No one said management was easy. Neil Lennon has spent the best part of a year preparing for this game. The scouts were told to go out and find pace up front which would allow us to defend in numbers but break effectively when possible.
That plan brought Derk Boerrigter and Teemu Pukki to the club but Derk has only recently returned from injury while Teemu made his debut on Saturday. Meanwhile, Anthony Stokes has been busy making himself the heart of the team. If Anthony was having a stinker of a season Neil Lennon would deploy the plan which has been long in gestation, but, unlike his opposite number tonight, Neil has genuine choice.
Before kick-off, there is no correct decision to this choice, hindsight will provide that answer, but we should remember that this is a squad game. Players tire and performance falls late in the game. Nine years ago we were within touching distance of a great result away to Milan but attempts to shore up the defence in the closing minutes failed. If Celtic are in a position to take something from the game, they will have to plan for a 95 minute endurance exercise.
The margins for error in this competition are slight. We matched Juventus in many areas of the field last season but were walloped 5-0 on aggregate. Some fine teams found the step up to the big stage a harrowing experience last night but other smaller clubs got it right; Copenhagen made Italian champions, Juve, look ordinary.
The task ahead is formidable but get the plan right and the spoils are there for us.
Prediction: 0-2 to the good guys. Enjoy your night.
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Penalty Milan 2-1
http://milantime.acmilan.com/en/channel/live_
Seems there may be a live video link to the AC Milan coverage of the youth tie available on another major Celtic fan site
AC just go 2:1 up as I watch
Leftclicktic
Never seen a race today so don’t know what happened. I do know (ha) well I think, Benefit Cut will win a week on Saturday.
Anyhow, I wanted to pull you up about your competitive streak. I was reading earlier you not only didn’t let your grandson win at hide and seek, you actually employed underhand tactics to beat him?
Very Sevco like behaviour:-))
Hope you and yours are well my friend.
I can’t tell anyone what my bets are for tonight because I’ll get strung up, but lets just say I am genuinely hoping I lose my stake money!
up like a bird
15:09 on 18 September, 2013
http://milantime.acmilan.com/en/channel/live_
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When I get through to their website channel nothing is happening on the screen.
Derbyshirebhoy, were is the youths playing this afternoon.
I’m beginning to get very nervous about tonight. Wish the game was starting now.
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy
Mate it is working ok for me ,maybe your flash ,try Google chrome ,i am not computer savvy ,but its playing fine my end.
BMCUW
Missionary work with my neighbors :0)
twists n turns @ 14 40.
” I know Balotelli is regarded by some as mediocre ”
He is truly variable . He can be great one minute and dire the next . Very nimble and fast for a big lump of a man . He is very easily wound up. He missed 2 great chances v Verona . He had 3 wowee misses whilst playing for Italia v the Czech Republic . Falls over easily for such a strong man . Is very good at taking the ball with his back to the defender , turning and then falling over the defender . Takes a mean penalty.
TOSB
It was not covering the game during the H/t break. it is back on now. Paul McMullen still showing well but Denny Johnstone should have put us level
Soft penalty for Milan youths!
Surprise, surprise!
HH!!
Balotelli sounds like the poor man’s Supersami.
No Bobby Does It Petta@14:42
“Summa
Celtic haven’t played the “Celtic Way” since TB was at the helm.
Shame. But I’m told its a results business.
Romance is dead!”
We did not have much European romance then. A few preliminary fumbles and the foreign burds turfed us oot very quickly.
As resident numero uno on this blog
3 – 2 to the Celts with Sammi to score.
What odds gents.
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SFTB..
Speak for Yourself..:-)
Summa of EuroTrashBirdsRUSCSC
If you are willing and able to help distribute this resolution at Celtic park before the game against St Johnstone, please e-mail me at Morrisseythe23rd@aol.com
Also, can I ask that you ask your friends and family to source share-holder who may sign this? We MUST get more numbers this week. We are close to getting the numbers required.
