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  1. A special shout out to Daizen Maeda. His energy and work ethic is contagious. Does he fill up with Red Bull before he goes on the pitch?

  2. EMERALDBEE

     

     

    Do you login using an iPhone.

     

    If so, don’t login automatically , key it in manually, this will enable you to tick the login box.

     

    When logged in it will take you to the first page , just go to the last page , if logged out refresh the page.

     

    Hope it works, I gave similar info to TINYTIM, not sure we’ve heard from him since 😂

  3. Away to Atalanta we have to go,4-4-2.All our superb midfield on,and any two with pace from Maeda,Kyogo,Kuhn up front.Two from three.

     

    At least from the start.

     

    Tell you what,they won’t half miss Koopenmeiners ,last night for Juve he was sensational.

     

    Win the midfield.

  4. @David 66 .Brill mate for the wee one… that is Quality…

     

    Your Discipline shines thru mate…..With your weight loss.

     

    It’s in the Genes…..Will follow your wee mans progress ..with your posts

     

     

     

     

     

    H.H

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  6. borgo67

     

     

    We have been on the BBC before, European games, when the Beeb had broadcasting rights, but as a rule, ever since 1964 when MOTD started (on BBC2 ran by David Attenborough) it only covereed the top English League. Maybe Atenborough didn’t want to show the animals on the telly back then, scare the viewers.

  7. Atalanta a must view for Thursday.Brilliant this new format.Dortmund ,what a game.Draw would suit us.Goal average will come into play.

  8. what a performance

     

     

    engels my man of the match

     

     

    he looks like he has played with us for years, remember it took Matt O’Reilly a solid year to get up to speed

     

     

    hatate and daizen my runners up with special mention to khun

     

     

    also well played AJ, well worth a booking for cracking into the rats bawbag that was weiss

     

     

    tremendous performance

     

     

    marker set

     

     

    onto falkirk at the weekend

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  10. bada

     

     

    oreilly was hit and miss for his 1st year

     

     

    he drifted in and out of games, and struggled (early on in the the first 6 months) with the upgrade in physicality, power strength and pace

     

     

    engels has slotted in and easily coped with the physicality, power, strength and pace that us needed to replace O’Reilly

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  12. Well that was fun… Great all round team performance , some lovely goals .

     

    Watched the game in Dicey Reillys Puerto Rico , great crowd of tims and two Bratislava fans , they took the defeat well ….

     

    Up the Hoops

  13. very happy tonight

     

     

    listening to Brendan talking about football in the after game interviews is something else

     

     

    He is head and shoulders, tactically, above anything we have had

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    TIMBHOY163 on 18TH SEPTEMBER 2024 11:25 PM

     

    I would like Nawrockie given a start against Falkirk on Sunday what I have seen of him he is quicker co.ing out of defence ,also the young Spanish left back gets a run out to

     

     

     

    I think we may see a 10 man shuffle for Falkirk, with mcgregor playing the first 45

  15. AuroraBorealis79 on

    !!BADA BING!! on 19TH SEPTEMBER 2024 12:14 AM

     

    Clunks- disagree, O’Riley made an instant impact, Engels looks a brilliant replacement

     

     

    O’Riley was decent from he came but fell off it around October, in his second season, before finding his form &, improvement after the winter break.

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  17. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    League ranking bonus is another very decent earner in this season’s Champions League.

     

     

    666 shares of €275,000 each.

     

     

    Team finishing first get 36 shares.

     

     

    Team finishing 36th get one share.

     

     

    Points make prizes. No dead rubbers.

     

     

    €275,000 share value increases by c.€1050 every time there is a draw (there have been 2 so far).

  18. Good Morning Fholk – Grand Day To Be A Tim…

     

     

    Really enjoyed the game and we know that the play can be refined and the new signings will get better when bedded in.

     

     

    Watched quite a few of our opponents as well this week, it was difficult to predict where we were!?

     

     

    Aston Villa looked head and shoulders above Young Boys, Bayern Munich looked head, shoulders and knees above Dynamo Zagreb.

     

     

    But where were we? Head and shoulders above Slovan Bratislava.

     

     

    Brilliant, yet still doesn’t tell us how we do against the elite nor also rans, my guess, stuck in the middle with Brugge

     

     

    Another tuff call, pick three players out of that lot!?

     

     

    Goals, assists, resilience, physicality, pace, technique, leadership… they never stop!!

     

     

    So as the bar is high, I’m going for those who were kinda flawless and that unfortunately discounts a couple of great performances that definitely fall into the “never hid” variety – that will provide dividends going forward

     

     

    So winging it’s way to SENCELPOTY@GMAIL.COM

     

     

    1. Engels

     

     

    2. Calmac

     

     

    3. Scales

     

     

    Have a great one, a couple more of our UCL opponents to catch up with today but you know NONE of them will be taking fortress Celtic Park lightly

     

     

    Hail Hail

  19. Doesn’t seem so long ago we were being told that Scalesy wasn’t proper European standard.

     

    Those pronouncements haven’t aged particularly well.

     

    He’s actually gone up a gear since Trusty arrived.

