Title defence tested from the off

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Aberdeen played three friendlies, scoring 10 and conceding a goal in each, before their four League Cup group games this month. They scored 12 without conceding in them.

Celtic Park on Sunday will be a whole different challenge, but as we remember from even recent times, getting the job done against lower league teams is seldom straightforward.

There have been more false dawns at Pittodrie over the last 30 years than sunny dawns, so we cannot expect too much from Jim Goodwin. Still, his team is close to full fitness, paying well, confident and will head to Celtic Park on Sunday as ready as they could hope to be.

The title defence will be tested from the off.

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  1. AN TEARMANN on 25TH JULY 2022 10:09 PM

     

     

    Thanks for the links, pal. Hope you’re keeping well!

  2. bournesouprecipe on

    Tom

     

     

    I think it was the bold Frank that missed the penalty referred to at Airdrie.

  3. Tom McLaughlin on

    BOURNESOUPRECIPE

     

     

    Celtic were 9-0 up when awarded the penalty in the closing minutes. Roddy McKenzie was the unfortunate young keeper. The Celtic support chanted for Haffey to take the penalty. Big Frank was having none of it but the fans kept it going. Big Billy called him forward.

     

     

    Haffey very reluctantly took the spot kick and McKenzie brought off an excellent diving save. Haffey roundly applauded the young keeper as he ran back to his goal.

     

     

    He later said he didn’t want to take the penalty as it was disrespectful to the already beleaguered keeper. A gentleman was our Frank.

  4. 7.43 moderator.

     

     

    Delete that abuse please ?

     

     

    Mod. is it normal for abuse to be asked to be removed 3 times?

     

     

    What is goin on here?

     

     

    It’s looking like settled abuse.

     

    It’s looking like it’s a homer too.

     

     

    Why delete my posts to an anonymous,non attending

     

    troll who abuses?

     

     

    Yet leave it’s abuse up.

     

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    Why is that? .

     

     

    Would Homeritch not be a better title.

  5. Tom McLaughlin on

    Biggest score I ever saw was Celtic 10 Hamilton 0 at Celtic Park. League Cup tie first-leg.

     

     

    Scorers: Chalmers (5), Lennox (5).

     

     

    Won second leg 4-0.

     

     

    Also saw Celtic beat Kokkola (Finland) 9-0 at home in European Cup.

  6. Frank Terry.

     

    Yah,new season ago,enjoyed the friendlies but not long before we are in the pressure bubble think as some posted week 3,me it’s week 1,a 38 game route to top.God bless the Celtic.phasers tae malky :-)))

     

     

    HH

  7. 442 park the bus on

    Starmer said to Labour party members in 2020 that if they voted for him as leader he’d retain Jeremy Corbyn’s socialist manifesto and build upon it.

     

    Less than a month later he started trashing Corbyn’s socialist manifesto which MSM said would bankrupt the country yet what Corbyn’s socialist manifesto was proposing was merely the first step to what was actually needed for country, showing how deceitful he is.

     

    Ten years of brutal Tory austerity takes a lot of building back, and only Corbyn’s version of Labour proposed to make a fist of it, if Corbyn became PM and restructured UK foreign policy he would’ve became the UK version of JFK, no question about it.

     

    Starmer now says that he and Labour wouldn’t take UK back into EU if he won a GE.

     

    If he tried to overturn Brexit he’d cause a civil war in UK.

     

    The farmers and fishermen protests that’s been taking place in EU countries for a month now, Holland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, etc, etc, which UK MSM has been ordered to omit from any news cycles because that carnage is what will happen to British citizens if we’re tricked into the EU through Labour leader deceit.

     

    You will own nothing and you will be happy!

     

    That mentality is where Tory Labour Libdems Greens and SNP want us back into EU, open the gates and let them all in type of eejits, Irish govt trying to overturn citizens rights to own a home if they don’t take refugees into their homes.

     

    Hallelujah!

     

    THELIGHTPAPER.COM or LIGHTNEWSPAPER.COM either or.

