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Dundee United’s only win in four games since beating Celtic last month was at Livingston.  They also drew with Hibs and Aberdeen and lost at home to Dundee on Saturday.  Those wins over Celtic and Livi are their only successes in 12 games, stretching back to October.  In all competitions, they won one game in August, one in September, one in October, none in November and two in December.  Quite how they escaped such mediocrity to batter the champions for 45 minutes is a lesson for the ages.

They have lost only two away games in the league all season, which is quite a claim for a side that’s been to every ground apart from Celtic Park.  They are, however, the league’s draw specialists, with 10 of their 21 games finishing level, more than any other side.  You can be confident this outcome will be their target at Celtic Park on Saturday.

In particular, draws at Tynecastle, Ibrox, Pittodrie and Easter Road will be the template they bring to Glasgow.  They scored in each of these games (seven in total), so they do more than just shut up shop.  We know to expect a challenge to break them down and an accomplished counter-attacking game. It will not be easy.

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  1. Martinez.

     

    The same guy who took the greatest Belgian team of all time,every one a top player,to the heights of mediocrity.

     

    The same guy who is now managing Portugal.When Rinaldo let’s him.

     

    Its a,NAW from me.

  2. A wee ponder….Flashback if you like…..The last time the blog …

     

    Had less than 160 views/comments ?/ I’m too long in the Teef to remember.

     

    Mabye we are in a paralysed state…A wishful state? God knows

     

    All i Know is…I’m belly rumbling about Sat.

     

    Paul ..You present the platform for all our thoughts

     

    Right or wrong ….As conceived by each other….

     

     

    H.H

  3. B.T.W If wee Kyogo returns

     

    He will “said in a Dalek voice” exterminate exterminate…..

  4. @Kev..never thought would say this..

     

    Your memory for facts And History of all things …All things?? Celts

     

    is Feckin freaky……

  5. CQN is the vanguard of Lawwell-ism.

     

    And….the rest of ahem….

     

    Celtic cyberspace is full of Rodgers groupie cliques.

     

    Rodgers couldn’t lay a glove on Aberdeen in the SCF, Kiarat Almaty 40 Million CLQ, Russell Martin useless Hun Manager, wee Barry Ferguson 2twice.

     

    Lawwell wasn’t in the dugout for any of these Titanic jousts.

     

    Shhhhhhhhh!

     

    According to the empty head populated Celtic cyberspace filled wall to wall with Rodgers groupie cliques, it was the boards fault that Rodgers could not slay these Footballing Titans.

     

    Outside of so-called “trolls” where would a Celtic fan go for unbiased truth?

     

    “Trolls” don’t need cliques to hold their hand or tell them what to think and who to hate.

     

    Covid Plandemic removed the masks from so-called “good guys” Timdom.

     

    Suck the krankie-ism narrative or your a “troll” said the CQN red coats.

     

    Aye.

     

    Interesting times ahead in the Old Firm or die SPL. lol

     

    HH

     

    oot.

  6. Me neither Tobago St.

     

    And the shitebag at 365 is part of the anonymatti.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    Kevracist

     

    Covid,Desmond white,almaty,dempsey,draft

     

    when lifted o’er£49,2upfront,

     

    facesittinkrankie,cliques,trolls,lawell,aw that

     

    And yi still font like folk of brown and black skin,

     

    Your fear,turns to ignorance,defaults to racism.

     

    Poor gullible sap,keep sending your tenners to offshore George he is the original wokey wa**er

  7. BELMONTBRIAN

     

     

    Get yourself back on here pronto Sir!

     

     

    You are the only poster I don’t scroll by!

     

     

    ;-)

  8. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Good morning CQN

     

     

    Another fine day to be a Celt

     

     

    I expect Martin to be asked about signings today.

     

     

    His response will be interesting.

  9. I’ve never heard of Celtic 365

     

    CQN has long been a lifeboat of sanity in an often choppy sea of fan related madness.

     

    I do think Paul has been overly critical of our previous, previous, previous manager (i think that’s right) though articles are sound otherwise. Just need to ignore the occasional unhinged, superfluous BR references

  10. Maolmuire O Muirgheasa on

    When people encounter information that contradicts their long-held beliefs, the initial reaction is often dismissal, a natural defense for a mind seeking stability. However, when the new evidence becomes too glaring to ignore, a more complex shift occurs. The resulting cognitive dissonance, the mental discomfort of holding two conflicting truths, demands a resolution.

     

     

    To ease this tension, the mind often seeks a scapegoat. This instinct serves two purposes, both rooted in protecting the ego: to preserve one’s social standing, and to maintain an internal equilibrium. To accept the new truth would force a painful re-examination of the past, a cascade of moments where one was misled, or perhaps chose comfort over clarity. To avoid this, the mind will subtly gaslight itself, warping its own memory and logic to force the jagged new pieces into the old, familiar puzzle. It is less a process of thinking, and more one of desperate rearrangement.

     

     

    Thus, it becomes a social reflex for someone to bare the blame for another’s eroded trust. Here, Breandán Rodgers has become that designated figure, the fall guy. It is nothing personal. He is, for now, the necessary crutch others use to steady themselves as they navigate toward calmer seas, sparing themselves the storm of their own disillusionment.

  11. Had Brother Wilfried still been in charge for tomorrow’s game against Dundee United I might be concerned about how things could turn out. And with good reason. But with Martin @ Co back at the helm, working with the players all week I’m back to being optimistic, confident even, of getting the result we need. There is a great little coaching team around him, probably ease off a bit today, finalising the starting eleven, formation, tactics etc. And more importantly getting the players self-belief back, something they would not get from reading some of the contributions on here, disparaging as they are re the squad and the individuals who are part of it.

     

    The Celts have been around since the late 19c, we have faced tougher times than we face now, some supporters can handle it, a minority cannot. Tant Pis as Brother Wilfried may well have said….

  12. Celtic 365.

     

     

    I can vaguely remember a fortified vino called lucky numbers. Might have been 365.

     

     

    Maybe they ate still on it. 😂😂😂

  13. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    On the Celtic365 thing?

     

     

    Everyone has to earn a crust I suppose.

     

     

    If nothing else perhaps we should all be grateful we don’t need to earn it that way.

     

     

    On the flip side – it’s a free country.

     

     

    If someone is spending time, energy AND money to create a digital platform …

     

     

    … then producing stuff (discernment of “quality” is purely a judgement call)

     

     

    … that sufficient numbers are prepared to consume in order to make the enterprise viable?

     

     

    Go, market place

  14. Maolmuire O Muirgheasa on

    It would be interesting to hear what people are finding so dismissive of the article in Celtic 365.

     

     

     

    Maybe it is too close to the bone for some.

     

     

    As i have pointed out earlier the criticism of Rodgers on here is being used as a smokescreen to hide the board’s own failures. Anyone who cannot see this has not been paying attention.

     

     

    Pay attention.

  15. In the immortal words of Martin Luther King, I had a dream.

     

    I dreamt that Kyogo and Kenny became the dream team

     

     

    Maybe too much cheese perhaps

     

     

    kingLUBO

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