Just catching up on the post-Ibrox analysis after a busy weekend. A few observations:
Celtic opened very well but our passing out of defence fell apart after 10 minutes and didn’t get back on track until Scott Sinclair decided he was taking control at halftime. If I wanted to make an excuse, I’d say we were rusty due to the formation only just returning to normal for the first time this season, but this may be over-generous.
Scott demonstrated why he was Player of the Year last season. He has what it takes to swing big games. The game can be divided into two parts: times when Sinclair had the ball inside the Newco box, and all other times. You could sense the terror in blue at the former.
On the Newco penalty claim: I’m not sure. Jozo pulled out of the challenge, which I suspect is why the referee didn’t give it, but I would have claimed if it was the other way around.
It was clear to everyone in the Broomloan Stand that Leigh Griffith was claiming for a penalty in the first half, although none of us knew why. Young Beckenbauer in the Newco defence extended his arms and made his body big as the ball dropped onto his hand.
The rules are clear on this one, allow your arms to leave the confines of your body and you’ve transgressed if the ball strikes a hand or arm. Sky Television viewers were then transported to an alternate universe, where they were told, “Leigh Griffiths is claiming for a corner kick”. There is an intellectual pain experienced when you are part of a group treated to ‘expert’ analysis like this. I was embarrassed as a viewer.
While Scott Sinclair was the custard in your doughnut, the second goal was a product of crisp passing down the right. Callum McGregor was worthy of an honourable mention here. He has the craft to compliment Patrick Roberts’ level of astonishing-ness.
There will be quite a number of people who are walking around Lennoxtown today full of the joys because of the save Craig Gordon made with the score at 0-1. This was not a normal reaction save, it was the result of a planned and practiced manner in which to close-down an opponent who is about to head the ball. Look again at how Craig moves his body.
It was a big moment and speaks of the technical preparation of the goalkeepers.
Scott Brown remains is in the form of his life. He waltzed around Ibrox like he owned the place. Although with the alleged condition of the structure, that honour may be an onerous one.
The knives are out for Brother Pedro, who spent millions but has not noticeably improved his team. This is a little unfair. Newco’s problems run deeper than Pedro, and let’s face it, they would be in a far worse situation if he had not banned green boots.
This guy knows what he’s doing, no way is he an hopeless imposter, no way at all. And, if they ever score an important goal, Pedro’s instructions to congregate to celebration will also prove invaluable.
Let’s not get too carried away with ourselves. Ibrox was the aperitif, as they say in Europe. The main course is in Brussels on Wednesday, and that will prove to be a far greater challenge.
Enjoy the new podcast…
The CQN Podcast: A Celtic State of Mind (EP13) The Quality Street Gang Part 1
This week, ‘A Celtic State of Mind’ pays tribute to The Quality Street Gang.
In the first of a two-part series, Paul John Dykes interviews Billy Murdoch, Bobby Wraith, HughMcKellar and Lou Macari to discuss one of the finest crops of youngsters ever to emerge from Celtic Park.
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One more sleep ;-)
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Eck still prostitution himself on the media, another horrible b…..d.
https://videocelts.com/2017/09/blogs/latest-news/mcleish-reveals-the-celtic-weak-link/
Art of War.
Sorry to hear of your Dad having a stroke. My dad had his first of several heart attacks the night of Henriks testimonial game. Luckily my mum and myself returned from the game in time. He was with us for a fair few years after that and although incapacitated in various ways always greeted the day and everyone with a smile.
Hope your dad can make a recovery that allows him and those around him to smile.
Bruno Elvis has been jetted out of Glasgow to be treated by Cristiano Ronaldo’s Physio , wow! F… me they spare no expense with they’r athletes.
Art Of War – Good thoughts and prayer said for your Dads recovery from the Stroke he has suffered.
Doc – Good wishes and a prayer said for a successful operation and recovery when it comes.
