You lot pushed for this because of your injuries. Shitebags the lot of them.
Edit : Well done to the St Mirren under 18's.

Will you say well done to the Buddies in the unlikely event they do the same to you on Boxing day?

Why the fuck would I ? 

Typical response from a one eyed foul mouth George Square Bear.

Away and fuck yersel ya soapdodging prick. 

Ah Billy Boy, struck a nerve huh. Keep on following your Manky Mob.

The Mhanky mob in Glasgow are your crash barriers. How little you know Timothy.
No nerve struck at all, just wishing you the best of the festive season !

All the best to you too.

I am looking forward to seeing Shaugnessy kick the crap out of Morelos on Sunday.

Why would he??
I didn't when we only managed to get the draw with them. I was fed up, critical and angry at our lot for failing to take all the points from the  St. Mirren game.

I expect it would be something similar with most of the other lot if they fail to take maximum points.

No doubt that this played a major role in the decision. That said, I believe the Governments ruling to only allow 500 fans to attend was a bigger factor. 

If the roles were reversed, I would expect (and complain) that your lot would do something similar. 

It also needs to be noted it wasn't just us, but the major majority who were asking for the winter break to be moved forward. Again, only being allowed 500 fans to attend would have been the major reason behind their decisions. 

If the roles were reversed, i guarantee you that we would be playing on the 29th and the 2nd. No one ever backs Rangers until the horse has bolted.

I love this thread!

Sportsmanship!

🤔 Interesting....

Care to expand??

Some Huns do display it at times eg Morelos v Antwerp earlier in the year. Who knows. Sutherland Teddy Bear may have some hidden away somewhere.

The short answer is I don’t just love football, I love the intersection of football with politics, history, sociology, philosophy, economics etc. There are some great books on this, such as ‘Football Against the Enemy’. I also love the tactics of football and the game’s tactical evolution, again marked by a good book called ‘Inverting the Pyramid’. And then there’s the tribalism of football, at club and country level, and recently I have read a book focussing on the Celtic and Rangers rivalry, called ‘Inside the divide’. This thread captures al these things, not particularly eloquently but it is raw and passionate and I have learned a lot from it.

I managed to stay up and watch the whole match against St Johnstone last night, a solid effort for an old bloke to make it until after 1am, but that’s the beauty of being on holidays. My wife had to get up early and walk the dog while I slept in and I’ll pay for that later! Meanwhile, I enjoyed the game. The pitch was an absolute cow paddock, and clearly Perth, Scotland is very different to Perth, Australia. I don’t believe all teams should strive to play possession football, but St Johnstone seem to hate the ball itself and have no interest in hanging onto it anywhere on the pitch, at any time. Anti-football at its purest. So for Celtic to play some decent football with an injury (and maybe Covid) depleted side was impressive. No CalMac, Hart, Bain, Turnbull, Jota, Forrest, Johnston, Taylor, Giokoumanis, Ralston etc etc, and Kyogo going off early in the first half, all presented a challenge. But those out there, including the debutant 18 year old striker Dawson, played the same way and did well. Ange’s system seems to be embedding slowly. Bitton and Rogic were very good and Bitton dribbled into the spaces left in front of him from a deep defence quite well - a bit loose with his passes at times but a good game overall and a good captain’s game in the absence of CalMac. I think McArthy played well too, so these three experienced midfiedeo held together an inexperienced and young side well. Starfelt gets smashed on Celtic forums and while some of it is unfair he does seem to switch off at times - Julien can’t come back quickly enough. Hopefully Celtic get the the three Japanese that have been mooted and at least one more central defender and a decent reserve goalkeeper as well in this upcoming transfer window. They need these five players at a minimum. I still think Rangers have the inside running  for this season but if Celtic give Ange a contract extension he is laying the platform for a very strong challenge for successive seasons after that. I can actually see he is building a side which could make a run deep into the Champions League in two years from now - big call, but there’s room to do it and sides outside of England, Italy, Spain and Germany have done it before.

So how did that work out ? The hammer thrower couldn’t get near wee Alfie. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡

The game felt a lot slower than usual. There was a period of about 20-30 minutes that St Johnstone tried to make a game of it but apart from that it seemed like a casual kick about at the local park for Celtic. It should have been a lot harder with all those key players out.

Having said that, I wonder if Ange has found the solution to the low block being used by sides in Scotland or if he was forced into playing the 1-3-5-2. It seemed to work very well, especially because Juranovic and Scales didn't have to transition too much.

Yes, it was slower and I wonder whether other matches were slower too this weekend? If so, is this an effect of the silly crowd limitations? And yes, despite the fact St Johnstone sat deep, Celtic looked likely to score a bundle, so maybe the formation tweak helped. No doubt Ange will consider that formation again against anti-football duffers. 

I can see why Arsefelt gets slaughtered on the mhanks forums, he is brutal.

He has had some average performances in the last few games but before that he was doing alright. 

Surely Degenek & Deng are better players than Starfelt?!!! He's absolute shite. 

I think Ange had Degenek at YFM for a short period but it didn’t work out for him. Maybe that was Degenek or maybe someone else. I am not yet convinced about Deng myself but to be fair he has had some injuries. The only Aussies I could see Ange being interested in are Mooy and Atkinson, and the former would be too expensive and the latter has hist signed for Hearts I think, or some other Scottish club. 

🛬🆕 From J.League (Japan Professional Football League)/Jリーグ to #CelticFC 🟢⚪

🇯🇵 Reo Hatate
🇯🇵 Daizen Maeda
🇯🇵 Yosuke Ideguchi

Introducing our new #JapaneseBhoys 🙌


Ange means business and I enjoy seeing any club get it done early. 

This is solid backing from the club for Ange. The Celtic FB forums are very positive about this tonight and how well organised it has been, getting three good signings in early in this window. And Maeda becomes permanent after six months under the deal and the other two are permanent upfront - Celtic fans are saying this is good football and good business. Definitely will strengthen the squad. 

It's January 1st, correct?? Not April 1st?? I had to have a double take as to which "Celtic" the transfer news was referring too as we usually wait until deadline day before doing any business. 3 new players on the first day.... Unheard of!!!!

https://mobile.twitter.com/smfc/status/1478156649109995521
Could be an early shout for a preseason tour down under.,,,,,,,,

With all respect , you cannot mention both clubs in the same sentence,  and i fuckin hate them as well.