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Live updates will appear below after 15:00 BST.

Directors’ Box auction prize.

Courtesy of Celtic sponsor and all round good guys, Intelligent Car Leasing, we have an outstanding auction prize, as the centrepiece of our summer good causes. For the Kilmarnock game at Celtic Park, on 24 September 2016, you can win:

2 seats in the directors’ box
Champagne reception
5 course meal in the Walfrid Suite
Fully expenses bar (pre and post-match)
Half time snacks and refreshments
Car Parking
And a match programme.

There are experiences in life which money can’t buy. This one is now available for you to bid for on ebay until Friday lunchtime. Two of you, directors’ box, Champagne reception, 5 course meal, free bar, get in there – and tell your pals about it.

Monies raised will go towards our fifth (yes fifth) school kitchen for Mary’s Meals, and our other good causes in connection with Friday’s CQN Golf Day.

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  2. Neil Lennon & McCartney on

    This seems to me to be a fair summary of the match, from Craig Fowler in the Scotsman:

     

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    Celtic earned themselves a positive result from the first leg of their Champions League encounter with Astana.

     

     

    Here’s everything we learned from a tough 90 minutes for the Scottish Champions.

     

     

    Patrick Roberts can be an X-factor for Celtic in Europe

     

     

    The on loan Manchester City attacker was the only one of Celtic’s attacking players that played with any sort of verve. He routinely wriggled past opponents and would eventually notch an assist after cutting back for Leigh Griffiths to equalise. What’s particularly encouraging is that he could still have played better, despite being his side’s premier performer over the 90 minutes. Often in attacking areas, having skipped past his man, he would fail to find a fellow Hooped shirt with his cross. That’s unlike Roberts, who’s proven himself thus far in his time at Celtic Park to have a consistent final ball.

     

     

    Eoghan O’Connell can handle the pressure

     

     

    There is little doubt O’Connell was partly at fault for the first goal. Craig Gordon made a hash of it by coming for a cross he was never likely to get, but Yuri Logvinenko may have scored anyway after drifting off the back of O’Connell inside the six yard area. The 20-year-old badly misjudged the flight of the ball and his team were 1-0 down. You’d expect most young centre backs to retreat into their shell at this point, but O’Connell got better as the game went on. He showed great poise on the ball and made a number of important tackles off it. He’s shown himself to be a strong prospect for the future, even if he is likely to be down the pecking order once everyone is fit.

     

     

    Partick Twumasi is the dangerman for Astana

     

     

    Without their captain and leading goalscorer Tanat Nusserbayev, it was difficult to know what to expect from Astana, a team that don’t score a lot of goals as it is. To combat his absence, they lined up against Celtic in what was either a 3-5-2 or a 3-6-1, depending on whether you viewed Patrick Twumasi as a midfielder or striker. The Ghanian was given a free role to roam between the left wing and right wing, while also dropping deep to link with midfield. When the hosts didn’t have possession he would stand level with central striker Junior Kabananga, looking to stretch Celtic on the counter attack. Not only did he deliver the goal with an excellent corner into the penalty area, it was his run and cross which forced the set-piece in the first place.

     

     

    Brendan Rodgers stopped the bleeding

     

     

    At 1-0, ten minutes into the second half, there was only going to be one team that scored the next goal, and it wasn’t Celtic. In a 4-4-2, Celtic were too exposed between the defence and midfield and they needed to change it up. Typically, a defensive midfielder coming on for a striker is not the type of change supporters want to see when their team is a goal down, but it was a necessarily pragmatic decision from Rodgers. While on paper it didn’t do much for Celtic’s chances of getting back into the match, it gave them the best chance of averting disaster and taking the tie back to Glasgow still in the balance. In actual fact, nullifying Astana’s threat with greater ease allowed Celtic to push up the park a little more, which contributed to their goal. Rodgers used his subs well and showed real tactical poise. Celtic fans should be encouraged.

