Speaking at the weekend, Kenny McDowell looked ahead to the cup semi-final saying “We aren’t going into the game fearing a big defeat. If anything we are going into the game knowing we’ll have to be on our guard and wary of that, but we are not going into it fearing of losing by a big score-line”.
Admitting that he’s wary about the prospect of a big defeat is the last thing you want your manager to say publicly as you prepare for a cup tie. It conditions everyone to the prospect of defeat.
From Ronny, it’s all positive: “It’s going to be fun.
“It’s good that this is a big game, so we won’t be underestimating the opponent.
“We are in a good position, we can win everything and that motivates.”
Big games, big results, are often won in the head before a team takes to the field. You win because you know you’re going to win, because you know you can rely on your team-mates. You know that if you do your job correctly, there is nothing the opposition can do, short of elbowing you in the face and hope you retaliate.
No game of football is easy and Ronny and the players will know they will have to work for anything they get on Sunday, but the preparatory work has been done. The players are fit, rested and can’t wait for Sunday.
On a side note, I can’t believe how thoroughly the New Club advert has penetrated media coverage this week. On top of Motivator McDowell, can you imagine ‘ex-players’, pundits and fans having to explain their existence and relevance in the run up to a semi-final? This wasn’t a crowd-source advert, it was crowd-sourced media management, which ran rings around the best paid PRs in the business.
Let me know (celticquicknews@gmail.com) if you want a ticket to CQN 11 St Patrick’s Dinner at the Kerrydale Suite on Friday 13 March – Cup Final weekend, as it happens, or you can buy a ticket at the bottom of this page. I’m in the mood now.
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Mike
call it — win win
Unfortunately – still hard at the grindstone but I will be making an interesting (I think so) post on here a bit later tonight when I can get some time.
So – stay tuned.
polcullen
Mail me
I will ask my mate if he can help, he is a good bloke, and he talks brit.
nohunshere@hotmail.com
HH
HJ
You work too hard my friend!
Looking forward to your post!
HH
To the Stranglers “No More Heroes”:
Whatever happened to Glasgow Rangers?
Whatever happened to Glasgow Rangers?
No more Rangers any more
No more Rangers any more
No more Rangers any more
No more Rangers any more
Paul67
I hope you have a lawyer on speed dial. If the undead are right you might be getting an early morning chap at the door on Sunday morning.
No worries they never are.
We are extremely concerned that the rhetoric and hatred spewed out by the likes of Phil MacGiollabhain, Angela Haggerty, Paul Brennan’s CQN website and others, is a deliberate attempt to try to stoke sectarian fires and incite violence at the upcoming fixture.
My sides are splitting
Thank God CQN is back, I had to talk to the family last night and did three weeks work in the one day today. My bosses will be expecting that all of the time. Looks like we need to sit quietly on Sunday and be thankful the polis are letting us at least attend the game. Seems like they have big time concerns around the ability of the Currants to control themselves and instead of managing them they see us as a more acceptable target.
gg-where did that quote come from mate? Not been on this week ,doing a NEBOSH Gen Cert Course……..#brainfried
THE EXILED TIM
16:37 on
29 January, 2015
Ninjaman…………Dearie me
You really have to read this, yer man is a grade A fantasist, pyoor magic so it is :)
https://rangerssupportersloyal.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/ninjaman-gets-the-battle-fever/
HH
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More moonbeams, you have to laugh!
leftclicktic
Auldheid
16:01 on 29 January, 2015
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09:51 on 29 January, 2015
Is Regan and the SFA for real
DELUDED does not even begin to cover it.
https://twitter.com/TheClumpany/status/560698999662215168
That was for Auldheid
“The [Sevco] Supporters Trust wishes to express its concern at what we consider to be a clear attempt by some online elements of the Celtic support to incite trouble ahead of an Old Firm game which already has the potential to be a powder keg fixture.”
