Celtic collected all three points from St Mirren Park at lunchtime today but were under the cosh for most of the game. James Forrest opened the scoring in the 71st minute before Scott Brown secured the points two minutes from time to secure Celtic’s 11th consecutive SPL win.
Marc McAusland forced an early save from Fraser Forster on the goal line as a notice of intent on how the first half traffic was going to flow before Gary Hooper made Celtic’s only attempt on goal in the first half, a hooked shot from 35 yards. After 15 minutes a Mulgrew corner was headed towards his own goal by Steven Thompson, who was fortunate the ball struck his own player on the line. Five minutes alter Thompson tested Forster with a header at the other end which was saved well. Graham Carey had a good chance late in the first half but shot wide from a tight angle.
The second half started in much the same patter with St Mirren flowing forward at every opportunity and Celtic looking out of sorts. Paul McGowan setup Dougie Imrie on his St Mirren debut but Forster saved well again. The home team’s best chance of the game came when a Van Zanten shot from just outside the box was flicked towards the opposite post by McGowan but Forster somehow managed to twist his body and flick the ball safe.
Neil Lennon realised his formation wasn’t working and withdrew Samaras and Ki for Stokes and Commons, the addition of the latter proving crucial. Commons set pieces, intelligent use of his body and possession troubled St Mirren. On 59 minutes his corner was met by Rogne, whose goal-bound header struck McAusland on the raised arm, although the defender knew little about it.
On 71 minutes a Commons free kick was punched clear by Samson by Scott Brown met it at the edge of the area before rolling the ball in front of James Forrest. The Celtic wide player shot first-time from 19 yards and found the inside of the post to open the scoring.
St Mirren continued to push forward and McAusland forced yet another save by Forster. Hooper played a one-two with Stokes before shooting narrowly wide but a minute later Imrie came just as close to drawing St Mirren level.
An 88th minute short corner by Commons to Scott Brown caught St Mirren sleeping. The Celtic captain slipped a left foot shot inside the far post, a carbon copy of his Scottish Cup goal against Rangers last season.
A minute from time a Commons free kick was headed in off the post by Thomas Rogne but the assistant referee incorrectly flagged for offside despite the Celtic defender being four yards onside. The game poor advert for the SFA officials with a bizarre collection of mistakes made over which team knocked the ball out of play at corners and throw–ins.
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RATM says:
21 January, 2012 at 16:52
Me too..and I was thinking Kilmarnock and St. Johnstone are doing well (even taking points off the huns) must be coz they have Irish managers and dont take this Mibbery lying down and then I remembered..oh aye..forgot…Hibs!
I do hope the impartial police force will be safe-guarding those very vocal, Aberdeen casuals from the nastie’s at the underground ?
Hail! Hail!
FF anyone….Achh OK
Has the Lee Wallace myth finally ended?
You know, the one that he’s a good player?
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Should ally resign or be sacked
What do you think loved the guy as,a player just not got it as a manager .
Just looking for people’s thoughts.
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S.o.s Walter
Sorry Ally the passion doesn’t seem to be there, anyone know what Walter’s doing?
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Re: Ally – What’s your style? What’s your game plan?
The man has no clue
He should go now
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Re: Ally – What’s your style? What’s your game plan?
He seems to be way over his head here.
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Re: Ally – What’s your style? What’s your game plan?
Sick of seeing these long hopeful punts up the park. It’s not good enoug
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Re: Ally – What’s your style? What’s your game plan?
Ally has none whyte must act and get him out the door ASAP loved him as a player clueless as a manage
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Re: Ally – What’s your style? What’s your game plan?
He’s clueless, which was apparent even when he was Mr Smith’s assistant.
He’ll be gone at the end of the season, thankfully, taking all his mates with him. No point in sacking him now because who would want to come in whilst there are so many imponderables to first get resolved.
I wonder if Mr Whyte has already written off this season, so now we might see more departures than acquisitions. Would he trust McCoist’s judgement on players after Ortiz, Bedoya, McKay etc? I doubt it.
Once things become clearer in a few weeks I suspect we’ll see Mr Whyte come into his own and get rid of the deadwood.
If the league continues like this I’d like Celtic to go into Administration on the last day of the season, just for a day, so we can take the ten point penalty and still win the league.
