After a home defeat to St Mirren in November precipitated Gary Holt’s resignation as Livingston manager, the West Lothian club have won all eight games played, by any measure, they are the form team in Scotland right now. They were 13 points behind fourth placed Hibernian after that St Mirren defeat. Hibs have played three games more than Livingston since then but the gap has shrunk to 7 points.
That should illustrate how Livi will be a more difficult opponent than Hibs were this week. New manager, David Martindale, will fancy his chances of making a name for himself at Celtic Park tomorrow.
Celtic are still without their 13 isolating players, as well as the long-term injured, although Nir Bitton returns from suspension and will likely replace Stephen Welsh. I expect David Turnbull to move into the middle at the expense of Tom Rogic, with Ewan Henderson starting on the right as he finished against Hibs.
Neil Lennon might be thinking long and hard about Diego Laxalt, who conceded the late foul Hibs equalised from on Monday, and did the same at Ibrox, preceding the corner kick Newco scored from. It is not totally Diego’s fault that we cannot defend set-pieces satisfactorily, but we need to find a way to stop him conceding them. Replacement by Greg Taylor is an option.
I have no suggestions as to what we do up front but would not be surprised if Mikey Johnston moved inside. On the positive side, Livingston will not know what to expect from us.
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Ernie- agree,the Board are trying to play the victim card re the banners,why not have 24 hour security to stop it happening?
Guy
A pro would certainly take on a pink from its spot
Lambert14
“Huddleboard, when it was confirmed that we would be going.
No idea what hour, minute, second and millisecond I posted it.
Why should I have made the comments on Smithers too?
I go on different sites on different day.”
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I read the Huddleboard regularly though it is a long time since I posted there. I don’t recall anyone being prescient in decrying the Dubai trip in advance, though I may have missed your unique response.
Celtic announced approval of the trip, by the JRG, on the 20th November- was it near then that you commented (I don’t need exact date and times to research this)? Or was it when the commnetator repeated that announcement in the Sevco game that you posted i.e. during or shortly fter the match? Or are you referring to some other “announcement” when you were informed of the trip?
Was your criticism largely based on the threat of Covid or based on the players not deserving a “treat” for their efforts, or both?
Which character in The Simpsons do you imagine yourself to be?
I’ve thought over the years that we’ve had a few Scottish players who will get stuck in but get found out badly at European level e.g. Barry Robson.
Then, we have ones who don’t fancy the Scottish game but look quite comfortable in the CL – e.g. Jiri Jarosik.
Not that many who were comfortable in both environments. Other than Henrik.
Greenpinata
The way I see it
We will be living with covid19 for the foreseeable future.
The purpose of the vaccine is to reduce the stress on the NHS by reducing the effect the virus has on the most vulnerable. After 2 doses it will give up to 90% immunity.
My mother in law got the vaccine this afternoon. I’ll certainly be signing up.
TBB earlier ( well obviously !):
`….the twinning of Terry Cassidy and Liam Brady was conceived out of wedlock.`
:-))))
Greenpinata @ 4:31pm
` Rightly or wrongly it is certainly food for thought.`
Why is it food for thought if it is wrong?
Do you think the vaccine is a waste of time or am I misreading your post ( very possible !) ?
Greenpinata
Forgive me for butting in on TBB territory
I think that rather cynical social media response does not understand how the scientific method works.
In short, just because you don’t know everything about the disease and its mutations does not mean that you know nothing.
Vaccine protections are not cures (just as TET thought he was providing us with something surprising when he stated this; I would have thought that most people knew the distinction between a protection and a cure).
No scientist at this stage would want to commit a firm YES to any 100% protection from the vaccine, the mask , the social distancing or the lockdown measures. We remain vulnerable and unsure of all the effects until we have started to implement them.
The interventions are being continually measured, and the projections continually re-modelled to take into account new information. We thought the virus would mutate but we did not know how exacly. Our best reading, at the moment, is that the vaccines will still offer protection against the new strain but that the new strain spreads faster than the original so it becomes ever more important to roll out the vaccination programe as fast and as widespread as we can.
