Two clubs from outside the top five wealthy leagues reached the quarter finals last season but Benfica were drawn against another team from outside the big five, Zenit St Petersburg. Apoel Nicosia eliminated Lyon in the last 16 on penalties (we should be practicing penalties every week between now and then).
Two teams, Basel (who earlier eliminated Manchester United) and Bayer Leverkusen (who eliminated Valencia), lost seven goals in one game in the first knockout round last season. This tournament retains an ability to be harsh and unforgiving at every moment. Leverkusen actually conceded 10 to Barcelona over two games.
Apoel Nicosia conceded eight to Real Madrid in the quarters. The Cypriot team held things together for as long as they could but failed to reach group stage of the Europa League this season, going out at the hands of Neftchi Baku (Azerbaijan).
Our seven potential opponents, all from the top five leagues, will each present an enormously difficult challenge but some are easier than others. Our biggest advantage is our own position. Those seven clubs will each underestimate Celtic, we have by far the lowest coefficient of all teams left in the tournament.
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We are enormously outgunned and inexperienced at this level but we know a few things:
We can defend under incredible pressure.
We can score, home and away, against anyone.
We cannot retain possession. This is not a good thing, but it is an acknowledged weakness, so we know not to plan to retain possession. If in doubt, laces through the ball and get into position.
Our opponents will know we have the tallest team in the competition. Height is an advantage until your opponent learns how you use it. During the first half on Wednesday Celtic tried to repeat the corner kick success we enjoyed against Barcelona and Benfica but Spartak had read the script. We will be unlikely to score the same goal again in Europe. A fresh plan is needed.
The Spartak goal is a real lesson. This is not a goal we would have conceded against a far superior Barcelona. We had a 1-0 lead and our entire left flank was exposed, compromising a winning position. We can leave our left flank exposed at Kilmarnock tomorrow but this kind of laissez-faire defending came within 8 minutes of eliminating us on Wednesday and will do so in the next round if repeated.
Penalty kicks determined the outcome of 50% of Champions League knockout ties last season (20% after games, 30% during games). No amount of practice is too much.
Planning for the quarter finals starts now.
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Is that Sevco been going for 140 days? Remarkable.
“Sevco Idiot” by Greendaze
Don’t wanna be an Sevco idiot.
Don’t want lies under the new media
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind feck Sevco
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the hun nation.
Where everything isn’t meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow.follow
For that’s enough to argue.
Well maybe I’m the orange Sevco
I’m not a part of a blue nausea genda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along to the age of paranoia.
guys it is a 12.30 kick off ain’t it.
i see espn prog starts at 11.45.
so just wanted to check cause her that has to be obeyed wants picked up at 12.15 from work.
cheers
The live updates article will be up at 12:00. Could someone leave a note here?
Thanks.
Is the slug now Communicating for Sevco . ?
Am I being naive in assuming that he will have to say Goodbye to his gig at Shortbread ?
Today is anniversary of The Oldest Glasgow Derby.
In 1888 Celtic played Clyde.
Hoopy Birthday to Elvis Pressley who recently turned 76.
Big George’s fan club,
If you’re still about the queens arms on Frederick street is pretty decent for food and will prob be show an English game aswell as the Celtic game, not too bad for food as well. There’s plenty of options in the centre of town as hoopy do suggested. I’ll be on a train from geneva to Lausanne sadly.
HH
Woops, obviously thinking lots about lunch just now.
so its jabba the hun after all is it.
who would have thought it eh ffs
does he have a necrophila? complex
first airdrie(lol).
now sevco.
dontpatmadug
10:22 on 8 December, 2012
Thanks for that! Always nice to see the admiration of the rest of the world.
Big Sammi absolutely loves Celtic…. Will go nowhere! Guaranteed.
Hail Hail 4 nil today, any team news?
lionroars67
10:33 on 8 December, 2012
One of our greatest ‘weapons’ in the fight against bigotry in this Country is that they underestimated us……. And they did so at their peril …..ll
Now, onto football …….. If our players manage to lift themselves, we will hammer Killie today, but that was a MONUMENTAL effort on Wednesday and, for me a score of 0-5 will be enough ………… LOL…….seriously, though, I will not be disappointed, no matter what the score is……those players have brought us so much joy in our CL campaign …… Hail Hail..
What is greengo going to do when BDO come calling for the assets? …….LOL
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A Ceiler Gonof Rust
09:31 on
8 December, 2012
summa at 04.51
?
Are you looking for nessie? No, nor am I. the only monster I’ve ever looked for on Loch Lomond was of the Esox lucius variety. Good work in taking the quote I posted from hun media earlier and trying to attribute it to me to me You show your class with that effort .
