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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Chill indeed.
Every time Celtic win,this is the one I blast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA2CDJWx5So
It’s your time now Lenny Bhoy.You will never be John Stein,or James Connelly Johnstone,nobody can be.But you are close,you are getting there. 18 – NFL.
Respect to yerself,and each and every Celtic supporter,all over the world.
Oiche mhaith.
made of stone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0whFVTxZs8
HT
G64 saw fit to question TRs celtic credentials.
Then said Enough of that Rubbish (Or similar) to another poster.
Who made him so important?
.
HamiltonTim..
I Have Never said a Bad Word about Celtic..
l am also a HamiltonTim (In Name)..Ha..
Summa
Hamilton Tim 0100
Still marking the homework,bud?
TC
Being a Celtic supporter brings with it
a responsibility.
HH
what the world is waiting for
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGOaro9kfS4
Sugar spun sister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQnELW-7yZw
SOUND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smsdz-kstqE
larssonse7en,
just when you thought it was safe to go back into the jungle
I suspect some intoxicating substance(s) have been taken. Definetely time for bed.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS says:
22 January, 2012 at 01:06
I understand now who it is….nice folk…
Tell PFAYR,TTTT etc my posts are wanted….
ok so I am self indulgent…
When I think of the cheating huns over my lifetime especially in the last 20 years or more I try and empathize with Celtic managers of the past. What did they think? What did they think when they saw Celtic being out manouevered by referees, the SFA, the SPL, the media and hun financial corruption now all exposed as the sham it is.
It wasn’t even a conspiracy it was blatant cheating. Now that it is all imploding and we have the same institutions flapping over how to save them and bail them out with laws and regulations and more cheating I can only think of Tommy Burns.
Newco?
Celtic in all its manifestations cannot allow it.
It will be the end of my world as I know it and I will blame all of you.
Partisan
We are all equal in the Celtic world.
My opinion is of no greater or lesser importance
than any other Celtic supporter.
HH
Fred C. Dobbs says:
22 January, 2012 at 01:11
Luv it!!!
I Can’t believe It!
I can’t four male royalty hierarchy believe It!
4 pts ahead. Only 4 pts ahead with what? Nearly the season done. Not ruddy good enough Celtic. Shocking in fact. So shocking in fact I’d even go as far as to say I may holiday in Cults or Sydney this year. Just to cheer myself up a little.
MWD hates being 4 ahead and in control cause it give the manic Tim preachers F all tae moan aboot. ;-)
GREENLION2
Been in that type of company once or twice,mostly inadvertently. Not pleasant,and the toilet windows are seldom big enough to crawl out from.
They’re welcome to each other,though Hughes is no more of a Rangers fan than any of the rest of them.
How do you get to that level of gangsterism-allegedly-at 29,ffs? Fella to be watched,methinks.
Partizan,
Gordy yer buddy saw it unusual that I was looking at Huns sites.Nothing unusual in that.Now the air is clear.
No fall out.I am an absolute Tim.
Partizan
Easy tiger he was only asking a question :-)
SoS
Belshill is never Hamilton ya chancer ye we’ve got too many Tims here :-))
BMCUW
Indeed mate although I’m hoping that with the rapid developments in scientific technology shortly I’ll have a wee robot to do it.
A bit like having a missus to do all the housework :-))
HT
Thanks pal.
12 league wins on the bounce.
Happy days.
G64
You’re welcome ya grumpy sod :-)))))
And now for something so completely….. Leftfield ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D56eqR-qiM
Enjoy
http://www.wosba.org/go/the-republican-bands-march-on
pyfinl
Vampire huns
Three huns walk into a bar… The bartender looks at them suspiciously, but decides to serve them anyway. “What’ll be, boys?”
The first hun says “Blood. Give me blood.”
The second hun says “I too wish for blood!”
The third hun says “Give me plasma.”
The Bartender smiles and says “Got it. Two bloods, and a blood-light.”
A hun walks into a book shop and says, ‘Can I have a book by Shakespeare?’ ‘Of course, sir,’ says the salesman. ‘Which one?’ The hun replies, ‘William.’
EMILIO Izaguirre shakes his head furiously then buries it in his hands. The Celtic defender has fought back from a broken leg but still has one major hurdle to overcome. “In two weeks’ time I will have another go,” says the Honduran. He’s talking about his driving test which he failed for the third time on Thursday.
Izaguirre can mock distress over a minor pain because he is over the major one, a pain the 24-year-old suffered when he snapped his ankle at Pittodrie in the club’s second game of the season. It left last season’s player of the year unable to contribute to the first four months of this campaign. Yet however grievous the incident for the player, he felt compelled to watch television replays of it.
