Neil Lennon accepted responsibility for the tactical decision to start yesterday’s game with three at the back, saying, “We thought the three would suit us, but that didn’t seem to be the case. We looked a little bit flat the first 10-15 minutes and I don’t know why.”
Hibernian scored during this period, which may or may not have been a result of the defensive line-up, but if anything, Celtic were even flatter after they went to four at the back. The game was a throwback to the days when Gordon Strachan’s teams worked hard but seldom inspired.
The midfield didn’t dominate enough of the ball to prevent Hibs creating several good chances and was unable to craft a clear-enough opening. With Charlie Mulgrew on the field we are always dangerous, and Kris Commons has a better sense of where the goal is than anyone at the club, but without them we grasp to Paddy McCourt, who only seems to get the call when we’re in trouble.
So where do we need to strengthen next month……………?
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Doc – meant to Add, I can easily arrange Cowie Bowlers – ideal location, and back to our Roots
Good night bhoys and thanks!
Still got time to say : the movie, The Hobbit, is mega-keech, and I don’t even have to see it to know this to be true…..I mean, dayglo dwarves in lurid techno-c.g.i. and Gandalf gone all pink and cuddly?
And, oh aye, the dwarves et al feckin’ sing!
For 3 yrs. olds.
Mind you, this, from a mhan in his 60’s who likes his Xbox….
StayForeverYoung CSC
Pfayr
Frustrating as he can be, Hooper is the big game player we need against Juve.
Philbhoy
mate you said that before……….
Cowiebhoy
Yes …I’d have Russell …he seems fast and direct with a decent skill level
Joey Barton …what.?…after that ridiculous French accent
Cowiebhoy
22:35 on 30 December, 2012
Russell would be a good signing and one we should be pursuing. Ideally he’d stay at DU until the summer then we could sign him but is a club from down south come in next month and DU will sell then we should make our move.
Mackay Steven on the other hand should be signed now.
Evening bhoys and ghirls from a very cold hun free mountain.
Been a good day, got brekkie in bed, didn’t have to go to the car boot sale :>)
Thanks for the birthday wishes.
The darts are bluddy good btw
Cowiebhoy, BT, HT, I hope something can get arranged, sound out the bus on Wednesday.
It’d be a grand night.
Did the cream buns also nurture Big Beattie’s Mammary glands?
Did you see them at the cup semi? Hard tae miss.
The Bowlers is a great location, more upmarket than the Welfare.
SFTB
We could all quote examples from the real world where having a track record of success in one branch of your chosen business does not guarantee you success if you move into another branch of the business
I have never been employed in the weather business but my partner trusts me 100% when I come in and opine that the weather is either shitty or nice
TET
Happy birthday, 11 days to mine but me thinks I’m a wee bit younger :)
mini BT heading into carnival tomorrow, Mrs BT back at work..
what shall I do?
HT
I agree ..but Hooper blows hot and old ..on his off days he is dreadful
We are now in a difficult place re Hooper ….a decent offer and we might have to take it
BT – you know me loving all the talk of doubles and trebles :-)
Cultsbhoy – Joey Barton I would sign him
prestonpans bhoys
I’m away this time!
Honest!
Take care!
blantyretim
22:42 on
30 December, 2012
mini BT heading into carnival tomorrow, Mrs BT back at work..
what shall I do?
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My toe nails need cut….???
minx
aye..bully for you …o)
TET
Happy Birthday – dropped you an email earlier.
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning!
22:43 on
30 December, 2012
you too, look forward to our next song repartee….
edward ursus
22:26 on 30 December, 2012
It’s only on a list lifted from wiki
Up until very recently I thought that Tony Watt was a member of the youth system only to learn that he was signed from Airdrie
Happy birthday TET!!
Speaking of men in caves .. Has anyone ever seen batman and TET in the same room?
Eh?
Philbhoy
more comebacks than old blue eyes
NFL does himself no favours by saying ‘I got it wrong!’ He should have blamed: the match officials; injuries; poor lighting; the novovirus; the unemployed; alki heeder. Like Arsene Wenger, Ferguson, Mancini. Instead he ‘fessed up!
A good manager?
No, a great man!!!!
HT
cheese feet, no thanks…
Bt .. Go for a spray tan ? :)
TET
Happy birthday K ya oul tart!! ;-)
Minx
Would Tommy Burns have signed Barton???
mickbhoy
Of course you can evaluate the weather after it has happened.
I pity the man who tries to stop you having an opinion on the weather or the fitba.
But it does not make you a weatherman or a coach or manager. Those jobs are different and require different skills than the ability to make a statement. That is my point.
You may be ideally suited, however, to a TV or radio fitba pundit role or as a Scottish football journalist. Unfortunately, since you are not a Sevconian, you are likely to be doing your current job for a wee while longer.
Well back to work tomorrow after 10 days off, looking forward to it….:(
Big Celtic fan Dominik Diamond’s birthday tommorrow.
Happy Birthday Bhoy
Paul67,
better article than the last one!
We play against teams in the SPL who play with 10 ten behind the ball every week. We need an attacking player (winger in old money) who can draw their defences/midfields wide and create space for the forwards. James F (and even Kris C) seem to naturally drift into the traffic-jam in the centre of the oppositions defence too often. NFL’s placing too much responsibility on the full backs to draw defences out, dilutin’ effectiveness of the CM’s and CH’s who then drift out to cover gaps.
I know this formation worked for MON with guys like Joos and Didier, but he had players in the middle who only needed one sniff to finish.
(Well you asked)
CQNFantasyFootballManagers.CSC
TET
Happy Birthday mate
HH
Watching the darts….the commentators aren’t a patch on Sid Waddell …the cockney guy is trying …not very good tho
SFTB
Not to sure there SFTB I think mickbhoy1888 would make a good Scottish pundit. As good as Burley or Nicholas or Walker or Nevin
HH
hamiltontim
22:29 on 30 December, 2012
Your just jealous that his coupon has been skelped more times by ball than yours has
As usual I’ve made an erchie of technology whilst ordering the CQN annual and gotten the wrong address on the order. Can anyone point me to the person who sends them out? I don’t see a contact anywhere.
Ta
TB
ulysses mcghee
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Banks were lending on the ‘buy to let’ gig, public money financing private debt, Universal Credit has fecked this, banks are no longer extending ‘buy to let ‘loans, Cameron & gideon Osbourne have effectively shafted the very people who voted for them!
HH