You will remember times, not so long ago, when a successful Celtic team went 15 months without keeping a clean sheet away from home in any competition, even against lower league opposition. Already this season we have achieved what until recently was regarded as beyond the club, won two games away from home without conceding.
Helsingborgs are not of the calibre of opponents Celtic can anticipate facing in the group stages of the Champions League (assuming no bizarre reversals), but they disposed of the Polish champions 6-1 on aggregate in the previous qualifying round and are as resourceful as Aalborg or Utrecht.
There was plenty to be pleased with in last night’s but the most striking element was the performance of Kris Commons. He scored goal and was credited with an assist, has scored both our league goals this season and had a further assist against Helsinki; an incredible return for a player who three weeks ago was drawing comment on the size of his shorts!
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iki
16:30 on 22 August, 2012
McBhoy
15:12 on
22 August, 2012
Can anyone believe that booking for FF for time wasting after 33 mins?
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Only one minute added at end of first half ……. so how much was wasted by FF.
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ye see, these Ref’s are sooooo stupid, he never thought of that.
As I said FF played with his head all game after that, it was like he was said, ‘go on book me again, I double dare you’ he won, we won, an all say all of us!
Hi Ghuys, I’m looking for a bit of help here. The youngest son, Celtic daft, has been accepted to do a course at Aberdeen college. He is up there with the wife at the moment. He has lived in Germany most of his life, but is desperate to go to Aberdeen. They are having real problems trying to find him accommodation. Do any Aberdeen based Celts know of any “safe” digs or suitable accommodation available in Aberdeen? He doesn’t drive so somewhere not too far out would be required. Any help/ advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
A breakdown on the pot of gold at the end of next Wednesday’s rainbow.
http://sport.stv.tv/blog/186280-what-are-the-financial-implications-of-champions-league-qualification/
I assume we wil be using our in house projections to determine our transfer priorities.
“Strip Billiards”?
Sounds like a lotta balls.
ASonOfDan
Its no SD or TRFC Its R****s RETAIL LTD Hmmmmmmmmm
R*****S Football Club is delighted to announce today a Joint Venture (JV) with retail giant SportsDirect.com that enables Rangers to once again control its retail operation and gives supporters the chance to buy direct from the Club and in doing so, continue to invest in its future.
Rangers Retail, a subsidiary company of The Rangers Football Club Ltd, has been formed with SportsDirect.com which enables the Club to utilise the huge buying power and resources of SportsDirect.com while maintaining the majority stake-holding in the JV.
an all say all of us! ????
so say all of us. but you knew that anyway!
Summa of Sammi….
16:27 on 22 August, 2012
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Tell You what this Site needS is Some Gregg’s well Fired TRolls..
Summa of SquareSausageCSC
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I presume Trolls are those ones you get over at the home of T’Ran…. !!
Summa of Sammi I,ve passed your details on to my ghirl, she,ll be in touch. Hope you and yours are well, got a good feeling about this season. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles
Lived in Germany all his life. Is he a Hun?
sorry pal, couldn’t resist. HH
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OldTim..
Yea great to Catch up Again..I Got home on the Tuesday after the Final Game..My Wee Mam wisnae too Happy..(Thumbs Down)..
I will email you my Sisters Recommendations and Put you in Touch with her..I sent you a Text when l was Home to Pick some but could Not of got it..PS..She is a Manager with a Whiskey firm..
Great to be back Down-Under..8 days till Spring..Not to good to be Paying over 10 GBP for a Cider tho..:O(
Summa
macanbheatha
Thank you.
I was back in Ireland a few weeks ago, really couldn’t believe how green it was, and how good the Guinness tasted.
Will have a couple of pints tomorrow, going down to a town where they serve it, the wife wants to go to the brit supermarket there, the pints are as good as I have had outside of Ireland, and a reasonable price, 3.50 euros.
