It’s the battle of the Lennons at Celtic Park tomorrow with Danny enjoying the best run of form in his managerial career. St Mirren are on 20 points, joint with St Johnstone, who they beat in Perth last month, and have already taken a point from Ibrox this season. They are a technically sound team who will be more difficult to create chances against than Dunfermline were on Wednesday. They can also play a bit.
Team formation will be enormously important for Neil Lennon. This is the type of fixture he would previously select a 4-4-2, with two wingers, giving width to the game, but leaving a central two outnumbered by opponents who inevitably pack the middle of the field. If Celtic persist with this strategy they’ll need to tighten up in the middle.
There is an interesting subplot to this weekend’s games. Earlier this month there was a daunting 12 points between Celtic and Rangers. A win for Celtic tomorrow would see that gap shrink to 4 points, with Rangers playing their game in hand away to Kilmarnock at lunchtime on Sunday. As well as playing for three points tomorrow, Celtic have the opportunity to put pressure on Rangers.
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When boyhood’s fire was in my blood
I read of ancient freemen,
For Greece and Rome who bravely stood,
Three hundred men and three men;
And then I prayed I yet might see
Our fetters rent in twain,
And Ireland, long a province, be.
A Nation once again!
A Nation once again,
A Nation once again,
And lreland, long a province, be
A Nation once again!
And from that time, through wildest woe,
That hope has shone a far light,
Nor could love’s brightest summer glow
Outshine that solemn starlight;
It seemed to watch above my head
In forum, field and fane,
Its angel voice sang round my bed,
A Nation once again!
It whisper’d too, that freedom’s ark
And service high and holy,
Would be profaned by feelings dark
And passions vain or lowly;
For, Freedom comes from God’s right hand,
And needs a Godly train;
And righteous men must make our land
A Nation once again!
So, as I grew from boy to man,
I bent me to that bidding
My spirit of each selfish plan
And cruel passion ridding;
For, thus I hoped some day to aid,
Oh, can such hope be vain ?
When my dear country shall be made
A Nation once again!
My dear,dear,dear,friend..Kayal33 @ 12.15
Pal.
Aboot the Paddy,thingmy.. Ah heartily agree..
Paddy,is in the woids of the Bard..
is…
“A Flawed Genius!”
And..
As Ah hiv bin known tae Propound.. oan ,occasion…
“INDIVIDUALISM, is A SIN… and .. Shouldnae be Encouraged!”
Ah forget who also said THAT.. but…
It wiz probably… Karl..
But,let me hastily add… In Ma case
Ah am Talking .. Exclusively…. aboot..
Individualism… in SOCCER!
Soccer, is Verily a Team Sport..
But the Message hisnae Reached awe the Participants..
In this Celtic Ootfit..
Are Ye Listening.. Stokesy.. ????
Stokesy,is scoring the Goals.. so Ah will Gie him a Bit o
Leeway in Ma Condemnation o His Selfishness..
But, Ah am watching Him.
Commons, is a winner.. he should be first oan the Page, agin the
Saints..
As For Paddy..
Paddy is who the Manager wull turn tae.. when we Desperately Need Some help.. when Three Hail Marys and an OOR Faither.. is Working fur Him..(that’s the Manager,an talkin aboot!)
Any Port in a Storm.
Nice Chatting.
Kojo
yer pal..who likes ye aloater
should be..of course
“ISNAE , Woiking Fur Him”
Kojo
If the police lifted 4 dunfermline fans on Wednesday night for racist chanting, how many huns will they lift on Dec 28th?
Anything ever happen to the St Johnstone fans who were clearly heard making racist gestures and chants towards Ki and Cha du Ri last season?
Mort
MadraRua says:
25 November, 2011 at 15:21
Friday Trivia, What is the only word in the English language with 6 silent letters ?
londonDERRY
MadraRua
Londonderry.
Mort –
Difficult to know, but based an all previous experience….none!
Hit the post!
Ian58 says:
25 November, 2011 at 15:39
Hit the post!
love it !!
S-I-L-E-N-T.
I already posted on here about what I witnessed that night. Senior police too busy watching GB to see what was going on right below them.
Behaviour of a large section of Dunfermline fans was outrageous and no arrests were being made. Charged the Celtic fans sitting next to them twice. Many of those fans had their kids with them.
HH
Just received a text there, probably been on here already, but hey ho…
“The new Rangers mantra – for every fiver Celtic spend, Sone Aluko will spend a tenner…”
HH
Giggs
I see in The Evening Times Neil talking about our new signing is quoted as saying “Irionic – ally”. Maybe he knows something we don’t. Not sure who the “Prob – ably” is though.
Maybe its a severe case of hypnenitis.
No cure for that though.
Paul67 , you’ve got mail.
ghuys ,
As you may know , I’ve been volunteered to uphold the honour of CQN against the CM/KDS hordes by taking ‘part’ in a Charity Leg Wax to raise funds for the Kano Foundation- Kingoh managed to get his head down in time and not volunteer !
Venue : Celtic Supporters Club , London Rd
Date : Saturday 26/11/11 18:00 (after St Mirren game)
Donations : whatever anyone feels is appropriate .
Either :
Paypal : donate@thekanofoundation.com
In person : at the gates on Janefield up to 14:15 or at the club.
Bank transfer : Sort Code 30-13-01 Acc No: 00989961
Post/Cheque : PO Box 2656 , Baillieston , Glasgow, G69 1BB
Thanks again.
