The Scottish PL discussion thread

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PauloMN

Are you two being serious? Watch the game again, watch how many times he kicked the ball at opposing players. Really dangerous play, he not good enough at the moment to be getting a first team place. Plus the penalty was his fault.

If any defender earned his wage on Wednesday, it was Caldwell. He had an excellent game.

eirebhoy

Caldwell was guilty of giving the ball to the opposition too. Particularly from headers. I remember 3 terrible headers going straight to Milan players.

Blackjack

Current SPL table for anyone who's interested!.

Scottish Premier
Hibernian 21
Celtic 19
Rangers 19
Dundee Utd 16
Hearts 14
Motherwell 13
Kilmarnock 12
Aberdeen 8
St Mirren 7
Falkirk 7
Inverness CT 7
Gretna 4

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Eirebear

Unbelievable....first up well done blackjack, Hibs set their team out perfectly and although they never looked anything like scoring before the goal, they defended brilliantly and took their chance when it came.

As for Rangers, i dont know what the hell Smith thought he was doing playing 4-5-1 at home in the SPL, no offence but Hibs arent exactly barcelona are they?
And as for the changes...why bring Adam back in out of no where? Thats fine against teams like Gretna but not against the teams that are challenging for a place at the top.
We havnt played the same teamtwo games running this season....i think that tells its own stories.:( :mad:

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Eirebear

ziggy67 wrote:

Walter Smith: tinker man

I dont get it....our worries before the start of the season were that although Smith new the scottish game inside out, he couldnt hack it in europe and that we might not even qualify let alone do what we have so far.....
Shows what us fans know eh?!:o

Blackjack

Eirebear wrote:

first up well done blackjack,

Oh I can't take ALL of the credit;)

Great times to be a Hibs fans. Even if it will only be Top of the SPL for about 24 hours, we'll be in top 2 for 2 weeks minimum in any case.

Eirebear

Blackjack wrote:

Oh I can't take ALL of the credit;)

Ah go one...i know your really Rob Jones in disguise , that big donkey played a blinder today.

Blackjack

Eirebear wrote:

Ah go one...i know your really Rob Jones in disguise , that big donkey played a blinder today.

Fair play to him. Tried to get streams for the game but to no avail, so I'll have to wait for the highlights.

Jones is quite a handy chap to have on the team but he's most unfortunate insofar as any time he does make a mistake it nearly always costs us a goal. It's good to have a few Defenders (Jones and Murphy) who are capable of sticking them in the back of the net all the same.

Eirebear

Aye Murphy cleared one off the line not long after he scored too...played well

Blackjack

Eirebear wrote:

Aye Murphy cleared one off the line not long after he scored too...played well

Yeah, managed to catch a bit of commentary on the Radio as well, so heard the last 20 minutes or so. Was very nervous!.

Eirebear

Gretna 1 - 0 Celtic at half time :eek:
Somethings not right with scottish football at the moment.....

Celtic now 28 away games without a clean sheet....shockarooney!:D

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Eirebear

2-1 celtic.....Killen 85 minutes and McDonald in injury time....every bloody time with you lot, I hate ye's i really do

eirebhoy

Jesus I feel sorry for Gretna. I haven't seen 11 Celtic players all play so badly in a long time.

Naka played the holding role for the last 20 minutes too.

I think today showed exactly how to beat Celtic. Don't let them play. Rangers would relish that kind of challenge though.

Eirebear

eirebhoy wrote:

Jesus I feel sorry for Gretna. I haven't seen 11 Celtic players all play so badly in a long time.

Naka played the holding role for the last 20 minutes too.

I think today showed exactly how to beat Celtic. Don't let them play. Rangers would relish that kind of challenge though.

If theres one team I have faith in Walter Smith against Eirebhoy i think it might be you lot
3 in a row next week?

eirebhoy

Maybe. We're going for the 3 in a row that really matters though.:p

Erin Go Brath

eirebhoy wrote:

Maybe. We're going for the 3 in a row that really matters though.:p

Ha, thats telling him.

Was a poor performance all round really, but they stuck at it. Great header by Killen, and McDonald did the business again.

I feel sorry for Gretna, they defended like tigers, great header off the line by one of the defenders when it looked like a certain goal.


Also well done to the Hibees for beating the huns yesterday.

Looking forward to the OF now!

PauloMN

Poor game today, fair play to Gretna, think we'll give them more respect next time. I feel they should have got at least a point from today, obviously I'm glad they didn't.

Injuries are beginning to tell though, I'm sure that's part of the poor game. Anyone know how Hartley is? Also Caldwell seemed to pull a muscle and didn't look right afterwards, is he out of the frame as well? This international break has come at a good time.

McDonald was great though.

PauloMN

Good news, can't argue with that. Let's hope Celtic's security planning is a little better from now on.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7034017.stm

Now we can finally celebrate beating the champs 2-1!!

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PauloMN

ziggy67 wrote: »

Thats the thing isn't it? That c**t running onto the pitch robbed us of those glorious adrenaline filled hours of celebration for beating the European champions. Hours that we will never get back :mad: I really, really hate that guy!!!

