The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[qubdub]

Best group for Celtic.

Arsenal
CSKA Moscow
Basel

Worst.

Barcelona
Juventus
Manchester City

Arsenal IMO would destroy Celtic and are one team I'd like to avoid.

I'd gladly take a group consisting Porto/Benfica, Schalke/Marseille and Ajax

[trueblue1234]

Barely beating a Kazahk team. It shows just where Celtic's level is at.

A moron who can't even spell properly, purporting to spout about levels of football skill?
There must be an idiot from Tyrone lurking about.

No, no, no! Thankfully Bennycake is not a Tyrone poster.

Bennycake = Armagh
Bennyharp = Tyrone

If I was Bennyharp I'd be changing my name in case others make the same mistake!!

[charlieTully]

Of the pot 4 teams, Celtic, Real S and Napoli look to be the least desirable for the higher seeded clubs to meet.
Tonight, Ambrose was my motm, just a superb display from a player who had to step up and show composure with ability on the ball. Samaras as usual showed up and didn't shirk responsibility, he has bottle. It wasn't a surprise that Commons scored first, on the field of play he is a prime example of a focussed determined player with lovely ability on the ball.
Qualification for the last 16  is a big lift for the club and not just financial. Some might have fallen into the trap that a team from Kazakhstan were crap and there for the taking. That type of arrogance is certainly misplaced and ignorant.
With a bit more experience at this level, they will certainly qualify for the last 16 on their own merits in the near future.

I thought mathews had a great game last night, the work rate throughout the whole team was great. Forster had a couple of dodgy moments and seems to be lacking in confidence somewhat compared to last year.

[straightred]

Pot one: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, FC Porto, Benfica.

Pot two: Atletico Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, AC Milan, Schalke 04, Marseille, CSKA Moscow, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus.

Pot three: Zenit St Petersburg, Manchester City, Ajax Amsterdam, Borussia Dortmund, FC Basel, Olympiakos, Galatasaray, Bayer Leverkusen.

Pot four: FC Copenhagen, Napoli, Anderlecht, Celtic, Steaua Bucharest, Plzen, Real Sociedad, Austria Vienna.

City, Man U and AC would be nice.

Cant happen as far as I know - teams from same country can't be in the same group. By that logic then I'd like Schalke as the german team, Real as the spanish team (a game against them is long overdue) and hopefully avoid English teams altogether as the type would do my head in.

[rodney trotter]

Best group for Celtic.

Arsenal
CSKA Moscow
Basel

Worst.

Barcelona
Juventus
Manchester City

Manchester City haven't made it out of the group stage in the past 2 seasons. Borussia Dortmund would be the obvious team to avoid from pot 3.

[waterfordlad]

George Hamilton said there were no away fans there last night even though you could see and hear them there in the usual spot in the corner. Was he in the stadium at all?
Great finish to the game in fairness.

[tyroneStatto]

fantastic end to the game!!!
forrest was poor in 1st half but really came good in the 2nd half and took his goal well.
ambrose was my motm while samaras and matthews were excellent too.
stokes apart from the dribble at the end was poor enough.
a couple of decent players needed before monday!

[Applesisapples]

Why Trapp doesn't mend the fences with Stokes is beyond me. Brings far more to a game than the likes of Keane who's best days are in the rear view mirror.

[deiseach]

George Hamilton said there were no away fans there last night even though you could see and hear them there in the usual spot in the corner. Was he in the stadium at all?

Don't be too harsh on George, I finally understand the away goals rule after he explained its impact for the 94th time last night.

[supersub]

Best group for Celtic.

Arsenal
CSKA Moscow
Basel

Worst.

Barcelona
Juventus
Manchester City

Bayern Munich
Juventus
Dortmund

would be the worst group. City have performed poorly in CL and Dortmund are a top class out fit, beaten finalists. Bayern pose more of a threat than Barca imo. Their attacking power is ridiculous.

[Main Street]

George Hamilton said there were no away fans there last night even though you could see and hear them there in the usual spot in the corner. Was he in the stadium at all?

Don't be too harsh on George, I finally understand the away goals rule after he explained its impact for the 94th time last night.

He had Stokes pegged as the player on the ball out on the right wing, blind to everything about the player on the ball that screamed Commons. Even when Stokes/Commons stroked a cross field ball, the width of the pitch to the feet of a Celtic player, George was still adamant that it was Stokes.
Only when it was revealed that Stokes was the player who received the cross field pass, did George go dead air silent and get involved in fair bit of background paper flurrying.

George is alright, it's Ray who does my head in, with his incessant, pillar to post, negativity.

[Main Street]

Barely beating a Kazahk team. It shows just where Celtic's level is at.

A moron who can't even spell properly, purporting to spout about levels of football skill?
There must be an idiot from Tyrone lurking about.

No, no, no! Thankfully Bennycake is not a Tyrone poster.

Bennycake = Armagh
Bennyharp = Tyrone

If I was Bennyharp I'd be changing my name in case others make the same mistake!!

Duly noted, I'll have to post a large stickynote about that.
Counties should be given a restricted quota on the number of morons who they can have posting messages on the board, in the name of their county.

[Main Street]

Of the pot 4 teams, Celtic, Real S and Napoli look to be the least desirable for the higher seeded clubs to meet.
Tonight, Ambrose was my motm, just a superb display from a player who had to step up and show composure with ability on the ball. Samaras as usual showed up and didn't shirk responsibility, he has bottle. It wasn't a surprise that Commons scored first, on the field of play he is a prime example of a focussed determined player with lovely ability on the ball.
Qualification for the last 16  is a big lift for the club and not just financial. Some might have fallen into the trap that a team from Kazakhstan were crap and there for the taking. That type of arrogance is certainly misplaced and ignorant.
With a bit more experience at this level, they will certainly qualify for the last 16 on their own merits in the near future.

I thought mathews had a great game last night, the work rate throughout the whole team was great. Forster had a couple of dodgy moments and seems to be lacking in confidence somewhat compared to last year.

True about Forster to a certain extent, he should have gathered that balls which led to the worst panic, from the corner and the throw in. Maybe he's not crazy enough to be a real top class goalkeeper like Buffon, he's too nice, a gentle giant.
Maybe he just needs a few more games.

[glens73]

Barcelona, AC Milan & Ajax

There probably won't be a second round this season but some great ties there.

[qubdub]

Great draw. Something to relish. Paradise will be bouncing for all them.