Celtic V Hamilton Preview, Villarreal Post Game Gubbings.

With Man Utd and Villarreal disappearing of into the sunset, to the knockoot stages of the Big Cup, leaving Celtic and Aalborg to have a bun fight for the UEFA Vase place, Celtic's travel sickness reached plague proportions. The reaction of the Celtic support to the expected defeat has been one of non-plussedness. It was an expected defeat, Villarreal are a decent side and it's no disgrace to loss there and we played ok. There was no gross over-reaction.

Have we given up hope of EVER winning away from home in the Big Cup or have we just accepted oor place in the European middle order?

XXXX, Tennents and South American Wine

Scott McDonald when he is not sitting on the bench, bemoaning that he was last seasons Georgios Samaras, is usually found drinking XXXX and having a fag wie his pal Alf, who works in a pub in Edinburgh, like most Aussies. He must have been drinking XXXX before he gave this interview. He says..

 "But there was a lot of encouragement to take from the game, that's probably the most we've created in an away game since I've been here.”

...forgetting the 27 shots Villarreal had on goal but, I think, or I hope he was only comparing them to Milan and Donestk from last season.

He then confirms that he has been on the drink...

“We are bottom of the table with Aalborg, due to drawing with them at home. That's not good but there are still another four games remaining which is a long way to go and it's certainly not over."

...by forgetting oor poor away record and the fact that we have Man Utd in a double heider coming up.

Mick McManus when not captaining Celtic, Scotland or making Gary Caldwell look like a player, is usually found drinking Tennents in Bamboo. He also must have been drinking when he tried to make us believe that we would go and get a result at Old Trafford.

 "We have taken just one point from our first two games but we will go to Old Trafford looking for a result."

But...it is nice to see the players have taken a bit of confidence from the defeat. It's also nice to see them do their bit to boost the flagging Big Cup ticket packages sales by saying we are still in it.

Manuel Pellegrini when not managing teams to 2nd place in La Liga, is usually drinking a fine South American red in his Costa Blanca Villa overlooking Benidorms biggest waterpark. He was also as pished as a Spanish tramp when he said this...

“I thought it was very strange that Celtic played so defensively. They made it easier for us because they chose not to attack."

...he is talking about the same Celtic team that played a 4-2-3-1 formation that contained Nakamura, Aiden McGeady, Shaun Maloney and Georgios Samaras?

Dundee, Hamilton..... 

Hamilton roll into the unfortress like CP on Saturday. It's the first time the teams have met since a 1-0 Diddy Cup victory for Celtic in August 1990. The last time Hamilton were in the SPL, 1988/89, it was the auld Premier League and pre-Lex Gold, and we gave them some gubbings. There is a 7-2 and 8-0. Plus the expected 2-0 defeat to them that the 1989 team were guid at doing. 

They have an impressive 9 points for a team tipped, by me, to be relegated by Santa time but have lost their last 2 league games against Hibs and then Falkirk. Inbetween those defeats they beat Motherwell 2-1 in the Diddy Cup but everyone is beating Motherwell.

They seem to be an attacking side and have a possible 'Futureplayerism' wie James McCarthy whose big move to us or Liverpool did not quite come off. He is a whooping 17-2 to score at anytime during the game.

Celtic will be looking not to suffer a post-Big Cup hangover. Changes will be made. Gary Caldwell will come back in for Glenn Loovens and we may see starts for Jan Vennegor and Marc Crosas. Wie Shaun Maloney and Nakamura not looking their usual selves, they may be 'rested'.

For me Aiden McGeady to score at anytime and a repeat of the 4-0 scoreline that we got against Livingston would make it a happy weekend.

Pishing In A Fish Tank

We haven't had a Hail Hail of the week for a while. Still there is no prize for this apart from the kudos you will get doon the pub when you tell yer mates. So there was a clear winner this week. It came when Mark Viduka lookalike 'Seven' said...

"only criticisms i'd have of strachan would be starting maloney, naka and aiden was too attacking."

..there you have it. A Celtic Fan bemoaning us being attacking. He should go for a beer wie Mr Pellegrini.

Oh The Irony 

I found it quite bemusing that Spurs fans have been reported for alledged 'racist' and 'homophobic' chanting. For a club that is the butt of racist abuse, due to their heritage it seems a bit off. If true.

Also, are The Huns also going to add the 2008 UEFA Vase to the 1992 Big Cup that they have won by default?

So that's it. I'm off to bemoan the fact that in 'Heroes' the character, the cheerleader, disnny wear the cheerleader uniform anymair, which is a shame.

Forza