These days are often tense, but I doubt you or I are too stressed right now. If we went 0-2 up tonight, my overriding emotion is likely to be annoyance that we were presented with a flicker of hope, before it is inevitably dashed. Celtic will go out of Europe tonight, of that, there is no doubt.
Having accepted this, there is still plenty for us to gain from Valencia. We need to learn how to play against better teams. We will not always win against them, but losing 5, 6 or 7 goals is unnecessary at any level. Drubbings like this can be prevented by being more defensively aware.
With Forrest, Sinclair, Burke, Weah and Edouard, we have all the ingredients necessary to be a polished counter-attacking team. Let’s defend our box and see what happens.
I feel for Steve Clarke, the Kilmarnock manager who was clearly upset and humiliated by sectarian abuse thrown his way at Ibrox last night. After the game, he reflected that it was a bonus his children and grandchildren did not have to live in this environment.
Steve left a different Scotland for London in 1987. For what it’s worth, I think this form of sectarianism is less prevalent than it was in the 80s. It remains in pockets, but huge swathes of the country have no affinity with it and are embarrassed by it. I do not encounter it in my professional life and it is never directed to me in my personal life, although I hear it on the streets in the evening.
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5/1 to win the game tonight. 18/1 to qualify.
Therefore, statistically we should only qualify (when 0-2 down from the home first leg) one time in every nineteen. And as I’m pretty sure we’ve failed at the last 18 attempts then surely tonight’s the night?
85minutesCSC
I am not up to speed with all the rules but can anyone tell me why Scott Brown got a yellow card for jumping
the advertising board but the Atletico Madrid player who scored second goal last night did not..??
Are the rules different in UEFA games..??
MIKE IN TORONTO@4-25
I think that video to support goalies red has been doctored .
There is a double motion to push out his elbow that does not appear on the tv pics of incident.
Also strange that it only surfaced today giving plenty of time for an edited alteration.
!BADA BING!! on 21ST FEBRUARY 2019 4:00 PM
TIMHORTON on 21ST FEBRUARY 2019 1:53 PM
after sundays game, some on here thought the league was done and dusted. after last night i dont think so, they are after us
Said same last night…..
*when mersey tunnel mooth conceded the League tae us after Sunday my thought was “I’ve passed this way before”, when MON claimed they were the bench mark and allegedly told the players he would always be truthful tae them but they would hear him telling a wee lie and that they were the better side, he told him then that at minimum we would win the League and shortly after we gubbed them 6-2.
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Paul67 etal
My biggest bug bear in football is Players falling down and rolling about as if seriously injured,after he’s got the tackler booked, or red carded, he get’s up and carries on playing, that should to be stopped.
There should be a rule, if anyone is lying on the grass faining injury they should be sent of the park for 15 minutes to recover from the injury,the same should happen to players who are genuinely injured, they should get time to recover from said injury, It could stop a few who have the art & skill to make a dive looking like he’s injured himself stop trying to bluff the referee,
How many times have we seen footballers look like they are seriously injured then get up and carry on playing. it makes me angry when this happens,they should be punished ,that’s why I think that 15 min off the park to recover from serious injury, or a fake injury.
I hope that Celtic get the win tonight, but to be honest all I’m interested in is winning 8 in a row.then carry on from there.
16 Roads & Fan-a-tic
I agree with both comments.
Sectarianism hasn’t gone away – it’s just not been fashionable or vote catchy to do anything about it.
We had throwing of objects at Ayebrokes regularly, batteries, lighters, bottles, coins – with video & photographic evidence in support. But zero comment & action.
We had sectarian singing constantly at particular games at that place – with no comment from the SFA.
We had attacks on Celtic players at that place during the game – with no comment from the SFA.
We had fan damage by their fans at Pittodrie that was airbrushed out of things until someone at the BBC revealed it after our game against Killie – why was it kept quiet?
We have the Police pretending to be pro-active by stopping coaches & taking photos of bottles of Buckie they took from fans – while the same police ignore sectarian chants because it suits their agenda.
Whatever the result later today, the headlines tomorrow are likely to be of misbehaving Celtic fans taught a lesson by robust Spanish Police. The fact that it’s a fabrication & distortion of facts will get lost in the static.
COYBIG
HH
Well, all’s well that ends well. My son has dodged the batons and plastic bullets and is currently sipping a beer inside the stadium.
After all the fuss yesterday gaining entry to the stadium was pretty straightforward.
Right , let’s get it on Celtic.
Anyone else think we can make history here?
I haven’t been this wildly optimistic since we took to the field 5-1 down to Nauchatel Xamax.
Canny quite remember how that one turned out……