Neil Lennon will begin to get his players back at Lennoxtown tomorrow after, what for most of the first team, has been a two week international break. For many of the established players, he’ll be hoping for a clean bill of health, but with trips to Tynecastle and Milan ahead, the manager will be keen to spend time with Teemu Pukki.
Teemu played 92 minutes for Finland in Tbilisi last night so will get little time on the training fields before Celtic’s next two games. Tynecastle itself may provide the most effective training opportunity ahead of Wednesday’s game at the San Siro.
Delighted for Gordon Strachan, who has already caused an unlikely upturn in Scotland’s fortunes. He is a better coach and tactician than he ever got credit for. His Key Performance Indicators (winning leagues, knock out stages of the Champions League) were achieved in spades, but there was a soft underbelly which always seemed to undermine progress. Curiously, his Celtic team went 15 months without keeping a clean sheet away from home in all competitions, despite winning the league in both seasons this run spanned.
The one game during this period of note was the 1-0 defeat to Milan in the Champions League knock out stage; the only game Celtic completed 90 minutes without conceding. If Neil Lennon can replicate this achievement he stands an excellent chance of a second successive memorable Champions League campaign.
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TinyTim..
Think you have made a Mistake Re;Rojic..
Never had Injuries..
Summa
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie
14:00 on 11 September, 2013
GEORDIE MUNRO
I thought Broto was the only decent keeper Martin signed. Henman should have been,but wasn’t.
Too many faults :-)
BRTH
This group is very much alive for us. Why not go for 3 in a row in Amsterdam in this tourney?
As memory serves, Henman put far to many passes into the net to have been a decent keeper…
BRHT,
I love yer thinking.
I think we punch so high above our weight at home in Europe that wins are almost taken for granted.
I’m a bit more ‘black n white’ in my expectations. So long as we are pot 4’s…..3rd is a great achievement….2nd is almost unbelievable……1st place….well we would have to have some right poor 1,2 and 3 seeds. ;)
BRT&H
Win all our home games.
Take it from there.
I think the 50/1 on us-and probably better than that if you look around-to win the group is much more than it should be.
Geordie Munro:
Or some continental honest mistakes….
Look..It wiz ..and is.. obvious..
That Tiny Tim
Meant tae Write..
LOOVENS.. no. Rogic..
Heck..It Happens..
No Big deal. Ah knew Who he wiz referring tae,anywey.
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
AC Milan .
Had a chat with an AC Milan supporter on Monday last .
Not a happy chappie ..—– he said—–
No chance they’ll win Serie A ..[ that’s between Juve and Napoli ]
Will struggle to make the CL last 16
Injuries mean they are weak defensively ..
Big mistake to sell Boateng ..
Lot of money spent on the hit or miss Matri .[ support don’t rate him / didn’t want him ]
Balotelli is hit or miss .. His temper could be costly
Kaka was signed by Berlusconi . He will be guaranteed a game ,irrespective of form /fitness .
Wonder kid El Shaaraway isn’t that wondrous.
Robhino is past it .
Pazzini is a lazy git .
Allegri lives with the constant fear of being sacked .
The stadium will be half full for the game v Celtic.
Hope he’s right !
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL
Ya bassa!
I had to correct the auto spelling on that twice,and never noticed the third one!!!!!!
Touché.
TinyTim – 13:39
There was a very good article somewhere about Derk’s injuries. Possibly on cqn? I cant remember. But basically he’s far from being a “sick note”. Stats show that he’s hardly ever been injured in his career so far.
Mouko looked decent to me until the Karrangy game, even then I think it was more the pitch than him that was the problem. Looked strong.
Bobby,
I thought HENMAN was an ace player for us.
Has the right forename too. ;)
Typo csc
Sorry can I just throw in another plug for the documentary on Gerry Hughes which was shown on STV last night.
For those who don’t know, Gerry is a deaf maths teacher from St Roch’s who couldn’t read or write until he was thirteen and for whom signing is essential.
Notwithstanding his difficulties his lifelong ambition was to sail singlehandedly around the world passing all 5 great capes.
