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Aberdeen take it up a notch at Celtic Park

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For so many years, games at Celtic Park have resembled a siege against a nine man visiting defence.  Not so this season.  Hibs and (especially) Falkirk made a go of it in the League Cup.  Hearts competed and made us sweat until very late.  The wins against Newco and Slovan Bratislava were quite joyful, but Aberdeen took it up a notch yesterday.

Celtic played well enough to win the game and after dazzling first half performances from Arne Engels, Kyogo and Reo Hatate, looked to be out of sight.  When you face an onslaught like Aberdeen did during the closing 20 minutes of that period, all you can do it hang in until you find a way out of it, which they managed to do.

The second half was a procession of Celtic mistakes which offered the visitors hope.  Maeda, Valle, Schmeichel, Trusty and McGregor were all culpable.  It looked like the team emerged from the dressing room at halftime with a ‘job done’ mindset.  I am sure this will be disputed, but there was definitely something amiss.  Aberdeen’s robust approach to fouling in the middle of the park also broke our tempo.

By the time Aberdeen ‘scored’ what looked like a goal to put them in the lead, we all knew that the faux words we exchanged last week about this being a match between the title contenders were true.  Over the summer months, Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin has achieved a remarkable feat.  The stats say they only had 24% possession, but if Celtic scored what would have been a deserved late winner, it would have been harsh on the visitors.

We’ll talk about what happened to change a game from a comfortable looking win into a knife-edge encounter tomorrow.  Hint: Thelin watched us in Dortmund and found a vulnerability.

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  1. KINGLUBO on

    Let’s be honest here, Aberdeen are a good side. I think some of our players suffered big time from their travels half way across the world and back, and who can blame them. If I was the manager, I would have started with Jamesie and or Palma , and see how the game was going after half time.

     

     

    The ref was as usual, a disgrace, but we know that don’t we.

     

     

    No worries from me, just keep the faith. Had our players been fully rested I reckon we would have won at a canter frankly and have no doubts , the league is ours

     

     

    Hail Hail and well done bhoys, and Killie of course !!!!!!

     

     

    KINGLuBO

  2. KINGLUBO on

    on another subject, my good lady had her knee replacement done last Monday, got her home Friday.

     

    She is a brave wee soldier

     

     

    KINGLuBO

  3. clunks on

    AT

     

     

    It will take generations to rid the west of scotland of it

     

     

    I still hear and see it (tho not directed to me anymore)

     

     

    Its alive and hanging on tho not thriving like it did 40 years ago

  5. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    Follow Follow is recommending a return to “Rangers Protestant Traditions”

     

     

    Rangers announce a new set of backroom staff.

     

     

    New manager – Willie McStaunch

     

    Asst. Manager- Ignatius Loyalist

     

    Director of Football- Major-General Poppy Sash

     

    Tactical Analyst- Mace Thrower

     

    Chief Scout- Vito Leftfoot-Kickers

     

     

    CEO- Alistair Skotz

  7. lets all do the huddle on

    on another subject, my good lady had her knee replacement done last Monday, got her home Friday.

     

     

    She is a brave wee soldier

     

    —

     

     

    so it took 4 days to get home?

     

     

    you must have made her walk home, after a knee op as well, thats cruel 😄

     

     

    a joke obviously, hope she is well and recovering nicely!

  9. Turkeybhoy on

    On the Duk hand ball.I said late last night,and straight after the offence,it was a penalty.First on here complaining.Wife said to me,”No one else is”.I said ” When they see it again,they will be”.

     

    As bad a decision as the hand ball off the line at Hampden in our Semi Final.

     

    Two numpties on BBC,and some morons in the media,claiming ,Knee first.Now ,do none of these people employed in the Media,not watch Colums VAR programme.Is that too much bother,that enables them to talk,or print uninformed crap.The videos that we can see,not VAR,who have many more,show a clear forearm contacting with the ball.Nobody is arguing with that,so the Knee first,which,to me is non existent,according to Colum,is a penalty,and Red.

     

    Does Aitken not know this.Did he not watch Colums show?.Fekin disgrace.

  10. Tom McLaughlin on

    ORDINARY JOE

     

     

    I see you slipped up badly the other day, lamenting the fact that Celtic have never had a player called Kevin.

     

     

    Now tell us again that you’re not Kev Jungle.

     

     

    As the saying goes — a good liar needs a good memory.

  11. Tom McLaughlin on

    MELVIN UDALL

     

    Just think, if Dundee Utd had’ve held on to beat Hibs yesterday, they Huns would be sitting 4th today.

     

     

    I don’t get that. United won 3-2 so picked up 3 points placing them a point behind Rangers in 4th place. If they had drawn they’d still be 4th, 3 points behind Rangers.

     

     

    Am I missing something?

  16. Tom McLaughlin on

    MELVIN UDAL

     

     

    It’s just dawned on me you obviously think Dundee United and Hibs drew yesterday. United equalised on 93 mins and grabbed a winner in 98 mins. They won 3-2.