Well that's it, instead of celebrating a great win, I went to bed wondering if we'd blown it. Then all we've heard for the past week is about UEFA and how they'll punish us and Milan. Not every day you beat a team like Milan, but the party was spoiled big-time. :mad:

Sod it, it's done now, and will be forgotten about soon. Now for the game in Mordor...

green123

at least uefa recognise that what dida did was disgraceful
finally some justice in this crazy world

Gillie

Justice was done! Glad that Dida was punished too!

Eirebear

thank god thats all over thats all ive got to say....can we get back to football now?
Unfortunately im off on me hols for a couple of weeks, so i wont be able to give you lot too much stick after we gub you next week

Gillie

Anyone here gonna be at Ibrox?

Eirebear

Gillie wrote: »

Anyone here gonna be at Ibrox?

Only in Spirit unfortunatly :cool:

eirebhoy

I've never been to Ibrox actually.

Eirebear

eirebhoy wrote: »

I've never been to Ibrox actually.

Only coz they wont let you in

lynchie

Gillie wrote: »

Anyone here gonna be at Ibrox?

yup.. 5 of us travelling over next weekend.. cant wait!!

Gillie

eirebhoy wrote: »

I've never been to Ibrox actually.

Some atomosphere! Only been once.
A couple of years back where we lost 2-1 and Thommo & Sutton were sent off! Tough game to watch!:(

A Dub in Glasgo

I have been to quite a few, the best was the beach balls one just before Seville

eirebhoy

According to the papers Sno is considering his future and loads of teams are interested. He scored 2 for Dutch U21s last night:
http://profile.imeem.com/Ku_Nm5P/video/_YwCu7Jd/estonia_holanda_u21_goles_sports_video/

OhNoYouDidn't

PauloMN wrote: »

Don't know much about him but as long as he's dedicated and has the best interests of the club at heart, I couldn't care less what his background is. That being the case, it's a thumbs-up from me.

I like the idea of having life-long supporters running the club, and by all accounts Reid is just that.

that is most certainly not the consensus amongst the Celtic support.

A war criminal, anti-immigrant establishment figure that stands for everything the Celts don't.

A massively unpopular appointment as evidenced by the protests.

Badabing

Celtic v Rangers Saturday 12.30 Setanta Sports, bring it on! I fancy Celtic to get at least a draw.

eirebhoy

Saturday morning. Looks like I'll be watching that in the house. Brown didn't train today and it looks like he's out.

Celtic team training at the new Lennoxtown complex:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1015/15920551ka3.jpg

What a view.

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eirebhoy

Got these on thehuddleboard.

http://i22.tinypic.com/2ijsufb.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/2nhlwf8.jpg

and best of all
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http://i24.tinypic.com/16abi35.jpg

A good point Strachan made is that the players will only be at Celtic park on match days now which makes it a lot more exciting for them.

Erin Go Brath

Thats some stunning scenery. Hopefully it'll inspire the bhoys to greater things.


On Saturdays game: I'm thinking a draw aswell. Hard to know after a layoff like this what the bhoys are going to do exactly. They were a bit ropey the last day against Gretna. I've a few reservations about our defence at the moment, and I can see us possibly shipping a couple of goals. McDonald looks on fire though.

Prediction: 2-2

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PauloMN

eirebhoy wrote: »

Got these on thehuddleboard.

http://i22.tinypic.com/2ijsufb.jpg
http://i20.tinypic.com/2nhlwf8.jpg

and best of all
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http://i24.tinypic.com/16abi35.jpg

A good point Strachan made is that the players will only be at Celtic park on match days now which makes it a lot more exciting for them.

Wonder who owns the bashed up Civic in the car park? Riordan is my guess. :D

Yep, I think a draw is a real possibility tomorrow. Would be surprised with a win given our injury situation. Agree we'll ship a goal or two, but think McDonald will score also. 2-2 here also.

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eirebhoy

A few people reckon the team will be...

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Boruc

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Caldwell---O'Dea---McManus---Naylor
Naka---Sno--Donati--Brown---Jarosik

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McDonald

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I'm sure one of the midfielders will be playing just behing McDonald but I won't predict who. It could easily be Naka, Brown, Jarosik or even Sno considering he played up front twice for Holland this week.

eirebhoy

eirebhoy wrote: »

A few people reckon the team will be...

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Boruc

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Caldwell---O'Dea---McManus---Naylor
Naka---Sno--Donati--Brown---Jarosik

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McDonald

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That's the team. Apparantly O'Dea might be playing right back though.:eek: He's a poor left back so I really hope he's not playing at right back.

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Peyton Manning

2-0 to Rangers

Barry Ferguson

Peyton Manning

3-0

Another for Novo

eirebhoy

The current Celtic team can't hack matches like that. Sno, Donati, Naka need time on the ball.

Anyway, top of the league, having played 2 more away games than Rangers and also played at Ibrox.