Celtic did enough in the opening 16 minutes to put this game beyond Dundee United but only managed to score once, an excellent effort from Gary Hooper, before United tightened up and made a contest of the game.
Georgios Samaras sprung past the United defence inside the first 30 seconds and squared the ball across the six yard line but Stokes arrived a split-second late to convert. That signalled a period of relentless Celtic pressure as the home team found it impossible to get out of their own half or hodl any kind of possession.
Gary Hooper controlled a long clearlance inside the centre circle on 12 minutes before knocking the ball square to James Forrest, who had space to exploit. Forrest drove forward before returning the pass to Hooper inside the box. The Celtic striker turned outside Gunning before driving a shot low inside Dusan Pernis’ right had post to open the scoring.
Celtic continued to press forward with Forrest again involved in their most dangerous moves. The young winger threaded a through ball to Anthony Stokes on the edge of the area before racing past the defensive line to meet the return pass on the volley but his shot struck Pernis.
Give-and-go football was proving effective for Celtic and on 41 minutes Cha Du-Ri played a one-two with Forrest but could not convert his shot.
Celtic were so dominant in the first half their only real concern must have been why they were not further ahead but the second half proved to be more of a contest. Dundee United’s passing was poor all afternoon but Celtic slipped to their level, frequently succumbing to unforced errors. The visitors were never in any trouble defensively but Neil Lennon decided to shake things up in midfield, and substituted central defender, Glenn Loovens, pulled Victor Wanyama back and brought Scott Brown into midfield.
The subsequent change, bringing Ki on for Stokes gave Celtic more athleticism and meant that the final few minutes, which are often tense when defending a one goal lead, were contested almost exclusively in the United half. Fraser Forster had a few catches and the odd punch but had a relatively easy afternoon.
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that penalty is beyond belief, how can he do that to his fellow professionals, cheat!
MWD naw me pal, some clown who I’ve never conversed with on here before came on at the end of the game and accused me of calling cqn’ers huns, apparently I was doing that all last week, he acted pretty hunnish given that to my knowledge we’ve never communicated before, strange one unless ………
I guess its one way to introduce yourself to the blog, not the way I’d choose personally, but we’re a broad church us Celtic supporters (not meaning to stir up a church debate).
Anyway no harm done I’ve big shoulders and as you know I’ve been to busy this evening to be bothered wae these peepil :¬)
V
HH
BT
I did call but my phone was on silent. ;o)
MWD
Vmhan, apology accepted
Amazing man on the Sports awards there….Ronnie McKinnon. Quite humbling.
T4
just saw that pen again – ref was no more than 15mtrs from the incident – so i thought i’d check back on live-viewing reaction of yesterday….
TopCorner says:
3 December, 2011 at 15:31
joke of a PENALTY to you-know-who
TopCorner says:
3 December, 2011 at 15:32
Steve Conroy just oot for wee laugh the day
guy should be on Royal Variety or somethin
haha
hen1rik
Agreed mate.
I certainly will be.
Hail Hail.
must be the reason I missed it..
Any fair minded person would hit Aluko with a ban for diving and demote Conroy to the sunday pub league for giving it. Unfortunately there is unlikely to be any fair minded people on the review panel. Might be a few peeple tho.
Ill go for Dodds on sports tonight.
ElDiegoBhoy says:
4 December, 2011 at 21:34
Ron Bacardi
I also got an A at the time.
Remember all those names plus an English teacher Bernard Docherty I think it was who I met a few years ago doing tours of Celtic Park. he was retired and lived abroad but came home for a few months each year.
McCool and McCluskey were Chemistry and Physics teachers. Didn’t like either of them.
Evan Williams father in law was tottie McLaughlan, might have misspelled, he was an art teacher.
Chalkie Neeson, a Latin teacher. Barlow, a music teacher as was Jackie Pickup.
My register teacher for a while was John? Walker. Father Simcox had a weird joke about Mr Walker and Spirits that he told everytime he visited our classroom.
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I didn’t like the science teachers either.
John/Jack walker was the Spanish teacher I think.
Jackie Pickup was the music teacher, a good one who did his best to encourage us – and he was not a Catholic I believe, but I never detected any animosity towards him over that.
Then there was wee Jimmy, hard of hearing and most of his classes semed to end up in uproar
jude
not davie I hope..
Chicohun said his 2nd dive might be investigated and fast tracked!!
Twinbhoy
Do you mean Aluko, Conroy, or both?
:)
bt
naw,the wee ugly wan!! lol
In my first year the science teacher was Mr Burns, a very hard man
Telt ewes!!! High heel kicks
Anybody think its strange that Bournesoup isnae on tonight? it couldn’t be that ” A night with Beyonce” is on telly :¬)
V
HH
vmhan
shut it ya bully…
ElDiegoBhoy says:
4 December, 2011 at 21:34
Ron Bacardi
I also got an A at the time.
