SPL - Celtic 07/08

Post by **M-boy** » 29 Aug 2007, 02:26

Celtic have signed 16-year-old Italian Luca Santonocito from Inter. A left-back, apparently.

linky

Post by **delgenius** » 29 Aug 2007, 11:12

All the best to Celtic for tonights match, hope they qualify for the sake of Scottish football, and if you believe that you'll believe anything!!!

Post by **Yer Old Da** » 29 Aug 2007, 11:20

delgenius wrote:All the best to Celtic for tonights match, hope they qualify for the sake of Scottish football, and if you believe that you'll believe anything!!!

Don't worry son, it'll be TOAFIE.

Post by **barry** » 29 Aug 2007, 11:32

aye good luck to the hoops tonight, I'll be cheering them on..... honest!

Post by **Yer Old Da** » 29 Aug 2007, 11:35

barry wrote:aye good luck to the hoops tonight, I'll be cheering them on..... honest!

Sure ye are.

Why you buying as many Kanye West albums as you can find anyway Baz? Has this something to do with 50 Cent's statement per chance?

Post by **barry** » 29 Aug 2007, 11:49

Yer Old Da wrote:
barry wrote:aye good luck to the hoops tonight, I'll be cheering them on..... honest!
Sure ye are.

Why you buying as many Kanye West albums as you can find anyway Baz? Has this something to do with 50 Cent's statement per chance?

I will be!

and yes

Post by **todrex** » 30 Aug 2007, 02:00

i hope you all saw Boruc's 'mad hands' celebration after that penalty save. it's my new fives goal celebration.

Post by **M-boy** » 30 Aug 2007, 02:36

CELTIC…1
(McDonald 27)
SPARTAK MOSCOW…1
(Pavlyuchenko 45)

AET: Celtic win 4-3 on pens.

Pens:
Celtic: Caldwell, Vennegoor of Hesselink, Riordan, Zurawski (Nakamura miss)

Spartak: Mozart, Pavlyuchenko, Soava (Kalinichenko, Titov misses)

UEFA Champions League: Third Qualifying Round – Second Leg
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Celtic Park, Glasgow

Goals

Penalty Shoot-out

Celticfc.net match report

CELTIC (4-4-2) Boruc; Wilson, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor; Nakamura, Brown, Donati, McGeady (Riordan 104), McDonald (Zurawski 97), Vennegoor of Hesselink
Subs not used: M.Brown, O’Dea, Hartley, Sno, Killen

SPARTAK (4-4-2) Pletikosa; Shishkin, Stranzel, Kovac, Soava; Bystrov (Kalinichenko 95), Mozart, Torbinskiy (Boyarintsev 100), Titov; Welliton (Dedura 87), Pavlyuchenko
Subs: Khomich, Dzyuba, Sabitov, Geder

Attendance: 57, 854

Post by **steve foster** » 30 Aug 2007, 07:30

Great result for the hoops,although i think spartak were the better side on the night (just),good to see all the british clubs go through(even rangers

). Celtic/Chelsea,Liverpool/Rangers in group stages methinks.

Post by **M-boy** » 30 Aug 2007, 18:18

Celtic drawn in Champions League Group D

Group D
Milan
Benfica
Celtic
Shakhtar Donetsk

Post by **M-boy** » 30 Aug 2007, 20:30

Gravesen to Everton

Thomas Gravesen has joined Everton on a season-long loan.

Reuters

Post by **M-boy** » 01 Sep 2007, 01:32

Miller to Derby

Celtic have sold Kenny Miller to Derby County for a reported £2.5m.

Scotsman

Miller's departure is the only change to the Celtic first team squad on deadline day.

