The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[the green man]

Thought Celtic played much the better football too, albeit with the help of an extra man for the last 20 or so. Ruckus at the end seemed to arise from mc manus and ferguson going at each other. Almost gave up hope after wilsons second pass into the Jock Stein and credit has to go to skippy for the lay-off, after me screaming for him to be taken off around ten mins earlier. Renewed hope, Rangers fixtures...Mc Gregors injury...Cuellars suspension...Rematch in Parkhead, its just got a lot more interesting.

True Bosh, a lot depending on McGregors injury, although I doubt a pro keeper would come off just for the sake of it. Cuellar, I assume will get a 3 game ban and will defo miss the next OF game. BBC 606 is saying that Caldwell and Weir both got red cards after the game, not sure how reliable that would be though. If true Rankers will be without their two CB's for the visit to Parkhead. Wouldnt that be nice.

[the green man]

while its hard to break down 10 men behind the ball,
what would you call the opening and shot that was scored by nakamura?
A pass, a cross, a half chance?
as the man said ....thats mad Ted !

I would call it a touch of class. I certainly wouldn't call it a clear cut chance. And neither, I presume, would you.

[lynchbhoy]

maybe you lads who want to 'walk the ball into the net' think it wasnt to be construed as a 'change' but however far away, a clear sight at goal, a man who can hit the ball and hit it accurately then thats a chance.
crap and all as friends of mine were at soccer (and myself) we'd all have a pop if the chance arose from anywhere inside 30 yards,if you dont shoot, you dont score and that goes for soccer, football, hurling , basketball, ice hockey etc etc etc

to me thats a chance, and at worst it opens up a denfense who now sees that you can and will shoot from distance and come out to tackle - therefore opening up more space inside them,
The yanks call this 'keeping the defense honest'.

[the green man]

Definitely not a clear cut chance. Probably not even a half chance. Just a 'fcuk this, I'll have a whack'.

As the man says himself '..top po-agy..'

http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=t1JyKuJ2OOE&rel

[the green man]

maybe you lads who want to 'walk the ball into the net' think it wasnt to be construed as a 'change' but however far away, a clear sight at goal, a man who can hit the ball and hit it accurately then thats a chance.
crap and all as friends of mine were at soccer (and myself) we'd all have a pop if the chance arose from anywhere inside 30 yards,if you dont shoot, you dont score and that goes for soccer, football, hurling , basketball, ice hockey etc etc etc

to me thats a chance, and at worst it opens up a denfense who now sees that you can and will shoot from distance and come out to tackle - therefore opening up more space inside them,
The yanks call this 'keeping the defense honest'.

And if he had skied it over.. Its not a chance in the SPL. Samaras late on had a chance when he failed to take ball and defender into the net.

[lynchbhoy]

maybe you lads who want to 'walk the ball into the net' think it wasnt to be construed as a 'change' but however far away, a clear sight at goal, a man who can hit the ball and hit it accurately then thats a chance.
crap and all as friends of mine were at soccer (and myself) we'd all have a pop if the chance arose from anywhere inside 30 yards,if you dont shoot, you dont score and that goes for soccer, football, hurling , basketball, ice hockey etc etc etc

to me thats a chance, and at worst it opens up a denfense who now sees that you can and will shoot from distance and come out to tackle - therefore opening up more space inside them,
The yanks call this 'keeping the defense honest'.

we will just disagree then
it was a chance to shoot whether he scored or missed imo

And if he had skied it over.. Its not a chance in the SPL. Samaras late on had a chance when he failed to take ball and defender into the net.

[lynchbhoy]

maybe you lads who want to 'walk the ball into the net' think it wasnt to be construed as a 'change' but however far away, a clear sight at goal, a man who can hit the ball and hit it accurately then thats a chance.
crap and all as friends of mine were at soccer (and myself) we'd all have a pop if the chance arose from anywhere inside 30 yards,if you dont shoot, you dont score and that goes for soccer, football, hurling , basketball, ice hockey etc etc etc

to me thats a chance, and at worst it opens up a denfense who now sees that you can and will shoot from distance and come out to tackle - therefore opening up more space inside them,
The yanks call this 'keeping the defense honest'.