Estadio
15:18 on 22 August, 2012
The stone inscription looks to me like “An Cladhan”, Could be a stone from the top of a mountain of that neme? I have a piece of quartz in my garden taken from
“An tEarragal” and similarly inscribed .
a shot in the dark CSC Hail hail
Response to an Orc on Scotzine:
Any other team in Scotland that was in a similar situation to The Rangers* would be experiencing resentment and banter- its called rivalry- but instead those with an unhealthy mindset call it ‘bigotry’. What you have to remember is that The Rangers* cheated the public purse out of valuable tax revenue for the blind pursuit of football glory- that has put the country’s back up. People are sick of people like you whingeing about being treated badly. You have to understand this, as your constant snarling and caterwauling is not good PR for you new club. Along with the issue of Tax avoidance ( I know, I know, you didn’t do it), the illegal use of EBT’s ( yes them- but they haven’t been proved I hear you say) and the undeclared double contracts…so there is a public perception of a corrupt soon to be former institution and systemic cheating. That is the way it is. And most of it is The Rangers* self-inflicted strategic errors that marked their doom. Not Lawell, not a Tim conspiracy or the BBC or Daily Rhebel or UFO’s…The Rangers* overstretched themselves until they began to tear and fall apart at the seams. What’s more during those ‘glory days’ under Murray The Rangers* made few friends with their superiority complex. All big clubs are reviled wherever they play, the same is true of Rangers as it is of Celtic, its a chance for the little people to dance around the bloated body of an arrogant and contentious Goliath- this is the natural order of things. Rangers are merely reaping what they sowed in the Murray years; I didn’t see many Rangers fans question anything when they were winning. Its time to man up and take the Karma.
The SFA/SPL you say vociferously denigrate and accuse of victimizing The Rangers* have in reality bent over in Yogic contortions to accommodate your Club- you are just too hurt and angry to see that. They knew they had to suspend your licence for not paying PAYE under Craig Whyte ( the last messiah since the last one). But they chickened out. Instead settling on a transfer embargo, hoping that would satisfy your club. But it didn’t. You couldn’t see they were doing you a favour. Your club decided to jeopardize the whole of Scottish football in the eyes of FIFA by going to a civil court to contest that official favour. The SFA then had no chance but to enforce embargo once the boomerang came back to hit them in the napper. But as a caveat they gave your club until September the 1st to sign players- another favour. But you can’t see that for bitterness. The SFA/SPL even threatened every member club just to assist the smooth installation of The Rangers* into the SPL- but fan power put a stop to that. This is democracy brother. Listen, The Rangers* are not a special case, they are the same as every other club. No special treatment. Those days are over. Get used to that. This is democracy.
The ten point deduction was an automatic penalty activated by adminstration. Self-inflicted. Yes you had a measly £160-000 fine. Didn’t agree with that. But the September 1st deadline still allows your club to assemble a team on exorbitant wages. Since you are the same club will you pay back the 270 creditors you owed money to? Even your ‘relegation’ to Div3 is in actuality a fast-track PROMOTION for a new club that doesn’t possess the required 3 YEARS of accounts. That again is a FAVOUR. Preferential treatment by the establishment, if you will. But then they’re all out to get you. Does that mean UEFA are out to get The Rangers* because your new club is ineligible from competing in Europe for three years? No, of course not. That would just be silly. All they are doing is what the SFA are too weak to properly do- they are enforcing the rules: a new club cannot play in Europe until it has 3 YEARS of audited accounts.
Have you looked at the RangersMedia & FF fans sites and the constant referencing to ‘taigs’, Roman Catholics ( with a peculiar fixation for the Irish variety), child-abuse etc? This is endemic among a delinquent hardcore of your clubs sectarian dragoons (but what about Celtic…I hear you say). So don’t go pointing fingers at other clubs or their fans until your club and its fans get its house in order- Rangers are the most hated club in Scotland because of this attitude of ‘its everybody else’s fault’…the constant harping of your martyr/persecution complex, the mass paranoia, the lack of remorse of an unrepentant support, the turning to threats at the blink of an eye and bullyboy tactics of the no surrender siege mentality- everyone in Scotland is sick of it. It was McCoist’s lynchmob tactic of demanding to know the names of the independent judicial panel members. In one reckless act of intimidation completely snapped any threads of support the club had from traditional allies in Scotland. It was cowardly and unforgivable. But unfortunately this is the psychology the likes of opportunists such as Green pander to in the lowest common denominator of The Rangers* fan base- act like a demented thug making threats, spouting conspiracy theories and you are immediately canonised as some sort of hero figure by a very gullible support who have had all their critical faculties blunted by hurt pride and blind anger.
