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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Brilliant display from Germany. They know that fitba is basically a simple game if executed properly and bhoy, do they know how to do it!
They could have hit double figures and to top it off, they have an excellent keeper (not that he was called on too much tonight). No European team has won the World Cup in South America. That may be about to change.
My fav 7-1 and set to music if you want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfwyNR9mvaU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxG4k9YWWfQ
BT text sent – 12:00 tomorrow OK!
Paddy Power @paddypower 16m
FACT OF THE DAY: Germany scored more goals tonight than England have managed in the last two World Cups combined. #BrazilNuts
Embramike
Me neither. . . Well, only with the brackets and dates!
To remind them, of course, not me!
This could be home nation revenge of the most significant kind for Germany.
1966 csc
Robcfc11
23:12 on 8 July, 2014
Any truth that germany did that for beckenbauer as a GIRUY to FIFA ? Good to see the germans destroying FIFAs blatant attempts to make sure of a brazilian world cup win.
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No, Brazil were pathetic and shouldn’t have got as far as they got with their team selections.
That truely was Lahms to the slaughter tonight…
B-)
Its hard to see a Silva lining at all for Brazil…
B-)
Delighted for Pukki in the important game tonight.
Hopefully this will give him the confidence that I felt he lacked last season to go on and shine at Celtic.
They’ll have to accept they just arent very good Neymar…
Anyone see my coat?!
One thing I’ve noticed about Germany is that they may have periods of possession in midfield, when they go forward they make a move or have an effort after a few touches.
No side to side across the box..if the defence are in position it’s over.
Please please please let it be a Holland Germany final!
Brazil got what they deserved …… A gubbin!
“Brazil are going to win this World Cup at a canter. They’ve got the talent, the passion, the fans”
Piers Morgan
I mean i expected Brasil to Luiz but i thought it wud have been a lot Klose…
Ahh i cant stop!
Lionnroars67… You still on the blog??? TBM
Has Piers Morgan ever been right about anything?
Germans discussing Brazilian defence on TV (in Enngleesh)!
http://youtu.be/5Qf6Sv3A9zs
bournesouprecipe
23:20 on 8 July, 2014
Piers knows a lot about fans and passion. As for talent he hasn’t a clue.
The Dutch have a chance for some serious payback against Argentina and then Germany for previous World Cup finals. They’ve already humiliated Spain!
To be honest, I think Messi will make the difference tomorrow, but the Germans will win the final.
Before the competition started, I backed a Germany v Argentina final at 14’s, so looking for the wee man to do the business in the semi.
T4
HT
Agree on pukki read his interview today at least he was honest enough to admit he thought that it would be a walk in the park here and soon had a rude awakening, I believe we have a player there
laudrup better than kenny amd jinky. ffs.
henrik no better either.
http://www.theawayend.net/4-kenny-dalglish?
martybhoy59
I’ve always thought he had enough to be given a real opportunity. Unfortunately he missed chances that he probably should have scored and that knocked his confidence.
Fingers crossed for the lad.
Don’t tell me Celtic were playing tonight….aaaarrrrggghhhh
Also happy for Pukki.
I really hope the Deila gets the time to implement his ethos and shows no mercy to anyone who resists.
Stolen from Twitter.
“That was the most embarrassing semi since I went to see Brokeback Mountain!”
BBC’s take on this game is, Brazil’s capitulation, rather than Germany’s performance! Anti- German BBC?
HH
Cartman enjoys the Brazilian loss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ula8oi_M4Ww&feature=kp
Hamiltontim
23:27 on
8 July, 2014
Stolen from Twitter.
“That was the most embarrassing semi since I went to see Brokeback Mountain!”
HT you posted it
Love
SOAL
Filmed in Wishy I believe.
Brazil fa now looking to see if Kenny misser and boydichenko have Brazilian grannies …
Hamiltontim
23:17 on 8 July, 2014
Delighted for Pukki in the important game tonight.
Hopefully this will give him the confidence that I felt he lacked last season to go on and shine at Celtic.
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I was delighted to see he had knocked in 3 goals, any links would be really appreciated.
Teemu himself said that he would be a lot better in the 2nd season. He is obviously a shy guy, like many people, and he was giving an honest answer to a journalist, who knows, perhaps a journalist that hated Teemu because he signed for Celtic. I don’t know, All I do know is that Teemu scored a hattrick. ;)))
HT
Excuse me
There are horses everywhere in Hamilton are they not?
Well, this was quick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31_EJj5C1jI
johann murdoch
Brazil fa now looking to see if Kenny misser and boydichenko have Brazilian grannies …
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That will be the Zimmerico strike-force!
A song has already been written about the Brazilian capitulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrdWK4t3XY
http://jawoi.tv/game/2853