Napoleon observed that no one should fight the same enemy too many times, as eventually their superior ways and techniques will become redundant as the inferior foe will eventually hit on a strategy which works.
Dundee United did reasonably well in their two games against Celtic in the last 9 days, despite playing a considerable part of both games with a man disadvantage. They will arrive at Celtic Park tomorrow night having learned a few lessons, and hooping to compete with a full complement of players.
The danger for Celtic lies in what happened against St Johnstone at Celtic Park earlier this month. The Perth team have won only two of their nine games since 17 January but they knew what to expect from Celtic, who were marginally off-pace, enough so to leave the field without points. Another marginally off-pace performance tomorrow night and talk of trebles will evaporate in an instant.
If we’re vulnerable at any point between now and the end of the season, it’s this midweek.
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Ah! Woke up shattered this morning.
Can you über Celtic fans do me a favour.
Can you go along and support Celtic tonight into the Final cause I canny be bothered. Too tired and it’s not as if it’s a CL game anyway.
I’ll catch chippy on the way home and log in for a moan later.
Keep up to date though on bad passes, missed chances, poor performances et cetera so a can have a right good moan during game time on here.
Cheers.
MWD said AYE
PS. #SameOldAlloaAlwaysCheatin
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McNamara v Hately
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Good morning CQNers,
Dundee United have finished second best and men short in the last two games and you’ve got to suspect that even if they keep all eleven on the field tonight they’ll still finish second best.
Playing at home on a good surface and a home crowd all suggest Celtic will have all the advantages, but without a disciplined up-tempo performance it’ll all count for nothing.
Tonight I’m especially looking forward to Scot Brown playing his usual robust game but one that he recognises he needs to temper some of the rashness that creeps into his game from time to time.
Nir Bitton has excelled in European games but has been a little subdued in the Dundee Utd games, tonight I’ve a feeling his height may be a ploy to overcoming the packed Utd defence. However, if that is one of the tactics there has to be a massive improvement in the crosses and corner kicks.
C’mon the Bhoys.
Morning all. Lovely day in prospect down here. Spring in the air?
Over in BBC land, things remain the same. Radio Scotland @ 10pm last night: the Alloa manager quoted as saying it was a great point that should have been 3; @ 6.30 today, he is quoted as only saying a great point and then @ 7.30 he isn’t even mentioned while McCall insists the score should have been 3-2 to his team.
By the bye, has anyone discovered how much injury time was added last night. I reckon it must have been the best part of 10 minutes. Shurely not?? I think we should be told.
burnley78
I agree Celtic, or whoever, have priced the game sensibly. But although 15 quid isn’t expensive for football in Scotland it is an additional expense that some simply can’t afford.
I do agree with your wish that as many as possible turn up tonight.
GM
Thanks for your offer last night but I’d fallen asleep by then :-)
Any problems and I’ll let you know on here sir.
H/T,
I think Burnley 78 has a point. I know a number of people who were asking me for tickets for the game against the deid team or Inter but who show no interest in games like tonight. For the likes of those, it is not in the main a question of money. Saddens me, I must admit.
Aye….the 135k 0f Celtic supporters who went to the Celtic – Leeds ECSF at Hampden had a bliddy cheek…where did they go to every other week?…bliddy chancers so they wur.
Funny old thing a blog it should really be just a bit of fun and letting others know how you feel about our great club at a given moment in time. It wont change the World,It wont improve the team,and what you write wont interest most readers.Some posters seem to see it as a life or death experience and attack with venom any poster who disagree with there scribbling.I suggest we should remember we are all Celtic fans in the main we write on the blog for fun and we should do to others as we want others to do to us. H.H.
So….how much are we talking to go to see the Sellic the night????
£15 for a ticket?
£10 for petrol?
£5 for food?
£5 for the wee guy tae watch yer car?
£5 for – Not the View & a programme?
Hmmmm?……ah’ll be working the night…keeping the streets of Gotham City…villian-free.
Just got a chippy on way to work too.
MWD said AYE
HT,
I have that effect :)
I’m sure you’ll get sorted.
11hrs 20ish….oooh excited.
HH
The Jungle-Celtic-Fans are on the wane….the Celtic Support of today are smug-snobs-smarmy-conceited-look doon their noses it ye types…that the ‘bored’ shaft at ‘every’ turn…guid luck.
Pretty narrow to criticise all those who won`t be going tonight . There will be many who want to go but cannot and there will be many who can but don`t want to. Their choice.
As regards support for the team, I find the `smaller ` crowds, in general, more supportive of the players.The only reason I like a big crowd is for the atmosphere. Watching my team perform remains the same.
