If we are looking for reasons why Celtic have dropped so many points in recent weeks it is revealing that we have not kept a clean sheet away in the league since Boxing Day, and that was to bottom club Dundee.
Losing goals, of course, is seldom about the last line of defence, and losing goals this consistently is seldom even an issue with defence, in dominant teams, defenders are seldom taxed. It is more likely a consequence of the shape of the team. Goalkeepers should be protected, as should defences.
It’s the midfield we should be looking at. Dominate possession and stop leaving spaces for the opposition to exploit; we’ll stop losing goals and start winning games.
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Doh ! All calm now, back down to Def Con 0.
Was just a “wee” party from Bathgate heading back home to Airdrie.
Apart from 3 burned out taxis, a chapel reduced to ashes, 1 awol taxi driver and 2 corpses suspended from the M8 bridge upside down, a missing convent, and the ransacking of Armadale Polis Station, all is right in the world again.
Rumours amongst the MSM are that this could be the most powerful story, ever, in Scottish meeja history, and could halt (reverse even) the monthly 10% decline in rag sales. But sadly, word from Media House is that there was possibly some “in your face”, “failure to comply”, Timmy behaviour tonight – because of Neil Lennon the snarling manager of Celtic and his failure as a football manager, some fenians are exercising their right to be out after 10pm – that needs expanded on, so the first story’s a deid rat.
FFM,
You gotta smear yourself with some of that sausage n beans..then you’ll be able to make your escape unnoticed.
Walkingdeadcsc.
Zimmerman
:)))
Nah, for a laugh, I try to make my tongue touch my nose, flick them in the coupons with their own upside down flags and scream that the one in front got me pregnant. This doesn’t do much when they see I’m a middle aged man, but eventually collective reasoning kicks in, and they re-direct by 15 degrees south west to return to the original venture towards Asbestox.
Whit I’m saying is, we need a new outpost – call it retreating if you want :))) But it’s surely fun !
Lemmings was not just a great game – it was an inspiration :))
TT
According to Twitter he has a brother Billy.
Well done pops!
V
Jobo
Clear blue sky again alang the Fylde coast, a wee bit cauld though.
V
Global warming strikes back with a vengance in the Southeast – drifting snow, biting winds, minus double digit temps, and complete chaos on the roads. Oh to be in East Kilbride today…
News item this morning shows the Falkland islanders celebrating the poll victory with flags and the music was………
“We’re gonnae score more goals than you…. Engerlund”
Aye very good, give them their island back or at least share the oil rich part of it, it was always about money, what a waste of life.
V
Jobo meant to say the Irish Sea is mega calm today and quite scenic looking, kinda day daft yins like Jinkysboy goes for a swim in it, not joking by the way.
✊
V
FFM
Assuming the ex in question is the one I think it is,Jee-zoh,that’s all she needs…..
A mate of mine lost his council house a few years back because his rent wasn’t being paid-by a different department of the council!
Give them both my best wishes.
“With apologies to Mr. Lear.”
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“The Jabba is a cloth-eared man who spillls his lies for York
Believing that his his crap and vomit are spoken for The Lord.
A more hideous deformed damp creature has yet to be created
To tell the lies of the damned and twisted like glorified news
And not chip paper.’
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The End.
VMHAN
Is Jinkysbhoy the one wi three Adam’s Apples?
Good morning all from a cold and frosty EK. Still a fair bit of snow lying from yesterday but no fresh falls overnight. Good luck to The Cardinals – will there be a live updates article?
bournesouprecipe
23:38 on 11 March, 2013
Celtic Mac
Celtic Park – 2014
Focus CSC
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Bourne, I like it!
V
CQN Cheltenham Naps Competition
Lads, for anyone interested in a CQN Cheltenham Naps competition, please go back and post your daily selections at the end of the following article :
“Picked up, shook out, turned into someone new”” – use the same article for all 4 days of the Festival.
