It’s been a long time since we’ve had a home game; 4th August, against Aberdeen. Since then we’ve played five games on the road, three of which involved international travel, with two games in the Highlands.
Statistical analysis shows that form suffers when teams are forced to pile-up away fixtures. Training schedules are interrupted as travel eats into time which would otherwise be spent fine-tuning fitness or working on defensive/forward strategy. Instead Celtic have improved enormously from their Flag Day at the beginning of the month, despite, or perhaps, because, Neil Lennon has indulged in extensive use of a squad rotation policy.
No one at Celtic will be complacent ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League play-off, the ghost of Ross County in 2010 and Inverness in 2011 will see to that. One ‘Big Dan Moment’ is all it takes to turn a comfortable lead into a tight tie with a player deficit, but I suspect Neil Lennon will be more concerned with putting the brakes on his players, rather than motivating them. A calm and organised performance is required.
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We must keep it tight in the first half tomorrow – 4-5-1
Foster
Mathews
Rogne
Wilson
Isaguirre
Wanyama
Brown
Mulgrew
Commons
Samaras
Let Sammy be the lone striker – he is much more mobile than Hooper.
There is plenty of forward-looking players to back him up – The two full-backs and Mulgrew and commons.
Wanyama and Brown must sit in midfield and protect the back four.
We must defend and shut-down high up the park
They will probably burn-out after the hour mark – we can then change to 4-4-2, bring on Hooper and Forrest for Samaras and Brown(will only last 60 minutes) and late Lustig for Mathews
Of course this scenario assumes we do not get any injuries.
We could look for a 1-0 scoreline – Job done!!!
The CC
Arbeloa (?)!
Gravesen (?)!
HH!!
Philbhoy
Don’t assume anything. It makes an ass out of u and me.
DavidBrentCSC
Mort
SydneyTim, many thanks for your tips re Dresden yesterday. HH Fassreifen
Arbeloa – £3.5M
Gravesen – £2.5M
Mort
LOL!
Hello all been lurking a long time but waiting 2 months for log in password ,think the systems caught up today hence all the reset emails,I too have forgotten whatever genius like witticism inspired me to post .Oh and before you all ask NO IM NOT
Hail Hail
The more, the merrier!
Right, who’s the huns then?
Beware….there are some exemplary hunskelpers on here….
…..welcome,bhoys. This is a jungle in here!
HH!
burnsybhoy
11:24 on
28 August, 2012
We must keep it tight in the first half tomorrow – 4-5-1
Foster
Mathews
Rogne
Wilson
Isaguirre
Wanyama
Brown
Mulgrew
Commons
Samaras
………………..
Do you not think it might be a teensy weensy bit dangerous to only play 10 players?
Sixth player who went to Real Madrid from Premiership for £20M plus,
Clue – He played in the last word cup final.
The cc
Julio Baptista (?)!
HH!!
I just felt the server expand ()()()()()()()
Not overly concerned about team selection for tomorrow, however, Sammi as loan striker is a definite no for me.
Wide left, if at all.
And Tony Watt is on fire just now. Give him the Gig.
We are at home after all!
Baptista was only at Arsenal on loan
JJP-ON
Are you a closet hun?
Ok Gillian. You’re not a girl then…are you a hun? : )
gillian i scream
Are you a hun in denial?
I had wanted to say so much back in June but I feel a more contented chap now, with much less need to speak out that “that lot” and those who never seem to give up trying to help them. Given what happened in July, their and our performances on-pitch since, and the inevitability of their (next) demise, I’m almost mute with happiness. Thanks for all (both) the welcoming comments. It’s great to be here.
miki67
11:27 on 28 August, 2012
The more, the merrier!
Right, who’s the huns then?
Beware….there are some exemplary hunskelpers on here….
…..welcome,bhoys. This is a jungle in here!
HH!
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Ur ye tryin to say that
theres somethin wrang wi a – Jungle ? :o)
P.S. All the new huns are more than welcome in Kev’s Jungle :o)
Hail Hail
The CC
Arjen Robben
HH!!
EmerAlda + Son of dan
No am a bhoy
No never been swimming in a big Egyptian river
The good thing is if we score then they have only 90 mins to get 3, at the moment 2 goals in 120 mins + pens will see them through.
Like the look of the Brann striker, he sure runs through the back line!
Is there any You Tube vids of Mo Bangura- surely there must be some footage of him scoring a few??
Arjen Robben – correct
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning!
11:28 on
28 August, 2012
Agree wholeheartedly Philbhoy.
I’d have Watt & Hooper up front. We’re at home. Take the game to them, best form of defence is attack etc etc. Must get in about them though, unsettle them (for which the crowd can play their part) and press them high up the field. This I believe would result in another 2-0 victory.
COYBIG!
Greenjedi – so right – Forrest on from the start – with Watt and Hooper replacing Sami and Brown – how’s that for a snooker?
Robben sold for £20M ????
Robben barstewards.
Go get him Sally.
I reckon the team tomorrow will only have two changes from that which started the first game. Big Victor in for Kayal. Forrest in for Ledley.
miki67:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZqAnIp5dMQ
RUMI: I remember you posting one of his poems.
Here’s a corker.
welcome to all the new comers
As long as we win and we can look forward to Champions league nights again.
Welcome to all the Sevconians errr I mean new posters…
All the talk about Johnny Russell coming to the hoops
will JR be replacing Sammi if – Celtic sign him ?
Or, will PL disappoint yet again in the window ?
Will the huns be liquidated before we get in a decent CH ?
After the performances of Lennon’s Lion’s in the last two games
has Neil discovered a formula of chance creating that, all of a sudden
gives our strikers more scope for vision ?
it’s hard to think that only twelve months ago at the beginning of last season the big tax case wasn’t believed, RFC were playing well – naisbalance jellyfish davis mcgregor. Hardly anybody in RFC circles fully understood what was heading their way. This weekend , The Rangers, a new club were lucky to beat berwick. One season ago, unbelieveable, i thought sally was doing a decent job.
ASoD
I’d go for that team too with only Vic and Forest replacing Kayal and Ledley.
I drooled all over my keyboard when I returned from Inverness on Saturday about the performance of young Watt but I’d leave him on the bench for this one.
Testing
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Hail Hail,
My 1st post here. Special greetings to Snake of Topolcany ;)
jackie mac
11:47 on
28 August, 2012
“This weekend , The Rangers, a new club were lucky to beat berwick”
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You must be confused. They were lucky to get a DRAW! – they COULDN’T beat Berwick!