When they dispensed with Unai Emeri last weekend, Spartak Moscow brought to an end an experiment to bring sophistication to their team. New caretaker manager, Valeriy Karpin, was manager immediately before Emeri, was also the man who appointed Emeri and stood over him as general manager of the club since moving from the dugout in the summer.
Karpin relies more on his strong, authoritative, personality than tactical innovation, which is likely to mean we face a more disciplined team in Glasgow next week that we faced in Moscow – there will be no brothel at the back.
My main concern is that the Kilmarnock/St Johnstone/Inverness tactics of defending solidly and taking their chances when going forward is perfectly suited for Karpin’s Spartak. Against Benfica and Barcelona at home, Neil Lennon played it tight and incredibly tight respectively, which proved to be excellent decisions. He has a huge call to make against Spartak, playing an adventurous game could leave us exposed.
This result is not to be taken for granted.
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It was some comfort to see Celtic back on form last night, especially down the flanks, which were crucial in Moscow and could prove to be so again next week. Hopefully the knocks and strains which have hampered the squad in recent weeks are beginning to fade ahead of our Christmas Cup Final.
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Celtic’s record v Arbroath in competitive matches
P W D L F A
32 29 2 1 112 21
HH!!
I fully expect another agonizing night. Can’t see Benfica going to Barca and winning though I could see them drawing. I can almost imagine it being 1-1 deep into injury time before another unlikely Donati-esque hero steps forward!
tallybhoy
13:45 on
29 November, 2012
Celtic’s record v Arbroath in competitive matches
P W D L F A
32 29 2 1 112 21
And did Danny McGrain score against them in a 8-1 drubbing I think it was?
obonfanti1888
13:46 on 29 November, 2012
I fully expect another agonizing night. Can’t see Benfica going to Barca and winning though I could see them drawing. I can almost imagine it being 1-1 deep into injury time before another unlikely Donati-esque hero steps forward!
Don’t say that, if got a party with a pre-pay bar after wards
Tallybhoy,
Law of Averages says get your money on The Red Lichties on Saturday.
JJ
Sir Paul
Ye Jist took.. a Barrowload o’ MA THOUGHTS.. right oot Ma Heid!
Fur..
Ah am no.. Thoroughly Convinced that..
Celtic’s Smashing Victory agin the Hearts..
‘
Wiz Not so Much.. Doon tae the Over-Riding Superiority of the Celtic Forces..
Rather than to
The unbelievable Ingenuousness of the Hearts Naïve.. Manager.
fur..
He decided.. Heaven knows Why…
tae Tak Celtic Oan..
Hiv a Go… and He eschewed the well Proven “Ten Man behind the BA’ ”
Tactical Ploy…
which,as Proven tae Be so,so . Successful ..when used,properly,
Against this Celtic Team..
and..
by other.. Mair Shrewder Managers.
Jist Like the Neophyte,which Ah hiv Him Pegged fur..
Mr.McGlynn, went a Suicidal…
“Toe tae Toe” ,against Us.
And..
That is Why ..
‘
Hearts,received such An Embarrassing Public Spanking..
far a Much Relieved and Non-Pressured.. Celtic.
Celtic’s,idfield Troubles ,have soitenly NOT VANISHED ..not Even
By… A SHORT CHALK!
We are still as Weak.. As a Cuppa Woolworth’s Cafeteria Tea..
In that so Insipid Midfield of Our’s.
Yesterday.. Joe Ledley wiz Reported Missing..
As Ah hid Previously Figuired.. He wid Be.
Joe..hiz.. bin..
Not Pulling his Weight.. in the Last Few games..when Ah hiv Watched him.
‘
He is as Useful As a Spare Tire… Which Hiz a Puncture.
We ,already know that, Wanyama, wullnae play against the Russians.
Kayal..who Ah did like.. Yesterday. Is .. Improving, but.. Slowly.
Commons, diz not Thrill Me.. at Awe ,at Awe..
When he is Guid.. He is Not Bad.. but ..
when He is .. Bad.. he is .. Rid Rotten!
Too.. Inconsistent fur Prime Time,he is..
In Ma Opinion..of Course..
Unless, the Mid Fielders ,which Neil. Doth Pick.. fur the Spartak Game..
Gets Weavin and Serves up the Dinners oan A Plate..tae oor Strikers..,
Then.. we wull be
Hard Stuck.. tae Break doon
The ..
Ten MEN BEHIND THE BA’..
Spartak Defensive Set-up..
Which..
‘
You hiv so Perspicaciously..
Pointed Oot..
that …
We May be Facing .. the Next time we meet Spartak.
Kojo
Still.. Laughin’.. though…
;
Hope to be at least 2 up with 10 to go and benfica getting the brothel at the back treatment from Barca.
