I thought it was the emerging influence of Nir Biton as a central midfield influence who transformed Celtic against Hearts on Sunday; he looked that good. If anything, Celtic were better in his absence last night, more fluid, more incisive, against a better team.
It’s all about shape. The correct shape gives players time on the ball when they need it, allows them to look industrious, not static, and makes them difficult to counteract. The only two questions are: can we maintain it, and when was the last time a Celtic team controlled the ball like this?
Forget about trying to maintain this in Barcelona, that’s far too risky, but if we can play like this at Tynecastle and Fir Park we can do so anywhere else in Scotland. Don’t think we’ve played like this since the Centenary Season.
It’s difficult to interpret the vandalism at Fir Park last night. As Celtic fans we don’t have a point of reference for this stuff. “Had enough. Won’t be back at another away game”, was the verdict of a friend I spoke to, who has probably missed no more than 40 domestic away games in the last 40 years. The proportion of Celtic fans who would never vandalise seats is well above 99%, but there’s a new and unwelcome phenomenon in British football and Celtic have the best views in the country.
Getting back to more familiar ground, The Kano Foundation asked me to pass on this message:
“The Kano Foundation World Cup 2014 Predictor
Friends,
2013 has been a world class year for The Kano Foundation. We’ve had our first ever bucket collection, held our 3rd annual dance, welcomed groups from across Scotland, England and Ireland, and last but by no means least we will welcome our 2000th child to Celtic Park. All this would not be possible without your unwavering support.
As we move towards the new year, The Kano Foundation are always keen to continue our work while bringing you the fans new and exciting ways to support us. The fabulous prizes on offer at our Golf Day in September are just one example.
To keep up this form, we are delighted to announce a very special competition ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
We will be running a predictor competition unlike many others. At first reading our two part predictor is very similar to others where you enter the scores and winners for the 72 games.
However, we are also offering an unbelievable bonus prize fund of £10,000 for anyone who can correctly predict the outcome of all 48 group games . Yes, that’s correct – £10,000 to be shared amongst all entrants who can correctly predict the general outcome (winner or draw) for the all the group games.
In order to run both competitions we are asking entrants to make a one-off donation of £10. From the funds raised 50% will go as a donation to TKF with the remaining 50% available for prizes.
With just 100 entrants, not only can we raise a £500 prize fund for the predictor, we can also take over 200 kids to a game at Celtic Park. A tidy reward for a just few minutes brain effort!
All you need to do to enter is register you interest by email at:
wcpredictor@thekanofoundation.com Please include TKFWCPred as the email/paypal subject and tell us your user/team name so we can verify your entry. If you’ve not got enough room, enter as much detail as you can and tell us what you’ve done so we help.
Then make your payment into The Kano Foundation bank account (30-13-01 00989961 through Paypal or by sms by texting KANO11 £10 to 70070 – remember to include your name/email address.
Visit our predictor webpage (coming soon) to find more details and follow your progress
Once again, we hope we can rely on your support to make this predictor a success for us in terms of fundraising and for potentially making one of you £10,000 richer!
Thank You
The Kano Foundation”
Congratulations to the Celtic fans who run and support The Kano Foundation, our community is rightly proud of the. Register your interest by emailing: wcpredictor@thekanofoundation.com.
Less than one day to bid on bid on the charity auction for lunch at Cinc Sentis in Barcelona. Another bounty from the excellent reputation Celtic fans have. If you’re going out next week, treat yourself………
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DESERTBHOY
Exiled till late April,bud. Seems Scotland needs time for its collective liver to recover from my last trip.
Hope you have a good time back home,and send me some photies of “Breakfast Platters I Have Enjoyed”
I’m saving mine for when yer getting REALLY homesick….
TALLYBHOY is back at that time if you fancy a wee trip to one of the posher parts of Ayrshire.
medtim
11:54 on 9 December, 2013
‘tonydonnelly67,
Am I correct in thinking you are looking to have a face-to-face meeting with a “senior member/leader” of the Green Brigade?’
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Does this explain the shopping trip to Slaters? To be appropriately suited and booted for the meeting?
longest movie titles;
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
Modern multi retroflexive quasi-megapedantry is rubbish.
Which Tyler CSC -way down south
Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Terror.
Celtic_First
11:45 on
9 December, 2013
Are you a hun?
(Just askin, like, as your post was number 1690 :~)
Just reading an article in 442 about football on Christmas Day.
Anyone ever go to watch The Hoops then?
I recall us beating Hearts 3-2 about ’73,but that’s it.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS ………FC not PLC
11:45 on 9 December, 2013
VOGUEPUNTER
PRIZZI’S HONOUR.
Comedy? Tchah.
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As far as I remember it was Richard Condon who wrote ‘Prizzi’s Honour’. He also wrote the excellent, ‘Manchurian Candidate’ and ‘Mile High’. Hollywood made ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ into a film but, surprisingly, no-one made a screen version of ‘Mile High’.
As far as the ole GB and their tatterdemalion hangers on and wannabes is concerned all I’d like to say is a bit of perspective is long overdue.
