It was Roy of the Rovers stuff at Fir Park today at 18-year-old Tony Watt made his Celtic debut and scored the first two goals of the game within five minutes of getting onto the field.
Celtic have been notoriously slow to start games this season but were on the front foot from the off today as Pawel Brozek looked lively on his first start for the club. They should have earned a penalty kick on 4 minutes when Victor Wanyama was dragged to the ground as he latched onto the end of a Ki free kick.
Thereafter Celtic’s experimental line-up laboured for much of the game. Passing from midfield was profligate and the front pairing of Gary Hooper and Brozek was never a partnership.
After Wanyama’s penalty claim Motherwell enjoyed the bulk of the first half chances. Craig Highton headed on for Chris Humphrey who had an excellent volley saved by an equally spectacular save from Lukas Zaluska to keep the scores level. Humphrey then had a shot blocked by Thomas Rogne before the rebound was fired goal-ward by Steve Jennings to bring another fine save from Zaluska.
Wanyama started the game in an unaccustomed right back role but got forward on 34 minutes as he carried the ball 30 yards before threading a pass through to Brozek. The Polish striker spun inside the box and prodded a shot but he missed the target.
The final minute of the first half brought two chances for Celtic. Charlie Mulgrew did well to rescue a ball on the by-line before flighting a cross in which was knocked out to Kris Commons. Commons shot from 18 yards went narrowly wide. Seconds later Commons and Brozek combined before the Pole’s shot clipped Randolph on the ankle and trickled behind.
Motherwell were first to show in the second half when Nicky Law’s shot from the edge of the area was saved by Zaluska, who had a good afternoon. Joe Ledley then pinched the ball from the toe of Humphrey after the Motherwell winger cut inside Izaguirre on the wing and set himself up for a shot inside the box.
Paddy McCourt, who replaced injured Ki, split the Motherwell defence open with a fabulous pass for Cha but the right wing-back’s cross went straight to Randolph.
Celtic then brought on Tony Watt for the ineffective Brozek and the teenager made an immediate impact. Cha knocked-on a long ball for Victor Wanyama to run onto before crossing deep beyond the far post. Watt had an incredibly tight angle but somehow managed to steer his touch between the posts, leaving Randolph helpless.
Two minutes later Joe Ledley exploited space in front of the Motherwell defence before passing to Watt just inside the box. Tony steadied himself before firing low and hard into the far corner of the net.
Paddy McCourt was quiet on his return to the team after a lengthy lay-off but on 83 minutes he used the abundant space afforded to him outside the Motherwell box to hang a back-post cross for Cha, who headed high into the net to complete the scoring.
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Agent Craig,,,,,,
clearly an intelligent woman …listen to her
Agent Craig “Green and” Whyte!! on 22 April, 2012 at 19:04
No noise up bud just laughing at them advertising anything
WITH THE WORDS
‘Paperless statements’ &”fraud protection”
In it I C&P it of RTC .
HAIL HAIL
mhaddog
I have disagreed on here or in person about J ledley(but PF knows more about rugby than football)
this is a blog about opinions…
I feel Hoops has been off form and is playing too deep at the moment.. no abuse just an opinion….
whitecrook tim on 22 April, 2012 at 13:40 said:
Thoughts with you and your friends family KTF.
It Ain’t Half Hot Bhoy on 22 April, 2012 at 19:05 said:
Ah think if Paddy got an extended run he wid be our number 10.
In just about every game he will produce vision an passes that no one else on the pitch is capable of.
Weighed against that is he is seen as a luxury.
He’d be in ma team for the damage he can inflict.
Last time we were at Fir Park Paddy had a significent contribution at our winner ah pivotal moment in the season.
Hope he is still with us next season.
BT
Completely agree, last week at Hampden he picked the ball up at left back and then right back positions. The thing is that he’s a goal scorer and is likely to pop one in even when playing badly.
