Making the great leap between playing Scottish Premiership teams and the likes of Inter Milan will always be a challenge for Celtic. We have done so many times in recent years, Milan were held home and away in the Champions League knock-out stage, Barcelona were beaten, but whenever we have carried the game to opponents of this stature, instead of reverting to our own style of catnenaccio, we’ve lost heavily. Quicker, more skilful, players, could make us look statuesque by comparison.
This is not a criticism. If the only way you can compete with a team with ten times your resources is to defend your 18 yard line, you should do so.
Things could have gone either way on Thursday. We were defensively inept during the opening minutes as Inter found space goal-side of their markers. I don’t know if Ronny had a moment of self-doubt at that point, perhaps he did, but was simply unable to unwind the attacking instincts of his players, but Celtic are all the better for the way they picked themselves off the floor.
I’m sure the odds on Inter progressing will be short, but I’m also sure Ronny Deila will know his players can win in Milan.
I arrived home late last night to read that Tony Conway, son of our own RWE, lost his battle against Motor Neurone Disease/ALS. I met Tony, with dad John and brother Martin, three years ago. Tony was still fit enough to walk, but evidence of the pain the family shared was evident. The three of them travelled back from their US home two years ago, along with mum Pauline, to see Celtic, and meet some family.
They bought hospitality tickets and minutes before kick-off, Celtic’s Iain Jamieson nabbed Tony and asked if he was able to make the halftime draw. Tony knew this would be the last time he would see Celtic, so his journey up the tunnel and onto the park was, to put it mildly, a very special Celtic Park moment.
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Dena
You know it is a 1pm kick off?
Wish we’d call it as it is…racism.
‘Sectarian’ just doesn’t cover it.
Imagine we’d been set up by Biafran refugees in the 1970s rather than Irish refugees in the 1880s.
Can you imagine the public response to ‘why don’t you go home?’ ?
What if we sang the Biafran national song in honour of our founding fathers would we be lambasted and ridiculed for it?
My Irish lines are very, very distant and I feel only Scottish but I can take joy in my family history and the history of my club. I am proud we honour our Irish (and Catholic) roots. I don’t any supporter who isn’t but equally I know no supporter who isn’t very proud of our open to all founding principles.
St stivs, I really enjoyed watching Parma in the early nineties when they were managed by a good man, Nevio Scala. They played some great football and they had an Italian redhead in defence, Apolloni I think. They had players like Tam Brolin, Asprilla, Zola ( I think) playing fr them.
They were funded by the now defunct Parmalat group who went bust in a similar way to MIH
leftclicktic
20:44 on
21 February, 2015
Lennybhoy
I wont need no reminding :)))
Its yon weefra & jamesgang hogging all the hugs thats the prob :))))))))))))))))
:-)))
HH
Árd Macha
20:46 on
21 February, 2015
dena29,
You going to Vegas.
Going to have a word with M. (Or is he going)
Ard Macha
Yes “B” on 7th March , missing cqn 11 because of it :-(( no Martin isnt going :-)
HH
lennybhoy
20:21 on 21 February, 2015
gerryfaethebrig
Ma good lady (Sevconian) but definitely the best Wummin I have met since my own mother passed, said to me “why don’t you have your day oot at CQN11 you r on it enough” I have said it before, about 30 decent enough Celtic fans but I would not inflict CQN11 with 30 drunken eijits from Coatbridge, Bailleston, Uddingston, Wishaw, Blantir & surrounding areas, fourgreenfields if you fancy a wee shandy or two I would meet you in Partick area about 1pm on Froday 13thMatch if you fancy a beer or two and sing s song or two about fallen heroes !
dena29,
I hope to meet you again tomorrow, time will be an issue as well for me as the wee guys fitba starts @ 10:30am.
I’m expecting to hear you start the COYBIG in the stadium. ;))
Captain Beefheart @20.37
You missed the League Cup final of course?
semi of course
The other thing that Keevins continued to spout, was that Sevco are a Protestant club and Celtic are a Catholic club……..what a total Lon Chaney!!!!!!
Jock Stein, KD & Danny McGrain to name a few.
Delaneys Dunky
20:50 on
21 February, 2015
Dena
You know it is a 1pm kick off?
No I thought it was 12
ha ha could this week get any better??
HH
Delaney’s, around 1989, I went to see Van Morrison at the Pavillion.
One of my pals knew Keevins and introduced me to him. He came over as a good guy and he let me share the taxi with him, as I still stayed in Knightswood at the time. It was pre mobile phone days and he ordered the taxi from the Scotsman’s office in West George Street, where he worked at the time. He did this so he could put the taxi fare on his expenses.
Little did I know what a media git he would become.
Dena,
1pm this week. High noon next week
HH
petec
20:56 on
21 February, 2015
dena29,
I hope to meet you again tomorrow, time will be an issue as well for me as the wee guys fitba starts @ 10:30am.
I’m expecting to hear you start the COYBIG in the stadium. ;))
O hope you make it but if not just listen out for me . I’ll probably be the only eejit in the North Stand singing , but it wont stop me :-)
HH
Remember seeing Parma in a friendly at CP.Lilian Thuram,what a player.
