irrelevant, the third world would not even notice, it would be buisness as usual.
Hail Hail.
Margaret McGill
that sounded a bit curt – sorry
what I mean is, what is the Celtic board that people compare the current one to or is it a comparison with Chelsea, Barca etc
Coneybhoy
Aye some jail time would serve them right with a good dash of community service in the poorer neighbourhoods
Hot off the Scotsman presses
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl/lack-of-commitment-led-to-watt-s-failure-at-celtic-1-3492742
by STEPHEN HALLIDAY IN WARSAW
Updated on the
30 July
2014
01:10
Published 30/07/2014 00:13
CELTIC manager Ronny Deila says a lack of commitment and professionalism cost Tony Watt the chance to fulfil his potential with the Scottish champions.
After just a month working with the Celtic squad, Deila decided Watt was surplus to requirements and the 20-year-old striker was sold to Standard Liege for £1.2 million this week.
Despite a fairytale rise to prominence which included the winning goal against Barcelona in a Champions League match at Parkhead two years ago, Watt was unable to command regular first-team football with Celtic.
A lack of maturity was cited as the problem by Deila’s predecessor Neil Lennon, while Watt’s attitude was also criticised by Lierse coach Stanley Menzo during the player’s loan spell with the Belgian club last season. It is an assessment Deila has also reached.
“You have no chance to achieve your dreams if you don’t work and sacrifice everything,” said Deila. “No player does. It is about commitment.
“If you want to be a Celtic player, then you have to commit and you have to make that sacrifice. You have to live like a top athlete 24 hours a day, seven days a week and then you can reach the top.
“Tony hasn’t progressed as we wanted so far and I think that’s because he hasn’t been getting into the right culture, realising the consequences and changing his mentality.
“I think now it’s good for him to start all over and to be the professional he needs to be to get to the highest level that he can.
“It is no co-incidence that Celtic’s three players at the World Cup finals were Fraser Forster, Emilio Izaguirre and Efe Ambrose. They are top professionals. They stay after training, they go to bed at 10pm, they do everything perfect. The culture they have is the one we want to give the young Scottish players.”
Deila has replaced Watt in his squad with Norwegian international Jo Inge Berget on loan from Cardiff City, the 23-year-old registered in time to be available for tonight’s Champions League third qualifying round, first leg meeting with Legia Warsaw in Poland.
Fate has decreed that Berget’s reunion with Deila, for whom he played at Stromsgodset in Norway, will come against a Legia side coached by Henning Berg, the man who handed Berget his first break in senior football at Lyn Oslo.
“Henning played a big part in my development and Ronny got the best out of me as a player,” said Berget. “So it will be fun to be in a game with these two coaches. I’m not expecting to start the game but I’m ready to be involved if that’s what Ronny wants.”
Having made just two appearances for Cardiff City since joining them from Molde in January, Berget would welcome the chance to secure a permanent move to Celtic.
“I never really got the chance to play for Cardiff so I hope this is the opportunity to show everyone that I’m as good as I think I am,” added the attacking midfielder.
“There is an option for Celtic to buy me if things go well and I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to play here.”
Ronny saying all the right things above and below.
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl/celtic-deila-dreams-of-fantasy-football-in-europe-1-3492741
YOU may say he’s a dreamer – and Ronny Deila won’t deny it. Whatever else we still have to learn about the new Celtic manager, we can already say with certainty he is not short of lofty ideals and towering ambitions.
Time will tell if the Norwegian’s quest to deliver some form of footballing Utopia at Celtic Park will be rudely checked amid the harsh reality of the Scottish game’s generally diminished status on the European stage.
But as he approaches the first leg of the Champions League third qualifying round tie against Legia Warsaw in Poland tonight, Deila is not content simply to try to match the achievements of his predecessor Neil Lennon by guiding Celtic into the group stage.
“My dream with Celtic is to go to Celtic Park for a Champions League match, play a really big European team and control the game,” said Deila. “I want to have more passes than the opposition and really just blow them away. That’s my dream. If I reach it or not, I don’t know.
“For me, it is about moments. Trophies are important, but I don’t remember the trophies I won in Norway. I remember the moments – driving to the stadium, seeing the people happy. Playing fantastic football to win the game and get the young kids smiling – I get goosebumps from that.
