While Maribor were clearly second best at home to Celtic last week they remain a potent threat to our season. You can be sure they’ve watched every minute of every game Celtic have played this season and will have dissected each defensive lapse. Our acknowledged weaknesses – primarily a defence which has yet to find cohesion – will be well-known to each of them.
The vast acreage of Celtic Park should suit the mobile, pressing, game Ronny Deila has brought to our play. It will be difficult for Maribor to cover all defensive zones, so with Celtic certain to play without a target-man, I expect the visitors to concede territory on the wings, defend their penalty area and force Celtic to play through them.
We will inevitably leave space at the back, in particular down the wings. How attentive we deal with this risk could determine the outcome of the tie.
Maribor’s schedule since facing Celtic on Wednesday suggests their biggest challenge will be to maintain energy levels late in the game. Thursday will have been a rest day, only light training would have taken place Friday and the bulk of the first team had a league game on Saturday evening. Yesterday would be another rest day, and they will travel today before a light job on Celtic Park this evening.
By contrast, the bulk of those who will start for Celtic tomorrow will have had normal preparatory training Friday, Saturday, Sunday, with some light work tomorrow. Those who made substitute appearances on Saturday will not have made a significant debit on energy levels.
We need to keep the ball moving early on, curtail rest times and have Maribor accessing their reserve tanks as early as possible.
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Jamesgang
Brilliant news about your maw!!!!
Thanks again. All of you!
HH jamesgang
If people must make comment on Independence on here, perhaps they could quote the disinterested source from which they have gleaned the information to support their argument.
JJ
jamesgang
Fantastic news
Just brightened my day a litte more
Love & Hugs to all the Gang
Mams are a special breed :))))))
Bawsman
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPY BIRTHDAY
Weefra
Is it your birthday today as well?
Assuming all are fit, I believe Ronny will go with something like this:
Gordon
Lustig Denayer van Djik Izaguirre
McGregor Kayal Mulgrew Johansen Berget
Stokes
If that is the same as was posted earlier, apologies of a sort 0:-)
JJ
BeamishismaPint
Hiya,pally..
Pleased tae mak yer Acquaintance..
Oh . Aye.. Definitely..
WE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS..
Why?
Well..
Fur Starters..
WE ARE IN TH LEAD~
It wid be Foolish tae.. Spread oor Wings ..n.. Swoop Tae Conquer!
We are in the CAT SEAT..
A Good Place tae Be..
We are At Hame..
We hiv the Fans oan oor side…
Fans oan the Side..are No a Bad Meal!
Yes..of Course we should Play this one
Crafty..no…Cavalier…ly!
They ur Doon .. They MUST COME TAE US..
Thereby.. hings oor Advantage.
Fur ..
The Canny Hing Back..
The MUST COME OOT TAE PLAY..
n.
That is a Big Plus fur Us..
Right?
Nice Chatting,pal.. Must dae it Again, somethime
Kojo
Still,Laughin
WeefratheTim
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPY BIRTHDAY
Hugs fae ML5 :)))))
Bawsman & weefrathetim
Hoopy Birthday to you both, you’ll get your Present tomorrow night…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Soz
Thanks for that.
It’s still sitting in its wrapping, as I bought it just before the World Cup, and had a bad case of square eyes after that.
Now that I’ve finished BB, it’s next, if I can fit it in between football matches!
That iPad was the best present I ever got for my wife!
Kojo,
I agree absolutely we should set up a 4-5-1 formation…..we’ve the whip had let them make their move.
My only difference I’d make to your selection would be Efe ambrose, he’s definitely not a centre half……. my preference would be Denyer to play next to VVD with Kayal playing the Scot Brown role of playing front of them.
leftclicktic
Hope all’s well with you P.
Craig Gordon and Calum mc Gregor called up by Strachan
HH
Murray 4-0 up in first set v Haase.
Bawsman, Quonno et al – on fracking estimates. Lots and lots of places have been re-evaluating potential after a 96% downgrade in Californian fracking estimate for Monterrey field
Beware the suggestions that fracking could replace liquid oil production.
Players were left out of the Inverness game not only for fitness concerns.
John and John to Ronny: “Boss, let’s avoid any sleekit hunnish tackles eh?”
If any of the rested players had been on the field and got injured, there would have been a CQN meltdown.
JJ- i think that could well be tomorrow’s team,i would start Commons though,we need a bit more goal threat.HH
Leftclicktic
Thank you, you know why and it meant so so much mate.
Murdochbhoy at 17:10
“How did this not win BBC’s greatest rift?”
Did “Blowing in the Wind” not win that???
