PASTA Mick
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This is worth a watch.
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2 hours ago, er yir macaroon said:
He was always a stand out at u21. Two footed with a lot of pace. It would help if he came back to Europe but there will likely be a place for him in the near future.
Cannot agree with that at all. One match in particular against Andorra where he looked very poor.
He was always pretty poor for Celtic too.
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22 hours ago, Barney Rubble said:
I've no idea why, but Celtic are a really turgid watch these days.
That said, really delighted for Leigh Griffiths. He proved once again that, if physically and mentally fit, he still has much to offer for the national team.
It is bizarre. We haven't been great to watch and most matches have been laboured but we are still getting results, other than the one against the Hungarians.
I think the transfer deadline might be an issue for a couple of players so hopefully we will see an improvement after today and the international break.
I think we need to be playing with 2 forwards from the start in most matches. That could improve things too.
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3 hours ago, Mitre said:
CELTIC, Sparta Prague, AC Milan and Lille
Benfica, Standard Liege, RANGERS and Lech Poznan
Looks tough on paper but I think most people would struggle to name 5 AC Milan players. They finished 12 points behind Lazio last season and we beat them home and away.
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4 minutes ago, Stu101 said:
That's right !!
ten points for whoever remembers the keepers name.
Something like Dida. It was just after we scored.
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I think I'd have called up Hickey instead of O'Donnell. I know he's only played 1 game over there but realistically, O'Donnell won't play and having Hickey in the squad would have been good for the player.
Other than that, pretty much what you would expect. It's hard to make a case for anyone else.
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12 hours ago, Taylor1996 said:
Steve Clarke isn't a miracle worker. Today, 9 out of 13 Scottish players are out of Europe. And the remaining 4 squeaked past a Latvian team by scoring in the 90th minute.
We have four matches this year: Slovakia (h), Czech Republic (h), Slovakia (a) and Israel (a).
Regardless of tactics, formations and lineups, I can see us picking up two points.
Why do you think there are only 4 Scots left in Europe?
There is Robertson, McTominay, Gilmour, Tierney, Jack, Christie, McGregor, Taylor, Forrest, Johnston and Turnbull all at a club that is still in Europe.
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To put some focus on the actually games and campaign.
Current table -
- P 7, 15 points - Czech Rep
- P 6, 13 points - Greece
- P 6, 11 points - Scotland
- P 6, 10 points - Croatia
- P 6, 4 points - Lithuania
- P 7, 0 points - San Marino
The top 4 all play each other again, other than Czech Rep and Croatia who have played each other twice already.
It's going to be really tight and I imagine we will need 10 points to win the group, with 3 of them needing to be from beating Czech Rep in the next match.
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4 hours ago, Taylor1996 said:
Correction:
Swap with Callum Robinson and Sheffield United received £3m.
Someone at West Brom should not be working in football. That is a terrible deal for them.
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So when is Porteous getting called up?
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9 minutes ago, Taylor1996 said:
Nottingham Forest are bigger than any club in Scotland, easily.
Even you don't believe that.
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Rangers will be at home to Galatasaray or Hajduk Split if Steven Gerrard's side defeat Willem II on Thursday to reach the Europa League play-off round.
Should Celtic progress past FC Riga, they will be away to Sarajevo or Buducnost Podgorica.
Aberdeen or Sporting host LASK or Dunajska Streda, while the winners of Motherwell's tie at Hapoel Be'er Sheva welcome Viktoria Plzen or Sonderjyske.
The one-legged ties take place on 1 October.
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Just now, Fairbairn said:
I’m not so sure. Willem will be tricky and Galatasaray are a good team.
It's no doubt tricky but better than Spurs away!
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Willem II or Rangers v Galatasaray or Hajduk Split
Do-able for rangers.
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Sporting or Aberdeen v LASK or DAC Dunajská Streda
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Hapoel Be'er Sheva or Motherwell v Viktoria Plzen or Sonderjyske
Could have been worse, but still can't see them getting past the Israelis.
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Sarajevo or Buducnost v Riga or Celtic
It could have been worse but 2 away ties makes it very tricky.
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Just now, sbcmfc said:
Celtic’s route to the champions league Groups was probably an easier route to a group stage than Motherwell, Aberdeen or Rangers given the “champions path” which I believe this is the last year of.
I'm not sure about that. We are still playing teams that have won their leagues (the way it should be). We should have beat the Hungarians but Lennon got the tactics completely wrong. The one-leg ties do make it more exciting but harder to predict who will go through.
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I've got a feeling this is going to be a really poor year for us.
Celtic have already been put out the Champions League. Whilst I think we will get past Riga I wouldn't be confident if we drew Red Star Belgrade or Ludogorets away in the PO round.
Rangers have got a tricky match away against Willem II and if they do get past that they'll be up against someone like Spurs, Galatasaray or APOEL. Any of them away and I just can't see them getting past them.
Both Celtic and Rangers need kind, home draws to have a chance in my opinion.
I can't see Aberdeen getting past Sporting or Motherwell getting past Hapoel, nevermind the teams after that.
I think we will be doing well to have 1 team in the group stages this season.
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3 hours ago, Kirk said:
Do you think Brown will call it quits, or move into a player coach role or something?
I think he will step aside after this season. He still plays most matches but probably shouldn't.
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5 hours ago, SkyBlueScot said:
I really hope that won't happen this time. He's too good for that, surely.
I wonder if Lennon is buying some players with next year in mind. After the 10 in a row business is done with some of those players, like Christie, might be off.
I can see a lot of changes next season.
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32 minutes ago, scotlad said:
Classic OF operating procedure: sign troublesome diddy team player for buttons then leave him on your bench where he can't do you any damage.
He needs to earn his place in the team. Remember, Celtic have won every trophy on offer in Scotland since 2016. Its rare any player we buy walks into the team. Barkas has but we did lose two 'keepers in the summer, and Duffy has but he's simply better than what we already had at the club, in arguably our weakest position. Turnbull has a great chance to become a regular - just as Taylor, Brown and Christie have after joining from other SPFL clubs.
Unless I'm mistaken, he have 6 players in the squad that joined from other teams in Scotland. 3 are the regulars I've mentioned, 1 is Turnbull, 1 is Griffiths, who has been a big part of our recent success, and the other is Bain, who has also had a chance to be our number 1.
There is no doubt we have bought players in the past that haven't made it, but the same can be said of any club. Some players simply don't make the step up.
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10 hours ago, Barney Rubble said:
Duffy must have horrid BO - that's three free headers in successive games.
Ryan Christie isn't as good as he thinks he is - he's nowhere near as good as Stuart Armstrong.
Whilst Christie can be frustrating, he got two assists last night, won a penalty and set up our best other chance. Without Christie, we wouldn't have won last night.
Squad for upcoming games
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Armstrong, Christie and Tierney are all out of the three matches. Massive blow.