Spartak Moscow have appointed Valery Karpin as caretaker manager. The former Russian international has had an active role in the club since 2008, variously as chief executive and manager. He took control of the first team when he replaced Michael Laudrup in 2009 until Unai Emeri’s appointment this summer when Karpin returned to his executive role.
He is an experienced pair of hands who is likely to stabilise things after the spirit had been drained from the club. Spartak are already out of Europe but will pose no less a threat than Inverness when they arrive at Celtic Park next midweek.
Neil Lennon will not be particularly concerned by the impact of Celtic’s defeat by Inverness on Saturday on the league table but the experience will still be arresting. Celtic have won three of five away games in Europe this season, losing the other two by a single goal, but there is clearly still work to do when faced with a home challenge in the SPL. Valery Karpin will be keen to prove he can exploit this.
Celtic have established credentials in three areas this season: they can defend adroitly when setup to do so, they are a major threat at set-pieces and they are an effective counter-attacking side. Any other attributes remain a matter for conjecture.
The first instruction against Spartak should be ‘stick to what you’re good at’.
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The Wall – Nickname given to giant keeper Fraser Forster by the Catalan press after his heroics in the 2-1 Champions League defeat of Barcelona at Parkhead in November 2012.
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ntassoolla14:03 on 26 November, 2012
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Apologies then for sullying your experience by mentioning the hunmentionable.
sgd.
Uriah Heep & Obadiah Slope
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I will not eat a SteakBake. I will not eat a SteakBake. I will not eat………. I will not eat my fourth Steak Bake. I will not eat my fourth Steak Bake.
Allez LeCoist Greggs Bearsden
The BBC, like the newspapers, are in crisis.
For the last nine years the percentage of the population who never watch the BBC has been dropping by one per year. It now stands at around 12/13.
Once the TV tax is abolished, they’ll be gone.
It’s clear that “amateur journalism” is taking over. Especially single issue contributors.
Us plebs are on line and much as they’d like to, they cannot tell us to “get aff”.
A lot of old boy networks are being broken up. Modern technology has made them obsolete.
Lennon n Mc…Mjallby
I just remember that tune from my youth.
Spellbinding!
Thanks miki67.
I loathe those people who trumpet their Oxbridge background and love the sound of their own plummy voices but couldn’t pass their ‘O’ levels without intensive tuition.
I’m away to learn some Latin.
Afternoon all, could it be Jim Traynor and his paper fear Paul 67, Phil Mcgillivan and other social media bloggers and, in a desperate and futile attempt to prove The MSM are still number 1 for football news, is trying to big up the Huns as victims re the BTC? ( of social media bloggers) From what I can see, in the last week or so, he has taken pleasure in trying to ridicule social media bloggers. Only my opinion of course.
Hail Hail
Roccobhoy
Carlos Santana is part of Snoop Dogg’s San Francisco based consortium which is keen on buying a substantial stake in Celtic.
The mustachiod Mexican musician first became interested in the Glasgow giants during the recording of the ‘Caravanserai’ album.
The chirping crickets who open the record were recorded at the old Barrowfield training ground, on a warm May evening in 1972.
DBBIA
Ole Carlos can be spotted at the Gazebo during Movember, he regularly parks in Nuneaton St, and has an remarkable in depth knowledge of The Zombies.
bournesouprecipe @ 14:13
Another take on this, which may strike a chord with one or two poster and lurkers:
I will stop reading CQN at 10.00
I will stop reading CQN at 10.30
I will stop reading CQN at 11.00
I will stop reading CQN at 11.30
I will stop reading CQN at 12.00
I will stop reading CQN at 12.30
I will stop reading CQN at 13.00
etc
etc
etc
FF
Bournesouprecipe- don’t get ole Carlos started on Alfie Conn.
Not unless you’re lookin’ to fill an hour or two.
The msm in Scotland is finished, especially the hun dept.
The club that they stood squarely behind is gone , their
cheating exposed for all who wish to look.
All their eggs now rest in chuckles basket , and his tribute
act in the fourth tier of scottish football. When chuckles
does a runner theres no way back for them.
Rolling Stones .?
Never my thing [ each to their own ] but one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen featured Russel Harty and Jimmy Saville sitting in a tv studio watching Bill Wyman demonstrating how to operate a metal detector — Rock n Roll !
Old Jabba didnt know how to respond on Saturdays YourCall when an angry (and believe it or not decent-sounding) rangers guy laid into SDM for being responsible for destroying his club. He said he was ashamed of the tax avoidance and all the dodgy dealings.
First time Ive heard one of them talking like this.
