Celtic FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2011/2012

SomethingElse

TheBuilder wrote: »

I heard its not on anywhere mate.

Setanta are showing it

the realpigiron

SomethingElse wrote: »

Aren't Setanta showing it? Or maybe it's Premier Sports?

EDIT: Scratch that, it's the second leg they're showing.

Or maybe not. There seems to be conflicting reports.

Setanta Ireland are showing the 1st leg live tomorrow
http://www.setanta.com/ie/tv-listings/

the realpigiron

Good news on the SKY deal as well, Doncaster and Regan were merely scaremongering after all. No surprise there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19070877

RoryMac

the realpigiron wrote: »

SomethingElse wrote: »

Aren't Setanta showing it? Or maybe it's Premier Sports?

EDIT: Scratch that, it's the second leg they're showing.

Or maybe not. There seems to be conflicting reports.

Setanta Ireland are showing the 1st leg live tomorrow
http://www.setanta.com/ie/tv-listings/

Cheers, better get some beers in, hopefully to celebrate a decent win

blahfckingblah

its gonna be a nervous one, I really don't know what to expect.

RoryMac

blahfckingblah wrote: »

its gonna be a nervous one, I really don't know what to expect.

If it's anything like recent years put money on HJK to be a goal up after 5 mins!

blahfckingblah

RoryMac wrote: »

If it's anything like recent years put money on HJK to be a goal up after 5 mins!

Well at this stage I have learned where not to put my money when it comes to Celtic in Europe. Hopefully we get a result, theres plenty around here who would like to see us fail.

oh and Motherwell 0 - 2 Panathinaikos

RoryMac

blahfckingblah wrote: »

Well at this stage I have learned where not to put my money when it comes to Celtic in Europe. Hopefully we get a result, theres plenty around here who would like to see us fail.

oh and Motherwell 0 - 2 Panathinaikos

Can only hope we've learned our lesson with early goals, hopefully Commons is fit, I think he could be a big player for us this year.

A Dub in Glasgo

lubo_moravcik wrote: »

If anyone is over, give us a shout and i'll buy you a wee pint of heavy with a glayva chaser

I must say, Glayva is a delicious drink

Dempsey

TheBuilder wrote: »

I heard its not on anywhere mate.

I'd say your mouth was watering at the thoughts of a Div3 match getting a broadcast and not a UCL qualifier!

TheBuilder

Dempsey wrote: »

I'd say your mouth was watering at the thoughts of a Div3 match getting a broadcast and not a UCL qualifier!

Em no, just passing on what my mate told me yesterday.

Dempsey

TheBuilder wrote: »

Em no, just passing on what my mate told me yesterday.

Is this the lad that has no reason to lie? :pac:

TheBuilder

Dempsey wrote: »

Is this the lad that has no reason to lie? :pac:

What about the licence being granted (formality now), the 15 games over 3 seasons (agreed today), the games on rtv with proceeds to the sfl (no set amount confirmed yet) and the non stripping of titles (we'll have to wait and see).

He hasn't lied about anything yet

But no, its not him.

SomethingElse

Dempsey wrote: »

I'd say your mouth was watering at the thoughts of a Div3 match getting a broadcast and not a UCL qualifier!

No need to rub it in

TheBuilder wrote: »

Em no, just passing on what my mate told me yesterday.

To be fair, some of the posters on Celtic forums were unsure whether the game would be shown or not. It seemed that they thought there would be a blackout to fill the stadium. Maybe because there was enough tickets sold in the end they released the television rights to Setanta/Premier

TheBuilder

Exactly, that's all I was saying.

Celtic thread, best leaving rangers licence talk out of it anyway.

Dempsey

TheBuilder wrote: »

What about the licence being granted (formality now), the 15 games over 3 seasons (agreed today), the games on rtv with proceeds to the sfl (no set amount confirmed yet) and the non stripping of titles (we'll have to wait and see).

He hasn't lied about anything yet

But no, its not him.

He just copied and pasted all the negotiating points that were floating around in the media that day and took a guess at how it would play out. Did he get a gold star for his efforts?

TheBuilder

Dempsey wrote: »

He just copied and pasted all the negotiating points that were floating around in the media that day and took a guess at how it would play out. Did he get a gold star for his efforts?

Funny how you can't admit you spoke too soon with your mocking.

Now away you go and troll someone else.

blahfckingblah

TheBuilder wrote: »

Celtic thread, best leaving rangers licence talk out of it anyway.

best take your own advice there, no point in carrying the farce from the other thread over here

TheBuilder

blahfckingblah wrote: »

best take your own advice there, no point in carrying the farce from the other thread over here

Had no intention of doing so

Dempsey

TheBuilder wrote: »

Funny how you can't admit you spoke too soon with your mocking.

Now away you go and troll someone else.

I didnt speak too soon, your licence wasnt granted that day and you only got a temporary one for the weekend and most likely wont have one until this friday when a vote will be organised. Its been a week since that claim was made and you're waffling that I spoke too soon? Rangers fans been taken in by a spoofer, there's a first!

RoryMac

Can we not have one thread discussing Scottish football without this sh*te?

