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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Ernie, no I wouldn’t claim that but a 2:1 in economics means I can argue a point.
erbie
You are , of course, quite right about the precision involved.Maybe you should say something along the lines of : at least 70% and at least 2:1.
JJ
lynott67
22:37 on 25 August, 2014
The Scottish parliament could get rid of food banks tomorrow by raising income tax by 3%.
But it won’t.
snake plissken
22:33 on 25 August, 2014
Stringer Bell
A better grasp of numbers?
You mean when Darling didn’t know how many more kids will be pushed into poverty or when they cannot name 3 job creating powers to come after a no vote?
Maybe they just don’t care.
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No, I meant be numbers on currency, higher education reforms under the SNP, pension spend projections etc etc etc.
Incidentally, will no kids be pushed into poverty in independent Scotland? If so, it will be the first time in the history of Scotland this has been the case.
Man U agree fee with real m £59.7m for di Maria football environment has gone mad.
erbie!!!
obviously that post was directed towards ernie lynch.
Stringer,
“If we have independence, Scotland probably will end up being run by a group of White, Middle Class, Chinless Wee Presbyterian Freemasons. They will appoint each other to all the top jobs in the new civil service.”
Like what doesn’t happen now?
weeminger
22:38 on 25 August, 2014
Let’s revisit the matter in three weeks time.
oldtim67
No problem – caught up with the rest of the gang (bailed out just before 9:00pm).
Doubt I will make it tomorrow – got some work on but will catch up with you soon.
H!H!
jmccormick
22:34 on
25 August, 2014
The trick on C.Q.N. is to avoid unpleasant company.
It usually takes some time.
Still waiting on a civil response.
jimmyquinnsbits
22:40 on 25 August, 2014
Stringer,
“If we have independence, Scotland probably will end up being run by a group of White, Middle Class, Chinless Wee Presbyterian Freemasons. They will appoint each other to all the top jobs in the new civil service.”
Like what doesn’t happen now?
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I have more faith in English chinless presbytarian Freemasons for some reason…:-)
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How to Talk Australian Bollywood Stylie..Ha Ha Ha..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHQRZXM-4xI
Summa
“No one goes from YES to NO.”
That is an interesting assertion.
Good night all. When I awake tomorrow, I will be thinking of Celtic and The Brazen Head. Independence can wait 0:-)
JJ
ernie lynch
22:20
put your money where your mouth is
It’s really REALLY funny seeing all the no whingers crying.
It’s now Shouty Salmond when he wins but when Darling shouted for the entire first debate, not Shouty Darling.
Funny that.
Stringer Bell
You believe a man asleep at the wheel when the economy crashed on numbers who lied through his teeth tonight about every EU state since 1996 being in the Euro while conveniently forgetting that Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland all joined in the mid 2000’s and NONE are on the Euro?
Really?
A man who has twice now claimed that Ireland and Iceland are basket case economies when the latter has actually fixed it’s laws and constitution and JAILED those responsible for the crash while our leaders award them a free pass?
Really?
No have NO arguments. They might as well just stand up and say TOO WEE TOO POOR TOO STUPID.
In reality that is all Darling REALLY said tonight.
To paraphrase Alastair Gray:
It’s all they’ve given the world, it’s all they’ve given themselves.
“Chinless Wee Presbyterian ”
I read that as ` Chinese` !!!
Definitely time for bed .
On a slightly different note. The train has left the station. As somebody said earlier nobody goes from Yes to No.
If it’s a No on the 18th then those that find we’re not Better Together will switch and it won’t be 35 years until the next referendum.
As I see it and independent Scotland will happen within my lifetime.
Anyway………
Alistair is my darling?……….Hmmmmmmmm
Wee ecky thump?……………Hmmmmmmmm
Any fitba on ra morra?
Hearing that KC will be on the bench again tomorrow night
‘Erbie Lynch….?
An’ His Pals Parsley,Dill,Ermintrude..
An’ Zebbedee…!
Diverse…AN’ Vibrant
Noo There’s A Pairty Ah’d Vote Fur…
Respec’….Comrade ‘Erbie !!
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Ernie – and we could get rid of a Tory government forever with a simple vote..
Saddest thing about the whole election, is that it will be close.
Anywhere else in the world it would be a landslide yes vote IMO.
ernie lynch
22:38
Income tax for who Ernie? Not the top rate payers as you fine well know, Scots goverment has no powers to change top rate of tax, so what you are saying is tax the poor. Fine torie policy’s from you again Ernie
Stringer,
Here’s the thing, nationality doesn’t confer any superiority… From a Yes man annaw;) i know you know that, so apologies if it sounds patronising… Wisnae meant
A fud is a fud, as my ould granny was wont to say.
Chin up Ernie
; )
ernie lynch
your silence is deafening, are you one of the keyboard gladiators we mock on here?
I do not hide behind a nom de plume…..I am easily traced and able to stand my ground…over to you.
Ernie, we disagree on the topic of independence.
But I would never take on such a narrow bet either, you get one narrow circumstance, the other person gets everything else!?!?
No good odds.
Straight Yes or No seems fairer.
Salmond battered Darling like a wet fish tonight.
Will it make a difference! Probably not.
Is there momentum going for the Yes campaign.
I believe so.
Work in the morning.
Play nice.
Summa
A good laugh,but pretty ancient.
