It was an unfamiliar Celtic starting line-up at Pittodrie this afternoon which resulted in the visitors dropping league points for the first time in four months. Andre Blackman and Mikael Lustig made their Celtic debuts at left and right back respectively, while Charlie Mulgrew played central midfield alongside Joe Ledley.
Neither full back got forward as often as we are accustomed to see Celtic play, which perhaps contributed to the disjointed performance.
Charlie Mulgrew almost opened the scoring on 5 minutes when his swerving free kick rebounded back off the inside of Jason Brown’s far post in Celtic’s only genuine chance before the 28th minute goal. Mulgrew was key again in the move that counted, controlling a difficult ball before twisting his marker and knocking the ball forward to Kris Commons. Commons spun before playing a perfectly weighted pass into space inside the box for Anthony Stokes to run onto. Stokes first touch took the ball past Brown in the Aberdeen goal before he slotted his shot into the net.
Aberdeen were well out of the contest in the first half and had to wait until near the end of the half before they managed an attempt at goal, a Fyvie shot which was blocked. Then, only seconds from the break, a long ball forward to Fallon brought Aberdeen level. Fallon turned and his forward run drew Blackman, Wilson and Rogne, leaving the right back space unattended. Gavin Rae ran 70 yards to fill that space and fired a shot which was going narrowly wide before Blackman’s block bounced over Forster into the net.
A minute into the second half Ryan Jack almost reached a cross from the right as Aberdeen seemed to take encouragement from their goal.
Anthony Stokes looked Celtic’s best player but whenever he linked with strike partner, Gary Hooper, the ball invariably bounced out of play or to an Aberdeen player, most notably on the 55th minute when Hooper failed to control on the edge of the six yard box.
Aberdeen’s best chance to win the game arrived on 63 minutes when Meganson evaded Lustig but shot wide when clean through inside the box.
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macanbheatha on 4 March, 2012 at 01:17 said:
Hooper off form?
We could’ve paid £50m for him.
Who feels worse today,AVB,or NFL
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He admits it himself, enough said!
HH
Wednesday 4th
Fr Murphy was in tonight. I have not felt too bad today, although I notice the energy beginning to drain. But it is quite early yet. I got showered today and had my hair cut, which made me feel quite good. Ten years younger, the boys joke, but I feel twenty years older, the inevitable consequence of eight years of torture and imprisonment.
I am abreast with the news and view with utter disgust and anger the Reagan/Thatcher plot. It seems quite clear that they intend to counteract Russian expansionism with imperialist expansionism, to protect their vital interests they say.
What they mean is they covet other nations’ resources. They want to steal what they haven’t got and to do so (as the future may unfortunately prove) they will murder oppressed people and deny them their sovereignty as nations. No doubt Mr Haughey will toe the line in Ireland when Thatcher so demands.
Noticed a rarity today: jam with the tea, and by the way the Screws are glaring at the food. They seem more in need of it than my good self.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 4 March, 2012 at 00:51
I think you may be right about him being ‘on the pop’, he sounded slurry today and it was also slurry (in the fertilizer sense) coming from his gob…
rfc Christmas CD still available for only £5
http://www.rangers.co.uk/club-news/article/2541319
for example…
HARK THE RANGERS FANS ALL SING
Lyrics – Jim Hannah
Music Arrangement – Salvation Army
Vocals – Alan J Scott, Amanda Millar, Matt Ramsay, David Gibb, J Campbell Kerr
to the tune of Hark The Herald Angels Sing…
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Hark the Rangers fans all sing
Glory to Super ALLY our King
He will lead to four in a row
Fifty five titles go on show
Join in all ye Bears now sing
Super Ally Rangers King
He will lead to four in a row
Fifty five titles go on show
Joyful all ye Bears now sing
Super Ally Rangers King
Hark the Rangers fans all sing
Glory to Super ALLY our King
Ian Durrant and Kenny McDowall
They’ll make sure, we win in style
CHORUS
Hark the Rangers fans all sing
Glory to Super ALLY our King
He’ll keep winning that we know
He will lead to four in a row
CHORUS
http://www.rangers.co.uk/staticFiles/2/97/0,,5~169730,00.pdf
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha…….
More FF.
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Would you throw the United game?
I know I may get abuse where as “I want to win every game”
but to weigh it up, lose v United and they cant win it at Ibrox
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
Incorrect – we need to win against Dundee Hibs to stop Them having any chance to win it at Ibrox.
