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Welcome to the new look Celtic Quick News.

There are a few changes.  We are on a new version of WordPress and are using a more modern template (which we’ve been using for CQN Magazine for some time) but your existing user name and login details will still work.  The old WordPress was years out of date and we were beginning to run into issues as a consequence.  To get to the comments section scroll to the bottom of the page and login as usual.  The Magazine site is no longer a separate entity, news items, which previously appeared there, will now appear below the most recent two blog articles on the Celtic Quick News home page – most recent article top left, second mode recent, top right.

We’ll be making modifications over the next few days.  I’ve moved server environments (from three dedicated physical servers to a modifiable virtual environment).  Not convinced we have the balance right here so there’s likely to be some tweeking ahead.  Also, please ignore any CQNMagazine livery for now, it’ll be replaced in due course.

Today’s article appears below but was originally published on the old template.  I’ve not had a chance to copy comments from this article yet but comments from previous articles are on the new version.

Hope you like it (don’t hate it too much!).

Thanks, Paul.

Last night’s article:

Last night played out pretty much as I hoped and expected.  A win to zero was what I asked for, while Qarabag demonstrated the kind of resistance which served them so well last season, before tiring late on.

Craig Gordon didn’t have a save to make.  What worries there were at the back came from the sudden realisation that Qarabag were up-field and within the kind of range that a hit-and-hope effort could fly in.  Concerns in Celtic’s final third are a bit more pronounced.  Up against a well organised defence, we created very little and again relied upon a set-piece to break the deadlock.

Did you notice the passing issues we had in the first half?  Individual players can have days when passing just isn’t right but when things go wrong on an industrial scale, there’s usually a reason for it.

For me it looked like we were not compact enough.  It’s normal to spread across the field when dealing with a packed defence, but we were invariably over-ambitious with our passing.  Try to think of partnerships which looked good last night?  Apart from the central defensive paring I can’t think of any.  Lots of good performances, but the first half was marked by poor passing and players not in-tune with each other.

The change to 4-4-2, which is naturally more compact, helped, even as it came at the cost of our best player until then, Nir Bitton.  There are lots of reasons why most of the time we are going to stay with 4-2-3-1, but we need to learn how to be more compact in this formation.

I was reluctant to see Kris Commons make an appearance, as tense Celtic Park crowds are not the most understanding of players who are short of fitness.  Fortunately, Kris didn’t need to cover a lot of ground, but his first touch of the season was good enough to create the best opening of the game.  Thereafter he brought a tangible change in the goal threat.

We’ve talked about this before, but it’s worth restating.  To win tight games you often need to create seven or eight good chances.  Without Kris Commons we rarely do this.

We will be clear favourites now to progress, and although Qarabag are a decent team, we saw nothing too concerning, but the tie is far from finished.  Get the tactics wrong out there, fail to create partnerships from middle to forward, and we’ll be turfed out.

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  3. Careful With That Tax, Moonbeams on

    Loan Stokes to Hibs ..

     

     

     

     

    Willy Dafoe and Winston Wolfe on film 4 if anyone’s interested…

     

     

    Beddy Baws :)

  4. Delaneys Dunky on

    BMCUW

     

     

    That Chinese shoap by Cheltenham station is quality. Took the Golden Ghirls their supper fae there. We all enjoyed.

  7. sipsini on

    DD/BMCUWP…

     

     

    They’re only pups, in a few years they will let me tag along.

     

     

    ACGR, is going fishing before he hits Dublin, God knows what he will catch :)

  8. clogher celt on

    DD,

     

     

    It would be great to drive around but not if you are the only driver.

     

     

    Maybe if you decided not to have a pint for a pint for a week.

     

     

    Maybe better flying to Dublin. I will meet you and show you both around.

     

     

    Clogher

  10. Delaneys Dunky on

    Sipsini

     

     

    Both my ghirls hated me when they were teenagers. They love me now thankfully.

  11. Delaneys Dunky on

    Clogher

     

     

    Driving does not bother me. I enjoy it. Abstinence from the black stuff whilst on the Emerald Isle would be the difficult task.

  13. Neil Lennon & McCartney on

    Celtic’s old foes Legia Warsaw have had their place in European competition thrown into controversy for the second successive season after their Europa League tie against Albanian side Kukesi was abandoned on Thursday night.

