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| bigdavie | 2 Jul 2018, 11:43 AM Post #141 |
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Every fecker new where it was going. He gave them a preview a week or so before. If we had went to Copenhagen after that and won we would have topped the group and a last 8 chance would have been a shout. I think MU got Lille in the last 16 and Milan for us?
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| searcher52 | 2 Jul 2018, 11:54 AM Post #142 |
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You can observe a lot by just watching
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As good as the Nakamura goal was, my abiding memory of that game are the chants in injury time from the great unwashed of "Feck all, you're gonna win feck all...." when boom with one turn of his head JVoH silenced them. As Mastercard say - priceless! |
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| seaneh | 2 Jul 2018, 12:21 PM Post #143 |
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Considering retirement
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Tbf half of the time his corners were shampooe. But I absolutely loved him. Was almost in tears watching the video of his goals. So many good memories. The chip was his best in my opinion |
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| littlegmbhoy | 2 Jul 2018, 12:29 PM Post #144 |
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Nigel spackman it was.
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| Pussyfoot | 4 Jul 2018, 07:49 PM Post #145 |
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À la mode if you will
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Dziekanowski was the maybe the bounce one mentioned, he didn't know much about it but they all count! |
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| coltheball | 5 Jul 2018, 09:59 AM Post #146 |
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I was in a mad hun pub in Oban that night to watch the game - only place that had it on. What a hit. Some player indeed. |
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| paddysloan | 5 Jul 2018, 12:23 PM Post #147 |
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Much posting, such opinion, very controversial. wow.
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That free kick against the scum is my favourite Celtic goal of all time.
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| mick405 | 5 Jul 2018, 12:48 PM Post #148 |
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Get to the chopper!!
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Nakers was a great player. |
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| John_D | 5 Jul 2018, 02:57 PM Post #149 |
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• A big player for 3 years and scored a few very significant goals • Was highly effective in his first Champions League season - 2 goals, won a pen vs Copenhagen, ripped Benfica to shreds at home. A joy to watch when he played like that. • Tended to play more infield (if not outright "no. 10") as a game progressed, especially in a last half hour. I don't know if that was an arrangement he had with Strachan. If you watch the play-off second leg vs Spartak you will see what I mean. • Bizarrely horrible at corner kicks • Think he played in about 4 games at Ibrox that were of any significance and yes he was probably rubbish in them but so was the rest of the team • He was a bit of a physical wreck in his 4th season. • He played for that foul at Love St. |
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| jimmy123411 | 5 Jul 2018, 04:56 PM Post #150 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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bring him home |
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| DKB | 5 Jul 2018, 07:12 PM Post #151 |
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Getting on a bit
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Don't know if the "we sign a high profile Japanese player" and get a lot of sales by that worked - guess not since we didn't sign a replacement for him - but he was one (not Dane) that increased the "knowledge" of Celtic here in Denmark, I think that he is the Celtic player that non Celtic fans were most excited about, saw a few Celtic tops with Nakamura on the back here in Denmark as well back then |
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| stevie21 | 5 Jul 2018, 07:34 PM Post #152 |
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Poster of the Tuesday afternoon!
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I remember arguing with a a couple of guys, one a tim and one a hun and they were both talking down Nakamura. The hun in particular is a bit of a student of the game and they're both sat there saying Nakamura was a luxury player and was ineffective. Probably the most sensible thing I've ever said on the topic of football was that night arguing vehemently in defence of Naka
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| KrnyBhoy | 5 Jul 2018, 10:18 PM Post #153 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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Did we not lose that match? |
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| Barrabhoy1 | 5 Jul 2018, 11:10 PM Post #154 |
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Getting on a bit
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We did. Unless he means the half volley screamer from the duff Caldwell pass.
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| Bob Loblaw | 5 Jul 2018, 11:20 PM Post #155 |
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Off treasure hunting in Holland
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By Scum he means Man United. |
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| paddysloan | 5 Jul 2018, 11:24 PM Post #156 |
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Correct
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| nakasboots | 6 Jul 2018, 12:01 AM Post #157 |
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Although he means Man Utd... that free kick against McGregor was sublime. Totally had him flapped, Naka even gave him a fist pump as 'GIRUY YA MANKY HUN BASTARD'
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| CELTBHOY1988 | 6 Jul 2018, 12:29 AM Post #158 |
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Getting on a bit
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Free kick coach? |
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| Silent Witness | 6 Jul 2018, 01:53 AM Post #159 |
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Hope he's remembered as a legend. Supreme pro on and off the field. Sneeringly referred to as "Celtic's Asian marketing scheme". It was a bold move to sign him, and he arrived at a dark time for us, and gave us the lift we needed. Funniest comment I heard about Naka was from Jim Jeffries (ironically enough) offering to drive him to the airport after he'd scored yet another goal v Killie. Naka also once stated how he appreciated playing with Telfer. Echoes of Dalglish who paid a similar tribute to a similar 'fan favourite' in Tommy Callaghan. |
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| cogitoergozoomo | 6 Jul 2018, 06:24 AM Post #160 |
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I always felt his corners had too much curve on them. It made them too hard for the player attacking to read and time the header, they more often than not got it wrong. |
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