There was eniugh evidence on show last night to confirm Celtic’s Pot 2 opponent was on the softer side. Despite this, our failure away from home in the Champions League continues.
Without Cameron Carter-Vickers we were always going to need everything to go our way. After two successive VAR verdicts denied Leipzig a goal, you would be forgiven for thinking this was the case. A familiar offering of a cheap goal put paid to that.
Disappointing though the result was, qualification for the knockout stages remains in Celtic hands. Home wins in the next two games against Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk should be enough.
We should ask no less from Ange and the players. Both opponents are vulnerable and miles off their best.
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A wee request to the mod 🥰
Could you please release AN TEARMANN from his currant exile on
here ?
Don’t think it’s doing the blog any good, I’m sure you’ll agree.
H H. Mick
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MELBOURNE MICK @ 7:40 AM,
It should be a great event, shame about the timing for you but I’m sure it will be a great festive of football and at least you get to savour the build up.
Keep up the great work…
BLANTYRETIM @ 7:55 AM,
That’s some record, yes, Weddings are for close season for some:))
Great age for mini, I know it’s a cliche but time really does fly, hope she’s enjoying it – there has got to be worse chores…
Hail Hail
BT
Hope you’re well.
Keep The Faith.
Good morning all….
Some well thought out comments on the blog this morning. I know that one or two believe that there should be ‘no moaning’. I prefer to read/hear what others think, win, lose or draw.
My bottom line is…..I don’t like Fundamentalist coaches. There, I said it.
Tony Mowbray, Rodgers and Ange. ‘This is how my teams play, no matter who and where we play’.
Give me a ‘horses for courses’ coach any day. There is a certain arrogance about fundamentalist coaches. Fair enough. But there is a degree of laziness in there, too. Same plan for Killie at home. Same plan for Bundesliga club away.
I think that our transition when losing possession high up the park is very poor. Non-existent, even.
However, it is rarely the case that events have one cause. As others have said, we aren’t taking these early chances. Taking early chances against Motherwell would/could have allowed Calmac to have seat for the last half hour for example.
Last season was fabulous. Success in the face of low/no expectations. What’s not to like? This season is different. We now have loftier expectations. Not only due to the wonderful turnaround that Ange engineered last season, but also seeing another Scottish team dispatch decent teams in Europe. Including German teams.
All of that said, we’ll all be looking forward to the next game. And so it goes…..
Good morning all from Govanhill. Elderly hippy reporting for duty. 😂
MELBOURNE MICK…..
I was in Australia on a business trip when Celtic played Central Coast Mariners. Funny how these things pan out….. Lost the game, but a couple of pals and I had the honour of Lenny’s company into the wee hours.
Sorry that you’ll miss out.
Like you, the wife and I are working hard at using up these cruise credits.
Melbourne Mick
Wonderful little story about coaching Jacynta Prema de Nieva Galabadaarachchi. Just disappointed that you did not honour her with her proper name!
Weeron @ 8.32
Good post.
Good morning, friends and a Big Happy Friday to you all. Guess who had an unexpected long lie!! POTY results out around 9.30…..
THE RETURNOFF WEERON
So pissed at the timing, and when you hear the bhoys all planning
meet ups in Sydney etc, it gets to you, but I think I’m lucky, these
young dudes haven’t had the life I’ve had following Celtic, some
have only known success, like many others on here, we can relate
to years without a trophy, small but completely devoted crowds,
and a board that treated us with contempt ( what’s new. )
Celtic in Aus is massive, you won’t hear the msm saying that.
mainly because they know if Celtic did get into the EPL their
following would dominate anything any club in the world
could muster,
They know it, we know it.
So I’m sure when I’m cruising and on the blog looking for the
score I’ll think about the days gone bye when my wee da would
send me up the Gallowgate to count the Celtic busses and where
they came from, Yarrow, South Shields, Cardiff, Cork.
Where are these places I used to ask myself, and why so many
support Celtic ?
It’s who we are, and any game or score, or somebody’s opinion ,
isn’t going to change that
“ We are there and we’re always there “ as a famous bhoy once said.
On to the unsaintly Johnston now , big GG in Liel flying, back to
normal. 👍
H H. Mick
*SENTINEL CELTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2022-23*
RESULTS FROM GAME #12 – RB LEIPZIG 3 CELTIC 1 (JOTA)
Good morning, friends. Apologies again for the delay in releasing this game’s results.