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
Ah feck your right. my mistake
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
Im not scared of them having a chance to win it at Ibrox.
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If we win next week they still can’t win at Ibrox, best they would get is 21 ahead with 7 games remaining.
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Throw the United game then Motherwell have an easy home game against Aberdeen to draw on points with us.
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
Throw the game? With Ally as manager we already have before it’s started.
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
feck off………
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If I had the choice, I think I’d rather finish third behind Motherwell than have them win it at Ibrox.
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
Ridiculous post
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e: Would you throw the United game?
I have a better idea.
How about we just pump both of them.
Show a little conficence
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the scum will do what they do regardless of the outcome on the day.
we just have to concentrate on bursting their bubble by doing our best to beat them.
we are the rangers, we are not some lowlife cheats.
let others worry about their own results, our integrity is not up for debate.
watp
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
I don’t think we’ll have to throw it.
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
It’s a must win at Tannadice. No way would I want to lose the league at Ibrox.
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We did enough to “pump” Killie and Hearts, the replays prove that, the referees disagreed.
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Perhaps we would if we hadn’t lost 2 home games in a row as a direct consequence of poor refereeing.
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And no doubt will in the next two games also
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
So What is it? What result avoids it?
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Re: Would you throw the United game?
Even if we drop points v. DU and then lose at Ibrox, if Motherwell win their 2 games, wouldn’t that block clinching it? Motherwell would be in 2nd place, not us. It would be us being mathematically eliminated from winning it, but it wouldn’t clinch it for the scum. Not that it’s much consolation.
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We never seem to struggle as bad away from home, funnily enough.
I just get the feeling the refs are gearing up for an away win in the derby match. .
(Great innit’)
HH.
BBC Interview with Fat Sally
and i quote…..
” at 90min when I looked around everyone was standing to a man!…
Wuz he talkin about the Hearts fans?……
Bedtime. A very good night to all. HH and god bless!
Just in,I wish I had been drinking some of the stuff mccoist has been on.Slan
Remember when the hun were wining their tainted 9iar, and the media were bemoaning their lack of sucess in europe, and putting their lack of sucess down to the lack of quality oposition in scotland……….No mi amigo their lack of sucess in europe came about with foriegn referees, nothing else, fair and honest referees
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CRACKER OF A COMMENT FROM
THE EXILED TIM.
I defy anyone to argue against it…….
“Throw the game? With Ally as manager we already have before it’s started.”
That’s one of us surely. Very witty.
Árd Macha
Wasn’t me :))
Seven points to secure this title with 8 games left
This is a managerial/coach’s dream
I would like to see Neil mix and match as much as he can .
I want to to see what the rest of the squad has to offer.
Show me a stat where Celtic won every match in the one season.
Too many people on here today want to be the peeple
hen1rik
dunno the answer but Phil refers here to Mark Hateley at 167mins
http://www.spreaker.com/page#!/user/homebhoys/beyond_the_waves_3_march_2012
Art of War on 4 March, 2012 at 01:21 said:
macanbheatha on 4 March, 2012 at 01:17 said:
Hooper off form?
We could’ve paid £50m for him.
Who feels worse today,AVB,or NFL
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He admits it himself, enough said!
HH
Who?
tomcourtney on 3 March, 2012 at 23:51
Well said. I think a lot of Celtic supporters are sometimes harsh in their criticism of pundits like Walker and Provan, but Burley is something else. It’s not just the anti-Celtic nature of his rants. A couple of weeks ago Ian Crocker made a comment about Bocanegra having 100+ caps for USA. Burley snidely snapped back “yeah, like that counts for a lot!” Crocker sounded quite taken aback and pointed out that the USA actually have a much higher ranking than Scotland.
They are ranked 31 in FIFA world rankings. They have a squad full of quality players playing in England, Germany, Holland and Germany. Bocanegra is no world beater but he is a seasoned international who deserves more respect than that from a clown like Burley. And this guy is meant to be selling the product he is commentating on!
He is an utter bore and an ignoramus. Rumours about him being drunk during commentating would not surprise me given the nonsense he comes out with.
He actually reminds me of the loudmouth “Billy no mates” drunk propped up at the bar shouting out random crap, bumping into people and threatening folk after spilling their drinks.
