Austria Wien have played three league games this season, won one, drew one, lost one. Scored six conceded eight. Stuffed 5-1 by Salzburg two weeks ago. They have only had to play one round of Champions League qualifiers so far, which they won 1-0 on aggregate against the Icelandic champions-cum-day-job-professionals. Send them over, please, Uefa.
Ludogorets Razgrad, from Bulgaria, knocked Dinamo Zagreb out of the Champions League qualifiers last season before going down to Slovan Bratislava in the play-off round. They’ve won two, lost one, of their three league games this season. Beat Partizan Belgrade home and away in last round, beat Slovan Bratislava on aggregate in round before that. They also have to play their home game for the next round at an alternate venue to due to a date clash with a concert. Happy to take this lot.
Legia Warsaw, won all three league games this season, scoring 12, conceding one. Eliminated Molde, after drawing both games, in last round, took care of The New Saints (Wales) home and away in earlier round. Would be a great European tie though not sure if Zbyszek can arrange the result for us.
Maribor, from Slovenia, have won all three league games this season, scored 11, conceded two. Eliminated APOEL Nicosia after two draws in last round. APOEL got to the last eight of the Champions League in 2012, so this team are no pushover. Maribor also have the distinction of being the last team to knock Rangers out of Europe. Ever!
Shakhtyor Karaganda, 12 points off the pace after 22 games in Kazakhstan. Beat Albanians, Korce, in last round and Bate Borisov (who recorded Champions League wins against Bayern Munich and Lille in 2012) in the earlier round. The travel would be an issue; Karaganda is farther east that eastern Afghanistan. If I can paraphrase an Ibrox legend, define Europe. The fact they are midseason and, like Celtic, they’ve won through two rounds already, makes this a less attractive tie, but they are surely not a Champions League team.
Preferences: Shakhtyor Karaganda are the easiest possible opponents but a trip to Austria or Bulgaria would be best.
Would rather avoid: Legia will be the most difficult draw. Maribor will be a similar challenge as Elfsborg.
Lots more to blog about: last night’s performance, Kelvin, Honest Dave King… maybe later.
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TBJ
What are chips:o)
Oglach
Just to be clear from earlier I have no problem whatsoever with our fans singing republican songs – I’ll usually be in the middle !!
Point I was making was that at solitude after self stewarding came in the republican song book started to fizzle out cos the peelers were no longer there to antagonise the crowd – I spent manys a Saturday afternoon dodging plastic bullets from them scum
New site from Billy No’Well tonight begins with a Desert Island Tims from George Galloway:
http://billynowell.com/2013/08/08/desert-island-tims-with-george-galloway-3/
We’re= Where
derbyshirebhoy
Hope we can get another few of the young lads out on loan aswell, maybe even Tony Watt aswell.
Self policing of unacceptable language on here failing a little. If you want to be vulgar take it somewhere that is welcome. HH
ngers Supporters meeting updates
The Rangers Standard @RangersStandard 1m
BS – Over £10 million in bank today.
Another new Celtic site tonight: http://celtsarehere.com/once-a-bhoy-now-a-legend/
Related (Hint! Hint!). I loved this retweet from Petrov : @StanPetrov19 I’ve made my target for the SkyDive for Petrov. With a RT from you, I could smash it https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/morrissey23rdskydiveforstiliyan
Quick fag-packet calculation here.
Chuckles is listed as having 5,071,629 shares in Sevco. If he paid 1p for each of these shares, and the current price is 41p, that makes his shares worth just shirt of £208m!
Can’t be right, surely!
……or have I got something wrong?
HH
EDB
Come over to chateau jinks and I will fill you up with the best chippie chips in cambuslang. .. with a home cooked steak too ;)
Mi casa
Morrisey 23rd
Serious question , ihope i read your blog correctly , and not wishing to start an argument.
You mentioned that the Head of Ops was no help, when you were kettled, if that same person asked for assistance in identifying the person whom you saw let off the banger, would you do so?
Well what can i say about that performance -even without the nerves.
Think most of our problems came from poor possession and passing from midfield -put the defence under unecessary pressure. Don’t think i have seen commons and ledley have such poor games.
For bangura read higdon from last season -CB’s out muscled.
Thank goodness they lacked quality.
Best man for Celtic -Mark Mcghee
The Rangers Standard @RangersStandard 39s
CM – I play with a straight bat. No interest in hoodwinking anyone. I’m not a crook. Not a con-man.
Shirt=short.
eldiegobhoy
18:56 on 8 August, 2013
TBJ
What are chips:o)
>>>>>>>>
sounds ‘fishy’ to me …….!!
Mothers one down, big McManus own goal…
poormulletCSC
Jonny the Tim 5 million shares at a profit of 40p would represent a profit of 2 million.
TBJ
And there’s more…..would the world renowned Martin42 approve of your choice/source of said fillet steak, how you cook it and your choice of accompaniments?
