Celtic blitzed into the lead after an incredible opening two minutes of tonight’s SPL encounter at Tynecastle and went on to record one of their most impressive performances in years.
Hearts were miles behind the visitors in every department but could have taken the lead after a minute when Andy Webster was left unattended at a corner kick and his downward header was met inside the six yard box by Stephen Elliot who knocked the ball goal-ward. Joe Ledley intercepted on the line but the ball bounced net-side. As Elliot prepared to celebrate the left hand of Fraser Forster appeared from nowhere to remove any possibility of the officials having sight of the ball. Comments on Celtic Quick News suggest it looked a goal at the time and replays did little to contradict that view.
If the never-give-up spirit is alive inside Fraser Forster his captain was no less focussed tonight. Georgios Samaras cleared the ball out of the box and Scott Brown turned defence into attack with a deft flick on the middle of the field. Brown fed James Forrest who whipped in a cross that rebounded off Samaras, now inside the Hearts box to Scott Brown, who had jetted into the area. The captain steadied before shooting low past MacDonald in the Hearts goal.
The game was only two minutes old but we already knew we were in for a night to remember.
Full of confidence Scott Brown tried a decent effort from 30 yards that went narrowly over but Celtic were not to be denied a second for long. On 20 minutes Charlie Mulgrew’s deep corner was knocked back in by Forrest to Victor Wanyama, who turned and scooped the ball high into the net.
Celtic were motoring and looked streets ahead of their hosts as the reverential home support looked on.
By now Hearts looked more likely to score into their own goal. On three occasions in the opening 30 minutes MacDonald had to scramble across his goal under pressure from his own team. Zaliukas came closest to knocking the ball into his own net but his ‘clearance’ went narrowly wide.
Just after the 30 minute mark Scott Brown robbed Zaliukas as he took the ball out of defence and fed Samaras. Georgios hit the bye-line and send in a deep cross which hung at the back post just long enough for Joe Ledley to stretch and nod home. Celtic were 0-3 up and already guaranteed to move four points clear at the top of the table.
The fourth goal came on 60 minutes after one of the finest moves of the game saw Matthews feed Hooper and the striker tee-up Joe Ledley whose shot hit the post and was turned behind. Mulgrew’s resultant corner was met by Victor Wanyama and could have bounced over the line but Gary Hooper was on hand to clear up any doubt to hit the roof of the net from a distance no farther than 6 inches.
Late on Kelvin Wilson cleared out of the Celtic box to Samaras who was 40 yards from his own goal. The Greek international ran 50 yards before testing MacDonald from distance.
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I Can’t do the CQN Archive No More..Can You..?
But l would Really Love to Go back to the Kilmarnock Game to Read the Posts/Views of People on Sammi-Lenny-Skoosh..
Not to Say l told You so or Anything Like that..Just to See what these 3 Great Celts have Done since Half time in that Game..I Know the Full team has Done Outstanding but..They Never got the Stick these Players got..
It Just makes it All the More Remarkable..Forget what the Huns have Done since then..It Would just Take it Away from what Lenny has Achieved..
If We See..Skoosh Holding the SPL Trophy (As well as SC.. LC..) Aloft..in May..
Sammi with the POTY..In May..
and Lenny with The Manager of the Year in May..
It will be Up there with One of our Best Ever Seasons..
Summa
How good was that?
Brilliant absolutely brilliant.
How good is it to watch Neil Lennon’s Lions play such wonderful football?
Relax and enjoy, savour the moments. Hail Hail to you all.
neveralone says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:31
….sign of the “cross dressing”!
Also, fourth goal. Scoring from a corner AGAIN. Finally we are punishing teams from this area!
Fortunately I recorded the game tonight.
Just listening to our esteemed manager again in the Sky studio afterwards. And I’m hanging on every word.
Isn’t he just wonderful?
we have had 4 valid goals incorrectly disallowed this season
mark wilsons v hibs in july (he was 2 yards onside)
stokes v st mirren in august (never a foul)
rogne v st mirren january (onside by a yard)
hooper v falkirk january (onside by 2 yards)
we went on to win all 4 games so little song and dance made about them so when anyone tells you we have had all the decisions this year mention these.
Feels great to be a Tim……
HHH.
Just on. Haven’t seen any previous posts. Looking forward to catching up tomorrow.
What an incredible performance from Celtic and the Celtic support tonight. Absolutely amazing. We have made two new signings – Georgios Samaras and Scott Brown. Both are turning into the players we always knew and hoped they could be. Excellent performances by both. What can you say about Joe Ledley? Victor’s Goal? Thomas Rogne? … and the rest. A great, great Celtic performance with wonderful vocal backing from the supporters.
