Neil Lennon will be delighted to have secured his captain, Scott Brown, on a new long-term contract which sees the player tied to the club until after his 30th birthday in 2015, with the club having an option to extend the deal by a further 12 months.
Scott joined Celtic in 2007 and played central midfield until last season, when he was occasionally used wide right, to great effect. Reflecting some of the conversations we had earlier this week with Georgios Samaras, who has recently been a revelation wide-left after years of frustration as part of a front pairing, Scott seemed to revel in the space the wider position allowed him to exploit.
Before joining Celtic Scott made his name playing almost as an auxiliary striker at Hibernian, where he would burst into the box with well-timed runs but at Celtic he is more commonly anchored in a defensive midfield role. As a consequence, despite having played more games for Celtic than Hibs, and playing for a team who attack far more often, he has still to match his Hibs goals scored total at Celtic.
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Snow lying in Edinburgh. Anyone got update from Dundee ?
bamboo says:
4 December, 2011 at 08:35
Unfortunately it was all to real for a 17 year old dragged out in the early hours to be locked up for being in the section with the green brigade recently
Only being allowed out by the Lord Advocate stepping in
I would prefer Strathclydes finest to be smashing
Gangsters who have wild west shoot outs on the streets in the west of Scotland
Human traffickers
Knife crime
Those despicable thieves who prey on the elderly
Drug traffickers
lorbobo says:
4 December, 2011 at 08:17
Since the press ran a week of stories with butcher ranting about the sending off, I now look forward to parity of cover. A full week of paper articles, tv segments and pundits all angrily pointing out that thems got 3 points when they should have got 1.
I’ll no hold my breath.
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Great post m8 but it’s down to all Celtic fans to bring this up and I for one will be calling Clyde the morra night and I am going to ask when is something going to be done about their cheating and diving because it’s being going on since smith came back.
Jelly legs, naysmith, Boyd, Kevin Thompson, Miller, Lafferty, Broadfoot and they have been instructed by smith and fat sally and it’s time we get it out there because I will be calling it blatant cheating when I call.
All week a lot of idiots talking about the kayal incident and it means they don’t need to talk about their problems but I know they can put through who they want but you have to be fly about it and pretend to be on for something different as I did last year talking about them in Manchester lol and after I made my point I was cut off but I still got my point out there.
hen1rik says:
4 December, 2011 at 08:46
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Brilliant stuff m8!
Btw, where will you be putting your point so that I can look out for it ?
Hail! Hail!
Nice sized snow flakes falling here , 18 miles inland from Dundee. Also some patches of blue sky ,dont expect the game is in danger.
Feeling a bit nervious about our central defence .
Good luck Hen1rik. But Clyde rarely allow pertinent points on air. Dont expect a call back. Unless you tell them you want on air to call for Lennys sacking, they’ll give you top billing then.
hen1rik
My mistake m8!
I’ll listen out for you on clyde v’s Hugh Keevins(Celtic Fan) etc!
All the best m8!
Hail! Hail!
Tom English’s Twitter addy if you want to send him your thoughts
@TomEnglishSport
Ewan Murray in the Guardian can’t let it go:
Ref rage under control?
what channel is the game on ?
The names already in the hat for the referee on the 28th are……
Collum, Conroy, Norris and Richmond!!!
No doubt, ably assisted by the ghosts of, Bobby Davidson, JRP Gordon etc….
Hail! Hail!
The Scotsman
By Andrew Smith, at Ibrox
IT COULDN’T be said that things aren’t going Rangers’ way. They might once more have failed to in any way convince, but the fact is they won for the first time in three outings courtesy of an own goal from Alex Keddie and a penalty that was softer than a marshmallow.
Has anybody ever met a decent honest hun who admits to being embarrassed over the cheating of their players and the ‘honest mistakes’?
WDH
Parkville Channel….
Sky Sport1
kitalba says:
4 December, 2011 at 09:09
Has anybody ever met a decent honest hun who admits to being embarrassed over the cheating of their players and the ‘honest mistakes’?
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I have not and, I don’t think I ever will ?
Hail! Hail!
Stewart Fisher – Sunday Herald:
MAYBE taking the ball to the corner flag late on against Dunfermline is acceptable after all.
