A week ago you and I discussed how Newco fans were more confident ahead of a Celtic game than they had ever been, while we, chastened by a lacklustre Celtic performance against them last month, thought we had a game on our hands at Hampden.
Five days after a very one-sided Scottish Cup semi-final and sentiment in both camps has shifted. Newco were awful on a level that it is hard to do justice on the page. Celtic were imperious in possession and attacked with a swagger.
Don’t let what happened a week ago cloud your judgement. I’ve been going to Ibrox for over 30 years, and many on here have been going twice as long, but no matter how poor old Rangers were in that time, we seldom had it easy. On my first visit there we scored four second half goals against a truly awful outfit, but 45 minutes into the game we were two down and struggling.
If you win at Ibrox, you have played well. Celtic will need to be unscrupulously faithful to their tactical system. Brendan will know how to prepare the players for this. They will need the concentration and energy to deliver the performance.
I have some worries for Pedro (apologies, but I’m not sure if he’s going to be around long enough to make it worthwhile learning how to spell his surname). His 10-second principle is a case in point.
In the interview Chris Davies gave to a few Celtic bloggers, including myself, he explained that when Celtic lose possession, the players are told to spend up to six seconds pressing directly for the ball. If they fail to win possession back in this period, they are to drop back into defensive positions.
They have been trained to do this since preseason. It’s risky, and you will note that they do it every week in domestic football, but the technique was used sparingly in the Champions League group stage. The risk of a Barcelona-type team passing through the press is dangerous, as when players are pressing, they are out of position.
This is how modern football is played, but Pedro should be cautious. You cannot reeducate players overnight. If you attempt to and fail, it’s the manager’s responsibility. In fact, this quote from Pedro is exactly what you should expect when you try to force a new system onto a team midseason:
“When we analysed the game in some moments of the game some players were acting in one direction, which was the right direction and other players were not doing the same thing at the same time.”
This was clearly not the outcome Pedro expected, but his explanation suggests he has a lot to learn about how to tactically change football teams.
What’s worse, instead of shielding his players by taking ownership of the blame, he put the players in the dock. It is no surprise that you can detect grumblings of discontent emanating from loyal Ibrox sources.
Taking about “in the dock”, Sir David Murray is currently in the witness box at Craig Whyte’s trial. Proceedings are enthralling, but we’ll catch up with that later. A point worth reiterating:
It is acceptable to report on what was said at court, but unacceptable to prejudice a witness or defendant with your view on that individual, or on evidence presented. So stick to what was said – that’s fascinating enough.
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Speyside Lhad
Plenty of good guys in the Fort. You’ll find a friendly watering hole in the the main drag no problem. Be a great place to watch .
Hoping for and an expansive Celtic performance that goes for the juggler over at the Sevco circus but would settle for not being Beaton.
Sevco supporters are just wounded Rangers fans they know their team died and it’s a tough gig doing the fake tribute week in week out.
This referee is a gross incompetent whose faux pas funnily and consistently have benefitted Sevco in their
first five years, thats why he’s another home pick.
Only a fool would predict the score in a Celtic v Rangers match but in this fixture
I’m going for Sevco 0 Celtic 4
Stay Safe and Hail Hail
Melbourne Mick
Cheers.
MWD
SPEYSIDELHAD
Volunteer Arms in Main St. will be showing game HH !!
Moonbeams, As I am not from Glasgow I’ll bow to your knowledge on this one but I always understood that any fighting & casualties etc usually take place well away from the vicinity of the Stadium & that the actual game itself & going & coming from the game is relatively safe.
Timeless
C’mon Celts show the baying mob how a real fitba team goes about it’s business
We know it’s not the same club and there is no Old Firm
Nevertheless, skelping the new team and watching their poisonous hordes tremble to dust will be worth having to put up with their racist/religious cr@p for 90 minutes.
Sure it will…
P.S. Just reading back and fair play to the lads who called out the nasty stuff on here around David Murray’s disability. Totally out of order behaviour! Only by a few who should know much better…only takes few eejits to bolster the ‘one’s as bad as the other’ nonsense. Leave it out lads there is enough out there to be getting on with, without reducing yourselves to gutter chat!
Having said that, give them plenty today… and everyone stay safe!
HH
Celtic starting line up for Glasgow Derby ko 12:00
Gordon; Lustig, Simunovic, Boyata, Tierney; Brown, Armstrong; Roberts, McGregor, Sinclair; Griffiths
Griffiths for Dembele the only change
Griffiths starts.
Subs: De Vries, Gamboa, Rogic, Sviatchenko, Kouassi, Forrest, Bitton
Same team apart from the Mighty Moussa. The hungry Leigh is in, in his place.
MWD and Melbourne Mick , Macjay is fine, will be back annoying everyone soon. Hail hail
With Moussa out, that looks likes our strongest team, only possible issue is Paddy ahead of James.
Leigh Griff will tear them a new one, he is one hungry bhoy.
Brendan is not worried about the hammer throwers. ;))
Whatever will be, will be.
Get right into them Celtic….. by keeping the ball aff them. :D
Time to go to work Celtic
Tom Rogic will score today.
TAURANGABHOY on 29TH APRIL 2017 11:04 AM
MWD and Melbourne Mick , Macjay is fine, will be back annoying everyone soon. Hail hail
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Naw ah willnae.
*** Goals For Shay 2 – The choices for Round 6 ***
All of the round 6 choices (apart from 2) are shown below. Well done already to mobyfugrumble who went for last night’s 4-goal Ross County and will surely shoot up the table from last week’s position of 77th.
Good luck
Jobo
THE FIXTURES FOR ROUND 6 – all games kick off at 3.00pm except where shown
Friday April 28th
Ross County [4] v Inverness (19.45)
Saturday April 29th
The Rangers v Celtic [3] (12.00)
Aberdeen [5] v St Johnstone
Hamilton v Kilmarnock
Hearts [6] v Partick Thistle
Motherwell [15] v Dundee
Southampton [9] v Hull
Stoke [3] v West Ham
Sunderland v Bournemouth [3]
West Brom [1] v Leicester
Crystal Palace [13] v Burnley (17.30)
Sunday April 30th
Manchester Utd [21] v Swansea (12.00)
Everton v Chelsea (14.05)
Middlesbrough v Manchester City [26] (14.05)
Tottenham [2] v Arsenal (16.30)
Monday May 1st
Watford v Liverpool [5] (20.00)
what is the correct lyrics to the brendan rodgers 10 in a row song
welcome Bach macjay1.
New page / link thingy is up bhoys.
Gordon
Lustig
Simo
DB
KT
Broonie
Stretch
Callum
Paddy
Sinky
Griff
Afternoon champions..
It is going to be an awfy braw day….
Go go the Celtic…
Braw.
Smiley three to Griff thing…
Great biography …
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Just watched the two sets of players enter the stadium. If body language is any guide this match has already been won!
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JJ, That was one of my finer moments:-)
Sign Patrick Roberts, any other signing will be a bonus, the Bhoys a genius.