There is a theory that overwhelmingly dominant teams devalue competition as others invariably play for the runners’ up spot. It is not true. The double treble winners have given the League Cup a value sponsor’s Ladbrokes could scarcely have hoped for. Being the next trophy Celtic can win or lose, Scotland’s second cup competition is more valuable than at any time I remember.
When Celtic are eventually eliminated from a cup competition, there will be celebrations across the land, as the rest realise one of them will win a trophy. The only experience Celtic fans have like this in living memory is the Scottish Cup wins in 1995 and 1965, the importance of which are still discussed and cherished.
The heightened importance of the League Cup is not limited to fans of other teams, it is more important to Celtic fans than at any time since the 1997 final. For so long, winning trebles seemed impossible, even to dominant Celtic teams, but now we’ve done it twice, we want to do it again. We want this League Cup.
Being six points adrift from Hearts in the league is far from satisfactory, but tomorrow’s League Cup game at St Johnstone is more important than Saturday’s league game at home to Aberdeen. We need to be ready for it.
On Sunday, two groups of Celtic fans will run through the city for the Great Scottish Run, wearing green Celtic FC Foundation tshirts. The blisters and cramp that got us there will be a distant memory.
There is nothing quite like running through the packed streets of Glasgow with that big logo on your chest, it engages people like nothing else. It is an opportunity to represent something bigger than any of us.
The work of the Foundation is invaluable to some of the most deprived and needy in Scotland, Ireland, England and throughout the world. It is an important part of our Celtic lives. If you can donate to support the work, please do so here.
Thank you.
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DENIABHOY on 25TH SEPTEMBER 2018 1:30 PM
A realistic, pragmatic, sensible post.
There is a fatigue about the team.
Three years of virtual non stop football has to take it’s toll.
Factor in the number of International breaks, where almost all of our squad are away, at various levels.
While our players are absent from the club, our opponents have those breaks to train and rest.
I don’t believe that this is fully appreciated by a lot of our customers.
BR: “My message is I am privileged to be here. I love my work here. I love my challenges here. I’m looking forward to the next stage of the season to show our fighting qualities.”
https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1044558399684440065
Circling the wagons?
Playing a couple of games every week or so is too much ?!
It’s a game, a sport, most will actually enjoy the matches.
Strachan gained some cracking comparisons and observations about football players when he took his sabbatical to Australia and watched the aussie rules guys.
The sideways passing is a symptom not the problem.
Rebel Brendan stands the clubs corner!
Ha!
At least the rebellious NFL had the balls to walk oot from, the Old Firm PLC puppetry, just like, Wim and MO’N.
The only reason that Brendan is still at Celtic Park, is because his choice is, put up with the Old Firm PLC’s puppetry, or, go back to the scrap heap that he came from.
The remnants of a once proud football club, lay in a pile of ashes, on a football pitch, in Athens, in August 2018.
Tic, toc…..
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Good afternoon CQN from a very blustery and rainy Garngad
Good on Brendan, if those tweets are what he says.
Now let’s see what you are made of. Put some fire in the Belly’s of them players and get back to winning ways.
Any sort of a win will do me mañana , but a positive forward passing high pressing game would be better.
D. :)
Back the manager, support the team.
THOMTHETHIM FOR OSCAR OK – spot on. More or less the same group of players have played in every round of the League Cup, the Scottish Cup, the League, the Champions League qualifiers, the Champions League Group stages and the Europa Cup for the last 2-3 seasons.
Throw in the fact almost all of our first team have been involved in some of the following (either in the qualifying stages or the actual tournaments):
1. The World Cup
2. The European Championships
3. The African Cup of Nations
Kieran Tierney, when aged 20, in season 2017-2018 played more minutes of football than any player on the planet according to the German statistical site Transfermarkt. Second was James Forrest and third was Craig Gordon.
Think about that. A 20-year-old playing more games than any other pro on the planet. Then we grumble about the team looking tired and predictable.
Look at the end of last season when our players had probably played somewhere between 15-20 games more than our domestic competition. They secured the treble then set off either for the World Cup or a couple of weeks on a beach before back to training for the CL qualifiers.
Something has to give. if that means playing a second string in the LC and even the Scottish Cup to give us the best chance of retaining the League then I’d settle for that.
For those who believe it would be ok, advantageous even, acceptable in any fashion for us to lose to St Johnstone tomorrow night look away now or concentrate forevermore on watching adverts on Turkish TV.
If, for one nanosecond you believe a defeat will enhance our chances in the following game against Aberdeen, or help us win the league then you simply do not understand the game of football.
A defeat will set us up for Saturday? It’ll set us up alright, for three defeats in a row!
BIG-CUP-WINNERS on 25TH SEPTEMBER 2018 1:56 PM
The sideways passing is a symptom not the problem.
True.
Happens to most sides when playing a parked bus, BR’s sides are effective on the break against sides when they come out.
High press means nowt against a packed defence.
I’m not a fan of the betfred cup or the Europa league competitions.
