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  1. billc on

    Job done against tough physical opponents. 3 points welcome & deserved. However I would like to see a few more shots rather than try to walk the ball into the net, deflections are useful against a tight well organised defence with an excellent goalkeeper.

     

     

    I thought Nygren looked the part, his movement is intelligent and he clearly has a rasping shot – I fancy he will quickly build his goal scoring tally.

     

     

    Idah put in a shift but …

     

     

    I hope Tierney was subbed as part of a planned change rather than some injury niggle.

     

     

    All in all, a satisfactory weekend of football

  2. teabhoy on

    MCPHAIL BHOY on 3RD AUGUST 2025 6:54 PM

     

    Hard first game of the season playing against the Harlem Globetrotters, without any of the ball skills, and an extremely poor referee; fouls against no problem but for the Bhoys, nothing to see here.

     

     

    I admit that I saw it through green tinted glasses but didn’t the ball strike O’Hara’s arm before Callum’s.

     

     

    3 points, top of the league!

     

     

     

    That’s exactly how I saw it

     

    The goal should have stood or a possible penalty/free kick

  4. boondock saint on

    Goal should never have been disallowed. Happy to get off to a winning start. So pleased to see Paul McStay unfurl the banner. What a true Celt and gentleman. This place has been too negative of late. We have no god given right to walk through teams and St Mirren did what St Mirren do… but fair play to OUR team for continuing to drive at them. Enjoy our team winning,.

     

    All the best

     

    Sean

  5. Turkeybhoy on

    Did not think we were poor today.Friendlies only give you fitness.New partnerships being forced on the team today,left and right in a game that means something.Scales,superb today.

     

    Jamesy coming on changed the whole dynamic of the game.Doing what Hatate should have been doing.Attacking defenders,pulling them out of shape,he was terrific.Luke’s goal led from that.Two wingers ,one each side,a must,NOW.Jamesy,Yang ,back up,fine.

     

    Idaho,much better today.Defence,faultless.

     

    First competitive game,pressure on,against a perfectly coached defence,Gogic,as usual,outstanding,any win will do.

  7. Turkeybhoy on

    Don Robertson,is a Tim.Just thought I would mention it.

     

    Ball hit Calmacs arm.If it leads to a goal,chalked off.

     

    Bloody rules.

  8. timhorton on

    TIMMY 7

     

    How much do you want to spend? its recruitment that is a concern….we did not play bad today and no i am not a happy clapper.

  9. jimtim on

    We certainly could have been better . More threat when james Forrest came on , I know he is just in the door ,I hope negress has more in his locker , defensively we were sound enough thought scales did very well , it will need to be as thems like to shoot on sight , there not all going into row z . No 100 passes in the 18 yard box from them , over playing it is something we overdo . Our next game will be a challenge , I hope the real Celtic show up . Celtic 3 points. The Rangers 1 point . That will do for starters HH

  10. jimtim on

    TB . the ball hit gocic on the arm too and was waved away with haste ..I feel it was more of a claim than calmac disallowed one .HH

  11. Saint Stivs on

    Venue:

     

    Celtic Park

     

    Attendance:

     

    58,814

     

     

    a thousand = unoccupied seats on flag day as well,

     

     

    and the exodus at 0-0 with 10 minutes to go, on a bright evening.

     

     

    i just dont understand it, unless you are late for a shift or a flight or a ferry

     

     

    but well done them bhoys

  12. voguepunter on

    teabhoy on 3rd August 2025 7:05 pm

     

     

    Not very often I agree with you big Mhan.. but ,you’re spot on there .

     

     

    All the very best mate .hh

  14. The returnof weeron on

    We won.

     

     

    WE will get stronger.

     

     

    I’m happy.

     

     

    Stay safe everybody…

     

     

    Weeron

  15. KINGLUBO on

    Job done against a well organised opponent. I have always been an admirer of Gogic, solid as a rock

     

     

    Scales MOTM for me

     

     

    Thought Engels showed a bit more steel than normal too, way to go, Celtic

     

     

    kinglubo

  18. teabhoy on

    I must point out that my post was in response/agreement to McPhail Bhoy@6.54pm

     

    Therefore, I can’t take all the credit but I’ll take most of it😆

     

     

    Cheers Vougepunter.Always a pleasure hearing from you

  19. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    AN DÚN on 3RD AUGUST 2025 6:48 PM

     

     

    Btw, I love the man, but if Idah misses those 2 Meada chances there’s hell to pay.

     

     

    I’d say it’s down to credit in the bank but Idah won us a double not too long ago…

     

     

    …………..;.;

     

     

    In the dying minutes of recent games he’s been through one on one at Mordor, Hampden and again today.

     

     

    He’s scored none of them.

     

     

    Just saying.

