The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[charlieTully]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28693855

A chink of light for Celtic??

Sion Mark 2?

[Ulick]

Celtic reinstated and through to the next round.

[lynchbhoy]

unbelieveable
lightning strikes twice for Celtic.
I suppose karma helping them out for all the foul and incorrect refereeing and administration decisions against them over the years in spl.

don't deserve to be in the CL.

will this halt the sale of Forster and van Djik.

will the board sanction purchace of new players
prob not.

[Main Street]

Easy does it.   Get Samaras back now!
Bad 12 hours for Polish league,  Legia Warsaw (their only decent team) are out on a technicality after a stomping win against Celtic  and  Lech Poznan fans (the ones who bounce in harmony) suffered the humiliation of being eliminated by an Icelandic side

[AZOffaly]

How did Celtic get through? Are they in the Group Stages now?

[Geoff Tipps]

How did Celtic get through? Are they in the Group Stages now?

No, they have another qualifier.

[Main Street]

How did Celtic get through? Are they in the Group Stages now?

No, they have another qualifier.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28701951

Celtic reinstated to Champions League

Celtic have been reinstated to the Champions League after Legia Warsaw were kicked out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player.
Legia won the third qualifying round tie 6-1 on aggregate but brought on Bartosz Bereszynski in the second leg, while he was supposed to be suspended.
As a result Celtic were handed a 3-0 'walkover' win for the second leg, taking them through on away goals.
Legia won the first leg 4-1 and the second 2-0.

The draw  for the play off is this morning and they will meet one of
Ludogorets(BUL)
Maribor(SVN)
Slovan Bratislava(SVK)
Malmö(SWE)
AaB(DEN)

I'd say even a dysfunctional Celtic would have a good chance against Bratislava or Malmo.
Europa League group stage guaranteed.

[deiseach]

They brought the guy on with two minutes to go when 6-1 up! <insert Picard facepalm image>

[clarshack]

unless some players are signed and quick then there is no point in progressing to the champions league group stages, and if there are no signings then celtic are better off in the europa tbh (which is now guaranteed).

from a legia perspective it is absolutely criminal to have done what they did 

[Sidney]

A proud day for Ireland.

Amazing fighting spirit and never say die attitude from Ronny Deila and the players.

We're going to win the European Cup (well, either Celtic or Liverpool).

[general]

he Champions League play-off draw in full:

Maribor v Celtic
SV Red Bull Salzburg v Malmo
AaB v APOEL Nicosia
Steaua Bucuresti v Ludogorets
Slovan Bratislava v BATE
Besiktas v Arsenal
Standard Liege v Zenit St. Petersburg
FC Copenhagen v Bayer Leverkusen
Lille v FC Porto
Napoli v Athletic Bilbao


Read more at http://talksport.com/football/champions-league-play-arsenal-play-turkish-side-besiktas-140808106451#HlfZSBHx2XBRbFRR.99

[AZOffaly]

Jaysus that seems harsh. What you must do is register the suspended player, in effect reducing your squad by 1. I see the logic, but it's harsh.

[orangeman]

Did Celtic object or did UEFA investigate this ontheir own ?

[charlieTully]

Did Celtic object or did UEFA investigate this ontheir own ?

from reading some of the Celtic discussion boards it appears it was UEFA, Celtic made no complaint.

[Main Street]

unless some players are signed and quick then there is no point in progressing to the champions league group stages, and if there are no signings then celtic are better off in the europa tbh (which is now guaranteed).

from a legia perspective it is absolutely criminal to have done what they did 

One of the points of progressing to the CL group stages is a guaranteed  £15m. You have a better chance of signing new players when you have cash and CL football. It's a no brainer whether you have a team that can compete now or not.