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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SOT
Ever go on the Double J bus?
Garscube Rd…right on the corner….long gone now
HH
Syd Negakev
Spooky
Me, wife and grandson were just were just watching a old VIDEO of his us with his mum in the heritage park clambering on the olg engines among other things from years ago :))))))))))
free entry to park & heritage centre, its not a bad wee way to kill a couple of hours (picnic time included) in the good weather.
Gary67 14:23 on 29 January, 2015
If he wants to go to Burnley then he should go there.
Burnley 17 th in the league. Fourth bottom.
Every footballers dream.
To play in the EPL………….
Syd Negakev
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g609074-d1837864-Reviews-Summerlee_Museum_of_Scottish_Industrial_Life-Coatbridge_North_Lanarkshire_Scotlan.html
http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/summerlee
Till later all
timbhoy2.
The Rio has long gone ( I had a mate who called it the R Ten ) Yes – it was a long run .Not my longest ever chase – memory of an even longer chase from the bus terminus in Peel Glen / along Drummore Rd and up the hill at Chesters .That 60s Glasgow gang shit was a pain in the ass.
the green man .
No – I didn’t do buses.
leftclicktic
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/
Thanks guys. I never knew about that place. It’s now on my list to visit this summer.
Paul
I demand you expel petethebeat from the blog immediately for trying to demoralise the troops :-))
In light of the approach Semi of the Living Dead (sounds smutty), I’ll resurrect my once daily habit of posting a favourite goal of the day.
These are my favourite goals against a dead team:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S0XpNKlQeE
*approaching
traditionalist88
what I’d like to have heard is that “Armstrong has signed” In fact I’d have like to have heard that before we went to Gran Canaria and let him bond with the team, but that makes too much sense for penny pinching Peter who has now saved 3 weeks wages by waiting until the last second as usual.
We do need to give it our best on Sunday. We need to expect every dirty trick and a ref who does not play fair.
We also need to stop mincing about for the first 25 minutes and get a goal in the first 10 – that puts their gameplan out of the window. In too many games we do absolutely nothing until the game is 30 minutes old. That will shorten the game and play into their hands.
I want us in the final and the fans in one piece.
Peter needs to understand that he can multi task so get the deals done.
Seville67
No doubt Wee Jackie will be moaning about us again…
Ellboy
Mrs j brot me in a red white and glue toothbrush abt 2 weeks a go. Its god dam handy for getting them weeds out between the slabs she tells me.
Huntertainment this Sunday will be awfy awfy braw …………..I imagine this game will be shown around the fitba world ……
and on show will be 2 teams from different fitba worlds….
they are crapping themselves …expect a few old injuries and pull outs before K.O…
hahahahaha ……fill yer boots ….I liked that pass and jump….bring it on ….oh yes bring it on …. :) ……….was it the wee sleekit one that got them to the semi ? hahahahaha
obviously a leg end in his own pie room …a parting gift to his People!
awfy braw ……
Seville67
All well and good, but you do realise Dundee Utd are making their own decisions re. transfers now without any input from the bank, who previously pressured them to sell sell sell…
They want Armstrong for the game vs Aberdeen – as is their right. He is their player!
Experience should tell us that most transfer activity occurs as the window comes to a close.
If we have the guy on board any time soon it will be a massive boost. We don’t need him to beat our next opponent, Rangers 2.0.
HH
Did we bid our usual £250k??
So judging by the tweets from @CelticFCSLO the police will remove flags and banners that don’t have adequate proof of their fire retardant abilities. This is beyond a joke. Anybody fancy checking they take the same steps for Aberdeen and D Utd fans on Saturday?
a go = ago
£1.5M Bid.
laughable
Seville67 14:48 on 29 January, 2015
“£1.5M Bid.
“laughable”
Where did that ‘information’ come from?
weeminger
14:46 on 29 January, 2015
From aylg1987
This aw points to a stitch up on Sunday from police scotland, arresting innocent people to keep the OBF act in place
weeminger
14:46 on 29 January, 2015
Last time I looked Hampden and everywhere else for that matter these stadiums were non-smoking !
I think it will all be fairly uneventful, a comfortable win against a team scrapping for everything but without any real conviction or hope.
Brown will get booked for his first tackle on Black.
Black will get booked after his 10th tackle on anything that moves.
Black will then get subbed before being red carded.
We will hit the bar at least twice.
They will get a penalty.
Craig Gordon will save it.
Glasgow will be Green and White on Sunday night.
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy
14:35 on 29 January, 2015
Paul
I demand you expel petethebeat from the blog immediately for trying to demoralise the troops :-))
—–Au contraire, old bhoy.
Some of our players might read Paul’s articles and thing the game’s won already. If they scroll down to my post, they’ll realise that they’ll still have to pull their finger out.
Added to that, I’ve put the posters here in a more realistic mood, so that when things are sticky, they’ll still roar on the team.
I should be congratulated for increasing our chances of a Celtic victory.
Seville67
14:48 on 29 January, 2015
£1.5M Bid.
laughable
……………………………
If that is true then Big Peter is at the kidding.
Not just D Utd but the Celtic supporters too.
More smoke and mirrors ffs.
hen1rik
14:50 on
29 January, 2015
I don’t think it’s that at all. I think after the other Friday PS are so worried that the hordes will react violently to the slightest provocation they’re doing their best to protect them.
I’m sure there’s been at least one or two senior police officers make statements not in favour of OBFA, so I’m not sure they’d go out of their way on that. I’ll see if I can find them.
@bbcjimspence
Celtic bid of around 1.5 million pounds for @StuArmstrong16 rejected by @dundeeunitedfc. Burnley bid even lower.
Thanks anyway Peter………….you tried your best.
Big bonus anyone?
We have also table £2.75 M for Messi and £600K for Ya Ya Toure
Peter sitting anxiously by the phone. Praying that the bids are rejected.
Seville67
Instead of endless and pointless tippy tappy passes in and around their box, I would be happy to see big on target blooters from distance, big deflected blooters from distance. Failing that, a shot deflecting off a beachball or a passing Canada goose and into their net will do for me.
Just win Celtic.
I think £1.5m is a decent opening offer. Increase to about £2.5m for Armstrong & GMS by Monday and get both players in.
We need to be thinking about CL qualifiers in July and get as many in as we can during this window.
Wonder which cut-price alternative to Stuart Armstrong will be arriving at CP while SA is signing on the dotted line for some championship side for 2.5 million?
In fact I wonder if we’ll squeeze anyone through the three-quarters shut transfer window, Tom and Jerry style?
glendalystonsils 15:00 on 29 January, 2015
“Wonder which cut-price alternative to Stuart Armstrong will be arriving at CP while SA is signing on the dotted line for some championship side for 2.5 million?”
Has any Championship side offered £2.5m for him?
glendalystonsils
15:00 on 29 January, 2015
Wonder which cut-price alternative to Stuart Armstrong will be arriving at CP while SA is signing on the dotted line for some championship side for 2.5 million?
Kim Bo Kyung, free agent
long time lurker first time poster. hi bhoys and ghirls, looking for some info from any spanish based people. been looking at leasing a bar in the costa del sol but a bit wary of getting my fingers burnt by estate agents, been digging about on the web but information seems scarce. Wondered if anyone on here had any dealings with any english speaking agents in that area.
H H
Celtic will be kept informed and will match any other bids for Armtrong unless it gets into silly money which I’m sure we’d all agree we’re better keeping out of.
At the moment it sounds like we’re front runners…
HH
Some pics if winter storm Juno……….
http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-juno-snow-totals-wind-gusts