These pages have seen Gordon Strachan written off many times since those four days in August 2005 when Celtic conceded nine goals to Artmedia and Motherwell. Last night, as Scotland manager, he got the breaks. First, at the most ridiculous dive for a penalty ever perpetrated by a player on a yellow card (and I have seen Steven Naismith), then, when tired defensive limbs contrived to concede a late winner for Scotland.
If he gets a result away to Slovenia on Sunday, he will have earned whatever grudging appreciation goes his way. A generation of adults have never seen Scotland at an international tournament. They don’t know the joys of losing 3-0 to Morocco, watching a defensive wall shirk at a free kick, or celebrating as an Iranian scored an own goal to deliver a point. It’s time they learned.
Little about Scotland’s success is good news for Celtic. Should we win the league, our first qualification round will start two weeks after the tournament kicks off. Although that round is unlikely to provide a particularly stiff challenge, consider what happened to Newco when they arrived unprepared against Luxembourg semi-professionals.
Even if Scotland don’t reach the finals in Russia, a second place finish in the group for Scotland would see the players face two play-off games in the middle of our Champions League group games, and the possibility of a League Cup final.
Brendan Rodgers will wish his players every success, but he would surely not be too distressed to share hard luck stories with them when they return to training next week. The club-v-country debate has kicked around for decades, but I doubt if any club/country combo has seen it as acute as it is for Celtic and Scotland right now.
Catch up with this CQN Podcast from last month when we interviewed Celtic star from the Centenary season, full back Chris Morris. It’s a great listen…
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The core of the Poppy debate has never been about having a go at guys who served in the Forces.
If someone wants to wear a Poppy nobody here ever had a problem with that.
Where the problem lies is Poppy Fascism where people are forced or blackmailed into wearing one.
Every guest on BBC has a Poppy stuck on them, they put it on team jerseys tried to force lads like James McClean to wear one & harassed & barracked him when he refused.
The Poppy was originally to remember those who fell in the 2 World Wars, no problem there but it has been expanded to include the SAS Paratroopers who murdered innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday & they still expected a Bogside Bhoy like James McClean to wear one.
For those asking.
Chalmers of DUFC has no connection whatsoever to any other Chalmers footballing family.
I know the Dundee Chalmers family well and none of them played football at any level.
TontineTim
I can only quote one of BFDJ’s brothers, and he was an Arab, with typical sympathies towards RFC (IL).
CCCCCCC……Celtic
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GORDON64 on 7TH OCTOBER 2017 10:06 PM
If by some miracle WGS could get us to the world cup finals next year who on here would not be proud to see a Scotland team made up mainly of Celtic players, captained by a Celtic player take to th
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If we qualify
Leigh will be dropped for Millar
KT for Wallace
Brown for some random Hun
Gordon for another random Hun
Forrest for, guess?
Stewart will keep his position because he has lovely hair and token tin written all over him.
MWD :-)))
One for Danninho.
Celtic One Love
SOM MES QUE UN CLUB on 8TH OCTOBER 2017 12:40 AM
TontineTim
I can only quote one of BFDJ’s brothers, and he was an Arab, with typical sympathies towards RFC (IL).
*didn’t he have a half brother that played for Hibs.
This is Live for me
Never seen it before.
I don’t know why but it popped up on the suggested youtubes. Looks interesting.
Magic.
Believe
;)
Orinoco flow
Corinne is my wee Big Sister.
Incredible so she is, the hardest Anti Abortion Girl ever.
She was out watching Hairspray with most of the Family, the Ladies.
Crap Womens stuff to visualise.
I Want to drop Belfast Child but I can’t now.
I hate Google.
Paul67,
These pages have been taken over.
I know a lot,not enough.
awe naw
The Fight is there.
Get the ads to F.
P67,
Just get the Ads to feck.
The Finest unit in Armagh.
In Crossmaglen….
The FIRE it is Scooby DOO.
KevJ you have a ticket if you want 2 C Celtic ve Hibs.
My Son is a good lad. Celtic Daft now I Reckon.
Big G – Magic Man
Rutherglen/Donegal
MASSIVE
CELTIC
CELTIC
Tom Rogic has been off the pace.
What is about to happen?
as th3 Gr8 CQNer linked, I’ve used it to Death online gaming.
ooooh, i could crush a grape.CSC
The East Side is full. :))
Makes me happier than Anyone will ever know.
BSR is CELTIC, His Bro wasn’t long gone.
He lamented to me, personally, about the lack….
BSR Ultimate Celt.
Brendan it is Time to really do it.
CELTIC
I hope to Witness Celtic with you again.
Good morning CQN from a cool, dull but dry East Devon.
Tweetim,
Just saw yer 1st post….welcome to the madhouse……ye 4got ghirls ya sexist maddie ;-))
H.H.
Good morning a bit damp but with brightness in the west.
