I know what you are thinking. With our two nearest rivals for the title facing each other tomorrow, there is a chance we can open daylight between them and us at the top of the table – if we manage to overcome Dundee.
Great, though this would be, I am less concerned about the threat from St Mirren. Motherwell, joint top on points with Celtic, are the more potent force to concern the champions. Their transformation since Stuart Kettlewell took over in October last year has been remarkable. It should surprise no one that they are the Premiership side most capable of pushing Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic.
We know better to over-expect from new signings. They arrive with a flurry of expectation, positivity and flattering YouTube moments. Getting to work on the park is always a challenge, though, even for the greats. Still, while we are still processing the injury to Liel Abada, we will be tempted to look to Yang and Marco Tilio to bring something fresh to the team in the months ahead. Hopefully we will see both at some point tomorrow. You will remember when Leigh Griffiths was injured early in Brendan’s first tenure. Newco were the next game and he was forced to play new signing Moussa Dembele in a game subsequently called the Derby Demolition.
A great opportunity has opened for someone.
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Shoots!
Goaaaaaaaal!
Melvin Udall
What a goal, top righthand corner 👏 👌
If any one has a spare ticket for any of our home champions league games …well let me know..I know its a long shot but you never know
Hoping that one of the new guys gets a chance and does really well
Yang’s the Man
Tilio the tiger
I will get my coat CSC
PRESTONPANS BHOYS on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2023 12:04 PM
Melvin Udall
What a goal, top righthand corner 👏 👌
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😂👍⚽️🏆
Bit early, but when Saturday comes and they’ve all came home wagging their rails behind them, we’ve more injury woes but a daisy chain of players capable of filling unlucky Liel Abada’s berth.
Round the world were Maeda, Kyogo, Bernardo, Palma and more, it seems like an age since our backs to the wall win at the old lady, and her the new club. The bench at Celtic served Ange well, he didn’t hang about pondering the five sub rule, he just got them on the park. BR now well past the assessment period uses the bench too, but a bit more tactically? This weekend with the faux ‘phone in bragging rights’ intact, the Irishman continues his voyage with the fulcrum of the treble winning team, now fully on board.
Unless BR rests players then Bernardo, Palma, Hatate, Tilio are likely to be on the bench, and only Nat Phillips who might have did enough at Lennoxtown to displace the excellent Liam Scales who has held firm in tougher games. One game at a time except when your next one is away in the Champions League, with that game in mind. I expect the Parkhead Dundee line up will be,
Hart
………..
Johnston
Lagerbielke
Scales / Phillips
Taylor
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O’Riley
MacGregor
Holm
……………
Maeda
Kyogo
Yang
We will win 4 or 5-0 tomorrow. At least 2 of them scored by Kyogo. 😎👍😃
Thanks Bhoys for helping me get well up till now be rid of them annoying ads,thanks again 👍👍
Motherwell, joint top on points with Celtic, are the more potent force to concern the champions. Their transformation since Stuart Kettlewell took over in October last year has been remarkable. It should surprise no one that they are the Premiership side most capable of pushing Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic.
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i hope there was more than a bit of tongue in cheek about this.
any side in the league can take points off any other side on a game to game basis
but if motherwell are within 15 points of us at the end of the season – and that is me being conservative – then that is as likely to be as much a failure of our season as it will be a success in theirs
if we win the league i doubt the men of steel will be anywhere near us points wise
and that wouldnt necessarily be a sleight on their season
I wouldn’t underestimate Dundee tomorrow. This game will show me what direction we are going in. I hope for a confidence boosting win but I can see them scoring.
WHAT IS THE STARZ on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2023 12:06 PM
If any one has a spare ticket for any of our home champions league games …well let me know..I know its a long shot but you never know
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2pm today is the deadline for the “relocation offer” for STH for the 3 match package , ie those displaced by the UEFA take up and the front row seats unoccupied.
I did a straw poll with the family and friends who are STH, some with young kids.
As I thought, some cannot afford to take up their full offer, ergo there will be a public sale probably from monday am.
Will watch for the emails, if they bother sending them out.
Beale says
“Kemar Roofe has played the last two or free, he would have had two in two if the officials were have done their job correctly in the last game”
And so a new myth begins…..
We will struggle against Dundee because we dont have enough physicality or power in the team.
The manager was badly let down in the transfer window when everyone knows we needed a bigger better,,,,,,,
goalkeeper, left back, centre half, defensive mid, a ball winning centre mid, and sutton type striker.
Celtic 5 Dundee 0
did “2nd rangers” get an answer on why the goal was disallowed ?
ie a foul on the defending player correctly given ?
they can add it to the Morelos didnt push him in the back goal
In other news – year end annual report is usually published about now, due anytime soon.
we will have gazzilions in the bank, with even more added since June 30th.
what is the justification for charging primary school childer £32 for a CL seat.
they could do better than that.
PRESTONPANS BHOYS on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2023 12:41 PM
Beale says
“Kemar Roofe has played the last two or free, he would have had two in two if the officials were have done their job correctly in the last game”
And so a new myth begins…..
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You’re right.
Given, however, the underhand and sinister way the guy’s been undermined by his own club this week it’s understandable that his self preservation mode should kick in and he tries to apportion blame elsewhere.
It’s a typical approach Them have adopted over decades but in this case I think it also betrays wider underlying tensions.
Long may it continue.
Sevco getting both barrels today. Lovely.
A good performance and 3 points tomorrow. Then on to Rotterdam.
Exciting times. Please, no more injuries though.
I do think the huns will drop points tomorrow, especially with their sole creative midfielder being out with a broken nail.
