“I’m so tired of being alone,
I’m so tired of on my own,
Won’t you help me, girl,
Just as soon as you can”
Al Green’s lament is written for those tired and distant from homely comforts If you and I do our job tonight, the Astana players who take the field will know what it feels like to compete in what is the wee small hours of their internal body clock. They will be tired, and the crisp Glasgow night will feel nothing like their central Asia base. Home advantage is worth nothing if you don’t make the most of it.
Astana’s Bulgarian manager, Stanimir Stoilov, promised his players are ready for tonight’s game at Celtic Park.:
“Discipline will be key. When we were here last year feelings were running high and we could maintain composure. We just have to remember two games will decide who gets to the group stages of the Champions League. We need to keep our nerve for both games.
“I have no words that can describe what it would mean for Kazakhstani football for us to reach the group stage. I am pretty sure the players know what it will mean for them, they are focussed on success.
“Celtic have risen up in recent years under Brendan Rodgers. He has done a good job and Celtic are stronger.
“We need to score [tonight]. If we don’t, get a goal, the game in Astana will be tough. We must try to be ourselves and play our football, no surprises.
“Any team which doesn’t lose in eight months deserves huge respect. We will be very happy if we win. On the other hand, there are defeats in football too, but we will see what happens.”
One interesting fact emerged from his Celtic Park media conference yesterday: the Astana board publicly set a target for their team to reach either the Champions League or Europa League group stages this season. This was achieved with the win over Legia Warsaw in the last round.
Given a choice, I’d prefer to play a team who’ve hit their targets, than one whose very essence replies on them beating you.
Let’s get stuck into them, Celtic.
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JUNGLE VIP on 16TH AUGUST 2017 2:03 PM
Trust me to get things back to front !!!!!!!!!!
Right does anyone know of any bookies in Las Vegas….whats their names….who are these people ?
Cheers mate
How I wish I was in Vegas
I’m away for a shower and shave….and then meet up with BT and others in BV for a very ” Secret Meeting” prior to the match.
OOOPS…..did I just let the cat oot the bag there ?
Its okay for the rest of yous to know about the secret meeting in the BV later….but we will not reveal what was discussed.
So there.
COYBIG……….UNLEASH HELL CELTIC !
JUST FECKIN DAE IT !
HH
Happy Birthday to TOHG !!
3-0 to the good ghuys tonight, oh and btw McCoist is an absolute pollution of a man !!
I just can’t see us keeping a clean sheet tonight, particularly if Bitton is playing at the back. I think we might need to score three.
I’d therefore go fairly attacking:
Gordon; Lustig, Ajer, Simunovic, Tierney; Brown, McGregor; Forrest, Rogic, Sinclair; Griffiths.
LIONROARS
Andrew O’Hagan moved to Kilwinning,he’s a few years younger than me.
I don’t recall a blue hut beside St Winin’s church. Though the library is only a few yards away-used to be upstairs in Main St. There was a Scout Hall right next door,the one I attended.
The Orange Lodge is about 200 yards away. Quite sure the Lambeg could be heard,mind.
Naught for 5 now in my team predictions.
I was always told never give up so here goes.
( mind you the boys I coached telt me I know f all about fitba) :-).
4 2 3 1 formation
Craigie G .
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Big Mick
Nir Bitton
Jozo the hunskelper
Wee KT.
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Broonie n Ollie
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Wee Jamsie
CMCG
Sinky
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Griff.
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Only a fool would try to predict the score tonight.
So
4 nil the hoops, with Jonny Hayes to score coming of the bench.
H.H
Looks like we will be singing in the rain tonight, well you lot in the lower tiers will, me I will be snug as a bug up in the dizzy heights of 403.
just fallen for the worst piece of “Clickbait”on Newsnow ever.Headline.Patrick Roberts signs 18 month loan deal at Celtic.
It was the last loan deal.FFS
Big night requires a big performance from each of our top players. All the best, Celts again. Expecting it to be a nerve-shredding cracker.
I had a meeting with Neil Doncaster and McKenzie.
Post by Joe O’Rourke » Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:47 am
I and Association President John Andrews met with Neil Doncaster and Rod McKenzie on Monday night. The reason for the meeting which incidentally was at the request of Mr Doncaster, was for them to explain their position with regards to the Lord Nimmo Smith (LNS) Inquiry.
