Highlights from Easter Road on Saturday suggest Hibs are very much in the hunt for second place. Aberdeen have the experience to finish Best of the Rest, but it is disappointing performances like that against Hibs which have given Celtic carte blanche to experiment with the squad so regularly in the league this season.
While Brendan Rodgers will only have thoughts for Zenit right now, Derek McInnes will be planning how to deploy against Celtic on Sunday. The Aberdeen manager has tried and failed many times to get the better of Celtic in recent seasons, which is not the inhibitor it might seem to be. He knows what does not work and what not to try. This week’s discussion matter at Pittodrie will be whether Aberdeen can do what half the teams in the league have already done and take points from Celtic.
As far as the Champions are concerned, stacking big games back-to-back will bring out the best in them. An away game at St Petersburg before heading marginally south to Aberdeen will bring a focus to the club which has been elusive recently.
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TEUCHTER ÁR LÁ on 21ST FEBRUARY 2018 11:46 PM
Good very late evening
The Glasgow Apollo was my very first gig and it was Tears For Fears and I am going back to see them again this year for the first time since 1985, I hope they haven’t changed :-)
HH
CRC
CRC
I think they got liquidated and are now The tears for fears. Congratulations to Your lassie, you must be so proud mate. HH
Melbourne Mick
Gday ya ould rebel.Will you be at the Bay on Sunday?
Are they showing the game on Sun night?
HH MB
Kickoff tonight 6pm is 01:00 Friday in Hanoi. Any football bars in Hanoi that might show the game?
Good morning, friends. It’s Matchday!
morning bhoys, lets do it tonight, also keep liam colgan in your prayers, cant imagine what his family are going thru hh.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 21ST FEBRUARY 2018 11:50 PM
Name the players in the Hoops.
Duncan MacKay
Jim Kennedy
Frank Connor
John Kurila
Billy McNeill
John Clark
Bobby Carroll
Mike Jackson
John Hughes
John Divers
Steve Chalmers
Big Packy,
SAHB, were called Tear Gas before they joined Alex Harvey.
Floatin,
Sincere condolences on the loss of your dear mum. May she rest in peace.
***CQN helping “OUR mate Mick”***
Good Evening fholks
We have all recently caught up with what has happened recently to a Coatbridge lad called Michael Jardine. If you haven’t please take 5 minutes to read his story. It is heart-breaking!
mymatemick.com
Mick has a wife, and two young kids ( Louis 6 and Florence nearly a big 4), and needs our help to get him and his family through this difficult time. His good friend is NavanBhoy who played a big part with a team of Irish bhoys in the WeeOscar4life cycle from Glasgow to Belfast, as well as supporting the cause throughout.
I am looking to start a special Celtic Goals Galore Easter Challenge (This will be separate from LMS10).
1 Starting 25th Feb, Join me over the next 5 weeks and pledge an amount per goal scored for Celtic ( i.e. £1, £2, £5, £10 per goal etc)
2 Between Sunday 25th February and Easter Sunday, keep a tally of the amount of goals scored by Celtic
3 On Easter Sunday; Take the goals scored and multiply by your donation ( i.e. 7 x £5= £35)
4 At the start feel free to cap your overall donation ( i.e £10, £18.88, £19.67, £20 etc)
5 Make your donation over to the CQN Celtic Goals Galore fund on Easter Monday (TBA)
6 All entrants will be entered into a very special prize draw to win some great prizes (TBA)
Celtic Goals Galore Games
Sun, 25th Feb Aberdeen
Wed, 28th Feb Dundee
Sat, 3rd Mar Greenock Morton
Sun, 11th Mar Zombie Rangers*
Sun, 18th Mar Motherwell
Sat, 31st Mar Ross County
* I can’t believe It’s Not Rangers!
So, I am going to pledge £5 per goal for this great cause and cap it at £25 ( just in case Celtic run riot over Easter!)
I appreciate that you may be supporting other causes, and/or committed to other Lenten promises or may not have the spare funds at this time, but if you can help, then just let me know by emailing your pledge to cqnpredictor@gmail.com.
Details of LMS10 will follow over the next day or two.
HH
CRC
Copy and paste missed this bit…
CELTICROLLERCOASTER SUPPORTING @WALKWITHSHAY on 21ST FEBRUARY 2018 9:36 PM
Just had a weather report from my youngest Bhoy in Finland it is -23*C there and -17*C in St Petersburg doon the road. He was wondering if Broony and KT would be sporting short sleeves as usual tonight?
Pog
As it is reportedly about five degrees `warmer` under the closed roof, I would imagine the Bold Duo will be doing just that.
JJ
Incidentally, I feel just as confident today that we will progress in this Tournament as I did last night.
JJ
bognorbhoy, thank you
TEUCHTER ÁR LÁ :-), Indeed, CelticRose has done us very proud
HH
CRC
JJ- morning sir, Lustig tonight?
Good morning from a dry but cold North Staffs – nervous about tonight, as usual.
See both Phil and JJ are going with the Close Bros (loan) – additional floating (pitch) charges
COYBIG
Anyone share Robert’s optimism?
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obert Pires believes the Europa League final will be between Arsenal and Atletico Madrid as long as both teams avoid Celtic in the competition.
