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Brendan and Ronny. Even what looks like a lucky gamble isn’t

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The absence of Jozo Simunovic for our Champions League game in Monchengladbach set off alarm bells, but few of us expected that he was rested as a consequence of being on a one-game-per-week long-term recuperation strategy.

This was a bold decision by what is clearly a confident manager. It was also informative that Brendan Rodgers prioritised the league game against Aberdeen to deploy Jozo over the Champions League – an equally bold decision. Defensive performances in both games suggest the manager made the right call.

This is the kind of gamble that is going Brendan Rodgers’ way but which would have backfired on Ronny Deila. It’s not down to luck, of course. Brendan has proven the point that defences are systems more than anything else. Get the system right and you can move the players around. Get it wrong, as we did in Barcelona, and it doesn’t matter which or how many defenders you deploy, you’ll take a hiding.

After surviving an onslaught at home to Celtic in September, Inverness scored an added-time equaliser to deny Celtic their only league points of the season. Since then our domestic form has been even better than it was before that game, winning everything for the loss of only a single goal in seven outings.

One thing we know about Inverness-Celtic games, though, is that lightening doesn’t only strike once, or twice for that matter. This team have punished Celtic repeatedly over the last 16 years, usually against the odds. Their only defeat since an abysmal August came against Newco, who denied the Highlanders their own onslaught. That was also the only game Inverness failed to score since Same Old Alloa dumped them out of the League Cup in August.

After tomorrow’s visit of Inverness, Celtic’s only home game in the next six is against Barcelona. If Brendan was to cast his eye over the fixture list for opportunities to experiment, this is as good an opportunity as he’ll have until Accies visit on 13 December.

Maybe an opportunity to go one at the back and five up front.  Or just to give Patrick a start.  Either works for me.

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  1. Celticrollercoaster supporting @WalkWithShay on

    Jobo

     

     

    Yes, he was doing cartwheels earlier :-)

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  2. Saint Stivs says SACK THE BOARD on

    poppy propaganda

     

     

    british tv tonight,

     

     

    just back in

     

     

    quite increible

     

     

    graham norton show , all the guests, tiny wee jeweled poppies.

     

     

    mobo from glasgow, two black presenters in kilts with poppies on (seriously w t f , descendents of slaves thanking the british)

     

     

    the last leg,

     

    normally very switched on, tonight is all empire

     

     

    damn the lot of them

     

     

    let the people sing

     

     

    i would like to wear a poppy , but , not in my name

     

     

    lest they forget

  8. Saint Stivs says SACK THE BOARD on

    sting is on graham norton,

     

     

    no poppy.

     

     

    he is mental talking about a bee sting,, very very good ship building heritage talk, queen mother story

  13. Margaret McGill on

    Despite the “up to our knees” era, the EBT era, the “Why cant we all get a hun” era and the billion dollar maybe era isnt it commendable to see so many Tims dwelling in gloating revelry of hunnery’s current lamentable collapse.

     

    In the spirit of Tim addiction I’m thinking of starting some new themes

     

    Just say no to huns!

     

    This is your brain. This is your brain on huns. (images of fried eggs etc)

     

    Huns not drugs

     

    Twinkle Twinkle little star, if you are a hun user you won’t go far.

  18. THE EXILED TIM on

    SoAL

     

    Cos I’m old maybes :-)

     

    Youtube is an amazing thing so it is, discovered so much stuff that I had forgotten from the yoof days

     

    Listning to singers who didn’t get the recognition that they deserved imo

     

    Lisa Fischer, Clare Tory to name but two, they blew me away.

     

    HH

  23. Margaret McGill on

    Just witnessed an amazing interview on American television.

     

    A Trump supporter Rudy Giuliani claiming that Islamic terrorism didnt exist in America before Obama and that Obama has been delinquent and that something needs to be done about it.

     

    When pressed to name just one terrorist act before Obama. He couldnt.

     

    When pressed again, he still could not, and was promptly informed that he was Mayor of New York on 9/11 and his since made a living out of it.

  24. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    WITS

     

     

    Just the man

     

     

    How long is the drive fae Dublin airport to Carrick on Shannon just got a invite for a wedding there next year?

     

     

    Canny be bothered waiting on Flybe flights fae Edinburgh to Knock in two months

     

     

    Love

  25. Margaret McGill on

    What is the Stars on 4th November 2016 11:30 pm

     

    Only people with souls suffer. Peepil are automatons that eventually die.

  27. Billy Bhoy on

    Sting wiznae wearing a poppy.there was a badge on his guitar strap but it was a red circle with something written on it.

     

     

    If I know him it’s likely to be Children’s Crusade – one of his songs – check it out on YouTube if you’re not familiar with it. A scathing commentary on the slaughter of WW1.

  30. owen on

    Oh she doesn’t put a time limit on her banter “keeps me on my toes” according to her. But ha I win in the end I boiled her breakfast egg for 5 mins not 4 this morning, that showed her.

  32. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    MARGARET MCGILL on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 11:37 PM

     

     

     

    Bizarre right enough.

     

     

    Has he lost it ?

     

     

    There was also the original bombing of the W.T.C. in `92 ?

  34. Margaret McGill on

    macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 4th November 2016 11:51 pm

     

    Aye

     

    I know

     

    whit can ye dae?

     

    Jings!

  35. What is the Stars on

    Soal

     

     

    Dublin to Carrick on Shannon

     

     

    About 2 hours.road is fairly good now,maybe 2 and a half hours

  37. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    WITS

     

     

    Cheers

     

     

    The flights into Dublin are buttons for the time next year

     

     

    Love

  40. Margaret McGill on

    Best car rental I ever got in my life was in Shannon in 2010.

     

    After the paperwork the national car employee showed me the nice mid sized car asked me to take him home as it was now closing time. I took him home and he gave me and my family some tea and pizza and lots of advice. incredible! I’ll never forget ireland.

  41. acgr @ outlook dot com - With a ringpiece like a Flanders Poppy on

    Just had a look at the fixtures and see the huns are playing Ross Co again tomorrow. What kind of league organisation is this? They played Ross Co only about six weeks ago and yet they’ve not yet played Hearts.

     

     

    Al Mac, if yer aboot, I hope your team roger them styoopit on Sunday.

     

     

     

    Big Peat of Islay, just wanted to point out that in my last post to you last night the “Pig” part was a fat fingered typo and not deliberate……………………..enjoy your poppy fest.

  42. acgr @ outlook dot com - With a ringpiece like a Flanders Poppy on

    Bada Bing, that’s the kind of pish that in a few weeks will find it’s way onto hunmedia and be taken as gospel by the iKK Klan brethren.

     

     

    HH

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