The most important aspect about team plan for tonight will be the balancing act between aggression and discipline. Celtic need to get in about Legia without losing discipline. Legia roped us in perfectly last week. A buoyant home crowd fed off meaty challenges but when the red mist rose, they adopted choir boy looks. We didn’t.
Celtic need to disorientate Legia in a similar way; get physical, expect the same back, but remain in control of events. Efe Ambrose’ red card was critical to the outcome of the game in Warsaw, let’s work on their less-controlled players to see if we can tempt them into a similar fate.
An early goal would be nice but it it’s not necessary. 90 minutes is a long time to defend a lead and we should remember how last year Shakhter Karagandy kept things tight for 44 minutes before losing 3-0. If we can’t get an early goal it’s just as important to get Legia chasing the ball and making tackles.
Legia’s first half game plan will be to keep it tight frustrate the crowd. If there’s little penetration in the opening period we need to stick with the players, give them encouragement whenever possible – this works.
Beside our normal game plan there are a couple of objectives we should be looking for:
Get into the box. Despite having limited possession, Legia did this perfectly last week. If you’re in the box you force defenders into committing to challenges they would rather not. Make getting into the box a territorial objective and we’ll get a penalty. Or two.
Shoot often. Both our goals away from home in Europe this season have come from deflections, from limited opportunities.
Legia will tire late in the game. Teams always do when they have to traverse the Continent before a game. Teams also tire when the opposition have the bulk of possession and move the ball, and therefore opponents, around quickly. Keep the ball moving, bring on four fresh legs with 20 minutes to go and exploit this natural advantage.
Play it clever, and we’ll have enough in the tank.
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oldtim67
11:53 on 6 August, 2014
I’m hitting town around that time, may drop in and see if I can recognise you, Lisbon was a long time ago !
Got my CQN badge on the collar of my Barbour jacket, Miss Prestonpans due 4-5 so you’ll miss her.
COME ON YOU CELTIC.
Forster sold for 8 million according to SSN to Southampton
SETTING FREE THE BEARS
Agree entirely re Antifa.
His early posts were so inarticulate they could have been done in crayon.
Shocking lack of knowledge of his subject too. So much so that I offered to give him a reference book to help him out.
Then,after a wee break,he came back like,well,a new man.
Sentence construction,grammar,paragraphs perfect.
Still talked pish,mind. But hey,who am I to complain?
It didn’t last. Like you I saw him as a TSD creation but at least it saves us from his usual poison.
For that,he has my gratitude!
I have never understood why we are not given breathalysers to test ourselves at home.
Especially after a heavy night on the bevvy.
I also think that if the polis are going to carry guns, so should we.
In case one of them takes a pot shot at me, I might nail him (or her ) first.
Makes sense to me.
marshallmattdilloncsc
weeminger
There was a decision (by the police or Scottish Government?) to routinely arm Scottish Police in 2008?? But it took till 2014 for it to become evident??
Enlighten me.
Police came into the coach at Darlington. Think they’ve been given a warning that they’ll be removed at Berwick unless things calm down.
Is FF off?
weeman67
11:58 on 6 August, 2014
From the previouse article……………an informative read……….
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Informative in what sense? Speculation by an ex-Israeli soldier based on propaganda by the IDF? It informs me that the website you quote is full of made-up pish. Rather than post fantasy stories about an “attack” that never actually happened, let’s focus on the reality. Israeli state genocide – thousands of Gaza civilians have been killed in an act of state-sponsored terror by the Israeli IDF. The people who carried out the attrocity should be tried in the Hague. The US have been funding it for years.
Hope Ronny has had a real good look at the players now, and realises which ones need a kick up the arse.
Which ones need a kick in the chuckies.
Which ones need a good slapping.
Then hope he picks the ones that respond positively , and want to play for him .
Hope we’ve got the hoops on.
Celtic have got enough to beat this team well tonight.
Hey already think they’re through. I fear, playing Mulgrew may prevent them from doing so.
NatKnow
weeman67 was the poster who brought us the pish that Obama was the first president not to go to Normandy for the D-day celebrations.
He is a reliable poster.
Everything he posts is reliably wrong. Another (??) rubber nut site surfer.
