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We have to ask ourselves and answer quite truthfully what did we want and what did we expect from that game?

Myself? Well, I thought we had a sneaky chance due to Serie A not starting to the end of August and Inter Milan being a few weeks behind us in preparation.

That was me forgetting that Inter Milan are a bonafide Big Cup team and we are at the most Zooropa League standard though we are unproven at that level. The difference in quality was there especially when it mattered. As we squandered chance after chance you couldn’t help know that the Italians wouldn’t. There keeper pulled off saves we knew ours wouldn’t.

The Live Blog threw up some interesting and annoying traits. The one that states the old chestnut that our players are not good enough for that level. Hit me with a dead fish and call me Doris as I didn’t realise that. I thought they were playing for us out of love not because that is their level.

David Proven was surprised that the Italians were good in the defensive dark arts. He’s as bad as those who give it the not good enough line.

It was a decent work out and we learned nothing we already didn’t know. The players will benefit for the step up. The ones given a chance to prove they could will be ruing the 90 minutes when they were either invisible, useless or mistake ridden.

I’m not going to single out the culprits. That would be unfair this Saturday night and I don’t want to sound like a Doris with a bad case of repetitive tourettes syndrome.

Here’s some highlights

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  • the_Torch says:

    I thought Celtic played great. A lot of things worked out for us. The midfield was at its functional best.Kayal and Ledley playing good cop/bad cop perfectly. Brown getting forward whilst maintaining a presence in the game. Defensively not too bad – Zaluska – nuff said. Hope Lenny gets somebody else sharpish – even if its Cervi (lol) You could argue that both Inter goals were defensive lapses but I would argue the opposite – they had strikers that will make those runs against any defence – highlighting the main area that we are lacking – a cutting edge “give any defence problems” quality striker. Personally speaking , it might not be popular but I would be actively looking to move Stokes on. He may be better than Samaras and Murphy , but both those guys would seem happy to play as part of the squad ( in other words , 5-10 games a season , when needed) whereas Stokes seems like the type to rock the boat when he isn’t playing. I would sell him and do whatever we must to get a jewel upfront. Of course we’ve all heard the Bellamy stories and he is the kind of player I am talking about , but I feel that we are very close to attaining a certain level of football , a balance of cultured linkplay/passing , holding a shape, having enough about us to influence any game and tactical awareness that may even be better than anything we have seen for decades.We also seem to be seeing a blend of personalities that make all these attributes fly. Was extremely impressed with the way we enforced our style on Inter Milan , and yes of course its pre-season for them , but they wanted to win. Mota got a red card , Stankovic probably would’ve too if he wasn’t taken off , and the Walter Samuel was defending as if his life depended on it. Had we had a striker that could beat the offside trap they way Inter did today ,we would’ve been feeling infinitely better about things tonight. And if we can pick one up, I can see us pulling off some tremendous results home and away in the Europa league this year.

    • Pujol says:

      A post of admirable good sense, especially compared to the drama queen pish being spouted all over certain other sites.

      Zaluska’s not good enough to be our No 1? Yep, we all know, and it’s getting sorted.

      If Samaras could finish he would be the ideal striker. Unfortunately in that case he would be more likely to be playing for Inter rather than us.

    • lordofthewing says:

      Both Inter goals as St Brendan’s Bhoy pointed out during HT on the live blog came from the striker running off the full back. Panzini (sp) for Inter was the type of striker we craved but will never get.

      He had the lot. I watch a lot of Italian football and sometimes due to the tactical chess like blandness of the games you don’t realise how good these players are. These games are won with one chance. Inter have got that in their locker.

      You ask a great question do we? No we don’t. Even domestically we don’t.

      I’ve called Stokes the Irish Scott McDonald a few times now!

      I feel Lennon played todays formation for a reason. It didn’t fail. The players failed it.

      • St Brendan's Bhoy says:

        well spotted mate ..ah was thinking no-one noticed that 😉

        I love that tactic and the Italians do it best …suits their style of play, sometimes puts polish on a simple long ball game

        hooper has the pace to do that for us

        cheered up now and hoping for a wee goalfest at lunchtime

        hail hail

  • colin garvey says:

    enough said lotw don’t think was ever going to be learning experience would’ve preferred him to play Wanyama though just to keep giving first team play ahead of season maybe tomorrow but what I wanna know is after failure of trialists who’s coming in now for goalie position don’t really think Zaluska is up for it

  • joecool says:

    if we stick with zaluska we can say bye to the title-a half decent keeper and we should be champs b4 xmas-the 2nd goal was cringeworty-he came out-bottle crashed and stopped!!-he shouldve been ready to go through even one of his team mates to claim that ball-it was a cowardly reaction,n the inter boys will be laughing about it as we speak-apart from that the parts i saw gave me great encouragement -that kind of quick passing style will destroy every team in the league,and we can put on forrest or mc court to run the clock down h/h

    • lordofthewing says:

      I don’t think it was cowardly I just think it was bad decision making. He hesitated when he should have came. Lack of reading the situation.

