It’s not often we can tackle Champions League games away from home without the crushing weight of desperation to salvage a point or more. Already out of the competition, and facing a vastly better-resourced team, Celtic compete at the Etihad tonight with a bit of freedom. They will want to avoid a similar result they endured at the Camp Nou, but will plan to take the game to City in the manner they competed away to Borussia Monchengladbach.
For Brendan Rodgers and his technical team, tonight will the last time they face a better-resourced team, vastly or otherwise, until next season. There will be plenty for Celtic to do during the next six months, but certain types of learning will end tonight. It is hoped that the team will continue to improve, but we simply won’t know if it has or not.
One bright-spark on the horizon is the possible challenge from Hearts, who may well find their squad bolstered in January by the make-weights new manager Ian Cathro convinced Newcastle to release to him on loan.
Having won promotion at a canter and finished a respectable third in his first season in the top flight, Robbie Neilson ran out of momentum as Hearts manager this term. The Edinburgh club may do well out of his move to the lower reaches of the England and Wales league pyramid.
The cartel of English and Welsh club which operate a ‘national’ league will doubtlessly exercise our chief executive, Peter Lawwell, who this week put on record that Celtic would be the biggest club in Britain if it had access to the FA Premier League, bigger even than Bournemouth. He’ll enjoy the comforts of the Etihad tonight but the taste of ‘What could be?’ will linger.
If you are in Manchester, enjoy the occasion. It’s a great opportunity to show those who live in the vicinity of the stadium (and throughout the city) that some football fans from Glasgow know how to enjoy themselves.
Directors’ Box auction prize
Courtesy of Celtic sponsor and all round good guys, Intelligent Car Leasing, we have an outstanding auction prize to commence work on Celtic Quick News’ seventh school kitchen for Mary’s Meals. For the Celtic-Dundee game at Celtic Park, on 17 December 2016, you can win:
2 seats in the directors’ box
Champagne reception
5 course meal in the Walfrid Suite
Fully expenses bar (pre and post-match)
Half time snacks and refreshments
Car Parking
And a match programme.
There are experiences in life which money can’t buy. This one is now available for you to bid for here on ebay until Thursday lunchtime. Two of you, directors’ box, Champagne reception, 5 course meal, free bar, get in there – and tell your pals about it.
Many thanks to Intelligent Car Leasing for making this possible – and you for taking part.
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Standing at hotel room room window which overlooks Old Trafford as I order a taxi to the Etihad.
Sod them it really is all about the Celtic!
And Patrick Thistle, broth of a boy though he is, has got nae chance on Friday on his own against 11 of us…
Picture on Twitter of the team assembled out on the pitch and I can make out Griff and Henderson but no sign of Sinclair.
Celtic starting line up v Man City
Gordon; Lustig, Sviatchenko, Simunovic, Izaguirre; Brown, Armstrong; Roberts, Rogic, Forrest; Dembele;
Subs: De Vries, Gamboa, Toure, Mackay-Stevens, Bitton, McGregor, Griffiths
Team announced –
Gordon,
Lustig, Sviatchenko, Simunovic, Izaguirre,
Brown, Armstrong,
Forrest, Rogic, Roberts,
Dembele
HAMILTONTIM
Wish i was there wi you HT
I’ll need to settle for this league of nations mob doon the sports bar.
Subs –
De Vries
Toure, Bitton, Gamboa
McGregor, McKay-Stevens
Griffiths
Celtic to win – 8/1
Celtic not to lose – 11/5
Small investment…
JJ/HS
Im not nervous either as we have nothing to loose, but i am excited.
Would be excited even if it was a pre season friendly, simply because The Hoops are playing, so even though we cannot qualify even for the Europa, it still means a lot to this Tim because of the stage we are on and i hope we can give another good account of ourselves.
Some of us might just be back in fae work etc. and have had more to do than your good self up until now trying to get sorted! :)
HH
THUNDER ROAD
I share your opinion. Hope all the hoys give a good account of themselves and escape injury for the Thistle match. HH
Tonight’s probably the last match this season which we are not expected to win, so let’s hope they relax, play with freedom and express themselves.
When Celtic play in any game more so in CL if you don’t get the feeling then you are missing something .IMHO. HH.
