New Uefa seeding rules this year mean that teams in Champions League Pot 2 have a higher aggregate coefficient value than teams in Pot 1. So Barcelona (we’re bound to avoid them now they look a little lost), Atletico, PSG, Borussia Dortmund and the Manchester twins. Only Sevilla and Porto would provide some comfort, the latter, in particular.
From Pot 1 we could do worse than our old friends Spartak Moscow (18 coefficient points), although Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica and Monaco would be decent draws.
As our primary objective is to remain in Europe after Christmas, the real battleground for Celtic is in Pot 3. I’d proverbially bite your hand off for Olympiakos, Anderlecht or Besiktas, even Basel would be acceptable. Prefer to avoid the Italians of Napoli and Roma, as well as Liverpool.
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Rai, of PSG fame, is the younger brother of the marvellous, chain-smoking, sadly departed Socrates.
HH!!
BEATBHOY on 25TH AUGUST 2017 10:52 AM
BIG JIMMY on 25TH AUGUST 2017 6:00 AM
IBMCUWP,
“As for her being MY wee cockney charmer…..I can only dream ?
Shes young enough to be my grand daughter…..but what a wee stoater she is…now if I can only turn the clock back 40 years or so…are there any magic potions oot there ?”
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You could try Donkey at the SPFL, he turned it back 140 for Sevco.
https://spfl.co.uk/clubs/ranger
…………………………
whats the Donkeys phone number…I know it ends in 1690.
Cheers mate.
HH
That last post was PSGs squad.Are they not in for the boy MBappe also.Hope not.
TALLYBHOY on 25TH AUGUST 2017 10:58 AM
Rai, of PSG fame, is the younger brother of the marvellous, chain-smoking, sadly departed Socrates.
HH!!
……………Socrates….whit a player that boy was !
i think he was on 100 a day habit. Superb fitba player and an athlete despite the chain smoking…. a bit like myself in my younger days.
We’ll maybe no ?
HH
Big Jimmy
Remember telling my old man that they were technically much better but being surprised how much fitter,stronger and faster they were than us. 3-0 flattered us.
We have improved immensely since then but so have they.
Confident we can beat any team on our day at paradise with the ground shaking from the noise of the faithful.
HH
Turkeybhoy on 25th August 2017 10:45 am
Thats right, we lost 1-0 away.
HH
Morning Celts
We can beat anybody at Celtic Park, and i mean anybody.
Over the years we have cuffed most of the big names.
Although i do think it would be wise to buy some players. We cannot go into CL with Bitton and Ajer as our CH pairing, no way.
HH
Good Morning Bhoys it seems there will be no incoming transfers today it seems Paddy Roberts talks continue we are as usual for Celtic going to bring in any new players at the end of the window. So our next big game is tomorrow against the league leaders and I think it will be a good game with a narrow hoops win. H.H.
Hmmmm – Bayern, Anderlecht and a French team. A distinctly 2003-04 feel about this group…..
Realistically a shoot-out with Anderlecht for third, but I think we can pick up a point or two against the big two.
Saw Bayern in a pre-season tourney and they were awful, although they were missing some of their big guns.
Would have liked Lahm to have still been playing to see how KT would have done against him. Could have been a good education for him.
Anyway – this is where we want to be so let’s enjoy it!
BIG JIMMY
Johann Cruyff was another well-known ‘puffer.’
HH!!
JFH
As Friesdorfer already pointed out
WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE
that will still be the case tomorrow and for the rest of the season
Celtic 3 Hammer throwers nil
Sadly both gifted players are no longer around to tell their tales.
TRADITIONALIST88 on 25TH AUGUST 2017 11:02 AM
Turkeybhoy on 25th August 2017 10:45 am
Thats right, we lost 1-0 away.
About 10 of us sat the whole day in a bar on the Champs Elysee.It was Paris fashion week,and the place was swarming with models and the whole entourage.Great fun.Getting our pics with the models,and ogling like hell.6 quid a pint back then.The Gendarmes picked us all up at the Eiffel Tower,and took us straight to the Stadium.The PSG fans were fighting with each other.Strange fans.Divided straight down the middle.Politics ,I think.One half occupy one side,and vice versa.The fans were magnificent that night,the PSG fans loved it,and would not leave the Stadium,swapping scarves,singing “Roll with it”with us.Great trip.
Turkeybhoy on 25th August 2017 11:16 am
Nice one!
HH
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL on 25TH AUGUST 2017 11:09 AM,
They are my hope of at least a point at Celtic Park.Still an awesome prospect though.A,rjen Robben,Lewandoski,Alaba,Muller,Thiago,Vidal,James Rodrigues,and a host more big players.
Formidable
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embramike says ” Yer team’s deid…Beat it!” on 25th August 2017 10:51 am
You don’t get point in the playoff round or the 3rd qualifier I believe as if you drop out you have another match in the Europa (or groups).
