Hapoel Beer-Shiva delivered Olympiakos first defeat in a Champions League qualifying match in six years. The Greeks have competed in the group stage every season since, holding their own throughout the period, so getting knocked out by Hapoel was the equivalent of losing a Scottish Cup semi-final to a lower-league club.
Hapoel are not better than Olympiakos, not nearly so, but they were good enough to progress when they got the breaks. Anyone who thinks we’ll easy past them into the group stage is being ridiculously complacent.
I’m trying to avoid the nonsense coming out of Ibrox while we have more important things going on, but good grief! Please, please, have them follow through on the nonsense of ditching their legally contracted Puma strips to wear something else.
That stadium seems to be a beacon attracting stupid people doing stupid things.
You’ll note the INDEPENDENT SFA report on crowd at the Scottish Cup final recorded no assaults whatsoever on Newco players. This clearly caused some dissonance at the media organisations who reported utter fabrications after the game.
Never mind, Newco is in the same good hands which were on the tiller when their disastrous EBT plan was enacted, and the players who benefited from EBTs are front and central of Newco media coverage.
If you can’t see how this story ends, you’re not looking.
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DENA29 on 7TH AUGUST 2016 1:50 PM
is anyone else nervous?
my stomach is churning
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Yer not alone petal!!!!
Who’s Macjay dissing today?
Diet Huns!
Braw!
;-)
HH jamesgang
Dena.
Never nervous about the first step on a long road.
Our navigator will see us right.
Dena29………
Abidy should be …..but a braw tingly nervous …..that mak s you sing …..
Let the people sing…..braw
Braw
Right here we go… Radio for me, will be very tough and I trust Brendan that his call on Toure is correct. He looks a bit heavy but at least Tynecastle has no wide open spaces he can be dragged into.
Almost certain that Sinclaiir will get a run out as Jamesie and Mr Lovely Locks will be hooked.
5K hirple completed, fish all prepped for the oven, croquettes done too. Having a cracking dessert today…ice drinks with Curries Red Kola and Equi’s vanilla ice cream….lovely.
Off for a beer and ‘ mon the Hoops!
VOGUEPUNTER on 7TH AUGUST 2016 1:52 PM
DENA29 on 7TH AUGUST 2016 1:50 PM
see 1:52 above :-))
HH
Fingers toes and eyes all crossed for a successful season!
MONTHEHOOOOOOPS!!!!!!!
The gent from Dunblane is with us …..we can all calm doon !!!
A braw bhoys…..
Braw
COYBIG!!!
First can successfully negotiated :)))
C’mon the Hoooooooooooooooooooops
Dena yir a wee gem :O)
Aff oot to big G64’s hh
NYE BEVANS’ REBEL SOLDIER on 7TH AUGUST 2016 1:54 PM
:-)
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 7TH AUGUST 2016 1:55 PM
we have to…. in Brendan we trust
NEUSTADT-BRAW on 7TH AUGUST 2016 1:55 PM
wish I was there singing…. dont think I would be so nervous
HH
C’mon the Celtic, any win will do.
HH
Done keeper just took straight right to the face.
Well what do you expect with a name like Joe Lewis.
Tynecastle has been good to us of late I’m confident we can get the job done there today..
0-0 F/T STJ v Sheep.
BARNEY67 on 7TH AUGUST 2016 2:03 PM
:-)
poor soul
HH
Your wee heart will be singing away big style…..just like all that wear the 4 leaves on their chest…..all over this big green world……
Braw
Nae predictions from me. Keeping to my resolution!
;-)
BrawCSC
HH jamesgang
Borefest in Perth over,0-0
So.
Four of our ” rivals ” on one point.
Good start before the kick off.
C’mon the Hoops
Good morning from a beautiful sunny and warm eastern seaboard
dena29 on 7th August 2016 2:05 pm
BARNEY67 on 7TH AUGUST 2016 2:03 PM
:-)
poor soul
To be honest, he played OK new signing for them and did well.
Invincibles!!!!!!! Let the show begin….
Youheardithearfirstdunblanecsc…
Braw
COYBIG
Remember lads, this is our second toughest fixture of the whole season – in our first game.
So, let’s have no bed wetting if we’re not 2 up at half time. We are very much a work in progress. 2 debutees and another few young lads playing today
Robbie Neilson on Shortbread: “Rangers are BACK”
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr
BARNEY67 on 7TH AUGUST 2016 2:10 PM
dena29 on 7th August 2016 2:05 pm
as long as he lays well against others and not us . good luck to him
HH
Cmon the Hoops.
Lays= plays
doh
HH
new article posted.
From official site. Sinclair on bench.
NEW Celtic signing Scott Sinclair goes straight into today’s matchday squad for today’s league opener away to Hearts just hours after completing his move from Aston Villa.
The 27-year-old, who put to paper on a four-year deal with the Scottish champions this morning, is named among the substitutes at Tynecastle as the Hoops aim to launch their league defence with a positive result.
Fellow new recruit Kolo Toure will make his first start for the Bhoys in the capital after making his debut as a second-half substitute in Wednesday’s dramatic 2-1 victory over FC Astana in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
The inclusion of the former Liverpool, Manchester and Arsenal defender is one of two changes to the team that prevailed against the Kazakh side in the crucial European clash.
Celtic’s last-action hero, Moussa Dembele, who won and then converted from the penalty spot in the dying seconds of the match in midweek also comes into the team. Saidy Janko and the injured Patrick Roberts are the two players to drop out.
Kick off in Edinburgh is 2.15pm, and the club’s official Twitter account: @celticfc will have all the pre-match build-up and live in-game updates as Brendan Rodgers takes charge of his first domestic match as Celtic manager.
Today’s team:
CELTIC (4-4-2) Gordon; Lustig, Toure, O’Connell, Tierney; Forrest, McGregor, Brown, Armstrong; Griffiths, Dembele
Subs: Fasan, Izaguirre,Ciftci, Sinclair, Rogic, Johansen, Janko
here we gooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hearts kick off
Kolo concedes corner
On y va pour Le SIX!
“Perfect start from Hearts”…27secs in