Feyenoord will forever be an iconic name in Celtic history. The Dutch club’s win in extra-time over Celtic in the 1970 European Cup Final was almost as much as shock as Celtic’s win over Inter Milan three years earlier. The game has moved on from Scottish and Dutch clubs since then, although PSV Eindhoven’s 1-4 win at Anfield last night is a reminder of what clubs from smaller nations can achieve (on occasion).
Away games in Europe are never going to install confidence in Celtic supporters, even in the best of times. That performance in Paisley on Saturday night suggests these are not the best of times, but we are not the only club toiling. Feyenoord have lost four of their last five games, at home to top of the table PSV and NEC (4th), and away at Stuttgart and Go Ahead Eagles (12th). Their only non-defeat during that run was a win against Volendam (13th). Manager Robin van Persie is more in need of a result than Martin O’Neill.
The Europa League table is grim reading for both clubs; Celtic are 27th, one point above 29th Feyenoord. You would be forgiven for concluding that domestic form was more important than a late rush for latter stages of the Europa League qualification. My ambition is that we remain in the contest for longer than we did against Midtjylland.
And remember, it’s a 5.45 kick-off!
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Jota, Larsson, Di Canio.
HH
Gerry
Hoping that some of the explanation of the poor performance against St Mirren was coming back from the international break but the teams feels as though it is barely hanging together at the moment.
Our right side was shocking against Saints and I expect Feyenoord to pile down Tony’s side and give him a very hard time. Unfortunately big Tones lack of pace will get brutally exposed if we stick to an expansive 4-3-3 , hopefully Feyenoord has a rubbish left winger rather than some future star.
PSV result last night not helping the nerves either.
If Sarrachi is fit I’d play him left back with Kieran at right back that would lend itself to a back 5 but don’t think we can risk JSP or Dane but would be an option to consider starting the game this way.
KS
KT. jSP AT LS MS
AE. Cal. RH
DM SK
Radical surgery to shape is probably a step too far and would lead to its own issues
Behindthesofacfc
Jota, Larsson and Cadette
Good afternoon all from the directors box, Brazen Head.
Gerrintaethum Celtic!!!!
Kelvinbhoy on 27th November 2025 1:16 pm
I will keep father John Tata in my thoughts and prayers and wish him release very soon.
If you had a choice
A win tonight and a loss on Sunday
OR
A loss tonight and a win on Sunday
Winning both would be brilliant – But – Sunday is the real deal
Pick a team to compete tonight but save the best for Sunday
67ECW
Majestic Hartson
Jota
Henke
Di Canio
67ECW
Yip agree, Sunday is more important than tonight. For what it’s worth, I think we’ll get beat tonight, more so if we play that 433!
Right time for lunch 🍜🍺
After KT’s fantastic performance for Scotland last week at right back, why not play him there tonight with Saracci on left back role. think that would work.
kingLUBO
petethebeat@2.22 (re Rotterdam)
“…it reminded me of Croyden with canals”
I thought you said it had been rebuilt…..
Prayer offered for Father John Tata.
I will keep Father John Tata in my thoughts and prayers. Hopefully he will be released soon.
It is a sad reality that Christians are under attack in many parts of the world. They are the most persecuted religion in the world, factually it is at near genocide levels in some areas.
As a club, we were formed by Christians.
HH.
Majestic Hartson
Jota Larsson Di Canio….
Cadette for the last 10 minutes to see if we can break radio 5’s microphones again…
KINGLUBO @ 2:59 pm
After KT’s fantastic performance for Scotland last week at right back, why not play him there tonight with Saracci on left back role. think that would work.
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If Saracchi is fit? Decent shout IMHO.
I like Tony but his mobility is a huge concern.
He looks like a guy playing with a long term injury …
… the plan for which appears to have quietly moved from Treat to Tolerate.
Jota, Larsson, Pierre
We’d score a barrel load. Could even play with nae keeper.
Maybe a backie, if we have to
Respectfully, I cannot agree that Sunday is more important than tonight.
European football refreshes the parts that domestic football cannot reach.
It is the prize for winning domestically. It should be cherished.
Isolationism is negative.
We do not need an ” elite” costly manager and mega bucks players to compete and win in Scotland.
Prioritising Scottish football will mean downsizing. It does not attract players we want to see, but European football just might
HH. COYBIG
An Tearmann on 27th November 2025 2:05 pmB
“The kev racist
Na they only stitch up non attending racist monikers like yourself.
Rebel to flegsookin unionist apologist.
Sooooook!”
…..
You still post like a lost 5 year old.
And in all of so-called Timdom, only KEVJUNGLE will tell you this.
Oh well.
You were born under a Union Jack and you will die under a Union Jack.
WHY?
