The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[T Fearon]

Rubbish. they didn't sell the rights for the Cliftonville game for that reason, but all the big home games last year were televised, certainly in the Group Stages and the last 16 tie against Juventus.

[No Soloing]

Rubbish. they didn't sell the rights for the Cliftonville game for that reason, but all the big home games last year were televised, certainly in the Group Stages and the last 16 tie against Juventus.

Try reading, Tony. I said they dont sell the rights to qualifiers. Didnt mention groups or last 16 which I am fully aware were televised. You have actually backed up what I have been told re Cliftonville. This was mentioned to me the time Celtic played Dynamo Moscow in the qualifying a few years back.

[naka]

its true celtic dont sell rights to home qualifier games to get a bigger crowd at the games.
the away game is on bbc
the group stages are sold as part of the block television rights.
is the games on celtic tv cos if so it should be picked up somewhere on the net

[deiseach]

Try reading, Tony.

Good luck with that.

[T Fearon]

Oops sorry! No wouldn't make sense to allow ties like Cliftonville to be televised live.Huge gate receipts loss and no tv company would pay premium rates to screen!

[Main Street]

Not a bad result for Celtic against Elfsborg after a rusty (Samaras apart) pre season performance. This season, in all probability, we will be able to put a closure on Forrest making the grade from very promising  youth to a class player for Celtic, atm there's more class in a weak McGeady cross than anything James can offer.
Hooper and Wanyama leave big shoes unfilled, as of yet.

[T Fearon]

Will need to score in Sweden to get through.

[lynchbhoy]

thanks all of a sludden for that link to the game- watched it.
Feck those elfsbourg lads are filthy!
Might hear McGuinness on tv tomorrow giving out about them (and horan giving out about Celtic dirty play the day after) .
Having played 17 games of their regular season, it stands to reason that elfsborg would be more fluent, but they never tried tonight at all and Celtic were the only team attacking. Elfsborg just wanted to try and keep a clean sheet.
Ref could have sent off two or three of the visitors players.

Forrest started well and looked great (thought to myself, this will convince Main street) then faded out of it. Very mcgeady-esque (I like both lads) .
Commons was good in patches, back four were great at times though didnt have to defend much.
Samaras was fantastic. ref didnt protect him as much as he should have.
Hope Celts can cope with artificial pitch next wed and keep it tight and not concede.
Hopefully then into the CL group stages.

Certainly rusty in attack and need a striker to partner stokes.
love to see stokes and doyle , and they can bring that partnership to the IRish team too !
HH

[rodney trotter]

Elfsborg were very limited. Hooper is an obvious loss for Celtic. Few chances missed tonight, he would have put away. If Celtic do make the CL, Lennon needs to splash the Cash and get a replacement for Hooper. Money shouldn't be a problem with the fee they got for Wanyama and Hooper plus CL money, if they Qualify.

If signing Doyle is the Answer, its not much ambition. Good player, but his form has fairly gone below bar, . But he would no doubt do well in the SPL and hopefully the CL. And force his way back in the Irish team

Stokes wouldn't get ahead of Long in the Irish team, no chance.

[Main Street]

Doyle is a class player regardless of his form this past year,  Celtic would provide a redemptive for him, he's not an old player who's over the hill.
Depends on the wage demands of course, the transfer fee looks tempting.
He's not a Hooper replacement though.

[rodney trotter]

Doyle will be 30 in September, not over the hill, but not getting any younger. He is a very good player. It might regain his form playing for a big Club like Celtic in the Champions League. Be a shame to see his career drift away in the lower leagues, as it's mainly between Leeds and Celtic, looking to sign him.

[illdecide]

thanks all of a sludden for that link to the game- watched it.
Feck those elfsbourg lads are filthy!
Might hear McGuinness on tv tomorrow giving out about them (and horan giving out about Celtic dirty play the day after) .
Having played 17 games of their regular season, it stands to reason that elfsborg would be more fluent, but they never tried tonight at all and Celtic were the only team attacking. Elfsborg just wanted to try and keep a clean sheet.
Ref could have sent off two or three of the visitors players.

Forrest started well and looked great (thought to myself, this will convince Main street) then faded out of it. Very mcgeady-esque (I like both lads) .
Commons was good in patches, back four were great at times though didnt have to defend much.
Samaras was fantastic. ref didnt protect him as much as he should have.
Hope Celts can cope with artificial pitch next wed and keep it tight and not concede.
Hopefully then into the CL group stages.

Certainly rusty in attack and need a striker to partner stokes.
love to see stokes and doyle , and they can bring that partnership to the IRish team too !
HH

You do know that if we beat Elfsborg we have a knockout home and away tie to play before the group stages

[lynchbhoy]

thanks all of a sludden for that link to the game- watched it.
Feck those elfsbourg lads are filthy!
Might hear McGuinness on tv tomorrow giving out about them (and horan giving out about Celtic dirty play the day after) .
Having played 17 games of their regular season, it stands to reason that elfsborg would be more fluent, but they never tried tonight at all and Celtic were the only team attacking. Elfsborg just wanted to try and keep a clean sheet.
Ref could have sent off two or three of the visitors players.

Forrest started well and looked great (thought to myself, this will convince Main street) then faded out of it. Very mcgeady-esque (I like both lads) .
Commons was good in patches, back four were great at times though didnt have to defend much.
Samaras was fantastic. ref didnt protect him as much as he should have.
Hope Celts can cope with artificial pitch next wed and keep it tight and not concede.
Hopefully then into the CL group stages.

Certainly rusty in attack and need a striker to partner stokes.
love to see stokes and doyle , and they can bring that partnership to the IRish team too !
HH

You do know that if we beat Elfsborg we have a knockout home and away tie to play before the group stages

balls, no - I thought this was the final round!

[illdecide]

i'm afraid so pal...draw is next Fri morning i think for the final rounds

[Denn Forever]

Hope Celts can cope with artificial pitch next wed and keep it tight and not concede.

Wasn't Cliftonville's pitch artificial?