Tannadice was so packed out this afternoon it looked like a Rangers creditors’ meeting and the Scottish Cup tie on show didn’t disappoint. Dundee United had the better of the opening period but four second half goals from an irresistible Celtic decided outcome.
Jon Daly headed wide early on after a Willo Flood cross early on but the first great chance of the game fell to Johnny Russell on 25 minutes. Gary Mackay-Steven got free on the left and crossed for Russell who mishit his shot, allowing Fraser Forster to make an incredible save and claw the ball away.
With Dundee United clearly on top defender Robbie Neilson received a straight red card for a forearm smash into the face of Georgios Samaras.
It took Celtic 36 minutes to make an attempt on goal. Joe Ledley’s shot from a corner was blocked and James Forrest shot over from a corner seconds later.
Celtic stepped up the pace after halftime. Charlie Mulgrew jinked to create space on the left side of the United box but Ledley couldn’t reach his cross. 8 minutes after halftime the visitors were ahead after the best move of the game.
Adam Matthews passed back to Fraser Forster who played the ball out to Joe Ledley. Ledley moved forward after playing the ball onto Samaras, who passed to Mulgrew before the ball moved onto Stokes. Anthony Stokes fired a low cross into the box which Gary Hooper dummied for Ledley, who never stopped running. The midfielder won the ball by nipping in front of his marker and shot home from 7 yards.
Samaras shot over before a Stokes shot after 64 minutes from 25 yards was saved by Pernis, the first save the keeper made in the game.
United had a great chance to draw level when substitute Milos Lacny latched onto a long through ball but his shot from 16 yards was weak and off target.
Georgios Samaras made it 0-2 when he got on the end of a Mulgew free kick to bullet a header into the top right corner of the net.
Two minutes later Johnny Russell had a great chance to pull a goal back but his shot from 15 yards flew narrowly over.
Stokes should have tied the game up 11 minutes from time when James Forrest combined with Hooper before Forrest cut the ball back to Stokes, who contrived to hit the crossbar with his shot with an empty net waiting.
Samaras and Forrest both had chances to add to the scoring before Ledley threaded a pass through the middle of the United defence for Stokes to clip past Pernis into the net.
With a minute of the game remaining Samaras beat Dillon, who pulled the Greek international down inside the box. Scott Brown rolled the resultant penalty into the net to make if 0-4.
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Sixteen roads to Golgotha on 11 March, 2012 at 21:49 said:
BABASONICOS71 on 11 March, 2012 at 21:39 said:
I agree.
Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer that the world has ever seen.
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Have you two numpties never heard of a wee
Swede called Henrik Larsson?
Sixteen roads to Golgotha on 11 March, 2012 at 21:49 said:
BABASONICOS71 on 11 March, 2012 at 21:39 said:
I agree.
Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer that the world has ever seen.
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Spot on.
Won the hardest league in the world at the time with the unfashionable Napolli almost single-handedly. Akin to winning the EPL with Bolton or La Liga with Zaragoza.
There is a video montage of his days at Napoli. It is out of this world.
Árd Macha
Can I Have Raspberry On That on 11 March, 2012 at 21:52 said:
BABASONICOS71 on 11 March, 2012 at 21:39 said:
JInky, enough said.
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You’re bias. ;-)))
shortbread on next, DUFC should have won, denied 15 penalties etc etc
Frank McGarvey was the best player the world’s ever seen!
And I wonder
..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLLcvWeiKw
our game not first, of course!
I have seen Brines twice in the last few weeks, the hun game the other week and today, and I must admit, apart from being incompitent, he has been reasonably fair, jeez, did I just say that….
TET
Brines is fair,he is incompetent to all.
THE EXILED TIM on 11 March, 2012 at 22:06 said:
How much of that Spanish wine are you on :_)
BABASONICOS71
You make a fair point about Diego Armando. He was incredible, I have every DVD ever made on him and I celebrate every time I watch him score, pure poetry. I never thought I Would ever say it but he has been surpassed, and by a considerable distance.
Diego scored 258 goals in 492 professional appearances, playing well into his mid thirties. Messi has 150 goals aged 24. You used the word nonsense a couple of times in your post, below are some truly nonsensical figures:
2008-09 – Messi scored 38 goals
2009- 10 – Messi scored 47 goals
2010 -11 – Messi scored 53 goals
2011-12 – Messi has scored 47 goals (he is on course for 60)
The second best player of all time, Diego, never scored more than 25 in a season in Serie A or La Liga, although he scored 43 in 1980 for Argentinos Juniours.
And we haven’t even discussed the manner of the goals. Every Sunday, Messi generally scores one of the best goals of the season. Every single week. Somtimes he scores the best two goals of the season in one match and occassionally, the three best goals of the season in one match. They are the goals of the season only until the next match, when he scores a more wonderful goal (or goals) He has made the irregular moments of genius commonplace, like no one else has ever done before, not even the great Maradona.
He hasn’t won a world cup, this is true. But he has bucketloads of La Liga, Copa Del Rey and Champions League medals. He has been World Player of the Year three times in a row, likely to be four this year. Like Gab Marcotti says today, he is the Muhammed Ali of football, The Greatest. To suggest otherwise, is, respectfully, nonsense.
