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Salzburg got back to winning ways on Sunday after losing 4-1 away to third-placed Rheindorf Altach immediately before the international break.  The stats from that game are interesting.  Salzburg enjoyed 60% possession but Rheindorf forced 66% more chances by playing on the break, scoring twice in the closing 10 minutes as Salzburg pushed for an equaliser.

A point on Thursday would be an acceptable result for Salzburg so they could be caught between trying to defend and playing their normal game.  Either way it’s likely they will hold possession for long periods.

No team is completely dependent on one player but this truism is probably tested more by Salzburg and their talismanic striker, Jonathan Soriano, who has scored 26 times in 27 outings this season.  Consider for a moment if we had such a prodigious striker………..

Salzburg coach Adolf Hutter must decide how far tp change his usual game plan.  Salzburg’s entire strategy is to attack.  They have scored 50 league goals already this season, twice as many as any other team, while their goals against record is within a handful of the majority of teams in the league.

My preference would be to tempt them out, have them fall between the two stools of playing their natural offensive game and the more cautious approach they may be tempted to play away in Europe.  One note of caution, the Ajax team who beat Celtic comfortably in Amsterdam last season were shredded 0-3 by a counter-attacking Salzburg in the same venue a few months later.

Ajax failed to box clever, we can be smarter.  Stop Soriano, closed-down space at the back and play on the counter.

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  4. An Tearmann on

    bawsman

     

    As an asker of the question

     

    what is labour? as they are nowt to do with socialism I totally agree.the politics is boke!

     

    all careerist skanks whatever shade

     

    hH

  5. Big Georges Fan Club - Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on

    DD

     

     

    Indeed :-)

     

     

    Less concerned about a big crowd on Thursday – more important is a supportive crowd.

     

     

    Anyone intending to just come along to vent their apparent vile hatred for Celtic players – and surely you know who you are – please do us a favour, and stay in the house and just hate yourself instead!!

     

     

    HH

     

    BGFC

     

     

    SupportTheHoopsCSC

     

     

    PS

     

     

    It was Wee BGFC’s 12th birthday today – he got a Celtic ball, a Celtic t-shirt, a Celtic card, a Celtic Santa, Celtic socks…etc…love the wee ghuy :-))

  10. Jonny the Tim on

    Hoopy birthday wee BGFC. I remember how excited my boy was at that age with all his Celtic stuff. Enjoy these years, soon it’ll be birds and booze!! LOL

     

     

    HH

  11. Delaneys Dunky on

    Hope wee BGFC gets 3 points for his birthday. Like my ghirl Julie who was 27 today. Good weans born this day! :)

  13. West End of East End on

    Anyone know what’s happened to the Ha’Penny Inn in Lanzarote, went on Saturday to watch the match and it was closed, need to find a Celtic bar to watch the game on Thursday…

  15. Bawsman on

    An Tearmann……..I’m Labour to the core, will never change. I really need to get to sleep but I leave you with a thought, or 2.

     

    Every single town, village and city you pass through will have a state of the art medical facility.

     

    Every single town, village and city you pass through will have a school fit for purpose.

     

    Most cities now cater for educating to degree level 40% of the youth compared to 7% pre 1997.

     

    We fight for a living wage

     

    We have Sure Start

     

    We have Freedom of information act (this is massive BTW)

     

     

    Sometimes my team, board and party are shite but i’ll never leave them, i’ll fight to get them to get back to their roots. OUR roots.

  16. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    West end of east end.

     

     

    I’ll ask vmhan as he was there a couple of weeks ago..

     

     

    Keep looking in..

     

     

    Night bhoys…

  18. West End of East End on

    blantyretim is praying for the Knox family – Cheers, I’ll check in tomorrow or is it today already ? Need to get aff the bevy….

  20. Delaneys Dunky on

    Rob

     

     

    She still is at 78. She has a heart of a lion. She moved there from Maryhill post war. Still skelps ma ear when I deserve it! ;)))

  21. An Tearmann on

    Bawsman

     

    I dont doubt your politics

     

    how many of your schools hospitals were funded by state of the art methods in PFi.

     

    why are the mps of Glasgows 7 poorest constituencies voting for benefit caps on our societies weakest and most vulnerable- no need to answer.the sigh is palpable.it basically saves boking.

