Under different circumstances, we would applaud, or stand in silence, to mark the passing of Jim McLean, the former Dundee United manager, who died on Boxing Day. McLean’s achievements in the Scottish game are eclipsed by few, perhaps only Jock Stein and Alex Ferguson. His team United the country with wins on the European stage that could scarcely be dreamed of now.
During his term, United received an accolade from Uefa ahead of a Celtic game. Post-match, he spoke warmly of the Celtic support, a generous moment. I am glad United visit Celtic Park to mark his passing today, it is just a pity we are not all there to share it.
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Shoot
Goal ⚽⚽⚽ 3:0 today👍👍
Paul
Hear hear, I would’ve liked to paid my respects to Mr McLean.
To my recollection, he never had a bad word to say about us.
JIMMYNOTPAUL on 30TH DECEMBER 2020 12:37 PM
David 66 12.08.
It’s their second, St Johnstone away, 10 days or so was also PPV, the squeals were loud.
G.M. 11.49.
I put up a Herald report to Hot Smoked, a few days ago, about this.
It was the clubs who brought the K.O. forward, original Celtic and St Mirren k.o. Times were 19.45.
Odsonne Edouard hat trick today. You heard it here first.
HH
Brilliant manager – sadly very under-rated, particularly outside Scotland.
Ferguson sums him up in the simplest but also clearest of ways, “He took players and made them better.”
Has an old-fashioned kind of feel about it, certainly with clubs today going a bit off-script and appointing managers who “know the city”.
But looking around Europe at the clubs performing well you can’t help but notice that they are being managed by coaches who take players and make them better.
RIP Jim.
I remember Jim Mclean doing some studio punditry many years ago for one of our games. He said Celtic were the best team for fans to watch, due to their attacking play and the number of players we had attacking. His team had some great players and I was always keen for us to sign Narey. Brilliant pairing of him and Hegarty. Dundee United played Barcelona four times and won them all. Hope we hammer them today, of course. Do that, beat the huns and we’re on the road again.
Cheers Jimmy👍
No idea why but got a good feeling about today. Score a few early and make a few changes in preparation for Saturday. 1-0 will do though!
once again let’s not give away needless/pointless free kicks in our half due to stupid barging or unnecessary tackles/pushing on players going nowhere .
I hope no one minds (not trying to take over Page 1 ;-) ) but here are a few posts with stats of the season so far……..
First one, the Man Of the Match awards, as voted by you ;-). It shows the %age of voters who picked that player as one of their 3. Where there’s a number at the end of each line this shows the number of MOTM awards received so far.
*MAN OF THE MATCH*
Hamilton (H) – Odsonne Edouard (97%)
Kilmarnock (A) – Ryan Christie (82%)
Reykjavik (H) – Mo Elyounoussi (96%)
Dundee Utd (A) – Ryan Christie (83%) – 2
Ferencvaros (H) – Mo Elyounoussi -2 and Olivier Ntcham (62%)
Motherwell (H) – Callum McGregor (95%)
Ross County (A) – Vasilis Barkas (83%)
St Mirren (A) – Shane Duffy (68%)
Livingston (H) – Callum McGregor (94%) – 2
Riga (A) – Jeremie Frimpong (100%)
Hibs (H) – Jeremie Frimpong (93%) – 2
Sarajevo (A) – Scott Brown (67%)
St Johnstone (A) – Leigh Griffiths (94%)
Sevco (H) – Diego Laxalt (85%)
AC Milan (H) – Diego Laxalt (96%) – 2
Aberdeen (A) – Diego Laxalt (74%) – 3
Lille (A) – Mo Elyounoussi (96%) – 3
Aberdeen (N) – Tom Rogic (83%)
Sparta Prague (H) – Diego Laxalt (90%) – 4
Motherwell (A) – Mo Elyounoussi (99%) – 4
Hibs (A) – Diego Laxalt (100%) – 5
Sparta Prague (A) – Diego Laxalt (89%) – 6
Ross County (H) – Scott Brown (81%) – 2
AC Milan (A) – Jeremie Frimpong (68%) – 3
St Johnstone (H) – Callum McGregor (88%) – 3
Lille (H) – David Turnbull (98%)
Kilmarnock (H) – Kristoffer Ajer (89%)
Hearts (N) – Kristoffer Ajer (86%) – 2
Ross County (H) – Kristoffer Ajer (84%) – 3
Hamilton (A) – Odsonne Edouard – (86%) – 2
Next one is our results and goalscorers –
**RESULTS AND GOALSCORERS – 2020/21**
Hamilton (H) – 5:1 – Edouard (3), Frimpong, Klimala
Kilmarnock (A) – 1:1 – Christie
Reykjavik (H) – 6:0 – Elyounoussi (2), Jullien, Taylor, Edouard, O.G.
