Celtic comfortably reached the Scottish Cup quarter final with a 0-2 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle this afternoon but the home team will rue two moments of suicidal defending which gifted Celtic the important chances. Georgios Samaras put his laces through the ball to score from a tight angle before Scott Brown converted a penalty after Gary Hooper created a chance from nothing.
Hooper tried a cocky back heal early on after creating a chance for himself but Inverness keeper Tuffey blocked. Nick Ross was first to test Fraser Forster with a shot from the 18 yard line but the keeper dived to his bottom right to turn the ball round the post. Meekings had a good chance from the resultant corner but Kelvin Wilson blocked.
Kris Commons started his first game in over two months and could have converted but missed his shot after Hooper cut back from the goal line. Samaras and Commons then combined well to setup Hooper for a shot from the edge of the box that was saved by Tuffey.
The opening goal arrived after 33 minutes when Commons played a forward pass from deep which Ross Tokely should have cleared but didn’t make a clean contact on, allowing Georgios Samaras to run clean through and thunder an unstoppable shot from a tight angle high into the net.
Five minutes after the break Matthews, Brown, Commons and Hooper combined in the best move of the game before Hooper crossed but Samaras shot from 6 yards flew over. Moments later Samaras had a chance from even closer when Ledley crossed from the left but he could not turn his attempt from three yards goal-wards.
The Greek striker was continually a threat and got on the end of a Mulgrew free kick to head from 12 yards but the attack was temporarily cleared. Gary Hooper collected at the corner of the box and passed deep to where he thought Scott Brown was but on seeing Brown was elsewhere the Englishman chased after the ball and robbed Proctor on the line. The Inverness defender then tripped Hooper as he closed in on goal to concede a penalty. Scott Brown converted with the kind of ease that will have Neil Lennon wondering how his team managed to miss so many penalties in the last two years.
James Forrest replaced the tiring Commons and ripped up the field before shoot wide from 8 yards as Celtic closed out the game comfortably.
Let’s hope we get a home draw in the next round. Although, Tannadice would be acceptable….
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St Stivs
dont worry about that…
googybhoy is a WRO he will rep CRC at his appeal..
No apologist
Quite intentional mate, key word for me being ‘comfortable’, have a nice Sat evening fellow Celtic fan.
timbhoy
You asked for a spare ticket for today, I offered you one.
You declined. Why?
Saint Stivs says:
4 February, 2012 at 19:01
Victor
Hope you are donating your weekly pension to the Vanessa Riddle appeal :-)?
http://www.justgiving.com/vanessa-appeal
Jack
£247,000 today.
keep up the good work everybody.
http://www.justgiving.com/teams/vanessariddle
googybhoy
It was some loonball on FF asking if Hargreaves would do a turn for the Gers.
Obviously hasn’t noticed the “who’s that” of world football booling in and booling straight back out of Murray Park this past few weeks due to cash restrictions that even could overcome.
This total lack of awareness or this denial or whatever it is will make the pain all the more acute when it fully arrives.
Good.
Gotta go for a shower. First night out in ML5 for some years.
Sophistication? Don’t talk to me about sophistication. I’ve been in The Whifflet Arms!
SwanseaBhoy
Saint Stivs says:
4 February, 2012 at 19:08
£247,000 today.
Thats sum pension!! Are you pals with Sir Freddie Goodwin?
Eek!
It’s snowing.
In that there London.
SwanseaBhoy says:
4 February, 2012 at 18:52
I know there’s a view that the penny (arcade) is dropping with our, ahem, ‘neighbours’ but this wee gem from Follow Follow suggests there is some way to go before many of them leave the Denial stage of grief. Worryingly, thenext stage is Anger.
But anyway:
Hargreaves Leaving Man City
I know the guy is injury prone but does anyone think he would do a turn? I reckon he would take a wage cut to get playing football again.
SwanseaBhoy
LOL
I dont know whats actually the funniest part.
That he thinks they can pay even 10% of the wages he gets just now, or that he would go to them to ‘get playing football’
Just brilliant.
Were there any good replies………???
:-)?
is that a pipe ?
vg.
also on clyde today caller quoted CQN, The Thai Tims and Reamonn appeal.
again, just tremendous.
TootingTim says:
4 February, 2012 at 19:11
No snow in Glasgow, just rain!!
Is that why you had penguins during the week?
HH
CRC
As witnessed in Inverness and over the UK today , enjoy !
The Huns Are Going Bust
Minus ten here Tooting…and a boot a fit an’ haulf of snaw!!
I’m going nowhere!!
SP
Back from the party in Inversneckie and I’ve just had my tea.
I’ll have a wee read back on CQN and see what the miserabilists have been complaining about this week :-)
is it just me but as muchas I love what is being done for Vamessa lets not forget our wee man over in Belfast who is going through the same..
blantyretim says:
4 February, 2012 at 19:06
St Stivs
dont worry about that…
googybhoy is a WRO he will rep CRC at his appeal..
We would need to argue that he walked the whole ten miles in “severe discomfort”.
Not sure even I could win that one.
;););););)
Bigjie
Oh how we enjoyed.
Now that they are an object of national ridicule
do you think they might consider giving it keys ?
Or are they going to continue with the masquerade.
Either way it’s good.
Folly Folly says:
4 February, 2012 at 17:08
Monaghan1900 said at 16:05
‘… Permaragers on FF in overdrive howling at the moon … They’ve thrown their medication away and are ‘phoning Northern Constabulary in their droves apparently.’
I have doubts about the veracity of that comment, I mean, how many of them would actually get as far as speaking to someone at the Constabulary? Have you considered how difficult must it be to press all those digits when you’ve got cloven hooves … ?
Good point and I imagine picking up/holding the ‘phone would be equally challenging – they’re just lying!
