Did you watch the European Super Cup from Cardiff last night? Europa League champions Sevilla lost out to Real Madrid but the team from Andalucía got there after beating Maribor 4-3 on aggregate. The Slovenian’s narrow defeat deserves some context: Sevilla also eliminated Real Betis, Porto, Valencia and Benfica.
Make no mistake, we’re up against a decent European team. More on them later in the week.
Tonight it’s St Johnstone, who, like Celtic, have sharpened their wits with European football in recent weeks, and well as enjoying an opening day win in Dingwall at the weekend. They have lost their talisman, Stevie May, which is a pity, as I would like to see the Celtic defence stretched as much as possible this week, but they will be as ready as any domestic opponent we could face at the moment.
Ronny Deila has two short games to sort out game plan, shape, partnerships and team spirit, before travelling to Slovenia. It doesn’t need to be right for tonight, but signs of considerable progress on the Murrayfield debacle is needed.
The Kano Foundation are one of the greatest initiatives from any group of football fans I’ve heard about. They bring the Celtic experience to childrens’ charities and groups, truly phenomenal work. The Foundation was founded in the wake of the Bring Martin Home campaign, which brought our very own Kano home from life in a hospital bed.
You’ll see the volunteers outside Celtic Park before kick-off on Saturday with buckets, so make sure you bring something for them.
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Bada / starry
Thanks for the update re vvd first goal
Price I quoted was bet 365
Best avoided!
auld bertie
17:33 on 13 August, 2014
‘This is my vision of the comments circa 1994………….’
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My general impression is that, in general terms, those who supported the status quo then would be more inclined to support the status quo now.
Bhoylo83
Don’t know if you seen the Facebook page Heavy Hands Empty Stands, some decent reads on it about how Police Scotland are strangling the life of the game..
I live in Europe and going to the football here is just so much different than in Glasgow where your treated like a scummy suspect right from the get go, my last visit to Paradise I was in a panic as my ticket wouldn’t scan only for Plod to get involved and start treating me like some kinda Hool..didn’t add to my match experience I have to say.
SP
leftclicktic
Soccerbase.com
Head to head
Get all head to head fixtures going back honks.
Last visit to Perth, we were 3-1 up with 10 mons to go, drew 3-3.
Hope Ronny can get it right tactically tonight, with players in right position.
Will be difficult fixture.
HH
Neil canalamar. In comparison with many European Leagues the SPL is a paupers league and it cannot be denied even by you. H.H.
leftclicktic
You’re right!
It’s getting very worrying.
The defence and forward areas are not broken. Commons, Stokes, Griffiths, McGregor will score more than enough goals to win SPL and qualifiers.
The midfield or to be precise central midfield should be Ronny Deila’s no. 1 priority nothing else.
If you don’t think that’s right trying picking your best central midfield pair.
Just back in from Bannockburn, having crushed the English army and removed my full set of heavy body armour, I can put my feet up, relax and enjoy Celtic.
Come on you Bhoys in Green.
Hail Hail.
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greendreamz
17:57 on 13 August, 2014
Wouldn’t it be great if we could click on a name/monicker and see their entire history of posts and history of name changes (like companies house ;)
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Too True……Palomine !
Hiv Ye Hid A Squint At Yon ACGR’s Posts….!
WORSE Than POL POT-OAN-SPEED !!!!
IMHO….;-)
Still….Laughin’
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JFH,
I think you’ll find the majority of leagues in Europe are pauper leagues and we are by no means near the bottom of that list contrary to your pronouncement.
Shortbread saying Legia verdict probably won’t be out til tomorrow
I don’t support status quo, they are pish. I support Celtic.
Hail Hail.
Neil canamalar
And which of those pauper leagues have sent a team to the CL group stages and beyond a few times in the last few years?
Neil canalamar. My point is that despite performing in a paupers league with the death of there main rival during a recession our CEO is doing a great job and we have never been as financialy secure despite what his many doubters and the MSM say. H.H.
If true that LG not playing tonight and he is fit, why would we shoot ourselves in the foot given he’s our most potent threat in front of goal?
Has he been up to no good again?
Does RD not rate him?
Baffled
Health and Safety matters.
If the proposals for safe standing area are deficient in some way(s) then the decision to refuse permission should be accompanied by guidance towards what is still required.
If that guidance is not forthcoming then the decision makers are, more than likely, just being obstructive, for whatever reason.
It’s not plod in general that’s the problem, it’s that stupid house at the top, he is making life difficult for Everyone, he has far too much influence for a tube.
Hail Hail.
Burghbhoy. Somone said he is ill ? H.H.
Malarkey,
Exactly, the doom and gloom portrayed on here is myth we are in a much better position than many are willing to admit. Bumming up what a great job the board are doing whilst comparing the league to England, trying to use both as evidence when in fact neither are true. Compared to England, France is a diddy league ffs
Madmitch
madmitch
16:48 on 13 August, 2014
JFH
“You talk about a paupers league but it is a league where the support spend the best part of £45mill to give PL his bonus.”
