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.
917 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- ...
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- ...
- 23
- »
just saw an advert on groopon there
Play for ragers 100,000 just need 11 to take it up 10 places left
hail hail
Mick @ 16:58 ,
sorry don’t know the posting details .
Brimmer , Gordon_J is your man for the quiz – hope it is on , was a good craig last year , well organised by gordon_j and ian_quizking .
HH
Sanna
Jobo
Head over here with some beer, a chicken and your geetar. Me and the Bhoy are in the same boat and plan on giving the Rebs an airing, provided no one is playing football in the garden….
BCC
I’m with you.
Lest we forget. :)
Doh !
*craic
Bloomin predictive text
Sanna
FSTB @ 17.03
That’s the question of the day, if not week or month.
There was plenty of complaint about the relatively tiny numbers in the travelling support, on Wednesday.
bournesouprecipe says:
25 November, 2011 at 18:21
thomthethim @ 18.17
Spot on, this includes games we manage to win.
If we can see that, why can’t successive managers?
Is it a case of trying to keep certain players happy?
We just don’t win games with any degree of comfort now….and we should.
4-4-2 works for when we’re at home and can stretch teams. Even in most away games, when teams tire, playing two wide midfielders can be effective for pulling defences apart.
I liked the 4-2-3-1 we were trying at the start of last season, but we no longer have an intelligent, quick thinking player like Maloney for the free role. Paddy, for all I’ve been praising him, isn’t that kind of player, and the team would have to employ a different strategy if he played behind the striker.
It does seem that packing the midfield has become the trend right across Europe, and the Cannon & Ball (a nod to Summa of Sammi) Stokes/Hooper front two is dwindling into the past. That it works for Celtic may speak more for the quality of opposition we usually face than it does for our strikers.
Estadio Nacional says:
25 November, 2011 at 18:22
—–
As long as you’re enjoying it matey, that’s the main thing. Happy Hogmanay to you then!
HH
Giggs
crc , mwd , or whoever ,
can you do me a favour and push this link at quiz time tonight ?
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/?p=7070&cpage=4#comment-1195653
It’s my push for the Charoty Leg Wax tomorrow night. C’mon guys , I’m doing this for the honour of CQN !!
HH
Sanna
I like playing with two wide players.
But to do that – IMO – we need to play with a midfield 3.
That means one up front.
Thats what I think.
But then I don’t think I know better than the manager.
.
And I don’t have to live with the consequences of those decisions
……..he still looks like Martin.
FACT.
Sanna – I thought you waxed your pins anyway!
Why all the palaver?
:0
bournesouprecipe says:
25 November, 2011 at 18:26
If they keep going at this rate then the only ones who will not be arrested or reported is ragers fans ,or is this their plan
I can see the headlines now .
GLASGOW RAGERS FANS LEAD THE WAY FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR IN SCOTLAND
bankiebhoy1 ,
only when i’m in cork !
How are you and the mrs ?
Sanna
I cannot condemn enough the individuals who were berating the Celtic players to such an extent that Neil Lennon lost his temper and bad mouthed them back.
These fans really should have a look at themselves.
All of that being said .
Neil Lennon is totally wrong to react the way that he did.
Will he never learn to control his temper?
I’m sure all he had to do was inform a steward ,a police officer etc,and they would have removed the culprits .
He is the MANAGER of Glasgow Celtic,he needs to learn to show some decorum when under pressure.
TT
Lurgan
I think you think thoughtfully.
Lurgan53 – Seems the wee man is a Celtic fan! Maybe he is not so bad after all. :)
———————————————————————————————-
NORTHERN IRELAND legend Trevor Anderson knew Pat Fenlon had the bottle for anything when he saw him play a tape of Celtic songs in Belfast’s Shankill LOYALIST stronghold.
Midfield playmaker Fenlon had just won a trophy with Linfield — then bossed by Anderson — and was celebrating with team-mates on an open top bus.
The pint-sized star, poised to be confirmed as Dundee United’s new manager, hadn’t long become one of the first Catholics to play for the previously notorious Protestant club.
Fenlon was quick to win the hearts of the Linfield support as his dazzling skills helped inspire them to title and Cup glory.
Ex-Manchester United and Northern Ireland striker Anderson regards him as one of the most gifted players he has ever managed.
And over a decade on he still marvels at the courage Fenlon showed in joining Linfield and facing up to vile abuse from a bigoted element.
Anderson, 58, told S*nSport: “It took courage for Pat to sign for Linfield because of his background — especially because he supports Celtic!
“I got wind he was set to sign for Ards and arranged to meet him before anything was finalised. Thankfully, I managed to persuade Pat to come to Linfield. I think he realised he would be joining the best.
“And he proved to be a great signing for me and the club. He was no bother whatsoever.
“The players loved him, including Dessie Gorman who I’d made the first catholic to play for Linfield.
“All I was interested in was a player’s ability — nothing else, as it should be.
“Fortunately, all of that stuff is now firmly in the past.
“Anyway, we won four trophies in one season and were celebrating.
“Now you’ve heard of the Shankill, eh?
“Well, after our success, we had an open top bus to go through Belfast. And Pat actually put a Celtic tape on! It was taken in the best way and everyone laughed.
“Let me tell you that after a few months at the club he started to be known as Billy Fenlon, not Pat.
“That said it all about how well he settled in at Linfield.
“After he left us on freedom of contract he joined Shamrock Rovers, the Celtic of Ireland.
“And would you believe he took dog’s abuse from their supporters — because he’d played for Linfield.
