I like Scott Brown and Leigh Griffiths’ reactions to our recent adversity. It says a lot about them. They both personalise responsibility for what happens next, this is an important part of recovery – and success.
A week ago I wrote that the League Cup semi against Ross County was the biggest game in the rest of our season, and that it wasn’t a game I’d bet on. It provided the toxicity cup football can generate, creating a crisis mentality which rolled into Aberdeen on Wednesday.
This psychological phenomenon has to end now. Feel free to put a date in June in the diary to get back to it. We are in a genuine league title contest, something you and I talked about as a great thing for Scottish football not so long ago. We have no God given right to be miles ahead of anyone. We are here because we’ve made mistakes and an opponent stepped up. Welcome to Celtic.
If you want to open an inquest when the patient catches a cold, knock yourself out, but I’m not up for it. If we want this title, we circle the wagons and give the manager and players the encouragement they need to get the job done (and, erm, that includes you, ‘Phyllis’). You can be sure Aberdeen fans will do nothing less.
Tomorrow the focus switches to Perth, where Aberdeen take on St Johnstone. They won their first 8 league games this season, but the wheels came off the tractor immediately after their most important victory away from home – at Tynecastle. Next up was a League Cup game against Hibs, the loss of which plunged them into a five-week chasm.
They are a team who get notoriously nervous just when they begin to think they are in with a chance. We’ll see what Tommy Wright does with them tomorrow.
Enjoy your football. Enjoy this league race, the challenge and the disappointments. Enjoy that thrill when a goal goes against Aberdeen, or the downer when they score. It will make the finale all the more rewarding, I promise you.
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Get into them, the lot of them.
In terms of planning , am I right in saying that of the current 4 players who feature and CB, our pairing for the ECL (subject to any june activiity) is likely to be Erik Sviatchenko & Efe, as Boyo and Simu are likely to be at the Euros’ (either playing or in the squad) and will therefore be on hols when they start?
traditionalist88 (12:39pm):
“On a good pitch I think we’ll score a minimum of 5.”
IMO the only thing that will prevent Celtic from getting double figures will be professional compassion from the Celtic players.
I don’t believe that a modern pro-team would ever be pushing for a record-breaking 37-0 win, even if they were good enough (and the opposition far enough behind in terms of quality) to make that a realistic possibility. Most teams will get to 6 or 7 goals up and then take the foot right off the gas out of professional respect for their opponents. The Hamilton game was different because they are an SPL team, but even then Celtic eased off in the second half.
I’ll go for EK 0 Celtic 6 on this basis.
Just my tuppence worth;
I don’t doubt that we have defensive frailties but I think the common denominator of the last 2 losses was the state of the pitches at Hampden and Pittodrie. It seems our style of play relies too heavily on an even playing surface. We need to find a different type of approach, be that personnel or tactics, when playing on cut up pitches. We try to play our expansive style when we should really be more robust and compact. Ronny needs to shake it up a little.
HH EnnisBhoy
Macjay1… then we win it again, and again, as nauseum!
Hooptastic, rt rev david hay… thanks for your unerring support of Celtic. I’m sure the players really appreciate it.
Instructions for the rest of the season:
1. Print off today’s article and put it on your wall.
2. Read it every day.
3. Back the team, at every opportunity, come what may, no matter who’s in the side.
We are Celtic supporters…you know the next line.
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/deilas-time-is-up-rod-stewart/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+co%2FIRuC+%28Celtic+Quick+News%29
So, Rod Stewart thinks Deila’s time is up. I’ve thought Rod Stewart’s time has been up for years also.
He missed a trick not doing that track with the lo fi allstars in the mid nineties. He would have been as cool as Tom Jones if he had done that.
I would not go expecting to see a cricket score against East Kilbride I remember when we played Whitehill Welfare at Easter road a few years ago and we won 0-3.I am sure we will beat East Kilbride but not by a huge margin. H.H.
Keep ten men on the pitch
fieldofdrams (1.00pm), hear, hear!
Didny know Boyata was “good” enough to play for his country!
Every day is a school day on here!
GREENPINATA on 5TH FEBRUARY 2016 12:46 PM
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 5TH FEBRUARY 2016 12:42 PM
So.
Celtic win the league.
Then what ?
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Then we celebrate:-)
HH
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Being the big fish in the small pond just before the shark arrives.
Paul says ‘I like Scott Brown and Leigh Griffiths’ reactions to our recent adversity. It says a lot about them.’
Actions speak louder than words in my view, we need the players showing real heart and passion every week, this team goes a goal down to half decent opposition, it’s often game over.
I like Scott Brown as a player, I am not convinced on his ability to be a captain.
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 5TH FEBRUARY 2016 12:42 PM
So.
Celtic win the league.
Then what ?
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There’s the traditional pyrotechnic display at CP to celebrate.
A stray firework flies into a stand. In the resulting panic and stampede women and children are trampled to death.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you all.
