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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Playing football for fun? It’ll never catch on!……………
“It says a lot about him (Carlton Cole). He’s earned his money and it’s not as if he’d earn nothing here – the money is quite OK!” said Ronny Deila.
“It shows that he wants to enjoy the last years of his career and enjoy the last few years of his football. He’s a lovely guy and at his age you start to think that the bank account doesn’t always make you happy. When you don’t have money you think it’s the only thing in the world. Then when you have it you realise that it doesn’t make you happy.
Money gives you freedom – and he now has the freedom to come here and play for less money but to have more fun. That’s a big thing for a player.”
Just seen a Clip of Barrack Obama’s daughters wearing tartan, meeting the Pope ..
Hangs them, neg .. How dare they!!!
Horriblle Jock, Nazis!!!
Beddy Bawz ..
Sleep tight all you good guys .. And have a fruitful day .. You SH characters ..
Nite
“To lose a game in the early stages of the cup is the worst thing – I’ve had good and bad experiences in that regard – but we’ll be doing everything we can to win tomorrow night.”
Ronny-D, BEFORE the huns got dumped last night!
Tomorrow night Ronny needs to resist the temptation to play the in form players and bring in a few backups.
Craig needs a wee rest to protect him from injury
I’d like to see a CB partnership of Boyata and Simunovic to let their understanding grow and to get both of them closer to full match fitness.
Lustig needs wrapped in cotton wool and since Izzy is unavailable for the EL game we should field Janko and Blacket as the full backs.
Broonie wont want to sit the game out but we can’t afford to lose his drive and cussedness from more competitive upcoming games. I’d put him on the bench in case we screw up the first half and need captain courageous to rescue the game.
Bitton could do with a wee rest as it’s Yom Kippur (I couldn’t come up with a novel reason to leave him out :-) )
Ciftci needs a start to attain match fitness and Leigh needs some time off to collect his Tunnock’s tea cake parcel from Uddingston.
So feel free to discredit the following line up
or just to ignore and scroll past
Bailly
Janko, Boyata, Simunovic, Blackett
Johansen, Rogic, Mulgrew, Forrest
Commons, Ciftci
Tin helmet at the ready
GG,
Earlier you said (about Cole) “I’d rather we gave the likes of Nesbitt, Lafferty or Duffy a run out from the bench or even a start.”
I tend to agree that at least one of those should start tonight, preferably Nesbitt, but you don’t include any in your selected line-up. I’m just sittin’ here wonderin’ why?
HH
They played in the 1-1 draw against Hamilton development yesterday.
And there is a game against Benfica on Thursday
I just watched the goals from the development squad match against Accies.
I didn’t see the line ups, so maybe the youngsters didn’t start.
We lost Accies’ goal from a free kick headed down on to the scorer.
I didn’t see enough to determine whether we were using zonal or man marking.
‘GG,
1-1 draw with Accies was Monday, the team was……….
McCabe, Wardrop (Murray 60), Waters, McCart, Kelleher, Breslin, Hendry, Hill, Miller (Johnston 80), Thomson, McIlduff,
Subs: Doohan, Higgins, Payne , Archibald, Kidd.
http://www.celticfc.net/news/9151
Neil Lennon etc
My bad
Yankees hit a three run homer top of the 10th to take a 6-3 lead against Blue Jays.
Blue Jays left the bases loaded at the bottom of the 9th.
Mike in Toronto won’t be a happy chappy come the morning
Solo home run for Blue Jays reduces the deficit with 1 out.
‘GG
Who is Laurie Ross?
What has he done to merit a 5-year contract with Celtic?
Can he play left back?
:~)
Neil Lennon & McCartney on 23rd September 2015 3:49 am –
And more importantly
What’s his CQN handle and does he have his cheese toasted or roasted?
I was just wondering if Celtic are compensating Laurie Ross as they were taken to the cleaners when they underwrote Derk Boerigter’s personal injury insurance.
Good night or good morning.
I should be dark for Yom Kippur
but
Scotland take on Japan in the egg chasing tournament tomorrow, with a local 9am start
and
Raith Rovers bring their 132 year history to Celtic Park in the afternoon.
Modern streaming technology is a boon.
Something to thank Al Gore for?
“The UK’s historic legacy of leadership on the most important moral issues faced by humanity…….”
Al Gore, this week.
Moral issues like opium wars, slavery, child labour etc.?
Yip, we led the way all right.
Ach, av slid intae polytics noo, crivvens!
OOt!
NEIL LENNON & MCCARTNEY on 23RD SEPTEMBER 2015 4:30 AM
“The UK’s historic legacy of leadership on the most important moral issues faced by humanity…….”
Al Gore, this week.
Moral issues like opium wars, slavery, child labour etc.?
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The big picture.
U.S.
Canada
Australia
New Zealand.
India ……the largest democracy in the world.
