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. Neganon2,

     

    yes I agree referring to Kezia Dugdale as “the dug” is out of order,

     

    i had only asked as you were obviously angry about certain comments,

     

    but never mentioned the one mentioning Davidson,

     

    cheers for the reply

  2. Careful With That Tax, Moonbeams on

    Don’t give the Scottish MSM another lifetime to ram a defeat to RR down out throats ..

     

     

    Don’t care if we scrape a goal in ET ..

     

     

    But my instinct tells me .. We’ll pump them!!

  3. Was in bliss tonight with that result,until that trumpet Neganon came on and staight away started his usual ,boring guff.An absolute @rse of a human being.

     

    Would help a lot if he could spell.Were the SNP in government when he was educated?.Shame,that free university place would have helped him grasp the language better.

  4. SFTB

     

     

    I would like to see,

     

     

    Gordon

     

    Janko Bhoyata Ambrose Izzy

     

     

    Brown Bitton

     

     

    Forrest Rogic Commons

     

     

    Ciftci

  5. Careful With That Tax, Moonbeams on

    Kezia isn’t a dug .. Come on!!

     

     

    Would you rather get gubbed into her or Johann Lamont ?

     

     

    She’s no the sharpest knife in the drawer .. But no way she’s a dug!!

     

     

    :)

  6. Delaneys,

     

    decent team there,

     

    i just want the strongest possible team available,

     

    same performance and result from the weekend suits me

  7. Would Just like To hear From One of The Unionist Loyalist CQN Brigade sbout the instance when they wete subjected to Racilst Secterian Beheviour This week last week ..Wheneverer.In Racist Secterian Scotland…i will wait

     

    ..

     

     

     

     

    y

  8. HT

     

     

    I think we need to rest some of our regulars. This is our opening League Cup fixture and we are going to need our regulars for Europa fixtures and later rounds of the LC against Premiership opposition.

     

     

    Ciftci just scored- Leigh might get hit with a ban for the Skacel thing. Boyata has played most games of our back 4 options.

     

     

    To be honest, I think the team will be based on who’s fit and available but I don’t want to see Broony rested until the tie is secure

  9. Careful with the tax…She aint a dug…i worry about you mate….Check out ALEXANDRA BRECKINRIDGE….youre Welcome..Bless

  10. Gordy

     

     

    High scoring Celtic wins like Sunday make the fitba an attraction.

     

    I am looking forward to similar tomorrow night.

     

    See you soon pal.

  11. Glibby McShameless on

    Now that I’ve showered and changed my troosers and Tena Men’s after the Warble’s Unbeatables got well and truly shown up for what they are, I’ll risk further damage to my rib cage to add my “haepenceworth” as Charles de Normandie would say.

     

    Their goalie seems to get smaller when he dives.

     

    The Backs are a complete liability.

     

    Centre backs slow as treacle.

     

    Midfield soft as sh*** and devoid of ability.

     

    The front yins appear to be skillful, but against savvy guys like St. J, they just huff and puff for no end result.

     

    Their CF is utter Keech.

     

     

    Yes, they are different from Ally’s Ar**s BUT, they are still pantsmince.

     

     

    And what about the KKK Wizard hats????????? Do these twallies revel in making pure fud’s of themselves? Is this what makes them rapeepil?

     

     

    And nice to hear Warbmeister at the end. Just another Myth in the making.

     

     

    Am away now to put my lower body clothing in the washer.

     

     

    In the unlikely event of hun and SMSM lurkers tonight……….

     

    GIRUYEEZ ya Klan plankers!!!

  12. Captain Beefheart on

    Dare I suggest that some of the songs from the away support are hardly likely to endear us to our country?

     

     

    Most of Scotland couldn’t give a damn about this sectarian crap. Why persist with the notion that they do?

     

     

    Evening Neg. I share some of your dislike for the SNP but the Ernie Lynch ideas about a Catholic hating bunch don’t resonate with me. The Church has been very friendly with the SNP.

  13. Macjay,

     

     

    Ok. thought so.

     

     

    Maybe have a beer when you are back in Glasgow, but you will have to be better prepared.

     

     

    No personalised comments, without evidence or authority.

     

     

    Anyway,

     

     

    Night

     

     

    Clogher

  14. BGX and careful with that tax. You both fall under the same category as I heard he was dead. You are mysogninistic fools who would rather talk about the looks of the,politician you face than policies.

     

     

    It sums up everything about the facists rising in Scotland and that you feel comfortable with it on cqn probably says a lot about cqn too.

     

     

    Your pathetic sunlike categorisation of Kazia Dugdale is of course to be expected on

     

    F the new politics in Scotland.

     

     

    That so many of you ardent nationalists keep doing this says everything. Your desire for nationalism is so overpowering it overrides any decency you may have had.

  15. Careful With That Tax, Moonbeams on

    Awe Naw .. Neg said fascist again ..

     

     

    Huh, huh, huh .. Huh, huh, huh!!

     

     

    Change the channel, butthead!!

     

     

    Huh, huh!!

  16. Captain beefheart. The Catholic Churches love affair with the SNP is indeed interesting. I have it on good authority that the Catholic Church agreed to toe the line on independence in the agreement that separate catholic schools were guaranteed.

     

     

    Now then is that a good thing?

     

     

    Maybe but of course you are doing a deal with not one but two Devils. Trusting a racist country to hold to a promise is of course daft. But from the Catholic Churches perspective being okay with its subjects being subject to racism says more about their desire for power rather than their care for their people.

     

     

    Expect no help from the Catholic Church.

  17. Negannon2..with regards to your post to Turkeybhoy…Just Scream it Loud And Proud..” Im here and in queer”.

     

     

    Go Girl…

  18. BGX. I’m so glad you will add homophobic to your long list of silly facist views.

     

     

    Ps. Everyone don’t tell him or the others that I am about to celebrate my 25 th wedding anniversary with my wife and two daughters. It doesn’t fit their facist stereotype.

  19. BGX.

     

     

    God bless you for making my point.

     

     

    Not only are you mysogninistic but you are homophobic.

     

     

    And you keep asking people when they experienced racism or sectarianism.

     

     

    Good people of cqn. Here you have, exposed, among you, hunlike facism, racism, sexist, homophobic independence loving dafties.

     

     

    Just a couple of posts exposed the, for what they are.

     

     

    What say you decent people of cqn?

  20. Careful With That Tax, Moonbeams on

    25th wedding anniversary ?

     

     

    You’ve the mindset of a primary 2 pupils who’s Ma’s called Senga and Da’s called Billy..

     

     

    :)

  21. I must admit folks. BGX grasping like a sweaty sex pest onto my jovial rebuke of turkebhoy is really revealing.

     

     

    BGX are you just stupid or are you homophobic?

     

     

    Your choice ya daftie. But it’s either one or the other.

  22. Captain Beefheart on

    Neg, all the best.

     

     

    Always good to see the regular posters but how about some new contributors? Masochistic tendencies certainly help.

  23. Negganon 2My Preferance is For Woman..Your Sexual tension that you Feel for Turkeybhoy is Your thing..

     

    iDoubt it is Reciprocated..

     

    But Hey..Crack on Girl Friend..