Aberdeen last beat Celtic in May 2018, the final game of a league season that saw Celtic win their 7th consecutive title and a result that was required for the visitors to finish second in the table. Since then, the teams have met 20 times, with the Pittodrie side avoiding defeat on only three occasions.
Recent games have been an exercise in Celtic only just getting the job done. A 2-0 win on the opening day of the season was the solitary occasion more than a goal has separated the sides in the last 8 outings.
The world changed for Aberdeen on one of those games. The last time the sides met, in December, an 87th minute Callum McGregor strike turned a potential backs-to-the-wall draw into a dispiriting defeat for manager Jim Goodwin. After that, the roof caved in. Home and away defeats to St Mirren paled into insignificant to the 5-0 and 6-0 drubbings at Hearts and Hibs, either side of the Scottish Cup exit at Darvel.
Goodwin made way for Barry Robson as interim manager. A 3-1 win in their last game, against Motherwell, kept them within a point of the top six, and led to Steven Hammell’s losing his Motherwell job. No Celtic fans were surprised fortunes picked up when Barry took control. His grit and professional pride will be out toughest obstacle tomorrow. Celtic Park has seen its share of his talent.
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Friday bhoys!
HH!
HH
Me too
FFS PAul, get a room…he wasnt that good!
Think you maybe need a bit more than grit to succeed as a coach.
If we are anywhere near our best tomorrow it should be a comfortable win.
Paul’s not saying he was Pele.
“Grit and professional pride”. We wouldn’t have won that title without him.
Barry Robson sets the tone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsH6XTDm9go
You would think the guys that want standing sections are the fitter, younger brigade- so why do they want the lower stands- give them the top sections and make them climb the stairs
THE BLOGGER FORMERLY KNOWN AS GM on 17TH FEBRUARY 2023 12:36 PM.
Yes. He was key to our success. Loved the guy, tough, skillfull and brave.
A good guy.
SCULLYBHOY, BRB, BELFASTJOE
Just reading back
I am of work with Covid, i am definitely up for the trip in August.
Am away back to bed.
Later
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DalriadaBhoy on 17th February 2023 1:04 pm
SCULLYBHOY, BRB, BELFASTJOE
Just reading back
I am of work with Covid, i am definitely up for the trip in August.
Am away back to bed.
Later
✌🖖🕊☮🕉💚
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Good news tempered with bad news. Look forward to the tour, but sorry to hear you are unwell.
Take care and talk soon.
HH
Just enquiring….
Why would conversion of seating to standing sections increase overall capacity?
I thought each rail seat in the GB section (locked in place for games run by UEFA) corresponded to a single defined standing space when they were unlocked?
I take it, Beale paid in to watch Chris Sutton play? Absolute clown,trying to get the hun hordes onside, as the vast majority didn’t agree with the gesture v Thistle, they still prefer no one likes us etc
Paul67,
Anything less than 3 points tomorrow will suggest an off-day for us. Aberdeen this season are absolutely rank rotten. A bunch of hasbeens and never weres, minus the very average Liam Scales at the back.
The one entertaining thing about them is their inability away from home to remotely organise themselves effectively.
A chance for a hammering, Livi take points of the molemeister at the carpetdome and the narrative for the coming week looks a little less rosy.
HH
Not often you see a match where a home win, away win and a draw are all odds against. Seems no-one can predict Everton v Leeds
https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/everton-v-leeds/winner
Beale plays to the bigot gallery at every turn.
Cannot wait until the whole lot comes crashing down on his smirking hun face.
SFTB
With the no.7 restaurant being in the top tier no way would the GB be allowed near there. In fact with their pyros ,drums etc it seems unlikely they would be accommodated there either.
Accommodated in the lower tier I meant to add
Kyogo trained today
Grits Out.
!!BADA BING!! on 17TH FEBRUARY 2023 2:01 PM
Kyogo trained today
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60 minutes pummelling the backline and then bring on the Oh…..
