Fifa yesterday banned Benfica and Brazil central defender Luisão from all football activities until November for knocking a referee unconscious in a preseason game against Fortuna Dusseldorf in August.
Benfica didn’t expect Luisão to be available for tonight’s Champions League game against Celtic but the decision, coming a day before kick-off, will do nothing for morale. While they lost midfielders Javi Garcia and Axel Witsel to Manchester City and Zenit late in the transfer window, it shouldn’t be forgotten that Benfica spent well over £20m this summer. The new guys will no doubt eventually prove their worth, but right now they remain very much the new guys. Celtic have to make them feel a long way from home tonight.
During our last successful Champions League group stage in 2007 we concluded that it was more important not to make mistakes at this level than to try to score the perfect goal. If we get a solid performance from Scott Brown and Victor Wanyama in front of a defence which clears its lines and takes no chances, the stage will be set for James Forrest and Gary Hooper. I expect both to hurt Benfica.
It was interesting to hear our chief executive take questions on the subject of EBTs and the health of our club yesterday. More on this after the matter in hand has passed.
Support a Scottish World Champion Boxer: Ricky BurnsOn Saturday 22nd September, lifelong Celtic fan Ricky Burns is defending Scotland’s honour against England’s Kevin Mitchell in an unmissable World Championship boxing clash!
Burns puts his WBO World Lightweight Championship on the line, in a fight billed as the Battle of Britain. You can bag yourself the best seat in the house with BoxNationTV (Sky 437, Virgin 546).
Get the CQN discount now!
Celtic Quick News proudly presents to you a special deal for our faithful readers. You can sign up for BoxNation for just £10 a month with no registration fee (which usually costs £10) if you’re a Sky TV subscriber. And there’s no minimum contract, so if you decide you don’t want to keep the channel, you can cancel your subscription with no penalty fees after this huge world title clash.
To get behind a Scottish World Champion as he battles it out in the ring, subscribe to BoxNation now and enter the promo code GOALBOXING (all block capitals) to take advantage of this special offer.
377 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- »
fender 14:42 on 19 September, 2012
No wonder the Sevco fans are looking glum today. The ole Ramsdens Cup theme will not be blasting through the Ibrox tannoy until next season.
I really, really hope that after 15-20 mins of the game tonight the score is no worse than 0-0 – not so long ago we got into the habit of gifting really early goals in Europe before having had the chance to settle into the game.
Keep it tight, keep 100% focussed and don’t let a rush of blood to the head leave us chasing the game for 85 mins.
I’d be delighted with 2-1, with a late winner deep into injury time.
HH
Anybody have any trouble scrolling down a blog to the comments? I’ve not been able to read any if the last blog on a mobile.
Forster
Lustig Rogne Wilson
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.”
Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President of USA
Quite frankly we are all screwed and inevitably the system of credit currently being passed off to the masses will finally be shown up for the waste of paper it is printed on. With ‘private’ institutions like Bank of England & Federel Reserve (nothing federel about it) controlling the circulation of a worthless currency and the interest we have the privilege of paying them back for printing it is absolutely scandalous. It is impossible for the country’s budget to be in black.
Every baseless value pound that the B. of E. pulls out its backside based on non audited or quanitified gold reserves is more debt and makes their small amount of stakeholders even richer.
The Euro and Dollar will not die out like predicted by many experts although if left naturally they inevitably would. They will be kept on a life support machine by the IMF and largest banks i.e. Goldman Sachs until they squeeze absolutely every commodity and natural resource from the suffering countries that have Central Banking systems ( all but 2 in the entire world) Currency as we know it will dissappear and the price of commodities will continue to go up.
David Cameron & Obama are like the Hotel managers who organise the daily running of the business but they take their orders from the banking fraternity indirectly. SNP have absolutely no chance of getting an independent Scotland and Salmond probably knows that but wielding the threat over downing street gets him more influence than other parties would.
Tax was used initially as a form generating a war budget and has never left. What everyone should want to know is how much exactly does the government collect in all taxes. I would place a bet on them actually receiving far more than they spend in running the country but the hidden figures of the interest paid to B. of E. and the like is where it mainly goes.
Ramble over.
Anyon
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors 15:00 on 19 September, 2012
What is it with these double-firstname Huns called Chris? Are they all deluded?
When did Sevco become our rivals? We have never even played against them.
greenjedi
Not keen on that 3-0-0 formation…Barca without the midfielders…
Don’t know what happened there
Forster
Lustig Rogne Wilson Izzy
Matthews Brown Vic Mulgrew
Commons
Hooper
No messing about at the back, keep it tight and hit on the break.
mearns 2 milton
14:20 on 19 September, 2012
Apologies if already posted but 19:35 for YNWA tonight deedicated to the 96
*****
Agree. As long as it is still not being sung at kick off.
19.35 would be ideal, with appropriate accompanying banners.
So, philvis:
‘ … life is short, it while you can. Who doesn’t want to enjoy the nice things in life? Good food, sunshine, pleasant company, quality booze, nice cars, comfortable surroundings, attractive redheaded women, and the like?
Does your (redheaded) wife know about the other redheads in your life … ?
FF
larsson80
I heard a wee rumour that the Federal Reserve might have been founded on a fraudulent currency. How odd that it now dictates financial policy for much of the international community.
A chap I know just texted me to say…
Paul Elliot was awarded MBE for services to Equality. The British Empire awarding a medal for equality is akin to [insert simile of choice].
thomthethim
Yep. Believe the GB have an impressive banner, I suspect the usual JFT96 will be on display aswell
Chris jack – I feel your pain
right I am away to the bog to get changed
relaxing drive down trying to contain myself
no bet placed, feart I would be a jinx
see you all there (I’ll be the one in the black strip)
What chanel are we on tonight please?
