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Valencia v CELTIC, Europa League last 32, Thursday 21st Feb, 5.55pm, BT Sport

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by Luis1967, Feb 17, 2019.

Discuss Valencia v CELTIC, Europa League last 32, Thursday 21st Feb, 5.55pm, BT Sport in the Celtic Chat area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    I know mate..
     
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    No doubt after the first leg they will think it will be a walk in the park, it might well be but i hope we at least give them a game and have a go.
     
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    Hayes could have cleared 3 off the line and scored a hattrick yesterday and still wouldn't have started against Valencia this week.

    That's one thing that * me off about Brendan. He doesn't keep momentum going with certain players and goes back to his trusted options. Izzaguire was * poor on Thursday night, not blaming him for the result but his lack of pace and ability to get back to mark his man played a big part in the two goals.

    Izzy is pish. I'm not Hayes' biggest fan but what more can the guy do. Anyway, I think we might actually pull off a surprise win but still lose out on the two legged tie.

    Either we sneak a cheeky 1-0 or a 2-1 or we get a pumping 3 of 4 nil and lose out 5 or 6 on aggregate to 0. It feels like one of those situations.
     
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    Forrest has went right off the boil the last few weeks after his heavy goalscoring spell, always a threat though but maybe give burke or weah a chance there some games. he was invisible yesterday.
     
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    I know this is probably going to be an unpopular opinion but I actually wouldn't mind seeing us rest a few players. There is a slim chance that we are going to progress after our performance and the scoreline in the first leg and we have a tricky game against an inform Motherwell on Sunday and then Hearts at Tynecastle the following Wednesday.
     
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    Sunday looks after itself, i think we'll lose to valencia regardless of what team we put out, but as long as we don't go over to mestalla and get slaughtered.
     
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    Not exactly fair on the thousands who have forked out to go over there including myself. We’ll play full strength and have a go, you just never know what could happen if we get the first goal.
     
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    Valencia will do what they did at CP, just sit back and wait till someone * up our passing bonanza at the back and go on a counter. Say what you want about this Valencia team, but Marcelino have made their defence very hard to break down. Only Juve has managed to score twice on them at Mestalla this season.
     
  9. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    Dreading this, tbh.
     
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    As long as we avoid a pasting. It’s the least I’ve looked forward to a game since the dead rubber against Barca in the boy camp when we got an absolute shoeing there too.

    Realistically the tie was * after 50 minutes on Thursday and it’s now about salvaging a bit of pride.
     
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    Still missing 4 important players for a while now,Benkovic,Tierney,Rogic, Ntcham and if you include Griffiths 5.
    sure we still have quality in the pool of players though but it's always good to have a full squad to choose from wich weve not really had while still playing a lot of games.
     
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    usually i have a feeling of dread with these away games in europe . but i'm feeling confident we're going to put in a good performance , and thats all i want . however, if we bang that first one in.........
     
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    A free hit this one. May as well give it a good go.

    Bain

    Jozo
    Ajer
    Boyata

    Forrest
    Brown
    McGregor
    Hayes

    Weah
    Edouard
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  14. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    Need to try something different.
     
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    Just looking for a decent performance.
     
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    If we manage to score first preferably late in the half then all to play for, any first minute jobs like PSG will get picked apart :54:
     
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    Like playing well away from home? :54:
     
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    If we had all players fit it would've been ideal to play a 4-4-2 diamond and have Tierney and toljan providing the width. We allowed them to completely dominate the midfield at CP.
     
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    I’m going into it this with no expectation.

    I don’t think we’ll keep a clean sheet and can’t see us then scoring the 3 goals which would be required to go through.

    If we had Tierney, Rogic, Ntcham and Benkovic as options for game 1 it could have been a different story.

    An improved performance from game 1 is all I ask for.
     
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    Personally just hoping maybe we can put in a good performance and salvage some pride with maybe getting a draw. At their game this weekend Valencia at home were all over Espanyol for the first 20 minutes or so but Espanyol hung on and after that the game was pretty much a non event that finished 0-0. If we can get through the early onslaught we have a chance of getting maybe a draw.