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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Good Morning Bhoys from a soggy wet Central Scotland. Well it looks like Brendan wants to give Craig Gordon a bit of competition for his first team place which in my opinion is no bad thing. If we sign Doris I assume after listening to Brendan after the well game when he said he wanted another two players in that we would only require one more player in the door and that would be us for this transfer window. H.H.
De Vries was voted player of the year by Notts Forest’s fans last season. No risk, experienced signing, takes a lot of pressure off that position in a big season even if it’s not the automatic first choice move.
Now, announce Xavi.
“I don’t have too much to say about it because it will sound like sour grapes, but it’s happened to us again and we just need to get on with it.”
Seriously? Well stfu then.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/14677834.Partick_Thistle_manager_slams_SPFL_after__farcical__Celtic_postponement/?ref=rss
BlantyreKev on 12th August 2016 9:54 am
De Vries was voted player of the year by Notts Forest’s fans last season. No risk, experienced signing, takes a lot of pressure off that position in a big season even if it’s not the automatic first choice move.
Now, announce Xavi.
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You are so very knowledgable about things.
Please. Don’t do that.
Inter
A shambles -on and off the pitch .
Humped by PSG .
Humped by Bayern Munich
Humped 6-1 by Spurs
Beaten by CSKA Sofia .
Got a draw v Estudiantes
Scraped a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake .
Off the field -a figure of fun in Italy . . sack their Manager @ 3 weeks before the season starts / have to admit that yes – the 21 year old son of the Indonesian owner did offer Simeone the Manager’s job when the latter was at at a party which was also attended by Mancini . Players refusing to play because they want a transfer , a player’s ( Icardi ) wife telling the media that her husband wants at least 7 million euros a year or he’s offski . Same woman also stated that no way were she and her husband off to Napoli ( for 70 million euros! ) – they want to go to London ( Arsenal / Chelsea). Training disrupted by mobs of Ultras hurling abuse at the players , the Management and the Indonesian owner etc etc.
Xavi was the reason Barca Dominated World Fitba, IMO.
!!BADA BING!! on 12TH AUGUST 2016 9:02 AM
The Aussie who presents BBC Business on breakfast telly is an absolute pain in the ar$e,hogs the camera ,even when he’s not speaking, a failed actor by the look of it
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Was just thinking the same this morning – he does like his wee smiles at the camera, especially when his colleague is speaking.
HH
BGFC
BusinessBreakfastCSC
Icardi is Useless.
And of course no word on the diet Hun fans who tried to knock Sinky after he scored the goal on Sunday?
http://www.indycelts.com/diet-delusion/
If Brendan is happy with the keeper, I’ll trust his judgement. After all he’s proved quite a shrewd operator so far. That’ll do me.
Motherwell game just started on BT Sport….
Just because Jozo Simunovic knows nothing about any approach from Italy for his services does not necessarily mean the story was made-up.
When a player is under contract, an interested club is not allowed to contact the player, but must first approach his club for permission to speak to him. If the holding club does not want to sell, they can refuse such permission. What is more, they are under no obligation, unless stipulated in the contract, to inform the player that an approach was made.
So it is entirely feasible that Celtic received an enquiry for Jozo, told them he wasn’t for sale, and the player knew nothing about it until he read it in the paper.
Happens all the time in football.
BGFC- I’m sure fellow presenters love him…..
Got yer briefs yet?
http://www.celticfc.net/news/11067
Hahahaha, sorry Petec, definitely a dreamy moment.
If I ever come into money I am going to spend some of it hiring an editing suite and staff to make a movie length video of Xavi’s Barca career set to classical music.
Adagio. Pique, Puyol
Moderato. Mascherano. Busquets
Allegro. Xavi
Vivace. Iniesta, Alves, Abidal
Allegro. Xavi
Presto. Iniesta, Messi
Vivace. Xavi
Prestissimo!!! Messi, Villa….GOL!!!!!!
Gossip.
http://www.randalstowncsc.com/news.php?extend.160
The Bhoys are being Schooled and Trained as much as possible now.
The Fruits are there.
I could not be a more lapsed Catholic. I’m into the Bible ( The Word) a lot more than Liturgical jibber jabber, sorry if that offends anyone.
I’m Unique in a Govan shipyard, Praise the Almighty I’ve not been there for years now.
Sunshine on Leith
Govan Hell.
Whenever I drive by St Pats Chapel, I turn down the music/talk radio in the car.
CQN
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/celtic-are-a-different-team-ex-skipper/
BlantyreKev,
2 l8,
You got me thinking, Dreaming.
Why Not. FFS
What a Statement that would be.
On the Park.csc
we wrestle not against flesh and BLOOD…………
If the Level 5 lies start to affect the players , i can see Brendan telling PL to call them in and ban them
TONYDONNELLY
Budge has form for announcing the correct intention.
