We’ve seen a few difficult games against Hamilton Accies in recent years, including what proved to be a costly draw after being denied a late winner at New Douglas Park, but we’ve never met them in this form.
Hamilton have the longest unbeaten run in Scotland. They lost their opening league game of the season, at home to Inverness, but have won seven and drawn two of their subsequent nine games. Their 0-4 win away to Motherwell last week was a display of sharp, organised football – and remember, Motherwell took at point at Celtic Park the previous weekend.
Alex Neil will have no intentions of leaving pointless tomorrow. This is the game he and his players will have been waiting for since the fixtures were announced four months ago. Their four SPLF away games: wins at St Mirren, Partick and Motherwell, and a draw at Tannadice, has been preparation for Celtic Park.
If Celtic have a Europa League hangover, Accies will boss them. Forget the lowly status of the club, respect is needed if we are the get the desired result and performance required.
I’m running the Great Scottish Run in aid of Celtic Foundation tomorrow morning, which presents a, erm, personal hygiene challenge for the game. It’ll be a full can of deodorant day. If you have a £1 or two for the fundraising, you can help here.
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Just need O’Higgins for a decent acca, come on the Irish >}
HH
ooops … forgot to post
ardrossan 2 the wee hoops 3
FFS, Palestino hiv just scored, dearie me, nay wonder them fat bassas are fat <{
HH
Hypothetical question, I know, but…
If we were looking for a new manager, do they have to have UEFA coaching badges or the like?
Is Jimmy McGuinness qualified (technically) to be Celtic boss?
Absolutely sick with the Zombies obsession with trying to rewrite and deny history.
Their club was liquidated. This is fact as duly recorded by Companies House.
There is nothing in that Livingston match programme article that is inaccurate.
The Zombies have no shame; leading a witch hunt against a programme contributor who committed the crime of writing an article that spoke to the inconvenient truth. No doubt platoons of Zombies are already trying to identify the person that wrote the programme article and death threats etc will follow.
Somebody should tell the brain dead roaster Andrew Dickson that the new club content is not horrendous, it is the simple truth. It is time the SFA stepped in and put the Zombies straight on this point, the intimidation, rabble rousing and coercion designed to force people to accept a lie cannot go on.
It makes a mockery of our sport.
Dexter
No, he is not, sadly.
HH
HT
I remember the Del Monte banner as you do. Still giggle any time I remember it. :))
My guess for tomorrow
will be a
1 1 3 2 2 11 formation
which can shift to a diamond shaped xmas tree
with everyone running about alot and
the wide men tucking in behind the1 up front.
delaneys dunky
Still think the ‘Tell Sid’ banner was better :-)
Eibar have just scored a belter volley.
Gordon64
20:23 on
4 October, 2014
My guess for tomorrow
will be a
1 1 3 2 2 11 formation
which can shift to a diamond shaped xmas tree
with everyone running about alot and
the wide men tucking in behind the1 up front.
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LOL!
I’d go for a 1-10 formation. When we attack- 10 forwards. When we don’t have the ball- 10 defenders.
We could possibly switch to a flexible blancmange arrangement; 1-2-1-1-3-1-1
Alternatively, the microphone formation- 1-2-1-2-1-2-1…..
hamiltontim
20:25 on 4 October, 2014
Aye but you have green coloured glasses on…just like me:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Geordie Munro
20:09 on
4 October, 2014
Tet,
The two la liga sides playing last night used it. I chuckle at the guys who think Ronny is the only one using it and is to blame for all our woes.
Ec67,
You are right. They did. Wee Pablo came inside quite a bit. Coulda covered a bit better mindya but 3pts is 3 pts.
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I’ve been harping on about it since before Ronny arrived.
“what big teams use it?” Lots and more importantly teams which over achieve.
“every succesful team has two up front” that’s true, in 1970. technically there’s 4 forwards.
Even after we were playing it it was still called getting called everything but although at time it looks like 433 and 451.
