Let’s be clear, Morton are not a good football team, nor are Hibernian, but the former’s 0-3 win at Easter Road last night demonstrates the uncertainty principle of any game. Turn up with less than 100% hunger and you will find yourself out of the cup.
Celtic cannot afford to field anything less than their top team a week on Sunday in the Scottish Cup quarter final. Morton are a better team now than they were three years ago when they last won at Celtic Park – and we’re everyone’s favourite soft spot.
I watched Manchester City win comfortably away to Dynamo Kiev last night. It finished 1-3 but 1-5 would have been a more accurate reflection on the chances made. The result and performances didn’t reflect the relative merits of each team. Dynamo are not that bad, City not that good.
City are horrible away from home this season. They have scored 13 goals in 12 away league games, winning only five. More curious is that they also won 1-3 away to Sevilla and 2-4 away to Borussia Monchengladbach. That’s 10 goals in 4 (in total) Champions League away games, not far shy of their 13 goals in 12 Premier League games, most of which were against inferior opponents.
Here’s the thing, Dynamo, Borussia, Sevilla all fancied their chances against City. They pushed high up-field and were shredded as a consequence. Premier League teams don’t make that mistake.
Cup competitions are different from the league, success is all about getting to the next round, and to do that you need to pose a threat, but all three of City’s opponents failed to comprehend the consequences of pressing forward.
All I could think of was our efforts in Molde and Malmo. We took both games to our opponents and were skelped as a result. Away to Ajax we defended deeply and gained a credible draw, at home the open spaces of Celtic Park behind us were exploited by Ajax to our cost.
Dynamo, Borussia, Sevilla and Celtic didn’t know when it would have been wiser to prioritise defending their own 18 yard box. It’s a big lesson, one which has been evident since Warsaw.
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Exceptional, that is for sure….
Elvis.
GOT LOADS O SONGS IN MA HEID…………
Link em bro Link em………
I still need help
a wee song is braw…..aye
Like a Rock…. Woooft
H.H.
Petec Elvis is away braw
can you post something Irish and loud just to fecking annoy the world
that would be braw
if not something by Jim Reeves
braw
Too Hot
Ronny D is fighting for Survival, his Long term Vision will come closer eventually. ;)
Who knows how quick it really kicks in. It really depends on the Youths coming through, IMO.
I’m optimistic.
KoJo.cSc
The Green and Red of Mayo
I remember Ronny talking about players having to be brave and be prepared to make mistakes.unfortunately many of the roasters on here don’t accept that.c’mon Ronny.
pete. I woke last night to the sound of thunder..
How far off I sat and wondered..
Started hummin songs from 1962……]And its funny how the night moves…
H.H.
Snowey Breasted Pearl
Changing Times that is for sure.
Drambowiecelt,
You are lucky you have decent hearing. I’m having one of those Winters where I lose a lot of hearing. ;))
Come on the Ronny D and more importantly, the Young Talent coming from the Celtic School. Tommy Burns, Tommy Burns, Tommy Burns, Tommy Burns, Tommy Burns, Tommy Burns, Tommmmmmmmmy Burns, Tommmmmmy Burns.
Patience is a Virtue.
braw ……just back Petc your tugging away ……do you know Des the king of Ballymena
thats a lazy sentence …..what comes before what now
Neustadt-Braw,
No m8ty, I’ve not been to a lot of places, enjoyed both visits to the North of Ireland recently a lot howevaah. I might even get an International Passport soon and go and see my wee Bro and his Wife and my Niece and Nephew.
Stay strong dude.
He told me..
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it.
Let all the the children ,,,…boogie.
H.H.
Chaos is coming. FFS it ain’t hard to spot it.
Believers know who is causing it, I doubt anyone won’t be caught up in it.
My Goodness it was amazing to hear my Workmate for the best part of 2 years, told me his Wife had filled in a Satanic Tattoo she had got when she was a teenager. Now I can tell my own Wee Bro how to get rid of the hidden 666 tattoo he has, whilst still having a tattoo. Still to talk to him about it. ;))
James Connolly
The Marxists are desecrating, the Culturals are despicable.
hey cool them braw tubes….petec ……nothing can prepare you for being awfay braw …
i hope we see up …ktf
I attended my grand daughter’s school recital today.
Nothing worse than a hall filled with doting parents and relatives, barging and shoving to get a picture or video of their wee virtuoso singing, playing the recorder or banging a tambourine.
Guilty as charged BTW.
Anyway I was pleased as punch when our secular educators included this little number to close the concert.
http://youtu.be/UMr839d1PI0
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
CG how good does tat get braw hoop days
braw
So Nimrod and the Tower of Babel isnae gonnae effect the IN – Out .
That Famous painting…. Woooow.
Babel. Nimrod?
Its ok, life is rocking.
Bankiebhoy1 – You always liked to be like Satan, forget the jibber jabber about this Dear Green Place…….
You’d
Maximum Respect though, you never criticised Kojo.
Christ is the King and The upper echelons Deny that Christ Died to take Away Every Sin of Everyone…….. Dude Don’t read so much. My Drunk Opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs
CELTIC FC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VSYA6Qvbsg
It is incoming, unless the Greedy, Selfish…….
Celtic paying a player 300k a week and a person £8 an hour.
What is going on?
I have no idea.
Well I know exactly what is going on but.
Come on the Celtic.
St Ninians2000.csc
These Extremes won’t be going on for too long.
If given a choice to fight for the right, when you are on yer own.
Collins or Mulgrew?
I know who I’d pick.
Come on Ronny Deeeee.
Winner.csc
Glasgow Celtic owes noone Nothing, Nothing at all.
what a year.
Grafit…….
What a track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdakhUfsO9E
Yeshua, surely, Howevaah.
Love.CsC.
Christ is being marginalised.
I know that for an actual FACT, Unlike the 2fact2 girl on Question Time that made me turn off, at least DD tried to shut her up with her FACTS, I will watch it on catchup.
defo Brexit.
The Symbology is ushering in the Anti Christ.
What will be will be.
Galloway and ICKE are expected puppets.
The Theosophist Icke, Never looked into the Galloway fella.
Icke putting his weight behind anything is a BBC pile of Sh!t.
IMO
That Icke Worked for the BBC. Theosophist as well.
The word is Worked.
I’m gonnae leave the scene Soon enough.
Christ is the ASlmighty King, Always. He Died to to Take away Every Sin, if only ……
Christ is the Almighty King