Mowbray surveys the damage

Tue, 06 Oct 19:11:33 2009

Celtic boss Tony Mowbray is assessing the collateral damage suffered on and off the park following Sunday's defeat by Rangers at Ibrox.

The Hoops passed up the chance to go seven points clear of their Old Firm rivals at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League as a first-half Kenny Miller double, before Aiden McGeady scored from the spot, was enough to give Walter Smith's side three crucial points.

As well as coming to terms with the six-point swing, Mowbray was left surveying the battle scars among his already-stretched squad which was without Barry Robson, Andreas Hinkel and Danny Fox before the trip to Govan, notwithstanding long-term injured Marc-Antoine Fortune.

Robson picked up a hamstring injury in training on Saturday while Hinkel failed to recover from the leg injury which also kept him out of last week's Europa League draw with Rapid Vienna at Celtic Park.

Fox suffered a dead leg and a sustained a slight hamstring tear which forced him out of the Scotland squad for the trip to Japan where he was certain to pick up his first cap in Saturday's friendly in Yokohama.

And while Scott Brown's ongoing ankle problem will be assessed by a London specialist on Tuesday, the Celtic boss woke this morning with another set of complaints to contend with in the shape of Scott McDonald, Shaun Maloney and Stephen McManus

Maloney picked up an Achilles injury at Ibrox while McManus had to have stitches inserted in a head wound.

McDonald missed his scheduled flight to join up with the Australia squad for the matches against Holland and Oman and a decision will be taken later in the week about whether he can make the journey to his homeland.

 

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  1. #16 Same as last time big man,same as last time......

    From METZ, on Tue 6 Oct 8:57PM

  2. Same as last time big man

    From nichola, on Tue 6 Oct 8:54PM

  3. Your on m8 and to the charity of our choice....

    From Stuart, on Tue 6 Oct 7:32PM

  4. #14 Fair enuff,if thats they way you want it,so be­ it,£50 on where the league ends up then as well,if your­ man enuff LOL!!!!!!

    From METZ, on Tue 6 Oct 7:11PM

  5. Metz, ur wrong m8 it was £20 for every OF game and ur­ £20 quid up the noo...u said and I quote" do u­ think you can afford £20 a game" As I have said­ again and again the league was won last year because­ Celtic drew their last two games, I also stated that I­ felt, that it would be Rangers that lose the League­ this season because they would draw more games than­ Celtic this year...been proved right so far

    From Stuart, on Tue 6 Oct 6:49PM

  6. Stuart, & the bet was on the league,not the old­ firm games,or do you want to change that????

    From METZ, on Tue 6 Oct 6:36PM

  7. #11 1 point with 7 games played,enjoy it while you­ can,we still THE unbeaten team

    From METZ, on Tue 6 Oct 6:35PM

  8. Metz, you looked up recently...were r top

    From Stuart, on Tue 6 Oct 6:24PM

  9. Metz the bet was £20 on all the OF games but name ur­ price m8...Martin Oneill and GF were on the same deals,­ and i think u will find Martin Oneill still is on the­ same deal

    From Stuart, on Tue 6 Oct 6:23PM

  10. Stuart the bet was end of season,not old firm­ games,Mowgli only signed a 12 month rollin­ contract,what does that say bout his commitment to­ "the cause",if you get pumped out of the­ euro,lose the league,you honestly think the tic will­ want to keep him?????.End of season if he his still­ there the bet stands,if not you owe big time ok????

    From METZ, on Tue 6 Oct 6:15PM

  11. I will double or quit you on the final cash total won­ by you or I win, after the 4 games, that Mowbray will­ be there in 7 mths time.

    From Stuart, on Tue 6 Oct 6:08PM

  12. Stuart?? you already have a bet with me,remember???­ now,am not saying that you have a gambling­ adddiction,but,2 bets with the same dude looks like you­ might need some advice,however,if you want,state your­ parameters for said bet & I will certainly give it­ some thought

    From METZ, on Tue 6 Oct 5:08PM

  13. Wanna bet?

    From Stuart, on Tue 6 Oct 4:36PM

  14. #5 Neither will Mowgli

    From METZ, on Tue 6 Oct 3:03PM

  15. Pt2...Wattie will not be there in 7 months time

    From Stuart, on Tue 6 Oct 2:02PM

  16. All is well, we are still top of the table. This is­ when we sing, "when you walk through a storm hold­ yer head up high" at the top of our voices. Hail,­ Hail win or loose. Mon the glorious Hoops!

    From Jamie, on Tue 6 Oct 2:55AM

  17. Naa i hope Moby D-ic-k stays longer than Strachan did­ and Walter will make it seven in a row again...no­ probs...

    From LUCY F, on Mon 5 Oct 9:41PM

  18. Maybe he should survey his defence (Sorry what defence­ )as much as he likes to play expansive football no team­ wins anything without people who can stop the other­ team scoring and it also helps if you can score­ yourself.

    From John, on Mon 5 Oct 6:31PM
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