Is it the red button on sky?
Mikeyboy 13.12- just back from Las Americas- there is a small strip of bars and restaurants to the rear right of the shopping centre opposite Cleopatras hotel. There is a small bar called the Highlander run by a good Celtic man which I’m sure will show it. Otherwise most of the larger places will show more than one game at a time although you might be stuck in a corner like we were for the Scotland game.
Young ss’s first CL game tonight, in fact his first evening K.O
Something magical about walking up towards the floodlights for a big match.
Tickets – check
Hoops Top – check
Scarf – check
Hope in my heart – check
Ofski. Hope we get the result we desire and this is a happy forum tonight:-)
HH
favourite uncle @ 14:24
hamiltontim posted this last night
hamiltontim
22:41 on 18 September, 2012
Favourite uncle
That’s really generous of you mate is there any chance you could mail me at hamiltontim@hotmail.co.uk and I’ll make arrangements with you.
email him at above address to make arrangements.
FFM
Initially a silver backed dollar was ok and their constitution outlined why state run currency should never be privatised. JP Morgan, Rockefeller et al created a deliberate depression and swallowed up all rival banks. They stopped at nothing at getting a central banking system with the Fed. Case made for JFK assassination is that he already signed executive order 11110 to reclaim the people’s right to control their sytem of credit. All their in history books.
Read ‘the creature from Jekyl Island’. We have been sleep walking into this for years, although to be fair by much more machavellian and deceptive ways than Chico Green pulls on the hoards :)
southside ——-
Indeed .
9 year old me went to the game at which the Celtic Park floodlights were switched on . Fabulous . I loved it
We were humped 2 -0 by a real good Wolves team .
One hour until the Arbroath Emerald CSC bus departs for Paradise. Mitch at the helm and Sticky doing everything else. There will be some part of tonight
greenjedi
That would be a very good team. The only problem I have with it is Rogne/Wilson in defence, as neither can pass to save themselves, which would mean Celtic would spend a lot of time without the ball after one of their agricultural clearances. But Commons playing behind Hooper, Br/Wan in CM, Lus/Matthews, and Izzy/Mulgrew – all are zoned in to each other’s play.
`s game where Benfica will be the better side. That`s when our support is needed. Go for it Celtic!
Hail! Hail!
JJ
Out of one of Scottish football’s major trophies via a dubious late equaliser scored by a joker with a suspiciously Timmy sounding moniker, followed by penalty shoot out.
All to the accompaniment of honest mistakes made by by another joker with an even more Timmy sounding name.
Just seems that for Tims everywhere, 2012 is the year that Christmas Day simply refuses to go away.
Come on you bhoys in green
Blantyres green and white
Quite like the suggested back four of Lustig, Rogne, Wilson and Matthews.
Mulgrew pushed into midfield.
Izzy on the bench, as you can’t have Chas and him on the left side together.
I suppose it must be Commons and Hooper.
If we can get a good foothold early on, then we may be able to be more expansive later on, with Forrest and, perhaps, one of the new boys.
A point would do me, due to our important absentees.
Are there any pubs in Coatbridge showing the game tonight?
Or do i need to go onto Celtic Bars?
only asking
P
Miki67
Lots of cracking pubs to watch the game in that part of Tenerife but none better than The Hoops Bar. See facebook for exact address. Stevie, guy who runs it is a mad tim! Hope you find it…HH
larsson80 @ 15:30
Well said, concise and clear.
I believe they kept the silver-backed dollars under the forelock, which is why they positioned their hands there, to guard its secrecy.
Thank goodness these elitist shadowy figures couldn’t get away with such shenannigans today!
Er, …….
Hoops Bar Tenerife is a great spot well worth the short hop in a taxi if you’re going from Las Americas
HH
I’ve only just found out about sevco last night…..
Ahahahahahaha
Is there any choice cuts from FF been posted? Been unable to read any of the last article.
Top stories this afternoon on BBC Sport’s Scottish Football page:
Main Stories
UEFA probe Hearts fans pitch invasions
2 month layoff for McCormack
Queens shock Rangers in Ramsdens Cup
Then: Assorted videos/audios from last weekend
Then the Comment/Analysis section
Celtic ‘hit by Rangers absence’
Queen of the South in Deamland
Can a British club win the Champions League
Blackman eyes more Inverness rewards
Then, down the right hand column:
Scots women chase qualification
Green to challenge SFA charges
Benfica unfazed by ban for Luisao
Celtic reveal a £7m annual loss
Benfica’s Luisao banned for Celtic game
Celtic ‘ready for Benfica test’
Third McGinn brother at Buddies
BBC Alba shows Scotland v France
Queens boss takes manager award
Posh chairman backs boss Ferguson
Can they at least not feign a little interest in Scotland’s Champion club in our National Sport competing in Europe’s top competition?
TBB,
no surprises then, eh, well worth the license fee
Huge numbers of Portuguese living over here – Benfica are no doubt the biggest club in Luxembourg.
Physicality at the back needed tonight – Cardoso has rag-dolled far stronger defences than ours. We need to sit on him hard. Their attack against our defence is a possible mismatch their manager will be looking to exploit. We need to defend hard, and get the ball forward quickly – no messing about in our own half – we need the win.
South of Tunis- Those old floodlights were the original transponders, guiding the Luftwaffe in during the war, dontcha know?
The Battered Bunnet @ 16 02.
If Celtic lose tonight there will be no shortage of interest tomorrow.