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Celtic have point to prove in Europe

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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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  1. ASonOfDan on

    Morning,

     

    Sevco players a closed doors game against Airdrie. Funnily enough they get a better write up than Celtic in the Hun. Report finishes that the ref had to warn an Airdrie player for making a comment that ‘rangers were a Third Division team’.

     

     

     

    How the Hell do you get warned for that!

     

     

    lol!

  2. timbhoy in spain on

    If they have to relinquish their tainted titles & they are awarded to Celtic & we are in a position to have won the most league titles does that then make us the greatest team in the world like they claim to be ?

     

    Would that then mean that We arra peepul ?

     

    Hail Hail.

  8. Jungle Jim on

    Happy Birthday, Mrs WG. The triplets should be named: Henryk,Danny and Jimmy but if they are boys you could call them…..o:-)

  9. blantyretim on

    The great fire of Rome began today AD64 and lasted 8 days..

     

     

    not as long as than the great shaming of the orcs..

  10. Paul McC on

    The SFA released a statement yesterday regarding the Rangers FC situation. One would not imagine from reading it that there have been frantic efforts over the last couple of weeks to have them admitted to the second tier, rather than the fourth!

     

    The SFA seem to have a grasp of most things, but, not surprisingly, there remain a number of questions to be answered. In addition, as Duff and Phelps are meant to certify the new owners as fit and proper, one wonders if that has been done already, as Mr Green is now threatening to sue them! You could not make it up!

     

     

    I also suggest that the calls for Mr Regan and the SFA to be found in contempt of court are unfounded, and why the SFA can impose as a condition of membership a sanction found to be ultra vires as a punishment.

     

     

    http://scotslawthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/analysis-of-yesterdays-sfa-statement-re-rangers-fc/

  12. Sheik Yerbouti on

    got this from the telegraph comments page

     

     

    send to ALL HUNS

     

     

    Former SFA President George Peat was part of the SFA board which originally cleared Jim Farry of all wrongdoing against Celtic when he deliberately delayed registration of a player in order that they could not play for Celtic FC against Rangers FC (IA). George Peat was also caught on Sky TV celebrating a goal for Rangers against Celtic. http://img690.imageshack.us/im…

     

     

    Current President Campbell Ogilvie is a former employee, director, shareholder, and EBT recipient from Rangers FC (IA).

     

     

    Of course, we also have the Chief Executives, such as the aforementioned Jim Farry, who was forced to resign for his anti-Celtic actions.

     

     

    There’s also former Rangers FC (IA) player Gordon Smith, who joined the SFA as Chief Executive, before leaving to move back to Rangers FC (IA) as a director of football.

     

     

    This is before we even start to get into the likes of SFL President Jim Ballantyne, former Rangers FC (IA) shareholder most recently spotted at a game (against Linfield) to raise funds for the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund.

     

     

    Now we have Michael Johnson on the SPL board, the only SPL chairman not directly connected with Rangers FC (IA) who didn’t vote against admitting Sevco Scotland Ltd into the SPL.

     

     

    Then there’s the vice chairman of the SFA Referees Committee and SFA council member David Dowling, who is openly a Rangers FC (IA) supporter, and holder of shares in Rangers FC (IA).

     

     

    There’s also David Oglivie. Name ring a bell? Yup, he’s the brother of Campbell Ogilvie, and is also the SPL Operations Administrator.

     

     

    I could go on, but I don’t think there’s any need.

     

     

    It’s about time this little cartel of Rangers FC (IA) employees, shareholders, supporters, players and directors was busted, for the good of the game.

  13. KevJungle - Murdo..10 men Championees..1979 on

    Morning CQNer’s

     

     

    Would just like to say that….EVERY Trophy that the huns have ‘stolen’ during the SDM-Big Fat Lie-era should be stripped and awarded to the team they stole it from. imo.

     

     

    Neil should stop the half-time heavy treatment with the players and, give the bored some heavy treatment to get OUR money spent on a couple of decent centre halfs FFS!!!

     

     

    Happy Birthday Mrs. Gemmill

     

    Hail Hail.

  15. blantyretim on

    who gave the orcs permission to play last night?

     

    who covered the Lanarkshire Huns insurance and where their players insured….

  16. timbhoy in spain on

    So newco can use oldco´s accounts for the last 4 years figures ?

     

    well surely they can´t be good enough to get them into the SFL ?

     

    As Charlie boy says:”sometimes we´re oldco,sometimes we´re newco.

     

    You couldn´t make it up.

