Celtic’s defence had to cope with another injury on Saturday: Liam Scales missed out with Maik Nawrocki stepping in, but as a unit, they are solid with Greg Taylor, Alistair Johnston and Cameron Carter-Vickers in place.
It was fitting that Johnston got an assist for Reo Hatate and Kyogo’s goals, the second a particularly satisfying cross. He is back on the form we saw when he first arrived in January last year. Decision making, energy levels and end product have all ticked up since the winter break.
Both fullbacks were missing in February, then returned to build up match fitness in a team in a mini crisis. It was a lesson on how fragile form can be when players are even 10% short of sharpness.
The injury to Daizen Maeda poses a different challenge. Luis Palma returned to action after six weeks out and, for my money, looked like he has work to do and perhaps a few pounds to shift. Yang didn’t look comfortable on the left on Saturday, so until Daizen recovers or Luis gets miles under his belt, I expect Greg Taylor has a lot of running to do, especially on the big open spaces of Hampden.
The two fullbacks are among Celtic’s most important players.
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BADA BING!! on 16TH APRIL 2024 1:35 PM
Dundee H
Killie A
Huns H
St Mirren A
Hearts H
Is doing the rounds,nothing confirmed….
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That would mean the Hun back at Dundee for the 3rd time to equal up Dundee 4 OF home fixtures…. A pass the paracetamol to Big Phil
SAINT STIVS on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:05 PM
Hot smoked are you around for another casual observation.
As of two minutes ago, I am around.
HOT SMOKED on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:19 PM
SAINT STIVS on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:05 PM
Hot smoked are you around for another casual observation.
As of two minutes ago, I am around.
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a pure random.
sitting at bishopton co-op last night and a van parks next to us.
COPPER CAFE or something like that.
wife googles it to see if it is a new restraunt , turns out it is in arbroath.
daft wee coincidental.
Strangely the same fixtures I posted about an hour and a half ago,some will be disappointed……
So am I right in thinking that if Dundee win tomorrow, we’ll more than likely be able to clinch it at home to the Huns
No complaints with the post split fixtures.
Up to us now.
Sun 28 April
Dundee v Celtic
St Mirren v Rangers (12:30)
Sat 4 May
Celtic v Hearts
Sun 5 May
Rangers v Kilmarnock (13:00)
Sat 11 May
Celtic v Rangers (12:30)
Tues 14 May
Rangers v Dundee (19:30)
Wed 15 May
Kilmarnock v Celtic (19:30)
Sat 18 May
Celtic v St Mirren (12:30)
Hearts v Rangers (12:30)
Talking of great TV Series, check out Netflix Lillyhammer with Steven van Zandt, loved it. Good story and very funny in parts
KINGLuBO
Lovely afternoon here.
BIG JIMMY on 16TH APRIL 2024 12:35 PM
On screen John Wayne fought and defeated the Sioux, the Confederacy, the Axis Powers and the Vietcong.How John loved that uniform. Off screen was a different matter altogether. Unlike Kirk Douglas, Jimmy Stewart and Paul Newman the ‘Duke’ steadfastly refused to enlist after Pearl Harbor. Later in his career he would appear on chat shows and demand shows of US force across the globe. I was always surprised that the likes of Parkinson never called out the difference between Wayne’s WW2 record and his later belligerence.
SAINT STIVS on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:35 PM
In the Fixtures that I read…the Huns are due to visit Hearts on SUNDAY 19th MAY and NOT On Saturday 18th May when Celtic play St Mirren.
The Hearts v Huns game is NOT scheduled to be televised by Sky…..YET ?
That could change IF the Huns have a chance of winning the League ?
HH.
SAINT STIVS on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:27 PM
There is one called the Copper Oven. Mainly pizza, I believe but I have never been in it.
Are those fixtures the genuine article?
I thought we had to wait until after the Dundee/Sevco game tomorrow.
FRITZSONG on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:43 PM
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If I remember correctly John Wayne was NOT allowed to join the US Forces during World War 2, because of a ” Health Issue” ?
I cant remember what his ” Health Condition” was…off the top of my head.
I will try and find out.
HH.
BIG JIMMY on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:47 PM
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Am sure all the final day fixtures need to kick off at the same time on the same day.
johnny bhoy johnny for real.
Scottish Premiership: Post-split fixtures announced
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68828127
If I remember correctly John Wayne was NOT allowed to join the US Forces during World War 2, because of a ” Health Issue” ?
I cant remember what his ” Health Condition” was…off the top of my head.
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a big fearttie heart condition
Wayne’s father, Clyde Leonard Morrison (1884–1937), was the son of American Civil War veteran Marion Mitchell Morrison (1845–1915). Wayne’s mother, the former Mary “Molly” Alberta Brown (1885–1970), was from Lancaster County, Nebraska. Wayne had Scottish, Scotch-Irish, English, and Irish ancestry.[16] His great-great-grandfather Robert Morrison (b. 1782) left County Antrim, Ireland, with his mother, arriving in New York in 1799 and eventually settling in Adams County, Ohio. The Morrisons were originally from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.[17] He was raised Presbyterian.[18]
So John Wayne was a HUN ?
