Teenage Matthews excels on Celtic right

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The most interesting point to make about Adam Matthews is that, for another month anyway, he is still a teenager.  You and I have seen enough of these games to know that the occasion has a habit of consuming inexperienced youth but Adam patrolled Celtic’s right with remarkable authority last night.  All the more remarkable considering this was his first game back after injury.

Football business for 2011 is finished and new signing, Swedish international right back, Mikael Lustig (25), is now available for selection.  At 6’3” Mikael has previously played in central defence but Neil Lennon insisted the player was primarily recruited as a right back but, despite the rate Celtic right backs pick up injuries, the need appears greater in central defence.  It’s hard to see Adam Matthews losing the right back berth.

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  1. hen1rik says:

     

    29 December, 2011 at 15:45

     

     

    Ta mate, suspected as much. I enjoy having a wee look at RM and they’re goin aff their nuts. Though not sure last sentence stands up to logic.

  2. Hoops_Neil_Lennon_diditagain on

    Earlier Strathclyde Police praised the “positive influence” of both sets of fans in reducing “sectarian singing” at games.

     

     

    Must be why you couldn’t hear any songs from the Ragers fans.

  3. Firstly well done Celtic

     

    Secondly well done the fans

     

     

    Can anyone clarify what Davie Provan said last night that incensed folk?

     

     

    Wee question! can healys yellow carded be increased? AND can that thug McCulloch finally be hammered.

     

     

    Anyone else think that the performance of Gollum was a disgrace,unlike that hun media

  4. roy croppie says:

     

    29 December, 2011 at 14:39″

     

    .. perhaps we should send Mr Collum a ball for Christmas!”

     

     

    Please include instructions.

  5. Mick says:

     

    29 December, 2011 at 16:03

     

    “Anyone else think that the performance of Gollum was a disgrace,unlike that hun media.”

     

     

    Collum cannot help himself.

     

     

    I withdraw that because that is exactly what he tries to do.

  6. Mick

     

    No, as he got a yellow card at the time then it is condidered dealt with even if tv pictures latered showed he had done something the ref had missed

     

     

    its a trick used often by the blue team to get out of possible red card review panel situations…

  7. .

     

     

    Breaking News..

     

     

    Ally McCoist calls for Celtic player to be Banned for Diving..

     

     

    ..

     

     

    Ally has Sensationally Accused Fraser Foster of Diving to Save Rangers ‘Goal’ at Celtic Park last Night..

     

     

    Summa

     

     

    Bjmac..

     

     

    Re; Phone My Dad..My Mum said he Has Not spoken since the St Mirren result Ha Ha..He Disnae half take the Huff..:O)

  8. bournesouprecipe says:

     

    29 December, 2011 at 15:37

     

     

    for you

     

     

    Rangers in the sh*te

     

    rearranging finances

     

    Wallowing in sh*te

     

    What were the chances

     

    we’d be disposing

     

    of Ibrox before the nite was through.

     

     

    Something in your lies was so inviting,

     

    Something in your bile was so exciting,

     

    Something in my heart,

     

    Told me I must exploit you.

     

     

    Rangers in the sh*te,

     

    two lonely peeple

     

    They´re Rangers in the sh*te

     

    They’re poor opponents

     

    When we sang our hello hello.

     

    Little did we know

     

    the end with no finance to pay,

     

    was warm embracing dance away and –

     

     

    Ever since that nite we’ve been in hysterics

     

    Brothers in the sh*te, removed forever.

     

    It turned out so right,

     

    For Rangers in the sh*te.

     

     

    The end with no finance to pay,

     

    is a warm embracing dance away –

     

     

    Ever since that nite we’ve been in hysterics

     

    Brothers in trh sh*te, removed forever

     

    It turned out so right,

     

    For Rangers in the sh*te.

     

     

    Do dody doby do

     

    do doo de la

     

    da da da da ya

     

     

    Hail HAil

  9. joe16led Joe ledley

     

    Just arrived in cardiff going to see family and friends who I missed over Christmas. #Goodtimes

  10. why was last night so special ? can’t put my finger on it ? young team ? GB? the points gap ? swalistair ? what Lennie went through which would have broken me ? dunno.

     

     

    Kojo, where are you ? You’ve been bemoaning our lack of goals from corners for ages , I’m sure ledley mouthed ‘this one’s for you kojo me old mucker’

  11. Unbelievable!!!!!!!

     

     

    That serial incompetent get’s a pat on the back!

     

     

    IKI

     

    Maybe we should all chip in and get him a Colonoscopy. I would love to know what the kids at his school think of him.