Winner = 10 points + the Starting Price, Second place = 5 points, Third place = 3 points
e.g. a 12/1 winner scores 22 pts (10+12), a 7/2 winner scores 13.50 pts (10+3.5), and a 6/5 winner scores 11.20 pts (10+1.2).
All the best,
fleagle1888
What a strange place CQN was last night
Alter egos having conversations with themselves
And
Another ego hellbent on attention seeking and alienating himself …
Strange …not very entertaining
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
……………..
Erm naw but I’ll check it out when we meet in Sat.
:>)
V
In = on
LL reporting on CM’s comments is like a pack of hyenas pouncing on some scraps and making a three course meal of it.
SPF
HAN
If he’s daft enough to jump into the sea in these temperatures,he will bloody look like he has three Adam’s Apples….
Above to VMHAN…
FLEAGLE 1888
I’m in!
Cheers,bud.
Loved some of the stories from CQN ‘rs about the old grounds. Great memories
Also love how Paul67 comes to his summaries about the team
My view. I look at statistics. We don’t have a top scorer in the top 4 in SPL this season Gary Hooper is no 5. Next on list is no 18!!! Our forwards are not scoring goals
So priorities for me is to get in some goal scoring forwards
Breaking News
There was uproar last night on various Celtic blogs when a senior Celtic player admitted preferring Blue Riband to Club biscuits.
Posters flooded blogs with comments like
“This is a slap on the face to true Celtic fans”
“If he spent more time practising corners instead of eating biscuits we could have beaten Juve”
“After hearing this I burnt my season ticket…unfortunately it’s plastic so it melted”
“It’s all Peter Lawwell’s fault”
The player later tweeted that he did enjoy a club biscuit but that was unlikely to calm the irate Celtic fans….
Unfortunately lots more to follow….
SydneyTim
St the other side of that coin is Celtic have scored over 100 goals in all comps…
Goals from all over the park that being said a wee Leo widnae be bad..
Every Celtic game’s a big game for me. If it’s not for any Celtic player, they know where the door is.
Starry. Something we have failed to do indeed in the past is having goals from all over the park as you say:) But in all my years following the hoops never I have I seen such a poor return from our forwards. Hooper and big Vic our top scorers, 2 players that could be waiting for their Taxis. So goal scorers must be a priority
SydneyTim
Yep I agree, I felt Gary missed his partner Anto this season and also went through a very normal strikers bad patch. I think Neil also tried some different ideas with him this season and he is a much better all round player than when he first came to us..
A lot can change this summer, looking forward to the usual transfer window nonsense, it’s been a very weird season so far, maybe to be expected with all the other issues in Scottish Football hogging the headlines and sucking the life out of the game..
I would love to see this team stay together and grow into a great team but such is the transient nature of all things now that I’m sure some will move on…
Rangers caught at it again . . .
http://www.jmoon.co.uk/documents/Rangers.pdf
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SydneyTim..
Good to See Your No Off Oot..;-)
I Marked Your Card Re; Hoops years Ago..
Summa of OleSydneyJungleCSC
PS.. Cya Sunday..
Morning all. We were promised a lovely sunny cold day here. So far, quite overcast.
Summi. Change of plans. Welcome inn balmain. 11am kick off. Sunday
Morning CQNrs from Saarland, where its snowing a blizzard!
Cleaned the driveway ealier on and it looks like I’ve never touched it. Got my work cut out for at least the rest of the morning. Hope its better where you are :))
buttonitChicoCSC
Parkheadcumsalford
08:52 on
12 March, 2013
Morning all. We were promised a lovely sunny cold day here. So far, quite overcast.
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Time to boycott the weather forecast?
Hi Jobo [06:39 on 12 March, 2013]
Do you think someone should start a Cardinals Quick News?
Just found a great place for the the the new ragers to start up again,the Falklands.
They shoooorly love that butchers apron.
Off out hillwalking on this gorgeous day, even with a decent ex-Rangers man in the group. Will need to tell him about Ian-in-Budapest’s classic graphs @8.41.
Lovely evening of reading/catch-up in front of me – hope the usual eejits vented all of their bile last night!