The prospect of Midtjylland picking up tomorrow evening where Preston left off is enough to make this morning’s Champions League third qualifying round draw seem less of a priority. In the event we overcome the Danes, we will face the winners of the PSV Eindhoven – Galatasaray second round tie.
Galatasaray are a month away from the start of the Turkish league, having played only two friendly games since their season closed two months ago. They finished level on points with 2021 league winners, Beskitas, losing out by a single goal difference. PSV finished second in the Netherlands, well behind Ajax, and have played four friendlies this month in preparation for facing Galatasaray on Wednesday.
At first glance, Midtjylland are as ill-prepared for the new season as we are, having appointed a manager only a week before Ange Postecoglou arrived at Celtic, and losing their opening league game at home to OB, who finished ninth last term.
Not so PSV and Galatasaray. We have an extraordinary amount of work to do before meeting sides of that calibre with any confidence. Beating Midtjylland would guarantee Europa League group stage participation, at the very least, and feels like an achievable objective. Anything more is not to be included in budget forecasting.
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God bless you all and those belonging.
Vatican Media Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMlHS5f27PU
Be Thou My Vision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihJAJA4ibEs
My surname is Munro, a Scottish and Irish surname. In both languages, it means “man from the River Roe” in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
To my knowledge, I have no Irish ancestors as my Dad (may he RIP) was quite a private man who rarely talked about his origins.
Both my parents are Scottish but I am convinced that I have Irish blood in me. Perhaps that idea came about through my love of the Rebs from an early age!
Apologies if I have bored anyone with my family history.
Sláinte Ange on 20th July 2021 4:18 am
My surname is Munro, a Scottish and Irish surname. In both languages, it means “man from the River Roe” in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
To my knowledge, I have no Irish ancestors as my Dad (may he RIP) was quite a private man who rarely talked about his origins.
Both my parents are Scottish but I am convinced that I have Irish blood in me. Perhaps that idea came about through my love of the Rebs from an early age!
Apologies if I have bored anyone with my family history.
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Very interesting. Always thought of it as a Scottish surname, so every day is a learning day.
But:
https://www.houseofnames.com/munroe-family-crest
Munroe was first used as a surname by descendants of the Pictish people of ancient Scotland. The ancestors of the Munroe family lived near the foot of the river Roe in the Irish county of Derry. The Gaelic form of the name is Rothach, which means a man of Ro or a man from Ro.
BTW was Frank Munro a great-grandfather of the unfortunate Shane Duffy?
https://www.thecelticwiki.com/munro-frank/
Sionnaigh on 20th July 2021 4:03 am
Be Thou My Vision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihJAJA4ibEs
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Absolutely stunning! Many happy memories of my childhood as my mother (God Rest Her Soul) played the piano in the Church.
Thank you.
:/
I wish Ange best of luck tonight
A decent result would give him another week to implement
his style onto the squad and perhaps the board will open
its purse strings and get him another signing or three
SIONNAIGH.
BE THOU MY VISION.
Wonderful.
My wee cousin was a choirboy in St Marys Star of the Sea in Leith and did a wonderful solo of this in Church..
Had red locks like TB and a left foot to match..
Big radge Tim all his life..
HH.👍
SCULLYBHOY on 20TH JULY 2021 6:49 AM
Thanks for your comments and interest.
Aye, the true origin of the name has long been shrouded in mystery and may be so forever
I am delighted that I am somehow related to Marilyn Monroe!
What’s that you say? That was not her real name? Who cares!
As for Frank Munro, I could not possibly comment!
HH
Good morning cqn from another beautiful sunny morning in the Garngad expected to reach another 24 – 25 degrees.
Good luck to whatever 11 Ange picks to start tonight.
Off to drop the grandson at the Celtic summer training camp. Then him and his dad will be off to Celtic park at between 5.45 and 6.15 and he isn’t sitting beside his dad and yet they have a parent child ticket…weird.
D :)
Sláinte Ange on 20th July 2021 7:55 am
SCULLYBHOY on 20TH JULY 2021 6:49 AM
Thanks for your comments and interest.
Aye, the true origin of the name has long been shrouded in mystery and may be so forever
I am delighted that I am somehow related to Marilyn Monroe!
What’s that you say? That was not her real name? Who cares!
As for Frank Munro, I could not possibly comment!
HH
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Seemingly, Munroe was Marilyn Munroe’s mother maiden name!
HH
Only for the politicos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57894210
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57854811
Karamoko Dembele and Mikey Johnston out for at least a month.
Can’t believe that brutal assault on the wee man didn’t even result in a yellow card.
