Malmo quickly followed up their best result of the season against Salzburg with a 2-1 win over top of the table Gothenburg. They remain four points off the pace but whatever form issues they have had in recent months appear to be resolved.
Champions League football was a harsh experience for Malmo last season. They qualified after beating Salzburg 3-0 in the play-off round, coincidentally the same score they beat the same opponents by in the last round. While Salzburg went on to top Celtic’s Europa League group, Malmo lost home and away to Juventus and Atletico Madrid, winning their only points in a home win over Olympiakos.
I’m sure Celtic will have scouted yesterday’s game in Malmo and will have learned more about the home team than Malmo learned about Celtic during yesterday’s stroll in the park at Firhill. We will have seen them at their best, they will have seen us scarcely breaking sweat.
Ronny will have an idea of the extent of the challenge ahead. Malmo might not be a match for Juventus or Atletico but they know how to play European football. We will all have an important job to do at Celtic Park next week.
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I have noticed that quite often Ronny gets JC to do media stuff, much more than usual. Any ideas or thoughts on this? I remember Mourinho used to get Steve Clarke to do it a lot but can’t think of any other examples. Is it Ronny showing contempt for SMSM.
Mullet and Co 2. It was a needless pointless comment by JC. Seriously whats the point? You cant change it and its their job to make our team concentrate. I’m sorry but its a pathetic excuse making exercise as it was when the huns did it.
For Celtic fans to join in is hypocritical to say the least.
I dont care about the media – the whole country is racist so what do you expect? But we should be better.
BIG NAN @10:25
signed
HH
Asking McInness what he thinks of Celtic is like asking turkeys what they think of Christmas.
His bitter scorn and resentment for our club is written on his face every time we beat them,( which is almost every time we play them.)
It fills him with a jealous rage that we are so far above his team…….and I don’t mean Aberdeen.
Nan
Signed yesterday big fella.
As for McInnes he is just a wannabe hun manager and is playing to the racists. What a surprise.
it still doesnt excuse us acting like huns.
Sorry!
Any latest from Auldheid on Res 12 / response from SFA ???
HH
BGFC
Tontime Tim
re Dermot Gallagher and his attitude to the craig Gordon and Courtois, yellow/ red debate. .
Having met Dermot and discussed celtic with him I can assure you he has big time for us.
Gearoid/ Hamilton
Do you really expect english football fans to treat mc clean any other way
If an English player disrespected the irish national anthem I think he would get a lot of stick. Nothing intolerant about that. Only natural.
The rights and wrongs of his stance are immaterial but every action will provoke a reaction
Did anybody notice if Jason Denayer was in Man City Squad tonight I fell asleep and missed the whole game.
DozyCSC. HH
PapaJ,
Aye he was in squad
HH
kriss commons has scored 86 goals for celtic.
you would need to be really daft to call him a 6 or a 7.
he is the genuine outside the box scorer.
armstrong cant even hit the target at the moment.
kris forces the goalkeeper to make a save with nearly ever shot.
McInnes, Hartley are manager of other clubs who compete against us…save your ire and direct it at the real targets the SMSM and the phone ins. They’re the real enemy. Don’t listen or buy. They are an irrelevance and only want to be anti Celtic.
Kikinthenakas
Has Kev J been on in last 48 hours. Made a post I think 3 days ago which seemed to suggest that crucial life or death results were imminent but to the best of my knowledge hasn’t posted since. Does anyone know Kev or has he been on and have I just missed the post.
Wits
I didn’t expect English football fans to treat MC Clean any other way. What I did express suprise at was Alan Parry going out of his way to state that MC Clean hailed (hailed) from L…… Derry.
Now that is an obvious case of adding “fuel to the fire”.
I expected nothing less from English football fans to treat MC Clean the way in which he was treated tonight given the way in which incidents involving James Mc Clean are reported.
And yes Wits I know he (like Neil Lennon) brings it on himself
before I disappear back into the lurk
has anybody seen or heard from Kilbowie Kelt?
haven’t seen him post in ages
hope he’s ok
HH
Gearoid
Alan parry
I believe he referred to him as” the northern irishman from londonderry”
That’s either being deliberately provocative or just plain stupid.
Unfortunately for James he is now a target.
Neganon2
Why don’t we all join in and Condemn our ass. Manager for telling the truth…..great idea….
Quotes
“Juventus can train in my back garden, it would make no difference. If they want to prepare at a Division Three training ground let them get on with it.”
Twenty four hours before his side’s Champions League clash with Juventus, Celtic’s Kris Commons responds to the news that Rangers had offered their training facilities to the Italian side. (Feb 2013)
“I make comparisons with Lubo. Lubo was a magician. Kris is a little bit more direct, but he is dynamite with both feet. He is intelligent, his movement is very good and he is probably our best player, as Lubo was back in the day. He probably doesn’t have the natural skills Lubo has but he is certainly more of a goal threat. “It’s all about making the most of your time here. Kris is writing a very good legacy for when he does retire. He is a player I believe will get better because there are aspects of his game he can work on. At 30, the penny drops, but his goal return this season has been good and he’s so important for us. He’s got three, four, five good years still in him and he’s getting better. We have an option on Kris. I’d say we would be taking it . . .”
