Celtic blew Partick Thistle away this evening with a virtuoso performance, which really needed to be seen to be appreciated. They passed perfectly on the Partick pitch and should have been ahead before Leigh Griffiths got the party going with an 18th minute penalty.
By that time, Emilio Izaguirre hit the post and Tomas Cerny made a fine save from Patrick Roberts. Thistle defender Callum Booth tried to stop Roberts but mistimed his tackle to concede the penalty.
Griffiths was on fire in the first half and beat three players inside the box before crossing for Tom Rogic, who lunged to make a slight contact on the ball, but it was enough to knock it against the inside of the post. Firhill held its collective breath as the ball ran along the line before turning inside the net at the opposite post.
Leigh then setup Callum McGregor but Cerny saved again. Thistle were struggling to get onto the ball but Lindsey should have done better with a header from an Erskine cross but the ball landed in Craig Gordon’s arms.
Goal of the night game three minutes before the break. James Forrest cutback for Roberts, who fired an unstoppable shot into the top corner from 25 yards.
Thistle probably thought they were passed the worst but Callum McGregor got his customary goal on 82 minutes when his shot from the edge of the box hit the underside of the crossbar, bounced half a meter over the line and out, but the assistant referee correctly indicated the goal.
Tom Rogic was clean through with the keeper to beat twice late in the game, but substitute Thistle goalie, Ridgers. Tom couldn’t get enough on his header but the Thistle defence gave possession to Patrick Roberts on a plate. The England Youth international jinked before curling a memorable goal beyond the despairing keeper.
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SCANIEL,
The night at the Admiral was cancelled, due to Celts thrashing …….sorry playing Thistle.
HH
Thirsk 2:45
Midnight Macchiato
HH.
Newbury 3:30
SOMEHOW.
Good luck to all .
Lads,
CQN Saturday Naps on here today please… good luck to everyone!
My nap :
Withernsea(5:10 Newbury)
fleagle1888
15:30 @ Newbury – Mitchum Swagger – NAP!
Good luck everybody.
Uttoxetter 805 Squeeze me
Good luck everyone
Count Calabash 2:55 Newbury.
Newbury 2.55. Time to study
Can I hold off a late challenge from the chasing pack?
Good luck and Happy Punting Bhoys!
My 1st choice is a non runner, so I’ll try again.
2:45 Thirsk
Fieldsman
HH.
Good day and good luck to all.
Newbury 14:55
Al Hamdany
Morning all,HANDSOME DUDE 3.55 Thirsk.
Good luck all.hh
Morning all
Galileo Gold 15.30 Newbury
Good luck
My Dream Boat in 1.50 Newbury
Al Hamdany
2-55 Newbury
Gl
Needing snookers so
ROLL ON RORY 335 Thirsk
Galileo gold 3.30 newb.
Al Hamdany 2.55 Newbury
Good luck to all
HH
Thoonavolla 15:40 Bangor
Split The Atom. 3 35. Navan.
Glorious forever in the 255 at Newbury please HH
Off Art
Thirsk 1445
25’s into 10’s
5.10 Newbury
Dark Red for me
Probably a bit late but
Best of luck to all
Cheers GFTB
St. Stivs: I’ll take two badges.
Etienne Gerard in the Doncaster 20:50 for me
Hail Hail.
