Celtic v HJK Helsinki, Live updates
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starry plough on 1 August, 2012 at 21:55 said:
I agree,,,we lose something in the centre of the pitch when big Victor isnt there??
HH
How did Broonie look, to the guys who saw the game? only saw him mentioned once in the updates with a shot that went close. Quiet game?
Aye – another good thing about Vic in Centre mid – it keeps Scott Brown out of it..
Fassreifen on 1 August, 2012 at 21:33 said:
Matthews MOM
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What? did he cross the half way line? Pathetic. The Finns were so bad on his flank it beggered belief Matthews didnt push forward. No doubt Lenny told him not to even when it was blatantly obvious Matthews should have.
Lenny’s tactics were a disgrace tonight, but there’s no way, even taking that into account, u could give Matthews MOM
Paul67 et al
Britain versus South Korea, Cardiff on Saturday. If Ki is going, and that seems to be the direction, then maybe an opportunity for him to show against a half decent midfield.
Well done tonight Celtic, against a team who have that crucial match fitness under their belt.
We played like the fitter team, especially in the last 15mins where we chased another goal.
Must be the superb work the coaching staff has done.
Hopefully a repeat or score draw at worst next Wednesday, after we jump the sheep at the weekend :-)
Mucker
‘GG on 1 August, 2012 at 21:35 said:
FT 2-1
Hopefully we can grab a goal over there and defend like Orangemen. ;)
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Do ye mean ……. and the cry was no defenders?
HH
And thanks to all for the updates btw.
Foxy_1888 on 1 August, 2012 at 21:59 said:
Jeezo another attention seeker,,,gies peace eh!!!
HH
Foxy1888,
You need yer bed Mucker.
Mucker
starry plough
When Vic plays in the defencive mid role, there are scouts coming from the EPL to see him, that’s where he is a player.
He is a good cover at CH but it’s not his position, he even said that himself.
Obviously Lenny disny trust Rogne to do the job for him, or even Lustig, or maybes he is trying to prove a point to PL and get a proper quality CH in, we can only guess.
Happy Tim tonight.
HH
Foxy 1888
I am not a betting man But I am willing to bet if you asked all the Celts who watched the whole 90 minutes for their MOTM nomination, Adam would get 70% of the vote.
Only Commons and Charlie came close to being considered IMO.
Foxy_1888 on 1 August, 2012 at 21:59 said:
Why do you bother?
Do us all a favour and go away
To my mind Scott Brown is not a central midfield player,,Victor is,hopefully see him play in his natural position more often as the season progresses!!!
HH
Kenny shiels struck me as being a tic fan on the radio. Referred to us as ‘we’ towards the end, and genuinely sounded excited when McCourt & Forrest got involved.
2-1 a decent score… Confident of progressing. Sounded like we missed plenty of chances tonight.
Well ma fingers are aching after my ghost shift on previous article lol night all I think we will score over there and go through but we need to keep possession better in the midfield and not be chasing the ball for 90 mins due to careless passes tonight’s game and Saturday will see our sharpness upfront improve as well I hope
Hai hail
For whats its worth I thought Adam Matthews had a great first season for a young guy coming into a big club. If he was awarded MOM tonight then I look forward to more of the same over the coming weeks and m
Foxy_1888 on 1 August, 2012 at 21:59 said:
Nothing like a Tim happy at a good Celtic win in a tricky first game.
And yup, you’re nothing like one.
Celtic TV was abysmal tonight as per usual. Whole first half kept cutting out and then went down entirely for the start of the second half. Only came online after HJK had scored and, thankfully, just before Hooper’s goal.
In terms of the match we were great in the second half but, as per usual, it took a goal to wake us up. We were by far the better team but due to our inability to come out of the blocks raring to go this tie is still very much in the balance…
reenandwhite1 on 1 August, 2012 at 22:01
nae bother, I’ll bow to your mediocrity
Charles Mulgrew’s barnet looks loke he’s auditioning for Wham! circa 1983
Good goal though
ibleedgreenandwhite1 on 1 August, 2012 at 21:57 said:
That too…
Tonight was too big a game for Neil to try Lustig in there and I’m guessing Big Tam isnae fit(again) so we were left with Vic but against better opposition at centre half I fear Big Vic will cost us dear..