Like you say, I too actually had to mute the volume. If there had been radio coverage of the game I would have listened to that while watching the TV. Absurd considering we are paying £9 a month for essentially a Celtic game every few weeks.
Sent my complaint;
I have been a subscriber to ESPN for the last 2 years. I use to channel to watch coverage of Scottish football.
I will have to cancel my subscription, however, if I hear Craig Burley is commentating on another Celtic game.
Instead of providing expert opinion during the game, he consistently indulges in inane chat about non footballing issues, makes snide and sarcastic comments about players/teams and rambles on about his petty grudges while important on field action is taking place. His colleagues sound utterly exasperated by his pathetic behaviour and I have actually had to resort to switching the volume to mute while watching the game. A ridiculous state of affairs for my £9 a month fee. Every supporter I speak to shares these views. Indeed, Neil Lennon the Celtic manager, described him as “disrespectful” and someone who “devalues the game”. Rather than court controversy to fuel debate, he is genuinely upsetting supporters who will cancel their subscription if he is not replaced.
Just a wee thought but for the ipox game could we not show a little respect for the vermins situation and all 7000 patriots (God Bless Them) wear white shirts and black ties before kick off as a mark of respect. I understand many would like to be seen to be bedecked in green and white going to the hunnery but you could wear the shirt and tie over the blessed hoops a d take it off as the game starts. Only a thought
My boss is Peter Principle on 3 March, 2012 at 23:12 said:
I found offence too.
26 February, 2012 at 17:22
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS says:
26 February, 2012 at 15:14
OGLACH 1449 etc
I noticed a few weeks ago that you dropped the suffix UFB from your moniker.
Now I see why.
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BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS Well you’re a right wee pedant aren’t you? If you are so particular about monikers and suffixes why didn’t you mention that the addition of the UFB was for a very short period and in relation to a matter pertaining to the demonization of Irish Republicans and the SNPs ‘ even up the score law’.
What has my not saying that neither Catholic hymns nor indeed Irish Nationalist songs should be heard at CP had to do with this? It seems I have upset the old rosary bead rattlers somewhat
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I stand by my comments. There was no mention of why OGLACH used then dropped the suffix UFB,I merely commented on it.
IMO,the use of that term would be likely to imply that offence is likely to be taken if anyone were to use other terms like bead rattlers,tattie munchers,etc.
As for being a PEDANT,well yes,you have me there.
I am BMCUWP-UPB.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 3 March, 2012 at 23:23 said:
It’s time the manager accepted the title is tainted.
He needs to make a public statement as such, telling the world any title won were participants have cheated must by definition be tainted
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Nice one,buddy!
macanbheatha on 4 March, 2012 at 01:37 said:
Think so mate.I don’t know what the story is with Lenny & Paddy McCourt,but Paddy should get a wee run out.
McCourt is a Celtic man,seriously.He has a stake in a pub in Belfast,The Rock Bar.It’s one of the oldest,a real bar,ya know? Marble floors,all mahogany,wee snugs…years and years old,beautiful pints of double.It’s a listed building,the outside is like those old Glasgow buildings,sandstone,I think?
Anyway,the bar is on the Falls Road,and even before Paddy had a say in it…there was only ever two soccer teams represented in the bar,Glasgow Celtic,and Belfast Celtic.Horse racing comes first,obviously…well either that,or Charlie Tully!!
Well to cut a long story short,a few month ago,I was outside The Rock,waiting on a black hack into town.This was was the day when the Record “broke” the news about der hun,after tea time,about 5 in the afternoon – the sun was setting,blowing a gale,dark clouds in the sky.But they have this beautiful bar,some sort of emerald green light,like a strobe,like neon,only green – lighting up the face of the building – with six,maybe seven flag poles,on on them were six or seven brand new flags,all flying fiercely in the wind.Maybe two Eire Go Bragh ones,the others were Irish tri-colours,with the Celtic crest boldly emblazoned in the middle of them.
It is a beautiful sight – but what struck me most about it was this – it is right in the Celtic heartland,nothing to do with der hun,just a statement – we don’t worry about them,it’s all about Celtic – WE ARE THE CELTIC.
all there at 90mins “to a man” ?
don’t thinks so !
not according to this rfc fan…
03 Mar 2012 17:04:35
as soon as we are out this mess super ally is not the guy to take rangers forward he has no clue whatsoever tho ref didnt help today
and last but not least see the next gers fan that comes out with the “we dont do walking away”
pi#h look at how many was there at 90 mins f….disgrace
who needs FF when this is available?…
(one of the comments says liquidation is coming this Monday)
http://www.rangersrumours.co.uk/
The Honest Cover-up on 4 March, 2012 at 01:56
Well said. Burley’s time has come.