  19. clunks on

    more on ff

     

     

    Let’s not kid on about this we are looking at finishing 3rd this season we have a thread bare squad playing 3 games a week until January with a dumpling upfront and a squad that has absolutely no quality in it

  20. Prestonpans bhoys on

    The huns are raging:

     

     

    “Abundantly clear now for Rangers fans is that Philippe Clement must go. This is a post-match reaction, true, but any Rangers supporter who believes this guy is the right manager for the club at this time is extremely misguided, and while it will be an expensive sack, it has to be done.”

  21. Melvin Udall on

    TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 20TH OCTOBER 2024 5:03 PM

     

     

    As the saying goes — a good liar needs a good memory.

     

    —————

     

    Absolutely spot-on Tom.

     

    I’ve caught a few liars out by remembering their original version when they spout an entirely different one.

     

     

    Hope you’re well also Tom?

     

    Will give you a shout to catch up for a game next time I’m up the road.

     

     

    😃👍🏆🇮🇪🍀

  22. QuadBhoy on

    The Belgian Waffler: “It’s about learning the lessons from these games, like we have done before.”

     

     

    Dearie me.

     

     

    QB

  23. Melvin Udall on

    TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 20TH OCTOBER 2024 5:13 PM

     

    MELVIN UDAL

     

     

    It’s just dawned on me you obviously think Dundee United and Hibs drew yesterday. United equalised on 93 mins and grabbed a winner in 98 mins. They won 3-2

     

    —————

     

    Ffs! I actually thought Hibs won 2-1. Not sure why I didn’t check after that? 😳🤷🏼‍♂️😂

     

     

    I had cashed out my both teams to score bet at £55 and probably didn’t feel the need to check after that. Motherwell and Ipswich were the two teams that would’ve let me down, had I not cashed out.

  24. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Not sure they can afford to bag Phillippe Flop, and hire another coaching team,my bhoy said a couple of weeks ago, Thelin will be there before the end of the season….

  29. Tom McLaughlin on

    MELVIN UDALL

     

     

    Been there. Done that. 😂

     

     

    If you can check-out United v Hibs on Sportscene. What a finish.

  32. ordinary joe on

    Will kow-tow take the knee [ coz the media guilt trip you ] Celtic FC be engaging in Masonic Poppy ritual this year again like cucked little sheep?

     

     

    The answer as always will be “Yes” …. Yes for suckers.

     

     

    The Masonic Poppy day ritual of White people in Bankers funded both sides Wars.

     

     

    The 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month.

     

     

    11 × 3 = 33° = Your all being had.

     

     

    How about respecting the dead by NOT producing MORE Dead?

     

     

    Ah mean, its like the Green Party who want to save the World by using plastic straws but they ALSO think its ok for NATO to blow up half or maybe all of the World at the same time and they vote for it in every Western Parliament!!!!????

     

     

    The Poppy month and a half long 33° shaft needs to be fronted up to and totally banned from Parkhead or if the usual Poppy minutes silence away day – Trap – to stitch up and smear Celtic fans is in place this year then boo it as loudly as you can and sing a catchy chant about the 33° Poppy pish stitch up.

     

     

    The problem is – the club will kow-tow and make you look like pariahs.

     

     

    You don’t need to wait until your at a football game to show respect, you don’t need to go to Church to speak to God or Jesus etc, its the establishment trying to establish how many obedient sheep they have in society, or measuring the extent of the mass psychosis.

     

     

    Like how they tricked millions of people to bang pots and pans for – ahem – overworked health workers during the c19 scamdemic.

     

     

    And whilst pots and pans were being rattled to show support – guess what?

     

     

    These – ahem – overworked health workers were dancing up and down EMPTY Hospitals – making Tick Tock videos laughing they’re asses off at how many sheep with 2 legs are actually in UK at the one time being had.

     

     

    And when the Hospitals were EMPTY sick people were denied routine health care and a lot of them died – but – the media told you all that these people died of c19 so that you would be terrified into getting the fake vaxxeen medication.

     

     

    The vast majority of people in UK fell for this Establishment enforced Pharmakia Witchcraft pish.

     

     

    The German people discovered – in 1580+ – that a certain religion always became Doctors and they were trying to kill innocent German people with poisons????

     

     

    Check the date – 1580.

     

     

    Why don’t the curriculum fixers allow this aspect of history to be told????

     

     

    Why no warnings from the Church about this and these evil Witches????

     

     

    Silence is Complicity.

     

     

    Google officially hates White people – if even the always last to know, punch pulling, and thoroughly “Woke” and Complicitly sleekit half-arsed truther -TimTruth.com is now having to be embarrassed into admitting this – then there must be a real war going on against White people.

     

    https://odysee.com/@TurtleDoves:3/GOOGLE-HATES-WHITE-PEOPLE%2C-NEW-GOOGLE-GEMINI-AI-REFUSES-TO-MAKE-PICTURES-OF-WHITE-PEOPLE:0

     

     

    Just wake the fk up.

  36. Aipple on

    Went to Mollys around the corner for a pint and (late) breakfast sandwich. Good crowd for the Liverpool – Chelsea game. Had a wee tap of my badge at the sad faces as I left.

  38. clunks on

    Jackiemac

     

     

    Think against Atalanta he (or Barnardo) is worth a start to sit at the base of the midfield and protect the defence

     

     

    We would have to sacrifice a winger, either Khun or Maeda

     

     

    But it would help protect our defence, which will need all the help it can get

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