I’m sure Ronny Deila has used the international break to take in as many scouting games as possible, but he’ll be keen to see his players return to Lennoxtown, fit and available for selection.
Adam Matthews spoke to Celtic media on possibly returning for Saturday’s game against Ross County. Having not played since August he’ll be well short of match fitness but his presence is badly needed. We have a must-win Europa League game against Astra next week, with the shape of the team looking so haphazard at the moment it’s crucial we get a benefit of a recognised right back. Adam needs an hour on Saturday.
Now that central mid is looking solid with Brown and Johansen, the addition of Matthews and McGregor will benefit the right, while allowing Mubarak to fit into his more natural position on the left. We might begin looking like a team. Adam also has the engine to play the football Ronny is keen on.
The only question remains how to get our Europa League-eligible strikers looking the part – and that’s not a suggestion to drop John Guidetti on Saturday!
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Bada bing…i support Celtic first Scotland second….my son who is 12.. Supports Real Madrid…Arsenal second…he likes i dunno…Milay Cyrus. I like Pamela Anderson…your point is ..laughing
Sky Arts 1 showing Madness at Rockness for an hour now , fao Nutty Bhoys
Gash even
Tho hash might explain it!!!!!
hrvatski jim
22:36 on 14 October, 2014
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a mothers love is all seeing all knowing ……
take care ….
braw
bgx
Glad you can have such a forgiving attitude to the sevco orientated who pull on the north Britain shirt.Any chance you can listen to the abuse that McGeady and McCarthy will suffer next month ?
Just home from a wee night watching the fitba with some
Ayrshire CQN,rs. As always, a pleasure.
Hratvski Jim.
I have only conversed with you on this forum for Tims.
My thoughts are with you tonight. Tough times.
Keep it lit. HH.
bgx
Representing our country doesn’t, negate me from calling a player a Hun, I don’t use the term to be offensive, I would call any player that played for them a Hun. No wonder we ended up with the OBB if some of our own support are offended by the term.
James Gang
Yes.. “win the Mid Field.. WIN , Game!” as You Say,pal.
But ,Ah say..
“Lose the Middy.. Lose the Game!”
Which is the Same thing..
ONLY..
DIFFERENT!
Right?
Anywey.,.oor Present Middy is Populated by.. D$$$#S!
Ah wullnae be Happy until.. We Get rid of the Lotta Them!
Yes,, A include… BROONIE ..in that statement…( In case ye wondered)
The Reason why A Loata Guys oan here see Nothing the Maitter wi Broonie..
Is that ..
Those Guys, Hiv a Different Idea o Whit a Good Mid Fielder..
Performs..like…
N..in Ma estimation.. Broonie.. jist isnae Ma Idea of Good Mid Fielder.
So..Who , in Ma Opinion wid be an Good Mid Fielder..then???
Easy.. Boabby Murdoch!
Ah..know.. everybuddy, knows n Thinks… that!
But..
Master Class ..Boabby M… is The only Kinda Mid Fielder , who Ah want tae Represent the Celtic..
n..
Until , we get Wan or Two Guys.. like Boabby..
then Ah wid keep Lookin..n ..Lookin..
Ye nevah know.. we may find One among oor Up N Comers fae Bhoys Town.
Ah hiv Ma eye oan at Least . . Wan Young un..who has Heaps of Possibilities.
In the Meantime..
We Should Not Be satisfied tae Keep oan Playing the Same Cast o..
Useless Sons o a Gun..
Like Ah said..
Oor Present Cast of Characters who make up our Mid Field..
STINKS.
N.. That is the SIMPLE reason… we canny get aff the Dime..
Wnenever , we meet.. Tough ,First Class Competition..
n.. Even… sometimes.. against Competition … Like the Hamilton Accies..
When, in that case… we happen tae Meet.. Lack Lustre Competition.
Noo Ye Know..nice chattin’ ..Pally.
Kojo
Still,Laughin.
Lhads it should be a happy night. 2 excellent results from Ireland & Scotland. I’m just a wee ghuy but I feel 10 ft tall at the moment. So may I suggest less of the silly bickering and just enjoy the night. Better still Celtic are playing next week-end and the come-back starts from then. I just know it will.
Sorry… That sounded a bit patronising, and wasn’t meant to be
Anyway, well done wgs, scotland, and ireland… I’m not a great fan of international football but great to see the wee argumentative, narky, fight-with-yerself-in-the-kitchen celtic countries doin well
Jamesgang, haha.
Shaun has great football intelligence and a younger player of his ability would be great for us, preferably home grown.
I don’t see our media having an issue with Shaun’s or Anya’s eligibility to play for other countries when they make a ginormous hoo-ha about Aiden & James McCarthy playing for Ireland. Shaun could play for Malaysia ( where he was born) or England as his dad is English. Anya could play for Nigeria or Roumania.I believe the countries his father and mother are from.
Ray Houghton,Jim Gillespie, Bernie Salven, Owen Coyle & Tommy Coyne , for some reason, never got the amount of grief Aiden got for choosing Ireland rather than Scotland.
Unsurprisingly, the media will really ramp it up prior to the Scotland Ireland game at Celtic Park.
bgx-my point is the only interest i have in international football is ,the Celtic players get home fit for our next game.I may not be alone in this.
Itscalled …im sure Scotlands players will suffer similair abuse…and it aint North Britain…its Scotland.
.
Bada bing…i get that …i used to have a similair attitude….no argument from me on that Bada….your prime concern is Celtic.
No argument with that in any way..
Dallas
Happy 3 families tonight in my one. :)
My mum who is in the early days of dementia is starting to talk proudly of her Uncle James Delaney again. 3 FA cup medals with 3 clubs in 3 different countries in 3 different decades. Proud record.
