The Old Trafford Meet 'n' Greet Lounge's verdict is in. According to such luminaries as Tommy Docherty, Pat Crerand, Roy Keane and the little old lady that puts out the serviettes on matchday, Celtic will be at the receiving end of a gubbing tonight when they play Man Utd in their first game of the Champions League. The newspapers and sports pages on the net have been gleefully reporting this doomsday scenario, whilst they also play up the 'Battle of Britain' angle to the match but no one knows if they are referring to the game itself, or to the on/off feud between Fergie and Strachan.
Playing out the role of the impartial football pundit for the purposes of this paragraph, of course it looks like a difficult game for Celtic: Man Utd are sitting atop the EPL with four wins from four games, Rooney is back in Fergie's team plans for tonight's game after yet another enforced absence and Celtic's defence looks that shaky and inexperienced at the minute that Bobo Balde's postman is scoring a bit of overtime with all the 'Get Fit Well Soon, Son' cards he's having to deliver.
However, for all that, I'm going to stick my neck out and predict a good result for Celtic tonight. McGeady has been excellent so far this season, Gravesen had a storming debut against Aberdeen at the weekend and, if Celtic can nick any free kicks around the edge of Man Utd's penalty box, I can see Nakamura coming up with the goods. Couple with that the odds that Miller has to come good sometime, and that the 'Dietmar Hamman on steroids lookalike' Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink looks like he can unsettle even the most cultured of defences, I know that Celtic will score goals tonight. I'll be watching it live on ESPN, and my prediction - for you to take the piss out of at a later point - is a 2-2 draw.
2 comments:
You naive optimistic fool. I'm not going to wait until after the match to take the piss, I'm doing it now. You must be out of your mind if you think we're getting anything out of this one. If we keep them to 3-0, then I'll be happy. Our defence is terrible.
Nevertheless, let's hope I am so wrong - COME ON CELTIC!!
Gary Caldwell a Champions League defender? Yer having a laugh.
Celtic can thank their keeper it wasnt a total massacre.
Which is another way of saying: "youse were unlucky away from home... again.. which now makes it ten times in a row.."
Hibees.
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