“When I came to watch Celtic play Barcelona at home last season, it was unbelievable. Think what it would be like if Celtic could also control a game like that? It would be awesome, fantastic – and that’s my dream.”
Deila has to get there first, of course, and he accepts the latest phase of Celtic’s qualifying campaign will be far more testing than the facile 5-0 aggregate win over KR Reykjavik of Iceland in the previous round.
But as respectful as he is of opponents coached by his compatriot and friend Henning Berg, his first few weeks in charge of Celtic have convinced him he has already shaped a side ready to overcome the Polish champions.
“You have to be nervous about these games, or you are not human,” added Deila. “But it is different to be nervous than afraid. I’m not afraid. I have plans and dreams with the team. I know this season can be fantastic if we beat Legia and go on to reach the Champions League.
“I want to develop the team and play competitive games at the highest level. This is a very important game, but I can’t do anything else other than prepare myself for it as best I can and go into it with confidence. I think we have a reason to be confident.
“Within myself, I really want to get into the Champions League and this is my first opportunity. But I also think my reputation and the way I work will come into it more over time. But the goal is to get a flying start and go straight into the Champions League. My goals are to play Champions League every year, to win everything in Scotland, to develop a culture at all levels of the club and to play nice football the fans like. We will see in a season or two if I reach those goals.
“You always get judged in this position. I’m going to do everything I can every day, to get the players to understand what I expect to achieve.
“So far, I can feel comfortable with the start we have made. I can look myself in the mirror and say I’ve done everything I can to get the team prepared for this tie. We will now see how good it is.
“Legia is a big step up from Reykjavik. This time, we are playing a team capable of getting to the group stage. But I know if I get the best from the players, we have a very good chance to beat Legia.
“Henning Berg knows my thinking as well as I know his. But you win games with quality. Tactics are important and can make a difference, but if you have quality in your play, you win games.
“I have seen a lot of things which it is important are improved at Celtic. Of course, I use a different style of play from the one the players used to have. It takes time to get into. But I think they are learning quick because they are intelligent football players. I think we have done a good job here in the first month.”
Deila travelled to Dublin last week to see Legia recover from an unconvincing 1-1 draw at home to St Patrick’s Athletic with a 5-0 win in the second leg of their second qualifying round tie. Many observers regarded that result as flattering towards Berg’s team who remain under severe scrutiny from the media in Warsaw. “I’ve seen Legia a couple of times and they are a very good team with no big weaknesses,” said Deila.
“They are organised. But I also haven’t seen a player in their team who is much better than the others.
“They are a hard-working team. Rather than have two or three individuals who make a difference, they are better as a unit. We have to stop that unit.
“I think we are going to have two very close games against them and small details will make the difference in the tie. But I am very comfortable that we can be good enough to beat Legia.”
TONIGHT’S PROBABLE TEAMS
Legia Warsaw (4-4-2): P Kuciak, Broz, Rzezniczak, Astiz, Brzyski; Kucharczyk, Vrdoljak, Jodlowiec, Zyro; Duda, Radovic.
Celtic (4-2-3-1): Forster, Lustig, Ambrose, Van Dijk, Izaguirre; Mulgrew, Johansen; Griffiths, Commons, McGregor; Pukki.
Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands).
Anything, and I mean anything that gets the megalomaniac Putin out of power in Russia is good in my book. Once he takes back the Ukraine, what next? Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan?
Starve the lunatic, when Russia stop their murderous aggression and Putin stands trial in the Hague Russia will finally be free.
He should be brought to justice for his crimes.
Do we have potential Russian opponents in our route to the Champions League?
Might as well use up the rusty old trident missiles and take out red square. It’s a waste of space.
Putting has got Bolshie ever since Aiden returned.
Coincidence?
I think not.
Canny even have a barbecue there without freezing yer clackerbag off.
And, it’s made out of Carmyllie stone. Get the horse riding, bare chested singing midget up to the Hague or alternatively maybe one of his countrymen will do the world a favour and take him out with a bullet, a knife or poison.
Carmyllie should never have supported the Tsarist regimes with free flagstones. Carmyllie built their regime.
Wee want them back.
