Patrick Roberts is back and fit, and has previous good form against Newco, but Brendan has relied heavily on James Forrest this season, so may be disposed to prefer the latter for Sunday. I am usually clear on which of the two I prefer against any opposition (James for teams who press us, leaving space for him to exploit, Patrick for teams who defend deep), but I am pulled two ways this time.
If pushed, I would go with James, leaving Patrick as a option when legs are tired.
We don’t usually have chats about which goalkeeper to play, but Scott Bain and Craig Gordon will both be hoping to start. Craig is fit, so If Scott gets the nod, it may indicate that the ongoing first choice keeper slot is up for grabs.
I expect we will see the return of a more recognisable back four, with Michael Lustig returning in place of Jack Hendry. How Brendan deploys Dedryck Boyata will be crucial. The opening goal we lost at Ibrox last month came from a ploy Newco have used repeatedly against us since the 2016 Scottish Cup semi-final.
Their players will often stand off Celtic but press Dedryck whenever he is in possession. Dedryck needs options available or he should go Route One.
Tom Rogic travelled a lot of miles and played a lot of football in March, so I am sure he was rested at Hamilton to ensure he would be in prime shape for Sunday. Brown and Ntcham will sit behind him and Dembele will lead the line.
This leaves one place to be filled by Sinclair, Armstrong or McGregor. My preference would be to favour the middle of the park. Control passing in the central area and we will win comfortably. We failed to dominate there in each of our three draws against Newco (2-2, 1-1, 0-0). McGregor would get the nod for this task, where I would ask him to play a conserved, always-available, role.
The manager has had a week at Lennoxtown with his team – a rare luxury for Celtic. So chill, we will be ready.
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Philbhoy exactly hail hail
D. :)
CQN special answers 1
1,,,Bobby Murdoch first pulled on his Curled Up Winkle Pickers for the bhoys at what age?
17
18
19
20
Answer,,,17
2,,,TommyTwistsTommyTurns and he scores the only goal in a home league decider .
Which Tommy is it ?
Answer,,,Tommy Johnson
3,,,KingLubo joined the hoops from which team?
Answer,,,Duisburg
4,,, He hopped upon the CelticRollerCoaster , presumably earning enough to eat melted cheese on toast for life , in the year 1998 for 1.5 million from LASK Linz ?
Answer,,,Vidar Riseth
5,,,Which CorkCelt left to join Coventry on loan in January 02 ?
Answer,,,Colin Healy
6,,,At 6 feet 3 inches tall he could never be called a TinyTim after joining on loan from Spurs for one season only?
Answer,,,Ramon Vega
7,,,He was considered an Auldheid when he joined us as a free agent in 2010 but never quite settled and left within two years to join AIK Stockholm ?
Answer,,,Daniel Majstorovic
8,,,Goals from Jimmy Delaneys Dunky ( and his feet ) convinced Shankly to pay 4 grand to bring him to entertain the Kop . True or False ?
Answer,,,False,,,it was Busby and Old Trafford
9,,,,Bobo Jobo Baldie was the chief executive of who ?
Answer,,,Bobo Baldie
10,,,He Set Free the Bears with the only goal in the August 1987 Glasgow derby ?
Answer,,,Billy Stark
11,,,The last game of Kevs Jungle was a 2 – 0 victory over who ?
Answer,,,Dundee
12,,,Which ItaliaBhoy scored against Arsenal in his last game for the club ?
Answer,,,Massimo Donati
13,,,Big Packy Bonner lost his position at the club to who ,,,?
Answer,,,Gordon Marshall
14,,,Which one of the Big Cup Winners scored two against Copenhagen in his last European game for the club ?
Answer,,,Willie Wallace
15,,,There might not exactly have been 16 Roads on the way to Seville,, but which star entertained the fans before a fourth round defeat ?
Answer,,,Bonnie Tyler
16,,, Which Exiled Tim was Lennybhoys first signing for the club?
Answer,,,Charlie Mulgrew
17,,,Jimmy ( not Paul ) captained his beloved hoops and scored the second in the famous Hampden in the Sun game . True or False ?
Answer,,,False
18,,,Which player Bada Bing’ed in the only goal in the Scottish cup final 2007 ?
Answer,,,Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe
19,,Harald Dontbrattbackinanger retired and became a qualified,,,”?
Answer,,,Pilot
20,,,In the same city yer man that wrote What Is The Stars is from hes also been called ” The Wisp ” ?
Answer,,,Willow Flood
David66
Off topic, but…..
Get used to setting off the alarms every time you go near a metal detector. A nightmare if you fly a lot ( no pun intended )
Next up is our first ever picture round courtesy of Art of War.
Should the link work please try to copy and paste.
