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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FFS went furra slash:(((
Sips
The admiration I have for bhoys like you knows no bounds, having to work with scum on a daily basis would have me in jail or dead, I managed it for a short time, didn’t have the make up for it.
HH
Dallas 7.56pm
Left the TSB at 4.03pm so made my curfew, bhoy I was meeting (lurker on here) is a couple of years older than me, I mentioned your Kolo Toure being like Pat Stanton….. Not as players but in calming and helping others…….before I mentioned what you had said his reply was “Stanton turned R MacDonald into a great centre half” before my time but his reply was like listening to you a couple of hours earlier !
Goal of the tournament so far.
poor from Joe Allen – suicide ball in midfield, they switch and the guy rifles the ball into the the roof of the net. Great strike!
what a save
Dixiedeans 7.42pm
If you are season ticket holder
Wolfsburg game is part of your package
Do not need to purchase ticket
Nothing on official site regarding public sale
The Belgians must have been listening to Andy Walker(as if?)…if you get touched go down.
Diving bassas
TET…
Believe it or not thems got mostly wiped out at the last redundcy in March, the orange ones anyways, not that I like to see anyone lose their job.
What’s left is like lambs to the slaughter for me :))
YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Gŵl
Yes Wales
Wa hey !
FFS sake !!!!
goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal wales
Oh and btw ta fur yer support wae ma bet.
Almost two…
cracking game
Jason looking like he is carrying a couple of extra kgs
Denayer looks poor. Him and Lakaku (defender wan) having a torrid time.
Wales boldly going where England fear to tread:)
Feck brexit…c’mon Wales.
Gerry, glad you left the boozer on time. Getting out of the pub before you get a taste for the swallay , is a good move.
There is no escape from my mince chat lol even though I’m not there with you.
Never mind Brexit, no chance it will happen.
Another example of how team spirit, hunger, desire, organisation…..wins the day.
Shame Deila couldn’t Instill any of the above on Celtic last year.
I have £10 each-way on Wales to win this competition @ 66/1, which means I have them @ 33/1 just to reach the final.
When they went behind, I thought ok, great effort, well done.
The way these guys have fought back is phenomenal.
What a team, honestly.
Can we please sign joe Allen the guy is perpetual motion
Is Robson Kanu available on a free ?
It’s a yes from me.
He’s had Denayer on toast all game.
Cracking game. Covered 2-2 @ 14/1.
Thought Wales were over priced @ 4/1.
Belgium missing 3 from usual back 4 had to have an impact.
ruggygman on 1st July 2016 8:41 pm
Another example of how team spirit, hunger, desire, organisation…..wins the day.
Shame Deila couldn’t Instill any of the above on Celtic last year.
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Also a shame that the players needed 1 man to instil spirit, hunger and desire in them while playing for Celtic.
Dallas
Already had the taste but the wee boss had me timed, in her mind my 2pm finish was 4pm, her times are more important than WFM !
the big boss knew I was out so only a wee fib…
Nye Bevans hope you get your 10/11 for me I just want nobody else to score apart fae Grizeman :-)
And can’t believe Witsel has been sold for 28mil and 36mil respectively.
A poor mans Bitton on this evidence
Wales all over Belgium..
Really good from Wales. Did well to stay disciplined when they went behind. Didn’t go chasing the game which would have played into Belgium’s hands.
Shouted “close him down” when Nianggolan got the ball. Couldn’t have heard me:-)
Gonna have to watch the bookings mind.
Really like the Belgium right back. Would like to see us go for him.
Wales giving a lesson on how to play against a technically superior team
Forget the republic Brendan Rodgers should be approaching some of these Welsh bhoyos and sounding them oot.
Wales have been outstanding.
Wales can score again from a cross and/or set piece.
Sipsini surely there must be a few Tims in your workplace
Auld Tam
Very best of luck (hope France beat Wales in the final) not as good as your 66/1, I have France / Grizeman top goalscorer at 20s…. Not a patch on your 33s each way and even better 66s
Hail Hail