Celtic will face Israelis Hapoel Beer-Sheva in the Champions League playoff round later this month, with the first leg due to take place at Celtic Park.
Hapoel, carrying a Uefa coefficient of 4, eliminated Olympiakos, coefficient: 70, in the last round – a bigger shock than Dundalk’s win over BATE. They put on two backs-to-the-wall performances, drawing the first leg in Greece 0-0 before winning the return 1-0. In the earlier round they shot the Sheriff Tiraspol from Moldova, winning 3-2 in Israel before securing another 0-0 away.
The positives: the Israeli league hasn’t started yet, so Hapoel will be no further into their season’s preparations than Celtic. It also looks like the play on grass.
In recent seasons Celtic have found new and innovative ways to bow out at this stage but we know what’s required and will be strong favourites to progress.
Bring it on.
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I know there’s plenty on here who share Neganon’s views here and I respect those views (I am critical of the board on certain issues)
However, some people can hold those views without consistently being negative, divisive and holier than thou.
It’s tiresome. Measuring the club’s success in money spent.
Afternoon all,
first time posting in a long time, but reading today seems like the good feeling is back here (certain exceptions apart of course), so may as well strike while the iron is hot!
Pleased with the draw, will be difficult, but when are they not for us? Would have preferred home leg 2nd, but a 2-0 victory should stand us in good stead. Fingers crossed.
Another reason for posting again, was taking part in and enjoying the craic and very good company (once again) at the CQN gowf last week at Aberdour.
Brought back memories of why i used to enjoy reading and posting on CQN so much back in the day.
BTW, Rubicon, if you are lurking, just wanted to say was a pleasure to meet you and really enjoyed your company for those 18 holes and beyond last week. BJMac, nothing more needs said on that mucker.
CL Group stage qualification and scudding the zombies? what more can you ask for an upcoming season!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Hearing Mulgrew trained with first team today,maybe WGFC can confirm
Is the game near paisley?
Just hear beirut mentioned all the time.
I support the Palestinian cause, but if Celtic supporters wave PLO flags at the home game v Hapoel, there is a real danger of Celtic being kicked out of European competition.
The club has several previous convictions and heavy fines. If such an offence is committed in front of an Israeli side, be in no doubt as to what might happen. This is a football match. Leave your politics at the door.
TIMALOY29 on 5TH AUGUST 2016 1:57 PM
Personally, we shouldn’t rush our transfer business for the play-off. We should be going with the squad we have.
I’ve long said that we should be leaving the new signings on the bench and focusing on the guys who have been here before and have good chemistry.
Cannot agree mate,a squad that was not good enough for Europa League last season,and beaten by a shite Sevco We need another 4 or 5 players fòr the first 11,BR should have been better backed IMO,the stockpiling of squad fillers is not his problem, it’s PLs HH
Auld Tam
Are u seriously saying football and politics don’t mix…..We are Celtic….;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
Timaloy12.
Who says I am measuring success in terms of money spent. Perhaps you haven’t noticed but for the. Last. Two years we haven’t qualified for the CL. That’s one of. My measures for success.
Getting put out of. The Scottish cup by a new club, utter humiliation. I judge success against. Things like that.
Transfer dealings are very important to gauge the level of ambition we have and for. Results ultimately on the pitch.
You, like many, are simply putting up tired old excuses for inaction and lack of ambition. Stating we could go out of business. Etc if we spend. It’s all rather silly.
But look, it’s been this way for over a decade on CQN. A decade in which we espouse domination but in real terms have continued to diminish. The speed of our decline has picked up considerably in the last two years.
For daft folk like champs elect to think I am sitting miserable is really very funny. I am just getting to the point where I couldn’t care less. But the hypocrisy and short memories still need exposed.
Kitalba,
post a temp email addy….am sure we can all help…..
FTSFA
H.H.
BR: “Any of the teams would have been tough, but we will accept the change and God willing we can perform well & get through.” (MH)
BR on if he knows much about Hapoel Be’er Sheva: “Not really to be honest. In all fairness, my full concentration is on the next game.”
BR: “Our next game against Hearts which will be a tough game. Will give it some thought nearer the time.”
BR: “You certainly have to plan forward. We have a 6-hour flight and a couple of hours time difference.”
BR: “All in all, it will be tough. They had a good result in their last round and like ourselves they came through. All to play for.”
BR on if he’s asked Nir Bitton about Hapoel Be’er Sheva and what the midfielder said: “Yes. None of your business.”
BR on possible new signings and players back from injury for the #UCL play-off: “I would think the squad will be stronger and better.
