Instant gratification is no good for people, it gives our brains the wrong signals, but still, when it comes………. Within 4 minutes of making his Celtic debut Daizen Maeda opened the scoring against Hibernian. It was his first chance, his first proper involvement in play and pivoted the game away from Hibs, who should have already been ahead after Joe Hart and Josip Juranovic pondered in their six-yard box.
Such was the anticipation ahead of last night’s game that for some of us it brought back memories of Jorge Cadete’s debut against Aberdeen (delayed by maleficence at the SFA), or Paulo Di Canio’s against Kilmarnock the same year. Maeda’s impact was every bit as clinical. His 90 minutes was reminiscent of Kyogo; constant movement, gyroscopic balance, few touches and an outcome-determining performance.
If Maeda had a dream debut, Reo Hatate’s reached fantasy levels. When we first heard of Reo he was operating as a left back, with the cursed title of a utility player. The transformation he brought to Celtic’s play had to be seen to be believed. His role was to create and then utilise space, the former achieved by perpetual movement, the latter by ranging passes that switched play and swiftly pushed Celtic forward.
As a consequence, it all looked too easy for Celtic. They had options everywhere, a teammate in space, a forward pass tempting them into attack. Hatate’s movement impacted what happened everywhere on the field. It was a kind of omnipresence, even when he was 40 yards away (the limit of his distance from play), he was still consequential.
With so many playing their first game in over a month, the relenting pace of the first half could not continue. Celtic reduced their pressing after the break and saw the game out. With five substitutes available, it was curious that Ange Postecoglou waited until 74 minutes before brining on Yosuke Ideguchi, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Mikey Johnston.
Our third and final debutant of the night had a lot to live up to. Yosuke adopted the No. 6 role at the back of the midfield, with Callum McGregor moving one place ahead for the remainder of the game. He did enough to show comfort and competence on the ball, as Celtic subverted Hibernian hopes.
As I said above, instant gratification misleads our brains. My brain has already extrapolated last night’s performance across the remainder of the season. Let’s agree that at the very least, Celtic have embarked on an exciting road.
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GARYGILLESPIESHAMSTRING on 19TH JANUARY 2022 5:40 PM
memory not a sound from the pavement
VP😂
Emory, that blinking board again 😜😜
Huns. I would say the sevconians who trashed George Square to celebrate winning the league are definitely huns, however, the sevconians who condemned the huns for trashing George Square, I’m not so sure about. The polis who escorted the sevconian huns on their way to trash George Square were definitely huns.
Anybody else thinking that our slightly more pedestrian midfielders might have dropped down the pecking order after this January?
HH
JHB,
Very interesting far reaching answer.
As you state there is only so much money to go round and we will prioritise.
The B team scenario is interesting. Barrowfield will be redeveloped as part of the East End regeneration and we will have an agreement with the Emirates.
This will be our hub and there will be opportunities for community involvement.
I have my doubts about the viability and long term future of Lennoxtown.
Woman’s football must figure in our redevelopment plans. This is only natural and inevitable as ongoing change will dictate.
Inventive thinking must be employed to enhance the usage of our facilities and the match day experience must be looked at creatively ( I thought Dominic Mckay was the man for this )
Interesting however on Monday night the attendance was phenomenal, despite virtually no match day experience . Plenty positives to develop
The academy in its current format will change, there is little doubt of that.
Cheers and HH.
PS : Celtic’s value to our traditional home in the East End is massive and we will grow it. Our position for negotiation is strengthed when massive employers like Tesco pull out.
the point about O’riley is his comfort on the ball (take and pass like mcgregor) as well as his instincts to immediately look for forward runs (like tom rogic does). He can also score goals and has some much needed physicality about him. From what I see , I like.
I can’t tell if he has pace – I do think our team needs some pace defensively since we are so open at the back.
I trust Ange judgments so far
I think our new recruit, if he signs, will be nicknamed Baba.
I cannot accept the claims that rebuilding the South Stand would leave empty seating areas in the increased capacity.
I went online yesterday to purchase a ticket for a family member for Celtic v Dundee United. Yesterday was 12 days before the game and there were approximately 50 tickets available and no 2 seats together. Another certain sell-out.
Also, we have a season ticket waiting list. Upgrade the main stand facilities and they will come.
GREENPINTA @ 6:17
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I agree that Lennoxtown, Barrowfield & East End regeneration will feature large in our infrastructure plans going forward.
Lennoxtown was probably a reaction to Murray Park at the time – that is not to denigrate the development – however perhaps it’s time to ‘come home’ to where our roots lie.
The East End is now making great strides to challenge the West End, as the ‘place to go’ & live in – Celtic at the heart sounds good.
Scottish Premiership will shut down for month during Qatar World Cup
By Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland
Last updated on16 minutes ago16 minutes ago.
From the sectionScottish
Scotland celebrate
Scotland have reached the World Cup play-offs and could feature in Qatar
The SPFL has confirmed the Scottish Premiership will shut down for around a month next season in November and December to accommodate the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Clubs will hold 16 rounds of fixtures between 30 July and 13 November, before halting until 17 December – the day before the World Cup final.