  20. blantyretim on

    SP

     

    according to Snyde both Celtic and thems won last night…

     

     

    I obviously knew about the hoops due to meltdown when we scored the winner last evening… o))

  22. The Spirit of Arthur Lee on

    Hoopy Birthday to Irene

     

     

    WG who bought the flowers?

     

     

    Love

  23. starry plough on

    blantyretim on 18 July, 2012 at 08:30 said:

     

     

    Great to see Hoops and Anto on the scoresheet..

     

     

    Live coverage of the Ajax game to look forward to…Izzy and Adam to feature at some point…

     

     

    StepbystepCSC

  24. sannabhoy on

    starry plough on 18 July, 2012 at 08:28 said:

     

    blantyretim on 18 July, 2012 at 08:26 said:

     

     

    I thought they couldn’t play against professional teams..

     

     

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    Starry ,

     

    I think you answered your own question there !

     

     

    Morning folks , from a dull and dreich Wembley.

     

     

    Saltires , enjoy your holiday . We’ll know where CL Q3 is gonna be by the time you come back .

     

     

    WG’s ma – Hoopy Birthday

     

     

    Sanna

  25. lionroars67 on

    Sevco get their pre season entertainment underway

     

    BBC this morning…………… Sevco V’s Duffer & Duffer

     

    The consortium in charge of the new Rangers is threatening legal action against the administrator who sold them the old club’s assets.

     

     

    Sevco Ltd claims that Duff and Phelps reneged on a deal to pay back around £500,000 put up by the consortium to help fund working capital when it agreed to buy the club back in June.

     

     

    But Duff and Phelps has denied that the money should already be paid back.

     

     

    It says it has a legally binding agreement that it has adhered to.

     

     

    BBC this Morning………. Bomber Brown V’s Sevco

     

     

    Former Rangers player John Brown has put £40,000 of his own money into a fans’ fund he hopes will wrest control of the club from the Sevco consortium.

     

     

    He has already urged fans to boycott season tickets for the new Rangers that Sevco hope to field in Division Three.

     

     

    “It is only right that as I have been out in the front of this, I should put my own money in too,” said Brown, who is to launch Rangers For Change

     

     

    “I’m not a wealthy guy and £40,000 represents a huge commitment for me.”

     

     

    Brown gave up his job as a Rangers scout to lead takeover attempts after the consortium led by former Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green bought Rangers’ assets for £5.5m after the failure to avoid liquidation.

     

     

    Loving it

  26. lionroars67 on

    Tom Boyd a true Celt, we all know why intelligent eloquent ex Celtic players like Tom are never asked to comment regularly in the MSM

     

     

    Thanks Tom

  29. blantyretim on

    as it’s all quiet a wee update on wee Marco..

     

     

    He managed six steps on his own yesterday..

     

    first since his op over a year ago…

  30. lionroars67 on

    NO LUNNY WORRIES … Gers boss can laugh at last as he and Kenny McDowall watch newco side take on Airdrie at Murray Park

     

     

    Jim Ballantyne helps the team close to his heart…………………………..

  31. The Honest Mistake loves being first on

    blantyretim on 18 July, 2012 at 08:43:

     

     

    Well done wee man.

     

    First steps on a journey, wonder where it will take him.

  33. pedrocaravanachio67 on

    In the words of Alanis Morisette..”isn’t it ironic”

     

     

    On saturday 28th of July, we play Inter Milan, a reinactment of that great day in Lisbon.

     

     

    The very same day, they play ( maybe??? ) Brechin.

     

     

    They chased us for 45 years……….Mr Struth, we enjoyed it.

  34. optimistic little soldier on

    Tell me this:

     

     

    Does UEFA’s suspended sentence on ground closure and kicking out of Europe apply to the Newco or does it die with the Oldco?

     

    Or because Newco wont be anywhere near Europe until the next millenium mean that UEFA’s suspended sentence is pretty irrelevant?

  37. Dontbrattbakkinanger on

    The Oldco/Newco is a bit like looking at ole Cher

     

     

    On first impressions you think’ she doesn’t look bad for 66[?]’ but then on closer inspection it becomes apparent that some of the ole bits are new, and some of the new bits are ole.

     

     

    DBBIA/GreggAllmanCSC

  41. SydneyTim on

    Hi Kit

     

    Not stealing my thunder

     

    The more the merrier

     

    I did mention the same 5 hours ago

     

    But very worried that Neil has now publicly stated that he has no money

     

    Maybe time for Cqn fan power to put pressure on the Plc

     

     

    St

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