A cursory glance at the table suggests St Johnstone are far off their double trophy winning form of last season. The second most successful team in Scottish football over the last decade (three times more trophies than the cackle of solitary winners) are eighth in the league, five points off a top six spot.
The roof fell in on them last week as Livingston produced three goals from 35% possession and four shots on target, a statistical anomaly for a St Johnstone defence that conceded only six goals in their other eight league games this season. This is a team with a goalkeeper who can keep them out and score at the other end, and a defence which offers opponents few opportunities.
They will be no more adventurous than Ferencvaros when they pitch up at Celtic Park tomorrow afternoon, we will need to be at our best.
That “best” is pretty decent right now. I’m still wallowing in the Rogic-Jota move from Fir Park and its cousin, the Jota-Kyogo goal on Tuesday. Add in the play that saw Ferenc exposed so frequently after the opening goal and we should be confident we can do the same to the winners of last season’s cups.
Dare we ponder the form of St Mirren, unbeaten in six since their 6-0 drubbing at Celtic Park? A home game against league leaders, Newco, is unlikely to phase Jim Goodwin.
Real Betis took a point at home to Bayer Leverkusen last night. Barring an unlikely result for Celtic in Germany (or Ferencvaros in Spain), Leverkusen and Betis are likely to occupy first and second place in the group. The Conference place is our most achievable target.
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For all lurking huns
Born slippy lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTFrCbQGyvM
BELMONTBRIAN on 22ND OCTOBER 2021 10:03 PM
MARSPAPA on 22ND OCTOBER 2021 9:59 PM
Topper tune
HH
Brian
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Cheers pal 👍
My first proper derby was 2-0 in 1970 at the start of the 70-71 season. Bobby Murdoch scored a cracker to put us ahead on a game we dominated. I can’t recall who scored the second. I went to every domestic game with my dad that season except the cup final replay vs them which we won 2-1 after a 1-1 draw. My dad went to every game except in Finland in the first round of the European cup. That season we won the double but lost the league cup to Derek Johnstone ( the first time I realised rangers were allowed to win any proper trophies !). It is interesting how easy we strolled into the Qtr finals of European cup that year. To be honest if we had not been unlucky in the draw we could have strolled it to the final without real tough competition. It does put fears such as Strachan steam reaching the last 16 beating Man U and Benfica and Milan and Spartak and Shaktar into context. We only best Kokola and Waterford to get to the qtrs that year.
Just like ujpest dosza were as tough as it got en route to the semi finals in 72.
Still some great memories of that time and some disappointments. I recall being unable to watch penalties 3-10 at the inter game standing in the exit area between the front and back stands.
Dead in the water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ZrgleyX0g
Mmmmmmm
https://youtu.be/rZkADOukLfs
sneaked this wan in for PETEC
https://youtu.be/rZkADOukLfs
sneaked this wan in for PETEC
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Nice
https://youtu.be/krN3ledny-Y
PETEC ah coodnae no play this …..builds to about the 7th minute then ma heart nearly bursts .
Was there no presser from Ange today ?
BURNLEY78 on 22ND OCTOBER 2021 10:41 PM
Was there no presser from Ange today ?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK2ljdzbylc
https://youtu.be/H4b48Jx7Un0
CLUNKS
for some reason i couldn’t get into OASIS, the brother thingy annoyed me .
But this gave me a different perception of NOEL.
Tic-Toc’d……………..
:))))))))
https://youtu.be/PNbBDrceCy8
BADA
“Watching St Etienne on BT, thats an away strip…”
We’ve had similar in the past. The problem with a uniform green strip with no contrast is that it makes for poor TV viewing, exacerbated if the grass or artificial turf is a similar hue. I think I remember reading somewhere that either UEFA or FIFA may ban all green strips in international competition for this reason. As an alternative, I think the Real Betis strip is a belter.
MARSPAPA on 22ND OCTOBER 2021 10:51 PM
https://youtu.be/H4b48Jx7Un0
CLUNKS
for some reason i couldn’t get into OASIS, the brother thingy annoyed me .
But this gave me a different perception of NOEL
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Nice choice
.This is and always will be my favourite NG song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOg7X8ObOM0
Move over weans. Let it begin. Ange teases January.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTGrV58wec
Celtic PLC. no excuses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCadcBR95oU
Clunks.
Underworld.This track heard on dubnobasswimahead.
Reminds me of cycling downhill after Glenshee munros.bit fitter then :-)seen them in half empty barrowland,after Trainspotting gig mobbed.
Cowgirl.
https://youtu.be/feWNvGpWHLM
:-)
HH
Celtic PLC, Der Hun, and the Five Way Agreement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY
Pete C
Off TEX4 Resistance D unknown.
https://youtu.be/TggKdtVCLGc
There was a track by Banco de Gaia on it.kincajou.
Worth a listen if you have.
HH
“The Rangers FC” (2012 – present).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KL9mRus19o
MARSPAPA on 22ND OCTOBER 2021 10:51 PM
https://youtu.be/H4b48Jx7Un0
CLUNKS
for some reason i couldn’t get into OASIS, the brother thingy annoyed me .
But this gave me a different perception of NOEL.
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Managed to find some “magical mushrooms”
Pink fluffy clouds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ecdn5SGT1E
Sevco a la Rangers (their house of pain is ineffectual).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB54dZkzZOY
Jump Around (January’s coming alright).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzpxjuwZy0
Burnley 78
Was it next season we beat them 3 in row due to stand being built.70/1 maybe.
HH
Just finished off in tge Blane Valley with a couple of songs…
Soda water and lime has a lot to answer for
D :)
emdy goat summit aboot the Church, The ‘Ra, summit con…troversial….the ‘Ra,the Church an’
summit from a stereotype?
repeat ad infinitum, ad nauseum
Aye.
Fluke- Atom Bomb
https://youtu.be/Inz9Urx40OI
HH
BB
🤣👍👍
HH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfihYWRWRTQ&list=RDCfihYWRWRTQ&start_radio=1
Leftfield song of life
https://youtu.be/WCoAndSOF7I
HH
Love. Never Faked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqTX3obKd8U
Weans! Thunderstruck already lol. Bak in the day, St Pauli home games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AC41dglnM
Easter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3XlyT4Ums8
For 45 minutes tonight I left my earthly body and went to heaven.
In heaven they were showing a Janis Iain concert from 1976.
I am back to earth with wet eyes.
Thank fcuk its got busier in here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENPG-aNDhY0
3 weeks till I learn this
Too preachy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyaj2P-dSi8
Jungle Cat CSC
Celtic tomorrow 5pm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EcjWd-O4jI
Muppet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKl-y_LEgsQ