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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petec well said sir, I’ll wager a friendly cyber pint with you that the GB will be flying a banner (at the hertz game) which displays something like
“The Green Marist Brigade”
re the GB, I’ve met most of the blokes that run it and spoke often to a couple of them, politics were never in any of the conversations, you all must believe this, in my experience they only want to bring back the atmosphere to CP, that my fiends in Celtic is why the GB are being targeted, theyre successful in they’re aims therefore the establishment in Scotland don’t like them and want them silenced, but beware because you’re next! for singing in a loud manner that der hun don’t like.
The only way forward is what the Celtic supporters are doing, support the Green Brigade by becoming one…… it was Lenny last year and the GB this time round……..
We’re all GB’ers and we will be at (in heart and soul around the planet) every Celtic game, when the GB are targeted then so are we all, sing loud and proud, wave youre flags and sing, you know you want to!
V
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Beckham in Melbourne for Friendly with Melbourne Victory..
$90 a Ticket l Heard about 70GBP..
Feck.. l remember Grudging 1 Pound 50 to See Bellshill Vs Cummnock in The Scottish Junior Cup..
Bet ML4 @ 5/1 for a Jacksie..Hey 28.50GBP Up on the Day..For the First time in My Life l was Ahead..:O)
Summa
Evening all
just watched the highlights of their game yesterday, 1st goal was jammy to say the least and the pen? I’d be embaressed if we got that!! They will get many more decisions like that in their hour of need, lets just bury them!!
thought we played well in spells today and am already lookin forward to tearing them fae edinburgh a new one next week!!
HH
TopCorner says:
5 December, 2011 at 00:08
Vmhan, Eyes Wide Open
do we need anyone in Jan ?
i think we should try to build on the
steady base we currently have
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I’d go for two, one top notch CH and another decent striker, my logic is that we’re forever weak in defence and need an experienced confident defender / organiser in there, we don’t have that. If Stokes and Hooper can play all season without injuries, illness and bookings I’d be surprised, we need another striker when one of them is out.
V
HH
The Ghood will prevail says:
5 December, 2011 at 00:17
Good post.
Football is about sublime bits of skill or brilliant passing moves. Not Ross Tokely, McCullough or anyone of a multitude of crap clodhoppers masquerading as footballers in this league.
Stewart Reagan really needs to get a handle on the Referees because unless he does, he is just as complicit as the Cheaters. 1 foul against? Shurely some mistake. The Celtic games are not where the Cockroach Refereeing Light should be shone anymore, it is whenever or wherever Rangers are playing.
I was really hopeful that the Referee thing would have been sorted going into this season. I’m sorry Auldheid but it definitely is still the same as it ever was, maybe Once in a Lifetime it will happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU
People talk as if the Green Brigade are a seperate entity from the Celtic support.
Load of rubbish, they are us, and we are them. No more divide and conquer.
Hail Hail.
sos £60 surely?
ye going ahem I’d rather watch paint dry mi amigo!
Did ye get my message about the two bhoys in Aus. theyre having good craic out there, Ryan in Gold coast, was in an Irish bar with a mate from Derry a few weeks ago, there was a crowd of Japs in and they had them singing the Paddy McCourt song…… wish I was there thats something I’d have loved :¬)
V
Does Morgan spice go with Irn Bru? I don’t want to waste the only bottle of whisky I have left in the hoose, I’m saving it for admin day.
V
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Fred C. Dobbs says:
5 December, 2011 at 00:53
Exactly!
Another thing thats been on my mind for a wee while and rekindled by a poster today, I think it was San Diego Bhoy, there used to be loads of Ameritims posting a few years back (maybe 4/5yrs), what stopped them posting? I remember Jinkysbhoy, myself and others had great craic with them mostly about American sports, but they all seem to have faded away, strange one that.
I liked Uly McGhee’s post today when he asked if posters could say where they were posting from, it was a bit of an eye opener and the thing I loved was that it encouraged lurkers to come into the community and post….. magic.
Pablo would have loved that I’d say.
V
HH
From the BBC website footballl gossip page
lazy or what
Celtic manager Neil Lennon is believed to have promised goalkeeper Daniel Majstorovic a new contract if he continues his current run of good form.
Full story: Daily Mail
Margaret McGill,
Would we have called the jungle a rogue element?
NO we would not.
Vmhan – Supporting Lenny & the Green Brigada! says:
5 December, 2011 at 00:38
I totally believe you m8. I’ll raise you a Cyber pint and a short that the GB will have an even catchier banner. ;)
I am a Big Green Brigade fan even though I totally refute Marxism, how does that compute in Rob Shortarses dumbed down brain?
