Do you remember who we played this round last season, Helsinki or Helsingborg? The ones you win often blend into the background noise. Not so in 2007. The defeat of Spartak Moscow on penalty kicks will live long in the memory.
The last Champions League qualifying round reversal was THAT game eight years ago. Gordon Strachan was sill unpacking his white tee shirts when the team collapsed in Bratislava. A historic recovery was on the cards a week later when Celtic took a 4-0 lead with 20 minutes remaining but it wasn’t to be.
Before that MTK Budapest were humbled 0-4 at home by the Sevillians making the return leg a formality, not that the Sevillians were masters at Champions League qualification. Basel knocked them out the previous season on away goals, paving the way for that memorable season in the Uefa Cup.
Which brings us to Ajax. If you are my age, winning 1-3 in the Ajax Arena was something of a landmark in your life. We were back at the top table. We were also pretty shocked at that fact.
It was Helsingborg in the final qualifying round last season. Let’s hope Shakhter Karaganda fade from memory quickly as an inconsequential stop along the way.
Get tore into them, Celtic.
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No Derk on the bench, pity would liked to have seen him replace wee James after an hour or so.
Lenny obviously trusts the cb pairing, so do I.
HH
Wee Jamsie CSC
Ah wid Play Ambrose.
He has the Height.
and
He has .. Learned his Lesson.
Bin There.. Done That..
Noo.. Efe, is fully . Re-Habbed… jist like they dae in Hollywid.
Coupla Weeks.. Spent Writing oan the Dressing Room Black-Board..
“Ah must not Lollygag.. and Nae Mair.. Dillys nor Dallys, fur Me”
Two Thousand Times..
Plus..
Picking up the Discarded Sweetie Papers..and Auld Dandys…in the Jock Stein Stand.
He is Noo Cured.
So whit’s the Worry, Folks?
Ambrose, should Play..and
We DAE Need his Height!
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’
This is why the Bhoys were signed, for games like this.
Surprised at the CB selection, – times are a changing
NFL CSC
Derk’s not made it, shame
Risk with Virgil at the back considering lack of game time?
Still, him and Stephen should be our CB partnership for the year!
HH
DBBIA
I agree, very happy to see Efe on the bench.
HH
Had a great time in Amsterdam for the Ajax game where my mate and I were high in the stands behind the goal when Sutton bulleted in his header. The place went mental.
Great game, wonderful result and a new dawn we hoped.
The journey back to the airport was a bit of a blur, too much cake I think!
Vague memories of arriving back at the Airport and getting herded on to first plane available without any of that OTT security nonsense.
Never confident before CL away games, in theory there are no mugs at this level.
But 2-0 to the Hoops with Samaras and Commons to score.
Would like to see Balde get a game tho, think we need the strength up front.
Neil Lennon & McCartney YNWA Oscar Knox
Its mad how many fans have made it over there. The two lhads , father and son, Ingrams from Fort William were over in Boras as well. Myself and my mates fell into their company in The Dubliner pub in Gothenburg. Really good guys and fair play to them for making it out there. They said to us they wanted to get the Kazaks in the draw as they were determined to go there. Celtic fans, there’s no fans to beat them!
Marti
Delaneys Dunky
Really hope I am now ;)
Celtic team to play Shakhter: Forster; Lustig, Mouyokolo, Van Dijk, Izaguirre; Forrest, Brown, Ledley, Mulgrew; Commons, Samaras
the hooped crusader @ 13.46. PMSL!
You sure that wisnae the Craig Whtye handshake?
Not sure what to make of that team with no striking threat.
Wonder how much a ticket over there is?
Glad to dee you back too serge..
Forced food down my throat as the nerves are starting. .
THE EXILED TIM…………………You can beat it Wee Oscar
Thanks TET, getting in a wee bit of a panic as I have a hoose full of women and children!!
BadplanningCSC
Latvian guy at work was telling me yesterday about Karagandy. Apparently the Soviets use the place as a joke about being in the middle of nowhere. A bit like we would with Timbucktoo I guess.
ASOD
You don’t rate Sammi in Europe?
U
Solid team and no Efe is always a bonus.
COYBIG!
ulysses mcghee is praying for oscar
All his goals come from drifting in from the left. He is not a target man.
ASonOfDan
Sad comment of the day award, about a Celtic player IMHO
Patrick27
Lol, am sure Virgil will provide aerial protection. Back up on bench looks strong enough too
HH
Bernie Slaven has just posted a moving eulogy to his ‘Da’ who passed away on the 18th August.
He highlights one particular European adventure for the Hoops (beating Leeds Utd at Hampden). His ‘Da’ sounds like my father and probably every one else’s.
No out and out striker but there’s goals in that team. A big side for a big match.
Mon the ‘tic!
Starry Plough,
Not sure if this is any use to you but when I stayed in Switz I had access to Sky Italia. I’m sure I read on these pages that they were showing the game today.
Good luck finding it anyhow HH
Might be a risk playing van dijk but playing ambrose would have been a big risk, good team from Lenny. Wee Forrest man of the match put my house on it HH
ASOD
I think we’d have seen Sammi up front here even with Hooper in our pick.
