Lets talk about football eh?
1) The only team to beat us in the group was big spending Athletico Madrid. We had an aggregate victory over Rennes and would have took Udinese to extra time if it was the old money knock competition. We are unbeaten in our last 2 European away games.
Lot’s of positives to take from the group in which, we seemed to grow as a team and while we sometimes hung on in games for long spells we competed and looked quite decent.
Progress.
2) The competition has brought the resurrection of Georgios Samaras. Last night it wasn’t hard to imagine suitors fluttering their eyes towards him. He doesn’t suit the Scottish game. That is a bigger slight on the Scottish game than it is to him.
3) The needs of the team at that level are far more clearer now than the debacle that was Sion. We did need a number of games to find out where this squad really was at.
The outcome is that Dan and Cha Dui Ri are done at this level and while our midfield is comfortable up top we lack the quality. Hooper and Stokes are fantastic domestically but we need a ‘beast’ of a lone frontman.
4) 6pm kick off’s don’t work. Imagine an 8pm kick off for the games against Udinese and Athletico? I’m willing to bet 1 point would have ended up as least 4.
5) The final word has to go to the madhouse that is FC Sion. They appealed to and sued everyone (including an appeal to a court in the fantastically named Canton Of Vaud) that they could think of as their chairman Christian Constantin proved he was wired for sound.
They annoyed EUFA and entertained in the process while we benefited from it.
They are the bench mark and a warning of what happens when you get on the wrong side of the governing body.
and six yous are cheats and never deserved to be in Europe cmon Sion don’t stop trying to get back in don’t let these bastards hold you back because celtic are the cheats not yous Sion
Heh, you nugget. Is your carer late?
If only you lot supported your club as much as you hated ours! Have you seriously got NOTHING else to do with your friday night than to troll celtic fansites and spew a lot of rubbish? There’s this thing called a social life, perhaps you should get one 🙂
what do you exspact from a pig but a snort. swine always find there true from. Run Run as fast as you can ya still can’t hide from the HMRC tax man.
I too think that progress has been made however it`s not always relevant progress when the team are involved in a typical SPL skirmish. I enjoyed the three Europa matches at Celtic Park though. Quite a few away matches after the Europa games. 🙂
We only played The Sheep at home and after Euro games this season we have seen trips to Ipox, Swinecastle and Tanndeechie.
that may have been a podium but “grammar not included” let’s him down badly. ask Santa for an English lesson and a tax form!
bit pissed there . That should explain the spelling & grammer. Still could be worse .could be a hun. Thank you jesus.oh thank you.
can just imagin the two indian lads on trial at tax-box. Going home to there families and sitting down to dinner. Mom dad we have to do something for the SUB CONTITENT.
lads again sorry for the spelling the brother’s would be well pissed. When we heard the fire alarm we grabbed the matches. Thats belfast for ya. good to see we’ve moved on and can laugh at the inbreds on the net. Hail Hail the blog.
Considering how shite the format is now of the Europa League Ive relatively it enojoyed it. The whole Sion farce made interesting reading and seemed to be of more concern to the huns than ourselves, the fans werent fussed either way of the outcome really. A few decent european away results and some fightbacks after comical defending early doors gave us some credit.Content over all really tbh.
Sean67 – I was posting my comment before your own showed up – so I hope you don’t think I was dissing your grammar!?!?! No, it was our “4 in a Row” pal I was having a dig at. And purely coincidentally I too was pointing him towards his soon to be close pals at the HRMC – great minds, etc, etc! KTF