HT
he cant score when he is left back or right back for that…
I would prefer him to do his running up front in the channels like the KoK…
PFayr on 22 April, 2012 at 19:23 said:
;)
leftclicktic on 22 April, 2012 at 19:27 said:
Yes its also a laugh when they call themselves a ‘football’ club.
If they issue paperless statements then why do they need all those paper shredders at ibrokes……aahh!!
How much is a paper shredder, who got bumped??
martin42 on 22 April, 2012 at 18:36 said:
Celtic First,
I was married in his church, in Cuppin Street, Chester, in 1993. Capuchins.
Am fairly sure it was he who married us – was he there then?
I remember him telling us, in a very humble and understated way, that huge displays of flowers in the church, bought from a shop for huge amounts of money, were ephemeral and pointless. Not that we were going to do that anyway.
The Cuppin Street church is a place where you remember what’s important.
PaddyG
just had to explain to mrs what “bumped” meant…very apt she said
Hi Guys
Can someone tell me where to mail Paul please. Many thanks
Pinta
….PFayr on 22 April, 2012 at 19:44 said:
PaddyG
just had to explain to mrs what “bumped” meant…very apt she said
****************
Best wishes to you both, apt indeed, what a liberty they guys can take with a credit line.
From rangers media
Stupid huns…
Definitions:
A Limited Company – a legal entity which
owns assets and liabilities with the
purpose of seeking profit (“Company”
or “legal entity”)
Newco – the continuation of a company
in a legal format; usually taking assets
from the OldCo whilst it’s liquidated
(“NewCo”)
A Football Club – a community formed
by fans working towards a common
goal (“Club”)
Rangers FC, the club, the community,
was formed by the Gallant Pioneers in
1872.
The Rangers Football Club PLC was
incorporated on 27 May 1899. This is
the legal entity which holds the Club’s
assets and liabilities, the legal entity
which seeks profit to its shareholders,
and the legal entity which the Club aims
to progress on.
As we are all painfully aware, the
Limited Company as a profit making
business and going concern legal entity
has failed by the fact it has entered into
an insolvency process.
The Club has not failed. From 1872 to
2012, fans continue to support Rangers
Football Club as a Club not as a legal
entity. We support the Club, the
community that bonds Rangers fans; Bill
Struth’s words, Rangers 1972 European
team, its miserable lows in the 1980’s,
its 9 in a row team, its title winning #54
team, its losing 2011/12 team. Did 48
thousand fans turn up to see Rangers
old boys vs. Ac Milan Glorie in support
of the Club, or the Company?
The Legal Entity is simply the body
which is required by law to hold the
assets and liabilities, can open a bank
account, can take out a loan, can be
floated on the stock exchange etc. It is
not who the players play for – they play
for the Club; the fans, the community,
the history.
Although there are concerns over the
SPL shamelessly and utterly ludicrously
moving the goalposts on NewCo in a
deliberate attempt to punish Rangers
FC, regardless of Rangers’ format next
week or in six months or in six years,
the Club will still exist. Rangers fans
won’t forget the SPL’s tactics and other
club’s attempts to kick Rangers when
they’re down. Rangers will exist after
David Murray, after Craig Whyte, after
the new owners, after the owners after
them regardless of the legal format.
Did The Celtc Football and Athletic
Company Ltd (incorporated by Fungas
in 1994) lose its history from 1888? Or
since 1897 when Celtc incorported? Did
the Celtc fans refuse to support this
legal entity, or did they continue to
support their Club?
Businesses fail. Legal entities fail.
Rangers FC as a Club will move on.
If Rangers got beat next week, we will
continue to support the Club. If the
legal entity gets beat, we should
continue to support the Club.
cqn@gmail.com
Gordon_J – “We had 18 shots, 10 of which were on target and only committed 5 fouls.A good day’s work”
Agree on the good day’s work – apart from only five fouls committed.
Hail Hail
Terry O 1929
I hope and pray we keep Paddy for next season.