We might see three at the back a wide mid and Commons sitting in behind Sammi.
A defensive Celtic to counteract their potential for high balls and direct football.
U
Is Charlie Mulgrew at cente forward?
Maks sense tae me, and it maks sense tae Mo.
Ok Lads. Making a bid from freedom from the office here! Should be home in time for kick off with a coupla cans. Have a fiver on Sammy to score first at 8-1 as suggested earlier by a poster.
Good luck to all of you no matter where you are and let’s hope we are celebrating in a coupla hours time.
Marti
Quietly confident we’ll bring back a decent result.
Sammi, is Wasted in the Role of the Lonely Linwood Striker.
He is a Left Winger.
Period.
Ach.. whit’s the Use..
Neil.. jist disnae Get it.
Tony Watt should Be the Man all Alone.
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
S
Du Wei just interviewed in the Kazakhstani Car Park there on the radio. Says he’s torn between supporting one of two teams he nearly played for…
My hero, my Da.(Bernie Slaven)
As a kid I was brought up in Castlemilk, a huge council estate, about ten minutes drive from the city of Glasgow. As an only child I lived with my Mother and Father in one of the many high rise tenement buildings.
It was in Castlemilk that I took my first steps on the way to a professional football career. I remember my Da trying to encourage me to play football, probably when I was as young as four or five, kicking the ball up and down the hallway in the tenement.
From then on football was all I was interested in, my Da tried to encourage me to stick in at my homework, there is no doubting that school was important, but deep down he wanted me to play football, almost as much as I did.But neither of us were alone, half the boys in Glasgow dreamed of one day becoming a professional footballer.
As part of my football education, he took me on a regular basis to Celtic Park, to watch players like, Jimmy Johnstone,Lennox, McNeil, Dalglish and his boyhood hero Bobby Murdoch.Those were terrific days and memories.
One of my greatest memories watching Celtic, was when my Da took me to see The Hoops take on the great Leeds United in the European Cup semi final, second leg at Hamden Park, 140,000 people witnessed the game that night and I was one of them. Not only was I excited by the occasion, but I was on a promise, my Da had told me that if Celtic beat Leeds he would take me to Millan for the final against Feyenoord at the San Siro. Unfortunately Celtic lost 2-1, but what an experience for an eleven year old.
Like most Da’s he was my biggest critic, in fact I nicknamed him Jock Stein, after Celtic’s great manager.
Every week he would tell me what I was doing right and more likely what I was doing wrong. At times I was thinking that I couldn’t do anything right, and would hit back at him ” You think your Jock Stein. ” To be fair he had a look of big Jock, with his cubby features and dark wavy hair, but that’s where the similarities ended.
The biggest lesson he taught me was to use the inside of my foot. If you throw a ball at most youngsters, they will automatically hit the ball with the top of their foot, as using the inside is uncomfortable.
As the years progressed and the goals were flying in the majority were from the inside of my foot, I used to caress and stroke the ball as apposed to blasting it, that technique was down to my old man.
I arrived in England in 84/85 season, I had gone from part time football to full time, trebled my wages and signed a three year contract. But within two weeks I was on the phone to my Da saying that I wasn’t enjoying it, I was home sick and that I was returning home.
His reply as he balled down the phone was ” You won’t be getting back in here, give yourself time to settle and be a man for once I your life.” Then he banged the phone down.
Needless to say I didn’t return to Glasgow.Without my Da’s persuasion, influence and guidance, I would have packed my bags and headed back north, and no doubt would have been signing on the dole.
My 380 odd appearances and 147 goals for Middlesbrough would have only been a dream.
Away from the football my Da was the perfect role model,he didn’t drink, smoke, gamble or abuse people, thankfully I have inherited those traits.
Sadly on Sunday 18th August 2013, Hugh Slaven passed away, peacefully in his sleep after a two year battle with illness, aged 79.
He was everything to me, he was blessed with charm and charisma, he was charitable, kind and caring.
He was my best friend, my idol, hero, advisor, psychologist, coach, manager, but most of all he was my Da. Rest in peace.
BT
Thanks, Hope to post more. Looking forward to this one hope we get off to a decent start. HH
TnT as Efe has been left out my TKF bet is Joe Ledley to score anytime in 90.
Efe has been played out of position to help our cause on many occasions which he done willingly and to the best of his ability (imho) he is not a centre half and we have not seen the best of him yet.
Mon the Hooooooooooooooooooooooops
Rieperman
Nae telly in ma hoose!!
I’ll find it, now the weans and women are fed I can get on with it..
Lay off Efe Bhoys he’s a Celtic player and we don’t need scapegoats like the Orcs…
Team vs Shakhter Karaganda: F.Forster,C.Mulgrew,E.Izaguirre,M.Lustig,S.Mouyokolo,V.vanDijk,J.Forrest,J.Ledley,K.Commons,S.Brown,G.Samaras (Official Alerts)
Bit risky playing Virgil after only a dozen or so min imo but lenny will have seen a hell of a lot more of him in training than me.
Coybig!!!!!!!