Kilmarnock had a pretty ropy start to the season, defeats to Motherwell and Ross County coming either side of a win at Hamilton, but they travel to Celtic Park tomorrow on a run of three consecutive draws.
They will be confident of scoring (scored in five of their six league games while we’ve yet to keep a clean sheet), and there is the added incentive that if results to their way elsewhere, a win could see they jump to fifth, behind Celtic, Hearts, St Johnstone and Aberdeen.
Brendan Rodgers will have a few selection options to consider with Champions League duty coming up on Wednesday. For these two games we’re going to perm two from Toure, Sviatchenko and Simunovic in central defence, one of Dembele or Griffiths as striker, while Gamboa could make his Celtic Park debut tomorrow. I’m hoping for a straight back four against Manchester City.
The other big area of outfield competition in the team is for the right midfield berth. James Forrest and Patrick Roberts both make good cases for inclusion. Don’t be surprised to see them subbed for each other in each of our next two games.
I see a lot of confidence after the League Cup semi-final draw, pitting us against Newco next month. This game will be six weeks after the 5-1 drubbing at Celtic Park, when a vast chasm between the teams. I expect us to win, but I also expect a considerably more difficult time.
We had the run of the show earlier this month. Moussa Dembele mustn’t have been able to believe the space he got, something denied to him by more tactically aware teams like Alloa and Inverness.
We benefited from the capitulation of one central defender, Senderos, shortly after his partner was subbed as part of a tactical change. The sight of Joey Barton unable to get off the ground to intercept Mikael Lustig’s cross for Celtic’s fourth is unlikely to be repeated.
In short, Newco’s mistakes were so evident and avoidable they are bound not to be repeated. The semi-final will be a different game.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist about last night’s draw but the League Cup has been a financial lifeline to Newco, who were rewarded with large home attendances for earlier rounds, and will already be busy selling premium hospitality content for the semi-final. There could be enough income in this one to buy more Velcro for the roof.
Here we go again………
Hot on the heels of that magnificent news from Mary’s Meals that we will be feeding 650 school kids in Liberia for the next year, I’m running the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon for the Foundation on Sunday, 3 October.
We’re getting to that time of the year when the Foundation’s plans to assist those most chronically in need in our own community need to kick in. The winter challenges aid providers. It kills many poor and homeless.
If you can help, please do. There’s a MyDonate page here. Your money goes straight to the Foundation, where it will used quickly.
Thanks.
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Mags
Foxes on the run mair like
HH
Collum @ 6:49
One thing is certain, Celtic is going to get better and better.
Big Mikael is getting back to his real form, that is Massive.
No team could compete with them on that night.
I don’t see KT ever going into a game with that gear on. ;))
That is Celtic.
The game against them @ Celtic Park will be a great barometer of how fast we are progressing. I cannae wait. :D
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there goes a squirrel!
bullshit bingo
A game that can be played in large meetings. The players write down management-nonsense word like “Out-of-the-box-thinking”, “Synergy”, “Content streamlining” etc. in a 5 by 5 square bingo card.
If a word or phrase is used during the meeting you check the box. When you get a five box line (horizontally, vertically or diagonally ) you shout “BULLSHIT!” and win.
bournesouprecipe on 23rd September 2016 5:46 pm
Worthless MBA eh?
Awe ffs, the Thompson Twins on now :)
Must admit I’ve only me Morrisey and if they are half the man he is, it would be a pleasure to catch a beer with you. HH
Muse Uprising
Celtic.
Sipsini
I’m nearly twice his size ? :–)
Has he been going on about it ..
Okay diets starts until I meet up with you for that beer.
HH
Mags
OK Squirrels on the run .
HH
WITS: Are you about?
If somebody slapped Mrs Tally I wouldnae need to step in.
She was born in Ferguslie Park in Paisley !
Although she left when she was nine days old – or so she tells me – it’s in here DNA!
HH!!
Would love to see the letter the stv guy got from UEFA. Especially the bit about “Rangers” getting a three year ban…..
Moravcik67
Awe naw – based on what we know I see three conclusions
1. The sfa doctored the response given to Res12 to make it look like it was from the uefa press office and passed it to Grant – possible
2. Grant was given the full response and doctored it to make it look like it came from the press office at uefa – unlikely as it’s career suicide
3. Grant contacted the uefa press office who adapted the response that was given to Res12 and he’s too embarrassed to show the question as he knows it makes him look bad – I see this as the most likely answer and certainly explains why his response was near verbatim but not an exact copy of the Res12 response.
Regardless of all of that he leapt to a conclusion that was totally unsupported and showed he hadn’t done his job properly.
SIPSINI
How you doin’ buddy?
Just catching up and saw yer earlier post.
Hope to see you at the hoot.
HH!!