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
11:45 on 6 August, 2014
Off this week or would have met you for a Beer.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
HT
if your bus leaves at 4 drive to Queen St and get the train. LOL
traffic going into Edinburgh bad for last game but due to Festival traffic has increased substantially. Enjoy your M8 car Park from Livi through to the Gyle (estimated speed 0.001 MPH). If your driver has the knowledge head down to Carluke, Carnwrath, jopining A702 and head for West Linton passing close to Penicuik and come down to Murrayfield via Oxgangs Road (B701) just after you pass over (or under) Edinburgh bypass), onto Oxgangs Road North, Onto Colinton Mains Drive, onto Colinton Road (passing Napier Uni), turning left onto Craiglockhart Avenue, turn Right onto Lanark Road (A70) then left onto Chesser Avenue when you get to it (you should know where you are now – Corn Exchange – old cattle market where supporters buses used to park).
If you get the map of South Edinburgh up on google maps and follow using above instructions you’ll get there easily.
MWD says AYE
setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox but saying no to CQN racists
12:14 on 6 August, 2014
NatKnow
weeman67 was the poster who brought us the pish that Obama was the first president not to go to Normandy for the D-day celebrations.
He is a reliable poster.
Everything he posts is reliably wrong. Another (??) rubber nut site surfer.
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Ah OK.
Do people just accept as fact any old cack they read on “news” websites these days?
Or is it a concerted effort to spread propaganda by loonballs?
What is the weather forecast for the “Gardy Loo” area today?
tonydonnelly67
It’s lashing down! Murrayfield floods as well. Pack a pair of wellies or sturdy boots.
LB
Paul67 – I admire your confidence and positive outlook. I’m trying to be positive as well and hope by kick off I will be… but its difficult after that performance last week.
Hope your right though and will be following on internet later in the boozer…
Sftb
Unbelievably sad news,real shock.
If you are going on bus will catch up with you then.
Repost from the last article ……. no apologies
roy croppie
10:10 on 6 August, 2014
Back to the ’70′s for five minutes to give your pre match nerves a break. For Lymmbhoy and his brood:
Hauf Bricks and Celtic Consummation
Late April 1975, a Sunday…
Mass was usually bearable in May (we started early) because you got to sing: “The trees are gold and green…” (The sun is shining brightly, the trees are clothed with green are the proper lyrics but I liked mine.) It was the month of Mary and all the religious stories seemed happier; it was first communion time and you got to process around the chapel grounds without flutes and drums. This appeared to be an unusual occurrence in Airdrie. Fr. Power was living up to his name and was giving the parents it big time with his rich Irish brogue. He seemed angry: Money, the roof, the car-park and talking about your neighbours and a wee bit more about money seemed to be the crux of his sermon. Then it happened, one of those moments that no matter how much time passes it never fades. Fr. Power lifted a bucket from under the altar and walked to the top of the burgundy carpeted stairs, he lifted the bucket (I thought he’s going to soak the front rows for talking about their neighbours…brilliant!) but half bricks went flying up the centre aisle. This was more like it. There were gasps from the congregation, families who sat in the same rows every week looked around for some comfort or maybe an escape route. I could still hear the clatter of the ‘hauf bricks’ several moments after they had come to rest, nobody seemed injured but nobody moved. He had them all in the palm of his hands: “Anyone one who has not sinned pick up one and throw it!” I wracked my brains and quickly realised swearing, fighting and a few wee white lies ruled me out legalised brick throwing. I gave my younger brother a hard stare as all these transgressions were because of him. He has buried his head deep into my mother’s Sunday coat and he didn’t look as if he was ever coming out. Everybody was a sinner, no-one picked up a brick even my mum and dad were sinners and this was a bit of a shock for an eight year old, especially my mum. I decided that’s why she was always at chapel, she was saying sorry for all her sins.
The rest of the mass passed peacefully and there was an anti-climatic feel as we walked the few hundred yards home for the weekly fry up. Despite several attempts by me to discuss the hauf bricks mum and dad weren’t taking me up on it. It seemed papal infallibility stretched to Parish Priests but I thought he was mad. Then my dad double underlined and highlighted why this would always be one of the special days.
“You’re going to the final next week.”
I wanted to run fast around the table but I’d learned my lesson the year before and our Paul might trip me up. He didn’t look happy at my good news. He was only 5 but I thought my mum and dad had hidden him in the box room for 10 years going by the build of him. I tried to ignore his death stare as I wallowed in my dream news. Celtic at Hampden…Celtic at Hampden…and against Airdrie. My granda called them Rangers in Red and White; this was perfect my first live Celtic game was a cup final at Hampden and against my ‘second worst team.’ I was full of questions “Who, What, When…Whiiiiiittttt?”
