KR Reykjavík recorded a 0-2 win in the Icelandic Cup on Sunday and have one more league game, against bottom club Thor on Thursday, before facing Celtic on Champions League duty a week today.
Celtic have a game this evening against LSK Linz before facing a famous name from our past, Dukla Prague, on Friday. While the world will be coming through a World Cup climb down Celtic will be facing a committed team in the mid-Atlantic. There is no room for complacency.
Next week’s qualifier has all the potential to cause a fright. Ronny Deila will by now know all about Gordon Strachan’s competitive start at Celtic, which cast a shadow he never completely shook off, so it is absolutely critical the manager gets us playing the way he wants us tonight.
Ross McCormack’s route from Murray Park reject at 19 eight years ago to a player Fulham have just bid £11m for is worthy of consideration. It’s easy for us to point to how Rangers ruined young talented footballers but the stark truth is that for well over a decade Celtic had vastly better youth talent that Rangers but failed to graduate anything like as many as we should have.
McCormack had to go to Motherwell, a club well experienced at nurturing talent, to build his career, but he would have fared no better at Celtic. Having no space for youth is one of the many unhealthy consequences of having two massive clubs engaged in a football arms race. Our game was destined to destroy talent.
Fortunately, the man who loaned his name to Murray Park ensured that arms race would end in spectacular fashion, when he sold his club’s assets and liabilities to a liquidation specialist for £1. In a perverse sort of way, Scottish football should thank him.
Thank you to everyone who supported CQN’s efforts for Glasgow the Caring City and The Cookie Jar Foundation, especially the reader who paid an incredible £530 for the signed European Cup canvas. You are all a credit to our club.
Best wishes to Argentina tomorrow, I hope the overcome Netherlands for the memory of the first worldwide football hero they gave the game, Alfredo Di Stefano.
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Serious point.
Out and about all day from the port to townhead.
Why the flip does everywhere even miles from fields smell of coo shit.
Even inside the shopping centres.
Zombies or naranja walks.
Masty
I had felt for him until his anti catholic views, my town was full of hun bigots ,anti catholic views are widespread in Scotland.
Sky
Aye should go home?? 8))
Billy Bhoy 05
I have stuck up for u in the past
But wat the hell was all that about?
Scrolls back urgently during World Cup semi final to find the Billybhoy05 post.
C’MON the Germans ……I wish they had bombed oor chippy …cross cafe ..chips were mingin.
IN THERE!
Muller time
Get in there!
Rwe
What did u say about muller?
B-)
BT
he’s a shit stirrin hun simples..
Muller volleys home from a corner.Unmarked.
Amateur defending from Brazil. 1-0 Germany.
Muller puts Germany 1 up – deserved on run of play
Brazil v Germany. That’s what I call high tempo. Not a hint of lanquidity (is that a word?)
and Germany score!
Muller….AGAIN
finding money in the street
Far too easy for Muller
£50M Sideshow Bob posted missing!
voguepunter
Did the guy that worked in the Cross Cafe have squinty eyes?
Germans looking very good, apart from Ozil who has chickened out of every challenge.
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
21:11 on
8 July, 2014
Muller….AGAIN
finding money in the street
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Shooooorly you would hand into the cop shop?
BT
Might be mate, though I wouldnt want to taint hansens character with billy bhoy.
RWE
Hansen has previous
http://www.thescore.ie/alan-hansen-apologises-for-match-of-the-day-coloured-gaffe-311328-Dec2011/
jamesgang
Funny he aint even a catholic. does he punch seagulls tho??
Jonny the Tim
Thats not so good. The win in 90 mins i get. But all winnings must be used on bets is a bit of a low blow
BSR
Aye….cruelly dubbed cross eyed Davy by we street urchins :O(
Ref very lenient to that thug Marcello. At least a yellow there.
Maybe the Hulk is a better player as Bruce Banner
Brazil thugs the Germans too good although the bbc commentators will have us all cheersing the yellow cheats…
Think Argentina will win now…. Reason…..Messi …….. Reason Brazil are struggling…..absence of Neymar
Last place I thought I’d see anti Catholic sentiment was on here.
Surely it was a pathetic attempt at humour?
Surely he wasn’t serious?
Marcello’s been watchin ole dead club vijo’s.
My point in case, nothing about cheating madrid git
“This Brazillian team is beatable”…..
I’ve never seen a Brazillian team more susceptible to being beat. Their defence is shocking and their number 9 must be a favour for someone, somewhere.
I know many say Luiz is crap, I think he is the closest to a proper Brazillian fitba player.
Bring back Ronaldinho, or even sign him for the Hoops. A lot of runners, running aff Ronny would be special.
Lahm does some job.
18 minutes played
marcello should be off, first yellow for late challenge second for dive..
good refereeing for the hosts.
petec
I know many say Luiz is crap, I think he is the closest to a proper Brazillian fitba player.
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Who’s he standing next to ?
clunks
jamesgang
Funny he aint even a catholic. does he punch seagulls tho??
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No but the way he’s always sticking his finger up in the air he’s liable to skewer one of the poor beggars!!!
HH jamesgang
BT
Luiz could have been booked too
Germany playing like us.
They must have been watching our game tonight!
And will newcomers to CQN now be asked, ‘do you punch seagulls?’
HH jamesgang
BT
Naw. Both whisky and beer! :-)