Bayern Munich left Glasgow with three points, but that was two more than they deserved. The game was decided on a 22nd minute lapse. Dedryk Boyata should have headed but allowed the ball to bounce behind him. This is the kind of mistake which primary school kids are shouted out for. From that moment, Coman was clear through on Craig Gordon, who made the mistake of coming out of his box in the vain hope of reaching the ball before the French international striker. That aside, Celtic were excellent and deserved a point for their efforts.
As with the corresponding game in Munich, this was a game for James Forrest, not Patrick Roberts, so I was pleased Brendan Rodgers’ hand was forced with the injury to Patrick. James was outstanding. He regularly drew three defenders, kept his head up in possession, and created the chance which allowed Callum McGregor to convert.
Watch James again at the goal. He played the magicians’ trick: “Look over here, watch me.” Every Bayern Munich player was focused on him before he pulled a rabbit out of the hat, it was a thing of beauty. Wing play is difficult, although it seems it is more difficult for some to understand it, than it is to play there. I enjoyed watching Arjen Robben, but James was the more productive winger last night.
Screeds have been written about a momentary lapse by Nir Bitton at Firhill, which cost Celtic nothing. Last night, under the most intense pressure, the player grew in stature in the central defensive position. I heard “What are you doing?” as he chased down a loose ball in the Bayern right back position a moment before the Celtic goal, but without that, or his build-up play which led to the goal, we would not have drawn level.
It is also worth recording that Celtic still had the option to make a substitution when Nir received a head injury which resulted in several minutes treatment and the application of a substantial bandage. If his appetite for a scrap was in question (you know what I mean), he would have left the field at that moment.
I was getting frustrated for Callum McGregor, who constantly showed for the ball, but in the central role he started the game, seldom received it. It was a brave move for Brendan to hook Scott Sinclair and push Callum wide, although Scott was clearly below his best, but this change was pivotal in getting Celtic level. The aforementioned build up play from Bitton, the run and delicious dink from Forrest, cut Bayern open. In true Halloween fashion, Callum wasted no time in burying ghosts of past German encounters.
Scott Brown was imperious, while Stuart Armstrong will still be replaying his early chance to open the scoring over in his mind, he can be satisfied with his performance. Lustig and Tierney put in mature and energetic efforts.
Moussa Dembele had little scope to shine; an early left foot effort which he didn’t connect with cleanly was the sum total of his genuine opportunities. Celtic wisely put numbers in defence and midfield, leaving the striker isolated.
A word about Dedryk. He dropped on his knee on the final whistle, no doubt feeling the pain of his earlier mistake. You and I have been watching football long enough to know this is part of the game. Big Billy shared a couple of similar memories with me, which he carried like old wounds. Dedryk has recovered from darker places during his time at Celtic and can use the hurt from last night against PSG, and when his countrymen visit on match day 6. It was an infuriating moment, but he is a player unrecognisable from the Dedryk we lamented in Molde.
There is so much to be positive about. On similar form, we will destroy Anderlecht and no one will fancy coming to Celtic Park in the Europa League. So what do you have to worry about? We’ll talk about that tomorrow.
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Former Rangers manager Ally McCoist is a contender to take charge of Sunderland following the sacking of Simon Grayson. (Daily Star.
MAKEM TAKEM N SAKEM.
on another note just leaving YORK for EDINBURGH with MRS F U to celebrate CELTIC EDDIE’S birthday.emday fancies a free pint about 12.30 THE NEWSROOOM near the station just pop in .we will be the table having fun and making noise.HAIL HAIL.
Looking at the list of Rangers creditors, I was expecting to see a list of small businesses and public utilities that they screwed. I had thought that it was a condition of 2012 that all fotbal debts were paid.
However there are outstanding invoices to Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, St. Ettienne, Celtic, Dundee United, Dunfermline, Hearts and ICT as well as to the SPL, SFA and a couple of football agencies. It should be noted that all these debts are listed as payable to the FC (football club) and not to the company that runs those football clubs.
Did I imagine or misread this injunction about football debts having to be paid?
BIG JIMMY on 2ND NOVEMBER 2017 6:56 AM
Wish I had a pound for every time I questioned the role of D & P.
