Formidable task for final preseason test

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I am sure we will see a full strength Celtic team against Inter Milan tomorrow but that doesn’t mean Celtic will be able to overturn their summer form against what will be the best squad of players they have met since facing the same team in the Dublin Cup almost exactly a year ago.  Inter will be formidable opponents.

The experimentation of recent weeks will be set aside as Neil Lennon prepares for next week’s enormously important Champions League qualifying game against HJK Helsinki.  In particular, we are likely to see a more familiar looking back four and midfield.  What happens up front remains to be seen.  Celtic have struggled to get into scoring form preseason; the manager will be keen to resolve this, if possible.

Most of all we need a 90 minutes free of elbows in the face and other injuries as the real stuff is only five days away.

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  1. lets be honest the sfa/ spl will do whatever is necessary to have that newco in scottish football, thats why negotiations are ongoing and why they have not been told to either accept the conditions or they will not be awarded membership, which would put CG into a position of accepting or rejecting the said proposal.

     

     

    all summer its been clear that rules will be ignored and changed to ensure newco play football in scotland. if anyone thinks this is not the case they have seen something different from me. i must also admit that i think its funny as, when rangers fans talk about themselves and their club as a victim, bit like the bankers collecting huge bonuses for 12 years while screwing everyone over then when the market clapses blame everyone else.

     

     

    the more things change the more they stay the same. where are celtic in all of this, i have no idea

  2. Marrakesh Express on

    I wonder if Thatcher’s war on the trade unions and the subsequent de-industrialisation of Britain will get covered. If they cover the industrial revolution they have to balance it out historically.

     

     

    hh

  3. celticrollercoaster supporting wee Oscar on

    Answers to round 2

     

     

    Brad Friedel (1993)

     

    Gary Holt (1994)

     

    Chic Charnley (1994)

     

    Thomas Hitzelsperger (2000)

     

    Du Wei(2005)

  4. celticrollercoaster supporting wee Oscar on

    Scoreboard after round 2

     

     

    hamiltontim 20

     

    Jobo Baldie 14

     

    glasgowbhoy 12

     

    Stringer Bell 10

     

    voguepunter 6

     

    PF Ayr 5

     

    Bloke109 2

  5. HT

     

     

    It’s just a joke now. A great big unembarrassed joke.

     

     

    I’m truly disgusted and disheartened by this latest news.

     

     

    They are out selling ‘extra’ tickets which became available and yet they do not know if they have a license to play??????????

     

     

    The boorish, triumphalist, establishment team maintain the very attitude which sunk them.

     

     

    And every cowardly dilettante who inhabits a position of power in Scottish Football (2 of whom are English to help add perspective) is casting aside every shred of integrity and any sense of….

     

     

    och…

     

     

    ahm jist scunnered with the collaborators…

     

     

    u

  6. celticrollercoaster supporting wee Oscar on

    Round 3: Celtic Picture Board: Name the players that have donned the Hoops? Your benchmark :Mrs CRC got 4!

     

    (2pts per first correct answer: 1pt per answer if you are correct but not first. Remember only 1 submission per round)

     

     

    http://i48.tinypic.com/2ywbtyq.jpg

  7. Bloke

     

    what does ” reserve their position ” mean re the EBT investigation

     

     

    Does I mean newco will be liable .?

  8. The SPL better unreserve the EBT dual contract issue and deal with this now, this decision tonight has finished football as a sport.

  9. Stringer Bell on

    Creaney an Elliot

     

    The twat Di Canio

     

    Gerry britten

     

    Tony shepherd

     

     

    Sutton

  10. `/ Gerry Creaney and PAul Elliot

     

    2/ PAulo di CAnio

     

    3/ Gerry Britton

     

    4/

     

    5/ Darryl Murphy

     

    6/ Chris Sutton

     

     

    Jobo

  11. Uly

     

     

    Me too pal

     

     

    CFC s silence in this is not golden

     

     

    Play by the freakin rules

  12. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    dessybhoy on 27 July, 2012 at 21:26 said:

     

     

    Don’t panic! Surely reserve its positiont just means they still have the right to complete and follow through on the investigation?

     

     

    As far as I can see this statement means it’s CG who has caved.

  13. Jock and Hamish of the Scotland Synchronised Diving Team have just had a massive fight. Jock has accused Hamish of copying him

     

     

    57

  14. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    OK I’m saying right now I don’t believe that’s really the Queen on the parachute.

  15. PF ayr

     

     

    There’s ambiguity as to whether this is newco or new Rangers if you’re with me. If it’s the former, why the liabilities for football debt (I’d be unhappy as a regularr creditor or as a club deck holder!) or if it’s the latter, why the hell are they at the table?

  16. dessybhoy on 27 July, 2012 at 21:26 said:

     

     

    think the statement says that the spl reserve the right to continue their investigation regarding the use of EBT, hence, that will continue, CG wanted that to stop hence the delay in membership. everyone knows their is a case to answer

  17. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Now, come on all you young rebels, admit it…that was funny, and so far, what an Opening Ceremony….

  18. uly

     

     

    Scunnered too but as Bloke has just said it’s worth waiting to find which entity this is.

  19. garygillespieshamstring on

    Gerry Creany

     

    Paul Elliot

     

    Di cannio

     

    Gerry Britton

     

    Dziekenowski

     

    ?

     

    Chris Sutton

  20. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    Well it’s not my song but if I were Bradley Wiggins I’d far rather have had these kids singing for me on the Champs Elysees that that dreadfully emotionless operatic performance.

  21. “There were a number of complex and challenging issues involved but, primarily, the Scottish FA had to be satisfied that the new owners of Rangers would operate in the best interests of the club, its fans and Scottish football in general.”

     

    The ‘new’ owners of Rangers??

     

    Absolutely gutted with this statement.

     

    They don’t even recognize the liquidation of the old club. It’s how the huns wanted it to be seen. New company, same rangers, same history. An absolute disgrace.

     

     

    SPF

  22. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    Long way to go me thinks. They have talked the talk they now need to walk the walk and have seven days to do so. No documentation has been seen yet. BDO have not even started. They show their hand they are donald ducked. It does not help Green get investors on board or sell season tickets. What is the rush from a hun fan perspective ?

     

     

    HH

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