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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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  2. Tricoloured Ribbon on

    Unless some toad has posted on Hun Media in the last couple of minutes the last one on the pre match thread v Inverness was at 1-12pm today.

     

     

    The towel is well and truly in.

     

     

    Eh,we don’t do walking away..?

  3. Árd Macha on

    kikinthenakas,

     

     

    Not long home.

     

     

    Thanks to you and C for making this game today a very special one for me and my boy.

     

     

    Thanks also to blantyretim/Paul67/thomthethim.

     

     

    Árd Macha

  4. JimmyQuinnsBits on

    Ok, a wee poyum, doggerel…. Ah know For some of you it gets on yer breests, but sometimes ye can’t hold it back – like a fart

     

     

    We’re the whispers of the old ones

     

    We never disappear 

     

    We hush and shush upon the wind

     

    The sound you never hear

     

    The scent that goes unnoticed

     

    The breath as soft as dew

     

    The vague uncertain feeling

     

    Of the thought you never knew

     

     

    The source of all your instincts

     

    The song inside your soul

     

    The tenacity of tenderness

     

    The drive towards your goal

     

    Remember this my little one

     

    When you fear to walk alone

     

    That all of us are by your side

     

    Our flesh, our blood, our bone

  5. TopCorner on

    Celticbhoy

     

    haha

     

     

    by the way, just got a new fridge-freezer

     

    sparked it up this morning

     

     

    perfect timin for the J&I

     

    :)

     

     

    what a time we’ve had the past few weeks, months, been tremendous

     

    absolutely phenomenal

  7. THE EXILED TIM on

    Rico

     

     

    I said to the wife about the money resting in another account, first thing she said… Father Ted.

     

    ……………….

     

     

    Jamesdoleman

     

     

    It’s immaterial if the rumour is true or not, it’s going to be viral soon enough once FB takes it up.

     

     

    We have had to suffer years of lies and inuendo from these scum aided and abeted by the MSM, lets see how they cope, no as well as we coped I imagine.

     

     

    Jeez this has been a long time coming, I honestly didn’t realise how good I could feel being a Tim, this is better than anything I have ever felt, been supporting the club since the mid 60’s, but the thought of them no more is unsurpassable.

  8. Auld Neil Lennon heid on

    CultsBhoy loves being 1st says:

     

     

    25 February, 2012 at 23:16

     

     

    Your lack of understanding was not for the lack of effort on my part ;)

     

     

    However even I, who felt in my bones in early 2010, when the Open Meetings first stated loss of confidence in the SFA, that something corrupt was taking place, have been surprised at the degree of skullduggery that Celtic were fighting against.

  9. setting free the bears on

    Cults Bhoy

     

     

    It was not my intention to call out fellow Celts who thought we should have done better these past 3 years. I felt that way myself.

     

     

    On 2 occasions, our players let us down by being in a winning position close to the end of the season but could not convert. The season that I am most conflicted about is Tony Mowbray’s where we were given our much-requested financial injection- (Keane Kamara Braafheid) but we were hopeless, though we were faced with unprecedented levels of honest mistakes that season.

     

     

    I do feel entitled to call out the trolling huns such as Truth.

  10. wonkyradar on

    Dandolo:

     

     

    Or choked on preferably until violent final event takes place.

     

     

    What will the death rattle sound like?

     

    The billyboys on repeat in the bowels of a metal sink.

     

     

    They’ll kick n scream to the bitter end & take it as proof they’ll survive

     

     

    Then kapoom…

     

     

    Does the sound bitter?

  11. ernie lynch on

    If the two contract stuff is correct and the SFA turned a blind eye to it then we could be looking at a British Football Association.

  12. vale bhoy on

    I think we should all be very careful about jumping on the poppy money rumour as if it’s just that, a rumour, and not true then we will all look very silly and we will have given the tax dodgers and compliant meejia something to hammer us with.

     

     

    Remember, this mob take offence at ‘jelly & ice cream’ but not being ‘up to our knees in Fenian blood’ FFS!

  15. HECTOR - Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Eating Jelly & Ice Cream. on

    Week or so ago I asked that if someone could go on radio Clydes ‘The Word’ comp and say “Jelly” and “Ice-cream” I’d donate £70 to Vanessa appeal. My intention was always to donate the money so that has now been sorted so please Bhoys and Ghirls. A wee call to Clyde this week with “Jelly” and “Ice-Cream” as the words would be fantastic. You’ll not win but think of the Tim kudos.

     

     

    MWD :-)))

  16. Enrico Dandolo nicked my Crusade on

    wonkyradar says:

     

    25 February, 2012 at 23:30

     

     

    LOL :)

     

     

    Seems a little extreme to me, but 10/10 for creativity :)

     

     

    Rico

  18. THE EXILED TIM on

    Auldheid

     

     

    I would imagine the club have a plan for them going into admin and the possibility of being liquidated, all the talk has been of a newco, things have taken a giant leap forward from that mi amigo.

     

     

    There is now a major probability of another Third Lanark, Gretna on the horizon,

     

     

    Have the club thought about this scenario ?

     

     

    Cos I think they should, as it’s looking like the only show in town.

     

     

    Oh the feckin joy of it all !!!

