For all of our dominance yesterday, you have to think there is room for considerable improvement. Passing in the first half was frequently poor, shooting throughout the game was invariably off target, and when we managed to keep it down and between the sticks, the keeper was able to read the shot. Gilks played well, but the truth is we flattered him.
Moussa Dembele grabbed all the headlines with his back-heel-flick-nutmeg-winning-goal, but I spent much of the game debating whether it was time he was rested. Against Newco last month, he held the ball up and linked play, while finding and exploiting space. Yesterday his linking was poor and he seldom found space.
The incisiveness we enjoyed watching as recently as the outing against Manchester City, was missing against Gladback on Wednesday and at Hampden yesterday.
There were also enormous positives. Jozo Simunovic and Erik Sviatchenko were absolutely critical on Celtic’s grip on the game. Their positioning – when we were in possession – kept the ball flowing. They both gave us playmaker performances, and they didn’t miss a beat defensively either.
Again, just as on Wednesday, it didn’t work for Nir Bitton. When we play out from central defence like this the deep-lying playmaker role is crucial. He need to create space for us to move the ball forward, while he becomes an auxiliary defender as our full backs are so high up the field.
Stuart Armstrong came on and played higher up-field than Bitton and managed to put the squeeze on Newco.
The game reminded me of the League Cup semi-final two years ago, when Celtic subjugated an impotent Newco without scoring the volume of goals their superiority deserved. There was a chasm between the teams, which makes my belief that Celtic can play a lot better all the more interesting. Conversely I suspect that was a high water mark for Mark Warburton’s team.
The portents are good that he believes that game was a sign of progress.
As for Craig Thomson, that was self-evidently not good enough.
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We really should be worried, they outplayed us according to a couple of their players, there is no gap to speak of, and they have a whean of money coming in soon, it’s all in the plan you see…………………………..Now why didn’t we think of this cunning plan ?????
“It is difficult to invest in the club through official exchanges right now and people have reservations about lurking con men who might still benefit, so merchandising and other types of fundraising might not be a bad idea.
The simple economics is that 100,000 people parting with an average season ticket bounty of £500 would raise £50m
If the club could design and sell (but not wear to play and hence avoid any contractual litigation) a super special high quality replica top for that £500 and publish a book with the names of everyone who had one, or been gifted/remembered in this way then the book sales at e.g. £30 could pay for the top production, distribution and publishing costs. It would be an item to treasure.
Likewise, Rangers could run an annual lotto at £50 per ticket. 100,000 sales for a first prize of £1m would raise an extra £4m annually.
Also, a well-organised Rangers festival weekend could rake in £10m to £50m and become an annual event.
However, lets not kid ourselves. Our club went down the pan and almost died for lack of investment. The RST and other groups have all tried valliantly and raised significant sums of money, but nothing like these amounts. No fan group can seem to get 10,000 people never mind 100,000 to part with £50.
If we as a support cannot raise even £1m + then we must play a longer, more patient game and wait until we have the footballing breaks that allow us Champion’s League revenue and the kind of financial rewards that we have been denied for years thanks to us being cheated and abused by all and sundry.”
Has Matt Crooks kicked a baw for the Crooks yet?
Hi Paul67,
“As for Craig Thomson, that was self-evidently not good enough.”
Well that’s an interesting assessment, – for me it was a master class.
The first booking to the disallowed goal had him all the hallmarks of a ref trying to even the score.
But his real success was his whistling, at the least opportunity he broke up play… Celtic couldn’t get into their stride.
An early goal and we could easily have a hatfull.
Compare that to our performance against Manchester City where we had a World Class Referee.
Hope BR and the team are smarting…
Hail Hail
The Exiled Tim –
Where on earth did those quotes come from?!!
why dont we practice chipping the ball over the keepers legs when running in one one one on a keeper.
simplesCSC
Love this commentary.
https://mobile.twitter.com/90thMin/status/790210307750825988
Sitting Hun hospital this morning I tried and I tried and I tried to access CQN to relieve my boredom. Boredom became frustration. Really not worth the effort anymore from the phone TBH IT experts view or not. Pop up here, full page add there, pop down here, jigsaw add there. Now if you didn’t want blog read and user involvement that’s how I’d go about it!
MWD
THETIMREAPER on 24TH OCTOBER 2016 11:20 AM
Have to admit I like Mourinho, he’s an excellent tactician and dedicated professional. Also find him quite humorous.
*oh dear Seville seems to be a distant memory now. If he hadn’t cheated us that night we would probably never have heard of him again.
I’m not decrying his achievements but he had plenty of money tae carry them out. He’s a classless and arrogant individual which was proven the night he ran past the manure dugout tae celebrate a last minute equaliser at OT, he’s lucky sir furious didnae gub him.
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I’m on a Run of Luck that I keep thinking can’t keep going on .. but it has.. if I stuck to Sport I probably would be beating most Professional Punters in the Last Year and a Half..
I’ve changed my way of Betting and Spend Lots of time researching Not only the Sport I’m betting on bit Different Bookies and How there Traders Work.. William Hill for Example offer Much Larger Odds than nearly every other Bookmaker but won’t accept Your Full Waher..
