Could someone remind me the last time we heard rumours that Ronny Deila had players rebelling against him? I heard it often, and put it to the club, but was told the players had bought-into the changes, then underway and largely unproductive. I think we got our answer after the full-time whistle yesterday. This is a group of players and manager with a common purpose.
Celtic are now top of the league, a point away from qualifying from the Europa League knock-out stages, and are beginning to look like a team, but the results are largely secondary to the transformation. Even if Virgil’s 90th minute winner hadn’t arrived at Pittodrie, progress is evident. The fragility and lack of cohesion which marked so many of our performances until early last month has gone.
Success has many fathers so it’s difficult to know exactly what’s behind the improvement. Scott Brown’s return from injury helped enormously, as did the return of Mikael Lustig and Adam Matthews (although I thought Adam had a torrid time with Niall McGinn yesterday).
The blossoming of Stefan Johansen has to be the most striking element. He has without doubt been the most improved player this season and an early contender for end of season awards. By any measure, he had no right to score his goal yesterday.
The return of James Forrest, who yesterday played his fourth game in eight months, will give the squad an extra boost before the final two Europa League group games. If he has fully recuperated from the problems which blighted him throughout this year, he’ll give fresh impetus to the pacey product Ronny is trying to hone.
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Steven Fletcher now or more particularlly in two years time.
Aye or naw?
HH
Wee Maloneys rocket.
Lubo when they were all trying to kick him, as he danced into the box and thumped it into the Celtic end.
Jimmy Johnstone -left foot screamer 1967
George Connelly -1969 Cup final
Henrik Larsson chipping Klos.
Nakamura .
Lambert January 1998
Allgreen
a mixture of you and twenty………..
Joe Craig @ ibrox 1-0
Charlie Nicholas @ ibrox 2-1 New Year game
Murdo @ CP 4-2
JVOH last minute winner at CP
Andy Lynch 77. cup final.
Roy Aitken at Ibrox. 2-2 Again the huns were celebrating and the bear scored with a volley into their end. The scarves went down quicker than the hun share price. AND I rolled down the stairs at Ibrox on that one……
Bitton gets better with every passing week
He’ll be the next McStay by Christmas …unless he plays and his limitations are seen
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
10:27 on
11 November, 2014
Marrakesh Express
10:24 on
11 November, 2014
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
Yes, atrocities going back 500 years, carried out by the biggest imperialist warmongering nation in history. From the concentration camps of South Africa to the bounty hunting soldiers in Kenya, paid by the lopped of hand or ear. Could go on and on. No continent escaped it.
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The British and Irish Empire?
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Lumping Ireland into that title would be akin to lumping The Netherlands into the Third Reich.
Grossly insulting to both nations and flies in the face of history.
Last word on it with you Macjay.
We’ll have to settle on a love of Celtic as our common denominator.
HH jamesgang
Long time no post. Some Good news from Celtic Research on twitter.
CelticResearch @CelticResearch · 6 mins 6 minutes ago
Great news coming out of Amsterdam. Celtic fan arrested last year who has just had his first appearance in court has been totally acquitted.
CelticResearch @CelticResearch · 6 mins 6 minutes ago
Presiding judge rejected the police evidence as unreliable after they denied that they had been the cause of his head injuries. #Damjustice
CelticResearch @CelticResearch · 4 mins 4 minutes ago
They alleged that the fan had thrown a bike at a police & had injured himself rather than being struck on the head by a mounted policeman.
CelticResearch @CelticResearch · 2 mins 2 minutes ago
The prosecution have immediately said that they would not appeal the verdict either.
#DamJustice
CelticResearch @CelticResearch · 18 secs 18 seconds ago
The campaign will continue until we acquit all of those arrested as a result of the police violence last year.
#DamJustice
Roy Aitken game at ibrox is one I always forget as my older brother was bottled on way out and missed his jugular by inches. Two operations he needed but he still goes on about the sight of their scarves falling as the ball hit the net (singing one of their usual wee non sectarian ftp dittys). Also loved JVOH goal, dont think Ive celebrated any against them more than that one
HH
skyisalandfill
11:26 on
11 November, 2014
Steven Fletcher now or more particularlly in two years time.
Aye or naw?
HH
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If the price is right and he’s still walking deffo Yes from me.
I fear neither of these will apply though…..
What a missed opportunity.
And reading what he actually says in the interview cited in the press today his words provide little basis for the headlines!
C’estPlusChange CSC!
HH jamesgang
Martim1980
Great news, justice done for once
HH
Lambert January ’98. Had the net not got in the way it was flying right at my coupon. (and the 200 other guys that’ll say the same).
Martim1980
Thank you – great news!
The old ‘hit himself with a bike’ self injury account.
HH jamesgang
Five Favourites against the deed club .
1 Alan Stubbs last minute equaliser ,that was the catalyst to stopping the 10 IMHO
2 Henriks chip 6-2 game
3 Darius Wdovcyks free kick in the St Patricks day massacre .
4 Chris Suttons last minute chip to give us 4 league wins that season .
5 Murdo Mc clouds in the League Cup Final .
HH
skyisalanfill
If we’d have let WGS sign him in January when we were well clear it would have been 4 in a row
HH
0hits
Also remember Murdos in 3-3 game at CP, and 4-4 at theirs, he scored some belters against them. The one youre talking about I can remember big Roy just about getting out the way of it
HH
Favourite five as opposed to “best” v’s them:
Back in the dark days of the early nineties (can’t remember the year) we played them at home in the cup and were completely written off before kickoff. Tommy Coyne slid in the only goal of the game and as he ran out of the net John Brown booted him back into it again.