Jabba muttered something and quickly got the next caller on the line.
Stephen Fry is what stupid people think an intelligent person is like.
Folly Folly
I will not eat a SteakBake. I will not eat a SteakBake. I will not eat………. I will not eat a ninth Steak Bake. I will not eat my ninth Steak Bake.
Allez LeCoist Greggs in Bearsden
Sir Paul
Noo Yer Cookin’ Wi’ Gas,Kiddo!
How very Perspicacious o’ ye..!
Ye hiv taken the exact same.. “Tumble”, as ..Yours Sincerely,,hiz..
Yep..
Celtic,Hiv Defensive Qualities.. Galore..in their MID FIELD…
Howevah.. they dinna Hiv a Smidgeon…o’ .. Fitba’ Nous… there.
We dinnae hae ..The Guile… The Moxey… The Craftiness…
Tae use oor Mid Fielders fur anything ither than…
Stoappers… and Blockers.
Look at whit we hiv
..
Brooney.. when he is Fit
Kayal… when He is Fit..as weel!
Ledley… the Gentle Middy, he sure is.. but.. he is Nae Lubo.
Victor… Oor Intimidating Kenyan Strong Bhoy.
No an ounce o’ MALLAM .. amongst Them!
Ah wholeheartedly agree..
wit ye, my Friend…
Celtic, Must . FuggetttttAbout playing the “Celtic Way”
And…stick tae …as you hiv put so nicely ,nicely..
Celtic Must Stick tae Whit They are Good At.
and Ah mean..No only in Europe…
BUT…
In the S.P.L. as weel..
Fur..
The Ither Members o’ the S.P.L. hiv ….”Tumbled” tae whit
Baith ..You and Ah hiv..already done..
We are quite Toothless..
Agin .. a .. Toothy.. and Stuffy Defensive Set-up..
Fur..
We hiv NAE GUILE ..in oor Engine Room..
Jist.. STOKERS.
Maks Sense tae me..
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
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I saw Jeff Beck in Lamlash Arran with the Yardbirds. They’d just had a number 1 and here they were playing to 200 .
bamboo – 14:38 on 26 November, 2012
He was also having a hard time with Stuart Cosgrove pointing out that there were lots of negatives in the FTT result.
LENNON McMJALLBY
I’m trying to turn MOONHOWLER into a badge of honour on the nightshift,having dishonourably stolen the term from SETTING FREE THE BEARS.
Hence CQNUMB……
To read your pejorative post at 1210 hurt me,and after you backing me on the Carling too.
I am,of course,willing to forgive and forget-depends how many of the Carling have been battered down my throat-but what I find difficult to overlook is KILBOWIE KELT’s usage of the term in description of Jabba.
But I’ll get my own back by agreeing with something KOJO says,just out of spite. No need to thank me…….
Coming soon new DVD with full coverage of the Barcelona game and 125 years birthday celebration.
@CFCshop
7 Games at Home
7 Goals scored (lowest in the league)
7 games all following Champions League business
7 games away
17 Goals scored
Goals conceded at home 6 (lowest in league)
Is it a CL thing or a home performance thing? We won’t know until laters.
We have lost to Killie and ICT at home.
We beat ICT away following a CL game 4-2 in our only away after CL game so far.
Guess who we play away after Moscva?
That’s right Killie.
For me, not enough chances being created at home.
Karma CSC
HH
NEILYBHOY
I can only make Saturday games due to work.
If Sat 8 Dec,away to Kilmarnock at 1230 is of interest,let me know.
I always enjoy any excuse to have a day out there-or anywhere except Swindon,tbh.
Anyone else interested-maybe from Bristol area Oor simple travelling distance,let me know at CQNUMBnuts@aftermidnightwhenawyoozsensiblepeopleleaveusalone.com
Seriously,though,NEILYBHOY,that works for me,and anyone else who can make it is more than welcome.
Top of the league with a game in hand, well placed to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League, definitely participating in Europe after Christmas. Gutted…
Assisted suicide could be an option … for some.
NEILYBHOY
I can only make Saturday games due to work.
If Sat 8 Dec,away to Kilmarnock at 1230 is of interest,let me know
I always enjoy any excuse to have a day out there-or anywhere except Swindon,tbh.
Anyone else interested-maybe from Bristol area Oor simple travelling distance,let me know at CQNUMBnuts@aftermidnightwhenawyoozsensiblepeopleleaveusalone.com
Seriously,though,NEILYBHOY,that works for me,and anyone else who can make it is more than welcome.
Row Z- we created chances on Saturday, didn’t have the composure to take them.
