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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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  1. BABASONICOS71 on

    My good lhady says she wants to hear some good ’70s tunes.

     

    She also says “Celtic’s last goal today was a beauty.Who’s that bhoy that scored it?I’ve not seen him before.

     

     

    “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2HPctjQZTw

     

     

    APURPLEDOGTHATWEARSSPATScsc

  4. Mick on

    From newsnow

     

     

    RANGERS BOSS TO SPY ON OLD FIRM RIVALS

     

    Rangers boss Ally Moisty

     

     

    Sunday November 27,2011

     

     

    ALLY MOISTY is ready to break with tradition and head for Parkhead to watch Celtic in European action this week.

     

    The Rangers manager is keen to see his SPL title rivals in action and he’s ready to enter the lion’s den to see the Europa League clash with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.

     

     

    Over the years only very occasionally have Old Firm bosses gone to their rival’s grounds on spying missions.

     

     

    But Moisty is going to ditch that history because he’s keen to get an up-to-the-minute assessment of the Hoops at home before the next Glasgow derby in the east end of the city on December 28.

     

     

    “There’s no problem about me going to Celtic Park,” said McCoist. “I went there when I was assistant to Walter Smith and was never anything less than 100 per cent well looked after.

     

     

    “To me, Celtic will be our opposition and will be treated no differently to any other club when it comes to watching them.” There’s no problem about me going to Celtic Park

     

     

     

    Meanwhile, McCoist refused to rule out a new move for former Gers’ defender Carlos Cuellar in January.

     

     

    A summer move for the xx-year-old Spaniard was shelved, but McCoist isn’t giving up the chase.

     

     

    “He was back in the Aston Villa team for their game against Tottenham the other night,” he said.

     

     

    “I’m not ruling anything out.”

     

     

    The ever-present problem for Rangers, of course, is cash £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££

     

     

    Unless Villa boss Alex McLeish drastically re-thinks the Spaniard’s value – he was worth £2million in the summer – Rangers are unlikely to be able to make a move.??????

     

     

    The Ibrox club’s financial plight has again been amply illustrated this week with Sone Aluko contributing to compensation due to Aberdeen so he could complete his move to Rangers.

     

     

    Maybe Carlos Cuellar might see fit to compensate Aston Villa for the “pleasure” of playing for HMRC FC

     

     

    Who rights this Keech no name given.

  7. Houl yer wheest on

    Fortunes Favour Mibbes says:

     

     

    26 November, 2011 at 23:59

     

    He did indeed. Sean was originally from Cavan so they would hve met up frequently in earlier times before Sean settled in Belfast and Jimmy in Glasgow. As I listened to your clip of the great McGuire my eye is drawn to two paintings on my living room wall, McGuire and another maestro Seamus Tansey. Tansey came from Gurteen in Sligo and now lives near Lurgan Co Armagh where he has inspired a whole generation of players. The paintings are by Eamon Maguire, the celebrated Belfast bodhran maker (ps We are ALL mad)

     

    I didn’t go to Glasgow today. had I done I would now be in Sharkey’s listening to Quigley’s Point.

     

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTo5Ae7Vz3c

  8. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Three or four weeks ago, when there was 5 or 6 of us standing up for Lenny, this is why we done it, we believed. I remember the horribles, I only got a few of you this pass. My next assault should make an impressionable purge. Be very aware,we are looking for you

  9. Twinbhoy on

    @Fortunes Favour Mibbes

     

     

    Beehan was a brilliant writer, i wish he had lived longer to write more, sadly he exists amongst the also rans of world literature but his books were stunning, free, drunken and true. Also The Happy Policeman by Flann is years and years ahead of its time..

  10. BABASONICOS71 on

    FFM,

     

     

    Grassy arse mi amigo.I’m not very good at the old posting compared to the abundance of talent in that area on the blog so i just attempt to give something by putting,in my humble opinion,some tunes up for listening.

     

     

    I just hope some find them as pleasurable as i do.

     

     

    Try this.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD6WuO8Y7YE

  12. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Houl yer wheest

     

     

    Aargh! You’re sparking my interest now. Met Seamus many times in the last few years when he was writing his books (in Yorkshire).

     

     

    Absolutely fantastic company during a session. Tends to spit his food a bit and dress like a circa 50s fascist, but riveting company. Also taught me a few things about how to charm the skirt. Seems to have pissed a few folk off, but like other public figures who attract the same negative meeja, in person, no less than a gentelman who will discuss everything in depth if you let him. Loves his marmalade.

     

     

    Someone who knew Sean well (sadly I never met the man) told me a story, which you may know re the Chieftains. Paddy Maloney turned up at his door in the high-rise, and asked him to join. He told him to @eck off. I’ve heard more than one reason for this, but someone I know who was close to Jimmy told me why. Don’t want to say much more as public timternet and all that, but Paddy’s teacher may have had reason to feel a wee bit aggrieved.

     

     

    Anyway, here’s Seamus: :))

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTo5Ae7Vz3c

  13. Sabre67 on

    Two excellent performances in 4 days from this young Celtic side. Let’s not forget the ages of this group of players. Age in brackets for those not aware.