30 minutes allocated
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=26205d3&s=9
1. 17
2.Gemmell
3. A good French team – cannae get it in ma pea brain.
4. SFTB or G64
5. Liam?
6. Varga
7. Nope, it ain’t Majstorivic
8. False
9. Brilliant. Jobo is chief exec but Mrs Balde is the Boss……. I’m just 2nd guessing. :))
10. Walker
11. Aberdeen
12 pass
13. McKnight
14. Pass
15. unbelievably Pass
16. Crosas
17. False
18. Again this is why I don’t do quizzes
19. A Full Time reader of the Olde Testament.
20. Willie Wallace.
Bateen Bhoy I have heard that, I only fly a couple of times a year. Only once this year right enough New York for 10 days in October.
What happens when you set off the alarms, don’t say into a room and bend over. :(((
D. :)
Birds Morritti alla Toscana
Yuuuuuummmmmmmmmmyyyyy
MWD
I take it I can’t take part in the picture round Mahe? lol
Birds = Birra
DAVID66
Hope you are well on the mend!
HH
AOW,,, the price of justice partner. ;)
a Alliadiere
b Landry N’Guemo
c Harry Hood
d Shuggy Edvaldson
e Kelvin Wilson
f Ian Young
g Johnny Doyle
h Bertie Peacock
David66,
Yep. Make sure you take a jar of vaseline with you……under 100ml, mind.
Just explain you have a bionic hip. They’ll pat tou down and maybe run one of the handscanners over you.
It’s very common nowadays
A.Comperr
B.Brafite??
C.Hood
D.Edvaldson
E.Wilson
F.??????
G.Doyle
H.??????
KEEP THE FAITH
Mane copy and paste not working for me
B. Landry Nguemo
E. Kelvin Wilson
G. Johnny Doyle
That’s it from me
The Scottish Cup Is Shite https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2018/04/13/the-scottish-cup-is-shite/
A
B
C Hood
DShuggie
E Wilson
F Young
G Doyle
H
a. Alleladierre
b. N’Guemmo
c. Hood
d. Edvalldson
e. Wilson
g.
h. Doyle (not Mrs)
i.
Disnae work without Javascript on my Commodore 64. And CQN is unuseable with java.
So
What Set Free the Bears etc said.
1 M Crosas
2 Fortunè
3 H Hood
4 J Edvaldsson
5 K Wison
6 D Cattenach
7 J Doyle
8 B Peacock
I misread question 4. I thought, ach it disnae matter noo.
I just thought the CRC was jumping around with young dudes,.
Apologies.
PhilBhoy still got pain after 10 bloody weeks, but I will get there.
There are worse people than myself. You keep posting, all you guys are the reason I started posting.
D. :)
D66
you just take things easy till sunday .
you will need that hip of yours to be in tip top condition when were singing and DANCING in the HOOGATE
HH
A.
B.
C. Hood
D.
E.Wilson k
F. Young
G. Doyle
E.edwards
Philbhoy I meant people worse off than myself. Sorry
D. :)
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 13TH APRIL 2018 9:17 PM
That should read ramon Vega not Lou Bega.
Though both of them were Number 5’s
Great recovery…
Eatilaino and leonardos serve the best Birra Moretti:-))
Lets all do- i bet Snodgrass 20/1 1st card, 2 blatant dives, he looks about a stone overweight to me
Fergus slayed the blues its your fault awe these guys eyes are bleeding reading my shite posts.
We will be well pished by kick off Steve bhoy
D. :)
M6Bhoy, just catching up. Not a lot to disagree with, only thing that occurs: how do you know, and if you do it would be good to hear about that? HH
Bada Bing
“Great recovery…”
Well, I think I managed to fall at the 2nd last but got up and finished 4th
Derk
Marco
not rembering
” ”
Kelvin
No idea – never seen the pic before.
Johnny D
No idea
Mahe,
Thanks for your efforts. Enjoyed it until i got distracted this evening.
Will try and compete next week.
And A mention in dispatches for Art Of War too.
Hi Bhoys
See wi aw the huns righting their teams chances aff fir sunday is it just their latest ploy cause they have tried every other way to beat us they are now trying to make us over confident.
Come on Celtic lets hump these monkeys once and for all on sunday.
If we pump them we will empty their park and put another nail in their coffin hopefully the lasat wan.
KEEP THE FAITH
Thanks Bateen. Take it easy
Hail hail
DAVID66
We all have a cross to bear…………………some are just heavier than others!
I have said a wee prayer for your speedy recovery.
Please keep us posted!
YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE!
Chased by the finest Islay malt
MWD
Philbhoy thanks so much, very kind of you.
Hail Hail
D. :)