Astra started their season on a historical high, eliminating Lyon from European competition, but their 8 games since August have brought five defeats, two draws and a solitary win against opponents currently 14th place in the Romanian league.
On paper this sounds as straightforward as previous European ties did against teams from Karagandy or Maribor but as we found out on those occasions, European ties are seldom straightforward.
The cynic in me suggests there is more going on at Astra than meets the eye. Any team who can win in Lyon would be heavy odds against shipping three goals in the cup to lower league opponents a few weeks later, which Astra did. They then turned up away to league leaders Steaua Bucharest to keep their only clean sheet since August. Another coupon buster.
Astra, it would seem, are a gift to those who bet outsiders. They are long odds tomorrow, so I’d caution against backing Celtic for a comfortable win. The visitors will apply themselves, just as they did earlier this month against Salzburg, who won by a single goal.
The Celtic books we have published in recent years have been a real labour of love. After a biography of Willie Wallace and a football journey from Tommy Gemmell, we published your story of Seville, a record of its impact on the Celtic Movement.
Today we launch Caesar & the Assassin, the accounts of Billy McNeill and Davie Hay as Celtic managers, told in their own words. It documents the period of our history from when Billy took over from Jock Stein in 1978, through to the end of his era 13 years later, including Davie Hay’s four years in charge.
Most of us lived experienced that period first-hand but it has been an absolute education to read about the games and events which we watched as spectators from the managers in charge. It’s the best CQN book yet.
The first batch of orders will receive a copy signed by Billy and Davie, more here.
If you fancy watching Sunday’s game against Kilmarnock in comfort…….. We have secured another pair of Premium Seat tickets for the Jock Stein Stand from Celtic sponsor Magners. To win the tickets answer the following question:
Which country do Thursday’s opponents FC Astra come from?
Optionally, if you have £1 available, please donate it to Mary’s Meals at this MyDonate page, which will send your £1 straight to Mary’s Meals, then send me your contact details (with or without donation confirmation) to celticquicknews@gmail.com
Competition closes tonight (Wednesday) at 10pm, so get your entries in now and watch your inbox Thursday morning. You can donate more than £1 if you like, of course. Terms and conditions are available here.
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tom molach
21:02 on 22 October, 2014
David Murray promised an investigation into that.
Gordy
So far so good for our Real Madrid, Celtic double.
So even the great ones miss sitters.
CL HOD THE DOD, cannae be having Liverpool embarrassed, mmmm. Ach well suppose we’re paying for this.
Ryecathcher RRY&Sky
Arsenal 1 down
Been out of lurking range for a bit.
Can anyone shed any light on what happened with Zaluska and who was involved?
cheers
tlwio
Arsenal 0-1
Delaneys,
one down one to go,and the hoops wont be letting us down
Liverpool do look really poor. Real Madrid could easily have scored six or seven here. And what has happened to the famous Anfield atmosphere?
the spirit of arthur lee
21:14 on 22 October, 2014
Arsenal 1 down.
WG will be having kittens or setting fire to some obscure thing in Wishy -:)))”
Brendan Rodgers searching for Mario Balotelli’s receipt … http://t.co/31Q64laVhp
Gordy
I will be screaming my support even louder at the match tomorrow night. :)
BB,
VG. -:)))
Real haven’t had to play that well here…
Chelsea aside, the EPL teams are struggling badly in the CL despite their outrageous wealth.
But look at how well Olympiakos, Basel and Anderlecht are doing in comparison.
Only took Liverpool Celtic double
was thinking -1 but remembered Barca at weekend
so just to win : > (
Looked for someone else on coupon and missed Dortmund until I turned on
multi channel : > (
If Celtic win I’ll still be happy 17/10
Not sure about Rodriguez or ‘Hamez’ as seems to be his name now
Bought off the back of a decent World Cup havnt done much in any game iv sen Real play
Cant see him being there for long be off to some ‘big’ Premiership club soon
Had a dabble myself tonight.
Ronaldo to score anytime and Real Madrid to win.
Think I’m safe now.
AWE Naw
Ta for that.
DD
I wonder if the upper tiers will be open tomorrow night? I know ours is in the main stand. Hope yer there in time for a blether. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Sorry meant to say odds 2/1.
Did Liverpool not spend circa £100m this season? Will they get slagged off by the Emsm for this horsing, as we did after losing 3-0 at home to Juve (‘men against boys’). Not even a thought for Celtic spending buttons compared to the richest club in Italy’s transfer bill.
1-1 Arsenal
Gunners 2 to 1 now
Weefra
I am in my sister’s seat in the Main Stand lower tomorrow. Hope all went well today.
2-1 Arsenal
If it was a boxing match the ref would have stopped it at HT
Anfield like a morgue
RM very good – L’pool not so much so!
HH
Blimey, and I thought we got dodgy refs, Anderlecht robbed.
2-1 arsenal.
Tom Molach
And that was the bigots in suits.
Marrakesh express.
Correct. Msm just look for any excuse to portray us in a negative way.
Fergus pointed out that two years in a row when we qualified for Champions league under Lenny. We were from the smallest country population wise. Media as per more or less ignored it. They would much rather stick boot in.
Arsenal 2-1
Ryecatcher, jimmy Tarbuck, Phil Thompson, Sheila grant, the liver birds, the antichrist souness, cilla black, lily savage, Ryecatcher again, Bruce groolbebeelarrrr!!!, the orange order, the guy I met on holiday in Rhodes 4 years ago, ma Boswell, Joey Boswell, awe the boswells ffs, Thomas the tank engine ( well at least the fella angelis that does his voice ), a big plate of scouse, the river Mersey, the ferry across the river Mersey, the women that works in the canteen on the ferry across the river Mersey and Ryecatcher……..your boys took a helluva beating tonight.
Well done all the minus 2 bhoys.
Liverpool must have been a 1 man team last season. They look poor and they spent £100 million or so over the summer. Bizarre. RM should have doubled their score and with ease.
Easy money :))
Well done aw the minus 2er’s…..think yeez nicked my bet fae Saturday :-)
DD
Things went no too bad. Will keep you up to scratch if we meet the mo. If not, I’ll see ya Sunday. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.