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I’m Sure I Heard Shaun Maloney Mentioned….
Posted by: | CommentsOr Am I Just Hearing Things?
Watching Sky Sports News this morning the wee banner at the bottom happened to do a quick preview of tomorrow’s Scottish Cup tie at Kilmarnock.
Apparently, Marc-Antoine Fortune and Glenn Loovens have trained and look certain to be included in the squad for the game.
Then, something strange happened on my TV.
The next screen mentioned……Shaun Maloney!
Remember him?
According to Sky, Shaun will resume training next week. Of course they don’t say how long he’ll last before he’s injured again.
That’s anybodys guess.
Shaun Keeping Busy While He's Injured!
Here’s a picture of Shaun in case you’ve forgotten what he looks like……
Keano Lifts Celtic Park!
Posted by: | CommentsRobbie Adds Spark To Celtic Display
Well, it was nearly a Carlsberg Wednesday……
It was only spoiled by a dubious refereeing decision at Murderwell that stopped the home side taking a two goal lead, and some poor finishing at Celtic Park.
(I didn’t hear Wattie question the descent or religion of the referee last night, did you? Mustn’t have been Tom Murphy)
Back to the poor finishing.
Arguably all the best chances against Hertz fell to Robbie Keane. He must have had four or five one-on-one’s with the Wee Huns’ keeper. Each time he failed to score, although Kello did have a couple of good stops.
No doubt had Sammy missed the same chances the Faithful would be calling for his head.
But there is one real difference.
Sammy more than likely wouldn’t have taken up the same positions as Robbie. His movement at times is quite mesmerizing. How anyone can hope to mark him…..
He drops deep, picks up the ball, lays off, then the next thing he’s in front of goal. His vision at times is amazing. I for one didn’t realise he had so much in his locker.
Anyway, on the night Robbie was maybe trying a wee bit too hard. There’s no doubt his presence has lifted the atmosphere at Celtic Park. And the goals will come for him. ( A winner at the Hunnery would do nicely!)
A win at Celtic Park is always welcome and last night there was only ever going to be one winner. Two goals in quick succession from Glenn Loovens and MAF were enough to give the Hoops all three points.
I don’t think Artur had a save to make all night, an even better statistic when you consider we ended the game with an 18 year-old Josh Thompson and 19 year-old Thomas Rogne in the middle of our defence!
Roll on Saturday, three points against the Sheep and the pressure is back on Lloyds FC….
Someone Was Going To Get It……
Posted by: | CommentsGood Three Points With Good Goals!
What it is with Celtic? We had twenty-seven shots at St Johnstone’s goal yesterday and scored with three of the hardest!
MAF’s first strike was stunning, Sammy’s volley was sublime and Paddy McCourt’s dribble and shot was easily a contender for goal of the season.(you can see what it means to Paddy below)
I said before the game that a good result could turn our season around and maybe it will. Of course we have to continue this kind of form against Hibs on Wednesday for there to be real hope of a comeback.
With players returning to training this week Tony just might have a couple of selection headaches ahead of the midweek fixture.
No doubt Mogga will deal with them, just as he dealt with David Tanner after the game, as he let the media know on Sky Sports what he thinks of their credentials for picking a player.
Nice one Tony.
Paddy Shows What It Means To Play For Celtic!
“He Will Build On This Goal To Help Us Win The Title.”
Posted by: | CommentsMurderwell 2 Celtic 3. Tony’s Post Match Prediction….
Now this is just what we want to hear! At last you can sense that Celtic are a team capable of overcoming adversity with the type of football we all want to see.
After taking the lead through big Sammy, who had another great game, we fell asleep to let Murderwell back into the game. Both goals we conceded were easily preventable and only better concentration will put a stop to these defensive lapses.
However, if anyone questioned the character of the side, then the Bhoys came up trumps today.
First Aiden scored a sublime equaliser, then as if it was written in a script, out of luck Marc-Antoine Fortune came on as sub and rifled a screamer into the Murderwell net to make it 3-2 to Celtic.
Three well deserved points that could have been a bit more comfortable had Barry Robson not missed a penalty at 2-2, our third miss in recent weeks.
As Tony says, this could be a game that goes a long way to deciding the destination of the title!