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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hamiltontim
22:12 on 8 July, 2014
billy bhoy 05
22:08 on 8 July, 2014
hamiltontim
21:55 on 8 July, 2014
Billy bhoy 05
Where do you see posters ‘spouting sectarianism’ on here?
I respect you as a poster and it is constant the linking of independence with SNP and the anti catholic SNP: they know exactly what they are doing.
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So you’re suggesting that posters are ‘spouting sectarianism’ because they claim the SNP are anti Catholic?
Very clever question but you are an intelligent poster….They continually link Independence with SNP.., And we all know Independence is not about SNP.
This answer below is for you.
My bhoy who is 17 years old and represents the Yes campaign. He has been on the TV, interviewed by the Washington Post and had debated in various schools in Ayrshire.
Now every debate has been scored by Invigilators and he has won every
one against Labour opposition, such as an MSP and Councillors and a Labour representative from Edinburgh who they
brought through and had 4 years experience with Glasgow University debating team.
Now I get to the point: he was not
only a good debater he had another massive advantage: he wasn’t aligned to a Political Party. What an advantage that proved to be.
You as a teacher might find this a bit difficult to believe but every Headmaster, not all Scottish, were YES voters.
7
7
7
7-0 jesus
Seventh heaven
Brazil media reporting betting scam on this game, apparently Big Phil has Germans on to win by 10
7-0
Dennis the menace 7 Tweety Pie 0
voguepunter
22:29 on 8 July, 2014
googybhoy ♥ celtic
googy ,ole BT was telling me how you looked after him when he was going his hols..
…yir a good mhan.
I’ll get your number off him if I ever fly oot of mancs…HH :o)
Your are welcome as are any in CQN
Oooooooft !!
What a 7th!!!!
Robcfc11
22:31 on 8 July, 2014
Neuer thinking “you vill not pass, you vill not pass”….
yes, stereotyping.. typed it twice..
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Naw he is Ze best ghoul keeper in ze Wurld.
Madonnasbigboobies.csc
Schurrle Brazil won’t get 1?
A sign.
TSD – for a multiple poster, you’re no very clever…! ;-)
Magnificent Seven!
T4
paolosboots FC before PLC
22:27 on
8 July, 2014
Lionsroars67, Sevco sign whole German squad!
yes new billionaire owner to buy german world cup team
7-0 Rio will be mental tonight
7th Heaven!!!!!!!!!!!
Dare I ask for 8…
German fans singing away, going to be some beer consumed in the homeland tonight, lucky so and so’s
Sieben sieben sieben
PM that is and his bet is up
Brilliant just need one more for the Germans to get my CQN predictor score up
7 – 0 – what can you say ! Could have been 10 if they were really trying.
To be clear Jesus didn’t score it was some German
Fair play to Brazilians for staying on and even applauding German goal
Rwe
bet the hoops at 9/4 when one nil down.
They went out to 4/1 just after half time.
at last the crowd appreciate good football
A world cup semi of this nature and a football fan is posting political stuff? what??
Carrying some luck the Germans..
Can we play brazil in the euros.. :) ?
BT –
How is he? Will give him a call soon. Should be in Motherwell the weekend after next.
Brazil national guard deployed around TV stations and airports.
Come one more goal for my correct score -))
Wonder if Ronny has any scouts in Germany, Andreas Thom didn’t do too badly, surely with a wage bill of £30+m we can afford one or two!
Lili sings a song for the Brazilians:
http://youtu.be/hZAV4hsP5WU
Gie’s a pen for Brazil Ref – I’ve got 7-1 correct score (in-play).
Kudos to the Brazilian fans for applauding.
7-0 and still pressing from nos 1-11.
Tommy’s obviously had a word!
HH jamesgang
Its difficult to say from this how good Germany are. I can’t help thinking Chile or Colombia or even Belgium would have given them a hard time. The USA created a lot more chances than Brazil.
Argentina you think could beat them…maybe… Holland I don’t think can.
That said if you pick the team of the tournament maybe 4-5 are German. Muller, Lahm, Kroos, Khedira… And everyone else is pretty good.
the death of european football…………………………………….
BillyBhoy05 some of us are watching history here with Brazil getting hammered 7-0 yet you still want to talk about your favourite pet subject.
Gie it a rest, gonnae?
Oh Belo-Horizonte In The Sun…
Deutschland SEVEN….
Brasil..ONE..
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To Pen Your Local Version Of This Hit…
And Make Your Next Million…
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