The most pleasing aspect about last night was the manager’s reaction afterwards: “Yet another soft goal”. “We don’t defend a basic ball into the box”. But, before Cristian Gamboa and Craig Gordon pick up the tab for a bad night in Lithuania, more went wrong. Much more.
Goals change games and you can be sure games will change when Celtic are defending the way they are right now. Gamboa losing his man for the goal was in keeping with what we should expect. Cristian is good going forward but is not the most diligent at the back. We need a backup, backup, right back. Right?
Despite all that’s going wrong in defence, I am just as concerned about how the midfield is operating. Our passing was again poor. Olivier Ntcham opened the scoring after two minutes and opened the Suduva defence late in the game for Moussa Dembele to shoot wide, but for the rest of the game his passing was as inaccurate as it was against AEK and Rosenborg away.
Callum McGregor, so often a key to unlock packed defences, was ineffective. I would like to see him play the deep lying playmaker roll over our next three games. There he can dictate the pace and accuracy of our passing, leaving space for Rogic to play in front of him.
Moussa Dembele is our best striker, but the shape of the team left him isolated and looking just as out of sorts as Odsonne Edouard did at home to AEK. We have potent strikers who see little of the ball.
On the positive side, Suduva were as poor a team as I can remember playing in recent seasons – and I include the Gibraltareños (as they will be known after March) in that. We will reach the Europa League group stage. How effectively we compete there will be determined by the arrivals over the next seven days.
Dinner for four at the Walfrid at Hamilton game on Sunday!
Courtesy of Intelligent Car Leasing, we are raffling a table for four at Sunday’s game against Hamilton Accies in aid of your Foundation. If like me, you watch football in the bitter cold and wind, even in July and August, this will be a fantastic day our for you and three friends!
It’s a free bar. And you get the chance to support the Celtic FC Foundation.
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Good luck, and remember: Central defender.
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Celtic Answers
1,,In what year did Billy Stark make his last appearance for the club ?
Answer,,,1990
2,,,Which manager signed Alan Stubbs ?
Answer,,,Tommy Burns
3,,,Which player moved in the opposite direction in the deal to Morten Weighorst to Celtic ?
Answer,,,Barry Smith
4,,,Jo Inge Berget made his debut in a European 4-1 defeat to ,,, ?
Answer,,,Legia Warsaw
5,,,Who did we “ pluck “ from Feyenord in summer 2006 ?
Answer,,,Evander Sno
6,,, “ He came first as a trialist and was a free transfer after FC Mulhouse went out of business and were unable to pay their players. He left on a free to Partick Thistle . ” Name that player
Answer,,,Stephane Bonnes
7,,,As a player Big Billy’s last game was against ?
Answer,,,Airdrie
8,,,After leaving the club Big Rab Douglas joined ?
Answer,,,Leicester
9,,,Who did Celtic score nine against in 93 ?
Answer,,,Arbroath
10,,,In June 99 we paid 1.25 million to Sheffield United for ?
Answer,,,Olivier Tebily
11,,,Wim the Tim won the league cup , our first in 15 years , beating which side in the final ?
Answer,,,Dundee United
12,,,Who scored the first that day ?
Answer,,,Marc Reiper
13,,,Which opposition defender would later sign for us ?
Answer,,,Steven Pressley
14,,,Which team was chosen for Davie Provans testimonial ?
Answer,,,Nottingham Forrest
15,,,Top scorer for the club in the 93 – 94 season ?
Answer,,,Pat Mc Ginley
CELTICMAC
Could be-I’ve got one of his watches! And a top wi a suspiciously red white and blue label.
JTT53
It is the fun in taking part I enjoy. Win lose or draw. :))
F.U. read the question in future.
You scored,,
SFTB,,,9
BMCUWP,,,12
Bateen Boy,,,6
DD,,,9
CelticMac,,,8
Next up is the picture section. This week its famous cars. Name the show or movie attached to the car left to right one row at a time please.
If link doesnt work try to copy and paste http://tinypic.com/a/ayvkp2/2
Mahe,
1. dukes of Hazard
2. The flintstones
3. Only fools and horses
4. Mad Max
5. Knight rider
6 thunderbirds
7. The A team
8. starsky and Hutch
Mahe,
Thanks for tonights quiz. Not usually here the whole evening, but Mrs is on night shift, so it’s kept me out of mischief. Appreciate the time and effort you put in ?
Dukes of Hazard
The Flintstones
Only Fools and Horses
Mad Max
Knight Rider
The Pink Panther
The A Team
Starsky and Hutch
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Only eight pics-is that correct?
@HarryBradyCU @Themis1888 @Scarytoes @CelticBlog2018 @CelticRhebel @hoohimthetim @Hullbhoy @hen1rik @LightingMonkey @Scottsman1978 @WS2N28 @CQN @paullarkin74 I’m afraid this is nonsense.Why haven’t Celtic,in the form of individual shareholders,sued the relevant parties for material loss of earnings? Ive asked this for years and have yet to get a satisfactory answer. Why have the Res12 guys managed to get this far when Celtic didn’t?
Still no reply to this from Harry Brady CU.