     

    Most Tims voted against Brexit because their coached by MSM, the higher the Brexit vote the greater the chances of no deal outcome, which would mean an immediate United Ireland without the need for a border poll, but nobody spoke about this on the MSM so Timmy didn’t get the memo, sing all their lifes about “Setting Ireland Free” and miss an open goal that Brexit provided, so most Tims have fallen for the Scottish independence guff which will never happen, SNP know it’ll never happen but they enjoy the power of glorified councilors acting like PM’s and shafting Scottish people by dumping Tory lite policies onto Scottish public whilst blaming Westminster, if SNP offered Scottish people working class politics then Westminster would dissolve local Parliaments, Labour pretend to be for the public in Wales then Welsh Labour leader was at the front of the queue to screw the Welsh people over Vaccine passports etc, for a virus that non big pharma payroll scientists and doctor’s say doesn’t exist and if it did they would’ve isolated it by now.

     

    Hmmmm?

     

    Back to dodgy Starmer.

     

    He tried 48 times to overturn the Brexit vote as Labour’s Brexit guy, that was one of many of Corbyn’s fatal mistakes, promoting MP’s who carried out 2 coup attempts to overthrow Corbyn’s leadership.

     

    A Labour civil war was needed with Corbyn’s straight talkers vs the war mongering Labour MP’s, the Blairites.

     

    Now Labour is dead! 👎

  8. We’ve had many Magical goals against oldco, when Owen got mentioned earlier it brought back the goal that makes me Smile even more than Nakas swirly wirly shot.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2F-w8WdfUU

     

     

    There is No Doubt we will be going up against the best teams on the Planet. Intrepidation, for sure. It’s gonnae be Good I Hope, I think.

     

     

     

    Brave Brave Undaunted.

     

     

    Lets make our Billy Stark once Again.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29KLr5qdnPU

     

     

    The Huns made a a pact with the Devil/Satan and they are still functioning and apparently awash with cash. Aye Noddy.

     

     

    Just beat them Celtic playing Beautiful, Inventive fitba.

     

     

    They are monstrous fitba wise.

  9. Melvin Udall and others

     

     

    I will give details of payments later as I am only back in Scotland on Wednesday.

     

     

    Don’t worry- everyone who has entered will get a chance to enter the prize giving aspect of the competition. We don’t give out the first set of prizes until December so we can take our time getting the money in.

     

     

    Meantime encourage everyone to enter whether they want to enter for free or donate to the charity to enter the prize giving part of the competition. At the end of the day, it’s just a bit of fun- so let’s see if we can get more than 60 entrants , like we did last season.

     

     

    I will post more details when I get back on Wednesday

  10. Tom McLaughlin on

    FOURSTONECOPPI

     

     

    The woman is an attention-seeking idiot.

     

     

    Starmer is the leader of the opposition. He can’t decide to boycott a national newspaper.

     

     

    Also – “You touched my breast.”

     

     

    Oh please!!!

  11. I remember seeing Mark Burchill score in the 5 – 1 over the dead club (1998) and thinking he was going to be a star. Another player, actually around the same time, was Stephen Crainey and I thought he was also going to be special.

  12. 10 @ 9.57

     

     

    Utter tripe — political lie told to the masses to cover up your own ignorance and incoherence.

     

     

    TB saved the NHS after 7 years of Maggie cuts and 4 years of Sha**er’s political cowardice.

  13. OMG — we are now throwing about insults based on Greek mythology …

     

     

    Just what is the world coming to?

     

     

    First it was the Brogieman in the QSG.

     

    Then it was BMcL being added to their number.

     

    10 years difference in age but still part of the same reserve team cohort ..

     

    … shum mistake surely?

  14. Both Fake tags Tom

     

    Both feral on cqn.

     

    Plenty more in the ip drawer.

     

    Gintentional trolling

     

    HH

  15. WARNING : FOOTBALL POST INCOMING

     

     

    Re League Cup game v Ross County

     

     

    With the away league cup game being played only 3 days before we play Sevco, (and Sevco having an extra 24 hrs to rest/prepare for the weekend) I’d be very happy to see Ange rest the majority of his starting XI that he has in mind for the league match, when choosing his starters v Ross County.

