I don’t subscribe to the ‘Would rather face them with Messi’ world view. I’ve seen Lionel Messi a couple of times, it’s a bit like standing atop the Eiffel Tower, a breath-taking experience, but I don’t need to visit Paris every month to reinforce the view. Tomorrow will be an almighty challenge against one of the sport’s all-time great teams. Having pushed Barcelona to their absolute limits twice last season, we have no right to expect a second consecutive New Firm victory, but this is a home game at Celtic Park, we hope for a win.
The omission of Joe Ledley is a worry. Celtic need mobility and positional awareness in all positions tomorrow, Joe brings both elements to the party, how Neil Lennon compensates for his enforced absence in central midfield will be a key decision.
I also don’t subscribe to the view that, unlike a year ago, Barca will know what to expect this time. Celtic’s 2-1 victory last season came after they took Barca to added time at the Camp Nou before Barca got their winner. Barcelona knew exactly what to expect, they just didn’t know what to do about it. I see no reason why they will be any better tutored this time. Unless they’ve figured out a way of making wee guys jump higher than big guys.
We are fast, we’re tall, we defend when necessary and we run all game. Unless Barca decide to play for a point and defend deep, which they won’t, they will play exactly as they did last season.
On seeing an X Factor item on the news I complained, “That’s not news”, but I was challenged, “If that’s not news, what makes football news?” Sporting and entertainment events are news if those who produce the news determine it to be so, which places considerable authority on news editors.
Charlotte Fakes revelations have shown us how news professionals, keen to distract attention from a disaster zone of a club, tried to create negative ‘news’ stories concerning Celtic.
Three years ago the Green Brigade displayed a banner at Celtic Park which went largely uncommented upon for several days. Four days after the event, the banner became a nationwide news story, TV news reported it and it made a Radio 5 Live morning discussion programme.
The delay in the item becoming ‘news’ was the most important part of the story. It wasn’t news until the news editors had been convinced otherwise. The damage to Celtic’s reputation was considerable.
Today news editors who ran that story three years ago have an interesting dilemma. Do they run a story about an alarming message being displayed at a football ground, or without being lobbied, is that not a story?
Celtic don’t spend money trying to get negative stories about other clubs in the newspapers, but this is surely not exclusively the way the ‘news’ industry works.
We shouldn’t have to wait on a whistle-blower to shine a light on what happened three years ago, journalists know when they have been lobbied, and that’s the real story, which is not dependent on unfathomable leaks.
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From AT blog
Now – love ‘em or loathe ‘em, sectarian songs are a fact of life and tradition in Ibrox as they are at Celtic Park.
Kik – Bishop Crosas on Twitter said that they have one place left on their bus from Aberdeen, no ticket for game!
T4
Phils latest
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/the-sevco-fusiliers/#more-4028
That my last post on them till after the clash of the football giants tomorrow
Cmon the celtic just do it.
Cant remember who posted this yesterday but thank you & to Braybhoy for putting it together.
celtic park where magical things happen and dreams come true
That’s Where The Lion Sleeps!!★ CELTIC PARK★ http://t.co/iCZjBzdYw1
Messi .
Played when AC Milan beat Barca 2-0 in last season’s last 16 . He was very subdued and was poor by his very high standards . A game where Barca had 961 touches of the ball [ 11 of which were in AC Milan’s penalty area .!] .
Played when Barca beat AC Milan 4-0 in the return leg. He was fabulous . Scored 2 His first goal was sublime..
Niang missed a sitter at 2-0 [ a Milan goal might have changed things a wee bit]
AT already getting the wrath of bring this to public attention.
Art Vandelay ★★★★★ @art_vandelayRFC 6m @alextomo I genuinely hope a Syrian rebel takes your head off, next time you’re over there. Hopefully it’s posted on YouTube.
alex thomson @alextomo 5m @art_vandelayRFC that’s better Art – found your mojo at last pal
They truly are a total disgrace!
/HH
Bishop B
As if by magic a blog appears…..
I am not impressed by AT’s latest offering and think he is going too far in trying to protect himself from the Sevco Fury by dragging Celtic’s good name in to this article.
TTT
I have tried to contact them for him by phone but not got a response…
U sobered up!
C u 2mrw…just heading into town to see Rod with mrs K and Acgr and mrs!
Kikinthenakas
The Herald commented on the neo-fascist scenes at Ibrox but, incredibly (or maybe not…), put a most positive spin on matters:
“Passions are running high but they come out in positive ways, too, and the wonderfully chaotic half-time parade in honour of the armed forces was quite something to witness. Around 400 servicemen and women marched into the ground in perfect order behind a massed pipe band. But the minute they set foot on the hallowed turf all semblance of order dissolved.
Squaddies were bouncing up and down on the trackside with the spotty adolescents of the Union Bears fans group, RAF pilots were queuing up for photos beside the substitutes as well as Broxi Bear, and there were a couple of Navy men you would swear were trying to get up the tunnel.”
