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- ‘I WANT TO KEEP DOING MORE,’ INSISTS HOOPS HERO
- RODGERS HAILS FORREST ‘THE DIFFERENCE-MAKER’
- 57 YEARS AGO: BIG JOCK’S HAMPDEN MASTERPLAN
- TITLE FEVER: 5-GOAL DERBY ROMP – AND IT’S CELTIC’S 49th FLAG
- STEVIE REMEMBERED: DAVIE HAY
- STEVIE REMEMBERED: JIM CRAIG
- STEVIE REMEMBERED: ‘BIG JOCK CONNED ME ROTTEN’
- DUNDEE 1 CELTIC 2: FORREST AT THE DOUBLE TO KEEP CHAMPS ON TRACK
- POINTS GIFTED TO IBROX
- CONFIRMED: FORREST GETS NOD
- ‘I’VE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE,’ ADMITS CELTIC’S ‘TANK’
- £6m BERNARDO TARGETED
- ALEX’S ANGLE: BEWARE THE BANANA SKIN
- TITLE FEVER: EIGHTSOME REEL IN THE CAPITAL
- DUNDEE v CELTIC: 5-MINUTE QUIZ
- ‘PENNY HASN’T REALLY DROPPED,’ SUTTON DAMNING VERDICT
- ALEX’S ANGLE: THE BRUTAL TRUTH AND BIG PHIL’S FANTASIES
- TITLE FEVER: THE DAY KENNY SEALED 9 IN A ROW
- ‘DIFFICULT FOR ME,’ KUHN OPENS UP ON EARLY DAYS
- MAKE MINE A DOUBLE: ‘YOU’VE NOW GOT TO GET YOUR TROPHY HEAD ON,’ ORDERS RODGERS
- Hit them quick and hard
- ‘EXCEPTIONAL’ FORREST HAILED
- ‘WE’VE HAD WARNING SIGNS,’ ADMITS HART
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• the_huddle
15:53 on 16 August, 2014
roy croppie
KevJ’s second favourite ‘reporter’ allowed back into Paradise…
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvJrXfMIEAAeCt0.jpg:large
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Looks like TonyD :o)
Idontlikethaman?/thing
Joe Fillipis Haircut
No wonder the negatims are away shopping/washing the car/gardening then.
Thanks
HH
RWE
If you see a replay he a) wore the same shirt from Wednesday and b) seemed to have lost his seat at some point and looked cheesed off :)
He looked much more worried
Don’t want Del Piero
He wouldn’t be able to keep up with the team if we play at that pace!
HH
antipodean red
No sir. Sadly, I had to watch from home.
• dixiedeans
16:03 on 16 August, 2014
My bhoy telling me that its being reported here in Spain that Del Piero could be coming to paradise.
He’s 39 I think.
Haven’t heard that over hear
HopeyourmatesCorrect
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
15:08 on
16 August, 2014
I reckon the club should bite the bullet and take McCann on.
Others are journalists,or presenters on TV.
He is employed by a team who play in the same organisation as us.
Cut him off at the knees,he is staring to believe his own publicity.
On top of that,he’s a f…..g prick.
*lets not forget that he with his effin diving which Stephane got sent off for caused the near mini riot at the dallas coin game…..now that was cheatin.
Guys, in transit in an odd time zone. Followed the game on CQN. Sounds very positive.
No need to be calling out the ‘mineshafters’ though.
Most of these guys are the same as us happy clappers. They are critical of the club, but happy when things go well.
True there is a handful seriously negative posters who appear to hate Celtic. But the majority will be delighted that things went well today.
The Bunnet honoured by the Young Team
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvKCb7nIgAAtuV5.jpg:large
HH
Question 2 any lurking huns……………………….
How many goals has the dynamic due of…………………
miller and boyd got………………
Answersonaverysmallpostcard
Can Del Piero play a Pirlo role ?
Acccchhhh I suspect it’s nonsense. Makes no sense to me…
If that’s the case we might as well re sign Hartson !
Let’s see how this BBC report comes out.
By Alasdair Lamont
Senior football reporter, BBC Scotland at Celtic Park
Celtic produced a performance full of drive, skill, belief and, most importantly, goals to end Dundee United’s unbeaten start to the season.
First-half goals from debutant Jason Denayer, Kris Commons and Stefan Johansen put the result beyond doubt.
Anthony Stokes’ strike and a double from Jo Inge Berget put a little gloss on a sublime afternoon.
John Rankin’s consolation after Celtic’s fifth barely tarnished the reigning champions’ flag day.
It was the type of display Ronny Deila has yearned for since taking over and gives them the perfect platform for Wednesday’s Champions League play-off against Maribor.
