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
Regarding Bangura, I for one would not welcome him back to CP. His obvious cheating display puts him in the sevco standard of player. So, no thanks.
Weefra HH
Gene
Throw-ins, maybe they were saying the same things back in 1889.
Wee Jinky’s goal at Ibrox balanced out by Big Billy missing the throw-in and Dynamo Kiev ran up the park to score and knock us out.
Last night’s viewing was the visual equivalent of listening to MTK Budapest beat us in 1964 but this time Lady Luck was with us.
Memories eh.
TBJ
No chance, Charlotte is the decision. Lol
Weefra HH
WOW -Alistar Johnson just said @tommyinglasgow Sevco are in deep financial trouble and confirms administration wouldn’t surprise him
TBJ,
End of my interest in being silly enough to respond to a pointless attack on a current Celtic player, currently on loan.
hotshot
MTK – it was still the wireless then
ulysses mcghee
20:07 on 8 August, 2013
I so agree with the post from 18.02 – forgive me, I forget the poster’s blog name – in regards to the HSE.
They are massive. Massively important. And can shut a business down in a heartbeat.
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Can’t argue with that but, and forgive me if our club has already done this, why don’t the board publish the communications between themselves and the relevant bodies they have been engaged with.
That would make the whole thing open and transparent and remove any unnecessary mistrust between the board and a fair amount of the supporters regarding this matter.
Hail! Hail!
Squire Danaher
There is apparently NO provision for loanees to be excused from playing against parent club in UEFA competition
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Can you clarify.
If I read your blog correctly, it implies there is no automatic barring players playing against the parent club.
My question relates to whether a clause can be inserted.
If a clause can be inserted and Celtic failed to do so; that IMHO is incompetence.
If on the other hand, inserting such a clause contravenes UEFA rules, then so be it.
TBJ
I’m sure I gave BT green shelled eggs laid by hens from sth America. I may be wrong. But good Tims anyhoo. Hehe.
Weefra HH
Ki coming on for Swansea….
HH
ASonOfDan
Yea, they also tryin’ to bring the date of the Audited accounts forward to the end of August. If you’re born on a foundation of lies, you will live under that same concept. T he truth is the word of Satan in the eyes of Der Hun & no amount of evolutionary change will correct that.
Fat Sally Just wants opportunity to be judged on team on the park this year.
Away to change my pee stained trousers after laughing so much…
Hotshot
Caesar throw in – Pierino Prati AC Milan not D Kiev
Clash
Uefa do not allow cross borderl loans to include players not playing against parent club .
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
20:10 on
8 August, 2013
normanstreet49
20:04 on 8 August, 2013
He certainly was on an anti-Celtic mission …….. If Elfsberg don’t sign him, I am confident we won’t take him back……. Under Uefa rules, we couldn’t bar him from playing against us, but his behaviour was bunggooraish…..!!!!!!!!
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67 Heaven…..
I just look forward to tomorrows draw…….
cmon the hoops
HH
Weefra
Im sure it was blue eggs ya wee toerag ;)
EDB /TBJ –
thanks. Will try to Build up Some Broonie Points. But as it’s only 2 weeks before the CQN 1254125 Glasgow 10K I might be on the old (diet) ginger beer and Lime.
Anybody else off to Dublin this weekend….
HH
Kilbowie
You just responded … silly bhoy ;)
Gene
Apologies. I misunderstood yor post
HH
Have no time for St Johnston since there guard of honer last season, I hope they get Donald Ducked.
Gene,
yes, the Cat’s Whiskers!
gourock
In the green?
Gourock
Thought we were all off to dublin … in the green ;)
Jealous. .. bet its a massive party …. no lateral movement though
kilbowie kelt
I take it you did not see the Bangura Tweets I posted . Bragging about always being late for training and how he loved going out clubbing all the time when at Celtic.
Professional? *** Off!
Bada
Ginger….. lime…….. timmy drink of you ask me .
It does a boy good to cut Loose now and again. …. ;)
TBJ, I definitely didnt use the term hootenanny when informing mrs acgr of my trip to fun city next month. Oh no siree, seeing as it rhymes with goodwin, shareen and yon deid composer.
Playitsmart.com
:-)))
St Johnston, stinkie we east coast team, with a Hun influx.
Clink
Cheers
hen1rik
18:16 on 8 August, 2013
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Excellent post.
Oooooohhhhh canny wait less than 7 sleeps now until our Bonnie Scotland take on the Auld enemy
Gerry if you are lurking do you know if Hamish and Farquhar are sacrificing the next away match in Europe to go down old Wembley Way
And
Better luck to Stephen Gallacher tomorrow in New York
Murderwell out, Mullet in line for MOTY again…
The Bhoy Jinky
Thanks for clarity.
Here is an interesting one.
I understand that Celtic have a clause in employees contracts which bars them indulging in behaviours which harm the club / damages reputation / acting in a way which damages company etc etc .
I suspect this is mainly to prevent players slagging the club off when they are abroad, and then claiming the old ‘lost in translation ‘ defence.
Wondering out loud if we could have invoked this with Bangura, ie by playing against us he may have damaged our club ?
ccb
My understanding is that there is no scope in UEFA comps for a parent club to dictate such a clause in a loan deal.
The assumption seems to be that because it is a regular custom throughout UK, Celtic shall we say ‘erred’ in not having prevented Bangura from playing in UEFA comps.
I agree 110% with your conclusion but it seems a moot point, in that such a clause is apparently not allowed by UEFA.
Such trivialities don’t bother the MSM when it comes to beating us with a big stick though.
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 …
And me 100% HH
tonydonnelly
Do you not realise that it helps Celtic if St Johnstone go through. Celtic have to play 3 qualifying rounds because other Scottish teams have done nothing in Europe. Time to look at the bigger picture.
tonydonnelly67
20:22 on
8 August, 2013
Have no time for St Johnston since there guard of honer last season, I hope they get Donald Ducked
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Tony,
Agree with your sentiments….
But to state the obvious, if a couple of our wee teams did better….
We wouldne be playing 6 qualifying matches……
HH
Was looking through the stats of all last seasons CL matches. I was very surprised to see that our best “stats” were v Juve at home. Now I know stats can be interpreted differently by different folks, but the Juve game stats, as I say, surprised me.
17 attempts on goal v 10 for Juve.
7 on target v 4 for Juve.
0 goals v 3 Juve
8 off target v 1 for Juve
452 passes made with 82 % success v 406 passes at 80% Juve
53.4% possession v 46.6%.
These stats are quite close to the away Spartak game. We won that game 3 2 of course, so I was trying to work out what made the difference, and I found the answer. Too complicated to explain ……….so ………….in laymans terms…………………the officials were a bunch of cheating barstewards.