It’s difficult to say for sure if Stjarnan are the worst team I’ve seen Celtic play but they are there or there about. They defended resolutely, have a good goalkeeper and scored a fine goal, but they are no Arbroath.
Ronny will be annoyed at the loss of the early goal. I always think of San Marino’s opening goal against England on these occasions. This was back in the 90s, when San Marino weren’t the team they are now (cough). England took kick off but found themselves a goal down after 7 seconds. They lost a sloppy goal because they were far too complacent, as did Celtic last night.
One thing which will be clear to all is the focus on goal Leigh Griffiths brought when he came on. It will be tempting to contrast this to Nadir Ciftci, who looked (and was) less potent, but Leigh’s first sight of goal came as a result of Nadir’s work. I suspect both benefit from being able to play off a partner.
The passing looked better last night and it was good to see the lungs remained productive until late in the game. We now have a big week of preparation ahead of the next round.
Delighted to see the Celtic Foundation on the shirts last night, well done to all concerned. The Foundation should feature more prominently in everything we do (fans and club). And if you’ve got a pair of trainers, sign up for the Great Scottish Run.
Just caught news of Newco’s £175k bid for Scott Allan. Define overinvestment, to use local parlance.
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Lol, still at it eh, doom profits rule.
jamesgang … how ya doing pal? I know little or nothign about Denayer as a person, but glad to hear that he is a good guy. And now I hope even more that he goes on to do great things.
got to love the strajnan crew …. classy after the game, they crap on the DR, and can have a laugh at themselves. I will be looking out for their results in the future, and hope to see them do well.
Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles….
Do you have any plans to be in Scotland in August or first part of September?
MiT
JD carried himself like a really modest young kid.
Got his pic with my wee Bhoy after his scoring debut.
His demeanour contrasted greatly with a loanee from the same club who arrived with a far bigger reputation but left with the far smaller one.
See you soon. Time to start practising your Weedgie accent. We’ll rip the pi33 out of you if you turn up at cqn corner sounding too much like wee Fergus McCann!
HH jamesgang
I see we now have a few analyzing their goal last night,and laying blame on various culprits.
The way I saw it,they played a lovely ball up the touchline,their player tried,and managed,a bit luckily to turn it inside to his teamate,who done a lovely little dummy,and scored.Thats it.Happens every game,players score goals.If everyone was perfect what would be the outcome of every game.Would forwards always score,or would defenders always stop them?.
FFS,stop over analyzing everything.Its football played by humans,not programmed robots.
Not so fast with your absolute comments there Mr turkeybhoy!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33254022
HH jamesgang
oldtim67:
Are you going to the return leg in Baku?
Turkeybhoy
17:39 on
23 July, 2015……
Analyzing. That’s what we do. Before, during and after games. It is part of the fun. Harmless and sometimes interesting.
Sure beats politics and some of the shocking late night hatefests of late……
Who was to blame for the goal against us last night.
One way to look at it would be who made the initial mistake.If CM had crossed the free kick instead of trying to score,I am the hero moment,the continuation of the game would had been different.Just a theory.Just like an accident is a result of an accident,think about it.
Stubsy lowers the boom on thems, hhahahahahahahha..
THE Hibs boss takes at pop at their Championship rivals as he hits back and insists they’ll let the playmaker’s contract run down.
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Petro head: Alan Stubbs hits out at Rangers as he previews this weekend’s Petrofac Training Cup tie
ALAN STUBBS has taken a swipe at Rangers over their valuation of Scott Allan.
The Hibs boss spoke out after their Championship rivals threw in an offer on Wednesday night for the gifted Easter Road playmaker.
He insisted Rangers can’t think that much of Allan if they’ve offered only £175,000.
In an interview with Sky Sports Stubbs added: “We’ve had a bid from Rangers which has been flatly rejected. I don’t know if they’ll come back in again but we’re not welcoming any bids.
“Our position has not changed since I spoke about it one month ago.
“It (amount) doesn’t say a lot about what Rangers think of the player so that’s probably the best way to put it.
“I haven’t had the chance to talk to him yet but I will do. I’ve got a great relationship with Scotty so I’ll speak to him this morning.
LISTEN to the whole Alan Stubbs interview here.
“He has been kept abreast of everything that has been happening.
“We’ve preparing for the season with Scott.”
Allan has just one year left on his contract but Stubbs added: “As a club we are prepared to let his contract run down so our stance has not changed one bit.
“Scott is a big part of our plans. We’re trying to put together a team to win promotion so why would you want to lose one of your best players.”
Asked what he thought of the timing of the bid, given the two sides meet on Saturday in the Petrofac Training Cup, Stubbs said: “I’m not suprised by the timing but the transfer window is open.”