Because the Snp showed the majority of Timdom up a country lane FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS, whilst they stole all of your money, and pointed towards London so that you would blame them for taking your money [lol] Austerity for 5 million innocent Scottish people, whilst Snp scumbags were Chauffeur driven in Rolls Royce’s for their messages, and to see the Rugby, and Scotland International team, and other places that I better not mention to you, and that YOU paid for because you are a dumb Tim who refuses to listen to anyone who knows stuff that you don’t.
Stuffing pencils up your nose and sticking your fingers in your ears makes YOU look like an erchie.
YOU did that, not me.
Even your Twitter followers have saw through your fake smearing of innocent Irish people who don’t want to be governed by Lobby Puppets like SinnFein/FF/FG/PBP/Greens/and other Irish Tory scumbags.
If you lived in Ireland you would see what these SCUNNERED Irish People see.
BUT.
You see Ireland through Lobby controlled RTE/etc so you know ZERO about the evil that is going on in occupied Ireland.
The British armed forces have left the 6 Counties long ago.
BUT.
The International Finance Lobby groups are destroying Ireland by other means.
And no, I’m not going to cite those means so that you can twist my words into something that they are not.
Celtic fans take on Ireland is the reason why in the whole of Ireland you could count the amount of Celtic strips on ONE HAND.
The Irish people who actually live in Ireland handed Celtic fans their Virtue Signalling erchies on a plate last year.
Don’t you remember begging honest Boaby [lol] from “Sloppy Celts” blog to delete a link that someone posted, to a newspaper, “The Evening Times”, about Celtic fans being told some home truths by Irish people????
And you posted as “Nabbla” on the fly lol
What a Hypocrite.
BUT.
The fake news article in the link on SC smeared Irish People as “Right Wing Racists” [just like Teary Mann, follow following the MSM narrative lol] for standing up for their country when a huge number of Ireland’s population believe the lying Irish Media, and their ZOGGED Political Parties, just like dim Tims have done in Scotland under the ZOGGED Snp/Greens/Mind/Control/Witchcraft/Government for SEVENTEEN YEARS!!!!
What a shower of clowns.
I’d rather walk alone, than walk over a ZOGGED cliff with a Virtue Signalling blindfold on.
Celtic fans are Virtue Signalling Fairies who would grass up their Grannies for speaking like a normal person, not the narrative of a conscripted clique idiot.
YOU AT are the great example of Thatcher’s long game victory.
Seat football fans and you’ll have a society of nodding Churchill Dogs and Sheep fearties.
Well done.
Stay safe out there.
HH
oot.
Jota Larsson Di Canio
Thanks to all for their responses and prayers for Fr John.
CELTIC: Schmeichel, Tierney, Scales, Trusty, Donovan, McGregor (c), Engels, Hatate, Yang, McCowan, Daizen
Subs: Sinisalo, Doohan, Nygren, Balikwisha, Iheanacho, Tounekti, Kenny, Bernardo, Murray, Ralston, Hale, Isiguzo
Interesting line up choices from MON
Pardon my ignorance … but who are the last two subs?
Hale has some pace …😉😜
So only one player from our fabulous summer window starts tonight. KT. You know the window that Rodgers complained about all through and creating all this division, imagine someone that knows football thinking there was nothing here to improve the team and not willing to shut up about it. Tsk tsk.
Well here is a new management team apparently thinking that Yang a guy we tried hard to punt and Luke a bit part player last season, neither of whom got near a Europe starting XI last year are the best option for an away game in Netherlands this season.
Europeunabridgeablecsc
Greenpinata
Spot on
Back to Basics – Glass Half Full @ 4:40 pm,
A few U19s in there, they’ve had to step up.
Don’t know much about Hale Bognorbhoy:)))
Isiguzo is a strong talented lad…
Think this is Shaun in pathway mode.
4-4-2 ?
COYBIG
Hail Hail
MO’N trolling the board with those last two subs on the list.
#Quality
bognorbhoy on 27th November 2025 4:41 pm
😂😂😂
live updates up
The Kev Racist
A 5 year old would leave your crippled racist mind behind.
Stay hidden,stay anonymous.
Lobby now contains witchcraft- are you the blant’r Zinger?
Nabbla on Sentinels- he was just helping a friend out,blocking out your rancid racism.
It was a laugh watching moniker after moniker get pinged out:-))),
200+ on a particular bit like here pre The Kev Racist You settled for.(always remember Kevin there is always someone with more digital knowledge.
No mind control is needed to boot your racist skankery in the hawmaws.
You do not like brown or black people.
You are racist scum.
Retweet your puppeteered irish racist friends
We see you less than 1%’s
The same fleg sookin scum who attacked Celtic fans in Dublin.
Thatchers child- That’s yirsel kevvi,being the anonymous shoit bag spouting unionist shite,remote from reality and simulating life online,49 times over.-20 years of not been listened to.
Thatchers shell.a once was.so defaults to hatred and racism of blacks browns and Jews with your jobby shit.thatchers casualty.
This is the day when we win away. Woohoo