Celtic face off this Saturday against Aberdeen (and just Aberdeen) at 7:30 A.M. Unlike two weeks ago when Celtic played both Aberdeen AND Motherwell (or Motherwell in Aberdeen’s kits - I forget which), this time Celtic play the Dons away.
Celtic and Aberdeen faced off at Celtic Park two weeks ago with the Bhoys running out with a well deserved 2-0 victory. Goals from JVoH and Scott McDonald sealed the victory and the customary fit-throwing by McDonald earned him a yellow. Again.
Celtic still remain at the top of the table with 74 points from 33 games while Aberdeen reside in 5th with 48 points from 33 games. Celtic also hold a 1 point and 3 goal difference over scum F.C.
The latest news has Naka working off a groin injury to be a game time decision. Other injury information has not been announced by either side at this time.
So I hope everyone can make it bright and early on Saturday morning to watch one team play another. Not one team play two or two on one or my conflating the entire SPL to face off against Celtic this weekend.
As the pre-split portion of the season comes to a close this weekend, Celtic face off against Aberdeen at Celtic Park this Saturday at 10:00 A.M.
Celtic return to action after a 1-1 draw with Hearts at Tynecastle this past Saturday. A first minute JVoH strike was canceled out by a Bruno Aguiar goal in the 32nd minute. Even with the draw Celtic remain at the top of the league (albeit barely) with 71 points from 32 matches. Aberdeen, Saturday’s opponent, won 3-1 against ICT. That win placed them in 4th with 48 points.
Injuries have reared their head once again for Celtic with JVoH injured (again), Samaras out until the first post-split game, McManus a question mark and Darren O’Dea fighting off a knock. It should be interesting to see what team or formation might be fielded this Saturday.
It should be an absolutely lovely day so what better place to spend it than with friends watching some hopefully good football this weekend?
The quest for SPL supremacy continues with Celtic facing off against Hearts this Saturday at 7:30 A.M. Celtic maintained their run of good form by defeating bottom of the league Falkirk 4-0 on Wednesday. Goals from Caldwell, JVoH, McGeady and O’Dea sealed in a hard fought victory that could have been much, much worse for Falkirk had the bar been that much higher. The game also saw many hard tackles and collisions for all involved, including one that left Georgios Samaras on the mend for at least this week with a hip issue.
Celtic remain top of the league and extend the goal difference with 70 points and a goal difference of 43 while our closest competitors have 67 points and a goal difference of 39. Hearts are sitting in 3rd place with 52 points.
While Celtic had a midweek match (for better or worse), Hearts last played on 4 April, beating Kilmarnock 3-1 with a pair from Elliot and one from Aguiar.
This is a big match (although they all are this time of year) as it is both away and against some good competition. Let us hope that our run of 4-0 results continues at the expense of the Jambos.
In utterly non-Celtic related news, the gruesome twosome did not play on Wednesday in their 2-1 victory over St. Mirren and may have finished their run for scum f.c.
Celtic return to action in a midweek match at Celtic Park against Falkirk at 2:45 P.M. Celtic, who are currently topping the table with 67 points from 30 matches play the bottom of the league Falkirk who have 27 points from the same 30 games.
Celtic returned to their winning ways in a 4-0 victory against Hamilton this past Saturday. Another big return was strikers not named McDonald scoring for Celtic. Georgios Samaras bagged a double while JVoH notched his goal after substituting for Scott McDonald.
Falkirk have to be disappointed after outshooting their opponents with their 1-0 loss to the huns from a Boyd goal at 9 minutes.
The huns will be traveling to St. Mirren at the same time on Wednesday. I know two people who will not be making the trip, however. Discussions exist on whether leaving the “Two right up ye” boys out of the lineup is a good thing or a bad thing.
And a big congratulations to Scott McDonald for his winning SPL’s Player of the Month for March. The other awards went to Mixu Paatelainen (Manager) of Hibs and Steven Fletcher (Young Player), also of Hibs. With the possible, or as some pray, eventual departure of Big Jan, Fletcher continues to be linked with Celtic.
I hope to see some bright, shining faces there on a Wednesday that appears to have some improved weather!
And welcome back from your international week. May your team(s) of choice have won their matches.
Celtic return to action at Celtic Park versus one of the more intriguing teams of the season, Hamilton. The Accies sit 8th on the table with 33 points from 30 matches while Celtic continue to reside atop the table with 64 points from 29 matches, continuing their 3 point lead over the huns.
Hamilton have been signing many new players this week who may feature against Celtic on Saturday. These include Derek Asamoah (striker), Christy Fagan (striker) and Lamine Diatta (defender). Celtic have had few things to report outside of Artur Boruc getting dropped due to his ineffectiveness against Northern Ireland. Kevin is probably torn about this.
Celtic last played a 2-2 draw with Dundee United with a 81st minute Lee Naylor strike (and it was just that) while Hamilton drew 0-0 against St. Mirren.