On his game he raises hope, expectation and he lifts the roof off with a moment of magic.
We have some excellent players but none with Paddy’s genius.
ASonofdan
9 in a row team …wonder how that was funded?
Whitecrook Tim
Thoughts and prayers with your friend.
Thanks Blantyre – I have a Man Utd shirt signed by Henrik that may raise something at auction
Pinta
ASonOfDan,
“the Gallant Pioneers”. Seriously? That’s what they call four guys who decided to form a football club? Talk about delusions of grandeur.
Who wrote this drivel? “Newco – the continuation of a company”. It’s not a continuation, it’s new. The clue is in the name.
The players don’t play for the company? Who pays their wages? Who holds each players contracts? Who holds the SPL share?
Coatbridge St.Patrick’s priest, Fr.Sweeney, telling all at Mass tonight that TW is one of his flock, and that he himself picked him out to be a star of the future after seeing him play last year!
SPF
A good judge of a player is Eamon, I know cos he picked me often enough :-)))
pinta
I said to P67last month that had we a fiver for every time someone asked for his email address we would be millionaires…
don’t think he appreciated the Rodney comment though… o))
hamiltontim
Thanks very much for the tickets, appreciated, and good to see you again. Even nicer to get a victory with your tickets :-)
Motm Joe, but what can you say about Tony Watt – delighted for the boy, and for his mates sitting behind me.
Dear Motherwell fans – A couple of wee messages for you. Please hand back your songbook to Rangers when you next see them. Secondly, away and find a few thousand fans to fill these empty seats. And lastly, these colours will not be in the Champions League next season – I sincerely hope Dundee United beat you for third (second, even).
Hamiltontim
I lurk much more than I post on here and have had a degree of difficulty trying to convince my wife that CQN is more than just a football forum based around Celtic.
I asked her to read your post from this morning.
She understands now.
Thank you.
The hunmedia ehh thingy is priceless.
Bill Struths words….now what could they have been??
Get Aff Ma Boat!!
Stupid Hurtin Huns!!
Get Aff Ma Boat!! was accredited to the Captain of the Titanic. :-))
Paul67 et al
Good to see another young player get a chance to play for the first team. It would be fantastic if we could produce one or two players every season over a five or ten year period. Jock Stein set the wheels in motion back in the late 1950s, before he went to Dunfermline, and it is beginning to look like the efforts of Tommy Burns, Gordon Strachan, Neil Lennon and now John Kennedy et al might be delivering. We have an under 20 league next season but I am not sure if that is an additional league, or a replacement for the under 19s. Some good young players coming out of Scotland right now, let us hope they get a chance to play in a league with some integrity.
Bloke109
reptiles one and all
i detest that hun mob…always have
So this guy Miller is a scientoligist? Does that mean he can boil waatter and turn it into steam?
Gordon J
like I said,
Stupid huns…
Good win today without being great. Well done to Tony Watt.
We have a really big pool and should now be using it with the Champions League in mind. Neil should decide who his main players are for Europe and send them on holiday now. They should then come back for early pre-season and be in peak fitness for the qualifiers. Those in this pool will then need some time off in December / January to prepare for the run-in.
There is no need for the main players to be turning out in the next 4 matches. Here is one team well capable.
Zaluskas
Cha
Loovens
Wilson
Izaguirre
Juarez
McCourt
McGeouch
Twardzik
Watt
Brozek
Time for an early close-season for the main players.
Blantyre
cqn@gmail.com bounced ?
I assume therefore that if RangersMedia are saying that if their company is separate then their tainted leagues and cups can be handed back forthwith.
pinta
thats why I’m not a millionaire…o))
try
celticquicknews@gmail.com
Paddy Gallagher on 22 April, 2012 at 20:09 said
See these huns with boats.
Cant build them properly.
Cant row them properly.
Stupid Hurtin Huns!!
BT – “Rodney” lmfao….that could get you banned sine die! :-)
T4