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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jackie mac
If the good people of scotland opened their eyes they would see where the problem lies.
I believe that the system is geared to stopping the players playing, and the people who control the game the referees, are allowing this to happen.
Take craig thompshun for instance, when he is reffing euro matches he is a decent enough ref, when he refs in the spl he allows the cloggers to stop the players.
The referees or their supervisors are the problem, guys like Messi, Xavi, Innestia would all struggle here, a few studs down the back of the legs, a few tackles like James Forrest got yesterday renders them as good as a passenger.
Sort the referres sort the problem.
ASonOfDan: 7 November, 2011 at 18:10
“Notice there is pash coming out now, Lennon is odds on to lose his job before Christmas and bookies are offering odds on who will succeed him.
“just a coincidence the tax tribunal commenced again today…HH”
They are certainly worried about something if they are making a big deal out of Lenny’s position given there is not any rumblings among the support about his future.
Jim White has stated on Sky Sports News that Adam has been “A member of the Old Firm Club” since he left School….. I am Boiling…..!!!
Fanadpatriot
Do you know who passed NL for his coaching badge ?
Jim (Blue) White (and Red) reporting on Adam’s sectarian charge ends with the gem about him being “at the Old F*rm club” for so many years.
The same Jim White who was refused to board an aircraft in Glasgow
because erm……the toilet was busy !
I used tae huv a Talking Bird
that never took a breck.
I huvnae goat it any merr….
I broke it’s Effin neck.
Serge – As you should know and my fellow CQN’rs who have met me can attest, i generally have two drinks per evening. Of course having been aff the swally for two months i have a little catching up to do:)
There were a few flasks getting passed around at the golf on Saturday but that was purely for heat retention purposes and doesn’t count towards the two per day.
slainte
tony
KOJO
Regards ” Tattie ” Bogle, what’s the story with him and is he signed to us.??
Still think the future is with the boys bhoyz and whenever possible we should play them.
Hail hail
KINGLuBO
Ah thought that ..
DanDan… Maj..
Wis
SUPERB.. agin the Motherwell.
And, Sammi..
Wiz
EXCELLENTE
In MA OPINION…
Like Ah said..
Many Times…oan Here..
Wan’s Opinion, aboot a Player.. is only..
ONE GAME DEEP!
Because…..ONE’S Opinion… is Transitory..at Best. and Fleeting, at Woist
If A Player Shows Me..
IMPROVEMENT… over Three Games…
He automatically.. qualifies as… Wan o’ Ma Favorites..
Noo. tak Paddy’S Wonderful Performance in his Last Game
IT Wiz a VAST IMPROVEMENT.. oan his PREVIOUS GAME..
If
Paddy Continues tae IMPROVE in his Subsequent Games..
Then..
Paddy, wull Become Wan o Ma Favourites..
But..
Wan IMPROVING GAME.. disnae qualify..
Ah wull be watching Paddy.. Keenly..in his Next Game.
Maks Sense Tae Me.
Kojo
and heres how.
This theory takes NO CONSIDRATION of the differing muscle types and their effect on power and motion.
TYPE 1 and TYPE 2 muscle.
We all have it, some have more of one than the other and CRUCIALLY you can train in certain ways to ensure the dominance of one type over another.
Marathon runners will do distance work to increase their type 1 muscle and very little short distance sprint work (and only to help shave a few seconds off their times)
Sprinters work on their type 2 muscle to increase the dominance of this faster reacting and more powerful muscle group.
WHY NOT INVERT THE TRIANGLE???
If you train kids, who will predominantly do short distance sprints to retrieve the ball, press the space or help a team mate, to work on short and medium distance sprints EXCLUSIVELY you will do TWO things.
INCREASE THEIR AEROBIC BASE AS A RESULT so no need for distance work (thumbsup)
and DEVELOP STRONGER HAMSTRINGS which can only be a good thing.
You like my thinking???
SPRINTING does not equal DOGGY SPRINTS BTW.
Ypu need to be creative.
Uphill sprints (resisted sprints at a SLIGHT incline)
Downhill sprints (assisted sprints at a slight decline)
weighted sprints (a special suit or pulling a weight, dragged along the ground, tied round chest, shoulders and under both arms)
Et al!
Right. If you read any of that you need to now pay me.
Thanks
TT
Dermo with the mouser has made no bones about wanting to leave the spl this is his big chance, I do know for a FACT, that comms companys he has fingers in, are activly persuing avenues outwith scotland.
TorontoT
Go easy on the old vino, I like you use it as a stress release sometimes to excess though, the golf has been good to me this season, round about the greens where I am keeping good scores, the older I get the less distance the ball seems to travel.
Keep at it, keep it simple, swing slow.
Golf is similar in many ways to football, get the basics right and it’s a doddle :>)
ArranmoreBhoyLXV11 says:
7 November, 2011 at 18:14
as well as this on STV
“HMRC only initiates administration, winding up or bankruptcy action where it believes this is the best course of action to protect the interests of the Exchequer.
