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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DAVIDOPOULOS
Cheers,old bean. His family are chuffed to bits,his oul’ grandpa nearly cracked a smile,I’m told(!)
Get yersel’ back on here BILLYBHOY05.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
And I suppose all the sausage stuff is a metaphor also
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That’s a phallusy…
:)
Davidopoulos …
and do you also ‘cut down trees, and skip all day, like to press flowers, and put on women’s clothes and hang around bars?’ ….
oops, sorry, getting you guys mixed up with the other CQN clique … the lumberJACKsexual/hipster/montypython clique…
BOBBY,
I’m doing all the research I can about Veins and hopefully getting some info that will keep Mark in this World a wee bit Longer. He was not as Fortunate as me – he disnae have Kids.
His veins are goosed so. I Believe in Miracles. I travelled to Rosyth for many Months with Mark, He always said Come on the Jews. He SCARED me @ Times being in his car. ;))
You Dinnae want to know the Story of the Rosyth Car Pool, ye cannae even hear it because my Phone has Died, again..
I’m hoping to fix it But I haave a feeling I will have to upgrade to Sam 5.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPY Birthday to a special lady dena29 and also to Ennisbhoy and anyone else who is celebrating that i have missed
‘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.’
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Ronny D was chump. Called out early, lived up to the nightmare. Took Celtic to the level of scrubbing about against the Zombies to eventually lose in a humiliating penalty-shootout defeat.
No bad luck involved.
Brendan Rodgers got his arse felt at Liverpool when he let the success go to his head, became one of the boys instead of the boss and saw his little kingdom crumble around him to eventual ignominious dismissal.
Brendan Rodgers got his arse felt in Barcelona trying to implement a system to go toe-to-toe with one of the world’s most dynamic teams.
Both times above, Brendan Rodgers learned.
In 2 years of bewildering failing repetition, Ronny D never learned a thing, never changed his philosophy or tactics, never DESERVED the luck.
Nice guy, but stubbornly inept; A theoretician banging his head against the unbreakable truth of football reality.
BR took his shots, dragged himself and Celtic off the canvas, adapted, evolved, survived.
No luck; just paying dues and heed to experience.
MIKE IN TORONTO
lumberJACKsexual/hipster/montypython clique…
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Splitters…
Great news about wee dawson, thank you for update BMCUW
Davidpoolos …. lumberjack… splitters… LOL …. should have seen that one coming! :)
Sandman on 4th November 2016 1:20 pm
‘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.’
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Ronny D was chump. Called out early, lived up to the nightmare. Took Celtic to the level of scrubbing about against the Zombies to eventually lose in a humiliating penalty-shootout defeat.
No bad luck involved.
Brendan Rodgers got his arse felt at Liverpool when he let the success go to his head, became one of the boys instead of the boss and saw his little kingdom crumble around him to eventual ignominious dismissal.
Brendan Rodgers got his arse felt in Barcelona trying to implement a system to go toe-to-toe with one of the world’s most dynamic teams.
Both times above, Brendan Rodgers learned.
In 2 years of bewildering failing repetition, Ronny D never learned a thing, never changed his philosophy or tactics, never DESERVED the luck.
Nice guy, but stubbornly inept; A theoretician banging his head against the unbreakable truth of football reality.
BR took his shots, dragged himself and Celtic off the canvas, adapted, evolved, survived.
No luck; just paying dues and heed to experience.
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Brendan is Calculating.
I thought you’d see that.
Wonderful Progress…. I’m sure getting Paddy is a priority. ;))
BOSS hhog…..
BRENDAN ROGERS
BRENDAN ROGERS
MIKE IN TORONTO
Couldn’t have done it without you mate.
BMCW
A canny be bothered today.
Celtic is a lot Bigger than CQN. So many Right Wingers and Left Wingers noo. Excellent.
Are there actually 3 moderators? Is Moderator ,Moderator 1? Or do we have
Moderator
Moderator 1
Moderator 2
Or
Moderator and
Moderator 2 ?
I think we should be told….
!!BADA BING!!
To many moderates on the board anyway.
We need more extremists…
Actually, I think I got that the wrong way round
David O- some Judean Popular Front members on again today….
!BADABING!
Wait till their big brothers turn up,3&4. Yer in bother then!
Mibbe no’. Never been moderated yet,and bloody huge. No worries,big fella!!
JJF
Who wants it? Who wants a Rewind?
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 4TH NOVEMBER 2016 12:30 PM
Who would win in a fight between Moderator and Moderator 2?
Now I’ve got an image in my head of Arnie Schwarzenagger In a long black Church of Scotland gown wi’ a lacy collar.
DENA & ENNISBHOY…
Happy birthday to you both and many hoopy returns.
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PETEC…
Best of wishes for your friend Mark.
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BMCUW…
That was a boost reading about wee Dawson,magic.Thanks for the update,keep them coming.
BABASONICOS 71
PHILBHOY
Thumbs-up,dare I say…
BADA BING
At least we haven’t seen anyone from the the Campaign for a Free Galilee yet.
No, not the Green Brigade! ;)
Do yoo no mean “Free the Gallowgate”?
PHILBHOY
Aye, them anaw.
PHILBHOY
Ah,The Crucifixion Sketch!
I got that on tape when I was in Primary Six. The Solo Concert,I think.
Changed my views-and tastes-on humour somewhat…
Quick quiz, what have RFC(IL) and TD67 got in comman?
Don’t let that tax your mind to much now ;)
Petec.
Prayer said for your pal Mark.
Such a shame.
Total support for him.
BMCW.
Great news about wee Dawson.
Was meaning to ask you for an update.please KEEP us informed .
I pray for him regularly as others do.
Amazing the power of PRAYERS.
Just amazing.
http://thecelticblog.com/2016/11/blogs/the-records-idiot-sevco-blogger-pleads-to-be-kept-in-ignorance/
EDDIEINKIRKMICHAEL
Congrats to you and LIONROARS67 for much unheralded work on OBAF
Long road ahead yet. Good luck with it.
What I want to know is… who’s feeling Brendan Rodger’s arse?
B-)
Bobby, Bada Bings Big Bro. Ikes. :))
It is Interesting that the Biggest Celts are Gentle.
ickes or yickes?
God Bless EVERY CELT.
Let’s have a look at what wee Calum should have done?
Radio Scotland Sport,leading with the Republic being hauled up by FIFA, over an Easter Rising symbol on their jerseys ,in March…….risible …
NEWRADBHOY
Becoming increasingly difficult to argue with. Maybe God got computerised at the same time we did,and when our network down here gets galvanised,it’s like a Denial of Service attack.
So they just roll over for us. I’ll stick wi that,I reckon!
I’ve seen this wee guys VLOG’s before and although he’s a sticky, they are quite good. Worth a wee watch, even if it’s only to see a hurting sticky! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQs12OWrTAo
TD67 and KevJ—two guys who can’t pass a mirror (or an intelligent comment). Mark McGhee, anyone?