Well, that was yet another rollercoaster of a game. We go behind from a corner – our corner! We go 2 behind but the goal is correctly ruled out for offside and so go into the break very much still in the game. We only go and equalise but soon after that we fall behind again. But, wait a minute, it is again correctly ruled for offside! The Gods are working with us for once. I leave the room for a call of nature and come back to find we really are 2-1 behind! Not the best moment for Joe Hart but, in my eyes, he did also have several good saves too. And he is of course playing to Ange’s instructions but, on this occasion, it looked to me as if he was caught in 2 minds on who to pass to. And then a very good 3rd goal kills the tie.
But it is indeed all about fine margins at this level and we all know that in all 3 games so far the outcome could have been so different if only we could take our chances.
So, we sit at the bottom of the group with 1 point and yet I still feel we are in with a decent chance of finishing 2nd and a really good chance of getting the 3rd place. Let’s assume (I know!!) that Madrid will win their next 2 games, 1 against Leipzig, 1 against Shakhtar. If that happens (AND IT SHOULD) and if we win our 2 home games against Leipzig and Shakhtar (WE COULD) then the league table, after 5 games would read –
Real Madrid 15
Celtic 7
Shakhtar 4
Leipzig 3
Celtic would already be qualified in 2nd place as (a) Leipzig couldn’t catch us and (b) we’d have won the head to head with Shakhtar.
Simples!
We have now played 12 competitive fixtures this season and have won 8 with 1 draws and 3 defeats. 33 goals scored and 12 conceded.
As for the voting, my thanks as always to the 64 who emailed me their choices. The total votes cast for each player (with my own choices asterisked) are as follows –
Hart: 2
Juranovic: 18
Jenz: 10
Welsh*: 51
Taylor*: 36
McGregor: 1
Hatate: 15
O’Riley: 2
Maeda: 1
Kyogo*: 37
Jota: 18
Abildgaard: 1
Haskabanovic: 0
Forrest: 0
Giakoumakis: 0
McCarthy: 0
And so, the top 5 players receiving POINTS for the game against RB Leipzig are –
Welsh – 5 pts
Kyogo – 4 pts
Taylor – 3 pts
Jota and Juranovic – 2 pts each
As for the overall standings, after 12 games played the table reads as follows –
26 points – Hatate and Jota
19 points – McGregor
18 points – Taylor
16 points – Jenz
12 points – Juranovic
10 points – Carter-Vickers and Kyogo
9 points – Abada and Welsh
8 points – O’Riley
5 points – Ralston
4 points – Giakoumakis and Mooy
3 points – Maeda
2 points – Turnbull
1 point – Hart
0 points – Abildgaard, Bernabei, Forrest, Haksabanovic, McCarthy, Siegrist and Starfelt
Something new to show in this latest report – here’s the Man Of The Match details for our first dozen games. You’ll see that only 2 games so far, our first trip to Ross County and the demolition of Dundee Utd, have produced winners who received almost universal support.
Aberdeen(H) 2-0 – Jota 61 (voters 82, so 74%)
Ross County(A) 3-1 – Jota 60 (voters 61, so 98.4%)
Kilmarnock(A) 5-0 – Jota 82 (voters 88, so 93%)
Hearts(H) 2-0 – Juranovic 32 (voters 73, so 44%)
Dundee Utd(A) 9-0 – Kyogo 84 (voters 86, so 97.7%)
Ross County(A) 4-1 – Ralston 41 (voters 58, so 71%)
Sevco(H) 4-0 – Abada 77 (voters 85, so 91%)
Real Madrid(H) 0-3 – McGregor 65 (voters 72, so 90%)
Shakhtar Donetsk(A) 1-1 – Hatate 49 (voters 67, so 73%)
St Mirren(A) 0-2 – Hatate 22 (voters 46, so 48%)
Motherwell(H) 2-1 – Hatate 55 (voters 62, so 89%)
RB Leipzig(A) 1-3 – Welsh 51 (voters 64, so 80%)
Next up it’s back to league business with a trip to Perth, a 12.30 kick off tomorrow lunchtime and a chance to reopen our 5 point league at the top. For a few hours at least.
If Liepzig turn us over at CP by killing us on the counter as they did in Germany then I believe criticism will be deserved.
We know what they’re about now, I would expect to see far less space available for Liepzig to run into.
Melbourne Mick on 7th October 2022 8:16 am
A wee request to the mod 🥰
Could you please release AN TEARMANN from his currant exile on here ?
Don’t think it’s doing the blog any good, I’m sure you’ll agree.
H H. Mick
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I 100% a’gree
‘agree’ even
AN DÚN,
We are set up one way fella.
We win or we lose that way.
