When we drew Maribor I wrote about their performance in last season’s Europa League, when they were eliminated by eventual winners, Sevilla. Our man, Blaz, in Slovenia, also warned me that this was a settled team who had improved since ending Rangers’ interest in European football three years ago.
I watched Red Bull Salzburg destroy Ajax in Amsterdam last season with some sublime football, and my pal in Austria tells me not to put too much store in their 3-0 humbling by Malmo, who, apparently, rode their luck to an incredible degree. Having said that, on the balance of probabilities, they are by far the top seed we would have chosen.
As Croatia Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb bossed Celtic out of the Champions League play-off round in 1998, our first attempt at the tournament. Zagreb’s stock has fallen since, so while you could make a good case to suggest we are far from ready to tackle any European team right now, this is a good draw. They are also not Legia Warsaw, which would have been an unwelcome confrontation at this time.
So far, so good. Then we draw a complete unknown from pot 4, who happened to eliminate Lyon in the last round.
Between now and the middle of next month Celtic have to be ready for these challenges. We have an opportunity to progress in the Europa League, earn some badly needed coefficient points, and revenue in the second half of the season.
Bring it on.
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Enjoy mid table mediocrity Virgil, celtic will survive……
Worser transfer window than Willo Flood’s.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
11:43 on 31 August, 2014
Yes it’s a phrase that’s funny the first few times you hear it.
I gave up using it on here a while back. It was getting hackneyed, but it still reverberates.
Jaysus. Will somebody just buy those wrestling tickets Neganon2 is trying to sell….
Our best centre half is a right back.
RD is forced to play a loan signing as his pairing even though he doesn’t want to invest in loan signings.
Doesn’t look good at the moment. Hope that there are two defenders coming in if VVD goes.
neganon2
11:43 on 31 August, 2014
I suppose a young Debbie Harry’s out of the question?
No Derk today,always a bonus.VVD offski.No new striker,don’t worry Sevco will soon be with us.
So joe.
I am trying to keep control of my laughter this morning because it’s all become a bit surreal.
But let’s get serious just for a wee moment.
What do you think of peters amazing losing the Huns cost us 10 m quid statement?
No VVD, Lustig, Brown, Forrest, Mulgrew, Boeriggter, Tonev, McGeough or Balde.
We have a big first team squad …
Can we re sign Willo
Beautiful day here in Dundee, off to Dens in two minutes. No VVD in team or squad, but so what? I’m there to support eleven men playing for my beloved Celtic. If VVD chooses not to be a part of us, well – goodbye, good luck, thanks for a few memories, hope you turn out as good as the hype. I thought you were good, but not special.
Hail Hail and I’ll take any win today to get the show back on the road!
Are Celts now sceptical of the Skepovic signing?
Hey big wavey. Do you love the wrestling as well????
So far, Forster, Watt & Virgil Sold. Sammi let go. One free signing & 4 loanees in.
overseasbhoy
11:48 on 31 August, 2014
Can we re sign Willo
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Don’t give them ideas.
ernie lynch
Nope but we might be of the Scepovic signing.
To attract crowds football has to be competitive.
Every game has to mean something.
It is our great misfortune to only have the most distasteful and untrustworthy club on the planet as our main competitor.
If it were possible to remove what is distasteful there would be less problem accepting the argument but there has been no attempt by SFA to make them clean up their act because the same DNA is in the SFA.
South side.
Fair enough. Throw in a young Debbie Harry and to be fair I wouldn’t be watching much of this Dundee game!!!!!!
Negano2
Go on. Two tickets. Front row and throw in some free popcorn.
NegAnon2
11:48 on 31 August, 2014
Hey big wavey. Do you love the wrestling as well????
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Only if it involves a pig. Or a chimney sweep. But not both, that would be pointless.
Virgil if he is for the off, was with us for one season and a wee bit.
We won one league title which we would have won even if he hadn’t been in the team.
We lost out on 2 domestic trophies and were seriously pumped in Europe, usually with him in the team.
In all that time he was, err, never capped by his country, either.
Who is this guy ffs!
Andy Robbins used to wrestle was a bear.
These potatoes are good!!
Hail hail
Estadio
Ernie005
Being selective in your responses, or did you retire for a nap ?
Louis Van Gaal is astonished of big forehead.
What happens when you show contempt for people, do they get upset.
Maybe they might voice their disapproval.
I wouldn’t be surprised.
HH
just had my first home made muffins…….and they were braw ….egg,bacon and tomato …
in Dundee the day the Celtic are …
“tell ben to come Ben and if Ben disnae come ben ,tell Ben I will be ben tobring Ben ben! ”
braw ….
neg anon 2
It’s WWE not WWF.
Even the live updates have flounced.
Whilst some of us tuning in to watch the beloved hoops others are salivating over the potential for boos.
A strange kind of love….
Easy easy
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
11:51 on 31 August, 2014
Sorry have I missed one of your wonderful contributions?
I’m sure we’ll both survive.
20mins cutting the grass will be a good preparation . Sunny here so should be the same 20mls east at Dundee.
Am I being naive to think that Virgil is the one who’s pushing the move rather than St peter?
Neganon.
He didn’t say that. He said they “could” have cost us 10 million a season. Read the article. Hail hail
Auldheid.
So by definition do you now agree that we are.
1) awaiting the return of the Hun. That has been and is our only strategy and we have been treading water.
2) that we are willing to ignore the clear corruption given that res 12 is the only remaining hope of getting the issue aired and it was celtic supporters who forced that issue.
3) that we are happy to return to our submissive role to be cheated and called paranoid.
4) that by consequence, the game in Scotland is rigged and only gives an illusion of competitiveness?
5) ergo it would be more honest to watch wrestling as at least that sport is openly pretending, unlike scottish football which is pretending to be real.
6) and finally that we are being asked to prop up sectarianism through our continued support of all of this?
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
11:51 on 31 August, 2014
Where’s your reply?
Reaction on Celtic Twitter not very favourable. So So important that we do well today.
I seem to be asking this question on a regular basis.
How long will Lustig be out?
Get rid.
And wee Jamsie can drive.