Dundee Utd (A) – 1:0 – Ajeti
Ferencvaros (H) – 1:2 – Christie
Motherwell (H) – 3:0 – Forrest, Ajeti, Jullien
Ross County (A) – 5:0 – Edouard(pen), Ajeti, Duffy, Ajer, Klimala
St Mirren (A) – 2:1 – Duffy, Forrest
Livingston (H) – 3:2 – McGregor, Christie, Ajeti
Riga (A) – 1:0 – Elyounoussi
Hibs (H) – 3:0 – McGregor, Ajeti, Elyounoussi
Sarajevo (A) – 1:0 – Edouard
St Johnstone (A) – 2:0 – Griffiths, Klimala
Sevco (H) – 0:2
AC Milan (H) – 1:3 – Elyounoussi
Aberdeen (A) – 3:3 – McGregor, Griffiths, Christie(pen)
Lille (A) – 2:2 – Elyounoussi (2)
Aberdeen (N) – 2:0 – Christie, Elyounoussi
Sparta Prague (H) – 1:4 – Griffiths
Motherwell (A) – 4:1 – Elyounoussi(3), Ntcham
Hibs (A) – 2:2 – Edouard(pen), Laxalt
Sparta Prague (A) – 1:4 – Edouard
Ross County (H) – 0:2
AC Milan (A) – 2:4 – Rogic, Edouard
St Johnstone (H) – 1:1 – Elyounoussi
Lille (H) – 3:2 – Jullien, McGregor, Turnbull
Kilmarnock (H) – 2:0 – Elyounoussi, Duffy
Hearts (N) – 3:3 – Christie, Edouard, Griffiths
Ross County (H) – 2:0 – Turnbull, Griffiths
Hamilton (A) – 3:0 – Edouard(pen), Griffiths, Turnbull
…and now the goalscorers table –
*Goalscorers table*
13 – Elyounoussi
11 – Edouard
6 – Christie, Griffiths
5 – Ajeti
4 – McGregor
3 – Duffy, Jullien, Klimala, Turnbull
2 – Forrest
1 – Ajer, Frimpong, Laxalt, Ntcham, Rogic, Taylor
Own Goals – 1
Total Goals – 66
Next, here’s who’s been leading the pLayer Of The Year table after each game –
*PLAYER OF THE YEAR LEADER*
Game 1 – Edouard
Game 2 – Christie and Taylor
Game 3 – McGregor and Taylor
Games 4 to 8 – Christie
Game 9 – McGregor
Game 10 – Christie and McGregor
Game 11 – McGregor
Game 12 – Christie, Frimpong and McGregor
Game 13 – Frimpong
Game 14 – Frimpong and McGregor
Game 15 – Christie
Game 16 to 18 – McGregor
Game 19 – Christie and McGregor
Game 20 to 21 – Christie
Game 22 to ?? – Laxalt
Finally, here’s the current POTY table showing the points achieved by all 29 players who have so far made an appearance this season –
And the overall table is now –
1st – Laxalt – 49 points
2nd – McGregor – 46 points
3rd – Christie – 44 points
4th – Ajer – 43 points
5th – Frimpong – 37 points
6th – Brown – 29 points
7th – Elyounoussi – 23 points
8th – Turnbull – 20 points
9th – Rogic – 19 points
10th – Edouard – 18 points
11th – Duffy – 17 points
12th – Ntcham – 16 points
13th – Soro – 15 points
14th – Griffiths – 14 points
15th – Bitton– 12 points
16th – Taylor – 11 points
17th – Barkas – 9 points
18th – Ajeti – 8 points
19th – Elhamed – 7 points
20th – Forrest, Jullien and Klimala – 5 points
23rd – Bain and Welsh – 4 points
25th – Hazard – 3 points
26th – Bolingoli, Dembele, Henderson and Johnston – 0 points
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I asked this yesterday but don’t think anyone responded. Has anyone heard why, after a very good performance against Lille, Henderson hasn’t featured in any of our squads?