      • St Brendan's Bhoy says:

        Yes agreed -not bottled that would be harsh – simply judged that he could not cover the ground and risked Pazzini (sic ;O) pushing the ball’round him-hesitated indicating maybe lacks confidence?

        my take tbh -he should have plated the guy -remember big gas meter Latchford? I know you do hehe he would have had his knee up at chin height and the striker would have bottled it

        there is a lot to like about zal–but he needs to dominate and intimidate to play regularly in goal for Celts

        hail hail

  • bhoylondon67 says:

    Celtic were good today against quality opposition particularly in the 1st half, im surprised lots in our support were disappointed, their keeper was MOTM and ours gifted them a goal, the score flattered Inter.
    Brown was impressive, Maloney and Samaras were poor, i remember thinking at half time and having watched a barely average performance by Rangers earlier that we look miles ahead right now and we are far from playing at our best, im really looking forward to the Glasgow Derbies, if we play like we can we could win them all this season. St Johnston were really bad today and a more composed and organised team would have got a result today (as shown by Malmo), if Rangers don’t drastically improve and make good signings they will struggle big time domestically never mind in europe.

    • lordofthewing says:

      I listened to a bit of the r@ngers game and it was described as a war of attrition. Anyone else notice what there default tactics are? Sam Walrus Puss would be proud.

      • bhoylondon67 says:

        St Johnston were just so poor throughout, it wouldn’t have taken much to put Rangers under pressure but they couldn’t string 3 passes together despite barely any Rangers pressure when they had possession, other SPL teams must surely be looking at them and fancying their chances, Hearts and Dundee must surely be looking to beat Rangers to 2nd place.
        Rangers will struggle against Malmo again as long as the swedes are composed on the ball.

  • baxterboy says:

    how anyone applaud celtic’s performance in the first half is absolutely astonishing. you tried to kick inter off the park. samuel, a great defender, was so enraged by brown’s wild tackles that he uncharacteristically made an attempt to break his leg!
    you will get away with it in scotland but the europeans wont stand for it.
    what has the tradition of jock stein’s beautiful game come to?

    • Bhoy oh bhoy says:

      “Won’t stand for it”? Hey, it’s OUR game, it’s a mans game! If the ‘europeans’ can’t handle it maybe they should play f****ng cricket! You hun.

    • St Brendan's Bhoy says:

      Baxterboy

      not having that ..baloney!

      the Inter team were dishing it out bigtime and tried to bully Celts in midfield. The bhoys were doing the same back with jam on

      that is the game -win the midfield battle and dominate afterwards-our bhoys are learning that fast and your lot are about to find that out this term.

      for gawd’s sake rankers have been marauding forever, with some of the dirtiest, cheating morons the game has ever seen ..and getting carte blanche in spl ….then get shock of yer lives when euro refs don’t allow it –1 win in over 30 euro games tells us all we need to know

      and

      a typical hun comment…to be expected really! it’s ok for a ‘normally decent’ player to decide to break someone’s leg in a game because he didn’t like someone’s attitude?…nothing decent about him and Motta had form sneaky coward (dirty bassas would run away from a real tough guy)

      your post sums your mentality up – tho’ I doubt you will get the irony matey

      have a nice Sunday contemplating a good oul’ humping in Sweden in midweek (I paid for a trip to Goodwood on Friday on the proceeds of Larsson7’s belter at poundland last week)

      some of the winnings went on the hooped jockey in the 4th race… a 7-1 winner ..proceeds are going on the holiday to Santa Ponsa next friday..oh hoopy days

      and another thing, whilst I’m in the mood:-)

      rankers sorties into europe have been a source of funding for my season tickets for the last few decades..foolish huns believing minty’s laptop loyal poodles, inflating the ‘book’ and giving tims like me some superb value …remember Juve and Ajax? ..I do …bought season tickets for 4 from those games alone

      huns funding my entertainment..what could be more satisfying?

      and yer soup is pish btw

      finally…guid luck with the taxman

      hail, hail

      SBB

      • lordofthewing says:

        Havin watched Malmo and R*ngers I think r*ngers will progress on away goals. At the end of the day Malmo wouldn’t frighten anyone.

    • lordofthewing says:

      I know your on a fishing trip with Gazza and some chicken and I also love the ironing that you emit as your mob are not exactly renewed for the pure beautiful game and fair play either financial or ethical.

      An inter team that contained Motta, Chivu, Stankovic and Samuel are not exactly shrinking violets as there dalliance with the dark arts of the game proved. The only problem I had with us was that we were to blatant with our attempts. Our game never developed into a long ball festival and that is admirable.

    • bhoylondon67 says:

      How Rangers didn’t get booo’d again yesterday is “absolutely astonishing”

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