I can understand this nonsense in the Rangers Admin thread but don't see the need for it in every single discussion. It's getting very tiresome at this stage.

blahfckingblah

well said rory.. absolutely buzzing for this game later

Dempsey

one thing that will calm the nerves for anyone haunted by sion, utrect and braga... weve had 18 more training session than this time last season. thats a massive difference

RoryMac

Dempsey wrote: »

one thing that will calm the nerves for anyone haunted by sion, utrect and braga... weve had 18 more training session than this time last season. thats a massive difference

Helped as well by not travelling half way across the world during pre-season

eire4

Well todays the day. The season finally gets underway. The indications seem to be there will be a big crowd at Celtic Park tonight against Helsinki. Hopefully there will be one of those classic European atmosphere's as that certainly could provide an extra lift for our players. I unfortunately will have to watch the highlights later on as I will be in a plane when the game kicks off.

eire4

It seems also that Morten Rasmusen is finally away. It looks like he has gone to Danish side Midjylland for about 250k.
Good thing really for both the player and club. I always felt a bit sorry for him as he showed some promise in his brief stint in the first team. But clearly he was never in Neil Lennon's plans at all so good to see him get a chance to get his career going again elsewhere.

Pompey Magnus

Where is a decent spot to see the game this evening in Dublin? Its my first time in the city for a game since the Players Lounge closed so not sure of the good spots now.

ColeTrain

Whatever happens a clean sheet is very important tonight. Hopefully we don't give away an early goal which we've seen happen so many times.

blahfckingblah

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

Where is a decent spot to see the game this evening in Dublin? Its my first time in the city for a game since the Players Lounge closed so not sure of the good spots now.

The living room on Cathal Brugha street might be good

ColeTrain

Ccchulainns near Croke Park might be your best bet.
http://www.facebook.com/CuchulainnsAtCrokePark

blahfckingblah

just reading on another site that the swimming finals going to be shown on the big screen before the game because team GB's swimmer is a celtic fan, can't imagine the national anthem getting belted out at parkhead if he wins though

Lawrence1895

blahfckingblah wrote: »

just reading on another site that the swimming finals going to be shown on the big screen before the game because team GB's swimmer is a celtic fan, can't imagine the national anthem getting belted out at parkhead if he wins though

He might be Scottish, it won't be God shave the Queen

blahfckingblah

Lars1916 wrote: »

He might be Scottish, it won't be God shave the Queen

Yeah hes Scottish, thought they played it for the entire team GB.

Eirebear

Lars1916 wrote: »

He might be Scottish, it won't be God shave the Queen

blahfckingblah wrote: »

Yeah hes Scottish, thought they played it for the entire team GB.

They do.

Lawrence1895

Thought so, but 'Flower of Scotland' is a nicer tune, imo

Dempsey

eire4 wrote: »

It seems also that Morten Rasmusen is finally away. It looks like he has gone to Danish side Midjylland for about 250k.
Good thing really for both the player and club. I always felt a bit sorry for him as he showed some promise in his brief stint in the first team. But clearly he was never in Neil Lennon's plans at all so good to see him get a chance to get his career going again elsewhere.

Bought by a man that tried to reinvent the wheel and failed. I wish him the best of luck in the future. If we could find some fool to take Darryl Murphy...:pac:

A good summer for Celtic in terms of removing deadwood from the books.

ColeTrain

Team announced

Forster; Matthews, Wanyama, Mulgrew, Izaguirre; Forrest, Brown, Ledley, Samaras; Commons; Hooper

Dempsey

ColeTrain wrote: »

Team announced

Forster; Matthews, Wanyama, Mulgrew, Izaguirre; Forrest, Brown, Ledley, Samaras; Commons; Hooper

Dempsey wrote: »

My XI vs HJK: Forster, Matthews, Wanyama, Mulgrew, Izaguirre, Brown, Kayal, Ledley, Commons, Hooper, Samaras

Samaras over Stokes for work rate & Commons over Forrest for experience. The two lads to be brought on in the 2nd half though

Nearly on the money!

ColeTrain

I wonder is Samaras is playing up front with Hooper or in a 4-2-3-1?

Arguably our strongest side. Maybe Kayal could be in there instead of Brown. Wanyama is needed there at centre half.

donfers

is wanyama now kaboomed from CL playmanship for other clubs in case he is traded to another CL roster

Dempsey

donfers wrote: »

is wanyama now kaboomed from CL playmanship for other clubs in case he is traded to another CL roster

No, he can still be registered by another club but a club can only register one player thats been involved in the qualifiers

the realpigiron

Forrest needs to pick it up quick, he's fluffed a few opportunities to get ball into the box.

Dempsey

In general, the passing in the final 3rd has been poor

Dempsey

Jesus Wanyama, dont dive in like that in Europe!!

RoryMac

Starting to create chances now, not sure that was a foul on Forrest, I thought he should've done better. Nice cut-back after that.

ColeTrain

Samaras is causing all sorts of problems for their defence.

PauloMN

Helsinki coming into this now after a bright start from Celtic. Need to be careful here. Need to win by 2 or more really taking our usual away form into account.

RoryMac

Yeah we've lost the momentum we had in the first 20 mins, passing has been sloppy. Need to start keeping the ball more and work our way back into this.

PauloMN

Giving the ball away time after time at the mo.

blahfckingblah

ball keeps bein hoofed up past everybody