Can we purge all negative overtones today, make sure we start tomorrow with a clean sheet? Injuries and suspensions are part of the game, we accept them and plan how to win important games.
Celtic are at their best when they are up against it, when everyone knows that nothing short of a herculean effort is required. This is the case tomorrow. The requirement is straightforward enough: win your personal battle, inhibit one of the best teams we will play this season, take control of midfield and find spaces in the Ajax defence to exploit.
We have more than enough players bursting to set about this task.
Ajax had a taxing game on Saturday, scoring late to secure a draw away to top of the table Twente. Although fourth, they are one of six teams no more than two points off the pace in what is currently one of Europe’s tightest leagues, but there is a fragility about Ajax.
The game against Twente was their first away match after a run of four home games, three of which were won comfortably, while they were denied a win against Milan by a ridiculous penalty in added time. Their away form, however, has been less than impressive; they are still waiting for their first win away from the Amsterdam ArenA this season. As a result, they travel to Celtic Park with the same trepidation they travelled to Groningen, Heerenveen, Twente, AZ, Barca and PSV, a series of games which returned three draws and three defeats.
Dutch media have also been reminding them of a quirky record to maintain. While Celtic eliminated Ajax the last twice the teams met in European Cup/Champions League duty, the Dutch avoided defeat on both games at Celtic Park. For us, this is a meaningless fact, but it is an added burden of expectation on Ajax.
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Yas! Thanks desertbhoy1888 and Teuchter.
o.g Rafferty
Used to get Roy of the Rovers for years.
Roy Race….. Some player.
justafan
20:02 on
21 October, 2013
n-b
Thanks!
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nae bother just asked again on “Forfar is Green and White” (FB) and there is The Victoria Bar (Dundee Loan) or the Masons (East High St) …don,t be put off by the name ,a pal of mine owns it and if Donald is there you are guaranteed there will be no bother….
Lennybhoy
Always sir..
Ive got my rep to think of..
UC a wee while away yet. Act of war keeping me updated with developments.
The Davy Provan book of football cliches “That finish was top drawer”
WTF CSC
Morrissey the 23rd
20:27 on
21 October, 2013
My 1st attempt at a link thingy on CQN:
A wee fanny
……………………………………
..after two/three weeks practise??
..physically “wee”
OGR- yes; essentially the same strip with different detail on the collar and cuffs.
Bring it back.
There’s probably no hot water available. Going by the last time I was in ipox, it will be rundown and not fit for purpose.
desertbhoy @ 20:32
I’ve just never had the inclination, time and need at the same time until now.
Cheers! You’ve open a dodgy door for me.
Macca was cringe worthy on SBB. Sounds like an old L P I had that was covered in buckie & soup.
Last post was addressed to Jude. Sorry mate.
‘Macca was cringe worthy on SBB. Sounds like an old L P I had that was covered in buckie & soup.’
He’s still carryin’ an ole torch for wee Heather Miles.
justafan-if we do it again we will need some security guys there……..on minimum wage….
BSR-Shhhteeve MacLaren might get a ssshhift on Shhhhky Shhhports tomorrow night?
b-b!!
:-D
But there’s a serious point made there.
Today is the feast of St Ursula
‘ she was a princess who, at the request of her father King Dionotus of Dumnonia in south-west Britain, set sail to join her future husband, the pagan governor Conan Meriadoc of Armorica, along with 11,000 virginal handmaidens. After a miraculous storm brought them over the sea in a single day to a Gaulish port, Ursula declared that before her marriage she would undertake a pan-European pilgrimage.
She headed for Rome with her followers and persuaded the pope, Cyriacus (unknown in the pontifical records), and Sulpicius, bishop of Ravenna, to join them. After setting out for Cologne, which was being besieged by Huns, all the virgins were beheaded in a massacre. The Huns’ leader shot Ursula dead, in about 383 .’
They’re not called Huns for nothin’.
Celtic have won 15 from 25 home games in the CL.
neu-b
‘Masons’ – who’d have thunk???
Thanks again
Anybody ‘member the old Action Man Celtic kit?
………..
….the trackie tap, in particular, was a belter……..altho’ the boots supplied were a let down…………..
The Davy Provan book of football cliches “The wall did it’s job”
Andmanymanymore CSC
My grandson Josh has just text me to tell me he’s a ballbhoy tomorrow night. Was on the big UEFA flag for the last game. Said the singing was awesome.
Bloody weather,
bloody refs,
bloody tories and their lib dem lackeys
Paul – negative overtones purged.
Hail Hail
Come on the Celts
DBBIA@1836
Hairy caterpillars ?
Lots and lots and lots in Montalbano land.
My dogs give them a wide berth. The tortoises and the porcupines scoff them .
bankie
– I’ve still got mine
BSR
Didn’t know you could get them
SofTunis – I used to keep them in a matchbox.
Never see them now.
Salvo Montalbano CSC
Is Homeland better than Breaking Bad? Discuss.
‘Homeland has more twists and turns than Tommy Burns’
Controversy CSC
Sipsini
You never said it was my turn to bring the tea bags!
HH
Jamie “loooocchh” Carragher on SS now…
Dontbrattbakkinanger, 20:34
It’s the green line in the middle of the V-neck that makes it unbeatable for me.
I got a Toffs version about 20 years ago and wear it to any game I go to and without exception it, unlike me, gets complimented.
Back to the future I say
PF
Also available – as the Huns
Fulham’s first,goal of the season
We need to develop something to identify ourselves to each other. Not talking about funny handshakes or rolled up pants. A guy can hardly walk into Babbity Bowsers and start asking all and sundry are you a CQN’er, Add the problem of an Irish lad and a Scottish lad trying to interpret what each other are trying to say and you have the grounds for a very strange conversation, hopefully a few contacts will be made tomorrow it all adds to the universal family concept.
Burghbhoy, 20:30
Henrik any day my good man
DBBIA
In a previous house we had a huge veg patch
By the coast great drainage …excellent for spuds, carrots , onion and beetroot
Tried to grow cabbage …infested with hairy blighters….munched their way thro my wee crop in days
Bada
Luckily they’ve also got have Gary Neville to restore some dignity in the regional vernaculars
Sipsini, tell Jon he’s on his own then;-)