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Alashkert v Celtic - Pre Match Thread; Tuesday 10th July, 5pm KO - CLQ1, 1st Leg...Live on Premier Sports
Topic Started: 6 Jul 2018, 02:45 PM (34,079 Views)
Kingslim
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Going to miss this, as I’m in England, and there’s feck all nearby with Premier Sports :(

Edited by Kingslim, Yesterday, 12:06 AM.
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El Salto
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Any kind of win will do

Rustiness and the heat might be a leveller
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tinsoldier
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El Salto
10 Jul 2018, 12:08 AM


Rustiness and the heat might be a leveller
More Neil Young I think
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antbhoy
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Hopefully a clean sheet and grab a goal or two. Will be interesting to see how we set up.
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searcher52
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antbhoy
10 Jul 2018, 12:40 AM
Hopefully a clean sheet and grab a goal or two. Will be interesting to see how we set up.
Are you looking for a pragmatic BR?

:lol:
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George McCluskey
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I still can't quite wrap my head around going fecking live tomorrow... err, today. It's not right, not for a club that's won the damned thing, but we'll just have to get on with it.

The guys summon up anything like the sharpness they showed in Tallaght, this tie will be finished :thumbsup:
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MON's Left Eyebrow
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I don't see them as being as easy a team for us as the past couple of years have thrown up but we should still be comfortably head and shoulders above them. Their league hasn't started yet and they've only had 2 years worth of experience in Europe. This game is the highest profile the new club have ever played though which always gives a little more dig for us to get over. Still confident.

The season starts tonight!
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antonylockhart
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In Manila so doubt I’ll get to see this, hopefully the thread makes good reading
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GardenStateCelt
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Gordon
Hendry-Ajer-Simunovic
Forrest-Brown-Ntcham-Tierney
McGregor
Dembele-Edouard
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TheEvilGenius
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Wailer
6 Jul 2018, 03:54 PM
Feck Uefa. Effing joke we're having to play qualifiers already.
This
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FergusMcGrain
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TheEvilGenius
10 Jul 2018, 07:05 AM
Wailer
6 Jul 2018, 03:54 PM
Feck Uefa. Effing joke we're having to play qualifiers already.
This
Just as well Scotland didn't qualify for the World Cup, but if it does happen and UEFA insist on this amount of qualifiers we could lose half a team.
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riddlehouse
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Anyone know if you can use the Premier Sports app outside the UK if you pay for it?
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GhillieDhu
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FergusMcGrain
10 Jul 2018, 07:23 AM
TheEvilGenius
10 Jul 2018, 07:05 AM
Wailer
6 Jul 2018, 03:54 PM
Feck Uefa. Effing joke we're having to play qualifiers already.
This
Just as well Scotland didn't qualify for the World Cup, but if it does happen and UEFA insist on this amount of qualifiers we could lose half a team.
That’s a good point. Hypothetical and extremely unlikely but what would have happened if Scotland had qualified and progressed to this point?

Any win and no injuries would be great Celtic.
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Fly Pelican
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GhillieDhu
10 Jul 2018, 07:58 AM
FergusMcGrain
10 Jul 2018, 07:23 AM
TheEvilGenius
10 Jul 2018, 07:05 AM

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Just as well Scotland didn't qualify for the World Cup, but if it does happen and UEFA insist on this amount of qualifiers we could lose half a team.
That’s a good point. Hypothetical and extremely unlikely but what would have happened if Scotland had qualified and progressed to this point?

Any win and no injuries would be great Celtic.
It is extremely unlikely as we are an insignificant little country which runs a shampooty little league.

And there's your UEFA justification right there.
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GhillieDhu
10 Jul 2018, 07:58 AM
FergusMcGrain
10 Jul 2018, 07:23 AM
TheEvilGenius
10 Jul 2018, 07:05 AM

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Just as well Scotland didn't qualify for the World Cup, but if it does happen and UEFA insist on this amount of qualifiers we could lose half a team.
That’s a good point. Hypothetical and extremely unlikely but what would have happened if Scotland had qualified and progressed to this point?

Any win and no injuries would be great Celtic.
Taking GardenStateCelt's suggested team above:

Gordon
Hendry-Ajer-Simunovic
Forrest-Brown-Ntcham-Tierney
McGregor
Dembele-Edouard

If Scotland had qualified for the World Cup you can take Gordon, Forrest, Brown, Tierney & McGregor out for definite. Bain and Hendry are on the fringes of the squad having both taken part in those end of season games in Mexico and Peru, but probably wouldn't make the final cut. That would leave us with:

Bain*
Hendry* - Ajer - Simunovic
Morgan* - Kouassi - Ntcham - Sinclair
Christie*
Dembele - Edouard

* assuming they don't make the Scotland squad.

That should probably still be enough to get past Alashkert to be honest, but I wouldn't fancy going much further into the competition with a team like that.

While I don't want it do happen to Celtic, in a way it'd be genuinely interesting to see what happens when a club which sends a significant number of players to a World Cup or Euro Championships has to play these stupidly early qualifying games. You'd like to think that there'd be some sort of consideration given to the fact that they're being put at a disadvantage, but I don't know how that could be done.
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GhillieDhu
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10 Jul 2018, 08:14 AM
GhillieDhu
10 Jul 2018, 07:58 AM
FergusMcGrain
10 Jul 2018, 07:23 AM

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That’s a good point. Hypothetical and extremely unlikely but what would have happened if Scotland had qualified and progressed to this point?

Any win and no injuries would be great Celtic.
It is extremely unlikely as we are an insignificant little country which runs a shampooty little league.

And there's your UEFA justification right there.
Not so sure about being an insignificant little country (unless of course you are just speaking in football terms) but I get the gist of your point. That said is our league any more rubbish than those of Iceland, Sweden or even Belgium?
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GhillieDhu
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Or Croatia
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I effing hate these qualifiers & more of them is most unwelcome.

That said, we will be well into the swing of things when the last games are played & by the time the league starts.

Any win tonight, no injuries & finish them off quickly in the 2nd leg.
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GhillieDhu
10 Jul 2018, 08:23 AM
Fly Pelican
10 Jul 2018, 08:14 AM
GhillieDhu
10 Jul 2018, 07:58 AM

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It is extremely unlikely as we are an insignificant little country which runs a shampooty little league.

And there's your UEFA justification right there.
Not so sure about being an insignificant little country (unless of course you are just speaking in football terms) but I get the gist of your point. That said is our league any more rubbish than those of Iceland, Sweden or even Belgium?
No, but Iceland and Sweden don't have teams that compare to Celtic in terms of size and history. Nor do Belgium really, although Anderlecht are a good bit bigger than any Icelandic or Swedish clubs and like us have an aim of being in at least the CL groups each year. Anderlecht don't have half a dozen of their players in the Belgian squad though.
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Kingslim
10 Jul 2018, 12:06 AM
Going to miss this, as I’m in England, and there’s feck all nearby with Premier Sports :(

Proper Irish bars down south - the ones where people congregate to watch GAA or the rugger, as well as any that are the base of a CSC - will definitely have Premier Sports.

Premier Sports has quite a bit of GAA coverage, so it's worthwhile for a lot of such boozers to pick it up.
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