Celtic’s season is perched at a tantalising angle, but if you know your history, you’ll know that such pent-up potential often flounders in scrappy cup encounters. Set to face Kilmarnock in the League Cup final, they are favourites in the league and have not allowed a Scottish club to lay a glove on them in almost three months. No one is tipping against them in any competition, but despite being in exactly this situation many times in the last 40 years, only once have they been able to see out a straightforward looking campaign and collect the three trophies available.
All it takes is a bumpy away ground in the middle of winter to level the playing field (metaphorically, if only it would literally) and deliver the inevitable cup exit. Our chances of winning tomorrow are no better than 50/50. Inverness know the script, they are a decent team who, despite two cup exits to Celtic last season, had enough in their locker to deny us five points in the league.
Celtic have a potential of five cup games remaining this season across both competitions, but after Inverness, only one of those can be away from home. With league form seemingly set by metronome, you’re looking at one of the most dangerous games of the season tomorrow.
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Sixteen roads to Golgotha says:
3 February, 2012 at 13:45
The last time I looked Thommo wasn’t in our playing squad.
He’s a member of our management team having a beer.
Terrible right enough.
brimmer
sevilliant says:
3 February, 2012 at 14:42
“Celtic Bunnets are not for second best, They don’t shrink to fit inferior chairmen”
How about a banner of The Bunnet vs MBB and SDM ?
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Yeah, how about it indeed!
Superb stuff m8!
Hail! Hail!
sevilliant says:
3 February, 2012 at 14:42
“Celtic Bunnets are not for second best, They don’t shrink to fit inferior chairmen”
Absolutely fecking brilliant – it is a must for a banner.
The bhoys of the ole Sarsfeld brake club
DAVID PROWSE 1427
It sure did,and also on the texts,so-cheers,bud,one I owe you!
Only problem was when it was retold to the landlord of my local,a large lad,and a legend in Swindon,by a p…k who said
Phil,I think I know why yer marriage went wrong!
Why do you think I’m back home so soon?
..and the equally handsome bhoys of the ole Tally Ho! brake club
The Tally Ho in Winchburgh?
The ‘Tally Ho’ brake club is now the Hamilton CSC, perhaps someone local could confirm this.
‘Tally ho’ brake club is a much better name ;/)
Penned this the other day just after the window closed.
Unfortunately it was just when the server was havign problems and then I wasn’t able to log back in due to work commitments.
Anyway here’s a wee song for Sally..
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of Whytes elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
They’ll naw been seen on Sky…again
Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need…of old…Watty’s hand
In a…desperate land
Lost in a Romanov…wilderness of pain
And all the Huns they are insane
All the Huns they are insane
Waiting for the debt to go away yeah
There’s danger in the southside town
Ride the King’s highway, Coisty
Weird scenes out on the southside
Ride the highway west, Coisty
Ride out of Snake, ride out of Snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, Coisty
Snake is gone, the Taxman smiles
Ride out of Snake…it’s old, and it gonnae be sold
The Celts are the best
The Celts are the best
Get outta here, and they’ll do the rest
The blue bus is callin’ us
The blue bus is callin’ us
Driver, where you taken’ us (the airport?)
Coisty awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a girdle from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the blue hall
He went into the room where his assistant lived, and…then he
Paid a visit to Watty, and then he
He walked on down the blue hall, and
And he came to a door…and he looked inside
Whytey, yes son, I want to kill you
Whyte…I want to… get tae f*ck
C’mon QoS, take a chance with us
C’mon QoS, take a chance with us
C’mon QoS, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin’ a blue rock
On a blue bus
Doin’ a blue rock
C’mon, yeah
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
It hurts to set you free
But you’ll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die
This is the end
Have a good weekend bhoys and ghirls.
Good guys to win by two clear goals!
HH
/Bishop B
The huns still with us then? Shame. Wonder if they will get a draw tomorrow – would they make much money out of a televised replay in Dundee?
davythelotion says:
3 February, 2012 at 14:35
NL says it all!!!!
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Davy,
Heard a whisper about this on RTC.
What’s the jist of it?
B
My wife’s a schoolteacher. Through her job she sometimes has to work alongside children who are too young to consume alcohol.
Last week she and her pal were in a pub in the west end of Glasgow. I understand that they drank some bevvy.
What the heck was she thinking about??
*Just hope The Sun don’t get wind of this*
Not footy related but….I like it when things like this happen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16875921
Swiss
IbleaBhoy
That Sarsfield banner was liberated from stray walkers who came too close to the Gorbals and was repainted.
Somehow or other,whilst the tally ho tag is amusing I rather think those 19th century Irishmen might have had a different rallying cry!!
2012 AND THE NAEHUN PROPHECIES 1449
I’m prepared to wait. Not really bothered when it happens,because that is the nub.
No longer IF,but WHEN.
Jee-zoh,been warning my hun mates back home about this since 2005-cannae take the credit,I got tipped off by a wee fella called Marc Young,the only Catholic (chapel every week,kids were altar boys) I’ve ever met who supported the huns-and genuinely feel sorry for fellas who have invested their lives and money into supporting Rangers the way we have supported Celtic.
But if I’m honest,when they all get together,and turn into a bunchahuns,my sympathy goes oot the windae.
If their demise is enough to stop smashing guys turning into a rabid rentamob,I’ll take that.
garcia lorca, 14:35, I echo your call that it is enormously important to secure and retain copies of such old footage.
