By the time they cross the white line on Sunday afternoon, Celtic will have rested for 8 days. Kyogo had a few heavy training sessions early in the week and will be fitter, Giorgos Giakoumakis has iced his delicate limb. The entire squad has rested in preparation for Hampden, a stadium, which incredibly, over many years, has provided Celtic with a higher win rate that the Paradise itself.
I didn’t get everything I wanted from this week’s European ties, but extra time at Ibrox was top of my list. The script is written, althogh, you and I both know football is full of adlib moments. Scripts give you a sense of what to expect, the punchlines often come from an inspired creator rising to the occasion. We can take nothing for granted, this will be a battle.
On our last visit to Hampden, Ange Postecoglou considered the League Cup Final important enough to start Kyogo, who pulled a hamstring 10 days earlier. The decision proved pivotal, as our Japanese striker scored two to transform a deficit into a win. The manager’s wisdom was called into question a week later, when the same player exacerbated his injury, leading to a three-month layoff.
With a glance at the trophy cabinet, Ange might consider his instincts were right regarding Kyogo. If so, Giakoumakis is likely to start. Those three months, however, gave Ange time to ruminate. I expect the Greek to start on the bench.
Patience will be required. The game could last 120 minutes, if so, substitute decisions will be important. Oh, and please, tomorrow, practice from 12 yards……….
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Hypothetically speaking 🤦♂️
Thanks Corkie for a bit of sense on here…that’s what I get for reaching way back into the childhood recesses of my mind…I shoulda used google lol ;-))
H.H.
adi_dassler not for 2nd best on 16th April 2022 7:31 pm
CCV POTY for me
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Agree, but if Kyogo had been fit?
BTW Carl has been immense of late.
GP 7.52pm
Obviously not with the same medical team as Callum I have had a broken jaw and was told not to play or have physical contact for 3 months … that’s the standard “fix time” for a broken/fractured jaw for anyone … I played Saturday morning fitba after about 4 weeks … my own teammates enjoyed it as I couldn’t moan, and one of the refs actually said “it’s great I don’t have to listen to you moaning about every decision” …. I saw the funny side of it …. It’s torture trying to shout with your jaw wired uo :-) am sure Callum’s mask will be off soon … unless he thinks it helps his game :-)
Greenpinata.
It feeds through in language
In Scottish conveyancing,its mountains and Glen’s viking origin can be denoted.It is one of many.Bbc Alba did a series called Tir as Teanga highlights viking,gael,Norwich,pict and bretonic Welsh impact into our history,language and learning. Fascinating topic,yon Queen Vic didnae like some place names.
You should check it out.
HH
MACCARGO…so, Ange saying *probably* changes the narrative, thanks…I think ;-))
H.H.
Yesterday I posted about Wee sweat shop in Glasgow working all day Saturday knocking up Tricolours.
Today the GB Announce there will be 10,000 Tricolours handed out free before the game tomorrow.
Always ahead of the rest,Turkey True News .
Tomorrow’s game is simple for me when it comes to predictions….If we keep 11 men on the park we will hammer them.
The gap just now is nearly as big as when they had Wes n Joey n Marv etc.
Celtic minus 2 goals is 10/1 your cash….A ‘fill yet bhoots’ day.
Celtic 6 Sevco 1
GFTB…it wasn’t Calmacs’ jaw…it was around his orbital (eye socket) bones the damage was done
H.H.
THELURKINTIM on 16TH APRIL 2022 8:02 PM
When it comes to the Scottish sporting press the boss could have told them he was fit and raring to go and they’d still find a negative slant. Personally I think the big man will make the bench.
Turkeybhoy…that’s very generous of you and yer wage slaves…well done ;-))
H.H.
TLT 8.05pm
That could be longer then … I thought the jaw was fractured …
Fair play to Calmac … must be difficult with the injury and the wearing of the mask
Just goes to show who good our captain is
Callum is my POTY
To step into his 1st season as captain and help turn it around to where we are today?
Legend
FAIRHILL BHOY on 16TH APRIL 2022 7:26 PM
TONTINE TIM @3-01 pm I know a great guy called Bobby Carroll from Hamilton.
*My great granny of the same name hail hailed fae Cambusmethan.
