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Recuperation ahead of December game 9, Walfrid’s Wish

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Relieved to get last night’s game out of the way. Ross County limited us to few chances. The opening goal was a shot which Erik Sviatchenko didn’t connect cleanly with, a defender tried to block but failed to make contact, only succeeding in blocking his keeper’s view, before the ball found the corner of the goal.

When the added two minutes at the end of the first half were announced, County visibly pulled tighter, waiting on the break. That was a mistake. In the most composed moment of the game, Stuart Armstrong twisted this way, then that, before carving an opening he took with aplomb.

We now have two days to recuperate ahead of the final game before the midseason break; our ninth game of what will be an exhausting month. We’ll talk more about this game tomorrow, it will be far from easy, so please don’t be misled by the 5-1 win over Newco earlier in the season. They are shambles of a football team, but this is a different challenge.

Thanks to everyone who supported our Mary’s Meals appeal for the Sean Devereux Primary School in Liberia this week, we’ve already achieved great things there.

Walfrid’s Wish
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Our Foundation’s big project for 2017, Walfrid’s Wish, launched last night. It’s an opportunity for each of us to join the Foundation in a formal capacity – to be one of its Champions.

I think this is a key strategy for the future of Celtic. We’ve done so much in recent years to bring our founding sentiment back to the forefront of the club. The challenge remains to push the boundaries further, and to keep them there.

To achieve this, for years and decades to come, we need to organise. We need to keep telling ourselves what Celtic is all about, to encourage each other share and live our common values, and – hopefully – make participation in the Foundation an everyday part of being a Celtic supporter for 100% of our community.

On its simplest level, Walfrid’s Wish is a membership scheme. You become a member of the Foundation Champions community. It’ll cost you £3 per month.

I suspect we’re 40% of the way along the road of where we could be as a community, much of that progress has been achieved within the last five years, but we need innovative ways to spread the message. This has an excellent chance of reinvigorating the sentiment that those who gathered in St Mary’s church hall all those years ago.

You can sign up here, go for it.

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  1. ItaliaBhoy on

    Lots of rumours flying about re: a death which would result in Hogmany postponement.

     

     

    Rumours are false, apparently…

  4. Greenpinata on

    Looking forward to the last game of 2016 . Hopefully another 3 points on the journey.

     

     

    Is this just another game ? The amount of posts on here associated with it tell us otherwise.

     

     

    Maybe sad for some, but definitely true.

     

     

    HH.

  8. ExSlaemuirBhoy on

    ITALIABHOY on 29TH DECEMBER 2016 7:22 PM

     

     

    Ocht, charlie drake or not the grim reaper awaits

  9. Saint Stivs on

    The good news just keeps coming.

     

     

    Wonderful for the Knox’s. Just wonderful.

     

     

    The numbers behind the Celtic foundation are quite astonishing.

     

     

    Then Thai Tims being on TV .

     

     

    And bsr fantastically accurate sevconian explanation.

  10. Jim payne on

    Evening all

     

     

    SFTB I am annoyed with you. I was just about to raise the point re our record at Ibrox in eras when we were obviously a much better team than the original Rangers. But you beat me to it.

     

     

    I still think we will win if we approach the game like, for example, the game at Pittodrie in October and dominated from the off. We will miss Tom R but we have better players and a better manager. But I can recall us going there as clear favourites and losing – in 2000/1 by 5-1- so I am not counting chickens yet.

     

     

    Jimbo67

  13. Hamiltontim on

    Just back from 5s to hear the fantastic news about Stephen and Leona Knox having a new son

     

     

    If you’re looking in mate, #FP :-)

  14. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    In their 9iar years we failed to finish runner up in the following years so I am giving our CP scores against Rangers as a measure of how poor teams can still get results and how rare the drubbings are on opposition turf:-

     

     

    1988/9 finished 3rd

     

    3:1- Nov 88

     

    1:2- Apr 89

     

     

    89/90- 5th

     

    1:1- Aug 89

     

    0:1- Jan 90

     

    1:0- Feb 90- SC 4th round @ CP

     

     

    90/91- 3rd

     

    1:2- Nov 90

     

    2:0- Mar 91- SC @ CP

     

    3:0- Mar 91

     

     

    91/91- 3rd

     

    0:2- Aug 91

     

    1:3- Jan 92

     

     

    1992/93- 3rd

     

    0:1- Nov 92

     

    2:1- Mar 93

     

     

    1993/94- 4th

     

    0:0- Aug 93

     

    2:4- Jan 94

     

     

    1994/95- 4th

     

    1:3- Oct 94

     

    3:0- May 95

     

     

     

    Those were our years of being a distance behind Rangers. Yet our record at home to a superior team was 6W 2D 8L in those 16 matches- we were very far from “guaranteed to lose” though we did slightly more often than we won. They won by 2 clear goals on 3 occasions but, again, as in the Greig years, the only 3 goal winning margin was achieved by us. The overall goal tally was 21:21.

     

     

    So what I take from this is that, when one team is obviously weaker than another, they are more likely to lose but they are unlikely to suffer a large defeat and the prospect of a win or a draw for the weaker team is close to 50:50.

     

     

    Now, I happen to believe we have a very good chance of winning at Ibrox on Saturday but, if we do, it will have been far from a foregone conclusion.

  15. mike in toronto on

    Police say that “robust” policing plans are in place for this weekend’s game. I think this is likely code for more arrests for Celtic fans…..

     

     

    I hope that the bhoys who go have no problems this weekend with either the zombies or the polis (both of whom will surely be looking for trouble).

     

     

    My heart says I hope we hump them, and really stick it to them and their horrible fans …. but, in my head, I know that if we really hump them, there will just be more trouble, and likely arrests (or worse) for tims at the game …. and, they aren’t worth even one tim getting hurt or arrested.