  21. EKBhoy on

    Early season football, win the game move on. Both centre halves played well and Liam must have installed a trampoline or bouncy castle in his back garden , winning everything in the air and incredibly finding a team mate with a header.

     

     

    Very solid defensively , rusty upfront , we’ll get better.

     

     

    HH

  22. Saint Stivs on

    falkirk v united was a good watch.

     

     

    i admire how they go about business, and their football, very joined up strategy and fan connections.

     

     

    critiscised for cutting out tickets to around 800.

     

     

    but Venue:Falkirk Stadium Attendance:7,624

     

     

    capcity 7,937.

     

    300 empties for segregation.

     

     

    they will be formidble.

  23. glendalystonsils on

    Just watching Daizen’s late chance and the defender makes up 10 yards on him to get the block in . File that under ‘things you thought you’ll never see’. Still scratching my head over that one .

  24. lets all do the huddle on

    capcity 7,937.

     

     

    300 empties for segregation.

     

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    must be a bean counters nightmare.

     

     

    3.8% of the seats cant be sold because fannys cant behave.

     

     

    is there another sport that does that?

  25. bournesouprecipe on

    Well deserved victory – fantastic fans packed out Parkhead for old and new heroes, in an emotional opening ceremony of Celtic summer sweet sad joy, it was so good there was a nearly an anti climax when the football started.

     

     

    Celtic leaving it late to break free from a typical Steven Robinson stranglehold discipline, the Irishman’s variation of the parking of the bus. Celtic looked very samey, and were, despite the inclusion of Kieran Tierney and Benny Nygren both of whom looked good early on, and Kieran as in pre season continued to find a ‘floated ball’ that’s been missing for years, from his position albeit on Adam Idah’s head, it be.

     

     

    Nygren had a decent debut, probing with some neat passes and would have scored but for a great save from his close in dig, that came off the bar. Goal threat in other games signalled for the season. Hatate, and McGregor ruled the midfield as you would have expected, St.Mirren don’t really have one, in the true sense.

     

     

    Trusty Scales was preferred to Auston Trusty who can multi position and was kept handy at the expense of Ianmura, to come on for tiring Tierney. Man managed and gagging to get on, in the 16 a side game that Brendan Rodgers has perfected, Saints finally succumbed. Luke McCowan filled the hole where the ball kept appearing, and fired through legs, ironically into the corner of the net his captain pointed the way too minutes before.

     

     

    Evergreen Forrest transformed the right flank linking better with Johnston, and young Arne Engels showed the grit, that we’ll need in what is going to be another long hard season, where familiar gaps need filling before the window closes, and complacency gets filed in the bin.

     

     

    MOM James Forrest

  26. KevJungle on

    Celtic 2025/26 Squad Cost

     

    Celtic FC’s 2025/26 playing squad had a total market value of €126.15m.

     

    The club’s total wage bill for 2025 was £19,345,976 per year, which equates to £372,038 per week.

     

     

    vs

     

     

    St Mirren 2025-26 Squad

     

    St Mirren FC’s 2025/26 playing squad consists of 24 players, with an average age of 26.3 years and a total market value of €6.48 million.

     

    The squad includes players from various positions, such as goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards, with a mix of experienced and younger players.

     

    The club has also made several signings, including Malik Dijksteel, who joined the team ahead of the new season.

     

     

    Hmmmm.

     

     

    PS, Why do Rodgers and all of his players walk around the pitch at the end waving and clapping at, straight at, the fans in a straight line view, from between 5 to 10 yards away from the seats, which is admirable. BUT, when they reach the Green Brigade area, they turn away 20 – 30 yards away from GB area, but this time they don’t look at the GB fans, they look up at the empty top tier and smile and clap, and pretend to wave to fans who aren’t there, rather than even look at the GB, or they look at anywhere except the GB area, smiling through gritted teeth, and clapping?

     

     

    Is there anybody in Celtic’s employ who are NOT deceitful frauds?

     

     

    Broony? Maloney? Pressley? Mulgrew? Who would trust any of these schemers?

     

     

    Projects coming down the conveyor belt?! FFS?!

     

     

    People blame Lennon for 10 in a row shambles, but what about sleekit Broony, back to the Broony pre Brendan-1? Lawwell sitting watching it all unfold, for ten months?! lol

     

     

    Recently, Neil Lennon commentated, honestly and accurately, re: the carnage live as it was happening in Dortmund, when we lost 1-7, emphasising “anybody who tries to approach Dortmund as though it was Ross County Celtic were playing, has serious questions to answer.”

     

     

    Next day – Neil Lennon is no longer a commentator?!

     

     

    Cancel Culture FC?! Witch Hunters r us FC?!