     

     

    What about Davie Provan any update to what he said?

  12. Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Kano 1000 says:

     

    29 December, 2011 at 14:49

     

    “This is tomorrow calling– wishing you were here!”

     

     

    excellent use of the Ferry lyric, except I do not wish them to join us.

     

    HH

  13. !!Bada Bing!! Kano 1000 on

    Jimmci- I noticed wee Dawwell didnt have any articles in the Evening Times,still be lying under his bed with a packet of biscuits.

  14. Having finally seen Healy’s tackle – have to say it wasnt as bad as I first thought – yellow about right.

     

     

    Tin hat on – inevitable comments to follow.

     

     

    No matter I am a very happy boy today – Happy holidays indeed.

     

     

    Right away back to wallow on FF – comedy gold , pure gold.

  15. Afternoon ladies and gents from a windswept and lashing Antrim

     

     

    head is bouncing and returning to work tomorrow but still cant get this daft smile of my face!!!!

     

     

    1 thing worrying me is and i dont know if anybody else has sid/thought this on here

     

     

    now we are 2 points ahead of them, in the back of my mind im thinking will the crap from last year v Lenny all start up again?

     

     

    knowing them and their previous form it will

     

     

    be careful out there bhoys and ghirls, stay safe – there is nothing as dangerous as a wounded bun

  16. met the MBB comin up Kerrydale St

     

     

    was stunned at first

     

     

    he and his few friends must’ve just been dropped off on London Road the

     

    legged it up Kerrydale, head down, brisk pace

     

     

    on approach to the stadium, he was “acknowledged” and “welcomed” by the Celtic fans….

     

     

    pay yer taxes, pay yer taxes, yer team is ….

     

     

    etc

     

     

    was a bold move from the wee man

     

     

    also

     

     

    the RFC team bus arrived from the back entrance

     

     

    again another wee attempt to outflank

     

     

    must be some reasoning for all this

     

     

    newrangers?

     

     

    new tactics?

     

     

    wierd !

  17. joe16led Joe ledley

     

    Just arrived in cardiff going to see family and friends who I missed over Christmas. #Goodtimes

     

    33 minutes ago

  18. Celtic-Rangers games i attended that i remember…

     

     

    victories….7….

     

    Cup and League games with a few days back in 88? at CP 2-0 and 3-0

     

    Sammy 2-0

     

    5-1

     

    6-2

     

    Lubo/Shaun iborcs 3-0

     

    last night 1-0

     

     

    losses…2…

     

    3-1 at CP last yr

     

    4-2 this yr

     

     

    think there may be one or two more

     

    75% victories or so !!!

     

    no a bad wee record !

     

     

    :)

  19. Pardon my ignorance, but can someone tell me what MBB stands for? I thought it might have something to do with Multi Billionaire but couldn’t work out what the other B stood for.

     

     

    Cheers in advance.

     

     

    B

  20. Baldrick

     

     

    Motherwell Born Billionairre

     

     

    Thou someone on here refered to him as the first thousandairre.

  21. WGS

     

    howz this ?

     

     

    Forster

     

    Matthews Rogne Dan Izzy

     

    Forrest Brown Victor Beram Sammy

     

    Hoops

     

     

    subs….

     

    Charlie

     

    Stokes

     

    Ki

     

    Lustig

     

    and a good few others…

     

     

    we have a LOAD of players !!

     

     

    gotta sell ALL the loan players (8 of them)

     

    get some cash in – improve team

     

    Ki may go too

     

    ??

     

     

    who knows ?

     

    some job Neil has on his hands !!!

     

     

    heard Zaluska was thinkin of headin off, too

  22. was said on TV

     

     

    McCoist…

     

     

    27 goals v us in 55 games

     

     

    a good record

     

     

    fairness, he was a good striker for them

  23. Afternoon fholks,

     

    As we only have a few days before the transfer window opens again I thought I’d post the latest list of linked players so far.

     

     

     

    Players in:

     

    ———–

     

     

    Name Age Position Club Price

     

    —- — ——– —- —–

     

    Lustig 24 Defender Rosenborg Free

     

     

     

     

    Players out:

     

    ———–=

     

     

    Name Club Price

     

    —- —- —–

     

    Hooiveld – Southampton – Undisclosed fee

     

     

     

     

    Rumoured transfer in:

     

    ———————

     

     

    Keepers:

     

    Name Age Club Source Price

     

    —- — —- —— —–

     

    Gordon – 28 – Sunderland – Various – No fee mentioned (Could sign pre-contract)

     

    Kello – 29 – Hearts – Various – Free 14/01 due to none payment of wages

     

