Robbie Keane strikes to keep Celtic hopes alive
Dundee United deserved less than nothing
Celtic triumphed in a completely one side match at Celtic Park which should hopefully add a little bit of confidence to Tony Mowbray’s side.
A young centre half-pairing of Rogne and Thompson coped with everything that United could muster with ease and deserve praise but tougher tests will inevitably await the pair.
As it turned out to be the only goal of the game, it is inevitable that focus will fall on Robbie Keane’s first league goal at Celtic Park. The Irishman had scored at Celtic Park before, for the Republic of Ireland against Celtic in Jackie McNamara’s testimonial but this was the first competitive strike at the ground for the striker.
It was the goal that Celtic have been threatening to score since Keane arrived with Diomansy Kamara laying a defence splitting pass through to the Irishman who cooly slotted the ball beyond Pernis to open the scoring. The striker then celebrated in his usual fashion in front of the main stand.
Keane, whilst not at his best, was constantly busy supporting team mates and getting the crowd on their feet. Keane also picked up a booking as referee Craig Thompson showed he was the big man by allowing Keane to be booted all around the park and then booking the player for finally voicing his displeasure at this treatment.
You won’t have to buy a drink this weekend Craig, good for you.
By the letter of the law, Keane was due a booking for his reaction but it appears that the letter of the law is a subjective matter in Scottish football. Far worse treatment gets dished out to refs by players on a weekly basis but you have to start somewhere!
If it was possible to take less than nothing from a match Dundee United deserved to but could have snatched a draw late on. However, this was due to the nervousness of Celtic holding a 1-0 lead as opposed to any extra effort or work from the Tangerines.
If Dundee United want to be in the mix again, they need a better and more inspiring man at the helm that Peter Houston.
Returning to Celtic though, it is all eyes on Ibrox for the 28th and if the hoops can grab all three points, well, it all gets a little interesting.
And yes, we know what they say about if your auntie had etc etc but it is one of the outcomes for next weekend.
Can Robbie Keane grab an Ibrox winner?
I had to laugh when both Keane and the united defender were in agreement about how bad, shocking and blatantly wrong the ref was.
Again Celtic created lots of chances and the defence had obviously had a rocket from the last display and looked more assured.
Providing there are no more perfectly legit goals chopped off for no reason whatsoever against the gers, Celtic will cruise to victory. It may not be enough to win the league, but i firmly believe if the manky mob win the league this season……..It will be the last for a long long time.
robbie my bhoy pressures not on rangers have you looked at the league table , win our game in hand its 10 points , pressures on you my phal 6 x 65,000 390,000 ffs thats pressure when our bhody is out shooty you and played less games ha ha keano ?????????????????????????????
he gets the ball scores the goals krissy krissy boyd
mag theres dishes to be done
Did you watch the last O.F game Jaz? You were rhubarb. What do you think about Keane up against Weir next Sunday? Try and reply in English please mate. I’ll do the dishes while i’m waiting for your response.
P.S Jaz, If old Boydichenko was anywhere, remotely close to being the footballer that Robbie Keane is, he simply would not be playing for Rangers. He would have been sold, if anyone would buy him. Rangers are close to insolvency………..you do the math……….
mags good morning get the sunday papers and look at the league tables , look at the top goal scorers ,look at the goal difference .and have the dishes been done,
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Well if recent form is anything to go by, Celtic will lose at Ibrox. They have been on a run of good game, bad game for quite some time now, so hopefully that continues.
Should set up a tasty clash at Ibrox next week now, the great thing about Keane scoring yesterday and that defence keeping a clean sheet (how on earth did that happen) is that most Celtic fans will think that’s them turned the corner again. Cue the noises from the players, Keanes at it already, we’ve had Fortune and the continual blabbermouth ladyboy, Samaras, all telling us that Rangers will crack. One loss in 27 domestic games tell’s me otherwise.
Bougherra v Keane looks like a good battle next week as does Miller & Boyd against Thomson and Rogne, as ever the midfield battle will be vitally important. Rangers will be well rested and have no injury concerns after yesterdays ridiculous call off, so maybe it wasn’t to bad a thing after all.
Now for the week long build up to the next biggest old firm clash ever part 9997634558
Dundee United didn’t turn up at all.
