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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Hamiltontim
BG just exudes class. He’s left Barton looking like a daftie
To be fair…..so would a mirror-))
The great 2,000 year old conflict lie.
Complete bull.
The residents of the area were plagued by Romans, Turks, Brits and others. There was little conflict between those native to the region – Christian, Jew, Muslim or other. Many of the native Jewish people struggled against the Zionist project. Yemeni Jews had thousands of their offspring kidnapped by the fledgling Israeli state as part of their push for demographic supremacy and in desperation for some historical legitimacy.
Once more – poor effort matts. You really must do better with the articles you cite. Or just give it a rest or you’re gonna get yer erchie handed to you again and again on this.
Are stenographers not generally quit for the weekend by this time on a Friday?
Footballing authorities and morality.
How ironic.
BG? Has Hamiltontim just renamed our manager Brendan God-gers? Bit premature but I think I can go with that…
I see the gutter press are trying to get a reaction from BR to Bartons pish
Barton is like a pimple on your sphincter ,
a minor irritation that comes to your attention every once in a while mainly after an outpouring of shoite
Here we go 10IAR
Glendalystonsols
Barton…the monkeys equivalent to the wicked witch in Snow White! :-)
Ivehadtochangemyname
Does your kid want to do a full degree in France or just spent part of his degree there?
DAVIDOPOULOS
It’s a prophecy! :-)
Funny how in the UEFA Kangeroo Court…
1) You get charged.
2) Proceed straight to discuss terms of the sanction.
Do we just plead guilty to the flag of Palestine being an illicit flag?
Or does a charge, just a pronouncement of guilt with the penalty to follow?
Auld age disnae come alone! Posted on the wrong thread.
Shameless repost.
Thank you to all my well wishers.
As yesterday was a school night I have not been on here nor begun celebrations.
But now it is the weekend and my seventh decade shall henceforth commence in style.
Mrs EC67, champagne please.
Eurochamps67
GotmynameinstonebybigcesarsstatueCSC
HAMILTONTIM
Thanks be to HT…
I assume those ever so ethical chaps at UEFA sanctioned themselves re the Palestinian flag which was waved throughout last season’s Champions League Final in Milan.
hendrix 67
think game against hamburg was a friendly.
This case will be dealt with by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body on 22 September.
Surely not.
Is get it if it were the ‘UEFA will Control and Discipline Body’ but they have no right on this God given planet to pretend to have Ethics.
Ethics alludes to morals.
UEFA and Morals. Don’t make me laugh.
I’d take it to court based on that absurdity alone.
MWD FCUK UEFA and their Holier than thou attitude.
Lets not give anymore airtime to a footballer whose only notable moments this season is him being nutmegged and making irrelevant soundbites for the presstitutes.
HENDRIX67…
Apologies mhate,but it’s the rules. ;))
Thunder Road on 19th August 2016 4:06 pm
How about scanning the paper it’s written on, uploading the scan to your computer and using http://www168.lunapic.com/editor/# to view the image under various gradients in the Filters / Effects drop down box.
It should come up using the Night Vision effect.
Worth a try, i reckon and you don’t lose the original.
So the Lescott deal has collapsed.
Did they do a “meet the fans” session before he’d signed on the dotted line?
For those getting their knickers in a twist about stand closures and fines. Liverpool were fined 3 times last season by UEFA:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/uefa-fine-liverpool-fireworks-during-11390584
Why kill a cash cow when you’ve got a nice little earner? You can check that disciplinary page after every European round and you see fines being handed out right, left and centre.
Let Joey Farton. He’s a skid mark amongst dung dwellers.
MWD
HENDRIK67
I saw that too but presume it is an all encompassing term – possibly agressive flag waving, like agressive blessing onself. All ludicrous but the penalty points keep getting totted up.
Perhaps a substantial fie and a final warning?
But what if those who believe that they have an inalienable right to freedom of speech in whatever format they choose, at whatever match they choose withij Celtic Park, whatever the cost to CFC or fellow supporters, at no individual cost to themselves decided to repeat their actions ad infinitum – and beyond?? What then? HH
Maybe rather than rolling over and getting their tummies tickled as usual, the Celtic Board could ask UEFA to explain how the flag of a FIFA member nation is deemed to contravene anything in Article 16(2) e.
Barton will say anything to get the hordes on his side. He’s a blow hard. Still relying on his hard man image. However, Warburton should be censuring him, after all this was the guy who has moaned about people disrespecting his team, especially after St Johnstone pumped them. He says it’s a joke. Would he be laughing if a Celtic player had a go at him? I think not.
JJ,
Aye there’s been some decent banter today neebs :)
HH
The handwringers are back…..
80k fine from UEFA……..CAN IT BE TRUE
Davidpolous,
I thought ht’s slip was due to him listening to his favourite band as he posted. :)
Howdeepisyourlove csc
Hamiltontim on 19th August 2016 4:42 pm
I’ve just watched Brendan’s response when asked about Barton’s comments regarding him having a mid life crisis.
BG just exudes class. He’s left Barton looking like a daftie and given the MSM nothing at the same time
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It’s utterly bizarre that they asked him AGAIN!
Are they going to keep at it in the hope that he caves in and says “ok it was really hurtful but we’ll show them in the old firm game”?
Mind you, even with him not taking the bait I’m sure we’ll still get a headline such as “Rodgers refuses old firm war of words with Rangers’ Barton”!
There are going to be a lot of charges against teams if flying a legitimate national flag breaches any rules anywhere, even if your opponents do not like what that represents
GEORDIE MUNRO on 19TH AUGUST 2016 3:55 PM
Vfr,
Hope this works.
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheVillaView_/status/766606409664528384
Franzipan & orange and blue are the tweeters. It just didn’t end like you’d expect ;)
HH
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Brilliant!
thanks jc2 – I think if you email cqn@gmail.com (?) you’ll get winning captains who can pass on my details !
Davidopoulos – don’t know yet – he doesn’t say much but keeps coming up with doing full degree in France so we’ll start with that – don’t know much about it though.
Statement http://www.celticfc.net/news/11127
DAVIDOPOULOS on 19TH AUGUST 2016
Hallowed be your name!
Geordie
Didn’t you know Brendan’s middle name is Gibb?!
SAOR ULADH
Would probably be a more sensible thing to try than my bloomin idea as at least it would not affect the paper!
Unfortunately weebobbycollins doesn’t have the bit of paper any more either!
Thunder Road on 19th August 2016 5:11 pm
Pity that. Would be interesting to try it.
He should try to find Carlos using the Internet.
That would be a search worth undertaking!!
HT,
I just googled that. Where’s my embarrassed smiley.
HT 1 Geordie 0.
;)
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL on 19TH AUGUST 2016 5:05 PM
He’s way too smart for them. I’ve no doubt it’ll be brought up again prior to September 10th and will be met by a similar response.
GM
Don’t be embarrassed, at first I thought you were making a pass! :-)