It is all a ploy to destablise Celtic, especially the Beating Heart of Celtic when it was struggling.
Celtic Park is responding to the Green Brigade and returning this Old Special Place to what it should be, whether the people are seated or Standing. It is An Incredible achievement by the Mighty Green Brigade.
The ENEMY are trying to find Any weakness. Stay strong and let the HUNS feel the real force of “Come on you Bhoys in Green” on the 28th.
Mortal Kombat – finishing moves are to be applied then. ;)
Vmhan – Supporting Lenny & the Green Brigada! says:
5 December, 2011 at 01:02
Some of us US based Timmys are still here.
We have all been thrilled that the Green Bay Packers beat the Giants with seconds left.
‘GG on the (cold) eastern seaboard.
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VHman..
Yea..Messaged You Back..Will FB The Bhoys laters..
When Naka signed for the Hoops l was the ‘Greeter’ (And Loudest) @ Our CSC..we Had Loads of Japs coming in the Early Days..One of My Daughters has a Japanese Name Kyoko..I Ran with 5 Japanese Ghirls when l was in London great People..
Summa
Does anyone have any recent updates on the Celtic Bored’s stance on the GB? They’re awfully quiet recently.
Vmhan,
sorry I called you a bawbag earlier.
Fred C. Dobbs says:
5 December, 2011 at 00:53
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Thats correct and the way it should be, but :¬) it wasn’t always like that, there have been many posters on this website and others that thought they were upstarts and troublemakers etc, I often hear that the GB are a bunch of wee daft boys (one of the reasons I left the Blackpool Shammy committee and club recently in fact), the goal is that we’re all together but IMO they will always be the singing section, if the Celtic support in the Celtic end, Jungle or main (auld) stand want to join in then all the better IMO, thats when we’re all together as a support, the only other time this happens is the collective singing of walk on.
I’m sure at the hertz game and leading up to the hun game the wall of noise around CP is just gonnae get better and better.
V
Vmhan – Supporting Lenny & the Green Brigada! says:
5 December, 2011 at 01:02
Been associated with CSC’s in Columbus, Bethesda and Charlotte. Been posting frequently on CQN. I was the one that stopped them posting. I gave them an offer they couldnt refuse. I systematically went round them all and said if you’re no w/the GB GTF.
Margaret you’re a bad ghirl! shame on ye, the Ameritims should rise up and make CQN all the stronger for it…… oh erm thats a bit leftist the Glesga polis will be all over this…….
:¬)
V
Vmhan – Supporting Lenny & the Green Brigada!,
The media said, hate Fergus…some did.
The media said, hate Brian Quinn…some did.
The media said, hate WGS…some did.
It’s now the Green Brigade’s turn…
canuckbhoy says:
5 December, 2011 at 01:11
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Apology accepted sir, I still don’t know why you called me a bawbag, as it was completely out of the blue as it were, so why did you?
V
Fred and Lenny,
The media turned most of scotland including some Celtic supporters against our Lenny.
its us they hate IMO, theres al lot of nazi types out there in scotland it plain to see when you’ve lived outside Scotland for over 20 yrs, sad but true.
“…….. they bought and sold for englands gold, such a shower of rogues in the nation”
auld Kitalba will be on soon to give us his thoughts…..
V
Fred C. Dobbs says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ZKQfp7D6U
We are on the cusp of something special m8.
We just needed to get away from that money everything thing IMO.
The right man to inspire young up and coming players. Neil Francis Lennon. The Rabble Rouser who plays Irish Music in the Dressing Room. ;) (LL leading question)
I tell you what, when the Young Bhoys grow up a bit and he needs a reaction in a Euro Semi Final or something. The Wolftones will get played and it will do the trick.
Genuine apology does not come across very well on a keyboard. The reason is as stated in the earlier posts. I just think that new cqn`ers are often run out of town. I don`t mean to somehow retract my apology by continuing our `discussion` today. I know that you feel aggrieved by what I was saying, that`s just what it looks like to me. Peace
‘GG says:
5 December, 2011 at 01:09
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Good on ye, for a while there I thought Kojo was the only Americantim out there (that was a joke )
ps found some coka cola so I’m sorted, nae work tomorrow :¬)
V
canuckbhoy says:
5 December, 2011 at 01:30
I don’t know what the thing is but when CQN is busy, things can get missed especially when people are having conversations with one person, never mind multiple people.