BIGCHIPSUK – 10 IN A ROW (2001-2010) on 5TH FEBRUARY 2016 1:00 PM
Macjay1… then we win it again, and again, as nauseum!
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Reasonably optimistic that you may be right.
I would be setting our sights higher.
In Field OF Dreams didnt they have to make something worth watching before they came?
Hi guys I don’t post that much, I really like ronny but was just wondering if anyone really thinks he has what it takes to get us to the champions league group stages.
I just think we should make a change now as I have no doubt a change will be made in the summer
THE BATTERED BUNNET on 5TH FEBRUARY 2016 12:30 PM
It would be an even bigger upset than being beaten by Arthurlie.
Mind you, that worked out for the best in the end.
Well done Scott Brown.
I hope he is passing the mood on to the rest in the dressing room.
As Mr B senior was often heard to say
Stand up for the Champions
ERNIE LYNCH on 5TH FEBRUARY 2016 1:06 PM
No confidence in Scotland`s finest to stamp out the resultant conflag. ?
That`s what they`re there for. No?
What did Walker say?
HARBRO67. Fella for me it is who would you replace him with and is there chances of getting us to the group stages of the CL ? I am beginning to think we are putting to much emphasis on qualifying for the CL.We in my opinion should be trying to ensure we are the top team in Scotland and winning the treble that is difficult enough without worrying about the CL.H.H.
Afternoon Celts
BTW…dont be blaming PL or RD….its not their fault.
Must be somebody else to blame.
I know….lets just blame me.
Or even better….blame the whole support.
Its our fault that we dont like getting beat.
We should just accept defeat and move on.
Nobody….and i mean nobody,…at CP is to blame.
Its fate….destiny…..its out of our hands
Nothing we can do.
But dont blame the man who takes 20,000 a week.
No
Its your fault:)
HH
I assume there’s been no response from the Army Council yet?
No press statement from P. O’Neill?
Ennisbhoy 12:58
I’d agree with that.
Anyone who believes EK have a chance on Sunday, please give me a shout
I’m holding a sale of some tracts of mosquito infested Louisiana swamp land
And a couple of bridges in Manhattan.
Enjoy The Silence
Depechemodecsc
Ha ha Mr 67 tells you to support the team.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 5th February 2016 12:42 pm
So.
Celtic win the league.
Then what ?
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Weeelllll, obviously, a year hence we win the Champions League.
Keep up.
Bigchips
My support for the team hasn’t changed. My support for the manager as you can tell is faltering. I personally don’t think he has it in him. MY opinion doesn’t mean to say it’s correct. Time will tell. Hope he can sort it as he comes across a nice guy but sadly I think he can’t.
HH
Aberdeen are no better a team since last season,we are going backwards rapidly to meet them.
Joe Fillipi
I don’t agree, they are in my view not mutually exclusive. A Celtic side should be capable of putting up a strong fight against teams like Maribor and Malmo to make the CL. If we can’t then winning the league is also likely to be difficult from next season onward.
Rest assured SevCo are watching us closely and are sensing the opportunity,
TinyTim on 5th February 2016 12:24 pm –
In a nutshell. Not that it really matters but I go every second week and while I’m there Celtic get my full vocal backing. Doesn’t mean I’m not going to go to the boozer or go on to a blog and discuss the merits of my team/manager with like minded Celtic folk. Everything in our garden is not rosy and it’s fine for us to talk about this. Our mental fragility worries me and this applies to the fans as well. At hampden, no one in my vicinity had any confidence in our ability to come back from 2-1 down.
JOE FILIPPIS HAIRCUT on 5TH FEBRUARY 2016 1:13 PM
HARBRO67. Fella for me it is who would you replace him with and is there chances of getting us to the group stages of the CL ? I am beginning to think we are putting to much emphasis on qualifying for the CL.We in my opinion should be trying to ensure we are the top team in Scotland and winning the treble that is difficult enough without worrying about the CL.H.H.
Yep. Just let’s settle for second best After all the back of the bus is where we belong.
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Paul67
You might well like Broonie’s post match reaction, but he was at fault for their first goal due to having no reaction to what was happening around him, again! Over a number of years Scott has been given the benefit of the doubt way too many times. Between injuries (quite a few self inflicted) and daft suspensions, he’s been posted missing for a lot of vital games. Add that to his lack of passing/goalscoring ability and I think he’s been found wanting. I don’t dislike Brown, but then I don’t dislike Lustig, Effe or Ronny either, just don’t think any of them are particularly doing the trick.
HH
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL,
He basically said Ronny should go, but if you read between the lines he said, I used to get paid by Celtic but now I’m a soup taker and I earn all my corn by bashing the team that paid me well. Lowest of the low
HH
gsu
Glasstwothirdsfull
Andy Walker drew on all of his knowledge and experience of the Game and told David Tanner in the post-match analysis following the Aberdeen game that he (Tanner) would do as good a job as Ronny Deila.
Or words to that effect.
Andy ” if anyone made the slightest contact on Me in the box I went down ” walker had zero credibility