HH
Word of The Day (Saturday at Ibrokes? …)
perfunctory /pəˈfʌŋktərɪ/
adjective
1. performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial:
2. done superficially, only as a matter of routine; careless or cursory
3. dull or indifferent
4. lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic:
Derived Forms
perfunctorily, adverb perfunctoriness, noun
Word Origin and History for perfunctory
adj.
1580s, from Late Latin perfunctorius “careless, negligent,” literally “like one who wishes to get through a thing,” from Latin perfungus, pastparticiple of perfungi “discharge, busy oneself, get through,” from per-“through” + fungi “perform” (see function (n.)). Related: Perfunctorily.
KTF
AOW, thoughts and prayers at this time.
Doc, best wishes .
Big Jimmy,
Didn’t think any of the lions got more than 30 caps, memory tells me Big Billy only got 29. Bobby Murdoch possibly the best player I ever saw in a Celtic shirt, got something like 12 international caps. As I say could be wrong, memory beginning to fade, but one of the reasons I can’t get interested in current international games.
HH
Paris Saint Germain have denied reports that striker Edinson Cavani was offered €1 million to hand over penalty responsibilities to Neymar .
Reports in France claimed that PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi was forced to intervene in the ongoing spat between the two players, who clashed during the club’s 2-0 league victory over Lyon last week.
The mega-rich Ligue 1 side thumped Celtic 5-0 in their opening Champions League group game but after things took a sour turn between Cavani and Neymar it was alleged that Al-Khelaifi appealed to the Uruguayan to give up his duties with a six-figure sweetener into the bargain – as reported by the Mirror.
Neymar and Edinson Cavani allegedly fell out over who would be on penalty duties for the Paris side
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But the claims have been rejected by the French giants, with newspaper L’Equipe tweeting: “PSG have formally denied information suggesting Cavani might give up penalties in exchange for the automatic payment of a bonus.”
Neymar was missing as PSG fired a blank in the 0-0 draw at Montpellier on Saturday, six days on from the South American squabbles that overshadowed a victory over Lyon at the Parc des Princes.
Cavani refused to hand over the ball to Neymar during that success when Les Parisiens were awarded a spot-kick.
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If true then deary me…whatever next….Pedro giving Morelos a fiver NOT to be caught offside ?
HH
MACEW on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2017 8:17 AM
AOW, thoughts and prayers at this time.
Doc, best wishes .
Big Jimmy,
Didn’t think any of the lions got more than 30 caps, memory tells me Big Billy only got 29. Bobby Murdoch possibly the best player I ever saw in a Celtic shirt, got something like 12 international caps. As I say could be wrong, memory beginning to fade, but one of the reasons I can’t get interested in current international games.
HH
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trust me…I won a Celtic pub quiz some years ago with this same question.
HH
Pisses me off to read Scott Brown has AVOIDED any disciplinary action over his clash with Morelos…ffs we wouldn’t even be mentioning it if it weren’t for that attention seeking loony Pedro Cashyerchipsinandgettae…
What a shambles of a man and club…
AOW
Sorry to hear about your dad , best wishes to him.
AOW
Condolences on the troubles being endured by your da. Those are trying times and, while it helps to stay strong at times, it is also natural to feel many other emotions and attitudes, and some of those will be accompanied by tears.
We all hope for the best in these circumstances and your dad, however diminished or limited, is still your dad.
Take Care!
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0926/907538-celtic-anderlecht-tickets/
CONNAIRE12
Sounds like you had a smashing time in Milan!
Of course,you had a much better time in Lisbon(!) but delighted that you saw so many old friends.
HH
AOW…sorry to hear about your dad…I hope he he makes a full recovery…
urochamps @ 11.54pm
“Your secondary point about not giving it too tight to sevconian workmates etc, I cannot agree with. ”
I don’t think that was my secondary pointas it would come very far down my list of priorities. Give it to them as much as you want! After all, you are more likely to find a Sevconian workmate in this part of the world than an Aberdeen one.
