Celtic Banter Archive August 10 2016

10 Aug 2016 22:53:22
great performance tonight! . actually played that well forgot we still have wee Roberts to come back aswell! . and great to see rogic put in a good performance also. manager also showing his class already. never looked this forward to a season in a long time. bring on the sevco! HH.

10 Aug 2016 22:39:51
Another impressive display tonight and we"re only going to get better. Sinclair a class act, Broony back to his old self, Rogic showing us he's well worth his new contract. A new keeper and we'll be looking very strong, noticed BR getting frustrated with Gordons wayward kicking tonight so hopefully that will be next on the agenda.

10 Aug 2016 22:21:37
After watching that performance tonight, I'm wondering what everyone's thoughts on Roberts are? Do we play the players who are going to be here long term? Get the use out of what I think is a great player while we can? Or try to sign him up permanently? IMO you could argue all three but I would go with the second option and if possible the third too.

10 Aug 2016 22:32:54
Looking forward to seeing Roberts and Sinclair same team bud tbh oooofft God help full backs other teams up here lol, no getting carried away but as I said before Iam just really impressed with how quickly we win ball back when we lose it big Rogic class aswell.

10 Aug 2016 22:33:42
If there's a deal to be done i'd sign him permanently absolutely no question, for me not playing a fit Roberts isn't an option, make the most of him while he's here, the boys a cracking player, the type of player you pay good money to watch.

10 Aug 2016 22:57:35
Dundeebhoy i can't see Roberts breaking into Man City first team mate. Money and that club are killing game. They seem to have a pattern of buying a player with no chance of breaking through, so that other competitor clubs can't buy them. Bony, Sinclair, Roberts, Denayer to name a few. Its getting more clear man city transfer policy, hopefully players will start to see this. What i'm trying to say is, Roberts is still young. Good chance after experiencing europe and playing regularly he might want to stay and develop then go back to EPL. Transfer fee more than likely would hinder this.

Team is looking really good. IMO all we need is a keeper.

10 Aug 2016 23:00:29
Think it will be a mixture or 1 and 2 to be honest.
We are hoping to have 2 good cup runs plus in Europe till Xmas at least and the league. A lot of games to play.
So the players that are our future plus Roberts will get plenty game time.

11 Aug 2016 17:14:08
A good manager will always play the players he thinks are the best available to him, unless he has specific reason to punish a player or rest him or them.

10 Aug 2016 21:59:08
Thought mcgregor was outstanding tonight.

10 Aug 2016 21:55:01
Thoughts after tonight's games
Gordon- nothing to do most of game then pushes ball out to wee skippys feet.

Janko- steady and strong. Looks like he runs out of ideas sometimes when going forward.

Lustig- mister dependable as usual.

Oconnell- really impressed by him last few games.

Izzy- not his biggest fan but done well tonight. Good game.

Forrest- played well. Worked hard. Chased all way from their box to ours when they broke for corner. New lease of life?

Brown- good game. Keeper ball ticking over and Marshalled the midfield well

Mcgregor- good game. Worked hard chase the ball down and great wee ball for rogic

Sinclaire- great game. Looks exciting and dangerous

Rogic- great game looked like a class act tonight.

Dembele- worked hard got his reward.
Maybe being to hard on himself and trying to hard. Think goals will come.

All subs on when game was done and good to see youth getting some time on park.

Manager- got it all bang on again tonight even with suspensionsome and knocks to key players.

Special mention to motherwell keeper.
Great game and kept the score line being a humiliation.

10 Aug 2016 22:17:55
Agree with it all mate.

10 Aug 2016 22:36:36
Agree with everything Kev especially Dembele lad looks a player but maybe just trying to hard agreed way Sutton about he's movement at times would love the big man to give him a bit a coaching lol.

10 Aug 2016 22:51:31
I too agree with you Kev83 . I must compliment u on your great knowledge of footballers, just co-incides with myself😊😅
Maybe one of the players B R wants could be a goalkeeper, to put Gordon under pressure or take his place.

10 Aug 2016 21:43:02
Dare I say (without getting carried away) that BR has clearly found the player's G-spots and knows how to tickle them! lol
It's impossible to make any serious judgment on the back of just a few games but he's got Forrest playing well. That in itself is worthy of applause.
A sound performance tonight with few if any real negatives. I liked that :-)

HAIL HAIL.

10 Aug 2016 22:55:57
Good managers can inspire some players to new heights .
Good managers can buy in new players that fit into team
Good managers adopts style of football to suit players available
Good managers can bring through new players .

Brendan Rodgers seems to be ticking all the boxes, he is confident in what he does.