I wouldn’t get upset just yet.
petec,
bless yer soul you peacemaker you. Vmhan and I were very much having a `conversation`.
Until Reilly needed a walk…
petec,
I’m with you on that. It’s so close I can taste it.
Imagine the uproar if Lenny wins the treble???
Please God if it’s the last thing you give me…
The league would do, but imagine the treb…
canuckbhoy says:
5 December, 2011 at 01:39
Aah….
Good stuff, didn’t read the above comments from your reply.
Hail Hail Bhoys.
Mon the Hibees next week. I can sense a Gers defeat that will Rock Ibrox. ;))
canuckbhoy says:
5 December, 2011 at 01:30
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Yes but I was just wondering what was the post I made that made you so aggressive towards me earlier?
You said I’ve been calling posters huns all last week? thats what you said and you invited everyone to check out my posts over the last week where I was calling cqn’ers huns, I’ve not had a reply from my request to you and I note that you were off blog for a long time after I posted my request, if that means that you never found any posts over the last week (apart from the one to Coorslad) then why don’t you say say so and admit you picked on the wrong person.
I am pretty easy going on here and see both sides of an argument, aqnd if you’d care to look back to about 14:45 yesterday you’ll see me posting that I hate it when cqn’ers fall out with each other……. honestly quite why you started posting to me leaves me scratching my nut.
As I said apology accepted although I’d still like to see the posts where I’ve been calling cqn’ers huns all week, its possible someone hacked my logon but then I’d have noticed it and my cyber tim friends on here would have informed me that I was acting out of turn, so it doesn’t wash at all…… still waiting though.
Wait a minute, was you’re apology for posting about me when you meant someone else? if so then you should say so.
Fred C. Dobbs says:
5 December, 2011 at 01:43
You are easily pleased ;) my Great Mhan.
We are after 4.
How will the Laptop Loyal spin it if Celtic beat Udinese in the Fortress Udinese?
Lennons Lions are ready and getting to that age, we have Sammi and 5 midfielders who can play on the World stage IMO.
UDINESE BEWARE is all I am saying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIoSTbPt_PI
Vmhan – Supporting Lenny & the Green Brigada! says:
5 December, 2011 at 01:48
I have never seen you name call anyone on this site, I miss chunks of it but I was just pleased to see you be your Christian self as Always.
Hail Hail.
Petec et al the posts below are the only communication Ive ever had with Canuckbhoy, im posting this to let y’all know where I’m coming from, my question was…. Show me the posts?
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Vmhan♣ who Supports Neil Lennon says:
4 December, 2011 at 14:45
Londonderry? you must be a hun!
is that you happy noo?
:¬)
V
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canuckbhoy says:
4 December, 2011 at 14:47
Vmhan, the CQN bully.
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Vmhan♣ who Supports Neil Lennon says:
4 December, 2011 at 15:02
canuckbhoy says:
4 December, 2011 at 14:47
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If I’m to be called a bully then to be precise its a chilled out laid back bully pour moi……. ta!
a huns a hun for aw thatCSC
V
canuckbhoy says:
4 December, 2011 at 15:05
your reply was expected Vahan. This week you have been at your most outrageous in calling posters huns, particularly new posters. Behave yourself. I don`t doubt your Celtic credentials, I just think yer a bawbag.
Vmhan♣ who Supports Neil Lennon says:
4 December, 2011 at 15:12
canuckbhoy says:
4 December, 2011 at 15:05
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When was that? who did I call a hun? whits yir problem with me son spit it out!
V
canuckbhoy says:
4 December, 2011 at 15:18
Track back this week and look at some of your comments to other posters. I used to enjoy your posts, I prefer the old Vmhan. I don`t like Celtic fans calling other Celtic fans huns. Calling a hun a hun is fine ;)
Vmhan♣ who Supports Neil Lennon says:
4 December, 2011 at 16:03
canuckbhoy
Given that I’ve never conversed with you on CQN I’m wondering why you would start posting to me about calling cqn’ers huns, can you explain that?
Can you re-post where I’ve been calling cqn’ers huns (apart from coorslad as he’s from Londonderry, that’s a pretty obvious one)
I await you’re reply with ………
I really don’t know why I’m wasting my time with this tumpshie but hey ho :¬)
V
canuckbhoy says:
4 December, 2011 at 16:12
voguepunter, kowtow crew. Slow clap. Well done son.
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@ 1:22
Vmhan♣
I started realising things when looking back further.
Hail Hail m8.
An unreserved apology to you Vmhan, something MWD said to me earlier got me thinking.