Sanna
Does anyone else have problems with their internet browser when opening CQN?
SPF
I remember one time I bought Se7en from Asda.
Went to put it on and Shaft was inside. I was totally gutted.
Sannabhoy
My Nigerian Banker, who’s name is Enas Okula, has told me that I require:
16 digit card number
expiry date MM/YY
security code (3 digit)
So we can pass a OFF THE SCALE amount in GBP to you.
MWD
Bournesouprecipe
Did that happen at BAND CAMP?
MWD
Scotpatsfan
Clear your cache, or empty your cookies.
Scotpatsfan
Yeah!!! The new Firefox plug in called ‘filter out Huns’ doesn’t work with CQN.
MWD
Scotpatsfan says opening CQN?
25 November, 2011 at 16:06: :
Does
anyone else have
problems with their internet
browser
sometimes
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Received a text saying that Sone’s Nigerian village have donated a full set of strips to Rangers.
MWD
A guy gave me an album of The Cars once, never got time to listen to it, – had it for weeks
told him it was fantastic, awesome, everytime he asked.
Anyway had to give him it back, and thought I’d play it the night before, imagine my shock
as inside the sleeve he’d given me Rod Stewarts – Atlantic Crossing.
What could I say to him?
thomthethim
LOL!!
I am stealing that, absolute class.
HH
Well,well,well
I hear Sorry Aluko has paid the compo to Aberdeen personally .Begs the question ,where is all the front loaded money CW promised for Sally’s war chest .
I take it the poodles in the hack pack have been ringing Ibrokes for clarification ,just to reassure the follow followers .
HH
The Worth or Value o Statistics in Soccer.
Noo, Me. .?
Normally..
Ah view the Reliability of The Predictive Qualities o’ Statistics in the Particular Medium, that is Soccer..
Somewhere,Between Ma Belief in the Tooth Fairy, and in The Divulged
Billionaireship ..o’ Mr. Whyte.
Howevahhhhhh..and Notwithstanding ..
Tak a Gander at this Set o Statistics.. Regarding Oor Ain Team.
which Ah hiv ran across…
“In SEVEN GAMES.. at HOME..o awe Places!..
Celtic, Hivnae Won in the SECOND HALF!(All Celtic’s Goals, comming
in the FIRST HALF.)
And on those Seven Occasions..
Celtic , have Lost THREE and DRAWN TWO..and
Only .. Won.. TWO Games.. oota those Seven Games at HOME!”
and..
Furthermair…
agin the Dunfies ,in oor last Game.. at HOME..
Celtic ,again..
Did not win the Second Half..
Losing … 1-0!!
Hmmmmmmmmm…
If those Statistics hold up..
We Must Rack up a Buncha Goals in the First Half…
Fur . in the Second Period… AT HOME..
Celtic Have been Outrageously Stifled and Subdued in Front of the Goal..
Hmmmmmm
Kojo
Worried?
Na.. No Me..
Statistics are jist a Bunch o’ Figgers..
Right?
Any word on Izaguirre making a start tomorrow
hail hail
ASonOfDan says:
25 November, 2011 at 16:18
thomthethim
LOL!!
I am stealing that, absolute class.
HH
Be my guest, although all royalties should be sent to Noel90, c/o his Nigerian bank account.
fergus slayed the blues says:
25 November, 2011 at 16:19
—–
That’s a fair point, considering Durranty was on the radio yesterday saying Whytey was giving McCoisty money to spend in the Windowy.
HH
Giggs
Bournesouprecipe
Thanks. It seems to have worked.
SPF
For Christmas I once bought my late father-in-law ‘Golden Hits of the 50s’ on cassette, as he complained he had no music to listen to while he was in the car.
I duly purchased this item from Safeway in Dumbarton, altho’ despite what it said on the box what I had in fact purchased was the latest diabolical 500bpm offering from’The Prodigy’.
I was only able to placate him by explaining that Safeway in Dumbarton was full of Masons, and one of them would have switched it deliberately.
Good Afternoon
Tomorrow’s referee is Steven McLean.
Steven who ? Most fans would say.
This is the Steven McLean who was 4th official
at Tynecastle last season who took great delight
in getting Lenny a 4 match ban.
This is the same Steven McLean who’s Scottish
born brother Brian once played for Rangers, and who opted
to play for Northern Ireland, without
the media backlash that Aiden McGeady suffered
after he chose to play for Ireland.
This referee will be worth keeping an eye
on tomorrow.
Expect some dodgy decisions tomorrow.
I will pay the royalties out of my share of that diamond mine a distant relative left me. Wait a minute…
kojo
Those stats would probably look better if we adopted a shoot on sight policy .
We have played some good stuff this term but poor decision making in the final third has cost us goals IMO .
The injuries we have suffered have really disrupted Lenny’s chances of fielding a settled side ,I am hoping the bhoys get the chance to get a bit of consistency to go with the momentum we have built up .
hail hail
As it’s after midnight in Perth Aus, happy birthday to my son Jonathan HH.
V
“John Collier, John Collier, the window to watch”
GiggsyBhoy says:
25 November, 2011 at 16:24
I hope Sally is prepared to settle out of court for his january transfer budget .
hail hail
**BREAKING NEWS**
Sone Aluko spotted in JJB, purchasing his own Rangers shirt…
HH
Giggs