Eeeeek…….Im probably tooooooo bloody excited………have tanked 6 bottles out of my ten pack already while cutting aboot!
Another visit to the shop required cos 4 just aint gonna be enough to see me through 90 minutes!
live updates up
Sin city bhoy-sorry we didn’t get that beer last WK mhate,but it was a good holiday. We have just had a third grandwean,her name is Aria,so you can guess what hotel we loved:-))))
Only 2 mins? Huns no playing ?
Test post – ignore!!
Top goal scorers 2016/2017
Last updated: Fri 9 December 23:06
# Player Team Nationality Goals
1. Liam Boyce Ross County Northern Ireland 9
Scott Sinclair Celtic England 9
3. Louis Moult Motherwell England 8
4. Danny Swanson St Johnstone Scotland 7
Moussa Dembélé Celtic France 7
Souleymane Coulibaly Kilmarnock Ivory Coast 7
7. Ali Crawford Hamilton Academical Scotland 6
Callum Paterson Hearts Scotland 6
Jamie Walker Heart of Midlothian Scotland 6
Stuart Armstrong Celtic Scotland 6
Tom Rogic Celtic Australia 6
12. Leigh Griffiths Celtic Scotland 5
Lonsana Doumbouya Inverness France 5
Steven MacLean St Johnstone Scotland 5
15. Adam Rooney Aberdeen Ireland 4
Bjørn Johnsen Hearts United States 4
James Forrest Celtic Scotland 4
Jonny Hayes Aberdeen Ireland 4
Kenny Miller Rangers Scotland 4
Liam Lindsay Partick Thistle Scotland 4
Niall McGinn Aberdeen Northern Ireland 4
Scott McDonald Motherwell Australia 4
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Top goal scorers 2016/2017
Last updated: Fri 9 December 23:06
# Player Team Nationality Goals
1. Liam Boyce Ross County Northern Ireland 9
Scott Sinclair Celtic England 9
3. Louis Moult Motherwell England 8
4. Danny Swanson St Johnstone Scotland 7
Moussa Dembélé Celtic France 7
Souleymane Coulibaly Kilmarnock Ivory Coast 7
7. Ali Crawford Hamilton Academical Scotland 6
Callum Paterson Hearts Scotland 6
Jamie Walker Heart of Midlothian Scotland 6
Stuart Armstrong Celtic Scotland 6
Tom Rogic Celtic Australia 6
12. Leigh Griffiths Celtic Scotland 5
Lonsana Doumbouya Inverness France 5
Steven MacLean St Johnstone Scotland 5
15. Adam Rooney Aberdeen Ireland 4
Bjørn Johnsen Hearts United States 4
James Forrest Celtic Scotland 4
Jonny Hayes Aberdeen Ireland 4
Kenny Miller Rangers Scotland 4
Liam Lindsay Partick Thistle Scotland 4
Niall McGinn Aberdeen Northern Ireland 4
Scott McDonald Motherwell Australia 4
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22 players have scored 4 or more goals this season in the SPL. All 12 teams are represented by these 22 players. 5 teams have 1 player who has scored at least 4 goals. St Johnstone and Motherwell have 2, Aberdeen and Hearts have 3 and Celtic have 6.
Top goal scorers 2016/2017 – Last updated: Fri 9 December 23:06
9 – Liam Boyce Ross County
9 – Scott Sinclair Celtic
8 – Louis Moult Motherwell
7 – Danny Swanson St Johnstone
7 – Moussa Dembélé Celtic
7 – Souleymane Coulibaly Kilmarnock
6 – Ali Crawford Hamilton Academicals
6 – Callum Paterson Hearts
6 – Jamie Walker Hearts
6 – Stuart Armstrong Celtic
6 – Tom Rogic Celtic
5 – Leigh Griffiths Celtic
5 – Lonsana Doumbouya Inverness
5 – Steven MacLean St Johnstone
4 – Adam Rooney Aberdeen
4 – Bjørn Johnsen Hearts
4 – James Forrest Celtic
4 – Jonny Hayes Aberdeen
4 – Kenny Miller Rangers*
4 – Liam Lindsay Partick Thistle
4 – Niall McGinn Aberdeen
4 – Scott McDonald Motherwell