I had a look at the story on the official site this morning about a compilation CD with various versions of the Celtic Song being released. After the initial pleasure of seeing Emilio Izaguirre and Scott Brown on their feet unaided, what struck me most was the apparent body mass of the two players we would normally consider our midfield enforcers, Scott and Beram Kayal.
Against Paddy McCourt, Joe Ledley and Emilio, not to mention men of considerable bulk, like Charlie Mulgrew, they are comparatively svelte and diminutive. The central midfield role is about mobility and football-intelligence more than anything else. How you use your weight against an opponent is as important as having the weight to begin with, but when the margins between winning and not winning are so tight, getting the physical balance right is important.
I don’t think I’ve been happy with a Celtic 4-4-2 line-up for years but playing Scott, Beram and a couple of wingers across midfield feels like an invitation for more limited opponents to bully this area, something the Highlanders did very effectively the last time we visited Inverness.
After mentioning tomorrow’s Fans Against Criminalisation meeting in yesterday’s blog I read Joe O’Rourke’s item on the Supporters’ Association site on the same subject with a mixture of horror and foreboding. The First Minister would be well advised to quickly reign-in whatever loose cannons he has roaming the corridors of power. Well done to Joe for bringing this to the attention of a wider audience.
The guys from the Alzheimer’s charity, FootballMemories,org.uk asked me to bring their site to your attention. They work with Alzheimer patients, using the universal platform football provides us all, to engage and invoke recollections. The site has lots of great Celtic stories, take a look and add your own.
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cyprus get one back,bardsley asleep berra sound asleep.did the goalscorer not bless himself rather aggresively ?
It’s actually 2-1 Scotland
Fortunes Favour Mibbes says:
11 November, 2011 at 18:46
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FFM can I book ye for my next wedding day :¬)
Hoooops here comes wee Derryghirl……………
V
Fritz
if he did he would have done it in the Greek orthodox manner so he will be ok….
googybhoy, substitute the last two numbers with …..
24
30
29
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HH
Sorry about that. Was distracted. Who scored the second?
Vmhan
How is this
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† God bless †
Mackie scored the second
Mackie scored
Whittaker carded for being “slightly late”, according to the commentator. He cut the guy down. Yellow card all the way, except for them in the SPL.
New one
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Vogue I was back at work this week, but had to visit the doc Wed night and he told me I shouldnt be at work….. so first sick note for many a year…… 2 weeks of wall to wall CQN….. happy days, my only problem is that Sharkeys is too far away :¬)
V
HH
† God bless †
Googybhoy yir a master noo :¬)
I’ll raise ye one….
The Cross of Lorraine, free French monument on the Lyle Hill Greenock ‡
Vinny
hamiltontim:
lol…close but no cigar, second clue:
…1888…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Bourne will be on in a mo
V
HH
Vmhan
Shouldn’t be at work???????????Was it a self certificate??????
Take it easy ,mind give me a wave :O)
Big night for us tonight in Estonia. An away win would be great, I’m heading to the capital for the home game on Tuesday night.
I’d like to have seen Stokes get a game, but we’ll go along with what we have .
Qualification would boost the flagging spirit of our country no end.
Jayzus, the country came out of recession in 1988 when we qualified for Germany. And when we beat England, sure
there was a 10% increase in child conceptions, coupled with an almost equal percentage increase in infidelity.
Publicans became overnight millionaires and wife’s learned the difference between offside and brookside !
C’mon you Boys in Green !!!!!!!!!!
Updates to follow.
Turkey v Germany now that! Was a game if fitba eh??????
Vmhan♣ who Supports Neil Lennon says:
11 November, 2011 at 19:32
Can you not get Estadio to set up a web cam and call it a conference SESSION
hail hail
Lennybhoy
Did ye have a good time buddy?
Paul67 et al
Alas poor Bolo, I knew him well
Packie Bonner and Brian Kerr are in the Sky studio without poppies. should the game be called off?
UC
Turkey v Germany….
What a game of fitba eh????
fergus slayed the blues says:
11 November, 2011 at 18:44
Big Dan played well in the last 2 games, solid and steady, both full backs have a lot of pace and have been sweeping behind him more effectively, big FF is playing more on the 18 yard line. Cha is much maligned and underated, Adam Mathews is getting more and more impressive every time I see him
When you think of it, the 2 goals we lost were from set pieces, all the danger has been from corner kicks, nothing has worried us in open play.
This was against 2 teams who were going to really trouble us- apparently.
Kayal and Wanyama as 2 sitting mids is making all the difference, they were outstanding on Sunday.
HH
aye last week it was self cert, I never went to the doc, this week I did and he ticked me off for not going to see him…….. normally takes about 2/3 days to see the doc so never bothered….. anyway done now.
V
while the soaps are on, cards anyone?
♣ clubs
♠ spades
♦ diamonds
♥ hertz
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HH
U21 game
0-1
1-1
2-2 (45)
2-3
3-3
3-4
4-5(90)
FSTB, good idea mate. When Estadio’s finished …… erm ….. inducting the new barmaid then I’ll enquire about that, he has the technology.
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HH
hamiltontim says:
11 November, 2011 at 18:50
Vic
Have ye only been a Rovers fan since last Sat? :)
Naw m8y, been a rovers fan since 1994 when the kid season tickets were £10!
By the way, ahm at the Hamilton Uni at the mo doing computing/networking.
Ah wis 12 at the time ahm ma dear ole Da bought me it cos we couldnae afford the train and the ticket intae Parkheid
C’mon McGeady. O’Dea on the bench, Keane up front. Nice Celtic flavour.
Darren O’Dea fairly belting out the soldiers song there, always had a soft spot for him, he clearly disliked the huns.
Ah also lived through they times as a Celtic supporter by the skin of ma teeth, every fecking hun ah knew was on ma back, year after year till good ole wim came along!
Ireland on the attack
By the way, ma Da wis a steel worker in the pie hill in airdrie!
One of the few tims in a sea of huns!!!