BR on Charlie Mulgrew training with the club: “Don’t know Charlie that well but what I do know is he was a good servant to the club.”
BR on Charlie Mulgrew: “His contract was up, he was looking to negotiate with the club and unfortunately those negotiations stalled.”
BR: “Without a club & he asked if he could come in and train for a few weeks until something happened further down the line.”
BR: “By all accounts, he’s a good guy, and from speaking to him a few times, he’s a good guy who wants to work and train well
BR: “He’s been a good servant to Celtic here and I have no problem in helping out good people like him.
BR on if @Gary__11 is going out on loan: “Not that I’m aware of. Still injured. Nothing in that.
BR on Scott Allan going out on loan: “Playing time. Since coming to the club last year, he hasn’t played a 90-min game in about a yr.
BR: “Opportunity came up for him to go to Rotherham for a manger he knows. We will asses it when he comes back. ”
BR on new signings before Monday’s #UCL play-off deadline: “Would really hope we could do something between now and the weekend.” (1/2)
R: “To get at least one player in for the deadline.” (2/2
BR on @patrick7roberts “Could miss next 2 to 3 wks. Disappointed for him as at really good level of fitness, operating at high level.”
BR on if @patrick7roberts will miss the play-offs: “We will see but if you ask me now he would probably be a risk.
BR on start of league campaign: “Really looking forward to it. It feels like we have played half a season already.”
BR on Hearts: “A tough start. Robbie is an outstanding coach and manager. Spent some time with him at Liverpool when he came down.
BR: “Had a good chat with him. An excellent player for Hearts, a very good manager. They will be organised & tough to beat.”
BR: “My only attraction was Celtic, why I came here. I came to Scotland because of Celtic, one of the great clubs of the world.”
BR on @Leighgriff09 “He’s fine, trained this morning.
BR on other injury news: “Bitton is responding well to treatment, not available for wkend. Sviatchenko likewise, out running.”
BR: “Boyata will train next week with a view to getting game-time in Inter Milan game. Simunovic not as close, getting there.”
BR handles the media very well
[05/08, 14:59] BR on @patrick7roberts “Could miss next 2 to 3 wks. Disappointed for him as at really good level of fitness, operating at high level.” (MH)
[05/08, 15:03] : BR on other injury news: “Bitton is responding well to treatment, not available for wkend. Sviatchenko likewise, out running.” (MH)
[05/08, 15:03] l: BR on new signings before Monday’s #UCL play-off deadline: “Would really hope we could do something between now and the weekend.” (1/2) (MH)
Auld Tam
Some things are bigger than football.
“I wish I had a pound for every time it has been said or written that politics and sport do not mix – or should not mix. But with the emergence of sport, especially football, as an important aid to enhancing a country’s prestige in the world it is much harder to keep politics and sport apart.” – Bob Kelly, Celtic President, 1971
Celtic refused to play Ferencvaros in the European Cup 1968.
A principled stance made in protest.
Do we have the same social conscience today?
HH
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CL football would be awsome, it will make it more difficult to maintain domestic dominance thats for sure.
Take it right enough.
Just seen this on twitter, John Brown showing no class and little dignity with his brown brogues on
laughable risible wind up nonsense
Brendan will rightly ignore and focus on the prizes
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STV should be ashamed to allow a broadcast such as this but then we’ve all come to expect their spineless propagandaPattayaCeltic added,
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Lads,
the CQN Naps competition will start NEXT weekend – Sat 13th August.
I will send out a couple of reminders during the coming week, explaining the rules etc. for anyone that might be interested in taking part.
16 roads will hopefully be up for an attempt at 2IAR ?
Finally, a big thanks to Paul for allowing us to continue to use this platform.
Cheers,
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Burghbhoy –
It really doesn’t matter what I think. I was simply raising the real danger of Celtic being thrown out of Europe. But if you want to flag Celtic up as being a political animal, at the expense of competing in Europe, after all the hard work by the players, you go right ahead.
CELTIC CHAMPS ELECT on 5TH AUGUST 2016 1:23 PM
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 5TH AUGUST 2016 1:19 PM
CelticChampsElect
Any need for that?
HH
Calling a clown a clown absolutely NOT
..
Come on mate, be respectful.
Celtic v Hapoel : Wed 17 Aug 7:45pm
Hapoel v Celtic : Tue 23 Aug 6:45pm
Auld Tam,
are those timings Celtic Park Time?
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Auld Tam
I was merely pointing out that Celtic, as a club would have spoken out in years gone by.
Fat chance of that today.
We are run by unprincipled money men who not only have ignored being cheated for years , won’t even pay the living wage.
