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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The big one live from Hampden , Queens Park v Berwick Rankers, and they wonder why the pitch is crap…..
Soldier song getting it now from Snyde …………………….hunbelievable !!!!!!
On BBC Alba..
Just back from Vale park 3-0 flattered us a bit – but i’ll take it
According to Snyde The Soldiers Sing is sectarian…….
Apparantly the soldiers song and waving a tricolour is the same as singing sectarian songs. Absolutely scandalous. Racism. It’s simply racism that we are hearing on Clyde tonight.
Celtic have Ian irish background. What kkeevins is saying right now is simply racist.
What chance the Black and Fenian bastard in Scotland?
so keevins tells us celtic fans cant sing the soldier song, cos its sectarian.
go f yourself
soup taker extrodaniaire
Huns are under investigation Bada Bing ………………….and it’s the Hoops they’re slating on Snyde !!!!!!
The Battered Bunnet
17:03 on
21 February, 2015
Bemused.
But hardly surprised :-((
HH
Think DL is away hame.
Now Joe Miller taking the soup.
Why are celtic getting dragged into what the Huns did last night.
This makes me so angry.
Scotland. Institutionally sectarian and racist.
Joe Miller. It’s very political. Political my arse. It’s anti Catholicism and racism.
Irish tricolour and Soldier song Secterian ????????
This country is a bitter wee landmass !!
SSB are a disgrace Keevins is a disgrace !! They have turned last nights disgrace around to a Celtic problem !!! HUNBELIEVABLE !
and some monkey hun set the agenda.
hibs fabs with tri colours, should be banned as well
cos we are british, all that was missing was a “why dont you go home”
keevins should lose his job over this, not collymore
50 shades of green
You’re right very sad to see our former players having to earn a crust when they should have their feet up, particularly when you look at the wages of imposters such as boeriggter pick up in the modern game
what the f are they talking about , words are changed to make it sectarian.
if ever celtic needed to react its now, call them out.
PL needs to ban this clown again
The word Fenian to me living in Central Scotland means Catholic period
We need to get rid of this catch all smokescreen where the chant “up to our knees in Fenian blood” is described as sectarian
It is anti-Catholic and comes under the catch all of sectarianism
Concentrate on this chant being anti-Catholic because that is what it is
When ever sectarian chanting is sung by the mob let everyone know it is anti -Catholic and it is no ones right to sing songs about what effectively is the murder of Catholics a religion with over a billion followers
Sign the petition and back Stan Collymores quest getting this highlighted
https://www.change.org/p/all-good-people-boycott-sponsors?just_created_and_shared=true
acgr
Ya nutter ye lol. Enjoy the birthday bash and I’ll see you when you return. Just having a wee rum right noo. Cheers buddy. :-)))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
aberdeen report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31466545
And some on here would try and defend keevins .
A relic from the past
The discussion on Clyde is now about us only in Scotland can racist and bigoted chanting by the Huns be all about Celtic
incensed.
celtic shouldnt sign the soldier song at a european match.
did they see the irish tri-colour in the inter fans.
raging with this mob
You know Clyde talk about whataboutery and criticise callers for it. But they engage in it openly tonight??????????
This country is a crawling cesspit of sectarianism and racism.
petec
Thanks buddy, much appreciated. :-)
Weefra HH praying to We Oscar.
dena29
Thanks so much “G”. Hoping to make it tomorrow, but this road has been closed twice in the past month with snow. Fingers crossed. Missing ma hugs so a um. Lol.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Celtic Football Club@celticfc·30m30 minutes ago
Craig Gordon: fans’ chant meant so much to me http://www.celticfc.net/news/7706
In 15 minutes they’ve turned the whole FHOOKIN around and it’s US that’s the wrong-do’r here.
I’m furious !!!!! sorry for swearing
ExSlaemuirBhoy & GlassTwoThirdsFull
Thanks, felt I had to react, I was just a bit quicker than the other good guys around. Surely that’s one thing that makes us different from those-who-shall-not-be-named, and the eejit needed telt!
what next, take the flag down ?
keevins id s disgrace tonight.
Radio Clyde SSB is radio by morons for morons. Why get upset with it, hit the Off button. No listeners no advertisers, no advertisers no radio station.
Disgusted to read about the whataboutery on Clyde,only in Scotland can it be turned on us,do they not feel embarrassed doing it???!
WeefratheTim
17:45 on
21 February, 2015
dena29
Thanks so much “G”. Hoping to make it tomorrow, but this road has been closed twice in the past month with snow. Fingers crossed. Missing ma hugs so a um. Lol.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
:-))))
HH
martybhoy59
17:38 on 21 February, 2015
50 shades of green
You’re right very sad to see our former players having to earn a crust when they should have their feet up, particularly when you look at the wages of imposters such as boeriggter pick up in the modern game
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Although when you hear what happened to a good few others that more than graced the hoops ,at least Boaby and Peter didn’t sell their souls for coins, they went to work for a living.
Gary67. Know your enemy……..
Paul67,
Disagree with the defending your 18 yard line philosophy. You will invite pressure and chase the ball all night, with no energy left to attack and too far away from the opposition goal anyway.
We attacked the other night which gives the opposition something to think about instead of letting them dictate the play.
Two of the goals we lost were individual errors, and a ricochet in the box, which had nothing to do with the tactics.
Give me Ronny’s style over our previous styles.
Entertainment CSC
Ard Macha
How can a national anthem be sectarian?
wHoops forget about God Save the Queen and Flower of Scotland! :-)
HH
CRC
I don’t listen to SSB but Keevins seems to be about two centuries out of date; hide your Irish roots and don’t annoy your masters…
What an embarrassment of a man.
HH