     

    Delighted for Liam and the gritty aggression he adds to our team.

     

     

    HH all.

  20. Good morning from a cloudless North Staffs.

     

     

    Watching a full moon over Mow Cop – a beautiful sight.

     

     

    It’s been a while since we’ve had such a brilliant European night – let’s enjoy it.

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  22. Congrats to the corner kick tactics , our best chance is always Scales front post ball but we varied it for the first 4 or 5 corners , then played the moneyball

     

     

    Expecting Reo to get a volley from edge of the box from a corner

     

    HH

  23. Interesting chat regarding Matt,

     

     

    A bit of confirmation bias going on for me

     

     

    Was a fan from the start, a pal I watch the matches with had a downer on him from day one…

     

     

    It’s not unusual for him to take that stance but he never gives his “victims” credit… for anything

     

     

    Before Matt it was Rogic, before Rogic it was Sammy…

     

     

    Anyways, I’d agree that Matt was not always effectual but for me his quality showed from the start and his improvement and consistency under BR&Co suggests it was how he was being coached and utilised rather than his attitude or abilities

     

     

    As far as conditioning goes, O’Riley v Engels, I’d say that was English third tier v Bundesliga

     

     

    Many decry our involvement in Scottish Football but there are advantages as well

     

     

    The speed of the game and physicality is on a par with the top leagues, maybe way behind in technique, tactics etc*

     

     

    Yet the physical side of the game is up there, especially I’d you are not getting protection from the officials

     

     

    Many a Celitic players path will be difficult to navigate because of this – Hatate, Matt, etc it’s difficult to show your quality all the time when the hammer throwers only job is to stifle you

     

     

    That side of the game will be no surprise to Arne, Idah, etc

     

     

    A serious contemplation on recruitment and player development

     

     

    As it stands, we could see real progress on all fronts with our squad this season

     

     

    *Obviously getting a Manager in like Brendan Rogers is a Godsend – Aberdeen also benefiting from a very good choice of coach, St Johnstone, not so much

     

     

    Let’s hope we see Matt kick a ball in anger soon once again, the bhoy got it and will always be one of us…

     

     

    Hail Hail

  24. Watched the game with a Spannish commentry all I could make out was

     

    ” Daizen, incréidle, fenomanal !!!!”

     

    Don’t know their other 2 for Jobo’s POTY

     

    Great result and enjoyable football

  25. There were only heroes last night and the togetherness of the management and squad could be felt from the stands.

     

     

    We are all on the same page now – it feels good HH.

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  27. MAGIC DISPLAY from Celtic last night.

     

    Every Bhoy played their part with especially DIAZEN and LIAM being leading contenders for being the MOTM.

     

     

    i don’t think many of the Celtic support had Celtic to win by the correct score of 5 – 1 with the Bookies in a Champions League match….I know I didnt …..when Celtics 4th Goal went in my 3 – 1 Bet was beat…..LOL.

     

    My Bets aint ever important…just as long as The CELTS go marching on.

     

     

    HH.

  28. Job done last night, then some.

     

     

    I don’t think Bratislava are too far removed from the list of teams that have turned us over in CL qualifiers so to beat them so well is a real measure of where we are right now.

     

     

    If Brendan keeps this up, P67 may have to compliment the job he’s done very soon…

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    Non football post.

     

     

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxgdgkew81o

     

     

    Payback.

     

     

    A nasty wee 5h1te of a man playing the “noble principles of journalism” card in order to get back at the lady who put an end to his easy access.

     

     

    The “government insider”?

     

     

    If you went to a bookie to bet on it being Simon Case the bookie probably wouldn’t take that bet.

     

     

    Another unprincipled, spineless, clueless streak of p1ss.

  30. The improvement in Scales is almost beyond belief.

     

     

    Huge credit to Liam. Huge credit to Brendan Rodgers for turning a lad that got absolutely nowhere under two years of Ange into a starting Celtic CB – with two back to back champions league motm awards.

  31. Great to see this encouraging quote from the manager about young Engls, sharing the love:

     

     

    “It was a great identification by our recruitment team,”

     

     

    Nice.

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  33. If it were not for `arry Kanes goals for Bayern we would be sitting top of the Champions League,who`d a thunk it ;0),Magnificent Celtic performances all round with Jamesie`s pass for Idah goal my highlight of the night,but Maeda`s running and chasing was awesome

     

    HH

  34. A question for any Lurkin HUNS….

     

     

    ” What happened in CORONATION STREET last night….I was too busy watching Celtic rattling in FIVE Goals in the Champions League” ?

     

     

    LOL

     

     

    HH.

  35. Good morning all from a rather chilly but dry 14 degree Garngad.

     

     

    Where’s the bliddy sun…..

     

     

    A great performance last night.

     

     

    I will hold my hands up and say I had my doubts over Scales, GT at this level but back up signings seems to have pushed them on.

     

    I might add that slovan are probably not the team to judge players on.

     

     

    Let’s keep the good feeling bounce going into our domestic run, starting Sunday.

     

    Which I think their will be changes.

     

     

    D :)