Ten days ago Celtic were castigated in some quarters for settling for a 2-1 home victory against the Fife side but there were moments during this victory by an identical scoreline which made that look like a walk in the park.
After a couple of games without a win, and another week of boardroom worries, a relieved Rangers side duly moved seven points clear at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, for the best part of 24 hours at least. But so profligate were they in front of goal that they required a fortuitous Alex Keddie own goal and a hotly disputed penalty to do so, while Keddie also spurned a late free header that really would have put the cat amongst the pigeons in the title race.
BT
are you buying if I come all that way ?
WDH
sure…
If Gary Hooper scores today, will we hear Darryll King say that, “Hooper is worth £9mill ?”
Morning all from a dreich North Ayrshire.
The Huns’ penalty yesterday sums up everything that is wrong with Scottish football.
I can understand refs being conned, I can understand that some penalties will look soft at second glance.
But it baffles me that such an obvious dive is rewarded with a spot kick, when the referee has a perfect view of it.
It was a cast iron yellow card for Aluko.
I await the media outrage that greeted the ICT player’s sending off against us…
BT
I’lll be there
call you in a bit
Morning from a sun-drenched Turkiye.
I was always under the illusion HIGH Blantyre was for the real sellik man -)
Not that surprising that, Conroy didn’t see Aluko diving given that, the same ref, in the same stadium last year, didn’t see the hun players….lining-up to take it in turns to kick Killie player, Eremenko off the pitch ? mmmmmmm
BrightButBaltic!
Top of the morning to you all from a bright, still, but bitterly cold Fife. There has been a scuffle of snow but conditions at Dundee should be perfect if they are like here, and of course if they pay their electricity bill and have the undersoil heating on.
I should be happy and contented this morning but the penalty against the Pars and the S.o.S. quote from Strathclyde Police about the Green Brigade have got my hackles up!
Seriously though what should we expect when this man is in charge of affairs at Strathclyde Police: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJtQcMcYmU
henryclarkson says:
4 December, 2011 at 09:26
Morning from a sun-drenched Turkiye.
I was always under the illusion HIGH Blantyre was for the real sellik man -)
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Theres no illusion…your spot-on m8!
Hail! Hail!
Very sad to read about the passing of Socrates this morning. Wonderful player. Thanks for the memories big fella. Rest in peace.
Although i’m sure Blantyretim knows his HIGH’S from his LOW’S -)
Kellys Heroes says:
4 December, 2011 at 09:35
Very sad to read about the passing of Socrates this morning. Wonderful player. Thanks for the memories big fella. Rest in peace.
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Hear, Hear!
Socrates
RIP
YNWA
I’ve never seen an illusion
henryclarkson says:
4 December, 2011 at 09:36
Although i’m sure Blantyretim knows his HIGH’S from his LOW’S -)
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Yeah, I’m sure he does ?
Hail! Hail!
You all maybe a bit harsh the ref may at first thought it was a penalty and once he’s given it he NEVER changes his mind regardless of any doubts.
Anyway TANNADICE today, is it still on?
Good morning all, off to the game shortly.
Got a couple of tickets for Dunfermline away Monday 2nd January, 15:00 K.O. £22 each If anybody interested e-mail me at lennybhoycfc@gmail.com
I will have them Friday 16th December.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Can’t beat a suprise half day on a sunday! 33 degress & hitting the beach for 3 hours before the game.
The stage is set for Scott Brown today, If starting I fully expect him to take control of this game.
Safe journey to and from the game for all Hoops fans.
Get into them Celtic, HH.
Good morning all from East Kilbride where we’ve had the first snowfall of the season. Melting pretty quickly now in a balmy 3 degrees.
3 hours till kick off. Woo-hoo!
Jobo
Hopefully Stokes will be our main striker today!
D/utd 0-2 Celtic
“glasgow’s green ‘n’ white!”
I take it all back.
Back of paper,Sone says”I,m no diver”thanks for clearing that up.
Must be sooooooo easy being a striker at ipox,first days training”fall over in box”
go on try it ,guaranteed pen.
Kevtic says:
4 December, 2011 at 09:40
No reports of it being off, weather in Dundee I hear is dry but cold.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!