I demand to know.
Is Cambuslang in Scotland:o)
Oops, just realised my mistake! Should be £2.08m!
notthebus
19:02 on 8 August, 2013
That’ll be the SB money, all of which they don’t have yet …… Silly bhuns
67
Alex salmon said same… nearly knocked me off my perch ….
The Boy Jinky
18:10 on
8 August, 2013
Cant believe any celtic fans would welcome the cheating scab bangura back at celtic. .. I certainly wouldn’t and he would get constant abuse from me …
Only villains if any in the Bangura affair are those who having misjudged his potential paid good money for him.
Add to that those who loaned him out to a club that was potential European opponent.
Also scab reference is in poorest possible taste.
https://twitter.com/RangersStandard tweeting from Sevco meeting now.
So tempting to rely to tweets but as I’d get blocked, I wont.
EDB
All you need to know is its gratis…. maybe wee fra will toss in some eggs .
Cambuslang sir !!!!!! Home of cambuslang rangers.
Quonno
That’s your opinion … its a poor one imho
Has it ever been different 1971 disaster
So far as the evidence is concerned, the Board never so much as considered that it ought to apply its mind to the question of safety on that particular stairway […] and would appear – I put it no higher – to have proceeded on the view that if the problem was ignored long enough it would eventually go away […] Indeed it goes further than this because certain of their actions can only be interpreted as a deliberate and apparently successful attempt to deceive others that they were doing something, when in fact they were doing nothing.
—Sheriff Irvine Smith, damages statement.[1]
In his book, Irvine Smith states that 30, and nearly 40 years after his decision, he is viewed with disapproval by some Rangers-supporting friends, who accuse him of “disloyalty”.[12]
If they can cover that up the rest is sime.
Jonny, you can expect those share prices to drop below 30p over the couple of due to the current going ons over at detox park.
The Boy Jinky
19:18 on
8 August, 2013
Quonno
That’s your opinion … its a poor one imho
Who paid good money for him and who loaned him out?
People keep saying defence were out muscled last night, wouldn’t agree. They punted a lot of long balls on a plastic pitch, Bangura & Co are fairly big lads and they did put themselves around and caused problems on a few occasions but on most occasions Celts did win the tussles and cleared their lines. You are never going to win every ball and over they game they did as you would expect have a bit of success but our back 4 did O.K.
Kikinthenakas…thanks just trying to keep things in focus….
hen1rik….great post….
The western world has closed down its embassies in the Islamic world due to existential terrorist threats and scotland……….
Launches a police scotland (read Gotham City Police Department) investigation into who the anonymous twitter leaker is on matters relating to a local and parochial bankrupt company that used to play football.
scotland…best little country in the world………….at being little.
You couldnt make this tosh up………
Tallybhoy
18:52 on
8 August, 2013
Pass the ball to a team mate?
Even better – make a pass to a team mate and present him with a scoring opportunity.
Simple!
One step at a time please! I’d settle for the first bit.
Although, to be fair, some of the passing against RC on Saturday was a joy to watch.
Maybe nerves and a rubbish pitch were to blame for last night’s fiasco.
Clown Johnstone slaughtering the Perth fans for not backing St J in the league v Hearts last Saturday…3000 odd he raged.
Official att…6174
absolute clueless idiot
TBJ
Sounds like an offer I can’t turn down.
I’m getting away on a holiday shortly with my younger daughter who is taking my wife’s place. Something we’d booked earlier this year.
Any chance you’re going to BMCUW rave at the end of September? If so we’ll have a good blether.
HH
MOTY trying to emulate last years performance by losing another European tie!
Gaun yersel mullet!
Just in to say…..
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Gene’s a Bhoy’s name
19:08 on 8 August, 2013
Best man for Celtic -Mark Mcghee
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Agreed M8.
Whose the biggest Cellic Mhan
Neil or Mark
Mark by the length of London Road. imo
Well said – Hail Hail – Off oot.
Clashcitybhoy 19:08
I would not be against it, although I’d have plenty of other stuff I would like to discuss with him if he did. I have no proof. I could not hand-on-heart say for 100% who it was. The steward who spoke to the guy would be of better help. As would the many cameras on section 111. Also I believe Celtic have already stated they know who was involved.
When a guy beside me at Ibrox shouted “There is only one Neil Lennon” during a minutes silence, I did report that to Ronnie Hawthorn.
If somebody damages the club, I wont sit back in silence and watch it. Regardless of who it is. Ronnie Hawthorn included.
googybhoy ♥ Celtic
19:18 on
8 August, 2013
Something fastidiously ignored by MSM at the time is that in the run up to the game everything coming out of Ibrox was that having no chance of winning the league, THEIR sole aim was to stop Celtic winning it.
Even during plat THEY took the unusuakl step of annoncing that Aberdeen had won their match.
McManus og for Motherwell.