I’ve no idea what your caledonia canal drivel was about so cant respond to that. but thanks for the lessons in english and metallurgy, both should come in handy. Do you do lessons in gibberish, you should because you post enough of it.
And yes I’m still trying to sell my wee toy and will do up until I do. She’s out of the water for the winter and my insurance is due in January so I’m hoping to offload her before then. Thanks for your concern and stop being such a snob. Post me some pics of your tub.
Mon the hoops.
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Ceiler Rust..
Jeez that was Out of The Izzy book of Offend the Offender..:O)
Re; Nessie..I Ken it twas from AN Other Site (2 CQNrs thought it was Your Tug they were on..Thus the Wee Joke..
Ermmm..The Caladonian Canal starts @ Loch Ness (So l was Impling it Went all the Way to Loch Lomond)..Wee Joke part 2..:O)
Now the Serious Part..The Metallurgy Part was in Ref; To your Continued Use of the Term ‘Funny Magnet’..as Paul67 would say..This is a Celtic Site..there is a Difference..
Thanks for your concern and stop being such a snob. Post me some pics of your tub. Jeezo is that the New..Do You have Any Celtic Tattoos..
English Lessons..!!!! Summa of Sammi Disnae Gei England Lessons..Also Summa of Sammi Hopes you Sell your Wee Boat..if You have Not punted it by the Quarter Finals i’ll Hire it for a CQN Booze Cruise..Might see a Few Monsters then..
Gibberish is My Middle Name..Check..
Summa of SellTheBoatGiveTheFunnyMagnetAwayCSC..
Celtic have had 633,304 fans through the gates this season, only Man Utd and Arsenal have more
asonofdan
10:46 on 8 December, 2012
rangers 140th anniversary was actually back in March but it was postponed as they were in the process of being liquidated…
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HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa ……missed that one the media ….!!!!
We have the chance to go four points clear today. A fast start and a couple of early goals will settles this one.
So if jabba is with the sons of the sons of william, did he write all that biased pish to get a job at sevco or did his skiewed view on events down ibrox way endear him to the brains trust there ?
Either way, hoping for a short tenure.
Interesting from David McKittrick in yesterday’s Independent –
“Every few months they emerge from the loyalist undergrowth – masked Protestant youths whose bricks, bottles, stones and petrol-bombs put police officers in hospital.
They are a lost generation, largely untouched by a peace process which has improved life for the rest of Belfast. They reach for the bricks because they feel they have no stake in society and harbour great resentment against a changing world. The dispute over flying the Union Flag at the city hall is just the latest in a series of flare-ups.
Some of them are members of loyalist paramilitary organisations but many are not. “I recognise a whole lot of them,” said a loyalist ex-prisoner. “They’re a rabble. Some of them have been expelled by the paramilitary groups, or they’re druggies or criminals.”
While most Protestants and unionists have a deep and genuine attachment to the Union Flag, for the youths in hoods such disputes are mere excuses to indulge in bother. Every marching season they take to the streets for what is called “recreational rioting”.
Generally unemployed, they readily attack police lines and inflict injuries, completely heedless of the damage they do to the unionist cause and to the image of Northern Ireland.
This has been the year of a big tourism push, with Hillary Clinton visiting the new Titanic building yesterday to showcase the new Belfast. But the narrative of a much-improved city will be marred by riot and discord. Rioting carries few risks for the rioters. Police fire plastic baton rounds and make some arrests, but those involved rarely get hurt, are rarely prosecuted and, if convicted, rarely receive long sentences. Those who do appear in court are often pathetic specimens, their lawyers pleading that they are easily led and have often consumed large amounts of drink and drugs.
Another potent element in the mix is the persistence of illegal groups, in particular the Ulster Volunteer Force. While this and other armed groups are now much less active, the UVF is worried because of its sense that a police “cold case” team is closing in on it.
A former member has agreed to become a supergrass and to testify against more than a dozen of its leaders, accusing them of a string of murders. Some outbreaks of rioting have been encouraged by the UVF as warnings to the authorities that such prosecutions will bring a violent reaction.
Loyalists have always put up the Union Flag and other emblems on telegraph poles and street lights, but the message they convey has changed greatly. Once viewed as proclamations of supremacy over Catholics, they now are seen in many places as acts of defiance in the face of shrinking Protestant numbers in Belfast.
They are put on display, by paramilitaries and local hard men, as a warning to Catholics not to move into Protestant territory. That they are left in place is an indication they are emblems of sectarianism rather than proclamations of Britishness.
