Since Martin O’Neill arrived 15 years ago, the number of games Celtic have played with truly no pressure on is less than 30 (or about the same number we played the season before he arrived). There’s almost always an angle when Celtic take the field, even after the league is won, whether there’s a cup final to prepare for, or a close rival to take on (as last week), or a trophy to collect (as next week).
But not tonight. Tonight Celtic can take the field with a broader agenda than simply winning the game, we can experiment. Hopefully we’ll not see players the manager doesn’t want, and there’s little point filling the team full of mainstays of the side. Tonight is a chance of Darnell to continue his rehab, for Lukasz to give Gordon the night off, for (deep breath) Stefan Scepovic to lead the line!
Big Jason has had a fantastic season, but unless there’s enormous changes in Manchester, he’ll wave goodbye next week, so give Eoghan O’Connell a start. It’s also an occasion when Ronny might want a look at Tom Rogic. In fact, I want a look at Tom Rogic.
A change at goalkeeper, right back, central defence, centre mid and striker would give all areas of the team a fresh feel. Let’s have it.
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Just nicked back in for a wee whisky night cap… can’t stay away, love the attention an feel all empowered like two Celtic lunches empowered like I’m really important and people like to listen to me because I’m a two lunch whore… anyway I digress…
You boys, and girls, be kind to yourselves and if you can’t keep your soul… then don’t let it go cheap.
Ah! feck it I forget what I was going to say.
Like when others forget the meaning of morals and ethics and rather than preach… practice.
Not a betting man myself but I’m going to shove a few dollars on the Fransicians to hump the Marists 600 to Nil.
Trust me, not that I’m a gambling promoter, but lump your house on it.
Oh! so I am a gambling promoter, ah! well, on here I’m home, no morals, no social ethics, what price my soul?
Celtic quick news – not lazy journalism. I’ll give you a Black 5 to 1 on that.
One of the 70.
Stop pretending. It is obvious that you have a towering intellect. Such is its height, the rest of us can’t see it.
Whale meat is delicious by the way.
Clint Eastwood might be a dame? Yikes!!!
Good afternoon CQN
Safe journey to all travelling to and from the
Game tonight
Come on you Bhoys in Green
Glasgow’s Green and White
Hail Hail
Mt
Going out shopping then, having my nails done.
Have fun CQN.
Perhaps if we played the celtic way(2 up front) Scepovic may have got more chances, a striker lives on confidence not playing erodes this, just look at guidetti,s form,new manager required
west end of east end
14:19 on 15 May, 2015
Funny
Agent Green –
If Ladbrokes were only sponsoring the SPFL on condition that Rangers get through the play-offs, I am sure they would have held off until it was definite, ie Rangers win promotion.
Or are you really suggesting that Ladbrokes . . . er . . . took a risk with 4m?
Meanwhile back on planet Earth.
Rogic is an anagram of Corgi.
Just sayin like
HH
Who is Rogic?
Have the samaritans started charging or somert??
Paradise Panorama
Stefan Scepovic it’s a hard one to get your head round, i thought when we went for him he’d be a decent signing, then when he kinda changed his mind on us i thought the warning signs were there and his heart was not really in moving to the SPFL.
He’s a proven goalscorer of that there is no doubt, maybe it’s the rough and tumble industrial football in scoddland that has not impressed him, maybe it’s the game we play doesn’t suit his poaching quality’s.
Every time i’ve watched him in the Hoops we dont seem to deliver enough balls through to him that he can make the most of.
It’s a strange one indeed.
Give him 90 min’s tonight and let’s see if he offers anything more than he’s shown, but give him some decent balls to chase, or maybe even some decent crosses as he’s no bad at the headers also.
Without your pound notes they can’t strangle you.
Your pound notes twine the cord that restricts all that you hold dear.
My god! a dilemma.
What do I do?
Do I man up or do I bleat like a shagged sheep?
Your conviction; your conscience, your future generations to answer you apathy to.
Hey who said life was easy.
Man or a mouse.
Bleat bleat or squeak squeak or whatever deflated mantra echoes around the Haggis Republic this morning.
Up the skint but committed Haggis Republic.
Oh Rhay and God help those as we race to decompose our souls as is our God given right to be hubris whores.
Nah not us.
Nah.
Must be a lot of Tims on here stand to win a lot of money with the racing certainty that the Orcs will fly through the play offs…
Now if I was a betting man:))
Geordie Munro
14:45 on
15 May, 2015
Have the samaritans started charging or somert??
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Perhaps? I looked what phase the moon is currently in – can’t blame it on that…
Judging by my workplace and CQN today the whole world is going a bit doo-lally!
Good article, I think from what I read earlier on RD will also rest Biton and Johansen, Mulgrew to make a comeback?
Is Wakaso still crocked? He looked like he had potential early on
Starry,
The prices were often posted on here. I’m thinking not many put their money where there mouth is.
HH
Mike,
Agree with all of that.
Hail Hail
Davidopolous,
It’s going menthol.
