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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SU
Our capitalist, plagiarist board all over.
Make money, and demonise the Green Brigade original thought guys, then steal their patter to make lovely money.
thetimreaper on 20th August 2016 12:35 am
My good self being a ” eft wing pro socialist rebel in good concious could not stand on the slopes of Ibrox listening to their ranting and raving. It would sicken me.
Therefore, what i find so strange is that those on here who spout their Pro -Israel, fascist, Right Wing rhetoric would find themselves quite at home on those same Ibrox slopes.
So what was the initial attraction to Celtic? The Football?
But as you grew older and began to learn the ways of the world, surely it must have dawned on you that you have very little in common with the vast majority of the Celtic support.
So do tell me why do you persevere in what i can only imagine to be a Purgatory on Earth for you, listen to the ”Left wing pro socialist rebel The sight of the Green Brigade, The Rebel songs, you must be fit to be tied leaving the stadium.
Delaneys Dunky on 20th August 2016 12:42 am
You got that right.
Roy Orbison – In Dreams
https://youtu.be/TPqZs7Vl_xg
BIG-CUP-WINNERS on 20TH AUGUST 2016 12:40 AM
I very much doubt that the club made any reference to “fans highlighting global injustices.”
TTR In the word’s of someone much wiser than I ‘if the cap fits wear it’ . Hh
Soul Asylum – Summer Of Drugs
https://youtu.be/a6TnF-s9ueA
SAOR ULADH on 20TH AUGUST 2016 12:43 AM
You really don’t get it. You read my post then responded by confirming everything i said.
MACJAY
I genuinely don’t know if that’s the case or even something remotely like it.
thetimreaper on 20th August 2016 12:47 am
You deflecting tonight again champ?
THE_HUDDLE on 20TH AUGUST 2016 12:44 AM
Onyersel , son.
Blessed be the peacemaker.
:-)
Saor Uladh
I have been following Celtic for 60 years I only gave a opinion
Ramones
http://youtu.be/hT1OKo1rT84
Paris
http://youtu.be/Ra2JbaIcB60
Tiny Dancers
http://youtu.be/dqC0u49umJ8
Happy Birthday Leigh Griffiths. HH Kiddo.
MacJay
My mammy is the best piece maker I know.
Does a lovely toasted cheese wi bacon on top wi fat cut off too. ;)
DD I’ve probably imbibed a few too many but that made me laugh. Hh
Mr. Bojangles – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
https://youtu.be/e-LVXR6rjXs
WEEFRATHETIM on 20TH AUGUST 2016 12:51 AM
Eeeeh , Mr `ERRIOT
:-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXlv0QWtOIQ
A Celtic fan telling another Celtic fan that being pro-Israel makes him a fascist, then suggests that, because he has little in common with the rest of the Celtic support, he should get out.
A club open to all, unless you refuse to view the world through the same lens as the Green Brigade? I don’t think so.
SAOR ULADH on 20TH AUGUST 2016 12:49 AM
Deflecting, lol. You think i need to justify my existence as a Celtic supporter to you. Some of your posts are a disgrace.
dennytim on 20th August 2016 12:51 am
Which is all very good, as everyone is entitled to one.
If the TIFO didn’t garner the worldwide publicity it did would you still agree with it this evening? My guess is that you probably wouldn’t.
You see, therein doth lie the problem.
You either stand up and be counted before the event and take the flak when it comes. Or as is this case the plaudits.
You can’t be fcuk-dancing around the subject trying to figure out who’s side to take on the premise of who’s going to have favour when it all pans out. And then injure yourself attempting to haul yourself onto the bandwagon.
That, is the cowards way out, but you’re in good company on here.
Just a quick post to say how brilliant a night I had on Wednesday.
A drive down with auld JJ, a smoother auld cnut you’ll struggle to meet. A great pre match meet with Sergio Delaney, a fantastic two hours in paradise and a relatively smooth hundred mile run home.
Negatives from the night? ………….. The poor deer that dodged with the ACGR mobile. May it RIP or reach the barbecue at a good time of ageing. A nice bit of protein and tasty as it gets.
Sergio D, I owe you more drams bruv.
