Short-term fix for staple Euro strategy

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There’s always a bit of reticence signing a player who has been away from his previous club for four months. Carlton Cole hasn’t played since starting West Ham’s final games of last season, and presumably has only trained in isolation since then.

Expectations of a quick return, should Celtic offer him a contract, have to be tempered with the realisation that he’ll be at least a month away from full fitness, but by then we will be set to face Molde away.

One aspect of our play that will concern Ronny Deila is that we’re short of attacking variation. The high ball forward to Samaras, so long our staple on the road in Europe, is not an option. This will be the reason why Carlton is training at Lennoxtown this week.

I’d expect a short-term deal to be concluded between now and January, to give both sides a chance to check out the fit.

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  1. Jebus the commentators on bbc Scotland are really willing the underdogs on. Fair play for promoting the little leagues.

     

     

    You’d swear TRFC were really all over Saints.

     

     

    Watch with your eyes not your ears.

     

     

    It’s a different game if you do that.

  2. Poor BBC Scotland… Guess there’ll be no more live coverage of the later rounds of the LC now that Sevco are as good as out of it?

  3. OLDTIM67 on 22ND SEPTEMBER 2015 8:47 PM

     

     

    These commentators are more biased than the commentators are on Celtic TV.

     

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    The Celtic TV commentators always appear perfectly balanced to me. :-)))

  4. Gordon64

     

     

    Haha well that would probably be the wisest thing!

     

     

    Forgot to lock my van and was working in someones house.

     

    We had a midweek game and i was going straight to it when i finished.

     

    Had my bag in the back but it was offski when i came back out to get my lunch which was offski as well along with my stereo :(

  5. Andrew Kerins Green and White Army on

    Just reading back – henrickschip- huns and nunnery in the same sentence wont even say what came into my mind when i saw yhat

  6. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar...... Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    The BBC commentator is a complete and total fud

  7. I didn’t know the score and when I first posted I had just seen it online.

     

     

    Watching now and can’t believe St Johnstone scored 1 never mind 3.

     

     

    King must have dipped into the warchest to give them spare cash for blue rocket fuel!

     

     

    Hail Hail

  8. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Sitting on the edge of my seat .

     

    Reliant on C.Q.N. updates.

     

    Streams blocked because of Ad Block .

  9. Shortbread “commentaters” are, as per usual, totally biased and disgusting. Get it right ‘roon them!

  10. St Johnstone players showing once again that the most difficult distance in football is between the ears!

  11. Ball whacked St Johnstone defender on the hand in the box. No way deliberate but if Ref was at it, he had an opportunity. Don’t care what anyone says in my opinion Ref has been good.

  12. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar...... Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    Commentators getting angry now …..pathetic display of unadulterated bias

  13. It’s been a few minutes since we were last told that there’ll be a penalty and red card.

     

     

    Is everyone OK?

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