It’s really refreshing to hear the positivity towards the manager from senior players at the club. He has the squad pulling in his direction like no one has since Martin O’Neill. This hasn’t come about by chance. When a player asked Brendan if he could arrive late one day this week to see his child start school, training was changed for the entire first team squad.
With term starting across several days at the start of this week, training at Lennoxtown started at 11:30 Monday and Tuesday (we’d a game on Wednesday, in case you forgot). The fathers all got to see their kids start, or return to, school, while the others fell into line.
This kind of family support is credit in the bank for Brendan (a lot more than some entire clubs have). Players want to him.
I watched highlights of the Hapoel game and caught things I’d missed on the night. Leigh Griffiths’ delayed run for his first goal being the most striking. As Scott Sinclair pushed the ball right to James Forrest, Leigh stopped his forward run, waiting at the left edge of the box.
This created space. With that space, he built-up sufficient momentum to out-jump a defender and power a header into the net. It was a stunningly intelligent thing to do.
I had a word with a Celtic coach a while back on how intelligent you need to be to be a modern footballer. It turns out footballers need to be smarter than you probably think. There are outstanding talents in football, and we’ve had more than a few at Celtic, who are just not clever enough to understand how and when to use an abstract entity like space.
Today’s great teams deploy very complicated tactical systems in defence and in possession. It doesn’t matter how good you are with the ball at your feet, if you can’t keep up with the tactical demands of the game, you’ll bounce around clubs never quite fulfilling your early promise.
Some big decisions for Brendan about the line-up tomorrow. McDiarmid has often been a tricky place to go, so resting players could result in points being dropped. We’re three days away from the >£20m game in Israel, which I’d be reluctant to take risks with, despite the three goal advantage.
It’s probably a good opportunity for us to have a look at Dorus de Vries but I’d be reluctant to tamper too much. Only the two big Glasgow clubs haven’t dropped points yet, and I’d like us to be the last man standing in that race. A win for us in Perth and a draw at Pittodrie tomorrow would do nicely.
Sorry to see Scott Brown retire from international duty but it’s unquestionably the right decision. It’s also an acknowledgement that he needs to manage his fitness and recovery cycles carefully.
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Good news
Jonathan Sutherland
Jonathan Sutherland – Verified account @BBCjsutherland
After his injury Patrick Roberts is back in contention for Celtic and could feature tomorrow away to St Johnstone.
How come you don’t ever read stuff like this in the Scottish press?
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‘News that Lescott might not be moving on will frustrate Villa fans who have wanted Lescott out of their club following his shambolic showings in the Premier League last term.’
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-defender-joleon-lescott-11772492
anyone help with Paul67 email contact.
lost it.
That big ugly Hun who was greetin that the big hoose must stay open.
Will be greetin ‘Let us cheat, or else’
Civil unrest in the offing as the sevconians go on the rampage, because they are rotten:)
It takes the penny a long time to drop with that mob.
Just yesterday…I bumped into a wee sevconian, who was convinced that Sevco will be in the Champions League asap, as soon as they despatch Celtic.
What a shock they are in for:)
We should be greetin with laughter shortly.
HH
SANDMAN on 19TH AUGUST 2016 12:22 PM
‘When a player asked Brendan if he could arrive late one day this week to see his child start school, training was changed for the entire first team squad.’
That’s becasue Griff’s school run takes in five different districts and takes 3 hours.
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:-))))
THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 19TH AUGUST 2016 12:58 PM
That big ugly Hun who was greetin that the big hoose must stay open.
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Who? BOURNESOUPRECIPE? ;)
Can anyone help, please?
I’m trying to find out the name of the tune and artiste that the Celtic Park DJ played after Broonies goal on Wednesday. I’ve heard it before at CP and on TV yesterday they played it after the Brazilians won a gold at the Olympics. It has a sort of Turkish or A
If Lescott has a model wife he must have used his own glue and an Airfix kit
Davidopoulous
They truly are the daftest fans in football.
I bet a few have rushed out pronto for strips with ‘Lescott’ on the back.
And will wear them anyway:)
They are beyond absurd.
But hilarious at times.
HH
A blind man and his dug can see what the huns are up to re lescott.
They’re skint and kidding the hun monkeys on that they are in the ballpark with us.
No doubt the smsm will paint a different picture but even the huns know they are getting the p**s taken out of them now.
Oh how I laugh…reckon I’ll listen to Clyde tonight ;)))
“Only the two big Glasgow clubs haven’t dropped points yet” – I like it Paul67!
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 19th August 2016 12:58 pm
That big ugly Hun who was greetin that the big hoose must stay open.