Even with Celtic being 1-0 up with 15 to go and the crowd getting very nervous…there was little impetus to score – two efforts, one well saved, one dragged wide and that was it against a very young centre half pairing.
Credit to Celtic for snuffing them out but United looked a shadow of the team that has taken the fight to Celtic and Rangers in recent years.
Celtic and corner turning….just put them on a roundabout or Spaghetti Junction and let them worry about it from there.
The players could be a bit smarter from their comments but the media are clearly asking loaded and certain comments are going to be put ahead of others.
For instance, Keane said “If you look at the points difference then Rangers are still in control” – which isnt newsworthy but the line he followed it with “but sometimes it’s better to be chasing” will be the bit that is focussed on.
We may try and sidestep the buildup to this match for the next few days….it is going to be a long enough week as it is…then again, there may not be much other football news to talk about!
Jaz why would anybody want to read the sunday papers they are nothing but rags the sooner the general public stop buying the papers the better,nothing but lies printed every day FFS they even conned the British public during the miners strike.
dannybhoy the sun done the miners during the strike. i was there ravenscraig , orgreave , longannet, yuil and dodds a few fines and charges but you have to fight for what you believe . but i ment the table doesnt lie
your last point is 100% correct & good for you,although i would also say that outher media sources lied about the miners as well as the sun. ps Bill Leckies a smelly litle overweight orifice.
Agreed. Sadly the papers are no better than the ramblings of Jaz stain there. Although more pleasing to the eye no doubt. We all know there is a 7, possible 10 point gap. And that Boydichecnko has banged in a few goals. A 10 point lead wasn’t enough for the gers 2 seasons ago, with virtually the same team. As for top goal scorer?? That will mean S.FA when Celtic win the league and K.B gets sold.
How good is K.B’s record against Celtic?
The ten point lead two seasons ago wasn’t enough, but to compare that season to this one, shows little understanding of the game. At that point Rangers were playing and doing well, in the Uefa Cup competition, you will the recall we had four games to play in 7 days at the behest or Mr Sporting Integrity, Peter Lawell. Of course he was correct as Celtic were involved in that high profile end of season trip to Japan and that’s why he argued the season couldn’t be extended. How did Celtic do in that competition Mags?
As for Boyd’s record against Celtic, one solitary goal in all competitive games with Kilmarnock and Rangers. Although he has been left out of many games, especially at Parkhead. Although his record in the SPL in general is phenomenal, especially as you only play Celtic 4 times out of the 38 games.
Now do get back to the ironing Mags as the dishes will surely have been done now.
What? Lawell doesn’t make the rules and was within his rights to put the stoppers on your cheating.Yeah of course the s.p.l should have bent over backwards to accommodate Rangers. Thinking they played well shows how great your appreciation for good football is. What was it the genius Messi called it?? Anti-football?? What does he know eh? Point is, such a lead has been surrendered before and can be done again. Time will tell. Sorry that your fascination with household chores seems to be clouding your judgement.
My judgment is crystal clear margareet, I wish we played that particular brand of anti football in this years Champions League and perhaps we wouldn’t have suffered three home defeats! See you have to play to the strengths of your collective suite of players and by doing so we managed to see of Werder Bremen, Sporting Lisbon and Fiorentina along the way to Manchester, but heh that’s history now and by using the STV Football years analogy, that’s the season that everyone will remember us reaching the final and no one will remember who won the league that year.
How is agent Mowbrays brand of Barcelona’s total football coming along at the Gallowgate Galactico’s?
You will find out on Sunday how T.M is getting on i would suggest.
Regards your boring, anti-football stumble to manchester…..
the same thing could be said of our march to Seville…the difference being that Celtic didn’t bring the reasonably good name of scottish football fans through the mire with their rioting etc etc in every city they visited (or was that chelsea fans in disguise?) and we actually played to win and beat some WORLD CLASS teams in the process.
So tell me something Quagsie me ole china, if Celtic beat yous on Sunday, is the title race still over?
S.TV analogy……….hahah! good one.
Ah that will be the same Celtic fans that rioted in Vigo, had a plane diverted to Wales for fan behaviour etc etc but let’s not get facts in the way of a good story. As for your world class teams, Blackburn, Liverpool, Celta Vigo & Boavista? You having a laugh?
The element who disgraced themselves and the name of Rangers in Manchester are not welcome at Ibrox and sadly had the game been anywhere else apart from the UK, I don’t think we would be mentioning this just now.
