Much of the team picks itself tomorrow. Hart, Juranovic, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Taylor, McGregor, Jota and Kyogo. Ange Postecoglou has to decide whether to play Abada or Maeda on the wing, and who from O’Riley, Hatate and Turnbull will miss out.
I expect O’Riley and Hatate to get the nod. If Abada also starts, that would mean, from the side that won this fixture in February, the only change would be Kyogo for Giakoumakis.
Whomever we start with, we know to expect a game in parts; one line-up for the first hour or so, with a significantly changed look for the remainder of the game.
Newco are likely to go with the team that won in Eindhoven, with the exception of injured Tom Lawrence. By my measure, they will have three who have never been to Celtic Park before, as well as the keeper, who only played there once, for Hearts. A partisan +59,000 support in attendance can ensure they feel a long way from home.
How the game is officiated is a worry. The decision Newco got while tied at 0-0 with Ross County last week may inhibit the chances of a similar act tomorrow. Better to have them get away with such a glaring one when the stakes are lower.
No matter how good you think Celtic are playing right now, Newco are in the Champions League group stage because they know how to get the job done. We are facing a Champions League team and will need a rocking Celtic Park to get the job done.
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TURKEYBHOY on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2022 10:57 PM
Wee Nicola single handedly sorting out the Binmen strikes.
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Good to see a strong Union force a recalcitrant government into a humiliating climb down.
Just shows what can be done when ordinary people stick together in pursuit of their class interests rather than going down the cul de sac of petty bourgeois nationalist identity politics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKhwitXvVj8
I am as nervous as a kitten.
I firmly believe we are the better team but that does not guarantee us the points..
We have to perform on the day and there are plenty of variables such as penalties, red cards, poor reffing decisions & downright bad luck,
What is relaxing me a little bit is that it is indisputable that we have the best squad and over 38 games, I have no doubt at all but we will win the League.
Community is anathema. Nihilism rules.
CORKCELT on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2022 10:05 AM
I always go into derbies hoping for a draw. I try all sorts of distractions but nothing sorts out the nerves. I’ve stopped drinking the night before so I can get a decent sleep but it doesn’t work.
Im consoling myself this morning with us only being a point behind if we get beat and having the better squad over the season.
Corky…Ernie edit
I Old Firmly believe we are the better team but ;-))
H.H.
I’m a nervous wreck already. At my age ffs 🙄
Celtic40me….
If nihilism rules….that’s got to be the worst slogan in the history of the world ;-))
notthaticareCSC
H.H.
The party is in full swing..
Wot, no rolls you say.
HH and COYBIG
BURNLEY78 on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2022 9:55 AM
I’m not in the least bit bitter. Things have turned out just as I said they would when the whole train wreck happened.
So vindicated though also disappointed that it could have gone a different way, but the individual who controls Celtic is in an unassailable position and the support didn’t have resolve to mount any sort of challenge.
Those who did try to make a difference, like the Res 12 guys, were treated shamefully by the Club, and their enablers among the support.
Yes, things have moved on, but maybe some of us are less willing or able to ignore what we’ve learned over that time, while for other it’s just about bread and circuses, as it always was.
THELURKINTIM on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2022 10:19 AM
It’s certainly a horrible way of life 👍
Enjoy your day, if that’s the right word!
I think Ernie is upset that the Moderators have finally finished off his wee right hand man on the blog.
Aw diddums.
Why does the TFOD2.1 live rent free in so many heads?
Too many give them a stature they do not deserve.
It is not football it is National Bigotry week.
The whole palaver shames our nation.
One game out of 38 — Tuesday is bigger.
No wonder our third rate board can phone it in.
I wonder if DD will do a full round today or take it easy?
TLT
“If nihilism rules….that’s got to be the worst slogan in the history of the world ;-))”
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What about “Individualists of the World Unite” ?
Off for the train now- hope to see my first Celtic win over an Ibrox based team , for over a decade
SFTB 🤣🤣
Enjoy the hunskeping T, in a non O** F*** way ;-))
H.H.
TLT – Today we are all the best Tim’s ever.
Hope to meet up soon Amigo.
COYBIG
D :)
Burnley 78,
Thank you enjoy the game.
We may have a mutual friend Jo G . But that is for another day.
HH.
Misery loves company …
TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2022 10:23 AM
Good to see you back on again after your recent flounce.
How long was it this time, a week?
Mind you it was still longer than that eejit who flounced on your coat tails. He was away for all of two days.
Your resolve is a credit to you both.
Teams up….Hart, Taylor, Carter-Vickers, Starfelt, Juranovic, McGregor, Hatate, O’Riley, Jota, Kyogo, Abada…
Ludge MIB — when will they play their joker?
Do it now before VAR comes in to complicate matters?
5 points is a big gap so early in the season.
At P/head so we are favourites — apples to apples.
Young gun in the middle with the cards.
Interesting MIB record — games involving TFOD2.1
All things point to a MIB masterclass.
Might help the bookies – money going on us this morning.
Might get messy — worse than last week messy.
Looking at a red card for us / three bookings in 15 minutes / weak penalty.
One for the history buffs — ZZ game around 2010.
We had 7 players booked and nobody said a word about it.
Same game?
Any memories?
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Subs…Siegrist, Jenz, Giakoumakis, Kassabanovic, Mooy, Turnbull, Maeda, Forrest, Ralston.
Team — as expected.
LA is playing well / getting better.
Limited change from the squad of 12 months ago — only two new MF players.
Every Celtic fan is living in a very special time. If you cannot just enjoy it, you don’t deserve it.
In Ange We Trust
COYBIG
Apologies to Haksabanovic, auto correct went a little nuts!
JF – hope he gets to his 100/100 target.
Will struggle to get on the bench in a month’s time.
His PR inspired bubble is just such a long time ago.
The NL / SB double act broke him.
Abada kyogo and jota up front
Get intae thum
Strong line up and a strong bench. Nothing less than three points today.
SLÁINTE ANGE on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2022 11:21 AM
Every Celtic fan is living in a very special time.
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The side on the pitch is better than it’s been in the recent past, certainly.
Tuesday night will be a better indicator than today’s game of how special.
O.k bhoys/ghirls, managed, just, to keep myself sober for
this one lol.
“ We never stop “ supporting that is, so all of you going today,
I don’t have to tell you to remember that mantra at any
misplaced passes, poor shots whatever, the hun will thrive
on it.
We never stop supporting !
H.H. Mick
Abada vs Barisic 👌
Stodgy Huns team
live updates up
ERNIE LYNCH
TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 3RD SEPTEMBER 2022 10:23 AM
Good to see you back on again after your recent flounce.
How long was it this time, a week?
Mind you it was still longer than that eejit who flounced on your coat tails. He was away for all of two days.
Your resolve is a credit to you both.
Is that all you’ve got? I lasted 2 weeks, but I made it perfectly clear why I was leaving. So obviously if the cause of my leaving disappears, I’m happy to return.
Not as long as my previous flounce, which was what, 4 years? 5 years? But that was life and ill heakth. It happens.
The fact is, I read the blog for 3 days and saw that your wee pal had been booted into touch and it was 3 days of great reading. CQN as it used to be. So I decided to return. Oh and I did notice that several times you tried to disrupt the blog during those 3 days but were roundly ignored. Just like this morning when you tried to destroy a happy blog.
As for flouncing, what is the point of leaving a club because of a member or members’ disruptive behaviour if you don’t tell the membership why you are leaving? Defeats the purpose somewhat, no?
Anyway, there has to be a reaon why someone as intelligent as you is so patently unhappy, so I’ll leave it at that and hope you find inner peace.
Hail Hail.