Post by **M-boy** » 06 Sep 2007, 20:00

ST MIRREN... 1
(Miranda 75)
CELTIC... 5
(Brown 22, McDonald 25, Vennegoor of Hesselink 53, Miranda o.g. 56, McManus 74)

Scottish Premier League
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Love Street, Paisley

Celtic rested Massimo Donati, Aiden McGeady and Shunsuke Nakamura after a strenuous champions league qualifier the previous Wednesday, allowing Evander Sno, Derek Riordan and Paul Hartley the chance to make an impact. However, it was Scott McDonald who made the greatest impression on the first half. The Australian's thrusting run from the centre of the field and slipped pass allowed Scott Brown to dink the ball past the St Mirren goalkeeper. A second forceful sprint three minutes later saw the short-arsed striker reach the ball before indecisive keeper and defender, and lob it into the net from an acute angle. The cushion provided by those goals allowed Celtic a generally languid pace throughout the first-half.

Donati replaced the ineffectual, and apparently unwell, Sno for the second-half. Celtic continued to control the game as Riordan became more confident on the left wing. Although the pace remained well below that at which the team are capable of operating, they added a header by Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, a Riordan pass deflected by Franco Miranda and a Stephen McManus goal to the tally, before Miranda's well-placed late reply.

1st half goals

2nd half goals

ST MIRREN: Smith; Van Zanten, Potter, Haining, Miranda; Corcoran, Murray (Brittain 81), Mason (Birchall 63), Brady, Reid; Kean (Mehmet 56).

CELTIC: Boruc; Wilson, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor; Hartley, S. Brown, Sno (Donati h-t), Riordan; McDonald (Zurawski 72), Vennegoor of Hesselink (Killen 65).

Attendance: 7,840

Post by **M-boy** » 18 Sep 2007, 03:32

Steven Pressley will be out for about eight weeks after back surgery

sky sports

Post by **M-boy** » 18 Sep 2007, 03:40

CELTIC…5
(Vennegoor of Hesselink 15, 59, Donati 42, Nakamura 56, McGuire OG 70)
INVERNESS CT…0

Scottish Premier League
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Celtic Park, Glasgow

Celticfc.net report

goal 1, JVoH

goal 2, Donati

goal 3, Save the cheerleader, score the goal

goal 4, JVoH again

CELTIC (4-4-2) Boruc, Wilson, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor; Nakamura, Donati, Brown (Sno 63), McGeady; McDonald (McGowan 72), Vennegoor of Hesselink (Killen 66)
Subs not used: M.Brown, Hartley, Riordan, O’Dea

INVERNESS CT (4-4-2) Fraser; Tokely, McGuire, Munro, Duncan; Cowie (Proctor 85), McBain, Wilson (Rankin 77), Black; Wyness (McDonald 86), Niculae
Subs not used: Malkowski, McCaffrey, MacDonald, Vigurs

Attendance: 56,020

Post by **M-boy** » 21 Sep 2007, 00:14

SHAKHTAR DONETSK… 2
(Brandao 5, Lucarelli 8)
CELTIC… 0

UEFA Champions League
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
RSC Olympiyskiy, Donetsk

Thoroughly deserved away pumping once again. Should've been three had it not been for a poor offside decision; could've been about five had it not been for Boruc. That said we didn't quite crumble after the early shocks and actually controlled the midfield in spells. A little more concentration is required in Europe though.

Reports from Celticfc.net and the telegraph

Goals

SHAKHTAR DONETSK (4-4-2) Pyatov; Rat, Hubschman, Kucher, Srna; Ilsinho, Jadson (Castillo 65), Lewandowski, Fernandinho (Duljaj 86); Brandao, Lucarelli (Gladkiy 70).
Subs: Shust, Gay, Bielik, Yezerskiy.
CELTIC (4-4-2) Boruc; Wilson, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor; Nakamura (McGeady 65), Donati, Brown, Hartley; Vennegoor of Hesselink (Zurawski 85), McDonald (Killen 68).
Subs: M Brown, Sno, O’Dea.