Italian Footballio Asociation will make a hamfisted attempt at resurection……call in the ghostbusters from the SFA………..
braw
Show Racism The Red white and blue Card?
Nil-By-Msm?
Dena29
Aberdeen game next week noon kick off.
Hopefully see u 2moro, bring yer brolly :-(
Geordie Munro
21:00 on
21 February, 2015
Dena,
1pm this week. High noon next week
HH
Thats where I was getting mixed up so probably no corner next week …..have to make the most of tomorrow
HH
captain beefheart
20:37 on 21 February, 2015
Deciding to tune into a Rangers game and then choosing to be, ehm, offended poses the question – why tune in in the first place?
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Everyone who pays a BBC licence fee or a subscription to a broadcaster should be entitled to watch a sporting event without fear of listening to vile sectarian chanting.
The perpetrators should be tackled rather than the viewing public having to make such a decision due to non sporting factors.
I sometimes listen to SSB if I’m driving.
The one who really winds me up is that wee weasel, Wishart.
He may not be on official duty in his SPFA role but the fact he says hee haw about the religion & nationality of some SPFA members being mocked by the horribles on a regular basis shows he has no concern for the people he is paid to look after & support.
When the racial & sectarian abuse of Neil & Aiden was at its worst, Wishart who is the Scottish figurehead of Show racism the red card, offered no public backing for them nor criticised the nastiness shown to them both.
pedrocaravanachio67
21:03 on
21 February, 2015
Dena29
Aberdeen game next week noon kick off.
Hopefully see u 2moro, bring yer brolly :-(
A little liquid sunshine couldnt hurt, brolly packed :-))
HH
Dallas @ 2052
I took a wee shine to Parma after we played them in late 90’s.
Carnavarro, buffon, Baggio and one of my all time faves…. Thuram. Amazing player.
They were pretty tidy around then.
HH
RWE . May I add my sincere condolences for your great loss. Your son has been in my thoughts and prayers today.
Weefrathetim. Great news. So pleased for both of you.
My bhoys haven’t stopped eating all day.
The kitchen is now closed.
Time for an oul film from the DVD maun.
A Most Violent Year or Son of a Gun?
Ard Macha
Considering everything, GMS had a superb 2nd half. Wee Jamesie has some serious competition now, no doubt the Scottish Media will look for negatives in this situation.
…Ronny Ronny Ronny Ronny Deila.
catch you later bhoys
HH
gerryfaethebrig
Get yourself along to CQN11 and don’t be daft. It will be mental if CQTEN is anything to go by. And the line-up is getting more interesting all the time.
You can get tickets at http://www.cqnbookstore.com
If Parma have gone out of business why not try to bring MacDonald Mariga Wanyama tp Celtic?
HH
Geordie Munro, thanks for the reply.
For an Italian team of the time, Parma played less defensive football than other Serie A sides. Dino Baggio was a terrific midfielder.
Nevio Scala did a great job with them . He later became manager at Dortmund.
Thuram is one of the best defenders I have seen, just behind Maldini and obviously the best, our very own Danny. Honourable mention to Baresi also.
Weefra, just off to my kip, but notice that you and Mrs Weefra had some good news. Glad to hear it mate!
Hx2
Dena Is that offer of ticket
Meant to say still on
L57
Cannavaro gave one of the best displays of man marking I have ever seen at Wembley against the home favourite Alan Shearer.
Loved him and Ayala. They never looked big enough to be centre backs but were tenacious, quick and hard as nails.
Wee Guys CSC
Ard Macha
gerryfaethebrig
I’m going to CQN11 that night mate ,in the 50 strong group organised by lennybhoy. If I start that early I’ll not make it to the end of the night , I will defo meet up with you in Patrick at some point . I was on the Smiddy bus for years , many great memories .
Lurgan57,
You’ve been in my thoughts recently as my return to posting on CQN has also memories flooding back of Lurgan53.
Ard Macha
Re Keevins & Co,
By the sounds of it he could be charged under the OBAF act himself for the comments. He has made racially discriminate comments on the Soldier Song, Ireland’s national anthem.
This is yet another indicator of the stupidity of the whole act, but of course, Polis Scotland would never pursue such a charge.
Any national anthem being sung in the context of football can lead to arrest.
In this country, as ridiclous as it is, enforcement has only been applied to the Irish national anthem and other Irish political songs.
In other words, the act itself is discriminatory and sectarian, and is quite clearly being used as part of an agenda to harass and discriminate against Celtic supports for celebrating our Irish history.
Politically, they want to even up crime figures to hide the truth – and it’s not difficult for them to find rozzers who’ll enforce the law discriminately against Celtic supporters with glee.
To reach their end of evening up crime figures, their failure to get enough successful convictions means that they need to make even more arrests and so it continues.
Árd Macha
21:10 on 21 February, 2015
My bhoys haven’t stopped eating all day.
The kitchen is now closed.
Time for an oul film from the DVD maun.
A Most Violent Year or Son of a Gun?
Ard Macha
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AMVY is the better filmed movie much more serious but Son of a Gun was a fun watch, depends your mood.
I’m gonna watch Boiler Room later