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Winners win and losers lose, yesterday proved that beyond all doubt.  Credit to Steven Gerrard, who had his team press against the champions.  Celtic played an hour without a striker, but that was no mitigation for the sheer gulf in performance between the teams.

Winning nine trophies in succession gave Celtic the tools to survive an onslaught that would have buried others, although much of the credit must go to Fraser Forster, who played in none of those nine wins.  By contrast, Newco played like they had a deep-seated loser schema.  There is no other viable explanation as to why a team can dominate so thoroughly but show so little composure when it came to making a difference.

Central to all of this was Alfredo Morelos.  He is Newco’s best player but he is not good enough.  He does not have the mentality to do what is necessary against Celtic, and for a team who aspire to win things in Scotland, that is unacceptable.

His psychological makeup was questioned when he was the most red carded player in world football last season.  He has not been ordered off this season, although that should change with a retrospective charge for running his studs down Christopher Jullien’s Achilles.  Scoring and behaving when it doesn’t really matter is pointless if you cannot find calm when it counts.

The goal looked offside at first pass but the picture is less clear having watched the replay dozens of times.  Newco’s Helander moves behind Jullien’s frame.  On camera, we do not see which of them has a playable body part nearer goal when the kick is taken.

The finish was a carbon copy of Ciro Immobile’s opener against Celtic in Rome.  Immobile showed his class with that goal, Jullien showed a comparable touch and composure.  He is a winner and a leader.

A lifetime watching Celtic play Oldco and Newco came together for me a moment after Odsonne Edouard came on as a second half substitute.  His first action was to have the legs taken from him by Connor Goldson.  It was as though we were watching John Greig doing what made him the Greatest Ever Ranger – kicking a Celtic player.  Some things never change.

Celtic were ahead before Newco touched the ball again.  If Walt Whitman best described Wednesday’s win over Hamilton, Lennon (the other one) inspired this victory when he sang, “Instant Karma’s gonna get you”.  This is Celtic in their poetry period.

Tom Rogic signed shirt raffle for Celtic FC Foundation


The Celtic squad wore a special shirt for last month’s league game against Motherwell, bearing the Celtic FC Foundation Christmas Appeal logo instead of the normal Dafabet logo on the front, and the words “Christmas Appeal” on the back, instead of the Magners logo.

Tom Rogic’s signed shirt from that day is available for raffle.  Each donation of £10 or more will be entered into a draw, which will take place on Friday 13 December.  The shirt will be posted on Monday 16th (or available for collection at the Hibs game on Sunday 15th).

The Celtic FC Foundation do incredible work throughout the world all year round, but their work with those most in need in the winter months, and for children and families coping with chronic poverty, can give warmth, nourishment, self-respect and  human compassion that some people struggle to find.  All donations go straight to the Foundation.

This is why Celtic exists.  You can enter here at JustGiving.  Good luck and thank you!!

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  1. nally81 on

    LD… Yip, its going to be a hard one to complete.

     

    However we pushed the boat out for Henrik and for Rodgers and Dembele and Edouard so I have my fingers and toes crossed that Celtic see the importance of the position he plays and we ( like with Henke and BR) have a unique pull to bring in certain guys at the absolute top of the game.

     

     

    HH ( here’s hoping).

  2. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    One rule.

     

     

    Bond TO us those who love us.

     

     

    Fraser a case in point.

     

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    Compare and contrast .

     

    Brendan.

  3. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Seriously saddened to see how the mighty have fallen.

     

    Great player. Wrong decision.

     

     

     

    Gary Hooper (born 26 January 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League

  4. Hunderbirds are Gone on

    “Escaped goat headbutts pensioner during rampage in Northern Ireland

     

    The goat also jumped on cars and devoured plant pots in the half-hour frenzy.”

     

    Don’t panic! Don’t panic? No Lewis Morgan did not head straight off to to catch a ferry after the game. Rather this is a bizarre headline that I stumbled across,from The Independent newspaper, from December 2016. 😂

     

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  5. GFTB on

    Broony scores an injury time winner against Hamilton in a midweek Spl match and big Fraser runs the length of the field to join in the celebrations, is there a (realistic) match you see the big man doing the same for Southampton ?

     

     

    Run Forster Run ….. if it can be done get him signed

  7. david17 on

    Would like to see Fraser and Elyo commit long term but baby steps at the moment. We need another striker for the second half of the season, lets hope Nicky Hammond can dig something out. Its a great disappointment to me that Eddy and Moussa never got a good run together, i think Eddy would be even better with a battering ram beside him.

  8. GreeninbingleyinOslo on

    Macjay

     

     

    That’s sobering reading, and I too am sad at the reading of it. Loved Gary Hooper.

     

     

    Mr Stein always said that the greatest reward in football was to develop and instruct young players, and ‘see them grow into not just good players, but good men.’

  9. GFTB on

    Macjay

     

     

    For a season and a bit I thought Gary Hooper & Anto Stokes would break goalscoring records for Celtic … am afraid the grass is never greener

     

     

    I try and appreciate what we have these days

     

     

    Fellow Celts, good night & Hail Hail

  10. Turkeybhoy on

    Some Zoomer,dear God,I have no idea what I have been watching 50 years. telling us all that Sunday was a “Car crash”.I will not get annoyed with this idiot,I will just say again,that was wonderful seeing them crying,not the actual team,who I have nothing against,too many Tims there,just the scum who follow them .To say it was a car crash,is beyond belief.We did not play well on a Tattie field,with our top striker missing,and a hotch pot of a team,Lenny not blame less here,yet still brought the Cup home.