From the outset they both made it clear that they thought that the SPL did everything by the book and that they had no further part to play in accordance with the advice they got from a Senior Counsel.
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So a blame game has started. That means recognition that something is indeed rotten has been accepted and the stink seems to be coming from SFA offices.
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They also stated that they, the SPFL, were happy to have an Independent Review of Scottish Football as stated about three weeks ago after they elected their new Board. The problem with that is, no Independent Review is worth having unless it also agreed by the SFA, and so far Mr Regan and his cronies have not agreed to a Review.
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Because it would mean having to take into account what has been hidden, what has been said but obfuscated, and it puts the people responsible under proper scrutiny. A change will require strong arm tactics.
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Mr Doncaster made it very clear that the decision taken by LNS cannot be revisited, the decision to fine Sevco £250,000 is final. Mr McKenzie stressed that all the information held by the SPL was put before LNS, which included the proof of about 51 side letters. But what they cannot answer is, did the SFA act honestly with regards to LNS.
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Surely if not all the information held, whether by the SPL, or by SFA or Rangers themselves was not part of the LNS Commission, and especially if that information had deliberately been withheld then the Commission has to be set aside? Rod McKenzie on behalf of SPL asked Rangers administrators for all correspondence relating to all ebts but were not supplied with the De Boer side letter of 30th August but more importantly the HMRC letter of 20th May 2011 that accompanied it explaining that tax was due because RFC had acted fraudulently or negligently. Are SPL saying they had that letter but ignored the accusations of fraud and did not consider adding any charge of not acting with utmost good faith as per their own SPL rules drafted by Rod McKenzie in 2011?
Even more sinister are they saying that the SFA were unsighted on the same letter when the set up the Judicial Panel in Feb 2012 and if they had it then that means the SFA did not inform the SPL of its existence when they were establishing the LNS Commission?
The Offshore Game chaps tried to establish if/when the SFA had this letter in November last year but never got an answer.
http://www.theoffshoregame.net/sfa-admits-it-did-know-about-rangers-unlawful-tax-avoidance-scheme-at-time-of-nimmo-smith-inquiry/
The SFA should have had that letter in their possession the week it was delivered to Rangers and if they did not it was because Rangers failed to comply with UEFA rules, which is possibly why TOG never got an answer from SFA as any would have implicated the SFA or Rangers or both.
In short the SPL might have acted on all the information supplied to them but if neither the party under investigation nor the national association provided the SPL with what they should have been given in March/April 2012 then it surely demolishes any case for not revisiting LNS?
It also renders any opposition to a meaningful enquiry by the SFA unacceptable, especially as the SFA may themselves have kept key information in that letter under wraps, even from their own Judicial Panel that only looked at Rangers and Craig Whyte’s behaviour from 6th May 2011. What took place before then was never investigated under SFA rules requiring Rangers FC to act with integrity, sportsmanship in accordance with rules of fair play?
The SFA need to be put in the dock and if they will not agree to a domestic enquiry then surely UEFA must be called in given the doubt that surrounds the part the SFA played in 2011 in granting Rangers a UEFA licence and then helping UEFA monitor the UEFA FFP rules on the overdue payables from 30 June 2011 that the 20th May 2011 letter refers to?
Anywhere in Bergamo to watch the game? Ta
GARY67 on 16TH AUGUST 2017 12:30 PM
!!Bada Bing!! on 16th August 2017 12:27 pm
I think Bitton will start, I just hope he doesn’t. Too casual, too slow.
I like Ajer and think he could be a big player for us in the coming years (likewise Ralston). If not Ajer at CH then I would play Lustig beside Jozo and Ralston at right back.
Obviously not reading BR remarks,Gary.Big Nir will start tonight.Rightly so.
Many happy returns john Fallon Celtic legend and Lisbon Lion
SEAN THORNTON on 16TH AUGUST 2017 1:06 PM
Swansea have just sold some guy I’ve never heard eh fir 45 mill, and want oor stretch fir a measly 6.
SEAN THORNTON on 16TH AUGUST 2017 1:06 PM
Swansea have just sold some guy I’ve never heard eh fir 45 mill, and want oor stretch fir a measly 6.
Tell them tae go piss in the wind celtic!.
