Backlash expected from Celtic

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After Tuesday night, you might feel a slight sting. That’s pride. Pride only hurts, it never helps.  Continue to bank Premiership points, mature as a squad and grow the club, because a year from now when we’re kicking it in the Champions League, you’re gonna’ say ‘We’re progressing’.

A week ago I suggested a case could be made that the game at Ross County was our most important before the international break.  I know that game has already faded into memory, but argument stands.  Champions League football is everything to Celtic – our biggest earner, best way to attract players, the sugar in fans’ tea, we need to be there and we need to improve results when we get there.

We are a significant way off the highs of Gordon Strachan’s Champions League campaigns (yes, some people were always unhappy), and we need to redouble efforts to return to that level, but until then, the importance of winning at the weekend can never be overstated.

Our coefficient monkeys did their best last night to make sure Celtic continue to reach the Champions League in future seasons.  Still a lot of work to do before we can assume anything, but fair play to them – every club in the league must do their best for Scotland’s perennial champions.

While Celtic legs and minds will be weary after our humbling in Madrid, Aberdeen flew back from Greece overnight after a respectable draw with POAK, and will travel south tomorrow ahead of their game at Celtic Park on Sunday.  Barry Robson is making progress but the international break surely cannot come soon enough for a squad which is far lighter than Celtic’s.

I expect a backlash from Celtic.

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  1. Thanks AT. It’s been a while since I felt like posting. Have had a bit of brain fog from new pills. Doctor did say that i would.

  2. Right a man sent aff for Livvy and a pen…on its way.

     

     

    Ps done my umpteenth miutes silence for the fallen in Tesco today, I thought it was on tge 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, it goes on and on and on.

     

     

    D :)

  3. lets all do the huddle on

    something had to be done about this shite.

     

     

    a blatant dive and still not overturned.

     

     

    the game is fked in scotland

  4. I am always amazed at how much space that mob get when playing Livingston compared to when Celtic turn up there.

  5. Mrs QUAD’s eyebrows still havent’s settled after that ‘penalty’ award.

     

    We were both expecting a yellow card for the wee diving cheat but naw…

     

    A pen – quelle surprise.

     

     

    Geezo; Livvy are an inch above Amateur level. I hope they go down and take their shit pitch with them.

  6. lets all do the huddle on

    wtf was the centre half doing when that ball got played thro to the hun forward. he moved away from the hun player before then going to tackle him as he shot.

     

     

    if that was kyogo he would have clubbed him as soon as the ball got played through

  7. Folks …think Shankland would be a very useful addition in January …£4m should do it .Twofold reason …firstly a proven goalscorer …secondly stop them doing so ..and administer a kick in their haw maws by doing so …Can see shades of Fat Salary in him ..and we know what a scourge to us he was ..,🤔🍀

  8. Holm starts today

     

     

     

    Hart, AJ, CCV, Scales, Taylor, Holm, McGregor, O’Reilly. Palm, Yang, Kyogo

  9. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Respectfully

     

     

    £4m for a 28 year old Scottish footballer with barely 150 senior games under his belt?

     

     

    If the motivation is to stick two fingers up at Sevco, ask to see their offer and double it.

     

     

    Forty-two thousand three hundred eight pounds, seven shillings and sixpence ought to do it.

  10. Seen it written on here Shankland would go to them not us if it was a choice between the two, is he any better than Nesbit who went to Millwall, think he cost 2m, hope we have several goalscorers in the offing, badly needed.

  11. lets all do the huddle on

    as much as we go on about the obvious corruption in the refs awarding hun penalties

     

     

    theres another side to some of them – and that is that defenders do stupid things against the huns that virtually never happens when these teams play us

     

     

    and that penalty there was a classic example

     

     

    why the fk is the defender jumping with his arm up there? its as if he was wanting to concede a penalty.

     

     

    he wouldnt have done that if it was us he was playing against

  12. I have some in laws who are ex army. I refuse to call them veterans. None of them ever went near any action. But they were there today. Uniform on and multi medals and poppies on show. Marched in and out of a church service. The only time they ever go near a church during the year.

  13. Just in fae the gem………now that was a pick me up!

     

    hope the wee mhan is ok that was ,from where i sit, a premeditated act of thuggery..it looked almost like he was aiming at Kyogos dodgy shoulder and missed……no red card no var he then proceeded to rampage about the pitch!