Last night my brother reminded me of a comment he made after the 0-0 against Benfica on match day one of the Champions League, “I hope we’re not sitting with one point after five games”. Expectations can be as high as you like, but reality based on experience at that stage suggested Celtic would struggle to have more than a single point at this stage of the tournament.
A solitary point away from home in our Champions League history would lead the harsh realists to expect our trips to Lisbon, Barcelona and Moscow would be fruitless, leaving the enormous matter of tackling Barcelona at Celtic Park.
Two of those away games resulted in defeat, and we were behind in Moscow before one of the most significant fight-backs in modern Celtic history. It’s difficult to find perspective for the win over Barcelona. Suffice to say, they won 0-2 in Lisbon and 0-3 in Moscow. Celtic’s 2-1 remains the most astonishing result of this season’s Champions League.
Manchester City’s failure to qualify for the knock out stage, with their seemingly limitless budget, tells the story of how difficult this tournament is. England’s other mega-wealthy club, reigning European champions Chelsea, sacked their manager this week as the expectation they are likely to be eliminated at this stage dawned.
Beating Spartak and qualifying for the knockout stage will be suitable reward for a remarkable team.
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In case you missed the story, check out the Celtic Trust’s ‘Stand up for the Green Brigade‘ call on the 12th minute on Saturday. Full details on the Trust’s site.
P.P.S. Stand up for the Green Brigade.
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Kojo……crackpot. HH
Good afternoon CHAMPIONS
Sixtaeseven
Taxus rangers……… Brilliant pmsl
Weefra HH
My Dear, dear,dear,friend.. The Singing Detective..
Hiya, Palomine..
How’s Tricks??
Good tae greet ye..
The Gaza Situation…
Well..
Look.. It is quite useless. tae come oan Here…
Armed wi’ .. Facts..Ma Dear, Dear.. Friend..
Fur.. a Loata Folks..oan here..
“Canny… Handle.. the Facts.”
Fur…
Facts..always. Confuse The Issue..
Facts, get in the Wey..
O’ their
Over Riding Hatred o’ Israel.. and thur..
Over Riding Luv.. fur.. the Fundamentalist Muslims..
Yep.. Pal…
The Poor Jewish Folk…
hiv bin at the Receiving Line. o’ Persecution.. fur.. Two Thousand Years..
So..
Why should You or I .. expect..that Persecution tae Cease..
at this Time..in History…???
Why, Persecution and Pogroms.. Go. Hand in Hand…
Agin the Jewish Folk..
And ALWAYS WULL..
‘
Fur..
That is Jist the wey.. it is.
Kojo
Yer Pal.. who likes ye aloater…
Still.. Laughin’
and his alter ego TSD is a fruitcake
Jungle Jim.
I found a price of 11.04 euros.dropping down to 10.40 euros for a case,it really was the carriage costs i worried about.It would have to come from Portugal.
But thanks for your help.
Hey You. Kojo Haters..
Ye kin surely dae bettah. and
Hurl Back.. at Me..
a Few..
Limpid and Flaccid..
Ad Hominems..??
if those are Your Best Shots.. the usual ..Name Callin’
Then that disnae
Fortify yer Counter Argument../
Wan Leetle Bit..
Kojo
Still..Laughin’.
I support the Green Brigade in highlighting what is happening to them.
Are the law enforcers doing their job, when does enforcement become harassment?
Are the law enforcers guilty of the very laws they’re intending to enforce?
What law has been broken in section 111 that merits this insistent police action?
cv
oldtim
No problem. Hope you enjoy it here as much as you enjoyed it in Lisbon. Not always the case(!), is it? 0:-)
Kojo….
Israel….The Canary In The Coalmine….
For Our Western Democracies…
And The Free World…
“In Any Conflict Between The Civilized Man And The Savage,Support The Civilized Man” (Ayn Rand)
Cathedral View
Pal…
Stoap asking those questions..
Fur..
Naebuddy…Oan This FORUM.. Knows. the Answers tae Those Kinda questions..
So…
well..
Ye shouldane Damn..
Ask Them..
Right?
Of course, Ah am Right..
Maks Sense tae Me.
Kojo
Still… Laughin’..
“In Any Conflict Between The Civilized Man And The Savage,Support The Civilized Man” (Ayn Rand)
We believe Rangers fans to be the “Savages” and they believe us to be so. What does Ayn Rand have to say about that!! ?
JJ
Sir Kojo…
Hale Fellow….Well Met..!
Oor ‘Enemies’ Attack Us….
Because We Have Horizons…..
That Extend Beyond The Mean Streets Of Ru’Glen….
An’ We Dinnae Dance Tae The Beat…..
Of Carmen Miranda’s Tambourine…
Right..?
Right..!
Ayn Rand, seriously?
Oh, it’s that guy pretending to be 2 guys.
Normal scroll past protocol resumed.
Duke
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. The Singing Detective..
Sure..The Canary in the Mine.. is a great Euphemism..
Fur..
Israel..is God’s Chosen…
and…
Dinnae We. Evah . .Forget that..