Post by **M-boy** » 23 Sep 2007, 21:58

HIBERNIAN…3
(Fletcher 5, Gatheussi 41, Shiels 86)
CELTIC…2
(McGeady 26, Caldwell 66)

Clydesdale Bank Premier League
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Easter Road, Edinburgh

Apparently, it has been an entire year since Celtic's last clean sheet away from home. Judging by this performance, it may be another year before our next clean sheet, anywhere. Hibs first two goals came from slack play on the left. Massimo Donati gifted the ball to Fletcher, who put it in the net with the help of a deflection, a bounce and an uncharacteristically careless Polish keeper. Aiden McGeady equalized with a precise low shot after a Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink cutback. Some clever runs from substitute Filipe Morais put Celtic under pressure once again and, after a poor attempt to clear by Gary Caldwell, Thierry Gathuessi blasted the ball in from the right side of the box.

Caldwell and Artur Boruc need to be spoken to. Not only were they both highly culpable in a woeful defensive performance, but they had the stupidity to over-celebrate equalizers. Boruc did his usual silly dancing after McGeady levelled, while Caldwell indulged in a triumphant run slightly reminiscent of Marco Tardelli in 1982 after he bulleted in a free header to make it 2-2. Marco won the world cup, putting him amongst a select band of world reknowned football stars such as Hurst, Carlos Alberto, Muller, and Pele. What did you do Gary? That's right, you scored an equalizer against Hibs. Great. Have a biscuit.

If the players enjoy that drawing feeling so much, it’s no real surprise that they didn’t turn slight possessional advantage into anything meaningful. In any case, Strachan decided Caldwell’s goal necessitated the replacement of the lively yet uncomposed Scott MacDonald with fellow antipodean Chris Killen. With two big fellas up front the aim was clear. Not that ‘aim’ is the right word, as Celtic’s midfield failed to find either with any regularity. That’s no surprise either, as the midfield showed all the cohesion of Monty Python’s Judean liberation movement. By putting half of our dynamic and exciting central midfield partnership on the wing and bringing Paul Hartley inside to partner Donati, Gordon Strachan is, in fact, a splitter! Whilst Hartley performed well, Donati and Scott Brown were somewhat lost, and while McGeady battled manfully, he could not provide the inspiration in the absence of the injured Nakamura.

The winner was simply another blunder by Boruc who stopped a Merouane Zemmama shot only to drop it into the path of Dean Shiels. It may have been slightly harsh on Celtic, but they will have to look beyond goalkeeping errors if they are to tackle their frailties.

Celticfc.net report

HIBERNIAN (4-4-2) Ma-Kalambay; Gatheussi, Hogg, Jones, Murphy; Kerr, Buezelin, Stevenson (Morais 30), McCann (Zemmama 74); Antoine-Curier, Fletcher (Shiels 20)
Subs not used: McNeil, O’Brien, Joneleit, Campbell

CELTIC (4-4-2) Boruc; Doumbe, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor; Hartley, Donati (Riordan 89), S.Brown, McGeady; Vennegoor of Hesselink, McDonald (Killen 67)
Subs not used: Brown, O’Dea, O'Brien, Sno, Zurawski

Post by **Hairybear** » 23 Sep 2007, 22:08

That's a very harsh match report. Celtic were excellent today going forward and on another day Celtic could have scored 6.

Post by **M-boy** » 23 Sep 2007, 22:19

Hairybear wrote:That's a very harsh match report. Celtic were excellent today going forward and on another day Celtic could have scored 6.

I didn't think we were good enough to deserve more goals. Had McDonald been a little more composed he could probably have had two, and there were one or two other efforts that may have gone in. But McDonald isn't more composed; he's just not that good. I wouldn't have been surprised if we sneaked a late goal to win it as Hibs did, but we didn't really deserve it. That's just my opinion of course

.

Post by **M-boy** » 26 Sep 2007, 12:20

Shunsuke Nakamura and Mark Wilson both have knee injuries which sidelined them for last Sunday's match at Hibernian and tonight's League Cup encounter with Dundee. Both may miss the Champions League tie with AC Milan next Wednesday.

