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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Get well soon GCT!!!
Good luck to Lawrence Tynes kicker @ New York Giants in Superbowl on Sunday…talks up Celtic at every opportunity!!!
Marrakesh Express
Not only that but their most notable achievements historically were during the Murray era
Now they might argue that 9 in a row and their Champions league semi final happened before the financial doping took place but nobody will remember that. Unless somebody comes up with 50m then it´s all gone.
Hail Hail
Quiz
No googling.
How many teams have won the old First Division/SPL in Scotland ?
Hail Hail
Aw Naw
Celtic
Rangers
Hearts
Hibs
Aberdeen
Dundee
Dundee United
Motherwell
Kilmarnock
Dunbarton
I think that is all.
Snake Plissken says:
3 February, 2012 at 16:57
you forgot one !!
Snake
btw same mistake I made .. when I was asked and I kept saying Dunfermline instead of Dumbarton. I did aks for half a point but was given short shrift.
very well done btw
Hail Hail
Aw naw
have now googled for the last one.
Interesting omission in the circumstances we have these days.
Awe_Naw…
7?
Kyle Laffertys situation is interesting. Does Whittaker have the exact same medical problem as Lafferty ?
Lafferty is free to sing a pre contract isn´t he ?
HAil HAil
ok lads til laters
Hail Hail
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ArranmoreBhoyLXV11 says:
3 February, 2012 at 16:50
Good luck to Lawrence Tynes kicker @ New York Giants in Superbowl on Sunday…talks up Celtic at every opportunity!!!
He has been very prominent in both the UK and US media and has done a great job talking up Celtic whenever he can.
That said, I hope he scores 11 field goals in the NY Giants 36-33 loss to the Pats!!!
SPF
(The emphasis is on the Pats bit of the name this week!)
Gold Coast Tom:
Great post, glad your home and on the road to recovery. You have that fighting spirit.
Tiny Tim, thanks for being GCT’s conduit…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
To be fair to David Murray, he did once say in an interview that one of the major problems stopping the domestic game progressing was that there “are just too many clubs in Scottish football”.
It’s great to see that he was as good as his word and put the steps in progress to get rid of at least one club.
That’s the foresight and vision of Murray that the Scottish press constantly banged on about for the past 20 years right there that is.
Hilarious.
Them
Us
Hibs Hertz dundee/ utd Knock Mwell Aberdeen
and Dumbarton shared with huns. Interesting to note Der Hun never won a single trophy before 1888
IBLEABHOY
That’s just not nice.
I cannae wait to explain to you on just how many levels that post is wrong.
Once I stop laughing!
After the pandemonium of the last week of the sales I note with great sadness they are still on the shelf. So much for the expiry date. A lucrative TK Maxx tour could be on the cards.
The other team was the now defunct Third Lanark.
Interesting.
Brimmer
Is he not?
OK. 1) Since Hooper and Stokes have been playing so darn well and 2) Since you care so darn much –
::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Forster :::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Matthews :::::::: Rogne ::::::::: Mulgrew :::::::: Ledley
Forrest ::::::::::: Brown :::::::: Wanyama ::::: Samaras
::::::::::::::::::: Hooper :::::::: Stokes ::::::::::::::::::
4-0 Celtic.
Marrakesh Express says:
3 February, 2012 at 16:48
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I would love to have said all of that. The thing is…
You say it so much BETTER!
Hail! Hail!
Is anyone acquainted with the word defalcation?
Phil McG seems to be getting into valedictory mood.
Shame.
I’m quite patient to see what the FTT has to say.
HH
TLK
Awe_Naw
Kyle Laffertys situation is interesting. Does Whittaker have the exact same medical problem as Lafferty?
They’re both allergic to water.
Swing away, Victor.
Swing away.
Great news about GCT. Get well soon
Re the animal Lafferty.. Games played money due etc.. Was that not similar to the left back Ball? A few yrs ago.. They were skint then and would not play him..
Another Carlsberg moment in true!!
IbleaBhoy says:
3 February, 2012 at 17:17
Is anyone acquainted with the word defalcation?
Everyone has gone for their tea. So I’ll riddle you further?
HH
TLK
IbleaBhoy says:
3 February, 2012 at 17:08
and Dumbarton shared with huns. Interesting to note Der Hun never won a single trophy before 1888
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They both finished equal on points. Dumbarton had a better goal differrence but they did not use that in those days. The had a play off that ended 2-2.
I reckon that title should be taken off Rankers.
GCT
Good to hear that you’re in the mend mate. Hail Hail
Lizard King
Re Phil
Hmmmmm……
I posted last night, after amadeus’ teasings, that the reason for the delay in the great expose was possibly due to any proposed articles being subjected to intense scrutiny by lawyers. It seems Phil has confirmed this.
Now, I know this is all just speculation. However, it is reasonable to assume that any story about CW or TFOD will have to be looked at carefully, even moreso given some of the revelations in the last few days.
We’ve waited 100 years for their demise. A few days more won’t make a lot of difference.
Fat Sally contradicting Craig Whyte and say Jellyfish didn’t ask to leave the club. Hmmmmm
saying*
hoopeddreams says:
3 February, 2012 at 17:40
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Hear, Hear. m8!
Hail! Hail!
Good evening friends, I hope we are all well?
Is there a quiz tonight?
Jobo
hoopeddreams says:A slow, painful, lingering death is good enough for them.
hoopeddreams says:A slow, painful, lingering death is good enough for them.HH.
Good to hear you are on the mend Tom, take it easy.