Meanwhile the inmates turn their thoughts to strategy:
“Your [FFin’]tactics for Sunday?”
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“Kick hell out them.”
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“kick **** out of them, we aren’t going to win so might as well break a few legs”
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“Kick **** out of anything that moves above grass high.
Abuse the referee with all things that says we are within the law.
Dig a hole and bury them, after every tackle the vhermin complain about.
And tell each and every one of them that if they don’t fancy this small country of ours who voted no that there is a ferry that will take them home to a country that they have never seen before.”
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“Take that [chap] Guidetti out of the match in the first minute.”
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“Can’t see us winning so let’s just batter the sh*t out of em.”
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“Cement Commons the first time that gets the ball.”
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“I’d like to see us, slyly off the ball try deliberately injure some of them as well.
Basically, try hit them as hard as we can and do some damage.”
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“Honestly, I’d rather we just tried to maim a few of them”
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“Keep poccession”
Monaghan
That’s the best they can behave, it’s just not in their nature to be civil never mind well behaved,
Poccession will be cruchal.
Are the match programs out and if so who does it say is playing who…..??
blantyretim is praying for the Knox family
17:22 on
29 January, 2015
Monaghan
That’s the best they can behave, it’s just not in their nature to be civil never mind well behaved,
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Be good if Celtic could get half an hour out of Wee Bertie on Sunday.
Monaghan1900
“Kick hell out them.”
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“kick **** out of them, we aren’t going to win so might as well break a few legs”
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“Kick **** out of anything that moves above grass high.
Abuse the referee with all things that says we are within the law.
Dig a hole and bury them, after every tackle the vhermin complain about.
And tell each and every one of them that if they don’t fancy this small country of ours who voted no that there is a ferry that will take them home to a country that they have never seen before.”
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“Take that [chap] Guidetti out of the match in the first minute.”
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“Can’t see us winning so let’s just batter the sh*t out of em.”
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“Cement Commons the first time that gets the ball.”
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“I’d like to see us, slyly off the ball try deliberately injure some of them as well.
Basically, try hit them as hard as we can and do some damage.”
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“Honestly, I’d rather we just tried to maim a few of them”
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Thanks for the insight into McDowell/Durie’s pre-match team talk.
As far as the banned songs go, if they start singing the BB’s the celtic fans should join in as loud as they can so it will be heard on TV around the world, and if the authorities say anything we can just say we miming along with the sevconians……..
jamesgang
12:35 on 29 January, 2015
As for the game against the FOD.
Win it.
And if it’s won early, pass them off the park with Fenian ‘oles’ greeting every pass.
But remember Bhoys, pass and jump…not pass n move.
HH jamesgang
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Sums it up perfectly
“Pass and jump”
Wee Roddy’s version At his Gallus best:
http://youtu.be/9aNZvGHUPcg
HH
Bada bing
http://www.therst.co.uk/news/rst-concerns-over-upcoming-old-firm-game/
Always loved the “Ha Ha, Ha Ha . . . .” Retort to the Billy Boys. Succint, non-offensive to anyone and winds them up no end.
Is it sectarian to say rangers died ?
No I don’t think it is, stupid sevco.
…..and they called us paranoid?
…..and, who are the mythical “THEY”, that he uses to start every paragraph with?
HH
Oops, forgot to paste this bit first!
the exiled tim
16:37 on 29 January, 2015
Ninjaman…………Dearie me
You really have to read this, yer man is a grade A fantasist, pyoor magic so it is :)
https://rangerssupportersloyal.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/ninjaman-gets-the-battle-fever/
HH
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We want the Rangers in the SPL why is that ? So the can sing abusive songs and kick teams of the park and attack and maim other supporters .They are such a deluded sick mob and Sunday could be a wild day but we have been there before and we will overcome there stupid nonsense but it has the feeling of Scottish football being shamed again. H.H.
gg-dearie me,talk about getting your excuses in first….
“Keep poccession”
That’s my favourite….
monaghan1900-meet the new boss,same as the old boss…..
