Celtic V Arsenal FC 1st Leg - Parkhead

A Dub in Glasgo · 18-08-2009 3:28pm

DenMan wrote: »

Come on the Gunners.

You are a Celtic fan but say the above... strange

DenMan · 18-08-2009 3:30pm

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

You are a Celtic fan but say the above... strange

Of course I'm a Celtic fan. However I have also supported Arsenal since I was a little dude (my Dad's team). I just fear for Celtic is all tonight.

Mr Alan · 18-08-2009 3:33pm

cheering against the team you "support" goes against the very definition of being a fan of a club.

thats not being uber-fanish or anything, its just common sense.

greendom · 18-08-2009 3:33pm

The passion shown by the fans and players will make it tough for Arsenal tonight. I've no doubt though that over the 2 legs Arsenal will qualify

Redzer7 · 18-08-2009 3:34pm

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

You are a Celtic fan but say the above... strange

Mate nearly every Irish fan supports Celtic + An English Team Eg. Most United fans support Celtic but when it comes to United they would have to favour them over Celtic but in any other circumstance eg Celtic playin Milan, Chelsea, Hearts etc then they want Celtic to win.

DenMan · 18-08-2009 3:36pm

Mr Alan wrote: »

cheering against the team you "support" goes against the very definition of being a fan of a club.

thats not being uber-fanish or anything, its just common sense.

Can't we all just get along? Won't be cheering against Celtic that's for sure.

Mr Alan · 18-08-2009 3:37pm

DenMan wrote: »

Can't we all just get along? Won't be cheering against Celtic that's for sure.

didn't you JUST say...

Denman wrote:

Come on the Gunners.

??????

Broxi_Bear_Eire · 18-08-2009 3:39pm

Redzer7 wrote: »

Mate nearly every Irish fan supports Celtic + An English Team Eg. Most United fans support Celtic but when it comes to United they would have to favour them over Celtic but in any other circumstance eg Celtic playin Milan, Chelsea, Hearts etc then they want Celtic to win.

Can never understand this thing of supporting two teams

I am a supporter of one team and one team only and thats the way it will always be

Redzer7 · 18-08-2009 3:41pm

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

Can never understand this thing of supporting two teams

I am a supporter of one team and one team only and thats the way it will always be

It's just because they have a huge base of Ireland fans, I bet alot of fans on here support an English Club and Celtic.

romah · 18-08-2009 3:46pm

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Please explain?

Do you mean that they are not their league champions?

they scraped through thier qualifying round a few weeks ago ..losing at home and scoring a goal in the last minute away having not won away against a european side in years in the CL !!

greendom · 18-08-2009 3:52pm

romah wrote: »

they scraped through thier qualifying round a few weeks ago ..losing at home and scoring a goal in the last minute away having not won away against a european side in years in the CL !!

Scoring in the last minute does not make a team lucky - the game is 90 minutes + injury time obviously, for a reason. Come to that the tie was over 2 legs so losing at home doesn't make a team lucky either. Their previous record has nothing to do with luck either.

I think you need to try again

A Dub in Glasgo · 18-08-2009 3:54pm

romah wrote: »

they scraped through thier qualifying round a few weeks ago ..losing at home and scoring a goal in the last minute away having not won away against a european side in years in the CL !!

You think they scraped through and are lucky because they won 2-1 on agg? Did you even see either game?

Broxi_Bear_Eire · 18-08-2009 4:01pm

romah wrote: »

they scraped through thier qualifying round a few weeks ago ..losing at home and scoring a goal in the last minute away having not won away against a european side in years in the CL !!

I am no fan of Celtic but they fully deserved there win against Dynamo Moscow
Oh it really really hurt to type that

premierstone · 18-08-2009 4:01pm

romah wrote: »

they scraped through thier qualifying round a few weeks ago ..losing at home and scoring a goal in the last minute away having not won away against a european side in years in the CL !!

You either didnt watch the two games or you are an analyst of RTE standard

Celtic completely dominated over the two legs and a 4-1 agg scoreline wouldnt have flattered them tbh

romah · 18-08-2009 4:02pm

You need a bit of luck in every game that you play

Celtic have got the rub of the green ..i am sure you will point out numerous times when they had some bad luck ..

Celtic deserve their place in Europe no doubt about about that .a bit of luck does do any team any harm

premierstone · 18-08-2009 4:07pm

romah wrote: »

You need a bit of luck in every game that you play

Celtic have got the rub of the green ..i am sure you will point out numerous times when they had some bad luck ..

Celtic deserve their place in Europe no doubt about about that .a bit of luck does do any team any harm

What luck exactly are we talkin about here, gettin drawn against one of the favourites for the competition in a qualifier? Seems to me they have been desperately unlucky

romah · 18-08-2009 4:15pm

premierstone wrote: »

What luck exactly are we talkin about here, gettin drawn against one of the favourites for the competition in a qualifier? Seems to me they have been desperately unlucky

Maybe this IS the time to be drawn against the favourites ..

ErinGoBrath · 18-08-2009 4:39pm

This thread has decended into a bickering session.

Feck all talk about the match which is only a few hours away.

Can't wait, come on you gooners

Mossy Monk · 18-08-2009 4:46pm

I would be happy to see Arsenal take a score draw.