“There is little HMRC can do for a business whose viability is dependent on not paying the UK taxes to which they are liable.”
As a matter of genuine interest, now that Celtic have had a good week on the field with two crucial victories, has anyone noticed if Neg Anon 2 has posted since Thursday ?
My dear,dear,dear,dear,friend.. King Lubo
Pal..
Here is whit ye asked fur…
Omar Bogle.. is a Young Striker.
He came up thru the BIRMINGHAM CITY. .. YOUTH system
He wiz a Well likes Prospect… by them.
Howevahhhhh..
We managed tae Snatch him Fae under Bimrmingham’s Noses.. as they say..
How?
Well thaat is a Thing thaat Ah Dinnae care tae Speak Aboot..
Anywey..
We hiv goat him ..and Birmingham. Hivnae..
He is EXTREMELY well Ehdowed . PHYSICALLY..
He is Big and Strong.. At Eighteen..
He is another.. Big Bad John .
Fur..
He is a CracKer Jack Rummeler Upper.. and
HE is a Expert AT HEIDING THE BALL..
INTO THE NET!!
Ah hid bin told thaat he wiz. that.. and He sure Proved it..in his Last
Game for us..in the Under Nineteens..
Ah believe it wiz his First START fur us..he has hid A couple of Run oots
as a Sub..
That’s aboot awe Ah know.
Kojo
yer pal..who likes ye aloater
Every time i go running i have a tyre around my belly.
TT
seanbhoy
Clyde call
Excellente.
Keep on about referee standards, avoid any hint of why they are poor, only that they are and not improving is NOT an option.
The Exiled Tim,
Was reading of your trauma with increasing anxiety over the weekend.
Nothing is worth exploding with high BP.
I have found myself getting to the same state, including getting berated by my wife for getting worked up.
Tried to explain that rearing up on me wasn’t helping the old BP. No good.
The cause, at the time, of my stress, was the influx to CQN of wide boys, Kleeneze brush salesmen and horse traders, who seemed intent in derailing the blog.
A lot of the stuff was nothing to do with Celtic and much of it was nonconstructive abuse.
It was around them that personal attacks became commonplace and many good posters left.
As well as good posters leaving, I also left. Not quite a flounce, more a dignified retreat.
Paul’s response to the direction the blog was taken, was to appoint Moderators and this worked well, until the blog format changed.
Thankfully, the blog has, more or less settled down and anyone who is inclined to stray is quickly brought into line.
All that has damn all to do with your apoplexy from yesterday, though.
I have adopted a fairly, for me, sanguine position over this season’s results.
Like you, I know that the big game will be played off the field and it is such a major event in Scottish football that results are of almost secondary importance.
Victories, I enjoy as much as ever, but, dropped points are not affecting me as they used to.
If you can adopt something like this approach, then you should be able to watch games without unduly risking your health….and get a break from a nagging senora.
Me? I’m almost cured
Auldheid
Cheers mate.
Charlie Richmond was, for whatever reason, diabolical yesterday.
KOJO, my auld mucker
Thanks for the info on Mr Bogle, appreciated mucho
Re Mr Bogle. He does sound like the kinda guy we’ve been searching for since Henke left our shores. Canny wait to see the guy and young Leonardo the new Yashin.
Thanks KOJO
Hail Hail
KINGLuBO
Torontony
haha your on good form the day. you have done well mate so enjoy!
its nearly 10 here so i better try squeeze in 6 hours sleep for work.
Documentation work all day tomorrow so the scuttle will be much appreciated! Hoping to get the I.T. guy in this week to unblock the pc.
take care
HH, Serge
From FF..de nile is only a river in Egypt
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Transfer budget in January
Will we will active in the January transfer window?
Ally has said that he would like to bring in someone but quote…
“In an ideal world we’d like to replace Steven in January, but we’re not in an ideal world at the moment. That is pretty obvious and time will tell on that.”
Doesn’t sound too convincing to me!
If we did have say £2million, would we rather it be spent on 1 player with real quality or 2 or 3 that would boost the squads numbers?!
If I was Ally I would spent the lot on a pacey centre forward, we are rumoured to be in for Dane Richards who is at LA Galaxy, id take this lad.
Thoughts on other players we like?
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If Templeton is available for £500k we need to pay it somehow. Not a player we should be missing out on.
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The squad is big enough. We need a bit of quality now.
Adi Dasler
If my memory serves me well,I think it was the Largs Mafia.This maybe why we persist with zonal marking.Please tell me am wrong.Slan
Did anyone else hear the ragers fan on clyde there .
Celtic fans wishing ragers to go into admin ,should be careful what they wish for ,as the crowds in Scotland will dwindle because (and here is the punchline ).
