Celtic swept St Mirren aside this afternoon as a hat-trick from Gary Hooper and goals from Georgios Samaras and Dylan McGeough
Celtic came roaring out of the traps and blew St Mirren away this afternoon. Georgios Samaras got the show underway on 4 minutes when he collected the ball after Marc McAusland failed to make a clean connection on the ball. Samaras still had a lot to do and carried the ball into the box. With defenders closing in from all around the Greek striker placed his shot instead of going for power. St Mirren keeper, Craig Samson got a hand to the shot but the ball spun slowly towards goal and settled 8” over the line.
Four minutes later, a clearly confident Samaras drove into the St Mirren penalty box before cutting the ball left for Anthony Stokes, who’s fired cross was turned over the line from 3 yards by Gary Hooper.
Samaras was running the show but was hampered by a knock to the ankle which he took a few moments to recover from. This coincided with St Mirren’s best period of play as the visitors gained more possession and territorial advantage in the period before half time.
Celtic started the second half just as brightly as they did the first as Hooper and Kayal could both have added to the score, however, the third would arrive 8 minutes into the second half. Victor Wanyama played an excellent forward pass to Stokes who hit the goal line before cutting back for Gary Hooper. Hooper collected with his back to goal but spun and shot in a sweeping move that left Samson with no chance.
Hooper completed his hat-trick on 57 minutes when he tried to play a one-two with Stokes but the ball was returned by a defender, allowing him to chip the on-rushing Samson.
18-year-old Dylan McGeough made his first impact as a Celtic player minutes after replacing James Forrest when he collected the ball 10 yards in front of his own box, ran 70 yards into the St Mirren box, before creating space and despatching Celtic’s fifth goal. An unforgettable moment for the young player.
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Masterclass in Moisty tactics on SS1 just now – he’ll be watching and taking notes – well his employers would like to think so.
Moonbeams
Oh no ! Did we just agree on something.
TET, Big Nan; cheers!
MWD; of course its ok, I’d feel reet proud :-)
Big Nan at 23:11:
The more angles the better I guess.
I do think it would be helpful to try and insist on the withdrawal of much of the BBC Scotland response though; just do it your way :-)
JimmyQuinnsBits says:
26 November, 2011 at 23:00,
Thanks for the Liam O’Flynn clip, it was stirring stuff.
I went to Tory Island (Oilean Thoraigh) a couple of years ago with some mates out of the local Gaeilge speaking club. One of the mates (our teacher) was learning the Uilleann pipes.
You can imagine the B&B the next morning after a very very late drink to the early hours, being awoken a few hours later to the sound of the pipes (like a someone was strangling a cat),
Also, correct about the Lakes of Pontchartrain, a great tune.
Árd Macha
Where’s all the huns tonight?
Night all.
I retire in the satisfying glow of a united Celtic support and a more than decent performance by the team – nice!
Penfold 23.19
Round at Cults boys house sticking pins into effigies of Neil Thunder LENNON
Fortunes Favour Mibbes says:
26 November, 2011 at 22:50
Our Club
Our club had a deal and we stayed in Central for every home game. Some of the Festival Club sessions were good but the Jimmy McHugh memorial concert is always top class with good sessions later in the night. I knew Jimmy well, lovely Donegal style. brendan’s a good fiddler too.
Here are the details for this year’s concert. TheBobby Gardner is a legend
CONCERT 2012
13th JIMMY Mc HUGH MEMORIAL CONCERT
SAT 14th JANUARY 2012 8.00pm
WOODSIDE HALLS, GLENFARG ST, GLASGOW
Guests include
NOEL CARBERRY CO. LONGFORD UILLEAN PIPES
BOBBY GARDINER CO. CLARE ACCORDION
JOHN Mc EVOY CO. MEATH FIDDLE
BRIAN Mc GRATH CO. FERMANAGH PIANO / BANJO
DAMIEN MOLLOY CO. TYRONE SINGER
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TICKETS £10 FROM
TRON THEATRE BOX OFFICE 0141 552 4267
OR TEL; 0141 569 3557 / 07855 292062
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A wee question.
Who did we play after Henke shaved his dreadlocks off ?
I’m sure he scored with a header as well
Brilliant performance today.
