Celtic’s record win, 11-0 over Dundee in 1895, was the era before substitutes. Due to injuries, Dundee were down to 9 men before halftime. The 9-0 win over Aberdeen in 2010 benefited from three penalty kicks – and, as Aberdeen manager Mark McGhee put it after the game, Celtic had the attendance of Henrik Larsson in the stands to inspire them (honestly!).
By a subjective measure, yesterday’s 0-9 win at Tannadice is the most comprehensive victory in our illustrious history. Whether we would have added more, if Steven Fletcher received the red card that should have come his way after a 2nd minute studs-up and to the head challenge on Joe Hart, is open to speculation.
For me, the addition of Liel Abada to the starting line-up made everything click for Celtic. Set aside his hat-trick, that defence-splitting pass to Jota, who squared for Kyogo to start the rout, typified what he brings to proceedings. When Adaba, Jota and Kyogo synchronise like this, it is easy to get carried away.
History will not record that Dundee United competed well for over 30 minutes of this game. Celtic had some shaky moments at the back that would be exposed by better opponents. When Matt O’Riley won possession and the ball broke to Kyogo to score the second, the game was over as a contest. United looked as though they knew another pasting was coming their way and could do little to resist.
Alexandro Bernabei came on for his competitive debut and, playing as a left-sided attacker, did enough to encourage. Ange and his players will spend the coming days contemplating the form they have hit ahead of three important games in three different competitions. We have the League Cup first and cannot get ahead of ourselves.
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His grandfather was,”Warmongering Celtic Chairman”.
HS,
Never watch The Magic Roundabout ?
Deary me:-).
It seems very late after that exhilarating performance to be offering some comments. But I’m just coming down and being able to try some analysis of my own, having read so many other views. Wow! Wow! Let’s start with that. What a scintillating attacking performance. I don’t think SF is a hatchet man. Whole- hearted, puts it all in. Yes. Did he mean to nobble big Joe? I don’t think so. But it was dangerous – not intentionally violent – conduct in my opinion, so yellow card a proportionate penalty. However, unsettling to hear Ross before the game say “we have to be aggressive – man on man – in the right way, of course”. Perhaps he forgot to utter those last six words in the dressing room. Translation: “get stuck into them; find out what they’re made of”. What about Liel Abada? A revelation. Paul pinpointed it. Must start on all the big games. Will only get better. Frightening. Callum? Look, as a gifted footballer he has his limitations. As a captain he is irreplaceable. We all know the stats, with and without his presence. Don’t relegate him to an “emergency winger”. Now… The problem. Our pissing about in our own box is an invitation to better teams with fast, mobile forwards to embarrass us. Sorry, guys. It will happen in Europe. Starfelt. Well, I want to like him, but I can’t. I do think he has manned up since he first joined us and can compete physically, up to a point. He is too easily flustered, however, and bustled out of his stride. If Sands is their weak link – and I think he is – Carl is ours. Loads of plus points for Juranovic and Taylor but I fear they will both make defensive mistakes under pressure from good teams. So… a great watch. An exciting side to support. They are better than you know who and will win the SPL, but, in Europe, there may be a reality check or two ahead. I so hope I’ve got that terribly wrong.
Anyway,all sound reasons we should not sign him.
Harrrumph.
the kid Reid doesn’t match Ange profile as a player – he specifically communicates he is only interested in players who absolutely want to be at Celtic Football Club! He would be dead against us trying to convince / change a players mind once its made up.
I suspect its the papers doing the usual – celtic turned down in favor of rangers – expecting those headlines this week – Barkely included!
We are one experienced signing away from putting in a decent challenge this season – someone to protect the back 4 . I suspect the board will be strategizing for europa cup!
Superannuated Fenian,
FFS,so do I.
TURKEYBHOY on 29TH AUGUST 2022 9:11 PM
`fraid not. I was too busy reading Das Kapital and Ulysses…..which just reminds me. I better return them to ernie.
Stebhoy,
For the hundredth time.Nothing to do with the Board,Ange does not want a defensive Mid.
STEBHOY on 29TH AUGUST 2022 9:14 PM
” – someone to protect the back 4 ”
Who would you leave out of the midfield if we got that `someone` ?
😬
HS,
OK,I will sing you the tune,” Doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo,
You remember it now.Other cast members,Florence,Zebedee,Dougal,
The tune was a dead giveaway :-)
HOT SMOKED on 29TH AUGUST 2022 9:02 PM
“SAINT STIVS on 29TH AUGUST 2022 8:56 PM
he has a king billy tattoo, so that why he snubs us.”