How our standards have fallen.
And all for the mighty Buck!
HH
Love this guy, Class and dignity
Rodgers response when a reporter asked him “Does Rangers FC make the league more attractive?”
BR: “My only attraction was Celtic, why I came here. I came to Scotland because of Celtic, one of the great clubs of the world.”
!!Bada Bing!! on 5th August 2016 2:53 pm
Cannot agree mate,a squad that was not good enough for Europa League last season,and beaten by a shite Sevco We need another 4 or 5 players fòr the first 11,BR should have been better backed IMO,the stockpiling of squad fillers is not his problem, it’s PLs HH
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I’d also like to see 3 new faces and 6 or 7 leaving (Johansen, Rogic, GMS, Ciftci, Armstrong, Efe, Fisher)
Sometimes in football the same group of players can get different results. I believe the squad we have already is good enough to beat Lincoln Red Imps, Astana and Hapoel Beer-Sheva.
We have thrown new players into play-off games before and they normally perform poorly (Aliadiere, Berget, Van Dijk etc.)
The current squad have got this far on merit. They are the champions of Scotland and have eliminated a recent CL team to get here.
You sign a player to improve the squad in the long term. You don’t sign a player to win these games in pre-season,
It’s rubbish but it’s the hand UEFA’s dealt us.
Personally, I think it’s a good idea to have a clown at a happy hour.
BTW neg not calling you one.
Burghbhoy –
Are you serious? You actually want Celtic to protest at having to face an Israeli side?
You are actually slaughtering the club for accepting such a tie?
Sorry but you are talking out of your arse.
TTT –
Yes, Celtic Park times.
John Brown and the club with
No class No class it’s a classless situation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9-jALgtGW8
NegAnon is right to be concerned, we haven’t been convincing to date. There are good signs though, and the manager will make changes when things are not going well.
But lets wait until the end of the transfer window before we judge – may as well take a few weeks to get the players we really want. The timing of these early games is unfortunate but if Brendan Rodgers gets players he really wants now and in January, the situation next summer will not be so frantic.
HH
NegAnon2 on 5th August 2016 2:58 pm
You always equate failure on the field as being solely down to the board.
I’m not convinced that Ronny needed more players. If he could get the team to defend a set piece, we would have been in the champions league.
Part of coaching is developing the players that are already there and that’s something Brendan Rodgers is excellent at.
We appointed the wrong man. Maybe Ronny will be a success somewhere else but he wasn’t right for Celtic.
The constant demands to buy buy buy our way out of trouble also ignores our youth team. Kieran Tierney has come on leaps and bounds while O’Connell has also seized an opportunity. We should be calling for the likes of Henderson to get a run in the team as they are more likely to stick around if they do well.
Auld Tam,
thanks!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
AULD TAM @ 3.21pm
I agree with you. The consequences of legitimate protest could be painful. UEFA sets the rules. We may think that their decisions in these matters to be faulty but if you enter their tournament, you play by their rules.
Would a protest against the Netanyahu regime held across London Road at the Velodrome be deemed “football related” by UEFA ? I would think not, harking back to the attempt by Gordon Waddell to have UEFA take action against Celtic for rebels songs sung by Celtic supporters in Spain in bars before the game.
So long as the flags, banners did not come into CP, IMHO it would be outwith the purview of UEFA.
I would appeal to all genuine Celtic supporters to give earnest consideration to this conundrum. HH
Auld Tam
Was Sir Robert wrong then?
For the record , I do not expect Celtic to refuse to accept the tie.
That Board won’t do a thing that won’t line the coffers.
I was just highlighting how things have changed and not for the better.
For me, if we get banned because some people choose to waive a flag then UEFA can stick their Champions League exactly where u told me I was talking out of
HH
timaloy29 on 5th August 2016 3:40 pm
It appears BR doesn’t fancy Henderson for Celtic but if he is moved on we must insist on a buy back arrangement such as that Barcelona operate with almost anyone under 25 who leaves.
Really thought he could make an impact, maybe another loan to see how he progresses,
HH
I thought 2 of the trophies Celtic are most proud of were the EMPIRE Exhibition Cup and the CORONATION Cup. Why did we even think of entering those competitions, if you were to believe some of the stuff posted on here.
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PARKHEADCUMSALFORD on 5TH AUGUST 2016 3:44 PM
I thought 2 of the trophies Celtic are most proud of were the EMPIRE Exhibition Cup and the CORONATION Cup. Why did we even think of entering those competitions, if you were to believe some of the stuff posted on here.
Was Sir Robert wrong then , back in 68?