You and I will miss our football this weekend but the winter break came at an excellent time for Celtic. They get to rest after an arduous nine game December on the back of handing Newco a lesson on their own pitch. Having to sit for three weeks, unable to get a defeat out your system, would have been torture.
Celtic have already played 36 competitive games this season (only one against lower league opposition). That’s close to a full league programme concertinaed into a little over five months. Add in the fact that almost the entire squad is involved in some form of international football and you realise the players have been on match duty twice a week since preseason.
This is exceptional and not conducive to delivering top performances. By comparison, Aberdeen have played 30 games (two against lower league teams) and Newco have played 28 (five against lower league sides). That’s eight and 10 times we’ve played two challenging games a week more than our direct opponents – neither of whom are particularly burdened by international football.
The second half of the season will be more balanced. We only have three midweek games scheduled, including our game in hand – so you can be reasonably confident our “slump” will end soon………..
We all remember the days when someone talking about putting in a £20m offer for a Celtic player would be held in a locked room until a deal was signed. We’ve been on a long road since, but the financial stability we’ve earned through many tough years affords us the ability to keep players who have several years to run on their contracts.
As for Moussa, I hear if we can arrange for him to play against the Target Practice Torags every week, he’d extend his contract until 2027.
Really enjoying the dissonance in some places over the anticipated approval of Kouassi Eboue’s work permit. Play by the rules, work inside areas you are allowed to and pay your dues. It’s not difficult.
By now you should be aware of The Road to Lisbon project. 28 cyclists will set off from Celtic Park on 11 May, arriving in Lisbon in time for the 50th anniversary of the Lions’ triumph. It is an immense project which is expected to raise tens of thousands for Celtic FC Foundation, Solving Kids Cancer and Children in Crossfire.
An opportunity exists for corporate sponsorship of the project. If you would like more information, look here, or email, theroadtolisbonmay2017@gmail.com
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I enjoyed the Hampden tour today. Some interesting stuff about the gigs. The Eagles requested all three dressing rooms as they can’t stand each other. U2 and Rod demanded the Celtic dressing room, U2 having it redone green and white for day.
Germany manager had the brand new dressing room doors soundproofed in case people were listening to their team talk.
Belgium told sfa to stuff their protocol and demanded two lockers for each player and two dressing rooms, which to be fair to Hampden, they had the facilities to cope.
Scottish cup sacred. Oldest trophy in world football.
Nearly forgot the newspaper front page from 7-1 game up large on wall.
Well worth 12 quid.
Bilic is a dead man walking. Pep Warbs sitting by the phone.
GARCIA LORCA on 6TH JANUARY 2017 9:10 PM
The crazy thing was that , as you say , Joe was injured before Christmas `66 , did not play for the rest of the saeson , but was still top scorer for the first division at the end of the season.
BTW the Dukla away game was live on the box.
:-)
https://twitter.com/ceiticfc_/status/817473052187525120
Anothet under the radar…
Bada,
That’s fake.
Why did they leave Upton Park
Madness/Greed/More Corporate Facilities/Advertising etc
Jobs fans singing “grand old team”
BADA
Good one HH
Saint Stivis
With all respect your an amateur. She was trying to talk to me tonight at the diner table whilst I was paying more attention to the Gaelic dictionary.
3-0 the Hibee provies!
Crazy goal.
Mc Ginn.
Hibs fans lol. 3-0
Meanwhile in an alternative universe
We’ve literally skimped & scraped by for years it’s a ridneck. The club is f***ing rooked, we can’t afford quality anymore and this is why we’ll fall further behind. Until someone comes in and hands in mega millions then were goosed. F***ing loan signings & bosmans. Then s****ing 2mil on Garner when Dembele signed for them on a fraction of that, while playing in the same league as Warburton managed in last season, how the f**k did he not know about him?
It’s quite scary we missed Dembele considering MW had literally worked in London his whole life in the business world and management.
Although I did hear MW did want him but he was paid a £1 million signing on fee and on close to 35k a week.
I tend to believe the second story, I’d be amazed if we didn’t enquire about Dembele in what was essentially MW backyard
HAVE THEY NOT SUFFERED ENOUGH
all together now
NOOOOOOO
WITS
I went to two matches at the Boleyn ground. It was a good stadium and had a really good atmosphere but it was ancient. The new stadium is a white elephant. Karren Brady had filled it with corporate hospitality aimed at the Docklands. Whether you like West Ham or not it was a club with a soul from a working class background. I can’t see it ending well.
Very interesting treatment of Cummings from Lenny et al. when he was substituted.
As if there had been issues.
Timreaper
Agree about West Ham being a working class club with soul,sister of a pal of mine was/is ? married to an East End Geezer who was a big hammers fan,I liked them as a club
5-0 Citeh
Great result , Lenny.
Hope Kris stays and ensures their promotion.
Another Paisley Christmas joke
Macjay1. Dukla – Celtic was radio only. The only TV coverage is the interview with Jock.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/apert-syndrome-genetic-condition-meme-man-craig-byrne-malformation-explains-speak-out-a7513031.html
11 years ago i was at Fort Lauderdale Airport. There was a plastic laminated sign at security.
It went something like:
No scissors
No nailclippers
No tools
No liquids
No flammable materials
No marijuana
No compressed gas containers
No radioactive materials
No corrosive materials
No tweezers
No rifles
Handguns must be unloaded.
well there ye go….
Macjay
Pretty sure the Dukla game was not live.
NatKnow on 6th January 2017 9:53 pm
Murderator 2 hopefully :)
Maggie
Handguns must be unloaded
Bloody liberals have runied America !!!
Its Friday its 5 to 5
* Runied
Ruined ..even
WITS
yup
bloody thats the word
MARGARET MCGILL on 6TH JANUARY 2017 9:49 PM
Deleted – puerile posting.
So is wolly gog allowed ? what about knaw ?
Dukla game wasn’t on TV live . We had a very hissy radio signal – I know cos I was 9!
Pog- VG
Dukla game was on TV live, early kickoff 17.00 ? Poor picture but I was watching it .Fact HH
GARCIA LORCA on 6TH JANUARY 2017 9:43 PM
et al.
Very interesting.
I was sure the Dukla away game was live on T.V.
FANADPATRIOT on 6TH JANUARY 2017 10:10 PM
Thanks , mate.
I was quite sure of that.
Then you start to wonder.
:-)
Oh a 5pm kick off – that’s why I missed it – I was red leading a hull efter school whilst you Toriies where watching telly :-)
Leftist narrative.
HH.
I have a feeling I watched the away Dukla game live on a very fuzzy picture. Might well be wrong.
To me, Joe McBride is the finest Celtic centre forward I have seen, bar none. He was a goal machine like no one else I have seen and he gave the others the confidence to fulfill their potential.
JINKYREDSTAR on 6TH JANUARY 2017 10:17 PM
Who you callin` a Torii ?
:-)