Artmedia Bratilavia

[Poor Student]

It's over. 5-4 on agg. 4-0 on the night.

[4tothefloor]

Celtic played very well, missed Sutton badly in the end. I was going to bet on them winning 4-0 today....... That McGeady miss cost them the tie really. Good game, watched most of it on BBC2 Scotland as the Liverpool game was a non contest.

[ciaran76]

Does anyone know why Celtic had no sponser (Carling) on their jersey in the 1st half and in the 2nd half all jerseys had their sponser on it ?

I got 2 texts lasy night from people asking the same thing but I missed the start of the game so did not hear if there was any reason for it ?

[Hibs4Ever]

Another great night

Well done Artmedia

[barglee]

fair dues to celtic.
played well and were close to an amazing comeback.

how important that fifth goal in bratislavia ended up being.......

performance should be enough to hold off WGS's critics for the time being.
all could be forgotten on 20th August !

[monutdfc]

Does anyone know why Celtic had no sponser (Carling) on their jersey in the 1st half and in the 2nd half all jerseys had their sponser on it ?

I got 2 texts lasy night from people asking the same thing but I missed the start of the game so did not hear if there was any reason for it ?

I noticed they had no sponsor on their shirts, but didn't notice they did in the 2nd half
I remember some mess-up with Spurs in the 1987 FA Cup final, where half the team had the sponsor's logo on their shirts and half didn't.
I thought Celtic were going to do it last night - Artmedia gave them an incredible amount of space. Didn't see the first leg but I bet McGeady's feeling lousy

[pete]

I didn't watch either game but i think Strachan made serious tactical erro when 0-2 in away leg by changing to 3 attackers. Clearly lack of European experience.

[NeilMcD]

I think last night matched showed how much of a terrible performance the first game was. Bratislava were worse than average and Celtic who are average should have beaten them over two legs but terrible defending and poor finishing cost them.

[Poor Student]

I didn't watch either game but i think Strachan made serious tactical erro when 0-2 in away leg by changing to 3 attackers. Clearly lack of European experience.

I hate the panic appraoch of throwing on extra strikers to the detriment of team shape and fluidity. Anyone remember in Ireland v Holland in Landsdowne when McAteer scored the winner with 10 men where Holland finished the game with 4 strikers? They had lost all shape and it gave them less of a chance than 4-4-2.

[monutdfc]

Agree.
That Holland team became comical, with van Hoijdonk (spell?) ending up on the right wing

Almost as bad is the notion of taking off a striker and putting on a midfielder to "close out a game". All it does is invite the opposition on to you. Fails as often as it works, as both Brian Kerr and Mick McCarthy have learned

[Tony Montana]

3 cheers for Artmedia!Hip Hip.....

[Bosco]

Hooray!!!!!!!!!!

[CollegeTillIDie]

To put things in Context... Artmedia lost their first two league games before the first leg... so losing the second leg should not have been any surprise.
They have played 3 won 1 and lost 2 of their opening 2005/2006 Slovakia First( i.e Premier in some countries) Division games!

[eirebhoy]

Celtic played very well, missed Sutton badly in the end. I was going to bet on them winning 4-0 today....... That McGeady miss cost them the tie really. Good game, watched most of it on BBC2 Scotland as the Liverpool game was a non contest.

Missed Sutton? I don't think so. Thompson-Sutton-Lennon-Petrov doesn't do it for me. He's a superb striker but an average midfielder and Petrov is also half the player on the right.