No?
jmccormick
22:51 on 25 August, 2014
What’s your prediction?
Only 59% of those who told ICM before the debate that they were voting no thought that Darling won.
98% of those intending to vote YES said Salmond won.
Oh very dear.
Doc
You know how those polls always say Salmond has a problem with female voters?
Have a gander at this after tonight –
77% of women say Salmond won debate compared to 63% of men – ICM/Guardian poll – very significant given Indyref gender gap to date
Independent Scot
Grandson -“So grandpa, remember that referendum back in 2014?”
Granddad – “Aye, what aboot it son?”
Grandson – “Just curious, what way did you vote grandpa?”
Granddad -“Well”, (change in tone) “I voted no son.”
Grandson – “Really grandpa, why did you choose to vote no?”
Granddad – “Eh, because…”
Grandson – “Because what grandpa?”
Granddad -“Eh…Eh…because I didn’t like that Alex Salmond.
Grandson – “Alex who?”
Granddad – “Alex bloody Salmond, he was the First Minister of Scotland back when we had a devolved parliament, nobody liked him.”
Grandson -“Oh ok, but did he no pass away 10 years ago?”
Granddad -“Aye, but still.”
Grandson – “But still what grandpa? Surely he wasn’t the reason you voted NO, just because you never liked him? There must have been another reason?”
Granddad – “Eh……Because you’re better wi the devil you know son.”
Grandson – “But grandpa, my history teacher says, at the referendum we were £1.6 trillion in debt, there was cutbacks five years in a row and the national debt still went up everyday, the NHS was a shambles and there was food banks all over the country?”
Granddad – “Aye that’s true but …….(Stuck for an answer)
Grandson – “So grandpa, if there was cutbacks for five years in a row, why did the national debt not come down?
Granddad – “Eh…Well Westminster were obviously incompetent and they were building expensive things, son.”
Grandson – “Building things, like what grandpa?”
Granddad – “Well son, you know that fast train between Birmingham and London you’ve never been on, they built that, that cost about £17 billion.”
Grandson “But wasn’t there a train line there already?”
Granddad – ” Aye son, but they wanted a faster one.”
Grandson – “Doesn’t seem right that, especially with all those food banks everywhere, did they build anything else grandpa?”
Granddad – “Well son, you see all those fancy new nuclear weapons near Glasgow?”
Grandson – “Aye, what aboot them?”
Granddad – “Well, they cost over £100billion to replace, and £3billion a year running costs.”
Grandson – “But grandpa, did Alex Salmond not want to get rid of nuclear weapons?”
Granddad “Aye, he did that.”
Grandson – “Did Salmond not promise free child care for mothers wanting to work?”
Granddad “Aye, he did that.”
Grandson “Did he also abolish tuition fees?”
Granddad – “Eh…..Aye, he did that.”
Grandson – “Was it not him that introduced free prescriptions?”
Granddad -“Aye, that was him.”
Grandson – “Was it not under his government, we had the council tax freeze?”
Granddad – “Aye, that’s right.”
Grandson – “Ok granda, so what happened to all the food banks?”
Granddad 0 “Well, More and more appeared son.”
Grandson – “Gee whiz, did you know all this when you voted NO?”
Granddad -“Eh. …..Aye I did son.”
Grandson – “So why did you vote NO then?”
Granddad – “Well, there was this man on the telly shouting at Salmond saying it was his pound.”
Grandson – “But grandpa, did that man, the Prime Minister and that Chancellor not say only 12 months before the referendum, that it was both ‘desirable and logical’ that we should all use the pound?”
Granddad – “Aye son, they did, but they changed their minds nearer the time as they were obviously wanting us to vote NO.”
Grandson – “Did they not also say that Scotland was subsidised by the UK, so why were they so desperate for Scotland to stay in the UK?”
Granddad – “Well, they never really answered that one son.”
Grandson – “But grandpa, did you know that in many years up to the referendum Scotland was raising more revenue per head of population than the rest of the UK?”
Granddad – “Aye, a knew that too.”
Grandson – “I still don’t understand grandpa, why would you vote NO?”
Granddad – “Well another man on the TV said there would be men with machine guns at the border.”
Grandson – “But grandpa, there are no men with machine guns or any other men at the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.”
Granddad – “Aye, I knew that as well.”
Grandson – “Grandpa, I really don’t understand why you voted NO?”
Granddad – “Well son… all the rich English politicians and media said it was for the best.”
Grandson -“But how could it have been for the best grandpa? Could you not see through the bluff and scaremongering? Did you not want change?
Granddad – “Aye son, everybody did, but I was scared of change.”
Grandson – “So what happened in the years after the NO vote?”
(Big sigh). . . . We’ll talk aboot that another night son.
By Gregor Yeoman
eddieinkirkmichael
22:48 on 25 August, 2014
The nats have nailed their colours to the mast with their pledge to cut corporation tax by 3%.
it’s a fishal………
Bawface is the Comeback Kid!
Guid nicht…..
Don’t have nightmares.
off to bed to dreammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Reminds me of a Big Jock- “only a fool would predict…..”
Tomorrow night I’m voting naw to Maribor and a big giant AYE to the bhoys reaching the group stages of footballs elite club tournament
ernie lynch
deviation is an obvious tactic…I will humour you, if you can converse with an idiot.
my prediction is 55/45 in fsvour of the status quo.
as I askedearlier, will you accept my challenge?