Forgot the 2nd indy debate was on tonight. I wonder if we’ll get answers to the big questions that came up in the last debate –
– What side of the road we’ll be driving on?
– Will we be able to deal with attacks from space aliens?
– Will we keep the pandas at Edinburgh Zoo?
The Scottish people need answers.
Bada Bing. It might be good tactics to bring on Commons for the last 30 mins as they start to tire. H.H.
Bada
I’d go with the same starting line up as last week with one exception, I’d have Commons in place of Berget.
Corkcelt
Hiya,Pally..?
Great tae Greet Ye..
Ah Admit..
Charley is Usually.. Ma Darlin.. but
Recent Form of his..tells Me..
Na… He wid be a Burden if he plays..
He is Too Slow fur Prime time..
Bitton.. again.. Ah hid taken a Shine tae this Kid.. Howevah….
This is only Ma Opinion, mind ye..
but , Ah think that He is TOO SLOW , as well. fur Prime Time..
Ronny, Hates..TOO Slow.. again.. That is Ma Opinion.
n..
By the way..
Sure, A Loat o the rest of Ma Picks are could be classed as Slow..
Ah admit that.. Ah don’t like it. wan bit..
if Ah wur King,Ah wid be working steadily tae Eliminate..
Any Player who..In Ma Opinion..
Wiz..well.. SLOW of Fit.( N.. Wit..as well!)
But..
Being Slow..n Being .. TOO SLOW…
Is ..in this case.. Ma Mark of Separation.
Commons, Stokesy, Bitton, Charley.. hiv awe goat this Complaint.
All Being..
TOO.. Slow!
In Ma Opinion
Quick, beats Slow.. Six Ways fae Sunday.
Agin top Class Competition.. Being…. TOO Slow is a SIN.
Again..
That is Ma Opinion
Kojo.
My mum’s birthday today, she got a Celtic tap with her name and the number 90 oan the back………..There ye go
Just in from work and catching up Weefra many happy returns
beatbhoy @ 17:38
Kids eh??
I see jim mccoll is preferred bidder for fergusons yard
The zombies must be raging when the easdale bros and mccoll are prepared to pump millions into that business while letting the establishment club / company flounder on the rocks
Quonno et al
Know I shouldn’t but couldn’t resist that brilliant nationalist socialist line that you spout
” Spain will do what it’s told to by Germany and France”
If that it truly your world view then no doubt it fits in with people in Scotland being told what to do by Wee Eck and his hapless squad!
Most sane people would admit that should Scotland leave the UK it would create huge tension in those parts of Spain that would like to follow suit
No Spanish PM is ever going to allow Scotland to walk in to the EC – why can’t those in favour of independence just admit it would be difficult rather than suggest it would be no problem at all
HH
MurdochBhoy
Hiya,Pally..
Please tae Meetya.. Ah’m Sure.
Yes.. Efe,is Not Ma Ideal.. He kin be a bit of a Worry..
Howevahhhhhhh
Ah think that he Jist eases Past the Noo Kid..
Based oan His . Experience..
AH may BE WRONG..
but..
Ah thing that Young JASON.. wiz the Guilty Party. the Fall Guy..
the wan who contributed the Maist..’
tae that Equalizer that Moribor Pulled.. Agin us,,
Yes. A Blamed the Kid..
Nice chatting.. Pal..
Kojo
Still Laughin’
HT
you concentrate on the geordie boys formation tomorrow night
Btw dya know which ones PJ and which is Duncan ?
Lets get ready to rumble ;)
Murray takes first set but after the usual nerve jangling. 6-3
teuchter ár lá
Hoopy birthday to your Mum!
Does she know that she shares if with 2 handsome deils on here?!?
;-)
HH jamesgang
first set to Murray ….but he is no happy ….probably come good though …
braw …
Murray wins 1st set 6-3
Jamesgang
One of the 2 major results required this week sorted.
HH and KTF
SShhhean Connery has a Bday today …..
braw
Happy birthday to bawsman and wee fra.
jamesgang great news re your mother….
re leader from Paul, does that confirm what people have been saying on here for years.
you become a better player whrn not playing in the team? 8)
iki @ 16.18 hrs.
“One good thing about it being a YES display …….. unlikely to be any embarrassing spelling error.
Of course, a NO display would make such an error even more unlikely”
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Always expect the unexpected and never underestimate potential for unlikely.
In Aberdeen I passed a flat window with the letters N and O displayed.
Maybe it was a message telling us the rave was on, the deal was on, the date was on, dinner was on or even the telly was on.!
On the other hand it could have been a referendum comment that looked ok from the inside. :-)
HH.
Teuchter
happy birthday to your mother too…