Celtic have lost in the game immediately after three of their previous four European games, shipping nine points which could be crucial in determining the destination of the championship, so it was not surprising they were below par for much of the game yesterday. Fortunately, the Aberdeen goal came early enough to allow Celtic time to raise their game and respond.
How Celtic respond after European games will become even more crucial in the weeks ahead as they have visits to Motherwell, Dundee United and St Johnstone due after our next three Europa League games. Any slim championship aspirations will be extinguished in these games if Celtic are unable to improve performance for the league challenge.
Ally McCoist is defying early predictions and grinding out impressive results for Rangers, who will seldom have started the league with such an impressive defensive record. Six away wins from six games without conceding a goal is the kind of form it takes to win leagues.
Our more immediate challengers, Motherwell, dropped two points on Saturday, meaning we can go two points clear of them if we win our game in hand, however, the teams meet at Fir Park a week on Sunday (three days after Celtic play Rennes), in what looks like being a key game in our season.
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Paddy waltzs by the Aberdeen defense with ease, pauses, looks up for options and thinks ‘what would Kojo do’?
How you doing maestro? :-)
Vmhan who Supports Neil Lennon says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:16
this is better than wd40
http://www.wd-50.com/
Paddy Gallagher says:
24 October, 2011 at 20:28
Go on admit it. It was the bit about being away to read my daughter her story you agreed with wasn’t it :-).
fritzsong says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:19
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Agree, Paddy McC made that opportunity on his own and earned the right to go for goal, there were far too many Dons defenders around our forwards for a pass, people would have been screaming at Paddy for not having the confidence to go for goal if he passed and wasted it.
V
HH
whitedoghunch says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:24
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:¬)
owen says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:25
Paddy Gallagher says:
24 October, 2011 at 20:28
Go on admit it. It was the bit about being away to read my daughter her story you agreed with wasn’t it :-).
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Aye, you got me :-)
MWD are you still up for a drink after the game on Sat. or have you thought up a suitable excuse :¬)
V
HH
Setting Free the bears……there is only one suitable name for them…
FUD UNITED
BT its on Phil Macs page :¬)
Oh well, as Arthur Guinness might have said ‘ there is a pint with my name on it’.
it’s good ta see we are starting to score from crosses from set pieces
im looking forward to the game on saturday
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matthews===mulgrew===majstrovic===el kaddouri
=========wanyama=====kayal===========
==ledley=========mccourt=======commons=
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dont like either goalkeeper but fed up of watching forrester
i don’t really like majstrovic or el kaddouri but who else is there
might switch forrest for ledley
if we aren’t doing well up front then i would switch wanyama/kayal(whoever is playing worse) for hooper
to make it a 4-4-2 and go for it
have a good feeling about celtic
HH
DB67
blantyretim says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:22
No thanks anyway the wee man`s team have them in the Scottish,was just wondering if you heard of them.
Some great pictures of the Celtic Faithful in Rennie’s,google Ramsay Rennie’s v Celtic.
Howdy mo chairde
why does it irk them so much that Phil mac Giollabhain has ‘changed’ his name from Gillivan. They hate it.
A St J fan at work was looking at a kid’s book that was on sale as part of The Book Club. She said this is my favourite and read out the start of Mulan where the warriors go out to fight the hun, she laughed. Where do i stand with regard to the new legislation ? do i have to report her ?
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!! Tick Tock !! says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:29
smokan mirrars
Commons will make a big difference to this team.
Árd Macha
jackie mac says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:37
depends if she was reading it aggressively,
if she blessed herself as she was reading it thats a mandatory six month custodial sentence
Árd Macha says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:38
absolutely can’t wait to see him play again!
HH
DB67
Che
LOL
Árd Macha says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:38
Will he get a game though…
THE EXILED TIM says:
24 October, 2011 at 20:47
Interesting view from the hun, even Mark Dingwall has his say.
Paul McC is getting a pasting and has his say.
They are still deluded.
Mate, I get exactly where you are coming from posting this, but sometimes I think it is better not to post the link?
Gives this monobrow a semblance of popularity if he or she sees hits coming onto their site.
Kojo
Maybe Paddy was blinded by the headlines. Derry Pele does the trick in 2 minutes!! H H
Nollaig a chara says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:42,
I think James will get a break. I like young Forrest but a young player should not have that responsibility so early in his career, week in week out.
Árd Macha
Árd Macha says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:46
100% agree a chara but I wonder is there still something lingering with him and Lenny
setting free the bears says:
24 October, 2011 at 20:24
And Terry O, good to hear from a couple of bhoys who are not panicking like corp jones.
Biglassiesareus c.s.c
Keep the faith
agree chris commons must come back thats if Neil is talking to him,maybe he has fell out with his golf partner hooper as well
Kpjo,
First of all I am not talking about speculation. I made that clear. My information is from personal sources who are in a position to know. I will not under any circumstances breach the confidence.
It is not speculation in any way shape or form
Notthebus
See above.
I have sources i trust , and who are in a position to know. The information they have provided me gives me great concern over the way the Football operation runs. I have been completely supportive of Neil. How you can construe what I have said as being anything other than supportive beggars belief.
I will not name names of contacts. Ever….
Should you choose to take the view that Lawell does not interfere in player recruitment thats your choice. I suspect if you spoke to the people I spoke to then you may very well have a different view
Enjoyed Jackie Mac’s observations earlier.