Geis them back ya shite wee singer.
Ha ha GG,
Aye the wee homophobic putter is taking Aiden;s departure bad.
ACGR 02:31
Maybe that’s why Putin invaded Georgia in 2008.
Great pike fishing in Russia. Once they’re nuked the fishing will be better, just like it improved around Chernobyl. I’d love to catch a big plump two headed pike.
Get em nuked and I’ll helicopter in for the fishing competitions.
All ye need is a tin foil suit (kevj can provide for all) and a boron moderator rod.
Nuke um till they glow, keep it lit, light em up like a crimbo tree.
Nothing is more important than a 60 pun three tailed two heided ruskie fisk.
Let loose the bunkered missiles.
What time is K.O. tomorrow?
Kick off 7:45 CP time
CONEYBHOY
Worst example of a player being played out of position,IMO,was Darren O’Dea at right back v the huns.
GG, apologies. I was just seeing if I could be as much as twat as those on here like the imbecile detective who support the Russian regime.
I need to do more research and post much, much, much more pish to be as imbecilic as them.
I prefer my fishing in more sedate climes like your neck of the woods, although the two heided Chernobyl pike are a bit of a fascination for me:-) If the war criminal putin continues, all fish will end up like this.
Two hooks or wan, who knows?
HH Bruv
Good luck to all the Tims travelling to the game today, Zyb wont let you down. He’s got as much room in his heart for Celtic as he has for his own beloved team, that’s obvious from his friendship on here but I hope he’s got a massive house for the after party:_)).
A friendly crowd, two teams going for it, a fair ref and a Celtic victory will do me fine.
HH Celtic men and wummin, do us proud.
To end the night on an “Ahhhh” note.
Loggerheads hatching on a Florida Keys beach. Big Pine Key I believe.
Perfect heart warmer to end the friction.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/baby-sea-turtles-hatching_n_5626798.html
GG, I like that:-) Mon ra turtles.
Here’s a wee song for Neganon (who I’m looking forward to meeting at CP in the season, and the depressing, wrist slitting, string myself up to a tree non Celtic supporter KJ, who I sincerely hope I never meet unless I’m brain dead ), or actually dead.
Anyway, they’ll both enjoy the wee song in equal measure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1TXRkHyOE
Goodnight Celtic men and wummin.
Does anyone know if there are any bars in Las Vegas that will be ahowing the game?
ahowing = showing
Just fell oot of bed to say….
______________________
Bobby Russell
21:03 on 29 July, 2014
__________________
Maybe if ye read the post properly in future, ye won’t make such an erchie of yerself, ok.
ACGOR
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Git it roon ye.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
catman
Las Vegas CSC
Venue: The Queen Victoria Pub inside the
Riviera Hotel & Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tel: (702) 794-9260
Might be worth a phonecall first though.
HH
Just got the survey via email.
COYBIG tonight.
HH
Just about to board the 0645 from Stansted to Warsaw. Living the dream :)
fencelt
Give them a roar on behalf of absent friends.
The worldwide Tim army.
Fen
4.45 am tomorrow Oz time.
We`ll be with you.
On the 6:10 from Helensburgh, bit wet and cloudy out there but at least the wee ticket inspector is a looker who takes my mind off the weather.
Good morning CQN
COYBIG tonight
Completed dreadful marketing survey from Celtic
Celtic please communicate with fans in a meaningful open transparent way
Felt like a supermarket customer…………………………….not impressed
bournesouprecipe
sorry
conked out!
Like all new players, it is going to be interesting to see him but what gives me hope is the fact he is thought highly enough of to perhaps go straight into the side and will not need 6 months in the background.
Off to work now….cannae wait for tonight!!!
eddieinkirkmichael
06:36 on 30 July, 2014
On the 6:10 from Helensburgh, bit wet and cloudy out there but at least the wee ticket inspector is a looker who takes my mind off the weather.
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My mate Scott is an inspector on that line…. Is it him?
He’s a dead ringer for screech!
Good Morning to all. I believe Pogmathonyahun is already in a train from Berlin to Warsaw. If anyone heading to Poland has spare voucher or can get it, please let me know. The best I can do from here is buy ticket for PMTYH for mixed sector 225.