Much of our Champions League history was on show last night, apart from the fragility which has accompanied Celtic so often on the road. The game was immeasurably more difficult than any challenge we face in domestic football. The opening minutes were so stressful, otherwise composed players were spooked, but winning is all about how you react when you are spooked. Do you crumble and concede an early goal?
With less than three minutes on the clock, and Spartak about to take their third corner kick, how many of us thought back to early goals lost in the opening minutes of recent European adventures?
Not for this team, who reacted to being spooked by scoring a genuinely top class goal.
It wasn’t until Spartak went down to 10 men that we made them look like Motherwell (the similarity in possession, passing, composure last night and on Saturday are remarkable) but, Spartak going down to 10 men was not the deciding factor in the outcome of the game. Kris Commons should have won a penalty when Celtic were 0-1 up and Gary Hooper was clean through on the goalkeeper at the incident which led to the red card.
Once level, with 20 minutes remaining, the stage was Celtic’s, but a more illustrious (i.e. expensive and feted) Celtic team had the same stage against a weaker opponent in Anderlecht in 2003 but ended up losing the game. Last night Hooper, Izaguirre, Samaras, Forrest and Brown went about their business in a steady and unspectacular fashion, exuding the confidence you need to win at this level.
No result is achieved in this competition without an enormous performance; just ask those who lost in Belgium nine years ago, including the proudest man in Europe last night.
Bring on the Salt ‘n’ Sauce Rangers.
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Ha don’t know if u seen his piece there on celtics performance
Last night but struggled to give us any sort of credit instead focused on how long it’s taken and how bad spartak are? He really bugs me..
Awe-Naw
Burak in Polish stands for the Beet. Was that about me? Not nice :-)
The poster who quoted Paul article with Tikhonov said he would like to glue that interview on Tikhonov forehead. Don’t ask what Spartak fans advise , what Celts should glue on their foreheads?
Zbyszek,
I have never upset anyone on here ever. I am hardly likely to start on you. ;-)
HH
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
22:59 on 3 October, 2012
Zbyszek,
I have never upset anyone on here ever. I am hardly likely to start on you. ;-)
HH
Awe naw, somebody has Awe Nawed Awe Nawanawnoo!
Awe_Naw
Oh, ho, ho
I’m sure you are talking about three weeks your last holidays ;-)
Play offs coefficients Spartak 8
Celtic 3
Benfica 1.4
Barcelona 1.03.
celticeoin
22:55 on
3 October, 2012
He’s a poor sidekick of low intellect who struggles to formulate a basic sentence.
I gave up listening to anything he had to say about us many years ago.
Night Bhoys and ghirls
kilbowie kelt
22:54 on
3 October, 2012
In a nutshell …..!!!!!
Does ANYBODY miss rangers?
:)
Books
Bookies Pen for a button on a blazer
not in a million years
HH
winning captains
I read your post and I’m glad that Celtic are adding more resources to their commercial/marketing. I hope the new additions come with some imagination and an appreciation of quality because I can’t help but think that Celtic are often more reactive as opposed proactive and the products they often lend their name to are frequently of GASH quality.
I believe The Great Desmondo would rather the huns were still in the SPL.
Is it just me ..or suddenly Hun posters don’t think Gary and chris ” look fat” …dearie me..you identify yourselves so very easily..keep walkin into the traps hh
Earnie..ever heard the expression tongue in cheek..dearie me
I think Dermot Desmond is a much smarter cookie then many are giving him credit for.
Even a “no comment” would be turned into anti- Celtic propoganda by the MSM.
Kilbowie Kelt
22:54 on 3 October, 2012
Is it not just possible The Great Desmondo was only saying what he actually thought?
Would that not be a more realistic take on it?
Some of the excuses and justifications being trotted out are a bit Alice In Wonderland.
Ah Ernie
Nice to see you still moaning about the rotters that run the club
I mean just look at the state we are in now thanks to evil capitalists like DD
Glendalystonsils likes a mr whippy with his lime green jelly
23:22 on 3 October, 2012
”I think Dermot Desmond is a much smarter cookie then many are giving him credit for.
Even a “no comment” would be turned into anti- Celtic propoganda by the MSM.”
And of course we really, really need the MSM to be on side, don’t we?
Imagine they were to run an anti Celtic story!
How would we ever recover?
Was ist falsch bhoys
enshooldigoong weissbier talking and me spelling
What is the Stars
23:27 on 3 October, 2012
That’s as stupid a comment as I’ve read on here.
Ernie
Desmond cares about cash.
The Champions league makes them superfluous. We don’t need them to make money and the money we do make outstrips the 2 home games against them that used to exist.
Ernie…thats a bold statement.