Was reading a bit more about how it came about it. Like most formation it was beat counter another. One up was to mean one of the other centre halves was usless- he had nobody to mark. There’s plenty to read on it but I won’t bore with it but, the movement and position of the players leaves, say players in a flat back 4 ineffective and unable to mark unless the follow players and leave holes. (opposition parking buses will cause any formation problems that’s trying to break it down)
Anyway, it was designed to limit opposition players in limited formations. What you see from Celtic recently is just how often defenders are involved(Virgil is a like third mid alot and often advances them) in attacking play and how often the forwards defend-pressing heavily.
So we effectively are limiting opposition players and at the same time exceeding/maximising our own players involvement in more passages of play.
As I’ve said before, when well practiced, it can really rip teams apart.
HH
If Andrew Dickson doesn’t believe they were liquidated perhaps he can pay the 276 creditors the money they are owed.
shamelessCSC
HT
Aye it was quality. UTR. :)
Scotland’s Shame with arrow was class. They didnae know why we were laughing at them.
Great day on here lurking,genuine Tims on giving their opinions on the team, manager, formations and putting the boot into the paupers verbally of course!
Fair play to livi for telling it like it is
Wonder what the programme will say at tynecastle when hearts have the misfortune of hosting them
Ah the jambos who hit the financial wall but admitted it was no one else’s fault but theirs . Imagine that
Sipsini how are you mate. Hope you and jonnythetim are good. My bhoy goes to court in November. Have to thank our very own Hamiltontim for all he has done to help including getting Seans ban from Celtic Park and basically getting Celtic to say they have no problem and no evidence that he did anything wrong. He really is a top class bhoy one of the best. Hoping to get to hootenany next week even for a few depends on the Mrs she has an operation on Wednesday.
HH
KTF
Any pics of the huns havin a square go with each other at Livi today?? Uv got to laff!!
An old article, there are books on the formation now.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1617950-why-4-2-3-1-is-the-most-versatile-formation-in-football-right-now
This Eibar v Levante match is great to watch. 3-2 Levante now.
The fact is Sevco are in the mess they are in because they still think they are as big as RFCRIP.
Lennybhoy
Ha ha indeed I just thought it was dead funny because the phrase had become so well known :-)
DD
It was genius mate!! :-)
M1980
Most of the dissenters want instant gratification, they are not willing to put up with change, and it’s their right to feel that way, but if we stick to the old ways, we will be left behind for sure.
Things move on, players are fitter these days, players who can adapt are in demand, players who are fit and can play are in even bigger demand.
It’s up to the players if they want to better themself’s, their choice, there are 1000s out there who will.
HH
DD
Marspapa has just left. Was going to send him round but he declined..
Thanks for popping in this afternoon.
Dexter
Did anyone notice RDs clever move
of playing 3 left backs and no central defender
in order to lull the opposition into a false sense of security
which allowed us to counter attack.
The man is a tactical genius.
Mighty Tim
I’ll keep Mrs MT in my prayers mate, a wee group of weans in North Glasgow will too.
mighty tim supporting wee oscar,
I’m grand mate, is your bhoy ok for his teachers course due to the pash himself and his cousin had to endure?
Jonnythetim tims grand as well, still a miserable bassa though:))
Canny beat 2 hours on the couch after a afternoon session
BT
Can Drumsagardians join the KOSCC ?
G64
Of course….
MT, sorry mate, hope all goes well with your good lady, it was a pleasure to meet her at the Cqn 10 nite.HH
Donation made Paul. Good luck tomorrow and hope you arrive sweat free at the game.
BT
How you feeling?
A fair few teams suffering euro hangovers today, I wonder what the morra will bring ?
HH
mighty tim supporting wee oscar
As I said on FB today I hope and Pray everything goes well on Wednesday. Hopefully see you next week.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
THE EXILED TIM
I understand anyone wanting instant results, but it would meant there would be no point in changing. As you say we can’t be left behind and even better for me, our youth players(who are surrounded by the Scottish diet- the only place in the world fizzy drinks are refereed to as “juice”-the juice of sugar chemical colour fizz bomb monster) will now hopefully be looking up to the senior players as role models. Which should also empower the players.
I’ve a feeling the players will want to be on this journey, it will make their career last longer and give them extra pennies. Makes sense.
442 and chips but? ……..;-)
HH
HT
OK, bp bit high but told its because I’m not taking enough pain killers… O))
good banner from the Geordies today
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzHNv_NIUAA8Ecy.jpg:large