And the Most Successful and Profitable change I’ve made to Sports Betting..
Not Looking for Inform Teams but teams that You don’t think Will Win or on a Loosing Run .. lots of Injuries.. are Terrible on the Road..
I didn’t really think Celtic would Lose Yesterday in 90 Minutes anyway.. Hampden has been a Nightmare for New Managers over the Years in games that On Paper looked as if Celtic just need to Turn up.. A 0-0 Draw Yesterday was $14 or 13/1 in old money.. I have Never Seen that Price for a Scoreless Draw.. l kept Looking at it.. Couldn’t bet it as I would want it to loose.. Ha..
Jeezo I’ve Rambled there..
001 @ 33-1 for Celtic League Cup..Melbourne City FFA Cup and The Dons without Celtic.. Got they 3 in about 5 Long Term Super Yankees..【ツ】
Summa
MWD
Hope you got on OK at the hospital!
Was it a lady proctologist or was he from Africa?
Seriuosly though, hope you are well!
TET- Alan Sugar could be doing with some of the huns genius ideas to make money…..:)
Jobo
Mate sent it to me earlier, think it was from Sevco media.
HH
Summa
I don’t think Gilks made a save yesterday we kept in hitting his big toe, I remember (allegedly) Sepp Maier (German goalie dodgy spelling) wearing gloves bigger than his hands, I think Gilks had a pair of clown shoes on yesterday
Philbhoy 67 ???
You look younger than Clint Hill, must have had an easy paper round out in the East
Summa 2.46pm
Good stuff with the bets, hope you keep winning, always good when at least some punter is winning :-)
GFTB
I had a paper round, a milk run and a part time job when I was at school, hence the poor academic success!
I needed the money for fags and drink so sometimes needs must!
Hope you are well Buddy!
JIMMYNOTPAUL –
Today’s get out of the house and do something -choons
The Renegades -You’ve Lost The Love ( Merritone )
13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me ( Contact )
Bob Marley / The Wailers -Freedom Time ( Wail N Soul )
Burning Spear – Door Peeper ( Bamboo )
Horace Silver Quintet – Song For my Father (Blue Note )
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Moonbeams..
I find it Bizarre or Telling that Winning Captains would Not Post somewhere on every Article even the Ones he Copy and Pastes from the likes of The Record et al the Way to Stop getting the Pop Ups and No Ads or Diversion to Gambling Sites.. Obviously this would impact on His ‘Unique Users’ Stats of 377,674, 420 on a Weekday on CQN..
I took a Long Time to Write out exactly cwhat to do in Dumber and Dumber speak to fix the Pop Ups once and for All.. I was going to Post it every day at Different times so All of CQN could be Ad Free.. but the Post was Banned after the First Time Posted it..
Hmmm..
Summa of TouchTheScreenCSC
Now we have Mr EBT himself,MR Souness telling the world that Sevco HAVE to invest big money to catch up with Celtic.
Deary me.What is it about these people that they ignore any form of reality.
TURKEYBHOY
If Mr King says he’s got £30,000,000 to invest in Ra88ers in the next transfer window, well I for one believe him.
So a dae.
Glibby will be over investing, no point in doing things half measures.
South of Tunis.
Much appreciated.
Thank you.
Philbhoy
All good here, saw your post re Dena earlier, Dena & her daughter are in my thoughts and prayers (hope that doesn’t hinder them :-) when you mentioned O, I still remember you posting that C & O read all the good wishes, far more important things than football
But still glad we won yesterday :-)
Philbhoy
Things are up in air at moment. Detail not for blog. But apart from feeling dopey from the sedation I’m in my kip now relaxed and distressing.
001 I’ve tried all in know and all everyone else knows to sort from iPhone 4, and I certainly am not going to upgrade a working phone that has issues with nothing else or any other site CQN apart just for a daily fix on here. It’s ridiculous. I’d rather pay a fiver or tenner a month for CQN than negotiate all the ad crap.
MWD
Philbhoy on 24th October 2016 2:17 pm
I’ve supported Celtic all my life. I am now 67.
I cannot remember in all that time a ran*ers side so devoid of skill, talent or personality as the shower we played yesterday.
Can anyone remember a poorer side.?
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Phil, the Hun collective helmed by John Grieg circa 83-84 were the direst dregs I ever saw in the union blue.
Fittingly, a shower of sh#te, managed by – immortalised in song – a barrel of sh#te.
On B McKay
wont over onto deaqdclub media thier fav word for him is “gutless”
Thomson is a serial cheat in this fixture yet Fleming gave him the game. Even his performances this season have been designed to give Thems an advantage — incl allowing Forrester to stay on park after 2 straight red tackles in the option of Howard Webb.
Yesterday the free total was 5 free kicks for Sevco for every one to the footballing team Celtic. The Sinclair penalty was debatable however Erik was denied a stonewaller in the first half with 2 arms wrapped around him. Thomshun decision was free kick to Sevco.
