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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PFAYR
I trust him to score more goals than any other forward we currently have at the club.
I believe that we should have pushed the boat out for Jordan Rhodes.
He may be too expensive for us now.
TT
Tiny Tim – agree we need striker / ch / at least – no more projects !!
However we may not attract until group stages are achieved hh
( shave before dinner? – served in the west wing tonight ? :)))
Good evening CQNers
Still not sorted predictor yet, this weekend I promise!
Shattered after playing in The Oven at CQN 5s tonight. Surely must have lost at least a stone skinning Doc most of the nite :-) Funny thing was we managed to pass to our own players on an artificial surface, well ok sometimes :-)
HH
CRC
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
I presume you mean Tony Watt. I agree. I just feel that had he played against the ELFS then he would have made their defenders work harder than James.
Pfayr – accepted – sounds like a cry to strengthen ? Which we must now do
Hh
Far too thick to fully comprehend the machinations of the HSE. In my current engineering role (with one of the Oil industries major operators) we spend equal time dealing with issues relating to safety and the environment and operational planning. To be honest most of the HSE related stuff seems like bureaucracy gone mad. However I do know for a fact if there are any issues that overly concern the HSE you are issued with improvement and prohibition notices. 1 improvement, a warning to resolve a issue deemed to contravene XX regulation you have to submit evidence of the improvement undertaken and ensure that it meets current legislation. 2 prohibition notice – effectively they stop your operation unless you receive a deferred prohibition notice.
I assume that Celtic must have received at the very least an improvement notice before they would shut down 111.
Come on Celtic show us the improvement document and put the conspiracy theory to bed. You do have one don’t you?
Stephbhoy
I met Neil Lennon on the Friday night before the Scottish cup final in Tennents in Byres Road.
He told me that James was Celtic’s best prospect.
He totally rates the wee man.
I feel his optimism about him is misplaced.
TT
….pfayr
21:45 on 8 August, 2013
Their plan is to concentrate on managing Celtic within a strategy which allows us to maximise our success whilst ensuring a strong financial base…….which is essential for any team playing in a small league…….look what happened to oldco…!!
When PL said we don’t need oldco, he should have added…”based on our financial model which, unlike theirs, does not rely on corruption” …….. We need to be VERY careful
If all the projects were as good as big Vic I am sure all would be pleased
twists n turns
21:47 on 8 August, 2013
thanks for the info much appreciated
gsu
Johann Murdoch,
Neil Lennon interview after the game.
Is it strange that while sevco implodes we have a discussion about our stadium might be closed ? – I wonder if by chance they might be related ?
tinytim
21:53 on 8 August, 2013
I honestly feel James is not far away from being a great player……. composure and awareness are the main areas of development for him ….confidence will then follow automatically…
67heaven
Certainly got you convinced haven’t they
Why do we need to hoard £10m in transfer fees ?
Why have we been lied to re the GB ?
Operator thanks – cry for strengthening then
what score with st j anyone?
Pfayr @21-45
Maximizing their profit is the goal of the board.
They know when the European football landscape changes they have a potential gold mine.
Tell then its asset management and they are doing a great job financially.
On the footballing side they barely get pass marks.
A captivate audience makes their job easy.they are lucky our support is emotionally attached as they treat us like fodder.
stephbhoy
1-0 down heading for penalties..
JM 21.50
I live in a modest Victorian terraced house(:-)
TT
67 heaven
We are the very antithesis of Oldco …parsimony has gone too far …we were appalling yesterday ….poor last week …
If we qualify for the CL …we’ll get stuffed by all and sundry with the squad we have at present
oglach
21:52 on
8 August, 2013
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I battle constantly with the HSE as a safety professional recent changes have had unintended consequences with more enforcement.
The HSE not not have enforcement powers for Sport’s Grounds it is not in their remit.
PFayr 21:45
amen
Oglach
We’ve been lied to re the GB …..Lawwell has wanted shot of them for some time
This IMO comes from a senior GB guy whom I was speaking to on the subject
TinyTim – 21:53 on 8 August, 2013
I talked to john park regards prospects at lennoxtown (knew him from hibs days) when TM was boss. he was less than enthused about any player coming through the academy at that time.
think lenny has a blind spot that works in wee james favour, as I said he’s a decent player and will improve with age and games, but he’ll never be a great for celtic
p.s. I like him and his dad jim is a real gent
HH
Perhaps the time to assess our transfer activities should be if we qualify for the CL. Hopefully we get at least one in before the next round
Stephbhoy
In which case we’re wasting a hell of a lot of money on the academy
Fan a tic
“Tell then its asset management and they are doing a great job financially.
On the footballing side they barely get pass marks.”
If the footballing side of things starts to decline much more, and I’d argue that by selling your best players and replacing them with lesser quality, then the financial side of things will inevitably suffer.
Peter seems to be gambling by waiting to see if the CL is achieved before investing at a reasonable level. He had better be careful. If supporters start to adopt the same strategy , by waiting to see if we are in the CL before parting with season book cash, then it will begin a downward spiral that may take a long time to reverse.
Stephbhoy
Football aside.
He appears to be a smashing young fella.
TT
Borgo67
How about being pro active to achieve success ….rather than hoping we somehow stubble our way thro while we sell our best players en route
St.John.Doyle
21:59 on 8 August, 2013
oglach
21:52 on
8 August, 2013
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I battle constantly with the HSE as a safety professional recent changes have had unintended consequences with more enforcement.
The HSE not not have enforcement powers for Sport’s Grounds it is not in their remit.
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Valid point. So who deals with health and safety relating to sporting arenas? Regardless of which government dept is responsible for legal reasons any issues relating to health and safety must be documented. You can’t just turn up in court after the event and say ‘I told them to sort it’ but they didn’t. If We have closed 111 over matters relating to safety there will be warning letters.
I really, really, really like wee Jamesy.
FrNoelFurlongCSC
Norman Street
https://www.justgiving.com/Appeal4Mackenzie
P F Ayr
You may well be right but what is Lawells problem with the GB
Neil Lennon went straight to that section after winning the league,do you Lawell might have said “Now Neil,I told you before,I dont wont you playing with those bold boys”
Is it the poppy thing,is it their “politics” or what
Doesnt really make sense to me
fan-a-tic
21:57 on 8 August, 2013
Pfayr @21-45
Maximizing their profit is the goal of the board.
They know when the European football landscape changes they have a potential gold mine.
Tell then its asset management and they are doing a great job financially.
On the footballing side they barely get pass marks.
A captivate audience makes their job easy.they are lucky our support is emotionally attached as they treat us like fodder.
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I switch from thinking everything’s rosie to being pissed off we’ve not bought players/ lack of stadium development (celtic triangle). I will make a judgement on our board once the transfer window has closed and on progress with plans to develop our club. Madness, but i’ll give them benefit, but am annoyed with why GB has been handled
HH
PF
What odds that Matthews, Ledley and Forster will begin next season at CP? Seriously, what’s the odds?
PFayr,
poor last week, what game was that?, Elfsborg or Ross County?
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Oglach
Not unless it’s just a ruse to excuse their actions