Ross County are a point off a European spot, a gap that has been narrowing for months. Their last six games have seen wins over St Johnstone, Motherwell, St Mirren and Aberdeen, a draw with Hearts and a solitary defeat, at Celtic Park.
County were points adrift at bottom of the table as recently as December, having picked up just three points from their opening 10 games. They are now a team on what looks like an inevitable march to European football next season. So yes, we have a proper job to do on Sunday.
In the event Celtic emerge from season 2021-22 as champions, two added-time goals at Dingwall can be regarded as having an enormous bearing on the outcome. In December, with Celtic drawing 1-1 and reduced to 10 men, Tom Rogic dinked a cross high into the County six-yard box, where Anthony Ralston rose, salmon-like to head home in the 97th minute of play.
Celtic went into that round of fixtures four points behind, the prospect of further slippage felt ominous with so many difficult fixtures ahead. The remarkable recovery told us lots about this group of players and their never-say-die attitude.
The other significant game at Dingwall was, of course, Newco’s visit there a month later. I watched the highlights that night, County were poor, conceded three and could have shipped a few more. Newco should have won the game comfortably, but a combination of lax defending and dreadful goalkeeping kept the match alive until County conjured up a 96th minute equaliser.
History is made in moments like these. News that Josip Juranovic is missing for the game gives Anthony Ralston his Dingwall stage again, horses for courses, leaps to mind. Just as important will be the fitness of Giorgos Giakoumakis. The Greek scored his second hattrick of the season in the aforementioned recent County defeat to Celtic – another horse for the County course.
Expect the pitch to be hard, bumpy and probably trained on today. Defending will need to be assured, passing from the back will be more risky than normal. Still, Celtic will travel with a point to prove. Expect another away win.
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Picture the headlines “Zombies escape from cinema”
D :)
Someone mentioned 60 and on comes Chris Burke.
D :)
JHB-just fek af
You have been called out.
And if I’m wrong I will happily sit with you up in 416
You can have my dads seat
BelmontBrian .
This tracks on it -ultravox Young Savage
https://youtu.be/7l1OX4EnGfU
Check out this wee cd,it’s on it.all good
https://twitter.com/joe_averagejoe/status/1517507489394311172?t=PLXppOK3fqQLoRSTZQqlIg&s=19
HH
This Killie game is brutal to the eye
I really don’t want the Kilmarnock cheap underlay in the SPL next season. Unfortunately, it is looking more and more likely.
Ach, sod it. Killie 2-1.
Evening all.
Early rise, a quick trio of tunes, hope you enjoy.
https://youtu.be/rBJLoYd8xak
https://youtu.be/mGgMZpGYiy8
Last tune is for our team and our leader to take their place in Celtic history, ‘mon the hoops’.
https://youtu.be/bsYp9q3QNaQ
HH
Brian
Arbroath have lost only 5 to Kiliie’s 9 games. The number of draws finished them.
Plastic carpet returning to the top league, bloody nonsense
Ah well,4 games on plastic next season.Again,thought Beaton was excellent,which just goes to show,its only bigotry stopping the wee Bassa from being our top Ref.Wee Hun.
Thinking and reading back,we had some results against S American teams.A few World Club Champions in there.
Tom at 4.
Next season we start with 19 away games but don’t worry because we will finish with 19 home games.
Two minds about Arbroath.That” Dick”Campbell is Masonic Bigot.Brother as well.Arbroath a nice day out for the travelling Bhoys though,h,mmm.Forget the Bigot,hope they get through the play offs.
I see that Beaton told the Kilmasonic captain after 10-15 mins to get a grip of Laffatme.
Wonder if he would have done the same if it was an ex celt like Griff.
Nah me neither. Still a cheating bassa.
D :)
@TB ..Kev j had some memory for past games!!!! in fact his memory was almost Tesla like.
How you or anyone in the CQN famileee..relive the historic gemmes is amazing..
My memory of games fae 59….to 67 is clear ..but the years onwards ???
Especially after discovering Lanliq at 15…. well I’m sure i enjoyed the football.. lol
TURKEYBHOY on 22ND APRIL 2022 9:55 PM
Thinking and reading back,we had some results against S American teams.A few World Club Champions in there.
Where Penarol not world champions or South American champions in 1966 tb? Beat Real 2-1
HH
Weeredbookcsc:-)
@Canman…Reading back ..I seen you posted about the chap that got battered by the huns..
I could not see any reply from anyone or updates on his health??
Would you know how he is??
H.H
Re Kilmarnock support:
As well as singing The Killie Boys, they also sing the Celtic associated ` Everywhere we go`.
I have met quite a few Killie fans and have yet to meet one who was a Hun. Indeed, most of them have been top class blokes and nothing like I had once thought Killie fans would be like.
Not much football on display tonight but Killie deserved their victory. Shame about the plastic pitch because , as a Club, they probably are SPL rather than Championship.
