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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Another training opportunity here.
Man down, leading away from home, in Europe
COYBIG
It sounds like the team is nothing like what would be considered the starting 11. I find that strange given we’re playing for real next Tuesday, despite the fact we’ve another game before then.
Yeah but does the red card have to be reported to our SFA to merit??
If it goes unreported, does it count?
Am sure I read this last year.
Sure as sheeeeeiiiiiiiiitte the SFA are readying the fax now for a report.
Will it affect him in the CL qualifiers?
!!bada bing!!
Is that their first offer ? :-))
Balde not on message with the new Deila tactics.
Still plodding around when Linz have the ball, forcing a midfielder to step up to challenge the guy in possession.
Balde scores.
Amido the destroyer!!
rwe,
Commentators curse strikes again :oD)))
Amido scores. Goal made by Dylan.
Balde
nice ball for the goal
bet365 quicker than you ghuys 4-2
Fine goal. Balde.
McGeough and Pukki combo in the lead up.
The big bhoy hit that some smack. Brilliantly set up.
Amido makes it 4-2 after some clever work in the box by LG ?
Dylan drives fwd, lobs to Balde in the box who hits the 4th.
4-2 Amido Balde, good play in box, team mate flicked ball over defender for the big man to volley home.
HH
Ha
Balde scores now
neil canalamar
I choose to think my kick u-p the erchie motivated him. :o))
Good finish actually.
Think he’ll need to work harder :o)))
Reportcard CSC
Thanks for the updates bhoys.
bhoys , does anyone know what happened to the lad we loaned out to Kilmarnock? can’t remember his name but thought he was brilliant and a real star in the making when he played for celtic against liverpool.
I refer you gentlemen to my earlier comment. Balde and Pukki, the ‘hopeless’ works in progress, are players. Get it round ye, Guidi *
*one swallow does not a summer make CSC
Go on the WIPs!!!!!
Some good play by Celtic going forward .
rwe
19:31 on 8 July, 2014
Balde not on message with the new Deila tactics.
Still plodding around when Linz have the ball, forcing a midfielder to step up to challenge the guy in possession.
tricoloured ribbon
19:33 on 8 July, 2014
Balde scores.
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NowThatIsFunnyCSC
HH jamesgang
Jackson Irvine ? Not sure
Pukki replaced by Mcllduff. Has Tony Watt blotted his copybook with Ronny already?
Brown out for 3 months according to the BBC.
Dreadful news and very worrying for our European campaign.
Had to endure the other lot at Dudgeon Park on Sunday, Brora could easily have been 4 up by half time. Nothing to worry about for the forseeable future, Or quite possibly ever again. They are rotten. Played off the park by the Classy Highland League Champions. JCGE!
What’s the score with Tony Watt? Is he being taught a lesson? Doesn’t make sense to take him on pre season tour and not play him. Is he not working hard enough in training?
There’s an inside story there somewhere.
Strongly
It was Jackson Irvine. Think he’s a sub tonight.
Are Linz in their top league?
Irvine flew out with Forster and Izzy to join the squad I think.
stebhoy
19:38 on 8 July, 2014
bhoys , does anyone know what happened to the lad we loaned out to Kilmarnock? can’t remember his name but thought he was brilliant and a real star in the making when he played for celtic against liverpool.
Jackson Irvine. He’s back with us. I don’t think he set the heather alight with Kilmarnock. Still, along with another dozen or so players, he’s one the new manager needs to make his mind up on.
stebhoy
Jackson Irvine I think you mean.
Don’t know what happened when the season came to an end.
HH jamesgang
Bada,
Just promoted to 2nd tier.Think I read that
https://twitter.com/DHiggy92/status/486580125841227776/photo/1
Temmu Pukki has officially received his Golden ticket after his hattrick tonight
jamesgang
As I suggested to neil canamalar who cried it the commentators curse…
All part of my school of motivation policy…
“Haw yooo!! Yur rubbish. Get yur fingur oot or yer aff (oot).”
“Well done, big mhan, yur a starrrr. sum gowelll by the way.”
SelfDepracationisUnderrated CSC
There’s 1 more friendly to go. Fully expect to see the 1st XI in that game. Give the lads a game ref. Sir Clive Woodward’s destruction of the Lions ethos. Everyone deserves a chance. Twardzik to start the CL game anyone?