I know we are all concerned about the injury crisis affecting central defence, but it is difficult to move the dial here in the short term. Central defence is overwhelmingly about partnerships. You can try to helicopter someone into the team (think Carl Starfelt two years ago) but it seldom provides an immediate return.
If we only have two fit central defenders, Brendan will use the time he has to school them for the immediate challenges. Liam Scales and Gustaf Lagerbielke will be spending a lot of time together this week.
You and I have discussed the need for significantly more wingers than we would have in the squad in earlier times, due to the five substitutes rule. Most managers are reluctant to change defensive or central midfield players, meaning forwards are more commonly swapped out during games.
No surprise then that we are linked with another winger, this time 23-year-old Honduran, Luis Palma, who joined Aris Thessalonica in January 2022. He would be our third new winger this window, with four others still in the first team squad (and that’s not counting Rocco Vata). Surely at least one will move on?
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Betting suspended on KT going to Spain.
Just saying
PAULSTHROUGHBALL88 on 24TH AUGUST 2023 6:20 PM
NICK
Re the penalty rule, as long as ‘keeper’s foot is “in line with” the goal line, it doesn’t have to be “touching” the goal line.
Maybe they should have added “hovering” above it. ( Careful with my spelling there. . hoovering could have got me into trouble).
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I sold my Hoover last week….it was just sitting in the corner gathering dust.
LOL
HH
TET
Iwata would be a good option
He is like a Mooy
tidy and precise
He sits behind calmac and holm
I like that
At the end of last season Scales played for over 3 hours against Sevco in a defence that conceded only 1 goal, one of the games being at Ibrox.
He even scored 1 of Aberdeen’s 2 goals at Pittodrie.
So the bhoy’s got recent good form against them for any upcoming task surely, even if he wouldn’t be playing in the same defensive position or formation.
Dons are 1 down
BIG JIMMY
” I sold my Hoover last week….it was just sitting in the corner gathering dust.”
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There’s a sucker born every minute!
Scales will be absolutely fine. Ball winner, nothing fancy. AJ back as well. Yasssssss
Still a bit to go in the window bhoys. Let’s see.
KLV
What about Ralston in midfield then
No
RC- Don’t think that you would get a bet on him getting booked, not against having a more defensive shape,as long as we have the quick bhoys for a breakaway
MOD
He hasn’t had a chance yet, been played all over the shop and very sporadically, he needs a run and I bet he will show why he was player of the year in Japan.
Dons playing nice footie. Should be level
Long ball Jock Stein?
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Jock Stein – The father of Scottish football
paarth dubey
Modified Jun 29, 2013 17:32 GMT
He is generally credited with developing a tactical sense in British football. He was a tactical genius and was adept at using systems that promoted his team’s strengths while exploiting his opponent’s weaknesses. He was the first person who changed his team’s tactics during games and his players had been trained hard enough to respond to it. Stein was a big man and a big personality in every sense. Like Mourinho today, he had the ability to instantly become the center of attention and by all accounts was a motivator par-excellence.
‘Jock’s teams were essentially more than the sum of their parts. His teams had almost a perfect balance of skills. Jock’s knowledge of the game was huge and everything he did tactically was attuned to the capacities of his players’. – Sir Alex (Managing my life)
Scottish football had lost its greatest servant, and even though Stein passed away, his ideas found many followers. His views emphasizing on wing play, on playing two strikers upfront, on retaining possession, on playing at a high tempo with quick players lived on and to this day build the cornerstone of successful teams, Manchester United being the most notable amongst them. Ferguson was the assistant to Stein for the qualifiers to the 1986 world cup, and Stein’s imprint on United is obvious for the world to see. Ferguson summed Stein’s death perfectly in his autobiography – he wrote, “the silence was as if the king had died. In footballing terms, the king had died”.
Where’s the sheep game on???
Penalty Hacken after VAR check!
2-0
Baa! Baa! See
GREENPINATA on 24TH AUGUST 2023 6:04 PM
History is defined and available to peruse.
My focus is on the now and the future.
COYBIG.
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Disagree Greenpinata(awfy politely haha)
Its dynamic,always getting updated and seen from a new perspective constantly with latest info
Take for example say in our generation
Celtic fc 1888
Remember Pat Woods book showing our club was officially constituted 6.11.1887.further researched in Dr Michael Connollys great book on Brother Walfrid issued last year
HH
Sheep score!
2-1
so sevco got 4 yellow cards t,other night,wow when did that happen last,?
2-2
Personality of their manager being reflected in the sheepie fightback.
And now the Hammar’s off.
Creepy wee mcfudden wanting a penalty for the wee huns
Mini’s score
Penalty to PAOK
Yasss.
Mcfudd not shouting for a penalty at the other end
Evening all.
Personally I believe Liam will more than hold his own against that mob IMHO.
Just been conversing with one of my ‘Shipwreck’ comrades.
A possible solution to our current central defender, I give you Daniel McGowan. massive Celtic supporter, however he is better at this compared to football.
CHAMPION: FIGHTER UNTOLD TRAILER
https://youtu.be/GwJsw7AsHcc?si=CiFXOPPYsDutpi4O
Not the tallest though. :) :)
HH
PAOK PENALTY. . . .1-1.
Mini’s concede!
1-1
Sheep 2-2 ft
Devlin is a wee terror
Smashed the guy
Then looked confused
Then smiled about it
Aye…..
https://www.sec.co.uk/events/detail/the-celtic-story
I assume some on here will not be buying tickets for this.
billy the loanshark
https://i.ibb.co/zSnf6GM/Screenshot-20230824-163753-Facebook.jpg
Winners meet challenges with solutions.
Others make excuses.
We have a genuine injury crisis. Ccv and Aj were probably back too soon. Maik provably adjusting to different demands training wise. Also – playing on with a hamstring strain is plain stupid. Should have been subbed.
If we recruit a solid left back and could secure an experienced oven ready CB to bolster the squad we’d be in a decent place to battle on while the bhoys recover. If not, we will have to find other ways to cope like 3 at the back with AJ, Scales and Lagerbhoy
Hopefully some rabbits out of a big Celtic hat will have us all buzzing again soon but that’s likely to be after the weekend
Some of our but part bhoys are going to have to step up this weekend. 3 points are not a gimme. If we do get them though, I think we might be travelling to mordor in a good place.
Fearful as many appear to be about going to the Devils Arcade with Scales at CB and Taylor at LB, I think they have a better chance against Dessers, Danilo, Sima and Co than against the sand dancing, bambi on ice impersonators that were the departed Kent and Co.
If Brendan knows how to set up to control a midfield we will be in business.
Others have mentioned the meltdown we’d be kn if we’d drawn a home first leg qualifier to sub par PSV. It would be a sign we were woefully under prepared fir the season. Not reason for confidence for the next leg or upcoming Derby game.
ROBERTTRESSELL
“Maik provably adjusting to different demands training wise. Also – playing on with a hamstring strain is plain stupid. Should have been subbed.”
Brendans presser this avo said it happened in the last 30 secs or so of the game.
Agree with the rest of the post
It’s time Brendan stamped his vision onto this team
And it’s a fablous opportunity for guys to step up and make a name for themselves
Clunks/Mod 8.38
Its also time fans showed a little patience and confidence in Brendan Rogers.none so far,work to be gettin on with…as always
HH
An Tearmann
Agreed, posting as me
not as mod
never hid that
Did Melbourne Mick get back to you
Sent him an email and not heard anything back
Can help him with his ads problem on the site
Evening Celts,
Jock Stein on Alba channel now 9-10pm.
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Yass. Wee huns losing