Will be greetin ‘Let us cheat, or else’
Civil unrest in the offing as the sevconians go on the rampage, because they are rotten:)
It takes the penny a long time to drop with that mob.
Just yesterday…I bumped into a wee sevconian, who was convinced that Sevco will be in the Champions League asap, as soon as they despatch Celtic.
What a shock they are in for:)
We should be greetin with laughter shortly.
HH
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I think that he passed away, I’m sure I read that on here.
:(
Help needed
Previously read that game is 6:45 next week Celtic park time
(quoted as much to TD67)
Says on here(UEFA website)
that kick of is 20:45 CET 21:45 local time
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2017/matches/round=2000782/match=2019278/prematch/background/index.html?
From Page 1 –
The Battered Sombrero? Where are you now, T?
Sipsini
I was in a taxi yesterday….driver got tranny on Clyde.
Sports blurb comes on…opens with Warburton, waffle, waffle, cringe.
No mention of the Champions and Champions League.
No surprises there
Bandits
HH
Failed medical/family reasons. What happened – did someone in his family fail the medical?????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y2foXKEnMY
foil arms and hogg mikey take of rio2016
Stivs
Try
Celticquicknews@gmail.com
I knew when reading the headlines about Lescotts medical that this would fall through (how long does it take to have a medical, I’m sure I’ve been reading about this since Tues/Wed?). The lad from Preston also (Garner?) – supposedly £1.5m transfer fee!?? Utter bull. They’re skint. This has Level 5 written all over it to try and put something “newsworthy” in the paper to detract from Celtic and their CL games. Watch this space, this is the next one to “fall through”. Leaving their grand spend in the transfer window at zilch. All to try and con der hun into thinking they actually HAVE money to spend. Gullible, gullible fools.
We are Ready to Rumble
Glasstwothirds
Someone in his family had a ‘word’ wi him.
Petec
Didnt know that.
Doesnt change what i think of Sevco though.
HH
Jobo
Dunno, compass reckons somewhere between New York and New Year
There’s no way a club, not even Sevco, would invent the story of a failed medical to save face. The damage that could do to a player’s career means he would not allow such a lie to grow legs, and to stay solent about such a lie would amount professional suicide.
Villa Quick News in meltdown as they come to terms with the tragic news.
I don’t like Hearts at all, they are minis after all. I want them taking at least 66% points from the Zombies, likewise Aberdeen. I would expect Ross County to really give them a lot more than they bargained for.
The Zombie Cheats will hopefully, but I know it won’t be allowed to happen, be playing in the bottom 6.
TGM
Yes a lot are daft. They have a lot of intelligent fans too but they just seem to keep their mouth shut…which when you look back…was a bit daft…
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 19th August 2016 1:11 pm
Petec
Didnt know that.
Doesnt change what i think of Sevco though.
HH
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Me neither. ;))
When i was talking to that wee sevconian fella yesterday.
I said….’There is a song you all should learn…and it goes like this,…’Sack the board. Sack the board, sack the board’
He wasnt amused:)
Hee, Hee
HH
AULD TAM
Yes but only one outlet has ran with that so far. Casts that wee bit of doubt on the true story…enough to give your average Sevconian solace, which can be regurgitated down the pub and suddenly becomes their truth.
Concrete JUNGLE
Blantyre Tim,
I’m wrecking my brains here. Was Fess19 not at the tabled (I forgot to mention him).
But I don’t think I met him at the hotel:-)
I was sober too that’s the worst of it.
Árd Macha
Davidopoulous
The intelligent sevco fan in the street(gutter)…knows the reality.
Thats sad.
But…Hell slap it intae them:)
Because their stupidity is a tonic.
HH
Glasstwothirdsfull
“What happened – did someone in his family fail the medical?????”
I think his wife failed the eyesight test
Official statement TRIFC…
https://youtu.be/vWy5_H3xrUQ
Apparently the family problem concerns his wife…and he needs to return home to re-inflate her…
The Green Man says SACK THE Board on 19th August 2016 1:17 pm
When i was talking to that wee sevconian fella yesterday.
I said….’There is a song you all should learn…and it goes like this,…’Sack the board. Sack the board, sack the board’
He wasnt amused:)
Hee, Hee
HH
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If Mike Ashley was running Sevco. He’d have them running very well in Scottish fitba terms. I’m glad they ousted the Billionaire.
Clubs generally do not publicise the fact that a player has failed a medical, out of common courtesy, to allow the player to get on with his career unhindered by such news.
THEORIGINALSADIESBHOY on 19TH AUGUST 2016 1:01 PM
After Scott Brown’s goal, the tune played was (appropriately) Zombie Nation!