Celtic will face their first Champions League qualifying opponents on either 31 July or 1 August but heartbeats among the scouting staff will quicken tonight and tomorrow when every potential opponent will play in the second qualifying round.
A number of potential opponents from eastern and northern Europe are mid-season but all will benefit from successfully coming through two qualifying games before tackling seeded opponents two weeks from now.
It is crucially important that Celtic are ready for this tie.
The final qualifying round, scheduled to take place during the last two weeks in August, will offer a greater challenge on paper but European qualifying games in July are notorious for catching better teams unprepared.
After a credibly, though ultimately unsuccessful, Europa League group campaign last season Celtic’s domestic form clicked into place and we looked like a team capable of becoming champions. There was some regret that we didn’t hit form early enough to make the most of our European adventure. Neil Lennon will also be keen to avoid the anaemic performance against Sion, who beat Celtic on aggregate but were subsequently awarded two 3-0 defeats for failing to observe rules.
These Celtic players found hidden depths last season but they have a point to prove in Europe. There is also the nagging suspicion that this Celtic team is more talented that the two Gordon Strachan took to the later stages of the Champions League.
Bring it on.
Get your season ticket and saddle up for the ride.
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good evening cqn welcome back
Paul 67 a friend has a ticket for me for your gig at Dumbarton with Phil on the 23 or 24 August at Dumbarton supporters club,looking forward to it,
Bundoran will be in town tomorrow will text when there
H H
get mcfadden signed
6 monther
whitecrook tim on 17 July, 2012 at 22:26 said:
What time mate, meeting someone at 1 at Merchant Square to drop badges
HH
Prestonpans
Charles green want to keep the cash from everton for the jelavic deal but not pay rapid at the same time ! Work that out
Btw Huns on sevco media and there plan for world domination !
Now that for the next few years, we are touring Scotland i think we should really take advantage of this, taking Rangers to every community in Scotland!
In turn we will increase our merchanising, ticket sales, have more kids and older generation following Rangers, its time to get them all back!!
Even though im a bigot, no more sectarian singing! Fk ano im going nutz now, but u know what i mean, Noone likes us we dont care!! Well be time we get back to the SPL THE WHOLE of Scotland will have teddy bears supporting us more than ever!
I have a tradition at european away games were i give a young opposition fan my scarf!! Their we have a fan for life!!
Open up soccer schools and Rangers shops everywhere!
I FCUKIN CANNOT WAIT TILL THE NEW SEASON!!
CRC,
sent an e mail for you to the cqnbadges address cheers
Di_Stefano…
11 mins and 8 seconds to say… there is a conspiracy against Rangers and, well, speak to your lawyers.
Comedy gold
Why the hell would Di Stefano want to get embroiled with the huns?
Is he another fascist Italian nut job looking for a ’cause’ and an audience?
traditionalist88 22:24
Mark Hateley says being very nearly not executed is just like a new signing
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Best one yet….!!
And Barry Ferguson. There is a man who is very quiet… a man with a very odd contract that has nothing to do with his employers…
CU linked to and Italian news site referencing Dejan Stankovic of Milan (33yr old midfielder) as a possible Celtic target
Tyneside No1 CSC doin a walk for charity. Please donate.
http://www.everyclick.com/tynesidecelticway
gordybhoy64 on 17 July, 2012 at 22:30 said:
Cheers, received. Well get your badges off to you very soon
HH
CRC
Bundoran Bhoy,
not sure if you have responsibility for despatching badges,
i have sent an e-mail confirming my payment to the cqnbadges address,
getting excited now they are nearly in my grasp ;-)))
Where’s Waaaaaaatty ?
At the head of a £6M bid on the 11th hour then …………………………………..
Bundoran Bhoy,
ignore my last message
CRC,
cheers and good luck
gordybhoy64 on 17 July, 2012 at 22:36 said:
CRC is doing postals, will chase him up but he’s very lazy ;-)
HH
gordybhoy64 on 17 July, 2012 at 22:36 said:
Unfortunately, Bundoran Bhoy charges an additional bounty of a beer to hand deliver your badge :-)
HH
CRC
celticrollercoaster supporting wee Oscar on 17 July, 2012 at 22:38 said:
All for a good cause… n your just jealous ;-)
HH
TCC
Whatever his agenda he will ruffle a few feathers.
