Inconsistency costs Celtic cups

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This time last year there was far too much talk about trebles on these pages.  Celtic were flying in all three competitions, having established a lead in the league, and were heading for a League Cup semi-final against Falkirk.  Falkirk were beaten but it took a late Anthony Stokes goal to make the game safe for Celtic.  The script was written; a final against Kilmarnock, who always bottled it against Celtic in Glasgow, and a successful run in the Scottish Cup was all that stood between us and the fourth treble in our history.

I’ve lost count of how many such trebles we’ve look forward to.  Football has a way of promising lots but it takes an exceptionally good and consistent team to win both cup competitions, as well as the league.  More often than not, great and dominant teams don’t win the treble.

Celtic are a great and exciting team but they have not been nearly consistent enough to win the treble this season.  We have lost two from eight home games and two from seven away.  Good enough to win the league but not to win two cups.

I watched a bit of St Mirren at home to Ross County before heading to Celtic Park last weekend.  They were far from impressive but no less so than when we beat them by seven goals in the SPL four years ago.  The following week the same team knocked us out of the Scottish Cup.

Sunday is one of the biggest games currently on the roster.  Raise your game, Celtic.
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  1. Ten men-Would guess it’s much more than 30,they have been touting that offer on the website since draw was made.HH

  2. Ten Men Won The League

     

     

    Sponsors? Staff? Players? Ticket office staff?

     

     

    Always plenty tickets to be had at Celtic Park if you know the right people.

     

     

    LB

  3. Gene's a Bhoys name on

    Tmwtl

     

    I believe the hospitality is booked through celtic and its celtic who hire the club 29 to host the off site hospitality -unlike thomas crook who as sponsors get a number of tickets which they package up and they make the profit

  4. If we get to the last 8 of the CL I would expect ’29’ to offer hospitality tickets for at least £500+VAT!

     

     

    HH!!

  5. Emineke is a fantastic striker, If we had Victor available against Spartak, Neil would have swapped their positions.

     

     

    The flexibility Neil has got in this side should never be overlooked. ;))

  6. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    ASonOfDan 13:27 on 25 January, 2013 The crazy world of Chuck…

     

    …………………………………………………………….

     

     

     

    The man is a raving lunatic. But he’s got some brass neck bragging about lack of debt and balance sheets when he knows he’s bigging up a company who stole £134 million smackers………………….allegedly.

     

     

    The man should be juggling fruit while riding a unicycle.

  7. I’m not one for wanting the club to spend over the top sums on transfers and would prefer giving youth players an opportunity but in the case of Emenike he would be the perfect replacement for Hooper

  8. I used to think Moonbeams & the MSM were fooling the huns,

     

    But you really could tell them BLACK was WHITE and they would swally it:)).

     

    Nothing to do with smoke & mirrors ,all down to being STUPID ,STUPID GULLIBLE ORCS.

     

    The TICK TOCKING of admin has started again.

  9. Snake Plissken on

    The great thing about the Galloway thing is it could finally bring down the curtain on the same club lie.

     

     

    If they are the same club – pay your taxes.

  10. A Ceiler Gonof Rust

     

     

    The hilarious thing is that the zombies worhip him and believe every word that comes out his mouth.

     

     

    lol!

  11. Gene’s

     

     

    Either way CFC are screwing the fans …..Thomas Cook must pay CFC an agency fee

     

     

    I used to go to all the European away games…as a ST holder tickets were usually available

     

     

    Do you not have to travel thro Thomas Cook to get a ticket now…..might be wrong

  12. BBC2 world bowls commentary.

     

    ‘Its amazing how many injuries there are in this sport. I’ve seen many broken legs’

     

    WTF? Is it UFC bowls in a cage?

  13. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Snake..,

     

    The rise of Tinkerbell FC

     

    Led by Chuckles Pan

     

    Supported by the lost boys

     

    Playing at never never land

  14. TMWTL

     

     

    I reckon you’re correct ..£300 will be profit …plus 29 get a decent bar return …3 drinks would last me about half an hour tops ..half bottle of wine ..even less ..and a good deal of it will be on a company chitty

     

     

    I suspect CFC will be hiring 29 for the gig …

     

     

    Shameful

  15. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    ASonOfDan 16:23 on 25 January, 2013 A Ceiler Gonof Rust

     

     

    The hilarious thing is that the zombies worhip him and believe every word that comes out his mouth.

     

    ………………………………………..

     

     

     

    ASoD, that’s the bonus ball. Is it any wonder the term “stupid stupid huns” is so frequently used when discussing their fantastical idea’s.

     

     

     

    Smashing init:-)

  16. I think Celtic wanted a professional company to deal with the travel after Seville to be honest. The ticket office got some grief. I was in a few times sorting tickets out for various matches for our CSC and there were people going mental.

     

    There is no excuse for the home matches though. Disgusting amount of money for a home game. If people pay it they will continue to do it though.

     

     

    LB

  17. Pfayr

     

     

    Shameful indeed. The club has cancelled tickets in the last few weeks from various SB holders who tried to sell them at a vast profit. And rightly so.

     

     

    But then lo and behold the club is found out to be the biggest ticket tout of the lot, and is even so brazen as to advertise the fact.

     

     

    Makes me sick.

  18. The Battered Bunnet on

    At least one in five people, including half of schoolchildren, were infected with swine flu during the first year of the pandemic in 2009, according to data from 19 countries.

     

     

    It is thought the virus killed 200,000 people around the world.

     

     

    A World Health Organization-led study looked for evidence of the body’s immune system fighting the virus.

     

     

    It showed large numbers of people had been infected, although not all would have developed full-blown flu.

     

     

    The H1N1 virus first appeared in Mexico in 2009 and rapidly spread around the world.

     

     

    An international group of researchers looked at more than 90,000 blood samples before and during the pandemic in countries including India, Australia and the UK.

  19. canamalar

     

     

    You are making me want to watch that movie again and I don’t think it is on Netflix. I had so many xvids on an old computer when the wee chap was, wee.

     

     

    newzbin&newsleecher.csc

  20. Estadio Nacional on

    Petec 16:22

     

     

    Great to see counter attacking goals, seen quite a few Juventus games re-shown on AlJazeera, most goals against them are through a counter attack….

     

     

    Sammi Rass is essential for both these games.

     

     

     

    EN

  21. Gene's a Bhoys name on

    Pfayr

     

    Thomas crook Package is £250 with hotel but no travel – present from my son

  22. The Battered Bunnet

     

     

    16:35 on 25 January, 2013

     

     

    I just know it is now a lot harder to get Camu Camu powder than it was back when the Scare stories were happening.

     

     

    That Peruvian superfruit, really is super, IMO. ;))

  23. even after the jelly and ice cream phase, and the constant mirth and sore cheeks from laughing, RC ran with this comment on the sports bulletin this morning :

     

     

    “Charles Green has told Ally McCoist that Ibrox could be expanded in the future, by adding a 3rd tier to the govan stand, and filling in the corners , if they are back playing champions league regularly in the future”

     

     

     

    that one is just brilliant, utterly utterly brilliant.

  24. Estadio Nacional

     

     

    If everyone is fit, Neil will deploy Broonie behind the Striker in the away game. ;))

     

     

    And that will win the tie, IMO.

  25. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    Petec,

     

    Just thought of another character to include

     

    The crocodile administrator, can you hear him tick tocking back onto the scene :oD)))

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