Israel and God.. hiv a Pact…
and you kin mak damn sure..
That God.. wullnae Break it…
So that means…
Sure.. HE is Punishing Them.. fur .. THEM .. Breaking the Pact
but…
They ur his Children.. and , after he is Satisfied that he has Punished Them, enuff..
then..
Look oot World..
and
Katie Bar the Door….
And Israel wull wance mair. return tae it’s Favoured Position..
In God’s Plan..’
Meanwhile..
God.. wullnae Let Israel. go tae the wall..
They wull Always.. Hing In .. There..
and ye kin bet yer sweet Patootie..oan That.
Kojo
Yer Pal.. who likes ye mair and Mairer.
If we are referencing Ayn Rand here is another of hers to punctuate my previous post concerning the GB.
“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. ”
Kojo- how do your right wing sensibilities sit with that particular take?
It’s a braw licht moon that hings aloft behind a wattery cloud
But if ye canne see the light…I fear fur ye,
and
that’s a cert!
unless of course…… yer at it!
BlantyreKev
Village Idiot, and that’s some claim in Blant’r
Kojo…
Koki Mizumo Looked A Really Bright Prospect ….
When He Played In The Reserves….
But Playing In Midfield…..
He Took Heavy Treatment…..
And Never Looked The Same Player After Gow Of The GA…
Went Over The Ball And Crippled Him….
And He Looked A Bit Sturdier Than Lil’ Ibrahim…
* Mizumo Suffered A Cruciate Injury In His First Game Playing For His New Japanese Club….
Kojo
The god of the ‘chosen race’ – YHWH?
There is some conjecture – according to certain ‘scholars’ – that ‘he’ was an alien visitor to this planet of ours several millenia ago!
HH!!
Bucking strong headwinds in Eglington St, on way home from work
Kojo
When I “translate” your comments on Celtic, I, mainly, find that you make reasonably pertinent points. Certainly, they often indicate a straight-forward analysis of players,systems etc and are unincumbered by self-doubt! When you turn to matters concerning Israel and God`s plan for them ( I have to say I find that concept very strange)you become more of an irrational preacher than a precise (allowing for your style!) commentator on matters Celtic.
Even so, I am never offended by your views as some others seem to be. We should, perhaps, never take ourselves too seriously.
JJ
Stumpie Boy….
Your Manchurian Candidate Ruling By Executive Orders For The Next Four Years..?
By-Passing Congress…..
And Flouting The Constitution….
Do Keep Up…Ol’ Bean…
If the GB have a grievance let them state it in court and present the evidence.
If they go equipped to block the view of other fans and proceed and persist with that then who is to restore that view?
BSR
Mind your language.
Kojo
stick tae fitba
yer bang on about Joe Ledley
but wrong about God’s chosen.
My dear,dear,dear,friend..The Singing Detective..
Pal…You hiv goat that Right!
The Reasons why oor Point of Views differ so muvh.. fae THOSE of Ithers oan Here……. and which mark us.. as
Being.. Strange Flora in this Gairden… is..
We are No…
Fettered BY… the Chains.. o’ Anti- Semitism.. and the Curse o’ Envy o’ awe the Folk
who ur Rich and Powerful..
And ..that is the Difference between.. How we look at certain matters which come tae oor attention.. and Those of Many of Our Fellow Members of this Forum.
Kojo
Yer pal..who likes ye aloater…
Still.. Laughin’
Ah gotta Go. Pal..
See YA. Latah///
Ntass Oolla
Whose view could they possibly block?
As the Celtic forward line used to say to Jinky ‘Keep the high Baw’s low wee man”
I agree with Valentine on that one.
I was brought and educated to believe we are God’s chosen.
The creation of the State of Israel was a blunder of the highest order .
The ethnic cleansing of 100’s of thousands of Palestinians to somewhere to live in tents. While Jewish settlers from all over the world arrive and set up home there.
Just about every Islaeli goverment spokeman has a South African or American accent.
Maybe their ancesters lived there thousands of years ago.
And all of our ancesters came from somewhere else in the past .
Ntass
” educated” ? Hmmm…
To VMHAN
Just reading back on the blog sincere condolences on the loss of your Dad may he rest in peace
Regarding the Barca/ Benfica game who do you think Barca would prefer to meet later on in the C/L us or them (yes i know we have already beaten them)
BT
Met your Dad on Sunday after Mass and Sean will contact him ref the doo will need a late fitness test for Saturday home game have been in bed since Sunday with the dreaded lurgy
Estadio/BRHT
Great posts as ever
JJ those behind them.
Paul Young apparently now hangs his hat on a hatstand.
JJ education is what they called ir at the Wee Mhungo. Catechism was the class.
Ntass Oolla
As far as I am aware the GB are in no way trying to tell other Celtic supporters what they should or should not do.
‘Block the view’ of other fans as you put it – pray tell us what you mean by that.
HH!!
JJ
*pats your fetlocks affectionately*
SSN……………………….Moonbeams set come out of hiding.
Ntass Oolla
Nobody is behind them.
I would call it indoctrination rather than education.
Catechism kind of supports my view.
JJ