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I rate Beattie and think that would be a great move for him. I think he has his work cut out to convince Strachan he can be a big player and his persistant injuries don't help.
If he can get a solid run though I think it would be a great move for both clubs whether it's a loan or permanent.
JC'c father passed away last night btw (RIP).
Pearson gone for £800k yesterday and Thompson off the books today:
http://www.leedsunited.com/page/News...964195,00.html
That leaves just Balde, Lennon and Maloney from the squad that got to the UEFA cup final. :eek:
yeah but ye guys are going on and on about that japanese fella, its like a love in, im just waiting for ye to open your eyes. please tell me whenQuote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
milan should be fun!
Will you be watching? Not sure what you'll make of it though as your posts on Naka suggest that you can't see past the end of your nose. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
:ball: PP
yeah whatever!Quote:
Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy
its ye guys that cant see past yer noses
he is a crap player, end of
we will see
remember its the scottish league, right!:rolleyes:
he had a great world cup too, didnt he!:rolleyes:
Delighted with todays win. I bloody hate Hearts. :) We played much better when Gravesen and Sno swapped roles and Gravesen played the holding role. Beattie played well when he came on. Todays win is a big psychological boost. Hopefully a big win against St Mirren on Saturday and start playing decent football for the Milan match.
was a brilliant win , only trouble is i am now gettign to the stage that even when they are behind and under the cosh i still KNOW they are going to pull it out of the bag!! i think sno is going to be a great player , jarosik is an enigma though , is there a world class player in there trying to get out ???
Even though both Gravesen and Jarosik haven't done as well as expected I feel Gravesen is a cert to be a success while Jarosik has shown us all he can give. tbh I can't say I ever saw much of Jarosik before this season so I don't know how good he is.
Gravesen is a very creative player who I prefer over Petrov. Plenty of Celtic fans want rid of him already though. I think his reputation is getting the better of many and they expected a world beater.
gravesen still a lot more to give can't fault his attitude though , he really gives it socks on the park. lots more ball to be played until milan arrive...
Good win by Hibs tonight. Very impressed with Stevenson and can't believe he's naturally a left back as he looks very creative. A bit of competition for Murphy there. He seems a very intelligient player and gets his head up at every opportunity. I missed the first 15 minutes but I actually didn't know Fletcher was playing until the 2nd half.
Something like Hibs 3rd or 4th away win in 17 months according to the commentator. :eek:
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Originally Posted by eirebhoy
I was delighted when Celtic signed Jarosik as I'd seen a bit of him in the past and he looked a very intelligent and creative player. I saw him run the show for CSKA Moskow against Rangers and he did well for Birmingham while on loan there although he did miss a clutch of 1 -2 games with niggly injuries.
He hasn't quite recaptured any of that form yet but I always tend to expect a bit more in the 2nd season from foreign players to let them settle in.
If he didn't raise the bar a bit next season I'd be a little disappointed in him.
And in fairness, he hasn't been given much of a chance in the centre. Hopefully he'll come good.
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Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Not in the slightest.
Ehiogu is on his way to Rangers, according to football365. With Weir signing last week, it looks like Wally and Ally have identified the defence as the weak spot, and are building from the back.
Stop gap measures but good experienced pro's. Still alot of mediocrity at Ibrox and I think it'll be the season after next before they're back on a par with Celtic.
cracking win yesterday , loved it !! WGS first win in inverness as well. not too many great performances though. Hope they can up it a bit before milan arrive in town..
Yeah, terrible performance.
I see why Hartley didn't sign for Rangers :D :
http://photos1.blogger.com/photoIncl...hartleywc3.jpg
Never rated Beattie whenever I saw him on the box. Has he been transferred?
Nice to see a Scottish Cup Final without the old Firm. Hope Hibs win.
No Beattie's still there. Started the last 2 games. I still don't know what to think of him. I think he'll be injured for half of his career anyway.
Some photo of Hartely there! As an optimist I'm hoping he'll be quality for the hoops. Might be just what we need to put a bit of spark back into CM.
Hope Maloney runs into his old pal Liam Miller in the championship sometime soon.
Beattie is a bit of an enigma. Looks lethal and just the kind of thing you need from time to time with his pace and power but the next match he's gone backwards, no first touch, needs 5 chances to score etc....
And Hibs aren't in the Scottish cup final(yet). It's the diddy league cup version. But I hope they win it too. At least they support their club, unlike most of the Killie 'fans' you'll get at hampden, Ibrox regulars alot of them.
