I’ve seen nothing of Stefan Johansen but I’m delighted we have signed a central midfield player. Deficiencies up front are glaring, especially in the Premiership, but in Europe, the critical area is central mid, where we need to control more than we did this season.
Central midfield protects your defence and provides the foundations strikers stand on, it has been an important area for Celtic to strengthen since losing our top man last summer.
Conversely, Scott Brown is playing his best football since joining Celtic in 2007 but, as his European adventures were nullified by disciplinary action, the gap was unbridgeable. Honourable mentions should go to Charlie Mulgrew, Beram Kayal and Joe Ledley, but in the case of Charlie and Joe, they were asked to play secondary, or tertiary roles, while Beram was promoted from well down the pecking order to a Champions League starter.
Please observe the usual caveats when a new player arrives. New club, new city, new tactics, team mates, match officials and game atmosphere, Stefan has a lot to assimilate in the coming weeks. It took six months for Victor to settle and at least as long before Mikael, Scott and Joe looked their best.
For Stefan and Holmbert Fridjonsson the primary objective of the next six months is to prepare for Champions League qualifiers, closely followed by a Scottish Cup tie against Aberdeen in three weeks.
Welcome to Celtic, Stefan. You have a fantastic opportunity ahead.
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good night and ghod bless all you bhoys
HH
TET
On a very serious note and genuinely following the debate, Celtic’s silence is arguably the only preventative measure in place, to save the lives of Celtic supporters, living in Glasgow especially.
‘Social unrest’ really meant ‘blue murder’
It is a tinderbox city and the people believe they have a grievance despite
Celtic’s uneasy unpalpable for many silence.
bada bing:
:-)
Doc
Did wan oh thems no jump oot the the window that ??
I’ve just entered the nuclear shelter in the garden. Now (even though I am a scottish and irish nationalist-always through peaceful means), I don’t believe that politics belongs in sport. Sport for me is where people actually put politics to one side and enjoy competition. If they don’t, sport is knackered. Moscow/LA.Munich olympics etc.
With this wishy washy Martin Luther King rather than malcolm X attitude, I can’t actually find any evidence whatsoever of celtic being a ‘political’ football club.
Founded by the superb Brother walfrid, I’d say we were formed (in no particular order) to:
1- Emulate Hibs success, much appreciated by the Irish community
2- To feed the Catholic poor in the east end
3- To stop starving Catholics being influenced by those nasty protestants who were feeding the east end Catholic poor also
4- To deliver a dynamic Catholic football team.
If I was pressed to define celtic, I would describe us as an inclusive but Catholic football club. Even though I think the Vatican may possibly be where satan lives, I can live with that. All the local Marist brothers I was taught by were cool.
No official document ever mentioned politics.
Celtic are not a political team- born in Ireland and catholic, but not political.
Personally I find all the wee Men Behind The Wire really annoying – you aren’t the club. You decided to project your tribalism, prejudices, politics, call it what you will, onto the club, and I’ve had to listen to it for near 40 years. You’d rather chant about a urban guerilla campaign than chant a players’ name. It’s embarrassing.
Anyway, Breaking bad – what a series eh!
macjay1
Too early or is it too late for you to take it into extra time? 【ツ】
BSR, the Club also will be worried, with good reason, about staff working in Celtic Shops in shopping centres.
DutyofcareCSC
Jude,
No came back. In Dec of 87, missed the Hoops to much :-) to see us win for our 100th birthday
2 – 0 against Dundee, top 10 ?
I know it was a Cowie Bhoy who was of the first on the park ( not this one )
Hail Hail
Doc
Foak like you lot ah wis told tae avoid,especially when carrying a Lanny Boattle.
Awerabest PJ
Jude, ? Don’t know.
The Boss on Sky 505
CowieBhoy, my Erchie it was.
day
PapaJ, I am best avoided.
Are you going to CQTeN?
Jude, I got it was day.
bournesouprecipe
23:10 on
15 January, 2014
macjay1
Too early or is it too late for you to take it into extra time? 【ツ】
Your wee scoreline was actually wittier than I had first realised.
10.15 a.m. here.
Nae point in E.T. with a hun ref.,mate.
Really have to go now and accept further accusation of cowardice.
O me miserum.
Doc
Absolutely.
Doc
We were singing “theyll be jumping out the windows when we win” going up Easter Road. Brill & hilarious. Turn out the guy lived in a hungalow!!
macjay1
Ha – honest mistake
CowieBhoy, missed the :-)
Doc
Sorry unable to attend due to domestic reason’s, may be catchup sometime in the future if the chance arises.