HH Celtic men and wummin
For anyone wanting to question our club’s commitment to the oppressed no matter their race or creed a enlightening read is the book by Club Patron, Michael Davitt, “Within the Pale: The True Story of Anti-Semitic Persecutions in Russia”
Davitt, travelled to Kishinev, Russia in 1903 to report on the dreadful pogrom that led to the deaths of 46 Jews, photograph of Davitt below from his article from the New York Journal June 1903.
http://www.theirishstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Michael-Davitt.jpg
Apparently Davitt’s use of the word ‘Pale’ in the above book introduced the word to the Jewish language.
So the man that lay the first sod of soil at Celtic Park, played a key role in the support of the Jewish people during oppression and violence.
‘A Club open to all, the oppressed Jew and Palestinian.’
A brief article from a US publication illustrating Davitt’s importance,
http://mondoweiss.net/2014/01/michael-jewish-history/
HH
DELANEYS DUNKY on 20TH AUGUST 2016 12:53 AM
That sounds magic so it diz.
Does she dae jeely wans anaw ?
Aahm comin` roon tae your place.
COYBIG
UOTG I don’t recall seeing that post.
SAOR ULADH on 20TH AUGUST 2016 12:21 AM
BIG-CUP-WINNERS on 20th August 2016 12:12 am
Celtic FC have themselves confirmed that the continued selling of the ‘Barca 125 TIFO merchandise’ and the profits garnered from aforementioned TIFO merchandise is being set aside to pay for any and all Uefa fines that the club may incur due to fans highlighting global injustices.
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You got a link to that mate ? Keen to read it.
Dropkick Murphys- Warrior’s Code
https://youtu.be/ebHIxQ_zhNY
Huge shout out to all the dedicated staff at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
At exactly this time last week my mum’s heart stopped due to complications brought on by a blood clot in the lungs.
At 81 your heart is not meant to work at 168 bpm, hence the outcome…and the initial recovery which merely stalled the insidious onslaught of the clot.
At 1.39 pm I got a call to say that I had 2 hours to get to the hospital if I wanted to say goodbye.
My world stopped turning.
Got there in 20 and the wait began.
Family room was the domain of me and mine. My wife and son were in Canada unaware of the drama unfolding. Despite being surrounded by my numerous brothers and sisters I felt alone.
I’m a selfish bastard.
That’s MY maw in there.
The 2 hour window moved to 12.. a good sign.
I’m a lapsed Catholic but I prayed like the biggest believer in the land. It’s something I need to look at.
The 12 hour forecast necessitated the need for someone to stay overnight just in case. To my shame I let my 2 brothers out vote me.
She made it to the next day and the Heparin was working steadily on the clot.
All this time we were treated with respect and compassion by the dedicated staff.
Being a selfish bastard I would have demanded the family room back if i were them!
I got the 2 hour call again on Sunday and that also moved to 12 hours. Happily it passed without incident
So here I am 1 week later. A struggle still ahead but with renewed optimism. and tonight I sat with my mum chatting, which didn’t seem possible on Saturday.
I know that others on here have not been so lucky and my heart goes out to them.
But at times like this I can only thank those who kept my mum going….
…Queen Elizabeth staff…thank you!
up_over_goal on 20th August 2016 12:56 am
because he has little in common with the rest of the Celtic support, he should get out.
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Not at all lad, you have to read the post slowly on here, otherwise you’re going to get confused.
Not once did i tell him not to support Celtic, i merely suggested that his politics were perhaps more in tune with the fans of a 4 years old club.
Read the posts slowly, twice.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS on 20th August 2016 12:59 am
You’ll learn nothing if i keep doing your homework for you.
http://www.google.com
Is the horrible wee hun bigot cow running tonight?
I hope she trips over her own feet and scrapes the skin off her face and a broken nose. Despicable little hun skin crawling bitch.
Come last.
G64
Always look on the bright side is oor equal philosophy.
Hope to share much more time wi you ya happy positive big Tim ye. :)
Hail Hail
Miss yer pal VP too.
Willie Nelson – Funny How Time Slips Away
https://youtu.be/iZaZqx9v3dU
SAOR ULADH
I’m on an old phone……….maybe you could assist and post the link please.
Acgr Baron Pierre de Coubertin couldn’t have put it better when expressing the Olympic ideal. Hh
ACGR
Sharp?
Hope Semenya does her sore.
Horrible woman who posts about paedophillia and revels in mocking us about it.
Horrible hun bitch.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS on 20th August 2016 1:06 am
It’s a PDF File, those old phones can’t make head nor tail of the PDF format.
Best you wait till you get home to some tech from at least the mid 2k’s
http://www.Google.com
DD Likewise amigo. Hh