If you were a professional football player, you would love to be in the Celtic dressing room tomorrow evening. You would have the perfect opportunity to challenge yourself; put in a big, meaningful performance. Record a bit of history and create a uniquely memorable victory.
There are some players who are fraught with anxiety on such occasions, but there are others who NEED these games, need an edge, to reach their peak. If we have a team full of the latter, Legia are in for a torrid night.
I’m doing my best to ignore the naked opportunism in our media this week. There is no point complaining about it, lose heavily and you become vulnerable to those who live to revel in a Celtic defeat. Don’t lose and you don’t give them (friends and foes alike) a chance.
We’ve been here before. Artmedia, Braga, Utrecht, Sion (despite the reprieve) and Karagandy all exposed an aching heart. European football is unforgiving, try to transition and you’ll find someone ready to exploit, but that doesn’t mean you are wrong to transition.
We might talk about this transition more later in the month but we have a game to win first. Can’t wait.
Check out the fantastic work by the cyclists who are taking part in the Paradise to Cardenden Cycle 2014 on 6 September. You can join them – all you need is a bike. Get involved, you’ll be delighted you did, I promise. Read about it here.
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I am just going to cross a busy road in the city centre…wait till I get my giant phone out so as I can’t see the black cab hurtling towards me.
fekn eejits
Bada bing, cheers mate i can put his mind at ease
Re. the game tomorrow, my wife has just informed me, that the game will be shown in the Glencairn club, Rutherglen.
It has been posted on Facebook.
Apparently!
HH
End London rule. YES.
https://twitter.com/bryanmcmanus/status/496347797600620545
Ricky Ross is an Arab. (Stay calm STD I mean Dundee Utd fan). Both our boys played in same team and we chatted once or twice about footy.
MWD says AYE
thebarcamole
I’m not one for the gossip honest
I thought Deacon Blue were great on Sunday and I only have a couple of their albums, more of a TFC fan myself.
Fancy yourself as the next Ronny Deila? Think your better than Stein? then here is the invite code to the CQN Championship Fantasy Football League, we are now approaching 70 teams entered.
296638-123206
You have 11 days left to register your team & join the league.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/
As an added incentive I’ve decided to offer some prizes for the top 3 come the end of the season. The winners will each receive items of their choosing from the Official Celtic Webstore to the tune of
1st £100
2nd £75
3rd £50
Or alternatively, winners can choose to donate any winnings to a Celtic charity of their choice.
Also if by some miracle I end up in the top 3, the winnings will be passed onto the next placed team.
HH
voguepunter
did you miss.
Southampton
Sell all of their best attacking players and replace them with Sammi.
I take it the directors have placed several million pounds in some obscure bookies at the best odds they could get,… that they would be in Division Two in three seasons time.
thomthethim for oscar ok
18:19 on 5 August, 2014
https://twitter.com/bryanmcmanus/status/496347797600620545
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Beer spluttered over keyboard moment!!
HH
End London rule. YES
Turkeybhoy
Cameron does not wield sufficient power to keep an oil field find under wraps.
After all, it has been regularly leaked all this week.
In the murky worlds of geology and politics, all sides have reason to leak the truth and to leak lies.
Turkeybhoy, there,s nothing secret about the Clair Ridge development, people in my office have been workng on it for years. I’ve seen loads about it on tv and its been all over the O&G industry journals for years.
Not sure where you got the idea its the largest field in the world. It wont ever be the lagest producer in uk waters. Google Nexen Buzzard.
HH
Jonny the Tim
I’ve amended this post accordingly
Is it just me?!!!!
squire danaher
15:49 on 2 August, 2014
Feel free to save this and repost throughout the next 4 days
The game on Wednesday night IS NOT ON UK TELEVISION.
See Jonny the tim’s post of 18:18 Tues 6/8 for details of an alleged showing in Rutherglen
It’s not on cooncil telly, nor any of the Sky Sports channels, BT channels, Premier Sports, the Pub Channel, Dave, Challenge or even Comedy Central.
As a matter of interest, are people aware that if you have Sky or Virgin there is a button on your handset which ACTUALLY LETS YOU CHECK ALL THIS YOURSELF…….
raberto67
Enjoy the game – I am drifting towards your optimism
burghbhoy
Your optimism makes me smile – thank you
67ECW
Zbyszek @ 16.31
I’m astonished that the telecast of Wednesday night’s game to Poland has been blocked by Celtic TV. and it looks like the game will not be seen on TV in Ireland either which is very disappointing and to my knowledge this is unprecedented. Setanta and TV3 have always shown these Champs Lge qualifiers.
I already pay Sky and BT to watch sport, not so much the EPL but I like golf, rugby and Spanish football and Celtic games of course. I would gladly subscribe to Celtic TV if and when I can get a season ticket to watch all fixtures live and not delayed to midnight broadcasts on Sat nights. This strikes me as been meanspirited particularly when we hear so much about the club’s desire to spread it’s fanbase.
