The stage is set. Dundee United, the club who were last to beat Celtic, stand in the way of their treble ambitions, as the clubs meet on three consecutive occasions next month. The first game, a Scottish Cup quarter final at Tannadice, is the most crucial.
United lost their best two players last week but they remain they will know that beating Celtic at home will make them favourites for the Scottish Cup. They will be far less confident at the following week’s League Cup final, Dundee United expectations are always low at Hampden, but pressure will be on the club to win their home game.
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And the winner for silliest post of 2015? Step forward … bgx.
Proudbhoy – totally agree re DCFC. Their player development record is outstanding in recent years. I have spoken to fans of other SPL teams about this, and can’t understand why the Scottish clubs are not all over them, trying to get guys from their squad who are showing potential.
DD
Sorry, don’t recall that one.
Do remember a couple of 2-3 losses to them in the 70s, one of them at Celtic Park in ’74 or ’75.
Around the time Murderwell had a claret sash on their strips, I believe.
GM
I was amazed at the amount of Fifers whose only team was Liverpool or ManU, when I lived in Kirkcaldy in the 80s. Something I had never experienced in Glasgow.
hankray
00:01 on 11 February, 2015
The young are always attracted to the winners on the big stage like the Barcelonas, Man Utd, Real Madrids etc. Hard to compete with that.
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so the EPL/Champions League is the be all and end all of European football….. is Sky allowed to set the agenda for the next generation ad infinitum…..might as well give up supporting Celtic…..never ;-))
H.H.
SFTB
:)
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fritzsong
00:12 on
11 February, 2015
And the winner for silliest post of 2015? Step forward … bgx.
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l Demand a Recount..;-(
Summa
luxcelt
00:12 on 11 February, 2015
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It has been excellant.
Watching mccourt on one wing and mcginn on another wing was brillant.
Then james mcclean.
Probably the best of the lot is still there..patrick mceleney . Sadly he hasnt the determination or desire needed since he walked out of sunderland at 16/17.
Recieved a hard time from kevin ball from what iv been told.
Hes just back from a trial at brentford so hopefully that wakes him up abit to step up a level again.
Beatbhoy
They did. Airdrie still do, I believe.
DD,
Aye there’s a good few.
I know some who would travel down for games pretty often.
It’s kinda why I took a shine to Everton at school. Just to noise them up :)
DD
Not that there’s anything wrong wi’ that, of course.
Purely decorative!
GM
Good Toffeeman! :)))
The Lurkintim……………..even English kids wear tops with Messi or Ronaldo printed on their backs.
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Sutton says Celtic reaching Europa League final bigger than contesting 2003 Uefa final
RONNY DEILA leading Celtic to the Europa League final will be a bigger achievement than Martin O’Neill reaching the 2003 Uefa Cup final.
That’s the verdict of a man who should know – Chris Sutton, who was a key player in the Hoops team which lost in extra time to Jose Mourinho’s Porto 12 years ago.
Sutton has been vocal in his criticism of Deila’s initial time in charge of Celtic – particularly when they crashed out of qualification for the Champions League not once, but twice.
But the former striker has been impressed by how they have fought back to qualify for the last 32 of the Europa League.
If they can now go all the way to the final in Warsaw in May, the forthright Englishman reckons that will surpass the run to Seville.
Sutton said: “I think it would be more impressive. In my day, Celtic certainly had more money to spend.
“There’s no getting away from the fact the budget has been been cut, or gradually been reduced.
“But the club has shown intent by tying down Scott Brown and getting the Kris Commons thing wrapped up.
“And I do believe, when you look at Celtic’s starting eleven, if the players play to their capabilities, they can give anybody in this competition a run for their money.”
The next major test of that theory will be posed by Inter Milan, who come to Glasgow a week tomorrow.
And Sutton agrees with Deila when the manager says he believes they have a chance a grabbing a positive result to take to the San Siro.
He said: “I think this is a 50-50 game, and easily the biggest tie of the round. There are lots of clubs left, but this is an intriguing tie, for many reasons.
“The longer the season has gone on, Celtic seem to be more comfortable. Domestically, they seem to be winning in first gear. I don’t think they have been majorly tested.
“You can’t fault the players for that, and they go into this game full of confidence against an Inter Milan team who are struggling.
“Inter won at the weekend, which was a morale-boosting result for them, but I think that’s only their third win since November and they are about eleventh in the table.
“Their president said this is their best chance of getting into the Champions League next season (by winning the Europa League), so they will be taking this game extremely seriously.”
The news Commons’ hamstring injury – picked up at Dundee on Saturday – has put him in a race against time to make this tie is a huge concern.
Mikael Lustig is already out, possibly missing both games, after twisting an an ankle at Dens Park, while Charlie Mulgrew is another absentee.
Sutton, who was speaking on behalf of BT Sport, and will be part of the BT Sport team covering the game live, admits this is stretching Deila’s squad.
He said: “When I saw Commons go off at the weekend, that worried me. It also worried me when Lustig had to come off limping.
“I prefer Lustig to (Adam) Matthews defensively. Lustig gives you the impression he is far more solid and he makes better decisions.
“Matthews, in an attacking sense … he scored a good goal at Hamilton. But, he will be tested.
“Commons is obviously an enormous blow. But him and Lustig are both big players to lose if they don’t make the tie.
“And if Commons has a grade one hamstring, it’s hard to see him making the first leg because normally they are 10 days to two weeks, so it will be touch and go.
Summa
Beatbhoy
Less offensive in Scotland than our Green & White Hoops!
Sometimes in life when we are going through difficult situations we face choices about whether to keep things to ourselves or share our experiences with others.