We win when Ange believes we execute the plan without any or many flaws.
We lose when we don’t.
You’re not getting pragmatic Lennyball next week. You gotta hope we take our chances, press better and sort the lines out. And hope big Joe finds some form.
I’m buying a bigger sofa to get behind :)
HH
An Tearmann will be back Monday, no problems
Which Celt said,
“Celtic Park, where a man is judged by his football alone.”
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Jobo @ 9:31
Many thanks for this. Very interesting.
Taylor and Jenz respective scores being of particular interest.
Appreciate were 12 games in. Will be interesting to see the numbers as the season progresses.
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[D] O-ver and O-ver,[G]] we will follow D] you
[G] O-ver and [D] O-ver, [A] we will see you through
[D] We are Celtic supporters, [G] faithful through and [D] through,
[G] And over and [D] over, [A] we will [A7] follow [D] you.
[D] If you go to Germany, [G] you will see us [D] there,
France or Spain its all the same, [A] we’ll go any where,
[D] We’ll be there to cheer you, [G] as you travel [D] round,
[G] You can take us [D] anywhere, [A] we’ll won’t let you [D] down
If you go to Lisbon, we’ll go once again,
In Zaire ye’ll find us there calling out your name,
when you need supportin’, you will always know,
we’ll be right there with you, every where you go.
BT
Good to see you back posting.
Long may it continue.
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HYRVATSKI JIM
How are you mhate ? long time no talk.
We are in a high immigration area for Indian and African people
and of course many other races.
Our football club attracts them all, and we have some wonderful
coaches, Scots , English , Irish, and an other.
Jacinta came to us about 12 years old, so talented and of course
our young loons were immediately attracted to a good player.
Yes you can imagine lol.
She could outplay the lot of them .
I always carry a Wikipedia report of the first professional Indian
footballer in my wallet, and when she first trained with us I showed
them it, and there the story started.
MOHAMMED SALEEM
This bhoy played , not with boots but bandaged feet, can you believe
that ?
Of course when I relayed that to Jacinta and her da they were hooked.
She was a demon in training, staying well after the bhoys went home
and as I was locking up, turning the lights off, still there battering
balls.
I used to play my grandson “ the weemhan “ at crossbar challenge
every night, my best was six on the trot from 18 yard line, he managed
4 think he was trying to impress a lovely ghirl lol.
H H. Mick
MODERATOR
Tough job I know, thanks for the reply.
H H. Mick
Melbourne Mick,
Cap doffed my friend. Sounds a wonderful set up in a great part of the world.
Well done you and all the bhoys there.
HH
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Great photies as always Scullybhoy….
Keep it lit fella.
HH
Jobo Baldie @ 9:13 am,
Looks like the aul’ Gilbert O’Sullivan crew know how to parteeee…
Interesting set of results, just had a thought; you could add together the votes of the winning three playe, then add together the votes of your nominees and see how far you are from the madding crowd.
I’m pretty much out of kilter but glad Stephen Welsh got it – it seems odd when you talk about defenders needing protection from the referees, but he excelled against far better and no less physical strikers in Germany, than he has done recently against the thugs in the SPL.
Thanks once again for the great effort expended – really adds a dimension to the games, especially in the aftermath of an unfortunate defeat, where you can analyse the players performance rather than wollow in grief…
Hail Hail
Would love to see us put numbers back on the shorts again…..
and drop them from the back of the shirt..
HH
Big press conference from Ange today…
CCV back ?
Extent of Callum’s injury ?
Turnbull and Mooy, now vital given Callum’s likely absence ?
Hate that plough field in Perth and probably the worst grass pitch to come back from injury on..
Anyhoo, no time to feel sorry for ourselves as our enemies circle.
HH
Jobo Baldie
*SENTINEL CELTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2022-23*
RESULTS FROM GAME #12 – RB LEIPZIG 3 CELTIC 1 (JOTA)
Good morning, friends. Apologies again for the delay in releasing this game’s results.
Well, that was yet another rollercoaster of a game. We go behind from a corner – our corner! We go 2 behind but the goal is correctly ruled out for offside and so go into the break very much still in the game. We only go and equalise but soon after that we fall behind again. But, wait a minute, it is again correctly ruled for offside! The Gods are working with us for once. I leave the room for a call of nature and come back to find we really are 2-1 behind! Not the best moment for Joe Hart but, in my eyes, he did also have several good saves too. And he is of course playing to Ange’s instructions but, on this occasion, it looked to me as if he was caught in 2 minds on who to pass to. And then a very good 3rd goal kills the tie.