Anyway, if we can have the guy who said there were 28,000 at Ibrox last night counting our crowd, we will have a full house .
JJ
JFH said:
Some posters seem to see it as a life or death experience and attack with venom any poster who disagree with there scribbling.
Joe, I`m going to batter you for your wrong choice of `there`. You have made me really angry.I don`t know if I can cope. What a terrible experience.
JJ
I’m thankful that three generations will be cheering the Bhoys tonight… Me ,My son,
and Grandson…..A wee Ghuy will be missing but there in spirit ,a victory would be
sweet.COYBIG.
H.H.
JungleJimHotSmoked. Fella take a deep breath and count to twenty it wont improve my spelling but you will be so dizzy you wont notice. H.H. :- )
….oot.
Joe
You do know I was joking.yes?
Also, I don`t need to take deep breaths to become dizzy. It is quite a natural state for me.
JJ
PS 0:-) 0:-)
Kev Jungle:
“£15 for a ticket?
£10 for petrol?
£5 for food?
£5 for the wee guy tae watch yer car?
£5 for – Not the View & a programme?
Total £40
Another scenario :
£5 for a ticket;
Walk/free bus to the ground;
Eat at home/make a piece;
Have your own view.
Total: £5
Hmmm….
JJ
Jungle Jim Hot Smoked. I realised you were joking notice the wee smiley face at the end of my post. H.H.
‘Commons: I want Rangers to win promotion’
KRIS COMMONS, the Celtic midfielder, has conceded that the prospect of a dream season with three domestic trophies cannot disguise the fact he wants Rangers back in the SPFL Premiership as quickly as possible.
The 31-year-old concedes the fourth treble of his club’s rich history is now so close that he can almost touch it and insists the absence of their arch-rivals from the top division would not devalue such an achievement in the slightest.
However, having recently signed a deal that will keep him at Parkhead until the summer of 2017, he is desperate to see Rangers knocked into shape by their new manager Stuart McCall and capable of returning the Old Firm derby to the calendar.
“The games with Rangers are the best games,” said Commons.”They draw the best crowds and a large TV audience of people around the world.
“It makes people want to get out of bed in the middle of the night in Australia and watch a game.
“My mates down south don’t know a great deal about Scottish football, but they want to see that game.
“I love playing in them. There are a lot of fans who are on the fence about whether it’s right or wrong, but I enjoy the games.”
Celtic play host to Dundee United this evening in a quarter-final replay in the William Hill Scottish Cup with Inverness Caledonian Thistle waiting for the winner in the last four.
Commons put United to the sword with the opening goal in Sunday’s 2-0 League Cup final victory at Hampden and moved his manager, Ronny Deila, closer to his “dream” of three cups in the cabinet at the end of his first season in Scotland.
Jock Stein and Martin O’Neill are the only managers to achieved such a feat with Celtic and Commons insists Deila will deserve to take his place beside them irrespective of the situation Rangers find themselves in at the moment.
“If we can get across the line and achieve this treble, I don’t think it should be belittled or looked upon as a lesser achievement,” he said. “It’s the same sort of level.
“I think the last time it was done was in an era when money and wages were massive.
“You look at that team with (Chris) Sutton, (Neil) Lennon, (John) Hartson and (Henrik) Larsson. They were on fortunes and I think they got a huge amount of credit for what they did.”
Commons realises his hopes of renewing hostilities with Rangers next season are still some way from coming to pass. Hearts are runaway leaders in the Championship and Rangers seem more preoccupied with hanging onto a play-off spot than winning promotion.
Commons admits, however, that he has not been shocked by the way the Ibrox side have failed to adjust to life at a lower level.
“Listen, it is not just Rangers,” said Commons. “I have played in the Championship in England with teams trying to get back up and it’s not easy.
“Some teams go down from the Premier League and they end up in League One two or three years later, like Blackpool, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.
“Not only does affect the players, the manager and coaches and the fans. It’s a city thing. It’s a massive thing.
“It’s very difficult to have the wind knocked out of your sails and become and very confident bunch of lads to get promotion.
“Bournemouth and Brentford are showing momentum coming from League One and now heading towards the Premiership.
“When you have a team that’s full of confidence and winning, it’s very natural.
“When you are struggling – as Rangers are – to make that step, that’s when you need to call on experience. That’s what they are obviously trying to do with Stuart McCall.”
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/commons-i-want-rangers-to-win-promotion.120909618
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A media career beckons.
KevJungle at 8.23
£5 to the fella towatch yr motor?!??!
Knew it hadgone up from my usual 2s6d but £5??
