You’ve got to love John Hartson, a subscriber to the ‘All we need is three new players’ belief structure. This is a common sort of anti-analysis which crops up regularly in place of any actual thought.
There are three outfield areas of a team, defence, midfield and attack, and if you can only improve each area, you’ll have a better team. Go figure. Hartson told us we need “a central defender; a creative midfield player and a striker”. It’s as though the reality hasn’t occurred that any team in the world wouldn’t improve with the addition of a better player in each area of the field.
Yes, we need a central defender, but we need a right back too. We need a striker, but, I could argue two strikers would be handy. I’ve no idea how Brendan Rodgers is planning to play tactically so we might need a midfielder. Or two.
Pretty much every team in Europe will be having the same conversation right now. John could usefully reflect that it’s not actual headcount we need, we have the numbers, it’s players able to improve the team we need. That’s the magic ingredient everyone in the game hopes for.
Lincoln Red Imps captain, Roy Chipolina, is well within his rights to talk up their chances of knocking Celtic out of the Champions League. They hold the lead and it will take three goals to settle nerves among the home support tomorrow. It could be a tense occasion…….
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Tony Watt`s goal against Barcelona was a simple, well taken goal on an extraordinary evening. That apart, I cannot recall performances which justify the present praise he is receiving.
JJ
THE EXILED TIM
True dat..
Maybe Neilson will be the making of him:))
Hot smoked
We should beat the imps. …but given the disparity in the size of both clubs, tomorrow’s second leg should have been a formality, a game where we could give debuts to a couple of youth team players. …Instead we have to score 3 goals to put the tie safe, we may well score 3 goals in the first 10 minutes. ..but then again maybe not
WHAT IS THE STARS on 19TH JULY 2016 7:50 PM
Thanks for the tips Sat.
Did you back Imp? How was the going> What was the field like ;-)
TINYTIM on 19TH JULY 2016 7:44 PM
If Tony Watt signs for Hearts ,I believe that he will score as many goals next season as the boy wonder Dembele.
TT, what is that all about? Why disparage a young man feted by many other clubs by calling him names before he has even had a chance to prove his worth.
Tony had his chance and blew it.
Get behind your team for goodness sake.
JimTim
I will up your 9-12 points to 15-18 points, It’s their first season in the big league after all and they will need all the help they can get :-)
HH
Foxy
Did you back Imp?
I presume you are joking and referring to Lincoln red imps? ?
No I have never bet against celtic
Looking at the fixture list reckon Sevco will be top of the league come Parkers
Sin City Bhoy @ 7.45…
That is my concern. I think Warburton is possibly a good man manager and will get the max from his players.
However, it all comes down to how we perform and our mentality. Strong characters are what we need along with good team spirit. I saw criticism of their defence but I have also seen the same criticism of our own defence.
I just don’t want them anywhere near us in the league come mid-season…..After years of jelly and ice cream, laughing at their fat manager and stupid fans, I don’t want it all to end in tears…
The ole Rangers couldn’t beat Maribor even when they were EBT’d up.
WITS
Od course we should beat the Imps. Why? Because we are a much better side.
Oglach said, effectively, that we are not as good as the Imps. Growing a tad irritated by the exaggerated accounts of our current standard, I responded in a way that I hoped would highlight this.
I think I need a break from some of the nonsense on CQN but I keep reading because of the occasional ,excellent posts from a diminishing group.
JJ
21Nov2006
My point is a slight as those posters on here who build up every signing as a world beater before they have seen enough of him to make areasonable assessment.
It is not meant as a slight on the boy.
But I do believe from the limited footage that I have seen of him ,that he is a raw young lad ,and not the world beater that he is being portrayed as.
He is another project.
As for Watt .
You are correct ,he blew it.
But the boy will score goals in the SPFL IMHO.
I will be at Parkhead tomorrow shouting th boy wonder on.
Have no doubt about that.
TT
Paul67…I have been staring stoney-faced at my shoes for so long I didn’t notice what happened to the tanks at the foot of the marble staircase…Perchance Craigy boy sold the marble and replaced it with Formica? :-)
Bobby Lennox and Rosemary Burns to unfurl the flag tomorrow.
Great choice….
WHAT IS THE STARS on 19TH JULY 2016 8:04 PM
Yes I.m joking re Imps. Our horse ran a bad race. Much hulaboloo bout nothing. Tom nite will see to most of it. Same horses, diff course/condittions. HH
Not joking bout lucky 35 ew on Sat mind, like I said thanks.
