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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Contrast if you will …..
Flag day tomorrow. Top of table clash. New young approach from new rated coach. A few new players to see. Champs league off free. Away trip in Europe to enjoy next week. Surrounded by hurtin hurtin Huns with increasing comprehension and frustration as to the new order of things.
They have fat Sally and Charles green. Dave king. The spivs and the easdales and a business with cost running ahead of income Oh and Friday night lights at Falkirk.
67 heaven
I wonder if the prison warden realises that zombie has a smart phone in his cell ;)
Oh and Scotland’s most exciting new wee single malt distillery set to make its first spirit exactly 1 month from today.
tbj says wee oscar knox is in heaven with the angels
07:38 on 15 August, 2014
Hunbelievable…….
Please will people moaning re beeb anti Celtic pro rangers stuff write in.
I did re ridiculous rangers crowd claims by young and Sutherland on shortbread and TV and got a good reply.
More evidence that UEFA is not bound by CAS rulings. The following is from Wikipedia . . .
The court [CAS] ruled in 2006 that Gibraltar had valid grounds for its application to join UEFA, forcing the organisation to hand it provisional membership. At the next UEFA Congress, however, Gibraltar was overwhelmingly rejected in a vote, due to lobbying from Spain, in defiance of the CAS ruling.
micktt
07:29 on 15 August, 2014
BBC radio Scotland sport very pro Legia Warsaw, are we in Scotland.
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Indeed Mick. Heard it on drive to the station. Wee (succulent) lamb McLeod hit us with the world’s longest sentence – 3 paragraphs without a breath or hint of a comma….all about poor wee legia. Then followed up with an interview with Hurting Berg.
Still. Only salient point was the UEFA have refused to support the fast tracking to CAS (according to bbc) so it’ll take months so they’re gubbed.
From now on I’ll be supporting Legia Gdansk in the green and white and another Legia team from the little known eastern polish city of Table.
HH jamesgang
Harsh Sporting Punishments No. 34
Today I continue my series on sporting punishments which seem harsh compared to the offence but which are deliberately harsh to maintain the integrity of the sport
In athletics, if a runner whips his top off during the race, for example in a celebratory fashion, he can be disqualified
So, if a runner is on the finishing straight of the 10,000 metres, so he has burst his gut for the best part of half an hour, and has gained such a lead that he won’t be passed, if that runner decides to showboat to the crowd in the last 50 metres or so by taking his top off and spinning it around over his head, he can be disqualified
The excuse being that the shirt has the athletes number on it and so identifies them, but so do their shorts
That’s all from this weeks edition of Harsh Sporting Punishments
Next week I will discuss the punishment that a greyhound recieves if the stewards discover that it had it’s teeth flossed just before a race
Rules – they are there for a reason, so just follow them, shut up and dry your eyes
Ben
Welcome to the world wee man.
It’s mental oot here, but ye’ll love it.
HH
Txt message away to BBC shortbread Liam McLeod as follows
FAO Liam McLeod
Is BBC Scotland going to be launching a campaign for the French 3000m guy to get his gold medal back?
He was harshly thrown out for not following the rules. There’s another similar case that BBC Scotland have been banging on about all week
You wouldn’t want to be inconsistent now??
Also texted regarding him persisting in referring to “ineligible player”
To be fair the two females did use the “suspended” word but only free being texted
BBC Scotland sport texts to 80295 from within UK
Good Morning.
can anyone confirm the position re Efe Ambrose and the Maribor tie?
Is he suspended for either/both of these games?
Thanks
To everyone annoyed at the press reports on the Legia game do yourself a favour and ignore the media.
Don’t buy the papers or listen to their drivel, it’s better for the blood pressure ad hits them where it hurts.
I dont think we need to take a grudge against Legia. Lets say they were shell-shocked when they tried to drag us into their mess.