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 40 results (May 13th)
WINNERS:
Dim Sam (John Constable) @5/1
Losers:
16 roads (Remarkable)
21-5-79 (No Selection)
BMCUWP (Squats)
Bull67 (Stubytuesday)
Cathal (No Selection)
Cosy Corner Bhoy (No Selection)
Fastbhoy (Multi Culture)
Fin 15 (Taurean Star)
fleagle1888 (Bourne)
Gerryfaethebrig (Wild Hacked)
Graffitionthewall (Certificate)
green T (Lady Macapa)
Gweedore Celt (Zubayr)
hashadenough (No Selection)
leftclicktic (No Selection)
Nye Bevans RS (Charles Molson)
ohits (No Selection)
Onemalloy (William Hunter)
Rockon (The Warrior)
Som mes que un club (Ryedale Rio)
twists n turns (Hors de Combat)
voguepunter (Bounce)
WWW(GBWO) (Multi Culture)
Zihuatanejo (GM Hopkins)
CQN link to Week 40 selections :
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/aberdeen-v-celtic-live-updates-10/comment-page-19/#comments
Cheers, fleagle1888
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 41 results (May 13th)
WINNERS:
fleagle1888 (Withernsea) @12/1
Losers :
16 roads (Mitchum Swagger)
21-5-79 (Fieldsman)
BMCUWP (Roll on Rory)
Bull67 (Glorious Forever)
Cathal (No Selection)
Cosy Corner Bhoy (No Selection)
Dim Sam (My Dream Boat)
Fastbhoy (Split the Atom)
Fin 15 (Al Hamdany)
Gerryfaethebrig (Dark Red)
Graffitionthewall (Somehow)
green T (Galileo Gold)
Gweedore Celt (Time to Study)
hashadenough (No Selection)
leftclicktic (Thoonavolla)
Nye Bevans RS (Count Calabash)
ohits (No Selection)
Onemalloy (Al Hamdany)
Rockon (Squeeze Me)
Som mes que un club (Off Art)
twists n turns (Al Hamdany)
voguepunter (Handsome Dude)
WWW(GBWO) (Galileo Gold)
Zihuatanejo (Etienne Gerard)
Cheers, fleagle1888
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 41 Standings (May 13th)
Hmmm… not too many winners over the last fortnight, as a few of the CQN napsters look to be throwing in their hail mary selections in an effort to try and make up some late ground on our current runaway leader – Gweedore Celt.
Week 40 – Dim Sam (John Constable) @5/1
Week 41 – fleagle1888 (Withernsea) @12/1
However, it’s not quite over yet… and some of the chasing pack will be searching out for that elusive 12/1 or 20/1+ winner next weekend to poke their noses in front on the line.
WEEK 41 – NAPS TABLE
+28.00 > Gweedore Celt (7)
+15.00 > Nye Bevans RS (10)
+6.68 > Bull67 (9)
+6.58 > WWW(GBWO) (15)
+0.50 > twists n turns (5)
-0.25 > Fin 15 (5)
-0.68 > fleagle1888 (8)
-2.00 > Cosy Corner Bhoy (8)
-3.50 > 16 roads (8)
-4.88 > BMCUWP (5)
-5.08 > Dim Sam (9)
-18.00 > Cathal (2)
-18.50 > green T (5)
-18.75 > Fastbhoy (4)
-19.00 > leftclicktic (6)
-20.38 > Onemalloy (4)
-23.00 > Rockon (4)
-24.50 > Som mes que un club (3)
-25.67 > 21-5-79 (2)
-26.25 > Zihuatanejo (3)
-26.50 > hashadenough (3)
-31.00 > voguepunter (1)
-31.50 > Graffitionthewall (2)
-32.25 > ohits (2)
-41.00 > Gerryfaethebrig (0)
Cheers, fleagle1888
Over the years I’ve listened to and read stuff by guys saying how great SKY has been for the game. I’ve never got it. You pay a fortune and they still cut to puerile ads at key moments. They employ inane “experts”. They are more swayed by money than real football skills.
Today, they failed to give out team the respect we have earned. It was obvious that the celebrations would run on after the game and any scheduler with any nous or respect would have built that in. But no.
So I called to cancel and had to wait in the queue. Then eventually redirected through 3 or 4 switches until a friendly Geordie woman came on to try to retain the account. I cut her short politely saying it wasn’t mainly about money but respect. When I explained it, I could tell she got it. She tried a couple more times but her heart wasn’t in it and she ended with “I have to say before I accept your 31 days notice that we would have offered you 20% off your Sports package and ??? off your broadband (I missed the details). I said “Thanks for that but I want no part of it any more. Thanks for your help” and I’m free.
Don’t get me started on the prospect of Rupert Murdoch taking full control again despite the regulations and the history of phone-tapping.
It has been a great day and I also feel cleansed. SKY-FREE AT LAST!