THE RAGERS FANS WILL NOT TURN UP TO WATCH A B-TEAM .
I kid you not ,I mean where do you start with a comment like that .
hail hail
My dear,dear,dear,dear,friend..Auld Heid
Hiya Pally?
The Ref’s Performance, in the Motherwell game wiz
ATROCIOUS..and that is Being Kind!
Ma Pal.. Lou.. told me that Noo the Refs are
Being Compensated .. fur thur Services..
Tae the Tune .. o’ WAN THOUSAND POUNDS per Game..
Heck.. Ah said..the is no A Tune.. thaat is a Bloody….SYMPHONY!!
Getting that Kinda Compensation fur turning in the Performance that Mr. Richmond Did..oan Sunday.. could be Described as Criminal…
It Should .. in MA opinion.. be mair worthy of Ninety Days oan Breed and Waater at
Berlinnie..
Is Lou. right?
Dae the really get that kinda Dough?
Kojo
yer pal..who likes ye mair and mairer.
enjoying the discussion on coaching and fitness. I too coach to SFA level four , to be honest I seldom refer back to the notes now. Good for some drills but not for what I want our boys to do. My mantra is pass,move receive, yes the Barca way, we also mark zonally to clear our box more quickly and counter attack more effectively. We have almost always been the slightest team in our league but we are not shrinking violets. yesterday we got beaten by a very strong side at least 1 year and 2 stone heavier than our boys, they also played good football and had 7 ex pro youth players in their team.Their coach praised our boys as the best football team he had seen all season;that gave me great pleasure, the best part was that our boys took pride in it too. Our parent/supporters also give great support, I always play all my subs irrespective of the score and believe this helps the team spirit.
I used to be a loudmouthed coach who knew nothing, the SFA courses do instil the ethos of respect and fair play so for that they should be praised and they helped me see the right way forward.
Regarding fitness work , I restrict all running to 5/6 minutes of work at any one time and that is mainly pre season, the boys will only run without a ball, for a maximin of 18 minutes in a 90 minute session, most weeks its only 12 minutes. We play small sided “2 touch” games to keep the lads moving in triangles. In 3 seasons I have never heard a boy say “training is crap” some of them don`t like the running, neither do I. I have downloaded the link from earlier on the Barca defence and will try it out,thanks.
fstb
That says everything mate.
Notthebus
Well good evening to you. Bizarrely this is the first time I have read the blog for a while – been very busy with work etc.
Have thoroughly enjoyed the wins – though for me the team still looks pretty awful and its only a matter of time before we fail again.
There ya go – hopfully that fits the bill
Kojo says:
7 November, 2011 at 18:47
Think its about £850 but for that kind of money a high standard is required. The media here will do anything but admit the service (for it is a service) is appaling.
the statuesque Judith Tonner on weather duty for Shortbread tv.
TET – Cheers hermano, i’ll do just that. I had a decent golf year this year and i thank you for your help in that regard. I found a nice wee Rioja for about 5 quid the other day. I really difficult to find anything drinkable for less than that over here. I’m keeping myself in good nick and hope to make an attempt at the West highland Way, possibly in 2013 if the good Lord spares me. PFAyr walked it this year and he raved about it over a few pints in O’Neill’s:)
Take care of the beautiful one and enjoy your lovely cave and pool.
Salut
tony
Night Night all in Celtic Land and hoopy dreams.
Maybe tomorrow we”ll get rid of the big hun and the wee hun, that would be plain smashin’
Hail Hail
KINGLuBO
NegAnon2
Your still a fud
Jobo
‘providing music at the church’
I’ve got an unsettling image of you in full robes with a backing band of 3 somewhat overweight ladies belting out “It’s Rainin’, Men, Hallelujah! It’s Rainin’…”
Must get out more…
just read my last post, makes me sound like a right Peter Perfect , that is not the case .I just get a bit carried away hwen it comes to coaching stuff, apologies if it sounded pompous, we did win a trophy last season….so far this season we have done hee-haw. So back to the SFA notes for me.
Parent and child going spare for tonight’s game.
Free to first Tim to post wanting them.
I’ll check back in 20 mins
sean
honestly he came on saying that if they went into admin do the panel think ragers should sign Dean Shields In January then carried on with the comedy gold .
I think the ragers should ban him from Ibrokes ,something as DENSE as him could create a black hole big enough to swallow the whole sorry lot of them .
hail hail
ttt
I am very much the same as yourself re the football, winning drawing or losing, what will be will be, taken many years to get to this point, it’s the cheating I see before me that gets the BP going, listning to the radio all we are hearing is the justification of the thuggery yesterday, it’s a national scandal and the only people who care are the folk who care about football.[us]
The hun on the other hand only care about supremicy, and that is trickled down from the top to the bottom of society.
Getting out is the only hope for football to survive, they have brought us to where we are, and it’s no a good place.