SCULLYBHOY on 16TH APRIL 2022 6:47 PM
‘I have often commented to my wife how her Escape To The Country TV show never fails to produce beautiful English towns and villages. Something you just don’t see in Scotland or the North of Ireland/Ireland.
Ever wonder why?’
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Maybe that says more about your own perception than anything else.
Or maybe the sun shines more in England, so everything looks a bit nicer.
Greenpinata on 16th April 2022 7:21 pm
OK, even although we have a sooooooo big game tomorrow, it seems nobody wants to talk footie.
No problem.
Talking genetics and heritage. It is a scientific fact that the Viking invasion of the Isles of Britain and Ireland in the 8th century changed its face forever. Forcibly I may add.
Our denims ( sorry i mean genes ) still have a massive influence in Scotland and Ireland. DNA is beyond proof.
If you need more proof, just look at the number of berserkers ready for war on here. ( I wonder how many redheads )
Anyway I hear Norway has a a big Fossil fuel fund. Before its confiscated due to immoral earnings, we should demand financial repatriations and a replay against Bodo Glimt.
HH, and COYBIG tomorrow.
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I have the Viking Claw in both hand (as did my father). I know that the English are actually mongrels. The point is, the bully always takes what they can. Imperialism, Colonialism or Putinism never changes. They don’t invade us to help us!?!
Anyway, Up the Celts. Please God, win tomorrow.
A Celtic supporter of an Irish club that lives in Scotland.
HH
Mod1888…whit the fek…I thought it was clear…yer not our friend and yer input weightless…unless invisible ;-))
H.H.
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Maybe that says more about your own perception than anything else.
Or maybe the sun shines more in England, so everything looks a bit nicer.
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Pathetic.
“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”
― Mark Twain
Smartass response – nothing to say about Celtic Ernie Mr Sarcastic bore CSC
Mod1888 8.16pm
Legend gets flung about far too much …. But in our first team squad just now … surely
Callum & Jamesy F are in the legendary status those two bhoys have been at Celtic park since around 8yrs old and must have some anoint of medals between them double, trebles quadruples and still gathering silverware :-)
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ANY SPARES FOR TOMORROW LOKKING FOR 1.
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Looking even.
Lager kicking in.
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The Lurking Tim,
WTF are you slabbering about ?.
David66…am surprised yev not had a possitive response….seems Old Firm FC hav a greater appeal than a lot on here are willing to admit…but hope springs eternal as they say ;-))
H.H.
Turkeybhoy…if u can’t see the joke…that’s on slabbering you ;-))
H.H.
COYBIG
Celtic = born out of An Gorta Mór.
Sleep tight bhoys.
Say your prayers. Please let the good ghuys win.
HH
TLT – Cheers
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Turkeybhoy
Yesterday I posted about Wee sweat shop in Glasgow working all day Saturday knocking up Tricolours.
Today the GB Announce there will be 10,000 Tricolours handed out free before the game tomorrow.
Always ahead of the rest,Turkey True News .
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Turkeybhoy…that’s very generous of you and yer wage slaves…well done ;-))
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H.H.
SCULLYBHOY on 16TH APRIL 2022 8:24 PM
Leaving aside the fact that you wouldn’t see English towns and villages, beautiful or otherwise, anywhere other than England, this is, frankly, a weird thing to say, and yes it does say more about your perceptions than anything else.
‘I have often commented to my wife how her Escape To The Country TV show never fails to produce beautiful English towns and villages. Something you just don’t see in Scotland or the North of Ireland/Ireland.’
THELURKINTIM on 16TH APRIL 2022 8:22 PM · EDIT
Mod1888…whit the fek…I thought it was clear…yer not our friend and yer input weightless…unless invisible ;-))
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I could be wrong here, but I am sure that’s what my kids think every time I speak lol
H.H.
GFTB on 16TH APRIL 2022 8:25 PM · EDIT
Mod1888 8.16pm
Legend gets flung about far too much …. But in our first team squad just now … surely
Callum & Jamesy F are in the legendary status those two bhoys have been at Celtic park since around 8yrs old and must have some anoint of medals between them double, trebles quadruples and still gathering silverware :-)
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To do it after so many years of success with Scott Brown (and particularly after last years disaster) is legendary in my opinion
Mod1888….are you claiming to be my secret long lost father lol ;-))
H.H.