Oldtim
I’ll text Richie after speaking to my dad
Then phone you tonight
Lennybhoy Richie you and I will be the scouting party before the golfers come back in
turkeybhoy @17.28
Fair enough. It was only my take on phil’s article .
Think I am just fed up with all the crap we have to put up with from that shower , the thing is I don’t even read the rags it’s just the stuff regurgitated on here
http://m.stv.tv/sport/football/clubs/rangers/1325177-rangers-make-second-bid-for-hibernian-midfielder-scott-allan/
Know you boys need your zombie fix
fanadpatriot
17:51 on 23 July, 2015
Who was to blame for the goal against us last night.
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Peter lawell. Obviously!
;-)
HH jamesgang
weeron
17:32 on 23 July, 2015
Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles….
Do you have any plans to be in Scotland in August or first part of September?
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September is a definite no my friend as I’m going to Spain with the wife at the beginning. August may be a possibility as I’ve not seen her since early June. Lucky man I hear some say ;-)
What dates are you over?
blantyretim.
I wonder what hole they’re making the drinking hole, we could go on safari and find and drink the stash, we could fill up the bottle with a substitute liquid.
Allan has asked Hibs to let him go to join The Rangers. H.H.
West End of East End
Well done on your efforts
Kialba.
BaKu is to hot and to far to go.I’ll leave you to cheer the tic on,give them a cheer for me.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j_AL4lpgvfc
Don’t know if this will work
Jimbo67
JOEFILIPPISHAIRCUT
Old tactic of leaking to the press to unsettle a player.
They really have no shame. Fortunately they have no money either. Nor decent players,nor history.
In fact,I could start a list of things that lot don’t have. And their fabled dignity would be right at the top.
Well done,JIMBO67
I took your earlier advice and gave it a listen. Big voice. Big lungs.
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
17:52 on 23 July, 2015
I’m in…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
See if Sevco had a pound every time Dodgy Dave talked about investing in them, they’d not need his money.
BMCUWP
Aye she’s some singer- and a close ‘friend’ of the late Eric Hobsbawm ( allegedly). As an introduction to jazz the whole film is worth catching.
Jimbo67
No joke – one of the worst teams Celtic have played were poxco last year – they were shockingly bad. I thought they overachieved getting third
evening all…..175k …lot of spondoolicks for a new club with no credit line from a bank…that is 10 weeks salary for the legend gardening pie eater….perspective is a braw thing …
Old Tim if ACGR is playing then every hole will be a drinking hole ! planked bottles all over the course….have a braw day oot ….
braw
Ramon saying tonights top story is the transfer tug of war between The Rangers and Hibernian now how can this be the top story there are two premier teams playing in Europe tonight. I get sick of this nonsense. H.H.
JIMBO67
Which film,bud?
Btw,Mahalia Jackson and Eric Hobsbawm discussing politics and music might have been interesting. But the fun might have really kicked in when they moved on to religion…
Celtics opposition in Baku Azerbaijan Qualanga how good are they ? We all seem to be a bit in the dark about there ability. Well just looked on livescores & at the moment there main opponents in Azerbaijan Inter Baku are losing 1-2 to an Icelandic team called Hafnarfjordur who are 6 points above last nights opponents Srtarjan FC
BMCUWP
Jazz On A Summer’s Day. 1959 film made at the Newport Jazz Festival – features Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing and Chuck Berry.
Hobsbawm was a big jazz fan ( and a football buff as well) – don’t know what team Mahalia supported though!
Jimbo67
If we didn’t already know (we do) where we stood in the eyes of our media then it’s just been confirmed on STV news.
Celtic return home from an away win in CHAMPIONS league qualifier….leading story in sports news you would think, unfortunately not up here.
First TWO articles were about transfers involving lower league teams.
Not surprised that they’re not even trying to hide it anymore.
Rant over & blood pressure slowly dropping to safe level.
RP
MurdochauldandHay. We have to take our chances at home and not lose any daft goals and take a good lead over to Baku.If we can do that we have a good chance but if we are wasteful with our chances as we were in the first game against the Icelanders it will be a more than a tricky tie. H.H.
Sorry meant our opponents Quarabag not Qualanga as I mentioned though they both play in the same league in Azerbajain
JIMBO67
This one?
https://vimeo.com/35807953
Saved on new tab for later,mate. Thanks for the tip.
JPH
Not by any means am I saying it’s an easy tie Joe we should not be complacent & I’m sure we will be well prepared
Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles
18:00 on
23 July, 2015
Do you still have my email addy? If so, drop me a line. After Scotland, I am off to…Spain….!
BMCUWP
That’s the one.
Jimbo67