     

     

    Celtic still require more quality at a Champions League level

     

     

    It was a night to forget for both Stuart Armstrong and Callum McGregor, while Scott Brown still looks well short of his Champions League best from three seasons ago. The only time Celtic managed to look threatening prior to the formation change was when they got the ball forward to Griffiths and Dembele quickly, thereby bypassing the midfield, or gave it to Roberts. Brendan Rodgers inherited a squad chalked with centre midfielders and fans often debate which ones are deserved of a start – with Scott Allan, Nir Bitton, Ryan Christie, Stefan Johansen and Tom Rogic also in contention – but in the end he’ll likely look outwith the confines of Lennoxtown to get Celtic where he wants them to be in Europe.

  24. whitedoghunch on

    scratchin my head…

     

    when did we last see a centre back so new to the team make such an accomplished euro debut as Eoghan.

     

    I’m guessing late 80.s

     

     

    I think we have a coach in Brendan.

     

    Make new history.

  25. jmccormick on

    Morning all, bit dull here in darkest Lanarkshire.

     

    If we believe the MSM then the orange strips will be getting dusted down again..

  27. Jobo Baldie on

    Good morniong friends and happy Aberdour Eve from a pleasant looking dry and bright EK.

     

     

    cantkeepawayCSC

  29. cathedral view on

    Why is Patrick Roberts constantly referred to in the press and commentary as ‘on loan Roberts’ or ‘the on loan Manchester City player’.

     

    Having a player on loan is not a new concept at Celtic or elsewhere and I rarely hear other ‘on loan’ players referred to as such.

     

     

    ConfusedCSC

  30. Auld Tam on

    Great result yesterday and we can now look forward to the return match with confidence.

     

     

    I thought the challenge on Dembele looked like a penalty, but in the absence of an action replay – I wonder why – I believe Dembele was/is so desperate for his first goal that, given the merest sniff of a chance, it wouldn’t cross his mind to go down looking for a penalty when there was the remotest possibility of him finding the net. All of which would explain his reaction as he sat on the deck after being brought down.

     

     

    Bought my ticket for Wednesday just minutes before kick-off yesterday and can’t wait. The atmosphere should be really something and it’s nice to know that when the game kicks off, we are already in front. An early goal would be nice.

     

     

    WELL DONE BRENDAN AND THE BHOYS.

  31. antipodean red on

    Auld Tam,

     

     

    Look at Dembele on the bench as the rest around him celebrate our goal, his confidence is down, he is a young lad in a new country and he will be needing the support of the Celtic fans.

  34. bankiebhoy1 on

    Good morning Jobo…………..

     

     

    How’s the jet-lag?

     

     

    Keep flyin’ the oul’ flag for Celtic, sir.

     

     

     

    HH

  37. lionroars67 on

    Good morning CQN

     

     

    Happy with last nights result, only H/T in the tie but we now have a real psychological advantage at paradise

     

     

    Watched game in Admiral bar with some fine fellow CQers, C/L games involving Celtic best described by An Tearman as akin to the scene in a tom and Jerry cartoon where the heart leaps out your chest and back in, a visual i think we can all agree on

     

     

    ANTIPODEAN RED on 28TH JULY 2016 7:14 AM

     

    Auld Tam,

     

     

     

    Look at Dembele on the bench as the rest around him celebrate our goal, his confidence is down, he is a young lad in a new country and he will be needing the support of the Celtic fans.

     

     

    I noticed that lack of joy and celebration with the team and IMO it doesnt bode well for him he cant be happy for the team on such a big occasion, he is clearly struggling not finding the net so far, Dembele needs to be patient, the manager has kept faith with him so far that should give him confidence

  40. bankiebhoy1 on

    Defiantly bright in Corcaigh…………..

     

     

    A glorious long weekend beckons……………………

     

     

    Timdom in prospect lookin’ good.

     

     

    HH,………….. an’ up she rises!

  41. Gary67 on

    Dembele will be success for us once we have midfielders who can move the ball forward a lot quicker than they currently do. Get the ball into spaces for him to run onto and he will thrive, our build up play is still too slow.

     

    He will also need to learn how to play as a Celtic striker in domestic football, especially at CP, where the is no space to run into and we are playing against massed defenses sitting deep.

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