So are we surprised at last nights’ defeat? There’s some surprise that we scored three goals away from home, which if we count Moscow, is becoming a habit, if an incredibly lax one, but I’m less surprised we shipped four, again. Even at full strength, we are several players short of being able to play Ronny Deila’s high-energy pressing game, so when the squad is further depleted by rest, injury and the like, we cannot expect to play an expansive game and come away with a result.
Fortunately the outcome didn’t matter, but it will next time out in this competition. I’m very supportive of Ronny and think we have not even begun to see the real benefits of his work, but he got it wrong when he opened up a game which did matter in Warsaw. We’ll need to see if he decides to play this way, with many of these players, in the Round of 32. For then we either need to add appropriate players or change tactics.
There’s been a bit of chat on how attendance figures are reported. Football clubs report paid seat sales, which baselines attendance at season ticket sales, but the ‘bums on seats’ figure is usually far lower.
The showbiz side of the game will always want to report the higher figure: see – our fans are faithful through and through, and all that. Only Manchester United and Arsenal report higher average league attendance figures than Celtic in British football. This claim maybe reliant on ticket sales, but it is an important indicator of the size, and therefore potential of our club in the right environment. Not to mention the efforts many thousands go to in order to financially support the club, in sunshine or in shadow.
It was still somewhat refreshing to hear the new newco director inform the media that his club attracted less than 16,000 people for a recent home game. The cynic would point out that if newco fall into insolvency, the excuses are already established – fans are not as loyal as they claim, blame then, not their unfortunate execs.
Many thanks for all the feedback on the 2015 CQN Annual. You can order yours here, or get a special Annual-DVD bundle here.
As a special offer, everyone who buys an Annual, or bundle, before Christmas will be entered into a prize draw for a VIP Meal of 4 at a Celtic Park restaurant on a match day. One entry for each Annual bought; pile in.
Our friends Magners, who I increasingly think get what this club is all about, have offered us another pair of Premium Tickets for the Jock Stein Stand on Sunday. It’s a great way to watch football, especially on a winter’s day. To enter the competition, email me celticquicknews@gmail.com with the name of the team Celtic play on Sunday in the subject line of your message. Competition closes at 22:00 tonight, winners will be informed by email tomorrow, so check your inbox!
The deal I have with Magners is that when we make this offer, we ask you to consider making a £1 (or more) donation to our Mary’s Meals Appeal. We are working towards building a kitchen at Chibwata Priimary School in Dowa, Malawi, which has 909 pupils and does not have food preparation facilities.
With a kitchen – and Mary’s Meals providing food – they will be able to provide primary school kids with what is often their only square meal of the day. This work cuts infant mortality, improves school attendance by an average of 30%, and increases life chances exponentially.
No matter what you do today, this £1 will do things you cannot imagine. It will make your day worthwhile.
I’ll be out with my boys on the bucket collection for the Foundation before kick off on Sunday. If I’ve not coaxed your last £1 out of you, bring another one along to the game. The spirit of Celtic needs to take care of those in our own community, as well as in one of the world’s poorest countries.
Sorry for all the calls to action todaym in summary:
The Annual, with a VIP Meal for 4 competition.
The Magners’ competition, email celticquicknews@gmail.com
The Mary’s Meals £1.
See you at the bucket collection on Sunday!
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Edinburgh Castle will be lit up green this month.
LB
ArranmoreBhoyLXV11
23:20 on 12 December, 2014
HH
JCGE..
a glorious day..Kids nativity play,got a new road bike and now the SEVCO result & the Sally shambles..
I firmly expect Kelly Brooke to appear at my front door in half an hour,such is the perfection of this day..
HH
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Agree. I’ll send her round after we’ve finished watching a DVD of the 6-2 game. From my hot tub. With Kylie.
WITS
Whoever we get in Mondays draw
i will fancy our chances.
It’s now a steep learning curve for Ronny.