Can anyone else answer this ?
Bateen,,no worries partner.
BMCUWP yes 8 pics
BATEENBHOY
Makes a change for me to be awake for it. Blame the Bank Holiday weekend-rain battering off the windows woke me up!
The Pink Panther ????
Oops. Well done Mr Curledupwinklepickers ?
1 Dukes of Hazard
2 Flintstones
3 Only Fools and Horses
4 Mad Max
5 Knight Rider
6 Pink Panther
7 A Team
8 Starsky and Hutch
1 Bullitt
2 The Flintstones
3 Only Fools and Horses
4 Mad Max
5 Knightrider
6
7 A Team
8 Dukes of Hazard
Dukes of Hazzard
Flintstones
Only Fools & Horses
Mad Max
Knightrider
Thunderbirds
A team
Starsky & Hutch
reading that both Celtic and Sevco are interested in Forest’/England U 21 centre back, Joe Worrall, who is available for loan
MAHETHEMADMAN
Thanks,mate. I’ll echo BATEENBHOY in my gratitude.
Bank Holiday ?
Only for ex-pats ?
Hope that means you get a long weekend. Looking forward to maybe catching up in November ?
Mike, I went to Halifax a few times. You won’t believe this. I was invited to the Queens official residence in Halifax on the occasion of her official birthday. I had to stand in line to shake hands with the Governor (or something like that) and his wife.
I swear to God there were Mounties there. as a Labour supporter I shouldn’t have been excited. but it was fun.
Left to right one row at a time,,
Dukes of hazard
Flintstones
Only Fools and horses
Mad Max
KNight Rider
The Pink Panther
The A Team
Starsky and HUtch
Great stuff tonight guys pat yerselves on the back.
This weeks podium,,,
1st,,,BMCUWP 43
2ND,,,DELANEYS DUNKY 39
3RD,,,SFTB,,,37
4TH,,,BATEEN BHOY
5TH,,,CELTIC MAC
Well done bhoys and especially our new champ.
Hail Hail fae Cali
bobbymurdoch
The Pink Panther? Was that the cartoon version?
Thanks Mahe and well done BMCUW
A wee bit of fun after a hard week for Celtic.
maha the madman
Thanks again for your sterling efforts!
nb Sterling is how they say Stirling, in Embra!
Great quiz Mahe. Thank you for your time and effort. Well done Mick. I am happy I beat the mad Aiberdonian ;))))
CELTICMAC
Aye. Used to be on just after the fitba results.
Canny remember yesterday but can remember 50 years ago like it was,well,you get my drift!
BATEENBHOY
Normal working hours,mate. Triple time,mind.
I’ll spend some of my ill-gotten on you in November.
HH
Celticmac
It’s from the cartoon. There’s a scene during the intro where the cartoon panther hets into the real life car outside i think, a theatre in chinatown, L.A. And the cartoon clouseau chases agter the car.
Memory is a wee bit fuzzy, but i was only a wee bhoy in them days unlike BMCUW ????
Thanks for the congrats,lads. Usual,they’re all easy questions if you know the answer!
And get lucky with some guesses…
I’ve decided to withdraw my previous gratitude towards MAHETHEMADMAN. Only a hun would remind us of Tebily and Bonnes. Yer outed,fella(!)
Last night i was quite critical of Brendan after the game, on reflection it was maybe a bit harsh. Taking into account the past two years overall BR has done a brilliant job, not flawless but brilliant. There is much talk of some of his signings not making an impact however on balance we need to look at how much value Brendan has added to Celtic. The stadium is full every week and season tickets are sold out. The playing squad is worth millions more than what he inherited and overall standards have been lifted across all aspects of the Club. There is more corporate and commercial interest too. And the small matter of two years UCL money banked. He had no right to get us to the UCL two years ago but he delivered.
He has got some things wrong in recruitment and perhaps needs to look at some aspects of the football methodology as well as how he is managing the media. But he also needs backing from the support and the Board. My worry is the Board wont back him and hang him out to dry to the extent that we fail on the pitch and/or he walks away. That would be a very bad thing for Celtic. Personally i will back him to the hilt and hope others do likewise. If we do not recruit and invest properly in the next 7 days the Board need to be called out. I hope the Board realise from their comfortable seats how much pressure they are under to deliver. They may think they can sit back and watch as Brendan crashes, but it wont work. Failure to invest from the position we are in now will never be forgotten.
Delaneys,
I’m happy to get double figures and not finish last ?
Maybe see you at the weekend if you’re around. ?
bateen bhoy
Now that, is good detail!
Just thinking about it, it was at the end of the show ! Hence the Panther making his getaway.
David17
Can’t disagree with any of that. You’ll be getting a bad rep. for talking sense if your nae careful.
Back Brendan. He’s earned it.
bobbymurdoch’s
Got this image now of a Celtic supporter driving around er Swindon in a Pink Panther style motor wearing a pink Paul Smith suit!
CELTICMAC
And I thought my daft boayishness days were over…
BATEEN BHOY on 24TH AUGUST 2018 9:58 PM
Read some stuff on social media today, Brendan was getting hammered. Well over the top and worrying.