HH
Great news about kyogo. HH
The young Celtic fans of the future,want to turn one end of Celtic Park into something similar to the Green Wall at Dortmund with safe standing.Everyone,I think,is of the opinion,the Dortmund zone is fantastic.Iconic in European football,along with the Italian version.
First reactions on CQN,mainly”Naw”.
Not unexpected.
Wonder if the Villa fans rated Steven Gerrard’s management team ? and wonder what the QPR fans think of the mess that their last manager left ?
Paul 67,
Barry Robson was a decent player for us, but no more than that.
Every single player who dons the hoops should show grit and professional pride. It should be a pre-requisite.
In reality Aberdeen are a very poor team now managed by a stop gap rookie caretaker. The same group of players suffered arguably the worst ever SC result in history.
Coming from that rock bottom performance is a very low bar to start climbing from.
No spin will change that.
HH. The journey continues.
“BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 17TH FEBRUARY 2023 1:23 PM
Just enquiring….
Why would conversion of seating to standing sections increase overall capacity?”
Is someone claiming increased capacity?
This is all I have been on the matter:
`This would see a capacity of 13K+ standing behind the goal at each match.`
Hope all is well.
No mention of increased capacity.
TB,
The GB do not run or decide policy for Celtic football club.
How many infirm or family groups would be collateral damage to the GB proposal.
You cannot just uproot a large proportion of fans on the whim of an ultra group no matter how good it may looks on television.
HH.
TURKEYBHOY on 17TH FEBRUARY 2023 2:49 PM
The young Celtic fans of the future,want to turn one end of Celtic Park into something similar to the Green Wall at Dortmund….
First reactions on CQN,mainly”Naw”.
I think it would be a welcome addition to the atmosphere at league games etc. Has `naw` been the main reaction?
ONENIGHT
Can’t see it come crashing down(i hope it does) think they have too much money and God knows where it’s coming from, that money should keep them well ahead of the rest of the teams and maybe give us a challenge but that will depend on Celtic.
“GREENPINATA on 17TH FEBRUARY 2023 2:57 PM
How many infirm or family groups would be collateral damage to the GB proposal.”
Seeing as you ask, GB, how many would suffer from that proposal?
Any at all is too many but I would have thought accommodation could be made.
“TIMHORTON on 17TH FEBRUARY 2023 3:00 PM
ONENIGHT
Can’t see it come crashing down(i hope it does) ”
I agree….on both counts !
On the first, the way that club is run means `crashing down `is always a possibility but , as we have seen, that is not allowed in Caledonia (Un) Fair.
TIMHORTON on 17TH FEBRUARY 2023 3:00 PM
HOT SMOKED on 17TH FEBRUARY 2023 3:05 PM
Us winning all three trophies this season would be enough crashing down to be going on with…….
Hot Smoked,
To many, season tickets are an emotional attachment. In some cases ST’S have been handed down.for generations.
Relocation is not so simple.
HH
PS : On a personal note , I sit in 441 which is the upper section; can you imagine a whole lower tier with multiple flares ignited. We would never see a thing even if perfectly sober.😆
Celtic Captain Talks Up Exciting Irish Prospect Rocco Vata
By Eoin Harrington
Feb 17, 2023 2:57 PM
It’s an exciting time for Irish football, with huge Irish-eligible prospects popping up in the League of Ireland and in British football – and Rocco Vata of Celtic is among the most exciting of all.
The 17-year-old Glaswegian is eligible to play for Ireland through his maternal grandmother, and made his call to declare for the Boys in Green early, playing at international level as early as U-15s through to U-19.
Having come through the academy at Celtic, he has begun to earn first-team opportunities, making his Scottish Premiership debut off the bench against Hibernian in December, after working his way into first-team training.
An ankle injury sustained against Wolves in the Premier League International Cup youth team competition has kept Vata sidelined since mid-January – but club captain Callum McGregor has issued some high praise for the Irishman, and says he hopes to see him back with the first team soon.
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Ronnie Esplin, PA
17 February, 2023 14:42
Ange Postecoglou gave Celtic fans a boost by confirming top striker Kyogo Furuhashi has recovered from a shoulder injury.
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