New David Bowie vinyl box set Who Can I Be Now arrived today. Guess what I’m doing tonight?
Oops: link https://www.amazon.co.uk/Who-Can-Be-Now-1974/dp/B01IRI05CO/ref=sr_1_1_twi_lp__3?ie=UTF8&qid=1474650315&sr=8-1&keywords=who+can+i+be+now+bowie+vinyl
AN TEARMANN @ 4:02 PM
Fine thanks, hope all’s good with you.
Yes, it seems to be designed to ensure we get more or less the same last sixteen from the “big” Leagues each Season and the regular winners get the easier path. Also they get a bigger share of the Pot.
Also interesting as Traditionalist88 points out that the new Company to control the competition it is to run in conjunction with the ECA, was this set to appease them or is it the thin edge of the wedge?
However our co-ef is normally brought down by Scotland’s poor showing, also as past winners do we get an improved co-ef or is that for Champions League (rather than European Cup) only. It could work in our favour but only if we start picking up points in the group stage… Easier said than done.
As for Clubs formed in 2012…
Well it look less like Edmiston Drive and more like Desolation Boulevard:)
Hail Hail
VFR800A8 on 23RD SEPTEMBER 2016 6:07 PM
Playing frisbee?
AWENAW
Takes me back wi the ‘Sweet’ references.
Back in the day,I could-though only if asked,honest!-rhyme off the names of all the singles,the albums and obviously the band members. Until I foolishly put ‘Love is like Oxygen’ on the jookie one night,late 80s.
Wise guy-were you in The Golf in Prestwick back then by any chance?-pulled me up about it. I thought it was because he didnae like them.
No. über-fan,he thought I’d put them on to wind him up!
Natch,loadsa beer was taken as he explained the band didn’t have four members,more like a hunner and four.
Including Ian Gillan!
Who said getting bevvied wasn’t educational…
James KTF Moravcik67
VFR
Has it anything to do wi the title of today’s article?
Weeminger
In order of likelihood yes I agree
HH
Almore.
Ta me anseo
TALLYBHOY…
I’ll be at the hootenanny, I’ll try and get my bhoy to come in and you can wise him up, re Italian ladies.
He seems taken with the girl. HH
WITS: Just to confirm I’ll take your spare ticket. Do you need a lift to the airport?
If a journalist is only willing to show you the answers he got to questions and not the questions themselves then he is hiding something. I would be focusing on why he is reluctant to identity the questions.
Celtic
Rangers were put down. RIP.
We are Massive underdogs again, whilst we rack up the League Titles in Scotland.
Come on the Celtic.
McInnes questioning why the huns had 48 hours more recovery time before Sunday’s game, will you tell him or will i …?
BMCUWP
Great times
Drank in that pub many a time. My old boy had a caravan there
H H
Hey. Al
Yes I have the ticket for you.
Lift to the airport would be good because Mrs Witella de Ville ( to give her the full title) is out with the ladies who lunch and probably won’t be able to drive at 6 am
ERNIE LYNCH on 23RD SEPTEMBER 2016 3:07 PM
AN TEARMANN on 23RD SEPTEMBER 2016 3:01 PM
Uefa confirm changes to entry
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2398899.html
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Henceforth to be known as The Champions And Three Runners Up League.
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You have to wonder what the point of this competition to teams from the countries outside the England, Germany, Italy and Spain.
This is the rich mans table and at best, the rest get the crumbs off the table and at worst, are served as the main course as we found out in Barcelona.
This is a bastardised and rigged version of the competition we won in 1967. I can’t understand why any supporter would want to buy tickets to watch this sham.
The sooner the rest of Europe tell the big four to feck off the better.
Would BT Sport, Sky or other TV company pay crazy money for a competition that only included teams from four countries?
They need us more than we need them.
Feck Uefa. Feck the big four and feck the rich man’s table.
Thank feck for for Netflix on CL nights.
AWENAW
Haha,it might well be you I met then!
The Golf was the first place I saw wi a CD jukebox,about 87/88.
5 tracks for a squiddly and not just singles.
Magic
Yer hermaphrodite sibling will be pleased to know it was the first place I ever saw ‘The End’ on a jookie.
Twelve minutes at the end of an evening,indeed a perfect end.
Staff were happy too as it drove the regulars out the front door at shutting time. Nae ejikaitin pork…
VFR800A8 on 23RD SEPTEMBER 2016 6:07 PM
New David Bowie vinyl box set Who Can I Be Now arrived today. Guess what I’m doing tonight?
Listening to the first side on the turntable and then listening to the rest on Spotify?
No report of Kenny Misser assault charge,…….. just a brawl and not a doll.
BBC Reporting Scotland csc
WITS: Did BMCUWP send you my email or phone number ending in 55?
Good Evening Timland.
Waterproofs the morra.