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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Awe_Naw
Hurry back you’re three days late
RWE
We can’t all be visionaries!
Some of us are just looking up at the stars!
A lot of clappy on here.
blackstcfc ;)
The ole CQN mineshaftery
Proper and dignified response from Ronnie to the Malmö empty vessels. It’s getting a tad tense in the town with their ultras getting all the more worked up and menacing
Of course, the Malmö CSC finds it all very amusing. Hope to see some of you on Tuesday. Off out to wind up the locals. Celtic flag in the window.
Minehostery is much better than Mineshaftery.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/74/d3/ce/74d3cec6835b9a990ce139b27a7efece.jpg
No annoying adverts here, ole CQN has been well and truly feng shui’ed.
Syd Negakev
Kerrydale totty?
Syd
Even puts yon ex red head to shame
Eh BSR 8-)
BT
If yon wee redhead worked in the BV you’d be ‘in like Flynn’ even when Celtic weren’t playing.
BSR
Could just get the crowds back – a section of them anyway.
BSR
Indeed sir
The best way to respond to the Malmo taunts is not to respond at all but show them how the game is played on the park. H.H.
Heaven forbid that Stefan J should get injured tomorrow. Who on Tuesday would then make the forty yard dashes to close down the central defenders, meanwhile leaving an empty space in midfield which provides plenty space to play through? Celtic’s best European performances in recent years where when Wanyama was playing. The defence then had a real protector. That position has never been properly replaced. It is not so noticeable in the SPL when playing against players that are clever enough to hurt us, but it becomes noticeable in Europe.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 21ST AUGUST 2015 5:40 PM
That looks more like Jabba’s lair!
I get tonnes of adverts for stuff I don’t want but I don’t find them annoying.
Longfuse csc
” Hi and thank you for calling Celtic FC customer services please listen to the following instructions carefully so that we can direct your call to the correct person ”
” Please choose from the following two hundred and fifty seven options ”
* Swear like a sailor to skip directly to a human operator *
The adverts aren’t as annoying as folk equating resting key players or players with knocks with telling players they are tired.
HH
Joe Fillipi,
The greatest Silencer in football is the ba’ in the back o’ the net.
Always was, always will be.
Deadco’s new sponsors:
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By the way, how did the Lisbon lions get to Lisbon- fly charter? Where was the the hotel ? Just wondering – How long where they before there before the match ?
HT
Thinking about investing in an actual tiny violin to keep beside my laptop reading the mineshafters
posts ☺️
Geordie
Partick Thistle’s John Lambie after Colin McGlashan did not know who he was after suffering concussion
Tell him he’s Pele and get him back on
Mr 67
Intresting views on tomorrow’s game. Personally don’t think we are strong enough to drop first team player’s.
Croftcelt 18.16.
Stefan appears to be like marmite amongst the Celtic support.
I agree with what you say, the higher the level he plays the more obvious his weaknesses become. I think he’s good enough to retain his place in the current Celtic team but how he was awarded player of the year was beyond me.
However,beware the backlash, 6 of us in work go for breaks together and 3 of them jump in and say it’s a witch hunt against Stefan as soon as you say anything negative about him.
Well here we are at the end of a mad week, driven hunnners a miles had my car broken into, tried to watch us shoot ourselves in the foot on Wednesday night and still got a pile of work to do at the weekend…it’s no’ fair.
Then I went to the doctors this morning, me personally all was good with the recovery and targets for BP and weight achieved. Just sat there watching a wee lassie with a babe in arms waiting to visit the nurse. The wee lassie looked like she was at her wits end and looked in need of a good feed and a few quid. When we moan about driving, broken windows and a few extra hours work, let alone the ability of a football team to piss you off…we really should all take a step back.
Football will always be with us, raising our hopes, satisfying our ambitions and giving us an excuse to act like fools, it’s only a game.
Anyway thankfully I can have a few hours off tonight to relax and reflect, I’ve said my piece.
