There’s a question I have heard over a long time from football people, “What did we learn today?” It is usually asked by a coach who wants his player(s) to figure out the change he wants to make. So what did we learn yesterday?
If any doubt remains that the current Celtic squad are very effective as 3-5-2 and relatively ineffective as 4-2-3-1, it can only be from someone who was on Twitter most of the game.
Gordon Strachan endured some torrid criticisms as Celtic manager. I am sure this informed his pre-match comments on the “Twitterati’s” verdict on the tactical deployment against Ferencvaros. Gordon assured us Neil Lennon knows the players better than anyone, especially online fans, and he picked his strongest team to start on Wednesday and again on Sunday.
On any level, this is true. Neil Lennon knows his squad better than any of us, just has Gordon did in his day. Both men are also tactically better versed than most of us could ever hope to be. But the sight of two central defenders making rampaging runs at different times late in the game against Motherwell, surely will convince the final doubters: three at the back, two up front and leave the middle five fluid.
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Ooft! Bert McCann and Ian St John played in the Eng v Scot 9-3 at Wembley…
Of course big Frank Haffey got the blame….
I thought it was Peter Lawwell’s fault. In those days he only had salt on his driveway…
Only kidding Peter…
My memory is Cyril Regis and Laurie Cunningham strutting their stuff for WBA
Cunningham then went to Real Madrid I think
I also think I read somewhere that Laurie Cunningham is no longer with us
DD @ 10.22
If only we had spied Morrison and Hepburn before BM …
Something badly wrong with the youth set up when we start losing players like this.
Plus the fact that we have seem to have no reserve CF beyond JA.
And before that it was TW who has had his issues over the years.
We have people in the U20’s / Reserves winning Irish age group player of the year competitions for fun and the best we can offer them is a loan deal down south.
And we seem to be buying EU stiffs for £2 / £3mill and then losing them after a year to anyone who will take them.
Young JF is a shining light in a coal cellar at the moment.
WeeBobbyCollins, Bhoy you have got a few moons ago, a long time warp past memory.
I can not remember that far back, as regards to old Motherwell Teams. However, I
remember a past top goal scorer for them, (Motherwell) named Willie Petigrew.
Remember Him?
DD
👍🍀
MADMITCH
Agreed
League Cup and dare I say it the SCOTTISH cup should be used by us to bleed the young guns
Delaneys Dunky
First time I noticed it was against Chelsea at the bridge, mouth was wide open catching flies in appreciation, some sight, beep beep.
Jobo @ 10.30…”To copy and paste and then alter somebody’s blog name is some feat!”
That made me laugh out loud
Madmitch
I have a good mate in Stuttgart who follows Bayern home and away. He keeps a keen interest in Bayern youth teams. Say’s that Liam Morrison is a stand out in his youth team. München or Lennoxtown? Dream move for young Liam. Hope he does Scotland proud.
First team for league and Euro duties only
First Celtic game attended was against Hibs 29/12/1956 at Easter road a draw 3-3 I always thought the idea was to score goals ,
I never thought the defence was rubbishRather the attack was brilliant; changed days indeed HH
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 31ST AUGUST 2020 10:31 PM
Ooft! Bert McCann and Ian St John played in the Eng v Scot 9-3 at Wembley…
Of course big Frank Haffey got the blame….
I thought it was Peter Lawwell’s fault. In those days he only had salt on his driveway…
Only kidding Peter…
Yeah, that is typical Scotland Supporters for you, when things start to go pear shaped.
We will blame the GoalKeeper, he will be the Scapegoat.
I remember when Scotland played Brasil back in the 1982 World Cup & The Brasilian
Player sent his guided missle free kick into the postage stamp area of the Scotland
Goal Frame, & a lot of Scotland Supporters where blaming Alan Rough (Roughie) for
not saving it. Even Superman/Iron Man would not have saved that shot.
As for PL heated Driveway, I know PL is also looking @ getting heated Drainage
System as well.
AKBW1888…Willie Pettigrew I never saw, though obviously I know of him…in fact, I missed a lot of players from being abroad when there was no internet…Dalglish I saw only a couple of times, Charlie Nicholas I saw once…I was away from ’68 to ’88, returning only on a very few occasions…
WBC
Yes. Patrick James Delaney of Motherwell was the son of Celtic, Manchester United and Derry City legend James Delaney.
Patrick is my mammy’s cousin. 👍🍀💚
AKBW1888
Always wondered why Celtic or theme never made a bid for Willie Pettigrew
The boy was prolific for at least a couple of seasons
I think he might have scored a brace against us then thems straight after
DD
Do you have any memorabilia from either of them?
George Connelly I saw very little of too, though I do remember when, as a youngster, he came on at half-time and did a keepie-up session. I think that was a friendly game where big Jock played a very experimental team…Tontine? Anyone?
31003 on 31ST AUGUST 2020 10:32 PM
My memory is Cyril Regis and Laurie Cunningham strutting their stuff for WBA
Cunningham then went to Real Madrid I think
I also think I read somewhere that Laurie Cunningham is no longer with us
Yeah 31003, you are right it was Laurie Cunningham who played for Real Madrid.
Because wee played Real Madrid back in the early eighties (1980’s) & Johnny
Doyle scored a good headed goal against them @ CP we won that night 2 – 0
However we lost the return match in Spain 3 – 0 & Real Madrid progressed
while we where knocked out of Europe, & Laurie Cunningham scored two of
Real Madrid’s goals against us. Anyway, bless the late Laurie Cunningham &
his Family we all eventually pass through this Life.