     

    Made my fekin week,still celebrating.Away and have a look at yersel ya pyooooor Zoomer.

  11. Turkeybhoy on

    GFTB,

     

     

    Gary Hooper one of our great strikers,and a great wee Hunskelper.

     

    So easy for people to forget that so many are not born into Celtic,especially English,but when they come and do the job we require of them,and take great joy in it,they should not be forgotten.Gary Hooper,IMHO,is one of these guys.

  12. GFTB on

    Turkeybhoy 11.20pm

     

     

    Totally agree …

     

     

    These days not many players stay at any club for an entire career … maybe that’s why I loved the Maestro and Broony is up there as well …

     

     

    I should be sleeping but Panarama keeping me awake … so much for a day off :-)

  13. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Hooper is another liar on why he left,to make the England World Cup Squad……with fkn Norwich City……we were in the CL at that time, and much higher profile than them for starters.no interest in him since he left, we reputedly offered him 25k a week.

  14. Fess19 on

    Mackay

     

     

    How the mighty have fallen

     

     

    Gary Hooper was not the only one to see his career spiral downwards when he left Celtic. Apart from his local team in Sweden even Henrik could only get a game for Barcelona and Man United. Sad to see but that’s how it goes ;-)))

  15. Matt Stewart on

    You may be delighted to be informed that today I sat on my specs. I am therefore struggling to focus on screen. The two day pish up hasn’t helped.

     

     

    Opticians tomorrow, and then a temporary set of pound shop 2.0s …and …a wee tale (well part 1) of unstoppable forces and immovable objects.

     

     

    Get the beer in!

     

     

    hail hail

     

     

    Matt

  16. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    GREENINBINGLEYINOSLO on 9TH DECEMBER 2019 10:56 PM

     

    Macjay

     

    GFTB on 9TH DECEMBER 2019 11:04 PM

     

    Macjay

     

     

    Lads.

     

    My first intimation of Gary`s regret at leaving Celtic came from our friend D.D. who passed that info on to us on C.Q.N.

     

    Some of his hunskelpers and assists , to wee Kris in particular , will live long in the memory .

     

     

    I wish him all the best .

  18. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    FESS19 on 10TH DECEMBER 2019 12:10 AM

     

     

    Precisely why I value our newbies and hope that they will bond to us.

     

    The Jullien / Frimpong post match joy was something to behold.

     

     

    The reality.

     

    There`s more to it than money .

  19. Fess19 on

    Macjay

     

    Apologies for getting your name wrong in previous post. Blame predictive text and not reading before posting

  22. ‘GG on

    And it’s a great day to be alive

     

    I know the sun’s still shining

     

    When I close my eyes

     

    There’s some hard times in the neighborhood

     

    But why can’t every day be just this good

  23. Dbhoy on

    !!BADA BING!! 11:47 PM

     

     

    Bit harsh mate.

     

     

    Sutton and Thommo were both overlooked for England while doing the business for us consistently against the best teams in Europe.

     

    Hateley was the same when with the huns. Probably other examples but that’s just off the top of my head.

     

     

    The English don’t rate our game, much to their cost at times especially when we get an Epl team in Europe.

     

     

    My guess would be he was advised to go South if he wanted a real chance of international honours. A cracking striker for us who would probably love to turn the clock back to stay on in Paradise.

     

     

    Mistakes, we all make them.

     

     

    HH

  25. An Tearmann on

    Oldtim67(times a podium chaser)

     

     

    Good to see you and the other cqnrs at the bv on Friday.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    Was that the lesser spotted DBBIA posting asking the whereabouts of the hillbilly:-))

     

    Good to see you on

     

     

    HH

  26. David66 on

    Good morning CQN from a windswept and soaking Garngad

     

     

    Ah well back to work thi morning at least with a big cheeser on my coupon yet again, oh it’s good to be a Tim.

     

     

    So onto Thursday and the Clujy, rest some players and still win as we did on Sunday – seemples

     

     

    Then Sunday for another big one a rejuvenated Hibees come to town.

     

     

    COYBIG

     

     

    D. :)

  31. timaloy29 on

    It will be interesting to see if Elhamed is fit for Cluj on Thursday. Hoping he can play at CB alongside Bitton and we can give Jullien and Ajer a well-earned rest.

     

     

    Scope to give either Scott Robertson or Barry Coffey a debut a CM alongside Ntcham.

     

     

    Bayo/Griffiths to share striking duties.

  32. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE on 10TH DECEMBER 2019 9:04 AM

     

    Has MacJay broken the blog?

     

     

     

     

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    Been accused of everything else .

     

     

    Sometimes guilty as charged.

  37. An Tearmann on

    PHILBHOY on 9TH DECEMBER 2019 7:14 PM

     

     

    Maurice Ross (Old Co 2003-2005 so obviously a legned) says the huns have definitely got the measure of us.

     

     

    I guess we’re *****d then.

     

    It’s the hope that kills them!!!!!!!!!!

     

    HoHoHo!

     

     

    Hi philbhoy

     

     

    I always wondered what happened to Maurice

     

    Ross after Del Piero sent him oot for milk,bread and fags😊😊 at the corner flag when juventus humped the hun 4-0 in the 90’s 😊.Do you remember ? Lol

     

     

    Hope yir good and geein the hun a smile

     

    HH

  40. Philbhoy on

    AN TEARMANN

     

     

    Yes, I do remember Del Piero doing a sort of pirouette and dragged the ball almost in a circle whilst young Ross was looking the other way.

     

     

    All well here thanks and hope you are good too!

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