Having pummelled Newco repeatedly this season there is a notion that we’re going to do it again on Sunday. I’d be tempted to hold that result. St Mirren, an inferior team, demonstrated for 57 minutes how far blanket defending and a bit of organisation can take you. If Celtic record an impressive result at the weekend, they will have to be at the peak of their powers.
We can expect Newco will have watched replays of the opening 20 minutes of our Hogmanay tie dozens of times recently. They will do their best to capture what worked for them during that period, and attempt to replicate it on Sunday.
We started slowly that day, which is not entirely out of character, but one or two also looked spooked by the occasion. Newco started on the front foot, again, something they repeatedly do, but just as they have done throughout the season, they soon ran out of steam.
There is not a great deal they will be able to do about Moussa Dembele, short of cutting off supply to him. As a consequence, they will stick tight to Scott Sinclair, who will have work to do to even get involved in the game, never mind hurt the opposition. This is no bad thing, as while Scott is our most productive player, the team will be full of players hungry and capable of hurting the Newco defence.
This is a game which could be in the balance with 15 minutes remaining, but which Celtic could score three times in the closing period. They have the superior fitness and mental fortitude.
Our greatest danger will be from officialdom. Conceding a penalty, a red card, or both, opens the only door possible for Newco to take anything from the game. Keep cool heads as we’ll do just fine.
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God Bless the mujahadeens
Gorrit,Sconie.
UPLIKEABIRD,MAGS
I reckon we joined this blog at roughly the same time. For me,Jan 2009.
The fix was in. Some of us knew some things,all of us strongly suspected everything. PAUL67 gave us a vehicle to pull it all together.
By the time RTC came along,this site had already revealed the imminent death of the hun,some wonderful posters had put the knife in.
Barcabhoy,for one.
And the huns went bust. Funnoooooot. Aw ya dancer.
So we just waited for the rotten fruit of cheated titles to fall into our lap.
Put our faith in justice,we did. As we have done all our lives.
Is it right to put your faith in justice? Does that mean that you accept that a tiny wee select committee know better?
Does it mean that you realise that the tiny wee select committee know more than you do?
I actually thought that the huns were f’d around 2007,and told my hun mates in Kilwinning.
They then won three in a row.
They know now. It’s rotten fruit. For all my mates back home,Rangers daft as they are,they honestly can’t talk about their team in the pub.
Think about that.
Following post is the very reason why Stupid FC will always exist and forever be able to claim Rangers FC did not die.
Macjay you’d have been as well posting
Rangers Then Rangers Now Rangers Forever
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 11TH MARCH 2017 10:47 PM
BURNLEY78 on 11TH MARCH 2017 10:39 PM
I feel exactly the same.
It walks like a hun
It talks like a hun
It looks like a hun
It cheats like a hun
Forget the semantics.
Its Rangers.
———-
Old Firm fans eh?
MWD
Lots of Tims on flight to Edinburgh. It’s going to be a long day. Seat belts fastened. Here we go…..
Good morning CQN from a damp, dull but still mild East Devon.
Get intae them.
BMCUW,
Pardon me for butting in….I saw you mention the name ‘Sconie’ above. Would he be the same Sconie who at one time posted on OFFforum, and/ or old BBC old firm forum back when they still had that up and running ?
Unlikely, i guess, but you never know.
Just thought I’d ask. Thanks.
Good morning everyone from a sun kissed Marbella, what a way to spend my birthday. Breakfast on the balcony, brisk walk along the beach then settle down to see my team take on and beat Sevco. First and foremost a win then as a wee birthday treat the numbers five,six or preferably seven become significant. May I wish all our Bhoys wherever they may be watching all the very best and let,s do it big time today. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Hebcelt: hoopy birthday. Enjoy your holiday.
Happy Birthday Hebcelt ……. and say hello to your lovely wife.
As for everyone else, all good things come to those who wait.
Happy birthday Hebcelt. Have a great day.
MWD
Found a couple of great bits of celtic memorabilia yesterday goin through my recently deceased father’s things yesterday. Look me up on twitter under @Maley’s boy to see
If anyone has a couple of spares for today please contact me on bobbypetta@sky.com.
Good morning (again) friends and welcome to Matchday 28 from a dry, calm, broken clouded, bright and mild East Kilbride.
We shall rejoice and be glad in it ;-)
Happy Birthday Hebcelt have a great day.
Hail! Hail! PMTYH
Repost from last night FAO PATMCGRATHTAKESAPENALTY…
DAVIDOPOULOS on 11TH MARCH 2017 8:51 PM
PATMCGRATHTAKESAPENALTY
If you are looking in (or mostly likely when you look in in the morning), Ive had no response from the Holiday Inn Cochin re showing the match. Did you see my suggestion about the Mobdro app??
Morning Bhoys from a very damp Central Scotland I expect todays Glasgow Derby to be a wee bit harder than the last one as the Rangers players will be out to put a show on for there new boss,However, the gulf for me is to great for them to bridge and the hoops will win 2-0. H.H.
JMCCORMICK
Wee ( Neilly ) will be in the PV today, watches all the games in there now as he no longer has his ST
I’ll tell him you bhoys where asking about him..
Was feeling very confident about today, but my confidence has waned slightly from McAvennie like levels to something approaching my normal bullishness.
Simply because they will have something to prove to their new manager is will get wired in in a manner they didn’t under Warbs.
However, ultimately the only thing that can defeat us is our own complacency. The reality is, we are better than them in every single position
HEBCELT
Happy Birthday!
Your day sounds lovely so far.
I hope it gets better and better!
