# Hello Bhoys: Celtic vs Liverpool **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bhoys-celtic-vs-liverpool/161078 "2003-03-13T12:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bhoys-celtic-vs-liverpool/161078/1 "2003-03-13T12:29:06Z")
Celtic vs Liverpool, 8.05pm tonight: what are your predictions for the game, and the tie overall? Me, I’m fairly sure Celtic will win this leg. Liverpool may theoretically have more talented individual players, but I don’t believe they have anything like the drive Martin O’Neill instils. I’m not so sure about the second leg, but I would not be at all surprised to see Celtic win the tie. What do you think of [[this]](http://www.football.guardian.co.uk/UEFA_Cup/Story/0,5764,912845,00.html) assessment of the Celtic squad? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bhoys-celtic-vs-liverpool/161078/2 "2003-03-13T20:08:52Z")
Well, well, well. Within two minutes Celtic hit the bar through Hartson and score through Larsson. Liverpool never even crossed the half-way line. ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bhoys-celtic-vs-liverpool/161078/3 "2003-03-13T20:13:29Z")
[Here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/teams/c/celtic/html/live_hi.stm) is a live (well, every 2 mins) update of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bhoys-celtic-vs-liverpool/161078/4 "2003-03-13T20:16:07Z")
Aye. I’m watching it on TV and keeping up with [[The Guardian]](http://www.football.guardian.co.uk/news/matchreport/0,9752,913396,00.html)'s usually amusing commentary. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bhoys-celtic-vs-liverpool/161078/5 "2003-03-13T20:22:08Z")
Heskey makes it 1-1. Woo woo, this could be a cracker of a game. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bhoys-celtic-vs-liverpool/161078/6 "2003-03-13T20:37:00Z")
Why are Celtic wearing player names and numbers clearly designed by the same person who did the credits to _Battlestar Galactica_? ---
**Author:** ![Merseybeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Merseybeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merseybeat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bhoys-celtic-vs-liverpool/161078/7 "2003-03-13T22:24:28Z")
Pity Diouf spoiled the good atmosphere with that spitting incident. Looks set for a good game in the second leg. I always have fun when the Scots invade Liverpool. Have to arrange a trip downtown to the pubs that day! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bhoys-celtic-vs-liverpool/161078/8 "2003-03-14T08:36:29Z")
Pity it tailed off a little in terms of excitement; I was hoping for another goal or two. I thought Heskey and Diouf had good games for Liverpool. Diouf was pulling the Celtic defenders every which way, and I had him down as second choice for man-of-the-match until that nasty little incident. He won’t play in the second leg; I can see a three-match ban being rustled up by UEFA imminently. Man-of-the-match for me is a choice between Djimi Traore (Liverpool) and Jamie Smith (Celtic). Both excellent IMHO.