However the SMSM are the real villians . Theyve used the situation to stir up yet more anti-celtic hysteria .You might think they would be glad that a scottish team still has a chance of CL and the big nights that will give them all work. If the so moved by Legias misfortune they should refuse any wages if they are involved in our future european adventure.
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
05:48 on 15 August, 2014
VMHAN
More chance of you buying a weekly bus pass!.
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:>)
Made it in ok ya cheeky dobber (joking) although it’s getting a wee bit chilly and dark early on now.
Better go do some work thingy majig.
Hx2
One more sleep till flag day :-)
67 Heaven, ….
With respect can we just take a moment to compare and contrast your post (Newco Rangers supporters) and the earlier posts on CQN (Celtic supporters)
I can’t see a lot of difference in the content.
• 67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon ….The angels are with Wee Oscar in Heaven.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
07:29 on15 August, 2014
Had a wee look in to rm …… The responses(posts) on this thread were unbelivable …… Anyone wanting their tribute act back need to digest this vile gutter commentary …
Posted Yesterday, 09:28 PM
“These mugs that have stayed away because how bad we play etc, all I’ve heard all night is people who used to go to every game, now don’t bother anymore cos of where we are, and how we play etc.
See if you’re one of them, stay away for good, f…king sh…bag attitude! Think of the fans we have all over the world who would love to get to a game, and also fans who aren’t allowed to go, and we have folk ‘just not interested’ & ‘can’t be a….d’. Will it still be the same when we eventually get back to the top of Scottish football, and back in Europe etc? It kills me that I can’t go due to the silly laws that we now live under, and we have folk not interested. F…king bullsh…t & these folk need to have a long hard look at themselves.
No Surrender! “
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• iPaddy McCourt
19:24 on14 August, 2014
lennon’s passion
19:07 on 14 August, 2014
james forrest is praying for the unconquerable oscar knox
Read your piece the other day when you were doing a number on Celtic. You stated you have not paid to see Celtic in 6 years.
To me your no different from,Keevins,Spiers, Jackson ect. You maybe be able to write fancy articles but your a no-Mark in my book
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Agree 100%
James, away back to your wee hun-obsessed site and give us Celtic supporters peace.
At a time when Scottish football is going through a very difficult time,largely due to one of it’s clubs going bust,and when it’s most senior administrators and media commentators are forever reminding us of this “armageddon” perhaps we should remind them of something.
Thanks to the efforts in The Champions League of Celtic FC,each of the other 11 SPFL teams received around £110,000 each last year…….just because Celtic got through to the group stages!!!
They did NOTHING to earn this much needed cash boost.It was all achieved through the sweat of CELTIC brows.
Given the outpouring of moral indignation against Celtic for having the temerity to be the beneficiaries of another club’s screw up,we are now being portrayed in many quarters as the villains of the piece.
IF we manage to get to the group stages again,I wonder how many club chairmen and football pundits will be urging these other clubs to refuse any payment this time round.
Given they are all so morally correct and principled,I would imagine a good number will take this stance…………..aye right.
Squire spot on,I awoke to the depressing tones of the Legia manager moaning about Celtic again on shortbread beginning to piss me off,any sympathy I had for them has gone due to Hennings Bergs insistence that we are somehow to blame.However the big issue for us is shortbreads ongoing campaign to get them reinstated,I would suggest that without making a big formal issue out of it that all of a sudden the Celtic players are too busy to so interviews for a few weeks or even better cancel at the last minute.
medtim –
Efe is banned for the first leg but is available for the second leg.
A red card in European competition results in an automatic 2 game ban. The Legia player was given an additional 1 game ban because he was red carded for violent conduct.
so = do.
Tom,
Thanks.
medtim
Interesting read….
http://www.onfieldsofgreen.com/the-gathering-dark/
HH jamesgang
Murdochbhoy
Well said
HH
Just to clarify . . .
A red card for a second yellow card = 1 game ban.
Straight red = 2 games (Efe Ambrose).