“I heard a click but I didn’t know what it was then reached down and felt the ligaments were swollen,” he says. “After the first month, I didn’t stop going to the gym. I was in there every single day.”
That is how he coped ahead of his return to the senior side on 2 January. With three starts since, the defender says every week he is feeling “better and better”. A deeply religious man, Izaguirre maintains he never felt low or isolated, even 3,000 miles from home and unable to immerse himself in his job.
“I actually never felt really sad, I was always focusing on getting better and that kept me going,” he says. “And I always felt part of the team anyway because I was there to support them. That made me feel stronger, work harder with my rehabilitation and make sure I got back in the team. It was very, very tough for me and my family for me to be out for so long but I am very grateful to God for helping me get back playing again.”
And Scott Brown. The attributes that make the Scotland midfielder a fit for the Celtic captaincy may sometimes escape outsiders but Izaguirre is gushing over what Brown brings to the squad dynamic. Sharing hour upon hour of gym-time with the fun-loving Fifer, who was building up his fitness following ankle surgery, has the full-back beaming from ear to ear.
“He is crazy, crazy,” says Izaguirre, the phrase the only one he provides in English in the course of an interview otherwise conducted through a Spanish interpreter. “Scott Brown, Kelvin Wilson, Mark Wilson, we were all in the gym together most days and we got support from each other. Spending time in the gym with Scott was crazy. He is very funny, but I think he is a very good captain, he gives us all a lot of support.
“He is always a happy person and is one of a kind in a way. He is always first into training and first to show the rest of the team the way. He supports everybody, and the experience he has of playing here with Celtic and knowing other big players helps. The leadership he shows and the charisma he has is contagious in a way.”
Izaguirre’s warmth could be similarly described. He begins and ends sit-ins with the written media by going round each one and shaking their hands. An endearing affectation, the player is just too damn respectful to his God and fellow human beings to serve up any juicy titbits on his Honduran buddy Jorge Claros, currently on trial with Rangers.
The pair were pictured shopping in Glasgow this week, the same day that Claros was quoted as saying a move to Rangers would set him up with Scotland, his research having told him that the club had won more league titles and cups than any other in Scotland. What does Izaguirre think of that claim?
“As a player I wish him all the best, as I do with all other players. But if we ever get on the field against each other, we will not be friends. It is none of my business if Jorge signs for another team, but I only speak highly of other players, the decision will be down to the coaching staff at Rangers. He is a very good man marker and is very good at running. But I am at Celtic so I don’t want to say anything about any other team.”
Plenty was said over the summer about Izaguirre being the target for other teams, notably Manchester United. He signed a contract extension already agreed with Celtic during his time on the sidelines but says of the Old Trafford link: “My goal is to concentrate on Celtic then we will see what happens.”
The player doesn’t draw great comfort from the fact that, with his injury occurring right at the start of the season, he has been able to return for the title run-in and the decisive days in cup competitions awaiting Celtic as they chase the treble. He does admit, though, that there is a personal aim he wants realise.
“I was frustrated by the injury because I didn’t want my first season at the club to be like a ‘one-off’ thing,” he says. “I hope the second half of the season will show that I still have a lot to give to the club.”
So integral was Izaguirre to the Celtic cause that there is little doubt he will give them plenty; enough to see them atone for the defeat at Inverness that allowed Rangers to clinch their third consecutive championship.
“The title is an objective obviously that we want to reach,” he says. “Last season, for very little, that objective escaped through our hands.” His Celtic team are in the driving seat in a manner that shouldn’t have Izaguirre agonising.
Scotlandonsunday
In 1933 Einstein visited Glasgow on his way to the USA and he met some huns. (Trust me I know)
2 things bothered him till he the day died many years later in Princeton New Jersey in 1955.
What is gravitation?
and
Whats the speed of dark?
Margaret McGill says:
22 January, 2012 at 01:14
ok so I am self indulgent…
When I think of the cheating huns over my lifetime especially in the last 20 years or more I try and empathize with Celtic managers of the past. What did they think? What did they think when they saw Celtic being out manouevered by referees, the SFA, the SPL, the media and hun financial corruption now all exposed as the sham it is.
It wasn’t even a conspiracy it was blatant cheating. Now that it is all imploding and we have the same institutions flapping over how to save them and bail them out with laws and regulations and more cheating I can only think of Tommy Burns.
Newco?
Celtic in all its manifestations cannot allow it.
It will be the end of my world as I know it and I will blame all of you
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi,Mags.
Any photies,haha?!
The thing is,the last twenty years are only the most important to us because they are the most recent,and also of course because they are on file,so to speak.
When I was going to the matches on the Garryowen bus,stories like that from my Dad and his mates were legion,along the lines of me saying….
