Let’s be honest with each other, there’s a bit of a leap between our European performances in recent seasons and the standards of Champions League football. My expectations for this season’s tournament hasn’t seen me check out accommodation options in Cardiff in May.
With that in mind, if we’re going to fall short, let’s do it against genuine quality opposition, some of the best players and tactically organised teams in the business. Barcelona, Manchester City (think Pep, but with more money) and Borussia Monchengladbach will bring this to Glasgow over the next few months.
Over our 15 year Champions League lifespan, Celtic surprise on the upside more often against better teams than against relative minnows. The biggest disappointments came in Scandinavia, not Iberia.
When the group stage finishes in December, we will faced enormous challenges. Players will have stretched themselves to lengths they didn’t know existed. What we know for sure, is that none of the other three teams in our group will have wanted Celtic from Pot 4. This is a hard draw for everyone.
Huge game tomorrow. Anything less than 100% and we’ll drop points. Enjoy it.
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BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 27TH AUGUST 2016 9:02 AM
MACJAY
All-blacks are on a different planet from the rest of us. An outstanding team.
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But are Kiwis good at anything else ?
Hope Tauranga`s offline.
MACJAY
One or two that I met were. Can’t speak for the rest of them.
SMALL HILL TIM
lol. They do believe king is being honest with them, SO nothing surprises me.
KLV
KLV,
You saying he’s not??? But he always seems so dgnified!
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 27TH AUGUST 2016 9:23 AM
MACJAY
One or two that I met were. Can’t speak for the rest of them.
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Mmmmm.
Gender , Bobby ?
15 / 9 H.T.
Mini revival from godzone.
A blood sport. Nothing less.
ABs are awright.
The rest. Nuff said. Australia (west island) we welcome the chase. Hail Hail the All Blacks. Last time Australia won the Bledisloe Fecebook and Twitter were not yet invented ; )
Rank Country Medals Population Population
per Medal
1 Grenada 1 106,825 106,825
2 Bahamas 2 388,019 194,009
3 Jamaica 11 2,725,941 247,812
4 New Zealand 18 4,595,700 255,316
5 Denmark 15 5,676,002 378,400
6 Croatia 10 4,224,404 422,440
7 Slovenia 4 2,063,768 515,942
8 Georgia 7 3,679,000 525,571
9 Azerbaijan 18 9,651,349 536,186
10 Hungary 15 9,844,686 656,312
11 Bahrain 2 1,377,237 688,618
12 Lithuania 4 2,910,199 727,549
13 Armenia 4 3,017,712 754,428
14 Australia 29 23,781,169 820,040
15 Serbia 8 7,098,247 887,280
16 Sweden 11 9,798,871 890,806
17 Netherlands 19 16,936,520 891,395
18 Fiji 1 892,145 892,145
19 Great Britain 67 65,138,232 972,212
20 Kazakhstan 17 17,544,126 1,032,007
21 Cuba 11 11,389,562 1,035,414
22 Czech Republic 10 10,551,219 1,055,121
23 Belarus 9 9,513,000 1,057,000
24 Switzerland 7 8,286,976 1,183,853
25 Norway 4 5,195,921 1,298,980
26 Estonia 1 1,311,998 1,311,998
27 Slovakia 4 5,424,050 1,356,012
28 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1,360,088 1,360,088
29 Mongolia 2 2,959,134 1,479,567
30 France 42 66,808,385 1,590,675
31 Canada 22 35,851,774 1,629,626
32 Greece 6 10,823,732 1,803,955
33 Kosovo 1
SMALL HILL TIM
if there team is so good, why are they struggling so much against everyone? I think us conceding easily against beer over the two legs gives them confidence, In their minds eye they are the same level as Beer. Truth be tole they are nowhere near that level, Just now they aren’t at the level of killie. I would be focusing all my energy on their own team never mind comparing their squad to ours.
Enjoy the game today Bhoys, won’t make it today, Gutted. Old war wound keeping me out.
Big Game,
In Brendan we trust.
KLV
winning captains on 27th August 2016 1:07 am
All the best to everyone who puts their head above the parapet on Celtic’s behalf. What a country this is. I was shown a piece, written by a rat on 24thAug, which slandered CQN and I hope that’s one of those calumnies you say are being addressed. Not expecting to hear from kill ultra anytime soon.
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Good luck to the Celts today as we go for the top spot in the league. I’ve a feeling Kieran Tierney will be irrepressible today. Severely examined during two games respectively against Astana and Happoel – the bhoy survived then prospered. No shackles today.
