Celtic have received some clarity concerning their first Champions League qualifying round opponents after this week’s first leg results in qualifying round two. The five matches that could provide an opponent for Celtic all produced hot favourites to progress.
Sheriff Tiraspol, who won away in Armenia, are 22 games into their league campaign and top the Moldovan table. HJK Helsinki, who won 7-0 on Tuesday night’s Champions League qualifier, are joint top in Finland after 17 games.
All other expected opponents won 3-0 at home in the first leg. Neftchi Baku are top of the Azerbaijan league after 16 games. Molde are two points off the pace in Norway after 15 games. AEL Limassol are Celtic’s only potential opponents who have yet to start their campaign.
If Celtic are to progress to the group stage they will have to overcome stiffer opposition than any of these teams in the final qualifying round, so we should look forward to a stiff test.
Loved the We are Celtic Supporters video from Celtic TV (below). Great quotes from Jimmy McGrory, Tommy Burns, Billy McNeill, Paul McStay, Jock Stein and the original “<insert name> is more than a football club” from Sir Robert Kelly, a few decades before it was picked up in Catelonia.
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Ray Singh-Carr on 19 July, 2012 at 16:01 said:
Gerrys son
Nae Victor??? Have I missed something?
No mate, I genuinely prefer him to Wilson or Mulgrew at Centre Half and until we sign someone better I’d keep him at the back with Rogne
HH!
last 4km of the Tour
nice to see a lad in the Hoops there
recognisableCSC
Gallagher
What happens if Wilson doesn’t get injured?….
Warm Spring Afternoon in South Bucks…
European Football on the horizon, there seems to be a few match fit in-form sides awaiting – avioding the Norwegians would begood, still lots of tricky away fixtures which is not exactly our Forte.
No reason we can’tge through though.
BTW Mark Hately said RFCia getting pulled over the coals for going to the Civil Court was like a new Sioning.
Lady Jock Indeed #rubbishtipster
More insane views from the darkside:
Collectively we’ve all taken a kicking, we’ve been battered like wannae Jamie Oliver’s mince pies, and its no fair so its no. The club we love has been beaten to within an inch of its life, degraded, humiliated, whipped like a sex tourist in a Thai whorehouse. We’ve lost money, players, our position in the league, our pride, our dignity, our trophy room bicycle ( I know they goat the wee bell back, but that’s no important) and face even more punishments from the ohh so impartial Septic Football Association.
But let me tell you why I’d rather be where we are right now, than where you’re average mhank fan is.
We’ve hit the bottom, rock bottom, there’s no further for us to go, we’re like the smelliest pariahs amongst the lowest jakies and even they don’t want to share their meths wae us. For the next 3 years we as Rangers fans are going to be waking up, going to games with an air of anticipation and excitement, as we travel to crack infested Peterhead and loyalist strongholds like Stranraer, whilst the Tims go tae middens like Milan and Madrid. I know I would rather be going to East Stirling on a wet Wednesday night. We’ve got the SPL in our targets, thats our goal, thats what we’ll be living for during the next 3 seasons. We’ll be watching that title deciding game knowing that we’re one step closer to our goal. Once you hit bottom the only direction is up, especially if its like a crocodile infested moat below you, as every year our team is going to improve, every year the performances will need to be that bit better than the last, every year it will be a different league and a different set of teams. Every day will be like the 12th. I would rather be the organ than the monkey. Can Septic fans claim such a future? Let them eat their steak and we’ll season our spam.
No.
They will be waking up going to their title decider in November, will still celebrate it but in their heart of hearts they’ll know its s***. After that then what, show up every week to see their team play teams off the park, scoring hundreds of goals, each week until the inevitable end and trophy presentation. But it will all be an anti-climax. Nothing like winning the Third Division. With the financial fallout caused by our dropping to division 3, Septic will need to cut their cloth to measure, gate reciepts, tv deal and a fairer distrabution of wealth will see that. So every season their team will be getting that bit worse because of budget and wage cuts. That’s what they have to look forward to for the next 3 seasons, dull stagnant football in a joke of a league, not like ours, with us in it…we might even see a break away by the other big SPL clubs to join us in the lower league…mark my words…this could…nae, it WILL happen.
I wouldn’t swap places with the mhanks if I could, because the next 3 years are going to be brilliant. And I wouldn’t put it past us winning the SPL in our first season up either and then the Champions League and then…world domination! Heir Hitler! Mein Fuhrer!
They’ve thrown down the gauntlet and it might be too heavy to lift…but we accept the challenge even if we slip a disc and put out back oot…but then we could claim incapacity benefit…
We are the little people.
Mark Hateley says that going to Forfar next season is “a bridie too far!” This was promptly refuted by Ally McCoist and John Brown who issued a joint statement through their PR agency, Traynor Jackson associates which read: “We wull bye(sic) the pies! We don’t do walking away when it cums to such seeryuss matters!”
TBB 16.07
Then he’ll probably play, which also worries me.
I just think that since we knew that Majstorovic,Loovens and O’Dea were leaving and have pretty much known that since january, then as ever we’re leaving ourselves a wee bit short in the eventuality of injuries. We are supposed to be acquiring another 1, maybe 2 centre backs so why not bring one in early would be my thinking.