Oh the pain and the comedy – listening to the traditional media can be fun especially when the Baa baa gang have turned up for their 4 times a season.
Tell everyone of their fans that it’s true Aberdeen do try only against them, today’s result is proof (despite the fact they still haven’t won at the Deathstar for 20 years). That’ll cheer them up.
Dawwyll King bleating (get it?) that Celtic had an 8 point lead last year and Tax Dodger FC still won the title –
Aye Dawyll but Rangers had TWO games in hand at that point – this year they ain’t got those extra games.
I look forward to the carnage, they’ve earned it.
Updates from FF appreciated throughout the evening, there is not enough laughter in the world.
kitalba says:
21 January, 2012 at 17:21
…there’s a Marxist school in Brisbane??
notthebus says:
21 January, 2012 at 17:23
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Keep that stuff coming….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqApQtM4TGs
Aberdeen goal posted on Huddleboard by Alanmac.
It;s worth a wee look. :-)))
ernie lynch says:
21 January, 2012 at 17:24
you have issues..dont you?
With the next two matches in the cup, Rangers will play another home match (Hibs?) before Celtic go to Tynecastle on the 8th Feb.
A good day today! :-)
just kiddin Ernie..just kiddin
reilly1926 says:
21 January, 2012 at 17:20
‘McCall on snyde there talking like a bittter bitter hun. Rewind to the other night on snyde. “I was brought up in Dumfries so I didn’t have any allegiance to Celtic or Rankers.”’
Bit like Duffield in Kilmarnock then.
Dumfries has an Orange walk. Draw your own conclusions.
That was a hell of a goal from Aberdeen that.
Oooooooohhh!! Call the cops!!!! Steven Gerrard just aggresively blessed himself walking onto the park at Bolton!! Early reportss of huns fainting all over the shop!! Tee-hee…
Reilly
Imagine a fictional spl manager who had no connection to Celtic or Rangers but had played for Rangers and spent his time there chasing plump girls all over the Burnbank Orange Club – why would a fictional spl manger with no connection to Celtic or Rangers do that?.
A work of fiction BTW…
U
For those that had ‘pictures’ was there much brawling amongst the Teddies in the stands today?
I heard there was some choice language used in the padded seats area……
All is far from well, apparently.
I’m sure Whigfield will step forward and ‘explain’.
Oooooooohhh!! Call the cops!!!! Steven Gerrard just aggresively blessed himself walking onto the park at Bolton!! Early reports of huns fainting all over the shop!! Tee-hee…
Mind The Gap..
connents from todays Scotsman
They seem to think they have won the Tax case.
10lysdexic
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 12:12 PM 8; Rangers are not handling the ‘tax case’ that’s being done by MIH. Betts was brought in to procure money and turn the company round if Rangers survived the tax case, now he’s not needed!
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9bring them on
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11:50 AM Photo caption, “I could have been a male model. Honest…”
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8Allthe9s
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11:25 AM Rangers announced only last week that they were in the process of redeveloping the land around Ibrox …. so makes sense that they bring in a property developer and Phil Betts was the finance man brought in because of the tax case and is not needed anymore … happy days at the home of Scotland’s 3nro Champions …
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7Allthe9s
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11:17 AM Rangers are on the up and up and the tax case is won … WATP …
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6Allthe9s
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11:16 AM 5 lol … denial and deflection … the Celtic way since 1888 … lol
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5lysdexic
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11:06 AM I still can’t believe you lot, Craig Whyte has not invested a brown penny in Rangers. He transferred Rangers debt to his own company, so Rangers owe him the money, and ir racking that debt up by the day. The improvements to Ibrox were already in place; the catering company paid for the upgrades to catering, and the Commonwealth Games fund paid for the Stadium Improvements, Rangers have borrowed anything else, from Whyte. The tax case is not ‘behind’ Rangers, the decision hasn’t been handed down yet, but shuffling Directors about is never a positive sign, especially when a Property Developer comes in for a Financial ‘expert’. The result of the FTTT is almost immaterial, because Rangers projected debt without it is £49 million to June 2012, so Rangers are a busted flush anyway. You can all console yourselves that other people are worse off, and wave your 54 titles, many of them tainted, if you like, the simple fact is Rangers are going down. Get grief counselling now, that way you won’t have to wait in the queue when it actually happens
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4Donnie72
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 10:38 AM Now we’ve got the tax case behind us and with Ellis now on board I expect the austere times we’ve seen in recent years to come to an end. We can’t return to the profligate times of Sir David Murray but we can surely outperform Celtic financially and look forward to more titles. Donnie 53 and counting….