Quint · 18-08-2009 4:49pm

I'd love it if Celtic beat them. LOVE IT!
Hopefully arsenal go in over confident after the everton game and celtic catch them with their pants down

Redzer7 · 18-08-2009 4:53pm

Any news on fab?

DenMan · 18-08-2009 4:57pm

Nothing yet. Hopefully he'll be ok. Less than 3 hours to go now. Sporting are playing Fiorentina as well tonight. Come on the Viola.

Roddy23 · 18-08-2009 4:58pm

According to PhysioRooms the only injured palyer down from the weekend is Denilson, so hopefully Cesc will be playing tonight. I'd have to agree with Mossy on the result of this match, I'd take a score draw. Can't see more then one goal separating the winner's in this one.

ErinGoBrath · 18-08-2009 4:58pm

Trawling the net, can't find any injury news!

greendom · 18-08-2009 5:19pm

Quint wrote: »

I'd love it if Celtic beat them. LOVE IT!
Hopefully arsenal go in over confident after the everton game and celtic catch them with their pants down

If that's your best hope of beating them, then you've no hope. Shouldn't you be concentrating on the strengths of your players and the part the crowd will have to play.

PauloMN · 18-08-2009 6:17pm

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I would be happy to see Arsenal take a score draw.

I think that's pretty likely tbh and it would basically end Celtic's chances of qualifying. I'm going to go for a cheeky 2-1 Celtic win though.

To have any chance of qualifying though, I think we'd need to play out of our skins over the 2 legs, hope Arsenal slip up and have a bit of luck thrown in. We'd need a couple of goals at least and a clean sheet tonight at Parkhead to have any chance of qualifying imo.

ShamoBuc · 18-08-2009 6:48pm

If both teams play to their full capabilities, then Celtic will lose , by a couple of goals , but this will probably not happen. I think Celtic will be doing well to get a draw though and if I had to put a bet on, 2-1 to Arsenal would be it. Should be a cracker of an atmosphere but there is no reason why this would put Arsenal off their game. They play in front of 60,000 every other week, 75,000 at Old Trafford etc. Everton usually create a great atmosphere, but at the weekend it was awful, then again it was a fluke result, wasn't it?

SDTimeout · 18-08-2009 6:52pm

What ever about people getting over confident do you really think Arsene wenger of all people would let his team get so over confident.

Redzer7 · 18-08-2009 6:55pm

Arsenal confirmed line up

Almunia

Sagna

Gallas----Vermaelen

Clichy

Song Billong

Fabregas

Denilson

--van Persie

Bendtner

Arshavin--

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 18-08-2009 6:58pm

I'd be happy with an away goal and a draw to be honest.

It's a tough one to call as obviously Parkhead on a CL night is a very difficult place to go, but on the other hand the way Mowbray has them playing is more inclined to play into Arsenal's hands.

Quint · 18-08-2009 6:58pm

greendom wrote: »

If that's your best hope of beating them, then you've no hope. Shouldn't you be concentrating on the strengths of your players and the part the crowd will have to play.

It's happened to many a team. BTW, i'm not a Celtic supporter, less of the "we":D

DenMan · 18-08-2009 7:00pm

Redzer7 wrote: »

Arsenal confirmed line up
Almunia
Sagna
Gallas----Vermaelen
Clichy
Song Billong
Fabregas
Denilson
--van Persie
Bendtner
Arshavin--

Same team and formation as the Everton game. Celtic should be very worried. I predict a riot.

Redzer7 · 18-08-2009 7:02pm

DenMan wrote: »

Same team and formation as the Everton game. Celtic should be very worried. I predict a riot.

:pac: Delighted Fab is fit, nearly here,
Come On The Gunners!!!!

RasTa · 18-08-2009 7:04pm

€10 on Arsenal -2 @7/1 for the laugh.

Redzer7 · 18-08-2009 7:08pm

Celtic:
Boruc,

Hinkel, Caldwell, Loovens, Fox,

Donati, N'Guemo, McGeady, Brown, Maloney,

Samaras.

Wreck · 18-08-2009 7:11pm

This is going to be a cracking match, hopefully Celtic with the fans behind them will go for it, but Arsenal are far too strong for them. Van Persie, Arshavin and Fabregas will just pick them apart, and I fully expect Arsenal to win this.

Eire-Dearg · 18-08-2009 7:12pm

Same team that beat Everton. I can see a mauling here, but hopefully not. Good result if Celtic are still in come the Emirates game.

On paper you can't look past Arsenal to win this - but you never know. Celtic and the home crowd will be well up for this.

Headshot · 18-08-2009 7:27pm

going for a draw

ill stick my neck out and say 1-1

OPENROAD · 18-08-2009 7:33pm

RasTa wrote: »

€10 on Arsenal -2 @7/1 for the laugh.

Great bet imo

Brewster · 18-08-2009 7:36pm

Strange Celtic team as far as I am concerned, the majority of Celtic's transfer budget has been spent on Marco Fortuné at 3.8m yet he can't get in team for biggest game of the season so far? Very odd..... Not sure what it says about him..........

eirebhoy · 18-08-2009 7:36pm

Very happy with the Celtic team but Arsenal more than exceded my high expectations of them on Saturday. Surprised that the new player Fox is straight in the team for this game. Brown, McGeady and Maloney are safe but N'Guemo, Donati and Samaras are risky passers. Celtic will have a lot of defending to do.