Hail Hail
TJ
Talking about Maradonna, his Boca side have just gone a goal down at home after 20 seconds to Independente
voguepunter on 11 March, 2012 at 21:57 said:
Lol
Changed my mind now.
Good Mhan ,my job is done.
And George McCluskey was the second best player of all time.
FACT
VP
He has changed since the hun have gone pop, things like Duberry’s hand ball in Perth stick in the head.
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prestonpans bhoys
As sober as a T totaler tonight :>) honestly
TJ and BABASONICOS71……..
There is no such thing as nonsense in debates such as this, just varying perspectives.
I love the beautiful game, and as such can’t put Maradona at the top of the pile. He drugged himself up at an early age and cheated from there on in.
Tops for me was Pele. Then Cruyff. Messi could top Cruyff if he keeps it together for the next few years.
Interesting discussion, but bear in mind, none of us are ‘right’. Except me….:)
do you think shortbread will show the norwich/wigan game before our one???
Boca are 2 down after 7 mins, looks like my over 1.5 goals is a winner then :>)))))))
hamiltontim on 11 March, 2012 at 22:03
Agree. Frank McGarvey is the only player I have seen who intentionally curled the ba’ with his heid. (v Dundee utd, 1985)
HH
Good night mhen,another great day for our Bhoys.
Paul67 a wee word, TBB ,JF,BRTH and yirself,
less of the epic posts ,feel like am back at school,
and I DIDNAE LIKE THAT TOO MUCH :o)
Hail hail
Should have mentioned Messi has 150 league goals and 230 in total for Barca.
TJ
weeron on 11 March, 2012 at 22:16 said:
TJ and BABASONICOS71……..
There is no such thing as nonsense in debates such as this, just varying perspectives.
I love the beautiful game, and as such can’t put Maradona at the top of the pile. He drugged himself up at an early age and cheated from there on in.
Tops for me was Pele. Then Cruyff. Messi could top Cruyff if he keeps it together for the next few years.
Interesting discussion, but bear in mind, none of us are ‘right’. Except me….:)
who is obviously wrong :-) Messi by a mile……and try and remember he is only 24….and already look what he has done playing at the top level since he was 17…..not like Pele or Diego who played at a lower level when they scored a lot of their goals
Thisistheone
That’s how good he was!! :-))
Ps Mark McGhee was the third best player of all time!
FACT
Re the greatest league in the world.
Bilbao go to Manchester and show Utd how to play football, gave them a right good spanking.
Bilbao go to Osasuna tonight and lose 2-1
We are not only morally, but productively out with their reach for years to come. We will dominate Scottish Football for years to come; much to the annoyance of the majority.
Boca got one back, a quality game of football
THE EXILED TIM on 11 March, 2012 at 22:23 said:
Re the greatest league in the world.
Bilbao go to Manchester and show Utd how to play football, gave them a right good spanking.
Bilbao go to Osasuna tonight and lose 2-1
share
aye but would Messi cope with the step up if he played there :-)
Craig Brown trying to defend Lasley’s horrific challenge. Astonishing.
good to see aberdeen winning today,,,hibs or aberdeen will do in the final…..we can sort out that other crowd from embra in the semis……final would be complete with no sectarian bigoted nonsense…ye know the typical family event
whit is paw brown about defending that nutter??????
Just seen Lasley tackle, if that was a Celtic player I would like to think we would discepline him.Hun Broon just said he was unlucky to be sent off? whit?
Magnificentseven
I heard some english pundit the other night in the CL game saying that Leo would struggle against the defences in the epl.
They are like the hun when it comes to arogance, they will be winning the euros soon enough, they make me want to vomit…..
A little humility goes a long way so it does.
TET- Bilbao impressed me enough during the week to bet them tonight…..
Talking about Brines. His decision at Perth must be the worst of all time. He is standing a few yards from Duberry and watches him pick the ball up in the penalty area. Duberry obviously expected Brines to blow his whistle but when he doesn’t ,
the defender puts the ball down and kicks it up the park and the game continues. I ask you – welcome to Scottish football! I almost said ‘come back Dougie McDonald’ but I resisted the temptation.
THE EXILED TIM on 11 March, 2012 at 22:29 said
I know…that was my point, so far up themselves it’s not true…..no wonder the huns want to be English….same false sense of superiority
Anybody know what teams we could face in next season’s CL qualifiers?
If,as I expect,Celtic qualify for the group stages…the last 16 is a distinct possibility.
A top-class,European striker,and a commanding and experienced central defender is all that we require.
I guess that one,or two players will be moving on in the summer.If the club generates,say 6million through players sales,then another 6million on top of that should be invested in 2 quality signings.FF should be told to make his mind up in the next few weeks,or else GTF,so as we can sign a replacement goalie as well.He is playing for the Celtic Football Club,and nobody is holding our club to ransom anymore,those days are gone.Lenny won’t tolerate it.
It’s the least that Lenny deserves,then after that,the possibilities are endless.
Also I think that the new signings should be made as quickly as possible,to give them adequate time to settle into the club.
Wee Emilo and Kayal will be like 2 new signings as well,when they get bact to their best.
I happen to think it is impossible to say there has been or is a best ever player.What’s the criteria?If it’s goals scored then Lampard is better that Zidane.Is Cruyff better than Maldini?Beckenbauer better than Platini?It’s all just opinion.
Although Tony Shepherd is without doubt the best of all time! ;-)