Was it really almost 15 years since the only time Celtic beat reigning European champions? A late goal from Scott McDonald in October 2007 was enough to secure a 2-1 win over Milan in the Champions League. Two other Scottish clubs had already achieved this (Rangers and Dunfermline, both who beat the 1967 European champions), recording a mark the great Stein sides never did.
The reason I mention this to you is that in the days that followed we were glowing in our new European status. Then we visited Fir Park. It wasn’t even Motherwell we faced, it was Gretna, a team from 90 miles south of ML1 who did not have the facilities to compete in the top flight, so travelled the M74 for home games.
Gretna were leading until 85 minutes, when goals from Chris Killen and another late McDonald winner calmed our nerves.
We are now glowing at our great win and performance on Wednesday night. ‘We shall not be moved’ from the top of the league is the claim. I heard the same chant from Dingwall on Saturday when Newco took a 2-3 lead; chants don’t win points. The next game is always the biggest one and for Celtic, the next two, both on the road, are crucially important.
Players are not machines, they cannot climb the mountain every time. There will be an inevitable fall off in adrenalin at Fir Park. There are 14 games remaining, seven away from home, every one a cup final in itself. An acre of Lanarkshire is the stage for our next trophy. Win and keep belief alive that not by the Hearts, the Hibs or the The Rangers, we shall not be moved!
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I don’t see Jullian breaking up the CCV and Starfelt partnership. Raith Rovers looks like an opportunity to reintroduce him but he has a real challenge to break into this side.
No other country would tolerate that nonsense from Boyd.
Absolutely horrendous
TIM MALONE..
I hope that your having a Happy Hoopy Birthday mate…Enjoy !
HH.
Just watched the Ange press conference from today.
The more I hear from this guy, I just love him.
Season 2007/08 with ole Gretna, we also played them on the Easter weekend in 2008 at Livingston.
They had a guy dressed up as a chicken going around the stadium for a bucket collection. One of the bizarre things I’ve ever seen at a football game😵😱
St Tams
Where is it available?
In fact might have been a cockerel🐓🐓
Thank you BIG JIMMY
The hoops have given me one of the best birthday presents I have had in a long time.
Top of the league and playing great fitba.
Look after yourself.
JHB on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 11:03 AM
Just Googled “dearie me”.
DEARIE ME (as used on blogs)
” Nothing worthwhile to say – signifies an unseen wry-smile and head-shaking manoeuvre – designed to act as a call-out for the rest of the gang to provide back-up”.
TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 11:10 AM
Dearie me
Very funny, Tom
:-))))))))
THE LONG WAIT IS OVER on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 1:39 PM
DAN on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 12:04 PM
Paul, the difference this year from last is that Rangers will be under pressure that they did not have last year. Will be interesting to see how they deal with that, especially on Sunday if they are 4 points behind before their game starts.
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Correct.
Last year – and I’m open to correction- I don’t recall that we took the lead against them in a single game.
We didn’t , of course, beat them in the League nor did anyone else.
We allowed them to coast through the season under no real pressure from us at all.
They also didn’t have the pressure of their home fans and their notoriously fickle “support”.
Wednesday was a huge pressure game for us but for them also (away, crowd in , poor form)
They crumbled. We crackled with confidence , speed and verve.
They are now , as you rightly say , under a pressure they haven’t had before.
The signing of Ramsey if he gets fit and plays well and the return of Jack might well lift them but my hope is that, if we can go on a winning run the pressure will just crack them.
I don’t think they’ll collapse but a 3/4 point swing in our favour in the next few weeks is distinctly possible.
We just need to keep winning. Simples!
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Apologies, had popped out there.
Agreed, if we can keep winning I think there is a good chance that they will crack under the pressure. Yes, a fully fit Ramsay and Jack may give them a bump, but I think their manager is more cautious than Gerrard and instead of going all out for more goals (especially away from home) he is likely to be happy with the points, and that can be dangerous as seen at the weekend against Ross County.
Of course Ramsay is a big question mark as he may not play that many games if his injury history goes to form.
I reckon if we open up a 3 or 4 point gap as you suggested, that we will not look back. Wednesday as well as being a wonderful occasion, was a huge phycological boost for our young team and I also believe a huge phycological reverse for their team. As we know from watching our team this season, Ange will not let up, he and the team are fully focussed and I reckon we could see teams being destroyed the way we were seeing at the beginning of the season.
There is genuine quality in the team now and with players coming back from the international break and also when players come back from injury, we will have more than one quality player vying for starting berths.
And we will be able to cope much better with the inevitable injuries to the players as the season continues.
It’s amazing to think that with the players we were missing on Wednesday we were able to put on such a wonderful display of football in the first half and control most of the second half and did not concede a goal.
There will be up and downs of course, but I think more ups than down, and as Paul has said, this is only the end of the beginning. If the board continue to back Angie in the next couple of seasons, I think we will have a squad capable of coming very close to a European trophy, not the champions league of course, but one of the other two.
Here is hoping.
TIM MALONE WILL TELL
Hope you are having a great day!
Best wishes!
Oops, fat fingers
phycological = Psychological
DESSYBHOY
On YouTube
Big ANGE..Manager of the Month….
Celtic Ball Bhoys….Ball Bhoys of the YEAR !
