One or two of us mocked another team for struggling against Second and Third division sides this season. All good sporting fun but from the lofty heights of the Champions League knockout stages you need to make sure you can overcome a team who are treading water in the third tier of Scottish football.
Arbroath were good value for their draw at Celtic Park earlier this month. It would be wrong to say their late equaliser was coming, as they never threatened during the previous 86 minutes, but they were thoroughly well organised and apart from a bizarre own goal would have reached the 87th minute on level terms.
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Our eclectic collection of African, Mediterranean and metropolitan players will have little experience of the biting Arctic wind that will blow in off the Angus coast tonight, just a few yards from Gayfield Park, whereas the part-timers from Arbroath will be very much at home. This, my friends in Celtic, is what they call the Romance of the Cup.
Don’t be comforted by the wins over Barca and Spartak, they guarantee nothing. One more lacklustre performance and dreams of Celtic’s fourth treble will be kippered. 2012 has been the year of the little man, the “diddy teams”, as a wild Rover coined them in the summer. There is one remaining superpower in our sport and every game they play is a cup final for someone.
Get Up for the Cup, Celtic.
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EC67
just come on down to the PV.. o)
THE EXILED TIM
17:48 on
SUNNI CAMLACHIE
17:49 on
12 December, 2012
Im sure we will have the correct attitude tonight with a strong side being sent out to do the job early
Pitch or weather is no excuse
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire
Snap….
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/414052/20121212/mayan-calendar-end-world-12-meaning.htm#.UMi9yeTZa8A
Specials on Radio 6
Celtic playing later
Life’s Looking Up
!!Bada Bing!!
17:58 on 12 December, 2012
Cheers, thanks for the info.
Had a look at the prices from catania /torino return +hotel from 120 euros
Problem might be getting a ticket as the juve stadium only holds 40k
South Of Tunis
You would be lucky to get a receipt here :>)
45 euros would be about twice what the same here would cost, in saying that, we wouldn’t get a vino as good as that :>)
There is a garage about 15k away from me, they do a menu del dia, beer or a bottle of wine included as well a coffee and as much bread as you want, 3 courses, it’s always full of truckers, and it’s superb, 4.95, the majority of places are well under a tenner, I know a bloke who eats there every day, he reckons it’s cheaper than going to the shops, and less hassle, he has his free tapas with his few drinks in the evening.
MurdochBhoy, where in MK are you from ?
ke Farrell@mikefstv
Protest over Belfast City Hall Union flag row planned for Glasgow’s George Square on Saturday http://bit.ly/SbpDgs
It was only a matter of time
Mike Farrell @mikefstv
Protest over Belfast City Hall Union flag row planned for Glasgow’s George Square on Saturday http://bit.ly/SbpDgs
The mind boggles…
BT,
Thanks but I’m not allowed out on a school night without BSR.
EC67
times like this I’m glad I let the train take the strain.. o))
So Strathclyde Police are allowing a demonstration over the flag issue to go ahead at George Square on Sat at 12 noon, while families who wished to take their children ice skating, look at the Xmas lights, have a spot of lunch, will have to abandon that idea because SP are too scared to declare the protest illegal?
Lionroars67,
No excuses, i have the pre-match rabbles,,
trying to sound sensible, even though i am a bag of nerves…
Forgetting my manners agin.
Was lucky enough to meet DBBIA, Subterranean, vertwolf, Johan Murdoch and kikinthenakas t’other week. Along with BT, OT and SP.
What a hoot that was…hope to see you in the last 16….hoping for Gelsenkirchen…Grauniad said the other day they are at each others throats…and they do a nice sausage.
Could be wurst, I s’pose…
Never knew the game was being televised tonight. Great a wee Celtic bonus. Hope we use the squad tonight. Mon the hoops.
Dont believe for a second that Stokes was dealt with.