In my life I usually only share things with my brother or my wife but since I’ve been posting on CQN I have felt that this blog to be a safe place to share things that ordinarily would remain in my family circle.
The support I received over the previous 2 days has totally overwhelmed me.
TBH, I had not intended to post about my experience with the sevconians but for some reason I did.
Thinking about it now I realise why I did. I was stressed out and putting on a brave face for Isobel.
I couldn’t tell my family how I really felt as that would have resulted in them being even more stressed about the situation.
The words and messages of support from posters on here really made me feel humble. I lost my way in life for a few years, I have so much to make amends for, this blog and some of the posters on here have helped me understand that there is another way.
I still have my faults, hopefully now that I recognise them I am able to correct them.
Thank you.
Geordie Monroe…………..thanks for that observation that EPL. Is not unique to Ireland and also rampant in Scotland
Eddie
YNWA
Delaneys dunky
I found that 2-3 game on YouTube just there.
I won’t post a link to a defeat, obviously.
Interesting to see some great players we had, Kenny, Danny, Dixie, HH, Paul Wilson, Steve Murray; the state of the pitch; stonewall penalty denied by MIB, of course; and to hear Arthur’s unique commentary starring ‘the ball’s out in front’, ‘sennnsaaayshunal’ etc.
hankray
00:28 on 11 February, 2015
The Lurkintim……………..even English kids wear tops with Messi or Ronaldo printed on their backs.
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so, we should give up…..stop lookin to maximise our revenue streams…..( this hurts me ) accept we’re an irrelevance in Europe….nah
H.H.
Eddie
Get tae yer bed wi yer lovely wife. We’ll never let you down, and as DD says, YNWA. With you all the way kiddo. KTF.
Mrsweefra got a big day tomorrow with her CT scan. Cot time now.
Night Night Timland.
Lurkintim……………..absoloutley not. Celtic is a have part of my life. We never know what the future holds. We are still in Europe offs.
WeefratheTim
00:42 on
Hope things go ok tomorrow mate.
Ffs weefra,
get tay yet bed applies tae u, ahh Wednesday…..hope scan goes well for your good woman….hope their not lookin fur yur brain ;-)/
H.H.
Lurkintim……….sorry for the typos. Tablet is a curse.
PistonBroke
23:26 on
10 February, 2015
Bit of an obscure question here but….. Does anyone know of a celtic bar in southern Cameroon? Nothing showing on Celtic bars. May be spending the rest of the season there. Thanks
There must be.I used to hear them advertising at Celtic Park every game.
“Err a Cameroon bars and Spearmint Chewing Gum”.
beatbhoy
23:30 on 10 February, 2015
Leftclicktic
That photo reminds me of the time fog caused a game v Hibs to be abandoned with not long to go, and us 1, maybe 2 down.
It had also started raining during the game . . .bottles!
Only time I’ve been on the pitch, to escape them.
I remember where I was that day. I was a boy scout at newbigging camp in an old school near carnwath. We were 2-0 down with about ten minutes left when it was abandoned. We were all listening on the tranny.
hankray
00:46 on 11 February, 2015
Lurkintim……………..absoloutley not. Celtic is a have part of my life. We never know what the future holds. We are still in Europe offs.
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positive mental attitude…..even wen it’s going against us…..essential…..;-))
H.H.
Thanks ghuys, cot defo now. Nighty.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Govan monopoly.
;-)
https://twitter.com/SovereignAnnie/status/565307807617269762
HH
Turkeybhoy
SFTB @ 11:30
Piston Broke
“Bit of an obscure question here but….. Does anyone know of a celtic bar in southern Cameroon?”
“Unlikely you will get a positive answer but…
I do remember a wee guy that used to stroll around CP shouting “There’s your Wrigleys chewing gum and There’s yir Cameroon Bars!”
Maybe he knows”
Great minds think alike. . . What’s the second part of that phrase again??
Hoop hoop hooray
As I dodged the bottles, I was kinda wishing I’d stayed in with my dad to listen to the radio too!
One of the weirdest experiences I’ve ever had at Paradise, wandering on that fog-bound pitch.
Just watched Episode one of Better call Saul. Strange stuff.
I missed the early 80’s, got into Celtic late 80’s, was a jungle tim…..cannae remember much…..lost my way…..drugs, drink, work, death…..now bak to human ;-))
H.H.
Hip hip hooray
“I remember where I was that day. I was a boy scout at newbigging camp in an old school near carnwath. We were 2-0 down with about ten minutes left when it was abandoned. We were all listening on the tranny.”
Leave the gender stuff oot! :-)
Kikinthenakas
Asked my old man today – wer wer u during The Cup Final 67 – answer – pub (only 15) or t.v., zero enthusiasm…. no wonder some of us hav to educate ourselves…..again …..;-))
H.H.
Difference between Elbows and Talbot – IMHO
Talbot was reckless and dangerous resulting in a shocking outcome. But, I do not believe he intended to hurt his opponent.
Elbows deliberately targets his opponent, fully intent on inflicting damage.
To be honest, the stamping is a trivial concern. His targetted elbow to the back of LGs head should be punished severely.
When you consider the actions taken when there is a clash of heads, how come no action was taken with Elbows assault?
Then when you consider the SFA ban dished out to Tonev for, “on the balance of probability”, saying something offensive. Completely over the top reaction, especially compared to Elbows actions.
Yes, racism should indeed be stamped out of the game.
Perhaps Elbows can use his other ‘skills’ to assist the SFA with that one.
Eddieinkirkmichael.
God bless you and your family mate.
Please stay strong and do not let them get to you or get you down.
Keep keeping on .