The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Armaghgeddon]

Scottish football will be in recession for years so Ki was a decent bit of business and most foreign players have one eye on the EPL when they come to Celtic. 

CL group stage qualification will probably be the pinnacle of the club's ambition for years to come so nice for Lennon to achieve it early in his managerial career. Fully deserved after all he has been through when it would have been easier to walk away. 

Given Rangers demise Europe was the obvious bar he'd be rated against and he's come up trumps when most critics expected a decent UEFA cup campaign at best.  Well done NL.

No disrespect to the opposition in SPL, but Celtic may even b able to put more effort into progressing in CL and earning that extra bit of cash.

[tyroneStatto]

tony watt looks to be a great prospect.

[camanchero]

Great result for Celtic and Neil Lennon in getting to the CL group stages and the money it pays.
Celtic will do their best, but if they can get a win at home and try and sneak a draw away - that should be the level of expectation/hope for them currently given the disparity between their ability to sign players and the other CL clubs.
The Celtic fans will just go along for the ride to the away games- I'm hoping for Barca,Real,Milan,Juve, or anywhere else that is a nice city to go and visit and hopefully I will get to another away CL game...
Not going to anywhere colder than here - eg russia !

Well done Celtic!

[Forever Green]

We`re apparently in pole position to sign Del Piero

         

[deiseach]

The banners making reference to where Sevco are while Celtic are gallivanting around Europe should be good for a laugh

[Forever Green]

CL draw coming up in a couple of hours as well. We could potentially get Barca, City and Juventes. I wouldn`t mind that tbh but to have a chance of getting 2nd or 3rd place, I would like a group of Milan, Braga and Olymiakos. Still an extremely hard group though

[heganboy]

Barcelona. Tough draw...
Benfica and spartak Moscow

[Denn Forever]

Chance to see Messi in the flesh though.

[Capt Pat]

That is a good enough draw for Celtic. Barca are out of their league but the other two are beatable.

City got a tougher draw ir as tough with Ajax Real and Dortmund United have it easy wit Cluj Braga and Galtasaray

[Forever Green]

Not too bad a draw. Wee Aiden returning home to Parkhead will be brilliant, hope he gets a fantastic reception. And of course, the greatest ever team will be made welcome as well. Was kinda hoping we got Barca, should be an amazing atmposphere regardless of the scoreline. I think we have a real chance of sneaking into 2nd but we are going to have to get a least a point away from home

Celtic 2-2 Barca 
Barca 4-1 Celtic

Celtic 2-1 Spartak
Spartak 1-1 Celtic

Celtic 2-0 Benfica
Benfica 3-1 Celtic

Feels good to be amonsgt Europe`s finest again 

[Main Street]

That is a good enough draw for Celtic. Barca are out of their league but the other two are beatable.

Benfica are also way out of Celtic's league,  they were well capable of  getting through to the semi finals of last year's CL but managed to shoot themselves in the foot.
At best for Celtic, it's a scrap for 3rd place between them and Spartak.
A 3rd place finish in the group would be an admirable and a more than acceptable achievement.
Some great nights ahead for Celtic fans.

[Main Street]

Fixtures have been fixed

Sep 19    19:45    Celtic    v    Benfica   
Oct 2    17:00    Spartak     v    Celtic
Oct 23    19:45    Barcelona    v    Celtic
Nov 7    19:45    Celtic    v    Barcelona
Nov 20    19:45    Benfica    v    Celtic
Dec 5    19:45    Celtic    v    Spartak Moscow

[Forever Green]

Good to have the Barca games back to back. We`ll know where we are standing after that

[thebigfella]

Good to have the Barca games back to back. We`ll know where we are standing after that

Yep with 1 point if they are lucky.

[Over the Bar]

most clubs in Europe would be happy with a point from a double header with barca before a ball is kicked