Straight red for violent conduct = UEFA have the power to increase the 2 game ban (Polish player).
murdochbhoy
08:04 on 15 August, 2014
I like JF and enjoy his articles so I’m glad you don’t decide who posts and who doesn’t on this forum. I am a season ticket holder and I don’t necessarily agree with his stance, but I believe he’s a good Tim and like a good Tim he sticks by his principles (no, we’re not related)
Celtic should quite rightly be highly embarrassed by this whole Legia Warsaw fiasco.
When you look at the way the club has been treated by the MSM they should be highly embarrassed to be saddled with such a bunch of whiny wains who claim to be journalists.
Most of the so-called ‘expert’ pundits who so readily give us their view point should have a wee disclaimer running whenever they write/speak :
“This opinion should in no way be considered the view of a rational human being.”
jamesgang
Was talking about the Falkirk game last night with my cousin, Sevco, Hearts and Hibs will be challenging but Falkirk are also going to be up there, Sevo are now getting a real test on the field and they will be in for a real surprise! Fingers crossed they get humped tonight, the riots will begin and they still wont be able to shift fat sally
Henning Berg cant understand why we haven’t gone to UEFA and demanded that we be thrown out of the CL so they can get back in……..what planet is he on?
gorbalstam
So you and Murdochbhoy agree. I think you might have picked that up wrong. He was comparing two posts.
HH
Neganon –
I will not be apologizing.
I stand by my original comment.
Also, I notice you were constantly posting demands for an apology most of yesterday, which is fine, but cut out the “I know you are reading this” nonsense.
I know you will find it a strange concept, but some of us have a real life away from CQN.
If I am not answering, it means I am not reading the blog, so enough of the schoolyard taunts.
I fear under the current managerial set up at Parkhead we will never sign another Lubo Moravcic (apologies for spelling) type player as it no longer fits into their procurement strategy.
awe_naw_no_annoni_oan_anaw_noo
08:31 on 15 August, 2014
gorbalstam
So you and Murdochbhoy agree. I think you might have picked that up wrong. He was comparing two posts.
HH
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Gorbalstam
Awe Naw is right – bet you love reading that phrase!!
Murdochbhoy was quoting someone else rather than making that point himself. Quite the reverse in fact!
HH jamesgang
gorbalstam @ 08:28 on
As Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo pointed out (thanks) I was simply pointing out what I believed was an inconsistency in approach.
I too think it is lamentable that ‘James Forrest is praying for The Unconquerable Oscar Knox’ is challenged about his credentials by fellow Celtic supporters.
We agree.
HH
Morning all. Fairly drab down here but there is promise of better to come. Hope this hold true for CQN.
I see that bastion of probity and integrity, the Radio Scotland’s sports department, are still peddling the “ineligible” as opposed to the correct suspended player line. I take it that this is because UEFA did not kick out the team who played an ineligible player. Whoever controls them really must hate us. I see they are further trying to suggest now, by giving airtime time to Berg and his boss, that we and UEFA have somehow connived to get them thrown out. Does Jack Irvine have something on them???
robert88
I like Falkirk. Quite close to me and have a good community presence. How Scottish football should and could be.
Tonight I’ll like them even more.
Downside for me reading JF’s article was a future Sevco without Sally. Let’s hope they can never afford it cos he’s so good at what he does!
Right. Aff oot. Need to earn ma pennies.
Have a good day Timdom.
HH jamesgang
murdochbhoy
08:37 on 15 August, 2014
Apologies mate, not the sharpest in the morning. Tim fighting Tim is a pet hate.
I can understand gorbalstam’s confusion. There is a line separating the last 3 crucial lines which makes it look like the words of Murdochbhoy.
The pitfalls of online discussions.
Gorbalstam
It was ALL murdochbhoy’s fault. All that clever copying and pasting always ends in tears!!!
Pesky youngsters like him. Too clever half!
;-)
HH jamesgang