Shortly after Elfsborg cracked one against the crossbar last night I quickly scanned the Celtic team and had a thought. For the second season in a row we are taking on the Swedish champions but we’re missing two of last season’s big performers and none of this season’s new signings were ready for action. In short, this was Celtic 2012 minus Wanyama and Hooper. No wonder we looked unstructured.
Joe Ledley brought some vision to central midfield when he arrived, hopefully banishing the Brown-Kayal partnership to hidden corners of our mind once and for all. Anthony Stokes playing at the front of a wide diamond was equally effective. With the signing of Amido Balde, bids in for Kevin Doyle, and the addition of a wide-delivery-expert Derk Boerrigter, clearly Neil Lennon has a different plan for the months to come….. so there’s no real need for me to state the obvious.
Defensively we looked solid after a shaky opening few minutes. I’m not the only one who was a bit nervous about Efe Ambrose after he was (again) caught underneath a long ball, but he settled quickly. As we know to our cost, being great for 87 minutes is not how Champions League reputations are made, you are judged on your how vulnerable you become in your weak moments.
I said yesterday that Samaras and Commons were the two players who could cope at this level, which became plainly obvious during the game. Georgios was the one player who frightened Elfsborg, they either swamped him with four defenders or fouled him before he got near goal.
Kris is simply the most intelligent footballer we have. He is not the fastest, will never have the best stats, but he understands how games are won and is able to act accordingly. Without these two players Celtic would be distinctly vanilla.
Thanks to those who sent over their 1254125 Great Scottish Run details, I’ll have them on the page later.
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“R*****s are in a s**** place!”
Well said Derk.
HH!!
favourite uncle-watching the freeview on Sky 413
Bada Bing!! i only have BT.VISION.it was supposed to start 6pm.
Finish a report on a Celtic new signing by talking about Sevco. My own fault for watching hun tv.
Lion Roars 67
I remember my dad – who was old enough to have seen Delaney, Napier and Crum- telling me they were talking rubbish. The words ‘they lack class’ remains etched on my consciousness
Parkheadcumsalford
My uncle Alex – the only survivor of the three men who took me to see Celtic all those years ago- never really liked Paul McStay when he was a player. Now? He’s mentioned in the same breath as Murdoch , Auld, Crerand etc.
Jimbo
My old dad reckons one the finest Celtic players he had the pleasure of watching was Jimmy Delaney.
Other favourites:
Bobby Collins, Charlie Tully, Bobby Evans.
HH!!
Someone needs to let derk into the open secret … rangers are dead son…
don’t suppose we could afford Darren Bent. Price is ok I feel but wages could be a hurdle.
KINGLuBO
ok got it now .right bit of luck i missed CLAIRE BALDING there.re/tuned again. BIG BIG PS IS CRAIG BURLEY on BT.??????
1 -0 to st johnstone
Whit Ah hiv Proposed, Notwithstanding..
Ah wid not be Hostile tae the Idea of Neil..
taking a Wee donner . doon tae Petticoat Lane..
And Picking up a Nice.. Prolific Striker frum an Unfashionable English Team’s .. Barrow!
Hey..It could still Happen!
There is Time.
Kojo
Still Laughin’..and Happy as Larry.
McLean scores for St J (according to the BBC) 0-1
Saints alive! Perhaps Scotland’s coefficient will improve this season.
Saints dark horses this year!!
Well done..
Brilliant from Saints.
Lets hope they hold on and get the win and then finish the job next week.
Another shameless plug bhoys and ghirls!
Lunch in aid of SiMBA
The Lola Commons Ladies Lunch
Sunday 15th Sept at the Grand Central Hotel go on treat the lady in your life and get peace to watch the football at the same time!
We also have bhoys only table which you can bid for! Be served your pints by one of the WAGS and I promise I will stay away from your table!
A few surprise guests on the day … well ok you can probably guess most of them !
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Well done St J. One up and the vital away goal
1-0 st Johnstone
Bert Kassie coefficient crazy!
So…..1-0 on the night.
Elsingborg are chasing the tie…..
They need to open up……
We take a goal……
Tie over…….
New players get up to speed…
Its all good I think
Favourite Uncle. My BT Channels are working fine.
Minx
. treat the lady in your life.. what if she aint a lady … ;)
TBJ – all the more reason to send her along to our ladies lunch… where she will fit right in :-)
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Just back on, thank you for your offer my friend but number 2 daughter has said she will do it for me online tomorrow, Its not much but every little helps.
Looking forward to September and catching up, I may even stay a little longer this time.
Have you decided on a venue yet ?
Any celtic friendly place will do as they should get our money first :))
Stupid zombies…
From BBC
Rangers say they’ll seek clarification over
what they believe are anomalies in
punishments handed out to them and other
clubs in administration. Hearts today received
a transfer embargo until the end of January
2014, while Rangers were fined £50,000 last
summer.
A club statement says Rangers also received
a 12-month registration embargo but that
was initially handed out for bringing the game
into disrepute.
ASonOfDan
18:37 on 1 August, 2013
Stupid zombies…
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They talk the sheggite in govan
Are they for real or what
sheik yerbouti
Fat Jabba does not know his a*** from his elbow. lol!
Minx
What if shes a zombette ?
3 Scottish teams in Europe this week and zero tv coverage. You would almost think the msm wanted the Scottish game to die…
TBJ – then tell her it’s a sell out :-)
They’re saving their footballing budget to allow them to show live coverage of the deid club’s games.
First thing on BT Sport Scottish coverage,a tour of Murray Park with Sally……meet the new boss same as the old boss….
EL DIEGO BHOY
Yes,mate. 28th.
Looking for venue suggestions.
Mail me please at
bmcuwp@gmail.com
Ridiculous Armageddon chat comes back to haunt the MSM.
Great win for the Super J’s tonight.
Cap doffed to the well run club.
St Johnstone win one nil
St Johnstone win 1-0 in Belarus.
Finished 0-1, well done St.J
Absolutely Brilliant Saints.
Another 1-0 away victory for the coefficient and for them with a great home record in Europe.