When to whip and when to not

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After the adrenaline-fuelled dramas that a return to the Champions League after five long years provided, Celtic are off to Paisley on Sunday.  There will be an inevitable drop-off in in energy levels, the players are not machines, after all, as we take on an opponent with more robust objective from the game.

While Celtic have four days to recover and prepare, St Mirren will be 15 days without a game when they take on the champions.  During this period, they will have been able to do some endurance training and get plenty rest before what will be a committed 90 minutes’ effort.  They will not be easy to overcome.

Whatever motivational chat Ange Postecoglou gives before a game, it cannot always have the same intensity.  I expect he fully animated the players for the games against Real and Shakhtar, but words overused lose their affect.  Can he really whip them up for St Mirren?  I doubt it, in fact, I don’t even think he should.

Our baseline performance must be substantial enough to pick the points in Paisley.  The next big emotional effort is three weeks away, save the inspiration for then.  One more push before the break.

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  1. !!BADA BING!! on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2022 6:29 PM

     

    Celtic The Musical is brilliant, try and go if you can

     

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    Bada – Going on Thursday night with son n law and grandson.

     

     

    D :)

  2. I cannot believe people getting their knickers in a twist over a dead Royal.

     

     

    The whole idea of a monarchy and goings on of that family should be enough to make you puke or at least want to show your distaste and disgust at the horrible things that she and hers gave their blessing to.

     

     

    And before anyone says ah but it’s at a Celtic game. That is how our club were formed because of the injustices under this family’s rule.

     

     

    Good riddance to her.

     

     

    Whatever happens tomorrow happens and people showing their feelings should be respected for just that showing their feelings.

     

     

    D :)

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  4. The more I see the sort of people slaughtering Celtic supporters in the print and broadcast media for their chants and banners, the more I want the support to turn the anti-crown screw even tighter tomorrow.

     

     

    Get it right up them.

  5. Stuck £20 on Spurs to beat Leicester by more than 2 goals @ 7/2. Wasn’t too confident at 2-2 half-time.

     

     

    Full-time 6-2 Spurs.

     

     

    Think I’ll wire a fiver to Brendan.

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  7. So far we have had hartz, wolves, Lpool, D Utd, and Hibs, Swansea and prob many more supporters, not respecting their mins silence, but the only support who will get slaughtered will be us, and some actually care about what they say about us, get a grip FFS, it will be the wearing of the green next.

     

    Appeasement never has worked and never will.

  8. Sept 24 th 2022 supposedly will be a day that everyone remembers where they were, not a con theory, some German politician said so in the past week when giving a speech in their parliament, could be crap, who knows, but he said it.

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  10. THE EXILED TIM on 17th September 2022 7:45 pm

     

     

    Thats my wee Mammys 80th Birthday!!!

     

     

    Not heard of anyone to be so specific in such a rarified venue, these are strange times.

     

     

    Anyway I’d make a good few changes the morra, Ange has proven he can freshen up most of the team and still get a superb performance out the Bhoys.

     

     

    I also see the huns got more home help – they really are Sh!te.

  11. TET

     

     

    It is a strange viral Facebook message.

     

     

    A German politician, Merz, said that 24th September 2022 will go down in history as one that people will remember where they were when they heard that Russia had invaded Ukraine. He merely misquoted the date and said September instead of February 24th, which was the day Putin ordered the invasion. He made the speech more than 6 months ago.

     

     

    Forbes magazine covered it at the time but somebody, for reasons that defeat me, is yet again trying to make something significant out of something that was never intended to be taken as a future prediction.

     

     

    This kind of thing happens all the time on t’internet and it is very easily debunked- 3 minutes on the self same internet.

  12. No idea David, but he said that the 24th would be a day that everyone remembers where they were, a bit like when JFK was shot for the older among us, or 9/11 et all, as I said could be crap, just repeating what he said.

     

    Petec

     

    Aye sure are strange times we are in and only gonna get weirder IMO, wish your Ma a good one from me.

     

    I also reckon Ange may make a change or two, but given the hun got 3 points today he knows how important that the 3 are for us.

  13. SFTB

     

    Maybes he did, no like politicians to get things wrong, I am just repeating what he said, if you want to debunk it, fine, I’m sure the likes of snopes will do that for you, just like the time I was slaughtered for saying that the great reset was not a con theory then all of a sudden it was real, not going to get into a debate about it, you believe what you want and I will do likewise, too much shit has happened in the past couple of years for it all to be so easily explained away using controlled fact checkers.

     

    “It’s easier to fool a man than convince him he has been fooled”

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  15. SFTB 8.28pm

     

     

    I could be wrong but I think Callum is undropabble (not a word) just now … he is Ange’s man on the field

     

     

    Wouldn’t disagree with most of your selections but have a feeling Abildgaard might start

  16. 24th , me I’ll be at lindisfarne concert which is really spooky as I was at Steve Hackett doing foxtrot at 50 last night.

     

    I hear you say why is that 👻… 1970, greens playhouses ,lindisfarne top of Bill , genesis support , 71 genesis top of Bill , lindisfarne support …😜

     

    By the way Foxtrot still stands the test , prog rockers of a certain age

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  18. 24th I will be at Haggerston Castle Caravan park as we normally do with 15 other family members and We will loooooove it.

     

     

    So we will remember these rare auld times. Well good times.

     

     

    D :)

  19. DAVID66 on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2022 8:41 PM

     

    Hearing CCV is out for a few weeks.Torn muscle.

     

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    Evening big fella.

     

     

    Hope your wrong. mind you, If it’s during the International break, nice timing, however your wee emoji at the end of your post , you may well be yanking my chain and I think I have been the first to bite. :)

     

     

    Hope your well, Big Jimmy was ‘bigging you up’ yesterday, shame you were unable to attend.

     

     

    Brian

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  21. prestonpans bhoys on

    David66

     

     

    No been at Haggerston Castle for years, neighbour taking his mobile home this week for £39 for three nights plus passes. Some bargain👍

  22. bournesouprecipe on

    Dundee Utd TV have issued an apology to their fans if they heard sectarian singing from the home support at IBrokes today.

  23. BB – I am genuine. Hearing he is out.

     

     

    PP – we love it, time spent with kids and grandkids. Making memories.

     

     

    D :)

  24. What is the Starz on

    Any chance that the conspiracy/great reset chaps will come along at midnight on Sept 24 and say….sorry lads that was nonsense ?

     

     

    Or will it be ….you are well brainwashed by the MSM !!!!!

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  26. WITS 9.23pm

     

     

    Was the world not ending when we hit 2000

     

     

    Have the conspiracy theorists not suffered enough

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