I see he has just become a shareholder, 3 days infact, why would he do that now ?
Interesting all the same.
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Lennybhoy
Lenny has been asking for a CH for some time now, we have offloaded about 10 players, no need to sell the likes of Ki to fund a CH.
There are dozens out there for very little money, even for free.
Let down IMO, and still they expect to qualify for the group stages, will be a minor miracle if we do.
Just read the DeStafano letter, or at least half way through.
He manages to equate rangers with the Vaticans bank – brilliant.
(Nobody mention freemasons)
blantyretim on 17 July, 2012 at 22:25:
Yes we did mate and we have got rid of a fair wedge of the wage bill. I unfortunately am no Accountant, not surprising as I am no very good at Maths. I therefore do not know how the books are balanced mate.
All I hear is that we need to sell before we buy, All we can expect before are Bosmans. Personally I would be surprised if we bring in another Striker unless we offload Murphy.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
CRC
just donated via web site they emailed the recipt do i just email it
On twitter …
#IWasAtACelticGameWhen…..
TommyinGlasgow speaks to Andy Goram
brilliant
http://soundcloud.com/tommy-in-glasgow2/andy-goram-interview-1
Not my night, tonight ….. Spent 45 minutes trying to get the game, then the blog went down……aaaarrrggghhh !!!
Sounded like a good runout …….
Not long now to wait for the new season …….. Can’t wait…..!!
Night all …….!!!……MON THE HOOPS…….!!!!
The Exiled Tim
meethinks you are giving the madman to much credibility
The guy is a real walter mitty, 90% of his claims are pure fantasy
bigphil47 on 17 July, 2012 at 22:40 said:
yes please
HH
CRC
The Comfortable Collective on 17 July, 2012 at 22:07 said:
I cannot wait for Di Stefano to team up with bomber Brown.
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Bomber Brown already has a legal adviser who is evry bit as crazy as Di Stefano and based on his track record is just as likely to bring more shame to the shameless ones.
THE EXILED TIM on 17 July, 2012 at 22:39:
Please refer to my post at 22:40 to blantyretim mate. Don’t think we were ever going to do serious business until dead club situation was sorted. As I say, just what I hear.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
lennybhoy
no contact from oldtim so no idea whats going on tomorrow..
Mark Hately said a new signing is like, well, i’m not exactly sure what a new signing is :-)
The bhould bhoys
hahaha
I think it’ll be topped before this saga is over:)
HH
Bundoran bhoy
sorry not sure when i will be in town probably late morning will text,sorry I cant put a time on it
The comments from the bears on RM after the letter are hilarious. One guy accusing PL of being the blackmailer in the letter. We all see Di Stefano as a basket case, about 75% of them are buying into him. Desperate times for desperate peepul.
THE EXILED TIM on 17 July, 2012 at 19:33 said:
Evening bhoys, hot and hun free as ever.
Up against a team that got promoted from the 3rd div last season, not looking too good so far, big Fraser to thank for only being 1 down, ah well, tis only a pre season friendly acording to most, doubt Big Jock would have felt the same, but times have changed…………
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spot on pal . with them in div 3 the suits will think that its flags over celtic park for the next 3 seasons at least . so no need to spend . after all europe is just a distraction . This team needed a few quality signings to push on and make an impact in europe . We should have known that wasnt going to happen .
jimtim.
CRC
Done hope it right lol
Dead and Loving it
I may well be, but he does have a knack of finding himself surrounded by people with dubious clout.
IMO what he is doing by getting himself involved can only be a good thing, he wants heads to roll, so do most of us, more power to him.
Time will tell.
Don’t think this has been posted yet, but…
You know when us big clubs play our first round in the League Cup against a lower team and Season Ticket holders get in for free (or at a reduced rate)?
Guess which (yet to be a) club is having to suffer the ignominy of being that ‘lower’ team?
Clue: it’s not Rangers.