15 Oct 2016 17:20:33
Another three points always the priority but maybe lost a bit of our momentum due to that pain of an international break.
Huge week ahead and although the CL game is very important I hope we have the resolve and energy to hammer that mob at Hamden next weekend.
Europe is always a bonus, but domestic dominance and trophies is what hurts our rivals and detractors more and gives the players and support more pleasure.
15 Oct 2016 17:54:55
seriously,
would rather guarantee European football after Christmas than be in the league cup final.
15 Oct 2016 18:01:55
obv want both - but if it were an either or situation.
15 Oct 2016 18:16:22
It's a tough one tbh because I'd love a treble.
15 Oct 2016 18:33:17
Half time I wish we had gone out of the league Cup in our first game . My thinking is that this is Brendan Rodger's first season at Celtic and obviously next season and following seasons we should be getting stronger and stronger and that's the timescale that we should put Brendan to test . This season a double domestically ( Scottish Cup and league ) and European football after Christmas, should satisfy us all. The League Cup been played before Christmas is probably the biggest danger to a great season . Fixture congestion between now and Christmas will really test us .
However we are where we are and we really have to beat the new boys next Sunday and put them in their place . Not necessary a difficult task but nevertheless a daunting enough game as it is a must win.
15 Oct 2016 18:46:21
There was a time when we seriously competed in Europe and I have been very fortunate to have watched us in three finals.
However, in the current format and financial disadvantage - and our long history of poor 'away' form, it is highly unlikely we will ever see another Lisbon, San Siro or Seville and with that in mind, I have to say trophies and domestic success all day long - with a fair sprinkling of Celtic Park CL parties along the way - until (maybe one day) the playing field is a lot fairer?
15 Oct 2016 19:24:56
Bring on the treble.
15 Oct 2016 20:36:23
Definitely cup final, Europe means nothing after qualifiers only money, the big boys have rigged the cl, winning it means nothing , the elite clubs just take turns each .
15 Oct 2016 21:01:14
I wish we'd gone out the league cup in our first game! U really do have to wonder about some people honestly! Utter Shoite! Brendan will clear up this season, starting with the league cup! Like Kev said, bring on the treble!
15 Oct 2016 22:23:24
wasn't there a time celtic likes to win every comp they entered? what's changed obv champions league is way off but domestically wee want the lot!
15 Oct 2016 22:57:15
As much as I'd like it, and as much as I think we're getting towards a position to totally dominate the domestic scene, I would never demand/ expect a treble.
15 Oct 2016 22:58:24
liked*** and yous I allways think lifting the league cup makes the team Hungary for more silverware. and stopping Scotland's newest club is allways a bonus. two massive games comeing up believe bhoys get into thum!
16 Oct 2016 09:38:38
When did we adopt the philosophy of superstition? That by not winning one thing will lead to, or increase the chances of success in another area?
When did this happen?
There is no balancing force in the universe that divies things up.
"Oh look, the Tic beat sevco that means I will need to make them go out before Christmas. "
That doesn't happen. It had never happened.
We want to win everything, if we fail, we don't or shouldn't think, ah well, we brought that on ourselves by rousing the wrath of the great even upper super being that loves fitba.
We will win or lose on how we play each game and not how we fared in previous games.
We should win the treble, but as we all know that's harder to achieve than state and only time will tell.
Fitba isn't an either or. It's fitba.
16 Oct 2016 15:07:03
Sometimes I wonder are we Glasgow Celtic supporters or are we glory hunters . It's a pleasure and a joy following Celtic this season with one notable exception when we were over run the second half in Barcelona . I too have had the leasure of three European finals but I cannot say I derived much pleasure out of the second final after hearing from J Stein that our opponents were weak . As it turned out there was a weak team out there but it wasn't the Dutch team . That year it was the two games against Leeds in the Semi final who gave me the most pleasure . I have enjoyed and hope to enjoy again epic European ties and campaigns that don't necessarily finish with us playing in the final . We have won a number of trebles during my time so unimportant that I don't remember how many . We have won more League Cups, again so important I don't remember how many . I don't lie in bed when I can't sleep trying to recall great League Cup Victories.
16 Oct 2016 16:08:04
so old bhoy u won't be celebrating when wee put the ball in the onion bag Sunday have a day off.
16 Oct 2016 19:43:57
Ah wee Craigy white, wise up, nowhere did I say anything like the nonsense u r insinuating, if u read my previous post I said that Sunday's game was a game we really had to win, a must win game.
What I tried to say was we could enjoy success in Europe and remember it without winning or reaching the final.
Getting to the final or even winning the League Cup, won't be remembered in five yrs time .
My worry about the League Cup is that the extra games involved could be the straw that puts us out of Europe before Christmas . We have had a very tough programme of games and from now to the end of the year is even tougher, made worse by a useless League Cup that carries no reward.
16 Oct 2016 23:12:35
Why can't we have both.
17 Oct 2016 17:13:28
We are pushing the team to the limit . I feel strongly as this is B R first year, I think the four less games by not competing in the League cup, would stand to us in Europe ( playing in Europe in Spring ) help us in the SPFL and keep us fresher for Scottish Cup .
Now we have to put more at risk because of the useless L C.