Karagandy manager on Celtic and his own players

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Shakhtar Karagandy Russian manager, Viktor Kumykov, gave an interview after their elimination of the Albanian champions in the last Champions League qualifier.  He talked about his team, which, unlike some in former Soviet countries, does not have an oligarch benefactor or rich sponsor.

Kumykov thought four of his potential opponents were of equal standing, although he clearly respects Celtic’s recent achievements in the Champions League.

He said, “Getting through to the play offs round is historical achievement for the club and for Kazakh football. We hope this is for the start and we would play in Europe regularly. Even if we don’t go to the Champions League, we will play in UEFA Europa League, which means we will be in the elite of the European football.

“We have made it to the group stage of one of the European competitions, which was our main target. It does not mean we can rest now and say we will not fight for more, but our main target is Cup of Kazakhstan. We have never won it before.

“From a football perspective, I think it might be better for us to be in the Europa League than the Champions League. If we go through to the Champions League we will play against much better teams, where we can meet giant clubs. For this we would need to buy few players to strengthen the team. We short of depth and players I have at the moment would not cope with big competitions. I have no experienced players.

“It’s difficult to say who against I want to play. All five teams are better than us. Celtic is different story, they are apart from the others. That team played in the Champions League last season and got through to the knock out round. They beat Barcelona. They beat Spartak Moscow away and at home.

“The Other four are all similar class one to each other but they are all stronger than us. Each of them play at a higher level. The team God gives us will be the team we will play against. It makes no sense to say who we want.”
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  3. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

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  8. Tbj

     

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  11. .

     

     

    WeeFra..

     

     

    Bobby is Not in the Clique..(Yet) and he Retorted to My Comment..

     

     

    The Aforementioned Cliquers continue Talking as if l was Randall & Hopkirk..(The Deed Wan way the White Suit)..

     

     

    One of them l Even Called my Rabbit after..The Other Won..Well he does Not have a Leg to Stand on…Literally..

     

     

    Never Mind..

     

     

    Guys Like Kelvin Wilson speak the Truth..

     

     

    Like Sammi..

     

     

    Summa

  12. BT

     

     

    Correct me if im wrong here. .. but im guessing the tv was on some gash channel. .. you had the laptop on your knee on cqn… and mini was socially networking on her I phone

  13. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    WEEFRATHETIM

     

     

    Haha,I don’t do cliques,how very dare you!

     

     

    Bassas never invite me….

  14. Summa

     

     

    Yer an ozzie biatch.. I was taking to you this morning… went to gym and home and just catching up.

     

     

    Give thar wabbit a cos from me btw

     

     

    Weefra

     

     

    Dinny listen to that summa .. next he will tell you he was a fan of big sammi afore me ;)))

  15. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    THE BOY JINKY

     

     

    BT disnae watch gash channels.

     

     

    His missus won’t let him….

  16. Doctor Whatfor on

    Sir Walter Smith cordially invites bobby murdoch’s curled up winklepickers to join his clique. Bring yer own apron and goat.

     

     

    There ye go, neebur. ;-)))

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    Anyone wanting a go on the

     

     

    CQN NAPS CHALLENGE

     

     

    Go to the end of the previous article and do your bit.

     

     

    That includes you,KITTOCH!

     

     

    My punting has been garbage since you stopped passing on yer tips…

  18. Interesting listening to the comments on our CL opponents on shortbread with Jim Spence & a Scottish player based over there in Kazackstan,he says they are a very physical team with a backline and midfield who are nearly all over 6ft plus

     

     

    They also like to play long high balls into there opponents box a tactic which gets them most of there goals,,which I don’t think that with the departure of kelvin Wilson this is good news for us,i think we may be treating this tie to lightly and which will prove very difficult indeed

  19. TBJ

     

     

    He’ll never luv big SAMMI like mrsweefra. She adores the ghod like. :))0

     

     

    Weefra HH

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    DOCTOR WHATFOR

     

     

    Not a chance. He wisnae good enough for my Kilwinning clique,he certainly isnae good enough for my Swindon clique.

     

     

    Keeping it exclusive. Inviting nobody. Best way to have a clique-otherwise it’s a bloody club. I don’t get asked to join them very often either!

  21. Morrissey the 23rd on

    tonydonnelly67 ‘ @ 20:14 9/8/13

     

     

    I was kettled on the Gallowgate. I broke no law. I did not misbehave. I am 42 years old. My club gave me no support.

     

    I would have hoped for support from fellow Celtic supporters like you and not a “LOL!”.

     

     

     

    Saint Stivs @ 14:19

     

     

    bt.com/sport/BT-Sport-on-Sky/index.html

  22. BT

     

     

    In 2002 .. when I was first in the US .. my mate from IT invited me to his house on the Sunday

     

     

    I drove 40 miles. .. chapped the door for ages. Eventually phoned his cell phone ( us patter) … he let me in and I followed him down to the basement where his wife and two sons were playing some internet game on separate computers. He invited me to switch on another PC and join in….. no thanks says me.

     

     

    Surfed the net for toc talk for a while then asked if he wanted me to go get food ( didnt take any square sausage with me)

     

     

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    I went home … never went for sunday ” lunch” again

  23. Doctor Whatfor on

    murdochauldandhay. 14.51

     

     

    I hope we are’nt treating the tie too lightly but in my opinion Kelvin, a player I grew to like as he developed, is not a great header of the ball. He is fast on his feet but not strong in the air.