I’m reliably informed Legia will not ‘park the bus’ on Wednesday. Instead, with a three goal lead, they have enough legroom to play their normal game, attempt to compete in the middle of the park, and expose holes at the back, as they did last week. What’s more, they’re unsure they would be able to park the bus successfully for an extended period.
Set aside the debacle what was our defensive performance for a moment. The period of last week’s match Ronny Deila should initially concern himself with is the opening 25 minutes, when Celtic largely bossed the game. We then have to consider the 40 minutes we looked comfortable with 10 men; not an insignificant achievement away from home in Europe.
In short, Legia are a team which for large periods of the game we looked to have the measure of, despite the anomalies of playing a debutant, an inexperienced youth and with a left back who was left out. We should do far better at Murrayfield.
Legia believe they are going through. They unquestionably have the upper hand but the Celtic collapse in the final minutes, when we appeared to be too busy picking fights than sticking to plan, distorted the perceived difference between the teams. Celtic didn’t just underachieve, they did so on an epic scale. What Legia don’t know, is what a highly-functional Celtic team looks like.
We need to transform that epic failure into the kind of performance we are capable of in Europe. The defence needs to find the form which broke so many records last season. Ronny needs to find some of his awesomeness.
The reality is, despite last week’s debacle, we’re still in this tie – and should plan to go through.
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Hamiltontim
23:16 on
4 August, 2014
Auldheid
No it’s not. The club have shown how quick they are to ban supporters, the evidence is irrefutable.
However, they’re the opposite when it comes to acting on supporters’ wishes or complaints.
Anyway, night all.
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Nonsense. I’m talking about changing a culture, you are talking about taking physical action.
Your latter point only confirms my point about the need to become more responsive and encourage a culture that is such..
pps.
watched a lot of the ww1 stuff tonight.
how the poppy was hijacked into the political symbol of today is a disgrace,
i was in livinstone this year, some local hun in the shops, old tap on, BIG POPPY tattoo on his calf, “lest we forget”
other calf, a confederate flag.
aye, freedom.
TSD…Breibart.com? I know you are well informed (almost said intelligent) however, you are taking the piss sir! You really enjoy winding up the posters on this blog…it’s just such a shame they allow themselves to be sucked in by your nonsense. I can just picture you conjuring up your next provocation…I do not believe you are the person you portray yourself to be on here…it must be a wind up, surely?
weebobbycollins
00:32 on
5 August, 2014
He takes a contrary view to many,including me ….particularly over Israel.
And the shocking unjustifiable imho slaughter in Gaza.
On the other hand he points to the double standard of concern on this blog over Palestinians and the complete lack of concern over Christian murders.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
00:47 on
5 August, 2014
One is being carried out by and unpredictable and uncontrollable organisation that won’t respond to threats or sanctions. The other is being carried out by ISIS.
hahahahahahhaha
the wee lambs
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The documents and information we will present will leave the footballing authorities with many questions to answer regarding their professionalism and integrity whilst dealing with our club.
While we believe the source of these documents to be extremely credible, the information is being scrutinised at the moment and we hope to be able to publish them as soon as possible.
weeminger
00:51 on
5 August, 2014
Africa…Boka Haram?
Indonesia…………Sumbdy. Bali bombing.
Global,mate.
Twitter reporting we are close to signing Eidur Gudjohnnsen and Georgi Kinklazde.
#canweleavepoliticsoffthesite?
Dexter
Apparently Basturk as well!!
Dexter
01:01 on
5 August, 2014
Stable door. :-(
Love the humour on cqn which has the effect of increasing my irrational optimism for Wednesday.
My faith in this team rests only on FF, VVD, EI (when fit), ML and KC.
Unfortunately none of the rest are dependable IMHO.
:(
#optimismgone
NegAnon2
18:58 on
4 August, 2014
I can’t believe that there are still people defending the board following last weeks debacle. Bournes in particularly offers a spirited but fact free analysis of us being skint and having spent loads last season. What nonsense.
EDB you apologised to me yesterday. Sorry I never got back to you but no need to apologise. We are all very stressed out when it comes to celtic at the moment. If we lets things continue as we are they are simply going to get worse and worse.
Big cup winners Cassandra was right and sadly so I am.