Wilson article at football365

Shunske had this to say:

"I have damaged the outer ligament of my left knee," Nakamura confirmed. "The team doctor told me it would be two to three weeks before I am back to full fitness. If possible I'd like to play in the Milan game.

"It's not very painful when I walk and it's not as if I can't play. It's only painful when I attempt to kick the ball with force. I could manage to get by, but when thinking about the long season ahead it's better to get this sorted out sooner rather than later, otherwise I could aggravate it more."

from the guardian

Aiden McGeady took a knock on Sunday which may sideline him for tonight's match but it isn't thought to be serious.

Post by **M-boy** » 27 Sep 2007, 20:58

DUNDEE... 1
(McDonald 71)
CELTIC... 2
(McDonald 27, Vennegoor of Hesselink 60)

CIS Insurance Cup
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Dens Park, Dundee

We were great, eh Hb?

First goal

Second goal

Guardian match report

DUNDEE: Samson; Worrell (Griffin 23), McKenzie, Palenik, Dixon; McHale (Davidson 82); Daquin, McDonald, Robertson, Swankie; Zemlik
Subs: Sturm, Lyle, Rae Sent Off Zemlik (90) Booked Zemlik, MacKenzie

CELTIC: Boruc; Caldwell, Kennedy, McManus, Nayor; Brown, Sno, Donati, Riordan; Vennegoor of Hesselink, McDonald. Subs: Brown, Killen, Zurawski, O'Dea, O'Brien Booked: Vennegoor of Hesselink, Caldwell

Post by **M-boy** » 29 Sep 2007, 21:02

CELTIC…3
(McDonald 7, 67, 72)

DUNDEE UNITED…0

Clydesdale Bank Premier League
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Celtic Park, Glasgow

Arguably Celtic's best performance of the season, which is particularly surprising given recent form, the absence of Shunsuke Nakamura through injury and the relatively formidable opposition.

The only negative today was the hamstring injury sustained by Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.

Celticfc.net report

goals

CELTIC (4-4-2) Boruc; Doumbe, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor; Brown, Hartley, Donati (Sno 78), McGeady; McDonald (Zurawski 82), Vennegoor of Hesselink (Killen 37)
Subs not used: M.Brown, Kennedy, Riordan, O’Dea

DUNDEE UNITED (4-5-1) Szamotulski; Dillon, Wilkie, Dods, Robson; Flood (Cameron 61); Hunt, D. Robertson (Robb 46), Gomis (Duff 46), Buaben; J. Robertson
Subs not used: McLean, Kerr, Kenneth, Russell

Post by **M-boy** » 29 Sep 2007, 21:17

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Injured

Gordon Strachan has admitted that the hamstring injury Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink sustained in the first half of today's game is likely to rule him out of Wednesday's Champions League tie against AC Milan.

"Jan suffered a hamstring injury after taking a shot and it doesn't look good,” said a worried Strachan.

"I think it is an outside chance for him.

"We will just get on with it. We have lost a lot of players over the last few weeks and we just get over it."

Regarding knee injury victim, Shunsuke Nakamura, Strachan could only offer vague food-based comments:

"Nakamura had a sandwich in his mouth and his interpreter wasn't there so I was struggling [to speak to him].

"But he will be in on Sunday and we will definitely make up our mind on Monday."

Setanta Sports

Post by **M-boy** » 04 Oct 2007, 19:30

CELTIC… 2
(McManus 62, McDonald 90)
AC MILAN… 1
(Kaka 68)

Celtic defeated reigning European Champions Milan in a game packed with incident. The match was however slightly marred by the actions of two idiots, one a Brazilian international keeper, the other an as yet unnamed Celtic 'fan'.

Celticfc.net match report

1-0

1-1

2-1 and outbreak of stupidity

CELTIC (4-5-1) Boruc; Doumbe (Kennedy 79), Caldwell, McManus, Naylor; S Brown, Donati, Hartley, McGeady (Nakamura 85), Jarosik (Killen 85); McDonald.
Subs: M Brown, Riordan, Sno, O’Dea.
AC MILAN (4-5-1) Dida (Kalac 90); Oddo, Nesta, Bonera, Jankulovski; Gattuso, Seedorf (Gourcuff 55), Kaka, Ambrosini, Pirlo; Inzaghi (Gilardino 77).
Subs: Emerson, Simic, Favalli, Brocchi.