Martybhoy….next time i need a lawer i know where to come….great answer….
Lawyer
Are there any CQNrs in Gran Canaria this week? Av got a favour to ask of you.
Sorry Fuertaventura it is, no Gran Canaria… Multi-taskin here
Delaney’s, you must be proud to be a distant relative of our first team coach, John Kennedy, Jimmy’s grandson.
John should have been our captain now. It’s hard to think he’s only thirty this year.
I still remember his debut as a sixteen year old against Dundee.
When John was on loan at Norwich, their manager at the time, Glenn Roeder, said John had the best attitude of any player he had worked with considering the damage which had been infilcted on his knee by Ganea.
Delaneys Dunky
23:12 on 14 October, 2014
Dallas
Happy 3 families tonight in my one. :)
My mum who is in the early days of dementia is starting to talk proudly of her Uncle James Delaney again. 3 FA cup medals with 3 clubs in 3 different countries in 3 different decades. Proud record.
Terrific record!
God bless your Mum. I lost mine in 2003 after a very hard dementia road for her. An awful ailment that I hope can be beaten one day.
HH
Gerry
SMQUC
A cunning linguist. Mmmmmm ;))))
Dallas,
One of the reasons why Aiden was treated differently to the other Scots born players may be because there was so much disappointment at losing out on a potential star. Aiden’s debut was wonderful.
Dallas, who is the Jim Gillespie? Never heard of him
bgx
Main thing is I didn’t offend you with my answer-)))
on another theme I was telling lennybhoy at the hootenanny about the father burns story at St Theresa’s at least I think it was you who raised the subject on the blog a couple of weeks back, it’s just that when it was mentioned it brought back great memories of growing up in that parish,. Apologies if it wasn’t yourself.
Gerrybhoy
Thanks bud. In ma mammys company can be heartbreaking and hilarious and a historic lesson in equal measures.
John O’Neill, this will be my only reply to you.
I’m fully aware of the fact that Aiden has great ability and that is part of the problem.
Dallas
Pray that John finds a way to deal with that horrible fateful night at Hampden.
Keeping the Faith, Jim Gillespie played for Queens Park, Motherwell and possibly a Belgian team. He was included in a few Ireland squads in the early eighties if my mind isn’t playing tricks on me.
His parents are from Donegal.
Is somebody complaining about them being labelled Huns?
bgx
I think we both know that the abuse that the two scoddish born players will receive will be be a lot more hostile than any other normal “banter” handed out to opposition players.
That is understandable but we all know its really fired by an anti-Celtic hatred.
Maybe the media could switch the spotlight onto McPake of Hibs & Paton of Dundee United, both of which have played for another country out with their birth.
Jimmy Delaney
From Wikipedia
Delaney joined Celtic on provisional forms in 1933 from Stoneyburn Juniors, signing a permanent contract the following year.[1] He spent 13 years with the Glasgow club, making 305 appearances in all competitions. Delaney suffered the misfortune of a badly broken arm in a home game against Arbroath in April 1939. The injury sustained being further exacerbated by the opposition player Attilio Becchi, who was apparently a Celtic fan, accidentally stepping on his arm. Delaney’s torn football shirt was sold for £564 at Christie’s in 2002.
In the late 60s I was in Arbroath on holiday and went to Mass in the little church in Dishlandtown Street (sic). My dad pointed out this guy and said he was the player who had broken Jimmy Delaney’s arm.
Delaney’s, his performance in the Camp Nou and then at Ibrox the following weekend were gargantuan even though he ended up at left back in the Ibrox game. We really should have pummeled them that day but only won 2 1.
His performances in those two matches earned him his call up for that fateful game v Roumania.
His tackle in the first half on Ronaldinho at the Camp Nou was perfectly timed.
No Gillespie ever played for Ireland Dallas as far as I can see. But point taken. In fact did Owen Coyle ever play for first team ? Can’t be bothered googling that too
Night Timdom
KTF and look after one another…..as Lord knows we’re none of us clever enough to look after ourselves!
HH jamesgang
Keeping the faith, Owen only got one full cap from memory.
Jim Gillespie, I’m sure didn’t play, but was included in a number of squads.
Good evening Bhoys and Ghirls
51 teams entered Last Man Standing 2 and the following 49 teams are through to Week 2
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Gods XI Spain
and we lost 2 teams this week
Thecelt45 germany
Stephen Black Germany
Week 2 beckons
HH
CRC
Celtic’s DEVELOPMENT Squad..
Beat the Hamilton Accies Reserves..
2-0
N.. Oh Aye..
Scopovic.. Scored.. Nice.. Good Fur Him..
Griffiths ..also Scored fae a Free Kick.. That’ wull do Fur Me. anytime,, Son.
But..
The Best Noos wiz..
THREE.. Count ‘Em.. of Ma Picks fur Celtic Stardom..
Mark HIll.. he is Sixteen or Seventeen..
Regan Hendry.. He is.. Sixteen or Seventeen.
n
Ryan Miller.. He is Sixteen.. (Ah Am Pretty Sure of that..yin)
All.. wur oan the Bench~
Regan, goat a Looksee oan the Pitch.. In the 91st Minute.
Hey.. Don’t Knoack it..It’s a Start!!!
Right!
But, these Kids are getting there.. n ..Pretty earlier that Ah figured.
fur THEY ur still. well.. Only Kids, after awe…. Really!
Ah am Jist CRAZY fur Mark Hill tae Get his Chance..
WHITA PROSPECT ( If only Ah wiz Sure that we Wull Keep him.. the Premier League Vultures ur Circlin’)
Noo Ye Know!
Kojo
Still,Laughin