Penalty box possession and shots from outside the area

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You thought St Mirren were a hard watch?  Livingston won three and drew three of their last six games but did not manage the majority of possession in any of those outings.  Incredibly, they beat Dundee (by four goals), Dundee United and Aberdeen with an average of 39% possession.

If they dug in against the team at the bottom of the league, they will only leave their defensive third to have a shot on goal against the league leaders on Sunday (expect them to shoot on sight).

There will be no surprises.  High crosses into the box will be successfully defended.  There will be no space in front of goal, marking will be skintight, the defensive line will be straight.  The pitch will be terrible, passing and control will be difficult – if you have a ticket, please be forgiving.

If you needed a reason to be concerned more than Celtic’s historical results against Livi, their recent form is impressive.  Livingston have collected the joint second highest points total from their last five games, just two behind Celtic.

The first objective will be to get possession inside their box.  We have the players to make any defender nervous at making a rash challenge with a penalty on the line.  Shots from the edge of the area will be important.  A ricochet did us no harm against St Mirren, against a packed defence, another is very possible.

Teams who win leagues win games like this.  Three points for Celtic here will go a long way to achieving that objective.

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  1. just ‘do’ them tomorrow Celtic , ditch all this negative Livi talk , we are far superior , just show it.

  2. SNP Government refuse to sign a congratulations motion to the Huns put forward by Scottish Tories.

     

    Scottish media raging.”The 1st Minister even refused to sign,and Ibrox is in her constituency.”Splutter,splutter.

  3. ERNIE LYNCH on 5TH MARCH 2022 7:35 PM

     

    TIMMY7_NOTED on 5TH MARCH 2022 7:30 PM

     

     

     

     

    Ernie who approved the orangeman to stand for labour?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    No idea of their identities, but I’m pretty sure they’d be Scottish.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    As I’ve said it wouldn’t happen in England. Or Wales. Only in Scotland.

     

     

     

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    and again, try and answer, would you vote for an orangeman in any election for any party , to maintain the union ?

  4. Local council elections don’t determine independence just as a point of order.

     

     

    Mairi Black snp ”  – I really f***** hate Celtic” and “Celtic, yer a joke!#scum””

     

     

    Whataboutery? No.

     

     

    Just showing that Scotland is full of huns.

  5. Just got to mix it up tomorrow, with the pitch being slow I hope we’ve been practising volleys……

  6. https://sourcenews.scot/decline-of-the-orange-order-fuelled-by-change-in-scottish-society/

     

     

    “So essentially, the people who still march are mainly, not exclusively but mainly third/ fourth/ fifth generation families with that kind of heritage – that Ulster Protestant heritage – and that of course further underscores the point that I’m making – demographically its an irrelevance.

     

     

    “It has no political clout, it may attract attention from journalists but that’s about it.”

     

     

    Proffesor Devine

  7. SAINT STIVS on 5TH MARCH 2022 8:21 PM

     

     

    The issue of Scottish independence will be decided by a referendum, not an election.

     

     

    I know the SNP have gone very coy on the referendum issue, but I’m surprised you appear to have forgotten all about it, or what it’s for.

  8. “Bungling Nats MSP John Mason tells disabled Celtic fan to support another team after he complained about parking restrictions around Parkhead”

     

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    And you would vote for this.?

  9. park the bus 442 on

    WITS@8:20pm

     

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    I’ll read your stuff later cheers. 👍

     

    I’m guessing it’ll be another Irish Tory govt attack on the professor??

     

    Professor Dolores Cahill has been removed from all ((big tech)) platforms so she would be unable to respond to the stuff you posted.

     

    You should also search for, Gretta Fahey, no doubt the Irish Tory media will have did a smear job on, Gretta, also??

     

    Why do you think the professor was removed??

     

    All that she has claimed has come true, hasn’t it??

     

    Or if your brainwashed by RTE then there’s no chance of me saving you, sorry about that.