I see Salmond is been on the media house training this week. Jabba next week. Both cant fit in the same class at the same time
HH
Ten Men, I’m not sure that the planned protest has been sanctioned by the Authorities, I wonder will Chuck be there handing out copies of his Prospectus.
Good evening friends. Hopefully another midweek celebration. Same team as Saturday would do just fine for me.
BSR – liked your Fleetwood Mach gag!
Whether the protest has been sanctioned or not, I posted over a year ago that the day would come when the troubles from the north would come to scotland, I just didn’t think it would be so soon.
Sad.
went to the bookies earlier the chap behind counter says one of your games is off on your coupon then told me its the celtic game i did not double check my accy slip came on here to find out game is still on just checked slip it was the saint j game bloody idiot i could of went on the beer and missed it
” Dont believe for a second that Stokes was dealt with.”
Yes he was awenaw.
I have it on good authority that NL said to him ‘haw stokesy, what are ye like!?’
Enjoy the viewing. Ive got two sprogs fed and watered and soon to be bathed. Then I’ll do likewise then its arseparked on the couch.
Coybig.
I’m certain the Bhoys will do more than enough to overcome Arbroath tonight, there will be no mistakes.
The next round of the cup should give us an opportunity to pay a visit to Turnbull Huttons team….. An ideal opportunity for us to turn up in numbers and thank him for his principled stance during the summer .
That man sided with the good guys and told everybody how it was.
A worthy recipient of the Green pound!
Bravo Turnbull , u were a credit to your team , the town of Kikcaldy and all right minded people.
Hail Hail
The DeSilva whitewash
This document is 500 pages plus but can be accessed via the following link
http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/executive-summary-and-principal-conclusions/
Jobo, the game has all the signs…
Midweek, televised, under the lights.
The ingredients that usually produce a win ;)
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
18:16 on 12 December, 2012
Never knew the game was being televised tonight. Great a wee Celtic bonus. Hope we use the squad tonight. Mon the hoops.
Dont believe for a second that Stokes was dealt with.
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Completely agree.
I do not believe that Celtic would be STUPID enough to tell any man, let alone a republican Irishman, how he should conduct himself in his own neighbourhood.
That would not be MY CELTIC.
Celtic are giving Scotland’s sectarian press what they want to hear,…& what does Celtic no harm.
God Bless Celtic.
God Bless Anthony Stokes.
as_i-thought
There are daily flights from Stansted to Turin with Ryanair!
Lot closer than flying to Milan.
HH!!
Geordie
;-)
Well done the kids
HH
KK
Hear hear
HH
On Anthony Stokes….. My understanding is that this chap was a long term friend of the Stokes family and that Anthony has known him since childhood.
Can it be so wrong to attend the funeral of someone u have grown up with ?
An entirely different situation to Englishman Goram entirely!
On Charles Green…. He is a complete twat !
No-one should traduce the ole Coatbridge Baffs! That was the scene of my first length underwater under the tutelage of Bill “Big Doc” Docherty. Who was most….well, persuasive. I’m sure he told me his father used to manage the boiler.
Shame The Baffs are no longer there.
I hope Thomas gets a game tonight. It would be a real shame to lose him. He needs games. The CL squad should be rested
Zaluska
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Miku lassad
Tallybhoy
Thanks, could make things a lot easier
HH
Burghbhoy, not a life long friend but Ryan was a customer at The Players Lounge bar which was owned by Stoke’s father. They became very friendly and my understanding is the function that Stokes attended was a fund raiser for the widow & children of Ryan and not a Real IRA Function albeit that members of The Real IRA were in attendance.
Newsflash: Anthony Stokes has been punished by Celtic. He is being made to attend the players kids Christmas party without any Aspirin
HH
Ten men won the league
Not to mention the fact a certain team are playing at home on Saturday …
Awe Naw, I’d expect a very strong team tonight, close enough to the team that played Killie. I’d expect the same formation but maybe Watt in instead of Lassad.