Official Rangers v Celtic Thread

i think without mcgeady and naka we shouldnt play out and out wingers and let the full backs do any attacking on the wings but mainly concentrate on playing through them down the centre, this is what i think the team should be:


--------------------boruc------------------
hinkel--------balde---------mcmanus------naylor

---------------------hartley--------------------

-------------donati---------jarosik-------------

--------------------brown-------------------
--------------skippy-------jvoh---------------

subs: brown
caldwell
bjarnason
caddis
riordan
sheridan
magic

 

I haven't read why McGeady isn't going to play? Why is he out? Also, when is the timetable for the Nakamura to return?

 

Ah boo that blows, going till feb without Naka is toooo long!

 

as long as we dont lose ,a win will be great ,a draw is not the end of the world,but a defeat it could be curtains,

but i have no fears this is when u see the best of celtic ,this is why we love them,

this is the moment celtic start the season and romp home

 

my support from italy.....beat the huns.....

 

And mine from Malta (60 miles south of Sicily and roond the corner a wee bit)
We'll be watching in Munchies Bar and getting pished on Guinness and Brandy.
Hail hail.

 

Midfield will get congested and although our posession will be good I don't think we'll get enough flowing football going straight through the middle so we really need to play with width..

Teams that are slow in defence and are playing against players with pace tend to defend around their own 18 yard box.. Im thinking of how Scotland played against France (home and away) and keeping a clean sheet in both games..
Against Italy Scotland tried the same tactics and conceded a 1st minute goal from a ball played in behind the defence from a wide position.. Then conceded a second goal from a high ball played straight across the back line from out wide..

I reckon those are the kind of balls into the box that will win this game.. Rangers have the better options playing width (Pretty sure that's why Burke played against Hibs) and they also have Adam , Novo and Buffel can play as a winger..

The best player of our starting 11 at beating a man is Scott Brown through the middle , or Naylor wide left.. Skippy might have to go wide at times just to offer us something different , and if he does we'll need Brown , Jarosik , Hartley or Donati supporting JVOH at times..

JVOH doesn't tend to get many shots away directly in front of goal and is unlikely to find space against a back 4 who are slow , but still have more pace than himself..

I think it's going to be a Skippy strike , a JVOH header , a ball bundled over the line or a penalty that will win us this game (As well as the support of the fans who will drive the team on till the very last whistle)..

I am convinced we WILL win though..

 

WGS better not drop Balde... he's the only one who can deal with that scum Cousin

 

Thanks for that. I've missed the last couple matches lately. I hope to see the match against Rangers online somewhere. I'm sure it will be on one of the many p2p programs.

 

apparently Jarosik is out with an injured hamstring

 

Balde

McGeady---McGeady---McGeady---McGeady

McGeady---McGeady---McGeady---McGeady

McGeady---McGeady

11-0 for Celtic. Nuff said ​

 

Celtic lose Jarosik for Old Firm Game

Gordon Strachan's midfield options for Wednesday's Old Firm match at Parkhead have been limited by a hamstring injury sustained by Jiri Jarosik which will keep the Czech player out for about a fortnight.
With Aiden McGeady suspended and Shunsuke Nakamura injured, Jarosik would have started against Rangers but the Celtic manager may now have to field Derek Riordan on the left of his midfield unless, improbably, a deal to sign Barry Robson or James McFadden is completed over the next 48 hours.Robson would cost £1.25m from Dundee United and McFadden, who is also a target for Birmingham City, is valued in excess of £3m by Everton, who are unwilling to let the Scotland international join his boyhood heroes on loan. The Scottish champions have also been offered Barcelona's Santiago Ezquerro but have denied reports that Nakamura will move to Yokohama Marinos in his native Japan.
Celtic hold a two-point advantage over their oldest rivals at the top of the Premier League but Rangers have the same number of games in hand, which Strachan has said makes his team the underdogs to clinch a third successive title. The manager said he "didn't enjoy" Celtic's 3-0 victory over struggling Gretna on Saturday, in which Scott McDonald, Scott Brown and McGeady supplied the goals, and they now face a Rangers side who have won the past three Glasgow derbies. (personally i'd settle for a draw, considering the way we're playing at the moment and the players we have at our disposal a draw would do for me)

 

(personally i'd settle for a draw, considering the way we're playing at the moment and the players we have at our disposal a draw would do for me)quote

if they were to win their two games in hand we would be 4pts behind them so i think it's an almost must win match since we are at home<!-- / message -->

 

at present the midfield will look like this

deek-donati-hartley-brown

but i recon wgs will play sno in there somewhere

 

Was this in the Guardian mate? Strange how nowhere else has picked up on this story so far (BBC, Sky, Daily * etc).