The Documentary follows the trial and tribulations that befell him in achieving that ambition last year.
http://player.stv.tv/programmes/incredible-stories/2013-09-10-2100/
Cheers
BRTH
BRTH,
That is perfectly feasible but my worry is we can contain Barca but look outclassed against the loves pf Benfica & Juve
Hail Hail
Bada Bing,
Re: Calendar Spreadsheet Templates
Depending on where you are using it there are lots available to download via Google:
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=calendar+spreadsheet+template+2013
Hope this helps.
Chairbhoy,
I think you think the same way as me.
The team I fear most in our group is Celtic. ;)
BMCUW
I don’t disagree but there is a world of difference between obnoxious policy decisions and the illegal and repugnant act of persons physically changing dozens , maybe hundreds, of statements.
You may argue, correctly, that the latter flows naturally from the former but the scale of it is still breathtaking , even in a country with the history of miscarriages of justice we have.
Delaney’s Dunkey
You posted something the other day about being from Knightswood, and your relatives or someone staying near to Petrov when he stayed there.
I meant to post at the time ( but couldn’t due to self inflicted injury ) that my own sister stays in the same estate and Stan was fondly regarded although a pretty quiet and private guy.
Never a big head and always polite etc to neighbours and those he came across.
One of the world’s good guys.
From the BBC:
IPCC: Further 74 Hillsborough police statements ‘amended ‘
Statements of a further 74 police officers involved in the Hillsborough stadium disaster “may have been amended”, the police watchdog has said.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said there was also evidence suggesting “fans’ witness accounts may have been altered”.
It is examining police conduct in the aftermath of the disaster.
IPCC deputy chair Deborah Glass said it needed to deliver “the last, definitive account” of the 1989 disaster.
The announcement comes a year after the Hillsborough Independent Panel first reported its findings.
The IPCC announced it would investigate after the 2012 report revealed 164 police statements had been altered.
It said 116 of those statements were changed to remove or change negative comments about the policing of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
In December, the original accidental death verdicts were quashed at the High Court and new inquests will be heard after the panel found that 41 of the 96 who died had the “potential to survive”.
New inquests into the deaths of the victims are set to begin by 31 March at an unconfirmed location in the north west.
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma
14:19 on
11 September, 2013
I wonder who else lives near our players.
I lived a few doors away from Paddy McCourt but you very rarely saw him. Once through the window, and once in his Range Rover at the junction with the main road.
I thought more players would have moved into my village as I’m just along the road from Lennoxtown but as yet it seems not many have.
Geordie Munro @ 14;18,
Too true, wish we could guarantee which Celtic would turn up
Hail Hail
Chairbhoy at 14.02,
Yes I heard him. He also said he felt some of the media seemed to want his club side to lose.
He said it “makes you feel paranoid”. Nice wee did that seems to have slipped under the radar.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie
13:21 on
11 September, 2013
PAUL67
I think we may have missed Bobo during those fifteen months
“Baldé made his first start of the 2007/08 season on 26 December 2007 exactly a year after his last appearance, in a 2–0 away win to Dundee United. His presence also helped Celtic to their first away clean sheet in almost 15 months.[19] He was awarded Man Of The Match.”
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Got to disagree my big, grey haired amigo.
Balde scared the beejeesus out of opposition forwards but often his defending had the same effect on his own supporters!!
He was rash in the tackle (Seville) and also prone to inexplicable errors in judgement (Lyon) and these are only the more high profile of his mistakes.
Bobo was blessed with incredible pace for a centre half and he utilised this to great effect, well let’s just say that he had to simply to dig himself out of holes that were usually of his own making.
I was at Tannadice on Boxing Day ’07 and was surprised as anyone else to see his name on the teamsheet. It turned out to be a stroke of genius by WGS.
United dominated large spells in the game but had opted to play two big strikers. Their tactics largely consisted of humping high balls into the Celtic penalty box.
Meat and drink for oor Bobo.
Despite their possession the Arabs rarely threatened and Balde was the significanr factor in this.
The following week Bobo was dropped again and many berated Strachan for his rotation policy. It wasn’t rotation, it was picking players for a particular purpose on a particular day.
Tiny Tim
I’m sure you meant Rogne.
HH
Trivial and banal in comparison —-but
Yours truly has 3 convictions re something I didn’t do .
In each case ,Plod made it up and told bare faced lies.
south of tunis
14:12 on 11 September, 2013
I’d take that with a pinch if salt, Italians are known for their moaning…, if an Italian won the lottery he’d moan about how he’d have to carry all that money home!