Mort
Of course, I remember it now, it was the share I was thinking.
In total accord with the rest of your post. It still bothers me that once the decision was made for newco to leapfrog such clubs, noone wanted to know.
Thanks for the quick and detailed response.
Mort,
Exactly. The New club were fast-tracked into SFL rather than go through the process of applying to regional leagues like Gretna new club had to do after their liquidation. Very important to point this out to Sevconaians who bleat about their “relegation”.
It’s not being pedantic or vindictive. It’s just being accurate and honest.
Didn’t Danny McGrain suffer a fractured skull against Arbroath?
A story– or two?
Chasing the Buck– and the unknown Celtic Legend
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Spartak will be put to the sword
Whenever Celtic lose, most on here say we were terrible. Whenever Celtic win, most on here say we were good. If we win by a few goals, especially away, then the predominant CQN view is that we were great. For me, a big, big factor in assessing our performance is on chances created. Last night was NOT a great performance and our defeats have not been terrible performances. Some balance is required but I don`t anticipate its arrival.
JJ
PS I have every confidence in us reaching the last 16. My guess is a draw for us and a defeat for Benfica.
Can I Have Raspberry On That Champions League Ice Cream
I think Danny scored something like 8 goals in about 650 games for Celtic – they were so thin on the ground that I can’t actually remember any! Even ‘tho I saw him play countless times.
Still the best RB/FB I have ever seen in the hoops!
In my best ever CFC X1.
Hugh McIlvanney on Danny
“When great racehorse trainers talk about the best thoroughbreds, they emphasise not only talent but attitude. In addition to the obvious qualities of pace and skill that Danny brought to football, there was the priceless asset of his approach to the game. He encountered all kinds of problems through injury and difficulties with his health, but nothing could prevent him from being prodigious on the field.
“Anybody who saw him at his best had the unmistakeable impression of watching a great player, probably one who had no superior anywhere in the world.”
HH!!
If Ashley is going to play a roll in renaming Ibrox, I wonder if he will court favour with his two biggest selling brands by suggesting their name is used for the stadium?
Asics and Everlast?????
It amuses me the way that both sides hate the Record, the BBC and all the rest. Is irony dead? Or, is it something deep inside?
BRTH
The name of the company, “ASICS”, is an acronym of the Latin phrase anima sana in corpore sano, which translates to “Healthy Soul in a Healthy Body”,[8] which derives from Juvenal and the aphorism mens sana in corpore sano or Thales’ saying Νοῦς ὑγιὴς ἐν σώματι ὑγιεῖ.. Since 2007 there has been a larger emphasis placed on this acronym, and its translation has been truncated for advertising purposes to “Sound Mind, Sound Body”.
Irony gone mad!
HH!!
31003 13:58 on 29 November, 2012
“Didn’t Danny McGrain suffer a fractured skull against Arbroath?”
Falkirk.
Let’s hear it for Big Fraser, ‘The Celtic Wall.’
_____________
The Wall, The Wall, He guards the Celtic goal
Cheer The Wall,…Cheer The Wall.
The Wall, The Wall, He’s six-foot seven tall.
Cheer The Wall, Cheer The Wall, Cheer The Wall.
The Wall, The Wall, He’s always on the ball,
Cheer The Wall, Cheer The Wall.
The Wall, The Wall, He answers every call.
Cheer The Wall, Cheer The Wall, Cheer The Wall.
Steinreignedsupreme
Remembered that just after I posted…happened at Brockville when he stooped down to head a pile driver
Paul67
I disagree with your lead article today re “Huge decision ahead for Neil Lennon”.
The game against Spartak will just be another day at the office for the wee man.
Oh, for an easy life like that!
:0)
All Tims are aware of the 7-1 mauling/hampden in the sun. Its our greatest result against dignity fc.
But does we know the second best result- in an official game of course! As in, not during a period when the majority of one team were out in the trenches while most of the other lot stayed at home.
Clue: not 6-2
Talk about picking on the wrong guy…
A Rangers fan has been handed a football ban after he was part of a group who asked a sheriff if he was a ‘f***** b******’ on a train on its way to Dundee.
Jamie Rhodie and his group also sang religious abuse and made Celtic taunts.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard that the group, who were travelling from Glasgow to Rangers’ SPL match with Dundee United in September last year, approached Hamilton based sheriff Harry Small, who was travelling with his young son.
They screamed at him “are you a f****n b******” after noticing him sitting wearing a green fleece jumper.
Rhodie was given a one year football banning order, but only after the sheriff dealing with the case checked if it would apply to Rangers’ Division Three matches.
Fiscal depute Vicky Bell told the court that Rhodie was in a group of eight to 10 Rangers fans travelling on the 9.41am train to Dundee, which was filled with OAPs and children.