MWD
Spot on we are only keeping places warm for the sevcoites
Castlebhoy,@12.06 hrs,
Correct, we are a broad church.
Our reach is also far. Interesting reading about the foundation sleep over in London. I trust it will be as poignant and successful as the one in Glasgow.
If you know your history.csc.
ERNIE LYNCH on 8TH OCTOBER 2017 12:22 AM
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It is correct to say there is no official bar on a Catholic becoming PM, but somehow there has never been one deemed good enough to stand for the post. Add to that Blair felt he could not convert while in office and only did so once he had been stood down. There may be no official bar, but IMO there is certainly a de facto one.
Good morning, friends. Big day ahead ;-)
Jobo
Hopefully
This is the day Scotland win away :-)
My hope for today is……………………..
The weather is as good as it was yesterday.
Lots to do in the garden.
Oh and is there a game today?
Not a single faller yet in this weekend’s Last Man Standing 9 games although the majority of folk elected to go for one of today’s games. So good luck to the following –
DENMARK [3] v Romania
POLAND [29] v Montenegro
Lithuania v ENGLAND [36]
Slovenia v SCOTLAND [1]
NORWAY [1] v NORTHERN IRELAND [2]
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/great-start-scott/
Goals, shots! The sexy stuff. But there is more to it than that – but you know this.
Philbhoy
Get the garden done and put the telly on at 5pm, Craig Gordon, Kieran Tierney, James Forrest and Leigh Griffiths are playing Slovenia :-)
CELTICBYNUMBERS
I genuinely didn’t know that The Griff has only scored with two free-kicks for Celtic. I fancy him to score every time!
With that stat in mind,I reckon we need a rethink of our options.
Mind,I hope he scores with three of them tonight!!!
GFTB
I might just watch that then!
:-)
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
We haven’t had a dead ball expert since the wee man from Japan left:((
Man he could hit a baw.
Bring the Naka back, free kick coach!
DESSYBHOY on 7TH OCTOBER 2017 8:51 AM
“Anyone know what is happening with regards to the sfa and spfl and their refusals to conduct an enquiry into governance in football,I was under the impression that several avenues were available should they stonewall on this.”
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One Avenue Celtic, Hibs and Aberdeen supporters will be going down is King’s Park Avenue on the weekend of the League Cup semi-finals. They’re taking a lesson from history, when, in 2012, similarly to now, faced with the death of Sporting Integrity as attempts were made by the power brokers in Scoddish football to have Sevco admitted to the top tier in their first year of existence, many supporters across the land contacted club chairmen threatening to renew their season tickets and to continue to pay into a rigged game.
Oh, wait. . . . .
Let the sheepies off. Make that Motherwell.
VALE BHOY on 7TH OCTOBER 2017 3:54 PM
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
I am going to Madrid next week when their only home game is Spurs so I won’t bother with that.
Looked at the website for Eibar tickets. Both goal ends say no tickets available.
There are tickets for the other two sections starting at …250 euros
FFS!
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My grateful thanks for that reply,bud.
I texted the info to my sisters. One seems to have had an attack of the vapours,while the other’s response was exactly your sign-off.
FFS!!!
I’m sure they’ll find a pub to watch it in-though I’m about to trawl back to find the info kindly posted about Madrid CSC. If nothing else,they’ll be in good company!!!
CELTIC BY NUMBERS on 8TH OCTOBER 2017 10:26 AM
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/great-start-scott/
Goals, shots! The sexy stuff. But there is more to it than that – but you know this.
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Excellent again CBN.
One thought from me on shooting from distance. And I will use Tom Rogic as an example. Not for the first time the stats show that his accuracy for long distance is low. However, there are two important aspects behind these stats:
1) When he does score they are usually extremely vital or spectacular or both
2) By attempting long range efforts and by scoring, it makes defenders think he will be try and get the ball on his left foot for a shot, thus allowing him the occasional fake that leads to goals (or chances) like the winner against Aberdeen in the cup.
The same applies to wingers / full backs who favour coming inside (Roberts) or going on the outside (Tierney). Attempting the opposite now and again, even if not successful puts doubt in the mind of the defenders. Always a good thing.
Stuart Armstrong shooting and scoring with his left foot comes into this category. Forrest likewise with his outside of the right foot shots.
ADI_DASLER on 7TH OCTOBER 2017 4:26 PM
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 7TH OCTOBER 2017 1:16 PM
Bobby
Might be worth contacting Triskel Tavern. Home of CSC.
Cheap eats…..El Tigre…just ofc Gran Via. Buy a drink & eat like a king.
HH
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Ah,that’s the one. Thanks,mate. When in Rome,etc,but when in Madrid just find the local Tim shop.
HH
SUPERSUTTON
Good point. Putting doubts into the minds of defenders always manufactures time and space.
Of course,in Scotland our players just get whacked as a rule. Removes the doubt,removes the danger.
And usually without punishment.