There was only a minute between Celtic’s second and third goals against Partick Thistle on Friday evening but for that moment, a remarkable statistic had currency. Stuart Armstrong scored three and assisted two of Celtic’s six previous goals in the league. This is a level beyond an incredible upgrade in form.
Watching Stuart’s blossoming in recent weeks, you still get he’s been playing within himself for much of the last two years. It could be that the inverted-left-winger role didn’t suit him, or that the step up to the pressures of playing for Celtic inhibited him to the extent that the levels of confidence necessary to perform were not to be found.
Even now, watching his body language on the field, and in interview, he looks like he’s still finding his way. I’m pretty sure there’s more to come from him, given the necessary support.
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ladies….apart fae Dena n Sparklegirl? (sp)….it’s a malecentric environment…..whit a pisser ;-((
FTSFA
H.H.
i find it sad that i’ve had to find n use a separate adblockin browser to connect with this site. Paul67…. whoever you paid to tell u that this site is normal….ye wer robbed….
FTSFA
H.H.
here we go….
6 iar….posts……do I feel entitled…naw, am I being a deed club..
only if I pretend….
FTSFA
H.H.
7 in a row……am gettin arrogant ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
10.
for effect
FTSFA
H.H.
So at last someone has twigged that the English FA leadership cannot meet the challenges of modern times..
The past is past. Yes we can all remember, but in all aspects of football we need to live in 2016/7
HH.
Good morning CQN from a dull,grey but mild East Devon. Hail! Hail!
Good morning friends from a damp, dark, mild East Kilbride.
Word of The Day (SMSM)
Gnathonic /næˈθɒnɪk/
adjective
1. sycophantic; fawning.
2. (literary) deceitfully flattering; sycophantic
Derived Forms
gnathonically, adverb
Word Origin
C17: from Latin gnathōnicus, from Gnathō, such a character in the Eunuchus, Roman comedy by Terence
KTF
Gerryfaethebrig on 11th December 2016 10:11 pm
Nae chance am I a Mod (although I do like to ride a wee Vespa). That requires someone who is diplomatic and beyond reproach; I’m neither!
KTF
VFR
Methinks thou dost protest too much! ;>)
GERRYFAETHEBRIG on 11TH DECEMBER 2016 10:30 PM
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Gerry,….it’s like this fella…..
If, like me,…you had been in the magical Jungle on the night of the Legendary, never to be forgotten, magical night of the 4-2 gemme in 1979,….then, you would view today’s Cellic events as well, nae where near that level of magic in 1979.
I’m not trying to preach to you or, lord it over you….those are hunnish traits.
I really do wish that you where there.
For me, the 4-2 gemme in 1979, was the best Cellic gemme since Lisbon…imho(in my humble opinion).
Just think about what was at stake….
Cellic lose or draw and the huns win the treble, they’re 3rd treble in 4 years.
Cellic won with 10 men vs the usual mibbery etc.
Cellic won with a magical-hun-skelping-goal, scored by my favorit all time Celt Murdo MacLeod, not the best player that I have ever seen in a Cellic jersey, that was King Kenny Dalglish, the best player to ‘ever’ play football on the British isles the white Pele imho(in my humble opinion)….Murdo is my favorit Celt coz, he wizny born a Celt but, will die a Celt – take Murdo away from the Maestro’s side and what dae ye get ?….a hun 9 in a row.
There are some Cellic fans who, strangely or, twistedly….choose an og from a Rangers player as they’re best Cellic goal ever ?????…that’s up to them.
Cellic were leading 3-2 on that night but….where hanging by a thread as, it was a game that could have gone either way, especially with the Cellic down to 10 men….so, when Murdo scored his cracker into the roof of the net at the Cellic end, the magical Jungle celebrated they’re best celebration since the Mr Stein days…that says it all for me…nothing since has touched that magical night for me.
Only saying Gerry – Hail Hail
Ah know that ye hate me Gerry and that your probably hoping that I’d fall into the trap that ye laid and start bitch fighting with ye on Paul 67’s sacred blog and get ma jotters but,….thing is,….yer no cute enough to lure me :-)
Gerry, yer a grand mhan wi yer family, that’s Cellicness, keep it lit.
….laters….
KevJ
No hatred at this end, I actually enjoy your Celtic posts about the team, 1977 was my first game SSW Innsbruck ? Didn’t attended the 1979 4-2 game as I was playing 5’s, first Hun game was 1980 3 Celtic fans & 2 rangers fans in a ford escort xr3…..
VFR only jesting about you being a Mos as long as you keep me in tow :-)
ABURNTOUTCASE on 12th December 2016 7:59 am
Paraphrasing Will Shakespeare so early in the morning?
Are you putting yourself in the frame?
KTF
VFR
Hehe. Not me,bud. When it gets het up on here, I end up agreeing with both sides in any argument.
Kevjungle,
In the 4-2 Huns game in 1979.
Did their fans occupy some of the jungle?
HH.
VFR
Was Gnatho a Villa fan too?
FAN-A-TIC
Sorry, I missed your reply at the bottom of the page last night.
“Beating overrated teams from the self proclaimed best league in the world is hardly an achievement:))”
Well, if that’s true, surely only beating them on away goals is even less of an achievement?
Round of 16 (2012-13). Bayern 3-3 Arsenal. Bayern through on away goals.
“My point being is he took over a team and system that was overpowering everyone in the Champions league changed it and failed to win when it counted.”
And hardly “overpowering” either, just like the tight final they won against Dortmund that year, needing a last-minute winner to clinch it.
Maybe that hammering of Barcelona has made you think they were better than they were, a match you were under the impression was a stain on Pep’s record until reminded he wasn’t there any more!
