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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It’s the Craig Broon Show, meanwhile Celtic V Dun Utd highlight’s on Breakfast TV.
ThisIsTheOne
Awerabest PJ
Craig Browns funny handshake at Murderwell today
http://i.imgur.com/QHGwN.gif
What’s the ‘rumour’? Floating about tonight?
imo-Diego Armando Maradona-for the unsurpassed pleasure
in 1986-when he had the ball it was like nothing else-i certainly
have never been as excited as when he had the ball-comparing
the worlds greats is like comparing alexander the great with napolean
and ghenghis khan-its a flawed concept-remember k boyd has the most goals
in the spl-so does that prove hes better than Henrik?
and anyway-wee Diego made me laugh big time with “que Butcher?” not so long ago
-drugs? that nearly killed him-wasnt as if it enhanced his performance
The Maradona/ Messi debate – an argument with no winner
Messi has the better record – but if you put Diego in that Barca team…hmmm
Cruyff/ Pele/Zidane/ Beckenbauer – all great players, all different
It’s not like U Bolt – a clear way to defiine the worlds fastest man
The worlds greatest football player is subjective (personally, it’s Maradona – but that may be nostalgia)
By the time Messi has retired from the game i expect there to be no doubt that he is the greatest player to ever grace the game of football!!
Far too many old farts on here :D
Hail hail
Larsson4me on 11 March, 2012 at 22:33 said:
Contemptible Masons.
Shieldmuir Celtic on 11 March, 2012 at 22:32 said:
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
surely second worst!! Paddy Connelly against Partick Thistle, ball hits the stantion inside the net comes back out…..thistle player picks the ball up and throws it…MIB waves play on………………………….. even if he missed the goal….handball penalty!!!!! no play on??
The usual death in the family mode from the Shortbread commentator when we score.
BadaB
I resisted them tonight, but they were very impresive against manure, who are favs to win in Bilbao.
My local team who are in div 132 or thereabouts, given fair referees would wipe the floor with any 1 st div team in scotland.
………………………………
M7
I know, they are made for each other
for all us aul boys
toytown is the new discoland lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WALO5tQQ1D0&feature=player_detailpage
i actually quite like it….all together now..de de de de
the ‘Rumour’ is HMRC have rejected another offer to settle from RFC(IA).
Magnificentseven on 11 March, 2012 at 22:40 said:
surely second worst!! Paddy Connelly against Partick Thistle, ball hits the stantion inside the net comes back out…..thistle player picks the ball up and throws it…MIB waves play on………………………….. even if he missed the goal….handball penalty!!!!! no play on??
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I seem to recall the MIB was Les Mottram.
Enjoying the Messi-Maradona debate.
Wonderful though Leo is, it’s gotta be remembered that El Diego single-handedly won Serie A for Napoli (Napoli!), and single-handedly won the World Cup for Argentina.
Astonishing achievements.
ItaliaBhoy on 11 March, 2012 at 22:44 said:
Indeed.
Just held a seance with my Grandad he said ” he said Messi my a*** what about Patsy Gallacher”
Hail Hail.
Re the Pele/ Maradonna/Messi debate.
The clear winner for me………….
Simpson
Craig
Gemmell
Murdoch
McNeil
Clark
Johnstone
Wallace
Chalmers
Auld
Lennox
…………………………….
I have had the honour of seeing all 3 of them, Messi for me, he is special.
Boca 1-3 down now, 3 attacks from Independente, 3 goals, quality finising
pat nevin is an A*SE!!!!
Going on about a non penalty to DU but no mention of definite penalty we should have had from push on hooper by pernis??
HH
partizan
I’ll tell you the kind of deal the HMRC will settle for 20% upfront – 80% over 5-10yr period…otherwise everybody wants to Liquidate…
Evening all!
The wife is watching Paxman in India or something, while I’m having a few tinnies and lurking.
Just overheard P-man read from a Victorian book that refers to the Indians as –
‘Decent, dutiful, inferiors.’
Ring any bells?
Ps. been happy lurking tonight as the chat has been great and I thoroughly enjoyed the result and supporters today. A wee round of applause to all!!!
HH
messi couldnt lace his boots
maradona couldnt lace his boots
pele couldnt lace his boots
big sammi the best by miles
Did we win 4-0 today?
Just wondering with the p1sh they are talking on sportscene.
God, they are hurting at the thought of our treble.
HH
Wonder if wee Nevin got a wee handshake from old Craggy?
Lads you listening to these peckers on sportscene, no credit for our team, oh how they’re hurting.
As for the Maradona V Pele debates…reminds me of those clowns in snooker clubs that try and tell you that Davis was a better snooker player than Alex Higgins.
