Celtic eventually overcame Hibernian at Easter Road in the Scottish Communities League Cup quarter final tonight but not until they endured a fraught first half. The game was 3 minutes old when Ivan Sproule gave the home team the lead off an unfortunate Daniel Majstorovic. A Hibs corner was not defended at the edge of the six yard box and had to be cleared off the line by Adam Matthews at the near post but Sproule fired the clearance into the six hard box where is ricocheted off Majstorovic and into the net.
Celtic struggled to get into the game but after 19 minutes Beram Kayal broke free on the right and crossed for Gary Hooper, who missed the ball with his leading foot and saw it bounce off his left knee and behind.
The best two chances of the first half for Celtic came within four minutes. Ki and Hooper combined before Kayal released Stokes on 23 minutes but the Irishman’s shot skimmed the outside of the post.
In a move that would have a more productive second half facsimile, Stokes was unmarked at a Ki corner but missed the ball with his head and saw his shoulder contact go wide.
On 33 minutes Sproule ran half the field and cut inside Ki of the edge of the area before shooting over. Minutes later Sproule released Agogo, who dispossessed Celtic midfielders throughout the first half, but Forrest saved at the big striker’s feet.
Five minutes from half time Leigh Griffiths should have doubled Hibs lead when Celtic’s scourge in recent times, the long forward ball, returned to haunt them. Griffiths ran unattended from his own half but Fraser Forster did his best gable end impersonation to narrow the angle inside his box and block the shot.
Things soon picked up.
James Forrest underlined his Most Valuable Player status to Celtic a minute after the break. Ki played a forward pass to Hooper on the edge of the area, which was nipped onto Forrest by the Celtic striker. Forrest cut inside, dropped the shoulder and shot home from 17 yards.
It was a remarkably simple goal but the strength of shot by Forrest was particularly noteworthy. Being able to shoot from the edge of the area is a crucial part of a wingers play.
Beram Kayal was booked on 48 minutes for being kicked in the face by Ivan Sproule, who also saw a yellow card.
Forrest got his second, and best, goal on 57 minutes. He collected a throw-in on the wing, beat two Hibs players, played a one-two with Stokes and finished with a well-placed left foot shot.
Celtic then went into overdrive as Hibernian faltered. Forrest skinned his marker and crossed but Ki slipped inside the box when the ball broke to him. A minute later Anthony Stokes make a good connection with a Ki corner to head Celtic’s third goal from the six yard line.
Gary Hooper was having an off evening but he timed his run onto an Adam Matthews long ball, controlled and scored to finish off the scoring. Ivan Sproule received his second yellow card 20 minutes from time for kicking Mark Wilson as he ran through on goal. On this occasion his victim escaped punishment.
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The Battered Bunnet says:
27 October, 2011 at 12:07
Quite a Curriculum Vitae this is, and I doubt this is the half of it:
It is a CWCV…..
TBB
The one entry that would make that CV all the more convincing would surely be:
RANGERS FC Dissolved (Resigned)
I think it is important that we don’t fall for the fraternities urine trail here. Craig Whyte is branded a criminal by BBC Scotland and Private Eye. One an organ of the fraternity the latter always went over easy on British aristocrats.
Craig Whyte is just a daft wee chancer.
Lloyd’s forced the sale of hun to him and Sir David Murray moved his personal wealth off shore. None of which made the BBC or private eye.
The increased efforts by Sir David Murray’s pavlov dogs to avoid the large tax bill is what is driving everything here. They don’t want to end up in jail where they deserve to be.
Don’t be fooled into focussing on Craig Whyte. He is just s patsy.
Sir David Murray and his directors Bain and the head of thr SFA
Campbell Ogilvie along with a few Lloyds employees are the ones who are sweating here. They have had years to meticulously plan their escape with the help of their acolytes of which there are many.
The demise of hun FC is not enough. It is and should be the straw that breaks the camels back and exposes how corrupt Scotland as a country truly is.
If it does not happen and I don’t think it will. I don’t think many of us will deluded into believing that anything has changed.
A transparent disciplinary process ?
Let’s not upset our ancestors by prostituting ourselves for less than the beads that the Indians got.
This is not about schadenfreude or revenge. This is about justice and fairness , what we have always fought for and nothing to do with football or money.
Justice and fairness first and then we can really show what we are about and another proud chapter in our history that our children will learn from.
HH
Keep your eye on the ball bhoys and ghirls
DBBIA – I come in at When you were born 2,908,450,619th – I deduce I am a wee tad younger than you
I wonder if the 3 Billionth got a prize
Still got a big smile on my face after keeping the faith at Half Time evn though I couldn’t see the game cos I was at a do – Cadizzy kept me up to speed with the ole texting
Hail hail
TBB,
So forgetting football, and all that goes with it. Say you’ve got a bit of money to invest, inheritance or some other kind of windfall. Your IFA, or a pal, or whatever leads you to invest in one of his PLC’s either directly or indirectly. You don’t know that a man with his CV is a director, because he’s not declaring it. They go bust and you’ve lost your nest egg.
He’s a menace. His new public persona is an opportunity for every watchdog and media outlet in the country to make sure we all know he’s basically a fancy fraudster.
The Battered Bunnet
Does it List his two Preferred references?
Folly Folly says:
27 October, 2011 at 11:57
Excellent summary of the pension debate.HH.
Lurgan
Too confused
Lennon’s Passion
Slapped, on a Celtic Bus?
Jinkyredstar- everyone’s a wee bit younger than me.
Keepin’ the ole faith is the way to go.
TBB
Quite a list, well done.
DBBIA
even oldtim67?
BT -have you seen ole Old Tim lately?
It’s like the ole picture of Dorian Gray.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo says:
27 October, 2011 at 12:16
Well said
Blantyrekev mentioned the benefits derived by AIDEN through using a sprint coach… Did anybody catch the radio yesterday (talksort) talking about one of Gaddaffi’s sons who thought hecwas a pro footballer?
He managed to engineer a game with a seria A team.. 26 mins of play and no touches!
Anyhow he had 2 coaches ..Maradona for skills and Ben Johnstone for sprints… Incredible story!
new article posted.
DBBIA
Indeed I have, when we last met in BB’s before a match..
spoke to him this morning…
Many happy returns to hoopslegend Jiri Jarosik.
…and on the topic of highish-profile signings that didn’t work out, and seeing how well James Forrest is playing, are there not one or two more players that could be promoted from the youth set up to the big team?
bournesouprecipe says:
27 October, 2011 at 12:19
Dont worry about it you can get tablets to help.
johann murdoch :
You are right, sprint coaches can make a big difference. especially when working with guys who are already professional athletes. Margot Wells (wife of Olympic champion Alan) made a huge difference to some of the rugby players at Wasps in London.
celtic have, in the past used sprint coaches (even back in the 90s), i remember a guy in the Celtic view who was brought in (ex professional sprinter – Rab someone?) – working with the youth team.
More recently, I found this online:
“Mike Antoniades has worked with professional athletes and sports teams including: Chelsea FC, Chelsea Academy and Celtic.”
I am not sure if the Club currently use a specialist sprint coach, but I suspect not.
edit to my last post:
the Sprint Coach from back in 2004 I was thinking of, was called Rab Thomson. he was full time at the Club i believe.
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