Congratulations to Neil Lennon and I have Great Expectations (did you see what I did there) of this young team for the future – in both a domestic and European sense.
Let’s not bother about the other team. They know all about their troubles.
Hail! Hail!
Hail! Hail!
I think Neil was every bit as impressive in the studio as his team were on the pitch tonight, even with tanner acting the usual goat with his line of questions.
The way he spoke about Big Georgios was very pleasing to hear because that big man has went through quite a lot as a Celtic player and he was being deadly serious about the bidding starting at £24M if anyone wants to get Hooper at this point (usual tanner crap trying to destablise Celtic).
Obviously everyone is raving about how Broonie has been for the last few games but IMO he has been playing at a consistently good level for the last 2 seasons. He must be an absolute nightmare to play against because of his incredible workrate/pressing, the best thing is, I think there is still plenty of room for improvement, tonight was a glimpse of what Broonie will turn into IMO. I think Broonie must have played the piggy in the middle role constantly as he was growing up. :) Rondo, rondo, rondo
SFTB @ 23:10 – that’s almost Keevinsesque!
So we were wrong to criticise Broonie before and we were also shallow enough to think that he was brilliant after “doing the Broonie”?! FFS….we’ve only started to see him become the player we thought he could develop into.
Previously, his passing/awareness/positional sense/goals/assists were way below what other central midfielders were offering and Joe/Beram/Vic would have walked into the team ahead of him. Bearing in mind the transfer fee and the wages he’s pulling, most of the previous criticism was entirely valid….very little bang for buck.
He’s worth the money for the all-rounder that’s captaining Celtic now and long may that continue.
T4
gaun the Hoops!
Has anybody got a link for the game ?
cheers
Belated birthday greetings to Martin42–obviously name and birthyear.
That was some birthday present. Can you do the same next year, God spares us?
Harry Rednapp beats the tax man?? Oh dear he’s gonny be in a right mood now!! And Lizzies goldens got to be paid for.
Tonight the minor orcs were run ragged by a Celtic team so young in years yet trained in the deadly skills of Lenny swordship and whip handed arts that the devil himself would have sloped off to them more sparse ticket soul providing and always jersey sold on Ebay moronic terms their umbiical cord Slovakian promise of babies for las Gers.
Cripes. What a night.
Was lucky enough to be at Tynecastle tonight (thanks occasional CQN’r and outstanding Celtic historian, Gordon, for the ticket).
Apart from the outstanding performance from the team, particularly Joe Ledley in my view, what a performance from the support.
Tremendous.
Am I the only one who fears we will all have a terrible price to pay for all the enjoyment we are experiencing right now?
:0)
And when is Martin42 going to start posting “Stand up for the Champions elect”.
I won’t feel 100% confident about the title until he does.
LOVE CELTIC
Just logged on and find myself agreeing with TTTT
Obviously I’m still on a high from tonight’s performance!
Or maybe I’m just high…that would explain it!
According to FF this is ethnic cleansing – ROFLMFAO!!!!
Scott Brown is re inventing himself as the captain he should have been – I’ve had serious doubts about his marraige to Celtic, although never about the player himself but he is looking very good…in Kayal’s absence…the trick will be to find a way of blending these two…
Excellence in Movement..
or
The Story o’ How Celtic Won and Herts… Didnae!
Celtic 4 Herts 0
Luverly, Brilliant Play!
Every Celtic Player wuz a Hero, at Tynecastle…oan this Day!
Broonie,he Pleased Me, Greatly,
And Sammi, He did Tae,
Victor, Played a Bloomin’ Stoater,
While Jamey’s Stature Grew!!
Hoops, He led Oor Forward Line,
Like a Leader, Brave and True,
And Charley, wiz the Lynch-Pin,
which united this Celtic Crew!
With Proud Elan and Sweet Finesse,
We took Poor Herts Apart,
and Won a Stunning Victory,
jist like a Bonaparte!
Whit a Thrashing,Herts, By Us
Wuz Served…
As We took ’em straight tae School,
And Taught them a Lesson,
They’ll no Forget..
And Made thur Manager..
Look a Fool!
Kojo
Happy as Larry.
G’nite, Folks!
Three guesses where this came from:
” Celtic have ruined Scottish football
With their referee crusade last year.
Are the officials now too terrified to give a big decision against them for fear of themselves and their families being targeted by the filth?