My biggest fear this season is that Kayal and Rogne turn out to be crocks that really would leaves us in tha’ schiesse…
No lapse of concentration in the first half in Helsinki should see us through, it’s a pain in the backside though when your first competitive game is a Champions League qualifier..
Foxy_1888 on 1 August, 2012 at 22:06 said:
reenandwhite1 on 1 August, 2012 at 22:01
nae bother, I’ll bow to your mediocrity
Lol,,,says it all really lol
HH
I thought we looked the fittest team by far in the 2nd half, its game time we need now and we’ll have another decent match against Aberdeen on Sat.
We’ll go through I’d say, but we’ll have to score another couple of goals against Helsinki, because they can score against us again, from what we’ve seen tonight.
offski up for work in 7hrs
HH
pabloh_AKA_NEIL LENNON on 1 August, 2012 at 22:04
he was that. slaughtered Lenny’s inept tactics.
Scott Brown came on to a game in the second half and was ulucky not to add to the scoresheet.
Still think he is accommodated somewhat, but he’s the Celtic captain and has been under 3 managers (who all know more about the game and the team than I ever will…..even BTM :-)
Got to say I thought tue player put in more effort against inter at the weekend
Good performance tonight, on the way home on the bus now. We should have added at least one more goal, our play merited it. If we play like that next week we’ll be fine. Two minor criticisms, Scott Brown needs to trust his team mates, Sammy don’t get caught in possession in midfield like that.
The ref may not have been Scottish but he made a good impression.
Foxy_1888
I pulled you up the other week about your negative posts towards Lenny, and I even apologised to you.
Fair enough you fooled me then, those days are gone. [Stolen from the good Dr.]
No way on gods earth are you a Tim, you may see yourself as a glory hunter Celtic supporter, but no way a TIM.
starry plough on 1 August, 2012 at 22:07 said:
Agree – VW is a very fine midfielder and not a CB. I really rate both Rogne and Lustig, Rogne especially and I hope his injury record is something he is clear of this season.
Hopefully these two guys can mature and grow into the team because I think both of them could be stars.
THE EXILED TIM on 1 August, 2012 at 22:14 said:
Spot on!!!
HH
Just back from the game and thought i would share my thoughts.
Helsinki are no better than an average SPL side, although you can be never too confident with the Tic away from home, we should win the return leg.
Big Vic never looked comfortable tonight at centre half, hope it was just an off night and not a mood.
One word of criticism for management team, two wingers again! I thought we were over that, would have played with one
probably Commons with Beram starting.
One other thing having real problem viewing posts on CQN
, it’s driving me nuts, doesn’t seem to matter if iam using Safari, Chrome or IE, assume i am not the only one and Paul67 is on the case.
HH
Sheils says he could have played in the Championship. I demand to know who these teams are. Maybe that shld be team??.
thebhoyfromoz
There seems to be a problem with the site, don’t have aclue what it is, I can’t refresh unless I am logged in, same for others .
Delighted Vic wasn’t at his best tonight, the scouts hopefully weren’t too impressed, we need to keep him for at least this season, his stock will rise
We cant play with 2 wide attacking players next week
Brown and ledley had too much covering to do and we are too open to counters
Agree re Mathews tonite thought Ledley and Mulgrew also did well
Victor is not a centre half Forrest is a cowaed who cant deliver a decent cross I know he has got pace but imho he doesnt deliver although to be fair he is still young
I believe we will go through but we need better than Stokes Bangura McCourt etc if we want to compete at this level
Thebhoyfromoz,
Im having problems too, click on new page and only throuws up one comment and sometimes is an hour behind!!
SFFS
I bet you TBB is having none of these CQN formatting issues with his HTC desire.
HH
Just in from game, so haven’t read back.
We played some good stuff again but made it difficult for ourselves against a team who were not much better than SPL standard. We could’ve and should have put a barrowload past them but were unlucky at times. Some clumsy misplaced passes and lack of awareness — hopefully just due to early season and big match nerves — which I’m sure will be worked on for the coming ties.
Thought we should have set up the same as for Inter game with Wanyama in the middle but we know how much Lenny likes Broony involved. But a wins a win.
Would have preferred to take a few goals to go over to Finland with but we should get by without too much trouble. Onwards and Upwards…