QUADROFENIAN,
From last article.Regards the Paddy Roberts thing.I would take FF back in a second.So would the majority I’m sure.I read a post from ILJASAB saying the majority of Ce.tic fans don’t want Paddy back.Not the Celtic fans I am readin g,On a couple of Facebook sites.,vast majority saying yes.I have a Zoom meet up with my Celtic mates around the world once a week,around 10 guys,every one would have Paddy back.This site,as great as it is,does not speak for the Celtic support.Loan deals can give the team an important lift,contrary to what ILJASAB thinks.FF,Paddy,spectacularly did,others more solid and good back up.With having no fit RWs,its seriously hampering our team selection.A loan deal seems a no brainer to me.Maybe thats just me on here.
Roberts would be a positive signing even if only on loan. Gives us something we have very little of at present. But according to our manager, all is well and we don’t need anyone.
Going to repeat myself by saying I can’t fathom why Celtic do not have a PPV option for home games.
I’d happily have paid 10/12/15 quid to watch it via Celtic. Instead I’ll attempt to watch it via a dodgy stream.
TURKEYBHOY-the thing with bringing PR.
Is he fit
Jobo- great work on the stats
GM- our PPV policy is strange, and we could have created some income,without totally compromising ST Holders…
we dont own the broadcast rights to our games to allow us to unilaterally show them ppv
C.O.Y.B.I.G.
Jobo
I’ll have a go at your Liam Henderson query.
Liam did have a decent game, especially 2nd half but was outshone by Soro and Tyrnbull who have botth muscked their way into the team simce then. Ewan has continued to ftain with the frst team (along with Welsh and Connell) but has not earned a sub appearance or, at times, a sub listing simce then.
The reasons are:-
We can only play 11 to 16 players in each match and he is not rated in the top 16.
Two or three players got into the team following our bad spell- Soro, Turnbull & Griff- that is seen as enough changes
We had players returning from injury who were seen as having a better claim to a first team spot- Johnston, Jullien
We have started playing 2 up front which leaves one less midfield place available.
& finally, Ewan’s performance was good but not as good as Soro or Turnbull so it did not merit instant promotion.
Better players than Ewan, such as Ntcham, have also had very limited time.
I have more sympatjy for Klimala and Ajeti, who have not let us down but are also rarely played and for Cameron Harper & young Dembele in the reserves. I fear Ewan will go the same route as his big brother onto a safe spot with a lesser team in a lesser league.
Just my view
FAIRHILL BHOY on 30TH DECEMBER 2020 1:29 PM
Fit enough for us…..
JOBO
I saw that valid question.
Euan did have very good game against Lille, but unfortunately he’s well down the midfielder pecking list that consists of experienced pro’s and substantial £’s signings ahead of him trying to get into the side, from the bench.
We have no ‘youngsters’ Conor Hazard aside breaking into team ahead of the types of player mentioned.
The candidates are there, but it might be the new era and the necessary clear out, before we see Henderson, Connell, Roberston ,Dembele,Harper etc feature more regularly.
@CelticFC line up v Dundee Utd ko 3pm …
Barkas Frimpong Ajer Jullien Laxalt Christie Soro McGregor Turnbull Griffiths Edouard
Subs: Hazard Taylor Bitton Duffy Brown Rogic Ajeti Johnston Elyounoussi
Jobo
Re ..Henderson.
Not match fit..another six weeks before he will be up to speed.
He will then get the last 10 minutes against Ross County before going on a season loan to Alloa where he will get injured..
Looks like it’s Barkas at Ibrox then.
JOBO – stat-tastic effort man!
TURKEYBHOY – you might well be right about Paddy getting/giving a lift if he were to come aboard.
Regardless of how the 10 does/disnae pan out, we’re soon in rebuild mode amid economically depressed times thanks to the virus. So I think rearing wur own will take on more importance. I’da thought that bedding in the Harpers, Dembeles, Hendersons etc makes as much sense as doing another exey loan deal.
The other Robert that may have more Peter-appeal is the one at Airdrie if there’s any truth we’re scouting him.
Like I said before, I’ve been wrong plenty times before yet perhaps I was mistaken! HH
ONENIGHTINLISBON on 30TH DECEMBER 2020 1:51 PM
Looks like it’s Barkas at Ibrox then.
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I’d play Hazard at ipox, he can save the penalties.
https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1344278613571629056?s=08
VOGUEPUNTER on 30TH DECEMBER 2020 1:55 PM
LOL, fair point!
Barkas is willing
Team..
Barkas – tick
Julien & Ajer – tick
Soro & Turnbull – tick
Eddie and Griff – tick
Callum unshackled from Brown – tick
Think we are snookered at full back and would have dropped Christie but in the immortal words of Meatloaf: ” Eight out of Eleven ain’t bad……”
HH