Or is instruction coming from up above not to upset regan’s pals for fear of another fiasco?
Make no mistake about it they have got what they set out to achieve.”
TTT,
Gave SFTB a +1 because he didnt say he slated Broonie prior to / … but other fans did. I’m also a Broonie fan and have been since watching him with hibs (seen a few games with hibee Brother in law) agree he’s now playing his best football but even I have detected more of an ‘acceptance’ from the Broonie haters since /
For me he’s always been a player.
so anyways –
Two current buns workmates.
Not close pals, but people I have worked with for 25 years, and guys I like.
Both Gourock buns, and I played football against them, as a bhoy, and I didnt hate them, so in my book they are ok, just the other side of the fence.
Never once said anything bigoted to me, so thats ok.
We have a wee daily quiz , in the work, and thats when we get together.
The older one , says “ok, going to ask, whats your take about the Rangers, whats happening, whats your opinion, whats your wee Port outlook on this”
i think he expected a rant.
Do you really really really want me to say ?
I came at it purely on business.
Murray an Ayr and Rugger Fan.
Holmes a bear , and Souness , really a jambo
Ego trips
Murray and McClelland.
Murray Metals, Mimtec and BiJay.
Any business spending money it has to borrow,
never once mentioned tainted trophies or unfair advantages.
Went for the jugular, in my humble opinion, as soon as McCanns share issue was a success, that was the time for Murray to do the same.
Open up the club to the bears, spread the ownership.
Instead, they took Enic and Joe Lewis money, and spent it.
Hugh Adam warning ignored.
EBT’s if a fair way to renumarate every bank and senior executive in every organisation would have been doing the same.
eh, they said, what you going on about ?
ok, you both play golf.
The club champion has been winning for years, name carved in them daft shields you have in the clubs.
You find out he has been knowingly paying lesser dues, paying as a junior, not a senior.
Spends the difference on lessons with the club pro.
The club rules say you need to pay your membership dues every year.
Would you let him back in the club for next year ?
ffs. was the reply.
TTTT
You seem to be disagreeing with me by agreeing with my points.
I have stated that Scott was not performing at the level we expected him to during his first 3 years- you seem to agree
I stated he has been in a rich phase of form recently- I do not hear you disagreeing.
I stated that his relationship with the fans improved spectacularly after Feb 2011, not because of his form these past 4 weeks. Do you not agree?
I stated that fans, all fans, can be shallow- that’s you and me both- not just the fans who were critical of Scott Brown. Do you not agree?
Kojo says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:45
Nice m8.
It was a cracking performance by all the Bhoys as you say.
watching Vic’s goal…he could be a 1 up front emergency striker…?
should be \ o /
Broonie played a blinder tonight.
In the debate regards how much he has improved I will ask one question.
When did a right back ever have a bad game when Scott Brown played in the right side of midfield in front of him ?
…Darkness approaches, ominously………………………….
SwanseaBhoy says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:41
long drive home.
well done for getting up.
anyoen at tynie tonight , any trouble at all ?
any infiltrators ?
any bother outside ?
all home safe ?
Best wishes to Martin 42 on the last 10 minutes of his birthday
gaun the hoops
anybody got a link for the goals please
cheers
OptaCeltic @OptaCeltic
50 – Gary Hooper marked his 50th SPL appearance with his 33rd goal. #keepthemcoming
dannysbeard says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:51
gaun the hoops
anybody got a link for the goals please
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paulsatim is neil lennon says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:43
According to FF this is ethnic cleansing – ROFLMFAO!!!!
Stephen74
I was a great admirer of Brown at Hibs but for a few (valid) reasons he has never really delivered on his promise until recently, in fact I always worried about him in Hun games that he would let the moment get to him.
Not now.Since the Diouf Broonie game he has grown and now looks in control.
I actually felt he should move on and really felt he was tailor made for an Arsenal type team – as he would be a great counter balance to ball players with his relentless energy.
I’m now glad he has stayed and I think it is testimony to his character that he re signed to prove a point that he could captain the Bhoys to SPL victory. Still not sure how we blend Kayal and Brown though…?
dannysbeard says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:51
Was it you that asked after Big Dave the joiner?
I was talking to him today.
No need to chastise anyone tonight.
So what if so-and-so berated Sammi, belittled FF (see what I did there), slagged off Skoosh?
Im so glad nobody is keeping note of my howlers.
Opinions? Everybodys got them
Chill and enjoy!
paddy g
aye that was me
hows the big yindoin?