The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Looking like Artur and Naka may miss tomorrow's must win match!

[lfdown2]

2-0 will leave the last game needing a 6 goal swing providing milan win tonight!

will miss arthur and naka (think he is 100% out),  what ye's think teamwise?

      AB/MB,
GC, SMCM, JK, LN,
PH, SB, JJ, AMCG,
  SMCD, JVOH

[Croí na hÉireann]

Think it's essential that Hartley and Brown play in the middle. Would put Jarosik on the right or failing that Donati.

[Main Street]

I miss Nakamura, what is the story with his injury? I thought he was on the bench against Benfica?

[lynchbhoy]

will miss arthur and naka (think he is 100% out),  what ye's think teamwise?

      AB/MB,
GC, SMCM, JK, LN,
PH, SB, JJ, AMCG,
  SMCD, JVOH

I'd prefer to see O'Dea playing instead of either Kennedy or Naylor to be honest
but I reckon you are near what GS will select.

its a hard call for him though

will he go with the 451 initially with Hartley playing his suerb holding middle midfield role protecting that very shaky back 4.
or
will he go 442 and go after the win Celtic need.

I think he will start out cautious, then go for the win.
I think Jarosik will start, Donati seems to be out of favour following his tem loss in form.

Brown in the middle, McGeady on the left, with JJ or Hartley a toss up for the other wing and central midfield slot.Prob JJ on the wing.
I'd expect
AB
GC, SMCM, JK, LN,
JJ, SB, PH, AMCG,
  SMCD, JVOH

[lfdown2]

will miss arthur and naka (think he is 100% out),  what ye's think teamwise?

      AB/MB,
GC, SMCM, JK, LN,
PH, SB, JJ, AMCG,
  SMCD, JVOH

I'd prefer to see O'Dea playing instead of either Kennedy or Naylor to be honest
but I reckon you are near what GS will select.

its a hard call for him though

will he go with the 451 initially with Hartley playing his suerb holding middle midfield role protecting that very shaky back 4.
or
will he go 442 and go after the win Celtic need.

I think he will start out cautious, then go for the win.
I think Jarosik will start, Donati seems to be out of favour following his tem loss in form.

Brown in the middle, McGeady on the left, with JJ or Hartley a toss up for the other wing and central midfield slot.Prob JJ on the wing.
I'd expect
AB
GC, SMCM, JK, LN,
JJ, SB, PH, AMCG,
  SMCD, JVOH

think it has to be 442 would be a disaster to start cautiously at home, would let shaktar settle into the game, with the ball thumped up to scott at every oportunity the defence would surely be on top, need to hit them right from the start!!

btw did donati ever have much form?bit of a disappointment i think!

PS shaktar not going so well in the league and check out this from a recent game!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV5oMgHs7hk

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Agree, WGS needs to go for win, not sure about Jiri over Donati, but one thing I'm definate about is the need to leave Sno at home.!!


HAIL HAIL

[lynchbhoy]

saw donati a few times earlier in the season and he and brown both loked great, in fact at the start I thought donati was the better player.
Form for me dipped two weeks before that rangers game
hasnt really got his place back since.
Sno still finding his game and learning for me, just not ready...he's 20

[THE MIGHTY QUINN]

Tony, did you by any chance get your photo taken with Dr John Reid when you were at the Celtic AGM?

[T Fearon]

No. But he had his photo taken with me

[the milkman]

I reckon McGeady will start on the right and JJ. on the left with hartley and brown in the middle, and if things not working out Donati will come on for JJ. with Brown out wide and Mo. in the middle.

If brown and McGeady can get the room we should create enough chances to do it, 2-0 would be excellent result and I think we can do it!

[Evil Genius]

The IFA forced the split by

1.Not allowing Sunday soccer

2. By only selecting Southern Born players for certain fixtures etc

By the way I do not consider the current "IFA" to be the oldest soccer association in Ireland. The way I look at it is that the FAI was born out of the original IFA, and the portion remaining in Belfast, who wouldn't and wont consider an All Ireland team, are merely a dissident rump. The FAI is the true "Irish Football Association" that can legitimately trace its roots back to 1870

I really can't figure out whether you're an idiot or a bigot, on drugs, or some combination of the three. Either way, that post is horseshit of a purity and pungency which matches your very best (worst?) efforts...

[Evil Genius]

How gratifying that the great majority of true Celtic supporters appear to have distanced themselves from this loathsome individual:


http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1831802007
Outrage after Celtic fans' champion defends pro-IRA chants at matches

CRAIG BROWN (crbrown@scotsman.com)

THE head of a Celtic supporters' trust has provoked outrage by defending the singing of pro-IRA songs by the club's fans during matches.

Dr Jeanette Findlay, who chairs the Celtic Trust, which represents supporters and small shareholders, claimed chants about the IRA were "songs from a war of independence".

She was speaking during an interview on BBC Radio Five Live's breakfast programme. Her comments prompted a furious response from listeners.

Dr Findlay, who is a research fellow and economics lecturer at Glasgow University, had been replying to questions by presenter Nicky Campbell about the trust's opposition to the appointment as club chairman of the former home secretary, John Reid, who was a cabinet minister at the time of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Dr Findlay said the trust's opposition was to do with Mr Reid's "leading role in relation to what many believe is an illegal and immoral war".

Mr Campbell then asked her if she was more uncomfortable with the singing of pro-terrorist songs or the appointment of Mr Reid.

Dr Findlay responded: "I have tried to explain about the nature of Celtic as a club. It was founded to help the poor Irish immigrants to Scotland.

"They may take a particular view of the history, of what happened in Ireland, which is different from many other people, so I don't call those pro-terrorist songs. What history tells us is that it is facile to say that politics and sport will ever be separated."

Mr Campbell said he was not referring to songs such as The Fields of Athenry, but to "actually chanting: 'The IRA'."

She replied: "Many of those songs are songs from what was essentially a war of independence going back over a hundred years."

Celtic fans bombarded the show with angry texts and e-mails and some members of the trust said they would quit.

One said: "I listened to her on my way to work. I was actually shouting at the radio for her to please shut up."

Another fan, Sean from Derry, texted: "Her one-eyed hypocritical views... are disturbing and a ludicrously perverted take on history. She doesn't represent the majority of opinion of Irish nationalist Celtic fans."

A Celtic FC spokeswoman distanced the club from Dr Findlay's words: "These comments are unrepresentative of the Celtic support... and we are delighted with the way in which our fans currently support the team."

Richard Benjamin, director of the anti-sectarian group Nil By Mouth, said: "While I defend Dr Findlay's right to express her personal beliefs, context is important. Expressing religious and political views in football can be damaging, not just to the sport, but to the wider community, too. I think most football supporters would not be exposed to chants about the IRA at matches."

Dr Findlay was unavailable for comment last night. The controversy came on the day the Scottish Government launched its Kick Out Bigotry campaign.

[Rav67]

He'll go 4-4-2, Hartley has to start in centre-mid along with Brown with McGeady and JJ either side.  Heading to it should be an excellent atmosphere as its a must-win.  I fancy Celtic to win by a goal, although I'm worried about the central defence and Shaktar played some really silky football in the away fixture.  Hopefully the midfield will provide much better protection this time.

[THE MIGHTY QUINN]

Tony's picture is in our local paper and fine and well he looks too