JaneB Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Please use this thread for all posts relating to our Pre-Season Friendly match against Celtic at Notre Dame University Stadium, Indiana before, during and after the game. The match is scheduled to kick off at 21:00 hours on Saturday, 27th July 2024 (Local UK time/date) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 So apparently this is their last pre-season game before the SPL starts and they beat Man City in their last game. Might not be a walk in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 30 minutes ago, Ham said: So apparently this is their last pre-season game before the SPL starts and they beat Man City in their last game. Might not be a walk in the park. I expect come tomorrow the sky will be falling down again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 6 minutes ago, Mark Kelly said: I expect come tomorrow the sky will be falling down again. Last year's tour was enjoyable and a false dawn..the year before that it was an absolute shambles and a disaster. The Wrexham game was a true preseason warm up despite valiant attempts by some over here to "big up" Wrexham ..."..head to head with Chelsea" etc...first half all Chelsea possession and one shot as I recall,,second half playing Chelsea shirts basically...all beneficial to the preseason conditioning etc. But not indicative of anything substantial as yet. Once we get past the tribal victory desire the games can,,and should,, be looked upon as extended training sessions and not as competitive important match ups...hard though that may be! The fitness and game ready state of the long list of injury hit players from last season is a thing to look for and the sense of how the new man really wants the side to play,,the level of coaching etc etc is the crux of the tour as much as anything else. My feeling,,humbly and possibly wrong. is that the feared "possession" based "boring" football suggested by the clever pundits will be a starting point, not the long-term end product from what appears to be a young forward-looking coach with a good learning curve behind him. Half full....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciatika Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 What’s happened to Jackson? Is he injured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneB Posted July 27 Author Share Posted July 27 Yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA96 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 5 minutes ago, Original 21 said: What’s happened to Jackson? Is he injured? sprained ankle playing for Senegal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCreadie Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 What is strange is the absence of KDH. You would think Maresca would really want him on the pitch for these games, as he is the one that actually knows the game plan inside out? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeping Dave Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 4 minutes ago, McCreadie said: What is strange is the absence of KDH. You would think Maresca would really want him on the pitch for these games, as he is the one that actually knows the game plan inside out? Surely he must have some sort of knock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 A couple of goals, some slick passing, a clean sheet and no injuries. Is that too much to ask for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 You can see the difference in the progress of the two sides preseason,,Celtic further ahead in match "slickness". Some worrying gaps at the back when Celtic break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertles86 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 50 minutes ago, McCreadie said: What is strange is the absence of KDH. He's injured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 So much for a clean sheet. We look very sluggish at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertles86 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 6 minutes ago, chara said: Some worrying gaps at the back when Celtic break. Two oppo players in the box unmarked. Simple as that really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Very sloppy defending out on the left for the goal, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 This is bad. This is very, very bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Badashile hasn’t quite got the hang of this playing out from the back lark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertles86 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 1 minute ago, Original 21 said: Badashile hasn’t quite got the hang of this playing out from the back lark. Not sure he's got the hang of football yet tbh. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 That was a hell of a save from Sanchez to keep us in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Not a Sanchez fan but he has done well ..that last save had me on my feet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertles86 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Too easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Not sure what we’ve been doing in training. But this is embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 So sloppy at the back....this is Celtic ..not lower league Wrexham......lot of encouraging stuff up field but the back so flakey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMox81 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 36 minutes ago, Original 21 said: A couple of goals, some slick passing, a clean sheet and no injuries. Is that too much to ask for? If you was referring to Celtic, job done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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