Happy birthday Hebcelt
Glad you are enjoying every minute following your health issues over the last couple of years
You where in my thoughts at mass last night .
(I know it’s not your thing but thinking about EDB got me thinking about you too)
Morning bhoys
Hebcelt
Happy Birthday and have a good one.
Spoke to two Feyenoord fans in town last night. They flew over from Dusseldorf with five Dortmund fans. Encouraging to hear them say this game at CP has an atmosphere like nowhere else in Europe, rivalled only in Istanbul.
The guys were fairly knowledgeable about the RFC 1872 scandal.
A fascinating conversation away from football when they spoke of WW2 and how their town Venlo, on the German border, was partially flattened by Lancaster bombers dropping their load too early. This was tragically in the last few days of war and many families were wiped out needlessly. I was also unaware of ongoing German reparations to the Dutch. To this day, some families who lost relatives in the camps are given free rail passes by German authorities to visit appropriate camps, in Joop’s case, Sachsenhausen,where his grandfather ended up.
Being in their mid sixties I had an idea they’d have been in Milan 70. They got the train down with another 20k fans knowing Feyenoord were underdogs but their main tactics, apart from drowning out the Celtic fans with their horns, were marking ‘de vlo’ (Jinky) out the game, and getting Van Hanegem on the ball. Their affinity with us grew from Feyenoord’s greatest day.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the Scottish football league
They come from bonnie Scotland, they come from county Cork,
They come from dear old Donegal and even from New York,
From every street in Glasgow they proudly make their way,
To a place called dear old paradise and this is what they say.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the Scottish football league.
There’s Fallon, Young and Gemmell who proudly wear the green,
There’s Clark, McNeill and Kennedy the best there;s ever been,
Jim Johnstone, Murdoch, Chalmers, John Divers and John Hughes,
And sixty thousand Celtic fans who proudly shout the news.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the Scottish football league.
repeat as many times as you like fading away into the distance CSC
Hebcelt, happy birthday.
Gym, game and celebratory lunch, going to be a good day.
Enjoy your day bhoys and ghirls wherever you are
Hail hail LMCCSC
MARRAKESH EXPRESS
Lovely post.
BSR
Yours was lovely too!
LMCBHOY
Aye, yours tae!
Well bus leaves in an hour, should be in the park an hour before kickoff, 4:0 to the hoops
PRESTONPANS BHOY
That would be lovely!
Big JF picking up mini at 10am
He will be at his usual spot next to CQN corner☘️☘️
Philbhoy
Thank you , sir.
HH
UP LIKE A BIRD @ 2:54 AM,
“Maybe people look at a football club as being an alternative to a real Human relationship……”
Very articulate and heart-felt post.
We can of course get caught up in “pastimes”, see them as being more important than they really are. Paul67 done a good piece in regard to Football sometime back.
We have to say… What is real? What is our priorities?
Since Roman times the Establishment have known the importance of Bread and Circuses to appease the masses.
I believe it was MacJay who posted during THAT Barca comeback that Nations are corrupt and it WILL be reflected in Football.
Of course with the prestige and money involved in Football now, he is quite right.
Which is a great shame. The Sporting Ideal was one of honest toil and Football was born out-of the Corinthian Spirit – This no longer applies.
Still my Club, Celtic are striving to incorporate or even to emulate the Spirit of our Founders. It is a special Club who, I believe, has been run in a Prudent, Diligent and Shrewd manner, certainly since it was restructured.
The way the Football Establishment, Other Clubs and the attitude of Players, Officials and Fans, sully the “Beautiful” game is obviously hugely disappointing.
But the fact is my Club has found an alternative way not only to survive but to thrive in this environment doing things “The Glasgow Celtic Way”. It makes me proud and believe it or not… hopeful.
‘Cause I know where a Football Match lies in life’s priorities… I choose my Bread, I choose my Circuses… (Outwith Football I watch less than one hour of TV a week and listen to less than one hour of Radio a week.)
Yet I’ll watch the Game today, not sure with how many friends will be there (could be dozens) but a least two I’ve already arranged to meet. They are great and close friends of mine, I hope our friendships will be life long.
We have many things in common but we got to know each other through just one… Our Love of Glasgow Celtic.
These are real Human Relationships and will not be tarnished but strengthened through the knowledge that what we are up against is “Bent”…
Hail Hail
I won’t be watching the game live as I get toooo excited.
Not good for me at the moment, so garden duties to be done.
In a calm and orderly manner.
All you ghuys who are going, stay safe.
Good morning CQN!!!
Match day battle plan—-
Mass last night, leave G74 early doors, park on Tollcross Road and breakfast in Costa @Forge.
Basically I’m just retracing my steps from September 10th and hoping for the same result!
Not much sleep been had here over last 2 nights. Just win this Celtic. One goal is plenty for me.
Superstitious CSC
Sunday morning, up with the lark
I think I’ll take a walk in the park
Hey hey hey, it’s a beautiful day
I’ve got someone waiting for me
And when I see her I know that she’ll say
Hey hey hey, what a beautiful day
Hi hi hi, beautiful Sunday
This is my my my beautiful day
When you said said said said that you loved me
Oh my my my its a beautiful day.
Birds are singing, you by my side
Lets take a car and go for a ride
Hey hey hey, it’s a beautiful day CSC
CHAIRBHOY
Lovely post!
I’m fair enjoying the Blog this morning!
Nerves must run in the family- my old dad used to feel physically sick just watching the highlights at night :)))))))
4 nil today.
Am off to see the Celtic.
Be careful out there today folks remember they hate us more than we pity them.
Thurd is the new second.
H.H