Martin O’Neill is right to say Celtic are not getting too carried away after the win on Sunday, Newco are bottom of the Europa League table, whereas tonight’s opponents, Midtjylland, are top. That’s a big step up in competency.
We have history with the Danes, having faced them in Ange Postecoglou’s early weeks in charge in 2021. A 1-1 draw in the first leg at Celtic Park was not enough to prevent elimination from Champions League qualification after a 2-1 defeat in Denmark. Ange has more recent history with them, one of the results which contributed to his dismissal at Nottingham Forest was a 2-3 home defeat against Midtjylland last month. When Danish sides win away in England we should take note.
While Celtic had an exhausting 120 minutes on Sunday, Midtjylland hosted Danish league leaders AGF on Monday. The extra day’s rest will be welcomed. Monday’s game ended 1-1, leaving Midtjylland trailing by 2 points. That stopped an impressive run of wins: 5-1 against Vejle, 0-3 against Macabi Tel-Aviv, 0-4 at Fredericia and 4-0 over Silkeborg.
Hibs started this season’s competitive action away at Midtjylland, where they achieved a very credible 1-1 draw. The second leg also finished 1-1 before Midtjylland scored a 119th minute winner to prevent penalty kicks. The charge against Hibs that night was that they lacked game management ability. We will need plenty of that tonight.
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spikeysauldman, yellow card.
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 7TH NOVEMBER 2025 9:40 AM
None of those four teams have played us yet
Paul67
Think Sigmund Freud might have given him a red card…..
Whay are the chances that in 5 years time Hearts are as good as or better than the club we faced last night?
Interesting that both Bloom and Benham realised that it would be easy to succeed (without spending much) in smaller leagues with lazy incumbent champions.
There might be a fair bit of short term pain for us as we come to grips with a new challenger (Hearts) but if it raises our own standard and that of the league in general, it might be a good thing in the longer term.
We were well beaten by a team that looked light years ahead of us. We have many inbuilt advantages over many clubs. We do not appear to be able to take full advantage. There is too many excuses and not enough actions. We are poor on the pitch and poor off the pitch. We need new blood, new ideas and a new vision to take the club forward. Its an age old story the future belongs to the youth but its the old guys and girls that hold onto the wheel and refuse to accept the need to change.
As a footvalling nation we no longer produce creative and skillful players, we produce safe players, side to side pass merchants.
This is on our board
The ah but BR messed up,mob will say
Yup he was your responsibility too.
Not once,twice!!
This could have been any qualifier we have been gubbed from in last 20 years from well honed teams from leagues similar to ours
If you plan to fail you fail.
We set out our plan by implying our stash was just in case
Well we failed and are failing at all levels
HH
Our recruitment is garbage, utter garbage, we are getting shown up big time, MoN has the right idea, we need power and pace first and foremost then it’s down to the coaching cos we won’t spend on the finished player.
So analytics are the answer, the amount of times I read on blogs that he’s no good enough etc is astonishing, what the eff do we know, all we want is to see Celtic win and win well, but turning our noses up at certain players cos they play in a perceived lesser league and down a division or two is crazy, Matt O’Riely is the perfect example, playing for MK Dons, these are the players we need to be looking at, I have always said that we should scout in Africa as well, many of the teams who have way less money than us do and it shows well when they wipe the floor with us, but we need to get the scouting correct, that should be our number one priority.
Last night’s defeat was more than just three points dropped, more than another missed opportunity on the European stage. For many of us, it was the final, devastating blow. It was the moment the anguish over the result finally collapsed into the deeper, sickening realization of betrayal.
The pain of a loss is a familiar ache, one we sign up for as supporters. But this time, the anguish is compounded by the knowledge that this defeat was foreseeable, predictable, and entirely preventable by a competent executive team.
The Corporate Chasm
For months, as a shareholder, a season ticket holder, and a lifelong fan—even navigating 55-hour work weeks and trans-European travel from Munich just for a match—I watched the warning signs flash red. We saw the strategic failures of the transfer market, the penny-pinching, and the lack of ambition that left our squad threadbare and unprepared for the highest level.
When the Executive Team finally broke their silence, their statement was not an apology or a commitment to change; it was an act of condescension. It was a boardroom memo designed to placate investors, not reassure the lifeblood of the club—the supporters.
It confirmed our worst fear: the club, founded on the anti-oppression spirit of the people, has been reduced to a mere money train for its current custodians. We are viewed as an endless revenue stream, a number on a balance sheet, while our passion is taken for granted.The final, bitter feeling is the profound sadness of choosing not to return the love that has been so consistently dismissed. My decision—shared by my wife and countless others—not to purchase those Europa League home match tickets is not a financial choice; it is a heartbroken protest.
That withdrawal is the admission that the relationship is no longer a trust, but an exploitation.
We withdraw because the anguish of watching the club’s potential be wasted by its own leadership is far worse than the anguish of a simple defeat. We withdraw because the power of the people must be asserted when the custodians forget their duty.
Our cash is no longer a blank cheque for complacency. Our emotional investment has run dry.
The fight is no longer just for the team on the pitch, but for the very soul of Celtic. And until that soul is protected, we must reluctantly, devastatingly, walk away from the table.
#TimeForChange #UnitedForCeltic
So sick i turned it off at half time and missed the goal. Never in my years has it come to this .
ai…
new article posted.