“It should surprise no one that they are the Premiership side most capable of pushing Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic.”
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Very true, Paul. Even in our one-team league there is always someone capable of challenging us. Occasionally it can even get quite close – think of two seasons ago, for example.
I wouldn’t see Motherwell going near the full distance, but credit to Kettlewell for what he has done so far.
Mind when managers used to get hauled up in front of the beaks to explain criticism of referees?
Celtic Park Capacity – 60,355.
Dundee Match – SOLD OUT.
2 Previous fixtures SOLD OUT.
I have been reliably informed in the past that SBH are counted as being in attendance whether they turn up or not.
So far this season –
Matches Attendances Average High Low
Premiership 2 117,372 58,686 58,772 58,600
So total capacity – 120,710
Published Attendance – 117,372
Unoccupied seats – 3,338.
For “sold out” fixtures why are there unoccupied seats ?
My thinking, something doesnt work in the Ticket Office department.
https://www.67hailhail.com/match/upcoming-celtic-clash-moved-for-a-reason-that-may-not-be-immediately-clear-to-all/
Kick off moved for PPV
I’d like to see what Bernardo and Palma have to offer.
Would be interested to know how ready they are.
Both have had game time recently, Palma at his old club, Bernardo with Portugal U-21s.
PRESTONPANS BHOYS on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2023 12:41 PM
Aaah! A player for a Rangers team that isnae Rangers , scores a goal that isnae a goal .
Arthue C. Beale’s mysterious world CSC
Earlier speculation about the cause of prancer’s injury is, IMHO, plausible.
It wouldn’t play well to admit a player got injured trying to injure a Celtic player
Jordan “WATP” Jones’ Sevco career essentially ended as a result of similar.
As for Beale if quoted comments are accurate?
“if the officials …. done their job correctly in the last game”
Clear evidence to support a charge.
I’m sure the SFA are typing it up as we speak.
Anybody looking to offload 2 tickets for the Feyenoord game in Rotterdam ?
St Jude CSC
Good afternoon all from Ruglen.
In the fanfare to welcome the Brains Behind Gerrard to Ibrox, one of his cheerleaders mentioned Michael’s fondness for the Dark Arts.
As we know from studying the previous incarnation, this involves diving, putting referees under pressure on almost every decision and the “raging” media statements plus letters to the SFA.
The outcry over the disallowed “goal” went through the Roofe. We had “honest” Mc.Cann agreeing with the rule book, but insisting the goal should have stood!
Beale still going on about it today and also managing to squeeze in the crippling of their misfiring star man, by a fair tackle from Holm.
While we laugh at their antics, the reason behind all this griping is to pressurise the officials to stick to the script and resume normal service.
They are worth the watching, so they are!
AN DÚN re: broken nail.
Made me chuckle!
So, just two weeks before their home game against Celtic, Motherwell have changed the Saturday 3pm kick-off to 12.30pm. Apparently in the belief that they will raise some money from pay as you don’t go TV, though it does not give that as a reason on their own website. Of course some of their own supporters might have planned around the 3pm KO and given the distances some of our supporters travel, so might some of ours. Celtic supporters clubs certainly would have, supporters from outwith Scotland certainly would have, for whom the early Saturday afternoon might not be as practical. Tant Pis. They can always buy the TV package from the Stealmen.
AN DÚN on 15TH SEPTEMBER 2023 12:51 PM
I do think the huns will drop points tomorrow, especially with their sole creative midfielder being out with a broken nail.
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Lol. Thereby quashing rumours it was due to a mildly torn Alice band ;))
TIKTOKKNEEKNOCK TRFCSC
SAINT STIVS
I have been reliably informed in the past that SBH are counted as being in attendance whether they turn up or not.
Not true. That may have been the case up until a few years ago, but health & safety legislation covering the stadium safety certificate dictates that the precise attendance figure is registered through turnstile microchip activation.
Jaysus, that was a long 2 weeks….
Seems surreal that there appears to have been a lot of football but we are still waiting to see Palma, Bernardo, Tilio & Philips make their debuts.
I’d expect Rodgers would like to have big Philips ready for Rotterdam and would expect him to start.
Midfield choices are interesting now. Callum a fixture, Matt in form and then Hatate, Holm and Bernardo all now fit and in the mix. Turnbull dropping down the list and poor Kwon, I can’t explain that one yet.
Cotton wool on Kyogo, but my choice below feels like too many changes for what we need – a steady win.
Hart
AJ, Philips, Lagerbeilke, Taylor
O’Riley, McGregor, Hatate
Yang, Oh, Palma
5 subs: Holm, Bernardo, Iwata, Maeda & Ralston.
4-0 Good Ghuys
HH
Tom, it may mean that there are two sets of figures. One for H&S and one for Hector and the accounts.
RAB HAWE
On the assumption that you were being serious — Season Ticket money is collected up front before the season starts, so can’t see what financial benefit would be gained by massaging the game-by-game ST usage figures.
Does the discrepancy in sold out to actual attendance not come from the away fans section being normally half full,and the seats lost through segregation needs.
Tom,
I always understood that although ST money was gathered upfront, it was only drawn down as the games were played. In effect an empty ST seat, still counts as a paid seat, even though it is an empty seat. If all the non ST seats have been sold, then the game is considered a sell out, even though there are empty seats, what it is not, is a full house.
Think back to the days of our youth, when we could estimate a crowd of 40k or so, only to read in the Sunday Mail/Post, Att. 25,000.
We can’t do that nowadays. The H&S figure, has to be more accurate, based on how many are in the Stadium, as God forbid there was a major disaster.