After the turmoil of Paris Saint-Germain, Celtic return to domestic duty tomorrow with the visit of Ross County. County won on the opening day of the season but have taken only one point from 15 since. They have been a soft touch for several teams in crisis recently, so in theory, this looks like a straightforward challenge for the champions.
This is the first of two games in the next five days, the other, a League Cup tie away to bottom club Dundee. After this, we go to Ibrox then Brussels. Without wanting to be overfly disrespectful to Ross County or Dundee (or, indeed, overly respectful to Newco), we should have two objectives for the next two games:
Rest limbs and minds which have been intensely exercised by international and Champions League football.
Intensely exercise limbs that have seen little action this season. Specifically Dedryck Boyata, Moussa Dembele and Patrick Roberts.
Patrick could do with a full 90 minutes. He was our best performer on Tuesday, but he’s clearly suffering from a lack of game time. Dedryck has targeted a starting place at Ibrox for months. To achieve this, he will need to play a lot of football this week.
There’s no guarantee Moussa would dislodge Leigh Griffiths from the line-up at Ibrox, even if fully fit, but the Champions League game away to Anderlecht is a different tie. This has to be his target, which leaves little time to build his sharpness.
Perhaps most importantly of all, I would rest Scott Brown tomorrow. The games ahead are simply too important to have images of a fatigued Scott fresh in the mind. Brendan should also consider a place for Lustig, Armstrong and Tierney on the bench.
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JUDE2005 IS NEIL LENNON \O. how sad jude. went to school in coatbridge nearly all my schoolfriends lived in kirkshaws .big wullie charnley the mcaffertys all good tims rip jackie.
GARY67 on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017 2:34 PM
CELTIC Football Club are delighted to confirm that Kolo Toure has joined the club as Technical Assistant, as part of the club’s coaching team.
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Hail Hail, welcome home again, Kolo Toure.
Happiest news today by far.
Macjay@12.11
Guy didn’t come from Belfast. Cane from Portadown.
Kind of nullifies your next gross generalisation but then again you’ve never let that hamper you before.
DirectionaldyslexiaCsc
JUDE…
Sad news,may Jackie RIP.
Jude
I’m afraid KSC in Blantyre is about to follow suit
RIP wee Jackie
Noticing the advert for the Bobby Evans, Celtic’s Forgotten Hero reminds of my young days ( none of that how can you remember that far back please). Frequently my brother and I would travel out to Lennoxtown where we were born to see family friends. On the way to the bus, at the top of Buchanan St or Queen Street, Bobby had a pub. Though we were only 15 and 14 teen and could not go into a pub, we still always felt good that we had seen a hero’s premises. Well that was until he went to Chelsea and I went off him a little. But nevertheless he was a great player.
RIP Jackie
“Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. … You can read the words because the human mind reads words as a whole, and not letter-by-letter.”
;)
BABASONICOS71
waht?
Thomas Clarke’s widow speaks about their last visit before his execution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPx-1OCwHvs
agree with paul67
we are entering a season where we need to rest brown
Jude
She was a diamond rip Jackie
So TD67 went to Cambridge!!! I’m impressed!!! H H Hebcelt
I’VEHADTOCHANGEMYNAME on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017 4:46 PM
Sad but true. Careful now.
Jude, did Josh play for Brighton against the sevco developement team at Ibrox the other night?
Weeroch1 @2:15
Cheers mhate HH
Prayers offered, requiescat in pace Jackie. Condolences to family and friends.
4,000 tickets for Bayer away.Now how many aircraft will Celtic Travel need for that
HEBCELT on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017 4:47 PM
So TD67 went to Cambridge!!! I’m impressed!!! H H Hebcelt
Moi? Nope wrong guy, never went to Cambridge, I went to.
Sant Johns Academy For Young Gentleman Gorbals Glasgow Class Of 63. School Dux and athlete of the year in 1962, swam two lengths underwater at The Gorbals Olympic Size Pool. Was awarded 2nd prize in 61 for being the best puddle drinker at half time in the Glasgow Green epic final, when we beat the Clydebank Stanklifters 2-1 after extra time.
Connaire12,
I always thought that Bobby, my first ever favourite player, had a newsagent at the top of Dundas St.
This spawned a sick, but funny joke him.
The last time I saw him was in the foyer of the EKDC offices in E.Kilbride, wearing a boiler suit.
Great player, great servant.
TONYDONNELLY67 on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017 5:05 PM
Is it true all the best underwater swimmers have a dodgy porn collection?
SIONNACH ABU on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017 5:15 PM
TONYDONNELLY67 on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017 5:05 PM
Is it true all the best underwater swimmers have a dodgy porn collection?
And I would know this how? What a strange question, you a Hun and a perv?
Time to log off!
GENE…
Tanhks for yuor rseopsne
;)
JUDE2005 IS NEIL LENNON \O/ on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017 4:15 PM
A great CELTIC establishment the KIRKSHAWS club in COATBRIDGE closed its doors for good this week. More tragically wee JACKIE who picked up the bottles and cans in the club died suddenly yesterday. God bless you JACKIE you were a right character you’re beside your mammy now.
RIP YNWA
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Sad news.
My da worked the bar in the Kirkshaws Club, Columba Club. Cinnamon Bar and various others in Coatbridge over the years. He passed away 8 years ago now. Sadly missed. Especially by his customers. :-)
How bad must things be at Jabba’s PR(at) company ,when he has to publicly humiliate himself at a sevco 2012 presser in front of his ex partners in crime .
Dear oh dear
The sevco 2012 circus the gift that just keeps giving
HH
THOMTHETHIM FOR OSCAR OK
You are correct sir. Thanks. As soon as I read your piece it became clear that I knew that but advancing age had caused me to forget.
Totally agree that he was a good player having seen him many times when I was a lhad….under 22 , I mean.,.
TONYDONNELLY67 on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017 5:22 PM
I apologise for the offence caused. I was trying to be funny. Not the first failure.
Be kind if you can and accept a generation gap. Too much Frankie Boyle on my part.
Clancy – Red is the Rose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhI-jSxD9Fw
HH
TONYDONNELLY67
From your post about St. John’s, I’ve just realised you’re the same age as I am ……… and I thought all this time that you’re an old man lol
HH
Yogi
CONNAIRE12 on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017 5:32 PM
Thank you.
In them there good ol’ days, Celtic players were for life.
Not very fair on the players, pre Bosman, but the fans had time to really bond with them.
I remember thinking when Jinky broke through that I could/should be watching him for another 10 years.
Can’t say that nowadays, (sigh).
ttt aka Phil Mc Avitty.
anyway, as the great man once said
On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolor in the rain
the bubble will never burst , will it ? Honestly I did think, at one time, financial fair play would do something – how naive. Can’t even dream of a football marxist revolution – tomorrow the mighty ghosts of wilfrid will hail forlorn shadows on an open cathedral and haunt ross county from now to never.
I apologise for the offence caused. I was trying to be funny. Not the first failure.
Be kind if you can and accept a generation gap. Too much Frankie Boyle on my part.
No harm done point taken :))
YOGIHUGHES
Just a pup :))
Money is the root of all evil
TIMJIM
think it’s more like – the love of money ……..
butyouknewthatCSC
6/1 thistle the night, worth a wee Lady Godiva on it.
TD67 – think you might be wasting your money – hope i’m wrong
Is Kim Jong Un a member of the Green Brigade ?