Pre-Boer South Africa
Pre Beijing Hong Kong
If you had to be colonised,you were lucky if it was by the British and Irish empire.
Compare and contrast.
Macjay
Largely, and especially early, a most particularly if you weren’t a WASP…. no you really weren’t!
Up at 3.45 to fly to London. Got an email to say I’d had a win in the euromillions. Tantalised all the way to the airport not knowing how much I’d won…..£9.20!
So off I go to work!
HH jamesgang
PS ghuys…..the continual verbal square goes are profoundly off putting.
‘For those who are in love…’ Get a room.
‘For those who feel oppressed’ …. Swap emails and take it off line.
Please!
HH jamesgang
jamesgang on 23rd September 2015 5:46 am
I`m just a W.
:-)
Good morning friends and welcome to Matchday from a beautiful red-sky-in-the-morning dry and gorgeous looking East Kilbride.
No slip ups tonight please Bhoys.
SFTB
Apologies I fell asleep.
I only wondered because it was a pretty much best 11 (available) with exception of those two.
I’d probably go with your starting 11 too.
Mon the hoops
Bobby Murdoch’s Curled-Up Winklepickers
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PhilBhoy
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Ghuy’s…I’m Overwhelmed!
Awe-Struck!
Bowled-Over!
Pinching myself.
I’m Not Worthy of such attention and, I’m too shy.
Will respond properly in due course.
Away Off oot…knowing that I’m in the wrong movie.
……laters. YNWA.
Oh, before I go…..
Michael O’Halloran is a young Gary Hooper.
Jim McIntyre….watch this space.
…..oot. YNWA.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-footwear/magic-hat-for-sale/1134720822
Happy clapper am I as the sevco dough balls fail to rise in last night’s moderately warm Ipox oven.
Cheap ingredients to blame denied by the master baker and the empty calorie munching sliced white bread toasties of the msm!
HH
How’s can we sign Cole on a short term loan deal if he doesn’t have a club to be loaned from?
Sun just breaking over the east horizon of erskine. Pretty spectacular.
Oh what a beautiful morning.
It’s cool though.
Think I might need to put on a magic hat
From FF:
– who was that pig no.9 for them? Can’t believe he wasn’t sent off!!!
– Steven McLean. He used to play for us…
Stupid, hurting, stinking huns!!! ;-)))
Macjay
Has the UK lost it’s moral compass?
What Al Gore actually said..
“The UK’s historic legacy of leadership on the most important moral issues faced by humanity, including the climate crisis, is long and has been recognised with respect by the community of nations.
“It is time for the UK government to honour and live up to that legacy, and return to its global leadership position, domestically and abroad, by supporting an ambitious international agreement in Paris that unleashes the power of the private sector to create a global clean energy economy.”
This government, in my humble opinion, doesn’t have any integrity, time and again it is playing fast and loose with the country’s moral rectitude and is only brought to book if the polls reveal a public dislike of their chosen path. Referring to refugees as a ‘swarm’ one week and then quickly backtracking following the pictures of Aylan Kurdi and Tory private polling is the latest example.
I believe this country has indeed lost it’s moral compass, the US led and UK obedient lapdog obedience of the corporate led dog eat dog culture of this last 40 years is obliterating the social and moral compass of this country.
Decisions about such issues as refugees and global warming are based primarily on corporate considerations, moral considerations are way down the list of aspects to deliberate on.
As always, I only have a very short time to catch up with CQN during the week but I will catch up with any reply and respond when I can.
ARCHDEACONSBENCH on 23RD SEPTEMBER 2015 7:20 AM
Hahahahahahaha …. Brilliant ….. They just can’t help themselves.
A quick look at the BBC Scotland website shows that they don’t even mention a game they spent a lot of money to show on TV last night – strange that – said no one ever
Re peepul will not tolerate the reality of their team not being SPFL material, and it will be reflected in a gradual reduction in attendances at ipox, which is all to the good …..
What is the magic hat stuff about?
MURDOCHBHOY on 23RD SEPTEMBER 2015 7:29 AM
Macjay
Thanks for that clarification.
Moral compass?
Global warming is a theory.There wasn`t any for 18 years(Viz. N.A.S.A.) so they changed the name to climate change.
The current huge exodus from everywhere to Europe was caused by stupid Merkel and now she expects the rest of Europe to pick up the tab.
The end of the E.C. loometh.
Stopthewhingers on 23rd September 2015 7:17 am
Happy clapper am I as the sevco dough balls fail to rise in last night’s moderately warm Ipox oven.
Cheap ingredients to blame denied by the master baker and the empty calorie munching sliced white bread toasties of the msm!
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Warburton is yeasterday’s man!
Morning all.
Overcast down here. Looks the same on here after an evening which should have brought a wee lift to all Celtic supporters. Strange or maybe not………………….