I like the idea of competitive training. If you’re not receiving a hard challenge at training you’re not going to be sufficiently prepared for it in competitive action. It’s also fair to acknowledge that Nadir Ciftci’s retaliation on Emilio Izaguirre had the unfortunate coincidence of happening on a press conference day, with the bloody aftermath photographed. I’ve no doubt that such instances happen more often away from the press pack. By that doesn’t make any of it right.
Lose your cool at training and you’re more likely to lose your cool on the pitch, so as well as legal, health and safety, and appropriate workplace behaviour concerns, I don’t even think it’s right from a football perspective. I’d drop and fine both players.
Both Emilio and Nadir are under pressure right now, as is the team in general. We need to use that pressure constructively, starting at Tynecastle tonight, where indiscipline is likely to be costly.
“Sports Direct continues to litigate with the Club in an attempt to enforce its wishes and demands”, Dave King, 27 Oct. 2015. Hmmm. “Continues to litigate” suggests recent action. I wonder where this is heading, and how quickly? The subsequent bluster from King about Defending Ol’ Newco’s Walls and sending strongly worded letters from Rangers Retail Limited is Pythonesque. He may as well have proclaimed he’s farted in the general direction of Shirebrook.
Four months ago King told a receptive media: “On a scale of one to 100, [Ashley] doesn’t get up to one in terms of a threat.” You and I were more skeptical at the time. On a threat scale of one to 100, I reckon Mike’s at least a 67.
As King prepared to win control of the club in March, when he pondered that Sports Direct had possibly give two £5m loans, he dismissed concerns about owing Mike money by saying: “To me, that’s just noise level, because £10m going forward is well within the numbers of understanding we have to invest.”
It’s “just noise”. “Well within the numbers we have to invest.” Again, we were skeptical at the time. I wonder how this one will turn out.
Three months ago all fears were allayed when King proclaimed: “I regarded that meeting as being a good meeting with Sports Direct.
“One of my suggestions was we should look at a restructuring of the relationship and I indicated I would make proposals. They were willing at least to listen to me. They have not given a commitment one way or another, but they did say ‘Dave, you are an important customer of ours. We would like to make the relationship work, please come to us with your proposals.’
As far as good meetings go, that sounds like a pretty bad one. There’s not a sales manager in the country didn’t read that synopsis of King’s meeting and reflect on the rep who had a great pipeline but was clearly unable to differentiate between what he wants to happen, and what’s going to happen. Fantasy and reality. There’s no harm in a bit of fantasy, it’s a part of the human condition, but someone has to ensure that fantasists don’t grab the controls.
Dave, you’re an important inspiration of ours*.
*with added subtext.
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‘GG
Must have been the last game Aberdeen won…tee hee:))
“we often don’t score any goals in a game, and equally often lose them”
Tbb,
The first part is no very true but the second part is awfy very true.
Only one team (domestically) has stopped us scoring this season, only two have in the entire year.
As for the ol defence, it does appear that the sieve has returned but the statts would show that we’ve actually conceded less goals this season than we did at the same stage a couple of years back when lennys sieve was plugged :)
HH
Mon the HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS
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Let the People Sing
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King lubo,
Contrary to simpleton belief and tinternet rubbidge, shift key did not bite izzy.
Gg,
You beat me to it.
I also meant to add the caveat that the jambs were the side that stopped us scoring. Perth tractor boys the other.
HH
Natknow
You could pick any number of games.
Hearts 0-0 (Couldn’t score)
Motherwell 0-1 (fraught last 15 mins)
Hamilton 1-2 (Lost the opener, unimpressive)
Aberdeen 2-1 (Lost after being 1-0 up)
Malmo 2-0 (Lost)
In all of these games we had majority of possession, but failed to convert that into goals. Aberdeen for example had 2 shots on target and scored twice.
Any of these recent performance are likely to see us papped out tonight.
Hearts will have the same game plan as everyone else we play. Tight at the back, hard running and well shaped in midfield, fast on the break. The longer they stay in the game, the more likely the plan is to pay off. In effect they want to condense 90 minutes into 15.
They know they’ll get a chance or two, all they need to do is hold their shape, work hard, and take their chances when they come.
And hope Celtic don’t take theirs. Which happens.
Celtic Football Club @celticfc 11s12 seconds ago
Celtic team to play @JamTarts Gordon; Lustig, Boyata, Simunovic, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton; Commons, Johansen, Armstrong; Griffiths
Celtic team to play @JamTarts Gordon; Lustig, Boyata, Simunovic, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton; Commons, Johansen, Armstrong; Griffiths (NM)
Celtic Football Club @celticfc 37s38 seconds ago
Subs: Bailly, Ambrose, Tierney, Rogic, Forrest, Ciftci, Mackay-Steven.
Celtic Football Club @celticfc · 33 secs34 seconds ago
Subs: Bailly, Ambrose, Tierney, Rogic, Forrest, Ciftci, Mackay-Steven. Kick off 7.45pm (NM) #COYBIG
Looks like the manager is taking tonights game very seriously, all the top boys in place..
Come On You Bhoys In Green…
Is Derk still injured?
TBB –
I’d rather look at all of them than select the one that suit my argument.
In 13 games in the League and League Cup, we’ve lost 9 goals in total. That’s it.
It will be a tough game and, like you, I’d prefer to see possession converted into goals.
As in your original comment though, like you, I could be selective…
In our last game we had 68% possession, scored 5.
Against Dundee last month, we had 68% possession, scored 6.
In August we played ICT and scored 4 with 57% possession.
Easy, innit?
