So what did we learn last night? For a start, when we need to, we can defend effectively and shut up shop, last night was our fourth clean sheet in Europe this season. The 4-5-1 formation, deployed for the opening 65 minutes, was not effective at producing attacking opportunities, although this may be as much to do with personnel as formation.
Emilio Izaguirre was swamped every time the ball went near him, which did little to settle his confidence. It was wise for Neil Lennon to hook him and drop Charlie Mulgew back. I felt sorry for Miku, who looked like a player in an unfamiliar line-up. He is not a lone target man but will do well when we get the ball to his feet. He was only asked to play that role due to injuries Hooper, Stokes and Samaras and will only do so again under similar circumstances. By contrast, Hooper looked the part once he came on. He bullied defenders as effectively as he does in the SPL, a real pleasing point for me.
Victor Wanyama needs to improve his sharpness to make the most of his composure and tackling ability at this level. The perpetual motion of Champions League teams means a fraction of a second off-pace can compromise the defensive formation.
Did you notice how every time Commons got the ball he was thinking “goal”? His turn before crossing from the left belied the meagre money we paid for him. He is every inch a Champions League player.
James Forrest was played out of the game by the full back. He/Neil needed to find a resolution to this challenge but it didn’t happen. He tried to knock the ball round the outside and pass on the inside a couple of times, which was over-ambitions, to say the least. I don’t think we saw him drop the shoulder and take the player on with the ball, which is a pity, as I’m sure he had the taking of his marker. Both Forrest and Wanyama will be stronger on Match Day 2.
The first objective from our return to Champions League football was that we would be able to compete at this level. That achieved, we can look forward to Moscow in 12 days time.
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Sorry Petec,
Have to interject with more OMD.
Enola Gay.
Great example of how they disguised their music as tacky love songs. During Thatcher’s Britain, they obv. felt it necessary.
Brilliant electronic 80s band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYpXcakyrYk&feature=related
Fortunes Favour Mibbes
03:17 on 21 September, 2012
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
:)) Chuckie Darwin – the famous anti-evolutionist !
petec
I know – no need to describe Christianity as fundamental mind !!! Fundamentalism is a Fox expression used as an epithet for any religion they want to denigrate in favour of politics at any given time (you know this of course, amigo).
I always loved this band. They used the standard love song to get hits, but of course each song had a lot more in its meaning. OMD = very clever bloody band, and nice music too :))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xmu4NVz0VQ
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i lOVE YOU BUT, WHAT IS mAKING YOU sCARED TO GO aLL OUT?
jesus christ, AND HE WOULD RATHER BE titled THAT WAY, IS READY TO sHOW YOU MANY many fantastic things OVER THE COURSE, A VERY LONG COURSE.
BMCUW,
One by one??
A big job…..but a challenge we could meet…..now………:)))
petec
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I DO hear you amigo, but fundamementalism does not relate to the Big J that I came to know and respect.
Quite the opposite – and He pretty much wrote off the whole of the Old Testament without referring to it.
petec advises,
Research the alliance of civilizations.
And then Question why Fundamental Christianity is being outlawed?
It is totally Masonic
The Masonic Christian Groups do Everything they can to discredit Christianity
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I’m off to spain next week and this sounds like the kind of read that will prevent that awkward “stiffie beside the pool” moment. Can I get it on my kindle or would it be better to just use my kindle and get the hardback version?
a ceiler gonof rust
02:47 on 21 September, 2012miki67, what hun banner have you enquired to the SFA about?
>>>>>>>
This mis-spelled gem from the rank zombies. They are really bein’ protected from on high by the likes of arch rat Ogilvie if they keep on with the likes of this and wading in blood with impunity,immunity. They make me rage.
http://i45.tinypic.com/2afennl.jpg
Fortunes Favour Mibbes
03:32 on 21 September, 2012
And that is why you should check out some Michigan stuff. New Age Detective extraordinaire, it is Global after all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUxXZdv8D2U
http://cumbey.blogspot.co.uk/
I’ve not just ‘enquired’ to the sfa…I’ve lodged a complaint and asked for a response.
HarrumphedAway CSC
A Ceiler Gonof Rust
03:33 on 21 September, 2012
petec advises,
Research the alliance of civilizations.
And then Question why Fundamental Christianity is being outlawed?
It is totally Masonic
The Masonic Christian Groups do Everything they can to discredit Christianity
………………………………………..
I’m off to spain next week and this sounds like the kind of read that will prevent that awkward “stiffie beside the pool” moment. Can I get it on my kindle or would it be better to just use my kindle and get the hardback version?
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You terribly HARD man. :))
miki67
03:41 on 21 September, 2012
I’ve not just ‘enquired’ to the sfa…I’ve lodged a complaint and asked for a response.
HarrumphedAway CSC
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Sounds like fighting talk to me, excellent, post the deathils when the cockroaches reply.
