This has the makings of a neutral weekend in the Premiership. Celtic face struggling St Mirren, table-topping Hearts are at struggling Motherwell and struggling Newco are home to pointless Dundee. Only our nearest challengers in recent seasons, Aberdeen, look to have a challenge on their hands, away to St Johnstone.
That’s how it works on paper, anyway, but it football was that predictable, bookies would be poor and punters rich. The weekend might not go to form.
Celtic have struggled to breakdown teams who defend deeply this season and you can expect St Mirren to do exactly that tonight. No three points are guaranteed, so we will need to earn the win.
Hearts bubble may burst at Fir Park. Motherwell have only taken points off Dundee and Newco, losing to Hamilton and Hibs, but those defeats came in the first games of the season. They have steadied the ship since.
Dundee are rank rotten, having lost all four league games and a 0-3 humiliation at home to Ayr United in the League Cup. Their answer was to sign out of contract – and no longer manager – Kenny Miller (38). They have the look of cannon fodder. They will not get a sniff at Ibrox, surely?
It would be good to see some of the new faces tonight, Filip Benkovic, in particular, who may be useful against Rosenborg on Thursday.
Three points, please, Celtic!
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Makes sense Paul
HH
Surely not????
HH
Ooft.
Give him 60mins HH
Fully expect Motherwell to take points off the Diets.
Nothing would please me more ;)))))
Tonight’s team
Gordon
Benkovic Ajer Boyata
Forrest Mulumbu Brown Tierney
Ntcham Rogic
Edouard
McGregor, Sinclair and Griff off the bench….
4-0
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/thumbs-aloft/
The numbers behind the Griffiths 100 goals.
Team sheet latest………………James Forrest
Paul67
Looking forward to Benkovic’s Celtic debut, a player we’ve wanted for more than two years.
Not often we have these EPL multi million £ rated players, adorning the unshrinkable Hoops.
Mon The Hoops, it’s been waaaaay too long..
FTSFA
COYBIG. Big Wavy that team would do me.
Looking forward to seeing Benkovic and Mulumbu.
HH
D. :)
Good to see Aberdeen joining the increasing clamour against the SFA.
A bit of a Movement afoot.
#ustoo.
As I have a half day to get this blliddy heating sorted I thought I would watch Anyone but Celtic.
Anyone watched it??
D. :)
Whilst I totally agree with Kilmarnock and Aberdeen’s questioning of the SFA’s disciplinary process, I’m afraid they have reaped what they sowed. Johnston and Milne were two of the main protagonists who said it was ‘time to move on’. Well, the SFA have moved on, back to the corrupt bias position they have always had. Nothing’s changed, just like they, and others like Budge, Petrie etc, wanted
Benkovic to score on his debut tonight
I see Clarke and McInnnes are questioning SFA ‘inconsistency’.
It’s not ‘inconsistency’ when their decisions consistently favour one club.
That’s called corruption.
Hello again all you young rebels.
Spring is in the air here in sunny Oz, a lovely 23 degs today in Melbourne
not bad for now, need to get the sunscreen ready, maybe dubbin would
be better for my auld dome.
Said to my wee princess.
” Darling i’m thinking i’ll get a tattoo for the summer ”
” whit… at your age ‘
” I’m thinking of one with the Lisbon Lions on my chest ”
” Why don’t you just get one with the whole of Celtic park and that will
cover that beer belly you’ve got.
Wimmen can be right catty at times.
Our CSC in the rebel town are meeting up in Mornington bowling club
for a wee lunch next week.
Yes you did read it right ….. a feckin bowling club, but let me tell you
right now it’s certainly different here in Ned Kelly land.
I was in one during the week for a little refreshment and had a look at their
past presidents board.
Francis Malloy
Brendan Feeney
Seamus Murphy
Joseph O’neill
Thought i was in a pub in the Calton 8-))
Had a wee swatch at Celtic t.v this morning and there was my wee bestie pal
with the visually impaired group at Celtic park with Broonie letting them touch
and hold the trophy’s.