The final round of top-flight matches will be on the weekend of 27-28 May 2023, with the Premiership play-off finals on 1 and 4 June. The Scottish Cup final is likely to be on 3 June.
The League Cup final will take place on 26 February, with the semi-finals on 14 and 15 January. This will be a change from recent seasons when the competition was completed in the first half of the season. The group stages will start on 9 and 10 July.
There will be a busy festive spell of fixtures, with clubs playing five matches in 15 days between 24 December and 7 January, including on Christmas Eve and Hogmanay, which are both Saturdays.
The lower leagues will continue during the top-flight shutdown, playing a combination of league, Scottish Cup and Challenge Cup matches.
In recent seasons, Premiership clubs have taken a two-week break after the festive period but this season’s interval was brought forward as a result of temporary Covid measures.
Scotland have reached the World Cup play-offs and face Ukraine in their semi-final on 24 March, with the final five days later.
Around the BBC – Sounds
Fat Charlie called up by Columbia, out of the Derby game
Tom ,
I hope you are correct and it works out.
However not that long ago the top tier was closed due to lack of interest.
No Huns in the league led to no demand for the seats.
New Huns in and the crowds returned, although BR a factor.
dearie me, I think I will move to the upcoming bohemian area –
The average sold price for a property in Dalmarnock Road in the last 12 months is £83,277.
Different property types in Dalmarnock Road have different average sold prices over the last 12 months:
Detached: N/A
Semi-detached: £150,000
Terraced: £148,000
Flats: £64,500
Have you seen it on an orange festival day ? did you see it when they won the covid league ?
The SPFL has confirmed the Scottish Premiership will shut down for around a month next season in November and December to accommodate…………….corruption? A despotic regime? A tournament facilitated by the use of slave labour?
Farce.
Tom
Point noted re number of available tickets for sale. However, not all season ticket holders attend all games.
Seems to be revenue vs atmosphere argument.
Separate point, some talk of ladies teams. Do Celtic see this as a threat or an opportunity? Make no mistake, a ramp up of WSL down south, could see Scottish football relegated down the Sky pecking order even further.
In both cases, we need to be careful what we wish for.
lets ignore the reality, celtic should move its ALLREADY PAID FOR EXCELLENT TRAING FACILITIES back to the east end.
It was not a response to Murray Park, It was a aspirational ambition of Tommy Burns.
He went all over Europe to look at the model of others.
Out of town, was not to detach from the fans, it was to give a privacy for training.
You would think some people dont knnow out history or even what happens at the location.
Ps, it should be renamed THE TOMMY BURNS CELTIC FOOTBALL ACADEMY
https://www.celticfc.com/history/celtic-park-stadium/lennoxtown-training-complex/
Baba o Riley
https://youtu.be/x2KRpRMSu4g
HH
SS,
The East End comprises much more than Dalmarnock Rd.
I suggest you research Dennistoun. You may be in for a shock.
dearie me, I see that exodus of the wealthy professional classes flooding into the east end for proxity to ?
The East End is now making great strides to challenge the West End, as the ‘place to go’ & live in – Celtic at the heart sounds good.
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House Prices in Queen Margaret Drive, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow, G20
Properties in Queen Margaret Drive had an overall average price of £279,280 over the last year.
Overall, sold prices in Queen Margaret Drive over the last year were 34% up on the previous year and 27% up on the 2019 peak of £219,271.
GREENPINATA on 19TH JANUARY 2022 7:00 PM
SS,
The East End comprises much more than Dalmarnock Rd.
I suggest you research Dennistoun. You may be in for a shock.
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I know that little Denniston enclave favoured by the luvvies, but that is barely a road and a square.
UNCLE JIMMY
Good points.
I understand that not all ST holders attend every game, but I would imagine that most ST holders in that situation pass their cards to friends & family.
Also, any such ST no shows would be spread around the stadium rather than one big area of empty seats.
Your right I am shocked.
You could buy 2 flats in Denniston for the price of one in the east end enclave of denniston
House Prices in Dennistoun
Properties in Dennistoun had an overall average price of £144,739 over the last year.
Overall, sold prices in Dennistoun over the last year were 4% up on the previous year and 19% down on the 2009 peak of £179,787.
Speaking of house prices. I sold my Edinburgh flat for £350k yesterday.
God knows what the council will say if they find out.
old classic tom, still funny.
AT , SFTB. Don’t cry don’t raise your eye. It’s only teenage wasteland. A great song from a superb album.
Baba O’Riley intro – My phone ringtone.
I hate it when it goes off and some schmuck says: Oh CIS.
Big WHO fan me.
Does anyone know if the Huns have an allocation for 2nd Feb?
my first place away from home at 18 was in Dennistoun. Armadale St, beside Duke St.
As a student it was grand, nice clean place, chippy, kebab shop, supermarket near and easy walk to town and Celtic Park.
