23 Sep 2016 10:46:03
I see a lot of glee on here after the semi final draw, but I urge caution, here are my reasons.
1) The League Cup has always been our achilles heel, even under the late great Jock Stein it caused us problems.
2) This game comes after a tough CL game, while they have luxury of 8 days to prepare, if game on the Sunday (they play the Friday before)
3) The Hampden pitch is always a leveller, especially if another game played day before.
4) The old "chesnut" of bias refereeing, I predict the men in black will try to hinder us.
5) Overconfidence beat us in cup last time, Celtic's players need to have their "game" heads on.
23 Sep 2016 11:19:58
Agree with most of that Tim and the reaction after the Barcelona game is a reminder that we need to have mental and physical stamina, focus and confidence to meet these challenges.
The squad has enough depth to deal with the flow of games, but as you say - the players need to be fired up and hungry for success.
As for the referee; we have had a couple of lucky breaks recently so obviously the law of averages may prevail lol.
Maybe Red-Card Thomson will make his scheduled appearance?
23 Sep 2016 12:10:25
I was 11 in 67 your living in a fantasyland if you think there was anything we could of done against Barcelona that would of changed result. They regularly beat teams of a higher standard 4/ 5/ 6-0 and will destroy more teams this season.
23 Sep 2016 14:45:27
Always nervous about us playing at Hampden. It's been out bogey ground in recent seasons.
23 Sep 2016 17:40:36
He's a certainty to ref it I Was 11 in 67. (I was 47 days old when we won the Big Cup lol. ) He's their specialist for getting us knocked out of one off cup games, he always gets wheeled out at this stage of the cup games to do his masonic deeds.
23 Sep 2016 17:45:27
Bad teams with bad luck and bad refereeing decisions have plagued us on the bad pitch of Hampden
I never liked the League Cup and I like it even less this season. Four games to be played whilst we have to try to attain points against superior teams in the Champions League, and what do we get out the League Cup, nothing not even early qualification for the UEFA league.