BRTH
I lived 500 yards away from the estate. My son and his pals from Corpus Christi primary, would hang about the estate in the hope of getting Stan’s autograph. They got his autograph plus some Celtic souvenirs from the great man. He also encouraged them to study hard and play sports. Novo on the other hand was a particularly obnoxious human being.
Fred C. Dobbs & Wee Oscar @ 14:24,
Yeah, I forgot the paranoid bit, tried to Google what he said but it looks like no-one reported it:-)
Hail Hail
CaltonTongues#TeamOscar-Thanks for taking the time mate HH
THELONGWAITISOVER
The last part of your post may be the most pertinent.
“even in a country with the history of miscarriages of justice we have.”
We are a country which prides ourselves on being the cradle of democracy,a land where everyone is equal before the law,policing is by consent.
Etc etc.
Bollocks.
Screwed at every turn,have been for centuries. Being used to it doesn’t make us innured to it.
And while its always good to see the high and mighty getting their come-uppance,the situation should never arise.
If you screw up,hands up. Apologise and do your best to make it right.
Not if you are in authority in the UK.
Chairbhoy
at 14.15
Pal..it is awe aboot Attitude.
Agin the Barca..
We took a Deep breath.. Tightened oor Gallues. Rolled up oor Sleeves..
and…
Pulled up oor Y-Fronts..!
Agin the ither two Teams?
Well..
We jist… Didnae.
Like Ah Keep oan saying..
Attitude, must be Right .. if is isnae.. then.. Hell Mend Ye… ye deserve awe ye get.
And that is In Life ..Ah am Talking aboot.. as well as in .. Well.. Anythin’
That is where a Fitba’ Manager comes in..
He must Be able tae Instill a Winning Attitude intae his Players..
Some Managers, hiv it.. Maist Dinnae..
Hell.. We are no askin Fur a ..
Knute Rockne~
although.. Ah widnae Mind a Guy like Him, Geein up oor Team.. In a Pre Game
Ra Ra Session..
Couldnae Hoit~
Howevah, we hiv hid oor Apportionment of Managers who could
instill a Winnin Attitude,at Celtic,in the Past.
Stein, hid IT..and in Abondanza..
Mon.. did..
And
Strachan.. Did…Tae.
Neil?
Ah think he wull eventually get the idea, of whit he his Supposed tae Dae, as Manager.
Nevahtheless…
We hiv hid a few.. very Embarassing Defeats.. and, by Lightweights ,Under Him..
awe managers, hiv similar.. embarrassments..Ah suppose..
But…so Faur…Neil. . Takes the Biscuit.
But, he is Stil Green .. so He will get bettah at his Joab..
Of.. INSTILLNG a Winning Attitude.
Kojo
Still, Laughin.
Kojo
Still,Laughin
Duffield on SSN telling FIFA how to run a World Cup,…..ye canny make this stuff up…
Milan with one fit full back in the entire squad making out they will score a barrowload and don’t need to worry about defence.
We will see how that pan’s out.
All this Oldco/Newco/Sevco reminds me of the movie “Weekend at Bernie’s”
Deid……NoDeid…….Deid again………????
Chairbhoy,
Tried to find it for 20 minutes, but nae luck.
Funny the things they are happy to bury.
Neil Lennon listens to———
Mmm ——–
I’ve lived in Italy and Sicily for the best part of 13 years . I find many Italians to be fabulously positive and romantic . My wee part of Sicily was packed with Juve supporters who were utterly convinced that Juve would stuff Celtic home and away last season [ though some of them got a wee bit worried Re Conte ” giving the game away” by practicing his tactics for Celtic Park v Fiorentina .]
These days , any AC Milan fans I meet are full of doom and gloom .
HAMILTON TIM 1425
I thought you were too busy for the blog these days!
I moved down here Nov 2001 and remember saying to my Dad about Bobo that he petrified the opposition more than he petrified us-but it was close!
He grew into his role,IMO.
To only play 14 times in three seasons,at a time when our central defenders were a total shambles-remember them holding hands,ffs?!-is a lasting memory,and not a good one.
We were paying him a fortune,PL might not have been happy about that.
Tough.
He was better than we had. Probably still better than them. He was badly let down by those in charge at the time.
ASonOfDan @ 14 39 .
You got a source for that ?