Not before we tell them its 10 million.Negotiate Sean,Negotiate.If they say no,.
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Tell them tae go piss in the wind celtic!.
whilst in the shower I thought of another question about that meeting with Doncaster, Green McCoist etc and the decisions made in relation to the 5WA,
IF it is shown that McCoist IS an unnamed EBT player, and he himself was fully aware of that, and did NOT DISCLOSE that fact to Doncaster etc, and continued to not only be privvy to discussions, but to also have a say in decisions making….” stripping of titles” OFF the table…………then surely that renders that 5WA Meeting and possibly the agreement itself as being ” Not Fit for Purpose”…as in that case McCoist should have disclosed his EBT to that meeting/panel, due to his ” personal vested interests”, therefore McCoist was not fit for purpose in taking part in any discussions/decisions ?
Just a thought ?
HH
AFF OOT
lionroars67 on 16th August 2017 1:09 pm
I think you have provided one answer to the question posed in the CSA Report back viz:
” So where do we go from here? Well we’re not beaten yet. We have to force the SFA to back the Independent Review. The only way that can be done is by supporters putting pressure on their own clubs to call for it. ”
When you said:
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This is the quote from the letter from UEFA to Res12
We refer to your correspondence dated 27th May 2016 and understand that you are acting for a group of shareholders in Celtic PLC, it is not the general policy of EUFA to write directly to lawyers representing unidentified clients and if this is a matter that a MEMBER CLUB of the Scottish football association (i.e. Celtic FC) wishes to take up with EUFA then the club should do so directly.
Will a club any club in Doncaster’s SPFL league (preferably Celtic) please submit a complaint to EUFA regarding matters of licensing and governance of Scottish football its the ONLY WAY forward
At next AGM of SFA will any of the 42 clubs who are supporting Celtic on requesting a review of these important governance issues propose new people for office bearers of the SFA please!! we need a clear out
Doncaster hiding behind the SFA, the SFA is the clubs ffs, they vote in or out as they see fit, clubs have the power please use it, stop hiding behind risible laughable statements from your association spokespeople
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Unless something emerges that renders the information provided to Celtic shareholders at
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/official-update-to-res12-july-2017/
unsound, then simply by passing Resolution 12 with an add that the behaviour of the national association in 2011 and since then as a result of the liquidation of RFC, be investigated in terms of compliance with UEFA’s FFP articles designed to protect the integrity of UEFA competitions and by extension domestic competitions and advise on any remedial action.
Today,I could not give a Flying F___ about the “5 Way agreement”or,what ,who said what,who signed what,Doncaster or Regan.Not a F_____ Jot.
Tonight we can do what will hurt them all,grievously.set up a CL place.Put ourselves ,as a team,way beyond their reach,ensuring the future will be Green and White.After next Thursday,when our name is in that draw,hound the scum to hell.
Kouassi E. out for at least 8 weeks , ankle operation required.
RON67 on 16TH AUGUST 2017 2:55 PM
Kouassi E. out for at least 8 weeks , ankle operation required.
When,not if,we qualify for the groups,I think this will be a big blow for Brendan.I had a feeling BR was thinking of playing 4_4_2,in away ties,with Eboue a big part.Really ,so far,an unlucky boy.He will be a star for us.
BADA BING.
Bergamo – no idea -but-
Game is on Premium Calcio 2 @8 45.Bergamo time .
RON67
We’re having a really bad run of injuries:((
SOT- Thanks HH
Maybe someone could ask Doncaster how the 5WA can be in any way valid when it has already been broken. All football debts weren’t paid. And wasn’t the fine unpaid? Did they not have to deduct it from prize money?
Watching BT last night,great comments from the panel about Brendan and Celtic.Gary Linekerhas now become one of my favourites.Never a bad word to say about Celtic.Taken over from Jamie Rednapp.
Just hope the Astana defence play like Hoffenheims last night.
Good Afternoon CQN, long time lurker. Do any other London Celts know if the Sheephaven Bay pub in Camden will be showing the game tonight?
Hail hail!
GB back tonight.Marvellous.Full house,marvellous.LG banging in a couple,ecstasy.
COYBIG.
Afternoon All..
Cant believe all the ‘over optimistic’ chat and predictions about tonight’s game.
