You could see Celtic mature during last night’s game. They were defensively solid during the first half, and Craig Gordon was assured throughout, but for the best part of an hour we scarcely tested St Johnstone.
That changed after the goal, which arrived just as St Johnstone were enjoying their best period of the game. Kris Commons didn’t have his most productive night but it was his pressing which led to the break through.
During the second half Ronny Deila replaced Commons, Stokes and the tiring Forrest with Boerrigter, Inge Berget and Kayal. Even before the home team were reduced to 10 men moments after the final substitution, Celtic were clearly in a more comfortable shape. Players were finding space which didn’t exist earlier.
Maribor made seven changes for last night’s Slovenian Super Cup Final, which they won comfortably against opponents who are pointless in the league after four games. Celtic’s scouts are unlikely to have learned too much useful information ahead of next weeks’ game.
What is clear about Maribor is their aerial threat. Five of their 12 goals this season have been headers, which may influence Ronny’s team selection. They also break quickly down the flanks, so maybe a 4-5-1, offering protection to our full backs, is the way to go. Hopefully we’ve learned we’re not quite ready for 4-3-3 away from home in Europe.
The Slovenian media are dismissive of Celtic’s chances, encouraged, it seems, but continuing celebrations from Maribor that they pulled an “easy” draw. I suspect they’ve yet to see the Celtic who will take the field on Wednesday.
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New adjective … deilabolical
Hamiltontim
22:36 on
14 August, 2014
Thought you had flounced for the night, quickest flounce ever:))))))
As for the fitba time to hang up the fitba boots……………………..
EstorilBhoy, ok, it as opportunistic of them, And they jumped at that opportunity with gusto.
Doc
22:33 on 14 August, 2014
Aye, but it has hair (just) :-)
HH
CRC
Art of War
22:14 on 14 August, 2014
Reporting restrictions don’t apply until someone’s been charged.
Simon Israel on Channel 4 news more or less said the high level of publicity is to get others to come forward with allegations.
Plod and the media will suspect/know far more than they are saying.
Leftclick, thanks, very interesting.
Aw Naw
You realize that when you type English on a German keyboard you have all those wee accents and dots where there shouldn’t be any…
I start to read it in a German accent before I have to stop myself.
UncleAlbert CSC
CRC, you keep telling yourself that.
VP
FrankieBhoyMiller?
Rwe
its my shite expensive phone and nothing. I repeat nothing to do with my eyesight.
HH
HT, I take it you won then?
Minx will be relieved, she was saying you go into a mood for days when you get hammered.
Says you’ve been in a huff for months!
:-)
Petethebeat
My view of Germany:
Those Dortmunders were ok. Bochum was alright too.
Bremen guys caused a wee bit of trouble.
Then further North still, well those Hamburgers were Hunnish in their manners.
So Gerrybhoy’s view is right in my experience. there may be a problem with my views……of to look at a map.
Awe_Naw..,
Only saying like, refreshing IMO
Would be nice to think there were more stayers, evidence supports the opposite though.
Maybe the time has come to stand and be counted, which would be nice
Syd Negakev
The last one was missing a smiley.
I was agreeing, but it doesn’t read that way.
Reread CSC
Ok lhads and school teachers.
play nice.
nite nite
HH
HT, yes only been here a few hours and totally taken with the place. Going up to Medugorje next weekend, my first time.
CRC
I’m a bit plump right now so there was no space to fit him in the back pocket.
Mantelpiece will do just fine :-)
Lionroars
Not a flounce, I thought it best for the blog that I step away from the disagreement :-)
Cheers Ernie!
Delaneys Dunky
VP is a lot older than us so it would be someone like
Vera Lynn
No Excuses:
I think the “Rangers were relegated” myth is one of the most pervasive, and insidious, of them all and should be stamped on whenever it arises.
That is the source of the whole Victim Myth, which fuels the hatred of any number of the whack-jobs on the Sevco sites. If you’ve been following (I’m sure you haven’t, and you don’t want to) the Vanguard Scum’s latest “campaign”, they are trying to “out” as many Celtic fans in the media and HMRC and other organisations they imagine to be involved in Le Grande Conspiracie as they can … naming them, putting up their pictures, as good as making a brand new “enemies list”, like they did last year.
Of course, the media loves that stuff. It gives the Daily Record ideas, like asking, in a back page headline, whether Lennon or Hector is the “most hated man at Ibrox.”
This is all fed and watered nicely by the media, who will go into over-drive fueling the hate if Sevco manages to claw its up into the top division. The first game between our two clubs will not be portrayed as the Battle of the Boyne 2 this time … that’s too small to generate the headlines these guys want.
This will be marketed, in the media, as Operation Barbarossa Mk II.
They are not simply wrong-headed, lazy and arrogant. They are dangerous. Some of the myths they promote are dangerous. When things explode, it sells papers. This is not an accident. It’s part of the design.
RWE
No worries. I never read any enema mosity into it. :-)
doc
22:40 on 14 August, 2014
EstorilBhoy, ok, it as opportunistic of them, And they jumped at that opportunity with gusto.
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Didn’t see it that way. Was a question I was wanting them to ask given they had the guy on and LW had already indicated they would go to CAS if appeal failed. Flowed pretty smoothly actually.
Lionroars
You packing it in?
http://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/the-audacity-of-yes/
Who believes the smsm are tellin us the truth about the referendum?
bbg
VP gonnae tell us? I need my beauty sleep ando this is keeping me up……
Delaneys Dunky
Frankie may well have ,but not who I’m after.
SOAL
Vera was singing in the orank halls that night.
RobertTressell
See you in 2019
Love xx
Doc
22:44 on 14 August, 2014
A few things to talk to you about tomorrow.
HH
CRC
RobertTressell
You will just need to log on in morning ……….. :O)
Pog
The first time I went was 1987 and there was no hotels, tourism or trinkets. We stayed with a local family and we repaid their generosity with an assortment of old Celtic strips.
I will definitely return one day.
HT
Is that Cumbernauld
bubblegum
It’s true. There definitely is going to be a referendum. The MSM have got that one right
Oh! you mean the excuses for failing to get the argument across convincingly without alienating lots.
Hamiltontim
22:53 on 14 August, 2014
Pog
That is one from my “bucket list”
Pog
Enjoy your trip sir.
till later all and may only good things come your way.
Lionsroar67
You’re not seriously hanging up the boots.
Good few years left in you yet.
HH
James, I agree they are deliberately provocative, but do you think they actually think it through to that extent? As in ramping up tensions to provoke extreme reactions?
If so are they trying to get a reaction from us?
When they get the reaction from the other side, that if fully reported would make them look as they are, hate filled bigots.
The most hated person headline was undoubtedly dangerous, but was it so thought through, especially given it was Jabbas?
CRC, 1pm, see you there.
EstorilBhoy, thanks, my paranoid does need to be checked every now and then.
It can go into over drive,
BCW
Quite right about the Hamburgers (HSV). They are allied with the Zombies. St. Pauli though, are real friends of ours; have met them all over Europe when the Hoops are playing; good people.