European football forever shocks, never more so that when Hibs and Hearts eliminate two teams you have heard of. Rosenborg’s star rises and fades with the clock, but they are still vastly more experienced in Europe than Hearts. Coming from two goals down in the tie to win last night was an heroic result.
The ground under Easter Road has been rumbling since the season kicked off. Defeats in both league games to St Mirren and Motherwell, on top of the away loss in Andora in the last Conference League qualification round, suggested Hibernian would lose to Luzern, with Lee Johnson packing his bags before the Festival ends. If he could win next week’s home leg against Aston Villa, they would erect a statue to their diminutive manager – or maybe a life size figurine.
Tottenham’s Irish hero from the 50s and 60s, Danny Blanchflower, once said, “We aim to equalise before the other team score”. It’s a brilliant quote and I forever see echoes of it as teams prepare for a loss. They look for an easy headline, something that shows them on the front foot, before an impending defeat.
For evidence, just look at the headlines Newco have made for themselves this morning. They’re all ‘demandy’ – for tickets to Celtic Park, proffering faux grievances. 700 tickets is not a safe allocation for these games, I have been there and can testify. That lot really need to take crowd safety more seriously.
7,000 is the correct allocation. 700 is an arbitrary nonsense. If forced, I would offer 19 tickets, nine each representing our two nine-in-a-row campaigns and one for our European Cup win. Let 19 of them honour Celtic in this unique way. I am being ridiculous, of course, but they started it.
All we need to see a resolution here is patience. When I first started going to Ibrox, Rangers were rubbish and Celtic fans were welcomed at three sides of the stadium. The Broomloan Stand, half the Standing Enclosure, a third of the Main Stand and the unsold part of the Govan Stand. You can see the stars aligning again!
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infantino as awe, no show without punch. feckin leeches
Who’s the wan looking lass with the burglar’s costume on ?
Shilpit aside – it’s lovely to see so much genuine joy from a truly silky side of winners.
PHILBHOY on 20TH AUGUST 2023 1:13 PM
The thugs and cheats lost.
Thank goodness.
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CORRECT Mate !
The ” HUN Antics” of Engurlunds Lucy Bronze especially at the Spainish penalty were ” HUN Wumminship” at its worse.
Plus, the Engerlund Goalie MOVED well before ethe penalty was taken…Shocking Refereeing.
Auld LIZZIE, Maggie Thatcher, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, King Charlie, Queen Cammy, Pundit Alex Scott, Ex Engurlund player/Pundit/THUG and CHEAT ” Ellen White, John Steed, Rishi Sunak, HUN Fans, Sevco…
….YER MOB took one hell of a beating !
LOL
VAMOS ESPANA….VIVA ESPANA…..Feck Franco !
HH
The problem is they’ll continue singing it whether they win it or not.
hibs and hearts managers must have taken a call from beale, we need games postponed if we are to best chanced of european progress,
remember everyone helips us like that ?
Celtic: Hart, Ralston, Lagerbiekle, Nawrocki, Taylor, McGregor, O’Riley, Holm, Abada, Maeda, Kyogo
Substitutes: Bain, Scales, Haksabanovic, Yang, Turnbull, Kwon, Tomoki, Bernabei, Forrest
HH.
Holm and Gus start,good team
This looks like it could be our toughest test until the CL starts up.
They are not conceding goals, creating a few chances and McInnes’s teams always pose a threat from set pieces. Shouldn’t be a huge problem for us if we are on it, but you certainly wouldn’t want to be conceding the first goal.
Where’s CCV, Hatate, Welsh and Starfelt
NotpayingattentionCSC 🤭
Lillie v Nantes Watched Merlin he is good like Bernabel going forward,but defensive,I didn’t see him being tested so I’m not sure .
Let’s be clear
Engerland women did not best one top 9 country in the World Cup yet got to the final.
Not a great achievement to be honest. Despite the ‘hero’ narrative.
Spain best 3 top 9 teams and thoroughly deserved to win.
The shite narrative peddled about a team who should have lost to Nigeria and could have lost to Colombia and Australia, despite all being ranked so far below them and with massively inferior resources, makes me sick.
OBE and knighthoods to follow ffs
not enough physicality,
the left back it too wee he will be targeted.
the goalkeeper is slow with the ball at his feet,
the midfield lacks a devfesive mid.
callum and o=riley cant play together
two rooke centre halfs who shouldnt be near the team,
holm is a project.
abada shirks it
maeda cant score the easy chances,
if kyogo doesnt score who else will,
we cant play on plastic,
our recent record at kilmarnock is always squeaky , we are fortunate to win (1-4. 0-5,)
and to top it all off McInnes has always had Brendans number, winning often against him (never i think).
they will bully us. and var (if it is on) will cheat us.
Killie 0 celtic 3
and listening to brendan on the radio, his body language tells me he is not happy.
and we know who that is on.
Interesting line up. Hope Lagerbielke and Nawrocki are ready for it . Kilmarnock out fought the rangers so expect it to be rough out there.
and what about our throw ins, do they ever work on set pieces at lennoxtown, if only we had an indoor pitch to practice out of the wind and rain.
GG live updates up
Saint Stivs :)
i am away to cut the grass, i am no watching this shambles.
SAINT STIVS,
‘Brendan on the radio’ and ‘body language’. That made me chortle. Good mhan.
I called it right. Holm in for Turnbull.
What was Brendan saying on the radio.
MTH