And that’s even before Jamesgang turns up:)
TBB
Stefan Scepovic looks like he was just introduced to the team before the game started – every game he appears in he is like that.
He looks disconnected from the rest of the team – footballwise, humourwise, socialwise (copyright C. Nicholas)
He needed a goal or ten earlier this season so that he could have felt part of Ronny’s revolution, but his ship has sailed this season.
I don’t know if he is going to weigh anchor and chart a new course back to the mainland, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
kitalba
Sounds like you have more info on Tom Rogic than us – he’s hardly been seen by Celtic fans.
Many thought that Stefan Johansen was ill suited for Celtic, not good enough, too small, too lightweight, just a Ronny favourite etc..
I have seen some talent in the little of Rogic’s play that he has given Celtic…
Talent and footballer’s potential are curiously fragile flowers: I spoke to an older pro a few years ago who said that when he played in schools/youth football, Archie Gemmill was a very run of the mill player, but he was very, very fit. In his early days at St Mirren he was very injury prone too.
Big Jock believed in a blend of runners, tacklers and players and for me a successful team is still a careful blend. I think that Ronny’s blend could make good use of a non injury prone Tom Rogic, journeyman or not.
As to what have we become..then I guess the answer is we have become something, that in our youth, we never expected a Celtic team to be…
A team containing very few Scots and even fewer natural inclined Celts.
Still Celtic. Still my Celtic. The players and managers who have come to Celtic and left as some of the biggest Celts is one of the nicest things that I have witnessed.
COYBIG
Starry plough…
I would be more inclined to put a bet on league reconstruction than thems going up.
Just got my phone back from it charging in the BV, my god that BMCUW can fair talk:))
Geordie Munro
14:53 on
15 May, 2015
Davidopolous,
It’s going menthol.
And that’s even before Jamesgang turns up:)
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Best log off before that bampot surfaces ;)
starry plough
14:49 on
15 May, 2015
Must be a lot of Tims on here stand to win a lot of money with the racing certainty that the Orcs will fly through the play offs…
Now if I was a betting man:))
THEY may not sail through the play offs. THEY will however feature in next season’s top flight whatever form it mat be in.
Geordie Munro
Plenty of Monday morning quarterbacks to be found all over the internet:))
Got to admit to being surprised they got a result at Queens!!
It only took them untold millions and three managers to get this far:))
FTSFA
starry plough
I don’t think they will fly through the play offs, but I agree with many that they will get though, honest mistakes will see to it, see last week just before one of their goals.
Couple that with Hibs doing a Hibs, they only need to have one bad game and their chance is gone, if it’s Killie, the hun will progress, Mwell, 50/50 then the MIBS kick in, I pray I am wrong, but we will see.
HH
“Many thought that Stefan Johansen was ill suited for Celtic, not good enough, too small, too lightweight, just a Ronny favourite etc..”
Rwe,
The Ronny favorite one used to tickle me.
HH
quonno
Let me get this straight Quonno, The League will be reconstructed against the rules and all the teams in the top flight will vote that through, is that what you are saying??
“Got to admit to being surprised they got a result at Queens!!”
Starry,
Join the club.
I bet Queens to go up :(
RWE:
He is a 5 a side player, a good one, but on the big pitch he has yet to find his feet. Now I’m not going to put the boot into the man for having the ambition to play for CELTIC but you must question the ambition of Celtic to be employing Australian 5 a side players over home grown talent.
We lost a a fair few good 11 a side Australian player to Germany but such is life, we must live within our playing budgets and not jeopardise our Celtic corporate bonuses scheme.
That ‘feed the poor’ Celtic ETHOSE fundamental to the meaning of our club, that is so yesterday.
starry plough
15:01 on
15 May, 2015
quonno
Let me get this straight Quonno, The League will be reconstructed against the rules and all the teams in the top flight will vote that through, is that what you are saying??
Yup. And do you know what. Celtic will be the first with its hand up for it.
Good afternoon Champions,
Is anyone showing the match tonight?
George munro…
“I bet the Queens to go up.”
Could you rephrase that:))
Making 6 or 7 changes is pure nonsense, the guys coming on need a solid structure of established players around them. Otherwise it becomes like a pre-season friendly.
No point in starting Zaluska as he is likely to be gone next year. I’d keep changes to a max of 4, starting Fisher, O’Connell, Rogic & Scepovic instead of Matthews, Jason, Biton & Griffiths. Depending on how game is going wouldn’t rule out one of either Mulgrew, McGregor or even Derk as potential replacements.
I just have a feeling though that Ronny will surprise us and spring one of the younger bhoys like Tierney, McMullan or Donnelly.
quonno
Well we’ll see, that’ll be the end for many many Celts of course…
I don’t agree with you but you have been steadfast in your beliefs over the years..
HH
gie the young bhoys a chance,nothomg to lose.
The fickleness of life as professional footballer.
Paul George has just been released by Dunfermline.
One of eighteen released by Allan Johnston.
Bhoylo83
Celtic TV if you live outside the UK.