Remember all those names plus an English teacher Bernard Docherty I think it was who I met a few years ago doing tours of Celtic Park. he was retired and lived abroad but came home for a few months each year.
McCool and McCluskey were Chemistry and Physics teachers. Didn’t like either of them.
Evan Williams father in law was tottie McLaughlan, might have misspelled, he was an art teacher.
Chalkie Neeson, a Latin teacher. Barlow, a music teacher as was Jackie Pickup.
My register teacher for a while was John? Walker. Father Simcox had a weird joke about Mr Walker and Spirits that he told everytime he visited our classroom.
—————————————————————————————
I didn’t like the science teachers either.
John/Jack walker was the Spanish teacher I think.
Jackie Pickup was the music teacher, a good one who did his best to encourage us – and he was not a Catholic I believe, but I never detected any animosity towards him over that.
Then there was wee Jimmy, hard of hearing and most of his classes semed to end up in uproar
ElDiegoBhoy says:
4 December, 2011 at 21:34
Ron Bacardi
I also got an A at the time.
Remember all those names plus an English teacher Bernard Docherty I think it was who I met a few years ago doing tours of Celtic Park. he was retired and lived abroad but came home for a few months each year.
McCool and McCluskey were Chemistry and Physics teachers. Didn’t like either of them.
Evan Williams father in law was tottie McLaughlan, might have misspelled, he was an art teacher.
Chalkie Neeson, a Latin teacher. Barlow, a music teacher as was Jackie Pickup.
My register teacher for a while was John? Walker. Father Simcox had a weird joke about Mr Walker and Spirits that he told everytime he visited our classroom.
—————————————————————————————
I didn’t like the science teachers either.
John/Jack walker was the Spanish teacher I think.
Jackie Pickup was the music teacher, a good one who did his best to encourage us – and he was not a Catholic I believe, but I never detected any animosity towards him over that.
Then there was wee Jimmy, hard of hearing and most of his classes semed to end up in uproar
Mr Burns the science teacher, a violent tempered man
John/Jack Woods – Latin master
Will they show his 2nd dive??
Vmhan
I think he who is raging at you has you mixed up with somebody like me or Canamalar. :o)
MWD
BTW Canuck is a slang term for Canadian’s. Depending on how you use it it can be deemed affectionate or derogatory.
Tradamus Lampada
Eldeigobhoy
im a St Columbas old bhoy C for Qualie,good friend of mine went to St Pats,John Logue STH Seville,unfortunately no longer with us another whitecrook man
Sorry,
bit behind the news…
Green Brigade… Irish Republican AND Marxist… this, on top of 5 minutes accidentally exposed to x-factor, is gettin scary…. thankfully, we have Strathclydes finest to smash ’em… I’ll sleep more soundly tonight
I mean… surely, its a crime?
Huns up first on Sportscene….the more you see it, the bigger the dive. Yet Conroy points to the spot without hesitation and the Pars players don’t go nuts! FFS!
T4
assualt by ugly hun not even shown on BBC
Bt,your next!!
Fair play to dodds its a dive..
Vnhan
I think if I had a night with Beyonce it would be on the telly– and on the couch, the floor, the table, chest of drawers, drawers, chests,sink,bath,car bonnet,stairs,fireplace…………………. and eventually she could take her coat off, sit down and watch my copy of the Moravcik 67 video!
Aye fair play Billy Dods – calls it as it was.
Well done the Celts. Celtic should only be 2 pts behind this weekend instead of 4 but this is the SPL. I did mention last week that the anti-Celtic anti Lenny vitriol would be stepped up a gear and I was right. Diving Aluko and the Scotsman article. SNP voters take note. So. Scotland should be ready for the subsequent implementation of Sectarian legislation for 2012 after Dec 28th. Nice build up. I say stick a fork in them. They’re done.!
Wonder what the bored are contemplating as the huns get the union jack seppuku mat out?
The “2nd dive was worse” said Chicohun
Rob mclean is a top class hun knob.
Moonbeams WD. \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%
I have enjoyed Celtic news off this blog for 6yrs. A lot of the posters have something worth saying. I post rarely but I felt compelled to tell a relentless self appointed hunhunter to give it a rest.
RIP Socrates.
Many people who look back fondly on World Cups think Pele or Maradona or Muller or whomever.
I think Socrates. Majestic mentor of a majestic team. Pure class. Pure cool. Pure brilliance.
The light that shines twice as bright lasts half as long. Excellent articles today on CQN from
BRTH and others on Socrates.
What makes Hunlooker’s dive worse is the play leading up to his 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 winning dive when he managed to stay on his feet while actually being touched in a mannish way.
WMD
T I
Always find Dodds tells it as it is/was.