    Kwarasey – 24 – Stromsgodset – Football365 – No fee mentioned

     

     

     

     

    Defenders:

     

    Name Age Club Source Price

     

    —- — —- —— —–

     

    Halliche – 25 – Fulham – Various – On trial but failed to impress

     

    Jardel – 25 – Benfica – Daily Mail – £4M

     

    Morrison – 23 – Charlton Athletic – various – £500K

     

    Pearce – 23 – Reading – Celticrumours – £1M

     

    Collins – 31 – Stoke – Celticrumours – No fee mentioned

     

    Chambers – 28 – Notts Forrest – Various – No fee mentioned

     

    Considine – 24 – Aberdeen – Celticrumours – No fee mentioned

     

    Kenneth – 24 – Dundee Utd – Celticrumours – No fee mentioned

     

    Ivens – 27 – Gronigen – Daily Express – £1M

     

     

     

     

    Midfielders:

     

    ————

     

    Pirulo – 19 – Espanyol – Evening Times – £1M

     

    Templeton – 23 – Hearts – Various – Free 14/01 due to none payment of wages

     

    Allan – 20 – Dundee Utd – Daily mail – £400K (Lenny confirms clubs interest – 22/12)

     

    Sheils – 26 – Doncaster Rovers – Celticrumours – No fee mentioned

     

    Humphery – 24 – Motherwell – Various – £1M

     

     

     

     

    Strikers:

     

    ———

     

    Webber – 29 – No club – Various – On trial

     

    Dost – 22 – Heerenveen – Various – £3M

     

    Miyaichi – 18 – Arsenal – Various – Loan til summer

     

    Bengtson – 24 – Motagua – KTF/Celticrumours – £800K

     

    Anichebe – 23 – Everton = Celticrumours – Loan til summer

     

    Diawara – 23 – Marítimo – Various – £3M

     

    Sutton – 27 – Hearts – Huddleboard – Free on 14/01 due to none payment of wages

     

    Sandaza – 27 – St Johnstone – Herald – No fee mention

     

    Vardy – 24 – Fleetwood – The Hun – No fee mention

     

    O’Connor – 28 – Hibs – SSN – No fee mention

     

     

     

     

    Rumoured transfer out:

     

    ———————-

     

     

    Name Source Price

     

    —- —— —–

     

    Samaras – Various – £3M to Palermo

     

    Kayal – Various – £8M to Liverpool

     

    Izaguirre – Various – £9M to Man Utd

     

    Hooper – Various – £8M with Newcastle Bolton & Sunderland interested

     

    Commons – Celticrumours – £2M to WBA

     

    Wanyama – Daily Mail – £6M with Man utd, Liverpool and Arsenal

     

    Brown – Footballrumours – £2M to Newcastle

     

     

     

    If anyone has heard of others please let me know.

     

     

    HH

     

    /Bishop B

  24. I wasnt going the to game last, agreed with Mrs H that I was helping with some family stuff, which has been the case all through the holidays, and taking up our time, so I didnt go chasing a ticket.

     

     

    At 2pm Mrs H says “so your definately not going to the game tonight then, your not springing any last minute excuse on me to go”

     

     

    definately not, says I.

     

     

    ——————————————

     

     

    4pm, in the Dubbs Road Co-Op, incoming txt.

     

     

    “VMHAN – you want a ticket for the game , a very special ticket, in beside me at the Green Brigade ?”

     

     

    ——————————————

     

     

    last night was right up there with some of my favorite Celtic Supporting nights.

     

    The Green Brigade experience is something that will live with me till I am an old old man.

     

    Truelly outstanding. Knackered today, sore knees .

     

    Looking at the North Stand at the giant huddle, its an unbelievable sight

     

    120 Minutes of non stop support. These bhoys ghirls and indeed some mature ex Jungle guys, are world class ultras.

     

     

    Vinny , your a magnificent host, thanks for what was a christmas present I wont forget. Thanks for thinking of me first.

     

     

    COORSLAD, thanks for passing on the ticket, donation will be made to Little Sisters of the Poor.

     

     

    DERRY CSC, thanks for bringing the ticket across the water.

     

     

    still buzzing actually, who needs drink, that was the real special brew.

     

     

    ———————————

     

     

    BLANTYRETIM,

     

     

    you need to try it next.

  25. smoke and mirrors on

    TopCorner says:

     

    29 December, 2011 at 16:47

     

     

    smoke and mirrors says:

     

    29 December, 2011 at 16:45

     

     

    could be Tennants pub on Byres Road

     

     

    How could I forget….. thanks TC Wish I was there today….