McInnes mutually consented by Aberdeen
Some really interesting perceptions going around the possibility that Derek McInnes may become the next Hunco manager…
Virtually no acknowledgement that Aberdeen are currently the no 2 force in Scottish football.
Blind faith that Hunco have finances in place to give Celtic a challenge..
I wonder if the penny will ever drop?
If ( as is likely) the next manager fails to redress the current balance of power..will the penny drop then?
If Hibs and Motherwell continue to improve leaving Hunco below 3rd..will the penny drop than?
Managers are like most things you get what you pay for. Buy cheap pay dear.
Gary67 on 2nd November 2017 10:04 am
McInnes mutually consented by Aberdeen
Cancel that, fake news on twitter
Napoli 2 — Manchester City 4..
An absolute joy to watch . Wide open -defending is not for us stuff . .. A game marred by Napoli hooligans attacking groups of. City supporters in downtown Napoli.
Napoli look to be heading for the Europa league – heard their motormouth owner on the radio earlier –
” I have no interest in the Thursday Night Cup . I’d rather win Serie A ”
Today’s get out and do something 45 –King Tubby at the controls.
https://youtu.be/dQWyRc0HdgQ
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It’s nice to read all the compliments and good wishes from Bayern & their supporters, but I hope they remember we need them to win in Belgium.
Like most on here, I want Celtic to win games rather than platitudes & I remember the not so distant past when Celtic Park was a fortress in European Competitions, sadly that has all changed.
The reasons are twofold firstly the gap between the European elite & ourselves has grown due to increasing Financial disparity, our style of play under Brendan is beautiful but high risk against this type of opponent but also we just seem to have been bloody unlucky in drawing extremely difficult Groups.
Tuesday night was a huge step forward even though we still lost, I’m not particularly bothered by the PSG game albeit I don’t want to see Celtic embarrassed but the Anderlecht game is now a huge game.
I for one don’t see it as a given, we beat them 3 nil away but it could just as easily have been 5 all out there.
If we get over the Belgians and invest in a decent centre half in next transfer window, I really believe we could have a Seville type year in the offing.
Hopefully with a better final week.
My guess is McInnes wants to go to Rangers but won’t. I know he’s told the AFC board his ambition lies in being Rangers manager.
However he’s a canny career planner.
Interestingly he’s not popular with Huns who are still delusional around getting a lucky hit ..they believe a Sam Allerdyce/Pardew can do a Wim Jansen…
Firstly neither of them are cheap, secondly both are used to £millions for players..thirdly..none of them care about or rate Scottish football, fourthly no manager worth his salt is coming to be 3rd in a 2 horse race…. I could go on.
Billy Davies is the level they can attract and usually things don’t end well with Wee mad Billy…
Shocking regards the rangers creditors getting only 4p in the £
Face painter Susan Thompson, who runs For Your Sonsie Face , is owed £40 but would receive £1.56.
But as one financial expert said: “It was always going to be realistically single digits in the pound for creditors. Frankly, that is because of the size of the debts.
CORKCELT @10 10 .
I watched Kas Eupen 2 -Anderlecht 3 -last weekend .
Kas Eupen are near the bottom of the league . . Anderlecht were 3 up when Kas scored their first . Thereafter – Anderlecht turned into a shambles . Panic / treat the ball like a hot potato and start blaming each other . .. I very much doubt they’ll be turning up in Glasgow with any confidence .
Watched PSG humping them 5-0 .. Score could have been much more had PSG wanted it . A total mismatch .
Although I feel sorry for the majority of the creditors the only reason this is deemed newsworthy by the Daily Ranger is because they probably thought that sevco or Glibby were going to get some money back.
These sort of liquidations happen on a regular basis and the solicitors and the liquidators take the bulk of the cash. One of the greatest scams known to man. ;-)
So if we go into the Anderlect game with a 3 point advantage over them what is the worse case scenario ? What if they beat us 0-1 for instance. Does goal difference count?
As regards McInnes he is a hun and no doubt about it but he knows that the sevco job is a poisoned chalice. Is he willing to drink from it and imbibe fatality as opposed to immortality?
I suspect not, but who really understands the workings of the hun mind?