Wee Ola has said she ‘may be leaving Strictly’.
Now that would be worth riotin’ over.
Movies that could change to reality quite easily…….Dead Ringers. Change the i for an a
bournesouprecipe 11.56
Apostrophe alert!
TongueincheekPedantCSC
HH jamesgang
The Great Gatsby’s
A good read…
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/david-limond/
Medtim
Thanks for the heads up, but I know all that, and tried it, got no where, my point is they have a website, they sell GB flags, scarfs, gloves all that stuff, my point is if I want a scarf, gloves, flag, for my team, I go to the Celtic shop, and my dosh goes to CFC, they have a board of directors, CEO, all the stuff I need to know and who to get in touch with, now the GB or someone, or others are making a little earner here on the coat tails of my club, so who are they? Where does the money go? Who is on the committee ? All of this money must go somewhere? And don’t give me the old awe it goes into making banners and all that crap, I have been a Celtic supporter for many years and I have seen some cracking banners made by Celtic Supporters and never asked for a penny from anyone, they done it for Celtic, the GB do it for the GB , so please spare me the they are good for Celtic crap, the GB are all about themselves, don’t kid yourself there.
The Man With The Smallest Penis In Existence And The Electron Microscope Technician Who Loved Him..
bournesouprecipe
Entrenched positions rool…
BSR
You may have warned us with a ‘INCOMING’.
Though I should have expected it.
FRITZSONG
Googled it. Seems he did the screenplay too.
I’ve tried to watch it twice since. Just disnae work for me.
I know. Philistine.
Embdy see the Eagles/Lions NFL game in Philly at the weekend?
Proper snow , and they played on.
Sadly I expect it would never happen over here.
BSR
Could you please stop posting photos of my missus……..
We all know how the media love to report anything bad about us so why give them the excuse to do it.
We would be wrong not to criticise the culprits and the media would be wrong not to report what happened on Friday unfortunately the thing that angers me is the non reporting of the theft of public money, charity money and creditors money and the blatant cheating and intimidation to get what they want. This is what we should all be continuing to remember and highlight at every opportunity because if we dont the banners, broken seats and whatever else the media want to use to avoid reporting on the above are going to take over.
Off oot (kev) to bring daughter and grandson home. Sipsini will email you this afternoon re CQN10.
KTF
HH
BMCUW
The Hearts game was, I think, Christmas day 1971.
Werder Bremen 0 Bayern 7
…that’ll be a terrible result for German football then Keevins.
MARRAKESH EXPRESS
I bow to your superior knowledge. I wasn’t there,too busy doing the bloody dishes probably! Don’t remember us playing on Christmas Day after that.
Maybe The Great Escape was on instead…
Hamilton Academicals say the damage to seats in their stadium after the Albion Rovers v Motherwell game, is a private matter between the clubs concerned.
Can’t see the NFL taking off over here either
Saying that the Eagles are playing the Hydro in May and at £125 a pop
tony donnelly
11.40
having been a trade unionist for all my working life and an advocate for higher education for all who aspire to it,your broad brushstrokes are objectionable to me as a Celtic supporter and a father who struggled to put a son through uni(a first in my Family),and if I were a wordsmith as good as some on here I am sure I could construct a fitting sentence for yourself that would include bumptious and oaf, and as i am senior to you in age I would expect the respect due to me in my apparent dotage.
HH
BMCUW
Fitba on Christmas Day.
My addled ole bonce remembers 2
Being beaten by Queen of the South , can’t remember the score , 57/ 58 ?
Humping Morton in the mid 60s –a game that featured a cargo of Thai Sticks and a bottle of Calvados a mate had liberated from his parents.. No seats were broken.
BMCUW-We might have played a friendly v Red Star Belgrade on Christmas Day around 88-89? Prosineci and the brilliant Dragan Stojkovic were playing.
Wee Mrs Russell
bournesouprecipe
12:12 on
9 December, 2013
The Great Gatsby’s
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Barnes Wallace had mighty foresight….!!
mickbhoy1888 12:29 on 9 December, 2013
Can’t see the NFL taking off over here either
On the contrary, I think he is doing a good job of managing our club!!
8-)
Ulcyr
!BADA BING!
DRAGSN STOJKOVIC?
Now there was a player. We were apparently linked with him in a Kinkladze style.
BSR,
Wee?
tonydonnelly67 super sleuthing Slater’s Menswear Celtic Supporting Uni n’ TU type bustin 24/7 CSC
bsr,
Wee Ola leaving?
Say it ain’t so!
desertbhoy
fairly filling a space whilst awaiting New Article.
Dontbrattbakkinanger
12:10 on 9 December, 2013
As far as the ole GB and their tatterdemalion hangers on and wannabes is concerned all I’d like to say is a bit of perspective is long overdue.
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Having only ever been regarded as ‘scruffy’, I will now be able to defend myself with,….” Tatterdemalion, if you don’t mind.”
I am in your debt. Education is a wonderful thing.