So back to the here and now, I’ve never stated that the league is over and if Celtic win on Sunday it will put Rangers under a degree of pressure that’s for sure. That said they still have to win and a draw is of no good to Celtic so it should make for a very good match next Sunday.
Let me ask you Mags, should Rangers win or draw next week, will you still ‘Keep the faith’
Personally until anything is mathematically impossible, I wouldn’t be shouting my own mouth off, you only need to look as far back as Helicopter Sunday for evidence of that.
That year will be remembered for the Manchester debacle.
Any (other than rangers) football fan would agree.
The” faith” will always be there sir. And i respect your condemnation of the radical element of your support. The Celtic fans are not perfect, i don’t think any team has perfectly well behaved fans and it is a “shame” that this element of hooliganism, rascism etc exists within certain factions of the crowd. We will both hear it coming from the terraces on Sunday loud and clear.
Meanwhile we will be watching the game and I will be hoping for an away win. A draw is not the end of the world but yes i would be gutted.
Looking at the teams I feel that celtic are technically better man for man but the bears have the more aggressive edge. A lot will depend on the ref.
Are Liverpool world class? did they not win the C.L soon after??
Quagz – “Rioting in Vigo”?!? You didn’t lift this non-story from if you know their history or vanguard bums did you? Is it from the same source as the “riots in mid-air” nonsense as well? Also, with regards to the season re-arrangers made the UEFA cup final and the ensuing fixture controversy, Celtic were NOT keen on an extension due to the fact that a few of their key players at the time (Naka, JVOH, Sami) were due to be called up by their respective countries for World Cup duty and extending the season would have meant Celtic being without these guys for the last couple of rearranged fixtures giving re-arrangers an instant advantage. That wouldn’t have been very fair now would it? I also remember QOS having a say on the idea of the Scots cup final being moved. Was this Lawwell’s doing as well?
Anyhoo, back tae the fitbaw on the park. Uncle Walter WILL send out a team to stifle the game and play for a draw. Even if ra gers were only a point or 2 ahead they would still set their stall out the same. The fact that there is a fairly comfy cushion means Watty won’t change the habit of a lifetime.
There will only be one up front too, and it will be kenny misser who’s pace can hurt the Celtic sieve, I mean defence. Hungry Boydy’s arse will start on the bench where he can content himself with as many packs on monster munch as he wishes.
As for Celtic, I would start with Thompson and Rogne if need be. They hardly broke a sweat on Saturday and won everything in the air that (a poor) Utd team could throw at them.
Now let’s see how daft I look come Sunday with these predictions!
Boyd will definitely start, no doubt whatsoever.
As for the Vigo and mid flight stuff, I don’t need to lift it from other sites, I read all about it at the time in the papers. But these point scoring games do neither any favours, it’s the points on Sunday that will prove most important.
Quagmire your last point is 100% correct but beliveing stories in newspapers come on most journalist is Scotland are nothing but liars.
mag . dishes
where is that lazy cow
jaz . skool to use your typically remedial text.
Mags husband, If i was your husband as you are convinced I am in your pitifully small, backward and unimaginative world, I would have you evaluated by a psychiatrist as you, unfortunately, believe you are married to a 31 year old Scottish man living in Australia. Now get back to rocking backwards and forwards.
Dannnybhoy keep the faith.
Quagsie, well done the most literate h@n. You won’t get that reading the sun!!
Mag, how could you be his husband? Surely you would be the wife?
Or is there something darker you are not telling us??????
mag i think you have issues with your sexuallity . and i will be rocking on sunday night .but not backwards only forwards .
Really? Is that how you spell it jaz mag? I feel sorry for you now so I won’t pick on you. Poor thing.
Quasie….ok i meant wife. Don’t get the hump……..save that for the weekend.
Bring on Sunday.
No hump from me Mags, surely it will be 50-0 to Celtic with Robbie Keane scoring 49 of those and Boruc scoring from his own clearance?
Do you care to give me a serious prediction for Sunday?
Personally I think it will end 2-2 with a player from each side seeing red, probably Thomson and Brown.
Quagz,
I have never indulged in cheap points scoring on this site. I agree with you that it is childish, bad for the Soul and ultimately pointless.
