Qarabag v Celtic: Champions League qualifying third round - second leg Venue: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku Date: 5 Aug Kick-off: 17:30 BST I'll get home from work after the first 30 mins ... hopefully Celtic are winning at this point.
Are Celtic(the family) allowing this game to be broadcast so their global fanbase may get a chance to see their heroes in action?
they are indeed *at least for all the bead rattlers that do not live in the uk, ireland or azerbaijan
As you will no doubt be watching, and obviously cheering us on, you can consider yourself part of our global fanbase for the night
I'm genuinely ****ting it. This mob are no bad and it'll be ****ing scorching out there. GMS cannae handle 90 minutes in that, the **** is from Wick FFS. He'll end up a puddle on the pitch.
I think he has to start with Ciftci simply because he can hold the ball up. I would drop Armstrong though and play both Foetusface and Jaws. Put Hannibal in the hole behind Griffiths where Commons or Johansen normally play.
I'm no convinced that either Van Dijk or Boyata are disciplined enough for European football. Big Virgil runs about like a headless chicken and Boyata thought he was a Ross County player on Saturday. **** kept passing to them. It's no going to be an easy game and no point going into it gung-ho. We have a lead, lets protect that first and foremost.
I agree to an extent, but not really our way to try and hold what we have. It will be a case of trying to find the balance between defence and attack. I'm really confident we'll go through
All the pressure is on them, they are in front of their own fans a goal down. We have the players to hurt them on the counter as well. I think Deila will pick Ciftci before Griffiths tonight because he fits tactically. The only hope Griffiths has of starting is if it's both of them. It's all typical paper pish saying that Griffiths should start because he's scoring goals and it shows how far Scottish fitba is behind the rest of Europe. Goals come from all over the pitch not just one man up top. Look at Barca, Bayern & Real all three of them have built their teams round a #10 and/or a winger.
If we're playing on the counter then Griffiths is the man as he has pace to get behind their back line, especially if they're pushed up the pitch. Not sure how playing the big man up top to hold the ball up is pulling us in to line with the rest of European football's tactics. We aren't Bayern etc. End of the day, IMO, Ciftci has played 4 games, hasn't scored, and has only shown flashes of anyhting decent in his appearances so far. Griffiths has earned his starting spot. Put Stefan J behind Griffiths, 2 wingers (GMS and any **** but Forrest), and play them on the counter with B and B shielding the Bombscare Bback Four. That's what I'd do, but then again I'm a reprehensible ****.