BMCUWP
They are an impenitent mob and in mountaineering terms I am praying for snow!
“No Newco in the SPL”
HH
offtoworkcsc
There are several players who can’t seem to play well in the Highlands – Matthews, Hooper, Brown, and chief among them, Izzy. The Stokes/Hooper partnership doesn’t seem to work as well up there either, so Lenny faces a dilemma if he wants to play one up front – Stokes, who is excellent up there, or Hooper, who has been on devastating form recently.
Those who excel at Inverness include Wanyama, Ledley and McCourt, although the latter is unlikely to feature having been out so long. I would be in favour of starting him, however. If Neil has kept Paddy at Celtic for a reason, this is a game tailor-made for him.
My team would be:
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Matthews :::::::: Rogne ::::::::: Mulgrew :::::::: Ledley
::::::::::::: Brown :::::::::::::::::: Wanyama ::::::::::::
Forrest :::::::::::::::::: McCourt :::::::::::::::: Samaras
::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hooper :::::::::::::::::::::::::::
DBBIA from earlier, sorry I will miss you tomorrow- I’ll be watching the game amid the azure Firth of Clyde on the Palm fringed Isle of Bute.
Enjoy Tennants- nice crowd in there.
All the best
Was the Sarsfield CSC named after the 1st Earl Lucan? Curious.
For those, few, who didn’t know Sarsfield was an Irish Jacobite commander who fought in the Williamite wars he was also a General of the Irish Brigade in the Service of France. The Wild Geese. Their most famous battle being Fontenoy where they routed the British Brigade of Guards and took the field for the French. Thier alleged battle cry Cuimhnígí ar Luimneach agus ar fheall na Sasanach – Remember Limerick and Saxon perfidy
Gentlemen, we acknowledge the inappreciable services that France has received from the Irish Brigade, in the course of the last 100 years; services that we shall never forget, though under an impossibility on requiting them. Receive this Standard as a pledge of our remembrance, a monument of our admiration, and our respect, and in future, generous Irishmen, this shall be the motto of your spotless flag: 1692-1792, Semper et ubique Fidelis.
Count de Provence (afterwards Louis XVIII)
garcia lorca says:
3 February, 2012 at 14:35
I think the Kent Star CSC which ran from Trader’s Tavern in the Barras was the first ever club to run actual suppoerter’s buses to games.
SWISS TONY 1505
EXCELLENT!
Gorralaff,no doubt they will get extradited the same way silly wee boys over here do.
BTW,cheers for the reply re MAN ON A LEDGE and the referendum.
Sometimes I wish I was back home and could campaign against it,then I remember how my wise advice about devolution-another 129 politicians from Scotland,think of the type of eejit that will be-fell on stony ground!
I’ll just snipe from the sidelines,nothing to do with me,I suppose…..
Another big hint dropped on Phil Mac’s site this afternoon. And the hits just keep on coming!
I had a look at ICTs last game on the BBC site and the pitch was okay in parts. St Mirren were able to play some decent football there but our players won`t get as much time on the ball.
Estadio says:
3 February, 2012
You might not want to put your phone number on any blogs
Strange question lads, but do any of you know FraserForster1 on Talk Celtic, or have any way of getting in touch with him?
Can you pass on to him, if you do, my email address at jkfnut1@yahoo.co.uk and ask him to get in touch?
Thanks
Sorry, wrong user name!
Damn it!
me.CelticBhoy88 is the guy I’m looking for,
Scottish_FAScottish FA
Billy Davies will help make the draw for the William Hill Scottish Cup sixth round on Monday afternoon.
Must be plenty of jokes in there.
A wee bit of light humour
I thought Countdown was a clean show
Although it originally aired at 3:30pm viewer discretion is advised.
Timabhouy says:
3 February, 2012 at 11:58
Build a chapel on Ibrox !
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I think it would be much funnier if the Archdiocese of Glasgow bought Ipox and offered to lease it back to to the huns/newco 2012. I’d love to hear the orcs imploding if that happened.
Anyway back to reality, farewell to the Glasgow Gestapo your demise cannot come soon enough!
Hail! Hail!
Is Alan Thompson related to John Thompson, the comedian?
You know the guy, ‘What a wonderful example of an integrated community’.
neil should have body swerved that question about thomson and mcgregor having a drink.all thats happening in the world thats the best the sun can come up with , this freedom of speech needs to be looked at more so in the media .
Afternoon all,is there still room for a team/participants for the Quiz nighton the 11th? I,ll be down for the game with some fellow tcheuchters and could get a team together. Appreciate any feedback. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Kittoch-Countdown-Far too much time on your hands,saying that anything that improves your speech and grammar is a bonus :}
Goldstar,
Aye, now that Tommy’s out of the pokey he can help wee Billy jiggle the balls.
Gail Sheridan YNWA.
VicTIM of the establishments anti Catholic/Celtic/Irish laws! IMO!
Hail! Hail!
goldstar10 says:
3 February, 2012 at 15:38
‘Scottish_FAScottish FA
Billy Davies will help make the draw for the William Hill Scottish Cup sixth round on Monday afternoon.’
So long as he remembers it’s balls he’s supposed to draw and not car keys.
BADA BING
He only watches it for the lovely Rachel.
And who am I to criticise a fella wi good taste?
Especially as I set it to record on C4+1….