Hh
Hi Ho,Hi Ho…It’s off to Dam we go
Where we’ll partake in a Schhmoke n’ a Pancake
Hi Ho,Hi Ho etc etc
SpacecakesandLadyboysCFC
Roy Croppie @ 16.02
That sounds like a plan. We could have the 1st one after 18mins played, meaning, 72mins left, and vice-versa.
Perfectsymmetry CFC
(and a wee bit of Latin to confuse any lurking huns)
H H
The Battered Bunnet
watched a replay of the Aalen game
Wilson and Charlie had a clash of heads
would be just our luck to lose the both of them in the one go
no matter, both recovered well
and in fact Kelvin had a good game
as did Beram and Broony bossed the 2nd half
other team got tired
Dylan and Paddy exploited the gaps
and a sweet goal by Stokes deploying
a 3rd-man run with young James Forrest
Broony did get an unnecessary caution
a reminder that he must keep his discipline cos
when he does so, he can be a huge player for us
Mark Hateley insists moving the holy traditions of hundom into div 3 will be like a new enshrining.
I was just wondering because Middlesborough,Charlton,Livingston etc all had to name change.
CultsBhoy loves being 1st forever & ever on 19 July, 2012 at 15:37 said:
Ok … Enough Hun Hilarity
Celtic’s best 4 for midfield assuming all fit would be……??????
…..like a new signing?????
henrik
Ah…But KitKat didnae hiv tae change it’s name….so……eh….
snivelling revisionists
join them for their hun cast
be warned
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/
there
irrelevant
jokers
Mark Hately says having a player on a dual contract is like a new singing
Badges waiting on me coming in from work, bit bigger than thought but still great all the same.
Cheers bhoys
Hail hail little Oscar
KTF
wonkyradar
They are indeed mad! Not just that but they are also: deluded, sad, stupid, unintelligent…I could go on but…!
They will be going to(maybe) places like Montrose, Peterhead and Elgin! We could possibly be going to places like Milan, Paris and eh, Edinburgh(we’ll defenitely be going there)!
HH!!
Ally McCoist has said of next season: “The Third Division will be like Pastie Nirvana…it will be like the Champions League of Scotch pies…mark my words: it’s the pies I’m looking forward to the most…make no bones about it, those Berwick Bridies are truly exceptional…and I know my savoury delights very well indeed…I especially loved the old Devil on horseback…but now every time I see one I have this terrible vision of Craig Whytes eyes.”
Celtic fc Korean style
http://www.celticfc.kr/
Ki’s going nowhere methinks!
HH
Celtic_Cross
in fairness to tipster gordybhoy64, as he says, Lady Jock was mentioned to him by @BeLuckyTipsters
the same @BeLuckyTipsters who just now also mentioned the winner Sparkling Portrait at the 4pm at Hamilton
:)
Mcfadden NO THANKS. CP is not a retirement home for players who have fallen off the EPL gravy train. He had his chance. Away to Canada or Australia or sevco with him!
Mark Hately says that going from baritone to falsetto is like a new singing.
mcfadden 6 months option
only deal for me if any
Just back from Egypt, visited the valley of the kings in Luxor. The only strip I saw was of course the glorious hoops. Unfortunately, I was on the little train type vehicle they use to transport you and couldn’t shake hands.
Reminded me of the old NTV series of hoops abroad.
Mark Hately says adding salt to your bath water is like a new brining
Unless McFadden can play centre half then not for me
Mark Hatley says
Sevco committing to Div3 will be like a spew signing…he went on to clarify
‘although frankly playing in any league next season will be like a ”phew” signing’
The bould bhoys….. Tá ár lá anois on 19 July, 2012 at 16:32 said:
henrik
Ah…But KitKat didnae hiv tae change it’s name….so……eh….
share on F’book or Twitter
LoL…
Bundoran or CRC
How do I go about getting the new badges?
Are you sending them out or is it easier to meet up?
Mark Hately says playing Brechin away will be as refreshing as a nice wee cup o’ Twinings……….
Mark Hately said that the rebuilding of the destroted Chinese town was like a new Tsi Ning
Record Podcast features the baseball cap–wearing ned from Still Game…..
“We didnae cheat, awrite ….naw we didnae naw we didnae naw we didnae”
Good grief.
From the Madrillenos
Top Corner
Cheers. With the Fojut transfer cancelled, I expect a replacement, but I;d rather have a 30 goal striker and go with what we have at the back.
Noticed a few folk advocating 3 at the back lately, but with Matthews and Izzy, we have the best full back pair I can recall in a long time.
Scrub that. Ever. I don’t remember Craig and Gemmill, and Danny never had a decent opposite number in 20 years at Celtic.
I can not for the life of me understand why the huns have not come over to Italy for pre-season, as they have in the past when they were(allegedly) a football club! The savoury delights over here are truly mouth-watering!O
Instead of going back home a stone lighter, the coaching staff and the players would go back a stone heavier!
Oh, and I forgot to mention the jelly and ice cream!
Fat Huns CSC
HH!!
Mark Hately says a night out with the Binman is far removed from ‘fine-dining’……