McGeouch’s wonder goal aside ( has there been a better debut goal scored at the Park?) best piece of football all day was Hooper’s simply majestic take out of the air to set up the 1/2 with Stokes for his third , our fourth.
Larssonesque.
HH
THE EXILED TIM says:
26 November, 2011 at 23:24
Aberdeen away.
evening CQN,
wrt the post from Gerald766 earlier this evening…was that the nomme de blog used by Neil Lennon’s father last year?
May be confuddled of course:)
Advice required.
I’ve sat through Stitctly and X Factor
and now my good lady wants to converse.
Nite all.
CaltonT
It sure was, I remember watching the game in Kildare town, bar was full of ManU and Pool supporters, sad or what.
Good nite all , god bless the cellic!!
Cyber bottle on the way, time for bed, much junk to transport home tomorrow for the Mrs. car boots do my feckin head in, in saying that, some decent bargins these days, brits selling up going home to get their welfare and the like.
Take care and god bless
HH
KTF
Frazer Forster – getting better every week – love it when the papers try to put pressure on him and he says nothing and keeps making saves – value £3 million.
Adam Matthews – great footballer – value £3 million.
Mark Wilson – our manager’s lieutenant will play 150 more appearances for us because he’s a guy that will go through a brick wall for Celtic – value £1 million (that’s now – in 50 years we will value him at £10 million).
Emilio Izzaguire – it is a mutual honour that we have Emilio play for us. His goal and celebration last season is something I will tell my son ‘that is Celtic’. A brave young boy that came to a new continent to work – an absolute gem. Value £10 million.
Kelvin Wilson – hopefully will end up a mainstay of our team – value £could be loads.
Big Dan – would love to see him show the press his SPL winners medal -value $1 million.dollars
Victor Wanyama – check his public quotes – good guy – hopefully a constant in our defensive midfield role – a genuine find – value £3 million (now) – £10 million (in 1 year).
Beram Kayal – better offensive player than he thinks – value £5m
James Forrest – what a player – when coming inside there is no more dangerous a sight for opponents – value £10m
Joe Ledley-absolutely love joe ledley value- I think he should be captain £7m
Gary Hooper – best finisher since the great man – value £29m
Tony Stokes -if he works on his headers he’ll be up there with jimmy bobby and henke value £10m
Mulgrew, Samaras, Commons and McCourt -£10m
Neil Lennon – it takes a big man to be a successful Celtic manager – and we have
a true leader of men .
The green brigade-we are honoured to have brilliant, intelligent, energetic and passionate ultras – they are attracting young fans which is massively important.
God bless every Celtic fan.
Houl yer wheest
Good mhan.
There’s been some quality musicians over for it each year. Does Benny still have his love-machine camper van? :))
Central hotel in the 90s was a fantastic experience. Sessions, Irish, Scottish, et al, at every table until the break of dawn. That was then though, eh. The Irish connection was faded out quickly. That’s why anyone that knows there music would be going to the Jimmy concert.
The Glasgow Irish music scene imo has become more and more estranged from the Scottish scene. Not a conspiracy by the way, just the way things have went.
You could go to Sharkey’s one night and hear fleadh winning musicians 10 times the calibre of what you’ll hear at the CC £25 ticket concerts.
Good night fellow Tims – wherever you may be. God bless and keep you all. Oh and well done to The Green Brigade today, yet again.
Hail! Hail!
TET @ 23:24
That’s a torturous question to ask on a Saturday night ! :))
And you exasperated the situation by mentioning he scored with his napper that night, as I know it’s somewhere in the deep recesses of my cider-drenched brain…..
just watched the game on CH67.Brilliant will go to bed a happy man. Good night all
Gordon64
Tell her you’ll only converse after you take up position at each end of the living room/bed room, or wherever you are and do the GB Paddy McCourts afenian Army song between you.
;I)
MWD
TootingTim @ 23:27
Correct. His posts since then have been occasionally emotional, but certainly not hun-like.
Gets the benefit of any doubt I’ve got.
Fortunes Favour Mibbes says:
26 November, 2011 at 23:37,
COUGH:-)))
Jonnybhoy
Hope ole Gary (Og) is going down well.
How’s life?
