There was an unusual reaction at full time last night. Some attempted to boo, but the applause from the majority in the crowd soon drowned them out. Not all defeats are the same, this one came after one of our best performances of the season, against an undoubtedly better team.
It was important to qualify for the knockout stages of the Europa League. Bereft of domestic competition, Celtic need to test their abilities against top teams, they need to be stretched, forced to defend for long periods, parts of the game which simply never happen in Scotland.
It’s also important to see tangible signs of improvement. Those four weeks of summer, which saw defeats twice to Legia, to Maribor and Inverness, were signs of a team in crisis. They cost us Champions League football, and revenue, but finishing our Europa League group in second place behind Salzburg is the top end of where we expected to be three months ago.
I’m not happy with this morning’s line that we qualified thanks to the result in Romania; we qualified because we collected eight points from our opening four games, including a highly respectable draw in Salzburg. Win, lose or draw last night, the qualification work had been done. We can now start planning for the second half of the season.
Those three months since the summer crisis passed with only one defeat, an ultimately costless, if embarrassing, reversal at home to Hamilton. We can afford a similar episode on the next three months, but not this Sunday. The visit to Tynecastle is our most important game in the next two months, considerably more so than last night’s.
Commons and Forrest return to full fitness will be closer, while it would be good to see Denayer and Lustig available again.
It was kind of Rangers International to publish their accounts as a pick-me-up for us when we got home last night. More tomorrow, if we have time.
Shocked and stunned at the news Roy Keane has chucked it at Aston Villa. No way did I ever see his appointment as assistant to Paul Lambert looking like a pointless distraction so quickly. Next time we appoint a manager, cut the lines to Barbados and keep Martin’s mobile engaged!
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JamesGang, I do make an effort.
stephbhoy,
Why not bring back a reserve league and give free entry to season book holders like was done in the past.
A couple pf pounds on for non sb
holders…let the youngsters learn against the seasoned professionals …it worked in
the past and we’re certainly going nowhere fast with our academy!
An Tearmann
Just finished the Annual – long shift!
Re the CQN names in the Annual – yes they are in there. Indeed if those who have received their copy of Caesar & The Assassin have a wee look right at the very end there’s a few pages with plenty of the CQNers featured – I compiled the list the weekend that bam was on attacking Hamiltontim who was not even on the blog at the time – so he’s not there. You are however.
I need to go through the blog and add guys who have been missed out (including Paul and myself!)
Re Tommy – it not been a good week for the Lions all round. Hopefully things will pick up next week. Tommy is doing okay in the circumstances.
Would it make any difference to the whingeing mob if Celtic beat Hearts on Sunday?.
Just another day to have a go at the manager.
Oh how they must love match days.Well their 5 minutes of fame after the game on here.
All the usual suspects.Win ,lose or draw,RD gets it.
Then they come on and slag Jackson,and the rest of the SMSM for what they write.
I firmly believe a few are waiting on RD to get knocked out of something.Never would have thought this before,but I do now.Their glee will be matched only by the huns,who by their behaviour,they are doing their damndest to emulate.
Sickening
Jamesgang was probably Docs daughter who told him that joke
He’s no that funny usually ;-) HH
No pics available for 17s victory at M P last night. Sorreeeeee
Life’s a sair fecht
Nae Rainbow withoot rain
If ye cannae see the bottom dinnae complain if ye droon
Dinnae expect onything an yell no be disappointed
Yer sins go doon beside yer name in the book of no rubbin oot.
Turkeybhoy…love RD to do it and prove me wrong…and i do mean that….
Sipsini
No winners on the euromillions tonight mhate.
Apols.
So can you wait till next wed and I’ll buy you your new studmuffin wagon having won the £80m the night before?
Night Timdom.
Daughter trying out for triathlon tomorrow -7am swim!!!
WTF?
HH jamesgang
Turkeybhoy what colour is your tongu?
bundoran bhoy – team oscar forever
Ho you! Enough!
Doc’s a legend!
He told me so don’t you know…..
;-)
HH jamesgang
sipsini
22:41 on
28 November, 2014
stephbhoy,
Why not bring back a reserve league and give free entry to season book holders like was done in the past.
A couple pf pounds on for non sb
holders…let the youngsters learn against the seasoned professionals …it worked in
the past and we’re certainly going nowhere fast with our academy!
good call but it was scrapped because clubs couldn’t afford to keep it going
HH
Winning Captains
Cheers for reply.I just thought cqn were maybe doing the annual on a more formal,traditional manner.:-)
No need to tell Tommy all the best from us Tims here.Get well soon big shot.:-)
hh
jude2005 is neil lennon \o/
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neganon2
22:51 on 28 November, 2014
Turkeybhoy what colour is your tongu?
——-
Too personal a question mhate.
A Mhan’s tongu is his own private business.
TskTskCSC
HH jamesgang
Jamesgang
He is that ;-)
jude 2005 is neil lennon
cheers mhate for enquiring.only read a small report,they only had 1 shot.glad we got victory asnyway
:-)
hh
Neganon2..
What colour is yours…do tell
BET 666
jamesgang,
Better luck next time mate and goodluck to your daughter tomorro.
Butsybhoy,
Something has to be done with our youth making the final yard…maybe too pampered now and just accept when their time is up for us, the step down is still a noo bad living with other clubs…money down the stank for us though. HH
A legend in my own dinner time.
When was the last time every Tim was happy we had qualified for Europe after Christmas?
The last time :)
TicGaz, but seemingly not this, odd that is.
The results elsewhere were incidental to Celitc gaining enough points in the league to qualify.
I read earlier some saying differently, that I found odd.
sipsini
think the thought now with the exception of wee jamesey and callum if your no 6″7 you get released. just my opinion
HH
Oh, and regarding the names of CQN’rs at the end of the new book, how on earth did I end up between Sipsini and VoguePunter!!!!!!!!
Jeez.
:-)
6 fit 7
weemencfc
butsybhoy,
You probably have a point there, an Tearman would be the best man to answer it:))
doc
23:12 on 28 November, 2014,
A sooside sandwich :)
Doc , we had more points than the two teams below us combined ,
if my arithmetic are correct ?
We haven’t gelled yet , lets see what happens….
are = is.
Back in again,
Doc
I hope I’m no wan o they 7 dwarfs?? :-)
Jamesgang
Careful now. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
sipsin
an Tearman should have been a Goalie
HH
Sipsini, so I’m the meat in the sandwich:)
TicGaz, wee have failed to get out of European Groups with less, against better quality admittedly, we are a work in progress.
WeeFra, very good:-). You know you are, you’re Cuddly
Turkeybhoy
Agree with you
More huns (Celtic Haters) on here now than ff
http://www.thefootballlife.co.uk/post/103798725591/rangers-annual-results
On what money Sevco have left
Doc
:-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.