Use Wolfsburg to find desperately needed sharpness

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If you’ve been here for a while you’ll have noticed I don’t pay much attention to preseason friendlies but tomorrow’s game against Wolfsburg takes on a more serious tone after Tuesday’s reversal – Celtic desperately need to find sharpness.

Despite the well-placed confidence that we’ll cope comfortably at Celtic Park on Wednesday against Lincoln Red Imps, the serious challenges will come thick and fast thereafter.

Players need to find their edge and the manager needs to learn who goes where and works with whom. It’s just about possible for us to get things together, but whoever we pull out of the hat in today’s provisional third qualifying round draw will be delighted to catch a team in apparent flux.

All this brings us back to Wolfsburg’ a much needed test.

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  1. Macjay –

     

     

    Assimilate, assimilate.

     

     

    Oh yes. Every Aussie racist’s favourite word.

     

     

    I remember watching the evening news in Oz and there was a story about immigration and the overriding theme was assimilation.

     

     

    “These immigrants refuse to assimilate.”

     

     

    Yeah, yeah, yeah. Assimilate, assimilate.

     

     

    The next story on the news was about a suburb of Brisbane where English immigrants got together and created their own “English pub” where they sold proper English beer and an “English Fish and Chip shop” where they cooked proper English-style Fish n Chips. Both establishments were festooned with Union flags and piccies of Auld Lizzie and Phil the Greek. The reporter interviewed the locals who were proud of their own “little part of England”. The whole theme of the report was one of what can be achieved when a community puts its mind to it.

     

     

    Now if it had bern a bunch of Asians . . .

     

     

    Assimilate, assimilate.

     

     

    Oh and of course, many thousands of Englanders celebrate Christmas in July, just to counter the idea of it being scorching hot on the REAL Christmas Day.

     

     

    Assimilate, assimilate.

  2. antipodean red on

    In a vain attempt to bring a bit of humour back to the blog after last nights rantings, I thought that I might equate some of our CQN bloggers with their appropriate Mr Men, rightly or wrongly.

     

     

    Auldheid – Mr Diplomat

     

    The Green Man – Mr History

     

    Turkeybhoy – Mr Angry

     

    Canamalar – Mr Nasty

     

    Jobo Baldie – Mr Nice

     

    JFH – Mr Faith

     

    Petec – Mr Loopy

     

    Macjay1 – Mr Right

     

    Winning Captains – Mr Fixit

     

    Tony Donnelly – Mr Argue

     

    BMCUW – Mr Hootenaney

     

    Delaney’s Dunky – Mr Happy

     

    KevJ – Mr Oot

     

    WITS – Mr Ronny Oot

     

    Cults – Mr Don

     

    Sydney Tim – Mr Lawwell Oot

     

    BSR – Mr Logic

     

    Auld Tam – Mr Assimilate

     

    Me – Mr Perfect

     

     

    Have a go if you like, have a laugh, it’s much easier:-)

     

     

    Feel free to come up with a few of your own, apologies to those I’ve left Oot!

  3. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Philbhoy,

     

    You really are one twisted little annal orifice, go read the post again clown

  4. Burgas Hoops on

    ANTIPODEAN RED -))

     

     

    Good Wolfsburg team today at CP should give BR a real test before the Hillman Imps return leg.

     

     

    Griff up front hopefully.

  5. Burgas Hoops on

    CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION

     

     

    Glad i caught you here this morning, read your reply from yesterday but i was out with my dogs so sorry for the late reply.

     

     

    Apology accepted and hopefully we can start again. Apologies for my rant at you yesterday as it’s out of character for me to be so abrasive to a fellow member.

  6. Burgas Hoops on

    CANAMALAR

     

     

    Half an hour on Al Jazeera there and i’m sure i am in one of the safest places in the eastern block atm -))

  7. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Oh and no need for any rant apology, as I said, I can be an arrogant bastard of a man :)

     

    Catching myself is getting easier now I’ve spotted the flaw. I am thick skinned enough to take it, especially when I’m no slow to dish it out.

  8. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Philbhoy,

     

    I see you are having problems with interpretation when it comes to ignoring the facts, why let the facts get in the way of vilification, especially when they make you out to be wrong eh.

     

    As I said, go read the post again then come back and apologise for your lies.

  9. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Ok philbhoy,

     

    Since you are an other idiot that needs to be taken by the hand,

     

    My words were that if he is indeed mentally retarded then I need to change my attitude towards him as its not right taking advantage on people with mental health problems, now that’s what I said, how do you find that offensive ?

  10. antipodean red on

    Foxy,

     

     

    I tried to keep it civil, there were a few other names I was thinking about!

  11. Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on

    Aye philbhoy, as usual make a complete arse of yourself and slink off into the shadows without being man enough to accept your mistake, this is no the first time you’ve tried this with me is it.

     

    And you’ve got the gall to label anyone else a sad little man.