Yesterday’s win at Fir Park was huge for Celtic’s season but we should caution against talk of a corner being turned. The team possessed the resilience (and Irish magician) to come from behind and beat the team who were second in the league, but we have been here before.
The Motherwell goal will cause Neil Lennon particular concern. After losing a goal to an early corner kick against Rennes on Thursday, it seems impossible to believe that the team switched off at another corner kick, but only Beram Kayal was alert to the threat of Motherwell taking a short corner, and he was already covering a threat.
Organisational discipline is as important as having better players to the outcome of many football games.
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Pete the Beat
Robert Fisk
Excellent as always
Ta MWD lol
CELTIC v MANCHESTER CITY – LINE UP FOR TONIGHT’s NEXTGEN GROUP GAME… Thomson, Miller, Chalmers, Irvine, Fraser, Findlay, Herron, McGeough, Watt, George, McGregor subs: P Twardzik, Feely, Bogle, O’Brien, Fisher, Atajic & Murrell-Wiliamson.
COME ON THE WEE HOOPS!…
Snake Plissken says:
7 November, 2011 at 20:04
Cheers…
2-0 Celtic.
Low ball in from corner and Marcus Fraser bangs it in.
2-0 these young bhoys are playing sweet football.
celts u19s 2 man City 0 Marcus fraser
What is the Stars
Leaving aside any antipathy against the British Army, Robert Fisk has defined exactly the unease I feel about this blanket wearing of the poppy on tv.
Fair enough if somebody wants to. It’s the hypocrisy that I find nauseating.
Is there a decent crowd at the game tonight?
Yon wee keeper (Thompson) has some kick-out.
PeteTheBeat
Don’t tell Fisk about Tulisa Whassername on XFactor using her over-sized poppy as a hair extension. Good article.
*accessory not extension
Half time.
2-0 to the WEE HOOPS .
By a distance we are the better side. More direct and wayhay more organised from back to front.
MWD
PS. Ignore the Orcish Hun One.
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning! says:
7 November, 2011 at 20:35
Celtic TV guy says 2000?
Richie
Thanks!
mncelt says:
7 November, 2011 at 20:18
Thanks for the heads up -didn’t know it was on.Already 2-0 when I eventually got the stream.The passing for the last few minutes was excellent-looking forward to the second half.
Philbhoy
Just me, the wee man and my nephew.
Still HUD tae queue for 30 mins to get in.
Oh wait a minute. I see big Kingoh sitting up the back himself.
HOGKIN
MWD
I’d say about 4/5K.
Still got the coppers watching the GB like hawks.
MWD
Under19s looking good ther passing and movement exellent
Moonbeams WD. \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. C’mon the hoops. says:
7 November, 2011 at 20:37
Watching on Celtic TV. Very impressive performances and some excellent football.
MWD
As a matter of interest, was the Man City team read out? Be interesting to know if they are Manchester-born for the most part or bought.
MWD – what parts of the ground are open? GB in their usual place?
T4
MoonbeamsWD
If the weather had been better, Olivia and me would have taken you up on the tickets.
She is hooked!
We were with bjmac for the Rennes game. Terrific.
Hope you are well and not working too hard!
Robert Fisk?
Meh.
At least he’s not John Pilger…
Looking back on the game –
I think that was the best performance we’ve seen from Celtic this season, and bears comparison with the best performances of 2010/11.
Going to the likes of Fir Park and Tynecastle is a different proposition from the way we play at home. Flair and quick tempo passing go out the window, with players like Kayal coming into their own in what is always a congested midfield.
I also stand by what I said before the game – Forrest was the wrong choice. Yes, he was kicked off the park, but it wouldn’t have taken a genius to predict that that would happen. The pitch and style of football was ideally suited to McCourt’s style of play – if you can dribble the ball the way he does, you don’t need a billiard table surface (and yes, I did get it right for once, and yes, I’m going on about it – nae class!).
MOTM for me was Sammi, just as he was against Rennes. The coaching staff need to recognise (I’m sure they do) his importance. He is demonstrably an all round player, whose intelligence is vital for winning games; he isn’t afraid to get hurt, and he always always plays for the team.
Stokes’s performance was the biggest surprise. Not only did he take his goal well and notch up yet another assist (taking his goals/assists ratio way out of any other current Celtic player’s reach – 1 per 71 mins), he also confirmed that the recent games weren’t a blip – he genuinely works hard. One moment stood out in the game, fairly innocuous but hugely important psychologically: at about 37 mins in, he chased and harried Motherwell’s defenders and goalkeeper, covering a tremendous amount of ground, to finally force the error and hand possession back to his team. It summed up Celtic’s appetite for the game, and the players’ will to win for their manager.
Bloke109 is Neil Lennon says:
7 November, 2011 at 20:42
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Bloke Mancini’s son played for City against us in M’chester, looks a good few years older than our weans :¬)
V
This under-19 team are showing an urgency and willingness to work sadly lacking in the first team at times. It can’t all be down to the energy of youth. Our first team are hardly geriatrics!
Bloke109
They might have. Don’t know. My tickets were for East South Stand but turnstiles closed. They redirected a couple of Hundred of us through 1 turnstile. If there’s one thing Celtic have always been cack at and that is ticket and entry organisation.
TTTT
Just main stand. Only about half as full as Barcabhoy game though.
Auldheid.
I’m well impressed with the young Bhoys of Paradise. Strong, organised and skilfully.
MWD
we better watch out, man city might come in and buy our under 19 squad en masse
Vmhan – cheers – all that fine Italian living has aged him :-)
Philbhoy
You’d have struggled to get here with the short notice I provided.
MWD
I would be willing to wager the kids aren’t getting kicked up and down the park like the first team are subjected to, just a thought……
good evening cqn listened to phone in tonight on Clyde again god forgive me, Seanbhoy always puts over good points with intelligence same tonight,Keevins won of these people full of his own importance,the ministers son would not trust him.I pray HMRC win their case and then the chickens will come to roast. H H
That Moonbeams chap is a lousy speller (will probably blame the mobile you wait and see) ……. must be a hun!
V
HH
:¬)
BBC4 showing a programme re Shankhill Butchers at 9.00..
One poor tackle in the first half. Man City player got a yellow card!
Richie
Just the way it should be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7DlDh2okSk
first half goals