Auldheid did an article for us over the summer contesting the notion that this season’s Premiership race would be more closely contested than recent seasons’. Seven weeks in it looks prescient. It’s not only that we’re four points clear with a game in hand, it’s the manner of most of our victories which is the most telling.
We’ve scored six, five and four twice in six league games, rendering the lack of a league clean sheet an irrelevant detail. On that subject, having watched Coulibaly’s goal for Kilmarnock over again I don’t think there’s much blame to attach anywhere. As Brendan Rodgers said after the game, Dorus de Vries was as far of his line as he should have been when play was >40 yards from goal. It was a Black Swan strike.
It’s difficult to say if we’ve missed Leigh Griffiths or not. We passed up a barrel load of chances at Inverness, which he may have been able to do something about, but the squad is so strong at the moment it’s impossible to say if Leigh would have been able to augment what we got from Moussa. Great to have both fit and ready, though.
Some of the football on show on Saturday was sublime. The passing speed and accuracy gave us time and space to open up Kilmarnock. It will be a different task no Wednesday but we have to challenge ourselves at this level.
I watched the Aberdeen-Newco game yesterday. For all Aberdeen took the points this game supplied more evidence that they are well short of the form which saw them as genuine contenders for most of last season. A catalogue of unforced errors saw them concede possession and momentum throughout the game.
They will still probably win Best of the Rest title, thought, as Hearts don’t seem to be able to put a run of performances together, Motherwell are far from the team who finished second three years ago, and Newco don’t seem to be able to score or defend to any acceptable standard. Loved Souness suggesting they need to spend more money – a team already spending more than they earn! And to what end, catching St Johnstone? Ponder the facts behind your EBT, Graeme, then you might reassess what spending money chasing a football dream leads to.
As Auldheid suggested, these teams will take points off each other more than off Celtic. Records could be broken this season.
It’s in our DNA
74 Celtic fans have signed up to Sleep Out at Celtic Park on 12 November. Sleeping out in Glasgow in November is a non-trivial matter, but it’s being done to raise money to tackle the “torment of homelessness” for the winter ahead. Respect to all involved.
I’m not sleeping out but on Sunday I’m running the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon through Glasgow for the Foundation. The prospect feels non-trivial at the moment (though less onerous than sleeping out in November). Dozens of Celtic fans are also running for the Foundation.
The engagement right across the support to put something back in the tradition that started with Brother Walfrid in November 1887 is remarkable. We get it.
Not all of us can sleep out, or pound the streets for months in preparation, but if you can support any of these efforts please so. My MyDonate page is here. Thank you.
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HT –
letter printed signed and enveloped and will be posted in t’morn.
Bhoys – what night was it that Chris Sutton was ripping the mince out of BFDJ?
Congratulations to all involved in the fundraising for The Kano Foundation!!!!!!!
NATKNOW
Friday. Texted you a link to it,I hope.
I’m tired of awe this shatonfraud
Haven’t they suffered enough?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2016 8:16 PM
NATKNOW
Friday. Texted you a link to it,I hope.
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Cheers dude – about to listen in the bath for a laff!!
Just had a look again at Warburton confronting Beaton. It looks to me like he calls him a Fu***ng Cheat as he walks away.
Is Beaton brave enough to report this? No I don’t think so either
HH
Timbhoy3
If we talk about Celtic giving the manager money to buy good and better players we will all get depressed cos they won’t….so we talk about the huns in their total misery, it fair brightens up a few of our days :-)
HH
Celts…..Whats the Lee Wallace grass stuff ?.
Apologies but keep seeing it mentioned.
HH
Catman
A bit like the time Murry was manhandled at Celtic park by a couple of hun players, they got off on his say so.
HH
Compliance officer has been involved plenty of times over thing not included in the referee report.
TET
Both Sky and STV are now blurring out what he says. Operation cover up is in full swing
Cowiebhoy/Jobo
Cheers lads.
I noticed earlier that bad news is no news for the BBC as football no longer exists on the news since their favoured team was shown up as top notch losers.