My dad just said Fr. Power had got the tickets.
My imagination was running riot; he better not take that bucket of hauf bricks with him; will I be in the same car as him? Will he want money off me for the chapel roof? Weighing up all of these issues took me about ten seconds and I reconciled myself that to get the chance to see Celtic at Hampden was worth the dangerous trip to Glasgow with the psycho Parish Priest.
It turned out we were going in a mini-bus along with my mate Martin, his dad, two of his uncles, my dad and the PP. Safety in numbers I reckoned. So seven of us were leaving the town of Airdrie to go to Hampden and support Celtic against Airdrie. That seemed fine to me. My dad was a hero for me now; don’t get me wrong I always liked him but cup final tickets. He’d redeemed himself in this eight year olds eye after a shameful period in the preceding months. Earlier that year he and tried to make me and our Paul…Airdrie fans! Well that’s what we thought but as we lived about ten minutes from Broomfield he was only letting us see ‘professional football.’ We weren’t interested. We played tig, ate pies and asked what letter on the boards would display the Celtic score at half-time. He even bought us red and white scarves; these looked green and white with the lights out and just in case anyone mistook us for Airdrieonians we wrote Liverpool in black marker all over them. He gave up shortly thereafter.
Hampden May 3rd 1975.
The 90th Scottish Cup Final and my first. 75,457 in attendance. Celtic 3-1 Airdrie. This was meant to be.
Many years later during a medical emergency that game flashed in front of my eyes. No white light or beckoning hand from the big fella, not my full life, no it was my first final:
Vivid green and white hoops; Paul Wilson; dust coming off the track; big square goal posts; delayed noise after a goal; body odour; swearing, lots of swearing; getting crushed; wee bit feart; Pat McCluskey, loads of folk sitting behind the goals; bottles and cans everywhere; singing, Kevin McCann, a guy with ten in the middle of his tricolour (mistake); the shiny Scottish Cup; big Billy dropping the lid; Airdrie player with a big black beard on his knees; Big Billy getting carried around the track…I loved it!
The paramedics seemed a tad confused when I came to: “What lid has Billy dropped?” They couldnae have been Tims.
Footnote:
Travelling back to Airdrie was great. Everyone in the mini-bus was singing and the psycho Parish priest turned out to be a good laugh and quite friendly although I kept one eye out for a bucket. Sitting at traffic lights at the ‘tap cross’ in Airdrie I used my fingers to inform the people at the crossing of the score. A big guy responded by holding up two of his, he didn’t seem to be the brightest. Paul got an afternoon at the ‘shows’ which was one of the highlights of the year in Lanarkshire and a new Celtic kit. I didn’t grudge it because I was going to bore him with my new found Celtic knowledge and a replica kit couldn’t beat seeing the real thing. St Serf’s park beckoned…
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Thanks Big Bro
HH
Paul
Whats this about Israeli flags at the bigot hoose last night?
Wonder what the Klan’s take on this dude would be…..
David Ben Gurion and others who came to prominence, were classified as terrorists in the late 40s, for murdering Palestinians and British soldiers alike.
SOAL – VG:)
setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox but saying no to CQN racists
12:09 on
6 August, 2014
It’s in the story.
“Police Scotland, the single Scotland-wide force, say when specialist officers are not deployed on active firearms duty, it is expected that they carry out normal policing duties while carrying their sidearms.
This policy was introduced by the former Strathclyde force in 2008, and followed by Tayside in 2009 and Northern Constabulary just before the single force was created in 2013. Hitherto, firearms officers had to retrieve their weapons under a senior officer’s authorisation from a locked safe in an armed response vehicle.”
So from 2008 Strathclyde as was would send armed officers out to do normal duties.
I suspect this was required as a result of cuts. They needed all on duty officers out doing work, but expecting the specialists to return to base to pick up weapons to respond to a firearms incident wouldn’t be practical.
Surely the FF to Soton stories are premature?
Surely we won’t have Gordon in goal tonight?
themelvingael
Yes, A terrible shock. I will wait till all relatives have been informed before I ask for prayers & condolences on here.
See you on the bus.
weeminger
Thank you for clarifying. I would still expect that, even if this was instituted as a budget measure, someone has to monitor and report to politicians on the kind of occasion that leads to police seeking to arm themselves. A pub disturbance in Inverness seems a strange situation to warrant that response.