If that team cant beat that mob , there can be no excuses
4-1 for me
broonie, kris, griff & S Armstrong to feast on goals
till later all.
My friends in Celtic,
Domestically we have lost one game this season.
In the league we have scored more goals and conceded fewer than any other team.
HH.
Glasshalfemptycsc
The Spirit of Arthur Lee
:))))))
thank you for making me smile
Should read…
“..and equally, often lose them”
As opposed to “equally often”.
Apols for the careless error.
While it’s true that we score considerably more goals than we concede over a range of fixtures, it’s also true that we often fail to turn possession into goals, and in these fixtures, we’re vulnerable.
It’s a cup tie. We don’t have to look terribly far back to see ICT, Morton, Hearts, St Mirren, Kilmarnock…
Play with purpose, make and take our chances, win. Anything less leaves us exposed.
Good evening friends.
Planning on Wednesday sausages so if anyone has any reliable recipe’s I’d be delighted to try them ;-)
I reckon if we score goals and they don’t then we will win.
Simple game, football
“If that team cant beat that mob , there can be no excuses”
Lefty,
So when we get 3 good goals chalked aff and they get offside winner we’ll say best side won?;)
Strong side though. I like the fact Ronny can put full importance onto the domestic cups. Hopefully this won’t change for some time :))
HH
Celtic TV not working on Android even when I click the Android users click here link. Anyone else having this issue?
Ostensibly a strong side, though I hate seeing Johansen play centrally behind Griffiths.
Boyata/Simunovic looked good on Sunday (deep breath, it was Dundee Utd), while Commons, although he probably prefers playing where Johansen is tonight, has been consistently excellent with Lustig.
Izaguirre/Armstrong is a curious one – I don’t get it, then again I want Stokes back, which shows how out of the loop I’ve got.
My prediction – narrow Celtic win.
I’m delighted with the selection. Tonight could be fairly tasty, with guys flying into tackles early on. Lhads like GMS, Wee James & Tierney would be prime targets for the hackers. Night for harder more experienced players to start, as the game progresses you would expect it to become more sanitised and any of the above could be brought on if required. I’m expecting a win but this will be like a Cup Final for them. This could be their only chance of a trophy. Looking at the possible semi finalists, they would fancy themselves if they came through tonight and on their own patch in an evening game they will give it everything. The MIB could play a big part tonight, our bhoys need to be disciplined and not give him an easy opportunity to flash a red card.
Jobo
Have a smashing sausage casserole recipe, it does take over an hour to prep and cook though?
Weeminger
At Newcastle in the epl. He is up against guys with far more money than he has . As head of Sevco he would have a far better chance of getting into the CL . He would also have a greater audience , big as Newcastle are they don’t have the fan base Sevco could call on . Up here all they have to do is beat celtic . And the way celtic are being run , he wouldn’t, need to spend too much to get that top spot . Add in the SFA assistance Coupled with THE MIBS. And there home to tea . But as I say . That’s just my opinion . But thanks for the reply . Unusual for me to get a reply to my posts .
Jamesgang thank you too .
Jobo-sent you mail….i think
The MIB without TV cameras to expose him is a worry….
Greenpinata, As I see you on, a wee point, you pulled me up earlier on for my spelling of whisky/whiskey. I think you’ll find that it is one of those words that can be spelt either way.
re: line up …. that might be our 11 strongest players (I said ‘might be’) … but I’m not sure it is our strongest line-up …. I think KC, SJ and SA are all best suited to playing in the middle of the three, but this means that 2 are pushed out wide, where they are less effective (and arguably a wide player, like GMS or JF, might be more effective).
Hope KC, SJ and SA all score tonight .. just to prove me wrong!
NatKnow
I refer to my (abbreviated) list in my previous post.
BTW, Ronny’s League Cup win last year was our first since WGS. Lenny won 2 out of 4 Scottish Cups and zero League Cups. We’ve won 10 cups in 15 years, that’s 10 trophies from 30 attempts.
Tonight’s a Cup tie. You need to win them all. We win them all less than half the time. Betya we had the majority of possession in most of the ties we lost though.
Would have played Tierney ahead of Izaguirre, as well as an excellent performance he also linked up very well with Armstrong. Would also have liked to have seen Forrest on the right with Commons in the centre ahead of Johansen.
Going to be interesting to see(or not to see depending whether i can get a stream)how Johansen and our side does as an offensive force again tonight with him being back in the forward conundrum.
Was his absence from that area instrumental in our 5-0 win over Dundee Utd ?
Perhap it was just coincidence that he was not even in the side for the 6-0 win over Dundee too?
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If we learned anything from the Hearts game at Celtic Park, it was the Paterson can’t cope with pace.
Eh…
Corkcelt,
Generally from respective Gaelic, whisky is the Scottish form and whiskey is the Irish form.
I think.
But hey ho no matters. Anyway agreed a strong team and hopefully a strong performance with the right result.
COYBIG.
Jimtim
You’re welcome Sir. I often read your posts and nod my head in agreement. Mibbee if you were posting more like a rocket you’d draw more reaction!!!!
;-)
Gist of bbc shortbread tv buildup was….
‘As Celtic players ran amok through Lennoxtown yesterday and in the wake of a squeaky bum victory at the weekend does Ronnie Deila need to beat a glorious hearts side by 12 clear jammy bassa Fenian goals tonight and bring North Korea back into the fold to save his job???’
Speaking of the Far East I’m getting pop-ups for a new Celtic website whose IP shows up as being in darkest Angus – Celtic Sweary News. Any yous getting it too?
HH jamesgang
Chico newsflash ..
2 players hurt in the warm up .. Armstrong one of them .. Mibbes.
Broony out.