But it is indeed all about fine margins at this level and we all know that in all 3 games so far the outcome could have been so different if only we could take our chances.
So, we sit at the bottom of the group with 1 point and yet I still feel we are in with a decent chance of finishing 2nd and a really good chance of getting the 3rd place. Let’s assume (I know!!) that Madrid will win their next 2 games, 1 against Leipzig, 1 against Shakhtar. If that happens (AND IT SHOULD) and if we win our 2 home games against Leipzig and Shakhtar (WE COULD) then the league table, after 5 games would read –
Real Madrid 15
Celtic 7
Shakhtar 4
Leipzig 3
Celtic would already be qualified in 2nd place as (a) Leipzig couldn’t catch us and (b) we’d have won the head to head with Shakhtar.
Simples!
We have now played 12 competitive fixtures this season and have won 8 with 1 draws and 3 defeats. 33 goals scored and 12 conceded.
As for the voting, my thanks as always to the 64 who emailed me their choices. The total votes cast for each player (with my own choices asterisked) are as follows –
Hart: 2
Juranovic: 18
Jenz: 10
Welsh*: 51
Taylor*: 36
McGregor: 1
Hatate: 15
O’Riley: 2
Maeda: 1
Kyogo*: 37
Jota: 18
Abildgaard: 1
Haskabanovic: 0
Forrest: 0
Giakoumakis: 0
McCarthy: 0
And so, the top 5 players receiving POINTS for the game against RB Leipzig are –
Welsh – 5 pts
Kyogo – 4 pts
Taylor – 3 pts
Jota and Juranovic – 2 pts each
As for the overall standings, after 12 games played the table reads as follows –
26 points – Hatate and Jota
19 points – McGregor
18 points – Taylor
16 points – Jenz
12 points – Juranovic
10 points – Carter-Vickers and Kyogo
9 points – Abada and Welsh
8 points – O’Riley
5 points – Ralston
4 points – Giakoumakis and Mooy
3 points – Maeda
2 points – Turnbull
1 point – Hart
0 points – Abildgaard, Bernabei, Forrest, Haksabanovic, McCarthy, Siegrist and Starfelt
Something new to show in this latest report – here’s the Man Of The Match details for our first dozen games. You’ll see that only 2 games so far, our first trip to Ross County and the demolition of Dundee Utd, have produced winners who received almost universal support.
Aberdeen(H) 2-0 – Jota 61 (voters 82, so 74%)
Ross County(A) 3-1 – Jota 60 (voters 61, so 98.4%)
Kilmarnock(A) 5-0 – Jota 82 (voters 88, so 93%)
Hearts(H) 2-0 – Juranovic 32 (voters 73, so 44%)
Dundee Utd(A) 9-0 – Kyogo 84 (voters 86, so 97.7%)
Ross County(A) 4-1 – Ralston 41 (voters 58, so 71%)
Sevco(H) 4-0 – Abada 77 (voters 85, so 91%)
Real Madrid(H) 0-3 – McGregor 65 (voters 72, so 90%)
Shakhtar Donetsk(A) 1-1 – Hatate 49 (voters 67, so 73%)
St Mirren(A) 0-2 – Hatate 22 (voters 46, so 48%)
Motherwell(H) 2-1 – Hatate 55 (voters 62, so 89%)
RB Leipzig(A) 1-3 – Welsh 51 (voters 64, so 80%)
Next up it’s back to league business with a trip to Perth, a 12.30 kick off tomorrow lunchtime and a chance to reopen our 5 point league at the top. For a few hours at least.
BIG WAVY
Thank you mhate, it really is a wonderful place, and there is so much talent
here in the different nationalities, I’ve battered on over the years on here
how we need to foster relationships, merchandise etc , I think belatedly
the club now realise its to our benefit to promote the Celtic brand, it’s not
difficult it’s there waiting to be fostered.
H H. Mick
Apologies for my post @ 10:18,
C&P from SC and inadvertently hit “POST COMMENT” before editing…
Anyways, Jobos results from RB Leipzig now up!!
Have A Great One
Aff oot
Hail Hail
Callum off to London to see specialist. No cast or limp but clearly something to investigate. Forgot he wouldn;t have played tomorrow anyway.
– From man on twitter who met him at Edinburgh airport.
HH
Melbourne Mick
I am good, thanks. You always sound in positive mode on here so hope you are too.
I am going on leave tonight so have a very busy day to clear things up at work but I will reply to your earlier posts later so you will see the response tomorrow morning your time.
HRVATSKI JIM
👍