We did not know at the beginning that you could catch this virus twice. We now have evidence that you can.
Each vaccine that has been trialled and passed for use, has published its success rates, based on a) treating the original virus and not the new strain and b) on the basis of the particular doseage and dosage intervals between first and second jag (if applicable) that they trialled. None of them offered 100% protection but some suggested we could achieve quite high levels (95%).
So, there is now way of knowing whether you are in the 95% or the 5% after vaccination is completed. There is not even continuing certainty that these are the figures for the new mutation- it may be less effective- it may be as low as 75% and 25% but that remains better than 0% and 100% which were the respective figures beforehand. No protection and an inevitability that it would spread to near everyone.
But each step (distancing, masking, vaccining, lockdown etc;) offers one more layer of protection. We will know more about what level of risk remains for vaccined people once we have a significant sample of completed vaccinees to research this on. Very few have had their 2nd dose as yet.
So, I deplore that rather cynical social media attempt to equate a willingness to admit what you don’t know yet with a portrayal that you know nothing. There is a less than subtle push being made their to promote a line that “The experts know nothing” .
Sadly, on Facebook and elsewhere there is a lot of this around, coming from people who could not describe to you how the scientific method works (or coming from Russian bots seking to sow mistrust and cynicism).
PETETHEBEAT on 15TH JANUARY 2021 5:00 PM
I’ve thought over the years that we’ve had a few Scottish players who will get stuck in but get found out badly at European level e.g. Barry Robson.
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apart from scoring against Barca >
GREENPINATA on 15TH JANUARY 2021 4:31 PM
Dumb and tendentious series of questions, inaccurate and misleading answers and a list of illogical conclusions.
Lets storm the Capitol.
The Huns won’t be ordering Mundo Sportivo anytime soon.
From their article on Moussa’ transfer to Atletico Madrid. You don’t need Google Translate to catch the drift bolded here.
“El Lyon, que pagó 22 millones por Dembélé en agosto de 2018 para ficharlo del Celtic de Glasgow. Precisamente en este club se ganó el apodo de ‘Hunskelper’, que es una suerte de ‘título honorífico’ que los hinchas católicos le dan a sus jugadores por su desempeño en el club, especialmente en los partidos ante eterno rival, el Rangers. Se deriva de los términos ‘hun’, con el que se designa a los hinchas del cuadro azul y ‘skelp’, que es golpear.”
Gents,
Many thanks for the answers ‘re the vacinne. I guess TBB will give a more detailed / informed answer.
This is legimate questions everyone is asking. It is not anti vax in the slightest
Although I agree with Gene that the virus in some form will be here indefinitely, the vax gives us hope.
It was interesting looking at the latest data stating that previous infection gives T cell and antibody protection equivalent or greater than the vax itself.
There must be a way out and the vaccine seems the best vehicle, because lockdown cannot continue indefinitely. Even the WHO state ” Lockdown is a blunt tool, the only sure thing is that the poor get poorer “.
Thanks and Rgds to all.
SFTB – Brilliant, thanks for posting :-)
SFTB
I hope you will thank ernie for summarising your post for you :-))
Ernie,
Much ” talking” and saying nothing with no answers ; logical or otherwise.
Let the poor eat cake.
If I pot the green , but the white ball hits the blue and goes into the pocket, does my opponent get 5 points , the white respotted, the league suspended and Peter Lawell requiring snookers,
or did i get matters a tad conflated.
The green brigade urging others to join the trust has one of those it will end in tears type feelings.
The generational differences , and methods i dont think will sit well,
and I know that they supported each other through various campaigns.
Saint stivs
The answer as always
“Penalty to rrraaannngggers”
The Moussa pictures , is it just me , and I know he is brilliant, but he never looks as imposing as he did in the Hoops.
He doesnt suit all them other colours.
Still a hero by thew way.
Pemalty to Rangers was a good retort.
HS
Ernie’s response was certainly more succinct and a bit gruffer than mines.
It’s down to your old response of querying the line “My opinion is as good as yours”.