She said: “A witness, who is a serving sheriff in Scotland, boarded the train at Glasgow with his young son.
“Their reserved seats were occupied with Rangers fans, but they took other seats. As the train departed the accused and his group started to sing football songs together.
“About 20 minutes into the journey they started singing sectarian songs with the words ‘We’re up to our knees in f****n blood’.
“They continued ‘f*** the Pope and the IRA’, ‘f****n b*******’, ‘no surrender to the f****** IRA scum’ and ‘Tommy Burns is a f****** skeleton’.
“The sectarian singing thereafter continued all the way to Dundee, a journey of one hour and 20 minutes.
“Between Perth and Dundee the group were constantly on their feet singing, shouting and banging their fists repeatedly on the roof of the coach.
“As the train approached Dundee some of the currently unidentified members of the group approached the Sheriff, who was wearing a green fleece jumper, and said to him ‘are you a f***** b******?’
Tallybhoy
Sorry about the delay in responding.
Excellent. Same song, different singer.
I think if asbestox is going to be renamed the title should incorporate a salient feature of the sevconians who infest it.
How about The White Sock Dome?
I notice the football banning order is handed out by the court to huns, but Celtic do Tito our support without evidence.
It to even
Spartak Supporters Association “Fratria” just issued official statement where they accused Spartak players of deliberate play against the club and coach Unai Emeri in derby game against Dynamo Moscow. After that 1:5 Unai Emeri lost the job.
I would go for the stupid zombies sitting and taking it option.
‘Mike Ashley is believed to be in negotiations with Rangers to secure the naming rights to Ibrox.
The proposed deal would see the 113-year-old stadium renamed the Sports Direct Arena to promote Ashley’s chain of sports retail shops and showcase branding opportunities for potential investors or partners.
The big question is – will Rangers supporters hit the roof (like we did) – or will they sit and take it?
Rangers have been looking at image rights deals since Charles Green took over the club in June.
We would have thought any deal to rename Ibrox would be met with hostility by supporters, even despite the club’s current financial state, given the historical aspect of the stadium.’
Ok. Crap question.
Just that I hadn’t known about this one before.
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1888-10-27%3A+Rangers+1-6+Celtic,+Glasgow+Cup
kevjungle – murdo’s 30 yds title winning boots 1979
09:55 on
29 November, 2012
What a lovely wee fantasy world you live in, where the standard expectation is that every player will play ‘at the top of their game’ every week …….. Reality check required…….LOL
weeminger
13:00 on 29 November, 2012
Depends on the ‘tradition’ …….commemoration of a struggle against oppression and for independence …….or……. Commemoration of violent oppression / supremacy / racial & religious bigotry……..there is a clear distinction…..no..??
Never mind renaming the stadium. Are we even sure who owns the midden at the moment anyway?
What I want to know is when are they going to be forced to re-name their newly formed club!!
Whitaboot ra tie-tuwl deeds?
Yes exactly!
Who actually owns that asbestos-infested midden?!
Has Ra Bummer seen the deeds yet?
Is Ra Bummer sober?
HH!!
ernie lynch
13:08 on 29 November, 2012
swatson Neil Lennon’s 6ft skinny twin!
12:57 on 29 November, 2012
‘Provo songs are not part of our heritage!’
You think BOTOB is a Provo song?
Sorry gor delay sent to M&S for more Christmas paff!
No I know it isn’t that’s why I specified Provo songs, but the thing with BOTOB is that most of Scotland/England do not know the difference, they hear IRA and think Provos and I can’t blame them, same words representing seperate things. Its a bit like when I was younger we would call The Polis ‘Black Bs’ can you imagine that now? racist would be the cry though it meant nothing of the sort!
Do you support the Green Brigade action against harassment ?
http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=50a90f10e4b061e6546ad870
Somebody is at the wind up
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From todays BBC, The last quote is just no right… :(
‘Germany legalised bestiality (zoophilia) in 1969, except when the animal suffered “significant harm”.
But animal rights groups have campaigned for a change in the law and Hans-Michael Goldmann, the head of the parliamentary committee investigating the new amendment, told the Tageszeitung newspaper that the new legislation was intended to clarify the current legal position.
“With this explicit ban, it will be easier to impose penalties and to improve animal protection.”
A fine of up to 25,000 euros (£20,000) is proposed if someone forces an animal to commit “actions alien to the species”.
But Michael Kiok, the chairman of the pressure group Zoophile Engagement for Tolerance and Information (Zeta), said he was going to take legal action to fight the proposed changes.
“It is unthinkable that any sexual act with an animal is punished without proof that the animal has come to any harm,” he said, adding that animals are capable of showing what they do, or do not, want to do.
“We see animals as partners and not as a means of gratification. We don’t force them to do anything. Animals are much easier to understand than women,” Mr Kiok claimed.’