Hopefully this is not true. Although not JJs biggest fan think he would be a better option than Deek after Saturdays showing.

 

give riorden a chance. No better way to shine than his 1st start in an old firm game

 

yes mate. nicked it off the Guardian but not seen the story else where...here's another part of the article, not sure what WGS is thinking!?

"The Rangers captain, Barry Ferguson, has revealed that tactics will be the last thing on the agenda in the visiting dressing room on Wednesday. Rangers cross the city in fine fettle after producing arguably their most convincing performance of the season on Saturday in defeating Hibernian 2-1. "To be honest there's not much of a team talk," said Ferguson of his manager Walter Smith's preparations. "It will be his shortest team talk of the season. It's down to how strong you are inside. I'm positive that all the guys in our squad know what it's all about. There are no tactics - it is a battle from start to finish and whoever wins that battle will win the game."
Ferguson also dismissed Strachan's suggestion that Rangers are favourites to win the championship. "We've not won the games in hand yet so we're still behind in the league. It depends whether we win the games or not, whether we will have the upper hand. "You're always anxious to get to pole position in the league. I'd rather the games that were called off, the St Mirren and Gretna games, hadn't been. I'd rather have got them out of the way, got the points and hopefully have been sitting on top. But we're not on top, Celtic are still in pole position. We've got two away games against two teams who are fighting at the bottom of the league so they're going to be two difficult games for us."

 

lol balde? would you rather not have bobo in nets?
that n aidens suspended so it would just be boruc/ or balde of you still want him in nets

anyway...



JIRI's out
Celtic lose Jarosik for Old Firm clash but Rangers make light of Strachan's mind games



Gordon Strachan's midfield options for Wednesday's Old Firm match at Parkhead have been limited by a hamstring injury sustained by Jiri Jarosik which will keep the Czech player out for about a fortnight.With Aiden McGeady suspended and Shunsuke Nakamura injured, Jarosik would have started against Rangers but the Celtic manager may now have to field Derek Riordan on the left of his midfield unless, improbably, a deal to sign Barry Robson or James McFadden is completed over the next 48 hours.
Robson would cost £1.25m from Dundee United and McFadden, who is also a target for Birmingham City, is valued in excess of £3m by Everton, who are unwilling to let the Scotland international join his boyhood heroes on loan. The Scottish champions have also been offered Barcelona's Santiago Ezquerro but have denied reports that Nakamura will move to Yokohama Marinos in his native Japan.
Celtic hold a two-point advantage over their oldest rivals at the top of the Premier League but Rangers have the same number of games in hand, which Strachan has said makes his team the underdogs to clinch a third successive title. The manager said he "didn't enjoy" Celtic's 3-0 victory over struggling Gretna on Saturday, in which Scott McDonald, Scott Brown and McGeady supplied the goals, and they now face a Rangers side who have won the past three Glasgow derbies.
But Stephen McManus, the Celtic captain, has insisted his team remain relaxed. "I don't think we feel as if we are under as much pressure as people make out," he said. "Three Old Firm defeats in a row is obviously great ammunition for the press to make headlines out of but we've been taking it a game at a time."
The Rangers captain, Barry Ferguson, has revealed that tactics will be the last thing on the agenda in the visiting dressing room on Wednesday. Rangers cross the city in fine fettle after producing arguably their most convincing performance of the season on Saturday in defeating Hibernian 2-1. "To be honest there's not much of a team talk," said Ferguson of his manager Walter Smith's preparations. "It will be his shortest team talk of the season. It's down to how strong you are inside. I'm positive that all the guys in our squad know what it's all about. There are no tactics - it is a battle from start to finish and whoever wins that battle will win the game."
Ferguson also dismissed Strachan's suggestion that Rangers are favourites to win the championship. "We've not won the games in hand yet so we're still behind in the league. It depends whether we win the games or not, whether we will have the upper hand.
"You're always anxious to get to pole position in the league. I'd rather the games that were called off, the St Mirren and Gretna games, hadn't been. I'd rather have got them out of the way, got the points and hopefully have been sitting on top. But we're not on top, Celtic are still in pole position. We've got two away games against two teams who are fighting at the bottom of the league so they're going to be two difficult games for us."
Steven Naismith handed Rangers an early lead against Hibs and Daniel Cousin fired home from 18 yards to double the visitors' advantage. Merouane Zemmama scored a late consolation for Hibs, who hope to name John Collins' replacement as manager this week.

 

Jarosik is injured with a hamstring problem for 2 weeks