It was a strange game. Celtic were so far ahead in the opening 20 minutes it was hard to comprehend how Shakhtar Donetsk managed to win so impressively in Leipzig last week. Our ‘hosts’ soon edged their way into proceedings, scored, and for the remainder of the first half, made Celtic look second best.
At halftime I suspect both teams would have settled for a point. The second half was significantly less open than the first. Shakhtar seldom threw men forward and Celtic cut down opportunities for a counterattack.
Had Shakhtar won, our chances of progressing in the competition would have been effectively wiped out. A draw means we remain very much in control of our own destiny. The disappointing aspect is, that a win, which should have been achieved, would have almost certainly guaranteed European football of one type after Christmas.
There is also the dirty little subject. A win was worth £1.5m more than the draw; our potential income pot shrank a little in the Warsaw air.
It is remarkable how Greg Taylor has grown this season. Repeatedly last night he dragged his body up and down the field, often accepting possession in tight spaces, before mining a way out. The courage he showed in possession is enormously encouraging.
Sead Haksabanovic was thrown in for his first start; a brave decision by Ange Postecoglou. The manager will feel justified as Sead played an important part in Celtic’s goal. Still, Celtic steadied when Daizen Maeda replaced Sead at halftime. He mitigated the risk from Shakhtar’s left flank; had he started, with Haksabanovic making a late cameo, Shakhtar would have found it more difficult to exploit the space they scored from.
Celtic improved again when Liel Abada replaced the exhausted Jota near the end. Perhaps bringing Abada on 10 minutes earlier would have made a difference.
Shakhtar’s goal was a consequence of the gameplan, not just a misjudgement in midfield. Callum McGregor tried to nick an opposition pass 40 yards from goal and missed. He was out of position and the orange and black shirts snapped up a gear. Celtic’s play is all about trying to nick a pass in midfield. It works domestically, (remarkably) worked for a period against Real Madrid and was very effective during the opening 20 minutes last night.
This plan is also energy sapping. At 25 minutes, the tank needed filled and we suffered until the break. We need to manage our tempo more carefully.
Later, there was concern until Real opened the scoring on the 80th minute in Madrid. That win may be just as important as Celtic’s point, come the end of the group.
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Let’s all do the huddle :-))
https://twitter.com/JohnKellyEdin/status/1570330644584206336?t=T5yVZLtISoZ6bcKgv9TIsQ&s=19
HH
jota should only play on the left wing.
‘The scum responsible will hopefully be identified and banned for life from anything Celtic.”
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scum?
have you been on here before calling.fans of other teams scum who glorify in singing about peadophilia or loyalist death squads at our ground?
or do you reserve that phrase for celtic fans?
bbbbbbbbbbuuuuuuuuuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
man united fans had a banner today that said
hang the glazers
is that not more sinister than
fuck.the crown?
i think it is
jota should only play ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
where the manager tells him
Wullie James on R.I.P
Jameson
I laughed at the Michael Fagan banner last night. Now that was funny.
The ‘F### THE CROWN’ banner had me rolling my eyes in frustration at the customary lack of imagination on display. Want to protest against a person or organisation? Easy. Just put it after the F word.
F### THE BOARD
F### THE SFA
F### UEFA
F### THE POLICE
Simple. Saves you having to think too much about how to get your message across.
It’s banal and boring.
Must do better.
jota should only play ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
where the manager tells him
even if it weakens us as a team ?
The banners only represented the sentiment once espoused by the Prime Minister, Liz Truss. Slightly more colourful language though.
However there is a time and place and its outside football. The persons involved did read the room, got their attention and now Celtic and her wider support face the aftermath
HH.
JackieMac, I left Cork when I was 19,. visited a lot when my parents were alive but since they passed, am an infrequent visitor.
I’m 74 now so after 55 years since I lived there my knowledge of the Boozers is pretty much zero.
I do know that the Friars Walk Tavern was the best Celtic Pub to watch a game, haven’t been there for years either but I understand it’s still going strong,
Sorry I can’t be more helpful.
RC on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2022 10:12 PM
jota should only play ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
where the manager tells him
even if it weakens us as a team ?
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it did not weaken the team, you dont know what your typing about, a game is over 95 minutes, starting with him on the right is part of an overall game plan.
you typed shite all through the game thread, as you do often.
dont compounded it the next night by making yourself look even more silly.
Rc he wouldn’t play then
Hh
Our Team and players are settling into the Highest level of Club Fitba.
Keep making the chances.
Thats the maist Important thing.
We are Some Team now, with an Incredible bench.
I’m thinking we will see 5 or 6 changes at least for the game against the Saints, possibly Callum getting a Well Deserved weekend aff.
The “Crown” banner to me seemed more like a GIRUY to an archaic institution and less so towards the wee women who passed.
The Fagan one was crass. Glorifying an idiot who, all be it briefly, frightened the shit out a 56 year old woman who was on her own at the time. God knows what was going through her mind at that moment. Anyone else’s wife, mother or sister having to face a threat like that, you wouldn’t be associating this sick clown in the same way
it did not weaken the team
shows how much you know.
you typed shite all through the game thread, as you do often.
dont compounded it the next night by making yourself look even more silly.
dearie dearie hit a nerve.
AN TEARMAN …Was that incoherent rant directed at me? Do you live on the same planet as the rest of us? Do you think being gratuitously offensive is clever? Maybe you should give more respect to your fellow Celtic supporters and consider your words before you commit them to external scrutiny. If you were able to express a meaningful opinion it would allow everyone else on this site to consider it on its merits, form an opinion, and respond. Abusive, demented nonsense only leads to pitying, despairing shakes of the head. I would like to be able to respect your views, a fellow supporter of Celtic, but, Christ, you make it difficult.
