01 Jan 2018 09:38:09
Got to agree with Big Sutton’s comments today about the players being tired - total nonsense
Lustig, KT and Brown where the players he singled out as the only ones with a reason to be tired - spot on.
01 Jan 2018 11:23:55
He also calls it mental weakness! A team that went 69 games unbeaten is not mentally weak! Everyone can see the players are jaded a good few of the bhoys have been playing international games as well. James Forrest has played a lot of games aswell we have a lot of fantastic managers on here recently knowing the best team selections. We will come back from this break a lot better for it.
01 Jan 2018 12:05:32
Get what a lot of you are saying but reality is the top teams with top players all play this amount of games
Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar play more and against far better opposition and never hear tiredness being used. Granted it’s unlikely these guys play 9 games in 27 days.
Just feel as a lot of others do that we are not building on last years fantastic achievement.
Today I see paper talk if 8 million in for Simo and we are looking at Hendry as a replacement - this mentality is not acceptable and will not allow us to improve.
01 Jan 2018 10:16:32
Happy New Year and all the best for 2018 to EDs and all the Celtic family. Apparently Dembelle went straight down the tunnel when subbed after his slow walk off the park rather than watch the game. Read into that what you will but for me BR should compile 2 lists not based on ability but based on who wants to be here and who doesn't. If that's Armstrong, Jozo, Dembelle or whoever punt them. I'd rather pay my hard earned cash to watch young bhoys come through who're proud to wear the jersey. Two lists Brendan identify replacements then start the clear out.
{Ed007's Note - Happy New Year mate.}
01 Jan 2018 14:19:33
A lot of our team had 2 weeks off in the summer at the most we had the cup final internationals then back for training and qualifying for champs league it was always going to be hard to replicate. I agree that we need to build on last years achievements mate and we always let them off the hook when we are in a position of strength!
{Ed007's Note - My mate sent me this from Tw@tter yesterday:
Including internationals, Kieran Tierney has played more minutes (3,607) in 17/18 than any other outfield player in any European top tier league. That equates to 40 full matches in 169 days, or 1 game every 4 days since July. Only Craig Gordon (3,780) has played more minutes. The 2 outfield players closest to Tierney are Scott Brown (3,220 minutes) and Mikael Lustig (3,137 minutes). Valon Berisha, of Salzburg, is the first non-Celtic player on the list, with 2,984 minutes - 7 games worth less than Tierney has played.
There's no Messi (2763 mins) or Ronaldo (2589 mins) even close to that so that puts to bed once and for all any talk about players at other clubs play the same amount of games as us or even the crazier myth that some play more! At other club's it usually 'keepers that have the minutes that our outfield players have.}
01 Jan 2018 16:11:17
Campsie Bhoy Happy New Year and All the best for 2018. I was down in your country at Schoenstatt for the Bells! ☘ï¸.
01 Jan 2018 16:35:05
Happy New year mate and happy new year to everyone else! Was it open mate? I wished I had known ad have ventured up! Am in Ma bed way before it bored every year! A used to moan and say footballers should try working a 40 + week then moan about tired until I read into it all. Rest and recovery is a massive part of a players game.
03 Jan 2018 22:57:23
It's complete nonsense to say other teams have played as many games as us in this season so far .
Those who have played about 5/ 6 games less have turnovers 3 times and more than Celtic and thus can have a far bigger squad of top class first teamers.