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DELANEYS DUNKY on 22ND AUGUST 2017 11:26 PM
TT
John Divers is still a legend amongst all the auld Bankies I speak to. Celtic great they tell me. Lovely human being also they say. God rest his Celtic soul.
*A St Pat’s legend tae both as pupil and teacher
WITS
Naw, Johnny the Dub is the scapegoat in Paradise among the home crowd. Sadly.
Zidane said “if you watch a game you won’t see Ntcham, if you watch Ntcham you’ll see the whole game”
TT
A West Dunbartonshire Celtic hero. John Divers. Legend.
Delaneys
Jonny will come good.
Coming over on Saturday to cheer him on
SP
I haven’t a clue about our new South African centre half. My two sons are ecstatic about him signing though. They watch you tube and he is dynamite on FIFA playstation. :))
WITS
Meet you for a beer pre or post match?
TTR
Everything good we did tonight was inspired by Ollie. Sublime performance fae one so young. His future is sparkling.
What is the Stars on 22nd August 2017 11:42 pm
Is Lustig now official scapegoat
……………….
Yes, but he’s still stand a better chance of a place finish than some of the glue factory and catfood stuff you recommend.
WITS ooot:_)
I was shaking my head thinking that only Celtic could be 4-1 down in a game that they were dominating. I never saw us being caught and in truth we could have got a draw had we gone for it in injury time. That 25 minute spell was the most calamitous I’ve seen for a while now. That should keep us grounded. Roll on the draw, all down to luck now.
Delaneys
Definitely
Where will you be.
Acgr
One of these days
ACGR
They are waiting for Trump. He is a Scottish, white supremist, bigoted klanzman. Perfect fit.
I got my wee finger on the button! Hunz
WITS
I can be anywhere you are in my City.
Day off D. You name the venue you know and I meet you mi amigo.
HH
Does everyone realise that if we had won the first leg 2-1 we’d have qualified on away goals. It wasn’t as close as some would want us to think….. by the way “I want the truth” You Son of a Bitch”
Delaneys
Ok
Waiting for word from my cousin. He is away for a few days but should be back for the game. As soon as touch base with him i will be in touch.
Was considering babbitty bowsers
Moment of the night, KT lying in the 6 yard box half sparkled, you could just see his lips move ‘am awrite’.
Just finished watching the game ” live”.
Some scary defensive moments.
Well, of course there were .
Simunovic , Sviachenko and Boyata out.
All probably ahead of our starters tonight.
Broonie , however , two defensive lapses .
One costly. Surprised me .
`Mon the Hoffenheim.
TTR, if you can take a minute off from being armchair manager of the year, see my earlier post re picking up your swag on Saturday:_)
Coai’s before the game.
HH
31003
1-0 at home would have got us through.
Imagine that was the first leg tonight?
I would be delighted going to Paradise 4-3 down in Europe.
WITS
BB suits me fine sir. Let me know D.
HH
DD
Still watched it from 50 yards away outside the pub……fag and beer in hand…
TTR
There was nothing wrong wi KT. The wee dramatists was wasting time. ;)))
Delaneys
Will do G.
The Jozo to Burnley rumour I got in the pub minutes into the game as I arrived and asked where the f### our only natural born reader of the defensive game was.
Truth? I saw Jozo interviewed liv eon Sky when he was in Torino 2 years ago sat in a cafe awaiting the yes/no on his medical. In perfect English he declared himself very willing and able to go back to Celtic and prove himself and establish himself as a first-choice player.
This was in Torino. Knocking back a Serie A club; preferring Glasgow.
Why the hell he would want to go to Burnley 3 years later can only be down to:
A) Excessive LSD intake leading to belief unicorns can be farmed in Lancashire.
B) Excessive greed – but surely Celtic wages and CL participation eclipse/match Burnley?
C) Insanity.
Anyone wishing to leave Celtic for Burnley, I’ll drive them to the nearest stagecoach post myself.
Problem for Celtic is – we missed him dearly tonight as soon as the pressure was on.
RATINGS. DEFINITIVE, in case yer lurking, SMSM wankhacks…
Gordon – AGAIN. Saved the shirts when called upon; suddenly thrust into an unwitting shooty-in session muinutes into the second half; like Israel last year, the big fella faced up to the task. Will curse himself for the fourth, praise himself for stopping me wailing as he clawed their fifth deflected looper over – an unrderrated wonder-save as he had to re-adjust in mid-air to get his fingers to it. 8/10
Mick – BRILLIANT ball to Callum to then set up Sinky for our first. He held it up under pressure, moved forward, found a slider right to the wee man’s feet. Shares blame for their 4th when caught in two minds; didn’t choose to close down quick enough. But SHOULD have been in at centre-back in a 3 when the pressure was on. Aside, his game-management – finding time, running clock, keeping possession, communication – great. 8/10
Ajer – Young, fearless, ball-winner, NEVER hid, even when the chips were down and it was easy to lose yourself in the storm. Let down by mor esenior pros around him struggling. Ridiculously unlucky with opening goal. 7/10
Bitton – Demonstrated why he’s NOT a centre-back. Defensive mid, yes. Extra CH if required, okay. But under P? No chance. NOT a natural defender so dire positional sense when it was all happening around him – example their 3rd. Free header. A mistake he repeated at least twice and got away with. As soon as they were dynamic and relentless, and thought required defensive instinct too, he got found out. 6/10
KT – As usual, 100% on it; in the thick of it when all hands to the pumps and took a dull one. Managed to play out the game and keep us at 11, due to believing Olivier Ntcham was actually Paddy Roberts up ahead of him on the wing. Concussion is a useful device at times.
