22 Apr 2015 18:07:34
Dear All

Be under no illusion, this is a big fixture tonight. A win will show that we have bounce-back-ability which is a trait every winning team needs to exhibit!

There is a weariness creeping in and it will be interesting to see the tempo that Celtic apply to the match from the start. Are they going to preserve energy and fall back and hit Dundee with creative countering, or are they going to play the match like a cup final and go for the jugular.

There are many players who need to step up and show a level of character given recent setbacks.

We may have to win the battle before we play "the Celtic way" and that means players being required to actually tackle with a genuine desire to win the ball whether it be in the air or on the ground.

There is a fragility about the team at the moment. Griffiths needs to hold the ball up better and give supporting players have a chance to get up in support. Biton needs to man up a little. Johansen needs to be more effective at the start. Commons, if he plays, needs to play with his team mates and not merely alongside; his propensity to shoot on sight and routinely play like a one man wrecking machine can be counter productive when his long range attempts don't find the target. Izzy needs to watch that back bloody post and stop ball watching.

GMS and Armstrong have a great record at Dens, there will be an added incentive for them to leave their imprint on the game.

We will learn a lot about our team this evening. You learn the most when times are that little bit more trying. We need leaders tonight and not a leader. Too often SB is left to win all the battles so that others can influence the game on the periphery. Dundee are too good and form wise too hot for anything other than a high energy approach from CFC.

A defeat and the league is wide open as Aberdeen will fancy their chances at Pittodrie and DUFC won't mind burying us at Tannadice in a matter of days.

A win and we send out a signal loud and clear - WE ARE CFC AND WE DESERVE TO BE TOP DOGS DOMESTICALLY

C'mon the Hoops

1.) 22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015 18:23:09
@paradisewon Hail Hail, that's a fantastic post!

We're going to need to really dig deep to get over Sunday's defeat and go on and claim this title.

I won't be surprised if we get a penalty at Dundee tonight, just to show us how these things even themselves out.

2.) 22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015 18:51:20
Amateur H,

We will need to dig deep as DFC are in a rich vein of form. Knowing our luck we will get a penalty against us followed by a mass pitch invasion …and then docked 10 points LOL

3.) 22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015 18:59:17
Total over exaggeration. ICT game is really going to upset morale on the pitch. Players are professionals and i'm sure its not the first time some of them have been in this position. Are u incinerating league title is under threat?

4.) 22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015 19:46:58
Amateur Horticulturist that seems to be working fine now so try resending that last post again. Any more problems and just give us a shout.

5.) 22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015 19:55:43
@ED007 Cheers chief. I don't know what I had done there, I thought maybe I was banned or blocked but I couldn't think what for.

@DN30 I'm not insinuating (I googled that btw lol) the league is under threat but we need to show the mettle to bounce back tonight and get back on winning ways, I don't think Dens Park is an easy place to go to at the best of time without the shadow of Sunday still hanging over the team.

The aftermath won't be helping the players put it behind them since everybody and their granny have been talking about it since it happened.

As you say the ICT game is going to upset moral, we were on a great run, lost a match, lost a semi-final, lost a treble.

I think as Hoops fans we've all seen the effect a demoralising loss can do after some European matches.

I'd love to see us go out tonight and sweep Dundee aside by hammering them by 4 or 5 but I think this will be a tough game for us.

I still fully expect Celtic to win the league.

{Ed007's Note - If I blocked everyone who talks horsemuck I'd have no posters left!}

6.) 22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015 20:34:15
@AH post was directed to paradisewon son lol

{Ed007's Note - :=D

7.) 22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015 20:43:58
lol Ed, your talent is WASTED on here mate with the horticulturist/horsemuck pun

A thought it was 02 that was only one that talked KEEEK on here? ;-)