  20. HECTOR - Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Eating Jelly & Ice Cream. on

    Can anybody source me a ticket for next Saturday?

     

     

    MWD

  21. TONYG on

    ernie lynch says:

     

     

    25 February, 2012 at 23:31

     

     

    If the two contract stuff is correct and the SFA turned a blind eye to it then we could be looking at a British Football Association

     

    —–

     

    Interesting point Rangers rid us of the SFA but the life balance is…….that may have to include a Newco

  22. Auld Neil Lennon heid on

    ernie lynch says:

     

     

    25 February, 2012 at 23:31

     

     

    It could come to that or UEFA recognise Celtic have a case for playing outside Scotland if we could persuade say the Championship to take us.

  23. Green Oak Tree on

    Árd Macha says:

     

    25 February, 2012 at 23:25

     

    kikinthenakas,

     

     

    Not long home.

     

     

    Thanks to you and C for making this game today a very special one for me and my boy.

     

     

    Thanks also to blantyretim/Paul67/thomthethim.

     

     

    Árd Macha

     

     

    //////////

     

     

    Árd Macha ..I have no idea what went on today with you and your young fella….

     

     

    One thing I do know is that the Celtic family look after their own….Hail Hail..

  25. CultsBhoy loves being 1st on

    Philvisreturns

     

     

    I have two PA mates in Aberdeen – one is an IT genius and one is a Cost engineer from sunny Nairn…?

     

     

    Auldheid & SFTB

     

     

    Confession is good for the soul… :-)

  26. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    Surely out of sheer embarrassment thems at the D R must say to hatley off you go shun?? Or GTF to be more polite.

  27. TopCorner on

    Auldheid

     

    any progress on the Celtic Bars idea ?

     

    i hear that the Halt end (?) at Villa Park has a huge AstonVilla-Owned bar facility

     

    huge apparently

     

    brings in a lot o dough for that club

     

     

    if we had same, we’d make a few bob

     

    and not simply one at CP but

     

    several all over the world

  29. CultsBhoy loves being 1st on

    MWD

     

     

    get in the queue…! I need 4 although now consigned to going to AFC stand.. ;-(

  32. Auld Neil Lennon heid on

    THE EXILED TIM says:

     

     

    25 February, 2012 at 23:34

     

     

    The perceived wisdom about 9 months ago was that there would always be a Rangers, weakened probably, but still in the SPL. But the way things are going there will be some rethinking taking place. I would not be unhappy about Ernie L’s mention of a UK FA happening, but that goes against the poltical flow of independence. There is however an insettling metaphor of comparing the kind of governance the SFA have provided as an independent governing body and what kind we would get with an independent government.

  34. thomthethim on

    The Exiled Tim,

     

     

    Like you, indeed all of us, I will rejoice at their demise.

     

     

    For the hurt they have caused to generations and the society they have destroyed, obliteration is the only option.

     

     

    The greatest benefit for me personally, will be to remove the harmful emotions that their existence bring out of me.

     

     

    I hate every thing that they have stood for, as a club. I don’t hate their support.

     

     

    Not quite “love the sinner, hate the sin”, more like, “there for he Grace of God, go I”.

     

     

     

    *******

     

     

    Árd Macha,

     

     

    Glad you and the young fella enjoyed your day. Wild panic trying to locate you.

     

     

    I assumed that you must have been holding the kitty!

  38. thomthethim on

    Auld Neil Lennon heid says:

     

    25 February, 2012 at 23:35

     

     

    I posted the other day about UEFA postponing our outstanding disciplinary hearing.

     

     

    I whimsically opined that they would perhaps throw the book at us, expel us from the SFA/SPL and force us to play in a neighbouring league.

     

     

    Whadyathink?

  40. Big Nan on

    Auld Heid.

     

    This was my response to Paul67’s article last week re the lack of a definition from the SFA about what the remit of the inquiry was:

     

     

    Paul67:

     

    Good article and I agree that if there is even a hint of the SFA accepting players registered with anyone other than the club they play for that must be part of the terms of reference for the inquiry.

     

     

    However if the secretive S.F.A. will not tell the public what the terms of their enquiry are then that is not on.

     

     

    I would suggest that any member of the public is at liberty to ask this question of the S.F.A. or the Inquiry Chair, Lord Nimmo-Smith as the use of public funds by the S.F.A. entitles us to know such things.

     

     

    Perhaps the best way to find out is for the accepted heads of the fans groups such as Joe O’Rourke and The Celtic Trust, or Paul67, etc. were to write to Reagan and Lord Nimmo-Smith asking for this matter to be included in the inquiry.

     

     

    It would be a good idea to copy Celtic F.C. in on this.

  42. HECTOR - Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Eating Jelly & Ice Cream. on

    Cultsbhoy

     

     

    You might get away with the Home fan supporter mentality. I recon I’d be hospitalised within 2 mins of KO.

     

     

    Never been able to sit on my hands. Including Copland road Huns v Celtic 84. Lasted unt Huns scored and left with some assistance (let’s say). 14 yrs old and lesson learned.

     

     

    Shouting out “oh FFS” when Huns scored wasn’t a good idea.

     

     

    MWD

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