*The Rangers refers to the club formally known as Rangers 1872
With McGregor and Bell now both injured, Craig Levein has the ideal opportunity to call up Neil Alexander?
Celtic smash New world record for being first team to have a Greek International with a Scottish accent and a Scottish International with an English accent, score in the CL on the same night.
SoS
Let’s call it a draw :>)))
Wonky Radar 4.59
Love it:)
HH
Kris Commons says he’s delighted with Celtic’s pie as you play contract, as it makes him a more rounded player.
Variation CSC
I’m sure this has been covered but I’ve been away. Why do Therangers still have the stars and how long will this charade be allowed to continue?
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HebCelt..
No Worries..How is She enjoying Mt Eliza..? How is the Family she is Working for..?
Summa
They don’t like being called Sevco?
Those Fuzzy Wuzzies don’t like it up em.
Sports Direct?
Is that the dingy wee store that’s up a stairwell in Argyle Street?
A bargain bin sports retailer in partnership with a wee 4th tier club
They suit each other
Wycomebhoy, I’m now wondering if the Hoops come out as a Dennis the Menace top in a film negative. Maybe next year’s away top? Then again it’s supposedly the colours of Govan’s coat of arms.
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TET..
A DRAW..Then Nobody Scored the Winner..Jeez your Hard Work..:O))))
Or..Did you mean Draw on the Cave Walls..Ha..
Summa
mcbhoy
16:26 on 22 August, 2012
Paul lennons passions rant is still on the site.
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Gimp
EmeraldBee
It is interesting that the Guardian printed the letter you referred to. Interesting in the sense that the original letter, as published, did not name the song itself.
“So Pussy Riot get two years for singing a song disapproved by the authorities in a church. In Scotland recently, the SNP regime passed a law allowing for five years imprisonment for singing a traditional song disapproved by the authorities at a football match. So two years is really lenient.”
John Royle
Inverness
(Monday 20 August 2012)
Now, of course every chance that the initial letter was edited, but as I say, as published no song was named. If it wasn’t edited how did the Guardian know that John Royle was referring to the ‘Billy Boys’ and print a follow-up letter quoting it? Or does John Royle really believe that the ‘Billy Boys’ is a “traditional song”?
mcbhoy
16:58 on
22 August, 2012
Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles
Lived in Germany all his life. Is he a Hun?
sorry pal, couldn’t resist. HH
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I won’t tell him you said that, or else he would be putting a contract out on you ;-)
He was born in St Francis’ in Govan, one of the last to be born there. St Francis’ was run by nuns and was right next to the Stadium of Satanic practices, now home of some new outfit.
Ádh Mor to Kevin Sheedy in his battle with bowel cancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuUzu0ZWgXU
Looks like we`ve got the new striker so many want. This from the William Hills website yesterday:
“Celtic face Helsingborg in the first leg of their Champions league qualifier and they are 9/5 to get the campaign off to a winning start according to our latest football odds. Gary Cooper is the key man and Hills are 7/2 that he scores and Celtic win on Tuesday night.”
They tell me Gary Cooper is a fine shot.
JJ
Nurse!
Nurse!
He’s not well again!
U
Summa of Sammi
In 1885, Arbroath beat Aberdeen Bon Accord 36-0, not Shotts Bon Accord.
Although I wish it was the Shotts version on the receiving end of that drubbing!
SPF
JJ
If only my Dad was alive to see that. Loved his Cowboy films he did.
jocky bhoy
16:04 on
22 August, 2012
Thanks for the measured and highly emotive response
Wilson was not chosen as a first team pick last night based on shin splits.
For me that does not make him the ideal solution to what we definitely need for our up and coming CL campaign. The boy will always get my 100% support when he plays or represents Celtic. I.e on off the pitch. His merits on whether he is the solution for our weakness in my opinion is no. Kelvin done very well when he came on last night and if the club thinks he is the solution he gets my backing. I will not lie to myself though and say that I think he can plug this gap in so short a time. It is also a basic fact that a fresh player coming on after an hour has a fitness advantage that is just common sense.
