The most striking aspect of yesterday’s games came from Pittodrie and Tynecastle. Aberdeen scored twice in second half stoppage time to secure a home win over Fola Esch from Luxembourg (good grief). Hearts came from behind with the assistance of a penalty and an own goal to secure a narrow win over Estonians, Infonet.
Infonet finished fourth in the Estonian league last season, well below possible Celtic Champions League qualifier opponents, Flora, and will fancy their chances of knocking Hearts out.
None of this means that Aberdeen, Hearts of Celtic have an equal in Estonia or Luxembourg, but it’s a testament to how bizarre playing football before you have completed preseason is. Even very well-run clubs like Southampton, who were humbled a year ago by Erik Sviatchenko and his Midtjylland pals, can find themselves out of Europe before they realise they are in a competition.
Celtic are likely to be playing the Estonian champions in 11 or 12 days. If they overcome that they will face a vastly stiffer test in three weeks time.
Yesterday’s exercise in Slovenia will hopefully blow some cobwebs away but FC Flora are 17 games into their league season, that fact alone should give Brendan Rodgers plenty to consider. Aberdeen’s toils in particular disturbed me.
Many thanks to all who contributed to the fantastic raffle competition yesterday, you’ve raised £375 already. A reminder……
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
We have a £5-a-ticket raffle to win the chance to appear in your very own team photo, alongside the Celtic players and management at the preseason photocall for 2016-17.
You will then meet treble winning captain, Tom Boyd, who will give you a personal tour of Celtic Park.
Celtic will provide you with a strip, which you will retain, and you will receive your team photograph, framed and signed by the team, on a specially prepared mount.
Your donations go to Celtic FC Foundation, to support their work in Health, Equality, Learning and Poverty. The Foundation deliver often life-changing support and opportunities to children and adults in Scotland, Ireland, the rest of the UK and in many needy areas of the globe.
Buy your ticket at MyDonate here. You can enter as many times as you like, but only donations of £5 or higher will be entered into the raffle.
You. The team. The management. Getting your squad photo taken. And getting a strip!
You’ll have had worse days.
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So Ronny Deila wasn’t the ‘PE teacher’ he was made out to be?
Any truth in the rumour that the wild parties Ronny allegedly attended were organised by Frank Macavennie?!
HH!!
Jettin’ in? Jettin’ in??? We don’t do no stinkin Jettin’ in…………………
Shane Duffy is expected to arrive at Celtic Park early next week, by 1932 Rolls Royce Phantom II, for signing talks with the Scottish Champions. The impressive classic car has a 7.7 litre, four cylinder power unit, delivering power to the rear wheels. The stylish car, with white sidewalled tyres was featured in the film “Indiana Jones and the last crusade”.
Joe Allen is expected at Celtic Park for signing talks as soon as Wales’ interest in Euro 2016 is at an end. Allen will arrive by molecular deconstruction reintegration technology. The cutting edge new technology, will allow virtually simultaneous transfer of the player from his home in The Wirral to The East end of Glasgow. It is similar to the transporter technology used in the Paramount Studios Star Trek Sci-Fi series first shown in the 1960’s. A leading physicist explained, “The process would give the same end result as the transporter used in Star Trek, but actually operates on a different principle. The really clever bit is the reintegration processor which has only recently been developed by scientists in Russia.
HUNDERBIRDSAREGONE
Aw naw,the last thing we need is a midfielder who goes to pieces in the box.
Jaiket,offski…
bognor bhoy thank you
Poor stuff by Paul Larkin. Maybe next time he won’t have to queue up for his bottle of water and pieces. Fair play to him for taking the lid of the fact that in real life the MSM guys are nothing like their public personna and Graham Spiers is ‘smaller than you’d think and generally did have the first clue what was going on.’
Thanks Paul L for letting us know about RD’s private life and the wine, women and song.
Offski
succulentsandwichescsc
TALLYBHOY .
Saw Intense Man on the tele earlier ———- looking and sounding like a pressure cooker that was about to blow . . Heaping praise on Germany ..
The elderly Inter man is convinced that Conte escaped from a Dario Argento movie and that dressing room team talks are conducted against the backdrop of the soundtrack to Suspiria..
Off oot to the beach .
Silverburn. Boca 10. New images for the holidays. Passed by the Edwardian toilet block. Roofs still on. But a torrent or rain pissing out a gutter.
Very iconic
How long is a party that lasts long into the night?
I know the company oor Ron kept in spain and had thought it would benefit the club
Depends what time of year.
If its December long into the night is about half six.
How come there is no second rangers strips in the sports shops ?
Fnnn rrr harrr de har
New Managers invariably bring in AND PLAY their own choice players,
The only guys almost guaranteed a regular slot from old squad, are Gordon, Tierney, Eric, Brooney, Griff & possibly Roberts. I can see Brendan initially bringing in around 4 including Dembele, it may take a few weeks to settle them in but once settled these guys will be ear marked as starters on regular basis.
Ronny’s ghuys will be moved out, I don’t see any Celtic Park future for the likes of Efe, Izzy, Fisher, Janko, Boyata, Johansen, GMS, Allan, Commons. Others will go or be loaned out as well.
It will be a gradual enough change but there will be further ins and outs in Jan window. Within 18 months last year’s team will be almost totally dismantled.
Try this, replace “will” with “I think”……………….
Mrs Shades just asked me why I’m smiling.
Me– cause its pishing doon.
Enjoy your walk ya bunch of #########
CLOGHERCELT
Yip. If a hack had written that,we would be furious. One of our own puts the knife in instead-and that’s ok?
Not for me,mate. Well said.
Good morning CQN
Excellent poignant tribute to those who fell at the Somme
https://becausewearehere.co.uk/
It’s time to question our notions of Britishness and patriotism
Will Self
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/02/will-self-brexit-fallout-european-referendum-patriotism?CMP=twt_gu
265 dots in Celtic Park, Zebra Finance seem intent on adding dots, The Bassas. Hopefully Jobo will be back for the final countdown. Think Joe Allen will do the trick and mop up the last of the dots.,
Pssssssst. There’s a new blog.
Ah’v come back fae the future to tell yooz ;)
St. Stivs
I was in Silverburn this morning mhate , bought the Bob Dylan shirt at Boca 10 , some nice new designs ! Loved ur comment abt the toilet block ! HH !
Where’s the Larkin story ?
Still gutted Ronny never worked out for us.
PROUDBHOY on 2ND JULY 2016 4:01 PM
Still gutted Ronny never worked out for us.
*me tae but we move on, like all other Celts who leave us, means nothing tae me anymore.
No need to rewrite RD time at Celtic,get a grip
ffs.
Away tae enjoy Saturday night,be nice we’re
all TIMS .