HH
Good Evening Timland.
Well done to all those who managed to get on WITS tip,missed
the bugger,you might want to play up your winnings with a wee
bet on a red card in the Renfrewshire derby,it’s on alba,might be
fun for all the red meat fitba fans.
Nice hearing Andy Ritchie on shortbreid.
Nice hearing Ronnie’s interview and mentioning Åge Hareide: “he’s a funny guy”.
Adverts.
You can take them or leave them.
Ignore or complain.
Howevva ( with deference to the MIA Kojo)
The use of this site is free for all we, and wee, freeloaders.
Someone needs to pay for it.
We wouldn’t want our host to be out of pocket would we?
So.
Stop whingeing and click on the odd ad or two.
You know it makes sense.
On Saturday the 23rd August 2014 against Inverness RD fielded
Zaluska
McGeouch
Twardzik
Mulgrew
O’Connell
Ambrose
Henderson
Bitton
Commons
Griffiths
Pukki
At the time it was viewed as a second eleven with at conservatively ten ‘rested” we lost , you’ll recall 1-0
Then when the first choice eleven played Maribor on Tuesday 26th with the first choice eleven
Gordon
Lustig
Izaguirre
Mulgrew
Ambrose
van Dijk
McGregor
Johansen
Stokes
Kayal
Berget
We lost, you’ll recall 0-1
I ‘rest’ my case devils advocate CSC
Ole Ronny deals well with the press; if he had been drugged, gagged and dragged to Ibrokes he’d be treated as a non ‘fenian’ messiah.
I bet he annoys McInnes every time he speaks…so well
HH
Paisleybhoy, Andy Ritchie was a player of brilliant ability, a maverick as such. Great footballing talent.
In the 4 2 season, he scored an incredible goal from nearly at the shy line in front of the jungle. I was relieved it was chalked off for some reason, possibly an offside team mate, as we were struggling to beat Morton that night.
He fell out with Tommy and felt terrible he hadn’t patched things up with him before Tommy passed away. I heard him interviewed on the radio the night before Tommy’s funeral. He was gutted that Tommy was no longer with us and you could hear the emotion in his voice.
I think Tommy had employed him as a scout before they fell out.
The story about Andy getting a free lunch in the City Bakeries at Parkhead cross after training was very funny. He told the staff he was unemployed and used his buroo money to feed his family. He was so convincing, the staff fell for it and gave him a free lunch.
Croftcelt…
With you on Jo, some seem to think he’s a wanderer and drifts out of position, for me, it’s the role he has been told to play.
Then again, for Tuesday, I’m hoping we tighten up in midfield as Malmö will try and swamp it. HH
Jamesgang…
If your lurking, I was behind you and your bhoy after the game…turn your hearing aid up.:)
https://youtu.be/8ffFaJSDv9g
Dedicated to all our so called journos who demanded we supported the ‘Scottish team’ in Europe…we know what you meant.
wearingofthegreenCSC
We are Celtic, try and win every game.
but if your carrying a knock that may be aggravated
and rule you out of tues = yer rested
If your fit and ready to play = yer in.
what will be will be.
till tomorrow all
I’ll drink to that jmc
MR PASTRY @ 5:29,
Ah! It’s the naivety thing… Well time will tell. He certainly has some elaborate ideas of how to bring the players’ performance up, these are proven in many fields – but he’s working in Fitba’ and might need a culture change.
It’s true, teams and managers show there true mettle in competition, if we get the tactics right and the team are galvanised under pressure we will be competitive.
If RD has the backing, and I believe he has he will build such a team, he will deliver on the tactics.
As I say, time will tell… In Ronny we trust.
As a lad an uncle would say – you’re intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity…
Hail Hail
Morton v St Midden live on BBC ALBA Sky 143
Lefty,
Exackerly.
Two or three times its been posted that you are telling a player he’s tired if you don’t play him.
Bunkum.
HH