Motherwell fought tenaciously for most of the game at Celtic Park this afternoon but a momentary lapse was all that Georgios Samaras and Gary Hooper needed to settle the contest. Celtic moved an astonishing 23 points clear at the top of the table and are odds on favourite to become champions before the next return to Celtic Park.
Samaras was first to show after 9 minutes when he latched onto a Matthews flick but Darren Randolph was quick off his line to block. Player of the Year elect, Charlie Mulgrew, then jinked past a defender before slipping the ball to Samaras. The Greek’s shot was block and Mulgrew blasted the rebound wide. Randolph then saved well after Samaras shot from inside the D.
While Celtic always looked dangerous, Motherwell were in no mood to concede, so the goal was surprising in its simplicity. Adam Matthews fired a throw-in to Samaras, who chested the ball into the path of unmarked Gary Hooper. Hooper put his laces through the ball from a narrow angle to give Randolph no chance.
Samaras, Hooper and Forrest all had chances to finish the game off but the second goal never arrived.
Good defences are a lot harder to quantify than poor defences. Today Celtic strolled through the game at the back. No one was stretched and Fraser Forster didn’t have a save to make until the 77th minute.
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notthebus at 20:51
It will go to Houston: 3 wins and a draw in the league and a cup win against Soon to be in Administration FC (as they then were). 13 goals for, 1 against.
SFTB
Never thought i’d say this but
Cha is no Didier.
Remember Ajax and Stuggart.
Not a bag game today, the mothers competed well, just so glad we beat them and the mullett haired fud of a manager.
Thought we looked flat at times, and the crowd was pretty quiet compared to recent weeks. Think we missed Broony, he seems to be able to lift others around him and sets a higher tempo that we saw today. Delighted with the 3 points.
Great fun in the crowd with the guys who brought the parcels to pass around, although some old guy was not happy when it rattled him on the back of the head.
Heard a few people talking about the call from Tony from Croftfoot regarding the EBTs
Here is the link for those that have not heard it –
Tony from Croftfoot EBTs
Indio
I love how Pirlo plays the ball, him, Scholes, Xavi so few so beautiful
I’m trying to think what a bag game might be. Scrabble?
Just listned to Tony on your call.
Good points and fair play to Jabba and uncle Tom, they never interupted, and in the main agreed that it should be investigated.
Phil said on BTW that he would be getting info from said Tony later in the week, and would have much more stuff to get his teeth into.
You never know, the likes of RC Ogilvie, Bain, Peat might yet have a case to answer, we all know they do, just have to convince the hacks with the megaphones.
Maybe, just maybe, we might end up with a semblence of a level playing field.
Good result today and I thought Motherwell put in a good performance.
Have to say though that the players looked tired at times. That’s a worry, but having such a large squad will help us cope. We need to help the key players build their energy levels for the final push, points gap or not. :)
Still can’t believe some fans. There was a couple of guys ready to moan everytime Sammi made a mistake. I thought he had a good game and the layoff for Hoops goal from a pace cross, was excellent.
Was looking right at the incident, from the LL, between McCall and the 4th official and I have to say it looked like a bit of banter to me.
Well fans singing Champions League when rangers die was very funny. :)
Rico
Bill Swaitin just pledged £2K to shaverangers
Cracking game Lyon v PSG
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Good save by AC keeper
Were there any “there’ll be lateral moment when R*ngers die” chants today”? Nearly drooned masel drinking ma coffee when I heard of that one for the first time.
Gordon 64
“SFTB
Never thought i’d say this but
Cha is no Didier.
Remember Ajax and Stuggart.”
I said the same thing. Agathe, at his best (Stuttgart & Ajax) was a far superior player. Paul Telfer got criticised for not being Agathe. Cha gets criticised for not being Agathe. Agathe, in the time before he learned to slow down just before crossing, was also criticised for not being the Agathe we remember now.
I don’t see the need for a scapegoat. Cha did little wrong today and put in a very good cross in his short period of play. He was out of form on Wednesday and still made two great penalty box tackles to prevent Fraser Forster from having to make a save.
I heard Ki get unjust criticism today also, after a great performance on Wednesday. Ki’s performance today was fine but not great. Why that gets you criticised is beyond me.
THE EXILED TIM says:
25 February, 2012 at 21:07
I heard the call earlier and thought Tony was a plant….
Am I wrong?
Coorslad 20:50
Don’t buy the sun or the record , haven’t done for years and years .
Probably why I missed the story about sunderlands Mcclean.
Enjoy the Irish Post , plenty of Irish news , GAA and a Celtic page too.
What’s not to like.
I’m a bit sick of ice-cream. There, I’ve said it – don’t hate me.
What I have will stay in the freezer until the final death blows are dealt, be it weeks, months, or years of legal wrangling away.
(Well, maybe if ICT stuff them tomorrow I might have a little bit.