“And why do you make such a claim?”
“Because Davis won more world titles,that’s why.”
“Catch yerself on ffs.”
Not one superlative about any of our goals by those 3 muppets !! I do hate those 3 people as much as anyone wearing a hun strip. Rant done. Bed awaits. Sweet dreams.
LoveyouallCSC
stpatricksbhoy on 11 March, 2012 at 22:46 said
No need for a seance.
I could have told you,remembering all the stories from my father and uncles.
Peerless Patsy says it all.
Just watching ICT/Killie highlights.
I think Killie are bringing the same size of away support to Hampden next Sunday.
Goodnight and Hail! Hail!
Another reminder of Traynor and Jackson’s disgusting article that caused Lenny to call them out today :
THE Old Firm are locked in a cash feud after it emerged Celtic have reneged on a deal to hand over a £300,000 advance on tickets for next month’s derby clash.
And Record Sport understands anxious Ibrox staff fear the move may force more job cuts at their stricken club at a time when administrators are trying to unearth enough money to keep the business running.
We revealed on December 6 how Celtic were breaking with tradition by demanding Rangers pay up front for their fans’ tickets for the derby match at Parkhead at Christmas.
With the Ibrox finances unravelling under the disgraced Craig Whyte regime, Celtic feared they might be left out of pocket if Rangers went into administration.
Whyte reluctantly cobbled together the cash to avoid having an 8000-strong travelling support locked out of the biggest fixture of the festive period.
And according to sources, a verbal agreement was reached between the clubs that Celtic would also pay up front before their second visit of the season to Ibrox on March 25.
But last night that deal appeared to have broken down, just as Rangers’ need for cash was becoming even more desperate.
The Parkhead club are due to receive 7300 tickets for Ibrox with their fans set to stump up £42-a-head for the pleasure of celebrating this season’s title cakewalk at the home of their
bitter rivals.
That adds up to a sum of just over £300,000 and it’s money Rangers need to get their hands on as quickly as possible.
Administrators Duff and Phelps are still trying to track down the missing millions from Whyte’s £24.4m deal with Ticketus as they attempt to find enough money to cover next month’s wage bill. And, as if the financial carnage at Ibrox was not already chaotic enough, the club was yesterday hit with a £50,000 fine from the PLUS Market due to Whyte’s failure to disclose his seven-year directorship ban.
Head administrator Paul Clark is expected to hold a further round of crisis talks with manager Ally McCoist today as the club braces itself for even more bad news.
The fear among players and staff is that the axe is likely to fall tomorrow unless more funds are found immediately to cover the running costs.
McCoist, though, despite the latest in a long line of misinformed reports in Whyte’s pet paper, the Scottish Sun, will refuse to select which players stay and which go.
Instead, the manager will attempt to broker a deal to save jobs by slashing his own salary and asking his first-team squad to do the same to help the club survive without the need for job losses.
Rangers had hoped the £300,000 from Celtic would help tide them over but the administrators will have to find cash from elsewhere if swingeing cuts are to be avoided.
HUN lovein on Sportscene
BOAKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 11 March, 2012 at 22:56 said:
ah was just making sure
Listen to this mob, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, why do they keep asking idiots who dont have a clue about taxcase.
THE EXILED TIM
Lisbon Bhoys , Everyone of them, world class, yur Messi,Maradona’s an the rest couldnae lace thur Boots.
Awerabest PJ
I know for a fact that Lenny reads these pages.
It would be good if Paul67 could interview the manager,maybe for the next CQN magazine,or even better it would be if Lenny wrote a wee piece for the website,something like what TBB did.
I thought Pat Nevin was supposed to be intelligent (why, I don’t know). The administrators are apparently not in Craig Whyte’s pocket but are doing their best for the company. Are the administrators not appointed to protect creditors first and foremost?
Craiginho
I wonder when someone will come out and say they only have themselves to blame.
Messi has done feck all with Argentina and until he does it on the WC stage then he’ll stay in Maradona’s shadow. Wonderful little player that he is!
Nobody in the modern game comes close, and that includes the strutting peacock at Madrid.
T4
the Messi v Maradona debate
did anybody see the program the other night?
no marks like Peter Reid telling us that Messi cant be a great player until he won the world Cup!!! (and these are the type of guys that tell us Rooney is up there with the likes of Messi ffs)
Messi is a class above anything i have seen in my generation (seen all of Maradona as a kid growing up – but idolised the Maestro and glenn hoddle for some reason )
the size of that guy and he gets booted from 0 -90 mins and dosent play act and gets on with it ( a reason why C Ronaldo can never be considered as a great)