     

     

    Ratings:-

     

     

    Forster (23) 8

     

    Matthews (19) 9

     

    Big Dan (34) 7

     

    Loovens (28) 7

     

    Ledley (24) 8

     

    Forrest (20) 7

     

    Wanyama (20) 9

     

    Kayal (23) 8

     

    Samaras (26) 9

     

    Stokes (23) 8

     

    Hooper (23) 9

     

     

    McGeoch (18) 8

     

    McCourt (28) 8

     

    Bangura (22) 6

     

     

     

    When you consider others who are regular first team players such as Ki Sung Yung (22), Izaguirre (25), Mulgrew (25) and Rogne (22) we really are dealing with a wonderful young group of players. Mikael Lustig is 24.

     

     

    Adam Matthews is proving to be a star. As is Victor Wanyama. If Emilio returns as the same player from last season and we get a powerful-in-the-air striker in January for use in certain SPL matches we will be in for some run-in for the title.

     

     

    One further point of praise – Fraser Forster is beginning to take control of his area and is growing in stature game by game. I didn’t rate him to be absolutley honest, but the four or five games he has developed an air of confidence which is visible in his body langauge. Keep at it Fraser.

  14. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Poordeadking,

     

    The best laugh is they think only they are aloud to be sneaky FFA. Dirty war is the preserve of the Brits.

     

    Chances are they’ve saved money on a delivery system cause they got British mail to deliver the bits

  15. Twinbhoy on

    The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.

     

     

    Berndan Behan

  19. Stringer Bell on

    Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire says:

     

    27 November, 2011 at 00:28

     

     

    Three or four weeks ago, when there was 5 or 6 of us standing up for Lenny, this is why we done it, we believed. I remember the horribles, I only got a few of you this pass. My next assault should make an impressionable purge. Be very aware,we are looking for you

     

     

    share

     

     

     

    ———————————————-

     

     

    Eh? This makes you what?

     

     

    CQN Special branch? Some different type of cyber bully?

     

     

    Whats your aim here?

  20. yogijunior3 on

    harryhoodsdugbitme says:

     

    27 November, 2011 at 00:21

     

     

    Have you seen a handsome hun?

     

     

    I hope you’re right.

     

     

    I’m sure you are.

     

     

    You know that way former smokers and drinkers become evangelical about not partaking.

     

     

    Hopefully, he’ll be forever immunised and sufficiently aghast at his indiscretion, that he’ll be our most fervent propagandist.

     

     

    Here’s hoping.

     

     

    Cheers

     

     

    Yogi

  21. Twinbhoy on

    O’Briens book was the ‘Third Policeman’ – has been a few years since i read it.. anyway here are some quotes

     

     

    The gross and net result of it is that people who spent most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them and you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who are nearly half people and half bicycles…when a man lets things go so far that he is more than half a bicycle, you will not see him so much because he spends a lot of his time leaning with one elbow on walls or standing propped by one foot at kerbstones.”

     

    ― Flann O’Brien, The Third Policeman

  23. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Stringer….,

     

    Do you agree that rangers fiscal policy, undermines British soldiers serving overseas?

  24. Twinbhoy on

    Ally McCosy will be shown to be the shambles he truly is – sometime soon, the Question of Sport, Happy Chappy, and his thuggish team, are now under some serious pressure, and the weather is turning bad.

  29. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Oh, this makes me an upstanding Tim

     

    Not cowed by consensus

     

    Cyberbullies only get power from

     

    Who?

     

    People who can’t put a coherent argument together?

     

    People who can’t defend their bigotry?

     

    Or just Huns?

  30. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Twinbhoy

     

     

    Arrgh! You’ve just exposed yerself (and me, cheers by the way) to an intensive background check and 2-week tail by Special Branch’s best spotty 20 year olds. Aye, cheers bud. >:((

     

     

    ;)

  33. Stringer Bell on

    Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire says:

     

    27 November, 2011 at 00:43

     

    Stringer….,

     

    Do you agree that rangers fiscal policy, undermines British soldiers serving overseas?

     

     

    share

     

     

     

    ———————————

     

     

    Yes. I agree. Furthermore…

     

     

    It also undermines far more important things in my view, like provision of essential health care for the critically Ill and provision of facilities for children with both medical and special needs. These are real factors to me, not an academic point scoring exercise.

     

     

    My point remains the same. Why Are you looking to harrass people.

     

     

     

    are you be owing what you criticise?

  34. Stringer Bell on

    Ffm

     

     

    “My next assault should make an impressionable purge. Be very aware,we are looking for you”

     

     

    This is the cut and pasted passage that made me think of the phrase bully. You can’t be surprised, I would think.

  36. Stringer Bell on

    Feck.last sentence.

     

     

    Drink and iPads are like rangers and football. They just don’t go.

  37. Tom McLaughlin on

    FFM –

     

     

    Stringer Bell has a point.

     

     

    Even when the blog is in a positive mood after a great performance and result, canamalar comes on and starts throwing his weight around. But hey, he’s home from the pub, he’s had a few, so we all have to keep quiet and let him get on with it.

     

     

    Sod that for a game of soldiers.

     

     

    Oops! See what I did there?

  38. finbar42 is Neil Lennon on

    Can anybody tell me what “ham ‘n’ daddy” is, as in a “ham ‘n’ daddy” sandwich?

  41. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    FFM,

     

    There have been sores on this quality conduit since it’s inception.

     

    I think I’ve despatched two in the last week :o)

     

    I reckon I’ve got another 7 to sort :o)

     

    I think therefore I am, ateast thats what they told me to say :od

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