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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The treble is a must, the idea of being able to talk about being on the square would sicken many a masonic hun and confuse the life out of timmy masons as well :)
three squared :)
David66,
Any suggestions for alternative systems?
Craigan praising the Aberdeen left back to the high heavens then he gets absolutely roasted there times in quick succession ?
David66
Look nothin like each other.
Havent said that to him :)
HH
Canamalar 4 times I have tried responding this iPad is playing up again.
4-4-2. Broonie, Mulumbu, Ntcham, Jamsie. Any 2 of these Griff, Eddie, TR
Just need to mix it up I think
D. :)
Canamalar should add that I am not a football coach and never have been, tried it for 1 season at Sunday amateur and it was hard. So I trust Brendan to get it right. If he changes if not I fear what lies ahead. IMO
D. :)
Adi
Billy Stark was a Temple/Knightswood bhoy.
Him and John used to be huns but they are all right now. The current supporters bus Temple Tims, used to be called Billy Stark Temple CSC.
YNWA
Adi ?
D. :)
A couple of quick goals tomorrow, and we will be fine ?
D66,
Don’t see how that would change much, still be chockablock in and around the penalty box. Only way to beat that IMO is better quality, As WGS said, systems don’t win games, players do.
Canamalar what do you think yourself of our current system/ performances?
D. :)
Canamalar I just think that our system just now either overloads the midfield or up top.
It doesn’t help either when playing 2 wingers in a wide midfield role that run up to defenders and do not go by them. Thus turning back and giving ball to Broonie or Tcham who in turn give it back to centre backs.
Play with natural midfielders who can carry the ball forward and gain yards up the park instead of sitting to deep.
D. :)
DD/ david66
Thnx
Dont want to put stuff on here when u have hun trolls…but his wife was a agony aunt…
Recognise ??
Adi I have heard this before.
D. :)
I am appalled at the so called Celtic fans freaking out about a loss to Kilmarnock
Can’t you see it’s a concerted effort by the SMSM et all to try and destabilise our support FFS get real guys
We are Celtic. We are the invincible sweet are the double treble CHAMPIONS
OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FEW OFF DAYS
BUT WHEN WE DO WE NEED OUR SUPPORT MORE THAN EVER
ARE YOU A CELTIC SUPPORTER OR A FKN GLORY HUNTER
GOD BLESS BRENDAN AND THE TEAM AND ONE MORE THING JACK HENDRY IS A PLAYER AND WILL BE A FUTURE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM
Thank you
Adi have you got her email address, I want to ask her about football grief ?
D. :)
David66
To my knowledge Billy Stark never lived in Alderman Road. Colin McAdam rip and John ‘Polaris’ MacDonald both lived on Alderman Road. Used to love your Dad Tommy rip, take the piss out of polaris in the bookies at Knightswood shoapy centre.
YNWA
Celtic Champs surely we are allowed to have our own opinions.
I do not listen to the SMSM, do not by papers even stopped listening to radio Snyde for the very reasons you are talking about.
But I have my own opinions. We will get it right of that I am sure.
HH
D. :)
D66,
disagree, the wingers are quickly doubled-up on which also happens to coming through the middle. Solution IMO is finding the space left by doubling-up and players taking that space and moving the ball there faster.
Best chances are usually cross-field diagonal balls into real space, we don’t do that enough.
Celtic champs elect, are you trying to start a riot with your positive Celtic patter. Dont you watch the news?
That’s it ,move on ?
Aberdeen are essentially defending with 7 players, 3 not tracking back or being asked too. That won’t happen on Saturday of course and that is the problem for us.
DD I thought he stayed next to Corpus.
I could be mistaken. Sorry if I gave out the wrong info.
Thanks for the kind words about my dad, I miss him every day as I am sure you do with your own dad
HH
D. :)
CELTIC CHAMPS ELECT.sorry I gotta jump in here, Hendry is a an average spfl player at best.hh.
BIG PACKY 1 on 25TH SEPTEMBER 2018 8:54 PM
CELTIC CHAMPS ELECT.sorry I gotta jump in here, Hendry is a an average spfl player at best.hh
That’s your opinion dude
IMO YOU ARE WRONG
https://twitter.com/tirnaog09/status/1044465694442762240?s=08
Now that was a grand memory, time for another one.
David66 It’s your opinion. Mines is well different
Stairheadrammy. Great moniker BTW. Love it. I am always positive about Celtic grew up with the first 9 in a row. Watched the ECF v inter Milan in our house on a black and white TV. The entire street celebrated even the huns :-)))).
CCE
On the train home on Sunday from Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central, the discussion between a few of our young team and us old team was becoming quite heated. An old Celtic worthy in his late 70s approached us. He agreed with me and said to the young crew. “Try living as a Celtic supporter between 1957 and 1965 and you would not be the Celtic supporter you are. Self entitlement is a hun, not Celtic trait.”
God bless him fae Maryhill
Canamalar I just think our system has been Sussed out and we need to change.
The players need to take more responsibility on the ball and take players on. Too often we take the easy option of going backwards, and I understand about possesion etc but for goodness sake our centre backs must have more possesion than or forwards sometimes.
Cross field passes are the killers as long as we use them correctly and don’t turn back again.
D. :)
That Aberdung left back is poor. Target him on Saturday.
?Celtic champs in what way is your opinion different from mine
D. :)
Our worst start in the league in 20 years is down to the fact that most of our first-team players have played 50-60 games in each of the past 2 seasons, while our opponents have played 36-40 max.
Thanks to the rigged game that is the CL qualifiers, our players have had 2 straight years when their close season has shrivelled to 2-3 weeks.
You can’t get blood from a stone.
And, because of the unattractiveness of Scottish football, you can’t attract players to build a squad with depth of quality.
Never mind the utter craziness of having some of your most important games occurring in June/July, when players should be on a beach with friends/family/both.
Add in the fact that you’re in the crosshairs of a national establishment which hates the very fact of your existence, and which has vested interest in elevating their establishment puppet-team, and which has complete control over the national media, and the referees.
And yet we still win, and win in ways that Scotland has never seen before.
As a few people here have said, in Scotland only Celtic can beat Celtic.
We gear up, and spend the money, to become a European player or these suits will be forever regarded as (un)worthy successors of White and Kelly.
And we now have the money, and the manager, to do it.
What an opportunity!
Right on cue. Subbed him !
Still widnae know McKenna was on the park…
Devlin and Lowe are very average players.
D66
Her mailbox is full just now. My 39 emails are next :)
Here we go again
D66,
I’ll go with WGS interpretation, its the players that have been sussed, struggle under pressure and no quick enough to find the space or release the pass to player in space. Taking players on usually leads to trying to take too many on, forget taking players on its high risk, creating space is more fruitful and having players intelligent enough to run into or see the run is our problem.
Canamalar that sounds good to me.
Something we have not been doing though.
I know teams are packing out defences etc but quick movement and creative thinking surely would unlock this
D. :)