High expectations, the day the season pivoted

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Luis Palma’s 87th minute goal should have been enough to secure the win at our visit to Fir Park in September.  Incredibly, Motherwell’s equaliser 8 minutes later was not enough for them to take a point.  A game which couldn’t produce a goal for so long, ended with a flurry.

Almost two months later, the winner that day, scored by Matt O’Riley, feels like it is going to be one of the most important goals of the season.  Not only did it secure another two points for Celtic, it punctured the pre-match mood 15 miles away at Ibrox.  There, the early crowd came alive at news of Motherwell’s 95th minute equaliser.  The O’Riley goal sapped energy out of the stadium.  Barry Robson’s side scored three and took the same number of points back home to Aberdeen.  If ever a season pivoted on a day…..

I like Stuart Kettlewell.  The Motherwell manager is a talent waiting for a bigger platform.  His achievements in Dingwall were under-appreciated, but they love him in Lanarkshire, for now, anyway.

We return to Celtic Park after the last of the autumn international breaks, desperate to see Celtic, desperate to push through a season with so much promise.  Being eight points ahead and going into a period with predominantly home games, expectations are high.

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  1. Sold out tomorrow.

     

     

    60380 capacity.

     

     

    Attendance will be reported as 58500 ish.

     

     

    A cast around the ground will show thousands of seats unoccupied.

     

     

    Give them up selfish people.

  2. Not sure if the reports\ rumours are true,but the Swedish ” Striker” we are alleged to be chasing,ain’t a goal machine.

     

    Wee Bazza in like a shot,praising the brulliance of Mac Ausland.After one game at Livi.Said it last night.Watch the Media with this one.Next seasons Ryan Kent.£20 mullion .

  3. St Stivs.

     

     

    Happy if you want to join us tomorrow. My pal can’t make it so we have a spare going free.

     

     

    No charge. Decent seat.

  4. ADS are driving me NUTS !

     

     

    Its IMPOSSIBLE to read some Posts on here beyond Page 2 of this Thread.

     

    FULL SCREEN ADS….. BLOCK Pages 3 and 4 completely.

     

     

    The ONLY way that I can read the Posts on here on Page 4 and maybe Page 3….is for me to submit this Post and try and work my way backwards.

     

     

    A nonsense.

  5. The blog has been changed in the past 24 hours. No longer works with adblocker I’ve been using for 2 years. Unable to navigate pages or even type a new post unless I disable adblocker which renders the blog unusable due to excessive pop-up ads which appear on top of what I am even typing right now.

     

     

    As user-friendly as a cornered rat.

     

     

    I won’t be back until fixed.

     

     

    Hail Hail.

  6. Far from a five point lead, we win later this afternoon and we go eleven points clear, who knows for how long. Now look, if you are the team in second place, Manchester City aside, that is not going to inspire you with confidence, au contraire, it is going to give you a sense of deja vu. All over again….

     

     

    yogiberracsc

  7. Good morning all from a -3 crisp and frosty Garngad.

     

     

    6 – 0 today bhoys, you heard it here 1st 125/1.

     

     

    COYBIG

     

     

    D :)

  8. CHAIRBHOY on 25TH NOVEMBER 2023 7:12 AM

     

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    Thanks mate for trying to help, but when I click on your Links, I am faced with a FULL SCREEN AD, which is also what I am faced with when I try to read from one page to another.

     

     

    HH

  9. DAVID66…

     

    WHERE did you see the 125/1 odds for Celtic to win 6 – 0 ?

     

    My two main Bookies BET365 and BETFRED have the odds of 25/1 to be the correct score for Celtic today ?

     

     

    I placed a couple of bets on a 6 – 0 score line a few days ago so we are thinking alike.

     

     

    I think you may have MISREAD the odds…unless the Bookie that you use has made a huge error ?

     

    HH Mate.

  10. Do something about the feckin adverts!

     

     

    It appears the concerted attempt to kill the chat section on cqn now takes a different route!

     

     

    Cant turn a page now without some form of pesh being thrown at you.

     

    Ah but that pesh enables site to be free

     

    With 4 pages barely on a matchday answers that.Death by marketing strangulation.

     

    No need for it.dae sumfin

  11. My daughter and husband are doing the Europe in winter holiday. They will be in Glasgow 23-25 December, spending Christmas with my mum. I have signed up with Celtic ticket office to try and buy them tickets for the Livy game. If anyone has two tickets for the 23rd and are not going I would be very happy to pay you for them so that they can experience paradise. Hail Hail.

     

    Taurangabhoy.

  12. When I click on the current CQN page, nothing happens so I have to post on Page 1 . My post then goes to the current page but cannot access any other pages. Any suggestions?

     

     

    PS Sorry about the use of the word `current ` :-))

  13. DESSYBHOY on 25TH NOVEMBER 2023 9:17 AM

     

    Big Jimmy

     

     

     

     

    Use DuckDuckgo browser, no ads

     

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    Cheers mate.

     

    Im not sure what to do, but I will try later.

     

    HH

  14. Big Jimmy

     

    Just type it into your internet search bar, you will be asked to download it, should be easy enough

  15. MODERATOR1888 on 24TH NOVEMBER 2023 10:42 PM

     

    If you are on windows or using mac without safari the Ublock Origin is the king of adblockers

     

     

    https://ublockorigin.com/

     

     

    Thanks for that. Took up your suggestion and all seems to be working again.

     

    I hope Big Jimmy has success but I think he is better with horses and football betting than he is with computers :-)))

  16. EMERALDBEE \O/ A DOUBLE NINER!! on 25TH NOVEMBER 2023 9:42 AM

     

     

    Oh yes, of course. Silly me .100 lines.

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