Wdowczyk’s free kick in the “St Patrick’s Day Massacre” game. One of the best atmospheres ever.
Yogi’s header at Ibrox in 95. Celtic end went berzerk.
Sutton’s last minute piledriver at CP.
Larsson hitting his fiftieth goal of the season at Ibrox from a ridiculous angle.
I’m getting all misty eyed here.
Henrik’s run and chip over Klos in the 6-2 game. A truly orgasmic moment.
Sutton’s last minute chip winner, just as they were celebrating a meaningless draw.
Naka’s swerver which had MacGregor tied in knots.
Ledley’s header which completed our overhauling a 15 point gap.
Moravcik’s nonchalant first in the 5-1 game.
And…
Stubbsie’s equaliser in the season that stopped 10 in a row for them. What a critical goal.
21stofMay
Agreed, but thats not what I asked ;-)
Martin
Brilliant news. Can’t wait for the rush from the BBC, STV, Sky and other broadcaster to publicise this.
HH
twentyfirstofmaynineteenseventynine + jamesgang
Great news indeed, for anyone reading, the importance of all evidence detailed below, supporters’ evidence was key in this case (probably showing him being assaulted and not banjoing himself with a bike……)
CelticResearch @CelticResearch 2m2 minutes ago
Recently uploaded mobile phone footage was really important in this case so if you have ANYTHING please upload it or get in touch.
Details
CelticResearch @CelticResearch 5m5 minutes ago
Please please please if you have any footage or photos from the Dam last year get in touch with @TheCelticTrust or this account.So important
PFayr @ 11 31 .
Biton ? .
My abiding negative opinion of him stems from watching him being totally outplayed and outclassed by the Italian midfield in a Euro Under 21 finals game in Israel in 2013.
To be fair to him he didnt look out of place in games v the dross that was England and Norway..
A further perspective stems from watching that Italian midfield being taken to the cleaners by Spain.
Burning Bush
Henkes in that 3-0 game was one of the best celebrations between the players and the support Ive seen there, wee Lubo ran amok then done the same at easter road the next week. We were definitely spoiled back then. Yogi’s header got us a draw I think in what were bad times, thenks for reminding me of that one
HH
jamesgang
11:38 on 11 November, 2014
Martim1980
Thank you – great news!
The old ‘hit himself with a bike’ self injury account.
HH jamesgang
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Oi, don’t mock it – grave injuries have been caused by inanimate objects…like fridge doors hitting noses…
Martim1980
Thanks for sharing that.
Great news.. Hopefully the club have their pr people writing up statements now and on there way to all the stations and newspapers who couldnt wait to jump on dutch police side.
Davidopoulos
You just made me SOL – SNORT out loud!
Fortunately my nose is clean and I was not consuming a warm beverage.
BoringBassaMeCSC!
Adieu till tea tim Timdon
HH jamesgang
One not mentioned yet, BBJ’s only goal of the game at Paradise, a stunning volley from a Sutton knock-down, to give MO’N his first victory over McLeish as their manager, I believe. And with no Larsson that day, if I recall correctly.
Davidopooulos / Jamesgang
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technology/cannabis-enhances-excuse-making-ability-2014111192633
HH
Moonbeams,
Was it not konterman that henke left on his erse before the chip?
Martim1980
Great news about the acquittal for the Bhoy.
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
07:38 on
11 November, 2014
Wasnt archduke Ferdinand shot by a uniquely British military handgun supplied by British intelligence ?
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There was another assassination attempt that day when someone threw a bomb which failed to hit the target. The would be assassin took a cyanide tablet and jumped in the river to commit suicide. The water diluted the cyanide, he was ‘rescued’, and then jailed.
With regards to comments on biton.
I dont think anyone is claiming he is a world beater but he is only 23 and played well when given a run in the team last season.. Played in the stand out game at hearts i think.
Biton deserves a chance and a run of games to see if he is up to it or not.. If hes not then end of season he should be shipped out straight away.
We seem to hang on to players alot longer than needed at times just to keep squad size correct.
Same with kayal who did well when given chance this year.. If he isnt in plans of ronnies then punt asap.
Martim1980:
A real result.
So has macjay shot the craw when flaws in his statements are pointed out?
Again?
It’s a credibility loser, that tactic.
In no particular order;
Paul Lambert – New Year’s Day 1998
Chris Sutton, to make it 4 wins in a row – last game or last home game of that season?
Any of Lubo’s goals in the 5-1 game
Henrik’s chip
and JVOH’s in the 3-2 game, although technically I was listening to the radio on Tiree, in
the world’s coldest kitchen.
Finally, any goal where the footage shows “big Goughie” fouling away for all he’s worth and the ball still goes in!
MWD :))))
1.JVOH as the turds high fived in the dug oot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZK5R4avhs
The Goal that lead ultimately to ” Tommy Burns R.I.P.(Helicoptor thursday) scored just as the Orcs were singing they had won they league again :))))))))))))))))
2,3,4,5,……………and every other goal scored against RFC 1872 (Companies house registration number SC004276) before they passed into liquidation and ceased to be.
new article posted.
My friends in Celtic,
Why do we keep reminiscing about “Rangers “? And yet we blame the MSM for the same thing.
No wonder our players shouted with joy when the draw was announced. It seems as if these games are special and it is these games that our players are judged by.
Can anybody blame the players for wanting to play them ?
HH.
I don’t know why the formatting is all over the place in my last comment.
bit like the Rangers defence for some of our goals
Martim1980
11:48 on 11 November, 2014
Great news
Wonder how it will be reported in the SMSM