DID YOU SEE THAT ROBBING CHEATING MASONIC EXCUSE FOR A REF TODAY?
I may have paraphrased that……
They could always relate worse incidents,and by the barrowload.
At this stage,the oldest member-I think you’ll get that one-would pipe up with his contribution.
And he was talking about before the war!
The Geat War,btw,and I’m not kidding.
It’s always happened,but what I do not understand is how they get away with it in a highly-televised environment where EVERY referee in EVERY other country gets crucified for the slightest error.
Oh,mibbe a complicit media………
“My friend died doing what he loved … Heroin.”
.
Interview: Emilio Izaguirre, Celtic defender and Honduras international
(The Scotsman)
Great strides: Emilio Izaguirre is feeling better and better following recovery from a broken leg sustained at Pittodrie in August. Picture: SNS Group
By Andrew Smith
EMILIO Izaguirre shakes his head furiously then buries it in his hands. The Celtic defender has fought back from a broken leg but still has one major hurdle to overcome. “In two weeks’ time I will have another go,” says the Honduran. He’s talking about his driving test which he failed for the third time on Thursday.
Izaguirre can mock distress over a minor pain because he is over the major one, a pain the 24-year-old suffered when he snapped his ankle at Pittodrie in the club’s second game of the season. It left last season’s player of the year unable to contribute to the first four months of this campaign. Yet however grievous the incident for the player, he felt compelled to watch television replays of it.
“I heard a click but I didn’t know what it was then reached down and felt the ligaments were swollen,” he says. “After the first month, I didn’t stop going to the gym. I was in there every single day.”
That is how he coped ahead of his return to the senior side on 2 January. With three starts since, the defender says every week he is feeling “better and better”. A deeply religious man, Izaguirre maintains he never felt low or isolated, even 3,000 miles from home and unable to immerse himself in his job.
“I actually never felt really sad, I was always focusing on getting better and that kept me going,” he says. “And I always felt part of the team anyway because I was there to support them. That made me feel stronger, work harder with my rehabilitation and make sure I got back in the team. It was very, very tough for me and my family for me to be out for so long but I am very grateful to God for helping me get back playing again.”
And Scott Brown. The attributes that make the Scotland midfielder a fit for the Celtic captaincy may sometimes escape outsiders but Izaguirre is gushing over what Brown brings to the squad dynamic. Sharing hour upon hour of gym-time with the fun-loving Fifer, who was building up his fitness following ankle surgery, has the full-back beaming from ear to ear.
“He is crazy, crazy,” says Izaguirre, the phrase the only one he provides in English in the course of an interview otherwise conducted through a Spanish interpreter. “Scott Brown, Kelvin Wilson, Mark Wilson, we were all in the gym together most days and we got support from each other. Spending time in the gym with Scott was crazy. He is very funny, but I think he is a very good captain, he gives us all a lot of support.
“He is always a happy person and is one of a kind in a way. He is always first into training and first to show the rest of the team the way. He supports everybody, and the experience he has of playing here with Celtic and knowing other big players helps. The leadership he shows and the charisma he has is contagious in a way.”
Izaguirre’s warmth could be similarly described. He begins and ends sit-ins with the written media by going round each one and shaking their hands. An endearing affectation, the player is just too damn respectful to his God and fellow human beings to serve up any juicy titbits on his Honduran buddy Jorge Claros, currently on trial with Rangers.
The pair were pictured shopping in Glasgow this week, the same day that Claros was quoted as saying a move to Rangers would set him up with Scotland, his research having told him that the club had won more league titles and cups than any other in Scotland. What does Izaguirre think of that claim?
“As a player I wish him all the best, as I do with all other players. But if we ever get on the field against each other, we will not be friends. It is none of my business if Jorge signs for another team, but I only speak highly of other players, the decision will be down to the coaching staff at Rangers. He is a very good man marker and is very good at running. But I am at Celtic so I don’t want to say anything about any other team.”
Plenty was said over the summer about Izaguirre being the target for other teams, notably Manchester United. He signed a contract extension already agreed with Celtic during his time on the sidelines but says of the Old Trafford link: “My goal is to concentrate on Celtic then we will see what happens.”
The player doesn’t draw great comfort from the fact that, with his injury occurring right at the start of the season, he has been able to return for the title run-in and the decisive days in cup competitions awaiting Celtic as they chase the treble. He does admit, though, that there is a personal aim he wants realise.
“I was frustrated by the injury because I didn’t want my first season at the club to be like a ‘one-off’ thing,” he says. “I hope the second half of the season will show that I still have a lot to give to the club.”
So integral was Izaguirre to the Celtic cause that there is little doubt he will give them plenty; enough to see them atone for the defeat at Inverness that allowed Rangers to clinch their third consecutive championship.