LOL
HH
Wayne applied to the U.S. Naval Academy, but was not accepted due to poor grades. Instead, he attended the University of Southern California (USC), majoring in pre-law. He was a member of the Trojan Knights and Sigma Chi fraternities.[23]: 30 Wayne, who stood 6 feet 4+1⁄2 inches (1.94 metres) tall, also played on the USC football team under coach Howard Jones. A broken collarbone injury curtailed his athletic career; Wayne later noted that he was too terrified of Jones’ reaction to reveal the actual cause of his injury, a bodysurfing accident.[24] He lost his athletic scholarship, and without funds, had to leave the university.[25][26]
Wayne TRIED to join the OSS, which was the fore runner to the CIA, but again he was rejected. He was also under threat of a Major Law Suit, IF he left his Movie Contract to serve with the US Forces during World War 2.
HH
Happy with the fixtures.
If we do our jobs then Rugby Park will pose a significantly reduced risk to our title chances being as how it’s scheduled for match day 5 of the split.
SAINT STIVS on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:50 PM
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in your Post ( above) it states that Hearts v Huns is due on SATURDAY 18th MAY. The same day that Celtic play St. Mirren in Paradise however the DR states that Hearts v Huns game is due to be played on SUNDAY 19th MAY ?
Sumbody has it wrong.
HH.
https://spfl.co.uk/news/post-split-fixtures-for-202324
It looks like the DR got it WRONG earlier as it NOW states that Hearts v Huns game is due to be played on Saturday 18th May….
So the DR AMENDED their Fixture list from earlier.
HH.
the top 6 last fixtures have to be played all at the same kick off time on the same day
same for the bottom 6.
been like that for yonks.
DR AMENDED
does he work at brigeton health centre ?
As it currently stands, if we win our two games before we play them and assuming they do as well. We can go 4 points clear of them if we beat them at CP. that’s also assuming they win tomorrow in Dundee.
That means we could afford to lose at Killie, but still win the league by winning at home against St Mirren in the last game of the season.
gonny no dae that.
some hun was on radio other night recalling all the times that celtic were points clear going into the split but still lost the league, 3 times when they sneaked it with cheatin and us self combusting.
th ememories of only having to beat a hibs, a motherwell, even beating thems in the last of game and still lossing the league,
lets fully concentrate on winning the next fixture, eyes on the prize in a maniacal focused way.
oh, and get forrest or adam playing instead of yang.
thats it.
SAINT STIVS on 16TH APRIL 2024 4:19 PM
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😂 I get where you’re coming from. Nothing done until it’s mathematically impossible. Was just highlighting what a strong position we’re now in after our good run and their slip-ups.
Focus should always be on the next game. Brendan won’t allow anything else. 😃🇮🇪⚽️🍀🏆
Just hope we don’t have to rely upon them dropping points at tynecastle on the last day of the season against a diets team who will have absolutely no motivation whatsoever
BIG JIMMY on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:57 PM
So John Wayne was a HUN ?
*no really Big Jimmy, although he had three failed marriages, two to Mexican Catholics, one to a Peruvian, nevertheless, his seven children were all raised Catholic, as were his twenty-one grandchildren, one of whom Father Muñoz was 14 years old when his grandfather died of cancer in 1979, and stated in his lifetime, “The Duke” won an Oscar, the Congressional Gold Medal, and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, of all those achievements, though, Father Muñoz is most proud of just one, his grandfather’s conversion to the Catholic faith.
His friendship with Catholic director John Ford, real name John Feeney, had a strong influence on him, as did, no doubt, the religious traditions and culture of his wives, Ford died from a very painful cancer and Wayne remarked about how impressed he was with the comfort his Catholic Faith gave him throughout the ordeal.
Anyway as William Patrick Maley once said “It’s not the creed nor his nationality that counts. It’s the man himself.”
Will Maeda be back for the 11th . . . . . .. . . .mmmmmmmm
GARYGILLESPIESHAMSTRING on 16TH APRIL 2024 4:31 PM
I wouldn’t say Hearts will have NO motivation. Almost every time they play Sevco they are motivated to boost Sevco’s points and goal difference .
Just do it Celtic.
1 game at a time starting on Saturday.
D. :)
Good afternoon all from Govanhill. A fine day in old Glasgow Town.
MELVIN UDALL on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:50 PM
BIG JIMMY on 16TH APRIL 2024 3:47 PM
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Am sure all the final day fixtures need to kick off at the same time on the same day
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i had forgotten about that….I am an auld Chump…sometimes.
LOL
HH
TONTINE TIM on 16TH APRIL 2024 4:33 PM
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Cheers for the John Wayne info.
So I can now sing about John Wayne ……” he used to be a Hun, but hes alright now” ?
LOL
HH
Here are the fixtures direct from the SPFL site:
https://spfl.co.uk/news/post-split-fixtures-for-202324
Bigjimmy
Wull you stoap reading that rekkkord,enough dafteez oan here pushin it.side of the cludgie :-))
HH
NEWMARKET Racing Today…
My selections for Today at Newmarket have run very badly…only One Winner so far.
Tomorrow is another day.
HH.