Set aboot thim. Aye BMCUWP thirty years ago I was capable fo doing that.
Now? I’d have to look out ma steelies and ma favorite chib. It’s easier and more fruitful to get into their heids by infiltrating their blogs and gee’in them baith barrels there.
The upside is that there’s less blood spilt on Paisley Road West than in the old days.
TooAuldForFighting.com
I’ve noticed am really bad at making points these days. My mind isn’t what it used to be. So can only taslk in music.
Corrected 6 times. Now 7.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPNjmqNED_4&feature=related
Aye, Ogilivie.
Where for art thou?
Miki67
No problemo…
miki67, good for you in your assault on the SFA.
I would also suggest you refer the hun banner boys to Jungle Jim. He’s a retired English teacher, old school type, has his own steelies, owns a tawse (and a cane). He can give them a basic understanding of the language and kick the shiite oota them at the same time.
They deserve what they get, are getting and will hopefully continue to get. Let’s hope their pain continues.
Keep going bruv
ACGR
Fortunes Favour Mibbes
Beautiful sonic, You and Bobby are Music Maestro’s.
My Whole Belief is laid bare on CQN, it could be said I believe totally in CQN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okR_DHGKqvo
petec,
Thanks Amigo.
Never forget your own role!
My fav:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLXCFDAoOD8
Now we’re on music vids, heres a very basic, very cheap, good cover of a pet shop bhoy’s song……………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGOXmt03Dm8
Worth a look, well I think it is.
Dum dee dum dee dee dee dum.com
You raise me up
When I’m on the floor
You see me through
When I’m lonely and scared
And I’m feeling true to the written word
And you’re true to me
And still I need more
It would tear me apart
To feel no one ever cared
For me
For me
For me
You are a tower of strength to me
You stand firm and proud
When the wind blows in your face
And when the sun shines in your eyes
You just turn your head away
To me
To me
To me
You are a tower of strength to me
You rescue me
You are my faith
My hope
My liberty
And when there is darkness all around
You shine bright for me
You are the guiding light
To me
To me
To me
You are a tower of strength to me
You are all passion and heart
When I lay in your embrace
And heaven is in your kiss
Salvation lies just a touch away
To me
To me
To me
You are a tower of strength to me
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I Thank the Almighty Lord that you have taken the slightest of influence from me.
I Am nothing. I Am nothing. I Am nothing. I Am nothing. I Am nothing. I Am nothing. I Am nothing. I Am nothing. I Am nothing. until the Fooking cows come home. Always be aware of the Text
I AM. It is luciferianism from the Holy Book of God the Almighty.
Celtic’s defense at the SFA against the charges of bringing the game into disrepute should be a long, loud and hearty guffaw.
Then Peter should ask the names of those who raised the charge.
This stinks of petty tit for tat and of humorless hurting huns with chips on their shoulders looking for pretty thin excuses to hurt us.
Alternatively Peter should just pay the fine on the grounds that we, unlike the zombies, can afford the outlay. And exit the hearing with this playing on his iPod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAJOmXk9TM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
‘GG
petec,
I see nowt wrong with those lyrics.
I like them.
Luciferaniasm. It doesnae matter what we say my friend, that is in their own planets and minds.
Read back the lyrics from Jesus~ pov. No problem.
One of the warnings was Be Wise..
I’m off to spain next week and this sounds like the kind of read that will prevent that awkward “stiffie beside the pool” moment. Can I get it on my kindle or would it be better to just use my kindle and get the hardback version?
My commiserations on the arthritis problems. I know the feeling of rusty joints after sitting for a while particularly on a hard seat.
‘GG
Ouch, actually, I do.
I see it now. Feck. Grrrr.
People, Globally, will not even see the significance of the Simple Words. “I AM”.
Scarey Manipulation on a Mega scale.
I feel we are deep into the Book of John’s Revelations and we should start payin attention to the Word the Almighty Lord has given us ALL access to.
Noone Knows when Yeshua returns and although it is looking likely he is coming back soon, If people get back to the Fundamentals then I’m sure it would be delayed.
petec,
We’re talking to ourselves here – just the way ot is.
Enjoy this song.
RP is going for it. Let’s just enjoy that for now.
(take a break from soul-saving amigo, but aye, not too long)).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv6h8Q3p6FA
Petec,
RP is the man to follow now.
A rebel they didn’t expect :)))
He wants our angels to dance.
Fortunes Favour Mibbes
04:21 on 21 September, 2012
petec,
I see nowt wrong with those lyrics.
I like them.
Luciferaniasm. It doesnae matter what we say my friend, that is in their own planets and minds.
Read back the lyrics from Jesus~ pov. No problem.
One of the warnings was Be Wise..
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My fedora is tipped to yourself. wise as serpents and Matthew 10:16
I know you love John Lennon and it is a real life shaker when you realise everything was there to manipulate you.
I’m here for You and Everyone else, even Huns that have fell for humanities stupidity.