So the one hit wonder song of Nice One Cyril was in actual fact about Cyril
Regis who played for WBA you see what happens when we all put our collective
thoughts together which produces positive information
DD…👍🏻You must be proud of that…all I can boast is my cousin married Evan William’s brother…though I never met him nor saw him play. Any good?
AKBW1888
The song was about Cyril Knowles of Spurs
AKBW…Cyril Knowles of Spurs was the man not Regis…
Goodnight all Tims everywhere…
Neustadt Braw + Melbourne Mick 👍🏻👍🏻
Weebobbycollins
George Connelly half time keepin – up was the Dynamo Kiev friendly
Jock Stein was trying out a new system that he said could result in games being 7-3 ,8-4 or similar, we lost 1-0 😩
31003 on 31ST AUGUST 2020 10:54 PM
AKBW1888
Always wondered why Celtic or theme never made a bid for Willie Pettigrew
The boy was prolific for at least a couple of seasons
I think he might have scored a brace against us then thems straight after
Yeah you are right 31003, I think he did score a couple of goals against us,
in the early Seventies, when Jock Stein was our Manager.
However, those where the days whem The Kelly’s & The Whites where
running our Club, Willie Pettigrew would have been a good addition to
our squad of players back then however trying to get money off of the
Kellys & Whites is like extracting blood from a stone no chance back
then.
FANADPATRIOT
I remember a newspaper article back in the day quoting Big Jock trying out a new formation
It was…(drum roll)
1-3-3-3
Was they the game?
they=that
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS on 31ST AUGUST 2020 11:03 PM
AKBW…Cyril Knowles of Spurs was the man not Regis…
Goodnight all Tims everywhere…
Neustadt Braw + Melbourne Mick 👍🏻👍🏻
So that song was dedicated to an ‘Ex’ Spurs Player, well we all learn
something new each day. So I was partly right when I said that I
thought the song was about a London Club player. So I was right
about London, however I was wrong about the Area in London
QPR is a West London Club, where as Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs)
is a North London Club well as they say we all learn something
new each day. Anyway Good Night WeeBobbyCollins I bid you
pleasant Dreams & Hail Hail !
31003
Yes I think so ,jock had tried it out at training, I think he pushed Tommy Gemmell in front of Yogi aHughes etc.
It may had worked I training but not against Kiev
I think there was about 50 thousand at the game expecting an avalanche of goals but Heigh Ho that’s life HH
31003 on 31ST AUGUST 2020 11:02 PM
AKBW1888
The song was about Cyril Knowles of Spurs
Thanks 31003.
Think that new formation game was against Morton. Big Yogi was wearing no 5 I think ?
Hail Hail
Stay Safe
No matter what….a 1-3-3-3 formation still gives you 3 forwards…..changed days indeed
31003
Just a requiem Mass card, and a Celtic Graves tribute programme. Also a fine shirt from the President of the Jimmy Delaney Cleland CSC.
WEEBOBBYCOLLINS
I was at the United game.
DELANEYS DUNKY on 31ST AUGUST 2020 10:11 PM
Petec
You know my views on this 10 in a row thing.
It has got me into bother for suggesting it is no big deal.
Only one club playing in Scotland today who has won 9 in a row. Celtic.
Why the great desire to beat Jock Stein’s record?
I think the whole 10 in a row charade is justifying the same club huns argument.
Not that I won’t be ecstatic when we win the league this season.
Would prefer a European trophy though.
Delaneys Dunky, a European Trophy win, is a few years down the line.
& will not be easy, these types of adventures never is.
We would have to put our full concentration & resources, into trying & achieve
that type of goal, of winning a European Trophy in future. For the time being
lets be realistic here, we all know by now what this Season’s 2020/21 top
priority is. As for winning a European Trophy, in the future years to come.
We would need to start making purposeful, & long runs in Europe, to achieve
that milestone target, which you would like to see in future. Put it this way,
the last time we reached a European Final was in the year of 2003 seventeen
years ago. The time before that (2003) was 1970 (50 Years Ago) & The time
before that was 1967 (53 Years Ago) so as I’ve said above that achievement
will be a few years down the line. Hail Hail Young Bhoy.
WBC
John Fallon and Evan Williams were the first Celtic goalies I can remember. Both were brilliant. Went downhill after them.
Hello again all you young rebels.
That friendly against Dynamo was the game Jock played players
all in different positions, by his reckoning good players could play
anywhere, hence it was plastered all over the newspapers and a
huge crowd expected for a friendly.
The amazing talent of big George doing keepie uppy around the
park was the highlight of the game.
Also remember an all dark green strip, don’t know if that was a
first wear, but then my aul memory could be playing tricks.. again.
H.H. Mick
Madmitch – agree it’s disappointing we are losing young players to Bayern.
Unfortunately Bayern are ahead of other big clubs in understanding the impact of FFP.
They are spending a fortune on youth development and, as a result, are hoovering up young talent everywhere.
A quite brilliantly run club in the last decade.
Goodnight wee/ medium/ big/ Bobby Collins.
See ye ramorra, god willing.
H.H. Mick
AKBW
Good post sir.
Thank you and cheers auld yin. 😜👍