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The boy jinky
I thought Kayal was better tonight than Saturday
Barca don’t get beat at the Nou Camp. Their pride would not allow it.
fanadpatriot
21:44 on 20 November, 2012
Agree totally, lets hope Neil learns from this one.
JJ
Yes
Barca are entitled to put out a B team if they want, why shouldn’t they give their fringe players a run out when they have nothing to worry about? We can’t expect anyone to do us favours. Benfica could well secure a point there. They outplayed Barca for a lot of the game in Lisbon, ripped the Barca defence apart several times but couldn’t finish.
BTW, Kelvin Wilson was IMMENSE tonight. Well done my son.
HH
nobody would have sniffed at 2-1 defeat away to Benfica at the start of this campaign…
zbyszek
I am confident we will beat Moscow too, how strong a team Barca will put out, is their second team strong enough to beat Benfica, possibly. If they play a few second choice players they may see it as a chance to shine.
I am Neil Lennon e El Juarez Bravo, 21:39 on 20 November, 2012
“Dreadful dreadful performance. We made a very average Benfica team look like world-beaters”
A harsh analysis given we were similarly pinned back against Barca. The difference is we defended slightly better and were more successful in taking the few chances that came our way. Hooper or Kayal score late on and you would have been joining in the celebrations and predictions of making the final…
It wasn’t an outstanding performance but we coped reasonably well and competed. We could have been lucky but we weren’t. We have had luck up to now in this competition, que sera. Back us to win against Spartak and I really think Barca will win their game…
Wilson and Forster the stars. Denzil seemed unsure…
Nae luck tonight.
My take on the EBTs?
Gives BDO an opportunity to reclaim money on behalf of HMRC.
Had they found Rangers liable,it would be a dead-end. They are dead. Now,the recipients of what are officially loans are liable to repay the money,and the tax liability thereof.
In addition,it puts SDM and other Rangers officials back in the frame.
The court has decreed that the evidence as presented is that the payments were loans.
If recipients have letters saying otherwise,then the person who signed those guarantees will be liable for the money-and for further court action.
Interesting times indeed.
Didn’t think Brown looked fit. He was immobile – thought we should have started with Commons instead, and also in hindsight Watt instead of Hooper.
Two big problems tonight: not enough mobility in the middle/front.
And shocking lack of ball retention.
Wilson was MOTM. The biggest improvement I have seen in a Celtic player in years.
Starry
I agree
Kayal in the midfield in the Spartak game he can defo do a good job.
Huge huge night in two weeks – remember worse case scenario in third place – not bad for fourth seeds and first time in CL for 4 years
Barca always play to win at Camp Nou…simples
We got what we deserved tonight IMHO. Too often hit and hope long ball. Benfica are a decent side rather than a great side. I think we gave them too much respect tonight.
Before the Barca result this was a must win game
And now victory against Spartak and any result bar a loss for Barca gets us through
Trying to think the last time we got 2 goes at qualifying for the last sixteen
2 bites of the cherry and lovin it csc
Benfica were the better team no doubt about it , I think we have
to try and be more confident on our travels,, in my opinion we go
into our shells a wee bit and we lack the confidence to put our foot
on the ball and be brave in posession, maybe the head shrink that
the club is bringing in will help, anyways on to the last game at Celtic park
lets get right behind the bhoys the way we did against Barca and make it
happen.
HH
COYBIG
SUFTGB
Well beaten tonight , we didn’t cope with their wide men who kept us stretched and got in cross after cross.
We were under pressure in possession and unable to find an out ball.
Still have a home game to progress to last 16 which we would have taken at the start.
Need to focus on the weekend and play the bhoys who are fit – watt Lassad kayal to start?
Impressive movement & passing from benfica tonight, they are a decent side.
Our lack of composure & quality on the ball pretty blatant tonight. Zero link up play in their half, pretty disappointing. I don’t think samaras, brown or hooper looked fit enough and I think we missed a direct player like Forrest. Still, pretty solid at the back again.