What a brilliant thought that was to let these bhoys and ghirls touch something
they have only ever heard about during a commentary from my wee mate.
I know you lurk sometimes Jim, so proud of you and Ronnie your sidekick still
working so hard for the Celtic family.
Well ! big weekend for our young bhoys, we head over to West Victoria again for
our final play off game, a 2-0 win makes us state champions at u16 level.
What an achievement for a team of mainly immigrant Scots, Irish, African, Asian
oh! and the token Aussie lol, but win or lose next year we have two superb new
players signed up, both Celtic minded, it took a bit of jiggery pokery but needs
must, a trial game with our own bhoys in the hoops was the clincher.
O.k Thats all from sunny Oz, time for zzzzz’s
H.H Mick
Need to get the goals flowing again. So far only five in our opening four games, with only one from a striker.
Would like to see Christie getting some more game time
Conspiracy theorists of the blog will be on soon I think, seems as though Big Dedryck rested after the international games, not that that will stop them.
H.H
Melbourne Mick 23degrees bloody luxury.
It’s 13 degrees here in the Garngad in the north of glasgow and lashing with rain
Good luck to your team
Hail Hail
D. :)
Cragie G.
Hendry Ajer Benny n KT
Ollie n Broonie
CalMac Tom Jamsie
Eddie.
Rumour has it.
Got on a different bus from usual on way back from T/O and saw St Alphonsus church …. a magnificent spectacle… they got a wee donation normally reserved for St Winin’s??
On the way out bus drew up opposite a grand abode ,no20 Argyle St, which appears to be Tontine Tim’s new pad as it had the door plate……TONTINE….
Still one ticket short for Killie game if any ‘floating about’.
Griffiths signs new 4 year deal
http://www.celticfc.net/news/14946
I see the Griffalo signed a 4 year extension. ???
D. :)
4 year deal for Leigh. His aim should be to get to 200 goals by then!
As Colm (formerly of this parish) has just tweeted – Griff here for 11 in a row!
Back to workin,….
DAVID66
The Garngad, Gods garden, don’t know if thats actually the definition
of the name but it will do me.
Spent many a time there with my mate Mick Gourley and his brother.
Would be interesting if you recognised the name.
H.H Mick
Jobo Baldie on 14th September 2018 1:36 pm
4 year deal for Leigh. His aim should be to get to 200 goals by then!
If he gets the game time, he’ll get the goals.
Havnt posted in a couple of years due to no lap top and lurked for a while on ipad before the seeming endless roll of adverts got the better of me and I packed it in for a while. Back lurking around a year now and its great to be back.
Typical penny pinching by Lawwell. Wont splash the cash. Spending money on 4 year deal for one of the top goal scorers in Scottish football on top of the five deal for the wizard of oz and the record breaking transfer fee for french eddy shows that the biscuit tin mentality rules.
Lawwell must Go!!!!
Melbourne Mick sorry I do not recognise the name or any Gourlays that now reside in the Garden of God.
HH
D. :)
Long live Lawwell
There Wits I beat u to it
???
D. :)
1967 Enjoyable year.Question from ’67:
Four managers of Scottish div. one sides had taken care of Scotland national team.
Celtic:Big Jock.
Kilmarnock:??
St.Johnstone:??
Falkirk:??
Have a go!
Great news about the Griff.
MELBOURNE MICK on 14TH SEPTEMBER 2018 1:10 PM
23 on the Costa Peninsula? 24 up here in the metropolis – is your bowling club event open to hooped interlopers from the CBD?
Greengray1967 welcome home sir
Hail Hail
D. :)
The three stooges………..more like “” the three bears “”
Andy Beattie
Malky McDonald
John Prentice
” The name Garngad is said to derive from the Gaelic word ‘Garn’ meaning rough ground. The Gad Burn on old maps ran from High Balornuck Farm to the old Barnhill Poorhouse (now a housing estate), prior to joining the historic Molendinar. Although many residents claim Garngad to mean the Garden of God, it is also known as ‘The Good and the Bad’. ”
JJ ( Born in the Garngad)