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3Allthe9s
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 09:00 AM Rangers appoint new board member and sign young Swede for 250k and are in for Grant Holt at EPL side Norwich and this mug Gibbons is still spouting guff about Rangers tax case and inability tae spend cash … wake up and smell the coffee … I know it will be hard tae swallow that Scotland’s premier club are still in business and if it is any comfort then there are plenty other sad souls greetin in their porridge this morning …
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2Allthe9s
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 07:01 AM What a load of total garbage … since CW has taken over at Rangers he has been financially hamstrung by the previous owner SDM’s 49M tax bill but has still paid the bank 18M and invested in the team and the stadium … now that the tax case looks to have been won by Rangers they are still behind in terms of lost revenue from the early European exits but are now heading into calm water and the future looks bright for Rangers unlike Hertz who are going under ….
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1central
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM At last an article which homes in on the true situation with Rangers and Scottish SPL football. No doubt Hearts are and will continue to be in deep financial trouble but Rangers paying out what they are owed could help them out. Some reports yesterday were suggesting that it looks like Rangers have won the court case regarding Tax issues, but even if it is true it will still leave them in a poor situation and even the cut price offer from Hearts will not be taken up. This will place HMFC in further trouble particularly with the threat of sanctions. The comment in the article suggests that the Rangers Hearts situation is like 2 vagrants playing poker with spent matches. Sadly a few other near vagrants may be drawn into the game.
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We’re good enough to win the league by thirty points this year. We’ll win it by ten. Enough said.
HO–HO–HO….
Whadyyeknow
What is it with huns calling ally n Whyte ‘Mr’?
arseholes
FF..more fall out
Butcher for mccoist ???
I would have butcher in tonight. he has spl experience and wouldnt suffer fools. wouldnt do any worse. and he’s about all we could afford.
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Re: David Healy
Waste of a jersey.
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McCoist – The excuses stop now
1-0 down and what does he do ? Sticks on TWO left wingers.
Bravo Ally, Bra-bloody-vo..
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Re: McCoist – The excuses stop now
It’s just not good enough.
I try to support him but he honestly seems clueless at times
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Re: McCoist – The excuses stop now
At times he looks as if he’s still expecting Walter to come down from the stand at any minute to sort it all out. I take no joy in saying it but he’s simply out of his depth
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Steven Davis – I’ve never seen anyone hide as much
For our supposed captain he is a disgrace
Hid again today and shat himself out of countless challenges which eventually cost us a goal
Time for a spell on the bench
Did anyone see the Boccanegra tacke on the A’deen player when he was through on goal at the end of the game? He was the last defender but was only booked.
SPF
You should drop by here one day if life allows it,I know you’d enjoy it, you’d be drinking with me and many are the times I’ve sat on my front step with a fellow Tim and a whole night has just been wiped from history. But the heavens recorded our songs for posterity and they can’t get any work done but for the rewind
And on that note… does anybody know how Estadio is?
‘GG says:
21 January, 2012 at 17:19
word is that mccoist isn’t even running the show, its his coaching staff
Not that it matters, but my birthday just got better.
Away out to get bladdered now.
Neil’s title is closer.
Enjoy the night.
‘GG says:
21 January, 2012 at 17:25
Good finish!
Big weekend for us, we go into the hearts game top of the league no matter what the huns do!
Oh andby the way GCT… you don’t know me at all.
Bolton 1 up 3 mins
Looks like a Summits imminent
Trouble at Underground
Off oot.
May God Bless ‘Every’ Celtic Fan.
Hail! Hail!
laters…
Alex Salmond running on and doing a citizens arrest on Stevie bhoy at the end of the game might be a distinct possibility..
Why are you so worried McColl?
Mags:
That invite was for you.
The day gets so much better
Sally certainly can’t and las Craigy shan’t afford the shortbread/MSM prelisted swoop fest of International Star makey stuff.
Retard Gordhun has the post hun makings of a sham Jabba acolyte the hun mantra.
Phoney feckers
HHi
is shortbread afraid to go to the phones?