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7 hours ago, Frankie said:

Wasn't the second goal credited as his assist?  OK, the keeper spilled his shot but not sure if that rules out the assist stat for you nerds?

Barisic didn’t even get an assist for his cut back to Morelos against St Mirren, the tap-in, because it deflected off the defender on the way. 

17 minutes ago, Frankie said:

List of teams we can face tomorrow (it will be grouped before hand). Of course, this assume the seeded team from Round 2 qualifies, if they don't we'll play who defeated them.

 

We can't play Aberdeen or Motherwell

 

 

H/T Cads @rossco_bear

Some tough ties there as you would expect. I'd like to avoid Rio Ave, Dinamo Moscow and Charleroi in particular. Willem II and Lokomotiva would be very tricky ties too.

Just now, Frankie said:

Red Imps is a good draw.

 

OK, it's away and on a plastic pitch but we won in Victoria Stadium last season comfortably so no reason we won't this year too.

It should help that we went there last season, this team actually finished 4 points behind St Josephs too. It should be routine.

Motherwell away to Coleraine

Aberdeen away at Viking

Shamrock Rovers get a visit from AC Milan. 

Red imps away it is

All three would be tricky away. A trip to Bosnia is the worst case really, I wouldn't like to go there. The Swiss are always going to be tricky, they are the strongest side. Lincoln Red Imps are clearly the weakest side but they play on a plastic pitch in a hot climate and as we all know, they have been known to nick a result in those conditions.

A home tie against any would be good.

22 minutes ago, MacK1950 said:

Holt and Alnwyk are not loans.

I know they aren’t, I said 5 of those are loans. 

It's interesting to see the clubs we have strengthened somewhat this season. 5 of those are loans and they won't play against us this season. There may be more to come. Ross McCrorie has been very well received by Aberdeen, their fans believe they stole a watch and we will regret it. 

Hastie - Motherwell

Murphy - Hibs

Ross McCrorie - Aberdeen

Robby McCrorie - Livingston

Holt - Livingston

Alnwick - St Mirren

Stephen Kelly - Ross County

1 hour ago, Whosthedado said:

I wish him well but I dont like the club hes away too!

They’re the best team at taking points off Celtic though so I’m all for giving them a helping hand this season

Aberdeen - 60% - 0 shots on target
St Mirren - 74% - 2 shots on target
St Johnstone - 75% - 2 shots on target
Livingstone - 79% - 1 shot on target
Kilmarnock - 75% - 0 shots on target

Hamilton - 70% - 2 shots on target

May as well update this. It’s no wonder we are keeping clean sheets. Our keepers have only had 7 saves to make in 6 games so far. They must feel a little guilty picking up their wage at the end of the week. 

That looked so easy. Ran at them and they didn’t know what to do. That shows why you need to have a go at goal too, it causes chaos. 

Thought Barisic did really well leading up to that one and Roofe did so well to direct his header on goal. Hope that goal gives Hagi the confidence he needs. 

2-0 Rangers. Roofe

1 minute ago, alexscottislegend said:

Itten not even on the bench? I didn't hear anything about an injury.

Hadn’t noticed that, strange

Pleased with the lineup. Roofe up top and Hagi playing deeper in Aribo’s position. 
 

Interesting to see Barker being given a run in the team. I hope he gets some fans off his back. 

4 hours ago, Gonzo79 said:

The Murphy to Hibs rumour is in the Daily Record - just saying.

This one was a bit different. A few on FF had said they’d heard it before it was reported. 
 

The bottom line is if it was Celtic loaning out fringe players to Hibs and Aberdeen we would all be moaning about it, so I am glad it is us doing it. 

6 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Murphy to Hibs!!!!

Yeh. I’m a fan of Murphy’s but Gerrard isn’t. In a season like this though I can see sense in sending strong fringe players to teams who could take points off Celtic. It would weaken them against us too. 

The original source seems to be a wee russian article which ended by saying we didn't actually follow it up. So even if that source is correct nothing is happening with it. Slow day at the DR.

Available on a free, but surely well out of our wage budget and frankly, league.

6 hours ago, Thinker said:

Just in case it needs to be underlined how big a fuck up this is by them (and I don't really think it does)...

 

Scotland are the highest ranked country to no longer have representation in the 20/21 Champions League (and the only country in the top 21 to be out).

Hungary are the lowest ranked country still to have a team in CL qualifying.

 

https://www.football-coefficient.eu/

Enjoyed that, thanks. 

1 hour ago, der Berliner said:

... Rogic and Ntcham were said to be for the off, Edouard is their big hope of grabbing some money now. I expect the compliant mhedia will drum up his worth in the coming days ...

I see Ajer has tentatively asked how much would be required for him to leave...

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/18680687.kris-ajers-representatives-ask-celtic-valuation-allow-leave/

49 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

It'll be the same for us in the EL Qualifiers. 

 

I'm not sure if an empty stadium is much of an advantage. 

It is. It’s an advantage to sleep and train where you always do and play on your own park. Travelling is always a disadvantage. Albeit the crowd is the biggest advantage.