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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Vmhan Supporting Lenny! says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:03
Re the baw over the line shenanigans……
Taking into account parallax error, operator error, non assignable errors and throw in the fact that if the linesman or ref seen the ball and the line together they would have given a goal , they never did (they were both un- sighted) nae goal.
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spoken like a quality engineer on the subs.
tal
dannysbeard says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:51
bigjie says:
8 February, 2012 at 22:05
Video of all the goals from tonight , enjoy !
http://www.kirkintillochemerald.co.uk/showthread.php?p=26650#post26650
……..yet another conundrum……..
Curses Celtic!!!!
It was not only the Hearts manager who was made to ‘look like a fool’ by Broonie’s Tynecastle tour de force this blessed evening.
How glad are we, that we stuck by this fella?
anyone looking in on FF ?
Any shouting at the moon observations from the brothers.
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and a big shout out to Chad Hogan.
Kevin Bridges , quality on the BEEB (out to get Whytey ) channel.
dannysbeard says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:57
paddy g
aye that was me
hows the big yindoin?
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He was in good spirits mate, we had a wee blether and a laugh about our good fortune and others lack of…:-)
Evening fellow Tims just back from Tynecastle.
I’d like to thank the supposed ranger’s fans who bought tickets for the Roseburn Stand tonight…what a party you helped create.
Special mention for Scott Brown, of whom I’ve been critical, that’s how to lead a team, take a bow son. Now give us the treble!
Superb Celtic – just superb
SFTB
Are you saying
pre / not accepted
post / accepted
Good point but maybe more so in /’s head Tartan Army love him and he plays super for them.
Ps
Sage that you are you dont know everything as my mum keeps telling me Karen Carpenter had a voice of an Angel and my mum is never no NEVER wrong
pps
nighty night too much apple juice…… hail hail
Kojo…Hello and goodbye
Swingeing defective…ditto.
Fake goods and fraudulent merchandising never shall maketh the man.
Division three in the blogosphere leagues awaits them.. insolvent and demoted.
An online community of virtual reality will vote always to punish cheats.
HH
SFTB/Stephen74 – jesus, you guys would start a fight in an empty house! ;-)
My point is that not every Broon critic was won over by the goal celebration at Mordor…..just ask the ML2 Militia! On the other hand, some people on here were showing blind loyalty to our captain and ignoring his sub-standard performances over a lengthy period.
I’m just glad he’s doing the business now, especially with Kayal out injured (again).
T4
Game just starting ss1
Think we’ll do em ok
I will take my leave, goodnight and thanks.
CultsBhoy loves being 1st says:
8 February, 2012 at 23:55
“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.”
After seeing him at hibs, I always felt Celtics ‘style’ under Strachan stopped him from delivering on his promise. (Not a dig at strachan as history shows he knew what was needed to win) But sitting in a ‘regimented’ midfield was never his game.
It’s no surprise to me that people gave him grudging praise when he played on the right as it allows him just that little bit more freedom to bomb forward…
For me, Brown didn’t hit the heights to start with, because of the system we utilised at that time (cantral midfield sat deep all the time – see the difference in Donati under Mowbray when allowed to venture forward – again not a dig at stratchan, just pointing out how different players respond to different systems)
He was never that type of player with hibs…
As for your query as to how we marry Brown to Kayal in a system that works for both… we… well thats Neils job (thankfully) as I wouldnt even begin to kid on I would know…
hail Hail
Fantastic performance from the bhoys.
I’ll sleep well tonight.
Gollum is still a wee weasel in my eyes though.
He will need to give us another 24 big decisions in our favour if his
‘ mistakes ‘ are to even themselves out.
I felt if we came through our two away games with good performances this week
that I fancied us to win the lot
I’m even more confident now :-)
good night all, work will be fun in the morning
Hail hail
MME
jc2
I’m saying he was better accepted after the Broonie (and, to be fair, the equalising goal he produced for a 10 man Celtic at Ibrox just preceding the Broonie).
I don’t think his form radically improved until fairly recently but I think Scott has been better supported by us since last February. I loved the Broonie too and I think it is a bit shallow of me to appreciate him more for a non-footballing contribution but, along with others, I am guilty of that.
As for the Tartan Army view, I’d wait and hear what CQN poster, curly, says about that. I don’t know if they love Broonie but maybe, they were less split, in regards to appreciating his merits, than we were. Curly has a better insight into the TA than I do.
P.S. I won’t disagree with your mother. Karen Carpenter did have a very pure voice. I just found it a bit robotic emotionally. Did God make Robotic Angels too?
Honest / was a wee \ 0 / on my screen or | 0 |
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jc2 says:
9 February, 2012 at 00:01
SFTB
Are you saying
pre / not accepted
post / accepted
Good point but maybe more so in /’s head Tartan Army love him and he plays super for them.
Ps
Sage that you are you dont know everything as my mum keeps telling me Karen Carpenter had a voice of an Angel and my mum is never no NEVER wrong
pps
nighty night too much apple juice…… hail hail
share
Belated birthday wishes to Mr 42 – must have been sweet.
A wee song for the party:
We’re on top of the world
looking down on the rangers
and the only explanation we can give
is Neil and the Bhoys have won ten in a row
thats put us top of the league.
Many deserve alot of thanks tonight
to Neil for giving us a young exciting WINNING team to follow.
to Martin O’Neill for bringing Neil to the club – his legacy goes on and on
to Dermot Desmond for bringing MON to the club and giving us the financial and football upper hand
to Fergus for his vision
to Martin42 for in some way being responsible for CQN.