Green Oak Tree
According to Phil you are, he was live on BTW earlier, and he said Tony was a friend and was going to pass on more info to him next week, sort of confirms Tony is kosher.
thomthethim says:
25 February, 2012 at 19:30
ppppppppppppp
Tony was like Poirot; calm, precise and unassaiable. Neither Jabba nor English had the length of him. Reading RTC, there’s much more to come!
San Diego Bhoy
It was repeated today by the green brigade, very funny.
Good new banner displayed before kick off by the Green Brigade – Let the Rats Drown
http://twitpic.com/8oketb
Indio
http://www.mixcloud.com/player/
In case you might have missed it. Don’t!
I remember Sir Awex praising Petrov after a Villa game, saying something along the lines of “I never really understood what he offered to a team before”. Ki strikes me as a similar type, in that it may not always be obvious what he brings to the team, but I suspect you have to play beside him to appreciate it fully.
Bob Ag
Didn’t think he brought much to the game today , but then again I wasn’t playing !
THE EXILED TIM says:
25 February, 2012 at 21:20
Green Oak Tree
According to Phil you are, he was live on BTW earlier, and he said Tony was a friend and was going to pass on more info to him next week, sort of confirms Tony is kosher
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Cheers for the heads up,,, Old paranoid head still on… Apologies to Tony
San Diego bhoy.
Yes lateral movement when Rankers die though in general more subdued than Wednesday.
PS just been reminded by a thread on another site in regards to Hatelys comments yesterday how they used to serenade
us with 2unlimiteds
N0 NO no no no no no no no no no YOUVE NO MONEY maybe a green brigade rehash is over due
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFd5Cci_pE4&feature=related
maybe it’s that old “a player’s player” thing. Goal for the Auld Wummin.
got involved in a typical pub debate today.
You know, the type of argument that gets you all nostalgic, especially supporting CFC where we are all old enough to remember Lisbon. Anyway, the topic was…’who’s the best out and out goal scorer/poacher/finisher/No.9 we have ever had.
I’ll cut out some of the brain work for you and put The King (Henrik Larsson) at Numero Uno.
I’m taking the liberty to leave Dalglish our because he was never a CF. (he was too good)
Anyway, my top 5 are:
1. Henrik Larsson
2. Joe McBride
3. Jorge Cadete
4. Charlie Nicholas
5. Frank McAvennie.
Just an opinion….
hh
didn’t get to see the game today
had visitors from Brasil
went to Jamie Oliver restaurant
was no bad, bit chokka
food ok
anyhow
was wonderin if Ricky Nelson tune was played at CP today – anyone know ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8NOj_Ld4jg
A lot of good performances today against a decent & motivated side
(Mulgrew/ Rogne/ Hooper/ Wilson…)
But
Joe Ledley – never the star but always the rock
Ledley – my POTY so far
Superb game in Lyon, PSG pulled it back to 4-3
Paddy Gallagher * says:
25 February, 2012 at 20:13
Paddy, agree with you totally. RFC are caught up in the middle of a perfect storm because of the inaction of the media. The media are reaping what they have sowed.
FourGreenFields says:
25 February, 2012 at 21:16
Coorslad 20:50
Don’t buy the sun or the record , haven’t done for years and years .
Probably why I missed the story about sunderlands Mcclean.
Enjoy the Irish Post , plenty of Irish news , GAA and a Celtic page too.
What’s not to like.
Don’t buy any of them myself,Huns in work do and they arent happy at the Sun,The Irish Edition has Been running it everyday.
Enrico Dandolo nicked my Crusade
Re big Sammi’s critic’s, two Guys in the Lower North, were at the Fistie Cuffs ( well Hand Bags ) at one point today, eventually they were calmed doon, and huggin wan anether, later in the game, for your info they looked a couple of years younger than me, BTW I am 65, see these penshuners mellow with age aye-rite.
Awerabest PJ
Frank McGarvey was amazing for the variety of finishing he had, off the arse, thigh, ankle, back of the head, arse again, etc..
Dixie Deans.
bamboo says:
25 February, 2012 at 10:32
macjay1
My first view of Celtic .League Cup final. Ranglers overwhelming favourites and they did not except defeat like gentlemen.
Celtic had to cut short the lap-of-honour and run for their lives as the huns invaded the pitch.
It was mayhem around me in the mixed enclosure .
Vastly outnumbered Celtic fans getting attacked all around and outside making our way to the station was more really bad scenes of violence .
I always managed to get away from Hampden safely,but Celtic Park was another story.I still remember ,as a young lad leaving the Celtic end to be greeted by a hail of bottles from the railway bridge .
The crazy thing is that you accepted that as ” normal.”
Starting to feel a bit nostalgic.
;-)
best comment about Frank McGarvey was…. if Frank doesn’t know his next move then how could the defenders
Green Oak Tree
I always have my paranoid head on, it comes from years of conditioning :>)
One good thing that will come out of all this is they can’t ever call us that again.