We have another big game to come, hopefully a win at home should see us through. But already guaranteeing European football after Xmas is a massive achievement considering the group.
Hail Hail
Did Bate not beat Barca at the Camp Nou a couple of years back?
With Brown ,Hooper and Ledley not really fit …cannae afford that against a team of Benefica’s quality
Scott Brown Gary Hooper not for me…Tony Watt a ‘must start’ right now..
Chelsea in a pickle. Shaktar and Juve can play out a draw in final game and both go through.
Conspiracy theories will abound if that happens…
31003
Rubin Kasan beat them
Underwhelming performance. First 10 minutes really amateurish. 1st goal an embarrassment. Settled ok after that. But, just ok. Creating very little from open play. It seemed that we were just looking to win the corners and FKs and threaten from there.
I’m sure you, like me, have been proud of the performance against Barca. Those friends who don’t support Celtic or even follow football no doubt spoke with you about it in the afterglow. It was a good week to be a Hoop.
However, the game tonight was worth exactly the same 3 points and a draw would have put us through. I think it was a poor decision to bring Hooper and Brown straight back in. Neither looked fit, particularly Brown. Can’t see how he passed a fitness test or full exam.
Tony Watt showed understandable naivety when he came on but shouldn’t let his head drop. A great prospect. Bit too much asked of him at such a late stage.
We got what we deserved really. Lets learn from it, beat Spartak and hope Barca be Barca. HH!
Ola John ran it for me tonight..
dissapointed tonight but not distraught
i thin for a lot of the game we actually looked nervous and i thought brown and hooper were way off the pace as could only be expected with their lack of match fitness
was screaming for kayal to come at half time and also commons but will not be saying I know more than Lenny and rest of management team.
I was always hoping we would be in with a chance at our last home game and we still are, can’t see benfica getting anything in camp nou and i think it will be easier to plan for the game against moscow and clearer in the players minds WIN
Hail Hail
Keep the faith, In Lenny we trust
I thought we played with too many players who were not 100 fit,and that detractedfrom the quality of our outfield.
I made it five ,plus two subs,who were short of fitness.
Doc is Neil Lennon
A win against Benfica is money for Barcelona. They are professionals.
ItaliaBhoy
21:50 on
20 November, 2012
Didn’t think Brown looked fit. He was immobile – thought we should have started with Commons instead, and also in hindsight Watt instead of Hooper.
Two big problems tonight: not enough mobility in the middle/front.
And shocking lack of ball retention.
agree fraser my motm………big kelvin just gets better and better
I’m disappointed but thats a measure of how far we have come.
I am looking forward to a tremendous game against Spartak – we have an excellent chance if we are ALL up for it (pity about Wanyama tho).
Havnt even managed to read the EBT stuff or caught up on the green brigade position.
Its all mental!
We blew our best chance in both legs v Benfica…keeper was awful yet we hardly caused him any problems in 180+ mins.
Ruben Kazan beat Barcelona in the Camp Nou last year as they played a shadow squad and will do so again v Benfica.
We had to counter their attacking wing backs or hit them with pace we did nothing and got all we deserved.
Zbyszek
Hope u will be right again. Barca will play betis on sevilla after benfica + is not there some rivality between portugal and spain (catalanya)?
Adrian just told us that we only need to better Bens result in the Camp Nou to get CL footy. Did I hear that correctly??? :)
Pen
Highlights of the other games now on in Spain. Juve putting the EPL myth to bed again.
” Does anyone honestly and truthfully believe we deserved any more than we got out of the game”
Joe I dont know what makes you asked that.
‘could’ is not the same as ‘deserved’
Much as I like Tony Watt, and I would have him in starting 11 for SPL games, I would have Miku ahead of him for CL games. Watt was naive a couple of times, the positive is he is in the positions to be naive, but Miku would be a better option to link up and retain possession. Likewise Commons, would always find a place for him as he’s a clever player who keeps possession, brings other into the game and wins free kicks
The ole Camp Nou will have nothing to do with what competition Celtic are to persue.