The build-up to the match had been dominated by the continuing debacle surrounding Legia Warsaw’s appeal, but Celtic quickly put that controversy behind them.
The mood inside the stadium was already buoyant as the former owner Fergus McCann, very much considered the club’s saviour and the man who created the foundations for their more recent success, unfurled the league flag to mark last season’s triumph.
That set the tone for a game that sparked into life from the off.
Callum McGregor had already rattled the post and Gary Mackay-Steven slipped a fabulous opportunity wide by the time Denayer found the net.
A Commons corner was dealt with poorly by Callum Morris and, when the ball fell to the feet of the young Belgian defender, he side-footed it into the top corner with all the aplomb of a top striker.
Celtic were moving the ball more slickly than they had done so far this season and Emilio Izaguirre stung the palms of Radoslaw Cierzniak, but the home side’s desire to press the opposition high up the park left them vulnerable to precise counter-attacking.
Kris Commons was on target for Celtic early in the match
That was what United were offering on occasion and Mackay-Steven latched onto a swiftly taken Rankin free kick and rounded Craig Gordon, only for Virgil van Dijk to make a terrific saving tackle.
But United’s downfall was slack defending and Commons was left unmarked at the near post to nod into the net from a Stokes corner.
Paul Paton was then caught out by Johansen – snapping at the United midfielder’s heels – who robbed his opponent before slotting past Cierzniak.
Those goals bred confidence and Celtic turned on the style, Berget battering the ball off the bar and Stokes forcing a terrific save from Cierzniak before the half-time whistle sounded.
Much as the game looked beyond United, there was still a large sigh of relief from Charlie Mulgrew when Gordon got down superbly to tip Nadir Ciftci’s shot round the post after the Turk had robbed the Celtic captain of possession.
Moments later Celtic’s cushion was even more comfortable as Stokes’ free kick appeared to sail all the way across goal and into the back of the net, though Mulgrew claimed a touch.
Stokes was central, too, to Celtic’s fifth. Cierzniak saved brilliantly from the striker’s venomous drive, but when Stokes’s resultant corner was headed back across goal by Efe Ambrose, Berget was on hand to head home his first goal for the club.
Gordon, who appears to have put his injury woes behind him, was unhappy to miss out on a clean sheet as Rankin’s low shot from the edge of the box was deflected beyond him and into the net.
Berget added a sixth with the final kick of the ball, though that move was tinged with anxiety as substitute James Forrest pulled up with an injury.
But those were minor blemishes on an otherwise superb day for Celtic, while United will have to address the defensive frailties if this result is to go down simply as a blip in their quest to challenge for second place.
LINEUP, BOOKINGS (3) & SUBSTITUTIONS (6)
Celtic
26 Gordon
03 Izaguirre
04 Ambrose Emuobo
05 van Dijk
22 Denayer
21 Mulgrew
42 McGregor (Forrest – 69′ )
25 Johansen (Kayal – 45′ )
15 Commons
16 Berget
10 Stokes (Griffiths – 70′ )
Substitutes
06 Biton
11 Boerrigter
24 Zaluska
28 Griffiths
33 Kayal
49 Forrest
Dundee United
01 Cierzniak
05 Fojut Booked
03 Townsend
12 Watson
14 Morris Booked
11 Mackay-Steven (Spittal – 75′ )
18 Dow (Erskine – 57′ )
08 Rankin
06 Paton Booked
10 Armstrong (Bilate – 40′ )
07 Ciftci
Substitutes
09 Graham
13 McCallum
17 Erskine
19 Bilate
21 Telfer
23 Smith
24 Spittal
Ref: Craig Thomson
Att: 44,484
MATCH STATS
Possession
37%
63%
90mins
Celtic
Dundee United
Shots
297
On target
143
Corners
101
Fouls
810
Live Text Commentary
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Picked a 6 fold today……………….
Not easy………………………..
Normally my picks look great on paper……….
But there shite on grass………………….
2day……………………. My picks looked shite on paper….
PitytheyareshiteongrassassWELL
Afternoon all.
Just in from the game, cold, wet and hungry but with joy in the ole heart. That was football played the Celtic way. Standing ovation at half-time fully deserved.
Great to see so many playing so very well. If we play like that every week in Scotland, I hope people will be flocking to watch us.
We seem to have unearthed a class act in the young Belgian. Wish we could keep him. He reminds me of thon wee Dutchman who ended up wearing special glasses.
Heard on the radio on the way home that James Forrest has had a recurrence of his hamstring problem. God love the lhad. He must be sick to his back teeth.
Great too to see Fergus get cheered to the echo as he so richly deserves.