Has he really? I am surprised that Ange would want someone like that…..unless,of course, the young man now is a very different animal from the one who got the tattoo.
*was a windae cleaner in Dumbarton High Street, done all the big stores Woolworths, Littlewoods etc, one day he was drinking in Harrison’s, a well known Tim shop in the High Street, and it was noticed he had the wee dikeplugger tattooed on his arm, one of the regulars called Tom the owner over, “why are you serving the likes of him” he asked him, at that Tom called the lad over, “where will you be on Sunday night”, “giving out Holy Communion up at St Peter’s” he replied, he was a Eucharistic Minister, then pointing to his tats said he got them when he was young and daft and just had to live with them now.
HS,
I have sneaky feeling Ernie would have fancied Florence,by the way,he was called Dylan the Beatnick Rabbit.
Never mind Das Kapital or Ulysses,look what you learned tonight.
I had to read Ulysses at school. Absolutely hellish.
TB
I have HEARD of the Magic Roundabout, just that I can`tremember ever seeing it…..just like I can`t remember ever reading Das Kapital and Ulysses :-))
TONTINE TIM on 29TH AUGUST 2022 9:28 PM
Yes, there is a reasonable chance many of us would not like the younger versions of ourselves if we were able to meet!!
“BIGRAILROADBLUES on 29TH AUGUST 2022 9:34 PM
I had to read Ulysses at school. Absolutely hellish.”
I gave it a go once. Didn`t get very far before deciding it was not for me. Maybe give it another try but I will definitely forego `Das Kapital` :-))
Horse called Kyogo running in 2.15 at Epsom tomorrow
https://twitter.com/CNEScotland/status/1564252291686875141?s=20&t=jn9GDqitATRdJvq2tdL0hg
Time for bed.
Once attempted Ulysses. Gave up about page 2.
*SENTINEL CELTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2022-23*
RESULTS FROM GAME #5 – DUNDEE UTD 0 CELTIC 9 [NINE] (KYOGO(3), JOTA, ABADA(3), JURANOVIC, STARFELT)
Quite breathtaking stuff from Celtic yesterday, once we got going. Crazy to think that 40 minutes into the game (well, I suppose 34 really, given the stoppage for Joe Hart’s injury) it was still only 1-0. We then scored 8 goals in 40 minutes and despite ‘never stopping’ we just couldn’t get that elusive 10th although Captain Calmac came very close.
And so many of our goals were really well worked team efforts. Apart from Juranovic’s strike and Starfelt’s header, all others involved some great visionary passing, superb movement and fine finishing. Even Kyogo’s 2nd was as a result of O’Riley doing very well to win the ball back with a toe poke into Kyogo’s path.
So, the Maximum is still on. 2 points clear at the top and now 9 goals better off. It’s been a pretty perfect start to our league campaign.
And so to the voting. Thanks to the 86 who sent in their opinions. The vast majority of voters understandably felt that it is very difficult to see past players scoring hat tricks. So it was the tricky 3rd vote that caused most deliberation. However, we did have a clear Man Of The Match although 2 of our voters felt that there were 3 other players who all did better.
The total votes cast for each player (with my own choices asterisked) are as follows –
Hart: 7
Juranovic: 3
Carter-Vickers: 2
Starfelt: 2
Taylor: 1
McGregor: 1
O’Riley: 25
Hatate*: 44
Jota: 15
Kyogo*: 84
Abada*: 74
Forrest: 0
Maeda: 0
Mooy: 0
Turnbull: 0
Bernabei: 0
So, the top 5 players receiving POINTS for the game against Dundee Utd are –
Kyogo – 5 pts
Abada – 4 pts
Hatate – 3 pts
O’Riley – 2 pts
Jota – 1 pt
And the overall standings after 4 games played are –
16 points – Jota
10 points – Taylor
9 points – Jenz
7 points – Carter-Vickers
6 points – Juranovic
5 points – Hatate, Kyogo and McGregor
4 points – Abada, O’Riley and Welsh
1 point – Hart
Our attention now shifts to our first midweek tie of the season, an away trip to Dingwall on Wednesday to face Ross County in the League Cup. Kick off is 7.45pm so voting will be open from around 9.40pm on Wednesday until 10.00pm on Thursday. This being our last August game I’ll also compile the Player Of The Month stats showing the totals from all 6 games played (yes, I realise the Aberdeen game was actually on July 31st but it’s ma ba’ and ma roolz!)