On the road early to meet my brother at Maggie Mays, then to the Kerrydale, the match and dinner with our old uncle at the Burnbrae before he drives home to Norwich on Sunday.
Celtic forever.
TAURANGABHOY on 27TH AUGUST 2016 9:35 AM
Hell.
Thought you`d be busy scoffing Speights and leffing et ow Wallibeez.
Hamilton
Celtic are happy to meet with us, that’s worth remembering. We’ll continue to hold the Plc board to account but only because we want the best for Celtic and the supporters.
You may meet with Celtic as the Celtic trust members and that should be all you are meeting them for,
You do not speak for me and I’m a Celtic supporter, your nothing but a left wing socialist splinter group Whois main object is to get Jeanette Findley on the board at Celtic park, that’s the C T, Camouflaged By charity drives to meet your agenda, nothing wrong with charity but it shouldent be used as a rung on a ladder to success, IMO.
So once again get down of your high horse and stop your pathetic holier than thou moral high ground pish, one more time……YOU DONT REPRESENT ALL CELTIC SUPPORTERS.
I know it’s been said before, but could the opening games of the 3 big teams, us, Aberdeen and hearts have been any harder? And the new teams been any easier? Looks like backfiring!
Also, as well as the importance of getting to the group stages and all that comes with it, Tuesday was important because it keeps the feel good factor around the club. I can’t remember feeling this good about Celtic for many years
Professor Barclay once gave a serious of lectures on TV on the Our Father which, imo, is one of the best series of programmes ever. Brilliant stuff.
Oh, and reading back this morning has been a lot more pleasurable than much of what has been posted on here of late.
Coincidence that the deid team are reckoned to be dire. Anyway, a victory on this lovely day will set us all up nicely.
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED.
TAURANGABHOY on 27TH AUGUST 2016 9:35 AM
Medals ? Oh aye ?
What colour.
Och aye , there`s the rub.
Macjay – that’s him. Funny how these things come round isn’t it. I’m struggling to remember the book. I suspect it was something on ‘religious experience’.
I was discouraged from divinity at Glasgow uni (I did apply which might puzzle some who are familiar with my ‘far left’ views – my arrival at the philosophy of Marx and Engels and many others came via a somewhat circuitous route) by a less enlightened influence on my life. I regret listening to him in a small way. The path I took as a result led to me meeting the love of my life and mother of my beautiful children, so it’s not a huge regret but I do sometimes wonder what might have been.
Hmmmm. Stone cold sober and already getting sentimental on a blog on match day.
I’m away!!!!
TONYDONNELLY67 on 27TH AUGUST 2016 9:39 AM
I don`t disagree with the basic thrust of your argument in the slightest , but , believe me , HamiltonTim is one of the best.
Morning Bhoys A lovely day for the game I think it will be entertaining both teams need the win even this early in the season but only one can get it.I am sure the dons will have a go and we may be a wee bit leggy after our European travels. H.H.
ROBERTTRESSELL on 27TH AUGUST 2016 9:43 AM
Liberation theology.
Was a very strong force in Central America.
Don`t see too much which is illogical or irrational there.
Enjoy our day and our Tims.
Guyfawkes
A few right good burgers on the menu in Maggie Mays, but good craic and a decent packet of cheese n onion crips in the Tollbooth across the road :-)
Enjoy your day
Macjay golds per capita is worse for the Wallabies. Just watching the free to air , delayed, with my youngest daughter so don’t tell me the score mate. Few kiwis in the Oz team. Looks like a nice evening in Welly. Mon the AB’s.
Rank Country Gold Medals Population Population
per Gold Medal
1 Bahamas 1 388,019 388,019
2 Jamaica 6 2,725,941 454,323
3 Croatia 5 4,224,404 844,880
4 Fiji 1 892,145 892,145
5 New Zealand 4 4,595,700 1,148,925
6 Hungary 8 9,844,686 1,230,585
7 Bahrain 1 1,377,237 1,377,237
8 Georgia 2 3,679,000 1,839,500
9 Kosovo 1 1,859,203 1,859,203
10 Slovenia 1 2,063,768 2,063,768
11 Netherlands 8 16,936,520 2,117,065
12 Cuba 5 11,389,562 2,277,912
13 Great Britain 27 65,138,232 2,412,527
14 Slovakia 2 5,424,050 2,712,025
15 Switzerland 3 8,286,976 2,762,325
16 Denmark 2 5,676,002 2,838,001
17 Australia 8 23,781,169 2,972,646
18 Armenia 1 3,017,712
BMCUW
Maybe around Brigton, I hear it’s awfy nice the noo..