Team for tomorrow
Craig
Eric Kristoffer
Efe. Kieran
Scott
Patrick. Calum Stuart
Moussa. Griff
Re. Tony Watt, he didn’t score many in SPL before, playing for the team that creates a lot more chances than others. He didn’t score many in Belgium or The Championship down south. Don’t see him scoring that many for Hearts, if he signs, don’t see him getting many games and will be back at Charlton in January looking for his next loan move. A waster.
Over a season Sevco shouldn’t be a problem.
One off games, different story.
Our team is used to finishing between 80 and 90 points, that will be too much for the tributes imo.
Our ambitions however should be trying to qualify for CL and being out of sight.
Tony Watt scored 10 goals in 54 games in the Championship.
Moussa Dembelle scored 15 in 56….
Best not to let the facts get in the way of a Black Cloud pronouncement eh
TT,
I am glad to hear that although never doubted it.
Rather than ‘boy wonder’ let’s alleviate the pressure a bit from the boy and just call him something like ‘the young man that Zizu rates very highly’.
Nuff for me :)
Will they score tmrw ?
Whitedog,
No
Rudi, a wee bit unfair on big Hartson. Public speaking means tailoring the content to your audience and I don’t think the setting would lead him to think Celtic would be the required topic.
21NOV2006 on 19TH JULY 2016 8:14 PM
Team for tomorrow
Craig
Sviatchenko Efe Tierney
. Brown – Biton
Patrick. Armstrong Forrest
Moussa. Griff
Johnjames speculation the second rangers do a deal that GCC buys Ibrox allowing them to build new 2 junctions west . ie braehead. .
Might just work you know.
Baldrick CSC.
Motherwell player said that Sevco are equivalent of Top English League 1….3rd tier side…..shock horror
Assessment is spot on
£14m to reroof the 3 stands at the Lawrence build quality stands.
Ibrox isn’t fit for purpose and I suppose the asset coming up for sale at liquidation made a few people speculate what you could do with the site.
I am sure one of our board members is well aware of the land deals that could take shape in and around govan/ Barrhead.
KEVJUNGLE@7:51
I never respond to your ramblings – this will be my first and last.
If you are able to read our Annual Accounts – please do so – if you can’t ask someone who can, to explain them to you.
There you will see that all revenue that comes in, is spent on the running of the club – we DON’T accumulate large surpluses – we DO pay our administration staff – we DO pay for the upkeep and upgrade our training centre and stadium – we DO pay somewhere in the region £30/£40 million/year in football wages and bonuses – we DO pay for our bank facility – we DO pay our lawful taxes – we DO pay for policing and security – and we DO pay transfer fees for players who join us – TWENTY-THREE in number during Ronny’s reign.
TIP: LOOK AT THE ACCOUNTS
No doubt you will, as usual, bore us with conspiracy theories implicating DD, PL , Board and Chartered Accountants/Auditors and tell us ‘reliable’ gossip of money being ‘spirited away’
It will all be tosh, used to back up your contorted judgement of those who run our club in an honest and professional manner.
See this Ibrox Stadium not safe accusation. Surely someone can clear this up ? Someone in so called authority? I mean if peoples lives are at stake why arent serious questions being asked in the right direction?
Ok bhoys this is a blatant appeal. I thought I would not be in Glasgow tomorrow night. Now I can be be.
Does anyone have a ticket I could buy. I can be in a lane Valley or Babbity by 16.30 tomorrow.
Hail hail
JRS
found this in the loft the other day – my son made it in Yr 7 DT, he loved Mulgrew
http://i64.tinypic.com/eve41y.jpg
bring a tear to your eye
Oops https://t.co/Sd9m45va9Q
FOXY. I think its like the constant the Rangers will go bust which some posters have droned on about for 4 years but it never happens. H.H.
Good to see that the power that be in scotland are helping our oppos by letting them train at hampden.
Winkers
JINKYREDSTAR on 19TH JULY 2016 8:48 PM
You’ve got mail. HH
The rumour a couple of years ago was Willie Haughey and Mortimer bought a lot of land in the wastelands down Ibrox way…
That made me laugh.
Mr Pastry saying he doesn’t respond to Kev Js ramblings. Maybe Mrs Pastrys humour is rubbing off on Mats. If only Pastry had an ounce of Kevs humility.
I see Ryecatcher/Rudicantfail the troll has appeared also.