Auldheid the club lied to us when they said they weren’t passing details to the police but then admitted they were. They said they had no choice, which is also a lie. They then lied to us about not getting a safety certificate because of the green brigade, saing GCC had threatened it. This was promptly denied by GCC and celtic slunk back into saying nothing. They lied to us about reinvesting all the transfer fees into the playing squad, they lied to us about getting better every transfer window. I believe they lied to us on the OBAFA. Sure they said they didn’t like it but they didn’t exactly come out fighting did they. Since they hpthey have helped the police in their efforts to smash the Marxist green brigade. They have suspended celtic supporters for no reason etc.
Why in earth should I trust the people that run celtic?
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I think you need to differentiate between what is a truth at one point but through changing circumstances or even genuinely getting it wrong is no longer true and an outright lie to deceive.
I set out Celtic position on the OBAF and the logic supporting that Celtic were really against it. If you think after that that they were still lying to you here is a crucial question.
Why should Celtic trust you if you are not prepared to accept a truth?
Trust cuts both ways.
Dexter
01:16 on
5 August, 2014
I just hope we do not give away a really stupid goal in the first few minutes. Its happened before…….
DD is rewarding PL on failure.
Has been since Seville in my opinion.
PL is no more than a technocrat Gromyko cow towing to the great Brezhnev donut. The question true celts must ask themselves is to the future of the magnificent Glasgow Celtic? Is it Europe or some medieval squabble our Irish raj wankers envision for the long term future of our magnificent club. Personally I wish our Irish owners would just fck off and die
margaret mcgill
01:26 on 5 August, 2014
DD is rewarding PL on failure.
Has been since Seville in my opinion.
PL is no more than a technocrat Gromyko cow towing to the great Brezhnev donut. The question true celts must ask themselves is to the future of the magnificent Glasgow Celtic? Is it Europe or some medieval squabble our Irish raj wankers envision for the long term future of our magnificent club. Personally I wish our Irish owners would just fck off and die
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Then what?
16 roads – celtic über alles…
01:38 on 5 August, 2014
Any Fergus McCant will do me
You?
16 roads – celtic über alles…
01:38 on 5 August, 2014
In fact any non Hun lovers nor SFA aficionados will do me
You?
16 roads – Celtic über alles…
01:38 on
5 August, 2014
Molotov.
Magill – It’s not up to me, for a start I don’t have the means to buy the shares… but if I did have the funds required… I would put your good self in charge.
Only condition being I would be buying the players, and maybe also picking the team on occasion… because it would be my money.
How’s that sound?
HH.
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macjay1 for neil lennon
01:41 on 5 August, 2014
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Petrol bomb?
16 roads – celtic über alles…
01:48 on 5 August, 2014
Nah
Buying the players means picking the team that’s the problem …. They haven’t a clue…. That’s why Zceltic are currently total shite
Mags.
“The question true celts must ask themselves”
Define true celt…….Just askin.
H.H.
First thing that I would do is demolish the old south stand, incorporating the new stand with the rest of the arena,thereby increasing ground capacity by maybe 10-15,000.
Season tickets limited to about 20,000.
The best seats in the house, but you are going to have to pay through the nose for the premium sections.
Between £600-£2500.
All other areas are pay at the door, £10 for those whom are in work, £5 for OAP’s, the unemployed and kids. Students will be charged £25.
Catering departments, complete overhaul.
Volume, 100% profit maximum on all food and beverages, if you source a pie at say 50p a unit, you sell the said pie for £1.
Last but not least, television revenues.
Ditch the Sky, pay every other club double what they are paying, let people from all over the world subscribe to our own channel for £20 per month.
HH.
16 roads – Celtic über alles…
02:08 on
5 August, 2014
£20 per month.
aka Overseas season ticket
250 quid per annuum
Margaret McGill
01:26 on
5 August, 2014
DD is rewarding PL on failure.
Has been since Seville in my opinion.
PL is no more than a technocrat Gromyko cow towing to the great Brezhnev donut. The question true celts must ask themselves is to the future of the magnificent Glasgow Celtic? Is it Europe or some medieval squabble our Irish raj wankers envision for the long term future of our magnificent club. Personally I wish our Irish owners would just fck off and die
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You do realise that DD is not getting any younger and one day will follow your advice (reluctantly I imagine).
As somebody said what then?
My point here is that I imagine DD will want to leave a memorable legacy behind for all the right reasons.
