Celtic surrendered another two points to fall further behind in the championship race, drawing 0-0 at home against Hibernian. It was a unorganised looking performance from the home team who gave Graham Stack little to do in the Hibernian goal.
Gary Hooper squandered Celtic’s only gilt-edged chance of the game when, after playing a one-two with Anthony Stokes, he struck the outside of the post with Ki available for the square pass. Anthony Stokes had earlier tested Stack, who failed to hold the ball but did enough to clear.
When the same teams met on Wednesday James Forrest transformed the game when he drifted inside but he spent most of today’s game adrift on the right wing. On two occasions he cut inside with purpose, once testing Stack with a blistering shot from 22 yards and later when a 25 yard pile-drive struck the crossbar, but Hibs were content to limit Celtic to such speculative efforts.
Neil Lennon was justified in his criticism of his front pairing of Stokes and Hooper today but Celtic were equally clueless in midfield. There appeared to be no cohesion and there was certainly not a productive match plan.
Motherwell’s away win in Inverness gives the Lanarkshire side a three point lead, having played a game more, going into next week’s crucial game against Celtic at Fir Park. Manager-less St Johnstone dropped three points at home this afternoon, leaving them four points behind Celtic in the fight for the last Europa League place.
This is where we are people, scrapping between Motherwell and St Johnstone. Get used to it.
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James Forrest is Lennon says:
29 October, 2011 at 22:16
James ,it has always been better for that mob,its like a lotto winner
getting the jackpot week after week.
Clean slate my arse,would Hitler deserve a new start ,FECK THEM.I
wish them nothing but ill will.
Hail hail ,the Celts are here
Am I the only one who sees a similarity between this site and Celtic PLC? Hard, financial business sense allowing things to spin away into irrelevance.
BT
VP and me are like guerilla drinkers.
You won’t know when or where we are
going to strike.
Needless to say we are always made welcome in the PV.
The bar staff in the PV are second to none.
See you soon.
James Forrest
Agree with most of that, not the envy bit though.
The enemy is not the board, jeez, did I just say that, they are failing us, but they are not the enemy.
The enemy are the sfa, the media, the system that allows racisism as a matter of course, I want our board to back Lenny, of course I do, but I would much rather they fought the sfa and the media and the system that allows blatent hate directed towards our club and our manager.
This is about more that football, the establishment team are on their knees, instead of fighting to save them, which they will be in the next week or tow, they attack us, cos they need to hate.
We as a club and support need to unite against them, they are killing us ffs, cos we are Tims, they even attack our manager, plead guilty to attacking our manager and still they let him off with it.
The fight has to be against them.
CQN QUOTE:
“This is where we are people, scrapping between Motherwell and St Johnstone. Get used to it.”
Yep we’re being subjected to the Delphi Technique for sure!
VP
that is why i detest our board so..
we have been cheated not only bu yhe huns but by our board telling us that we needed to play by the rules..
what now?
what rules, they come back and we are still being cheated, by whom CPLC or the huns?
BT
Interested in your comments, that Neil may have to change his back room staff.
If I am honest, I had no confidence in our team today, but I have always had faith in Neil , but this afternoon really stretched it.
Dismissing you mates, is a hard thing to do, but , football is a ruthless, unforgiving game.
My personal theory is that much of our difficulties stem back to our pre season planning.
It should have started immediately after the cup final, but , if your assistant manager still hasn’t had his contract sorted in mid July, I don’t see how you you can do that.
My advice is that we should get ourselves to the pending international break, and at that stage, Lenny should take a couple of days holiday, and then , he should sit down with the back room staff (whoever they may be) and treat the rest of the season as a new start.
If by Xmas it still isn’t coming together, Lenny would need us to tell him.
5/1 – Roy Keane
6/1 – Mick McCarthy
1o/1 – Martin O’Neill
10/1 – Paul Lambert
10/1 – Mark Hughes
10/1 – Owen Coyle
10/1 – Slaven Bilic
12/1 – Steve Coppell
12/1 – Willie Mcstay
12/1 – Craig Levein
I’d go for Coyle, he is gettable now, I would wager.
seanbhoy69, voguepunter, Exiled Tim:
Three posts attacking Rangers. Rangers. Who had no part in what happened to us today.
The very reason I’m not posting again until after the Motherwell game.
You guys, love you all, but I can’t read any more of this tonight.
scum1690
Do one!!!
Long winded and in the main hunnish drivel talk that will come back
to haunt this most ghoulish site of hun guisers.
Oh and Awe_Jaw don’t bother taking your wife to
sodden Bangkok to see the ‘Ladybhoys’…they’re all
on stage here tonight.
HH
We need to get back to a position where the manager is the most important person at the club
DD oftened talked about MON taking “ownership” of the club and being THE man
Today PL is THE man and he carries out DD orders
The only good thing that would come from NL resigning would be that it would force the board into showing what their vision for the club is
However I believe that we will just limp on until even the board realise that they have to change things
Now will be the winter of our discontent
HH
Truth 4767,
I am not sure I would want any of them …I suggest you stick with seasoned campaigners like Blair Nimmo.
Patrick27 18.11……..Its nothing tobe proud of being in a league cup semi……………a mickey mouse tourna
James Forrest is Lennon best post of the year indeed mate. Frankly Celtic in its current state bores the arse off me. I’d rather lick sweat off my own b**** than tolerating the very essence of our great club being dragged through the gutter by Lawell, his cronies who put him there and Desmond in his ivory tower. Poor Neil….damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. It’s not worth the stress anymore. The Board don’t care, nor the players so why should we??
Inept. Inept. Inept. Inept. Look it up on Wikipedia and see a picture of a smug Peter Lawell holding a biscuit tin standing over a grave where a once proud club used to reside.
