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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. midfield maestro on

    Can’t resist going up to Orcs in Central Station asking today’s result. Aye okay, a few glasses of Pinot “dutch courage” Grigio has helped. Shake the heid wae a big smile when they tell me result. GIRUY.

  2. The Boy Jinky on

    Jj

     

     

    We need to respect our opponents .. our record in this cup does not merit complacency

     

     

    But if we beat the saints tomorrow we play the sinners on paddys day so the motivation should be high

  3. thomthethim on

    JJ,

     

     

    Even if we don’t beat St. Mirren and we won’t know until full time whether we have or not, the Card Leveller will still have to be applied during the game.

     

     

    We arra Celtic.

  7. lionroars67 on

    Interesting Kenny Shiels debate on shortbread

     

     

    How often does a SFA committee decline any refereeing report, by dismissing the referees version………………………….

     

     

    Dallas refused to attend a secondary meeting when requested by Shiels lawyer, would Dallas have been subjected to questions by Shiels lawyer in second meeting?

     

     

    Kangaroo set up

  11. Saint Stivs on

    sally really really sounds like a condemned man.

     

     

    surely he really knows inside he isnt a football manager.

     

     

    he should walk away,

     

     

    or shuffle zombie like dragging a foot behind

  12. Tontine Tim on

    Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon

     

     

     

    17:53 on 26 January, 2013

     

     

     

    Ambrose, Lustig and Watt all have one League Cup booking this season – I’m assuming that’s what would count towards suspensions if we make the final?

     

     

    *Efe’s ot in Africa and the other 2 will probably be on the bench…so look for a straight red.

  19. ianinascoli on

    After the disappointments last season I wouldn`t want another trudge home from Hampden.

     

    I`m sure the team won`t take anything for granted.

  21. roy croppie on

    PeterScarff

     

     

    W Collum

     

     

    JJ

     

    I don’t think we’re taking anything for granted just speculating if we get there. Be great beating them.

     

    Hail Hail

  23. Gene's a Bhoys name on

    Corkcelt

     

    But he’ll be staying in the car park -that’s where he gets the best view

     

     

    ThirdeyedwillieCSC

  24. Saint Stivs on

    sheils on shortbread is pretty explosive stuff.

     

     

    jus stops short of saying scottish football is corrupt.

  25. ArranmoreBhoyLXV11 on

    HH

     

     

    Can’t wait for the MSM monday media spin.. As I text here, Wilson & Grant et al at the Herald and Jackson at the Daily Ranger and the sun ” mob” are scurrying away looking for a story that’s positive..

     

     

     

    Can we write the Monday headlines?

     

     

    Sally has eye on Drogba. Sally demands to know why Montrose kept eleven men on the park as Ian Black feared for his life…

     

     

    Chuckles says shares are booming. Minty hints at return to bigotdome. Walter may return to dugout..

     

     

    The usual myths and spin..

     

     

    The best bit is… YES we ARE laughing.. And yes we’re laughing at you, Sevco!!

     

     

    JCGE

     

     

    HH

  30. lionroars67 on

    Kevin Mckenna article

     

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/26/kevin-mckenna-scottish-independence?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

     

     

    Pertinent section in article for internet bampots

     

     

    I ought to point out here that my relationship with the Cybernats, as they are sometimes dismissively described, has been, well … a thorny one. Most professional journalists will tell you loftily that they pay no attention to the bloggers. “They are amateurs and bampots,” is the common refrain, but they are lying. The best of them have very healthy readership figures and the writing is often of a high standard, if a little rebarbative here and there and sometimes obsessive. Following one article I wrote a year or so back, in which I had been unkind once more to the SNP, one of them elegantly slaughtered me in a piece entitled “We Need to Talk About Kevin”.

     

     

    I can’t really complain, though. In another piece I described the Cybernats as gargoyles and social misfits. After all, we’re talking about the future of Scotland here and we Caledonians are nothing if not disputatious. “If you see a fight,” an old black human rights activist once declared, “get in it.” The same ought to apply to the debate on Scottish independence. Some people will get hurt and there may be casualties but best not to take things personally.

  31. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Jungle Jim, you should have gave me a shout for the game on tuesday night. I could have saved you the train fare. My brother said he’d been corresponding with you when we met for dinner and pints before the game.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    P.S. Well done the Gable Endies. That wee chubster is some manager.

  33. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! 18:08 on 26 January, 2013 Is the game on the telly tomorrow?

     

    ………………………..

     

     

    Philbhoy, I think the game is on BBC1.

  34. Philbhoy - It's just the beginning! on

    A Ceiler Gonof Rust

     

     

    Thanks! I’ll get to watch that one.

     

     

    Sacked sky/espn last year.

  38. ASonOfDan on

    Fat Sally doing the angry man routine again to cover for the fact he is a crap manager.

     

     

    running at a loss in the Third Division.

     

     

    LOL!

  40. Glendalystonsils likes a mr whippy with his lime green jelly on

    sipsini

     

     

     

    17:45 on 26 January, 2013

     

     

     

    Sally talking in riddles on snyde,we do live and die as a team!!

     

     

    Sally yer team is already dead.

     

     

    Mibbe he meant to say “we die and decompose as a team”

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