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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. scullybhoy on

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

     

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

     

     

    Mt Sarcastic will have an answer – but not pertinent to the question.

     

     

    God bless the Union for as long as it benefits the rich.

     

     

    Ernie Middle class Brits CSC

  2. scullybhoy on

    God night all Celtic supporters

     

     

    COYBIG

     

     

    I only support Celtic because of the famine CSC

     

     

    And that is the truth – Scotland is a shitty little place

  3. David66 on

    WITS – Why bother responding to the Parks of Hamilton fanatic.

     

     

    A Hun CHUMP of the highest order.

     

     

    Slags Celtic fans constantly and is still allowed by the host to post everyday.

     

     

    Big Jimmy called out Chumps but got banned.

     

     

    This guy berates Celtic supporters daily.

     

     

    I bet Big Mark McGhee would not do that. Big Mark McGhee this, Big Mark MGhee that, drone, drone, drone.

     

     

    Blokes a HUN CHUMP NUTTER

     

     

    D :)

  4. IniquitousIV on

    GREENPINATA @ 9:50

     

     

    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.

     

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    GreenPinata:

     

     

    You may be right, but in terms of sheer column inches, ( subjective assessment ), fitba seems to have receded into the background. I posted this clip a while ago, of some of the hardest hit ( and most accurate ) free kicks of all televised time, many of which I have never seen before. They are spectacular, with fans expectant every time he lined one up. Whereas, if we see Turnbull, O’Riley, Bitton et al behind the ball? Meh!

     

     

    HH COYBIG. How to hit free kicks. There’s hitting the ball hard, and then there is this……

     

     

    https://youtu.be/M2lj7RQ_IQE

  5. IniquitousIV on

    And my point was, “if anyone watched them, no one could be bothered to start a conversation on it.”

  8. CamusBhoy on

    INIQUITOUSIV

     

     

    The best player at free kicks for me was Lubo, you never knew which foot he would hit it with which must have been a nightmare for goalkeepers

  9. What is the Starz on

    David66

     

    Of course you are correct

     

    But sometimes it’s hard not to respond to the lies and nonsense

     

    Poor aul Big Jimmy uses a swear word and is banned while these other lunatics are allowed post racist right wing conspiracy nonsense

     

    Cest la vie

  10. IniquitousIV on

    CAMUSBHOY

     

    Lubo was superb. An artist.

     

    What did you think of Roberto Carlos? If you got in the way, you’d be in the hospital.

  11. Hrvatski Jim on

    SCULLYBHOY

     

    I saw your post last night about the Holodomor.

     

    It was one of the most horrific but valuable ever on CQN.

  13. IniquitousIV on

    Moyes without an away league win in 66 attempts at Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd.

     

    Extraordinary figure.

  15. park the bus 442 on

    MAJESTIC HARTSON on 5TH MARCH 2022 8:01 PM

     

    Park the bus, that is a cracker of a tune 👍🏼

     

    ••••••••

     

    Sorry about missing your post just read back.

     

    Yeah good sound. 👍

  19. Burnley78 on

    SFTB

     

     

    You are maybe right re our chances tomorrow.

     

     

    Our skill balanced by their belief and street smart approach on their park.

     

     

    The lack of moisture won’t help us as it makes that kind of plastic pitch sticky. They won’t water it I reckon.

     

     

    Our need and inspiration needs to be right up there tomorrow. If it is then we will prevail.

     

     

    Intensity and desire from the off coupled with our own internal belief in the system. On that point I thought young Greg Taylor interview was fantastically encouraging.

  20. Burnley78 on

    Also we could have the 12th man with the crowd if they behave as a support not as consumers.

  24. CamusBhoy on

    INIQUITOUSIV Agreed that Roberto Carlos delivered a free kick that I wouldn’t want to be in front of but he was no Tommy Gemmell 😀

  27. iljasb on

    Possession stats are meaningless when the opposition’s strategy is to give it up and play for a counter attack.

     

     

    Livi will double up on wingers and like other teams these days more than likely nullify the threat from the long end of the pitch.

     

     

    I feel our main threat will come from GG but there should be somebody just behind him at all times ready to shoot the second ball on sight.

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