Canny be right. What is thegoing rate guys?
Wonder of wonders – it has finally stopped raining – way down south.
Hope it remains that way !
Burnley78
I live about 20 miles from Paradise but going to the game has logistical issues, never mind financial ones.
With a bit of planning supporters can look ahead and budget accordingly.
This game has been thrown into the mix at short notice as well so pulling money from nowhere is just not possible for a lot of people.
parkheadcumsalford
I have acknowledged that. My phone was going mental for the games against Sevco and Inter.
However, I also understand that supporters will prioritise and those games, plus the cup final may be seen as bigger or more important than tonight’s game.
Jamesgang … I agree
but Mr Guidetti agent thinks he is at least 5-10 million… we can not afford that… Ronny lets him warm up in front of the support … takes some adulation … and then back to the bench….. lets see what the boy wants??? Sign the contract (and become a legend) or get to warm a rich bench….. in obscurity….. its your call Johnny
In fairness KevJ is much closer than the £15 ticket cost
£10 bus fare for some of us Central Bhoys ( would also cost around same if taking car)
£5 – 7 for something to eat , if you work, getting home first and trying to catch something to eat before heading out is very very difficult
For me * 2 as I take my ghirl with me
Now I am fortunate I can afford it
But
An SFA run competition, gate money split
Do you remember C Ogilvie, S Bryson etc, 5 way agreements, now P Murray back in place, anyone heard any challenge on that ? their still in place
So I Will not fund any SFA run competition, until we get honesty and treated as equals
And I will not be at Hamdump, until same
Me that suffers but my choice
Oh – good morning to Timworld :-)
South Of Tunis
08:55 on 18 March, 2015
Please don’t take this the wrong way but if you’re expecting sympathy from me (or I suspect anyone else on here) about your Sicilian weather you’re in for a disappointment.
Im hoping to go tonight.
Can anyone advise me if id be ok to turn up tonight and be able to buy a ticket.
Not sure if they will still be any left or if they will even still be on sale.
Was hoping to be through by about 7pm and was hoping to stop by ‘the corner’ and get a ticket then.
Is this a bad idea?
Im at work so replying to any advice might be too awkward but i will manage to read it and reply a bit later when i get the chance.
JFH 8″23
Well done , life too short and all that.
HH
Just back wi the dogs from the beach…………………….hahahahahahaaa i see the hun managed another draw.
Mon the Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooops the night.
IF anyone has a spare ticket id be happy to pay for it and pick it up at the corner btw :)
Close the business at 6pm on the dot. 10 min walk to the car. Drive to Glasgow at warp 3 except for the third of the route now policed by average speed cameras. If no traffic problems, arrive just in time for kickoff.
Three tickets =£45. Diesel £25. Programme for youngster £5. There’s £75 already.
Solution? Celtic to win every cup tie at the first time of asking and avoid bliddy replays :-) I will drop Ronny a line and suggest it
Ok. There have been times in most celtic supporters lives that they couldn’t afford to go to the football.
It is an unfortunate situation most of us have experienced at some point. Prioritising cash is important for everyone.
Work commitments also get in the way. I understand that too.
My point is we clearly had 60000 who could afford to pay twice the cost of a ticket for tonight’s game, last month, when we played inter. Folk who managed to have no thee commitments that night ether.
Hopefully of that 60000, most of whom, can afford the football, we can get a decent crowd along to support our team in a game which really matters and where support CAN make the difference in potentially winning a treble for only the 2nd time in my adult life.
Jock Stein famously said football without fans is nothing.
Celtic needs its support tonight more than any other game, against an aggrieved opponent, is my point.
The flat atmosphere we had v st johnstone post the Aberdeen euphoria will not help Celtics cause.
A win tonight will set up a fantastic 13 games for the rest of the season. The treble is on. We continue with a positive momentum
A loss and we have a burst ball with the energy sucked out of our season and left to worry about possibly losing the league from our position of strength.
My plea is get along and back the team …… if you can !
Burnley78
Your encouragement is great, and is genuinely appreciated :-)
Keep it up Bhud
Right meeting to attend,( in Ireland), which I planned after it was announced we would be playing Dundee at Dens park on 18th
Hail Hail
“IF anyone has a spare ticket id be happy to pay for it and pick it up at the corner btw :)”
Thunder road,
I might have a parent and child if you want.
No obligation to take a bairn with you though :)
I’ll check in at lunch and give you an update.
HH
Sevco still will get the play-offs. They will need a lot of honest mistakes to get past Queen of the South, Hibs and whatever SPL team they have to play.
They might get them mind.