Reo Hatate is Incredible, it isnae the way of the Exploding Ange!
But Reo could play that Numero 10 like Prosinecki did to Great effect. Genius vision for a Holy Mass.
Callum, Matthew and Reo are extremely hard working & Clever fitba players.
Celtic is Looking Good. Incredibly Good.
Thanks CC, Friars Tavern is on the list👌
AN TEARMANN
Rc he wouldn’t play then
he is not as productive on the right as he is on the left
Final 19 emails then results…
TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2022 10:09 PM
While agreeing with your point, I did enjoy the small F*** UEFA sign at Udinese away, a few years ago. Its simplicity and directness were a thing of beauty as it conveyed the message of disapproval of their corrupt mishandling of football and fans, clearly and unequivocally. It really annoyed them and was worth the punishment, on that occasion – a punishment that really demonstrated Uefa’s self regarding pomposity.
67ECW – Great name by the way! – consider that pint on ice, to be redeemed at some indeterminate future point.
HH.
A banner that read ‘I rebel they ran me down’ would have been instantaneously understood by the watching Celtic fans.
There were dozens of ways to articulate a message against the royal frenzy that wouldn’t have resulted in a fine.
I suspect the point was to get maximum attention and it worked. Like a toddler throwing a hissy fit.
Rc..
He plays were manager orders
If not
He doesn’t play.
HH
An Dun
Sadly plenty of toddlers and coked up weekend plastic rebels looking stamp their brand on Celtics at the expense of the wider reputation.
imo we are a better attacking forward unit with jota on the left side and we are weaker when he plays on the right , but hey ho everyone has an opinion.
BURNLEY78 on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2022 10:39 PM
An Dun
Sadly plenty of toddlers and coked up weekend plastic rebels looking stamp their brand on Celtics at the expense of the wider reputation.
*When I was a lad of 18 summers I used tae travel on the Balloch tae Brigton train and sing “we’er the bhoys in emerald green eff kb and the queen” didnae really mean it as I didnae hate her then or even now it was just a song
*SENTINEL CELTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2022-23*
RESULTS FROM GAME #9 – SHAKHTAR DONETSK 1 CELTIC 1 (Bondarenko (OG))
Good evening from the gorgeous island of Mallorca. A very good result last night but which should have been a really great result!
So, that’s now 9 games played, 7 games won, 1 game lost. 30 goals scored and only 6 conceded.
Apologies for the brief report.
Thanks to the 67 folk who voted. The total votes cast for each player (with my own choices asterisked) are as follows –
Hart: 5
Juranovic: 4
Carter-Vickers: 27
Jenz*: 17
Taylor*: 47
McGregor: 19
Hatate*: 49
O’Riley: 5
Haskabanovic: 1
Kyogo: 0
Jota: 18
Maeda: 2
Giakoumakis: 1
Turnbull: 1
Mooy: 4
Abada: 0
So, the top 5 players receiving POINTS for the game against Shakhtar Donetsk are –
Hatate – 5 pts
Taylor – 4 pts
Carter-Vickers – 3 pts
McGregor – 2 pts
Jota – 1 pt
And the overall standings after 9 games played are –
21 points – Jota
16 – Hatate
14 – Taylor
13 points – McGregor
10 points – Carter-Vickers
9 points – Abada and Jenz
8 points – Juranovic and O’Riley
5 points – Kyogo and Ralston
4 points – Giakoumakis, Mooy and Welsh
3 points – Maeda
2 points – Turnbull
1 point – Hart
0 points – Bernabei, Forrest, Haksabanovic, McCarthy, Siegrist and Starfelt
Next up, its back to League action and a trip to Paisley to face St Mirren. Kick off on Sunday is 12.00. I look forward to enjoying my holiday reading with a significant batch of emails following that game.
Hail Hail!
BBC reporting on DPRK (North Korea) overlaid on queen funeral procession
https://twitter.com/Karl_Was_Right/status/1570314755167997952?s=20&t=76kSCmajvkcJVF7nghxOTQ
Huddle 👆 top o page :-)))
Great minds
HH
Tontine Tim,
Not Roy Keane on the Royals but Lizzie was alright, Her real appreciation in Dublin was Good – the Scumbags behind the curtains control things, though, I know.
This is the Best Celtic team to watch in Person that I have seen. Started going early 80s. The Maestro years. WOW.
The Saints on Sunday will see a much changed Celtic team, that IMO, will have the game Won by HT.
sioannaigh
not sure i really belive that i read that !
i for one, and every tim that i know would take issue with anyone labelling the celtic support scum.
I’ve heard it all now.
TONTINE TIM… I don’t know about GSTQ in British cinemas. But I do remember the Soldiers’ Song being played in Irish cinemas at the end of a show in the 60s. We all stood up. There was no embarrassment or shuffling of feet. We felt, maybe a bit self-consciously, proud. Memories of escape from oppression were still alive, personally or per proxy. Why I am I sharing this with you now? I really don’t know. But it still resonates…
The Soldiers Song is regularly played in pubs, where there has been music and discos here in the west at the end of the night. Most people stand to attention and sing.
HH
Celtic supporters criticising Celtic supporters.
“Those who throw the first stone “
Look who owns us all.
They own all the religions and Royal families.
We need to get to the point and answer 1 question.
Would you rather be a Celt, Kelt, or Christian?
Why is the Vatican moving all of its money on the sly(before the end of this month) out of the financial system that creepy Joe and the imperialist West have been trashing to bring in the new financial (beast) system and the Vatican`s favoured New World Order?