Bliddy referees.
TOM MCLAUGHLIN
Sorry to hear that!
Any news on Soro?
Compare and contrast the treatment of Leigh
(who is an absolute plonker)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57899127
ST. APOLLINARIS, BISHOP OF RAVENNA AND MARTYR
ST. AURELIUS, BISHOP OF CARTHAGE
https://twitter.com/sports_kobenp/status/1417293131494559745
GENE
Indeed!
Guilty until proved innocent.
Tom McL (or anyone) …
What was the name of the player who injured Dembele last week?
I was just reading about big Jozo Simunovic still being without a club
I know he was injury prone and had an error in him but surely he
could have done a better job than what we brought in last season
and the same goes for PC Lustig where although not as good as his earlier
years he definitely got Celtic and would have been good for the dressing room
Celtic: Does Ange Postecoglou have just one season to get it right?
BBC ratcheting up the pressure and agenda setting…
It won’t be long before the pantywetters are on jabbering away ….
Basics @9.50
Kasey Palmer is the culprit.
Swiss Ramble on our and other SPFL teams’ accounts:
https://mobile.twitter.com/SwissRamble/status/1417372856183369740
This is up to 30 June 20 (I.e. not season just finished).
Interesting to see figures re CL v Europa League participation. Basically a £16-£20m difference.
I hope people are praying that Sevco get knocked out of CL qualifying…
PHILBHOY –
Soro fit and available.
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL
Robert Atkinson was the culprit.
BHOYJOEBELFAST –
I thought it was Atkinson.
Apologies if I got that wrong.
In ither news………………
Shortie at its sllekit best and most determined.
Same message plyed by the multi-moniker troll(s) battering away at thur downbeat messages of fear and anxiety aimed at timdom.
Me, I hope Leigh scores the winner tonight.
HH
Tom @10.20
Remember the ‘tackle’….one reporter,think,Herald Scotland using’ scythe’ in describing the incident,in what was a friendly encounter.Tom,it’s better hearing who the culprit is on CQN as opposed to some hot cross bun,delighting in correcting you.
STILL CELTIC
ROLLING_STONE on 20TH JULY 2021 10:17 AM
“Interesting to see figures re CL v Europa League participation. Basically a £16-£20m difference.”
Is there? I’d be interested to know how you get that from the figures he’s posted
Cheers guys.
I recall the assault but couldn’t remember who did it.
A little bit of online chat about the act of violence by Kasey Palmer
But not much.
I simply can’t understand players like Palmer being motivated to do such things in a so-called pre-season friendly?
Why did he do this?
Was Karamoko targeted?
Thought these games were supposed to be largely about fitness and sharpness.
@Celtic40me
https://mobile.twitter.com/SwissRamble/status/1417372928103133184
Even if Kasey Palmer had apologised on his Twitter account that would be something.
ROLLING_STONE on 20TH JULY 2021 10:48 AM
Yes I’ve seen it already – I follow him on Twitter
I can’t get to a comparison from what he’s posted
Inaccurate financial info only adds to our anxieties on an already stressful day. It would be very helpful for all of us if you could accurately outline how exactly the Huns will make 20m more than us from cL qualification
Just to help, I’ve previously done a comparison using our and their previous financials and the uefa distribution figures from the uefa website
A bit of guess work involved but the difference is unlikely to be much more than £10m
The Huns should be saying their prayers, without it they’re in serious trouble. We aren’t
So 18000 safe distanced. My arse.
Team for tonight.
Barkas
Ralston Welsh Bitton Montgomery
Turnbull Soro Mcgregor
Christie Ajeti Edouard
Swap Forrest for Christie if fit after isolating.
Barkas
Ralston Welsh Shaw Taylor
Turnbull Soro MacGregor
Abada Ajeti Edouard
I like reading about the financial toing and froing of football clubs because it’s something I have no training in. Over the recent months a work colleague (hibbee) encouraged me to listen to the “Price of Football” podcast and Ive come to look forward to their style and content, even if it has glossed over Scottish football’s recent past. It has gone some way to explaining to me the rationale behind how and why today’s clubs are run the way they are and made me wonder if Celtic are being run in a way that separates, as much as possible, financial risk to the club from on the field success. Take away the vagaries and inconsistencies of player form, injuries ,refereeing decisions and the like, and replace it with player recruitment decisions, contract negotiations, sponsorship deals, vouchers, season ticket deals and decisions taken for the long term interests of the club. Excitement, emotion and the short term v management, consistency and the longer term. I know I want both to coexist and neither to outweigh and destabilise the other.