CORKCELT on 2ND NOVEMBER 2017 10:10 AM,
Good post.I fear for us in Paris.Again the draw could have been kinder.If we had played in Paris last,it could all have been over with before.As it stands,they have to go for the win.When you mention on here that BR should be more careful when playing these teams,the We wont park the bus ,mob come on.Maybe I missed the game at Aberdeen,were we did indeed ,play a bit more carefully with our starting 11.How did that turn out?.If we go out again with the 433,we will get humped.How that helps morale is beyond me.
Even Big Jock realised,there are some times when you have to play it tight,as against Dukla away.
Anyway,Tuesday is gone.Lets get back on track up at Perth on Saturday.Vital 3 points.
Cultsbhoy…finally, I get to agree with you. McInnes is a shrewd guy, he’s no fool. He probably would love to be boss of the huns but realises it’s not like days gone by when he would have a genuine chance of winning the league…he’s under no real pressure at the Dons, expectation levels are not as they would be at the bigot factory…If the huns enquire and he is allowed to talk to them, then I’m sure he will ask some serious questions of them re finances and future strategy. Again, he is no mug, he knows they have no bank credit and are relying on loans from directors…what’s the best he could hope for with them? Second to Celtic-that’s about it! For how long would the deluded tribe accept that? Correct, not long…and the consequences? Hmmm! If he does accept the offer, it would mean they have found the compensation money for Aberdeen…perhaps Dave King is taking in some more laundry from Hong Kong to be cleaned…So, will Derek prefer to work for the house builder or the dry cleaner? Watch this space!
Regards…
Bamboo we can afford to lose 2-0. It’s on a head to head basis I believe
Michael Stewart asked a good question of McInnes, does he want to be a successful manager, or does he want to be Rankers manager?
A recap and update on Res12 was published in Not The View at the weekend game to reach supporters not on line.
Winning Captains had now published same version on CQN Magazine.
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/persistence-beats-res12tance-november-update/
If you are heading for the AGM do have a read. It sets out where matters currently stand although there may be developments by the AGM where the matter will be covered.
Bada…@ 10.47…exactly! As I said, he’s no fool and he still has a long management career ahead of him…take the hun job–fail–and it’s a set-back in his career…continue to do reasonably well at Dons and the chance to go south might come again…he may well want another go at the Championship…a better barometer of how good a coach he really is…he is ambitious after all–it’s not just about being the boss of his favourite team…personally, I think they will leave Murty to carry on till the end of the season unless, of course, they find some unexpected dosh somewhere…you just never know with the glib and shameless one…
SFTB
Having over due payables to clubs would have been a reason to refuse a licence in 2012.
In fact it was only the arrival of UEFA money from season 2010/11 in June 2011 that let Vienna get instalment paid for Jelavic and stopped a breach in the monitoring submission at 30 June 2011.
Back to 2012: Rangers FC were refused a licence for 2012/13 because they failed to produce audited accounts required by Art47. That applied for that season.
THE Rangers Football Club/The Rangers International Football Club were not eligible to apply for a licence for 2013/14/ and 14/15 as THE Rangers Football Club did not meet the requirement under Art12 of UEFA FFP of having 3 years membership of the SFA starting in August 2012 under Charles Green.
UEFA did not recognise the transfer of SFA membership by SFA under the 5 Way Agreement as conferring continuity. They couldn’t recognise it without losing the sporting integrity Art12 is designed to protect.
This is the basis of Traverso’s para in his reply to Res12 lawyers, ie NEW club (The Rangers Football Club) /company (The Rangers International Football Club whichever of whom might have been the applicant in 2013.
You can read his letter on CQN Magazine
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/persistence-beats-res12tance-november-update/
BAMBOO on 2ND NOVEMBER 2017 10:40 AM
If Celtic go in with a 3 point advantage, Anderlecht need to score at least 3 goals without conceding otherwise its on the straight head to head. If Anderlecht win 3-0 then it goes on goal difference and we would need to lose 4 goals more than them in the next round of games (they have score 0 and last 15; we have scored 4 and lost 10). So if Bayern score 3 against Anderlecht, we would need to lose 7 against PSG.
Hope that helps clear it up.
