smoggeordie 0 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Big Sam's debut match at SJP is less than a week away. Hopefully we'll have a new defender or two in by then. Seeing the highlights from their match vs the MLS all stars, where they got absolutely battered, I reckon we can win the match quite comfortably. It'd be great to give them a thrashing like we did to Rangers a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevieintoon Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Big Sam's debut match at SJP is less than a week away. Hopefully we'll have a new defender or two in by then.Seeing the highlights from their match vs the MLS all stars, where they got absolutely battered, I reckon we can win the match quite comfortably. It'd be great to give them a thrashing like we did to Rangers a few years back. What was the score Nick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 2-0 and MLS missed a penalty too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 958 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 This will be the same Celtic who took Milan to extra time in the Champion's League knock out stage last year. Our match against them should be a cracker. This will be a close game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevieintoon Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I'm reading it now, 2-0. Fucking hell. I find that astonishing that a team thrown together for one game could turn the Scottish Champions over. It's only a friendly though, and I won't say too much till they've played us. Who from Celtic's squad would you have? Serious question. I can only think of two max, McGeady (for the squad) who would have to improve, and maybe, just maybe Boruc instead of Harper as back up. Nakamura takes good set pieces but what does he do in open play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevieintoon Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 This will be the same Celtic who took Milan to extra time in the Champion's League knock out stage last year. Our match against them should be a cracker. This will be a close game. They hardly left their half in both games, good tactics by Strachan though, who gets an incredible amount of abuse considering he's won 4 trophies in 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 They've still got another match over there as well I tink, as well as a gazillion mile trip home. Hopefully they'll be knackered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevieintoon Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 This will be the same Celtic who took Milan to extra time in the Champion's League knock out stage last year. Our match against them should be a cracker. This will be a close game. They hardly left their half in both games, good tactics by Strachan though, who gets an incredible amount of abuse considering he's won 4 trophies in 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 958 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 (edited) This will be the same Celtic who took Milan to extra time in the Champion's League knock out stage last year. Our match against them should be a cracker. This will be a close game. They hardly left their half in both games, good tactics by Strachan though, who gets an incredible amount of abuse considering he's won 4 trophies in 2 years. Exactly, Strachan has done a great job. There is hardly anyone from their squad that I would take but Nakamura is more than just a set piece merchant, he sets a load of goals up from open play. Their team is definitely greater than the sum of their parts so they'll give us a good game. Edited July 20, 2007 by Billy Whitehurst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Nakamura looks a decent player, not sure if McGeady will fulfil his potential though. I remember reading that Nakamura is on reserve team level wages, but makes a fucking fortune out of the merchandising rights to his name/likeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Nakamura is another who like Beckham has other parts of his game discounted based on the glorification of his ability at set pieces. As pointed out a hell of alot of Celtics play comes through him and whilst there is often talk that he can go missing at away games etc and is not exaactly a grafter I am sure recently it was highlighted that he covers more ground on the park than any other Celtic player. As for the match whilst a win would be good for morale friendlies count for fuck all and the most important thing to get out of them is match fitness at this time of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevieintoon Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 This will be the same Celtic who took Milan to extra time in the Champion's League knock out stage last year. Our match against them should be a cracker. This will be a close game. They hardly left their half in both games, good tactics by Strachan though, who gets an incredible amount of abuse considering he's won 4 trophies in 2 years. Their team is definitely greater than the sum of their parts. Definitely agree with that. They're not spectacular though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevieintoon Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 (edited) It should be a good night anyway, and a lot of their fans are sound, but a lot are wanks too. Look at this post on their board. tomhighway Gentleman & Scholar Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: john smeaton csc Posts: 25,555 vCash: 2000 self confessed hun Steve Nicol left this guy on the bench -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subs not used: Pope a clear two fingered FUCK YOU to celtic fans waiting to cheer him coming on. lawwell GTF and stop wheeling us over there every year for this pish Really you could not make that up. Edited July 20, 2007 by stevieintoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22380 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I'm going. I expect a competitive match, they don't like losing to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31556 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 It should be a good night anyway, and a lot of their fans are sound, but a lot are wanks too. Look at this post on their board. tomhighway Gentleman & Scholar Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: john smeaton csc Posts: 25,555 vCash: 2000 self confessed hun Steve Nicol left this guy on the bench -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subs not used: Pope a clear two fingered FUCK YOU to celtic fans waiting to cheer him coming on. lawwell GTF and stop wheeling us over there every year for this pish Really you could not make that up. They might have been beaten off some Yanks but it's usually a different story when they're playing a PL side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 It should be a good night anyway, and a lot of their fans are sound, but a lot are wanks too. Look at this post on their board. tomhighway Gentleman & Scholar Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: john smeaton csc Posts: 25,555 vCash: 2000 self confessed hun Steve Nicol left this guy on the bench -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subs not used: Pope a clear two fingered FUCK YOU to celtic fans waiting to cheer him coming on. lawwell GTF and stop wheeling us over there every year for this pish Really you could not make that up. Class Been quite impressed with Nakamura when I've seen him btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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