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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ht
For me that’s winter break home game against Barcelona when dela Pena was playing, but I know what you mean :-(
4 – 0 full time
TICK TOCK ……….That is all….!!!!!
Round 3 and final Round to follow-will be a Who Am I Round.
One guess only, if you are first to get the right answer you will get 5 bonus pts
outstanding performance by the freestate
great to have a team to support at a tournament other than all the teams that play England.
UC
Neil Lennon is a Celtic soul bro
Did you not get my round 2 answers mate? Bottom pf last page I think
Parkheadcumsalford says:
11 November, 2011 at 21:37
I remember when it was the Wendover!
Well played Ireland….
Bloke109 is Neil Lennon says:
11 November, 2011 at 21:38
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If this was the coldest night ever, i’ll second that. Also the Partick cup game at CP that went to ET and penalties was baltic.
HH
Palacio67 /Bloke109
Also remember being in the back row up in Perth many moons ago.
It was so cold I told my mate to tell my mum that I loved her and was sorry for any bad I’d ever done :))
Woo Hoo, were all off to Gdansk or Wroclaw, or somewhere like that……
Stringer Bell says:
11 November, 2011 at 21:39
Ooops Again! Sorry!
Corrected Scores After Round 2
Bloke 109-31
Stringer Bell-30
Hamiltontim-22
Salford-16
Last Round of Quiz.
Remember only one try and first to get it right gets a bonus 5 points.
Hoops Am I
1.I was born in 1975 and scored my first goal for Celtic against Dundee Utd.(20pts)
Poland is superb place to visit..
especially if you have MrZ as a guide….
ireland 4-0 estonia
its a good night!!! :-)
listening to freestate radio, they are debating whether the manager is due another contract also questioning the tactics.
deluded freetaters
UC
there is a new kit available to preorder. buy it right now or the board plants will hunt you down and kill you.
Hartson
Hoops Am I
1.I was born in 1975 and scored my first goal for Celtic against Dundee Utd.(20pts)
2.I have won 44 caps but not for the country I was born in.(12 pts)
blantyretim @ 21:47
Was there in February, Auschwitz and the Saltmines near Krakow are must-sees.
UC
They are deluded.
Ireland through.
A bit less of the Free State craic please.
hamiltontim says:
11 November, 2011 at 21:49
Jumped in too early!
blantyretim
I think oldtim would have a story regards how cold he was in the Nou Camp or Camp Nou some years ago.
From memory I think he took unwell and had to leave the ground.
Evening
knackered tonight… been a hard old week… really grudge bein tired on a Friday night
on the edge of grump
hamiltontim says:
11 November, 2011 at 21:35
Bloke109
I remember that day at Broadwood, possibly the coldest I’ve ever been at the football :(
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Coldest I’ve ever been at the fity was Celtic v Bayern friendly about 8 years ago at CP.
MWD
hamiltontim says:
11 November, 2011 at 20:52
Vic
I’ve done bit of reading on this and most of the evidence would actually suggest that the Celts never settled in Scotland.
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Not true mi amigo, the Kelts were the bhoys and ghirls of the western and central Scotland.
Fortunes Favour Mibbes says:
11 November, 2011 at 21:09
Vic Ajax @ 20:26
Good sentiments, but will get nowhere until the establishment agree and give up the divide and conquer approach, which is arguably one of things behind the meeja-led rise in racial and religious divisions in Scotland.
True! But what you propose is never gonnae happen cos its always been that way!
How do ya defeat a nation?
By making them fight amongst themselves!
How do you amalgamate not only a nation but a race (humans!!!)?
By identifying what we have in common instead of what divides us!
By all means ahm up for division cos thats how we progress as a race but too much media tae sway us this way and that means that we will still be in this same loop 10, 20, 30+ years down the line.
‘The human was given life and made a crutch out of it!’
Hoops Am I
Bellamy.
Hoops Am I
1.I was born in 1975 and scored my first goal for Celtic against Dundee Utd.(20pts)
2.I have won 44 caps but not for the country I was born in.(12 pts)
3.I scored goals against THEM at Hampden in 2002 in 2 separate games (6pts)
Fortunes
I was with oldtim last year and it was the worst flooding in Poland.
We got to within 3 miles of Auchwitz and the Police turned us back,,
We went to the shrine to the black madonna where JP2 said a mass,,, to about a million..
EDB
oldtim could tell a few stories….
Bellamy ?
CSB
Had to go for it and he was born in 1975 and did score his first goal for the Hoops against Dun Utd.
Oh well………
Vic @ 21:51
It’s good thinking – taking the opposite approach to the divide and conquer. Many folk are trying this (Celtic is a good example of this actually) but fighting a losing battle against politics and the meeja. Get rid of thae buggers and it’ll work :)
MWD
think that was the opening of the lisbon lion stand during the winter shut down..
was the Clude game not also Roy Keanes debut?
hamiltontim says:
11 November, 2011 at 21:54
Knew his first goal was against Dundee U-but didn’t realise he was also born in ’75 -I am
not that MacAvennien!
Mwd / ht
Coldest ever is easily Roseborg away, -14°C not including wind chill
Bobo Balde
Bobo!
OK-Easy clue coming up-quickest on the buzzers.
Hoops Am I
1.I was born in 1975 and scored my first goal for Celtic against Dundee Utd.(20pts)
2.I have won 44 caps but not for the country I was born in.(12 pts)
3.I scored goals against THEM at Hampden in 2002 in 2 separate games (6pts)
4.I was sent off in the UEFA Cup Final in Seville.(3pts