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18 Aug 2015 10:53:10
I don't think we're getting value for money with our squad.

I've just read an article stating that our squad is worth roughly £24M whilst Malmos is worth roughly £2M. Our purchase of Scepovic(a player who most likely won't play a single minute of either legs)cost more than there whole squad for example, there most expensive purchase is something like £300K, then some £150K players, £80K players, finished off with some free transfers, youths and loans.

Going by this we really should be trouncing this lot over two legs, I understand that's not always how it works but really that should be the way it goes if we're being honest in general, the team with the bigger budget 8.5/10 is the team that should have the better squad, better players and therefore the team that should win.

Instead though I feel this is set up for a very tight affair which is a damning indictment on our squad imo and shows we have been recruiting poorly more or less when a team like Malmo on a £2M budget are going to give us a real game over two legs with us having a £24M budget.

This also doesn't include wages, I would guess they don't have any players on £3K a week more or less with Rosenberg there highest paid player possibly on £5-8K but that's just guessing. What I do know though is that our wage bill for our whole squad will absolutely dwarf theres.

Really nervous for this tomorrow, can't go missing out on CL football two years in a row. It's not just all about the CL though, getting into the CL will then enable us to HOPEFULLY add that decent quality striker we're missing hopefully a natural goalscorer like Soriano or the likes and also a couple of defenders LB and CB for when VVD leaves, personally though I think we need two CBs because I don't rate Boyata at all tbh, too error prone in possession. We really need to start building the foundations of a squad now that are going to push us towards 10 in a row with the CL funds and let NO one in Scotland come close to us domestically.

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18 Aug 2015 11:53:24
We've knocked out the champions of Sweden twice in the last 3 seasons. Everybody keeps making a big fuss about them beating Salzburg but at the end of the day, they lost the away leg 2-0 and from the reports should have been another 2 or 3 down before their big comeback. They will be difficult, all teams are at this stage, but we're in danger of making them out to be far better than they are because of the pressure of the tie. If we play the way we did at the weekend we'll put 2 or 3 past them no problem. Plus RD won't be taking off Brown unless he's forced to.

18 Aug 2015 12:28:24
That's the special thing of knock out games, like a cup tie, we beat barca a couple of years ago, even Chelsea drawing with Stoke in the English league, if you have a well organised fit squad, you can defo produce a result, it's 11v11 at the end of the day.

18 Aug 2015 12:41:57
Well said Kev, they should have been gubbed by Saltzburg who fielded a below strength team due to sales and injuries to the side we faced last season. Keep the Faith Bhoys and Ghirls. Hail Hail

18 Aug 2015 13:23:58
True tam I feel some of there players and manager have been disrepectfull talking abt us I think wee could be in for a surprise performance from the bhoys tommorow and silence our doubters

18 Aug 2015 15:35:02
Agree with all the posts here.

On paper, for me, we're favourites. Just as we have been underdogs in the past. And aye, it's 11 v 11 and it's cup football. They're at the same stage as us, so rightfully deserve respect. But not too much. The team should be confident, and hopefully show some. I hope too there's a few members of the Malmo camp with egg on their face after the two ties. Plenty of our players have mothed off about certain things in the past and ended up looking like a fool. I prefer the horribly over- used football cliche of letting their foitball do the talking. Would be nice if Allan came on in the second leg, megged Rosenberg and put one away. The nerves are kicking in a wee bit and that only means i'm about to watch something big. Can't wait. 2-0 the Hoops.

18 Aug 2015 16:42:14
Celtic forever , don't be nervous Celtic will be in the Champions League proper .
Remember all your nervousness before the last round and we came through unbeaten . Don't tell us about your nervousness and then you won't have to apologise for making fellow Celtic fans afraid and nervous too.
Come on Celtic forever enjoy these ties we will come out on top . Have faith in Deila Brown and the other players .

18 Aug 2015 17:58:40
Ok mate I'll keep the faith mon the hoops.

19 Aug 2015 08:41:06
Digging to find another way to slaughter us if we fail to qualify I was sick of reading the whole knocked out twice every time Europe was mentioned

19 Aug 2015 11:01:38
Bravetart stop being a board apologist.

If you think it's acceptable if we struggle or god forbid fail to qualify against Malmo when we have a budget 12 times the size of theirs then your living in cloud cuckoo land and hiding from the poor recruitment there has been over the last couple of years(If we fail).

There is a reason that no Swedish side has ever qualified for the CL Group Stages two years in a row in history and so if Malmo beat us that will be the first ever for a Swedish side and be embarassing on our part.

We really should be skelping this team but personally I think it will be tight never the less I'll keep the faith.







 

 

 
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