Champions League sections are never easy so we are as well having one which is unequivocally difficult on paper. Despite finishing second from pot 4 in their group last season (a remarkable achievement), Celtic spent the vast majority of their time in the tournament under pressure. They had possession less than their opponents in all six group games, so although we were successful in the group stage, there should be no doubt as the the size of the challenge.
Conversely, we looked Juventus in the eye, which, in retrospect, could be regarded as over ambitious.
When Martin O’Neill’s Celtic drew Barcelona and Milan in the group section of the Champions League the manager was clearly exasperated at the apparently preposterous task. It was Martin’s last throw in the competition and he was anxious to break into the knockout stage for the first time.
The mood music seems different this time. Neil Lennon has been to the knockout stage already so the pressure to breakthrough is not there. Celtic can take one game at a time without the burden of having to prove themselves in this competition. They are now a part of this league, they might not win it, but they can compete with anyone.
We will be second favourites for each game, which is surely the way we would all prefer it to be. Despite what happened last year, even Barca will expect to comfortably overcome Celtic. Surely we can’t be as organised again?
Don’t bet against it.
STV painted an interest picture of the SFA this morning. The Association declined advice from Uefa to come into line with most of Europe (including England, crucially for many Scottish clubs) and extend the transfer window until the first business day of the week.
Doing so, however, would make a mockery of their suspension of Rangers International’s transfer embargo, which expires on 31 August. To accept Uefa’s advice would draw attention to their oversight in not noticing that August ends on a weekend.
We all know this to be the case, but the Association would rather ignore their mistake than help out member clubs and draw attention to it.
Even Jim Farry checked the calendar.
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An Emotional Fish = Celebrate
phyllis dietrichson
22:54 on 30 August, 2013.
I’ve been flitting in and out and did read your post. The one I was looking for had a link with ecoman ripping the Huns.
On the comments, a hun has it all worked out, the demise of deadco was a Fenian
conspiracy!
If only…when will thems sit back and analyse what sdm did to there defunct club?
TG kicked Haller in game vs W Germany (away). Jinky scored that night.
Celtic suspended him for next match, LCF vs St Johnstone. Bertie scored the only goal.
A time of principles and integrity :-))).
West Ham, serving the East End of London will have a lumpen racist group tagging on. But they are also the club where Malcolm Allison learned at the Academy of Science, they provided 3 members of England’s 66 team, and they have produced more future England Internationals (Paul Ince, Glenn Johnson, Joe Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Jermaine Defoe, Michael Carrick, Mark Noble and Scott Parker) than most other clubs.
Their current manager is not a typical West Ham manager, though.
I am no fan of any EPL club but I can admire and sympathise with West Ham’s working class roots.
The Bank of Engurland rate is 0.5%, we have a FACILITY to laon at 1.5%… So in theory we are getting shafted by BOE.
I wish I could borrow money at 1.5%! That is a phenomenally good rate. Maybe I should approach the Co-Op?
ernie
apparently FF are claiming that we’d tapped into the Ibrox meter via an underground network of tunnels and there’s a 100m claim coming our way fae the soo side.
I think we’ll find it’s called amortisation a word I only ever hear on CQN, along with others like Zombie, Sevconian, Steakbake, etc.
Doc
Aye, he does Ok.
I think that’s 3 he has sold us now, could be more.
HH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFjfa_RB6Pc
Something for the Weekend Sir
bournesouprecipe
23:25 on
30 August, 2013
I think we’ll find it’s called amortisation a word I only ever hear on CQN, along with others like Zombie, Sevconian, Steakbake, etc.
Words you only ever hear on CQN…
Amortisation…
Gazebo…
Howf…
Dubaibhoy-”If I signed off the accounts it has been in good faith.”
23:05 on
30 August, 2013
That was my name and is my user name… Hemut Haller’s Jaxi
SFTB.
To be fair the paperboy has a voice & to be honest not heard that
track before, however in the interest of not going overboard about
your return to the blog there was only so much credit I could give -))
HB fae Dallas.
Dont get caught up in the hype,if we play any side in London
the potential for trouble is there.The loonys who gave West Ham
the reputation were interested only in the mobs who had similar
outlooks ie having a “ruck”. There are thousands of good WH Utd
fans who pay no heed to silly stuff. They sure dislike Chelsea though.
http://billynowell.com/2013/08/30/mcneill-the-man-by-billy-nowell/
Helmut even
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR7bqYYFPFE
The Thrills=One Horse Town = Blantyre
Whats happened to Charlotte Fakes?
All deleted
Weefrathetim
Thoughts and prayers for you.
TET, nice work if you can get it.
WeefratheTim & Tallybhoy,
The very best wishes to both of ye fine Celtic Men and I hope your beloved Ma and Pa are celebrating many events for many years to come.
