Are you feeling confident? I’m not as confident as I would like to be. We’re so ‘on’ and ‘off’ these days it’s difficult to anticipate how tonight’s Europa League game against Rosenborg will unfold. I am assuring myself that we turn it on when we need to, as we did for much of last season too.
Since drawing with Celtic on 1 August, Rosenborg have been on fire. Nine wins and a draw in 10 outings is impressive consistency. That run has given them a two point lead in the Norwegian league and given temporary manager, Rini Coolen, reason to think he may get the job on a permanent basis.
Celtic Park has not been kind to Rosenborg on their two visit since July last year. They had chances to win the first game and took an early lead last month, but lived to regret being unable to capitalise on opportunities that came their way. The mini-league setup is different from the knock-out contests we have previously played, which reduces any incentive Rosenborg have to seek an away goal. They will be happy to shut up shop and will have watched St Mirren do just that on Friday.
It is going to be a calm and damp night in Glasgow, the perfect conditions for Celtic to zing the ball around and get into their natural game. Big performances from James Forrest, Olivier Ntcham and Tom Rogic will be needed.
I see Gordon Strachan dismissed George Peat’s tears over Rangers capitulation in 2008 this morning: “Wasn’t that the season when Rangers had two games against us and they just needed to draw one of them to wrap up the title?
“We had to play them twice in the space of a couple of weeks at home knowing they only needed to take a point away from our place but we managed to beat them twice.
“They had the opportunity to put it to bed with a draw but we won the two games, with big Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scoring a last minute winner in one of them.”
Those two games against Rangers live rich in the memory. Towels were thrown-in all over CQN after the home defeat to 10-man Motherwell. We were behind in the first Rangers game and level deep into added time before that Vennegoor of Hesselink winner. Credit to Scott McDonald for notable contributions on both occasions, after chastising him for having a go at Celtic for not offering competitive wages.
“They just needed one draw to wrap up the title.” I bet reading that still stings Peat.
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lest they forget
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4-0 ??? I’d love it but haven’t we just sold our best striker?
Dilligafbhoy
4-0 ??? I’d love it but haven’t we just sold our best striker?
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And he did not put a foot wrong in his CL game last night too.
MINCEYHEIDMAN
Benched wasn’t he. But it’s amazing how competition for a place makes others up their game. That was a brilliant result for Lyon last night too. I’d happily settle for 2-0 tonight.
Any win will do me tonight for me.
Not leaving until 6.45pm, turned on BT and Kenny Misser at paradise with big bad John.
Wtf is Misser doing commenting on us, is there no ex Celtic players they could get?
Hunbelievable
D. :)
Should clarify my last post
Any win for the Famous that is
D. :)
if there wasnt names on this picture i would never have guessed who it was.
seriously. 2 celtic managers.
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pedantic fc, kenny misser is an ex celtic player.
andy ritchie hauntin hooses.
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Dilligafbhoy on 20th September 2018 4:46pm
Thank you for your query.
I am pleased to advise that I am far too handsome to be a hun.
Weebobbycollins. Any rumours of my pubic relations are false.
C’mon the Hoops!
Scipio Africanus
David66 @ 5.26
Don’t worry, I saw your wee smiley at the end ;-)
Oh and good evening friends. Pre-match pies in the oven, half an hour cheering on Villareal then doors to automatic.
Scipio Africanus. Welcome. Your appearance has rekindled my interest in a fascinating time in history.
“Terrible. Awful.
So what if Scipio Africanus has just defeated Hannibal at Zama.
Carthage still stands and there is a deliberate attempt by our leaders to keep them alive”
We are being taken for mugs.
Carthage has rampaged the Mediterranean and Europe for 49 years.
We should obliterate them from the earth.
Rome has souled it’s soul
Out
Zzzzzzz”
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL
Aye, but what have the Romans ever done for US?
btsport 3 for the zombie monkey huns.
Yes
Sevco one down
Oh dear!
44 secs 1-0 Villareal
Oh dear 1-0 To Villareal
D. ????????
D. :)
Villareal score ha Ha Ha
Held out for fourteen seconds
Sash throttled
45 seconds.
LOL @ the Huns.
45 secs ho de feckin’ ho:))
‘Oh, the colours they are b…astard!’
I wonder if wattles I mean Sleekit G’s team will open up now.
Instead of sitting back and killing football.
D. :)
Credit so many locals for turning up to see Villareal training.
EUFA Cup, European Cup, Champions League, Europa Cup and whatever you’re having yourself, these big nights are something to savour at Celtic Park and after a marathon of ten matches the club is here on merit mixing with a lot of the big boys. I’m sure the players enjoy the variety this adds to a long season.
Celtic have started the domestic campaign slowly as last season and hopefully hit their stride to-night on the wide open spaces of Celtic Park. The Norwegians will play packed defensive game but this is a different environment to the tight pitch at St Mirren. We need Sinky to recapture his form of yore and his threat in attack has been sorely missed. Hoping for the win to-night.
The Hummel Hunnies gettin’ battered…?
On Iron Horse heading to Paradise.
Hail Hail.
Big long balls up to the bigot ned.
Hope they get nothing out of that all night.
D. :)
Be nice gesture to offer lennoxtown for Villarreal to train on, especially with our past affiliation.
Currants are playing Villareal reserves tonight.
Moussa went to Lyon for CL football….not to play in it , just to watch it in between stints in the treatment room for that ol’ hamstring.
Does no one feel any regret that the co-efficient for Scotland is taking a bit of a battering tonight?
No-one?
On the #72 Pape bus heading for the subway and onto Kennedy Station to pick up the ole #57 Midland to the club.
C’mon the Celts…. and the Celtic submari, of course :-)
Hot knife through butter.
Villareal need to turn some of this possesion into goals
D. :)
Diligaffbhoy
Maybe I got the match rate wrong -sorry.
Also I had some issues getting on & had to call their customer service line.
If you’ve paid your money and your’e on Roku or other streaming device you’ll see a code on your tv screen. Just go to this site on your PC
br.live/activate
Enter the code shown on your tv screen into the code box on your PC screen & away you go for access.
Failing that the pub sounds fine to me.
Porter CSC
Doors to automatic and time to enjoy the ride…
GUYFAWKESAFOREVERHERO on 20TH SEPTEMBER 2018 4:12 PM
I had watched highlights of that game yesterday and saw two pretty obvious offside decisions that were not given – this was before I knew who the officials were. My wife was witness to my loud interaction with the TV.
Then they had a closeup of a player complaining to the referee & I saw the diminutive Collum in all his glory.
My previous confusion about strange decisions suddenly evaporated & things made so much more sense.
Scotland’s invasion of Europe consists of exporting our incompetent officials.