The day after the opening Champions League qualifier of the season can get a bit tasty on the blog but business has been pedestrian since last night’s professional performance by the men in hoops. If you wanted to be pushy, you could point to a couple of glimpses of goal which fell Cliftonville’s way as a result of Celtic defenders being dragged out of position, but that’s about the measure of an unfamiliar defence at any time.
Congratulations to Georgios Samaras, who scored in Celtic’s first five European away games last season and obliged again yesterday. A remarkable record for a player who is never employed as a penalty box striker.
It would also be tardy not to congratulate Celtic and Cliftonville supporters on their exemplary behaviour throughout the day. After recent disturbances in Belfast there were fears that a group of travelling Celtic supporters could find trouble in the city but the casual observer could be forgiven if he thought we were in Seville again.
Maybe Belfast council should invite us over every July to spread a bit of cheer. We do football very well, in all respects.
Neil Lennon can now kick back and relax with a formality of a second and the next round not for another…. 12 days!! Maybe not. 12 days is not a lot of time to do anything in football, so every day, including match day against Cliftonville, will need to be meticulously planned to ensure we are ready to face an opponent who could well be midseason. Relax, and you’re finished in this business.
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GONNA BE GOOD TO SEE THE HOOPS IN LONDON AGAIN!!!!!!
Blantyre Tim
Heading for the Internet Bambots do tonight in the Columba Club, first timer there so is it the one in Carlowrie Avenue?
Ta.
Marrakesh Express
Hi
did you see my reply to your post this time last week ?
Thanks
Mon the Celtica!!
Emerald bee.
At the very end of carlowrie ave.
Just off blantyre farm road.
Which way you coming from.
Go to roundabout at west end bar and head down the road towards uddingston
We Won It First 1967@liamt673m
McFadden signs for a season at Motherwell
Ta BT
Coming down from EK so will head down from High Blantyre. Know the road well, coming from Uddingston/Bothwell originally.
Wee Charlize warmed up the ole balls yet?
Elfsborg
Tims get Elsborg
Celtic v Elfsborg, mon the Celts
A wee trip to sweden
Celtic v Elfsborg.
Mo Bangura!
HH!!
Agent Bangura return to base, I repeat return to base…
Mo the Bounce comes back for a real game at Celtic Park!
Emerald bee
Its about 200 yards down on the right hand side.
Can’t miss it..
Turn left off expressaay and straight down bardykes road turn left at west end then right onto blantyrefarm road.
Internet bampots meet the day the HMRC tribunal meet.
Do you have to bring your own jelly and ice cream?
LB
Decent draw – are we home or away first?
Hmmm motherwell signing mcfadden and mcmanus added to a decent enough squad already there.
I may take stick for this but i think they could get closer to us this season. They may pull away from the rest of the also rans. As long as they don’t get sevco in the cups they could do well there too.
Could have been worse; not a huge journey and Elfs likely to be friendlier than ole Uruk -Hai.
Sammi’s new goal celebration will remind them of Legolas at the defence of Helm’s Deep.
Two years in a row we draw a team that scored 7 in their first game.#
Hopefully a case of history repeating..
Elfsborg eh? Another professional no nonsense job Will see us in to the play offs.
Robert Tressell – and Aberdeen as well.
I want a competitive SPL [ and the good ghuys to win].
Oh no, they have two Larssons playing for them. We have no chance.
Elfsborg first leg not under investigation for match fixing?
That could be a bit messy. Not the easiest draw but one we should get passed.
Hopefully a new signing is on the horizon. Get the Hooper situation sorted ASAP.
LB
Can I claim a podium? ;-)
Livibhoy.
Food on but not sure about jelly n ice cream. I could ask the catering ghirls to make some..o))
Robert, I’ll have what you have had! Celtic will stroll the title again.
Decent draw. Get Celtic Park filled up!
Celtic at home in the first leg.
HH!!
They are slightly higher than mediocre in the Swedish league. Celtic can take care of them.
blantyretim
Enjoy your evening. My wee Bhoy has his first birthday party tomorrow but I will make an event in the future.
LB
GG @04.51,
My Dad, who has seen all those you mention and many, many more, keeps coming back to Bobby Murdoch and Bertie Auld as the best he has ever seen. Hard to argue. Bobby is the best Celtic player I have had the privilege to watch and he is not even my favourite.
At least it won’t be somewhere where it’s 45 degrees.
Elfsborg is a good draw as they’ll give us a decent test very experienced team with a number of Swedish internationals including the evergreen Anders Svensson.
Why worry about Elfsborg ? The Swedish league is obviously weak as our first team coach is in 8th place, just 3 points behind Elfsborg. So If Mjallby can get there playing by himself (aye, I know he’s a big unit) then it can’t be a great league….. :)
Elfsborg? what do we know about them? had a feeling we would be drawn against them anyone know how much of a problem they could pose us
A hard draw.
new article posted.