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Farewell To The Holy Goalie!
Posted by: | CommentsThanks For Five Fab Years Artur…..
When Artur Boruc signed for Italian club Fiorentina it was the end of five great years for the Polish goalie at Celtic Park.
Probably the best keeper to play for the club in the past two decades, Boruc leaves Glasgow with three SPL badges, two League Cup and one Scottish Cup medal.
Always a character, the Holy Goalie’s match day ritual of blessing himself not only endeared him to The Faithful but angered the bigots that trawl this small minded country.
His heroics between the sticks included the famous penalty save from Manchester United’s Louis Saha in the Champions League, his penalty conversion against Dundee United in the CIS Cup semi-final and for me the best save of his career, when he tipped a swerving shot onto the post at Easter Road last season.
The big man was never afraid to voice his opinion or show his allegiance as he proved at Legoland when he left the park waving a ‘Champions’ Celtic flag!
Everyone at Celtic Fanzone wish the HG all the best for the future and look forward to seeing back visiting the club he held so dear for the last five years.
Good luck Artur!
The Holy Goalie
International Curse To Strike Again?
Posted by: | CommentsFingers Crossed?
Our love of international breaks show no sign of abating, now that news of not one, but two injury scares on Celtic players representing their countries have emerged.
Scott Brown played most of the game at Hampden against Macedonia in some sort of limp mode, although it didn’t stop him getting about the park and up the noses of the Macedonian players!
He will need as much rest as he can get if he’s to play against Holland. We’ve got to remember he’s just getting his fitness together after a close season op.
Hopefully he’ll miss out and be fit for Saturday’s game against Dundee United at Celtic Park. A far more important game in my book!
Joining him on injury watch is the in-form Holy Goalie. Artur appears to have strained a calf muscle in Poland’s 1-1 draw with the North.
He faces a race to be fit for the Slovenia game on Wednesday.
If Artur doesn’t make it, our very own Lukasz Zaluska will deputise and might even find himself facing his old club Dundee United in Saturday’s SPL tie.
Once again we find ourselves waiting anxiously after an international break.
He’s Fat, He’s Round, He’s Worth £10m!
Posted by: | CommentsDid You Notice The New Slim Size Artur Boruc?
No? Me neither.
The Holy Goalie is roughly the same size as he was last season, and the season before and the season before…….you get the drift.
Yet yesterday at Easter Road, the big man brought off one of the best saves in the world, truly world class to deny Hibs an equaliser.
He flung himself almost backwords to tip David Wotherspoons shot onto the post. Brilliance! Even Craig Burley said it was world class, the only sense he spoke all afternoon in fact.
We all know that saves like Artur’s can go along way to winning league titles.
Well done THG!
P.S. Funny how nobody mentioned his weight after the save?
Watch it here again….
FT: Hibs 0 Celtic 1
Posted by: | CommentsTen Man Hoops Take All Three Points
Celtic took all three points from Easter Road in a typical topsy-turvy encounter between the teams.
But the main talking point will be the sending-off of Aiden McGeady for diving.
Somehow the referee, Brother Dougie McDonald who was that biased he even wore the same kit as the Hibs goalie, managed to see Aiden fall when no-one else in the ground did.
He duly sent the player off and gave the advantage to Hibs.
And they almost capitalised immediately when Hibee Wotherspoon hit a screamer from 25 yards that looked a certainty all the way.
Except Artur Boruc had other ideas. The Holy Goalie produced a truly world class save to keep the Bhoys ahead.
Mogga then made a few substitutions, McDonald, Maloney and N’Guemo all making way for Killen, Flood and Caddis respectively.
Celtic did have a couple of great chances, Sammy greedily tried to beat the keeper when Broonie was lying open yards from goal only minutes from time, was the most notable.
However we did prevail and a win in Edinburgh is welcome, anytime.
P.S. Somethings never change,a tosser of a referee, and now that ESPN have replaced Setanta, more hunnish commentary from Booth, Burley and Co.
At least Mogga is in there fighting our corner, we’ll need him!
Who’ll Lead Out The Hoops On Wednesday?
Posted by: | CommentsDecision Time For Tony
At approximately 7.40pm on Wednesday night the player destined to be the new Celtic captain will lead the Hoops out for the first leg of our Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Moscow.
Gary Caldwell, New Celtic Captain?
But who will it be?
The smart money is on Gary Caldwell, with Glenn Loovens an outsider.
Or will the Holy Goalie be given the armband.
He’s certainly in top form and might be looked upon as a senior member of the squad.
Who ever it is will surely be the club captain for the season with Mick stepping down.
His injury looks like keeping him out for a while yet and we need continuity from the start of the campaign.