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. Job done by Clancy

     

     

    Huns were hanging on that last 5 + extra 3

     

     

    time wasting but clancy blows bang on 3 minutes when du had won a corner

  2. prestonpans bhoys on

    Marspapa

     

     

    I watched the last 15 minutes, you can see how important playing behind closed doors was to them. Playing in front of that baying mob would put any player off.

     

     

    Ps they were shite too

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  4. The Huns to a man on Follow Follow and Rainjuuuurz Meeeja want Gio sacked. One guy thinks he’s trying to get his P45. It seems that everything they want, Gio does the opposite. Could this be a case of gone by Hallowe’en or Christmas?

  5. LS 🍊@leahsmithh7

     

     

    Rangers fans throwing glass bottles at our support is worse than booing a minutes silence but that won’t be spoken about eh?

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  7. THEORIGINALSADIESBHOY on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2022 5:04 PM

     

    The Huns to a man on Follow Follow and Rainjuuuurz Meeeja want Gio sacked. One guy thinks he’s trying to get his P45. It seems that everything they want, Gio does the opposite. Could this be a case of gone by Hallowe’en or Christmas?

     

     

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    a hysterical caller to ssb “in the know cos ah know people in high places”

     

    donald park wants out and is selling his shares

     

    a consotium from hong kong buying them

     

    interest from america an awe

     

    gio is going

     

    beale is coming in

     

     

    dave kings recent utterings maybe make some sense now

  8. The king thing:

     

    ….my oh my.

     

    BBC NI reporting from shankill road on Thursday evening:

     

    Reporter to little middle aged woman Why are you here ?(mural of queen)

     

    LMAW:She’s ma queen,first of all I’m a royalist,then first I’m a loyalist,and after that I’m a loyalist.” I kid you not.

  9. Don’t know if she’s a loyal royalist,royal loyalist or loyal loyalist….but the queen was the bees knees.

     

    Footnote:

     

    Lizzie never visited shankill…..but did enter the RC church in Armagh….don’t tell the wee loyalist royalist

  10. AURORABOREALIS79 on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2022 5:29 PM

     

    Celtic fans have been about today. Ibrox, Easter Road &, Err…. Molineux

     

     

    and wrexham and over to shammy rovers ……….

     

     

    more on this tomorrow

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    SAINT STIVS on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2022 5:27 a

     

     

    hysterical caller to ssb “in the know cos ah know people in high places”

     

     

     donald park wants out and is selling his shares

     

     

    a consotium from hong kong buying them

     

     

     interest from america an awe

     

     

    gio is going

     

     

    beale is coming in

     

     

     dave kings recent utterings maybe make some sense now

     

     

    Wow he reads…. ibrox noise. Speaking of ibrox noise, is that by any chance edited by 1 James Trainor ?

     

    According that site rainjurs had numerous

     

    multi billion £ investors coming over the summer…. not to mention the 5 or 6 players the pipped celtic to over the same period. Oh & all those super star signings.

     

     

    The really sad part (for thems) is that ibrox noise often always has several articles in the ‘SPFL Top stories’ section of NewsNow ()()

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  14. Belfast Celtic v Celtic 1952.

     

    My first game as a 2 year old,Glasgow version won 3-2.My late Mother and Father took me.

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  16. STIVS:

     

    Not all ….but Bonnar,Stein,Walsh,Fallon,Tully and Fernie.Belfast Celtic players a few.

  17. Belfast Celtic players,from books I have.

     

    McAlinden(g) A’hearne Vernon played for WBA and against Rest of Europe for British side,Lawlor,Campbell scored twice against Scotland for Belfast Celtic in USA,and Bonnar.

  18. garygillespieshamstring on

    Never been inside the new Love Street so don’t know the layout but wondering if it would Ben possible for the Celtic support to stay down below the stand until after the pre-match nonsense is over.

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  20. Snippets from a conversation with a fellow tim

     

     

    “What the club should be reminding the media of is, every week we here racism and bigotry – not a peep from them”

     

     

    And

     

     

    “Its madness, rangers had a song banned and they sing it every week”

     

     

    Am I the only one thinking like this??

     

     

    It’s every week

  21. GARYGILLESPIESHAMSTRING on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2022 6:10 PM

     

    Never been inside the new Love Street so don’t know the layout but wondering if it would Ben possible for the Celtic support to stay down below the stand until after the pre-match nonsense is over.

     

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    That ain’t GARYGILLESPIESHAMSTRING on 17TH SEPTEMBER 2022 6:10 PM

     

    Never been inside the new Love Street so don’t know the layout but wondering if it would Ben possible for the Celtic support to stay down below the stand until after the pre-match nonsense is over.

     

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    That ain’t going to happen but it’s a nice wee stadium, with room in the concourse areas.

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  23. Maybe the Marco Rose bubble is completely burst. The last 2 results after a big win seems typical of their form. Very hot and very cold.

     

     

    So gutted Re the newco today. The Arabs so nearly had them. After being 2-0 down and disrespecting the dead queen there would have been a riot of they had completed the job.

     

     

    Over to us to show no mercy tomorrow and stretch our lead in goal difference at least.

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