HH
Turkey bhoy, yellow card for understating the obvious
Jamesgang, hope you’re well big chap. If you’re up my way at the new year you and your lovely Carmyllie lass are more than welcome to vist the acgr gaff.
HH bruv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MSVTOMkJdqs
Tragedy (not)
Bee Gees
lostandlonelypartoftownCSC
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4heyYYCUAAUkEy.jpg:large
Johnny’s pleased
HH
WiTS
It is, Paddy’s local was Mulldownies in Rathcoole, it was also my local when I lived there, a good bloke Paddy, tho it was an effort to get him to sing, a fair few whiskeys were needed >}
The Submarine was a goldmine, as I said, the rumour is the bank have repossessed them, they just shut without any notice.
Check it out and report back >}
HH
Charles Kickham
Sorry I have been between houses and am now in my own home thank God.
Yes I do too ………
Gordon 64,
I admire your optimism but. …This is a relatively poor celtic side managed by a strange manager, I fear for us against better quality of European side that we could now meet
ACGR
Thanks big stuff.
As Lennybhoy would say…….KTF. Always.
Night Timdom.
HH jamesgang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=I_izvAbhExY
Staying Alive
just
HH
jamesgang
Y.N.W.A.
HH
Night Bhoys; good laugh tonight
HH
Mott the Hoople on BBC 4
Watched most of the Sevco game this evening to be fair i thought they did well to get zero.After today’s shenanigans you really do wonder what on earth is going on over there.Ah well it keeps us amused i guess.
the glorious balance sheet
22:53 on 12 December, 2014
There could be well something in the Airdrie/ Cowdenbeath stuff, nobody will put big cash into the moneypit that is Poundland, try to put a team on the park without getting some kind of return. I hope Challs gets back into it………he made me laugh.HH
roy croppie
Night amigo.
Great tunes as always.
HH
Exiled I will check it out no problem . Just having the first rioja of the day, and I mean Friday although it’s now Saturday
surprising lack of trolls tonight, why can’t it always be like this, goodnight bhoys and ghirls
Big G
HH
WITS, are you coming up for the Belfast hootenanny in Feb?
Acgr,
Stranger things have happened. Is it a Saturday. What is the plan
Magnificentseven, aye very good…………………….ya hun:-)
I really hope Ronny succeeds as a Celtic manager i like him and i like his vision of how Celtic should play.I know we may not as yet be performing the way he wants but i think there are positive signs that we are beginning to respond to his idea of how the game should be played.
Goodnight to all Tims and Goodbye to all lurking Zombies everywhere. Time for you all to go back to the boxes in the ground.
You’re deid!
Vous etes mort!
(Feel free to start a CQN multilingual list)
Hoop doggy dog
The lack of discipline and shape in the motherwell game was alarming
G64- The Transfer Window is key to backing the manager or not IMO HH
Wee song for Sally.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNgHa1o_wY
And from the same album,one for us Tims.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0PSpqH7mRYE
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
00:18 on
13 December, 2014
Magnificentseven, aye very good…………………….ya hun:-)
my initiation at last
For anyone who is interested there are great adaptations of Juno and The Paycock, and The Plough and the Stars on the BBC Radio Iplayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnwj/episodes/player
Bada
I would like to say that they are now realising
what a complete mess AM and co have left them in.
But their depths of stupidity knows no bounds.
Bada bing, if I was lawwell I wouldn’t trust him with money, his one signing was bber get . What was that about
WHATISTHESTARS
Meet up in Belfast.
Get blootered,havalaff,sing a lot.
Sound cool?
Oh,btw,as far from a bookies as poss. I’m having a mare!
Brogan
And what about juno
The transfer window is the thing
to judge the valour of the king.
WITS, it is a Saturday. The plan is meet up, drink beer and watch the game, followed by more beer.
Dena29’s driver will collect and drop off as required.
Bmcuw
If it’s a Saturday, I could get the train up