Chill your jets. Far better to win and score five goals in a preseason friendly than to lose, but these games are all about improving fitness, the score is the least important aspect. Notwithstanding that, I’m pleased Teemu Pukki showed some form in front of goal. I don’t think Celtic would stand in his way if he found a potential new employer, but if he remains with us this season, his pace is likely to sit comfortably with the Ronny Deila model.
After missing the bulk of the last two Champions League campaigns through injury and Brazilian diving, news that Scott Brown will miss an extended period as a consequence of his hamstring injury is a blow to club and player.
It could have been worse. Celtic lost Scott for the bulk of last season’s Champions League on 1 October, when they were unable to compensate by tweeking the squad. Expectations are we will be without the player until October and we are only nine days into the transfer window. Lots of time to ensure we are at full strength when the meaty part of the season starts.
Brazil players and Phil Scolari turned up for yesterday’s semifinal wearing Naymar caps in the absence of their star striker. Their Excuse To Fail – emblazoned across their foreheads. Literally!
Add to the mix what can only be described as inappropriately enthusiastic anthem singing, while holding up the no. 10 shirt of, let’s remember, another player, not a fallen war hero, and you have all the ingredients for cloudy and unstructured thinking, instead of focus and awareness.
I don’t doubt this was all well-meaning but it was amateurish naivety. Players should turn up to a stadium with their game plan dominating their minds, not lamenting the loss of their best hope, having been consumed by national pride, one of mankind’s enduring fallacies. The Brazilian FA should immediately sack Roy Hodgson Big Phil.
Has all this Tour de Yorkshire business put you in the mood to get the bike out? If you why don’t you sign up for the Cardenden Cycle, which this year takes place on 6 September. You cycle from Celtic Park to the grave of John Thomson in Cardenden, Fife, a 64 mile journey. Full details are here.
If your cycling days are over, they are looking for drivers and stewards… if you’re available.
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I am always very suspicious of so-called Celtic supporters who come on here and say “in a years time Rangers are gonna win this and win that”.
FFM – What makes you so sure they’ll be in the top division next season?
bt
Kinda Ronny’s first player signing!! lol
VP
Absolutely …they always have
RVP being roundly supported this evening
Jude
shout it from the rooftops.
Unbelievable talent there.
bt
Oh right. Havnt met her yet mrs j has “nice girl”
Jude
stayed over the back from me good ghirl..
bt
I DO!!!! Quiz guy in the pub says he’ll use that in the quiz sometime!!
That no 4 is a dirty bar steward, same in the last game..
Jude2005
Read the news about Josh.
Ronnys first signing.
A bit of history.
Pass in my congratulations
Hail Hail
It’ll be interesting to see how CFC deal with the first Sevco game
The media et al can spin it how they want ….I don’t care for their take on football or anything for that matter
CFCs take is an entirely different matter
I hope I’m pleasantly surprised
Just watching a small game of association football at the moment
Netherlands. Vs Argentina.
So far I don’t see anything for Germany to worry about. But you never know.
how do you refresh on a android tablet..
TIA
B b
Will do ta.
bt Did Robyn show you the pics of the signing?
Aqua de Parma.
Argentina were well ahead, but seem to have taken their foot off the pedal
Messi in flight…no4 gets his…
Sos
click on last post at time then refresh buton next to forward and back arrows
Jude
mrs bt mentioned it tonight and I told her you posted on cqn, I told her all about young josh…
via Fb of course..
BT
Did mini show you how to do that?
East Coast Tom,
While you are sitting in your middle class Edinburgh abode, wondering what can possibly go wrong in this wonderful wee country now that you are back, let me remind you of the existence of both the SFA and the masons in black. For this alone I can quite easily see the cheeky chubster leading his fat ugly hun contingent into our league where everything about them, particularly the cheating, will be worse than ever. Are you an uber Tim now since you migrated back to support Celtic? If so wtf did you choose tram city for?? There might not be trams anymore but there are ample buses and dual level train systems. This is true-not a conspiracy theory.
summary
click on the previous page then click back on the page you were on.
B B
Jinkys on the Strip?? Las Vegas??
summary = summa! Sorry, predictive text.
BT.. How do you know young Robyn (if you dont mind me asking ?)
Bloody Timternet crashed there, must have gone over those Chopper, or in Docs case Chipper handlebars
Now, when are the famous Glasgow Celtic playing next ?
Hail Hail
jude2005 -Albufiera, Algarve
HT.pure shite.
Jude
Mini bt via instagram r whatever.
mini bt friendly with robyn.
FFM
Quite so
CFC have acquiesced at best or are complicit at worst in Sevco’s survival and impending entry to the SPL
When they arrive the MIB and compliant SFA will ensure they’re a challenge
Thinking anything else requires one to forget the cess pit that Scottish football is
England were playing cricket against Australia. A voice from the crowd shouted, ‘tuffnell, I’m building an idiot… Lend us your brain…’
If any Brazilians are building an idiot and tuffnell’s got lost in a phone box or something then Andy Townsend will see you fine,….
HH jamesgang
PfAyr 21.40
Completely agree
Tom Mclaughlin, the huns will be in the top division next season because it has been written. It will come to pass ect ect
Sphell sfa need them back . I hope I am wrong but I won’t be.
Jamesgang
it was aussie fast bowler merv hughes who said that to tuffnell….
FFM –
I chose to live in Edinburgh because that is where my house is and, more importantly, where my sons live. In any case, what is your problem with Edinburgh?
I think you are going to be left gutted when the Huns fail to win promotion in the coming season. Try not take it too badly mate.
Waiting for a cold front to pass so the temperature drops below 80 for a few days. Hows the weather back in scottyland anyway?
maleys bhoy
Never was he more right!
Is Merv at the game tonight I wonder?!?
HH jamesgang
PeteTheBeat
20:55 on
9 July, 2014
MON is starting to look like
back from the break and martin is on the clarinet