***LUNCHTIME QUIZ***
Today’s quiz serves as a reminder that we have had better keepers leave the Hoops and still we survive.
Which three notable records does Legend Ronnie Simpson hold?
(Clue: 2 Scottish and 1 obvious UK.)
***The rules of the game are always the same.
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Murryfield floods, awe well there goes the desert boots idea! And a don’t have wellies, a might find an auld pair kicking Aboot the Brazen mind yi, lol.
Forecast looks not to bad.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcvwr3zrw
Desert boots back oot.
Hi Guys
Used to be BhoyinEngalnd, but screwed up my password and unable ot reset it
Sorry, but who are we kidding? Peter Lawell hads denied funds to rebuild this team for 2 years. Funny, we are paying him EPL wages, but we don’t do the same for players. I fully understand the requirements for being careful with the pennies, but what’s good for the goose and all that…….He has gained a reputation for being unbelievably difficult to deal with when buying/selling players. I’m sorry, but guys in his position have a shelf life. His is well and trully over. Neil Lennon’s comments should have alarm bells ringing. The side is in decline, and we are surely going to lose Forster, and Van Dyck before much longer.
To compete in the Champions League, and let’s face it, that is where our ambitions should be. You need to constantly update the team. All we have signed is a goal keeper with a very questionable injury record, and a striker that hasn’t exactly got the pulses going. I don’t expect us to be paying the daft money that EPL teams do, but at least we should be going for players that have at least a winning, and reliable reputation.
We are up against a very mediocre side in Legia. However, they will be coming into this game full of confidence. I don’t care what anyone says. They will ‘Park the bus’, if they have any sense at all. That is something we should have done in the first leg after Ambrose once again messed up. He is nothing more than a liability.
Can’t help get the feeling that Delia is going to made the fall guy, but the truth is that the fault lies above him. Even if we were by some miracle to get past Legia, and I’m not so confident that we can. What next? The transfer window has only a short time left.
I wonder if Lawell is planning to pay himself any bonuses if we get dumped out of Europe. He certainly doesn’t deserve any if we just win the SPL. Winning that should be expected as a minimum. The season has barely started, and we are looking at scraping by at best. Our finances might be in the black, but other that that, we are in very poor shape indeed.
I honestly hope I’m proved wrong, and that I’m being overly pessimistic.
Hail Hail
NegAnon2
11:58 on 6 August, 2014
Quite possibly a dig at our own shambolic pre-season fixture scheduling.
any thoughts on the best place to park when driving to murrayfield?
is the gyle then a tram a good option?
setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox but saying no to CQN racists
12:31 on
6 August, 2014
I think you’re reading this wrongly.
The officers didn’t arm themselves for the response to a bar brawl. They’re armed anyway and expected to do ‘normal’ police work. They no longer have to check out their guns before responding to incidents. I don’t agree with that personally but it doesn’t surprise me.
I worked with a girl in about 97/98 and her husband was in the armed response team in Glasgow. They got about 2 calls a day, which they usually weren’t required for and other than that they sat about doing nothing.
I remember the first time I saw lots of armed police on the streets. It was in Liverpool in maybe 1996 and there had been a bit of a drug gang flare up. Rozzers with sub machine guns everywhere in the city centre.
Hearing the friends of the MIB @ Poundland were tweeting before last night’s game, that there was nothing to worry about and he would look after their favourite team………. only for the tweets to get pulled…..allegedly
Bhoy abroad post Sept 2014
12:38 on
6 August, 2014
Hi Guys
Used to be BhoyinEngalnd, but screwed up my password and unable ot reset it
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No, you screwed up your username. :-)
SETTINGFREETHEBEARS
Good chance that someday some eejit will nick the firearm from the officer.
I assume they are still subject to firearm regulations and unable to use it unless authorised.
They should stick to tazers.
Once they finally figure out how to use them.
My respect for the police was drummed into me by my parents.
The police drummed it out of me.
I doubt I’m the only one with that recollection.
Big day for the club. Hope we can turn it around and show these Poles who the real Glasgow celtic are….3-0 0r 4-1 to the hoops…Something inside so strong..
http://youtu.be/PcKoYGNj0BU
hamiltontim
12:01 on 6 August, 2014
I have a spare ticket if anyone’s looking for one.
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Sitting next to you?