“That’s what it was like back then. Thankfully, it’s all changed.
“Pat has great strength of character and I can’t imagine there’s any challenge that would scare him. He’s from good stock.
“Pat was a great player. He could pass the ball and he could see things.
“He wasn’t exactly the biggest, but he had guts and wouldn’t shirk from anything on the pitch.
“Pat wasn’t frightened to get stuck in.
“He was a playmaker with a bit of dig.
“I always thought he could see passes that no other player in the Irish League could.”
Anderson added: “Pat’s a lovely fella and if he’s confirmed as Dundee United’s new manager then I wish him all the luck in the world. It would be a big step for him.
“He’s a deep thinker and someone who knows the game inside out. He’s studied it closely through the years.
“The fact he knew how to play the game was always going to stand him in good stead.
“I knew straight away that Pat was destined to be a manager and he’s had phenomenal success with Bohemians and Shelbourne.
“Now I hope he gets the chance to go on to bigger things.”
“@BBCScotlandSport Im hearing our new star Sone Aluko has secured his ticket for Sundays game via FF, he is likely to start for us.”
Via that Twitter, jeezo.
liambhoy Liam Graham
@
@A_Southwick Craig Whyte has just announced for every fiver Celtic spend Sone Aluko will spend a tenner
thomthethim
Sadly, NL has the same affliction as a vast majority of the support that refer to the ‘Celtic way’ which is basically an unhealthly points reducing obsession, with attacking football.
Celtic at home with one striker, would never do, would it (even when you beat Rennes)
It comes a cropper, usually when we’re expected to win, at places like Kilmarnock and sometimes still nearly fails when
you manage early goals.
Works fine for Barca, or even better Celtic squads with a target man, (something we don’t have)
Dunfermline had five midfielders, and looked fresher than Celtic at the end.
Tiny Tim.
You’re right.
It can’t be easy to listen to the nonsense Neil Lennon has to put up with.
But that’s his lot – and its the lot of every manager in the SPL or elsewhere.
He needs to learn.
FSTB they better hurry up with that award for the Orc supporters, very soon they may not be around to pick up the award/ fix.
V
Anyone hear Gordon DDLLL on Snyde there,,,,what a load of garbage,,,his big news on Scott Brown turned out to be all the stuff that has been reported all week long on CQN and in the Meeja,,,this guy makes BFDJ sound intelligent !!!
Hail hail
The Battered Bunnet @ 18:25 –
I’d love to join you but I promised to stay in and take care of the fridge ;-)
Will play my guitar loud though.
Jobo
shocked and stunned, just been buying some books from Amazon, celtic christmas presents and one of the categories that this could be tagged against was “famines over go home”
i want to complain, does anyone know a contact detail as i couldnt see it on the page
HH
Sanna…..
She’s great thanks, top form – last week she found her old ‘teeth’ – You know her favourite top set that she uses to crimp her trademark apple tarts…..? She can’t stop smiling now…..well, as close as she can get to ‘smiling’.
As soon as she drops all that weight we might even be able to get her out the front door!
(I’m reading this out to her as I type….)
* she’s miming “hello”*
– You need to fill me in on the Big trip matey…..
good evening cqn
fergus slayed the blues 1819
hinting to the peepil about fire sale,but the peepil i know dont see it,i blame kathlec schools
Belfast City Celt.
Ooops! :)
I actually knew Trevor Anderson quite well when I was a student in Mancester – and a decent bloke he was too. He was with Man Utd then and came to our college frequently. Played against him when he guested for the 3rd years against the 2nd years in a friendly. The 3rd year team also had Hugh Dowds playing for them – he went on to play for Sheffield Wednesday.
We lost 4 -0 – before you ask.
4 Goals against the run of play. :)
bournesouprecipe says:
25 November, 2011 at 18:45
You have to win the midfield and control it for most, if not all, of the game.
2 v 4 or 5 just doesn’t do that.
It’s not exactly rocket fuel, is it?:>)
Lurgan 53 says:
25 November, 2011 at 18:25
BCC
I’m with you.
Lest we forget. :)
When he was at Windsor the rat allowed himself to be called BILLY. He should b
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk › Sport › Football › Local
I’ll be back for the quiz….
Jobo (hic)
He should bring Dessie Gorman as his no 2. They would both be relaxed at Ibrox.
looking at the highlights http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/15874280.stm
think lennie has managed hooper and ki well the last couple of games.
TinyTim says:
25 November, 2011 at 18:42
If he did it every 2nd week I’d be concerned but I believe that the idiots who venting their spleens the other night deserved what they got. The team played well apart from the last nervy 10 minutes so I don’t get where they were coming from.
thomthethim says:
25 November, 2011 at 19:00
……………..
It’s not Thom but if ye mix MAF with Inhibiting Red Fuming Nitric Acid that is rocket fuel :>)
GuyFawckesCSC
:>)
V
Vmhan♣ who Supports Neil Lennon says:
25 November, 2011 at 19:09
thomthethim says:
25 November, 2011 at 19:00
……………..
It’s not Thom but if ye mix MAF with Inhibiting Red Fuming Nitric Acid that is rocket fuel :>)
GuyFawckesCSC
Is that not the ingredients for Absinthe? ( which makes the heart go flounder)
Very glad to see Lenny getting a bit og bite back, and if people want to scream abuse at him and my team then Lenny is the guy to answer them.
I expoect he was defending sammi from the usual gobshi**s.
Go on Lenny, tell them to GTF.
That is all he should be doing though,itwould be a terrible state if he had to eject a mad screaming tim.