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Kieran Tierney’s cross for Liam Scales to score Celtic’s fourth goal on Saturday encapsulates why Brendan Rodgers wanted the player back.  Meeting a ball first time and sending a cross into the danger area sounds like an easy thing to do, but how many times have we seen promising moves crumble when the cross hits the first defender, clears the penalty area or goes out of play (looking at you, Daizen)?

That goal is an early indication of what we have discussed a few times recently.  Celtic will pivot away from the inverted fullback system to the overlapping model.  Kieran and Alistair Johnston (who is also naturally an overlap-er) will be asked to get crosses into the box.

This impacts who you need in the box (more like Adam Idah, less like Kyogo) and changes the shape of the midfield.  It will be an interesting watch to see how this progresses between now and September.

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  1. Saint Stivs on

    !!Bada Bing!! on 21st July 2025 7:08 pm

     

    Rumour Idah on the way out,a loan probably

     

     

    SOURCE PLEASE ?

     

     

    i doubt it very much.

  2. Burnley78 on

    Parkheadcumsalford

     

     

    My old man was at that game in the old Ajax stadium back in 1970. He said his pal and him got chased. He also said then it was the first time he had seen the Israeli flag. He only realised that is what it was because his pal was Jewish and he told him. The irony of him being Jewish and being chased out of the old Meer stadium was often spoken about. Worse than that they beat us 3-0 with all the goals coming in the final 30 mins I think. Apparently not big Billy’s finest game. According to them anyway.

     

     

    To be fair it was a phenomenal Ajax side in a phenomenal Dutch era. We might have given them a better game a year later if we had beaten inter and we had evolved with probably a stronger team.

  5. TheOriginalSadiesBhoy on

    I was at that 1970 game in Amsterdam. Surreal experience. Five hundred British soldiers stationed in Germany arrived in the centre of the Celtic support and support us they did. One of them, a Hun from Bridgeton wore his Rangers scarf they all had bottles of whisky/gin/vodka either them which they shared with the Celtic supporters. Skirmishes after the game with Ajax fans. We played well but totally collapsed in that last half hour losing three goals.

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  9. TheOriginalSadiesBhoy on

    Burnley 78

     

     

    That game was moved from the old Ajax stadium to the Olympic Stadion to accommodate the large crowd. The Dutch fans were desperate to see how Ajax would do against Celtic and Celtic had a very large support at the game.

  10. eratic on

    Benji Harry Kane Nygren.

     

    Very similar movement and style….Obviously Nygren is better👍🥴

  11. An Dún on

    Looking at the draws today, the huns will be in a spot of bother if they go out against the Greeks. Their Europa draw looks more difficult than their Q3 CL draw.

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  16. lets all do the huddle on

    Let’s All-

     

    he beat a hun

     

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    fair shout.

     

     

    didnt know him tho.

     

     

    but he did come across as a horrible cnt as well so to hear hes a hun is no shock

  17. eratic on

    Como cup looks like a mini European cup.

     

    Let’s bag this one …The big wan can wait till May👍

     

    Bye the way where’s the final next year ?

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  28. Saint Stivs on

    the cat .

     

     

    is a daizen cat.

     

     

    the only cat

     

     

    that knows where its at.

     

     

    everybody wants to be a cat.

  29. Turkeybhoy on

    Nuke Israel !!!!!!!!!!!.Fekin heard it all on here now.How the fek can supposedly sane people think this would be a good idea.Unfekinbelievable.

     

    🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐

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  31. Saint Stivs on

    and having analysed the ajax support. quite how bob Marley fits in to their narrative stealing reggae for their recreational purposes while the man himself wants to be dixie deans.

  33. An Tearmann on

    Burnley78

     

     

    On the annual jaunt to Ireland cousins would ask me for my favourite English club were,I looked at div4 table,bottom was Hartlepool,never a chance Celfic will play them, unlike Leeds who we met that next year!! I never ever had room for nowt else

     

    Less than 2 weeks to go,

     

     

    HH

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  37. TheOriginalSadiesBhoy on

    AN TEARMANN on 21ST JULY 2025 11:00 PM

     

    T.o.s .b 9.15 1971 vs Ahax

     

     

    …………………

     

    Thanks AT. Painful memories. Great Ajax team. We beat them 1-0 in the return leg at Hampden in front of a 91000 crowd. They were very comfortable in that game though. Very tall team with great physiques and skilful with it.

  38. IniquitousIV on

    Anybody get tired about stories about Celtic phoning clubs to ‘Express an interest.”? What damn use is that?

     

    You just give information to the competition when someone at the selling club blabs. Just get the cash on the table equal to our evaluation, “Here’s our bid. Take it or leave it. You have 7 days to respond.”

     

     

    I’m reading now that Antwerp state we have never bid or even been in contact about Balikwisha.

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  44. Tom McLaughlin on

    ERATIC

     

     

    The Champions League final takes place on 30th May 2026 in the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

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