Never tried the pubs as i was a student and tended to drink in the Union. Some really nice flats up that way plus a park etc
Ffs
Nick Hammond not havin an easy ride.
Anyone know the answer to this?
I was looking at SPFL table and noted that the teams currently in the top six all play Sevco at Ibrox in the next set of fixtures. Therefore in the last set of matches after the split Sevco would be technically be due to play them all away from home. Clearly that won’t happen so if things stand as they are now does that mean that they will reverse the fixtures and the Huns will play 2 off (Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen, Motherwell) at home rather than away. An unbelievable advantage if so.
Hoping that someone will tell me I’m talking rubbish here.
i see Harry Styles has chosen Ibrox over CP for his Scottish stadium date . So much for the disco lights investment
Fully respect suggestions that an expanded stadium may not sell out frequently.
A lot depends on the running of our club.
If there is consistently a great “product” (we’re improving under Ange) and, perhaps even more important, a strong emotional connection between fans and club at all levels (long way to go)
I think 60k+ crowds regularly is doable.
“Build it and they will come”
I remember when Celtic Park was behind developed.
Crowds at Hampdump weren’t great and genuine questions were asked about the size of the stadium Fergus had planned.
(If you recall, many UK stadiums had capacities in the 40-45k range at that time. Old Trafford was the outlier).
We returned to 2 stands and 34,000 capacity
… and filled it
Then we added that rubbish wee temporary stand with 3,000 seats … and filled it
Then we built the Lisbon Lions Stand with 13,000 seats …. and filled it
Then demolished the wee stand and built the Jock Stein Stand taking capacity to 60,000 … and filled it.
Just finished reading:
THE YOUNG TEAM
by
Graeme Armstrong
About the teenage gangs of Airdrie during the 90s & 2000s. Armstrong was one of the Young Team. He later went to college & uni to study creative writing.
The book is written entirely in North Lanarkshire dialect in the first person.
Very much influenced by Irvine Welsh who is Armstrong’s hero.
A tough read. Full of bloody violence and sectarianism.
The narrator is a Hun who drinks in the local Orange Lodge. Some of his best mates in the YT are Tims.
Some great moments of humour and tragedy.
Very well written. Really enjoyed it.
Chairbhoy
“Yet sectarianism is what it is and many of the songs the GB sang on Monday were sectarian.”
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Now, i did not listen to all of it and I dislike much of it, for what its worth, but why, precisely, is it sectarian?
Your original definition is shot full of the same holes that the OBaF Act had. The existence of a divide, or two tribes, does not a sectarian conflict make. Otherwise we would have to see Sheff United vs Sheff Wed as a sectarian conflict.
My wife and I are united in marriage but have a gender divide to overcome- is it sectarian? Did it stop being sectarian when gender was no longer binary?
I played Sport with fans of the old Rangers- guys whom I would trust and whose company I enjoy more than other fellow Celtic fans. Am I part time sectarian? Was that in your definition?
You have seen a variety of viepoints and usages of the term “Hun” on this site only. With that degree of imprecision- how can you end up boxing it into a clear category of “Sectarian”?
Most of the songs being sung at fotball matches by Celtic fans are freely available as records and downloads on UK sites. They are legal to buy, listen to and play. You cannot make them illegal just at football.
There is a legal definition that can get some Celtic songs in trouble. It has to do with songs re illegal terrorist organisations. It is a pretty stupid law- nobody singing about Likud or Archbishop Mykarios or the Mau Mau will get prosecuted- but it is a law nevertheless. The result is that very nice tunes like BOTOB are probably technically illegal but they are nowhere sectarian.
My position is that, in this phase of Irish politics, there is less need of the Rebel songbook and that it has become too dominant in the GB play list. I don’t want any individual song banned due to stupid laws or unworkable definitions but I would like a voluntary reduction in the ratio of rebs to Celtic songs. I never want these songs to disappear or for anyone to feel shame for them. Any current legal ban will not stand the test of time. The reasons for banning are as stupid as the reasons Gerry Adams’ voice was dubbed- those reasons are childish, brainless and counter productive.
I am in favour of “anti-sectarian” education though I’d prefer a better term for it since Sectarianism cannot be defined easily or well it seems. I am not in favour of the law becoming more involved as we already have pretty good Hate Speech legislation.
But whatever I am in favour of personally, is neither here nor there as I am not the one singing these songs. If the GB are reading the condemnations from their Gammon Da’s on CQN, they are only going to redouble their efforts to annoy our sensibilities.
The people who can influence this are The Republican movement themselves. If they chose to tell the GB that they were taking liberties in singing these songs at these times, there is a chance that this could be influential in reducing them but otherwise, our best bet is to outsing them.
Either way- it’s a long shot.
Green & White Tiger, I would need to double check to be sure but as far as I know, if the top 6 remain the same, the Huns will have 3 away games after the split, 2 of them are us & Aberdeen,
That would mean that one of Hibs, Hearts or Motherwell would have to make a 3rd trip to Ibrox.
Sorry Green & White that doesn’t make sense, I’ll have a look later & see can I figure it out better.