All in all, a great day in Paradise.
syd,
Same here, watched on Celtic TV, I know that neganon2 would almost certainly have been at the game this afternoon. I spent a very enjoyable day with him here in Perth late last year and while he may be critical of the board, I can tell you that he is 100% Celtic mhan through and through.
Hope you enjoyed the game today, excellent stuff but we still need to keep an eye out at the back.
AR
A few on here need to apologise for their hunnish condemnation of the manager, their childish impatience and pathetically unrealistic expectations of a work in progress.
Well played bhoys today and hail hail to the manager. Mcgregor and berget look like the real deal.
We might not beat maribor but the future looks bright!
KTF
Cricket update………………………..
I know……………………………………….
Eng 253-5 (lead by 105)……………………
lovethecricketttttttttttttt
Fergus should have turned round to PL and said ” what happened to my. 60000 “
Anyone got a clip of the unfurling of the flag? I unfortunately missed the pre match.
Thanks.
For those who didn’t get their Celtic TV properly.
The second half is now up on Celtic TV.
HH
Big joe
You don’t win games on paper !
Oh hold on….
Actually ;)
Just noticed that Hooper is not playing for Norwich. Nor is he on the subs bench. Is he injured or………..?
Rebus
SydneyTim
He probably will.
Antipodean Red – I was the one scoring the goals past you :)
I played centre half in those days and won a few in the air at corners. Also played for the Kilsyth Celtic Club on Sunday mornings (usually with a hangover from Sat night). We had a great group of guys back then. Fun times
Come on Sydney
That the best you can do ?
• antipodean red
16:16 on 16 August, 2014
syd,
Same here, watched on Celtic TV, I know that neganon2 would almost certainly have been at the game this afternoon. I spent a very enjoyable day with him here in Perth late last year and while he may be critical of the board, I can tell you that he is 100% Celtic mhan through and through.
Hope you enjoyed the game today, excellent stuff but we still need to keep an eye out at the back.
AR
Hard2beleveButIbeleveYOU
I know a native Juve’ supporter and he was telling me Del Piero was Celtic bound a couple of weeks ago. Put it down as a run of the mill transfer rumour. One has to come true eventually.
Only caught a few glimpses on Go but the bhoys looked a class apart with some serious drive and pace across the park.
I hope the Ronnyknockers are having a right good word with themselves tonite!
Clearly Euro qualifiers came too early for him this term, still feel he might be able to get us past Maribor …with a wee bit of luck.
C’mon the Celts
rebus67
Hooper injured.
• SydneyTim
16:17 on 16 August, 2014
Fergus should have turned round to PL and said ” what happened to my. 60000 “
Really………………………..really?????????
It was just a great feeling to walk out of Celtic Park today knowing I had enjoyed every minute of the experience. So many good performances. I do not want to get carried away, but it was like walking out of the park in the Big Mhan’s time knowing your team had played so well.
Congratulations to all present who gave a wonderful reception to Fergus. Also to every fan who produced such a great appreciation of the team’s efforts by the applause at half time. I think we were saying that we have all been through the mill in the last few weeks but we saw something today that said we will make progress in the weeks ahead. Only my view, but at least I am happy tonight and the pizza will taste even better in a few hours time.
fassreifen
14:21 on 16 August, 2014
Berget is like an unenigmatic Sammi.
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Comment of the season so far. Unlikely to be bettered!!!
LOL
big wavy:
We were rumoured to be in talks with Del Piero 2 years ago just after we qualified for the CL.
He opted for Sydney FC in the end. He didn`t win anything with Sydney but averaged a goal every 2 games there.
I can`t see us signing him now. He`d want a huge wage. He`ll also be 40 in November. I think he`ll turn up somewhere in the MLS.
I see Steven Fletcher started today for Sunderland. There had been speculation about him a week or so ago but if Sunderland are playing him I don`t think he is the striker we`re after either.
mncelt,
Do you remember the guy who ran the Kilsyth Rangers 21’s team, was always trying to get me to come out there, always seemed like a decent guy?
You probably did plant a few past me as well!
AR
• rebus67
16:18 on 16 August, 2014
Just noticed that Hooper is not playing for Norwich. Nor is he on the subs bench. Is he injured or………..?
Rebus
Hoopers not featured for a few weeks…………..
I assume he’s injured………………..
Oroutoffavour
Big wavy. Just tell the truth mate. 44,000 spin and spin as much as you want
Fergus found 40,000 fans from nowhere We went from crowds of 18,000 to 60000 that was his legacy
SydneyTim
‘Fergus should have turned round to PL and said ” what happened to my. 60000 “’
I hope that was meant to be a ‘funny’. If not it was pathetic.
Made me laugh anyway.
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