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 The old WordPress was years out of date and we were beginning to run into issues as a consequence.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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Winning Captains
Tried going into previous blogs, no comments ?
All seems to be working fine for me, although how do. Get blog full width of iPad ? 1/3 of screen down RHS taking up with blog links to 2014 and other adds
Hail Hail
Alright, all you showoffs with yer bold, italicised, capitalised stuff.
Oh I can do the last one actually….
SEE
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Originalsadiesbhoy
Thank you kind Shir,you’ve made my day,the post was actually self deprecating and I was waiting on a sarcy comment but am tichle’t pink noo ;)
Hail Hail
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weet …. I haven’t had the chance to read back, so that was always the risk ….. I hope that it was a great tune for such an auspicious ocassion ….
Googybhoy
It’s not on mine, sure it’s not one of those cookie thingmys :-)
I’ve got a Sandals advert here – oh and £29 specs, and that wasn’t me :-)
Hail Hail
To infinity and beyond !!
Oh BBC Alba big John Hartson story
Green Colour test
Glasgow’s GREEN n White
Is pole dancing a a sport ?
My ads are about visiting NYC and travel to Greece……………
What is the Stars on 30th July 2015 8:48 pm
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How do you do the bold. ..fenian men
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No color support then?
Cowiebhoy
You might be right.
Still too many ads for whatever.
Grumpy Old Man.
Every refresh improves the look
Just watched once upon a time in America when I waited on being logged back in
didn’t see game last night but good enough result I suppose.
hopefully we can keep another clean sheet next week and a favourable draw in the playoff round.
and to echo other posters, getting the names on green would improve the site. otherwise looks fine on my Android phone.
Ex Celt Wakaso Mubarak has been admitted to hospital in Rubin Kazan suffering from malaria.
http://videocelts.com/2015/07/blogs/former-celts/loan-celt-put-in-isolation-unit-with-malaria?
Get well wee man.
Celtic
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wow, this is like a new signing
In the Europa league tonight, home teams fared a little better with 9 out of 17 winning so far.
In the ties that remain to be finished 6 out of 10 home teams are leading.
Sampdoria are losing at home to Vojvodina- wonder if Sammi is playing?
I see the Legia match in Albania was abandoned with Legia winning 2:1- sounds like Albanian fans attacked and injured the Polish players.
If you never seen the game and want to, follow this link, decent quality, as usual it will depend on your connection speed
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B5lxpuTbnV4
Well this is another fine mess you’ve got me into! I can hardly work the old format and now we have a new one! Thank God I got the cataracts removal op or I would need a MICROSCOPE to read the print. When I go blind I will blame it on the blog instead of the usual youthful habits!!!
AVE IT!
Mon the hoops
Thanks but doesn’t seem to give me those options.
On phone now. Will try from laptop later
COYBIG
Don’t know what all the fuss is about the adverts, personally I was delighted to be reminded about renewing my subscription to Rubber Monthly. It is essential reading for me. I am a sinkplug salesman mind you O:)
‘GG on 30th July 2015 9:05 pm
For those of us posting in black and white the green is behind the red
Once Upon America is a brilliant but overlong film.
CQN RIGHT ALIGN TAG.
Is that a ole ‘sunshine n skis’ ad atop the page?
New phone on Tuesday
Celtic 0-0 after 81 minutes last night
Now, new CQN to master.
Too much stress in one week
Delaneys Dunky . Great to meet your Polish friends last night (and you if course). You win the Evangeliser of the Week award on CQN.
Please keep in your thoughts and prayers Pat Brady who was my wife’s cousin’s husband until he died last week. Good Celtic man. He will be buried out of St. Maria Goretti church tomorrow. Do gratis for the good and happy life he enjoyed.
Moving with the times
Me, I’m liking the league table at the top
It looks like we have no new tags supported.
The colour of the page bottom is questionable :-)
COYBIG