One thing I do on sites such as this is defend my club from slack statements and loose talk. I was in Vigo and while there was an incident at the airport i can categorically state there wasn’t, as you put it, ‘Riots in Vigo”.
As for Sunday the head says 1-1, but the heart says 3-2 Celtic with Keano and McGeady both scoring. Should go down well at Ibrox!
Well said BSW.
More than happy to get back to the football Quagz. 50-0 might be a bit ambitious but I think Keane will score and it will finish 3-1 to the Hoops.
It is a tough call with the Celtic team having changed so much and 2 teens in the center of defence is not ideal but you have to agree Quags, Rangers don’t have a player that comes close to McGeady, Kamara or Keane in the forward areas apart from Monster munch, who’s record against Celtic, as we have already established, is absolute gash. Celtic reject Miller has a better record against us and Celtic fans will know just as well as Rangers fans that Miller is of limited ability.
Celtic do have individuals that can create a spark, special moment if you like (two of whom are on loan of course!) McGeady apart from a penalty at Ibrox and his cross for McDonald in the last game, has been kept rather quiet in Old Firm games and credit to Kirk Broadfoot for that in the past.
What Rangers are though are a solid, well drilled, disciplined team that all know their roles. Creativity will come from Davis, Beasley if selected and Kenny Miller, whom i think you are being very harsh on with your comments. His performances in Old Firm games since his return, have been the difference and I bet he is licking his lips at facing that Celtic back four on Sunday, whoever Mowbray decides to select.
I may well be proved wrong, but I think Sunday will be Kris Boyds day. If he is ever going to improve on his one solitary old firm goal, it has to be now when Celtics defence is as poor as I can remember. He has also improved his fitness and all round game, so I wouldn’t be too quick to label him gash!
One way or another, it’s the biggest old firm clash since the last one, or the one still to come!!
mag id love you to pick on me
“If he is ever going to improve on his one solitary old firm goal, it has to be now when Celtics defence is as poor as I can remember.”
This and the whole controversy about his booking for “an elbow / obstruction” – you know how these things work out in football!!
Sorry jaz. Maybe once you have evolved slightly.
Quags. I am only going on what we saw from Miller when he was last with Celtic. I have not seen much of him playing for Rangers apart from when he scored the type of goal against Celtic that he will probably never score again in his life (the volley) and was there a tap in also? In any case, harsh? No. Brutally honest? Yes. Give me Fortune’ over him any day.
As for Monster Munch. All i said was that his record against Celtic is absolute gash, which it certainly is.
Also i think you are being a bit optimistic with Davis being the creative spark in your team.
I thought you would’ve gone with Elbows or Thomson.
mag look at the league table ,look at the goal difference , ps our right backs got more goals than big costa fortune.
”ps our right backs got more goals than big costa fortune.”
Look at the top scorers and you will see why i find it difficult to entertain you jaz.
I would be surprised if goal difference wins this league. And if rankers finish the league with a better goal difference, who cares? Obviously it is about the points for now, 3 of which are available to claw back on Sunday. Celtic have had major surgery this season and are going through a transitional period. How long can Rangers carry on with the same face numbing tactics and team?
major surgery lol ,new manager ,new players [ the only one with pass marks is on loan ] squidward will be given his p45 .Ceptic will be left with players from all over the world with no heart . you need scotsmen with bottle for the battle you have 1 in your team [broony the bluenose]. wee aiden mcgreedy has a scottish tongue but it ends there . roll on sunday . mag are you the youngest of a lot of brothers that you have been named with a girls name . rule britannia
Jaz as someone who was shafted by britian you should know better.BTW Britian rules next to SFA
shafted by britian ?
typo error Shafted by Britain (i before c not a)!!!!!!!!!
shafted by a government as in the miners strike. my passport says british, and proud i am of that
Big deal your paasport says British!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
for queen and country
The Subconcious mind believes everything it is told!!!!!!!
my brothers just back from helman province tell him about a subconcious mind
i rest my case.
oh dannybhoy i am a royalist love everything about this great britain of ours .
You are funny jaz. I wish we could be friends………..
Thats good jaz glad you enjoyed getting shafted by HM Police Force & HM Unionist Goverment.
Jaz, do you enjoy the show Little Britain?
We particularly like the Tom Baker voice-over bits.
nah i dont like little britain i like the royal family lol . mag you will get a friend one day ,only when the DISHES are done