Talk of trebles can disappear over the space of 90 minutes, and Ronny Deila will be forced to learn new patter if his team cannot regain the edge which was lost on Wednesday night at Celtic Park. The challenge will be all the greater for the absence of cup-tied Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven, with others, including Kris Commons and Emilio Izaguirre.
Dundee United have fallen apart in the last few weeks, the departure of Armstrong and Mack-Steven has probably had something to do with this, which means they will be hurting. Make no mistake, Celtic harmed their season by signing their best two players five weeks ago. United will have an edge to them.
Just loving the celebrations that one of the world’s richest 400 people no longer controls a Scottish football club. He still controls pretty much all profitable revenue streams, and holds security over assets, but he’ll no longer be asked to provide loan players, or loan cash. They have swapped an ‘off the radar’ wealthy man for a glib and shameless liar.
Ashley repulsed many. He was the archetypal fox let into the Ibrox hen house. The juxtaposition of Celtic announcing a £29m shirt deal with New Balance, rights Ashley bartered for £1 at Ibrox, gives you an idea of how impaired newco are. But allowing him to walk off with all those revenue streams, without the responsibility of running football operations, which will always lose money, is inexplicable.
I know people in the game who were concerned about having an opponent with the resources of Ashley. That blocking SFA decision was crucial. I don’t know anyone concerned about King, in fact, there is quiet delight at how things transpired.
Farewell Big Mike, thanks for all your work.
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Stokes? Why? St Johnstone’s best defender on Wednesday.
Off to the pub now hail hail give us a victory bhoys.
Big Georges Fan
Yes, @ 14.22
Just hope that Forrest and Stokes get their motors running and sweat blood for the team today.
We need every player to burst a gut to get the victory today – no passengers or spectators !!!
embramike
Last week he is telling us the Ibrox regimes carrying on business as usual.
Phils a busted flush nowadays, more often wrong that right.
Stokes.
Good grief.
Embramike,
Plus one.
HH
Celtic team to play @dundeeunitedfc Gordon; Ambrose, Denayer, van Dijk, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton, Forrest, Johansen, Stokes; Griffiths (MH)
Subs: Zaluska, Wakaso, McGregor, Henderson, Guidetti, Scepovic, Fisher
The Green Man –
What has sectarian chanting at a Raith Rovers v Rangers game got to do with Peter Lawwell and Celtic?
Glad to see Izzy back, I think we missed him midweek.
Stokes.
I need a drink.
Henderson wtf ??
Disappointed with selection of stokes, Forrest and Efe.
Hope they prove me wrong.
HH
Stokes n Griffiths ..
Hardly fills me with optimism ..
Hope they prove me wrong though :)
4-0 Hibees FT score
notthebus-i wonder if Phil’s source has been outed at Poundland now?
notthebus
Beg to differ. Keith Jackson has won awards by cutting and pasting his work into the DR after the event.
Far more astute than the MSM, but I fear his ‘sources’ may dry up with the new regime.
C’mon
Jamsie and Anto time to shine Bhoys
Get intae them
Sky
It looks likely that the Italian FA are going to cough up the necessary to save Parma FC..Expensive? Yes – but much less expensive than having to pay back the money that Sky paid for this season’s Serie TV.rights.Sky have a contract – Sky will get what it paid for.
Tom McLaughlin
So you don’t think PL was a bit silly?
Should he not have asked the journo…..if he has asked the same kind of question to sevco?
PL deserves to be criticised for his inability to understand what was going on.
HH
It’s ironic that when a player signs a new contract his form dips or he gets injured and is out for weeks, only saying.
Hopefully RD tell Forrest to go outside when he gets the ball and not cut in where he invariably loses it.
Was sure Henderson would have been in ahead of James
Anyway hope he has a stormer
Not difficult to predict
Sorry. Amendment to previous comments.
Stokesy.
Huge game for us today in our treble quest. I hope those luckily enough to don the jersey realise history is in their hands…and the place in a Celtic cup final team next week is up for grabs.
winbhoysCSC
embramike
Defo wasn’t comparing him to MSM.
My disdain for the vast majority of these morons has no limit.
I have to admit to being concerned if we start with both Stokes and Forrest, where will the cover come from?
Mon Celtic get the team up so we can prepare our nerves:)))
Anto & Leigh donning the hoops fills me with confidence
Monthehoops
hope wee big George is wrong with that 3-4 prediction, don’t fanxy us losing any goals, although sounds a cracking game for a neutral !
Stokes and Forrest ..both out of form …time for a performance from both
If they perform as they have of late we may struggle today
I am concerned that we look quite weak
A fit and in form James Forrest is a huge asset for Celtic. Unfortunately he’s rarely fit and as such shows no consistency in terms of form. His attitude and lack of effort in Milan was a disgrace. Hopefully the penny may has dropped that he’s not ‘teachers pet’ anymore, like he’s been for the last four years, not guaranteed a start irrespective of fitness and form, and he has to work to get back into the team.
A big game for him today, hope he shows he can still do it and have a future with us.
Wee Jamsie to put his many detractors gas at a peep.
Alfie,
I want him and the club to admit to being diddled out of titles due to corruption within the games governing bodies and to persue and eradicate that corruption. Not to become part of it.
So in surmising. Accountability and transparency within Scottish football and to persue a level playing.
I do not expect him to bolster and encourage, the exact same people who cheated us, to bestow them back to a place of unquestioned leeway for the sake of profits and increased bonuses You are obviously happy and content with these state of affairs.I am not.
HH
COYBIG
Level playing field
Was hoping to see Liam start today. Last chance for Tony today in my mind. Hope JF shines, hits the bye line and gets quality balls into the box.
This is the toughest test left to win the treble.
Mon the Leather Belts!
Subs predictions for later today JF,AS & LG
Not thrilled with Stokes in the line up.
Very skillful player but unfortunately not suited to Ronnies’s system.
Think he slows us down in the final third and reduces our potency.
Hopefully he will prove me wrong today.