     

     

    I’d rather take that risk at Dingwall, in order to maximise our chances of beating Sevco.

     

     

    The results of our 4 encounters v Sevco could prove pivotal to who wins the league this season. A league cup tie at Dingwall is not even close in importance, imo.

     

     

    HH

  16. Call me Gerry

     

     

    Focused more on Sun to be honest.

     

    The dynamic of the game vs rc and them will be taken on then,we don’t know who or what is available. Injury etc.

     

    You like a strategic gamble mate,got a good record,know when,when too etc,I would say go wi the Çeltic way and always win:-) do what we need to do to do that:-).

     

     

    Just recall adding or diluting messes with the strength.

     

    Jeez forgot bout windae too.

     

     

    HFh

  17. AT

     

     

    True…lots to happen before then…I may be getting a bit ahead of myself lol

     

     

    Just me venting my miffed, knee jerk, reaction to thems getting lucky with a home cup tie on the Tue, whilst we get a trip to Dingwall on the Wed….days before our very important league clash.

     

     

    HH

  18. Get in first few games,see who steps in

     

    Already starfelt is out so hopefully Stephen Welsh or Jens. Big julien looks for the road but players now deal at end as much of signing.

     

     

    Get a wee run going

     

    We have Europe commencing

     

    Signing windows to close and it could be diff.

     

    52 times our TV rev are lowest epl club getting

     

    It’s impacting the game

     

     

    The hotbawcauldbaw theories maybe exist lol

     

    But you am sure are certain Ange will have it planned for.there is time.

     

     

    HH

  19. TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 25TH JULY 2022 11:22 PM

     

     

    That post was quite a reveal, defending the Murdoch press and the Sun newspaper

     

     

    audrey White@RedRosa91940184 representing herself as a lifelong labour activist/member and also representing Merseyside Pensioners Association was perfectly entitled to state her views to the Labour leader, he should have ensured she had her say without big bullying bruisers physically getting involved against a female pensioner, she is absolutely correct about that rag

  20. BSR/TML

     

     

    Frank Haffey took a free kick on the left side of his 18yrd box, intending to pass the ball to Duncy McKay on the right wing. Ball finished up in his net, freekick retake as it had never left his box.

     

    I was there. HH

  21. Ross Co league cup draw

     

     

    The issue is we are at tannadice on the Sunday so the Tuesday would not work for us to play.

     

     

    The only solution would be to play at dingwall the previous Wednesday. No reason not to do that.

  22. Sadly it would need Ross Co and the governing body / TV to sanction a switch to prior week. Whilst the latter 2 may agree I doubt Ross Co would.

     

     

    If I was Ross Co I would not throw away the potential advantage in a cup tie of Celtic being distracted by both a Derby game and a champions league game (possibly away) looming within the next 6 days.

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  24. Burnley 78 – surely the reason we want a squad with strength in depth is to cope with the amount of fixtures. I think we have 2 decent players for every position ,- just get on with it.

  25. An Tearmann on 25th July 2022 9:56 pm

     

     

    Thanks Bjb, Gordon ex of these pages is a great historian,a few on here years back were debating the tale of the Elland Rd socks,the coloured ones.Gordon duly turned up the next day with evening citizen and full match report of the game and tale of socks.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    ………………………………………………………..

     

     

    I hope Gordon is well.

     

     

    The knowledge about Celtic was off the scale.

     

     

    Truly Amazing.

  26. NOT A TIP…..! just a wee SHOUT OUT…

     

    A nicely named Horse runs in the 4.45 @ GOODWOOD Today.

     

    Its called ” CELTIC CHAMPION” and is Priced @ 9/2.

     

    From a very good stable, and it may be worth a wee Fiver or a Tenner ?

     

    NOT a Tip, I am just going by the Horses name, and it has already run ONCE….and finished 3rd.

     

     

    HH.