MWD
Anyone else following Craig Murray’s blog?
The story about the Liam Fox/Adam Werritty/Matthew Gould connection to Israel, and the apparent government cover-up of a Neo-con/Mossad plot to start a war with Iran, is absolutely fascinating.
I know it isn’t Celtic-related, but this is the biggest story in the country at the moment and is going largely unreported.
UK Ministers seemingly working covertly for Israel. Freedom of Information requests being refused. Ministers being obstructed from asking questions…….It’s potentially huge. A massive conspiracy.
I’d recommend checking it out.
CaltonTongues
Sore throat, amigo. It’s that time of year. Who are ye anyway, Bill Lackie or summit?? :)
Fortunes Favour Mibbes says:
26 November, 2011 at 23:35
You’re 100% right about getting rid of the Irish acts. I’ll be at the Jimmy McHugh concert, Celtic are at home to Dun Utd that day – I’ve already got the tkts.
Listen to this guy. This is a good friend of mine, Jim McKillop from Carnlough Co Antrim – look out for a clip of him playing The Coolin’, he’s awesome. I heard him play on the street in Milltown Malbay one night with Bobby Gardner and Brendan McHugh, an experience I’ll never forget.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44XcwqUPAuY at day
Well,
I suppose it may not be PC to say so.
However, the run of bad results has had one unexpected side effect.
I find myself enormously engaged and tense, awaiting the results of games where, in seasons past, I would have been almost disinterested.
I can’t remember the last time I was glued to the computer/telly/results service following games against Dunfermline and St. Mirren.
Honestly, It was a foregone conclusion. A done deal. Just a matter of how much we beat them by.
As much as I wish we were back there. I have enjoyed the last two games enormously.
The young fella McGeough looks a real prospect. Would it be unforgiveable bitter to unduely ponder that, even in a fit of pique over the perceived ill treatment of my brother, I would rather have switched to beach volleyball than pull on the strip of the Orcs?
I suppose that is a bit harsh. However, it would have been unimaginable for me.
I know that the most important thing is how he performs now and in the future, now that he has repented and realised the error of his ways.
It does though, leave me wondering how difficult it would be to tempt him away should he become a success.
I realise this potentially says more about how much I detest the Orc than it does about the commitment of the young fella.
Still though………………….
Thoughts of the panel?
Cheers
Yogi
Fortunes Favour Mibbes says:
26 November, 2011 at 23:44,
Ha Ha, I’ve been called a lot but, that takes the OLDE Empire Biscuit :-)))
Poordeadking @t 23:43
Aye, it’s been on the cards for some time.
It’s definitely in their immediate plans. After 10yrs of getting away with similar things, they’re now going for the big one, with Russia and China getting themselves ready to prevent it.
The big clue for us here is the meeja talking-up Iran hate stories, eg their apparent involvement in supplying Libya during that “war”. Also, another clue imo might be the increased polis pressure on subversive groups such as the FAC and the Wall Street demonstrations.
The sh@t is about to hit the fan, and I dread to think where they will leave us all. Not just us, but the people of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Pakistan….. (list is endless).
All for the oil, which is all about the money. Western Democracy is the biggest proven fallacy in recorded history. I say “proven” as atheists might jump on that point.
Houl yer wheest @ 23:45
Listening to that the now. Outstanding. Remind me closer to the time, and assuming I can make it, a pint of plain will be your only man :)
Houl yer wheest
Jimmy and this fella got on from what I hear :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn70NAPW4hg
Fortunes Favour Mibbes says:
26 November, 2011 at 23:50
I know mate, it’s frightening stuff. I’ve been noticing the subtle shift in rhetoric too, with shills in the media starting to talk in terms of inevitability, as though the need to attack Iran is just a given.
It’s perhaps the craziest plan I can imagine. A nuclear war for no real reason.
Anyway, read that blog. It’s mental.
CaltonTongues @ 23:47
:)) Apols, I did take that too far.
No Tim should ever be compared to that muppet, even jokingly!
Poordeadking @ 00:01
Aye, depressing stuff. What can we do but sit in front of the X-Factor whingeing at people on the TV not wearing their poppies in the traditional fashion.
We are subjects of one mighty evil western empire.
Doh! Midnight arrest for me !