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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Good draw for the Hoops, at home first, not to far to travel and a team that we should be able to take care of playing a style of football which we coped with admirably last year, looking forward to that, missed the dates of the games did anyone catch them??
BT
Might make it this evening what time do proceedings commence?
Apologies for yesterday I was burst and ended up falling asleep for 4 hours!!!
Can Bangura play against us,I hope not as these things tend to go against you.
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SydneyTim
11:31 on
19 July 2013
I Don’t Elfinsborg Believe it..
Summa of VictorMeldrewCSC
Scott Brown 10 over just now at the Golf
Hi BADA
Aye,me and JF will be there.
Never heard of that pub but we will find it
HH
@Lennybhoy1888: STV just covered the Bus Garage fire that housed sevco Bus. Strange they did not mention that sevco Bus kept there.
@darrenbhoy: Brentford manager. “Fantastic day and I thank Neil Lennon and the fans for making it a fantastic atmosphere” #Brentford #Celtic
More photos of fans invading the pitch and posing for pics. Atrocious behaviour.
@Frances_McG: #hooligansofcourse #celtic http://t.co/FT72gdZCGs