But, for the moment, a win over Aberdeen does much more to secure our next league title than those 3 points at Ibrox do. I want us to feel more joy when we beat our genune “current” rivals than when we beat our erstwhile, ersatz “currant” rivals.
There can be few Celts around who feel that Saturday’s result was vital in winning this league, but there once was a time when a win at Ibrox was a hard won event.
Don’t get me wrong- maybe Sevco will recover and become our main rivals- if so we should treat all games against them as ultra-important in winning the league. But at the moment, we get more joy from lording it over them than their status as challengers merits.
They will get another draw or, heaven help us, a win against us sometime this or next season. We have to be ready for that without feeling despair or wanting to get rid of the manager or player. We cannot keep winnning every domestic game (and I know I said that last year) but the management and players expect us to drop points and, possibly, lose a domestic match this year. They are hard headed realists even though they will do all they can to prevent that happening for as long as possible.
A draw in Brussels will please me more than last Saturday when we beat a team currently operating at a level between Motherwell and Hibs.
Spluttered my coffee reading WGS on Broony.He said”I used to say to Gary Pendrey,do you think we should get a doctor in for him”.Said you could tell him he was the best player,or the worst player in the world,and he would just give you that stare.WGS said,”It could really be unsettling at times”.
Mad ,mental,wonderful Broony.
Ex-Congressman jailed for sexting a child.
Well-named…
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/crime/shamed-former-congressman-jailed-over-11233973
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2017 8:49 AM,
Is it possible you could give it a rest.I dont know any real Celtic fan that does not feel elation gubbing them.
Only you,it seems.Why dont you jog on down to Lennoxtown and give your sermons to the players.You know,those players who showed on Saturday,that they could not care it was them they gubbed.
Aye right.
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2017 8:25 AM
Pisses me off to read Scott Brown has AVOIDED any disciplinary action over his clash with Morelos…ffs we wouldn’t even be mentioning it if it weren’t for that attention seeking loony Pedro Cashyerchipsinandgettae…
What a shambles of a man and club…
Just a massive dose of deflection from our p!ss poor ,hurting hacks.There was no one at the SFA,SPFL offices yesterday.It was a holiday.How they managed to make up that story,is ,well,beyond anyone.
No offence committed to start with.I know it does not seem much,but one of the worst pieces of guff I have read.
TURKEYBHOY on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2017 8:57 AM
We are moving towards a situation where the hun club are no longer relevant to Celtic. They don’t pose any kind of threat, on or off the field, now or in the foreseeable future.
If the current trajectory continues then it should mean that the hun support will mean less and less to Celtic fans, and the fixture will mean no more and no less than any other domestic tie.
Anyone who wouldn’t welcome that is an Old Firm Fan rather than a Celtic fan.
For any of the Bhoys heading to Brussels, hope you enjoy your trip, and, stay safe.
Anyone going to Paris on 22nd November ? I might be able to lay my hands on a couple of tickets, but nothing confirmed yet……anyone interested ? I’m not going to be able to go, but if i can get the tickets, they’d be available at face value – somewhere around 48 Euro’s i think.
Turkeybhoy…and does anyone really believe Griff cleared his nostrils on that blue piece of whatever or on the corner flag? It was a wind up, maybe not to everyone’s taste but a wind up none the less….Oh! I want to be offended…
The longer king , Pedro , Jabba etc are involved with sevco the longer we will have to suffer our club , players, fans etc being dragged into controversies. On the other hand the longer they are there the further away we get from them.
McLeish,and Sevco,cap in hand, always telling especially European teams,about Celtic players weakness,same giving training facilities,what a sorry lot,
Art of War, Just scrolling back & saw your post from last night.
Best wishes to your Dad, A Stroke is indeed a horrible thing but there is hope, recovery varies a lot from person to person. I can only hope that your Dad is one of the luckier victims & makes a full or substantial recovery.
I note that all of the “Rangers” players have avoided disciplinary action after not punching Pedro in the face at half time.
As others have made the point, how can you avoid action for something that didn’t happen?
