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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hen1rik
Boerrigter cost £2m
Mountblow tim,
5 weeks in Salou,you must have met half of Clydebank there,
my nephew was over with 1 of the members of the wolfclones
Taurangabhoy –
Isn’t Slovakia a rather long way from Slovenia?
….pfayr
05:55 on 9 August, 2013
I’d put it more down to trying to build up efes confidence more than anything else.
I think he may be a fragile sole.
On an other point, I hate bus inspectors.
Tom
He better Czech
Morning Celts
I know its been asked but missed any reply, whens the CL draw?
Thanks
V
oh and what are the dates?
taurangabhoy
07:55 on 9 August, 2013
You are correct. Seems to me we should now go for the jugular ….
Most Thinking Bears now know the Truth. In Deid. It was Always The Deids….@ John Brown
Vmhan –
11am.
20/21 & 27/28 August.
Tom I will Czeck
Tom McLaughlin
08:17 on
9 August, 2013
**************
Cheers Tom, your a star!
HH
Taurangabhoy –
Good man :-)
Want to claim a PODIUM for CQN Billionaire Watch. Front page of The Herald Friday 9 Aug!!!!
Neganon2.
As a new poster got the same crap thrown at me last week just for giving my support to gb,you know the usual nonsense, hun,imposter etc.
Dinnae worry mate most of the guys dishing oot that garbage couldnae find parkhead withoot the aid o a sat nav.
Ps a Dinnae agree wi everything you say,but a defend your right tae say it.
Hail hail.
Big Sean.
yep short straws for the drive if its Slovenia Tom. Looks like a nice spot . Last team ever to put ragers out of europe. got to be worth a visit.
Morning all.
Would be quite happy with a trip to either Austria or Slovenia – not a million miles from here.
Bring on the draw.
HH!!
Morning all from a drizzly yet fresh Chiltern morn…
See we James got a nit of stick last night.
JF is excellent prospect with a skill set ripe for the modern game, he needs encouragement and support to let him develop.
Aiden got the same, if we are not going to let our own bhoys flourish then we will be at the mercy of players and their agents more interested in career development and the $$$ than playing for Glasgow Celtic.
If you look at what is wrong with James’s game – I was disappionted when we lost possession in the final third and the ball came back to young Forrest who was walking nonchalantly back in an off-side position – it can be coached out of him.
That pace, great feet and control can’t be coached.
He is a better finisher, given the opportunity than many of the recent strikers.
All we are saying is give James a hand.
Hail Hail
The purchase of a new striker prior to the signing deadline for the next round of the CL qualifiers is an absolute priority.
Well, to Lenny and the fans it is.
Hi Gordy
Yes, saw stars post last night.
Treating me badly, however a fresh weekend brings fresh hope :-). Been doing well on my footy bets all the same. 3 bets and 3 wins so far…….maybe I should stick to that! Was supposed to be at Haydock today but gotta work now. Ridiculous state of affairs.
Brazil on talksport just there asking Andy Gray a loaded question about the huns…Penny dropped now for Gray after a year of daily denial. How dumb he must feel. Him and Keys had Chucky on the show 2/3 times a week, swallowing every lie he fed them (and several thousand gormless sevconians too).
Now Gray uses the words ‘shambles’ and ‘dragged down into the gutter’.
This whole sorry saga has seen many make total fools of themselves….a short list (I exclude DJ as he already was one).
Jackson Jabba King Hateley Keevins Gray Graham…in fact forget that…the list is endless, and thats before we mention 100000 fans.
hh
Vienna my preferred draw.
like to avoid Maribor.
Tom McLaughin
“Selling England by the Pound” was
a great favourite of our Pablophanque.
He loved very much early work of Genesis. Yesterday I listened again “Scrach my Back” by Peter Gabriel and was wondering what Steve would say about the album? Some pearls there like “The book of love”.
Morning all. Dreich at the moment. Hopefully, things will improve.
Sorry to see St Johnstone going out, as it will not help the co-efficent but some of their players brought shame on themselves with their conduct during the honour guard. As for that lot from Motherwell, I wouldn’t want any good to happen to them, certainly not while thon manager remains in charge.
As ever, we have to do it by ourselves.
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED (even if the rest of Scottish football hate it).
Guten Morgen CQN, from UEFA website:
The lineup for the UEFA Champions League play-off draw is now complete following the conclusion of the third qualifying round on Wednesday.
Fifteen teams – including former European champions Celtic FC, FC Steaua Bucureşti and PSV Eindhoven – won through this week to take their place in the hat. It is a high-pedigree lineup, with Olympique Lyonnais, FC Zenit St Petersburg and last season’s UEFA Europa League semi-finalists FC Basel 1893 also entering Friday’s draw at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
The split format remains, with all teams in the hat allocated to either the champions route or the league route, depending on how they qualified for the competition. All ten teams in the champions route, drawn at 11.45CET, came through the third qualifying round. Five teams enter the league route 15 minutes later – Arsenal FC, AC Milan, FC Schalke 04, Real Sociedad de Fútbol and FC Paços de Ferreira – alongside five qualifiers.
Five in each section are seeded according to their club coefficient rankings established at the beginning of the season, and will be drawn against the other five. Balls containing the seeded clubs will be placed in one bowl, with balls for the unseeded clubs positioned in another. A ball will be taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle, where they will be shuffled. The first team drawn will play its first match at home, against the second side drawn.
The ten winners in the play-off round ties join 22 automatic entrants in the group stage draw in Monaco on 29 August.
UEFA Champions League play-off round draw lineup
League route
Arsenal FC (ENG)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
AC Milan (ITA)
FC Schalke 04 (GER)
FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP)
FC Paços de Ferreira (POR)
Champions route
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
Celtic FC (SCO)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
FK Austria Wien (AUT)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
NK Maribor (SVN)
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
FC Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ)
So, a possible trip to Central Asia. Are UEFA any better than the SFA?
Chairbhoy
08:29 on
9 August, 2013
If you look at what is wrong with James’s game – I was disappionted when we lost possession in the final third and the ball came back to young Forrest who was walking nonchalantly back in an off-side position – it can be coached out of him.
Jeez,mate.
Stay,or get,onside.
What pro. needs to be taught the difference by a coach.
Great wee prospect.The other insulting criticism of Forrest overnight does not deserve the oxygen of acknowledgement.
Whither the cash strapped scrofuous hillbillies the day?
I see the bhlog is now in the business of handin’ out the ole white feathers.
Can’t say I’m impressed.
D.B.B.I.A.
One swallow…………
zbyszek
your observations about the Russian referee on wednesday were spot on.
My fears about losing a soft penalty were unfounded , in fact he could easily have given them one .
I followed the game on the live updates on here and the ref was the only man on the park not to get criticised
Zybszek- I was at a wedding last weekend, near Coalsnaughton, where ole Pabbers lived.
I must admit I’d always imagined it to be set in rows of old coal bings but the countryside was very bonny.
He’s genuinely missed, no doubt about it.
Good morning CQNers,
I’ve just scrolled back to identify who first made the comment questioning young James and as it wasn’t a poster I readily recognised I dismissed it as mischief making, however, I would just add that our pedestrian style of play doesn’t help James, much in the same way it inhibited Aiden.
Nothing to do with laziness nor cowardice.
Count me in with the happy-clapper camp, vis-a-vis JF: I would agree that his form so far is not where should be, but that will come, because he’s a talented player: with speed to spare.
I’d also say I look forward to him having a more stable playing partneship in midfield; the early season chopping and changing should [hopefully] stop soon. This will give him a degree of clarity which should improve his confidence.
I think, too, that the arrival of Dirk B will provide a jag to James: both as a rival and an example …
FF
Dontbrattbakkinanger
The need for a scapegoat on here is growing every game we play, a less than impressive trend on CQN, that being said some of the comments on Facebook the other night from so called Celtic supporters were chronic, it seems social media is quite anti social, they’ll be sharpening the knives for Neil next!
Vienna is a very expensive flight from Basel can’t imagine why it’s next door for God’s sake!!!
Chairbhoy
08:29 on
9 August, 2013
I feel you have hit the nail on the head, “– it can be coached out of him.”
We have players on our books who have decent skill.
the thing is by and large we don’t see it.
For me the problem lies with the coaching. Young James has positive attributes to his game (and negative ) but I dont see his positive attributes being utilised enough or the negative being eradicated. For me his game has not improved and it most definitely should have.
The same could be applied to the team as a whole. We do not seem to have a style of play ( unless making side ward passes is a style of play and I hear lateral movement is not too popular down CP way these days so that me be verboten soon to) . For me the coaching staff at Lennoxtown have to shoulder some of the blame for the mediocre performances that young James produces.
I think Tony Stokes should also attend the offside remedial classes..
Part of McMurdo’s blog on Facebook…
Blogging on Rangers is not for the fainthearted. I regularly get dog’s abuse from my so-called fellow fans because I won’t toe the party line they follow.
But this Civil War has ramped that up to a whole new level.
Since it really blew up I have been inundated with posts and messages from Rangers fans which contain nothing but abuse, including insults about my mother and racist comments about Imran Ahmad. Oh and also questions about whether I am a Catholic or not. I have also been invited to commit suicide.
The felling of James Forrest