I’m lucky people conversed with me at one point. I think I was brutally honest, that doesn’t go down well at times.
I’m going to be holding a bucket for wee Oscar but I would much rather everyone stopped digesting products that have Aspartame and MSG and the Degenerative diseases would definitely drop IMO.
petec,
I know !!
But try talkin yer burd out of drinkin diet Ir Bru, which is riddled with ASPARTME.
We can only do what we do my friend.
Let the People Sing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2gHDIFLNUY
P67,
I would suggest that the question is not so much what did we learn, but rather what did the players learn? If nothing else, I would expect their first taste of Champions League football to have them champing at the bit for more. I also hope they learned that to play for Celtic is always a privilege, regardless of the opposition or the competition, and must be earned. It’s time for Celtic to move up a gear in the SPL, starting tomorrow versus Dundee.
4-0 Watt, Hooper (2), Lustig
HH
Fortunes Favour Mibbes
04:47 on 21 September, 2012
petec,
I know !!
But try talkin yer burd out of drinkin diet Ir Bru, which is riddled with ASPARTME.
We can only do what we do my friend.
Let the People Sing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2gHDIFLNUY
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I don’t expect to sing when Celtic play Dundee, I cannae wait to get ole bsr to give me firm confirmations of players in the positions, poor eyesight.csc.
Th Best Celtic song since Fergus took us to a new Era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSPvWG9exug
Fortunes Favour Mibbes
04:47 on 21 September, 2012
petec,
I know !!
But try talkin yer burd out of drinkin diet Ir Bru, which is riddled with ASPARTME.
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GROW SOME BALLS, Please my Great Friend in Celtic.
Just tell her the Carbs are killing her.
Philvis is an expert in non exercise weight loss, I know this because, I have not started exercises and have lost 1.3 stones so far.
Amazing stuff, although I wish the weight was going quicker. ;)
Is the Masonic Brotherhood being undermined?
When the Sky Ticker Tape hit the 33Million Jibber Jabber I knew the game was up.
There is a Bigger Controller in the playground.
A controller that still adheres to the same symbology.
The Adepts, and you really don’t want to be one of them, THINK they are in control.
They are fighting with a pea-shooter but I guess they can always be inspired by ……….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzzuQX3JUg8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3XdXEJEI4E
Amazing Grace
looking forward to: 2014 final: Lisbon
Lisbon will stage its first European Cup final since 1967 after the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica was chosen as the venue for the 2014 UEFA Champions League decider.
Known across the world as the Estádio da Luz (stadium of light), the home of SL Benfica was formally inaugurated in 2003 in time to host several matches – including the final – of UEFA EURO 2004. The arena stands on the site of the original Estádio da Luz, which opened in 1954 and held the final of the 1992 European Cup Winners’ Cup, where SV Werder Bremen beat AS Monaco FC 2-0.
The Portuguese capital has witnessed just one previous European Champion Clubs’ Cup final, back in 1967 when Celtic FC’s ‘Lisbon Lions’ overcame FC Internazionale Milano 2-1 at the Estádio Nacional. Meanwhile, the Estádio José Alvalade, home of Benfica’s local rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal, staged the 2004/05 UEFA Cup final, with the host team losing 3-1 to PFC CSKA Moskva.
Benfica will hope to have the chance of competing in the 2014 final at their own ground, with the club boasting an impressive European pedigree. Founded in 1904, they have won a record 32 Portuguese titles and 24 Portuguese Cups, and lifted the Champion Clubs’ Cup in successive seasons, 1960/61 and 1961/62. They have also finished runners-up in UEFA’s top club competition five times.
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/final/nextseason/index.html
Kris Commons:
I’m slightly surprised to get the [Player Rater] award because there were a lot of good performances out there tonight: Scott Brown, Kelvin Wilson and Emilio Izaguirre all played fantastically. [Fedor] came in and did a tremendous job. He held the ball up, looked a goal threat and caused them a few problems so for his first game in the Champions League I thought he did ever so well.
We’ve got to take advantage of our home games and pick up maximum points. We know it’s going to be difficult. We’ve got some tough tests away from home, so we’ve got to exploit our qualities at home especially with the fans that we’ve got – it is important we give them something to cheer about. We worked hard tonight but lacked a little bit of cutting edge in the final third.
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1862863.html
Fortunes Favour Mibbes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x82SIRSY0nE
You are my Wingman, even if you don’t know it. I am very difficult at all times because that is just the way it is..
Kris Commons played decent and definitely has something about him, I just hope he decides to give it the 100% this season.
The MSM last season tried to use Kris as a reason destroy Neil as the Celtic manager.
Kris definitely needs to get fitter as his position is seriously under threat IMO by the creative player??? for the CL games.
petec,
I agree with your comment about the MSM, but Kris got some stick here on CQN that was not deserved IMO.
I agree with P67. He is every inch a Champions League player.