1998 was an era before the tier one clubs started to harvest vast numbers of players, so by some quirk of nature, Celtic had more players represented at the World Cup that year than any other club in the world. 11 in total left the newly crowned champions to travel to France: McNamara, Boyd, McKinlay, Burley, Jackson, Donnelly, Lambert, Gould, Rieper and Weighorst.
We were delighted for the players who took part in the tournament but it had consequences when practically an entire team missed out on a close season. Legs tired in the spring of 1999.
It would be churlish for us to grudge James Forrest or Callum McGregor the chance to participate the Euros this summer. They deserve it and will surely go. David Turnbull is the one I am most keen on to stay home. David will be a crucial player for Celtic next season and I want him fit and ready for the Champions League qualifiers. Ryan Christie, in the final year of his contract, is likely to be around for at least a part of the qualification campaign but any late season tiredness is likely to someone else’s problem.
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CELTICMAC
Since when has it become a fault to have a good memory?
23 minutes gone and 7 hun fouls committed, now you wouldn’t see that in a Scottish game
GREENPINATA
Do you know if Aberdeen “invited applications”?
Sorry Quonno i apologise for questioning you earlier, I honestly didn’t realise you were 107 yrs old. You keep posting!
D Zagreb 3-0 Tottenham.
Pound for pound, that’s worse than any of our results this season. Not sure how Mourinho survives this. Really is finished as an elite manager.
Philbhoy,
To be honest, I don’t know.
The interview lasted about 20 minutes. As advised by a fellow Tim I skipped to the part about the applications.
I doubt even seasoned sheep followers could listen to that for 20 odd minutes.
Cheers and HH.
PRESTONPANS
Some sneaky ones as well. Goldson tried to take the keeper out at a corner. Would not be acknowledged by The Scottish MIB. I have to say that the zombies have not panicked at all, and continue to play the way they started. Other than the goal, the Czechs have not really troubled McGregor. Could still go either way here.
GREENPINATA
Cheers!
I don’t think we invite applications.
Probably because it would takes months to read them all!
We don’t have time!
MARTIM1980 on 18TH MARCH 2021 7:25 PM
Yeah but it’s a party political broadcast.
😊 on behalf of ? The church of Scotland?
read the signatories!!
You save them up for this time of year.
☝️Martim i darent even attempt to answer that.it is made up,in your own heid nonsense.
full of incorrect assumptions.as stated use your thumb and stop be so limited mate your embarassing yourself
hh
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quonno
Never had a problem with those with good memories.
As long they are accurate memories.
And not some kind of false memory syndrome which some on here are prone to.
Seethin’ G whining non-stop at the 4th official. Claims for everything.
An Tearman it is obvious your campaign for Indy is more precious to you than Celtic.
Lets stop kidding on.
Israeli ref spotted MoreorLess misbehaving off the ball. Had a quiet face to face with him. Be interesting to see if it makes a difference.
Huns escape stonewaller.
Guy being to honest in the Huns penalty box, should have hit the floor once Hun grabbed his shirt
That could have been a second yellow for Bagalun.
Or whatever his name is.
GEEBEE 1978
Think it’s 20 ml to buy him out, don’t know if Spurs have the money at the present time.
Haven’t watched the huns live this season apart from against us:
Thoughts on the first half.
Dirty bassas
Especially Morelos
I kinda knew that much!!!
Lovely goal against them.
Despite being 1-0 down against a really decent team, I think they’ll score for fun against us at the weekend.
They’ll close us down way too quickly for us to cope with. And Kent, Aribo and Morelos will run amok. And Barisic’s crossing will give us the pure fear.
Apart from that, all good,,eh!!
HH jg
PS the commentators are so one-eyed, it’s…. entirely predictable.
Creggan advising on how you have to sustain the hurt when playing against the highest quality opposition was ‘interesting’
Jamesgang
Usually have sound off but wanted to hear what they had to say about the fireworks during lockdown. Think they said decent display🎆🎇 muppets
JAMESGANG
I hope you are wrong but can’t see how captain Kennedy can reshuffle the same old pack to do something different.
Especially our smallish back four.
How was I last to know about Alan Hutton!!
‘Pans
They waxed lyrically about how it had been a whole year since the full house against Leverkusen. No mention of it being one of Europe’s main super spreader events.
Philboy
I so hope I’m wrong. I just see 2 teams here that are both a class above our own.
How 💩is that.
HH jg
PHILBHOY
Isn’t it Bagahun?
JAMESGANG
Got everything crossed here and hoping for the very very best!
TIMHORTON on 18TH MARCH 2021 8:53 PM
True. Pretty sure they won’t be signing Bale now.
INIQUITOUSIV
Indeed!
Can Bale play left back?
Get him signed!!!!!
Need a second at Ibrokes to kill them off, hour gone
Has the late night fireworks by der hun motivated Slavia Prague?
Hope so!
Huns down to 10
Red for Roofe 🤣😂
Their fans would have wrecked their chances if the were present.
This season a God send for them
Commentary nothing but hun pr.
Roofe gets deserved red card. Should go to jail for assault.
Never a red card in Scotland😯
Roofe already got away with a bit of thuggery earlier in the season , tonight he has attempted to remove the keepers head
Yellow card for them in Scotland
He’s only been on for 5 minutes.
Hun barsteward booted goalie in the face.