     

     

    I hope that those of you who go get home safely and without incident. Everything else is secondary.

  19. bournesouprecipe on

    The last time Celtic played a team at Ibrox in such a points wise meaningless fixture was when we got

     

    Dundee Utd in the League Cup final.

     

     

    I’d hazard a guess we’ve never went to that stadium 16 effectively 19 points ahead.

     

     

    The Ibrox factor died with the history, maybe we’ll go easy on them despite them having their own referee.

  31. TinyTim on

    I’m sitting in a pizza parlour called NYPD just off Universal Boulevard in Orlando, with Mrs TT

     

     

    Half an hour ago we hugged my daughter goodbye and she and her pal left for their flight home.

     

    We don’t fly home until tomorrow.

     

     

    We will see my daughter again on the 1st of Jan.

     

     

    Still Mrs TT was in tears and I had a lump in my throat.

     

     

    I logged onto here to distract myself from the wee sad feeling we both have.

     

     

    I then saw the news about the Knox family having a new born son.

     

     

    We both had a wee greet .

     

     

    The others customers are looking at us wondering WTF is going on.

     

     

    I know the new baby Bhoy won’t replace Oscar , but that family deserves unbridled joy.

     

     

    May they be blessed with good health and happiness.

     

     

    TT

  33. clogher celt on

    Great to read the news about the Knox family.

     

     

    SFTBs,

     

     

    I thought we were playing a new club at the weekend? Why bother with the historical analysis? Surely that’s a pointless exercise? What have Sevco got to do with Sandy Jardine or John Greig other than playing for an outfit based at Ibrox?

     

     

    Is it a case of managing expectations, given the recent Board hype about a generation of domination?

     

     

     

    Do you happen to know why Peter Lawwell has a soft spot for The Sun newspaper?

     

     

    http://videocelts.com/2016/05/blogs/peter-lawwell-speaks-to-the-sun/

     

     

     

    sameclubcsc

  34. jc2 on

    THETIMREAPER on 29TH DECEMBER 2016 8:17 PM

     

    There was a minutes silience at Ibrox in 2011, New Year game. I don’t remember any issues.

     

     

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

     

     

    That Richard from THE SUN Bill LEckie claimed there was

     

    organised coughing from Celtic END (soldier song suggested)

     

     

    Same coughing at memorial service day before was obviously just that random

     

    coughing.

     

     

     

    Recently been suggested 67th minute light show or Lisbon was

     

    in fact dig at Ibrox disaster

     

     

    : > (

  36. andyR53 on

    Evenin my fellow Hoops Supporters.. Hope you all well.

     

    Wish there was more realism about the game v tax dodgers on Saturday.. Too much, Way Too Much at stake, which will ensure a good result for the masonic orange order majority.

     

    Cant see us getting a win, with Izzy conceding an early penalty and Broony dismissed just after half time.. The scandals and personal attacks on present and former players on the eve of the game by the scum press, and police scotlands kettling of our fans before the game, will prove too much for us. I also fear that the treatment of Jamesie and Scott Sinky will have too much of an impact on our ability to play football.

     

    20 quid to the Foundation if none of the above is realised.

     

    Hail Hail.. rise above it all.. We will still be Champions, they will still be cheats.

     

    God Bless.

  37. nally81 on

    I have a mad feeling that BR might go with Griffiths playing in Tom Rogic’s position on Saturday.

     

    If he doesn’t, it will be Liam or Nir with Stuart playing up a bit. Or CMcG playing behind Dembele.

     

    Sevcos problem on Saturday will be they have to attack. That means the space we get on the break will be huge.

     

    They would be more nervous getting the Celtic teamlines with No.9 Leigh Griffiths on it.

     

    Hail Hail

  42. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox on

    Clogher Celt

     

     

    I thought we were playing a new club at the weekend? Why bother with the historical analysis? Surely that’s a pointless exercise?

     

     

    It does not matter that the club is the huns (old or new). The examination would apply equally to results against other big teams that were going through a bad patch. Historically, for over 90% of my lifetime and yours, that big rival was an Ibrox club. Our nearest current rival is still an Ibrox club. Our three previous results against the new entity were a comfortable low scoring win, a comfortable high scoring win, and a drawn match where we were outplayed and lost on penalties. Even on that small sample, there is no evidence to expect a drubbing.

     

     

    I do not subscribe to the same club myth.

     

     

    I do subscribe to the view that it is hard to get a result away to your nearest rivals on their midden, even more so when they can command 50k plus screaming fans to provide a hateful and intimidating atmosphere.

     

     

    The point was not about treating them as the same- though many Celtic fans will do so. It was solely about the difficulty of winning in tough away fixtures. There, the historical comparison counts.

     

     

    And neither a one-off healthy win for us or a draw or defeat would prove or disprove that trend. This is a long term trend.

     

     

     

    Is it a case of managing expectations, given the recent Board hype about a generation of domination?

     

     

    I can manage no more expectations than my own. I’ll leave you to manage yours. It is no more my aim than it is the aim of anyone predicting an easy 5:0 win for us.

     

     

    There is no hype about a generation of domination (Paul 67’s phrase rather than the Board’s, I think). It is happening. We are set for 6iar. They are not near us financially or team-wise. And again, a win or draw or defeat on Saturday will not prove or disprove the GOD hypothesis. It is a long term trend and not a guarantee.

     

     

     

     

    Do you happen to know why Peter Lawwell has a soft spot for The Sun newspaper?

     

     

    Nope. I don’t know if he has. I don’t know why he has it, if he does have it. And I don’t know why I am being asked why someone I don’t know has or has not something of which I have no knowledge, information or, even, gossip.

     

     

    If I were you, I’d address that question elsewhere.

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