     

     

    “Free the people let them have their say”…until they shine a light of truth onto Celtic FC?!

     

     

    Ban thum! Ban thur Ip’s! Set the dugs oan thum!

     

     

    Say the Tims who couldny see any sleekitry with the 17 years long Snp / Greens shafting, wheres awe the munney?! lol

     

     

    Ask the WPB wee journalist wummin who actually does journalism, who has exclusively revealed that the Snp have been caught speaking out of both sides of their horrible mouths re: The Palestinian Genocide.

     

    https://x.com/yvonneridley/status/1951708732032991655#m

     

     

    Oh dear!

  27. Turkeybhoy on

    Difficult to blame Maeda for an amazing effort from the defender to block,just as he is ready to shoot.Maaeda,much better through the middle.An average winger,in regards of what wingers do.Poor crosser,no great ball skills,tends to pass it backwards a lot.Through the middle,he terrorizes defences,and also gives him a lot more opponents to hunt down when trying to play out from the back.Never comfortable when he is on your tail.

     

    Just what I think.

  29. timmy7_noted on

    Kev you’re a funny wee man. I was in Blantyre recently and apparently you’re a famous hermit.

  30. RC on

    not long in from the game , thoughts

     

    Idah tried hard to impress but failed , he has no positional sense , for someone over 6ft tall his heading attempts at goal are awful , very clumsy in possession and lacks ball control, he is very slow in getting back on side , apologies for going on and on but never a £9m player.

     

    Somebody needs to tell Yang that he can go outside as well as inside.

     

    Our captain was very unlucky to have his goal disallowed by greg Aitken , his arm is not in a unnatural position and he did not try to control the ball with his elbow it accidentally hit him , very harsh.

     

    Liam was my mom for his defensive duties today but he was completely lost when he went into the opposition half when he went to LB , KT was absolutely knackered and shouted to the dug out not long into the second half that he needed to come off.

     

    delighted with the 3 points but we badly need 2 wingers and a centre forward.

  31. BelmontBrian on

    Evening all.

     

     

    Well done Brendan and the Bhoys.

     

     

    IMHO, be careful what the SMSM spouts re Celtic they hate us.

     

     

    In a more serious note, my Bhoy (The Drummer) has went for beers with BRRB, his mother is worried sick.

     

     

    HH

  32. timmy7_noted on

    I wàs told last week that our current squad is better than last years. Obviously a delusional fan of the board. Here we are, short of 4 starters and potentially no left back. Great job Celtic.

  33. Turkeybhoy on

    If the ball is brought under control,even accidentally, by your arm, hand,and results in a goal.Disallowed.Thems the rules now.

     

    Referee gave it,don’t blame him.

  34. BigChipsUK on

    Turkeybhoy on 3rd August 2025 7:19 pm

     

    “Don Robertson,is a Tim.Just thought I would mention it.

     

     

    Ball hit Calmacs arm.If it leads to a goal,chalked off.

     

     

    Bloody rules.”

     

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    What I would like to know is why was the ball being hit onto the arm of a defender at close range NOT am offence (no penalty given), but the ball hit against McGregor at close range (ricocheting onto his arm) WAS deemed an offence and the goal chalked off?

     

     

    Surely both scenarios were sufficiently similar to warrant a similar decision. i.e. Both an offence or both NOT an offence. So if it’s not a penalty it IS a valid goal, or if it’s NOT a goal then it IS a penalty… 🤔

  35. Fritzsong on

    Thought Celtic played reasonably well against a very disciplined defence. The referee resumed where he left off at last season’s Cup Final. If anything, his bias became even more evident after Luke’s goal. Then he awarded St Mirren a foul for every Celtic challenge. He seemed fixated on getting the ball into our penalty box hoping for a late, lucky scrambled strike. No luck, Don.

  36. Turkeybhoy on

    Timmy 7,

     

    I think we are two wingers short.Defence,midfield,IMO,OK.We need creativity out wide,both sides.Nygren,AJ,KT,would thrive.

  37. Turkeybhoy on

    BigChips,

     

    Yes,I know.Its the rules.Accidental hand or arm ball,ie,close range,no penalty.

     

    The difference being,a goal HAS been scored with the assist of a hand/arm,therefore,can’t be allowed.You can’t score a goal illegally.Check the rules.

     

    Lots of occasions its happened.

  38. celtic40me on

    Not surprisingly I thought we lacked a bit of sharpness, but St Mirren are a decent test especially being 4 games into their season, and we’ve got a few new faces learning about the system and their team mates so nothing to be worried about

     

     

    As Brendan said after the game, the Celtic mentality was the difference on the day

  41. celtic40me on

    When we do a stock take of players or list tge successes and failures we forget that not only do we have a better squad than everyone else, we also have a far better mentality

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