Paul67
For the structural reasons behind Celtic’s CL qualifying difficulties we are not alone…
http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2152534-how-uefa-prize-money-is-destroying-smaller-national-leagues
UEFA are killing the game across Europe in smaller nations.
Just read page 6 of the comments. What a hoot !
A Rangers fan had a conversation with himself using two different monikers.
Classic good cop / bad cop.
Use first ID to post a neutral question / then the second to deliver a stinging un-Celtic like response / then back with a neutral response to somehow legitimise the un-Celtic like comment.
You know who you are. Do you think we are all thick?
Hail Hail
BTW – I was over at your place to watch the rugby last weekend. What a tired looking place. Clearly maintenance didn’t survive the cost cutting.
BTW – Hail Hail again.
Guy justs asked me if I know where the nearest house of ill repute is? Pleased to say I haven’t a Scooby.
:0)
Squire
I did add the proviso, “my wife has just informed me”, to keep myself right.
You did say the game was not available anywhere on “UK” TV, so it’s possible they’re using a foreign feed/satellite channel.
I’ll pop in tomorrow to confirm YES or no! (more subliminal suggestions!)
HH
End London rule. YES
VP
ipox..? 8)
monteblanco
18:12 on 5 August, 2014
Re shares.
It’s a scam. There have been warnings in the past about this practice.
voguepunter
18:43 on 5 August, 2014
You should have directed them to Copland Road.
Lots of ill repute shenanigans have gone on down there.
We’ve been here before. Artmedia, Braga, Utrecht, Sion (despite the reprieve) and Karagandy all exposed an aching heart. European football is unforgiving, try to transition and you’ll find someone ready to exploit, but that doesn’t mean you are wrong to transition.
Why, if Celtic is as well run as PL and DD would have us believe, have we been here so often?
voguepunter 18:16 on 5 August, 2014
I am just going to cross a busy road in the city centre…wait till I get my giant phone out so as I can’t see the black cab hurtling towards me…..fekn eejits………..
Aye, ok, but will Ruglen cabs be allowed to crash through Gordon Street type Glasgow civilised type Zebra crossings in an Interdependent Scoatland??????????
Mr Darling gets the bus…………
TipsByMe
Problem with KC is that his fitness + stamina means he can only contribute for 60mins (tendency decreasing over the next couplke of years I imagine).
PL will see this as a golden opportunity to offer him 50-66% of his current contract, so fully expect to see him leave.
raberto67
New manager just having brought in his first (loan) signing in his first ‘big’ European tie, I’m inclined to think Ronny would have been given free reign to pick his own team playing his tactics last week. Since then I’m hoping that people have told him, for this game anyway, to go with what’s worked previously.
VP,
as stated above, you missed an open goal there!
jonny the tim
Hankray and zybszek seem to suggest any TV access to game needs to come through Celtic TV
Particularly mean spirited to deny feed to Polish TV – surely we are not refusing money??
Paul, did I just have a post “Moderated” recently, or did I forget to hit the “POST”
HH
End London rule. YES.
Lynsey Sharp being paraded at ipox tonight. Oh well. Never mind!
Justin Currie and Del Amitri – the biz!
Rickie Ross an Arab. Good for him.
Love you mixing them up HT!
Just had a vision of old teach with patches on his sports jaicket listening to Jim Reeves and puffing on his pipe!!!
Burghboy. A bit of skelping tomorrow would do me just fine pal!
HH y’all
Oh Darwin…,,did evolution skip you on the way past? Low comment. Unbecoming of CQN.
HH jamesgang
jungle parrot 18:22 on 5 August, 2014 …….
Aye, right, no worries, but you have lost me pal……..
Gossip; no ma thing! Really…….
TBM
darwinsbeautifulidea
17:28 on
5 August, 2014
Tojo dont believe the yes sides propoganda,we are heavily subsidised by westminster,so far the fat granny shagger,has come up with no concrete figures,just pie in the skye
VOTE NO
Simple question. If as some like you suggest, Scots are a bunch of subsidy junkies, just why would anyone want to hold on to us?
If they are really that stupid then there can be no better reason for leaving them.
squire danaher
18:58 on
5 August, 2014
jonny the tim
Hankray and zybszek seem to suggest any TV access to game needs to come through Celtic TV
Particularly mean spirited to deny feed to Polish TV – surely we are not refusing money??
Perhaps we are trying to extract more money for what will be this season’s CL last hurrah.
Why is Lyndsey Sharp being paraded at a Hibees game? Is she not a Jambo, or am I mixing her up with Eilidh Child?
HH
End London rule. YES.
Deacon Blue are absolute gash, sorry.
TBM
I hace recited the prayer posted last night and this evening.
BT,
Thank you; as we have here. Good man.
Miss the company…………
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM