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Samaras and Commons guile preferred to Boerrigter tonight

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You and I both like to see new signings introduced but it would be an enormous gamble to throw Derk Boerrigter into the fray tonight.  The player is unlikely to have trained with his new teammates, will know little about Celtic’s systems, and while Neil Lennon will have watched Derk many times, the real discovery period will be in the weeks to come.  A place on the bench for Derk will be fine.

I’ve been a bit confused by the Moh Bangura debate; can we really care that much if he plays, I mean, we’re not talking about a guy who scored as many goals for us as Daryl Murphy here.  The discourse sounds not dissimilar to some of the ways Jock Stein would manipulate events ahead of a game.  Put the opponent on the back foot from the off, cover all bases.

Key players for Celtic tonight, as always when it comes to Europe, will be Georgios Samaras and Kris Commons.  They have the maturity and guile to know how to deliver, but our defence will need to be alert to what will be the superior fitness of the Elfsborg players, especially late in the game.
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  1. Snake Plissken on

    Celtic – Forster; Lustig, Ambrose, Wilson, Izaguirre; Forrest, Brown, Kayal, Commons; Samaras, Stokes.

  4. Burgas Hoops on

    Auldheid.

     

     

    i know it’s not country specific, i was explaining that to Mr eternaloptimist.

  5. RobertTressell on

    Oh and son of warsaw – I would have told the caller that this was the best The Rangers Team EVER in their history without fear of contradiction. The Rangers (2012) have never had a better striker than Jon Daly, I also reckon their midfield is their best ever. They also have the greatest and most successful manager in their history. He has won 1 in a row and will probably make that 2-in-a-row (promotions) within the year. I also think they have a great chance of winning the Ramsdens Cup. In fact if they survive long enough they may well make the top division in record time for any new club coming from the bottom tier of senior football.

     

     

    Will they avoid relegation if that happens? Well, they’ve never been relegated in their entire history, never been demoted, so it looks good for them if they can avoid administration…….

  7. northbhoy ... \o/ on

    Hail Hail the Celts are HERE

     

     

    Now getting to that stage of leaving the nerves behind n getting really excited about a top European game at Paradise.

     

    Bring on the Swedish Champions !!!

     

     

    Off to the game with my bhoys’

     

    Enjoy the game however you make a connection with Paradise.

     

     

    CYBIG

  10. 67Heaven ... I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors on

    Starry Plough

     

     

    I stopped taking them serious 56 years ago … Hahahahahahahaha

  11. Dublin Noelbhoy on

    16 roads ,

     

     

    Thanks for your help , is the Irish Viking in the old town or new town. Any direction would be much appreciated.

  12. RobertTressell on

    Well, the radio will have to do for me…… that has not worked out so well for Celtic in qualifiers before, me listening to them on the wireless……. what to do, what to do?

     

     

    Superstitious nonsense or justified worry?

     

     

    Should I listen or not?

  13. Snake Plissken on

    Celtic Football Club ‏@celticfc 23s

     

    Subs: Zaluska, Matthews, Ledley, Balde, Mulgrew, Mouyokolo, Watt

  14. Patrick27 on

    Doyle – Yes, I’ve given my support for him before – him plus one other striker should be enough

     

     

    Bangura – Maybe we’re looking at this all wrong. Could it be Mo the double agent, who scores his first Celtic goal tonight with a cheeky OG??????

     

     

    HH

  15. Son of Warsaw on

    Duffy now speculating about Defoe, not Daniel.

     

     

    Yes Jim, you’ve played Football Manager 2013.

     

     

    FormerPlayersDoUsProud CSC

  16. Patrick27 on

    Same line up as Cliftonville fair enough.

     

     

    Can bring likes of Ledley and Mulgrew on if needed.

     

     

    No derk?

  21. Jeg er Neil Lennon-Greeninbingley on

    Robert Tressell

     

     

    In the same boat and with the same reservations.

     

     

    I walk up and down the hall like a budgie, well, like a budgie necking red wine, with the radio on in the kitchen.

     

     

    I’ve got this thing that if I am sitting concentrating on it we’ll lose a goal, but if I walk about pretending I’m not listening, we’ll cuff them.

     

     

    *FreudianCSC*

  22. Kojo on

    So Ah wiz wan aff… That Rascal Stokes,did me in!

     

     

    Ah hope Fur Your Sake,Neil..

     

     

    that Stokesy,justifies his Selection..

     

     

    Otherwise.. Fine, Sensible Selection.