She consistently gets away with the follow-through.
Miss Shittyknickers.
PETEC
Gimme a call on my number ending 2998 if you have the time and inclination,please.
HH
Brendan is going into the Lions Den and answering Every question.
Powerful.
Lenny is Legendary.
Rockin and a Rollin’
The Whole World is Witnessing what is Transpiring.
It makes the Bible comment about the 2 Witnesses so very intriguing.
I don’t need to highlight the nonsense tried closer to Home.
Thinking
‘Sharted’ I believe is the term.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 12TH AUGUST 2016 10:22 AM
TONYDONNELLY
Budge has form for announcing the correct intention.
She consistently gets away with the follow-through.
Miss Shittyknickers.
Closely followed by Police Scotland .
Oxford English Dictionary Definition: Shart. Verb. Intention to create a stink, but end up making a mess of yourself.
Literal representations common in babies and drunks. Metaphorically prevalent in football Boardrooms and Sports desks.
Hmmmmm
http://videocelts.com/2016/08/blogs/latest-news/keeper-undergoes-celtic-medical/
BLANTYREKEV
In an otherwise crappy movie, Philip Seymour Hoffman delivers a funny moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpVmsq4k85A
Now, all the level 5 gossip.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37056282
Shameless repost from last night… As I got blanked!! ;-)
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/the-29-day-resurrection-same-old-alloa/comment-page-11/#comment-2895214
Think the SPFL would use Hawkeye?
http://videocelts.com/2016/08/blogs/latest-news/hapoel-back-to-winning-ways-but-shipping-more-goals/
A couple of quick questions.
When we played Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Mowbray era at CP, were there any “political” incidents and any fines levied by UEFA?
Then, why do you think there will be this time?
SFTB at 10.52am
Good point. Let’s hope for all our sakes that everyone attending the match does as they did in the game v Hapoel.
LARSSONE7EN
I don’t know the answer to your question and can only assume that no one else on the blog does either. I don’t think people were ignoring your point, just dinnae ken. HH
Watching Motherwell game again on BT,Interesting to hear Chris Sutton on Dembele being a bit raw,but having all the tools,i wonder if Brendan might give him a call,and coach the strikers a couple of days a week?
Larsons7
I was not able to find out much from a quick search but this comes from a 2014 Rangers blog:-
“The icon used on the Club’s social media channels is also the ‘scroll’ crest. Previously the Club opted for the ‘Ready’ crest. The now dormant @RFC_Hindi account still displays the ‘Ready’ crest whilst the other accounts have been updated to show the ‘scroll’ crest.
There is certainly something interesting going on. It appears to run far deeper than simply rebranding. A football club does not need to rebrand. Moreover, a football club cannot rebrand in the conventional sense as one can in other industries.
The ‘scroll’ crest, with or without the five stars has, until very recently, been pretty much reserved for our strips. Whereas the ‘Ready’ crest appears just about everywhere else. Questions have to be asked why that has suddenly changed.
Have the rights to our badge been sold to a Charles Green or a Mike Ashley? Is it a matter of the ‘scroll’ crest has been sold to someone and they are milking us dry for its use? Depriving us of royalties? Or is the opposite the case? Has our ‘Ready’ badge been sold and we’re reducing the damage?
It is imperative that this issue is addressed. It is absolutely essential that we, the fans, know who owns the image rights to our football club.
The Club must respond to these concerns shared by many fans. The Club must answer the simple question.
Who owns the royalties to the Club’s badge(s)?”
Does not really help much in explaining but I only had a few minutes this morning.
For those interested in trying to understand EUFAthink this is quite useful as it is ‘neutral’ to us… page 170 on
http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/OfficialDocument/uefaorg/UEFACompDisCases/02/35/33/01/2353301_DOWNLOAD.pdf
Most comment relates to political but religious is part of the framework. taken to its(il)logical conclusion a range of things currently happening are citable:
Blessing yourself onto the pitch or after scoring
Praying to your god after scoring
A team name with any religious (St Pats) or political (Hapoel, Maccabi, Beitar) connotation, our centenary strip (Celtic Cross)
anyone flying a national flag based on a cross (Christian religious)
but of course UEFA can’t be consistent in application of any of this because it demonstrates the farce that they are creating.
Ultimately football without fans is nothing. That applies to UEFA too.
It might be interesting if club supporters who wish to demonstrate peacefully and with respect their culture, heritage, oppression or visioned future arranged a single game boycott of UEFA games on the same week so that all coverage was to empty stadia might reinforce this concept that no fans and no atmosphere makes for a dull TV product.
I’m looking forward to a club being cited based on whether their supporters smiled, frowned or otherwise made some subtle signalled facial expression deemed to be in support of are against something…
Based on the ruling you can see why the Club rarely challenge any of this. It is expressly designed and enacted to be unchallengeable…
HH