C’mon guys, tell everyone you know, espn.co.uk feedback link at the bottom of the page, let’s swamp them with complaints.
Support Lenny
TopCorner on 4 March, 2012 at 01:40 said:
Is “tired old cliche” one?
Lest We Forget…
03 Mar 2012 13:19:56
SaveRangers.com was delighted to receive a £1m pledge from Alan MacKenzie in Western Australia. Alan, who runs his own manufacturing company Down Under, contacted the site admin with his pledge and the picture below of his grandkids “handing over” their pledge to the campaign from Perth, WA.
The figure now stands at around £10million with 14,000 signed up.
And two of them at least are rangers fans…
http://submit.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/submit/forms/thanks.html?page=feedback
C’mon….Burley no more…..
pigalle
Tee-he:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq3NxkPfjZI&feature=related
James Forrest…
So tell us what you REALLY think!
Magic shun.
HH
Complaint duly sent to ESPN with regards to Craigy Burley.
HH
James Forrest is The Emperor of Ice Cream on 4 March, 2012 at 02:34
Pure genius with a keyboard.
CQN’s a wonderful place to be but surely this deserves a wider audience.
James Forrest is The Emperor of Ice Cream on 4 March, 2012 at 02:34 said:
You should call yerself James Joyce sir.
Remarkable.
Top dollar James Forrest, top dollar!
James Forrest. 2.34
Just came home from a ceilidh, very drunk and read James’s post.. love it. agree 100%
Love it mate, never liked the fat game show host e since the night he failed to show up at a charity night in Motherwell, Ian Durrant showed up and fair play to him that night but Durrant expected the cheeky chappy to show up and had to compere the night himself. He wasn’t best pleased.
Jamesy-boy,
Canny believe the vitriol yer aiming at Auntsally.
What’s she ever done to p you off to that extent? Chatted up yer bird when you were in the toilet?
Only one wee complaint about anotherwise excellent post-the word you were looking for is tenets,not tenants.
This only makes sense if you reference my earlier post at 0200.
HH&KTF
Hail Hail!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3cl7Q2GI50
tomcourtney on 4 March, 2012 at 02:42 said:
CQN is getting a wider audience.It’s frightening now.Everybody is reading these pages these days.Everybody loves Celtic,but most folk,especially the supporters that live outside of Scotland,were blissfully unaware of what is really going on.
Everybody knew the huns were at it,but it was sort of accepted.How could anybody prove it? Sure we were all paranoid androids.
Where i live,there was nothing – well, there was the Irish News,a soppy kind of newspaper,there was the Celtic View,that was dead on…then the Record arrived,and it sold like gold..disappeared of the shelves,because it was reporting on Celtic…but then we began to realise that it was all negative,and biased.
Nobody buys that rag any more.(although,I think a lot of our support read the on-line Record tripe)That’s making them money through adverts,so we are still feeding the cants,indirectly.
It’s all CQN,RTC,and Phil Mac.
Only Paul67 knows how many hits there are on this site,but i will say this about the old blog – any adverts were always subtle(unlike some of the other Celtic sites),not aggressive.
This wee site is the best football site there is.
Sixteen roads to Golgotha on 4 March, 2012 at 03:18 said:
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Well put.
HH
No night shift??
James Forrest is The Emperor of Ice Cream on 4 March, 2012 at 02:34 said:
James my good man you have made a mistake.
You have indulged vicariously the id of sally as something that reasons and discusses as you would normally expect. However, you have forgotten the prime directive of an automaton Scottish hun….nothingness, depraved indifference and entitlement. That did not come across. Tut Tut! I think you should ploy your magnificent erudite description of reality in a more magnificent forum the like of which escapes me just now….
Sixteen roads to Golgotha on 4 March, 2012 at 03:18
Couldn’t agree more, great site but I wish it wasn’t so addictive. I’m sure I should have something better to do.
I’m one of the older brigade, from darkest Ayrshire, living in Engurland now and moving abroad soon and before I go I need closure for all the injustices I’ve seen.
Grind em into the dust.
pasaremos!