Neil Lennon on Kris Commons (2014)
“I’m more than happy staying here and I’m more than happy to play out my career here. The fact is I don’t want to be anywhere else. I played a long time in England and there is no great yearning to go back.”
Kris Commons (2014)
McClean didn’t disrespect the Anthem he ignored the Union Jack Flag. He stood still for the Anthem, but didn’t turn to face The Butcher’s Apron. Fair dues to him.
Papajoe55
If you fell asleep, you missed an exquisite goal by Big YaYa, and a master class by the brilliant David Silva. Pretty one-sided though, especially first half, as Silva wouldn’t let West Brom have the ball.
Gearoid
We all bring things upon ourselves to a certain extent
I admire McLean for the stand he has taken, but he must have known that it would set him up as a target for the boo boys and twitterati. Which in fairness makes his stand even braver. .However I fear for his career in England
Barrach, I always liked Kilbowie, he had a great knowledge and vast repertoire of Irish songs. I think he was becoming disillusioned with blog and certainly hasn’t posted for many months. You always assume & hope that some other CQN’er would know him and would report if anything serious had befallen him .
Cork celt
You are splitting hairs now and maybe being silly I don’t know.
Let’s agree none of us on here are fans of the union jack or god save the queen but by his actions James must have known he was setting himself up for a reaction.
Why they played national anthem at a club friendly is another matter
CORKCELT
I hope you’re right as he’s one of the good guys
HH
nightnightcsc
A wee repost for night shift.
Auldheid on 10th August 2015 12:41 pm
This new entry into Celtic blog land should be of interest first to my generation who started following Celtic in the late 50s but, as it moves forwards in a kind of 24 Hours style, to embrace the ones who picked up their green and white scarves in the 60s and 70s and later, to many many more Tims.
Jim Craig is the man giving his own personal slant on events and you might want to bookmark and follow as history is brought up to date as you read each new narrative.
http://www.football50.co.uk/my-personal-story-begins-1964-1965-part-1/
Gearoid/Wits
Having now read how Parry referred to McClean I think it was an incredibly stupid and ignorant way to describe him.
31003 tell me what was the point in what JC said? Is it going to change a thing? Will we suddenly get better? Or to quote Paul from earlier posts isnt this just creating an excuse for the team to underperform?
When the huns used to say all this crap I hated them for it.
And here we are. Repeating history.
Being arrogant hun like people.
Its so weird watching history repeat itself without any acknowledgement from Celtic supporters who used to condem the huns for the same.
Maybe I am just confused.
Or some people on this site are just confused.
But either way to a blind man with a stick, CQN posts are diminishing rapidly. The death of the boards voice awaits…
THE GREEN MAN on 10TH AUGUST 2015 7:42 PM
JJHS
According to Malmo, they are better than us….and they are more or less through.
Their manager has been bumping his gums, he was hoping to draw us.
I hope he keeps it up.
You speak the truth. Very arrogant and cocky.
Hamilton
Do you think parry is just an idiot or was being deliberately provocative
I genuinely don’t know
Big Georges Fan Club – Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on 10th August 2015 11:15 pm
Any latest from Auldheid on Res 12 / response from SFA ???
HH
Nothing to report yet but I think there will be by next week, one way or another.
kikinthenakas on 10th August 2015 11:31 pm
Spot on about the SMSM. I just wish the Club would be more vociferous in challenging them and let us , the fans, know they are doing so.
If we progress to the CL group stages, the likes of SSN, the DR, BBC and Clyde should be chased and we should only carry out what we are contractually obliged to do with them and all those who continually bad mouth us.
Is that correct the Scottish Sportswriter of the Year, two years in a row (who votes these people?!) is currently banned from Celtic Park?
Wits
I don’t know either mate. It’s possible he’s genuinely ignorant of how his choice of language would be received but it’s equally possible that it was a deliberate act designed to provoke.
Wits
Or was he just following the BBC script?
What Collins said is true but personally I would have preferred if he didn’t say it. On the one hand it sets us up for a right kick in the Ass if and when we next drop points in the SPFL and secondly I can understand how other teams and supporters might feel disrespected.
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Hamilton
Yes I would never underestimate how ignorant of the nuances of irish affairs/ politics/ history that english people can be.
Auldheid
Thanks for posting that link.
Looking forward to the review of the season of my first game, The Dream Season, a 6-1 victory at Paradise over St. Johnstone, October ’66 Cairney wasn’t playing though, it was Willie O’Neill, but saw Joe McBride grab a brace and miss a penalty.
Will be forever grateful to my dad’s mate Jim who took me along, and got me hooked.
Hail Hail!