Keepthehighbaws/nakas
Ive fb messaged cutly to see if he can offer any help..
South Of Tunis
13:15 on 30 September, 2013
Messi .
Played when AC Milan beat Barca 2-0 in last season’s last 16 . He was very subdued and was poor by his very high standards . A game where Barca had 961 touches of the ball [ 11 of which were in AC Milan’s penalty area .!] .
Played when Barca beat AC Milan 4-0 in the return leg. He was fabulous . Scored 2 His first goal was sublime..
Niang missed a sitter at 2-0 [ a Milan goal might have changed things a wee bit]
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The pitch that night was dreadful to be fair and that definitely negates the Barca style of fitba. Celtic Park will allow Barca to play their best Football.
Robert Tressell @ 13 05
” People everywhere confuse what they read in the newspapers with news ”
AJ Lieberman
444 young men killed in British uniforms in Afghanistan. I happened to see an article listing them, where they were from and their age.
Just something I noticed but there are surprisingly few from the South East of England.
Dreadful stuff.
Time for the madness to end.
Kik – your life’s one big party! I’ve tweeted the guy. Can you get my mobile number from BT and I’ll update you?!
Enjoy the Hydro!!
South Of Tunis
13:25 on 30 September, 2013
Robert Tressell @ 13 05
” People everywhere confuse what they read in the newspapers with news ”
AJ Lieberman
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Smart cookie that guy!
T4
I’ll text you nakas number.
Highbaws low also if you want?
Had my say on the politics…..
Fitba now on my mind for the next few days. On CQN anyway.
Afternoon, last wee push for a superb evening of football discussion in Glasgow tonight:
Wanted to alert the good people of CQN to an evening of cultural discussion of the highest calibre on Monday 30th Sept, 6.30pm at the Admiral bar on Waterloo St.
Jimmy Burns, author of La Roja, Barca: A Peoples Passion & Hand of God – the life of Diego Maradona, among many other publications, is in town for a chat.
To further whet the appetite he’ll be joined by the brilliant Hugh MacDonald of the Herald, to discuss Catalan culture, the relationship between the two clubs and to preview the big game.
Evenings like this are rare and there will be a decent core of Barca fans in attendance as well. It’s free, but please register your interest in advance, supplying your name to @TheAdmiralBar, or info@theadmiralbar.com
Don’t miss out. Two exceptionally impressive football men, with a soft spot for both clubs.
Cheers, TJ
Arguably Scotland’s highest ever profile sporting event takes place in less than one year.
Meantime a disgraced Scottish institution continues to use open displays of bigotry and sectarianism, which will being going worldwide as I write.
Just as the Scottish MSM are complicit in their silence, so is Mr. Salmond for refusing to head off this cringeworthy and awful spectacle at the pass.
Scotland’s shame is no secret any more, and its getting worse.
I mentioned this before but does anybody know why our match is on mainstream ITV in the UK tomorrow ?
One would have thought they’d show Arsenal Napoli especially in London.
Great chance for the club as a whole to make an impression.
Robert Tressell @ 13 26
” there are surprisingly few from the South East of England ”
There is no shortage of serious studies which clearly demonstrate that poverty , unemployment and lack of opportunity positively effects the rate of military enlistment.
Tomo doesn’t miss and hit the wall but disappointing he has to drag our name into the article, and not Hearts, Airdrie etc….
P67: I don’t subscribe to the ‘Would rather face them with Messi’ world view.
Yup.
We may like Barca. They may like us. But on the field the mutual appreciation stops.
They did us NO favours last year in that final Nou Camp game against Benfica.
Despite statements to the contrary they rested most of the first team.
If it wasn’t for Benfica’s strikers wearing Lady GaGa’s cast-off boots they would have won comfortably.
And we would have been OUT.
How would our warm relationship with Barca have sat then? Rather chilly.
Nope, business is business – Messi’s out, GOOD.
Now go beat them, Celtic.
Just had a wee look at various non-Scots sites having a go about Saturday’s latest bigotfest.
Alex Thomson can go to hell in a handcart for the way he reported this.
Either report what you see,as a proper journalist should,or say nothing, like the partakers of succulent lamb whom you rightly criticised a coupla years back.
It has nothing to do with us,buddy. Do not try to tar us with the same brush.
That is the kind of reporting which brought us to where we are in the first place. If it is too difficult for you to report,then just don’t bother.
Seeing any country deify it’s Military the way the military here are, leaves me feeling quite uncomfortable.
Saturday’s scenes at the bigot dome looked like something you might see in North Korea.
Our own wee community here is mirroring the real world what with births deaths and marriages.
Even our own version of immigration and emigration. New posters arriving and older posters leaving (big mistake Snake).
We have had way too many deaths on here but every one has been shared.