     

     

    in contrast the welfare state for business exists with nontax disclosure and in off shore accounting -an industry that went into overdrive under a Labour chancellor Brown.and you wonder why I ask what is Labour?

     

     

    His successor Alistair Darling.well the socialist deregulator and banks.

     

    is the figure of,wealth transfer from poor to rich been computeted yet? ach don worry shettleston and these places are used to been poor theyll no mind!!

     

     

    what are they planning on doing to stop feral capatilism? -give societies lowest paid a pound by raising min wage I can imagine the capital flight thatll cause in the city,erm maybe not

     

     

    Denis Healey in 1976 was the first

     

    to intro freidmanite/hayek monetarist policies .way way before Thatcher but labour messed up then wi inflation

     

     

    I really dont bother with politics I believe democracy is best served by being as close and connected to its people.thats why I went for yes.

     

    Labour are a policyless marketing

     

    exercise thinkin how can the get power,once in power they disembowel future generations by not bein able to stop feral capatilism

     

    Anyway hope your good mate.its def not personal as I know your a good tim

     

    peace and hail hail to you + yours.

     

    hh

  23. Por Cierto on

    West End of East End

     

     

    There is a pub in Playa de Los Pocillos that will probably show the game on Thursday, its in the row of shops opposite the beach, at the back entrance to Los Jameos Hotel por cierto.

  24. westies on

    Philbhoy

     

     

    I agree with you about injuries……but I think the truth is that most modern day players, especially internationalists, have too many games. The body can’t take it. The Maestro, Paul McStay was the first I witnessed to “burn out”……he was playing 60 + games a season in his early twenties. Paul never stopped playing for Celtic with total devotion despite injuries and weariness.

     

    Wee Messi is the exception ‘cos he can dodge tackles so well…..but he was tired at the WC in Brazil

     

    Best regards

  25. An Tearmann on

    westies

     

     

    I thought at times during the world cup Messi looked unwell,in the final he was grey!

     

    Great footballer and am glad he seems to be back to his record breaking best.

     

    a joy to watch.

     

    :-)

     

    hh

  27. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    ESTADIO

     

     

    Not available in the UK.

     

     

    You having a ball over there,bud?

  30. proudbhoy on

    How come griffiths wasnt in squad at weekend ? Hes worked really hard anytime i have saw him.

     

     

    Ronnie in interview after game said we didnt play well.. He has said this very often yet seems to be afraid to give kayal,henderson, bitton or griffiths a chance.

  32. proudbhoy on

    fair play to the celtic fans at goodison last nyt and decent resilt from the young bhoys.

     

     

    Is this a cup or leage set up anyone know ?

  33. saltires en sevilla on

    The really good news

     

     

    We don’t need to match or better Zagreb results!!

     

     

    If they don’t win in Romania we don’t need to score another goal, never mind pick up points …

     

     

    IHH

  37. Estadio on

    Sepp Blatter Asked by UK Government to Release Report on World Cup Bidding | Bleacher Report (via http://ble.ac/teamstream-) Otto://teamstre.am/1rqMJMn

     

     

    The end play? Or another fudge on the horizon?

     

     

    Lets be honest…..the only reason the Westminster bunch of scabrous wasters are involved is because another hooker got the john, and they have been left in the bins on their own. IMHO!!!!

     

     

    Hail hail

     

     

    Estadio

  38. Estadio on

    Re above…..emirates airlines have already withdrawn sponsorship of FIFA competitions. Rumours according to bleacher report is that Sony is also pulling out.

     

     

    I hope the whole rancid edifice crumbles into the constuent faeces from which it was sculpted.

     

     

    Hail hail

     

     

    Estadio

  41. Friesdorfer on

    West end of east end

     

    The Black Bull in Costa Teguise should be good for the match on Thursday. The owner is a good Tim and season ticket holder.

     

    HH

  42. murdochbhoy on

    Good morning CQNers,

     

     

    The Celtic-Saltzburg head-to-head statistics of this year’s Europa campaign has one glaring contrast…

     

     

    On target…………Celtic – 16 ……..Salzburg – 36

     

    Off target………..Celtic – 21 …….Saltzburg – 16

     

     

    Hmmm

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