     

    Don’t you think its a wee tiny bit ((iffy)) that at the very minute Pfizer released, sorry were forced to release their withheld vacc side effects info, the the entire worlds media has moved to Ukraine??

     

    After 2+ years of media hysterics, one would’ve thought that the media would’ve published at least one ((single)) word about Pfizer’s forced release of vacc side effect information?? No??

     

    Isn’t it strange that the only impartial media outlet in the west – ((RT Russia Today)) – has been removed from TV’s as Pfizer dropped their murderous hidden info??

     

    The Irish Inquiry have removed the Irish Tory media muzzle from

     

    Professor Dolores Cahill, whether you like it or not. 👇

     

    Take care 👍

     

    ••••••••••••••••

     

    TheIrishInquiry (@IrishInquiry) Tweeted:

     

    TONIGHT at 9.30pm #Iconoclast interview with Prof: #DoloresCahill & @SaraHaboubi1, Produced in association with @RylandMedia

     

    Watch it here… https://t.co/5wlVQlIPE6…

     

    #NotTheLateLateShow https://t.co/0E0G72yDLq https://twitter.com/IrishInquiry/status/1497267614426578945?s=20&t=pk6z400wD3XVYWPR1_gAFA

  10. excathedra44 on

    If our rivals were playing Livingstone tomorrow,would we be expecting them to drop anything? no,me neither.

     

    Why the negativity,don’t understand it.

  11. What is the Starz on

    Park The Bus

     

    She was thrown out of a lunatic fringe right wing group (Irish Freedom Party 0.25% of votes in last election) because her views on Covid were too bonkers even for them

     

    .So yes you carry on enlightening us poor brainwashed dupes with truth tellers like Dolores

     

    Bring back Big Jimmy ..The Chumpfinder General

  12. timmy7_noted on

    Greenpinata, you’ve convinced me I’ll start voting for the orange 🍊 order instead.

  13. What is the Starz on

    There is a great couple of lines from Groucho Marx in the movie Duck Soup.

     

    He acts as a lawyer representing his hapless brother Chico

     

    He turns to the jury and says while pointing at Chico. ..”He may look like an idiot,He may sound like an idiot,He may even act like an idiot,but don’t let that fool you, he really is an idiot ”

     

    Any resemblance to Park The Bus and other fruitcakes on here is purely coincidental…

     

    Or maybe not

  14. Majestic Hartson: I’m in regular touch with Favourite Uncle so happy to report that he’s fine. Looking forward to his next visit to Dublin.

  15. EXCATHEDRA44 @9:04

     

    Why the negativity,don’t understand it.

     

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    There is no negativity, just understandable caution…..why?

     

     

    Because of the evidence of previous results.

     

     

    Would any Celtic fan put decent money on a win?.

     

     

    That said, we all desperately want one.

  16. fourstonecoppi on

    INIQUITOUSIV on 5TH MARCH 2022 9:27 PM

     

    I keep coming back to this site expecting some fiba chat. Aff oot again.

     

     

    Me Tae……..this is really a horrible spiteful site ATM. I’m gone.

  17. Malky McKay knows the game and knows what he’s doing. He was almost ‘drummed-out’ the game because he used the word ‘chink’. There would be tens of millions out of work in the UK if that standard was applied across the board.

     

     

    I say well done Malky, you’re not, nor, never were a racist. You were a good football manager, and you are proving you are one again. I wish you all the best(except of course when you come to Celtic Park soon)

  18. Guys,

     

     

    There has been Celtic chat all day We have discussed potential players, tactics, some negativity , more positivity, buses leaving @ 03.50 hrs, plastic pitches, even Lincoln Red Imps got a mention.

     

     

    Please don’t just complain aabout lack of Celtic talk, stimulate the conversation and some topical Subject and others will respond.

     

     

    Ask not, what the blog can do for me, rather what can I do for the blog.

     

     

    HH COYBIG.