There have been some crackers on here over the years…..
ernie lynch
23:24 on
3 October, 2012
We will all have differing views on different subjects or it would be a boring old world ….. The main point here is that the bhuns are no longer with us, and their would-be replacements won’t be far behind them …… Meanwhile, we need to concentrate on remaining unified behind all things Celtic, as we all await the ‘interesting’ developments over the next few weeks…Hail Hail
Ernie Lynch
Thats high praise indeed coming from the world record holder of stupid comments
Great to see you posting again.really missed your old moaning
ernie lynch
23:29 on 3 October, 2012
That’s as stupid a comment as I’ve read on here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
That’s as stupid a comment as I’ve read on here.?……..LOL
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
23:33 on 3 October, 2012
And we shouldn’t be distracted by those who should know better giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Or their apologists.
It was an ill advised and unnecessary thing to say.
Incidentally I believe The Great Desmondo was being honest.
Ironically it’s his defenders who are accusing him of being dishonest. Of being sarcastic. Of goading the huns.
It’s a funny old world.
Who really cares what Dermot desmond said
what do you want him to say
“I hate them hun bassas,I wanna kill em all and burn doon Ibrox”
Even if he thought that (and I doubt very much that he does) he couldnt say it
I dont know or care what he really thinks,I do know that the team he is heavily involved with are in a very good position while their major rivals are teetering on the brink of extinction.
But because he says something like “ah yea they are great and we all miss them blah blah etc” everyone loses the head
Get real people
I never saw the interview with DD.
Was he blindsided by a journo or was it an arranged sit down affair?
SPF
Ernie….
Always thought Granada TV missed a trick when they shelved “Crossroads”….
They should have used the Crossroads cast to do a spoof remake of the Original ‘Star Trek’….
With Sandy as James T.,Meg as Uhuru,Benny as ‘Bones’,and Shug as ‘Scotty’….
And Diane as the ‘eye candy’….
Mr Peacock, and the rest of “Are You Being Served” could guest as the Romulans,or any other malign alien life-form….
Camp It Up A Bit….Mebbies ?
Beats the hell outta the excreable ‘Red Dwarf'(Series 1-10)…..
Whaddyathink…?
Dont care waht DD said,
did he get his dividend from a loss making company
ernie lynch
23:37 on
3 October, 2012
Fair comment …….. But I still think, in the nicest possible way, that you like ‘stirring it up a wee bit’ ………. Good night to you, and to ALL good tims, including oor DD ……I didn’t sleep at all last night, but I’ll make up for it tonight…………!!!!!!!!
neil canamalar lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
I got mine, and that’s all I care about ………..LOL
Nutsy asks..
“Is Neil, Ah think that Neil is Hell Bent in making a Petard.”
“Whit”
“A Petard.. ye know.. Wan o’ they Thingmies.. that ..If ye urnae careful..
Ye kin be Hoisted oan.”
” Why d’ya say the Neil is Making wan, then?”
“Well…He is Bummin’ up.. Gary… Somethin’ Fierce..
Like..
Boastin’, tae the Whole Woild , How good Hoops is..and…Recommending him fur an England Cap..
“Yep.. Noo .. Ah get whit ye mean.. pal..
“Aye.. Come January.. if Neil Continues tae Bum up. Hoops..
Neil.. May well be.. Hoisted… oan A Thing o’ his own Makin”
“Actually, ye know me, Ah widnae mind Cashin’ in oan Hoops..
Money, is the Name o’ the Game.. Besides, Hoops wullnae be missed .”
Kojo
Still, Laughin’
SNAP…..
::¬)))
Philcool,
Hi Ghuys
With all the conjecture ongoing about the final group league placings ,why don,t we make a deal with Barca that will be mutally beneficial to both teams
We should just tell them that we will let them beat us in the new camp and expect them to do the same for us at Celtic Park
simples
HH
Phil
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The worst thing i’ve read on here tonight, matchfixing really, the Celtic.
Away and bile yer heed
have you been watchingCSC
Gotta Leave, Steve
Good Night Scotland
Good Night Ireland
Good Night Wales
Good Night England
Good Night Canada
Good Night New Zealand
Good Night Australia
and
Good Night. Bill Binnie.. wherever, you are
Kojo
Still Laughin’
kojo,
I remember WGS doing the same and being crucified, and what did the romans ever do for us.
Bum them up Neilly who knows how good they’ll get, he’s the boss and if you get good results, doing what the ghuy who picked you tells you to do, then believe him.
The cornerbhoy now has an office up town :oD)))))
67heaven…,
and when a few major shareholders get together and sell Celtic Football Club Ltd right out from under you, like manure, will you still be a loyal servant.
My Dear Kojo….
Whit’s this yer haverin’ aboot ‘makin’ petards’…?
Are you not aware that a ‘petard’ is a primitive form of grenade….
Almost as dangerous to the soldiers launching them,as they were to the enemy,as they were rather unstable and volatile…?
The Bold Marines in our magnificent Royal Navy made telling use of petards against the Perfidious French, in the Battles of the Nile & Trafalgar….
Dinnae be getting Kilbowie Kelt all mixed up,noo….
He already reckoned that a ‘petard’ was some kinda gallows….
By the way….It was MARK Binnie…!