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  1. Greenpinata on

    THEORIGINALSADIESBHOY on 26TH OCTOBER 2023 10:24 AM

     

     

    Great uplifting post and summary.

     

     

    HH.

     

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  2. gallagher on

    Tom McLaughlin @9.07am & Burnley ’78 @9.12am….HH🍀

     

    Well done last night bhoys & you too Brendan

  3. celtic40me on

    THEORIGINALSADIESBHOY on 26TH OCTOBER 2023 10:24 AM

     

     

    Cheers, great summary

     

     

    Maeda was giving their left back all sorts of trouble and he was on a yellow by half time but Simeone was able to change it and bring on experienced Argentine and Spanish internationals and change their shape a bit. That, and what a world class tactical manager told them at half time made a huge difference.

     

     

    Our solution to our problems down the left was to take off a goalscoring option and replace it with a defender who to be honest couldnt pass the ball to his own man when he came on. We became more solid but it blunted us going forward. I don’t blame Brendan, it was the right thing to do but it made winning harder

     

     

    I’m not sure what the solution to our tiring midfield was. We’d already used one of our substitutes to replace Reo, we don’t sub Calmac and Matt looked like our only player capable of unlocking their 5 man defence. We could have subbed the sub I suppose.

  4. quadrophenian on

    What’s the story with the ex-best midfielder in Norway Odin Holm ?

     

    I just checked and read he was eligible to play last nite after serving a 1 game Euro suspension.

     

    Wasn’t he one of the midfield relief providers so we could rest some of our ever presents?

     

    Wonder how much Brendan will change/can afford to tinker for the Hibees match…

     

     

    NOPLACELIKEHOLM CSC

  5. celtic40me on

    I might be alone but I enjoy watching teams like Atlético and their crazy manager come to Celtic Park

     

     

    Simeone might be a crazy mother but he’s a top drawer manager and he’s just about winning. It’s the sort of mentality we have to deal with on a regular basis if we’re serious about doing it in Europe. Not losers like Naismith and the Huns

  7. sean thornton on

    That Madrid team had 5 world cup winners.

     

    Numerous European championship winners..

     

    And champions league winners..

     

    Celtic matched them, and for the first 60 mins surpassed them..

     

    Proud to be a Tim this morning.☘

  8. Timbhoy163 on

    Celtic Ticket office and the Board need to really address the amount of empty seats at both ends of the stadium,it’s all right saying the advertising boards are to big for fans sitting in the front seats ,well over the years Celtic fans have seats behind the goals ,which personally I wouldn’t pay for I would say a restricted view ,how do Celtic sort this ,?

  9. celtic40me on

    TIMBHOY163 on 26TH OCTOBER 2023 11:08 AM

     

     

    It’s a Uefa thing. We can’t do anything about it

  10. big wavy on

    We had 12 players on the bench last night, compared to Madrid’s 8.

     

     

    Quantity over quality. Enough evidence to know that Ralston, Bain, Mikey Johnston and Turnbull aren’t good enough. Going back to the well that is James Forrest is not something I thought we’d see in 23/24.

     

     

    Then a bunch of players from Lawell’s box of tricks that are not trusted in Yang, Lagerbeilke, Iwata and Oh. I thought Philips was steady at the back but untested (they had settled for a draw) and poor going forward.

     

     

    Back the manager. He got a tune out of last night’s first 11 but not sure there’s more to come really.

     

     

    We need less squad fillers and more quality.

     

     

    HH

  11. PeterLatchfordsBelly on

    Still processing that joyful match and performance last night. Outstanding levels given our domestic operating environment.

  13. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Calum McGregor ….

     

     

    …. who I’ve thought has looked a little bit off it sometimes this season

     

     

    …. was terrific last night.

     

     

    IMHO.

  14. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Genuine question.

     

     

    Do any other posters ever type a comment, read it back and then delete it without posting?

     

     

    I’ll admit I do on occasions.

     

     

    An initially “good idea” doesn’t then pass the informal tests

     

     

    – is it accurate?

     

    – is it repetitious?

     

    – is it any good?

     

    – does it really need said?

     

     

    Given some of the dross I post, can you imagine how bad the rejected material is?

     

     

    🤔🤔🤔 🤦🤦🤦

  15. Hot Smoked on

    PETERLATCHFORDSBELLY on 26TH OCTOBER 2023 11:24 AM

     

    Still processing that joyful match and performance last night. Outstanding levels given our domestic operating environment.