James Forrest
I am not disputing what you say mate.
We were absolutely shocking today.
Both the players and management of our club have to take responsibility.
Ach im going to my bed im scunnered at what is happening to Celtic and even more surprised how much Celtic fans want to talk about Rangers.Some Celtic fans dont believe we could recruit a good manager so want to continue with Neil Lennon and all the dross that goes with that.I will tell you unfortunately Lennie has lost it the team are not playing for him either they dont understand what he wants or they are fed up with him slagging them in the media whichever it is we will not turn this around.I do not know the answer but following them with blind faith isnt it, that much I do know.If we fail to make changes we will continue to fail what ever happened to the fighting Irish? H.H.
From RTC blog,
Just tweeted by Charles Lavery who describes himself as “an investigative journalist”
“New company already formed as part of “pre pack” administration @ Rangers. Jobs safe, creditors to the “old” company left out of pocket.”
also claiming
“Am told Craig Whyte launching a “pre pack administration” of Rangers this week. He’ll then buy back assets, leaving creditors left swinging.”
http://twitter.com/#!/charleslavery
Awe_Jaw = Awe_Naw ! (appropriate thou)!
greendreamz says:
29 October, 2011 at 22:25
CQN QUOTE:
“This is where we are people, scrapping between Motherwell and St Johnstone. Get used to it.”
Yep we’re being subjected to the Delphi Technique for sure!
Okay , I buy that, who do you suggest are the manipulators, who gains from concensus? the usual winners are the ones who want to maintain power and the status quo. That would be our current custodians and The Orcs , are you suggesting they are one and the same?
Paul 67
Can you please get this (too many expetives to mention)
eejit removed from the blog.
JamesF
I never said the enemy was the huns, they are the figurehead of the establishment that want us gone, the hun are playthings, it goes much much higher than the hun, they are the tool.
G64
Which one?
From RTC blog,
Just tweeted by Charles Lavery who describes himself as “an investigative journalist”
“New company already formed as part of “pre pack” administration @ Rangers. Jobs safe, creditors to the “old” company left out of pocket.”
also claiming
“Am told Craig Whyte launching a “pre pack administration” of Rangers this week. He’ll then buy back assets, leaving creditors left swinging.”!
http://twitter.com/#!/charleslavery
“When I was a child I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man I put away childish things.” I Cor. xiii. 11.
Just one more shake of the kaleidoscope that comes with following Celtic.
NO…. It was NOT the same Paul.
G64
he hasn’t broken rules..
just ignore him/it
like the club he/it supports it will crash and burn
.
Well the Haters got there Wish.. But How many Games have Celtic Won since Sammi was Dropped..
Hooper & Stokes.. Canon & Ball..
The Glorious Balance Sheet..
Who did Jinky Play with Before Celtic ..? Blantyre Vics..?
Summa ft NoGoalStrikersCSC
Kojo says:
29 October, 2011 at 21:44
It is the Players Fault
Ah wullnae Accept anything else as an excuse.
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I don’t think you are getting my drift. In no way do I absolve the players. Ki is overweight, doesn’t tackle and won’t track back. Several players shirked tackles today. Despite the necessity of a win there was a tangible absence of urgency throughout. Yet many of these players were integral parts of the side which came from behind to perform very well until Inverness Wednesday.
There is sufficient quality at CP to beat the huns and win the title – last season proved that. So, why are we third?
Walk away Lenny, no confidentiality, tell us who deserve better what’s going on!
40 million at least to them over 3 years
Underachieving overpaid uninterested players
Lack of serious investment in players who can fight to win if football fails
Board backing? Are PL and co operating a Romanov system where the manager gets what he doesn’t want every transfer window.
Are we in bed with the Huns at boardroom level? Don’t laugh!
Staring down the barrel that is 4 in a row we deserve to know!
Just some questions before tackling the mismanegerial
BT
Whats this HP sauce all about?
Mismanagerial team
SoS
Celtic. pre and apre CFC..
soal
feck all to do with me, ask yer mate WG
seanbhoy69 says:
29 October, 2011 at 22:27
scum 1690
do one.
…………………………………….
Such a nice guy too.
Wee lamb that you are.
Why don’t you settle down and watch a nice film or something, take your mind off things for a wee while.
Diddums.
Night night ghuys.
lubos leather jacket says:
29 October, 2011 at 22:39
Walk away Lenny, no confidentiality, telnot going to happenl us who deserve better what’s going on!
not going to happen..he cannot afford it. He has to take the money. I hope I am wrong.
CultsBhoy hates being 2nd
Last season I could have cried for Lenny – for what he had to put up with in this horrible, backward country we have the misfortune to live in. There is not much I wanted more (and still want), than to see Lenny hold the SPL trophy aloft and give a resounding GIFRUY to the Scottish establishment and a society who despise everything he stands for. I had pictured in my minds eye, how i’d be at Celtic Park on the last day of the season against Motherwell with my family, crying with joy because we’d won against all the odds, in spite of all the bitter, bitter hatred directed against us and Neil, fostered, nurtured and directed by Scottish society – but we had done it, in spite of everything.
Of all the people I want to succeed, it’s Lenny. more so than any other manager in our history. I feel really guilty to say it’s not going to happen. I’m a Celtic supporter first and Lenny fan second. However, I also fear that, should Lenny go, we will end up with a Mark McGhee or similar in his place. Lenny’s continous backing of the board and ergo, his complinace with their failed strategy has diminished my opinion of him. I hate being a distant second (third?) to that mob and at the moment I cant see anything that even remotely suggests that Lenny is going to change that.
drunk, medicated…. o))))