Well, it was obviously a chance, otherwise it wouldn't have gone in the net. However, it was a very slim chance. Out of 100 of those chances, how many would he have scored? Anyway, what is the debate here? He scored it and took it very well.

imo it was a bad shot that went well
plenty of people try to place the shot and it ends up missing or being saved
nakamura imo hit it as hard as he could and it swerved and went in
dont think it was meant, it was just hit as hard as he coul dhit it - so imo not  great shot , but a lot of shots in top flight football are mis hits or are not what th shooter intended.
who gives a feck though once they go in.

our rubbish low league team found that if we shot, a lot of them went in, so in spite of being a rubbish pub side we won our league and scored tons of goals - from shooting on sight.
Rem one run of 48 goals in 11 league games....and were still out on the p**s each night before the games!

[lfdown2]

with caldwell red carded will bobo get a shot ye's think?

[the green man]

with caldwell red carded will bobo get a shot ye's think?

As I say, its on 606, so dont take it as gospel. If it was GS would find someone to partner Mick, but not Bobo I think. He dosent seem to have too much time for him. Bobo would soon make Darcheville and Novo think twice in the next OF game, thats for sure

[lynchbhoy]

gs will prob look for pressley or odea before Bobo

hope its Bobo though !

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

Good performances tonight by Robson and Nakamura, two players labelled as "rubbish" on this thread recently . Celtic were by far the better team throughout and justice was done in the end with the winner. JVH was lucky enough still to be on the park to score that goal because he did very little through the game but ultimately he justified his selection by knocking that one in. Still a long shot for Celtic to win the league but it will do them a power of good to have won that game and got the Smith monkey off their backs. The way it was going with Celtic being well on top then getting pegged back and missing a penalty it almost felt like the mid 90's again when they just couldnt beat Smith's Rangers in the big games. They came through it and got the win though and that will help them greatly. With suspensions and injuries now hitting Rangers they have a tough few weeks ahead.

[mhacadoir]

just back from glasgow, what an ending! i was sittin 8 seats away from the rangers fans, boy wer they sickened. i think robson was fantastic tonite, him and hartley work very well together, give the midfield more balance. great result, least makes he league interesting. if we had of drew that was it over.

[lynchbhoy]

while another win against rangers would finish it up nicely , it shows that Celtic have only themselves to blame this season.
The first OF game was ticking along nicely for them untilthey committed footballing hari kiri and conceeded. Chasing the game even more they made another def boo-boo and at 2-0 down it was all over. 3-0 or more , it wouldnt have mettered, from a position of dominating the game and looking the most likely, a draw would have been the least they should have got - not a tanking.
Second of game a few weeks back, similar. All Celtic and nothing to show for it.
It was like watching the mid 90's all over again.
Last night was gojng along in a similar vein. at 1-1 I was muttering to myself something about chickens roosting and not buying left backs last summer when it was obviously required.

the next game, with the monkey most def off Strachans back, he can send his team out more relaxed and to win.
The league is over, I cant see rangers losing three games, but Celtic can steady themselves for next season - a bit like rangers did this time last year.
Strachan made some good switches - swapping McGeady and Nakamura outfoxed rangers, but Celtic didnt capitalise on that. Having two skilled wingers, the play wasnt spread enough or quickly enough from wing to wing.
Robson confounded his critics and continues to shine whenever he plays rangers (for Celtic and Dundee utd).
But Strachan is limited to not being able to make good changes when up against it - then again not many can.
Hee needs to buy in the summer - if he is there.

[nifan]

Any word on how davis got on in the match?

[T Fearon]

Unofficially Davis was crap, or according to the Daily Mirror, he "wont want to remember this one for long" Hardly surprising as he is a Villa and Fulham reject

Rumours abound that Benfica want WGS. I think if he manages to win the League he will have done enough to even silence the doubters at Celtic Park and will deserve to stay in the hot seat