FF
Remember De Nile is not just a river in Egypt
from FF
Do you think that Rangers will still bring someone in?
A striker (free agent) in the next week or two?
_______________________________
Re: Do you think that Rangers will still bring someone in?
Maybe Jaager? He is a free agent and apparently impressed everyone on trial.
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He’s a right back
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ally said that we have money but not enough to improve the squad
bigjie
mini BT said there was a song about the taxman. do you have that one..?
The BBC seems to think that this is the first time snow has fallen this winter. They would make me vote SNP sometimes. Many of their London staff couldn’t bear moving to Salford. Have they any idea of life north of Watford?
Easy win for City..3-0
Excuse me what do you like to be called handicapped disabled or physically challenged.
I politely replied Paddy will be fine thanks.
I’d need a time in the game to look for it BT
blantyretim says:
4 February, 2012 at 19:19
It is very difficult to differentiate between many good causes! You just have you go where you heart lies!
CRC
and here are the goals btw ……
http://www.kirkintillochemerald.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13352
If, and it’s a big IF
they had any dignity left
they would throw themselves on their swords
and admit they had done wrong.
Bigjie
she thinks it was second half near the end…
sorry mate no more info..
whats that coming over the hill is a tax man…
blantyretim says:
4 February, 2012 at 19:19
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offcourse, Oscar is the bhoy.
Paul67 et al
Like Montrose, Lenny has led the famous Scots-Irish Brigade to another famous victory, this time over the English led Calvinists. Time to head South to Edinburgh and deal with Cromwell’s other flunkies, the faint Hearts of Midlothian. Vanquish them all that is what I say!
Whit, a sash kebab?
LuboJinky
Del also said abt Aluko. “He paid his miney”. Now thats a first!!
I tink te taxman song was…
“Whats that coming over the hill, is it a taxman”
Lubo
Stivs
indeed he is….
bigjie says:
4 February, 2012 at 19:13
That clip brought a tear to my eyes, absolutly superb……
BT , im on it….
Some-one mentioned Billy Joel’s ‘We didn’t start the fire’ as a possible sountrack at Ibrokes at this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=011Q0I2CChU&feature=related
So……..I picked up the baton, and went for it.
I’ve had to flush out my laptop with dettol after searching for the names on a ragers site.
Enjoy.
And if anyone fancies recording it, I want the youtube link.
WE DID’T PAY OUR TAXES
Charlie Adam, Alex Rae, Jonas Thern, Andy Gray,
Peter Huistra, Adam Little, Derek Ferguson,
Terry Hurlock, Lex gold, Marching down the main road,
South of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Barry Ferguson.
Queen and crown, Fracas, Ross McCormack, Orange sash,
Bigots, Gavin Rae, and their signing policy
Graeme Souness, Hate green, England’s got a new queen,
Liquidation, Auchenhowie, No more Euro pay day.
Chorus
We didn’t pay our taxes,
We were always cheating, while our drums were beating.
We didn’t pay our taxes,
Hector didn’t like it and we tried to fight it.
Terry Butcher, Sandy Tait, Jock Shaw, Catholic hate,
Derek Johnsone, Alex Rennie, Swa – lex Ferguson.
Alan Hutton, Red Socks, selling orange football tops,
La-nark-shire, Ayr-shire, Duncan Ferguson,
Green Straws banned here, Songs of hatred very clear
Lodges, referees, and the dodgy EE BEE TEES,
Colin Jackson, Tax Grief, Rangers got a new chief.
David Murray, Kevin Thomson, All our Friendly referees
Chorus
We didn’t pay our taxes, we were always cheating
while our drums were beating.
We didn’t pay our taxes
Hector didn’t like it and we tried to fight it
Davie Weir, Walter Tull, Ally’s football, Very Dull
Masons, Orange band, Fighting in a foreign land
Colin Stein, Michael Ball, Playing anti football
James Beattie, Sandy Clark, Playing in a run down park,
Avi Cohen, Kris Boyd, Ten seasons, all void,
Davie Dodds, Amdy Faye, Liquidations on it way.
Darren Cole, Hateley, Season tickets give-a- way,
Baxter, Gascoigne, Big players nearly gone,
Chorus
We didn’t pay our taxes, we were always cheating
while our drums were beating.
We didn’t pay our taxes
Hector didn’t like it and we tried to fight it
Dodgy chief a billionaire, Jelovich no longer there.
John Brown, Jack Pray, Wee Hector’s on his way,
O-leg, Sa-len-ko, just like Tore Andre Flo
Kris Boyd, Jim Bett, Ally’s got no cheques
John Fleck, Robert Fleck, Whyte has got a brass neck,
15 points, blown away, what else do I have to say?
Chorus
We didn’t pay our taxes, we were always cheating
while our drums were beating.
We didn’t pay our taxes
Hector didn’t like it and we tried to fight it
Ray Wilkins, Walter Smith, Whytes billions just a myth,
Court Case, Court Case, Monies due, Court Case,
Durrant, Durie, Paul Le Guen, At the sheriff Court again
Ally hasn‘t got a clue, Neither do the fans in blue,
Transfer window, shut again, Whyte has let them down again,
Homeless soon, Looking doom, Davis, Edu, Hector’s soon,
Players wages on the line, Whytie might be doing time,
Padlocks on the ibrox doors, they can’t take it anymore
Chorus
We didn’t pay our taxes, we were always cheating
while our drums were beating.
We didn’t pay our taxes
Hector didn’t like it and we tried to fight it
But when we are gone
You can still walk on, and on, and on, and on
Moon bhoys
Cheers and a good, relaxing evening to you.
Savouring a victory for the 15th uninterrupted occasion with a few beers and the expectation of many, many more celebrations ahead.