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That is just nonsense. Supporters spend the best part of £45m for many reasons but PL’S bonus will be the last reason.
Supporters spend money to pay players to represent the supporter’s desires for sporting success in whatever form those take.
The Board are the control mechanism for getting the support as much value for money as can be achieved in a difficult market, where value for money is not a requirement for many of our competitors.
Sometimes the control get it right sometimes wrong but such is the emotional investment that the £45m spend represents, there is bound to be an emotional response, which becomes irrational.
As demonstrated by your statement.
Hopefully a start for Denayer tonight – needs game time alongside Van Dijk ahead of the Maribor game. Ambrose can’t be trusted in Europe anymore, sadly
JFH
Ok mate if that’s true then fine.
Is tonight’s game on Setanta Ireland? Can never find the listings on their website, but can see it advertised on Setanta Australia
Captain Beefheart
Ref your post regarding away trip to Maribor, l believe Celtic Travel are looking into chartering a day trip by air for £399
subject to the result of the appeal today
Is Chuck n chums still droning on about Legia’s appeal / face saving device ?
Here let me nip this in the bud, they are oot the appeal is and was illegitimate.
Now talk about the game you damn sensation junkies.
Hail Hail.
Kojo
Last night you defended Mr Lawwell’s £1 million salary by saying “if you pay peanuts you get monkeys”
I asked you if that adage applied to the football team too. I don’t believe you replied. Interested to know your answer to that.
RD giving nothing away to that fud Rob MacLean on Shortbread
vespacide, House and McKaskill are a pair of power hungry clowns, and two very dangerous people, it’s about time that the public here in Scotland pulled there necks in, and give them a boot up the arse, it’s becoming a police state in the last five years, time to put a halt to it.
bigshuggy
Thank you
This is a tight fixture when we have a settled side
The Singing Dectective…..
greendreamz
17:57 on 13 August, 2014
Wouldn’t it be great if we could click on a name/monicker and see their entire history of posts and history of name changes (like companies house ;)
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Too True……Palomine !
Hiv Ye Hid A Squint At Yon ACGR’s Posts….!
WORSE Than POL POT-OAN-SPEED !!!!
IMHO….;-)
Still….Laughin’
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I’ve been pinging your IP address,……..Interesting ….hmmmmm
JFH,
But we are not doing great are we, we can’t hold a team together and quite frankly we have only ever been in pearl once in our history and that was through greed and mismanagement not because we didn’t have enough money.
Another myth is the claim that we’ve never been in better shape, the truth is we’ve always been in good shape the difference is we’ve always tried to build a team worthy of the support. To change that ambition we now only get scaremongering as an excuse to kill footballing ambition.
Joe Filippi’s Haircut
Hiya,pally?
Please tae Greet ye… as usual..
Everything that ye jist wrote..is.. Damned Accurate..tae a Fault.
Celtic, ur Jist Daein Hunky.. n Dory.. We are in the Rudest of Financial Health..
In Comparison. tae.. Pick a Name… Any Name?
Howevah,pal..
Logic, wull no get ye angywhere..oan Here..
Fur the Simple Reason.. that
The Majority.. A Said.. Majority…. of Celtic Supporters ur o
Irish Extraction..
N..
Welll .. they ur Prisoners o’ thur Genes..
fur..
Like that Auld Joke of Mine… Which Expresses Ma Point of View ,regarding the Irish
Reaction tae AUTHORITY ..n Authority Figures…
The Irish jist Canny Stand.. well..
Authority..
So it figgers that the Celtic support which is Mainly composed of Irish Folk… (Howevah far removed)
Wull Alwiz be Dis satisfied wi
the Celtic.. well… Authority Figures..
D.D. .. Mr. Lawwell.. The Celtic team Manager…
but no Uncle Tom Cobley.. or.. the Celtic Tea Lady…
they ur Quite Acceptable.. Ah am Deeeelited tae Relate.
Yes, Virginia..
the Celtic Support..jist Disnae Cotton tae
Toffs??
Yes.. Toffs..
Ye goat it ..
Nice Chatting
Palomine.. as evah.
Kojo
Still,Laughin
TSD
You think you’re clever telling me about my granddaughter – it took me a while but, you know I’m here!!
iki
I take it no guidance was given?
Where do Celtic go from here?
TSD – Molly Morris,
Hello!!
leftclicktick
Last season’s Perth visits were 3:3 and a 1:0 win (virgil in the 5th minute).
The year before was 1:1 and 1:2
Year before was 2:0 (we played 3 times at home)
Incidentally, I don’t think the much-vaunted Stevie May has ever scored against us.
Neil Canalamar. We like everyone else can always do better but we are the current SPL champions we are in Europe until at least Christmas we have started to build a new team under a young management team things under big Peter in my opinion are going in the right direction.H.H.
House is responsible for operations, the politician is just inept. I think saying we live in a po po state is a stretch too far, however you are right, House is an ejit.
Right Celtic lets see what you have been working towards this week.
Hail Hail.