Hail hail
cults…a Big shout out for you:
…HUN.
as phony as feckers go… you live their dream all day long.
My word.
HH
F C D
23.59
There were ones that did and there were wans that didnae. We are all behind him now and thats what matters.
Ha TTT!
Going to stick my head under the parapet again…
Of course ‘everyone’ wasn’t won over… same as everyone wasn’t particularly pro or anti Scott Brown… I remember watching Celtic v rangers a couple of years ago and Scott chased down about three Rangers players and won the ball back… I proudly said to my compatriot… ‘Thats why I like Scott brown’ He immediately passed it to one of them about 30 yards from our goal and my compatriot stated ‘and thats why I dont…’
so with that Hail Hail…
No fighting now :)
First big game for long enough where we get an honest mistake.We look strong,fit,have great team spirit,organisation and most of all ruthless.Neil was brilliant on Sky after game,playing things down but positive at the same time.
SFTB – you slagging off the wonderful Karen Carpenter now? For God’s sake, let the poor lassie rest in peace! ;-)
For your penance, listen to some Rumer!
Time for my scratcher.
Night folks,
TTTT
sky sports
so bloody boring
capello , rednapp, blah blah blah.
any vision and they would be asking NFL to be their part time boss in Poland&Ukraine
Scott Brown was magnificent tonight. This guy is going to be a legend.
TTTT
Funnily enough, I thought it was you that started the fight by violently agreeing with me :-)
“My point is that not every Broon critic was won over by the goal celebration at Mordor…..just ask the ML2 Militia! On the other hand, some people on here were showing blind loyalty to our captain and ignoring his sub-standard performances over a lengthy period.”
If I had wanted to say that every Skoosh critic had been won over by The Broonie, then that is what I would have written. I did not write that and I did not, therefore, intend to convey that. You made up a straw argument and demolished it but it has nothing to do with me.
You also mis-read that I was accusing the Skoosh critics of being shallow when I was saying we were, most of us, a bit shallow to modify our favouring of Scott to more loved or less hated because of a wind-up gesture, but most of us did, Broonie lovers, Broonie haters and neutrals alike.
I did not read any blind loyalty to sub-standard performances from any poster here. I did here some who disagreed with the level of criticism that he was receiving but no-one, not Kitalba or any other poster, was expressing complete satisfaction with Scott Brown.
outstanding tonight, simply outstanding
and chick young……you can take that to the bank
HH
Stephen74
Agree Lenny’s ‘problem’..
It has been fortunate that when Brown was injured – Kayal steps up and then Brown reciprocates when Kayal out….just goes to show – better with 2 decent players for each position, although as you say Brown more naturally offensive – in many ways Vic has taken the Kayal role?
Its not easy being a midfielder at Celtic these days – competition is massive – choosing 4 from:
Kayal
Brown
Ledley
Ki
Commons
Forest
McCourt
Samaras
Vic
Mulgrew
not an easy task..!
Team and fans both outstanding tonight.
It was great seeing the embra huns leaving shortly after 30 mins, then the stadium emptying with half an hour remaining.
Many very good performances tonight, Brown was my motm, run close by be an unplayable Sammi, the rest had very good games – wee Forrest is worth more than their floating charge! a real star with end product.
thoroughly enjoyed this visit to a place where we often struggle. Outstanding performance, the Huns will be dejected after our performance, they expected some dropped points.
Great seeing the boy from the village and HamiltonTim again tonight!
hh
bjmac
SFTB
Agree but more so in his mind i.e him fealing accepted.
Nighty night
ps Not a lot of folk know this but Karen did backing tracks on kraftwerk songs dont tell anyone :> winky eye thing
Ranco Fanco
you on the other hand are the ultimate Tim to whom all CQN posters bow in admiration…
Just a wee suggestion but wouldn’t it be nice to give Sally a nice send off at the next O** F*** match and wish him well
on his return to question of sport
All together now …….
Sally
just a word of warning.
i used that WONGA . com thing to get myself a pound
i used the pound to buy a football club.
now i need to pay back £49 mill to the hectors, £24 mill to the ticket bus , £9 mill to the club deckers , and £6 mill to former employees.
am telling yees
payday loans.
only a mug would use them.
Back from game.
Ecstatic.
Our last 2 league games are those which you feel in yer bones, win you leagues.
I’ve seen us win leagues in 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 79, 81, 82, 86, 88, 98, 01, 02, 04, 06, 07, and 08.
There ye go. 20 Leagues. So hopefully I know the signs.
Our fans – always brilliant over the years – have never been better than we are now.
For that, Green Brigade, take a massive bow for being the catalyst.
Hope your 7 Zero big day was perfect Martin42. God bless always.
Goodnight Celtic Diaspora. Luv yes.
Tully.
bjmac
Great to see you too buddy….but we really must get you a razor :-)
Agree with your comments regarding Brown but I would also give mention to Ledley who I thought was excellent tonight.
Ps a couple of comical chants tonight from the Bhoys!
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/,
Agreed, families have squabbles then they move on.
In Neil we trust…
Evening all,
‘Cambuslang is a reality’ – yes, it is an unfortunate one for those of us who have to live there!
Great line in the pub tonight – ‘Follow Follow’, ‘We are the People’ – no longer heard from spire and steeple!