     

     

    “KINGLUBO on 26TH OCTOBER 2023 11:27 AM

     

    100% proof, we CAN compete at that level.Brilliant showing last night

     

    KINGLuBO

     

     

    BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 26TH OCTOBER 2023 11:30 AM

     

    Calum McGregor ….

     

    …. who I’ve thought has looked a little bit off it sometimes this season

     

    …. was terrific last night.”

     

     

    I enjoyed reading those three posts.

     

    Of course there is a place for negativity but timing is important.

     

    Cheerio for now.

  16. Gene on

    Back to

     

    All the time – usually political type posts – think about the reaction and then decide not worth the aggro

     

     

    On last night – a very good result and performance against currently 4th in la Liga – if they win their game in hand they’ll go top

  18. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    Scaniel @ 7.02

     

     

    Brilliant post and I hope Paul67 reads and learns from it.

     

     

    I wasn’t on last night and did not start reading back until just after midnight.

     

     

    Consistently offensive posters deserve a ban and Moderators are necessary. A gentle touch to remind posters to go easy on heated exchanges is helpful but deletion of all political comments, on a night when so many in the Celtic support were making a political statement at the match in face of heavy discouragement to not do so.

     

     

    We, at CQN, are not currently thriving as a blog. The reasons for that are many but they do not include being more politically controversial and outspoken than other Celtic sites.

     

     

    We can ill afford to lose thoughtful posters like Coneybhoy or humorous, challenging contributors like the Lurkin Tim. I believe St. Stivs is rough enough to survive the character attack from the Mod but it was still shocking to see it expressed.

     

     

    I would ask Paul67 to reflect on these developments and help prevent a further slow death of CQN as loyal posters lose faith in their welcome on here.

  21. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    A couple of match observations.

     

     

    When BR did the Phillips for Palma sub- I thought we would go to 3:5:2 but for a long spell of Atletico pressure in that 2nd half, it looked very much like a flat back 5 in a 5:3:2.

     

     

    Whatever, it did the job of discouraging their attacks and we got back to going forward ourselves.

     

     

    Still strange to see that Nat Phillips was rampaging up the right as a wing back more often than AJ did.

     

     

    The other observation is that Greg Taylor had a good reason not to challenge the ball, and back off at their 2nd goal. I was raging at him at the time but, watching back the highlights on TV, I spotted the Atletico attacker hugging the sideline. If Greg had challenged the Atletico player for the ball, there was an easy pass to the touchline hugger available to get in behind the defence. It was a very good cross and header. Joe Hart cannot cover all of the goal and Morata’s header was quality.

  22. TheOriginalSadiesBhoy on

    Absolutely great comments and points from the blog this morning focussing more on the football than other matter.

     

     

    The Onlooker

     

     

    You’re wrong about Celtic being rotten at throw ins since you started posting in the early days of the blog. The Lisbon Lions were rotten at throw ins also and we’ve never improved since. You’re suggestion of employing a throw in specialist coach is a must for us. We’ve got to work on every facet of the game. We also need a penalty kick coach.

     

     

    Celtic 4 Me

     

     

    Agree about Maeda. He put their left back through the wringer. It was no surprise he was subbed at half-time. You’re right about the effect of bringing on Phillips for Palma. We were less effective going forward but but it probably kept us from losing a late goal. I thought against Lazio we should have done something similar from the 80 th minute. Stopped chasing a winner by constantly attacking. We should have consolidated and tried to hit them on the break in the dying minutes. I also agree about Bernardo. I was really pleased with his performance when he replaced Hatate but he was out on his feet from about 65 mins. I think Holm might still have been suspended because his red card against Feyenoord was a straight one for violent conduct and I think he had a two game suspension (I could be very wrong though). I don’t think Brendan trusted anyone on the bench to play at this level.

     

     

    I also love the drama of Panto villain Simeone. He’s a cheat and a scoundrel but total box office. He’s the Dick Dastardly of football. He’s only only missing his giggling sidekick Muttley.

     

     

    Quadrophenian

     

     

    My point above may (or may not) answer your poser about young Holm.

     

     

    Sean Thornton and KingLubo

     

     

    Absolutely agree with you both about last night. We definitely can compete at this level but Brendan needs backing to sustain it.

     

     

    Greenpinata

     

     

    I’m still on a total high this morning. It was the good old days, minus the victory, again.

  23. Andrena on

    The board asked that no flags be displayed at this time due to the sensitive and complicated nature of the conflict in the Middle East.

     

     

    But some fans think they know better.

     

     

    It was just shameful posturing on their part.

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