Post by **M-boy** » 05 Oct 2007, 14:22

Mark Wilson will be out for a further 10 weeks according to SSN.

Jean-Joel Perrier Doumbe picked up an achilles tendon injury during Wednesday night's gubbing of the European Champions, and is reported to be out around six weeks, although that came from Clyde 1 so you can take that with a pinch of shit.

Most likely Gary Caldwell will resume the right-back role he finished the Milan game in, with John Kennedy partnering Stephen McManus.

Shunsuke Nakamura returned to action on Wednesday night, but there's no word as to whether he will be rested again. My guess is that he will be on the bench again.

JVoH won't return, but there's no news on him either. Steven Pressley is still recovering from back surgery.

Post by **M-boy** » 08 Oct 2007, 22:34

GRETNA…1
(Yantorno 37)
CELTIC…2
(Killen 86, McDonald 91)

Clydesdale Bank Premier League
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Fir Park, Motherwell

Celticfc.net match report

goals

GRETNA (4-5-1) Fleming; Barr, Horwood, Innes, Collin (Grainger 14); Cowan, Murray, Jenkins, Skelton, Yantorno (Paartalu 81); Grady (McMenamin 64)
Subs not used: Caig, Graham, McGill, Hogg

CELTIC (4-4-2) Boruc; Hartley (Kennedy 19, O’Brien 75), Caldwell, McManus, Naylor; McGeady, S.Brown, Donati (Jarosik 80), Nakamura; Killen, McDonald
Subs not used: Brown, O’Dea, Riordan, Sno

Post by **M-boy** » 08 Oct 2007, 22:40

Paul Hartley's hamstring pull will rule him out of Scotland's upcoming double-header against Ukraine and Georgia. He is likely to be out of action for about three weeks.

Gary Caldwell took a knock on the knee on Sunday which jeopardizes his hopes of playing for Scotland next weekend. (setanta)

Post by **M-boy** » 11 Oct 2007, 17:23

Celtic have been hit with a £25000 fine for the incident between a 'fan' and Milan goalkeeper Dida during the recent Champions League match (according to ssn). Dida will receive a two-match ban.

edit:

Actual fine €35,760 (CHF60,000).

Milan's Dida banned, Celtic fined

AC Milan's goalkeeper Dida has been suspended for two UEFA club competition matches by UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body following events at last week's UEFA Champions League Group D game between Celtic FC and Milan in Glasgow.

Principles of conduct
The proceedings had been instigated on the basis of Article 5, paragraph 1 of the UEFA disciplinary regulations (Principles of conduct), under which "member associations, clubs, as well as their players, officials and members, shall conduct themselves according to the principles of loyalty, integrity and sportsmanship". No disciplinary action has been taken against Milan.

Celtic fine
Celtic, meanwhile, have been fined €35,760 (CHF60,000) after being found guilty of a lack of organisation and improper conduct by supporters at the match (Articles 6 and 11c of the UEFA disciplinary regulations). Half of this amount is deferred for a probational period of two years. This means that Celtic pay a €17,847 fine now, and if a similar offence is committed over the next two years, the other half will be added on for the new infringement.

Appeal deadline
Appeals may be lodged within three days of the sending of the reasoned decision. Celtic won the game 2-1 on 3 October.

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Post by **M-boy** » 19 Oct 2007, 16:14

Scott Brown took a knock against Ukraine last Saturday and remains doubtful for tomorrow's derby. No official news though.

Gary Caldwell may return after missing the internationals, most likely at right back, although again, there's no official news.

Post by **M-boy** » 22 Oct 2007, 13:48

RANGERS... 3
CELTIC... 0

'nough said.

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SPL - Celtic 07/08