Kilmarnock substitute Danny Racchi scored with a thunderous striker after 87 minutes to turn an otherwise pedestrian Celtic victory into a late drama. Georgios Samaras scored a goal either side of half time to give Celtic the platform to secure a victory which moved them to within a point of the top of the table.
Victor Wanyama played in central defence, which left his midfield partner, Beram Kayal, bereft of a solid accomplice in midfield. As a result, Kilmarnock found it easy to run through the Celtic midfield with Paul Heffernan and Dean Shiels causing problems.
Neil Lennon must have been wondering what he would need to do to spark Celtic into action after the break when Cha Du-Ri sprung clear on the right and threw in a high cross which Samaras attacked six yards out and headed into the net in first half stoppage time.
8 minutes after the break Samaras made it 2-0. Gary Hooper collected a through ball on the right and knocked it into the Greek’s path. Samaras looked to have lost the ball, which was caught between his feet, but he recovered, evaded some flaying defenders and cracked a left foot shot into the net from the edge of the area.
Kilmarnock looked well out of the game until Racchi’s late intervention but after they pulled a goal back Celtic looked rattled. Celtic scarcely held possession for the remaining minutes and hardly put two passes together in three minutes added time. Fraser Forster was forced off his line to challenge Heffernan with seconds remaining. The keeper did well to block but the ball broke free to Dayton who failed to convert an excellent change to equalise.
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Awe Naw
“Gangsters, pimps, drug dealers, extortionists etc.”
Aaand..?
:-)
We should sign him on a pre contract. Dont give those gimps our money.
HAil Hail
the long wait is over
I could go on …. name names incidents etc. Jelavic comes from a family of scum@ and that´s official
Hail HAil
By the way Bhoys did I tell any of you today that
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Hail Hail
Awe naw
surprising , when one considers where he ended up…
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The ScumCSC
the long wait is over says:
24 December, 2011 at 18:32
It bowled me over too ….
did you know Mc Bain has a villa in Croatia ? Porec I believe
HAil Hail
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Back in from the game (yes I actually got to go to Celtic park for the first time since 2008) and I had a great time. What a day. Celtic win, St Mirren beat thems and now we can go top for 2012.
Fantastic.
Missed their game but it was a Carlsberg day.
Well done Celts.
Hail Hail.
Awe naw
Purely coincidental I’m sure.
youoldcynicCSC
Great result(s) today – the impetus is with us – we need to make it count on Wednesday.
Any of you ghuys out and about tonight be careful – there will be a lot of Gerry Mentlemen wandering about after their result. :-)
what are the odds on that treble now?…………………….
Merry Christmas everyone.
45 days ago we went down to Fir Park 15 points behind albeit with two games in hand.
We promptly went a goal behind in five minutes in that game against Motherwell.
Look at us now. A point behind and a chance to go top by beating the filth on Wednesday.
And there’ll be no stopping us when we do it.
the long wait is over.
There was an interesting story in the Scottish Media last year…? In the Daily Record.
Of course,if I was to tell you more,I’d have to send my mate Ernie round to dispatch you with his trusty courgette..
Singing D
Just googled it . Charming lot.
HH
OOOOHHHH AAAAHHHH Samaras.
To Christians a very merry Christmass
To non-Christians a very merry unbirthday to you.
COME ON YOU BHOYS IN GREEN
Happy Birthday tomorrow, Sammi.
Fat Sally will have a traumatic Christmas now – won’t be sure if that hot breath on the back of his neck belongs to us or his boyfriend…
Merry Christmas, Tims. Gawd bles us, no Hun and all.
I fancy a draw on Wednesday, followed by both us and them winning all our games til the end of January (or end of transfer window). Then they can revert to (current) form and we’ll win the treble.
Rationale for this?
Easy. I do not want FPLG to be booted until the orkenkind really turn on him. If we hammer them next week, he’ll be punted during a period of ‘tax case’, ‘uncertainties’ and ‘downsizing’. If they can hold their own and indeed hammer a few teams over the next month or so, they’ll feel that the players are clearly good enough but the management are not. Also, a new manager will not be able to bring in his own brand of
hammer-throwersplayers.Lol, who am I kidding, 6-2, mon the hoops.
Andy Walker called the stuff on Lenny last year as it was
his next gig for Sky Sports?
them at home!!!
and i believe he got an awful time from them
he is trying to suck up to them, but as we all know once you go on the FF banned list there is no coming back!!!
i remember a book/tv/ex celts thing whatever and peopel were saying about the hardest/dirtiest Celtic player ever
2 names kept cropping up Jackie Mac and Andy Walker!!!!!!
apparently Mr McNamara was a bit of a fighter and Walker was a dirty git
Was in not a game v Hearts where Handbag McPherson had emptied a Hoop only for Walker a couple of minutes later to elbow him and handbag to be stretchered off?
tell me i have read/seen this and not dreamt it ffs
^^Crazy assumption that they’ll muster two shots on target.
