19 Apr 2016 16:59:51
Does it matter who Celtic get in of they have to replace Ronnie he's been on a hiding since the minute he was employed from the papers saying he was to be Lennons assistant and was never first choice to our own fans not happy he had no Celtic connections the players have never bought into his ideas how many of Sunday's players were actually signed by RD? Even with mourinho in charge with no money to spend and the players not trying for him he could do no better. The likes of Commons Brown Stokes and co who are causing unrest should be shipped out immediately and let RD do his job.
19 Apr 2016 17:24:53
I was very gutted with SB on sunday. Not to the point of getting rid, after what he's shown he can do he just needs a good rest physically and mentally, ask himself why he's not doing it and hopefully comes running out next season wearing the armband in the middle of the park with honour again.
19 Apr 2016 17:41:34
I think SB has just run his course. Happens to every player and Just think this is his time.
19 Apr 2016 18:24:25
He's only 30, so in the modern game should have at least 5 years left, even more if he sits more and doesn't dive about the pitch so much. I agree about him maybe needing a rest, especially mentally. A couple of things, I think there must be something going on behind the scenes, I also don't think he should be coaching the youth team when he might need to rest up, especially the way the first team are playing, he should be concentrating on building team spirit and sorting the lot of them out, himself included. He isn't playing well though, I thought he grew into the role because when he arrived from Hibs he was rotten, he almost looked as though he regretted joining us. Like I've also said though, - his passing was average under Lennon, and Ronny has done the impossible in making his passing worse! That's my biggest problem, I don't see one thing that Ronny is supposed to be doing on the training pitch. Not one of the things he talks about actually happens!
19 Apr 2016 18:34:17
Two things in his defence. he clearly has not fully recovered from injury and was brought back too soon. Also the two players in the midfield get too much work to do, because of the lack of quality in front of them, our front four are constantly giving the ball away. rangers had three sometimes four players in the central area on Sunday and they just passed the ball round SB and NIR . Consistently throughout the season we have been outnumbered in central midfield
Broony has given us enough to have the benefit of doubt. In my view he will be better again next season when he Is fully fit and playing in a more effective system.
19 Apr 2016 18:46:08
SB is finished in my eyes. What we seen on sunday from him was he can't control or trap a ball. can't pass 5 yards. Some fans have thought this for months with him iv been thinking it for years. He couldn't lace any former captains that iv seen. Maybe Peter Grant!
19 Apr 2016 18:50:36
for me SB has downed tools and a spill over from his historical spat with JC
First mistake RD made for me (JC) although it was probably forced on him he would have had no prior knowledge of it
Factor in the you have two individuals fitness and conditioning obsessed you need one to be a contrast for me
SB will come good again (y)
19 Apr 2016 19:23:27
A Celtic captain should never down tools. Your captain is the man who can rely on. He can have a stinker, but he can't down tools. Give him the break now and play Armstrong in his place.
19 Apr 2016 20:14:45
After commons outburst brown showed support for deila. I think he has been rushed back from injury and that the injury may have taken its toll
It's alot harder regaining fitness and sharpness in your 30s speaking from experience and Browns game is based on fitness throughout his career he's been suspect technically but his work ethic leadership and ability to intimidate opponents got him through
I would still like him here next season but would like to see him rested and allowed to recover fully.
{Ed007's Note - Good to hear you can still remember being in your 30s (yes) :=o
19 Apr 2016 21:30:27
There's a difference between saying what he thinks we all want to hear and actually doing it I agree no Celtic player should ever down tools never mind the captain Browns best asset was the way he could motor about the park and win tackles if he can't do that anymore then as sad as it may seem he's surplus to requirements he hasn't got the technical ability or the brains to sit and dictate a game Collins might have been forced on RD but they are firm friends now, if we had Lennon or others would we have seen teirney or the improvements in rogic McGregor biton? Get rid of the old guard and see the team move forward.
19 Apr 2016 22:25:41
He's probably started pointing as much as Peter Grant! There's not one player that if he left would leave me heartbroken. Brown has been average, Biton is another though who hasn't had one brilliant game all season. Ronny sticks with them all though, that's another one of his faults. I think Armstrong is better a bit deeper. He played there when he was younger, he's never a wide player, and isn't a no 10 either. Lustig is another who shouldn't even be in the squad of 18 the way he is playing. Then there's GMS who simply can't be trusted in big games, he's like a child. So I wouldn't just blame Brown. It all has to come from the manager though, we've got the biggest squad in Europe yet it's the same shysters we see every week!
19 Apr 2016 22:44:41
S Brown wasn't our worse player on Sunday . He was inches away from scoring and if the ball had finished inside the post instead of whizzing past, we would have went on to win and Brown would be lauded.
20 Apr 2016 00:30:52
Ed made a good point he thought that the poison in the dressing room was JC. If we kept Delia for another season then JC has to go, JK back to coaching youths and RD to pick his backroom staff. Also a bit more control on signings and a bit more financial backing too and see what RD is really made of. No one can blame RD for losing the dressing room when JC has history of it.
20 Apr 2016 01:35:28
On KDS the guys were talking about a certain situation involving Scott Brown, Craig Gordon and Stefan Johansson (regarding Kieran Tierney) and the relevance to the squad spirit thereafter. This is the first I've heard of it but they were saying this as if fact- did I totally miss this?
{Ed007's Note - The story was that Johansen went in full pelt on KT and when some of the other players pulled him up over it things got a bit heated. I don't know if it's true or not but Brown would have a cheek and spats like that happen all the time in training. It's just a pity some of them haven't shown KT the same protection against opposition hatchet men.}
20 Apr 2016 06:38:38
Marco10 what utter bollocks regarding being in your 30s and it being harder to retain sharpness. Sounds like excuses.
20 Apr 2016 06:44:33
It's a pity NOBODY has shown KT's attitude.
20 Apr 2016 11:14:22
Ah cheers ED.