My expectation is Den Bosch will be better than an equivalent second-tier Scottish team (any of whom would give us a game on a summer evening like tonight), so they will hopefully present a suitable challenge to help stretch the legs.
Most attention will focus on Dedryck Boyata, but no matter if he looks great, or lousy, you will learn nothing of his abilities tonight. For Dedryck the objective is to get the limbs and lungs moving, just as with his new team-mates.
I hear Saidy Janko (19) was spotted walking into Ross Hall Hospital this morning. Although known as a right back, Saidy can apparently play right side of central midfield and as a winger. While he’ll be the fourth right back in the first team squad, positional definitions aren’t what they used to be. At Celtic in particular, there’s often little difference between a full back and a winger (the former can hopefully tackle, the latter, less so). They both have a responsibility to make runs into the opposition box, and to track back and defend.
Reports this morning that Dundee United have agreed a £1m fee for Nadir Ciftci with Gary Caldwell’s Wigan will be more palatable to United fans than seeing another player agree terms with direct rivals Celtic. The fee agreed is within Celtic’s grasp, should they be sufficiently motivated to move for the player. After a rising through the ranks, Wigan have endured two relegations in recent years.
They still have Premier League parachute payments coming in, which explains the seven figure bid. It remains to be seen what Dave Whelan’s 23-year-old grandson makes of the opportunity, now he’s in day-to-day control. There’s an old Dutch proverb about families with money going from clogs and back to clogs within three generations.
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England hit bar. Some effort, luv.
DD – yup – both were good. Wee Liam Henderson got a bit of rough treatment and strangely didn’t seem up for getting his retaliation in first, which is unusual for him.
Anyway – off to bed – just as England hit the bar!
Night, night
HH
BGFC
Angelgabriel, that only works if you know what a flange is. BTW, don’t tell TOSB…..shhhh.
How’s the sclaffbaw going? Playing murchar on Monday, one of the trickiest links courses I’ve had the pleasure to lose a kilo of baws on. I hope it’s not windy…..ha ha.
DD, how was Lustig tonight? does he still have the magic tash?
Jeez, Engerlund wimmin’ real close twice now. Jonathan Pearce ready to climax.
Anyroadup,
Tomorrow is another exciting day full of opportunities and promise
Time for baw baws
Night night n hail hail timdom
Would it be rude to say I hope the English lassies get pumped rotten in the last twenty minutes?
Twenty minutes, marathon man
Night night
ACGR
Never mind the fishing on the Mekong river with Martin Sheen
Tell us who won the big derby game between The Viet Minh v The Viet Cong ? :)
sandman, I’m glad canamalar split your our last two posts.
There is just no escaping the fawning pish from the “non partisan” commentary on this game.
Pearce now onto fashion matters and a little bit of mild flirting. It’s football commentary, Jim -but not as we know it.
Spectacular electrical storm here in the City of Discovery by the way, better than watching the footie
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
01:27 on 2 July, 2015
sandman, I’m glad canamalar split your our last two posts.
There is just no escaping the fawning pish from the “non partisan” commentary on this game.
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He’ll slip into WW2 mode if the Japs get ahead. He’s itching to get at them in traditional Engerlund fashion.
Big Georges Fan Club – Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar, you should stay up for extra time. The commentator has just announced extra time will be played in swimsuits. Don’t know if he meant himself or the lassies mind.
The USA girls will blitz either of these two. England playing for no more than silver.
fieldofdrams, I’m off to my back door for a smoke and a look south. Nae sign of your storm in Carmyllie…………….yet.
HH
ACGR, think it is slowly coming your way, we watched it coming from the Perth direction and it seems to be moving off from Broughty Ferry now – although the rain’s now coming down in torrents. There’s even localised flooding (in my back garden).
Lymmbhoy
Thanks for putting up the goals, just got in from work and watched them.
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I loved seeing the team play without names on their backs.
Everybody knew who Billy McNeill was, or Tommy Gemmell, or Bertie, or Kenny, or Jinky, to name but five. Great players don’t have to advertise.
I would love to see us dropping names on shirts. We won all the things we have ever won as a team.
fieldofdrams, it’s here. Absolutely spectacular. Nature at it’s best, lighting in all directions and thunder like NFL gave us when we gubbed Barcelona.
I love a storm.
oops, the wee wans do the biz.
Oh dear. Lol. OG puts England out in last second.
Hopefully, Pearce will now throw himself off the gantry…
Seen the replay – no left foot, sweetheart, or you’d be going to extra-time.
Jonathan ,get it roon ye.
Damn it, nae swimsuits then, unless you happen to be in fieldofdrams back garden.
Sayonara, England.
:))
That poor wee English girl is absolutely distraught.
It’s almost stopping me laughing.
Looking oot my back door, old jungle jim’s hoose looks like it’s taking multiple strikes down in smokey village.
Mibby it’ll recharge the auld bassa’s batteries:_)
I need to stop watching this.
When the commentator say’s “Steph went down rather theatrically) I’m no longer thinking about football.
Well done the wee Japanese wummin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zzLU1ato2w
Ghosts
ACGR
As you know, Mikel is my favourite Celtic player. Possibly world class when fit. Anonymous tonight. He still went off in a classy way. ;)
Stunning winning goal from the engerland defender!
Murdochauldandhay, they all hugged at the end and took a tuk tuk oot tae the market to buy some elephant pants.
Wait till you see mine, makes my onesie look like the same time period as jamesgang on his penny farthing.
dae iz da dogz doo dah’s and well worth the free dollah’s I spent. Better than our third strip anaw!!
Tennis from Wimbledon morning.
Celtic from Paisley afternoon.
Women’s World Cup from Montreal evening.
Now watching New York Red Bulls and New York Cosmos.
My couch has had a long exhausting trip today and will need a wee rest before heading back to Wimbledon tomorrow morning early for Andy’s second round match.
GG, your couch needs a potato.
HH bruv, hope all is well in your sunny state.
Goodnight Celtic Men and Wummin.
For anyone still awake and interested
Red Bulls score in the 89th minute to make the score 4-1 for the Red Bulls.
Harrison will be jumping tonight.
Good fitness exercise tonight. 1st half should have been 6 or 7, would have been with a quality finisher or is Scepovic just that unlucky? He did link up well though. Nice to see the young lads brought on for their annual now you see us now you don’t moment.
Getting sick of our club downsizing. Cost me nearly £150 quid tonight, for a friendly. We deserve some real money spent on this team. I’m sick and tired of hearing about economics.
Chilling to this to contain the rantage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOt1VxUBJh0
Red Bulls win 4-1.
Couch refueled and course set for Anaheim to catch the end of the Yankees Angels game.
My thumb is suffering from jet lag.
Dreams of Lisbon
It cost me £12 tonight. Bus and ticket. Where you based? Lisbon?