Stephen Kenny gets a bit of a boost for the remainder of the season with Dunfermline's 1-0 Scottish Cup win over Hearts yesterday.
Good draw for Hibs today, would be looking to get winners of Dunfirmline & Partick if we get through.
Tough draw for Celtic, Inverness is tough place to get result
Strachan: "We were watching a genius at work today. We all hear about his limitations. It's said he doesn't tackle. So what? He's incredibly brave because if you watch how he uses his feet, he takes kicks and it hurts - yet he puts in incredible passes."
I read that today and just knew you'd be putting it up :)
haha :D
One of the few times he put in a great performance in front of the camera's. Almost 20 assists now this season.
Was nice to see Celtic playing some brilliant football again, albeit only in patches and against Div 1 opposition. Some of the keep ball, passing and finishing was fantastic.
Quiet enough debut from hartely but with naka in that form you could hardly blame him for being overshadowed. I'm actually surprised he hasn't got more than 20 assists. Every goal recently has come through that left boot.
Apparently Hibs put the english pub team to the sword with relative ease.
Not expecting too much opposition for them in QOTS. Inverness is a completely different story.
cough......... Livingston;)
Interesting CL game with Milan last night Those Italians are a template of how to defend and some lovely movement on the ball.
I thought Sno did well for such a young lad, much improved since the group stages, I'd assume that he is almost ready to replace Lennon, that that's the role he will play.
Sno did well but I was disappointed when I saw that it was him and Lennon in the middle. No attacking option from either and I lost count of the number of times that both but especially Sno, came right back on top of the two centre halves to take the ball off them, pass it about 3 or 4 times amongst themselves whilst only gaining ten yards and then it ended up getting humped up the park.
There's no need for them to come as deep as that because A They're taking a ball which the defender could quite easily play and B With them coming as deep for the ball the are technically leaving the midfield short with little options while at the same time keeping their own team too deep in their own half as the other team is allowed to push up to fill the gaps and close them down.
I thought it was a poor performance by Celtic but I suppose it's a measue of how far they've come in recent years when you are disappointed with a 0-0 draw at home to Milan.
sno was excellent but yes i agree a midfield with him and lennon is going nowhere. he will take over that role from lennon i'm sure. It's time somone filled petrovs boots, gravesen needs to be that man.
Yeah next season is a big season for Graveson. While I don't think he's been bad by any means he hasn't done enough yet to warrant being the clubs top earner.
Most players need a settling in period though and I think a lot of fans realise that. Next season they might not be so forgiving though.
Milan got their tactics spot on. Double mark McGeady and Naka and that's most of the job done. Lennon and Sno played very well and we had much more possesion but Milan were class. The best I've seen Milan in a long time.
Very strange of Strachan to say he would settle for a 0-0 before the game for a team that doesn't win away from home in the CL :confused: Great scenes at the start of the game but the passion seemed to die off or was that an illusion or did AC kill the crowd with its keep ball?
The passion did die off but to be fair, the team didn't give the fans a lot to go on.
by the way how did NaKI play? .what no goals..really im surprised.oh yeah i forgot it was Ac Milan and not inverness, my apolgies
I didn't know he said he'd settle for a 0-0 before the game. I heard him say he was happy with the 0-0 the way the game panned out. Celtic's away form got them to the UEFA cup final so hopefully they can do well in the San Siro. They didn't do too badly the last time, an 89th minute Inzaghi goal won it. :( Also, Juve didn't deserve to beat Celtic over there, a dive won them a last minute peno.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
I wouldn't be confident of them getting the draw/win over there but anything is possible. :)
According to whoever was commentating on Sky - he mentioned it early on in the game and they constantly referred to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Is O'Dea getting in ahead of Balde or is the latter injured?
Balde's injured, long term. Caldwell is back in training. Kennedy was on the bench for the first time in almost 3 years after getting injured playing for Scotland. Pressley cup tied. Plenty of centre halfs but their all much of a muchness.
Celtic need more punch up front with yer man Vinegar ;) but I am not sure Miller is the answer. Full backs' distribution was ordinary as well. They need one creative box to box midfielder and another good striker and who knows where they might go in Europe.
Hartley and Gravesen are good box to box midfielders, I'd love to see the 2 of them together in the centre. I agree a new striker is needed. The full backs hit the ball into space too much but Milan had the players well marked. They couldn't just give it Naka or McGeady like they usually would.
I think the most important player Celtic need is deap lying playmaker. Hopefully Tymoschuk will join, he's constantly linked.