Yesterday’s win over Motherwell came 29 days after the defeat in Gibraltar but for all intents and purposes there was a lifetime between the performances. Celtic have been transformed in that time. It’s still early days but you can see the week-on-week improvement in Celtic.
We look like a proper team, one which will be difficult to play against and will carry a threat. Although we went home raving about the flowing, attacking, football, Celtic were patient early in the game; it took them 11 minutes to craft a chance. I think this is going to be a feature of our play this season. Getting our systems organised and feeling our way into games before stretching opponents.
Scott Sinclair probably did more last night than on his marquee performance at Tynecastle to show what he will bring to the team. He often played between the forward and midfield lines and always had an eye open for the defence-splitting pass.
It was another solid performance from Moussa Dembele, who looks increasingly comfortable in a Celtic shirt. Goals help, of course. Top performer was Tom Rogic. Twice he scored by perfectly timing a run into the box, the first of which was an exquisite piece of work between Rogic and Callum McGregor.
You will have again noticed Rogic’s fondness for ‘having a pop’. He’d developing that antenna for goal which we like so much in Kris Commons, a good number of Motherwell keeper Craig Samson’s saves came from the Aussie.
In the next round it’s ‘Same old Alloa……..’ This game comes in the midweek between the first and second European group stage games, so a home tie against lower league opponents will probably be a welcome change of pace for Brendan and the players. And us.
The Road to Lisbon
As many of your know, our own Mouldy67 will undertake an enormous effort in May to commemorate the 50th anniversary of something or other. He and others will cycle from Celtic Park to the Estadio Nacional in Lisbon to raise funds for the Celtic Foundation.
They will leave Celtic Park on 6 May 2017 (50 years to the day since we won the league across the city), arriving at Estadio Nacional on 25 May, the 50th anniversary of the Lisbon Lions becoming the first team to break the Spain-Italy-Portugal stranglehold on the European Cup.
This is a stunning project. At the moment, opportunities exist for you to join Mouldy and the others in the cycle, you can also become a project sponsor, or simply donate to the fundraising effort. For more information, visit theroadtolisbon.com
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Dum Bhoy
Aye! But it has a symbol in the middle made up from a cross, Star of David and half moon and star with a pride rainbow.
It’s Kosha.
MWD
Last night I loved football. I suspended my disbelief.
Tonight I’m hit by the moral train wreck that it has become.
If a totalitarian regime did what our ‘democracies’ have done to football and sport in general we’d decry them as paranoid control freaks and human rights deniers.
Bread and friggin circuse.
Delaneys
Yep
We have one boxer in quarter final
3 more still to box
Thats our best chance of medals,though we have a posh Dublin gal who is leading in the sailing
Anyhow tonight we are all fijians ….
Delaney’s – I saw a guy on a donkey jumping fences. Tricolour on his helmet (obviously a dissident republican)
But aye, there is an Irish team.
And there is an equestrian team as described above.
As an aside, horses are a huge part of the Irish economy, north and south. Hunners of millions of euro a year I’m told.
Roberttressell…did you check out ‘that mob’ last night and feel their rage?
I was pure offended by the flags at the olympics. I hate most of the countries in the world.
Who do I write to?
Why don’t Celtic just withdraw from uefa comps
Everybody ‘s happy
Fudds
HH
Bob
France. Write to France.
MWD
WITS
Will check out and cheer the Irish boxers. Hope they are McGuigan or Collins class.
Scots doing well in the medals so far.
HH
Delaneys/Robert Tressell
Irish olympians
we have finalists in the mens and womens rowing also
These O’Donovan brothers from Cork are good crack
https://twitter.com/search?q=o%27donovan+brothers+rowing&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch
Wee Bobby , that’s always a consolation to me!
ROBERTTRESSELL on 11TH AUGUST 2016 11:37 PM
I was pure offended by the flags at the olympics. I hate most of the countries in the world.
Who do I write to?
———–
Your Psychiatrist.
RT
Mon the Eirè horses! :)
Moral gymnastics.
That’s my best competition
WWW(GBWO) on 11TH AUGUST 2016 11:38 PM
Why don’t Celtic just withdraw from uefa comps
Everybody ‘s happy
Fudds
HH
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If we get knocked out the players should write an open letter explaining how they don’t like capitalism and as almost all of the UEFA money comes from capitalism they just weren’t up for it.
Tied in knots CSC
DD
Not sure big Tam and stamina should be in the same sentence yet but he looked like he was loving it last night and was always wanting to be involved.
Yip exciting times.
Its obviously early days but it looks like it could be a special season.
Its got that centenary season feeling for me already such is the style of football!
Anyway baw baws for me!
HH :)
Tim reaper – LOL!!
MACJAY1
or
‘the death of Orange Slaves’
That’s was widely sung, because nobody had heard the word ‘despot’
REGGIE @ 11.30
Especially the Wee Jamesie Brigade
MacJay
Have to concur wi BSR.
“Death of Orange slaves.”
This is what I heard in the Jungle when I was 10.
Aye Tom Rogic and stamina in the same breath had me confused as well. He’s a baller mind you.
Tim reaper – slight correction – none of the money comes from capitalism. It comes from labour.
Glad to help.
Bournesoup/ Delaney’s – I still cringe when I think about those mis-sung lyrics! Never sang it myself mind!!
Oh Robert… you are awful
But I like you
Bob Hilliard was a church of ireland bast**d
Misheard International Brigadistas
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 11TH AUGUST 2016 11:42 PM
I think that sheltering the death of orange slaves might have met with some approval .
:-)
TR
Catchye soon at a match amigo.
HH
“shelter the death of orange slaves”….ha ha…that’s what I used to sing whilst thinking (yes, thinking and singing and sometimes chewing wrigley’s spearmint at the same time) wtf is that all about…I thought we hated them?
Hell Hell
The Celts are here.
I was five.
:-]
MWD
And then…”tonight we’ll man the banners high, on Erin’s shores come home again”
http://m.independent.ie/sport/rio-2016-olympics/team-ireland/it-was-great-to-beat-the-brits-as-well-the-odonovan-brothers-continue-to-be-the-best-thing-about-the-olympics-34958639.html
Roberttressell
It would make a good book :-)
” Oh I am a merry Cowboy and I plough the fields by day ” etc, etc, etc
How can the ‘ bayonets slash the Orange sash to the echo of a Thompson gun ‘? CSC
Sure in an earlier post I read Jobo state he was writing a “Father of the Bride” speech tonight, for a ceremony tomorrow – 5 mins away :-)
Jobo, hope your Ghirl and new Hubby have a great day, please wish them best wishes from us CQN Bhoys
And sure your speech will be fitting for the Ghirl
Enjoy the day
Hail Hail
GB politico in work on Tuesday.
“Celtic might as well write a cheque for £50k now!”
There will be flags.
No reasoning with this. Selfish self interest in the guise of ‘doing something’ to further their politics.
Also note the Hun attitude of someone else paying for their actions.
Rogic needs a good playing surface to display his skills and to be effective.
I think he will come into the horses for courses category, which would be no bad thing, due to his stamina uncertainty.
The confusion of the young Celtic supporter…shame Google didn’t exist in the 60s.
The truth is, I used to sing those words very very quietly ’cause I knew they couldn’t be right…
RT
Imagine singing,’I’d rather be a darkie than a hun.’ Nowadays. Response to hun racism towards Paul Wilson. I was 7 when the Jungle sang that response. I loved it.
” Ohhhhhhhh Ayyyyyyyyeeeeee – the fields of Athenrye ”
Where once we watch the small Seagulls Fly
Our love was on the wean
etc etc etc CSC