Awerabest goodnight folks PJ
Jude
Don’t know about Paul Currie but Justin Currie of Del Amitri is a massive Tim. He tells of a story about an Old Firm game at CP back in the 80s when he phoned CP to try and blah a ticket for the game.
The conversation went something like this: “Hello, this is Justin Currie of Del Amitri. I would love to attend the big game on Saturday, would there be any chance of a ticket?”
After a minute or so chat in the background, he is told ” We’ll give you tickets for the Band as long as you make sure Del comes with you to the game.”
Its the Black Grouse btw.
bournesouprecipe
23:07 on
15 January, 2014
TET
On a very serious note and genuinely following the debate, Celtic’s silence is arguably the only preventative measure in place, to save the lives of Celtic supporters, living in Glasgow especially.
Exactly right. That is what is potentially at stake.
Speak softly and carry a big (proverbial) stick.
TSOB
Justin it is then!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrr
Jude, you have a better memory than me:-)
I remember the chant, but not on the day.
I remember my brother and me, one on my Dads, one on Jim’s shoulders, walking back to the bus, the whole of Leith Walk swaying, scarves held aloft, just a sea of Green and White.
We had been going for a few years by then, but that’s a vivid memory.
Doc.
When are the tickets for entering the Kerrydale Suite getting sent out.
bsr
Aye, I know, lived through it, it was the main reason I left scotland, and have never lived in Glasgow.
So, what’s the answer, serious question ?
As neg2 and many others, myself included are saying, why prop up this sectarian charade, they would see us dead, they will do everything in their power to bring us down, their hate for us is what is driving them.
I have said it before, and will say it again, and will make no appologie for repeating it again, we are not that far away from being akin to a Jewish team playing football in Nazi Germany.
That may sound a tad ott, but I honestly don’t think it is, I could sight countless things to back it up.
Nobody thought the troubles in Ireland would have escalated to the peaks they did, the killings in the Balkans, these things creep up and are well out of control before anyone decides to do anything about it.
We need to get out, no other answer, we stay we die.
HH
jude2005 is neil lennon \o/
23:20 on 15 January, 2014
TSOB
Justin it is then!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrr
………………………………………..
:-))
OT67, when we pay for them:-)
I would expect sometime later in February.
e=mc2 skiving at work
23:09 on 15 January, 2014
Can I agree and disagree?
Vatican us not and never is where the devil is. So er at your work mhan!!
Breaking bad!! Best ever !!!
Hail! Hail!
So er = sober !! Help ma boab ( and I bet that doesn’t spellcheck )
Kevjungle….
If yer back in fae being aff oot…….
There WERE Huns in the jungle at 4-2 game…..you are so WRONG.
My Orc Bro in Law was one of them.
Doc, your auld Da remember getting us the berets yet at that Ipswich game :-)
Night Night Bhoys
And Welcome Stefan
Hail Hail
Doc.
I paid for thirty tickets last week,some are asking,shouldn’t we have proof of payment tickets.
Night all.
MacJay and Neganon.
When you wake up in the morning you’ll both be Tims with Celtic’s best interests at heart.
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2 (2) Bayern Bru Twists n turns 36 73 1088
3 (3) Dougies Donkeys DougC 31 41 1060
4 (4) Norfolk Enchants Sponsored by Cheetah 29 81 1053
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6 (6) Imran’s Maw Dick Byrne 23 51 1035
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8 (7) Thom’s Sellick Thommybhoy 31 81 1031
9 (9) Koln Hoops Kolncelt 32 60 1030
10 (12) The NoNames Kingoh 37 85 1025
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18 (20) Roughrigg Brushers GG 35 77 1003
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29 (31) Athenry bhoys stpatricksbhoy 33 74 974
30 (36) Del Monte Shamrock jammabhoy 38 86 972
31 (18) Hail Hail Rain or Shine FC Jobo Baldie 0 43 972
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34 (39) Weißbier X Pogmathonyahun 38 96 964
35 (21) Minx 1888 Minx 1888 0 52 964
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OT67, a question for P67 or Winning Captains rather than me, I trust them to deliver, sure they will. Get the money from the “guests”. Mine ain’t getting in if they ain’t paid:-)
On this occasion the smiley face is the gag!
CowieBhoy, he does, we spoke about it a wee while ago.