Tomorrow is match day 5 of a 38 game Scottish Premiership league programme, and although there’s a possibility we may find ourselves five points adrift, the result from Tannadice will have absolutely no bearing on our season.
Celtic must weigh up the needs of squad fitness for the next four days, concluding with the visit to Malmo on Tuesday. We have some precious limbs attached to Virgil, Scott, Stefan (J) and most of all, Sugar Ray Griffiths. I strongly recommend all are rested tomorrow. The consequences of any of these players being injured for Tuesday is not worth contemplating.
It was considerably reassuring that Qarabag, who Celtic eliminated in the last round of the Champions League, won away at Young Boys of Berne last night. Any team winning in Switzerland have earned respect.
It was just as reassuring that Malmo’s last round opponents, Salzburg, went down 2-0 to Dinamo in Minsk. It’s difficult to determine comparative strengths this early in the season, but some people may have overestimated Salzburg and underestimated Qarabag,
We’ll find out on Tuesday.
Well done to all concerned with the Jock Stein Charity Match, which takes place on Sunday, 6 September, at East End Park, Dunfermline, in aid of Celtic Foundation and Pars’ Foundation. Alan Stubbs, who will be wearing the hoops one more time, said, “The thing about Celtic is that it’s a fantastic club, both when you’re there and when you’re not, and that’s a testament to the fans”.
Best of luck for the season, Alan.
British Champion boxer and Celtic fan, Scotty Cardle, is also playing, as is X-Men star, James McAvoy. Details here.
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Griff’s goal on Wednesday reminds me of Johnny Doyle’s goal against Real Madrid at Paradise
RobertTressell
By the way, Lockheed Martin also happen to be the purveyors of your mail…your deadly, deadly mail….
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And what are these Tesco Mobile adverts all about!!!
Actually, it’s Dinotrux now…
RobertTressell on 21st August 2015 3:51 pm
Then install an ad-blocker.
Seriously less time than the time it takes to complain about it.
HH
Have not read back. I have been pretty busy recently.
I thought we were good on Wednesday. Lots to be positive about.
I agree I would play the B team against the Arabs.
I think we will get at least a point in Malmo.
If we do then it is time to open up the cheque book and get a marquee signing. Maybe two. Please spare me the arithmetically challenged tripe
I read during the week on facebook the usual suspects slating Izzy and Efe.
I like them both. Very much.
Getting there with Ronny but we need some quality and experience for the CL
Onwards and upwards
Hail Hail
I broke the living room lamp when griffs second goal went in. We (The wife) have decided no more overhead lighting,
HH
Looking for some help, I always am when I post! I’ll be in Malaga on Tuesday any idea where I can find a Celtic friendly bar showing the match?
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Celtic-Druids-Bar/380244978754267
Malaga
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
I woke the wean and got that icy Asian you’ve woke our child look:))
HH
Looking for tickets for the Scotland V Germany game.
HH
George Galloway on Press TV making posing the question: Why should Netanyahu be arrested when he visits the UK?
Over 74,000 have now signed the petition.
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Please consider signing, RT?
HH
Starry,
She came back home to darkness and me as happy as Larry until the final minute. Great girl she even cleaned it up for me. :-)
HH
Awe naw that was quick! Thanks for the info.
Aw naw
Think you need to be a tartan army member to have a chance unless you know any debenture owners
Ok lhads got to go dont believe the pish. Celtic were good on Wednesday. Better than Malmo. Just because they scraped a last minute lifeline does not change the fact that we are miles ahead of them.
back on later
HH
BT
I would rather have face cancer but I do know a debenture owner. We will see.
HH
Wits…
Went up to my da’s after work to take him his messages, I told him you posted a tip up as he is a punter, for the love of me I couldn’t mind it’s name. Bah :(
P.s. My auld man was a bookies runner in the gorbals when he was young, he still counts his bets up In shillings :)
we should play our strongest team tomorrow, get the 3pts, build up the confidence and Tues. will take care of itself, we don’t have the depth of a quality squad to mess about with team selection.
Please stop telling players that they are tired and need a rest.
