Emenike, Ashley and only Montrose

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I suppose we should start by heading the warning from Sevconian under-performer, Ian Black, who suggested that the Third Division is harder than the SPL.  By this logic, Second Division Arbroath will terrify the life out of the Celtic defence ahead of their Scottish Cup tie tomorrow, they did, after all, put three goals past Inverurie Locos in the Third Round tie, and again in the replay.

Only Montrose

Having previously experienced the delights of Brechin, Forfar and the Dundee clubs, after tomorrow, the only Tayside club I will not have seen will be Montrose.  These opportunities don’t come around often enough!

In all seriousness, Second and Third Division football is not difficult, it is essentially Keep Fit on the cheap.  Celtic must deal with the sincere endeavour of their opponents while giving an opportunity for several fringe players to grace Celtic Park.

With our midfield already stretched by injury and suspension ahead of the Spartak game, Neil Lennon will want to guard this area of the team in particular.  Spartak play their last game before heading to Glasgow tonight, at home to Zenit, who sit five points about them after 17 games.  This is a huge game for Spartak and interim manager Valery Karpin, who will either succeed as interim, and be made permanent boss, or to fail and to also lose his general manager position.

Unusually for the Champions League, they have five days to recover before facing Celtic, a game Karpin is keen to win.  Celtic will technically only have four days rest but the bulk of players likely to play in midweek will surely be rested tomorrow.

Spartak will be without striker Welliton, who travelled to Germany for an operation this week.  Emmanuel Emenike, who scored twice against Celtic last month, is likely to lead the line.  Emenike is a penalty box striker who is more than capable of exploiting gaps in the Celtic box.  Karpin may instead opt to play target-man Artyom Dzuba as a sole striker.  Dzuba is not a prodigious goal-scorer but he is able to hold play up and bring others into the game.

I loved media suggestions today that Sports Direct have a fight on their hands from other firms if they want their brand used to rename Ibrox.  You have to admire the intellectual endeavour that goes into news coverage in this country.  Sports Direct area THE key business partner for The Rangers.  The only issue open to question is how much skin they are in the game for and what they get in return.  Remember this when you’re buying sports kit for Christmas!

Unlike the CQN Annual, the perfect Christmas present, available here and not found in any Sports Direct store.

Lower league clubs will all surely be quaking in their boots at the news The Rangers will not only bring in well over £20m in a share issue, but could also earn countless riches from stadium naming rights.  The leaked IPO PowerPoint presentation suggested the Offer for Subscription would commence on Monday. I am sure it is on-plan.

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  1. the_huddle – I spent the day paying a solicitor £1k just to put in bid, while I drink bevy scum bag the lot of them.

     

     

    Most lawyers are lovely people, for example our PF Ayr.

     

     

    People love to hate the players, they really should hate the game. (thumbsup)

  2. SPF

     

     

    I’m not happy…but I don’t allow the MSM to set the agenda ..they can kid themselves on all they want

     

     

    The SFA have said nothing …IMO their silence is deafening

     

     

    The Huddle

     

     

    Either converse with me or stop throwing in one liners then refusing to answer reasonable questions…

  3. Can I Have Raspberry On That Champions League Ice Cream

     

     

    21:08 on 30 November, 2012

     

     

    Glasgow streets named after battles ?

     

     

    Alma St.

     

    Arlington St.

     

    Baltic St.

     

    Bothwell St.

     

    Langside Rd.

     

    Mafeking St.

     

    Salamanca St.

     

    Vinegarhill St.

     

    Waterloo St.

     

     

    That will get you started.

     

    I am sure there are plenty more, but the auld heid is a wee bit fuddled.

  4. Sorry to diss n.Campbell I think he had a recent run in with a Mr G Winter the ex referee and bigot. anybody got a link?

  5. DJBEE

     

    Are you mental! Have you ever listened to Jabba, Chico and every other journo you pay your license for?

     

     

    I live in hope!

     

     

    SPF

  6. SFTB

     

     

    in truth have we ever trusted the SFA….

     

     

    Governed and chaired by a succession of Celtic haters ( Jack McGinn excepted )

  7. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    Just read the story about the postman in Harthill never laffted so much in years. But here is a fact about the post in Harthill. They dont deliver. They leave the mail on the edge of the dump and they all come down and fight over it!!

  8. ok, i get it.. you’se don’t like me.. despite being my recent efforts..

     

     

    i have come out with some crazy stuff.. if i have offended or insulted then i want a look in your eyes

  9. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    Headtheball

     

     

     

    Got attacked in Baltic St coming from the 6-3 Hibs C F. Lucky to be alive today.

  10. PF Ayr

     

     

    We have had strong suspicions about them but rarely have they altered their official record in such a strange way as last summer.

     

     

    They have yet to confirm Sevco’s official status but our strong suspicion is that they have invented a new status so that they do not go the way of previous defunct clubs (Third Lanark, Clydebank and Gretna).

     

     

    I would have no problem if their fans saw them as Continuty Rangers. I have no problem with Press and media being cheerleaders for that view. I do have a problem with a body that needs to be seen to be an honest even-handed arbiter of rules, being complicit in a commercial fraud.

  11. You know I don’t like to be pedantic, Philvis, but that wasn’t advice.

     

    That was just a sad observation.

  12. Kilbowie Kelt – You know I don’t like to be pedantic, Philvis, but that wasn’t advice.

     

    That was just a sad observation.

     

     

    I prefer to think of the glass as being half full. (thumbsup)

  13. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/

     

     

    23:12 on 30 November, 2012

     

    ___________

     

     

    I was the Prudential Insurance man in Baltic St. for 3 years.

     

    Imagine trying to collect money off that mob on a Friday night….

     

    Especially since they knew where I spent my Saturday afternoons, never mind my Sunday mornings.

     

    :¬(((

  14. @philvisreturns 23:08

     

     

    I’m not blitzed. I have been through some hard-times in the last 18 months. My house got burgled, burnt down and they nicked my car.. around 16 months ago. Me and my family were destitute for a while. Catholic mentality kicked in… etc we are ok

  15. Twinbhoy – My house got burgled, burnt down and they nicked my car.. around 16 months ago. Me and my family were destitute for a while.

     

     

    Dear God man, I didn’t know you were from Airdrie.

     

     

    Hopefully some popular music will help cheer you up:

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9s9vmrJkV8 (thumbsup)

  16. News reaches me that The Shipping Forecast is to be extended to provide coverage of all ‘The New Rangers’ away games.

     

     

    “And as you join us here live from South Utsire, we can confirm that the fear of local flooding has receded and we can confidently predict that following another two centuries of Global change, the north sea will become a desert, football will break out and the currants will no longer fiddle with goats”

     

     

    Hail Hail

     

     

    Estadio (who didn’t really mean to be insulting to any goats who may be reading)

  17. Twinbhoy

     

    23:04 on

     

    30 November, 2012

     

     

    I like ya ;)

     

     

    mind you, I also like my homegrown sliced beetroot in a very cheap whisky… it’s my very own cocktail, The PileBeeter

     

     

    I’m gonnie make a fortune with this one

  18. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    K K You’re lucky to be alive!! I worked as an Insurance man in Viewpark for 17 happy years.. Great folks over there.

     

     

    Some of them got dragged onto the Kirkwood C S C bus and got kicked off abt a mile down the road.

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