Referee Mallenco scouted ahead of Celtic game

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The Guardian did an excellent piece on Wednesday on how referees in various European territories would view the penalty box wrestling of the Juventus players.  In short, there is a variance in how these offences are punished.  Who knew?

Juventus knew.  I hear they watched four videos of referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco ahead of the Celtic game.

You have to admire their thoroughness.  They had a plan to combat Celtic and needed to know if the referee would let them away with it.  Gone are the days when someone at Juve would simply pick up the phone and ‘ask’.  The danger from Celtic was known, illegal holding would nullify this danger and watching a few videos established what players would get away with.

It’s no longer sufficient to scout your opponents, if you want an edge in this game, scout the referee too.

Every day’s a school day.

I hear from a good contact that a journalist who recently departed the media for a job in the lower leagues once wanted to be a bit of a Jungle Jim. Apparently he was keen to ditch his industry for a job at Celtic back in the 90s. What an escape!

On Friday 1 March the Lisbon Lions will be at the Kerrydale Suite providing commentary and answering questions on their magnificent European Cup final win in 1967. This has never happened in 46 years since that game, to say it is a unique opportunity fails to tell the whole story.

The event is part of our 125 4 125 campaign – central to reinvigorating the charitable spirit which is part of the club we love. It will be a family occasions, tickets are available at £10 for adults and £5 for children. The night has been organised by several fans working in conjunction with the people at Celtic Charity, so please do your best to support this great occasion. Individual tickets or tables are available, details here.
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  1. gscbhoy (Kick them whilst they are down – REMOVE THEIR STARS!)

     

     

     

    21:33 on 15 February, 2013

     

     

     

    oldtim67

     

     

    21:04 on 15 February, 2013

     

     

    Diabetics ‘r us! Join the club!.

     

     

    Sorry to hear you have diabetes also, It is a bit of a hassle at times, like Tuesday night, that was a hassle for me. I took some tablet form medicine then went to bed, but I also have the hassle of sleeping with a mask at night, and that can be a bigger pain for me, than the diabetes. I stop breathing 80-90 times in a night, that’s scary at times.

  2. celticrollercoaster loves Wee Oscar, our Celtic Warrior on

    Round 5 of 5: Hoops am I?

     

    One guess only, if you are first to get the right answer you will get 5 bonus pts

     

     

    Clue 1: Born in 1966, I signed professional terms with Celtic in 1983

     

    Clue 2: I made my first team debut in 1986 at home to Queens Park, setting up both goals

     

    Clue 3: I was sent off in a cup final, but allowed to stay on the park 7pts

  3. Oldtim

     

     

    He did a special menu and price and was very gracious on the way oot! Loved the tip and good Celtic man……was a favourite day of mine, got v v drunk at cp but managed to get to my local and a wee lock in that helped me survive.

     

    Watched the game the next day, still think they are poor and there for the taking, unfortunately might not be by us….but you never know.

     

    Heading up to Perth on Tuesday night with my bhoy…..

     

    HH

  4. celticrollercoaster loves Wee Oscar, our Celtic Warrior on

    Round 5 of 5: Hoops am I?

     

    One guess only, if you are first to get the right answer you will get 5 bonus pts

     

     

    Clue 1: Born in 1966, I signed professional terms with Celtic in 1983

     

    Clue 2: I made my first team debut in 1986 at home to Queens Park, setting up both goals

     

    Clue 3: I was sent off in a cup final, but allowed to stay on the park

     

    Clue 4: Playing in midfield, I made 38 appearances for the Hoops scoring 2 goals 3pts

  5. celticrollercoaster loves Wee Oscar, our Celtic Warrior on

    Final scores

     

     

    40 setting free the bears

     

    22 joe_joe_john_bobby_teddy

     

    21 Tallybhoy

     

    20 Jobo baldie

     

    16 hamiltontim

     

    14 Rocket Man

     

    12 DJBEE

     

     

     

    Well done to SFTB our CQN Celtic mastermind for the night.

     

     

    Thanks Bhoys for taking part. Enjoy your weekend

     

     

    HH

     

     

    CRC

  6. Just watching the news…Horsemeat found in even more beef food sources.

     

    shock!!!

     

    Now the question is, who pays for all the testing of the products and the loss of income from major companies having an extra expense

  7. Well done SFTB and as always well done CRC. Feels as if I’ve been asnwering Celtic questions since 8.00. Oh, wait a minute….

     

     

    Have a great music night. Off to catch up with the BBC4 ‘Please Please Me’ programme from earlier.

     

     

    Jobo

  8. Question 5:

     

    Now the question is, who pays for all the testing of the products and the loss of income from major companies having an extra expense

  9. Heres the inside info on Charlie Bhoys meeting with the Orcs tonight

     

     

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    The Rangers Standard ‏@RangersStandard

     

    Accounts in two weeks. Insinuation that less than the full publicised IPO amount was raised is nonsense.

     

    ______________________________

     

    The Rangers Standard ‏@RangersStandard

     

    Kit deal and sponsor in under a week. Final contracts stage.

     

    _________________________________

     

     

    The Rangers Standard ‏@RangersStandard

     

    Looking at academy in Florida or California. Likely pre season matches in US.

     

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    The Rangers Standard ‏@RangersStandard

     

    Proposal for LA Galaxy, Rangers and Newcastle tournie being organised by Galaxy.

     

    ____________________________

     

    The Rangers Standard ‏@RangersStandard

     

    Lease signed for shop at airport. Shop next to Celtic shop. Lease for shop in Belfast. Close to old shop. Megastore at Ibrox.

     

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    The Rangers Standard ‏@RangersStandard

     

    Ibrox Stadium to be in name if that is what fans want. Mike Ashley happy with whatever we decide if SD get rights. Heavy inference they will

     

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    Club museum to be established in Copland House

     

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    ….SPL tribunal verdict expected end of month. If titles stripped will be fought all the way.

     

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    Andrew Dickson ‏@rfc_dickson

     

    Reading some of the reaction to the Green articles on the forums. Must stress RFC are NOT looking to join Belgian/Dutch football

  10. minx1888.

     

     

    I Went to the football every week with him, he was the most fidgety

     

    man to drive the car I ever met when we set off for the game the first thing he’d do was rake about for whatever CD he wanted to play, sometimes his head would be under the dashboard looking for a disc, once he got on the motorway, He’d take out his roll-ups and start rolling a cigarette, no hands on the wheel but he did use his knee’s to steer a bit. I was a nervous wreck the first couple of times I was in the car, but soon got used to it.

  11. Cheers CRC. I am not bitter. I will rise like a phoenix and achieve mediocrity one day. It is only due to the collapsing attendances at the quiz these days that I have finished last. I think if we turned it into a new format, say three leagues of four and regional play offs from now on then I could be in a play of place at the top of the bottom league and in line for a big pay day.

  12. Notthebus

     

     

    Brilliant, up there with

     

    500 million

     

    Adidas

     

    Dallas cowboys

     

    10 euro internationals

     

    Compare balance sheets

     

    22m

     

    Debt free

     

    Ally’s here for ever (woohoo)

     

    Yadayadaa yadda……..

     

     

    Add in finitum….

     

     

    You have got to love chuckles.”.

  13. Clink\o/

     

     

    World Record holders apparently

     

     

    Although I think an organisation planing a museum after 9 months would definitely constitute another world record and merit another star on the badge

  14. Nothebus

     

     

    They could display boots, shirts n tickets from the cups they had been pumped oot in the last few months………

  15. ….is “The Bike” still there?

     

    …………..I had heard the “Scrappy” had been in……….

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