TAURANGABHOY on 27TH AUGUST 2016 9:48 AM
O.k.
Gob shut.
:-)
Not working today!
Just been handed a list by my good lady.
I am working today right enough.
C’MON THE CELTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 27TH AUGUST 2016 9:44 AM
TONYDONNELLY67 on 27TH AUGUST 2016 9:39 AM
I don`t disagree with the basic thrust of your argument in the slightest , but , believe me , HamiltonTim is one of the
I’ve met Hamilton Tim he reminded me of a Jehovah’s Witness ……Non stop fanatic in what he believes, and seems to think he/they speak for every Celtic supporter, other than that he’s aweright, that’s only my opinion, and I do not speak for anyone else btw.
JMCCORMICK
Coupla pubs there I can recommend!
Not been in since I moved down here fifteen years ago though. They’ve had a rough time and might be less welcoming than they once were.
Aye,stay where you are and casserole the birds,as Ernie suggested!
TD67 never seen Hamilton get on any high horse on here. he recently voiced his opinion on why he is part of the CelticTrust. You were doing alright yer self with your own opinion until you started to take the player. Keep it civil mate, the blog is great when it is about opinions. What is your opinion on the problem of the homeless in Glasgow, and I don’t mean how many more pubs will close.
Gerryfaethebrig on 27th August 2016 9:48 am
The meals seem to be popular but they’re too large for our meagre appetites. It serves one of the best regular guinness pints in the town, that’s our breakfast of choice on a football dayoot, and it’s not as squeezed-in as the tolbooth. Cheers to you and your family.
I noted that an unusual amount of additional time played in each half of Killie v Sevco game.
Is there anyone who watched it able to come up with some justification for the referee’s timekeeping.
Treatment of injuries ? Subs? Time wasting?
Genuine question.
Thank God I don’t come on here every day and repeat the same shite all day.
IKI
First half there was the injury to Do-do and the injury to Killie’s centre-half.
Not saying the near 11 minutes was justified, but that’s the line that’ll be taken.
BMCUW & Ernie
Sticking with my original plan,sausages it is . Nothing , if not stubborn.
Cheers
Glad I don’t come on here every day and repeat the same pish all day long.
I hope I don’t come on here awe day every day saying the same things.
SmallHill Tim,
You are absolutely correct. I simply refuse to believe the computer randomly picked that opening quartet of games for Sevco. It looks to me like it was designed to give them a soft landing to the SPF, build up a bit of confidence, and at least be at parity for their first ever top flight game against us.
After everything that has happened in the last few years, does anyone seriously think fixing a few fixtures would be beyond the wit or motivation of those at the top of our game?
Whatever, it has seriously backfired. A quick, gloating look at FF this morning shows they realise that they have played only poor teams so far and have struggled against every one of them. For the first time, there appears to be a deal of disquiet about Warbiola and his Magic Hat.
STAIRHEEDRAMMY on 27TH AUGUST 2016 8:00 AM
A few people wondered if the boy sent off v sevco was a tim. He isnt.
He should be made an honorary one.
HOW COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY BORING THAT WOULD BE FOR MY FELLOW POSTERS!
Just ma opinion mind.
IKI just your usual men in black twelfth to fifteenth man stuff transferred from deadies to zombie club. I would be surprised if you could find another outside of Howard’s ManU games.
I’ll be back on for the updates!
Thanks in advance.
C’MON THE CELTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Pope disagrees
The case against liberation theology.
The late Pope John Paul II was frequently criticised for the severity with which he dealt with the liberation movement.
His main object was to stop the highly politicised form of liberation theology prevalent in the 1980s, which could be seen as a fusion of Christianity and Marxism. He was particularly criticised for the firmness with which he closed institutions that taught Liberation Theology and with which he removed or rebuked the movement’s activists, such as Leonardo Boff and Gustavo Gutierrez.
He believed that to turn the church into a secular political institution and to see salvation solely as the achievement of social justice was to rob faith in Jesus of its power to transform EVERY LIFE. The image of Jesus as a political revolutionary was inconsistent with the Bible and the Church’s teachings.
He didn’t mean that the Church was not going to be the voice of the oppressed, was not going to champion the poor. But it should not do it by partisan politics, or by revolutionary violence. The Church’s business was bringing about the Kingdom of God, not about creating a Marxist utopia.
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HH to Roberto and macjay1.
Guess who’s back,
Paddy’s back.
It is such a Beautiful day to watch the CHAMPIONS play.