This is a team we beat only by the narrowest of margins last year.. I believe we are weaker this time around, no Dembele, no Roberts, Sinclair and Armstrong still to ko in my opinion.. squeezed over the line v Rosenburg, weren’t greatly convincing v Partick, a wee bit unsure who’ll play at the back.. no 100% sure about Bitton.
So forgive me if I don’t take the Bookies offer of 3 plus goals.
I always fancy us at Home, but I think we are getting carried away a wee bit with some wild predictions.
Still.. C’mon The Hoops, the Group Stages are there for us over 2 legs!! HH.
LONDONCELT
Just been on their website and it says they ARE showing the game live.
Have a good one!
Cracking open the Jack Daniels I won the other night,but sadly,just enough Martini for 2 Manhattans.BUGGER.
Virtually impossible to find Sweet Martini here.Mrs TB looking at me saying,”If you drink them,make it your last,or you wont see any game tonight”.
Not sure if she means I will be drunk,or she is threatening me.One of those kind of statements.
Cheers to a Nice win tonight.Nice,as in the French Nice.
ANDYR53
It’s sometimes tough being a Tim.
Any victory without losing a goal would be great and perhaps more realistic.
However, wi’ the Celtic.ye never know!
C’MON THE CELTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re Doncaster:
Telling the honest football supporter to move along. How arrogant are these sniveling pen pushers, running our league like their own private fiefdom?
Doncaster, conspicuous by his absence at the flag unfurling, but you can bet when we make the CL group stages, he will be swanning around Paradise hospitality in all his pomp.
2-0 to the Bhoys tonight, and then cruising through a well controlled defensive away leg.
Nae bother!
I don’t drink during the week, well, usually.
However, I will quaff a wee dram of something special every time we score tonight.
I hope I’m pi**ed by half nine!
BADA BING
Quick Google – stuff on Facebook /Twitter re something called BergamoCelts.I Don’t do Facebook /Twitter .Maybe U do?.
With the money being paid for players down south 6 million for Scottish International Stuart Armstrong is an insult Celtic shold tell them the price is 10 Million. H.H.
Big Jimmy on 16th August 2017 2:39 pm
whilst in the shower I thought of another question about that meeting with Doncaster, Green McCoist etc and the decisions made in relation to the 5WA,
IF it is shown that McCoist IS an unnamed EBT player, and he himself was fully aware of that, and did NOT DISCLOSE that fact to Doncaster etc, and continued to not only be privvy to discussions, but to also have a say in decisions making….” stripping of titles” OFF the table…………then surely that renders that 5WA Meeting and possibly the agreement itself as being ” Not Fit for Purpose”…as in that case McCoist should have disclosed his EBT to that meeting/panel, due to his ” personal vested interests”, therefore McCoist was not fit for purpose in taking part in any discussions/decisions ?
Just a thought ?
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McCoist cannot be an unnamed ebt player as he left Rangers a year before they started using ebts and became manager in 2011 after when they stopped .
No matter how much suspicion there is about how Rangers paid player before 1999 there has to be evidence to back it up. The first (DOS) ebt was to Craig Moore in Sept 1999. The first where evidence of a side letter exist was to De Boer on 30 August 2000.
If Kouassie injured for 8 weeks SA a maybe
anyone think we should sign
another 3 mid fielders…just in case
I’ll get my coat….Just about to head to pub anyway
ANDYR53 on 16TH AUGUST 2017 3:14 PM,
So,you honestly think after a full year of Brendan instilling into this team,how to play,and a year we just had of it coming to fruition,we are weaker than last year?.
Sorry,no offence,I know its your heartfelt opinion,but thats Bollox.
Jozo did not play.KT was just emerging.Armstrong had not improved to the level he finished the season.Rogic was in and out of the team.Dembele had just signed,and,I think,came on as a sub.Mc Gregor is 100% better.We have now Ntcham.We now pass teams off the park.Even against Rosenberg away.Sinclair was hardly in the door.Yet you think this team is weaker.
good luck with that.Your support for the team is outstanding.
JOE FILIPPIS HAIRCUT on 16TH AUGUST 2017 3:23 PM
With the money being paid for players down south 6 million for Scottish International Stuart Armstrong is an insult Celtic shold tell them the price is 10 Million. H.H.
Joe,my sentiments exactly.I think Brendan has already stated that no player he values,will leave unless the money is right.