The retired midfielder,who won the World Cup with France in 1998, named the Gunners and Atletico Madrid as his favourites to win the tournament but warned them about Celtic.
“Atletico and Arsenal are the favourites, for me this is the final in Lyon,” said Pires, as quoted by The Sun.
“They both have a lot of experience, especially in the Champions League.
“They just need to avoid each other and Celtic if they want to face each other in the final.”
The Bhoys are set to play Zenit St Petersburg in the second leg of their Europa League tie on Thursday, and go into the game 1-0 up on aggregate.
Callum McGregor scored the only game of the goal to secure Celtic a memorable 1-0 victory over the Russian giants last Thursday at Celtic Park.
Pires continued praising the Hoops and revealed that he thought the “amazing” atmosphere at Celtic Park made the Hoops difficult to beat in the Europa League this season.
“I love Celtic, it is not easy for any team, especially in Celtic Park, the atmosphere is amazing,” stated the 44-year-old.
“When you are a player, inside, playing against Celtic, it is a great atmosphere, it is still very close to the pitch, maybe only Liverpool has a similar atmosphere.”
“That’s why it is very difficult to win in Celtic Park.”
OPINION
Pires may have only played at Celtic Park once he was retired, in Stiliyan Petrov’s charity mach in 2013, but Arsenal and Atletico Madrid should take notice of his advice. The Bhoys weren’t expected to beat Zenit at Celtic Park, but that’s exactly what they did. Brendan Rodgers’ side may face a difficult task getting a result in Russia but with them having a 1-0 lead from their first meeting, then they’ve given themselves a good chance. Rodgers knows that his performance as Hoops boss will be judged on how his side perform in the Europa League in the second half of the season, and will no doubt have a plan for the game in Russia.
Bada
If he is fit, I am sure Brendan will go with Mikel. I don`t think he(ML) is the player he was but is still probably the safer choice this evening.
JJ
-minus 15 on Gorokhovaya St .
Tear Gas —
Too “heavy ” prog for me ..
Before they were Tear Gas -they were Mustard / Bo Weavels .
If my addled ole bonce is right -there were 2 Tear Gas LPs — first one called Piggy Go Getter , the second one -.Tear Gas . I didn’t buy them .
I saw Tear Gas at the Electric Garden . I never wanted to do it again ..—I could however -do this everyday –
https://youtu.be/IGykz3cIMNE
Was on the “PetsWorld” website last night.
Some great fitba’ posts on there!
I know it’s still only February, but the description yesterday of the SPFL as “flawed” must already rank as the understatement of the year.
https://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers/
Ongoing farce.
Public holiday in St Petersburg tomorrow -Defender of The Fatherland Day
A military thing –thanks boys
Mrs S of T who simply cant help it — on being told all about it / what it was for etc — asked –
” Does it include Budapest / Prague and Ghouta .? “
Another tangle in the web spotted today by Johnjames.
” What also piqued my interest was a letter to Brian Stockbridge of Sevco Scotland Limited t/as The Rangers Football Club. Colour me surprised but does this not hole HMS Continuation under the water line? It was a remittance from Summit Asset Finance apropos the PA System/Voice Alarm System.”
“I stuck around St.Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change”.
My linky capabilities have been lost.
Can I tempt some sympathetic soal to oblige?
Beatbhoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBecM3CQVD8
Tonight is a big game for the hoops and unfortunately I am not to confident our away record over the years has been very poor I cling on to the fact that no Russian team has beaten us over two legs.However.with the money Zenit have spent on players they will be a very different team to the one we beat at Parkhead I will watch the match and hope for the best. H.H.
Thanking you, Gene. Woo, woo!
So Robertson the huns MD has been economical with the truth regards their ‘mortgage facility’……..
Their will be no Stewart’s enquiry.
Come on Bhoyz, sock it to them big time.
A wee Blues choon to brighten the day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWPntKAWvHs
KINGLuBO
THEBHOYFROMU.N.C.L.E
Don’t worry the BBC and print media will be all over it
oops…….my mistook (there)
THEBHOYFROMU.N.C.L.E
their – right first time
just looked out to the garden 2 magpies – it’s an omen :)
I’m on my way –
https://youtu.be/oywYLSOm8PA
Kinglubo
I went to see the Clapton biopic ‘A Life In 12 bars’ recently. Some great unseen, by me at least, musical footage in the film, including when he was with Mayall, and a stunner when he was sitting in on an Aretha Franklin session, and was asked to play.
The childhood/ early adulthood family experiences he had, no wonder that white boy could play the blues. At one point he says he wished he had just stayed with the Bluesbreakers.
Personally, glad he didn’t, being a Cream fan.
1962 .
Puskas at Celtic Park and this on the deck –For This I Thank You
https://youtu.be/lk1UM_FvrYQ
Off oot !!!
Zenits Stadium is reportedly the most expensive in the world costing one billion pounds.Add to that the cost of their squad and their Trillion pound backers Gazprom you begin to realise the monumental size of the task we face tonight. Its like one David versus eleven Goliath’s.
If we pull this off tonight we will have a hard job hanging on to BR for next season. Mancini will get the chop and take the Italy job. Zenit will be looking for a replacement,they wont look far.
Defeat might not be all bad.