Celtic Beat Aberdeen With A Late Winner & Villarreal Should Continue Oor Awayday Blues.

A good week to you all. A week that begins wie us having a typical Celticesq last minute victory against Aberdeen and we will probably see a typical Celticesq Big Cup away performance in the El Madrigal, which should confirm oor interest in the Big Cup ending.

Still, the decent and the brilliant couldn't last as Celtic turned in a so-so performance meaning a game that should have been over by half time was not won until the last minute and even then 2 points could have still been dropped if Darren Mackie had scored for Aberdeen in injury time when he was through one on one wie Artur Boruc. But he missed. Hurraaaah.

I haven't seen footage of the Fake Tanned Orange Tinged Turnip reaction at this miss but I'm sure somewhere in Celticcybertimdom this footage will be kicking around. Football always has characters that you wish to see suffer. Yesterday, watching Sally McCunist on the touchline wie his shorts on looking like a buffon you just wanted to punch him. On Saturday the G.I.R.U.Y factor was tenfold due to the last minute winner and the fact that the Fake Tanned Orange Tinged Turnip was on the touchline to see this.

Celtic took the lead when Jan Vennegoor scored (here) the opener, an untidy goal that should have been cleared but then, Celtic, Dundee Utd and Wolves reject Charlie Mulgrew proved that you should always beware returning playerism wie 2 goals to put Aberdeen 2-1 up.

In a weekend that Defoe scored against Spurs and Kenny Misser scored against Hibs- 4 goals in under a month must be a record for the money-grabbing wee shit- and he has also scored against us, the thought that if you have a spare half shilling then backing ex-playerism could win you money.

LoTW reckons that Derek Riordan will score against us when Hibs visit CP in a few weeks, Scott Brown will probably score in that game as well, Berbatov will open his Man Utd account when they play Spurs, ditto wie Robbie Keane for Liverpool and what's the chances of Peter Crouch scoring against Liverpool. So if you want to lose money, yer home, yer wife and weans that ex-playerism is worth a punt.

Back to the game. Aiden McGeady and Scott McDonald had been brought on and both pulled us out of the mire. Scott McDonald scored wie a back post heider (here) after an Aiden McGeady cross and Jan Vennegoor kept his record of scoring in the last minute against Aberdeen going when he scored the winner (here) after a great ball from Aiden.

3 points and a victory. Fair play to the manager. He changed the formation to a 4-3-3 when needed, one of the major griped of the anti-Strachanites is he won't change his 4-4-2, and he used his subs well. Still, he was unusally blunt wie his post match comments. He said....

“We didn’t defend well enough but right after the match is not the time to speak to players about that. It’s best to wait a day or two because the dressing room can be a difficult place right after the final whistle. "

.....yes, school boy defending was the cause of this humdinger of a finish. Those who were shouting for Glenn Loovens to get a run will look at his 3-legged elephant who had been shot in the arse wie a big feck off dart type performance and should maybe see the ghost of Rafael Scheidt coming into view. Hopefully the bigman will learn from this welcome to the SPL beasting from Lee Miller but how we missed Gary Caldwell. 

Onto the Big Cup. Villarreal away. A club that doesn't get beat at home in UEFA competition. Celtic have not scored away from home in 4 games and in that spell I don't think we have had a shot on target never mind threatening to get a result. On top of oor terrible Champs League away record we have suffered 8 defeats out of 11 games when we have played in Spain, the other 3 being draws.

Still confident?

Still at least the Villarreal players have showed they are game for a laugh. Man Utd reject, Giuseppe Rossi- who will score for Villarreal against Man Utd- says that Celtic are a team to be feared as Massimo Donati doesn't get a game for us. Joking aside, the article mentions we will play a physical game, I suppose the Scottish style is more physical and that oor away record is poor but that shouldn't come into it.

Mark Wilson talks about the pre-season game in Porto when we stole a 1-0 victory. If the game is like that one then we will be behind the couch for long spells. Wilson will start wie Andy Hinkel injured and will have to be at the top of his game as the nightmare Big Joos had in Porto a few years back is the blueprint for a fullback how not to play the game.

I'm sure the manager will talk some sense in this afternoons press conference. His decisions will centre on his formation and who plays in the middle of the park. Will Barry Robson be fit enough to play, will Paul Hartley come in to sit deep, is Jan Vennegoor the man to play the lone frontman role wie Shaun and Sammy supporting from the flanks or will Aiden get the nod wie Sammy being the lone frontman?

Lots to think about.

So, a happy Monday to all LoTWites. We may have a sore Tuesday night and a moody Wednesday blog.

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