TRADITIONALIST88 on 25TH AUGUST 2017 11:23 AM
Turkeybhoy on 25th August 2017 11:16 am
Nice one!
HH
Wee funny one to go with that.The hotel we were in had a full bus of Irish fans over,so we asked them for a lift to the game.No problem,pile on.They wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower to see it.By the time we had got through the Paris traffic,it was around 6,so me and my mates were in a panic.The Irish,not a bit.away they all went sightseeing.about 6,45 the Gendarmes stopped and loaded us into the van.At half time right across from were all the Celtic fans were,we saw a load being brought in,and moved into seats.It was the Irish mob.Missed the first half,sightseeing.Nutters.
Turkeybhoy
PSG went down to 10 men for the last 20 minutes of the Toulouse game, with the score at 2-1. That’s Neymar just settling in, 2 goals, 2 assists, won a penalty, some outrageous skills.
Henrik is partial to the odd cigar…
Turkeybhoy on 25th August 2017 11:35 am
Few Irish bhoys that I drink with are good ones for ordering another pint in the Gallowgate 15mins before kick off and expecting to be there for the start of the game! Learned my lesson and leave them to their own devices. Planting carry outs in strategic spots outside the ground was another one – under traffic cones and the like. Inventive!
HH
DAVIDOPOULOS on 25TH AUGUST 2017 10:58 AM
embramike says ” Yer team’s deid…Beat it!”
8.5 points are counted for the country coefficient average for country rankings but not the club rankings.
Don’t you start me on this!!!! ;)
Agreed ! … and just wait until this comes into play and impacts us – if it isn’t changed again !
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2398611.html
Enough reminiscing,off to the pool.Mrs TB doing the cocktails again today.Margueritas today.
Heartburn later.Mate and his wife coming round with home made Scotch Pies.He is great at them.
Cocktails and Pies !!!!!!!!!!.50 bob millionaires indeed.
Traditionalist88
At this year’s Scottish Cup Final my Bhoy and his (now) Mrs planted a celebration carry out to collect AFTER we lifted the cup! Finished by the time we got back to the car!
Jobo Baldie on 25th August 2017 11:44 am
Happy days :)
HH
Oh and did I mention that I’m now on my holidays! No more work for 283 hours and 39 minutes….
Thought this would be of interest according to UEFA website (Last updated: Monday 13 February 2017 seemingly)
Club coefficient system
A new system for the club coefficients: clubs are judged on their own records (deletion of the country share for individual club coefficient unless that coefficient is lower than 20% of the association’s coefficient).
Be more interesting when this is all confirmed for next year’s competition ..
I for one am quite happy to wait for Paddy, and think the board are playing it sensibly. My feeling (based on nothing concrete) is that , if we were happy with a one season loan, Paddy would already be in tomorrows lineup.
If we can sign him on a 3/4 year deal, it will have been worth the wait.
Certainly outraged the BT pundit, Chris Perry, co -commentating, who complained, in all seriousness, that there was no need for Neymar to embarrass his fellow-professionals, as he left one guy heading in the opposite direction as he flicked the ball from between both feet over his opponent’s head.
I remember thinking the same when Jinky was giving defenders ‘twisted blood’, Chris.
” Haw, stoap bein’ so good at fitba’, wee man, yer embarrassin’ big Davy!”
4 points could easily see us in 3rd place which has to be the realistic goal, but we cannot underestimate Anderlecht. They have some top players and are on a similar level, in a better league.
Forget Paddy buy another striker no brainer, Hayes and Miller,can play on the wing ,and at the back, which Paddy wasn’t up to at times,
I see the huns have launched their Champions League campaign this morning.
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21032326_1478432965570508_4279066212123833856_n.jpg?oh=89df45e984fe0805011aa5ddc6522ce0&oe=5A2B180C
Saw PSG play against Monaco in Monaco last season. Monaco of course were ‘in their pomp’ as Big Ron used to say. However I’m not sure that there will be such a great comparison between the way PSG laid themselves out last year vrs this year. PSG have Neymar (and may just have Mbappe), so they will have pace to burn, mostly coming from the left, I guess, and as ZZ Top said, they have legs and they know how to use them. I worry that Lustig – fine player though he is – will be exposed. But PSG has always been less than the sum of its parts, other than the first game against Barca last year. I’m hopeful that the atmosphere at Celtic Park will scare them if we get an early goal, we’ll see.
I think that it’s a great draw. We’re not going to win the CL, and while we want to take it as far as we can, I’d rather go out having seen Celtic go toe-to-toe with Bayern and PSG than against a lesser team.
new article posted.
King of Kings star guest on Europa League group draw on BT Sport.
Still looks fit enough to play for us. Sign Henrik, PL !
ACGR-VG
Delaneys
If you are looking in
Can you put me on the list for an away ticket to Munich
See you tomorrow in Babbitys anyway
Morning all ,CAPTAIN BROWN 5.10 Cartmel for me.hh good luck.
York 515 Holmeswood nap
Good luck everyone