     

     

    Legia had just taken a 2-1 lead in the first leg of the third qualifying round tie when their player Ondrej Duda was hit by an object thrown from the stand.

     

     

    Play was immediately suspended as Duda was taken off the field on a stretcher and had his head bandaged, but he was soon back on his feet and even changed his bloodied shirt in anticipation of a restart which never came.

  14. Delaneys Dunky on

    Sipsini

     

     

    Got back to my local in Dalmuir at 10.30 last night. Broad Black Brimmer was blaring out the jukebox on arrival. Followed by Foggy Dew.

  15. Neil Lennon & McCartney on

    IF we qualify for CL group stage……

     

    …..

     

    and

     

    IF Virgil wants to play for Liverpool…….

     

    ……….

     

    and

     

    If wages were not a problem……..

     

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    then

     

    would you want Celtic to swap Virgil for Balotelli?

  16. The hand of God on

    Good morning everyone.Was at the game last night and even at half time i would have been delighted with a 1-0 victory.I thought they looked like a very decent side but i fancy us to score over there probably again from a set piece as they are not a very tall team and also their keeper did not impress.Decent score for Aberdeen yesterday i hope they go on and win the tie

  19. clogher celt on

    DD,

     

     

    I would probably fly then.

     

     

    Better not to take the risk. I will pick you up at the airport. If you wanted to drive up to Sligo, you could hire a car for a couple of days.

     

     

    It’s a lovely drive.

     

     

    HH,

     

     

    Clogher

  21. sipsini on

    DD…

     

     

    This one.. Oh well, c&p not working for me now, I’m sure the hiccups will be resolved.

     

     

    Paul/winning captains and others behind the scenes do a great job for a grand site, that has brought so many Celtic minded people together.

     

     

     

    Bunnet doffed. HH

  22. Delaneys Dunky on

    Clogher

     

     

    I will stop arguing with my evil twin and decide soon.

     

    Thank you again for the prep work. Looking forward to sharing a few shandies with oor pal Almore in Glesca toon on Saturday.

  23. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Yep that worked. Happy new blog. Hopefully the knobends from the old site have been canned and we can expect a happier, Celtic future.

     

     

    Thanks to my IT instructor Mr Winklerpicker for the assist in getting on the new site.

     

     

     

    HH

  24. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Good to see silver surfers like Sipsini have had help from their carers in navigating into a different set up.

     

     

    All that money the Scottish government spent trying to get the ageing population up to speed with the internet has been good value.

  25. Delaneys Dunky on

    Mr Carnoustie gowfer

     

     

    You up for a Ross County post match sesh in Glesca toon?

  27. clogher celt on

    DD, night. Good company as always.

     

     

    Here’s hoping we get through next week.

     

     

    Clogher

  30. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    DELANEYSDUNKY

     

     

    You spoil those women!

     

     

    Mind,they deserve to be spoiled-especially after you inflicting my company on them!!

  31. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Apologies to the blog for talking ACEILERGONOFRUST through his initial problems.

     

     

    I promise not to do the same for the Trolling Triplets,or whatever they call themselves now.

     

     

    DELANEYSDUNKY

     

     

    Mailed you earlier.

  32. Delaneys Dunky on

    I walked La Ramblas last week. But not with real intent.

     

    If You Tolerate This? MSP

  33. Delaneys Dunky on

    BMCUW

     

     

    You made an impression on Molly and Eileen in a good way. Young Jimmy the Cheltenham Tim was well in awe of you. He aske for you on the phone yesterday.

  34. Dexter says PAY THE LIVING WAGE CELTIC PLC on

    NEIL LENNON & MCCARTNEY on 31ST JULY 2015 1:31 AM

     

    IF we qualify for CL group stage……

     

    …..

     

    and

     

    IF Virgil wants to play for Liverpool…….

     

    ……….

     

    and

     

    If wages were not a problem……..

     

    ……….

     

    then

     

    would you want Celtic to swap Virgil for Balotelli?

     

     

    – See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/welcome-to-the-new-look-celtic-quick-news/comment-page-13/#comments

     

     

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    Balotelli??? Notonyournelli!!!!!

  37. DUSHANBE BHILLY BHOY on

    Virgil more likely to sign for the Toffees. Then we may be faced with a swap with McGeady. Oh dear…..

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