We will improve, just an awful lot of personnel changes at the moment.
Plus Izzy out, Hooper and Kayal not on last year’s form.
That’s our 3 impact players from last year.
The debate on Rangerstaxcase is at an interesting juncture…what might an ‘OF’-less SPL act and feel like?
Would other clubs that always complain about the glasgow-centric focus actually vote for it?
Maybe RFC moving up through the leagues would give lower-league teams the shot in the arm that might jolt some back into a healthier state?
Mention of the 11-1 voting rule, and it’s effective veto on change for the glasgow giants.
What fun might the other clubs have with no ‘OF’ veto built-in anymore?
Hail, hail
Stringer Bell says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:43
I must admit I did think about that before posting it, but I came to the conclusion that people who are interested in their troubles would want to read it.
The fact that he gets hits on his site is neither here nor there, if he is deluded enough to believe that the more hits he gets the better he is doing for the hun comunity, who am I to shatter his illusions.
I do accept your point though.
You could not make it up…!!!….some Celtic fans on the phone-in wanting DD to go….
it really is reality time, I’m afraid……the £17m SDM spent on their current squad is what put rankers ‘over the edge’……Scottish Football is not going to survive this recession, and, being in a good financial state, we will be able to move to another league…..rankers cheated the taxman to pay their 9 in a row players, and we were cheated out of 3 leagues in ‘their’ desparate attempts to allow rankers to survive …. it didn’t work, and the banks called in their money by pushing through the whyte Alamo (sorry ‘revolution’……..they now have an asset stripper at the helm, and the ‘wounded animal’ is making it’s last desperate attempt to avoid Armageddon……Tick Tock
The next couple of months are going to be interesting …..let’s see, for example, if they can pay the wages this month and, if not, watch the Media’s attempts to cover even this up…..!!!
Administration is a certainty…..(the PR machine is already working this into their fans’ mindset….) …..liquidation a distinct possibility (since they will need to sell players / stadium etc to clear whytes credit, and that of HMRC alone…!!!
…AND SOME CELTIC FANS WANT US TO GO DOWN THE SAME ROAD !!!? …..THE NAME OF THE GAME NOW IN SCOTTISH FOOTBALL IS FINANCIAL SURVIVAL………WATCH THIS SPACE IN JANUARY…..I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD BUY JELLY FISH IF THE EPL DON’T ‘BITE’
IN NEIL I TRUST……………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHE…..lol….!!!
Tiny Tim @14.23
“Maybe if our keeper had made the saves that
MacGregor made yesterday we would have won at Tynecastle.”
A wee bit harsh. Fraser made one smart save from Stevenston’s early header and a tremendous save from their first half free kick. He made just as many good saves as McGregor did but our defence kept asking him to make more and more. Fairer to say if Matthews, Majstorovic, M.Wilson and Mulgrew had played like Goian, Bocanegra and McCulloch, he would not face as many one on ones as he has to.
I accept your point that Hearts tried hard against Rangers but you must also see that Rangers were fortunate, as well as resilient, in beating them, The foul count and Yellow Cards awarded in that match do not reflect well. Rangers had a slightly higher foul count but half as many yellows received.
Look at these 2011/12 season stats:-
Red Cards
Aberdeen 2
Celtic 2
Dundee Utd 1
Dunfermline 1
Rangers 1
Inverness CT 1
Motherwell 1
Hearts 1
St Mirren 1
Yellow Cards
Aberdeen 20
Celtic 9
Dundee Utd 18
Dunfermline 17
Hearts 23
Hibernian 25
Inverness CT 22
Kilmarnock 20
Motherwell 15
Rangers 16
St Johnstone 25
St Mirren 23
We are receiving far fewer YC’s than any other club but have the joint highest RC count. You may feel that Charlie and Kriss’s red cards were justified but how easy is it for refs to not go beyond yellow for serial Rangers offenders? We got 2 of our better players sent off; they got Maurice Edu done.
I made the mistake of reading Dingwalls article.
I see that the message from the recent national mental health week, that aimed to reduce the stigma of mental illness, failed to penetrate dingwalls conciousness.
What is it with those people, is intolerance and prejudice part of their DNA?
Kojo
Meant to add. Now if our plank of wood goalie could have got down a bit quicker at the dons goal we wouldnt be biting our knuckles as often. Did you observe how slow he went down?? I dont blame him for the goal but for Gods sake!! Slower than a week in jail.
Goalie never!! Celtic goalie???? Never Never Never!!!
Can anyone tell me why the MIB wouldn’t allow the 2 Celtic players back onto the park (apart from hoping Aberdeen would score in the interim.)
You’re getting it tight tonight Henrik!
What did Paw Broon say, didnt see Sportscene and not long in from work.
Jude 2005 = prat…!!
Barcabhoy says:
24 October, 2011 at 21:51
I would guess most bhoy’s would accept what you say as having a lot of truth, Im actually staggered that some bhoy’s don’t believe the managers hands are tied and players are being bought for him, not by him.
All anyone has to do is revisit some of lenny’s media conferences in pre-season and you’ll find all you need from what Lenny says, he repeatedly talked about certain players and the need for experience and not ONE of his preferred choices were delivered, its a shocking state of affairs.
Something stinks in paradise, over the last three years we’ve tried changing the team and the manager to no avail, its time to address the real problem.
Hail Hail