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Favourite – thank you, I had a wee long lie this morning.
Good morning CQN from a delighted Garngad, don’t know what the weather is Like but I am sure like Melb Micks post the sun is splitting the sky’s and the birds are singing, posties whistling and kids laughing and joking on their way to both St Roch schools, a bit like Winstons description of Finport.😂😂😂
Dear oh dear how could the £100 million squad of Stevie G not beat our B team.
Hunbelievable
Now for some black coffe.
Ps Jobo what’s the email addy again for POTY as it seems to have deleted itself from my inbox/outbox. Thanks in advance
D. :)
All these journalists saying Julien was off side must have been watching the match with x ray goggles on. I can’t see where Helander is when the ball is played in – he’s somewhere between Julien and Edouard. If you can not see where the last defender is then I’m don’t know how you can be sure about an offside. Unless you have x ray goggles that is. McCoist and Rae asking for two pens yesterday was ridiculous.Morelos should have been booked for being a cheat.
Oh my head . . . Need to get some fresh air.
My overwhelming delight about winning is now being overtaken by why the hell were we so bad? Cup final day and we have 3-4 players on their game? Forster, Ajer, Hayes and Frimpong showed up. That’s it.
We all say none of their players would get into our first XI yet yesterday we were outplayed almost the entire game. Our midfield were outplayed from the first minute.How can so many good players be so poor at the same time? Hampden is a 2nd home to our players, we were supposed to be the ones who wouldn’t be nervous.
If it is so obvious to us that Morgan was incapable of holding the ball up and creating space, why can’t NL see it. If Griff and Edouard are on the bench, you have to assume they are fit to play a part. They should have been given a half each. Griff’s positional play is light years ahead of LMs.
I love winning and I honestly think we will beat them comprehensively in the league game. But something went badly wrong yesterday and that should not be overlooked.
We get El Hamed, Taylor/Boli, Edouard back and Elyounissi gets a few games in then I think we’ll walk it at Celtic Park.
Morgan up front was a re-run of the Johnson upfront mistake we made at Ibrox in Dec 2018.
Griffiths obviously has some work to do on training ground to convince Neil Lennon he’s our number 2 striker. January could see the end for Leigh if he doesn’t start contributing very soon. We need more than one striker.
Denia….
“But something went badly wrong yesterday and that should not be overlooked”
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Calm doon! The trophy is back in the cabinet, we move on. Winning is the only thing that matters in these games.
Lovely blue sky in ML5 the walk to school is most enjoyable … beating any version of the Huns is always amazing and a wee pre arranged day off is always an advantage …. for the record Alfredo is a nasty piece of work hope he stays at the Huns for the rest of his career … perfect fit
Relief more than joy at the final whistle – I don’t buy the Idea that this result will somehow result in them falling apart if anything they believe they’re getting closer.
Still on cloud nine…………………..or is ten?
I hate playing them. Full stop.
However, if we are to play so poorly with a makeshift unit and still pip them to the points or prizes – I will live with that.
;)
Scoddland is hurtin’ this mornin’ – some more horribly than ithers.
The Blazers have invented a new type of refin’………the boul’ Wullie is their poster (bhoy)….so fubar’d it really isn’t true. A man so compromised it defies adequate parody.
I accept that we won’t, but following a win – we should be big enough to complain about the standard of officiating at all levels. Wullie was at it yesterday. Fat Charlie – kautioned how many times?
Can’t even read that bam, English’s guff – I had the misfortune to catch some of his sleekitly worded mince ” live” just as another fraudulent Tim(?) Big Packy wound up his uncle tom routine……..Horrible charade.
The requirement to deliver nine and ten gets ever more urgent.
HH.
Griff was not on the bench….and that is a big worry ….why wasn’t he…he was effective when he came on against Hamilton winning the ball that set up the last gasp goal……something’s not right…
Why were we so poor… was it complacency? If it was NL better sort it oot pronto …
Any ideas why Griffiths didn’t even make the squad? Surely a much better option than Morgan even at 70% fit??
AN DUN on 9TH DECEMBER 2019 8:33 AM
Exactly. Also a very selective single image of the goal being used when the players foot is already in contact with the ball. Show us a shot before he makes contact with the ball.
HH
A wonderful win yesterday in difficult conditions. Great to be there and witness the shift Jonny Hayes gave us. Bizarre choice from BT not to include the foul ahead of the goal as part of the highlights reel.
I felt Arfield’s crunch on Ryan after the penalty should’ve been a straight red card. Our front six seemed weak but the bookies called the outcome right again. On we float.
2017 Invincible Treble Tick!
2018 Treble Treble Tock!
2019 Triple Treble Tick!
2020 DodecaTreble Talkin’ about? Ten done, two on the go.
One thing that makes me smile is
what a lovely bad day at the office that was
ROBINBHOY on 9TH DECEMBER 2019 8:58 AM
Any ideas why Griffiths didn’t even make the squad? Surely a much better option than Morgan even at 70% fit??
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Agreed he would be a better option, not at 70% but if fit absolutely. Thats a big if though.
80 odd goals for the club, likes a goal against that mob and at Hampden, threat from set pieces… something not right with him still.
Could just be another niggling injury but I guess we will find out soon enough.
A shame if its the end of the road for his Celtic career.
HH
https://videocelts.com/2019/12/blogs/latest-news/two-pictures-show-that-goal-hero-chris-jullien-was-onside/
Right going to watch the game back😂😂😂😂
D. :)
Gerrard can console himself that after yesterday’s performance, he’ll still have his top scorer come the end of January.
OCTOBER 1966.