It is the steady drop in the Protestant population which meant that unionists lost their majority on the council and thus lost the vote on flag-flying. The sense of loss is widespread within working-class loyalism, where a familiar refrain is that “the Catholics are getting everything, we get nothing”.
While republicanism has produced formidable leaders in Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, attempts by loyalists to emulate Sinn Fein have come to nothing. The major unionist parties are meanwhile viewed as middle-class and out of touch.
Those in the ghettos have lost any sense of control over the city, and with it much of the pride they used to have. A sense of communal dejection is evident: unemployment is high and social problems such as drug use and youthful suicides are rife.
The once plentiful jobs in shipbuilding and heavy engineering are long gone, while the education record of young ghetto Protestant males remains poor: only a few make it to grammar school, and fewer still to college.
Those who do succeed educationally generally move out of the ghettos into more congenial areas where drugs, debt and paramilitarism and criminality are not constant problems.
Those who are left behind in hardline areas such as the Shankill and Woodvale are thus left without local role models, and with little hope of material progress. On top of this is the ingrained sectarianism which produces a belief that by comparison Catholics are making progress in many areas.
This means that symbolic issues such as the flying of flags and the right of loyalists to march past Catholic areas assume great importance, since they are seen as some of the few remaining vestiges of loyalist power.”
BobbyMurdochCUW :- I’ve bever been in Patna but would agree about Dalmellington. If you ever do come in th Annick I’m normally at the hatch end of the bat talking to the owner and a local ref.
SummaofSammi :- I’ve no tattoos at all, too much of a coward
Mon the hoops
HH
malc
08:50 on 8 December, 2012
Fortunately, the figures will speak for themselves…….astute planning to have a share issue so close to Xmas …..greengo, the desperado …….
To be fair to Sevco, nothing kills an anniversary party more than a liquidation.
Summa of Sammi….
07:41
GUNGA
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>KILL
Forster; Matthews, Ambrose, Wilson, Izaguirre; Brown, Ledley, Wanyama, Mulgrew; Lassad, Hooper
feed: @celticfc
Today’s team:
CELTIC (4-4-2) Forster; Matthews, Ambrose, Wilson, Izaguirre; Brown, Wanyama, Ledley, Mulgrew; Hooper, Lassad
Subs: Zaluska, Miku, Samaras, Watt, Kayal, McGeouch, Rogne
lionroars67
10:33
An excellent read. Thank you sir.
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Izzy before Ed Posted..:O)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151172349427817&set=a.377762427816.155048.124720712816&type=1&theater
Summa
Having just seen the team I revise my opinion , 6 zero the hoops, eazy peazy , lemon squeezy , Wembelee, oh Wembelee , we’re the famous Glasgow Celtic and we’re off to Wembelee , oh Wembelee , oh Wembelee!
Hail Hail to all CQNers , we are on the verge of history, I can feel it in ma watter!
myboysnowatim
I would have said he was already working for them but just not on the payroll.
Don’t like that line-up at all.
4-4-2 when we’ve been so successful with 4-3-3 away from home.
Poor combinations in nearly every area of the pitch (Hooper and Lassad being a possible exception, but only one game to go on) with underwhelming points averages to match.
No doubt we’ll win handsomely now :-) but I prefer to get my whinging in before rather than after the event.
I see DM Hall did the valuations for sevco.
Ipox £62.5M
Sir David Murray Park £14m
The phrase that springs to mind is ‘like a dog to its vomit’.
It seems that they have used the Depreciated Replacement Cost method of valuation.
HMRC guidelines state that the Depreciated Replacement Cost method ‘should only be used as a last resort. It should be used only where there is no useful or relevant evidence of recent market transactions due to the specialised nature of the asset.’
Given that the two properties recently changed hands for a total of £1.5m I don’t understand how a valuer could claim that there is no ‘useful or relevant evidence of recent market transactions’ for them.
No doubt the MSM will identify and pursue this question with the alacrity and doggedness we have come to expect from them.
Brown is some incredible athlete, with all the hip related problems and running himself into the ground Wed. night he is back again today. I expected him to be rested & Dylan to get a run but what do I know. Pre-game let me say I’m incredibly proud of our team and regardless whether they suffer a post European hangover or not today, I will defend them to the hilt.
PeteTheBeat
11:21
Tá ár lá anois..!!
Not surprised Samaras Kayal Lustig and Commons ( altogether ) drop out of the side.
Samaras held in check after being kicked, Kayal makes way for a fresh Victor, the others
are injured.
Defend break score CSC
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Izzy..
Ha..
Ps..What does ‘Gunga’ mean..????
Summa
Well I called for Lassad to be paired with Hooper. Looking forward to seeing that combination
HH
BDO cant do anything to Chuck Green.
HH