Good news today though with the arrival of a new bhoy. Welcome Beau and I hope you dont run away to join the Foreign Legion.
But we now have a first on the blog with an upcoming marriage.
Congrats to the happy couple.
This really is a special place so those others thinking of emigration. Think again. The grass is green enough here as is everything else
A recent (Friday?) quote from Ally ‘to be honest with you’ McCoist
“People forget that when I became manager of the club someone put a contract in front of me and I just signed it as simple as that,
‘I didn’t even look at it, to be quite honest with you. I didn’t look at wages or length of contract, I just said: “I’m signing that because it’s what I want to do”.
Did anyone really believe that tosh I wonder, who would not look at a contract of employment prior to signing it? No one I’d suggest.
To come out with that in front of a room full of journalists he must have been be pretty sure that he had the entire room in his pocket,
Despicable the lot of them.
Bawsman
12:33 on 30 September, 2013
If you are bothered about the military’s behaviour at Ibrox, write a letter to the C/O at Dreghorn Barracks. You will get an answer.
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forgive me if I have read your post incorrectly. did their hunfest not bother you?
I would expect bfdj to be taken to task on his comments. Re the bouncy bouncy.
That alone should see him sacked from Snyde.
I won’t hold my breath.
Judging by the antics at Ibrokes there seems to be a fair number of MHB in HMAF, who would have thunk it
gsu
The Moon Bhoys
” Did anyone really believe that tosh ”
McCoist was pandering to the numb nuts who pay his wages[ the support] , he was simply using the assembled hacks as a means of conveying his undying love for the Deady Bears. .
One step removed from ——-” ahm wan o youze , ah’d dae this joab fur nuthin , so ah wud “
“I’m signing that because it’s what I want to do, and Gregg’s shuts in five minutes and the’yre doing a BOGOF with their new tandoori chicken stakebakes. Mega-delish’.
RobertTressell
13:26 on 30 September, 2013
Didn’t realise how many Fijian’s and Nepalese have lost their life’s.
If only it would end…
https://www.gov.uk/government/fields-of-operation/afghanistan
I see our Anton’s had a call up
Andy Reid, Darron Gibson and Anthony Stokes have been welcomed back to the Republic of Ireland squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers.
The trio fell out of favour during the reign of previous boss Giovanni Trapattoni, who departed earlier this month, and interim boss Noel King has brought them back for the matches against Germany and Kazakhstan.
Nottingham Forest midfielder Reid has been absent since an incident at the team hotel following a qualifying victory over Georgia in September 2008, while Stokes failed to feature after a public fallout with Trapattoni, despite some fine displays for Celtic.
But Gibson’s exile was self-imposed following Trapattoni’s decision to leave him sitting on the bench for the entire Euro 2012 finals campaign in Poland.
The Everton midfielder admitted earlier this month he would consider representing his country again following the Italian’s departure.
More to follow….
Squad: David Forde (Millwall), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland), Darren Randolph (Birmingham), Joey O’Brien (West Ham), Sean St Ledger (Leicester), Marc Wilson (Stoke), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Stephen Kelly (Reading), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Paul McShane (Hull), Darron Gibson (Everton), Glenn Whelan (Stoke), James McCarthy (Everton), Paul Green (Leeds), Andy Reid (Nottingham Forest), Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Anthony Pilkington (Norwich), James McClean (Wigan), Robbie Brady, Stephen Quinn (both Hull), Wes Hoolahan (Norwich), Shane Long (West Brom), Robbie Keane (Los Angeles Galaxy), Jon Walters (Stoke), Kevin Doyle (Wolves), Anthony Stokes (Celtic).
Well done Anton
HH
gsu
sipsini
The video I watched had him,BFDJ, commenting through whole thing .
I was flabbergasted and disgusted with how he descibed the scene.
You aren’t going far enough Mr Osborne withdrawal of passports is another measure I would like to see implementedo
Befor I head out for another wee sesh, dinner and Rod, here’s a wee fav of mine to start of two great days….
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vqtqVfdQ0dg
Kikinthenakas
mickbhoy1888
14:10 on
30 September, 2013
You aren’t going far enough Mr Osborne withdrawal of passports is another measure I would like to see implementedo
That’s a bit heartless, how would they do the fag runs then. :-)
Messi scored late goals against us home and away, the way we have been going through periods where we lack concentration and tiring at the end of games Means I’m delighted Messi won’t be playing.
Think Wanyama was immense against Barca, we don’t have his like in the team now, also the stage is set for Neymar centre stage for the first time with the ability and cojones to set Celtic Park alight.
He made some pretty rash racists slurs on Scottish supporters after the Brazil Scotland game at the Emirates a few Seasons back, think he has matured in every way since that game and the Celtic supporters are hardly going to hold that against him.
My prediction if Neymar performs we could be in for a torrid time if not we could get something out the game.
Hail Hail