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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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  2. Gary67 on

    JAMES1955 on 20TH FEBRUARY 2018 10:39 PM

     

    Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins.

     

     

    My favourite midfield. Buzz sitting with Stuart and John bombing forward.

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  7. james1955 on

    Gary67 on 20th February 2018 10:42 pm

     

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    :-) good yin

  8. fieldofdrams on

    Some good music links tonight! I was just reading something about the breakup of UB 40, made me listen again to Signing Off. As debut albums go, wow. They had some talent.

  9. NatKnow on

    FIELDOFDRAMS on 20TH FEBRUARY 2018 10:47 PM

     

     

    Some good music links tonight! I was just reading something about the breakup of UB 40, made me listen again to Signing Off. As debut albums go, wow. They had some talent.

     

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    There was an interesting documentary on TV a few months ago about the breakup of UB-40. Some serious bad blood there!

  11. david17 on

    Watched Barca Chelsea, it was like watching Celtic trying to score against a parked bus. We actually play a style of football similar to Barca, everything on the ground and trying to pass through the middle to find space in between the lines, the opposition defend deep and narrow to deny them that space and force them out wide (we did it in 2012). Barca rely heavily on the full backs to get up and support. Their system is obsessed with controlling the game and the theory is that they will eventually wear the opposition down by tiring them out physically and mentally. I think this is similar to the way Brendan sees the game.

     

     

    I suppose they can rely on Messi and the quality they have to punish any lapses by the opposition. At the moment we don’t seem to have the quality to punish those mistakes. Chelsea made one bad pass tonight, square across the box and they got punished. St Johnstone made the same pass at the weekend and we let them off the hook. Overall i think a fully fit Roberts and Griffiths would make a big difference to how things are going at the moment particularly against the parked bus type tactics. They are more intricate and better at finding space than others, they would probably have turned the last two matches into at least 4 points rather than 1. The sooner they are back fit the better. In the interim i think we need to adjust the tactics slightly, 3 at the back and Edouard up beside or playing just off Moussa or something similar could be the best option.

  19. !!Bada Bing!! on

    D17- good post, the way Barca and similar cover the pitch so quickly , trying to get the ball and hustling teams, needs athletes (with football ability), from the highest standard.HH

  26. james1955 on

    soukous on 20th February 2018 11:29 pm

     

    One for the hippie clique on CQN

     

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    American Beauty – The Deads best I think.

     

    Beautiful Album.

  31. thomthethim for Oscar OK on

    TET,

     

     

    The moon landing in 1969 was genuine.

     

     

    I know, because I saw it on the telly.

  33. John51 on

    Tontine Tim

     

     

    Thanks for your reply from last night.

     

    Ref those who were volunteered for service despite being in war essential jobs.

     

     

    HH

  34. Greenpinata on

    David 17

     

     

    Another thoughtful post.

     

     

    Could it be justified in saying that teams know how to nullify the Barcelona style of play and subsequently it could be deemed a wee bit old fashioned.?

     

     

    HH.

  36. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    GREENPINATA

     

     

    You could well be right,another reason might be that the personnel who originally made it so successful are either gone,or reaching the veteran stage.

     

     

    Either way,it’s still phenomenally successful,by and large. And a pleasure to watch!

  37. jamesgang on

    Bobbio

     

     

    I think both factors come into it.

     

    I think probably Bayern have encapsulated the blend of devastating pace, skill and incisiveness that has recently trumped the Barca approach in the ‘rock, paper, scissors’ of tactics.

     

     

    In terms of finishing I’ve been struck by how often we seem to be in 1on1 on the goalie this season and fail to score.

     

    Has been the case with all our strikers.

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  38. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    JAMESGANG

     

     

    Maybe they lose an initial moment of momentum by expecting to be called offside.

     

     

    They usually are!

     

     

    But again,good observation from you. Our strikers have not been our strongest point this season. Questions asked about our defence,but if you compare this year to last,you’ll see my point.

     

     

    More from injury than lack of form,granted.

  41. david17 on

    GREENPINATA on 21ST FEBRUARY 2018 6:25 AM

     

    David 17

     

     

     

    Another thoughtful post.

     

     

     

    Could it be justified in saying that teams know how to nullify the Barcelona style of play and subsequently it could be deemed a wee bit old fashioned.?

     

     

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    I would say no but it will be interesting to see how they get on in the remainder of the CL. This season Valverde has tweeked the system to a 4-4-1-1, heavily relying on Messi and Suarez. The playing style is the same though and that won’t change. They’re unbeaten in 24 La Liga matches and have conceded only 11 goals. They are the only team I have seen that pass the ball backwards as much as we do. Last night they out passed Chelsea by 728 passes to 129 but the game finished 1-1 and Chelsea will feel like they should have won.

     

     

    I think the general point is that if you limit yourself to a particular style of play you need to be exceptionaly good at it. If you take Messi out of the team that system would probably break down to some extent. There are other factors like the size and quality of the pitch etc. But at the end of the day the system and style is only as good as the players on the pitch.

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