No criticisms of how the squad is managed or rotated.
agree with everything you say up until saying these players we sold. Off course we did but we have not replaced any or addressed any obvious deficiencies and the basis of my gripe is that if we dont strengthen then I think the UL would be more beneficial. I cant see Fraser Forster doing what he did last night with CL quality teams. An expensive proven quality centre back would promote Chaz and Vic to play where they would be more effective and that costs also but the shot in the arm that Lenny would get from a quality centre back preferably experienced having dealt with Thompson, Loovens, Hooiveld won the SPL, qualified for UL, sold Ki removed 10 ?? players from the wage bill, conducted himself impeccably … under incredible pressure.
I am amazed we are not screaming it from the rooftops …naw we are still staring at Rangers …..
Stand by the press ganging of madmitch last night. Draconian Sorry !
The expert coffee table virtual psychologists make for great reading.
Thanks for getting almost into intelligent debate without being insulting.
Yours in Tic
Awe Naw
HH
iphone too ya bu((er after two weizen !!!! ;-))))
Night night folks …….
Has CQN changed or have I changed ? LOL
Summa she seems to be settling in fine. Shes of to Alice Springs/Ayers Rock in a couple of weeks for 3/4 days. Brisbane in late September and New Year in Sydney she has some friends there.oh to be young again!! Hail Hail Hebcelt
Sooo….I noticed from the article by Chris Jack…posted on here earlier…that Edu is bound for the Engine Room of Mighty Stoke….
Good ! No doubt there will be a ‘friendly’ played at AsbestosDome…to ‘sweeten’ the Deal….
And they will kick “Lumps Out Of Each Other’….before The Govan Galacticos lose by a ‘cricket score’…and Wee ‘Eck has to call a ‘Summit’…to investigate the shameful outbreak of rioting…which followed this latest setback…for the Club with a ‘Glorious Tradition’ stretching back all of a fortnight…
My eyes were also drawn to a sentence that I thought I would never see…
“The Gers have now seen off the Mighty Brechin,East Fife and the Bairns on Cup duty this season and………..”
Careful now,Mr. Jack….No “Rangers have triumphed” , “Vanquished..” , “Put to the sword”….or even “Cruised past” !!??
Leggoland2 will be ‘eyeing up’ your job,and on the phone to your Bosses..to get you your ‘Jotters….
And you’ll no be gettin’ a welcome..doon at the Ludge…anytime soon…
What companies like Sports Direct don’t appreciate is that what they make financially from the Zombie hun is likely to be offset by other football fans, not only Celtic supporters this time, refusing to buy as much as a bootlace from their now sullied company.
JJ
Maybe we should play “Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling” next time our no88 scores. We are used to western themes for our strikers.
#HighNoonCSC
Forgive me, I’m about to get ahead of myself….,,.just a little
My mind is wandering to the CL Groups…I know , I know but it’s unavoidable, so good was last nights result
What or more accurately , who , is occupying my thoughts is Charlie Mulgrew. Any Celtic supporter who doesn’t love what Charlie has achieved either is missing a soul or has no pulse
None the less, Charlie is a dilemma. Neil wants to play with 2 advanced full backs . In Matthews and Izzy we have 2 who can play that role. The problem with this system is you need a midfield which rarely loses possession and 2 Centre Backs with pace. Real pace in at least one if them
Think Barca levels of ball retention and Puyol pace at the back and you get how you need to play for this system to work .Charlie doesn’t tick that box , yet he is one of our best players.
In my view we either sign a Puyol style player to partner Charlie or we look at a midfield anchor role , Busquets, for him
This is only necessary for Europe, Charlie can stroll through the SPL with ease
Not an easy one for Neil and John Park
Celtic mac
I’ve just today taken up the Guardian after a 30 years+ hiatus – I just couldn’t stomach the the Herald’s pro-rankers guff any more.
Anyway, when I read that letter (without benefit of your post) I actually wondered about the editing. Maybe today’s correspondent knew something we didn’t, or maybe he’s just a rabid Tim with a fertile imagination. Whatever, I’m going to try the old Guardian for a while. Mrs Bee liked the crossword, so I’m sorted.
Thanks for the info btw.