Cuckoo
Merry Christmas to one and all. Great results today. Roll on Wednesday, top of the league here we come!
Paul67 and all on the blog
I hope you all have a very Happy Christmas and the New Year brings all you need .
For the team club and supporters do not lose focus, never give up and especially in the next game, make sure we stand up compete and beat our direct and overall opponent not much too ask. Be smart and dont get involved with them they will try to turn it into an arm wrestle.
antrimkev says:
24 December, 2011 at 18:40
As I was reading that, and before I got to the McPherson incident, I was recalling that Walker was a bit, erm, handy with his elbows.
Strange that neither of those two would get a look in against Greig, Souness, Stevens (Gregor), Hurlock, Elbows, Butcher, Weir, Gough and so, so many more.
jist on the shoulder Celtic……
…plenty of time bhoys.
Plenty of time.
that’ll do pig,that’ll do.
Fat sally’s erse oot the windae
Dont think well see stephen mclean , the ref in the Rangers game , again any time soon.
Leave that ‘cunning ham alone’! :-)
Just to let you all know Santa arrived on time with the correct Christmas list all in his sleigh for me, thank you Santa :))))
3 points for us and 3 for the saints :))))
Pps. It white kangaroos that drive his sleigh here
Rudolph and the gang take over at the equator :))))
Hope he grants all the cqn’ers wishes also
Gifts and health to you all :))))
ST
For anyone at the game today, how did the crowd respond when the Saints second came through?
Mikeybhoy
Exactly as you’d expect.
HH
McCoist is a complete tube
Live at Jongleurs……please give a huge welcome for…………..
Somebody asked earlier what was being said on Follow Follow. Below is a sample from the Official match Thread. Methinks these folk are hurting slightly and that’s when they’re most dangerous……….
Not long ago we were on the verge of an unassailable lead….. in typical Rangers fashion we spunked it away….but still not satisfied with that…. we go and hand celtic a wee christmas present.
From almost celebrating the title in November we will probably be playing catch up before the bells ring in the new year.
Goian aw naw. we need to appeal that. simply need too unless davie weir is fit
What the **** has happened to us?
Almost every foul for us leads to a card, while the filth get free reign and warnings. This league is a ****ing joke.
we all dream of a team of davie weirs !! a team of davie weirs ….
kiss goodbye to the title, as i said earlier in the week anything other than 3-0 Wednesday and i would be very surprised.
We’re watching the complete destruction of our season here today. Sad, sad times.
Anybody who thinks we will rise to the occasion on Wednesday is deluded. This game is already a damage limitation exercise. Our club is a shambles.
I blame McCoist for this but McCulloch should never play for Rangers again.
Theyll prob just give the job to Kenny MacDowell
here I go again bring Billy Davis in he will at least work these lazy b@stards
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Ha ha. McCoist hasn’t had any money to spend so we need to back off having a go at him. Seriously is that an argument???
That squad is more than capable of beating every single team in the SPL.
The problem is McCoist is not a good manager. That is painfully obvious. I wouldn’t give McCoist any money to spend anyway. He can’t even use what he’s got.
it was a foul on Davis in the first place I hope that ref gets leathered in the streets tonight seriously
These St Mirren cants are desperate to cause us as much trouble as possible. Bunch of tim lovin scum.
**** off ally – you dont have a ****ing clue
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There’s been no discipline under McCoist since day one. For that alone he should be sacked.
We are in for a hiding on Wednesday.
It pains me to say it but poor management and utterly shambolic decisions today means it’s time up Ally! The jury was out for me, but today is the last straw.
Midnight mass all over Scotland will be a place of festive ****ing cheer tonight. Make no mistake, these bastards will be up for it on wednesday and are going into that game knowing that they can hurt us.
McCoist’s Rangers – I doubt theres a team in the SPL who wouldnt fancy their chances of at least a point against us right now.
:)
looking forward to the game on the 28th. Not looking forward to getting back to deepest darkest North Ayrshire unscathed if (when) we win.
Good to see Paul McGowan getting appreciation from his team-mates at the final whistle.
I noticed that Bartley also came up and gave him a pat on the back…
Anything further on the rumours that he is being recalled to Arsenal because of their ever-lengthening injury list?
I think we might see old man weir on Wednesday night there squad is very threadbare but we must not relax as the poundland mob will raise there game.If we play the game at a high tempo they will struggle but it will be a close game of that I have no doubt.Once again im going to sing the praises of big Victor 67 the Bhoy is imense if Lennie plays him im midfield on Wednesday he will both strengthen our midfield and protect the centre backs.I also know the orcs will think twice before fouling him as the big guy will give as good as he gets if he continues his current form he is no doubt in my mind be our player of the season.H.H.