Thanks for reading this far.
Hail Hail!
Evening all.
For me, not a red card, no intention from Fletcher.
Bigger talking point, the ‘ref was not going to book either red or yellow, until CCV had a a word in his ear.
The ref at the Victorian Lavvie on Saturday showed that the MOB are on an agenda, this lot will be allowed to do what ever they want.
Sands body language showed that he expected a card.
Nite all.
“!!BADA BING!! on 29TH AUGUST 2022 9:50 PM
Horse called Kyogo running in 2.15 at Epsom tomorrow”
….and one called Maeda running in the 3.00, the 3:50 and the 4:30.
Goodnight all.
Or, as james Joyce might say: To the dark in search of waking light.
Was following the discussion about Joe Hart’s injury.
My initial thought was that Fletcher was entitled to go for the ball in that area. I thought he was really unlucky that Joe Hart dived the way he did…it was really brave and very very quick responses.
The “FA RULES OF THE GAME” are however very clear about the correct sanction here
SENDING OFF One of the categories for a sending off offence is ‘SERIOUS FOUL PLAY
A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play.’
The laws do not make a distinction between the goalkeeper and any other position. Nor do they make any reference to the action of the injured opponent. In other words, the times where a player puts his head down lower than normal and is injured by a raised boot remains the responsibility of the player whose boot is raised in the vicinity of the lowered head.
In the case in point, whether I or anyone else thought that Fletcher was entitled to go for the ball, the fact that Hart’s “ safety was endangered” constitutes a sending off offence.
There remains some imprecision about what the term ENDANGERING A PLAYER’’S SAFETY applies to, but a head wound requiring staples would be likely to fall within the broad scope of this definition.
“ I’ll never get the day I read a book “
Jimmy Durante
You are ALWAYS entitled to go for the ball.
The problem is what happens when you don’t get the ball.
How often have you heard the phrase mis-timed tackle, or got there too late. Yes, you can genuinely go for the ball only to find your opponent is quicker to the ball and you commit a foul.
What kind of foul? Did you connect with the opponent using excessive force? Or endanger your opponent? Did you drag your studs down the opponents shin?
I don’t think it matters whether it was Joe Hart’s head or shoulder (see what I did there) or shin or ankle. Connecting with studs is at best a yellow.
Being out of control, or reckless makes it red.
I say a red would have been the more correct decision but can accept that yellow is valid when seeing it in real time.
I’ll never forget the day I read I read a book.
It was contagious, 70 pages.
There was pictures here and there, so it wasn’t hard to bear.
The day I read a book.
Alex Dickson Radio Clyde book club CSC.
🤣🤣
730 pages in Ulysses but gave up on page 2
Fair trial CSC
BOURNESOUPRECIPE, you were effing lucky. Sadistic bassa English teacher made us read his other opus “Portrait of the artist as a young man”. Damn near caused another Holyrood riot.
Alex Dickson’ Tom Skerret ‘ James (were you at the game ) Sanderson
Tiger Tim CSC
Yellow card, it’s a man’s game all of a sudden, again…😉
Bigrailroad
Latin was worser, the ole Holy Cross latin master (Requiescat in pace) would be proud to know I remembered some of the endless reams of quotes he taught ‘Ad infinitum’. ‘Quid pro quo’ ‘Ars longa, vita brevis.’ ‘ Carpe Diem ‘ He often used to clip me round the ear enunciating the legend
“You will never make a latin scholar boy, Lacta alea est!’
Oh well no ‘Magna cum laude’ for me on the latin then?
Celtae sunt, hic,
MON the circuli
GREENPINATA on 29TH AUGUST 2022 9:56 PM
Time for bed.
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Now that was funny👍
BOURNESOUPRECIPE, my first year was 1970 and Latin ceased to be compulsory the previous term. Don’t think I could have coped with that and Joyce without taking to the drink. Oh wait a minute….🤔
Red card.
BSR
Believe it or not, the first time I ever heard Grace was on Frank Skerrett’s show on Radio Clyde when someone had written in and asked for Grace by Jim McCann.
Votes for the glory Bhoys up front.
CCV broke the lines so often against United- made forward passes and kept the door shut at the back when others messed up.
Jota is our superstar but CCV and Hart are the only guys who, when missing, are irreplaceable from the current squad.