All we need now is a poor result tomorrow and the team losing even more confidence especially at the back, a clean sheet tomorrow would be welcome.
Modern grand scale purveyors of death is rubbish
Awe naw..
My brother has two silver debentures, if he’s not using them (which he probably will be) I’ll do my best to get them for you.
How’s your young bro doing? not seen him for ages.
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The main team selection issue tomorrow is going to be the mid field, if we rest Brown and Bitton we are pretty much toothless, more so if you take Johansen and Armstrong out the equasion. Yet I guess it will have to be done. Probably we will end up with a kind of ‘fancy dan’ midfield – e.g. GMS, Rogic, Commons – maybe even draft big Charlie in there. The bottom line is we can recover from losing at Tannadice , but there will be no second chance if we fail in Sweden.
Rock Tree Bhoy on 21st August 2015 4:51 pm The main team selection issue tomorrow is going to be the mid field, if we rest Brown and Bitton we are pretty much toothless, more so if you take Johansen and Armstrong out the equasion. Yet I guess it will have to be done. Probably we will end up with a kind of ‘fancy dan’ midfield – e.g. GMS, Rogic, Commons – maybe even draft big Charlie in there. The bottom line is we can recover from losing at Tannadice , but there will be no second chance if we fail in Sweden.
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Unless, of course, they field a suspended player…
“I read during the week on facebook the usual suspects slating Izzy and Efe.
I like them both. Very much.”
That makes two of us ( at least ) csc
I think Ronny might working a Swedish flanker with the Mikael Lustig fit for Tuesday line.
The Euro Super Cup final a week or two back showed us that even Barcelona can get dragged out of shape if they keep chasing, not so much the game, but another goal even when they were 4-1 up. No Barca us, but we made a similar mistake at 3-1 on Wednesday night. Barca ended up having to score a winner in extra time while we need to score away to give us a good chance of going through.
I see no ads at all on CQN. I’m using Chrome browser with the Adblock Plus (ABP) extension.
It’s so easy and works so well.
CQN works just fine too. Happy chappy.
Happy Clapp Chappy?
SYD NEGAKEV on 21ST AUGUST 2015 5:05 PM
I see no ads at all on CQN. I’m using Chrome browser with the Adblock Plus (ABP) extension.
It’s so easy and works so well.
CQN works just fine too. Happy chappy.
-same here ….. the ad blocker was my saviour
everything working fine
Happy clapper number 2
HH
I’m a clap happy chappy with a crap happy pappy. :-)
Clappy – doh
If it were down to me I’d just not turn up at Tannadice and forfeit the three points.
The risk of an injury ahead of our most important game of the season – probably the only single game between now and the end of the season that really, really counts – is not worth the reward.
IMHO we probably need to take the lead in Malmo to get through.
I would have as many of the back four we will play on Tuesday as possible. We need to get them used to playing together and concentrating.
davidopolous
If true Virgil getting into the Dutch squad, even a provisional one, could be terrific news for the player and for us. Better still he gets called up and we’re through to the Champions League, and Danny Blind tells him to stay at Celtic Park.
allthingsbrightandbeautifulcsc
Celtic Mac
That Danny Blind can’t see that far ahead.
Choirboy @ 2:23 – re: Chauncey Gardener
I am not for a second suggesting that Ronny is a fraud – he is a decent man doing his utmost in the job.
I think that he is naive and so is the squad, in their approach and operation in matches.
I think Ronny is also sincere and believes that the level of performance shown in training and coaching sessions will be seamlessly transferred to the field of play – I actually agree – at the end of training sessions there is a natural ‘winding-down’ mentality – this I believe is what is now happening in actual matches.
Top teams are forged in the ‘heat of battle’ – we are not a top team and we wilt ‘in battle’
Football matches last for ninety-minutes – Celtic doesn’t.
By the way, did you have the Oxford Concise salad for lunch today?
Fair play to the pinko liberals who are crowdfunding to try to have people from every country on Earth living in Malmo.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-08/21/little-big-malmo-most-international-city-in-the-world