“The title is an objective obviously that we want to reach,” he says. “Last season, for very little, that objective escaped through our hands.” His Celtic team are in the driving seat in a manner that shouldn’t have Izaguirre agonising.
Summa
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS says:
22 January, 2012 at 01:34
I understand. Its 2012. Time it was over..now is the time…no Newco.
I still cannot believe to this day that right thinking Celtic supporters go to away games!!!
.
Neil Lennon convinced Mohamed Bangura will ‘come good’
By Andrew Smith
(The Scotsman)
CELTIC manager Neil Lennon has pointed to the experience of Ki Sung-Yeung at the Glasgow club in cautioning against making any rash judgments about Mohamed Bangura, right. The Sierre Leone striker has made no impact since joining from Aik Stockholm on the last day of the summer transfer window, the striker not helped by two spells out injured.
Lennon remains unperturbed about the progress of the youngster, who has made two starts, maintaining that his current pursuit of a forward is no reflection on the player, who is an “on the shoulder” type and not the target man they need.
“He’s had injuries and he probably needs a bit of time,” Lennon said. “He is only 22. I’ve no concern about him in terms of getting him out the door. It’s been suggested we’d want to get him out the door but that’s not the case at all.
“He has only been in the door for four or five months but you know what it’s like, in this environment people judge you very quickly. I see a different player every day. He is working on his game to improve and he will feature towards the run-in.
“He’s like Ki Sung Yueng to a certain extent. His first season didn’t go as well as we would have hoped but he has blossomed now. Mo is a talented player and I think he will come good.”
What played badly for Bangura is he arrived as the club were trying to sign Baba Diawara, who went on to be top scorer in the Portuguese league for Maritimo and just moved to Seville in a £2.5m deal. Lennon added: “We were thinking about signing both him and Diawara at the same time but we were always going to sign Mo anyway. The Baba thing just didn’t work out,” he said.
Makes sense tae Mo..
Summa
larssonse7en says:
22 January, 2012 at 01:29
Approximately 30 people turned up yesterday to support the WOSBA parade. They have very little backing mate.
Margaret
Celtic supporters attend away games to support Celtic. It’s simple really.
hamiltontim says:
22 January, 2012 at 01:40
Nothing but oxygen to SPL promoted hunnery. If you could take 2 steps back and see what pish yer talkin when it comes to supporting Celtic in the true sense I’ll discuss.
MAGS
I know what you mean,don’t give the money to people who largely wish us harm.
Difficult.
Firstly,we are there to support the players-and report back on MIBbery which would otherwise go unmentioned.
Secondly,I’ve NEVER had a crap day out away from home,even the bad old days of fighting our way to the buses at the Beach End in Aberdeen,or waiting for the bus to pick us up after a Morton game.
The cops ensured the buses were parked in Port Glasgow!!
Thank the Lord for The Shamrock Club,haha…
Point being,a day out is a bonding exercise,which doesn’t happen at home with the same people around you.
And a perfect excuse to enjoy yourself!
HT,
Who’s in the WOSBA?
hamiltontim says:
22 January, 2012 at 01:20)
BMCUW
Indeed mate although I’m hoping that with the rapid developments in scientific technology shortly I’ll have a wee robot to do it.
A bit like having a missus to do all the housework :-))
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I think the robot may be a cheaper option than the missus,though possibly less fun.
As for the homework,just give them all a pass and let life find them out.
Pretty sure that’s what my teachers did.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS says:
22 January, 2012 at 01:49
I understand what you and Hamiltontim are saying. In my younger days I did the same. However, now I know more. Older Tims should tell younger Tims that this is one aspect of Scottish football where Celtic supporters are being asked for their money (usually double) and then having their noses rubbed in shit like nice little puppy dogs that are too young to know any better.
Margaret McGill says:
22 January, 2012 at 01:42
I’ll ignore the rude and disparaging tone of your post on account that you obviously haven’t seen Celtic for a while.
When our manager was attacked last year at Tynecastle would you have preferred that he stood there alone?
Being a Celtic supporter is about supporting a team and a cause. Strip away all the other pish and you’re left with 11 men in green and white hoops representing us.
Sadly, you seem to have forgotten that.
TR
West of Scotland Band Alliance.
Blinkin’ flip,MAGS.
See when you put it like that,your viewpoint is irrefutable.
Of course you’re right,and for the reasons which you state,and on which we both agree.
But we canny deny younger people than you and I the opportunity to have faffin’ GREAT DAYS OOT just to make a point.
Away gamesare a different kettle of fish from a home game.
Ahome game is to be enjoyed.
An away game is to be experienced.