And we got ourselves in good positions to make a telling cross only for the ball to be pinged, Lee Naylor like, in the general vicinity of the Gazebo.
Ooooooops-how did that happen?
Sorry…..
The Croy Express – The nickname given to Jimmy Quinn (who was born,raised and died in the village of Croy) in relation to his muscular power and pace combined with an explosive left foot shot.
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Another take on the farcial FTT decision
http://www.mlmsolutions.co.uk/Blog/uncategorized/guest-blog-by-chartered-tax-adviser-hmrc-rangers-big-tax-case-judgement.html
Ole Carlos Santana’s younger smarter brother Elvez
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I had a rare moment of clarity last night (chemically induced) but real all the same.
I would always have been living in hope of our club getting a move to the holy grail that is the EPL. However, watching West Ham last night it suddenly struck me that we would be no better/worse than many mid table english teams as we do not and never will have the finances to break into the top 4 as long as the financial fair play remains a platini pipe dream.
This would leave us challenging for a Europa league position at best, but the money available from this competition doesnt provide for these teams to have big squads,just look at newcastle since they got a few injuries.
The quality of opposition is obviously not as exciting in Scotland as it is in the EPL but give me the European nights and being in with a shout of leagues/cups etc anyday over midtable EPL no mans land.
HH
I remember seeing the Stones at the old Greens Playhouse many many years ago, the first tome they had The Groundhogs in support and the second time it was Billy Preston, can’t remember the price of the ticket.
Ntassoolla
I do agree with the old boy network organisations having almost had their day, the last vestige of that will be the Police or the majority of them being privatised, put out to tender, anything to break up the monpoly of the knuckle shuffling morons. If their was a vote I do believe that the majority of people would side with the BBC losing their licence fee.
On the subject of newapapers I cannot remember the last time I bought one or read one, we do not need to these days as all the info we need is on the net, then we can discuss things far more upbuilding than Jabba.
Hai Hail
bamboo —–
Yardbirds on Arran
1966 ?
I went to see them at the Cowdenbeath Palais De Danse . It was a long night — some locals objected to my wee Glasgow crew’s presence – Better to hang on than run the risk of being chibbed in the toilet .
bamboo – 14:38 on 26 November, 2012
Your’e right . I think it was ‘Andrew’ from Falkirk who I think I have actually heard spout guff on SSB but in fact was extremely fair and logical in that he accused Murray and the board of gambling with the future of the club by using EBT’s . Jabba didn’t like it!
Strangly enough the caller that really pissed me off was the so called celtic supporter ‘Frank’ from Dalbeittie I think. He slagged off NL. Jabba then saw a chance and asked him if he missed r**gers in the SPL and needless to say he said yes. Jabba was delighted!
Ole Carlos Santana’s drummer Michael Shrieve finished his drum solo at Woodstock exactly one week, two days, fifteen hours and seven minutes after the concert closed.
Wiki
RowZ at 14.55
Pal…
Ye wanna Know why.. the Discrepency..in Goals Scored Away.. vis a Vis..
Goals Scored..by us.. At Hame?
Well…Grab a Stool.. a Mak yersel.. Comfy… at Ma Feet…
And.. Listen.. Up.. and , ye wull Be Enlightened.
The Reason.. Fur the GLARING Mis Match.. is..
When We are Playing in oor Opponents. in their ain Hame Patch..
‘
Many..if of oor Opponents.. Try tae Play a Mair Open.. and Attack minded Game agin us.. fur After awe.. they feel .. that as they are at Hame..and We are the Interloping Visitors…
Well.. They May jist hiv a Sportin Chance,.. tae stand agin us…and battle..
Toe Tae Toe..
‘
Well.. As the Results show…
Standing Toe tae Toe Agin us.. kin be.. quite,,,er… Suicidal , fur the Short Armed Provincial..
Whereas.. when the Provincials are the Visitors..and We are the Hosts..
‘
The Provincials.. Mak nae Bones abootl… Trying tae Match us ..,so
They..
Play.. Ten Men.. Defense..and
Well…Ye know the Rest..
We go doon like a Lead Balloon… fur.. eventually.. we mak an error.. which leads
tae A Goal agin us…Yep.. it only taks one slip..in oor Defense. ..and
Bang goes… the Xmas Bonus
Like Paul..and I hiv Noted..
Celtic , dinae hiv the Flyness.. tae Break doon a StuffY and determined defense.,.,.
and..
That is Awe She Wrote.
‘
Kojo
BSR- Sevco are claimin’ that as a Worrlldd record.