BT
Working on Friday …
Sure you’ll enjoy as usual
This “old firm ” craic in the MSM is doing my head in
Full scale overdrive
Thrash CFC and we can move on ….
Thrash them CFC ..even :-))
I’m glad I didn’t take up the offer of a couple of tickets for Sunday.
It’s shaping up to be a spiteful, bad tempered riot, at least at the Hun end.
Be safe everyone and enjoy watching the other end empty when Griffiths completes his hat trick.
Or Commons.
Or Guidetti.
Or Stokes.
Apologies if some of these have already been posted…
Some views on tactics for Sunday’s game from the poundland mob at FF….
I’ve picked these at ransom & added in a few *s where needed.
Kick f**k out of anything that moves above grass high.
Abuse the referee with all things that says we are within the law.
Dig a hole and bury them, after every tackle the vhermin complain about.
And tell each and every one of them that if they don’t fancy this small country of ours who voted no that there is a ferry that will take them home to a country that they have never seen before.
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kick f**k out of them, we aren’t going to win so might as well break a few legs
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Take that fkpig Guidetti out of the match in the first minute.
We need to shut him up, fkpig what he is.
Then get tore into the rest of the rabble.
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Walk off park after 5mins in protest of board
– probably for the best & most sensible thing to do ;o) RP
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Tell Foster that it’s a 5 o clock kick off
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Doesnt matter what we want , the clipboard will set up the team around his mates.
And from what ive been told the absolute w****rs in the dressing room are acting like total sweetie wives re we want hunners a free tickets for every c*** and their dog to attend the game for free but we are only getting 10.
F**n grow a set you bunch of utter useless c****
– there was a wee red angry face after this one but I can’t paste it in ;o) – RP
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Cement chubby Commons the first time that he gets the ball.
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I’d like to see us, slyly off the ball try deliberately injure some of them as well.
Hit them hard, but not so much that we get caught and the ref sends us off.
Basically, try hit them as hard as we can and do some damage.
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Up and at them from the get go and dont give them anytime on the ball. In their faces at all times and see if we can get them sent off. A big chance for us could be free kicks about the box, so would play Stevie Smith. Then after we are a few up against 9 men take the foot off the gas and pass them to death. ****in easy
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I couldnt name the team or the system, not sure its really all that important as we are going to stick everyone behind the ball and make sure theres very little space in and around the box, look to totally spoil the match. It will take a lot of hard work, excellent discipline, some poor finishing by them, a fair bit of luck and craig thomson not trying to help them if Rangers play well.. its a huge ask more so the last part about the ref but you never know in football.
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We need to hope that even at 35, Kenny Miller still has that knack of tearing them apart.
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Every time the ball comes to any of our players kick it right out the park, they are bound to run out of balls eventually!
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4-5-1 and hit them down the wings. Balls over the top of their left and right back will cause them problems
early crunching tackles too of course
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Seems the general feeling amongst them is to park the bus & kick anything that moves.
Pretty much what we expect to happen as well
RP
I know of no one who wants the undead anywhere in our game.
Maybe I just have too few friends.
Anyone think the redtop rags will ignore the ramblings of “always wrong” deluded tinfoil heid
Nah , me neither I expect it to be back page news tomorrow where as they turn a blind eye ,stick their fingers in their ears and put a pencil up their nose when confronted with FACTS about old/newco.
Tinfoil heid is in a bad place just now as he watches big Mike Ashley ragdoll and shoogle his “glib & shamelessliar” hero all over the place.
Aye, usually a scan of Newsnow Celtic is enough to spike the blood pressure.
Given up even visiting the site over the last two weeks.
argghh Monaghan / Burgas Hoops
I shoulda read back
;o)
RP
Noticed the bhoys involved in Gallowgate kettling disgrace have been acquitted….
Get rid of the sham act
Just read the two articles above from the Sevconians….crystal meth abusers