He is however, being human, mist unlikely to want to leave it to someone who tells him to feck off. Indeed he might tell us to feck off and sell to Charles Green.
OK the last bit was hyperbole but my point is the current arrangement will not last forever and at some point a mature debate on what happens next needs to start.
Perhaps some of those who scorn Res12 will feel they can show the way by tabling a resolution that Celtic start to discuss the club’s options for when DD shuffles off his mortal coil (although it will need better wording than that although it is an improvement on “when you feck of”.
Perhaps over a beer Maggie? :)
For homework read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6_FF for an example of a membership club not in a big TV market.
macjay1 for neil lennon
02:26 on 5 August, 2014
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Money well spent.
Imagine a Celtic television station where people can view every Celtic game for just £20 per month?
Obviously Celtic tv is available , but there are hundreds of thousands of supporters in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England whom have to subscribe to the likes of that Sky shower just to see the odd game.
It’s suicide by proxy, that Sky mob are trying to kill our club, and many of us are paying them for the privilege.
Not to mention those absurd kick-off times.
HH.
Manure and L’Pool playing Guinness Cup Final in Miami.
That follows Manure beating Real 3-1 in front of an audience of 109k at the weekend in Ann Arbor, not exactly the cradle of US Soccer.
Manure have just gone 3-1 up with 2 mins left.
Sorry for being so cynical, watching Man U V Liverpool here, but when Paul says ‘that he has been informed by a reliable source that Warsaw won’t park the bus…’in line one of the article. Who is the source of such info. Delia? Collins?…Lawwell?
Again sorry but I think good stories need sources.
16 roads
The big hurdle we would need to overcome is the oleBob Lord law.
No uk games are allowed to be televised twixt 2.45pm and 5.15 pm
on a Sat (I think) would be a big shift in status quo if allowed.
H.H.
drambowiecelt
02:55 on 5 August, 2014
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I never thought about that chief.
Ah well, back to the drawing board.
Oiche mhaith.
drambowie celt
Would that still apply after independence?
We could be wiping the slate clean as regards broadcasting laws imposed on us by London.
Could we be on a more even playing field?
Can you imaging our SPFL derby game being transmitted throughout the world?
Firhill for thrills.
GG Im still astounded of forehead on your info Re the crowd for Real/Manure.
109k Jeezaloooooo Money goes tae Money eh???
H.H.
drambowiecelt
Drambuie would be better.
Anyway, I was a small part of the biggest crowd for a European Cup game when we beat Leeds at Hampden.
I think the official number was 136k
I’m surprised no one was hurt.
When Big Yogi dived to head Bertie’s cross into the net, we were carried and tossed all over the place.
I had my arms around my wife of less than a year and we were separated from our brothers taking at least 5 minutes to be reunited with them.
Those kind of conditions wouldn’t be tolerated today, and it’s just as well.
clogher celt
If Legia lose an early goal you can bet your sweet bippy they will defend so deep it will be like a scrum inside their box.
When we got possession last week they were only leaving one person up front.
Ha yer good wife was a pioneer of her time.
Naw many girls would have braved that gemme.
H.H.
GG Rusty Nail csc lol.
I preferred it straight in days gone by, especially after a good meal.
If I took one today my cardiologist would need a defibrillator to recover from the shock.
Hibs to beat Monkey’s 4/1 taking some of that.
H.H.
jimbo67
22:53 on 4 August, 2014
Dear CQN
I am sorry this is the end for me on this blog
I no longer wish to be associated in anyway with a blog on which the cancerous, nauseating, witless, mendacious bigotry of the Singing Detective. I resent that he uses as his moniker the title of one of the greatest programmes ever made by the BBC. I get enough hassle during my day at work to waste another second of my life being annoyed by your bigotry and lies.
Well Mr Singing Detective my real name is Jim Payne and you can find me on Facebook and you can get my e-mail from Paul and you can send me more of your garbage if you want.
To the rest of you it has been fun and I would hope that I am still invited to the Hottenanies .
God bless the Celts and for the last time
Jimbo67 praying to Oscar Knox and for Thomas Worth
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Yet another of the old stalwarts chucks it because of certain eejits.
Too many to name-and besides,I don’t want to start a list!
But did I see THE BARCA MOLE being referred to earlier as a hun? Surely not.
I’ll see you in October,Jimbo. And you anaw,Franny.
HH