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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bt
Thanks again!
Oddly large number of Milan fans today in Glasgow?
Hope the barca fans aren’t let down in the way they were last year when the buses never turned up at the airport.
Polite Reqest…
Would all mineshafter please refrain from slaughtering the team/players/board/manager
tonight if we happen to get a negative result tonight.
Remember we are playing an Italian great in their own country.
Thanks in advance( ;O) )
VP
Yesterdays taxi was £6.
I’ve been doing the taxis for 30 years says he..
More like doing the punters said I…o))
Ole KSC tonight… Cannae wait…
BT
£6.? Was that more than usual?
Usually a fiver..
He went via hope st. More lights that way..
Manihoop if you,re about my bhoy will be in the Queen Vic at the Riviera for the game wearing a kilt and a Celtic top introduce yourself. His name is Martainn,hope you both enjoy the game and we get a favourable result. Hail Hail Hebcelt
DBBIA
When I first worked as a Counsellor at an American summer camp lunch was onion soup followed by peanut butter and jelly, which I missed out in favour of the main course. Big mistake, that was the main course!
Back in the day my subbuteo AC Milan had some defence.
mncelt
16:19 on 18 September, 2013
Philbhoy – Don’t get too excited :) I love Laphroig (just behind Lagavulin)
Spot on with that! I have reserved a modicum of Laphroig for tonight, with just a wee smigin of water. :-)))
Mon the HOOPS!
Marti Sandino
“Neil has shown himself to be conservative in these away games though and I just can’tr see him telling the bhoys to go for it. ”
We scored 3 times in Moscow and Sammi scored in Barca and Lisbon. We scored twice in Helsinki and Helsingborg and, before that, we netted in Rennes and Udinese.
But that may have been too conservative for you. Are you a man for the 5:0 away wins we so regularly enjoy in Europe? :-)
Celtic mac- it never did elvis any harm
Dbbia
You can’t beat a healthy diet!
I could never motivate my ole Celtic subbuteo team
Too many plastic paddies.
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setting free the bears
Marti Sandino
“Neil has shown himself to be conservative in these away games though and I just can’tr see him telling the bhoys to go for it. ”
We scored 3 times in Moscow and Sammi scored in Barca and Lisbon. We scored twice in Helsinki and Helsingborg and, before that, we netted in Rennes and Udinese.
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SFTB
It is possible, you know, to be conservative AND score 2/3 goals in 90mins of football.
Being conservative does not equate to never leaving your own half:)
HH
CQN subbuteo league would be a gas
The ole Celtic cuffed AC who went on to the final in 2007
My Cousin was a good Subbuteo player
SOAL
did he always go derry city?
greenyinfurrafenian
Perfect
Soal- did he get the dukla Prague away set for Christmas?
….right, golf finished (only managed 15 in the heat , then early darkness), dinner eaten, dishes washed and just about to sit down and relax……but there’s still 2.75 hrs to kill!!
Couple of cheap malts available, Jura superstition and Aberlour… suppose I’ll just have to make do until i get back next month.
COYBIG !!!!!!!!!
HH
If you flick to kick ye cant go wrong
DBBIA
The auld Half Man Half Biscuit
Hame Time
I’ve still got the ole Hoops – bring your own side over to my house.
A bloke called adolph invented subbuteo.
In a tiny way it helped redress the bloke called adolph harm/ benefit ratio.
Jura superstition, Stevie Wonder’s favourite.
The ole subbuteo – gets set for CL comeback at Parkheed.
subbuteo subbuteo is the latin name for the bird of prey (raptor) the hobby
orno…. orna…. birdwatchers csc
Duomo di Milano
Feeling good about our chances tonight. Milan are definitely well below their usual standard at the moment and if our bhoys get in about them with maximum concentration and belief then I reckon we’ll get a at least a draw.
Prediction: Milan 1-2 Celtic
And for the ole – – birdwatchers
Bournesouprecipe, have you got the giant bloke that takes the corners?
cor blimey
Heading into Irish Pub in Europa centre, Berlin… Will be obvious, guy shouting at TV (odd sweary word), tutting incessantly, praying for Neil to remove whoever then scores or assists the goal(s) see Shaktar match previous for example… Then going bananas when we score!
Also in case of doubt, wearing White 125 polo shirt… If any passing CQN’ers out there…Say hello to me & the missus, who has been buttered up in the KaDaWe shopping centre…
Going for a 2-2 and a “we’ve been robbed in Italy again”!!!
Something like this from the Hoops tonight would be an ideal start:
http://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2013/sep/18/seven-man-kick-off-red-bull-leipzig-video
Afternoon all,
I’m really looking forward to taking on Milan tonight but I can almost write the script. The Italians will do what all Italian teams do ie cheat, the ref will be weak and penalise us at every opportunity while allowing Milan do what they want. I think we have a great manager and a great team who are capable of beating Milan tonight….if treated fairly. The only way I can see us winning the tie is by scoring in the 93rd minute and not allowing the ref the time to work against us.
Mon The Hoops!
Hail Hail