I am a fan of Celtic, a Gullibilly and fool as some will call me, but as long as our team, yes our team are playing a game of football I want us to win that game.
So COYBIG
D. :)
BIG-CUP-WINNERS – Australian rules season comprises 18 teams playing each other twice between March and September. Hardly comparable with our domestic, European and International schedule.
Disagree with Paul.
The team are playing too many games a season as it is.
I would focus much more on the Aberdeen match.
And after the sheep.
Salzburg got a win over Leipzig and they are unbeaten in the Austrian league -payed 8 won 8.
Goals for 20 – goals agin 6.
“Thank God you cannot bribe or twist
The average British journalist.
But when you see what unbribed he’ll do
You’ll see there is no reason to”
– poem by Humbert Wolfe (1885-1940
smiley talk truth to power thing
Braw
Well said Brendan.
We are all Brendan Rodgers…..
H.H..
I said the other day it wont be long before someone comes on and says would you take a win on Wednesday or Saturday.
Didn’t expect it to be Paul right enough..?
Simple answer is win them both.
Advice please.
ARE EBT’s illegal?
Westcraigs
Brendan originally decided to turn down the bid for Dembele. After an incident at Training Brendan met with Dembele and then decided that Dembele could go to Lyon, Peter Lawwell had negotiated the terms with Lyon but Brendan alone made the Decision. Same as Boyata Brendan decided he was staying.
Brendan has a Budget and he takes the decisions. Brendan always has the final say, in as well as out
Amazing squad from Man U for the Liam Miller tribute game, a full house too.
Aye,right.
Philbhoy
“In the past, employee benefit trusts have been used as income tax avoidance devices. Legislation has now closed this down, but EBTs have an entirely legitimate role in companies which have an employee share scheme or employee ….”
See for instance
http://alturl.com/gj4z2
Hail Hail
Matt
Wee Tosh on the bench
Legends Game is now on hesgoal.com
As is Stephen McManus…
http://www.hesgoal.com/news/34386/Manchester_United_Legends_vs_Celtic_Legends.html
Maloney, Keane and Duff up front.
The match is live on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/G4OZT3P0du8
TURKEYBHOY on 25TH SEPTEMBER 2018 12:36 PM
Natknow, Just from experience.Look at the bumph about a Film,think,that sounds OK,put it on,up it comes,The National Film Board Of Canada.
*Careful and I’m not saying this because I live over here, as a wee bhoy in primary with working parents the NFB shows were a godsend when coming home on cold and dark nights and no 24 hour tele or multiple channels, their short films were full of interest and an education tae a wee inquisitive lhad.
FYI when the Canadian Government passed the Act tae come up with a National Film Commission pre WWII they invited John Grierson, born and bred in Doune and whose mother was a suffragette and an ardent Labour Party activist, who had coined the phrase “documentary” to become its first Commissioner.
Some of us oul yins will remember his series “This Wonderful World” which was aired for the first time in the UK on the fledgling TV in 1957.
2 years later he invited fellow Stirling native Norman McLaren, who at the age of 21 had travelled to Russia to confirm his communist beliefs, to work for the National Film Board and open an animation studio and to train Canadian animators.
Norman was instrumental in forming the tone of the NFB and actually won an Academy Award for his most famous feature. There is a borough district in Montreal named after him. He was also the first Anglophone to receive the prestigious Prix Albert-Tessier which is given to persons for an outstanding career in Québec cinema.
As as said I have always had a lot of time for the NFB and was delighted to find out its Scottish connection when I first landed on these shores.
Anyway this wee posting hopefully gives us a respite from the current negativity over our wee club who unlike Jock are my first love and will be my last, wife, weans and grandweans notwithstanding.
Pen for Man U,Butt dives after big Mjallby slid in,Cork bhoys Dennis Irwin scores
*bhoy, Kilbane misses open goal to equalise
tontine tim
Great post! Still remember to this day John Grierson introducing the documentaries.
A bona fide inspiration to many.
nb suspect Turkey Bhoy remembers them too!
Robbie Keane gets 1 back,1-2
I need to know WHY, the grand old BBC, puts forward on their Teletext under Sport headlines the remarks made by that clown Boyd. Talk about fake news, disgraceful. Anybody can and does have an opinion, but to make up a headline from that is sad in the extreme, ridiculous. We all know the agenda, don’t we, it for me underlines the racist bigotted wee narrow minded counrty Scotland is. Get out of the 17th century !!!
with reverse psychology, we should have that Boyd remark on the dressing room wall and show these bumholes just how united we really are. The whole episode makes me want to vomit.
Without getting in too deep, it is all down to masonics and frankly masonry and all it’s crap confined to the cesspit of society, once and for all.
As somone wiser than me on this blog would say, I’m beelin’ !!!
KINGLubO
Salzburg beat Rapid Vienna 2-1 on Sunday and are five points clear at the top of the table.
how old is robbie keane.
TIMHORTON on 25TH SEPTEMBER 2018 3:58 PM
how old is robbie keane.
Not too old to still be linked with us in every transfer window! :-)))