Celtic v. Rovers UEFA Cup 1st & 2nd Legs [R]

[-cman-]

I am so TORN! I want Friedel and Duff to do well -- they deserve some success. But so do the lads. Ah well, a good tie it will be. A ratings bonzna in the U.K. I'm sure, which isn't something you can normally say about the UEFA Cup.

Prediction:
1st Leg, Celtic 2 - 0 Rovers
2nd Leg, Rovers 2 - 1 Celtic

[-cman-]

Time to punt.

Dermot Keys in Football 365 fans the flames.
http://www.football365.com/You_Say_We_say/Football365_Opinion/story_45371.shtml

[GersMan]

Not quite as provocative:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/uefa_cup/2378233.stm

The subhead reads:
"Celtic midfielder Alan Thompson says his side would love to join the English Premiership."

It should be accompanied by:

"Rangers defender Lorenzo Amoruso says he would love to be able to make monkeys fly out of his bum."

Should be a fun tie to watch at any rate.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by GersMan
Not quite as provocative:

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"Rangers defender Lorenzo Amoruso says he would love to be able to make monkeys fly out of his bum."



Much more likely to happen than him scoring a free kick a free kick though:D

[GersMan]

Fair enough Parkhead. We keep trying to tell the boy but, he's strong-willed, you know?

[sinner78]

oohhhh Lucky ,lucky **********...
If you're honest you'll admit you were played off the park ..

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Not unusual, we have been crap most of this season, we still win :)
If we can get a goal at ewood I think well go through as well.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by GersMan
Fair enough Parkhead. We keep trying to tell the boy but, he's strong-willed, you know?

aye well as long as he warns low flying aircraft in the area in advance before he lines one up it should be fine.

[sinner78]

Repeat tonights performance and you're out...
Even I was shocked at blackburn total dominance..
Long time since I;ve seen such a one-sided game..

[Clan]

Um, i would say you lot will have to raise your game quite a bit to progress.
They are a tough team to beat and i am glad we played them at ewood early in the season as they are geting better and better as the weeks go by.

Rovers 2-0 Celtic

[sabremike]

We played as bad as we can possibly play, Blackburn played about as good as they can possibly play, and the Bhoys still won. There is no way Celtic will play that bad again in two weeks, so I'd say we have a good shot of going through.

[Popero]

That was some ugly football.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by sabremike
We played as bad as we can possibly play, Blackburn played about as good as they can possibly play, and the Bhoys still won. There is no way Celtic will play that bad again in two weeks, so I'd say we have a good shot of going through.

Careful, I said the exact same thing after we played crap at home against basle and won 3-1 :)

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by Clanblue
Um, i would say you lot will have to raise your game quite a bit to progress.


I dont diasagree, the good thing is we know we can play better than that and an away goal leaves them needing at least 3, CSKA Sofia got a draw there too.
If we dont play better than that and go out as far as I'm concerned MON can not bother signing a new contract, his football is getting worse and worse.

[SJFC4ever]

If Celtic score one goal in Blackburn, Rovers are toast. They played a lot of nice stuff but they tried to walk the ball into the net.

The only Blackburn player who looked ever like shooting was Thompson, who was easily the best player on the park. But his shots were either saved by Douglas or deflected wide.

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As for Celtic, I think that O'Neill is being a bit too loyal. If you look at last night's team, it is basically the same team that was his first choice XI this time last year. The only change is Ulrik Laursen for Mjallby, and that is probably only because Mjallby is out injured.

This is despite clear evidence suggesting that Lennon and Lambert are losing pace, Agathe is being found out, and Hartson pushing Sutton hard for his place.

Still a very decent side though.

[GersMan]

Originally posted by Parkhead_Faithful


aye well as long as he warns low flying aircraft in the area in advance before he lines one up it should be fine.

reminds of a certain Mr. McStay, hey?

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by GersMan


reminds of a certain Mr. McStay, hey?

Wullie McStay of the Airdrie and Coatbridge advertiser works team??
Aye he took a honking free kick as well :D

[sabremike]

Originally posted by Parkhead_Faithful
If we dont play better than that and go out as far as I'm concerned MON can not bother signing a new contract, his football is getting worse and worse.

I don't think it's entirely fair to lay all the blame on MON. He's made some questionable moves (like not getting Hartson in more, good things happen when he's on the pitch), but our problems are primarily the result of the people running the club refusing to address the glaring flaws in this team before the season began.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Originally posted by sabremike


I don't think it's entirely fair to lay all the blame on MON. He's made some questionable moves (like not getting Hartson in more, good things happen when he's on the pitch), but our problems are primarily the result of the people running the club refusing to address the glaring flaws in this team before the season began.

I dont know, ive been having the odd doubt from the start of last season when I saw who we signed in the summer.
MON isnt as well supported as he could be I agree and the board have been coining it in but he has also underspent on each of his allocated budgets and his buys have been uninspiring to say the least, not so much footballers as big guys and the footballers he has bought eg fernandez cant get a game.
Its not up to the board to adress the flaws its up to MON and I dont think he really sees the flaws, the last game we won or scored a goal away from home in (not counting suduva as they were god awful) was ajax and juve respectfully, MON hasnt seemed to have learned anything about how to counter teams tactics as you can name our formation and line up weeks prior to the matches and when members of the line up arent performing/are crocked/look disinterested and still getting played time after time when promising young players are desperate to leave the club to find first team football its just not right.
The boards decision not to sign kleberson before the basle games was the most stupid thing I think this board has ever done I really do, A quality player like that would have injected a bit of life into a club that feels like its stagnating very rapidly.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

Maybe Im being too hard on the wee jumpy fella but It does feel like were not making any progression, if anything regressing with our inabilty to beat the dark half.
It has to be sorted out and playing like Glasgow Leicester doesnt help in the meantime.