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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Doc
Only when jamesgang’s aboot. :-)
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar..
why only 34,000 tickets available for us v Dinamo Govan – thought Hampden held 52,000?
I really am engrossed by some posters on here. I was born a Celtic Supporter, 68 years ago, and I will die a Celtic Supporter, hopefully later rather than sooner. There is nothing thrills me more than arriving at Celtic Park and the anticipation of the game I am about to watch. We get beat, I’m on a downer, we win, on cloud 9. This feeling has never left me from the mid 50s till present. Don’t think the feeling will change any time soon. So the way I see it, if you support Celtic, support them, if you don’t, your loss. All this is IMHO of course. COYBIG. I just luv em. :-)
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Where is our pal Craigie staying tonight. Is the Belvedere still open ?
Free Craigie……..he will have no chance of justice in a Freemason ran court.
Remember fellow Tim’s….he is our self appointed hero…….and worth several million also
Gents,
A question for those of you connected to CQN, or maybe just somebody more technically adept than I (although that wouldn’t be hard).
Before he passed away a few years ago, my dad used to post on CQN, but I never knew his blog name. I was wondering about it. Is there anyway I could find that out?
Hail hail
westies
Wrong………….Billions, off the radar as well. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
mike in toronto
Contact Paul67 and he will answer your query. KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Weefrathetim
Bet ye canny wait tae next year……
Ma favourite number :-)
Fnar fnar
mike in toronto
If you email his details I will find out for you.
David@cqnmagazine.com
WeefratheTim
Thanks. I thought that might be the answer, but I know he must get tons of questions, so I was trying to exhaust all other avenues before I troubled him.
Cheers,
winning captains,
Cheers mate.
What would you need? His email address, name…?
Hoops fans welcome Craig back.
back.https://twitter.com/Brattbakkk/status/538003431970328576?t=1&cn=bmV0d29ya19kaWdlc3RfYWI%3D&sig=098bb7e81a49aeb9dd5fec1101088313319076fd&al=1&refsrc=email&iid=0685642693be489bbd730efabf54d39e&autoactions=1417215201&uid=59794318&nid=244+1489+20141127
Weefra
Thanks for the correction……billions……watched the BBC Mike Daly exposure on Youtube today. Our pal Craigie should have been jailed years ago. Check it out if you have nothing else to do…..all so funny
As Celtic fans we have a lot to give thanks for, but tonight after starting Caesar & The Assassin, can i give thanks to the CQN team who bring together the true Celt’s in their own words with the true Celts who want read about it.
Great work Bhoys
HH
Alcora
Pointed out on rubbish Clyde tonight this was our third Europa League group and our first success.
Have to add Salzburg were by far the best of the 9 teams we have faced but Dinamo Zagreb and Astra were average and below average.
Europe after Christmas is always wonderful to look forward too but having lost three H&A ties this season the “achievement” regardless of how anyone talks it up is a bit hollow compared to recent triumphs.
To date our season has been poor (as it was last season if truth be told) so hopefully the boost of Europe after Christmas will give the players and manager a lift and help them go on to achieve bigger and better things.
mike in toronto
Yes name and email address will do
Night all Night wee Oscar my hero. God bless x x
pedro
Memories not what it was, trying like hell to relate what you are on about. Ooooooooooft, ya rascal. Hahahahaha nice one buddy. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
winning captains
Ta for that info re CQN
westies
We hope he stays safe to take the whole friggin lot of them down. But let the Circus continue, they have had our sides splitting for long enough. The longer the better. Scum FC? :-)
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Winning
I’ll check with my mum to make sure she hasn’t changed the email address, and send you a note. I really do appreciate you doing this.
Its funny. He’s been gone a few years now, and we move on…. but, sometimes you feel the loss more than others. He and I didn’t have a lot in common, but love of music, and love of Celtic.. I got those from him.
we spoke most every day, and after every game, would talk about the game. For some reason, yesterday’s game really got me thinking about him.
I know he read CQN religiously, but for some reason, he never told me what his blog name was. Always wondered, and yesterday’s game got me thinking about it.
Hail hail
Kevtic
IMHO Atletico Madrid a couple of years ago were by far the best team we have met in the Europa league by a mile (and they have went on to prove this), we never got near them that night at Celtic Park. I think any of the others we could have beat on our day.
They showed the way forward, small squad (which was to be their undoing in the CL final last year) but packed with quality, not quantity.
Any news tonight from Mighty Tim?
pedro
Meant to say, met yer bro last night. Good craic again. Hope you and yer lovely wife are well. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Been posted alot but still funny > http://youtu.be/qCzPHBMl6DY
https://twitter.com/jobbytash/status/538479812227379201
Weefrathetim
We are in Madrid at the mo for her birthday, she’s a wee bit behind u ( but no much ). Just found the bar I’m going to watch the game on Sunday in, need to find a nice way to tell her.
Take care and maybe see u at the st Mirren game.
pedro
She’ll luv ye for that. :-)) hope you find one sooner than later. See ya for the saints game, been moved to the Sunday. :-)) enjoy your holiday young yin. :-))))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Pedro, get aff the blog. You should be wining, dining and sixty nineing.
Don’t forget ma smokes bro:_)
Enjoy your wee trip, very jealous about your sunday game, and pass my regard to my lovely SIL.
Hail Hail Brother
king of kings Come and set me free.
acgr
Stoap stealin ma thunder. :-))))) How you the night kiddo? :-)
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Weefra
We’re going to watch the Real game in a bar 2moro night, then we’re at the atletico game on Sunday ( noon ) than the Celtic game later that day!!!! Who says romance is dead?
Maybe go an look at some famous paintings in a gallery, if we can find the time..
Hail hail and night night.
ACGR
Smokers???
Doc, I’ve read back today in the hope MT might have posted a result for his boy. I didn’t see a post from him.
Hope it went well as it seemed a clear cut case of a stitch up with no proper evidence.
You want to buy some drams?
Bruv, I sent you a text.
Weefra, one of these day’s some of us are gonnay kidnap you and make you spend a night on the swally.
If that’s unacceptable to you, the next best option is we bring the hootenanny to you. I’ll talk to mr winkle P.
Prepare to be boarded.
toot toot
Keep sending the texts and free up the blog.
Acgr
we can drink sheepdip at weefras..