  19. I get the feeling that lots of us are more confident of beating Livi this time despite our recent record.The confidence is probably based on nothing more than the Gambler’s Fallacy i.e. “They can’t keep getting good results against us and we can’t keep getting bad results against them”.

     

     

    Our defence has been good recently and our attack ghas faltered- maybe it will reverse tomorrow and we’ll win 5:4 but that’s unlikely.

     

     

    What would be really good is if we saw a good game on that surface for the first time I can recall. But, above all, a solid easy win

  20. Timmy 7 Noted,

     

     

    I never knew you stayed in Airdrie? 😒

     

     

    However, I’m with you . Absolutely strange disgraceful and unacceptable choice of candidate.

     

     

    HH.

  21. SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 5TH MARCH 2022 9:53 PM

     

     

    ‘The confidence is probably based on nothing more than the Gambler’s Fallacy’

     

     

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    Not entirely. Football isn’t, or shouldn’t be, a game of chance. It’s based on skill and ability and on that basis Celtic should have had better results in the past.

     

     

    I’m hoping that professional price will kick in tomorrow and the whole team will be determined to get a result.

  22. park the bus 442 on

    WHAT IS THE STARZ on 5TH MARCH 2022 9:13 PM

     

    Park The Bus

     

    She was thrown out of a lunatic fringe right wing group (Irish Freedom Party 0.25% of votes in last election) because her views on Covid were too bonkers even for them

     

    .So yes you carry on enlightening us poor brainwashed dupes with truth tellers like Dolores

     

    Bring back Big Jimmy ..The Chumpfinder General

     

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    I assume you are aware that as the professor was standing for election that she should’ve been given a chance to put her case across in the media, which was denied her, so was that an indicator of a ((fair)) election?? or a ((rigged)) election?? not that it would make much difference to people who share your thoughts, but this is the same Irish Tory media who didn’t report the “sudden death” of 23 year old, Roy Butler, RIP, captain of Waterford FC, who “suddenly” died two days after the vacc. Does that not sound (( iffy )) to you?? there are many examples which it is wrong to talk about, but equally wrong to engage in a conspiracy of silence. who benefits most from that silence?? grieving parents etc, obviously, but the media were paid big££££ to push the fear of a virus with a 99.9999997% recovery rate, and then silently bury the consequential fallout of a campaign of fear, obviously based on lies?? as Nigel Farage, imagine that, is the only media person in UK news to accurately convey that, 17,000 poor souls died with, or from, c19, may the 17,000 victims RIP. Now, 17,000 is dreadful, awful for those families. And when the UK media we’re scaring people to get the vacc because, 180,000+ people have died from c19, which obviously was a pack of lies, can’t you see the deceit right there?? has Irish media got anyone as honest as, Nigel Farage, imagine that, who’ll tell the Irish people the true figures?? do you even care?? what Professor Dolores Cahill has done, is get cancelled by Ireland’s Cromwellian witch finder generals, for refusing to lie to people, the medications proposed by this lady, laughed at by you and people like you, these medications were endorsed fully by Japan who wiped out all their c19 issues in a short period of time and Japan were all clear, wonder why Japan wasn’t front and centre of the western media campaign??

     

    Anyway, check out Professor Dolores Cahill, without your RTE goggles on. 👍

     

    Good luck to you. 🍀

  23. park the bus 442 on

    Another crucial point, away from home this time for ex Celt, Mark McGhee, temporary Dundee fc manager, a lot of c19 issues about the squad, well done. 👍

  24. JHB on 5th March 2022 9:33 pm

     

     

    EXCATHEDRA44 @9:04

     

     

     

     

    Why the negativity,don’t understand it.

     

     

     

     

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    There is no negativity, just understandable caution…..why?

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Because of the evidence of previous results.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Would any Celtic fan put decent money on a win?.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    That said, we all desperately want one.

     

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

     

     

    I bet my house on it.

     

     

    Please don’t tell me you coach teams.