We are left arguing in that unprovable arena unless people are willing to state what filters they use to measure the truth of anything.
If you take the Eamon Holmes line that you can’t criticise the 5G sceptics because “they may have a point” then you have to concede that flat earthers might be right and the diskworld theory of “Elephants All the way down” is as valid as The Big Bang Theory.
Incidentally, Eamon Holes, who was querying the effects of 56 radiation was quite happy to get paid big bucks to advertise Revitive therapy which consist of shooting impulses directly into your feet.
Charlatan of a man. Hingin’s too good for him; it’s agood kick up the backside he needs
I don’t know what 56 radiation was, I meant 5G.
Though mistyping Eammon Holes was less of an innacuracy
I was once in a Heathrow lounge waiting on a flight up the road, when Big Eammon came waddling in, speaking loudly abusing an assistant on his mobile phone, he positioned himself at the closest available counch to the soup and sandwiches plinths.
He defended the space like lion with fresh kimpala.
Boy could he eat, quite something,
My team for tomorrow
Hazard
Frimpong Welsh Duffy Laxalt
Soro Robertson
Johnston McGregor Turnbull
Dembele
I suspect, however, that Mikey will be asked again to make the best of it upfront on his own and that Henderson will be shoe-horned into the RM postion instead of say, Dembele
Livi are in great form but I think we can beat them with this team if Duffy is calm again and we defend set plays better. We cannot avoid conceding them so we have to get better at defending them.
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 15TH JANUARY 2021 4:57 PM
Go get him Tiger, you certainly are not one to disagree with – unless you’ve got your facts lined up, I’ve no plan to disagree with you any time soon :-)
Sports priorities on BBC lunchtime news were
1) Test cricket involving England and someone
2) Test Cricket involving Australia and India
3) A football story- West Brom Ladies team get a new manager
4) Ladies Netball in England
Football must be losing its audience badly
SFTB- Null and void needs thrown in there….
SFTB
Since you name checked me, you are a mind reader now it seems telling us what I meant, wrong T, my post was in response to the folks who were-are under the impression that the vax will make everything Ok again, it won’t, as you will all find out in the coming months, GP is asking genuine pertinent questions and the government propaganda hoards are rounding on him like a pack of rabid huns, shocking, you should all have a look in the mirror at yourselves, disgusting behavior.
Porto v Benfica live on Freesports Sky 422,9pm….
From the previous blog.
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 15TH JANUARY 2021 11:23 AM
Marspapa @ 09:30
“a hundred and one other thoughts that i didn’t put down ……Thank f i hear you shout lol”
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No such shouting from me.
Beautiful post.
Give us more
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Cheers , that must be a first for me :))
Regardless who we put out tomorrow our fitness levels in the last 20 minutes has been dire/ questionable.
FAIRHILL BHOY
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KEEP THE FAITH
TET
I thought my response to GP was very civil
I see Kilmarnock and St Mirren have won their appeal and the previously forfeited games are to be played
FANADPATRIOT on 15TH JANUARY 2021 3:15 PM
Good Lord ,Livingston will be our toughest opponent,does anyone look at their squad of players.
correct , we are in a sorry state ,how far we have fallen.
Jason Leitch has conceded the Scottish Premiership is in a ‘fragile situation’ and the season might not be concluded.
SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster refused to rule out out a ‘null and void’ scenario if the Scottish football has to be curtailed for the second year in a row.
whenever we can travel again –
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Is the Celtic Trust the political wing of the Green Brigade?
I think we should be told!
RC on 15TH JANUARY 2021 7:13 PM
Remember the panic to keep old Rangers in the top division for fear of civil unrest (did I really use ‘Rangers’ and ‘civil’ in the same sentence)?
Can you imagine the outcome if the league was null and voided?
Our very own Capitol hill comes to Mount Florida .
Saint Stivs – Robson did score against Barca but he also had a shocker.
He was running around after Xavi, Iniesta, Messi etc like Corporal Jones. It was verging on embarrassing.
Not the first to have a bad game against those guys, though.
Great player to have gainst Hamilton on a wet tuesday night, anyway.