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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Tallybhoy, that is some list of club’s Cassano has played for.
He may end up at club like Atalanta now. However, its rumoured he is not the best of team mates.
See a Ghana Footie website quoting Ronny as saying Wakaso could play left fullback for us.
lennybhoy
22:05 on 21 February, 2015
gerryfaethebrig
She can sing a song, by all accounts she sang at my workmates wedding, he drinks in some boozer in Mossend, I call it Bellshill but he is adamant that Mossend is different, by the way I am still raging that CQN11 ended up on my stag doo….. Gutted
RWE, my apologies for not offering my condolences on the passing away of your son, Tony.
May his soul rest in peace.
gerryfaethebrig
It’s gonna get messy anyway. We’ll tell Big Yogi to keep an eye on them – one look from the big man…he’s a St Pats Bhoy too. I got him to sign his book for my boy saying St Pats and not Celtic!
corkcelt
22:14 on
21 February, 2015
Remember, under Ronny left backs play up front :-)
HH
CRC
Dallas
My son and his mate were attacked with bottles outside the Smiddy, last year.
They were both wearing green shirts. Thankfully, they are over the injuries physically. The mental scars can be worse.
dallas dallas
Yes Cassano is a bit of an erse!
He brought out a biography a couple of years ago, in which, among other things, he claimed to have slept with 700 women.
HH!!
Four Green Fields,
my bluenose chum was called Alan.
I’ve not seen the bhoy Curran for about ten years. I thought he might still own the Smiddy as he told me he lived in Jordanhill after living just outside Cambuslang for years.
Doc
22:13 on
21 February, 2015
You saw what happened under Lenny against Juve when we did not park the bus.
HH
CRC
Gerryfaethebrig
Thatll be the Lithy club??
Doc
Agree mostly but it also showed me a manager
who keeps repeating his mistakes.
Izzy has consistently cost us goals in europe.
At Inter’s second goal they had every player in our half
and we had our entire team in the box.
Dallas,
Was ur stag night in Smiddy , or was it JC?
Tallybhoy, he scored mair off the park than on it then.
He’s not the most handsome of players so I gather his profession & infamy as a player made him a success with the ladyeez.
The Green Brigade.Give the hoops supporters plenty of time to say that there will be a collection to have more banners made.which isn’t cheap to make and design.so bhoys get them Green Buckets ready for the next home game.I’m sure the supporters will be very generous.
lennybhoy
22:05 on 21 February, 2015
Lennybhoy I sometimes drink in the Bammy, St Barttholomew”s is a great parish, just a pity its in Townhead !
dallas dallas where the heck is dallas
The Smiddy is a Belhaven Brewery pub now.
Clashcitybhoy, it was JC’s.
It was a good night with one or two beers consumed then back to Gallus Cooper’s gaf to continue the merriment.
CRC, against June we were toothless, on Thursday we were not.
Gordon64, repeating mistakes? or getting his philosophy and strategy drilled into the players.
He plays football the Glasgow Celtic Way, more than any manager for a very long time.
Izzy does get forward, but that is in the plan, others have to cover for him.
Team game.
Every day of increased hunishness serves only to increase my inherent Fenian ways.
TALcsc
HH jamesgang
Doc
22:29 on
21 February, 2015
Is that Terry and June? :-)
HH
CRC
G64-doc-Legia Warsaw at Murrayfield ,was as bad a performance from any Celtic team I have seen.I didn’t think Ronny would have seen Christmas to be honest.We all wanted him to be a success, but I couldn’t see the shape ofa team, or any joined up thinking on the park.The difference since we took the winter break, has been huge.Fitness and conditioning doesn’t improve over night.I thought we finished the stronger team on Thursday night, in a
game that was relentless from the first whistle, in previous years we have been out on our feet with 10 minutes to go.We haven’t won anything yet, but the signs are now very promising.This time last year we only had the league left, this year we have a great chance of a Treble.The togetherness between the players and management, is there for all to see.Team spirit cannot be bought, it has to be created, and full credit to Ronny for that.Onwards to tomorrow, I am really looking forward to watch us play these days, a bit more than recent seasons.
Goodnight Timland
early start in the morning and much to do before bedtime
HH
gerryfaethebrig
You could bring the Stag Doo to the Kerrydale.
St. Bart’s was his Parish after he married. He was a St. James’s Bhoy.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Four Green Fields, thanks for your reply.
He must have got a good offer to sell up or he was scunnered with the pub.
I’ve not been in Partick for about three years now.
The gaelic for Partick is Partaig which will really please some of the locals.
Jamesgang
Heard a wee story about Hutchy no making the game
on Thursday.
JamesGang, they become more vehement as their embarrassment increases.
UTLR
There are many among their number that remain vile.
Witness Hampden a couple of weeks ago, “No Pope of Rome” sung by thousands.
Bada Bing, I was worried after Murrayfield, but had backed Ronnys appointment, and knew very well it would take time to implement the changes.
I still think the road may be bumpy.
CRC, :-)JUVE!!!!!!
doc
New shoite , same flies
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/feb/21/debate-old-firm-rangers-celtic?CMP=share_btn_tw
Tonight Mrs HJ experimented with quorn instead of chicken in the Chinese stir fry.
Not to my taste and I expressed my opinion. However our daughter said that she would take it again if she had to.
So, one vote for and one against.
Casting vote was given to our black Labrador who spat out the bit he was given.
No more quorn in this house.
gordon64
Not from me you didn’t! Just another to add to the ‘went drinking in the BV’ list of casualties?!!?
Doc
Agree. They were intolerable when they were supreme cos of non tax paying. Now. They’re worse.
But we’re just the same as we always were.
Tim’s who love freedom, equality and good football.
And handsome too (cowiebhoy apart!)
Night to the Faithful Souls of timdom.
Our time has come.
HH jamesgang
Doc
I listened to the match at Starks Park last night on Radio Scotland. The zombie song book has got worse. The black, fenian b chant directed at Collymore was sickening.
Weefra
Love you. Love your news.
x
HH jamesgang
It’s interesting to see a number of posters come out , and say they were initially nervous / concerned about RD.
I make no apology for the fact that I am still not convinced – hopefully he will prove me wrong
Eddie
Don’t know if you saw my reply to you.
Thank you very much for tomorrow’s ticket.
I would like to do my bit in saving the needless waste of money by the SPFL.
I can announce the result of their investigations into the sectarian problem at Ibrox.
“Nothing to see here. Move along now…..”
We have witnessed the whitewash time after time after time.
When the Ibrox club (the old one that is) were fined by UEFA, this should have been the trigger of change at Ibrox. Instead, we had various announcements to placate UEFA and then business as usual.
Will we see true action to eradicate this problem?
I won’t hold my breath.
Delaney’s, that’s shocking what happened to your pals.
I gather plod have not found the culprits. Its a pity their investigating skills aren’t as good as pressing the delete button on computers.