If you are a share-holder and have not yet signed yet. Please re-consider. If you are having problems. Maybe I can help. For example, if you can’t or don’t want to send a scanned, signed resolution. You could meet me and hand me it.
You can make the difference.
http://www.celtictrust.net/index.php?func=d_home_article&id=433
DJBEE
3 -2 HOOPS = 75/1
Sammy anytime scorer =9/2
Sammy 1st goal = 12/1
Sammy 1st goal + 3-2 hoops = 275/1
Sparkleghirl
Easter Island
The Statues CSC they run a canoe to home games…
Philbhoy
I just bought a copy of Jackson’s Malt Whisky Companion, so I can look it up if you have a question.
HH
Gerry
DJBEE
If you want insurance on your Sammy 1st goal bet, the odds are 10/1.
Means if you back him to score 1st goal, and he does not, but scores at anytime else in the game, you will get your stake back.
Up like a bird
Setting free the bears
Thanks anyway guys. Still having no luck. Tried PC as well as iPad. Oh well. Hope thenyoungstersvcan do the business.
Milan go 3:1 up
Ole Easter island is covered in mysterious statues, built in tribute to hoops legend gary Caldwell.
With added mobility.
Hi Gerrybhoy!
I’ve just picked up a bottle of Ledaig Single Malt, no age statemnt and 42% alc/vol.
It’s from Tobermory. Very pale, almost yellow.
Any good?
I know that is probably a silly question, but it cost me £19.00 from a lovely wee drinh shop in Linlithgow called Ellie’s Cellar. They had other bargains too.
Cheers in advance! (see what i did there?)
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DIBBIA..
Were the Pointing Forward..Pretending to Pass forward..
Summa
timbhoy2
15:13 on
18 September, 2013
They’re in Milan. Milan’s training ground I think.
drinh = drinks
hr tick tock
Let the people sing :))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&feature=related&v=zhkdy0AOpaM
Any team news yet?
Nervous for tonight but more a nervous excitement. More confident than usual for this game which is now worrying me because we usually get pumped when I’m confident of a result!
LB
4hr :((
DBBIA
“I’ve just come back from Tennessee.” -Pilgrimage to Dollywood in the ole Smokey Mountains I presume.
Were you back in time to see the Tour of Britain meander through the turbines of The Badlands on their way up to ole Buffer Buccleuch’s gaff?
Philbhoy
Googling- it seems to depend on which of the no dates you have. First two entries on this link.
http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/B-40-Ledaig.aspx
HH & Cheers
Philbhoy,
COLOUR: Lemon gold – NOSE: Fruit, brine, and sweet pea. – BODY: Mediun, oily. – PALATE: Smoky peat, with a hint of seaweed, ginger, and milk chocolate. – FINISH: Quite long, warming, and gingery.
Score: 73%
All that said, Laphroig score 88% and Lagavulin 92%. That kinda adds up, since 19 quid is not a lot to pay for a good bottle of single malt.
Cheers!
Gerry
derbyshirebhoy
15:42 on
18 September, 2013
timbhoy2
15:13 on
18 September, 2013
They’re in Milan. Milan’s training ground I think.
Whit?!!! Milan haven”t built a 6,000-seater stadium to accommodate this?? They’re missing a trick…
GerryBhoy and RWE
Many thanks for your replies.
£19.00 very good, considering what you would need to pay for Laphroig and Lagavulin, in, say Tesco’s.
I will have a nip from the bottle every time we score a goal tonight.
(Hope am pi**ed)
C’MON THE CELTS
Down with this optimism kind of thing!
Johnny clash, dollywood will have to wait til next time.
Did have lunch in loretta Lynn’s kitchen in hurricane mills, and went to vg johnny cash museum in nashville.
Missed cycle race, presumably they went through Sanquhar, where ole bicycle was invented?
Just one of many boons bequethed to mankind by ole SHangri la through the years.