For a few years I have urged Celtic to upgrade Barrowfield, especially dressing rooms etc,also let the supporters see how the development ,squads are getting on,Lennoxtown is out of bounds for a lot of us,
Celtic by Numbers.
Enlightening read as always. The analysis of the defence is superb and surprising.
Thanks.
I agree wi TURKEYBHOY on this. The pleasure I got from beating them on Saturday was every bit as great as ever.
If in a slightly different way. Know your place,hunnybunch
But I also agree with SETTINGFREETHEBEARS. It wasn’t a six-pointer,like against Aberdeen.
And I hope it never is again.
Bateen Bhoy on 26th September 2017 9:17 am For any of the Bhoys heading to Brussels, hope you enjoy your trip, and, stay safe.
Anyone going to Paris on 22nd November ? I might be able to lay my hands on a couple of tickets, but nothing confirmed yet……anyone interested ? I’m not going to be able to go, but if i can get the tickets, they’d be available at face value – somewhere around 48 Euro’s i think.
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Bateen Bhoy
I am looking for 2 tickets for the away game in Paris. Can you contact me through P67
HH
Jim bob agree 100% Barrowford should be upgraded.
Would love to see a 1500 seater stand with good player and supporter facilities inbuilt (UNDER GAMES/ LADIES) alongside three training parks and associated parking that could be used for match day and help fund upkeep.
All under age groups could train and play games there and it could be used as part of the overall celtic park experience with regards tourists/ visitors given its close proximity to celtic park etc…
Barrowfield is part of our history and an upgrade would be a fitting tribute to the players who have came through the academy as well as the greatest team we ever produced the Lions.
There is a name for the centre right there
Off to work
HH
Catman,
you can e-mail me at theonlysheepinlisbon@gmail.com and we can take it from there.
Delight in beating the produce of an old Rangers cannot be the same, as beating the previous existence but it won’t stop everyone in the Celtic support feeling that it’s pretty similar.
When its become a case of how many and not how often we know the fixture is already deady, and thems must accept that taking part and £49.00 from Celtic fans all for our pleasure is all they have, and as good as it gets.
Mocking shouldn’t be confused with hatred of * Rangers * otherwise we’d be the same as them, and we are aware of how unhealthy that is. Sevco, *Rangers *, whatever they are called all just the people that backed the wrong club, not once but twice and its all just downright carelessness.
It will always be like this now because they can’t alter what happened to their clubs.
The cry was we’re pretenders CSC
Art Of War
The thoughts and prayers of the Starry family are with you and yours at this very difficult time.
I hope your Da’ makes a full recovery..
SP
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2017 9:23 AM
Turkeybhoy…and does anyone really believe Griff cleared his nostrils on that blue piece of whatever or on the corner flag? It was a wind up, maybe not to everyone’s taste but a wind up none the less….Oh! I want to be offended…
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Leigh Griffiths pretends to blow his nose on a corner flag – it’s a disgrace, inciting the fans, should be brought into line by the manager (according to pricks like Tom English)
Paul Gasgoine shits in the bath – good natured banter. Plays an imaginary flute in front of the Celtic end – what a joker!
NFL calls Jim Goodwin a fanny – gets a 3 match ban.
Pedro squares up to the Celtic captain and defence coach at half time – no comment from press.
SFA wait over 50 years to recognise the best team Scotland has ever produced – no comment from press
You get the picture. The SFA is a bunch of huns having to pretend to be something else. However – their behaviour over the long term tells you all you need to know. The Scottish press are a joke and have papers to sell so will say anything they’re told to say.
Meanwhile – Celtic cruise on, despite the huns and even the trolls on here telling us we’re mugs. People who are never Celtic fans in a million years – their contempt for us is as bad as the SFA, Press and Scottish “government”.
NATKNOW
Gaun yersel’ son!
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2017 10:33 AM
NATKNOW
Gaun yersel’ son!
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LOL! You know it’s true…! :-)))