A draw in with Sheriff in Moldova, a draw away to Olympiakos to stop them reaching their sixth consecutive group stage qualification, a win against Inter in the San Siro, a two goal defeat in Prague and a draw in Southampton. That’s a stunning European away record for a team of no-hopers from Israel. Or so we thought.
In the middle of that run Hapoel Be’re Shiva lost 5-2 at Celtic Park before giving us a fright in the return leg. Olympiakos are seven clear in Greece and join Be’er Shiva in the Europa League knock-out rounds. Inter and Southampton are out.
What do we learn from this? The principle lesson is that there are no guarantees in football. Even good teams can be dumped out of Europe by a team they’ve never previously heard of (I’d no prior knowledge of Be’er Shiva).
The Israelis went 2-0 ahead against Celtic in the return leg three minutes into the second half. Brendan Rodgers put his team into lockdown mode and got the result but, final outcome aside, it was a horrible night’s football. Not for the first time last summer, this season’s project looked shaky.
If Celtic got out of jail, Olympiakos were shocked. We could afford some respect towards a team who came close, but the Greeks were devastated their club was derailed by apparent nonentities.
Celtic, like Olympiakos, have a development plan which is delivering, but even if we had the budget of Southampton or Inter we’re still going to lose out to a team none of us rate in our annual summer lottery. That wee bit of jeopardy is why we enjoy European football so much.
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Cheltenham 335 On Demand
Good luck everyone
13:50 Cheltenham
Buywise
HH.
Scudamore at lingfield for a reason.
Alternatif. 1.40
Cannae get beat.
Village Vic in Cheltenham 1:50 For me
Good luck to all
Hail Hail
Lads, my nap for today is :
Jaleo (14:15 Lingfield)
Good Luck everyone, fleagle1888
DEBDEBDEB 3:35 Cheltenham.
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Village vic 1.50 celt
Hawk High
Doncaster 1330
All the best.
Whole stone 225 Cheltenham.
Need a winner,my Dad is on the rampage.
ASO 13.50 Cheltenham.
COSYCORNERBHOY must have the worst wifi on the planet. He texted me his choice.
In a panic!
NO HASSLEHOF 225c
By the way,I backed against it on my L15.
Cloudy bob 2:50 lingfield
The number of times I’ve napped Eastlake on here,still I had it at 40s wi my nap on my L/15 wi two effing seconds in double figures.
Winning day and fine company,and on the road to perdition.
No complaints from me!
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 18 results (Dec 10th)
Winners :
Fin 15 (Frodon) @14/1
BMCUWP (Wholestone) @13/8
fleagle1888 (Jaleo) @5/4
Losers :
16 roads (Bella)
21-5-79 (Buywise)
Bull67 (Bouvreuil)
Burgas Hoops (Baltimore Rock)
call me gerry (Bouvreuil)
Cathal (Buywise)
Cosy Corner Bhoy (No Hassle Hoff)
Dim Sam (Village Vic)
Fastbhoy (Aso)
Gerryfaethebrig (Kylemore Lough)
Graffitionthewall (Buywise)
green T (Village Vic)
Gweedore Celt (Kings Odyssey)
hashadenough (Alternatif)
leftclicktic (Cloudy Bob)
Nye Bevans RS (Blakemount)
ohits (No Hassle Hoff)
Onemalloy (Kylemore Lough)
Raymac (No Selection)
Rockon (On Demand)
Som mes que un club (Hawk High)
TheBarcaMole (Debdebdeb)
twists n turns (Kilronan High)
voguepunter (Village Vic)
What is the Stars (No Selection)
WWW(GBWO) (C’est Jersey)
Zihuatanejo (Village Vic)
Cheers, fleagle1888
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 18 Standings (Dec 10th)
A fantastic 14/1 winner in the big race at Cheltenham for our new Naps leader…
+17.75 > Fin 15 (4)
+10.13 > BMCUWP (4)
+10.00 > WWW(GBWO) (8)
+5.00 > Cathal (2)
+4.50 > Cosy Corner Bhoy (5)
+2.75 > Nye Bevans RS (4)
+2.25 > Dim Sam (4)
+2.00 > 16 roads (4)
-1.45 > Bull67 (5)
-1.50 > Som mes que un club (3)
-6.00 > TheBarcaMole (1)
-7.50 > Fastbhoy (2)
-7.50 > hashadenough (2)
-7.50 > twists n turns (2)
-8.50 > Graffitionthewall (2)
-9.25 > green T (3)
-9.25 > ohits (2)
-9.75 > leftclicktic (2)
-9.75 > Zihuatanejo (2)
-10.13 > Onemalloy (2)
-10.43 > fleagle1888 (4)
-11.00 > Gweedore Celt (2)
-13.50 > Raymac (1)
-14.00 > Burgas Hoops (1)
-15.00 > Rockon (1)
-18.00 > 21-5-79 (0)
-18.00 > call me gerry (0)
-18.00 > Gerryfaethebrig (0)
-18.00 > voguepunter (0)
-18.00 > What is the Stars (0)
Cheers, fleagle1888