As a local now, I would like to have seen the Lichties come up but I agree with those who think Dick Cambell is an ignorant piece of work.
@Hot smoked iv’e always wondered…at the part where the monkeys sing
up to our knees etc…..What do the Killie fans sing …Anybody????
The Real Madrid game was organised by a Jewish charity group called the Blue and White committee.
The chairman of the group was a man named Max Benjamin. My da knew him and introduced me to him in the late 60s. He gave me a copy of the programme for the match and I was amazed to see Max’s photo and wee column in the programme.
Don’t know how it would have gone down had the green brigade been a thing in 1963. :)
Up to our knees in Ayr blood
Hot smoked
But but but it’s everywhere hot smoked :-)
Lol
HH
@Prestons…Really? dosen’t make sense mate..
Now what follows?? surrender or????? bastards…….
Just askin …….
H.H
DRAMBOWIECELT on 22ND APRIL 2022 10:23 PM
Google came up with this:
Hello Hello, we are the killie boys,
Hello Hello we’re here to make a noise,
We’re up to our knees in Ayr blood surrender or you’ll die,
For we are the Ayrshire killie boys…
AN TEARMANN on 22ND APRIL 2022 10:27 PM
??????
I`m confused.
@Hot smoked thank you ….seems they are up to their knees….
In their own blood….Strange…
H.H
turkeybhoy
Santos became World Club champions on 11 October 1962, beating Benfica home and away, and only three days after it was reported they had agreed to play us on October 30. They were the ones that got away.
Pele and all.
Reading back further….Big j so happy you got out and met the team…..
Hope you managed to meet your big sisters!!(love)..
Wee Yin…down in englandshire now meeting her extended family in ..BHAM..
i packed her case on thurs..she said granda where’s ma hoops strip…..
Oh jeez …shes 7.. Hellllp
JHB on 22ND APRIL 2022 7:46 PM
There is no reason that Celtic should lose in Dingwall.
There is a reason why the Holyrood propaganda system works.It recognises that all policies are mince and are delivering nothing & can deliver nothing – therefore it is essential to distract and mislead the voting public with tripe like indyref 2 & independence…..and menopausal memoirs.
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You can’t help yourself can you?
I’m reminded of Auldheid’s fondness for the fable of the scorpion and the frog…
Drambowiecelt on 22nd April 2022 10:17 pm
Should ask Voguepunter, been waitin on an update myself
HOT SMOKED on 22ND APRIL 2022 10:35 PM
AN TEARMANN on 22ND APRIL 2022 10:27 PM
??????
I`m confused.
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Oh don’t worry Jim was just smiling at your post of your experience with killie,just appeared to dissent the common narrative that generally every club and their fans in Scotland are anti catholic Irish sectarian bigots obviously or covertly out to end us(everyone n theirmammy).😁🤣
Both Celtic and Catholicism progress and do not badly,hope we grow as much in the next hundred years as we did in the last.confident we will work on it daily.💚🙏
HH
DRAMBOWIECELT on 22ND APRIL 2022 10:47 PM
@Hot smoked thank you ….seems they are up to their knees….
In their own blood….Strange…
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It just shows the stupidity of some of the songs sung by football supporters when they’re in herd mood.
No one in their right-mind wants to be up to their knees, or, any other part of their anatomy, in blood of any description. Some of our lot ‘rabbit on’ about the imminent disappearance of all Protestants……another load of guff that even children in the playground wouldn’t parrot….and what “joining the IRA” has to do with Celtic playing football beats me.
The paranoia and references to the ‘bogeymen in black’ on here is side-splitting. It’s astonishing what grown men will come up with when football is the backdrop and anonymity is the cover.
Of course the biggest and most outrageous stories we are presented with are the convoluted conspiracy theories surrounding those who run Celtic. They come faster than the Hadron Collider. If they were true then every board member must be spending all day, every day, working on schemes to undermine Celtic and promote the interests of Ibrox. How the club is still able to function is a complete mystery.
The sad thing is that many actually believe what they post. The Thief, His Wife and a Canoe is tame in comparison.
18 yard man,
since your a self appointed guardian of sensibilities, can you tell me how the sNP strategy to destabilise minors understanding of gender and family values is progressing,. I’m particulaly interested in how the strategy of exclding parents from their childrens decisions and influences on said decisions is going? Any upates?
Have I took that too far?
DC/Canamalar
Asked a wee guy on twitter where I picked up the info the question,if he gets back will post
:-)
HH
@Canman ..ok…not wishin to scrabble any quotes..
Always your input to this great celtic blog…
H.H
Drambowiecelt,
as far as I know you are the first person to pick up on that comment, which is quiite disappointing, innit?
I said my prayer and still hoping for the best.
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 23RD APRIL 2022 12:26 AM
18 yard man,
Have I took that too far?
Yes.