The wee man asked if John Terry was going to go up and lift the Cup for Bayern München, If not why not?
The antidote to Divide & Conquer? hmmmmmm
Marvellous Marvin Gaye
TerryCuckoo.cfc
@RhebelRhebel: The scibd account used by @CharlotteFakes has also gone. http://t.co/Rsl2UyRsmr
Has someone got too close to Charlotte?
All docs and tweets gone
I bought a house in Nottingham for £350,000 .I secured a mortgage against the value of the property and my ability to pay the loan back.For 9 years I paid the loan faithfully and at no time,as I recall,did the lender ever tell me I was”Seriously in debt”.The whole world works on debt.Where would we be without it?!!!!!!.Huns being huns,they have a great line in “Whataboutery”.Similar to their pathetic”Pacific shelf”guff they were pedalling a couple of years ago.
We are vibrant,happy,financially viable,in the CL,AGAIN,they are skint,looking admin in the face again,playing in the 3rd tier of football,with no sign of income from anywhere,out of one cup,playing away in the other.Their “Whataboutery ringing very hollow in these ears.
Morons.
Has Charlotte been awarded an EBT?
Was it always about money.
pigalle and petec
Thank you so much guys. Really appreciated. She had another seizure in the last hour. Poor old soul. But she’s still ma mum.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar
SFTB
When I watched West Ham my favourite player was Alan Devonshire.
Classy left foot,great balance & vision.
Enough of this £30m debt bollox.Total crap.
If any zombie mentions this, just tag along with it.
If we go bust it would only affect the holding company. Mugs.
A quick check of rankmedia suggests that Bill McMurdo may know who it is. Whether that’s true I don’t know.
TET
About to hit the sack – got an email from Spain.
Public holiday yesterday (Friday)/? Teresa in office Monday and will phone me.
H!H!
Thank goodness I downloaded the documents posted by Charlotte, otherwise it might be gone, anyone else got them?
The truth will out.
setting free the bears
I worked in the East End of London for NHS 20 yrs ago and I have never seen such a divided community. Stayed in south west and travelled to East End every day. In my time there I never liked any team. Don’t start me on Spurs fans, the only decent fans I ever met were C.P fans as they seemed down to earth the rest of them were bonkers.
Just saying. They all had a severe superiority complex that was totally unjustified, Especially Spurs who for some reason were the London media favourites.
What has any London team ever done apart from Chelski the boutique money soulless club.
Hugh Bonkle fae Dallas
don’t know were you get your info from, just yesterday I was at a funeral down in the east end and the guy who happened to be my cousins husband, anyway what a claret and blue send off they gave him even down to 400 singing bubbles in the chapel of rest, the east end of London is teaming with scots, some green, some blue,, but in all the years off visiting my many relatives down there I have never ever heard a bad word about the hoops, I have even stood inside the club right behind the bobby moore stand with my hoops on and the amount of times I was asked for them is uncountable, in fact even yesterday I was at the reception in said club 3 irish lads sang their national anthem in gaelic.the round of applause was deafening, west ham had/have a hard core element that most other fans avoid, but if we were down there behaving as we normally do, there would be no problems at all, these guys meet like minded to arrange their little fracas’s(is that a word?).they don’t take liberties on what they call civilains, sounds mela-dramatic, but just the way they are.they sing 1 of the most iconic songs in world football, and try to play football at all times, sometimes to their own detriment (relegation), great fans aswell and I know that for a fact…monthehoops csc…..montheirons..
greenwells
Lovely tribute. Thanks for that.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Turkeybhoy
Stop mincing your words. Tell it like it is:-))
Goodnight Celtica!
bournsesoup @23:25
I can only conclude that if you are only hearing those words on cqn, you are obviously hanging about with the wrong crowd when you are not online… :)
Have meant to ask you… never understood your username…. there’s obviously a joke I’m missing… care to explain it?
Hail hail
Doc is supporting Oscar and McKenzie.
23:42 on
30 August, 2013
Thank goodness I downloaded the documents posted by Charlotte, otherwise it might be gone, anyone else got them?
The truth will out.
That’s the problem with the pesky ole interweb. Nothing is deleted. Ever.
TET
Heid up ma bahooky the night. You having problems?
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar
Weefrathetim
Sorry to hear about your mother. My mother who is 94 suffered a stroke 4 weeks ago and has lost the use of her right arm and leg but is hopefully getting out of hospital this week. Major alterations to house.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Bhoys, I’m not proud of it but sometimes I look on FF when I’m bored. The posters on there who can type are all raging at the interest rate Fergus (i) got the club on lending after he ditched Murray’s BoS and (ii) secured for big-hearted fans who wanted to borrow for shares in 1995.
God bless Fergus