This season they have tried Collum , Thomshun. On Hogmanay Fleming who is stuck with the same cartel as Dallas has only added the Bigots son plus some no marks. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them go with Bobby Madhun for the next one
PHILBHOY on 24TH OCTOBER 2016 3:12 PM
TURKEYBHOY
If Mr King says he’s got £30,000,000 to invest in Ra88ers in the next transfer window, well I for one believe him.
So a dae.
Be better off with one of those doors from Still Game.The one Methadone Mick was dazzled by.
“Aw naw,a talkin letterboax that gies ye stuff,youse guys hiv goat it made”
MWD
I hope distressing meant distressing!
Take care and hope everything is OK!
de-stressing obviously!
I’d like to see Leigh have more game time and in a position that increases his time on the ball helping with the joiny up things in the final third
GFTB
There are indeed more important things than football!
But glad wee won as well!
What are we like!
:-)
Philbhoy
Procedure went fine. Diverticulitis worsened but I knew that with number of flare ups this year. Rest of bowel inflamed and will have to wait on some results to come back.
MWD
Interesting that both Ibrox Noise and GersNet have both posted reasonably articulate (for the same flies) summations of yesterdays game; basically stating the obvious – it was a bigger doing than the 5-1 game and Warbs and his players are talking keech!
KTF
MWD
Will remember you in my prayers too!
Best wishes and take care!
Paul 67 et al,
I agree totally with your leader :- Chasm, but we should have done much better.
Yes we absolutely hammered them but nevertheless we only won by a single goal. Of course we know a perfectly good good was disallowed, but the amount of chances we missed is worrying. We must convert a greater ratio of chances.
It would have been a travesty if the Huns had converted their one half chance, but with such a close score line anything is possible. The Griffalo is magic and we must find a way to play two strikers against mediocre domestic sides, but I was raging with him for missing that one on one at he end of the game. Too casual or trying to be too clever.
I do not think the Sevco goalkeeper had a brilliant game, he had some luck and we were extremely wasteful.
Take away the hype and the crowd, Sevco are just a very mediocre team. It could and it should have been five or six nil.
Sevco remind me of Smarties, they had a letter under the lid when they were Rangers, but now with no letter under the lid they are both poor imitations that should be treated with contempt.
Hail, Hail to all . Onward and upward, the journey continues.
Philbhoy
Cheers but no need for prayers for me just yet unless of course your praying that I can have a pint again sometime soon. :-)
MWD
MWD
Like Philbhoy already posted your in mine, hope things get better and keep up the good fight, never met you (yet) but others speak well if you so good enough for me
Apologies if that post sounded like a clique, the worst clique in the world everybody is welcome :-)
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ExciledTim..
No Club can get 10,000 to put up £50 never mind 100,000..
Oh Yes.. They Can..
In the Last Couple of Years Celtic TV has been Improved Vastly into a Great Service with HD Quality picture..
But it Has its Hand Tied behind it back by Football Laws from the 1980’s in this Day and Age Celtic FC should be able to sell Live Feed of Celtics own matches to Celtic Fans in its own Neighbourhood or City Not just to People who reside in another Country.. just because Who says.. Sky.. the Company that is Killing Scottish football never mind Celtic.. and we can’t show a Live midweek game to even someone who lives in TimBuc2.. why because EUFA says so.. a Organisation that is Killing Scottish Football.. Celtic and every other smaller Clubs that have to abide by these Rules/Laws should take Sky and EUFA to Court in a Class Action.. it would be a Bosman for Clubs are there right to Own and Sell there own live games.. so who do Celtic Supporters pay when the want to watch Celtic Sky or there Partners or Sky’s love Childs like Setanta.. Ditto Midweek we are paying EUFA indirectly for Not being allowed to watch our own games Live.. Celtic FC could have there own rights to sell Celtic games to whoever they choose and also have the rights like some TV companies do to sell Sky Packages like EPL etc
How no club has challenged these Rules in the last 10 Years I’ll never know..
Imagine the Poor were only allowed to buy Food in the Shops that the Super Rich buy in madness.. agree..?
EnyWhoo rant over..
And to think I could have and should have Married Julie Murdoch.. thought she was a Bit Boring for Me.. I mean after a Year of Wondering what she did.. then her telling me she was a Philanthropist..I mean Who wants to Marry a Girl Who collects stamps.. True Story..
Yea I Opted for the Model who thought she better let me know before she would go out on a Date with Me .. That’s she was into ‘Monogamy’ I nearly crashed the Car.. Can’t believe I’ve Landed a Beautiful Model and She is into Kinky Sex as Well.. This Sadly is a True Story as well ..;-(
Julie came to our Wedding and I overheard my New Wife telling my Mum who Julie was and what she Did.. Oh I wish we had Google 20 Years ago.. Celtic might be in the EPL..
Strange But True X 2..
Summa of IMarriedaAxeMurderCSC
If we as a support cannot raise even £1m + then we must play a longer, more patient game and wait until we have the footballing breaks that allow us Champion’s League revenue and the kind of financial rewards that we have been denied for years thanks to us being cheated and abused by all and sundry.”
am no a ALL but a SUNDRY a papish sundry.
BLESS.