Celtic face Icelandic champions Stjarnan in their opening Champions League qualifier, with the first leg just three weeks away. Stjarnan knocked Motherwell out of the Europa League last season, by all accounts the Scottish club should have given a much better account of themselves.
It will be vastly more concerning to Ronny Deila that they went on to eliminate Lech Poznan in the next round. Lech finished second in Poland, just two points behind our old pals Legia Warsaw, and the Polish season starts two weeks before Scotland’s, so there is nothing to be complacent about.
A three goal home defeat at the hands of Inter Milan ended Stjarnan’s European adventure, but by that stage the Icelandic fans must had expired their European budget for the season, the trip to the San Siro would have been a suitable place to bow out.
The other consequential information when we draw teams from near the Arctic Circle is that they are midseason and (from what I can make out) play on an artificial surface.
I’ve no idea what happened to Motherwell and Lech Poznan but there are no excuses for either team and there will be none for Celtic. Let’s get the job done.
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Neustadt-Braw
14:57 on
22 June, 2015
RT……Weet Weet Weet – funniest bit of that was the stamp collector!!! You can’t beat a bit of Philately
aye Pmg has been braw as usual lately
braw
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I was always told that philately would get me nowhere.
LUBO
HAPPY HOOOOOOOOOPY BIRTHDAY
Join the clan who don’t admit to their age anymore!
On which,33?
I wish you had joined us at 23.
No matter,what a pleasure it was to see you for the short time we did. Few have become a legend so quickly.
You deserve that accolade.
Never have a fight with a Philatelist – they will lick you.
Turkeybhoy – I share your frustrations vis the SMSM. I will make a practical suggestion in an attempt to be constructive. Chick Hun, Jingle Jangle Jackson and Peter “IRA/NB” Smith ( a non-exhaustive list) should call up Hugh McIlvanney, Paul Hayward or Paddy Barclay and ask them to set up a 1-day course on “the very basics of inquisitorial journalism” . Of course those guys have intellect , backbone and insightfulness. By contrast our lot have luvlay fitwork as evidenced by the way they consistently avoid asking questions of any pertinence whatsoever . They are pathetic !
Do footballing philatelists only score in the postage stamp corner?
sorrycsc
“Stamp Collecting is the hobby of paying large sums of money for tiny pieces of paper
That people have spit on
HH
Modern philatelists don’t lick stamps
They mount them lol
what’s the date of the first home game in the qualifiers, just to book my hotel room.
Stamps are for mugs. My mate Frank told me that.
cunning wee angus was a braw philatelist………….
braw
Philately will get you anywhere.
Odd that as King disappears from one football club this guy just happens to appear at another, bigger club. Draw your own conclusions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-33225555
Freddie Stjarnan Ate my Hamster
Dontbratbak
Freddie Stjarnan Ate my Hamster
Superb
rafferty
15:36 on 22 June, 2015
Now that’s what you call a basket (case) mascot……hilarious….!!!!
Jelle Vossen – is nicknamed The Magician.
Where did O. G. Go….hahahahahahaha
Auldheid……………..Is THIS the week?
Bournesoup
Hope that didn’t mean he disappears in front of goal :-)
Geordie Munro
14:48 on
22 June, 2015
Is Tom Mac still posting?
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not for a couple of weeks,decided to take some time out.
I think it was 16 roads asked earlier the deadline date for new signings availability in CL qualifiers .I can’t find it anywhere anyone else know?
HH
Quiet today so a question to ponder…
Who was the last Celtic signing you were genuinely excited about joining who turned out as good as you had hoped?
Yorkbhoy
Who was the last Celtic signing you were genuinely excited about joining who turned out as good as you had hoped?
For me Chris Sutton
Jelle Vossen – is nicknamed The Magician.
– is he a false # 9 3/4?
mazzy
15:24 on
22 June, 2015,
Pathetic indeed.”The Clumpany”did a great piece today.Really summed up how useless these hacks really are.What a time in Scotland to be a Sports Writer.You could have won Pullitzers for the past 3 years.
Shameless.
Heard the second episode of the Hugh McIlvanney interview. Ended with something like “No one was better than JockStein”. Couldn’t agree more. The context was his being asked who was the best of Busby, Mr Stein, Shankly & Ferguson. Avoided a direct answer but came out with the above.
Imo, in a sporting journalistic context, there has been no one better than Hugh McIlvanney.
67Heaven
Actually I went to a wedding this weekend in leafy Suffolk and heard some interesting things about the legal profession and Minty. Nothing we haven’t suspected
yorkbhoy
16:05 on
22 June, 2015
Quiet today so a question to ponder…
Who was the last Celtic signing you were genuinely excited about joining who turned out as good as you had hoped?
A much more difficult question than it sounds.
yorkbhoy
Ronny D
Dena29
Nah it was just me.
Turkeybhoy
I feel zig & zag have settled in really well and they will get better IMHO
sorry
that was for yorkbhoy
yorkbhoy
16:05 on
22 June, 2015
Quiet today so a question to ponder…
Who was the last Celtic signing you were genuinely excited about joining who turned out as good as you had hoped?
John Hartson for me
Thunder Road
16:15 on
22 June, 2015
Dena29
Nah it was just me.
I knew it was someone I liked thats why I tried to find it ….:-)))
HH
We’re on the one road….http://www.thenational.scot/news/irish-ayes-a-new-chapter-is-opening-up-in-scottish-irish-relations.4342?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_term=Autofeed#link_time=1434964658 por cierto
Stjarnan and Celtic both bowed out of European competition at the San Siro.
I would settled for that again, only in May.
yorkbhoy…
Nakamura came with a big reputation, trial by youtube an all that.
But damn he was good.
yorkbhoy
16:05 on
22 June, 2015
Quiet today so a question to ponder…
Who was the last Celtic signing you were genuinely excited about joining who turned out as good as you had hoped?
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Nakamura or JVoH (we got a couple of seasons out of him at least)
Teemu Puki :)
Turkeybhoy
16:14 on
22 June, 2015
yorkbhoy
16:05 on
22 June, 2015
Quiet today so a question to ponder…
Who was the last Celtic signing you were genuinely excited about joining who turned out as good as you had hoped?
A much more difficult question than it sounds.
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Thats what I thought, with all the discussions about who we should sign I kept thinking about the big name let downs.
WITS
Probably Chris Sutton for me but that was based on a couple of Blackburn fans I worked with who raved about him.