CELTIC 1 THEM 0. My first League cup final and yes, we did not play well in that game a Willie O’Neill clearance off the line ( doing his job ) and a Bobby Lennox goal,at our end of Hampden made sure there were green and white ribbons ’round the cup.
December 2019.
Celtic 1 Them 0.Did not attend the game,and yes we did not play well in that game.A goal from big Chris at our end of Hampden secured the trophy.53 years apart and the memories come flooding back.
STILL DELIGHTED YES STILL DELIGHTED!!!!!!!
3 defeats in 46 games = Neil Lennon
And the Huns were celebrating us “downgrading” from Brendan
Scottish Cup, League title and now first trophy this season and playing (not yesterday) some terrific football
There’s only one Neil Lennon 🍀
Was flying back from Tenerife leaving at 16:30. Watched a wee bit of the first half in the airport.
My FlashScore App let me know the good news when big Jullien scored. Incessant complaints from my footie mates about how poor we were overall. Penalty and red card news I got as well as penalty saved and lost signal on 71 minutes. It was nearly 9:20 when I got the good news and watched the BT highlights on my iPad when we got home.
Poor performance or not the only thing that counts is that we won. We’ve battered the Huns in the past and lost so sweet revenge.
Good morning all.
Thought this was worth sharing.
https://twitter.com/BenTheTim/status/1203817391563706373
Really good, simple analysis. The kind of thing journalists used to do.
From the pictures, the most advanced body part appears to be an outstretched bare WHITE forearm.
Jullien is wearing a long sleeved top.
Ajer’s arm can clearly be seen elsewhere.
That leaves two possibilities …
This arm is
a) Helander’s OR
b) Edouard’s
Hail hail
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 9TH DECEMBER 2019 6:58 AM
We need to be careful on 29th, that kind of result can lead to over confidence
Canamalar,I doubt after the game yesterday we will be over confident on the 29th
If anything the opposite.
Liked what said ‘re rumble in the jungle,in many ways it was like rope a dope as Ali would say,with big Julien kicking were it hurts
as we came of the ropes.
I know that victory is seering into the dark mid of the ragin hun,hope young boys do them thurs and we then beat them on 29th to end their season.flook,how am ah gonnae fit in Christmas wi aw this cheery Tim’s hopeful December.
HH
So, ahh, was there a game yesterday?
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 9TH DECEMBER 2019 9:25 AM
It’s still an offside.
I don’t believe that an outstretched arm can play somebody onside. It has to be the shoulder. The picture taken from behind the goal seems to show Helander is just a little bit behind Julien.
The call is a lot closer than I originally believed but…. its still offside.
Celtic were extremely lucky yesterday. They managed to bring home the trophy despite receiving a massive wake up call.Sevco will test Celtic more than any team in Scotland if they cannot get a good system together. It seemed clear in the early stages that Brown & McGregor could cope well with their midfield and the back four battled well.
But they will get worn down if the ball keeps coming back. You fight really hard to win the ball and find a Celtic player but you get no relief. James Forrest was anonymous, Elyounoussi was rightly hooked at half time and Lewis Morgan will just not do.
Massive wake up call for January. We cannot go into a game of that importance with Lewis Morgan up front. He is not an option. If Griffiths and Bayo are behind him neither are they. Need to sign a striker in January. No ifs or buts.
Timaly29,
Naw its no
Test
An Tearmann,
The majority of our players already thought they could throw the jerseys on the park and we got away with it, that only reinforces the attitude.
While I expect Lenny tries to kill that attitude, he does every time but we still ended up playing like that.
:))))))))))))))))))))))))))
“A player is in an offside position if:
any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents’ half (excluding the halfway line) and
any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent
The hands and arms of all players, including the goalkeepers, are not considered.”
If an attackers outstretched arm can be offside how come a defenders outstretched arm can’t play an attacker onside ???
In fact I don’t even care…. the rules were not applied fairly (Alfredo Morelos) so I will take a dubious offside decision in our favour all day long
Funny how Stevie Gee isn’t 100% behind VAR being introduced in Scotland … wonder why ?
Their players were in bits at full time yesterday, couple of them in tears. Watched Tavernier interview post match, he was a broken man.
Prior to yesterday there were doubts around that team regards winning the ‘big’ games, those doubts remain and loom larger today.
Don’t see them gaining any confidence from yesterday.
Watched the game again today with my boys, youngest made two good observations.
Ball was moving really slowly on the surface (I didn’t notice this when I watched it live).
Forster was his MOM, this was about 30 mins in.
High fives flying at full time between the three of us, they loved it.
Forster, Julien and Hayes would be my top three.
HH
Tim….
Recent VAR decisions from England disprove your argument.
But thank you for providing the evidence that had VAR been in operation the goal would have stood!
HH
For what it’s worth–
I recently saw a debate /discussion on an Italian Serie A highlights program . . The Ex big cheese Ref ( an essential on Italian Tele ) opined that the rules re Offside / Onside included a clear statement that those rules only applied to parts of the body that can ‘legally ‘play the ball.
https://twitter.com/davidpmcginty/status/1203850863749537792?s=19
Looks to me in this picture as if Jullien is a step ahead of his marker
If you look at the picture a bit closer between the legs of Julliene you will see Helander’s leg placing his foot in line with Julliene’s foot.
TBB 9.49am
Cheers for the explanation
If the rules are applied correctly Goldson should have at least a yellow for the foul that led to the goal if not even a red
Collum did not apply the rules fairly yesterday … so a wee minimal offside decision shouldn’t be the main concern :-)
in “bowlin klub” scoddland I’m unsure as to how VAR might help Tims achieve a fair game…………
thu’ll just call it (Ryan) Jack High!
Naw?