KEVJUNGLE on 12th December 2016 8:13 am
KevJ, hope you are well!
Like you, I was in my usual spot in the Jungle that night celebrating the famous 4-2 game. It was a fantastic game and with the exception of the 1970 games against Leeds United, probably was the best match since 1967. However, your memories are a wee bit clouded.
Celtic were not hanging on by a thread. The Bhoys, despite being down to 10 for most of the game, were in the ascendancy for most of the second half. It was because we pressed hard against them that we won. There were 4 goals scored in the last 15 minutes – McCluskey for 2-1; Russell for 2-2; Jackson (o.g.) for 3-2; and Mcleod for 4-2.
A team hanging on by a thread doesn’t produce a performance like that. Driven on by Roy Aitken, the 10 men dominated Rangers and that’s why the victory is so much sweeter – despite the odds, we were the better, more dominant team!
KTF
Aburntoutcase.
Agreeing with both sides in an argument.
Are you a Libra by any chance.
I am a bit like that, it’s written in the stars. We are helpless to change it :-)
HH
On the LH question — does he have a future with us?
I am not sure — he is a more complete player and a bigger personality than most teenagers we have brought through recently. Consequently he has brought something different to the team when he has played.
However not sure if he is trying to hard, trying to do too much by himself.
He plays a lot of good football but he makes a lot of mistakes — still a WIP to me.
His style reminds me of the few times I saw JI play up north — RC? — when he left.
Consequently LH needs to work on his game and his decision making — play as part of a team.
MF Three — 2017/18 — JMcC / SA / TR.
However I think a lot of this MF talk is self indulgent.
We really need to work on our defence for next season.
New RB / JS / ES or hopefully better / KT plus better back up.
We are currently good enough for the EuL — for the CL we will need better.
Watching out for HBS after Christmas.
GERRYFAETHEBRIG on 12th December 2016 8:28 am
I know that, otherwise, if I was a Mod I would have deleted your post for outing me!
ABURNTOUTCASE on 12th December 2016 8:36 am
Could be construed as perfect Mod behaviour!
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 12th December 2016 8:50 am
Very clever!
GREENPINTA on 12th December 2016 8:48 am
It wasn’t unusual for them to get a wee bit of the Jungle and if my memory serves me right, they did have a wee section that night. It was absolutely jam packed that night and probably closer to 90,000 to the usual ‘official’ crowd of 60,000.
KTF
Can someone from GCHQ decode madmitch post for me please
I know your watching. :-)
Blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on 12th December 2016 9:10 am
Take some magic mushrooms and then read it again! It’s a wee bit like listening to early Pink Floyd; chemical enhancement is required!
KTF
Teemo Pukki
16 goals in 12 games so far for Brondby this season.
Not bad for a non-goal-scoring dud.
Another player improved by the Brendan Influence :-)
Good Morning Bhoys from a bright dry Central Scotland. I see Kev Jungle letting us know his faveroute Celtic game for me it is very hard to choose as there are so many.However,for me a great match was a European match Celtic v, Partizan Belgrade but as I say there have been so many.H.H.
Loved the demolition of Sporting from my time in the Jungle
Wasn’t really a jungle Bhoy, too many undesirables in that area…. ⚽️⚽️☘️☘️
:-)))
JFH
I blame myself for us going out that night, as I shouted, when the fifth goal went in: “TF I’ve taped this!”
And then there followed their slow motion winning ( on away goals) goal. That cross, going out, no, knocked back across goal, where’d he come fae? Header and oot!
Also remember a nail biter in the 70s v Boavista.
0-0, first leg, away, 2-1 going into the last 10 minutes, one goal from them and we’re out, having been 2-0 with early goals, before they pulled one back before half-time.
Enter Dixie with 5 minutes to go!
Can imagine some laughter at ‘nail-biter’ from those lucky basta. . . Er, people, who were at the Vojvodina game!
High stakes that night.
Phil
I know I know, we don’t want to read about them, who cares about them, that you? Well just scroll by then, myself and others do, so, stfu. :))
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/options-for-sevco-after-resolution-11-defeat/
Another bonus from the Boavista night was that St. Etienne papped the Deidclub out of the Big Cup, just as Dixie was scoring.
Still, they got a great bike out it!
Re the Partizan game,I can still see Anton Rogan running after the ball to get it back into play asap………we were up in the game and in the 3rd minute of added on time,hindsight is great but i’m sure Tommy Burns was an unused sub that night,stick him on and give him the ball to run down the clock……….
‘er outdoors fit enough for place on couch, but yesterday’s omissions mean I must answer the call of the aisles.
BEATBHOY on 12TH DECEMBER 2016 9:57 AM
Another bonus from the Boavista night was that St. Etienne papped the Deidclub out of the Big Cup, just as Dixie was scoring.
Still, they got a great bike out it!………
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Cracker BEATBHOY.
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Memo to self , dont drink coffee and read CQN at the same time. Lol
!!Bada Bing!!
Think they call it ‘game mis-management’.
Goooooood morning CQN
Ah, the 4-2 game, told you all before, the Bannockburn bus broke down at Stepps bus garage, and no replacement bus available, by time I got in – main stand that night KevJ, we were already 1 doon, not for long though :-)
Not my favourite though
That’s goes to 3rd May 1986 ( for different reasons) got home from South Africa on 2nd, won the league 3rd and first daughter born (9th) all inside 7 days
Now Liam Henderson – need to remember he is only 20, and lots to learn, look at Tom Rogic, 24 on Friday, only broke into team in past 18 months or so – point maybe worth holding onto Liam for another 12 months at least – in saying this he does need games
I also think Ryan Christie has a future with us
Great to be a Bhoy ain’t it :-)))))
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