     

     

     

    Lookin’ Forward ,tae tonight’s Game..

     

     

    Ah kin almost ..Taste It!

     

     

    and..

     

     

    How Sweet it is!

     

     

    Kojo

     

    Still, Laughin’

  27. fleagle1888 on

    Desertbhoy,

     

     

    I’ve just seen on their website that McGettigans are advertising Celtic v Ross County match is on live at the weekend, and yet nothing is listed for tonight – so maybe it’s not available.

     

     

    fleagle

  29. 16 roads - Neil Lennon walks on water. on

    Dublin Noelbhoy – New town mate.If you dander along the main strip,past the Brain Boru,take a left up the wee street it’s there.

     

     

    A Belfast fella owns the pub,tell him that it is on Swedish tv and he will try and get it.Watched a few away games there,it was the only pub in PDC able to show them.Yer man got the games on Al Jazzera.

     

     

    If it’s not on there it won’t be on anywhere.

     

     

    Pint time now.

     

     

    Slan.

  30. oglach on

    Snake Plissken

     

     

    Isn’t Celtic TV a dodgy streaming site? It certainly used to be.

  31. ....PFayr on

    Commons first goal and clean sheet

     

     

    Looking forward to this

     

     

    Mon the hoops !!!!

  34. pigalle on

    …..takes out fob watch and swings it slowly in front of Mr Bangura’s face whispering:

     

     

    “Mo, this is NOT a bounce game, you hear me, this is definitely NOT a bounce game……”

     

     

    IrrationalFearOfMoBanguraNettingAgainstTheHoopsCSC

  35. The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie on

    My Dear Friend,Kojo….

     

     

    Are You Expecting Tae See A Glimmer Of Honesty From A Shouty-Moothed Leftie..

     

     

    On Any Subject Under The Sun …?

     

     

    Chelsea Took $6M From Celtic For The Transfer Of Chris Sutton….

     

     

    Only $2M Less Than They Had Paid For Him,One Year Previously….

     

     

    Sutton’s Style Simply Did Not Fit In With The Team Tactics That The Current Manager Had Chosen To Adopt…..

     

     

    Given The Overall Lack Of Quality In The Chelsea Squad At That Time….

     

     

    Shortly After….Vialli’s Custodianship Was Judged To Be Unsatisfactory…..

     

     

    And He Was Dismissed…..

     

     

    Wolves Still Want A Significant Wedge For An Older And Injury Prone Player….

     

     

    While I Sympathise With The Donegal Farmers….

     

     

    Who Can No Longer Pass Off Auld Donkey As Prime Beef…..

     

     

    To The Unsuspecting British Public….

     

     

    My Charitable Sentiments Are Not Without…..

     

     

    LIMITS..!

     

     

    Still….Laughin’

  36. THE EXILED TIM on

    Snake

     

     

    I wish Celtic TV worked for me here.

     

     

    mate who is a computer geek tried everything he knows to adjust my computer to stop the buffering, to no avail.

     

     

    1 meg and that is a luxury.

     

     

    For some reason unknown to me, streams work much better.

     

     

    HH

  37. Geordie Munro on

    Pigalle,

     

     

    I haven’t bothered my erse about all this big mo shenanigans…..

     

     

    ….but after reading your post I got this flash back to Kenny Miller breaking his duck in the hoops.

     

     

    Eeeek

  38. RobertTressell on

    bigrailroadblues, Son of Warsaw – it’s a laughable situation they find themselves in. Denial. Funny.

     

     

    Jeg er Neil Lennon-Greeninbingley – it does my head in, it really does….. I think I’ll go for the occasional check in on the score option while getting stuff done round the house or playing FIFA 13 with Junior RT….. I think tactically that will be Celtic’s best ploy as long as you don’t concentrate too hard we should be good……

     

     

    This also has the benefit of not trying to work out if Celtic are really playing as badly as the commentator is trying to make out………

     

     

    In the meantime as Rangers fans sometimes say with a very depressed look in their eye ‘Remember the Malmo…..’ and get tore in Celtic…..

  40. saltires en sevilla on

    Kojo

     

     

    From earlier in this thread

     

     

    You have forgotten the fantastic contribution both Kris Commons and Joe Ledley made at the same stage of the CL qualifiers last season?

     

     

    I’m willing to bet Neil Lennon hasn’t forgotten…. if both players fit they will play a prominent role in our drive to make group stage.

     

     

    HH

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