The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Masinstreet, Loovens was terrible for the 3rd goal, defence in general was very poor, saying that great game and Celtic could have won it 7-3, funnily enough I was still delighted with the result, makeshift team and bar the first 23 minutes Celtic were by far the better team, if we'd only played in the first 4 games the way we played in the last 2 we would have topped the group and be in todays draw!
Never mind at least we can now concentrate on winning the league and CL next year.

Hail hail

[Doogie Browser]

Celtic are 7/4 Draw no bet tonight, are they worth a score?  You would fancy them to get a draw at least for pride.

your on the ball finished 3-3

Luckily I had them in an accum with Bate Borisov at 12/5 D.N.B, Benfica 8/15 and Fernabache 4/6.  if Celtic had have taken their chances I would have been over £260 quid richer as it stands I get around 85 quid for my tenner, if they had not scored the late equaliser I would have had zilch too though!

[T Fearon]

Happy enough with last night. All Mc Ginn needs to do is find a more consistent final pass (though his pass to set up Fortune's second goal was brilliant) and a more explosive shot, and he has the makings of a Celtic legend

[Dannymcfella]

More than happy with the result considering it was a dead rubber game. As far as our defence goes we didn't learn much we didn't already know. Midfield partnership or Crosas and nguemo continues to impress and McGinn also looked very good, if he can improve his final ball he will turn out to be a steal. Was disappointed with Flood, thought he was very poor, would have liked him to put in a good performance as its likely to be his last game for the club. Major positive of the night was Fortune double, that sshould improve his confidence so hopefully with him and sammy can keeping their recent scoring form going and skippy will start knocking in the goals again. Team showed good spirit and fight last night, in the long run think going 3 down will help us

[Main Street]

One player who has definitely been out of sorts whenever he plays has been Mark Wilson.
Good things sometimes happen in mysterious ways by the strangest of twists, this time in the form of Strachan riding to the rescue.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/4812863.Boro_boss_keen_to_keep_St_Ledger/

Strachan is also lining up potential signings of his own, and one of his leading targets, Celtic full-back Mark Wilson, last night confirmed a desire to leave Parkhead.

Boro are ready to make a formal move for the 25-yearold, who has accepted that his Celtic career is at an end.

[mountainboii]

Some miss by Samaras. Great ball in for Hearts' second goal.

[wallyman]

Big game this sunday, McDonald reckons that Ki could be in line for a shock debut, though i cant see it myself. Any predictions on starting 11?

[Hurler on the Bitch]

I was having a nosey on the BBC iplayer at the Celtic Hamilton game and must say that the empty spaces at Parkhead are a bit 'glaring' to say the least - Boxing Day type fixture and all that. The 36,000 attendance is big compared to what Celtic were getting 20 years ago, but compared to the O'Neill era it is a bit in your face.This seems to be an ongoing thing this season - is it the recession? 

[Archie Mitchell]

I was having a nosey on the BBC iplayer at the Celtic Hamilton game and must say that the empty spaces at Parkhead are a bit 'glaring' to say the least - Boxing Day type fixture and all that. The 36,000 attendance is big compared to what Celtic were getting 20 years ago, but compared to the O'Neill era it is a bit in your face.This seems to be an ongoing thing this season - is it the recession? 

Noticed that myself. But you have to take into account the large numbers of supporters that come over from Ireland, and as it was Boxing day, would have been hard and expensive to travel over.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Just got ticket sorted for Sunday  , only feckin problem is that it's a 4am start time!

[Evil Genius]

Happy enough with last night. All Mc Ginn needs to do is find a more consistent final pass (though his pass to set up Fortune's second goal was brilliant) and a more explosive shot, and he has the makings of a Celtic legend

Not just Celtic but also Norn Iron! Great to see the wee man is settling in so well for both his teams:

McGinn's friends become his foes

Monday, 28 December 2009



Niall McGinn will put his friendship with the Rangers players in the Northern Ireland squad aside for 90 minutes during next week's Old Firm game at Parkhead.

The Celtic wide-man, who scored the second in the 2-0 win over Hamilton on Saturday after coming on as a second-half substitute, mixes with Ibrox trio Steven Davis, Kyle Lafferty and Andy Little while on international duty.

The former Derry City player is keen to meet up with his fellow Irishmen on January 3 — but will be more focused on the job in hand if he gets the nod from Hoops boss Tony Mowbray.

"When I am on international duty I have a bit of craic with Steven, Kyle and Andy and I have shared a room with Andy before," the 22-year-old said.

"They are all good lads and there is a lot of respect there.

"But come Old Firm day there are no friends for the duration of the match, we will all be focused on the game.

"It was crazy seeing Andy make his first start for Rangers in the last Old Firm game at Ibrox, although he got an injury early on and had to come off which was a shame.

"I was left out of the squad and we had to sit in the front row of the top tier of the Broomloan Road stand with the Celtic supporters.

"It was great to be among the fans but obviously I wanted to be on the pitch.

"The game ended 2-1 to Rangers so hopefully I can get my chance this time to make amends.

"I watched 10 minutes of Rangers' win over Hibs and obviously their confidence is high and they are scoring goals.

"I just hope I get the chance to play against them next week," he added.



Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/mcginnrsquos-friends-become-his-foes-14613812.html#ixzz0bHUpUZUX

[T Fearon]

Maybe his popularity with the blue nosed Windsor hordes will diminish if he finds the net on a consistent basis against Rangers and shows in his celebrations what this means to the community that nurtured him

[Myles Na G.]

Maybe his popularity with the blue nosed Windsor hordes will diminish if he finds the net on a consistent basis against Rangers and shows in his celebrations what this means to the community that nurtured him

And will you celebrate if someone you regard as a traitor - your term - scores against Rangers? The dilemmas of being a bigot, eh Tone?

[T Fearon]

I have already met young Mc Ginn and found him to be polite, courteous and non conceited. I was privileged to be at Celtic Park to witness his first ever goal for Celtic a couple of months ago,and I wish him all the best in his football career. I believe he has made the wrong choice in terms of his international affiliation but I respect this. If he or anyone else scores against Rangers I will be doing cartwheels

[reddgnhand]

I have already met young Mc Ginn and found him to be polite, courteous and non conceited. I was privileged to be at Celtic Park to witness his first ever goal for Celtic a couple of months ago,and I wish him all the best in his football career. I believe he has made the wrong choice in terms of his international affiliation but I respect this. If he or anyone else scores against Rangers I will be doing cartwheels

Stick to Spurs you clown.