KTF
Stewart Milne Liv’s quite close to me..he’s a decent guy pretty open even if I don’t always agree with him. He’s not a close pal or anything like it but I do have the odd chat re football.
He loves McInnes. He 100% buys in to him and has done so since week one. However he’s not the type to hold anyone back. That said he’s one of Scotland’s wealthiest guys..he will let McInnes go ..but would be on AFC terms. If he was minded he has the resources to buy McInnes in to a very long and lucrative salary. So I don’t accept personal money consideration will be a factor in McInnes decision.
Corkcelt
I’d love an extended run in the Europa but 4 rounds to get into a final against some very good teams from the top leagues is too much for this group of players for me. Hope I’m wrong but there are some top teams already in it and some more dropping out of the champions league.
I think a good performance in Paris is important for our confidence if we’re to do anything after Christmas
Beauty contest football –
Lunchtime Champions League round up –
Guardiola —
” It was a fabulous game. The level of football for the spectator was just amazing . Napoli are great . I love Napoli , they completely destroyed us for periods of the game ”
Sarri –
” I don’t think we are too far away but we must not forget that we played one of the best teams in Europe.. I am very happy with the way we played-technically / tactically and physically .
For the record — the score was- Manchester City 4 -Napoli 2
oopla –
Napoli 2 -Manchester City 4
Your lunch time choon -Sweet Pea Atkinson doing the singing-
https://youtu.be/jlE8YzLRlcI
On he assumption we get 3rd spot…
Is anyone in a position to roughly estimate this year’s European pay out?
BAMBOO on 2ND NOVEMBER 2017 10:40 AM
Should have said, when we see the goal difference after PSG V Celtic and Anderlecht v Bayern on 22 November we will know what winning margin Anderlecht would need to secure 3rd place.
Safe enough to say that unless Celtic lose by a massive amount in Paris, Anderlecht will need to score at least 4 at Celtic Park to get into 3rd place.
KTF
Lunch time over
https://youtu.be/cR9kcQGMN_M
Some called him Super Joe -me and my wee crew at Priests corner called him -BANG BANG
If we can lose 5 at Celtic Park to Paris,anything could happen over there.
I would have the back 4,then Broony,Ntcham,Eboue,in front of them,Calmac,Armstrong.Moussa up front.
CULTSBHOY- LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBHOYS on 2ND NOVEMBER 2017 12:45 PM
On he assumption we get 3rd spot…
Is anyone in a position to roughly estimate this year’s European pay out?
Last week,Phil stated that last seasons total was around 44,46 million.That was everything ,gate money,hospitality,advertising,Uefa money,TV money.If we beat Anderlecht at home,that will go up at least 1.5 million,+ the increase in gate money.
Assuming we finish 3rd in CL group and qualify for EL Round of 32, then we are probably going to be unseeded in the draw.
The 4 best 3rd place teams are seeded (based on points, goal difference etc. not coefficients) and we are currently ranked 7th of the eight 3rd placed CL group teams. Only Borussia Dortmund are ranked below us on 2 points.
Apart from drawing a seeded team, we will have to play the first game at home on Thursday 15th February with away game on Thursday 22nd. This means the home game v St Johnstone (17th) and away game v Sheep (24th) would be moved to the Sundays.
Obviously our 3rd place ranking will be clearer after round 5 games, but we are away to PSG.
PSG 5 -Anderlecht 0
PSG let Anderlecht have a lot of the ball in a go on let’s see what you can do while we practice defending style . . They scored 5 in a 50 minute period .. .At 5-0 they dropped the pace and brought on Pastore to exhibit his I could have been a true great but settled for being a show pony thing ..
A game which caused me dissonance — . way way too one sided.. A total mismatch.
SOT…remember this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AatumCGNAM8
Willie sings of Merle…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzkwhN0pBQM
weebobbycollins
saw delaney bonnie and friends at massey hall toronto, april 1971, a terrible show.
after first song walked of the stage for about half an hour, must have had an argument.
should have stayed of.
only went to see them because ec was in the band.
timhorton…yes, i read somewhere they were a pretty dysfunctional crew and no one worked with them for very long…shame ’cause they could have been hot…