Anthony Stokes started the season with a flurry, scoring four goals in the first three league games of the season, but he managed just another three goals before the arrival of Leigh Griffiths two weeks ago. He has since scored against Aberdeen in the Cup as well as Sunday’s hat-trick against St Johnstone.
Three goals in 28 appearances is a desolate return for a Celtic striker, especially during a season where the team have been so dominant, and would have contributed to Neil Lennon insisting a striker, capable of scoring regularly in the league, was recruited in January. Managers often talk about needing competition for places, so it’s natural that we should extrapolate from the arrival of Griffiths. While we may see both strikers play together between now and the end of the season I’m not convinced the manager will have this pairing in his mind for next season.
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Select 11 players in either a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 formation; you’ll need a goalkeeper, two full backs, two central defenders, 3 or 4 midfielders and 2 or 3 forwards. You also need to select a manager from the decade.
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Bada Bing,
yep,one in 4 seats were empty,radio snyde will tell us they must be missing the huns
Petec – Indeed.
There is a word often used on here,a Scottish word… and it’s a brilliant word.
Gallus.
That’s what our young players have got in abundance.
If TB had been given more time, at the club, and on this earth – he would have instilled the philosophy of total football throughout the entire club.
Celtic would be playing the same style as that Catalan mob.
Patience is a virtue though.
Barca are……more than a club.
Mancity are…………………..???
Sandman – a tenth? that close?
Sandman
21:34 on 18 February, 2014
Soooo…
Did the multi-billion pound harlem-globetrotting EPL superstar giants, Citeh, do any better at home to Barca than Neil ‘tactically inept’ Lennon and the ‘jounreymen’ of Glasgow Celtic who cost about a tenth as much to assemble?
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A tenth?
;))
I’d be flabbergasted if the difference was as close as that.
HH
Will Durham be asking if City should be excluded from the CL?
invercelt
21:27 on 18 February, 2014
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Powerful.
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2014/02/goats-have-fun-balancing-on-flexible.html?m=1
Very Funny and impressive.
Is this what Weefrathetim gets up to when he is not on CQN ?
Training crack goats to take on the Masons ..no pun intended.
HH
Kompany the difference between a barca win and a barca romp.
1-1 would be a tremendous result…………………
Barca -1 @3/1 and 2 away CL bankers roll onto tomorrow night! :-)
Will watch a few more minutes just to see Adrian Chiles with a face like a burglar’s dog chewing a wasp. Barca are still the best despite what the naysayers on here think.
If Messi stays fit and Neymar gets back up to speed (see his late goal on Saturday if you doubt his ability) they will be difficult to beat.
Cue dug face …
Kompany easily City’s best player but he’s talking mince there. Did they have a shot on goal?
Parkheadcumsalford
21:34 on 18 February, 2014
petec,
We need refs from anywhere but Scotland in the SPFL.
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I agree
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16 roads – Wee Oscar the Celtic warrior.
21:36 on 18 February, 2014
Petec – Indeed.
There is a word often used on here,a Scottish word… and it’s a brilliant word.
Gallus.
That’s what our young players have got in abundance.
If TB had been given more time, at the club, and on this earth – he would have instilled the philosophy of total football throughout the entire club.
Celtic would be playing the same style as that Catalan mob.
Patience is a virtue though.
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I agree. The spirit of Tam will be flowing through the Club though.
Patience and the Roses and the Guns.
Barca embarassed them……………big time.
So much for the SKY sponsored ” best league in Europe” bullshit.
Mesmerising from Barca.Cant remember who but someone on here said that City would destroy that defence.
Man City you’re having a laff Guvnor!!
Adrian Chiles = angloplonker
Kompany was imho the man of the match….but made a
right erse of himself in the after match interview.
glasstwothirdsfull
21:33 on 18 February, 2014
Aye on the playstation :-) HH
If we get to 125 teams entered, a generous CQNers has offered to sponsor us to the sum of £1,000.
But we need you to enter your CQN Dream Team to get there, details………..
CQteN Dream Team.
What a tremendous response to Paul article today teams flooding in.
Keep the coming, details below.
“CQteN Dream Team” Less than 3 weeks to go!
Now is your chance to select and influence the CQteN dream from the last decade,
Email us on doccqten@gmail.com
Rules are very simple:
Select 11 players from the list below, forming either a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 formation
So you will need:
1 goalkeeper
2 full backs
2 centre backs
3 or 4 midfielders
2 or 3 forwards
and of course….
1 manager.
Each player on the list below has made at least 10 starting appearances from July 2004 to date during the CQteN decade.
So no Henrik, Lubo,or Mjalby then!
When you are selecting the players, you should ideally base your selection on their performances during the CQteN decade, but then again that is your choice.
Send your selection to us by email to doccqten@gmail.com with your CQN blog name (if you do not have one, then you need to get thinking as well)
Anybody can enter: bloggers, lurkers, friends and family, but you can only enter ONCE.
The closing date for entries is 3pm Sunday 9th March 2014
The CQteN dream team will be announced at the CQteN night on Friday 14th March and will be published online soon after. There will be a couple of prizes for the closest teams selected to the winning team.
Good luck and get selecting for a fantastic competition..