HH
SCEPTICAL CITIZEN @ 2:29
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I can’t recall that incident.”
“I can’t remember this incident.”
“I’ve not got that information in front of me.”
“I can’t remember that either.”
“I don’t recall that either.”
“It wizny me, it wizny me, it wizny me.”
“I don’t recall black blah
This is almost a verbatim transcript of Sturgeon’s testimony at the Salmond enquiry. A man whom she & her coterie stabbed in the back and tried to ruin with cooked -up tales of sexual misconduct. A man who, although I have diametrically opposite views, almost single – handedly, transformed the SNPcult from a bunch of monthly ceilidh-dancers into a political force.
There isn’t even the thinnest veneer of respectability covering this SNPcult.
TIM MALONE WILL TELL on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 4:53 PM
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I had a wee feeling that Celtic would have made your Birthday week VERY MEMORABLE..
Enjoy it young man.
HH Mate.
Have you all seen this?
https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1489644414779678720?t=ef9AICL325mlDPuhCet3Tw&s=19
Fully expecting Sevco to request an investigation into the conduct of the ball bhoys in retaliation.
Joking aside, the club are spot on here. The health and safety of an employee is potentially jeopardised by a public figure – they have no choice but to call it out and get it dealt with.
I’m fully expecting Ange to be relishing going to ibrox with none of our fans, seeing it as another challenge, preparing the players to do the opposite of what sevco did and swaggering about the joint. We are going to empty the place. Which, to be fair, is what they wanted!!
JHB on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 5:09 PM
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YAWN….SO fECKIN boring…
I also do NOT like ” Celidh’s”…YOU ASSUME far too much …CHUIMP !
CHUMP….NOT Chuimp…although can a Chimp also be a Chump ?
What’s happened to Celtic? Looks like we have our confidence back. First we hammer the Huns and then pull up Boyd for his disgraceful remarks . Long may it continue.
To help with Robertressel’s messgae, this is what Celtic have said. Well done say I. Effin horrific accusation from that monster muncji feckwit….
Celtic Football Club
@CelticFC
With regards to comments made by former professional footballer Kris Boyd concerning Callum McGregor’s injury, we can confirm that the matter is currently being addressed by the club.
Roberttressell
I’m really pleased about that. A terrible thing to say, never mind write. The editor will probably take the blame though
Relief for Barisic
Completely agree with ST TAMS from earlier, press conferences with Ange have become a must watch. He has this uncanny knack of speaking from the heart yet at the same time steering the conversation exactly where he wants it to go…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhSsPYeTnG4&ab_channel=CelticFC
Sky Sports scraped the bottom of the barrel when they employed Boyd. Of course he was supposed to be a counter-balance to Chris Sutton…….he’s not fit to lick Chris’s boots, on, or, off, the park.
Some man our manager. Very special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhSsPYeTnG4&ab_channel=CelticFC
BIG WAVY
Well done Celtic………that cretin needs to be fired.
MACCARGO @ 5:40
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When you speak the truth you don’t need to worry about being caught-out, tricked. Sure you might get it wrong sometimes – we are all human……even Ange on his latest roll!!!
Kris Boyd: A permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace.
Sorry
MACCARGO on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 5:40 PM
I just saw your post after posting mine.
Mind you, if New York is so good it can be named twice, so can Ange.
“BILLYBHOY1967 on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 5:55 PM
Kris Boyd: A permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace.”
You are too kind. He is a permanent disgrace.
The whipping bhoys from last season, Kennedy, Strachan, I suspect they are only now being educated as proper football coaches after years of being misled by BR and then NL, certainly big Ange seems delighted with them so presumably they must be reacting well to his tuition. I’m delighted for JK taking into account how his playing career ended and his loyalty to Celtic when (allegedly) BR wanted to take hm to Leicester, don’t know much about Strachan other than he is the son of Gordon.
Big Ange, what a man, sorts out the playing staff, the coaching staff, and our abysmal record of signing duds. Who ever recommends him deserves a medal.
Big wavy – thanks for posting that. Forgot nit everyone can get into twitter links etc or indeed wants to!!!!
Also a few have mentioned Anges press conference. Just made a cuppa amd watched it. Do yourself a favour and do the same.
I’ve never ever watched as many press conferences and interviews as I have this season. Normally facile, boring and sometimes self serving bore fests but Anges are really interesting.
He said something really interesting about preparing and training his teams to peak at the seasons end. This came from the ‘grand final’ model in Australia where, I think,it was winner take all in a one off game. I very much heard that and other comments made as a clear message to anyone listening – his psychology is on a par with the like of Alex Ferguson (I never burden anyone with Mr Stein comparisons, that wouldn’t be fair!)
Honestly, get on it. Very interesting and I dare say inspiring.
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 12:07 PM
How do you test a face mask someone is actually wearing? What a rat bag. should be bagged for that.
HOT SMOKED on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 5:56 PM
An Ange press conference cannot be shared enough, personally I’d pin them to the top of every page!
JHB on 4TH FEBRUARY 2022 5:54 PM
The truth in front of red top journalists…if you listen real close you can hear their heads spin!
Dermot has just holed a nice putt over at Pebble Beach.
Playing with Seamus Power
St Tams
Cheers,just watched his and M O’R, sounds a good place to be again, can only benefit morale and performances.