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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bada & jobo
Cheers guys, been a worrying time. Jobo, (ewes), liked that. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
martybhoy59
good going HH
50 shades of green
lucky mhan :)) HH
I always smile when I see the lorry, unpretentiousCSC.
martybhoy59
16:28 on 21 February, 2015
Got one more than me mate. I always thought Evan Williams was taller than that.
jambos go 2-1 up in 85th minute
She who has to be obeyed Stuck her head into the room shook if from side to side and muttered “what are you like”, as she observed me laying out the scarf & clobber to wear to the game tomorrow.
“Preparation preparation preparation”:))))I replied
martybhoy & sky
Thanks guys. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Delahun mentions huns getting done for sectarian singing, not a peep from Wishart and Wancell….
Weefra
really glad to hear your good news.
HH
!!Bada Bing!!
Wancells wee mind will be in meltdown trying to work out what the word
sectarian means:))))
Now if they would have said “party tunes”
50 shades of green
Met Evan about 2 years ago during a corporate thingy needless to say didn’t recognise him I had to apologise for my ignorance.
roy
Cheers buddy.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
“Stoke have thrown down the goblet to Villa….”
Charlie Nicholas.
Weefra, that bampots away tae Spain, nae snow where he is :-)
leftclicktic
Are the police involved yet??
Have 2 spare tickets for Australian pink Floyd tonight at the Hydro if anyone interested. Can email me at lennonspassion@gmail. com
£28 face value take £30 for both
Barca 0-1 Malaga
starry plough
What with there is that much going on wae them
Lenny’s Bolton going through a bad spell
pedro
Lucky him, wish I wiz with him. Lol.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Motherwell bottom of the league in preparation for their roll over against Sevco in the play offs:)))
It’s a conspiracy ah tell ye..
leftclicktic
16:44 on 21 February, 2015
She who has to be obeyed Stuck her head into the room shook if from side to side and muttered “what are you like”, as she observed me laying out the scarf & clobber to wear to the game tomorrow.
“Preparation preparation preparation”:))))I replied
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That’s shoddy, do u realise the game kicks off in 20 hours, come on man, up yer game, that should have been done long ago ;-)
Anyway off tae peel the tatties for the soup, she who must be obeyed has left me a wee list of chores, while she’s oot galavanting!!!
UnderthethumbCSC :-)
Weeossfra……..the brawest of news……..
regards to the boss…
braw :)
Weefra …oss …? german comp…apols …
braw
your the Lem bhoy …nothing to dae wee osses!
braw :)
braw
Bemused.
Listening to Radio Scotland, the news bulletin comes on at 5pm.
One of the top stories is the racist chanting of English football supporters in a railway station in London on Thursday.
There is no mention of 1000s of Scottish football supporters chanting “Black Fenian Bastard” at a stadium in Kirkcaldy last night.
That’s an editorial decision.
starry, They need 2nd bottom for the rollover.
ICT drop 2pts and Arabs beaten, they are all falling away except the Sheep. Sets it up for next week. That is what we need, big exciting games.
OH ARMAGEDDON -ARMA-ARMA-ARMA-ARMAGEDDON.
braw
Lol, cheers buddy.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
McFadden is our taliban Charlie Nicholas.
corkcelt
A Celtic Aberdeen big game reminds me of the 80’s
Really looking forward to that, after disposing of Hamilton of course:))
martybhoy59
16:50 on 21 February, 2015
50 shades of green
Met Evan about 2 years ago during a corporate thingy needless to say didn’t recognise him I had to apologise for my ignorance.
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Met a few old Celtic players in my time outwith the confins of football.
I used to work in the “diy ” trade. And a guy called Peter was in and out of our shop a few times, rotund would be a nice description of him, one day he paid with a card instead of cash and it turns out his second name was Latchford. He was a very big cat.
Also Boaby Evans came into the shop a few times, although I did recognise him (eventually ) to my memory I never seen him play.
Broke my heart though to see Celtic legends have to come into the shop in order to earn a living.
Delahunt finally grows a pair, and calls out the huns singing
Hoi Weefra, I wish you were with me. I could do wi a good swally partner here. Mrs acgr’s a lightweight in the bevvy department.
Excellent news re Mrs Weefra’s results. Very happy for you both.
Off oot to a 60th birthday bash.
Enjoy the game tomorrow if you do make it along. Hopefully a decent crowd to cheer on the bhoys.
Hoooooooooops
:-)
Paul67,
A fine article, RWE stay strong.
Weefra,
Glad to hear of the good news for the Good Lady.
I also see the Dandy Dons won again today, well done them, they are doing very well. Celtic will be well up for their visit. We owe them after last seasons Scottish Cup game as well.
Bring it on!!!
That’s the quietest 15 minutes ever from DL on Snyde, Delahunt,Keevins and a Sevco caller, getting stuck into the huns songbook
my braw cousin Kathleen from Clydebank was telling me her 10 year old grand daughter got her first Celtic Euro night on Thursday….absolutely adored the whole thing …there will be many like her I am thinking…..
wee lass has not stopped grinning since
braw
Snyde doing all it can to divert the sectarian thingy to the chelsea/ paris debacle
Cowards every one of them ………………….sweep sweep……brush ..brush
A Ceiler Gonof Rust,
“I could do wi a good swally partner here. Mrs acgr’s a lightweight in the bevvy department.”
wtf, I don’t know how you manage to drink the amount you do….
and still seem relatively sober as well. ;))
Enjoy the golfing.
WeefratheTim
Just catching up and read about mrs weefra
brilliant news, hugs all around :-)))
hope you make it tomorrow sir missed you ,acgr, doc and lefty on Thursday night
HH