HH
CRC
Goalkeepers
Appearances Clean sheets
Artur Boruc (G)
220 82
David Marshall (G)
30 9
Fraser Forster (G)
177 88
Lukasz Zaluska (G)
40 20
Mark Brown (G)
14 6
Rab Douglas (G)
19 11
Full Backs
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Adam Matthews (D)
82 4
Andreas Hinkel (D)
101 1
Cha Du-Ri (D)
35 2
Charlie Mulgrew (D)
144 25
Daniel Fox (D)
22 0
Darnell Fisher (D)
10 0
Edson Braafheid (D)
11 0
Emilio Izaguirre (D)
132 1
Jackie McNamara (D)
44 1
Lee Naylor (D)
134 3
Mark Wilson (D)
116 3
Mikael Lustig (D)
57 5
Mo Camara (D)
24 0
Paul Caddis (D)
10 0
Paul Telfer (D)
71 1
Ulrik Laursen (D)
15 0
Centre Backs
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Bobo Balde (D)
93 4
Daniel Majstorovic (D) 61 2
Darren O’Dea (D)
49 6
Efe Ambrose (D)
73 5
Gary Caldwell (D)
147 7
Glenn Loovens (D)
84 9
John Kennedy (D)
14 0
Joos Valgaeren (D)
25 0
Josh Thompson (D)
19 3
Kelvin Wilson (D)
72 0
Stanislav Varga (D)
57 7
Stephen McManus (D)
195 20
Steven Pressley (D)
24 2
Thomas Rogne (D)
54 3
Virgil van Dijk (D)
31 4
Midfielders
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Aiden McGeady (M)
194 36
Alan Thompson (M)
56 13
Baram Kayal (M)
88 3
Barry Robson (M)
40 7
Didier Agathe (M)
22 0
Evander Sno (M)
20 1
Efrain Juarez (M)
10 2
Jiri Jarosik (M)
35 7
Joe Ledley (M)
136 30
Juninho Paulista (M)
14 1
Kris Commons (M)
106 55
Landry N’Guemo (M)
43 0
Marc Crosas (M)
40 1
Massimo Donati (M)
34 4
Neil Lennon (M)
130 1
Niall McGinn (M)
15 6
Pat McCourt (M)
19 10
Paul Hartley (M)
74 4
Ross Wallace (M)
18 3
Roy Keane (M)
12 1
Scott Brown (M)
246 26
Shaun Maloney (M)
97 31
Shunsuke Nakamura (M)
157 33
Stephen Pearson (M)
11 4
Stiliyan Petrov (M)
94 24
Sung-Yong Ki (M)
60 11
Thomas Gravesen (M)
23 6
Victor Wanyama (M)
80 13
Zheng Zhi (M)
11 1
Forwards
Appearances Goals
Total Total
Anthony Stokes (F)
100 55
Chris Sutton (F) 43 18
Craig Beattie (F)
18 14
Craig Bellamy (F)
15 9
Derek Riordan (F)
13 8
Gary Hooper (F)
127 82
Georgios Samaras (F)
162 70
Henri Camara (F)
16 8
James Forrest (F)
85 22
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (F)
89 44
John Hartson (F)
83 50
Kenny Miller (F)
28 11
Lassad Nouioui (F)
10 3
Maciej Zurawski (F)
53 30
Marc-Antoine Fortune (F)
30 12
Robbie Keane (F)
17 16
Scott McDonald (F)
117 64
Teemu Pukki (F)
15 4
Tony Watt (F)
13 8
Managers
Neil Lennon
Tony Mowbray
Gordon Strachan
Martin O’Neill
16 roads – wee oscar the celtic warrior.
20:54 on 18 February, 2014
The old Soviet National Anthem was outstanding, the French anthem also very good.
Deutschland Uber Alles the best of them all though.
http://youtu.be/AM4mIlYKG9s….you’ll have a hard time beating this one boyo.
http://youtu.be/AM4mIlYKG9s
Anthems?
@all rise@
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3RToBymttA
valentinesday
21:43 on 18 February, 2014
Kompany was imho the man of the match….but made a
right erse of himself in the after match interview.
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I’d agree with all of that. He is a winner and his emotions were raw. More Kompany for me, I’d want him alongside me if I ever needed help in fighting a mortal enemy.
@Turkeybhoy
Think it was the bhoy ryecatcher I thought maybe he had a big bet on city.
Watford beat the coupon again…
There are teams with soul and then are teams like Man City who sold theirs.
tonydonnelly67
21:45 on 18 February, 2014
Having lived in Germany since 1977, agree with your opinion pretty much but having lived in France for four years before that, my vote goes for La Marseillaise.
HH
Gerry
Scotland V Germany…..national anthem
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1RW3nDRmu6k&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1RW3nDRmu6k
@ChrisGraham76: Embarrassing behaviour from Easdales and their poodles. Threatening @SonsofStruth with legal action for FB posts by other people. #classy
tonydonnelly67
21:46 on 18 February, 2014
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Mate, outstanding call, don’t know how I could forget about the Welsh anthem.
I’ve been to the old Cardiff Arms Park once when I was a kid, to watch a rugby international.
Some experience hearing the crowd sing that.
Thanks for posting.
Looking for two spare tickets for Saturday if anyone has any, cousin from Canada will be here and he’s desperate to see the tic. This is a guy who gets out of bed at 5am on a regular basis to attend screenings of matches at the Toronto CSC so any help would be greatly appreciated.
HH
gerrybhoy
21:52 on 18 February, 2014
tonydonnelly67
21:45 on 18 February, 2014
Having lived in Germany since 1977, agree with your opinion pretty much but having lived in France for four years before that, my vote goes for La Marseillaise.
HH
Gerry
I have to give you that, it is a belter.
@Bada
snap Sheffield 10 corners and got beat ffs.
HT 20.21
1
TT
GlassTwoThirdsFull
21:40 on
Yes they had at least 3, with the keeper making 2 good saves, one of which Forster would have been proud of.
Goodnight Timland.
Behave yourselves on here tonight…am away tae my bed
along way the rest of the God fearing.
Neil a class act on TV3.
The boy knows his fitba’.