Mod 1888 9.00pm
100%
Broony is a legend and Callum Ferguson a a terrific replacement … aye, two legends
Last years disaster was down to a pandemic not football ability …. But from a personal point of view sometimes good things come from bad situations ,..
Before March 2020 my daughter thought we just won trophy after trophy … Brendan then Neil …but when Seethin Gerrard win his only title (with no fans I’m attendance) she has became far more into Celtic, on the Celtic Twitter, shouts on me as soon as the team is announced .,, she is far more interested since we didn’t win the league ,.. so for that I love …. The only thing we actually argue about is Neil Lennon … the wee eijit thinks losing the league was Neil’s fault …. I blame the players (& no fans) …. I think it’s healthy that me and her argue about Celtic … we are “United” when it comes to her mums cheating mob fae Govan …. Am never more prouder when she calls Celtic “us” and her mums teams. “them” ….
That’s my success right there :-)
Callum Ferguson ???
Wtf
Callum MacGregor …. Is spellcheck a Hun ?
ernie lynch on 16th April 2022 8:55 pm
SCULLYBHOY on 16TH APRIL 2022 8:24 PM
Leaving aside the fact that you wouldn’t see English towns and villages, beautiful or otherwise, anywhere other than England, this is, frankly, a weird thing to say, and yes it does say more about your perceptions than anything else.
‘I have often commented to my wife how her Escape To The Country TV show never fails to produce beautiful English towns and villages. Something you just don’t see in Scotland or the North of Ireland/Ireland.’>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Sorry, but as I have told you repeatedly, I was born in England. I know how its wealth, mainly through the benefits of raping multiple countries, led to investment in the general fabric of society (bar the neglected working class areas). Just recognize that the bully takes and rapes, as we in modern Putanian, Putanian rules the waves. And just read the lyrics:
O me name is Joe McDonnell from
Belfast town I came
That city I will
Never see again
For in the town of Belfast
I spent many happy days
I love that town in oh so many ways
For it’s there I spent my childhood and found
For me a wife
I then set out to make
For her a life
But all my young ambitions met with bitterness and hate
I soon found myself inside a prison gate
And you dare to call me a terrorist
While you looked down your gun
When I think of all the deeds that you had done
You had plundered many nations divided many lands
You had terrorised their peoples you ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land
Through those many months internment
In the Maidstone and the Maze
I thought about my land throughout those days
Why my country was divided, why I was now in jail
Imprisoned without crime or without trial
And though I love my country I am not a bitter man
I’ve seen cruelty and injustice at first hand
So then one fateful morning I shook bold freedom’s hand
For right or wrong I’d try to free my land
And you dare to call me a terrorist
While you looked down your gun
When I think of all the deeds that you had done
You had plundered many nations divided many lands
You had terrorised their peoples you ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land
Then one cold October morning trapped in a lion’s den
I found myself in prison once again
I was committed to the H-blocks for fourteen years or more
On the Blanket the conditions they were poor
Then a hunger strike we did commence for the dignity of man
But it seemed to me that no one gave a damn
But now, I’m a saddened man I’ve watched my comrades die
If only people cared or wondered why
And you dare to call me a terrorist
While you looked down your gun
When I think of all the deeds that you had done
You had plundered many nations divided many lands
You had terrorised their peoples you ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land
May God shine on you Bobby Sands
For the courage you have shown
May your glory and your fame be widely known
And Francis Hughes and Ray McCreesh who died unselfishly
And Patsy O Hara and the next in line is me
And those who lie behind me may you’re courage be the same
And I pray to God my life is not in vain
Ah but sad and bitter was the year of 1981
For everything I’ve lost and nothing’s won
‘Nuff said’, as some other Unionist once said.
Enjoyed the debate.
Having a drink with some friends and must stop ignoring them – sorry
HH
You had plundered many nations divided many lands
You had terrorised their peoples you ruled with an iron hand
And you brought this reign of terror to my land
Scullybhoy 9.23pm
Don’t you do requests ?
Grace
Aidan McAnespie
Am trying my best to stay off utube … it’s still “early”
:-)
Gone yersell Scullybhoy.
Love that song.
HH
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FAIRHILL BHOY
Eh? 🤔