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| Columbo's Cigar | 28 Jun 2017, 08:04 AM Post #121 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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| BlauGranaBhoy | 28 Jun 2017, 08:08 AM Post #122 |
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Occasional Substitute
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Just as well, some real haddies have scored for us there! |
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| One sharp cookie | 28 Jun 2017, 08:25 AM Post #123 |
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Getting on a bit
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No, but when you're the most talented player in the team as Nakamura was and you continually disappoint at Ibrox, it raises major questions. I never felt confident playing them away from home with him in the team. |
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| 25Nakamura | 28 Jun 2017, 08:39 AM Post #124 |
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Occasional Substitute
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Obviously I'm a bit biased on the matter, but I think his 'failure' to perform at ibrox is more a sign of the team. Nakamura was consigned to the wings, they need service, and runners off them to give them space. That Strachan side was often cumbersome. We had nobody in our midfield who had the presence to take a game by the scruff of the neck. I'd say his best overall performance was when Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 at Celtic Park to wrestle that season back. That game started by one of our central midfielders laying down a marker in the first minute when Robson hit Dailly(I think). Probably lucky not to be sent off but it showed for the first time in a long time that we won't be bullied. We allowed people to boot the likes of McGeady and Maloney as well as Nakamura for a good time. After that he went on to score his wonder goal and his piece of brilliance later in the game helped see Cuellar sent off, otherwise he'd have had two for the day. He also had a game at Ibrox where he wasn't playing well, and hadn't got the ball off his team mates. Strachan was going to sub him and he provided a brilliant assist, stayed on and set up another. I think he was a Celtic great of recent times. Nowhere near the lions or Larsson or Lubo, but since them, only Brown has made as much of an impact in my opinion. |
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| Butters | 28 Jun 2017, 09:03 AM Post #125 |
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Club Captain
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Nakamura was a good Celtic player but for impact & influence on the team in big games he came nowhere near Alan Thompson let alone a Larsson or Lubo. Thommo was always good for a goal or a sending off at Ibrox. Edited by Butters, 28 Jun 2017, 09:04 AM.
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| Stephane_Mahe | 28 Jun 2017, 09:13 AM Post #126 |
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Getting on a bit
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Had anyone claimed any of these things: Good performances at Ibrox are the only barometer of a being a Celtic great? Our failures at Ibrox under Strachan were all down to Nakamura? A great performance at Ibrox makes you a Celtic great? You're arguing against things that no one has actually said. Edited by Stephane_Mahe, 28 Jun 2017, 09:14 AM.
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| only1henke | 28 Jun 2017, 12:42 PM Post #127 |
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Getting on a bit
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Badr El Kaddouri.
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| Celtic 2-1 InternazionaleŽ | 28 Jun 2017, 12:49 PM Post #128 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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Boyata :ninja: |
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| idyllwild | 28 Jun 2017, 01:23 PM Post #129 |
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No, but failing to do anything at Ibrox while at Celtic for 3-4 years probably makes it tough to argue a case for "greatness". |
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| El Salto | 30 Jun 2017, 03:52 PM Post #130 |
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First-team captain
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Naka was fecking magic |
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| FightingIrishBhoy | 4 Jul 2017, 03:48 PM Post #131 |
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Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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Most exciting 10 minutes I've ever seen in a soccer match. |
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| donkeyradish | 28 Jun 2018, 04:24 PM Post #132 |
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Getting on a bit
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Shunsuke Nakamura just turned 40 this week But not only that, he's still playing in Japan's top Division, the J1-League Wiki Entry |
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| huckbhoy | 28 Jun 2018, 04:40 PM Post #133 |
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First team training
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did cascarino not score at ibrox? or did the ball bounce off him into the net? |
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| nakasboots | 28 Jun 2018, 04:40 PM Post #134 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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Would still have done a job for us. Boys a legend.
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| Soupnazi | 28 Jun 2018, 06:08 PM Post #135 |
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Getting on a bit
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I think Gary Stevens tried to pass it back to the keeper and didnt see Cascarino who slotted it into the net |
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| searcher52 | 29 Jun 2018, 08:51 AM Post #136 |
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You can observe a lot by just watching
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OMG I remember being there and seeing it go in! Wasn't that also the night of the JVoH last minute header? |
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| Mjallby'sMane | 29 Jun 2018, 09:12 AM Post #137 |
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First-team starter
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Belated happy birthday Nakamura-San I was incognito in the Aberdeen end 2007 not long after moving to Aberdeen when he scored a superb free kick. Most of the Aberdeen fans around me were appreciative of his dead ball skill. The other lasting memory of the game is some cretin next to me shouting let that chinese carrot take our free kicks as well because we are effing hopeless at them in equal measure All Shunsuke's goals Edit: Belated! Edited by Mjallby'sMane, 29 Jun 2018, 09:13 AM.
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| Baillieston Born, Celtic Bred | 2 Jul 2018, 11:17 AM Post #138 |
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Mmmm.... Bacon...
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Everybody in the Jock Stein knew where he was going to put that free kick.... The anticipation was delicious! Telling 4 Mancs after the game that we had qualified due to our head - to-head record but they had to win in the last game was tasty too!
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| The Green Lantern | 2 Jul 2018, 11:20 AM Post #139 |
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Considering retirement
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Sure was. I went to a party after the game, which culminated in a guy burning some artwork in his garden. Treasured memories. |
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| stibhan | 2 Jul 2018, 11:23 AM Post #140 |
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Viva la Quinta Brigada
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Would love to see him in action in Rodgers' team - have a feeling that he would have been even better than he was with GS (and sorted out our atrocious set pieces too). There were times he went missing, but in hindsight the way that we set up under GS was pretty reductive. |
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