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Mancini’s disrespect for Celtic and Rodgers

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Roberto Mancini must have watched plenty of Celtic while planning for the teams Europa League meeting, but there was little to concern the Italian.  So much so, he picked an attack-minded team for the Celtic Park leg, and arranged a four-day stay over in Italy before the team headed to St Petersburg.

For a side that looked to be in desperate need for time on the training field, spending more days at airports and in hotels does not look like wise planning.  When heading to the dressing room on Thursday night, the last thing anyone in the Zenit party must have wanted was more time on the road, after their trips to Dubai and Turkey.  This team needed to get home to find their game face.

It is clear that Zenit failed to show Celtic or Brendan Rodgers sufficient respect in thinking they could win the tie in Glasgow.  They are a powerful side, so the outcome remains open, but the question Mancini will most struggle with, is ‘Where did that Celtic performance come from?’  He has no idea what to expect from Celtic in St Petersburg, nor do his players.

There’s been a bit of chat online about the risk, or otherwise, to Celtic fans in St Petersburg this week.  Celtic’s Supporter Liaison Officer, John Paul Taylor, has been in touch with SLOs from Liverpool, Rosenburg and Benfica, each of whom faced Zenit recently.  Their advice is:

“All Clubs recommend that fans use the buses which will depart from pick up point close to the Petrovsky stadium (see map attached) they stated that this is the safest way to get to the Stadium.  Fans are asked to be at the pick up point at 18:30 and Police will lead the buses in a convoy at 19:00.

“Fans who travel with Celtic Travel should use their own buses and all other fans should use the municipal buses, there will be a few of us on hand to provide assistance if required.  At Full Time, fans who are on the Celtic Charter must return to their own bus as these will head straight to the airport.  I’ve asked that the municipal buses take fans back to the Petro Palace Hotel but it looks like they will only take fans back to the original pick up point, if this changes I’ll update it on my twitter @CelticFCSLO

“The other advice given was that fans should not wear colours if going into town at night, all three Clubs stressed this quite strongly and also advised fans to stay in larger groups, their advice was not to walk around town in small numbers.

“As far as we are aware, taxis are the best way to get around, the Metro is available however Liverpool fans encountered some issues when using the Metro again though this was when it was fans in small groups.”

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  9. Melbourne Mick on

    Hello again all you young rebels.

     

     

    ROBERTTRESSEL

     

     

    How about toasted moon rock and cheese?

     

    H.H Mick

  10. Tontine Tim on

    CELTIC40ME on 20TH FEBRUARY 2018 7:26 PM

     

    DESSYBHOY on 20TH FEBRUARY 2018 7:22 PM

     

     

    Celtic40me

     

     

     

    Less than 3 hrs flying time just over 1300miles, they are 3 hrs ahead time wise.

     

     

    So it is, 5 1/2 hours includes a stop. -11 was the temperature, though, not the time difference. ;)

     

     

    *5 1/2 hours TO tae Glasgow with no stop for refueling, and 5 hours time difference, nae big deal. BTW if its less than 3 hours that’s about the same as the bus tae Aberdeen.

  12. Tontine Tim on

    CELTIC40ME on 20TH FEBRUARY 2018 7:38 PM

     

     

    Some forecasts have the temperature at -15, feeling like -20. I can’t imagine an extra 5 degrees makes much difference in that cold.

     

     

    *Try working on a chimney at that temp, it does make a diff

  13. Hot Smoked on

    Didn`t work. I was trying to do Moon Rock in a circle a la Blackpool Rock .

     

     

    Yorkbhoy

     

     

    When I lived in London, all the Clubs had pretty nasty supporters. I found the general Chelsea support a good bunch.The kind of guys who, if their team was three up with ten minutes left, they would fancy a draw !

     

    That, of course, was pre-Abramovich.

     

    I actually enjoyed the game tonight. Barca had the class but Chelsea were more incisive/direct..I found the contrast quite enthralling.Indeed, I thought Barca were like us but where we pass and play at 33rpm, Barca were 78`s !

     

    JJ

     

     

     

     

     

     

    JJ

  14. Melbourne Mick on

    TONTINE TIM

     

     

    Thats when you get the flu.

     

     

    Sorry mhate still telling the same crap jokes from our big Celtic weekend.

     

    H.H Mick

  16. RobertTressell on

    See shooting stars? Are they things burning up on re-entry? I heard an astronaut say that on tv recently. She said they are often bags of astronauts jobby. In some ways I hope that’s true. In other ways it sounds like keech

  18. yorkbhoy on

    Hot Smoked

     

     

    I found most London club fans annoying but it was the Chelsea nutters that mad me wary of wearing a Celtic top. West ham fans were ok.

     

     

    I t wasn’t that the football tonight was poor, it’s just not caring about the match … I should have watched the Bayern game instead

  20. yorkbhoy on

    ROBERT TRESSEL

     

     

    Yes it is true… a lot of the shooting stars are debris from satellites which does include space poo..

  22. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    YORKBHOY

     

     

    So,when you see a shooting star and make a wish,it should be for it not to land on you?

  24. Melbourne Mick on

    How about toasted moonrock and cheese and a fried Mars bar

     

    on the side?

     

    Now thats another level.

     

    H.H Mick

     

    mickwhoisstillhalfpashed.

  31. Cosy Corner Bhoy on

    Tontime: 3 1/2 hours to Aberdeen by bus….. When I were lhad we used to leave Ardrossan at 7.30 am for a three o’clock kick-off although part of that was an hour stop at Stonehaven to fuel up ( us not the bus!) and we would stop off at Stirling on way back.

     

    maryhopkinscsc.

  33. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    COSYCORNERBHOY

     

     

    IIRC,first stop was the first town we hit after opening time!!!

  35. Melbourne Mick on

    COSY CORNER BHOY

     

     

    Remember those days well, 5 hours to Aberdeen and everybody out

     

    to shove the auld double decker up the big hill just outside perth.

     

    Could have done with some rocket fuel then 8-))

     

    H.H Mick

  36. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Barca beat me for 4 aways, 1 goal beat me for 5 games BTTS, Sky Super 6, 4 correct scores…….not a coin back…

  37. Tontine Tim on

    PHILBHOY on 20TH FEBRUARY 2018 9:04 PM

     

     

    Were Michael Collins (astronaut) and Michael Collins (Irish revolutionary soldier) related?

     

     

    Mibbes aye.

     

     

    *well his grampa left Ireland in the 19th century and raised a large Irish Catholic family. BTW neil armstrong’s family was fae the borders and he was a goatshagger as was buzz aldrin, the alleged first two men on the moon.

  38. Tontine Tim on

    Settled down tae watch chelski/barca, 5 channels and no on so just had to settle for Bayern/Besiktas, did I no get lucky. Brilliant display from the fatherland side especially when you consider the Turks had the current European Champions winners the thug Pepe and Quaresma plus Adriano in their side, don’t write off Bayern for this trophy. BTW our 0-3 loss disnae look that bad anymore.

  42. Melbourne Mick on

    The princess just said ” ur you no gettin up ”

     

    ” no darling were talking about moonrock on CQN ”

     

    ” Who dis he play fur?

     

    Wimmen ! but we couldn’t do without them 8-))

     

    H.H Mick

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