Catman
Seriously, why am I not surprised, Oh Dear, still it all helps in the long run :-)
HH
Hamiltontim
Form on its way by Email, hope all is well with you and yours.
Awerabest PJ
watching aleppo doc – very difficult viewing (btw, what good have the rooskies ever done in the world?)
BBC website got Scottish Cup draw.
One of the teams is “Gretna FC 2008”.
Is this the “same club” as the Gretna that got liquidated in 2008?
Why the need for the suffix?
Isn’t it BBC policy to just call it the same club with the same name?
If Gretna wiz liquidated……how comes Jobo & his better half…..slept? there….last night…..deluded ;-))
#FAC The Polis
FTSFA
H.H.
THE EXILED TIM on 26th September 2016 8:24 pm
Timbhoy3
If we talk about Celtic giving the manager money to buy good and better players we will all get depressed cos they won’t….so we talk about the huns in their total misery, it fair brightens up a few of our days :-)
HH
There is always one only too willing to fall for the post from the plant
BMCUWP – from earlier
“The Spartans won that because they defended a very narrow pass. A bottleneck.”
Spoiler alert! They did not exactly win that. It was a suicide mission designed to delay the large Persian Force sufficiently to let the other Greek states, especially the Athenians, time to get their act together.
An equivalent scenario for us versus City in the CL would be for us to knacker Man City by making them play end to end football with a 12-6 type result so that they were too tired to face Barca in Spain in their next fixture ( or more likely, Spurs in their next EPL match).
Buzzing about going to Glasgow tomorrow . Taking a big Jersey local for his first visit to Paradise . Have warned him to brace himself for Celtic park when Zadok is played .
HH
Lenny got carpeted by the beaks at every turn
Including calling his pal Jim Goodwin a fanny
Warbiola abused the ref yesterday in a confrontational aggressive manner .. If an accusation of calling the ref a cheat is to be added to it .. He needs the book thrown at him … We should watch with interest
BFSDJ said Warbiola didnt swear at Beaton, cue pixellated video to blank out what he said, Chris give the fud a call big man…
M7
Do you honestly think he is a plant ?
Serious question btw.
HH
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/the-football-blogging-awards-and-an-arboreal-absence/
Bada Bing
I think BFDG time is almost up
His particularly thick cheerleading brand of journalism is no longer acceptable … Even to the equally thick bluenoses
CHANNELISLANDCELT on 26TH SEPTEMBER 2016 9:08 PM
Buzzing about going to Glasgow tomorrow . Taking a big Jersey local for his first visit to Paradise . Have warned him to brace himself for Celtic park when Zadok is played .
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You might have given the ticket to P.C….Whit kind of mhate are ye ? :O) hh
PJ
Thanks mate. All good here I hope you’re well sir.
Black Swans the random events that underlie our lives. Things you would never bet on. Like the huns going out of existence. Ride a black swan.
HT
I’ll get Morrisey to complete the form. Is there still time?
Chanelislandcelt…..tomorrow…..is a day early ;-)) unless Av lost a day…..not unknown ;-))
#FAC The Polis
FTSFA
H.H.
A think the Black Swan reference…..wiz P67s…..admission that he watched a film about ballet…..and he liked it ;-))
#FAC The Polis
FTSFA
H.H.
Pfayr,
I had a look at the SMSM today, something I rarely do, seems bfdg is not the only ones who’s jotters are marked, concerted exit effort to get rid of the hat, which is nice.
Huge shot in the dark,
but looking for 2 tickets for Wednesday night,
GordyBhoy64,
Mines available for……yer soul…..a think yer onty plums……guid luk tho ;-))
#FAC The Polis
FTSFA
H.H.
Could be a lot worse,,, Wed night.
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Antonio Damato (ITA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Fourth Official: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
UEFA Referee Observer: Eugen Strigel (GER)
UEFA Delegate: Pertti Alaja (FIN)
If you can win 54 titles in four years, does that mean Gretna 2008 have 108?