Spurs vs Celtic (Finland, August 2nd, 2:30pm live on CelticTV)

What's this about Watt? Can anyone fill me in? Is he in the squad, has he played any part in the pre-season friendlies so far?

 

His cousin big Paul will sort you out with comments like that:icon_mrgreen:. Didn't see the game just saw the highlights, did O'Connell start the match?

 

Yeah played the whole game alongside Findlay. Outpaced for the second goal against.

 

o'connell looked horrific

 

The two youth CB's did indeed look atrocious... valuable game time for them though and hopefully they've learned a few lessons.

You could say O'connell is only 18 and has much to learn, but for some reason I feel like if we were to put an 18 year old VVD beside O'connell we would easily be able to see who was going to make it into a great defender.

 

Sometimes you can just tell with the way they are in possession, how they move with the ball and read the game. For me the two young defenders don't look like they have it, not when we compare them to Henderson or McGeouch who look natural when they play.

 

thats a bit of an unfair comparison comparing two ball playing central midfielders with centerbacks.

 

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I just found out the Dukla Prague game will be held in Freistadt, northern <?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Austria</st1lace></st1:country-region>. My *, this will be a private affair.

A town with a population of 7,500, their "stadium" certainly is tiny. A small pitch, local, regional, a little celebration with beer, sausages and the local fire brigade team...
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Why don't they take it to Prague? For once I could attend a Celtic game ?

 

Agree mate. We always seem to produce far better attacking players than defenders. The last two I remember getting meaningful game time are McManus and O'Dea but they were no better than average. John Kennedy seemed to have more about him but we all know how that ended unfortunately.

Think the mentality of the club lends itself to attack minded players and this probably filters through to the youth teams but let's be honest there is a dearth of talented defenders throughout the Scottish game. Young Soutar at Utd is highly thought of yet ironically was part of our youth set-up, unless I'm mistaken?

 

Dukla Prague......what a blast from the past that is!!

 

That team died in 96 ,so well be playing a new club with the same name and crest stadium etc you know the way it works

 

Did it really?:smiley-laughing002:

 

Yeah ,They dissolved in 96 after 2 straight relegations because there asociation with army stopped when the Czech Republic was created, they pretty much died with czechoslovakia

 

Ha.....the name still evokes memories for me though! Not of a particular game, just a name from my childhood!

 

All I know from the game (the away one) is that it was the only time jock stein sent the team out to play pure defensive or negative football just to get the result

 

Alright lads new to the forum so hello to you all, tickets are still for sale on viagogo.com but ridiculously overpriced! Flying from birmingham to hamburg on the the Thursday! Stopping in the arcotel onyx which is prime location top of the reeperbahn and 2 minute walk from the ground! 4star hotel €35 a night! Can't * wait!

Hh

 

I meant how long does the train take, mate.