BROON – FFs. Imperious first half – bossing it, strutting and swaggering and dictating the play. Second half? Kidnapped at half-time, obviously and replaced by Mr.Bean in a Broony outfit.
Chucked the first goal at them with comical play – the duff pass, the flaffed header right into the boy’s goalscoring path – then looked bewildered and irritated and lost and… well, right out of sorts for the rest of the game; like he’d woken up in the middle of a great dream and realised he really was on a pitch in Khasakstan with skillful foreigners zipping around him and not about to hear his alarm telling him the early gravedigging shift was starting.
9/10 first half for CL-captaining supreme. . 3/10 second half for getting in the way ocassionally.
Ntcham – Absolutely marvellous. SAM JACKSON in a Celtic shirt.
Showed those m#ther####ers how it’s done with exemplary m#ther####ing cool. Ran the m#ther####ing game in the m#ther####ing middle. Like Zinedine m#ther####ing Zidane himself said: ‘When you watch the game, you do not see Ntcham. when you watch Ntcham you see the whole m#ther####ing game. M#ther####ers.’. 10/m#ther####ing 10 for hauling us through. M#ther####ersOf The Match.
McGregor – Great industrious first half, but faded badly when the heat was on. Still, proving a lot of us wrong and deserving his Hoops. 7/10
Forrest – the Prestwick Pele roasted them a few times before subbed; confidence in his outstanding pace works wonders for him. I sometimes wish we’d look to play him in behind more. Again, he’s done the business in the qualifiers to get us through. 7/10
Scotty S – Sheer magic in those dancing feet. Stunner of a strike. Terrorises the opposition. Couldn’t BELIEVE him being subbed – not just becasue he represented our best out-ball and attacking threat; but obviously I had a tenner on him to score both halves. Worst substitution since the Ronny Deila take-him-off-when-he’s-on-a-hat-trick school of game management. 8/10 ‘cos he’s wonderful, magical.
Griff – strangely quiet. Hard shift but lacked his usual nuisance-value; missed a sitter at 3-1 to put them back in their box. Scored a cracker in the last minute. But overall, a peculiarily ineffective night compared to his standards. 7/10
Rogic – Big T came on with that shambling guile of his and impacted in that disturbingly languid style that we have become used to seeing bewilder opponents. I would have reckoned the tie would have been over by half-time if he’d started the game. 7.5/10
Armstrong – Great Hair. Looked comfortable to be back in there with his future sorted; more confident, professional, keen to show his class. Fitted in well from bench to secure the middle. 7/10
Ralston – The bhoy’s a beast. Raw energy and pace, a fine effort on a nerve-shredding task – ‘get in there and shore it up son.’ Acquitted himself admirably, needed more help from the experienced heads around him but they were struggling with their own games so the bhoy got on with it and tore in; he’s a keeper. 7.5/10
Brendan R – Startled into a bad dream first five minutes of second half. Must have thought Israel was happening all over again. Saw his defensive problems magnified. Made what I thought his strangest-ever sub when sincy went off, got away with it after KT recovered – we could have been down to 10 men and really up against it. Thought he was caught off-guard but 2 CL qualifications out of 2 speaks volumes. Hero. 7/10.
Who do I want in the group?
In the words of Olivier Ntcham – ‘M#ther####ing anybody. Bring them on. M#ther####ers.’
31003
Watched in pub wi copious Guinness for a Tuesday school night. My mate asked me out at half time for a lovely doobie. Second half I was mellow. Easy Skanking. ;))
midfield didnt help our back 4. they ran right through us 2nd half especially.
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Here’s a song you don’t hear at Paradise…………………………..cos the roof is being blown off with the noise of our support.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9LUNB-JsM
Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions
Six million left for your personal free ringtone. Get it right up that hun bastard in the office when yer phone goes.
Free at acgr@outlook.com
Bwaaaahhhhhhhhhhaaaaaa:_)
Oor Broonie had his poorest game for us tonight. Olivier his best game so far for us.
Balance there.
DD
Didn’t know The Doobie brothers were in town?
Home and fed. Work gets in the way sometimes.
Circumstances dictated I couldnae even Listen to the game, never Mind watch it.
Taped it.
A CB partnership that noone would have expected in such a high pressure game. Like Every Celtic game now, it is such a Joy.
Laters.
PS
Watchin all the build up too, well not now as adverts are on. 32X speed.
TAL
The Doobie Brothers have a residency in Clydebank toon. Las Vegas by the Clyde. ;)
Scotty S – Sheer magic in those dancing feet. Stunner of a strike. Terrorises the opposition. Couldn’t BELIEVE him being subbed – not just becasue he represented our best out-ball and attacking threat; but obviously I had a tenner on him to score both halves. Worst substitution since the Ronny Deila take-him-off-when-he’s-on-a-hat-trick school of game management. 8/10 ‘cos he’s wonderful, magical.
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One thing.
Needs to learn to loft the ball over the keeper when he`s on a one on one and an angled run .
Forrest – the Prestwick Pele roasted them a few times before subbed; confidence in his outstanding pace works wonders for him. I sometimes wish we’d look to play him in behind more. Again, he’s done the business in the qualifiers to get us through. 7/10
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Needs to centre when Leigh is free .
Which is usually.
This is how it feels to be Celtic.
Inspiral Carpets CSC
DD, an auld yin
Just seen it – What a goal Scottie Bhoy.
Kris heads up – you are on the way to the top.
Don’t like commenting on these games so will wait until Half Time.
https://youtu.be/YoRwlMp7BIA
TAL
An oldie but goldie.
I wanna be sedated!