10 Aug 2016 23:46:43
good managers can set up differently to deal with different challenges at home and abroad
good managers aren't afraid to alter course during game to get the job done on their terms
good managers don't watch and wait and ponder and pause and worry …they react and do their best to fix what needs fixing

Celtic should deploy different tactics to thwart their opponents…we might not always like the tactics …like counter attacking at home in a european game …but surely its about getting the right result …maybe we have a manager who realises that we need to be capable / able to play different systems at different times

under RD we were very very very predictable and that in itself was a travesty.

10 Aug 2016 21:38:02
What a performance! Well done Dembele on bagging first goal (non penalty) , Sinclair looks an absolute steal.

10 Aug 2016 21:43:56
A wonderful return of really good football for the fans. As iv said before, i think its going to be a special season.

10 Aug 2016 22:00:23
I agree Bhampot. Really impressed by Sinclair, he is what we have been missing for a long time. An actual left winger.

10 Aug 2016 22:17:49
DN30, what were your thoughts on Dembele? Know you were not too impressed at the start? I know it's early doors but he is looking sharper now don't you think? Maybe had more space to play without Griffiths?

10 Aug 2016 22:45:00
Johnnymac i said the other week after Astana game i think i overreacted after seeing his tv comments. Just think he is a really nervous person. He really needed that goal tonight, i think this will boost his confidence massively and can honestly see him progressing. i'm sure as season goes on they will play together well mate.

10 Aug 2016 22:57:16
Johnnymac are you becoming a bit more confident now.

11 Aug 2016 01:00:43
DN Dembele nervous? Really after that penalty last week and tonight, he looked Mr confident in both.
On a sidenote mate what about a bit of praise for PL and JP in the great signings we made lol.

10 Aug 2016 21:07:19
If we play like this we have nothing to fear next week against Hapoel. Carrying domestic form into Europe is always difficult though because it's so tense and so much is at stake. What a performance from the bhoys!

10 Aug 2016 23:02:56
This is Brendan Rodgers task. He has introduced a high level of confidence in our domestic game . He has some players playing at a new level. That's what he has to do for next Wednesday, send the players out relaxed but determined to do the job . The Israeli team are not much better than Motherwell and we need to do a job on them at home, at least if we don't destroy them at home we play them away in a 16,000 capacity stadium and a grass pitch .

11 Aug 2016 01:02:02
Oldbhoy Motherwell would have no chance of beating Olympiakos.

10 Aug 2016 20:42:09
Looking good. hail hail.

10 Aug 2016
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10 Aug 2016 15:57:42
Thoughts on van der vaart ed? You reckon would've been worth a punt before he moved to Shevy's old team? Or do you think he is over the hill.

{Ed007's Note - He was a cracking player in his day and could have been worth taking a punt on.}

10 Aug 2016 17:00:02
Bit past it now but was Soooo immense in his day like ed says. There was another player at Ajax back in the day who came up with him, another midfielder, can't remember his name but he too was immense (at the time) can't remember who he was, similar name reckon he disappeared. Van der varrt is one that they might go for, more in their bracket.

10 Aug 2016 17:57:17
I'm sure we were keen on him many years ago when we played Ajax and he looked very impressive, but he was destined for better things? However, I am sure he or someone like Xavi or Gerard would bring on our young players no-end - even if it was for a year or so.

10 Aug 2016 15:18:17
Just posted about Chamakh (sp? ) as a possible free for us to give cover and then was told by mate that Sevco are after him. Don't shoot me down but I do think he could do a job in our league and work well as back up. All my Palace mates can't stand him but reckon he would do ok in our current set up at SPFL level at least. LG suspension tonight highlights how light we are in attacking options. Ciftci and Aitchison seem to be only other options after MD, unless I'm missing someone.

10 Aug 2016 15:41:21
Need to disagree mate he's terrible.

10 Aug 2016 15:33:00
Chamakh went to Arsenal with a good reputation and has become steadily more woeful with every season that's passed. It would be a coup for US if Sevco signed him.

10 Aug 2016 16:27:30
He rotten.

10 Aug 2016 17:32:11
Fair dos.

10 Aug 2016 18:20:55
He has to be over- aged, over- weight and over rated if they are interested in him .
I hope nobody decides to buy I'm just to wipe their eye, it's said we did that will Allen and that didn't help us much.

10 Aug 2016 13:42:59
Ed what u think of the Henderson situation, I a big fan of the boy and reading posts so are a lot of others.
If he has to go wudnt it be worth punting him to Aberdeen for eg cheaply and putting in a buy back clause (cheap of course) in case he turned out to be a star, what you think?

{Ed007's Note - I don't see the point in doing that, it's not as if an Aberdeen or Hibs would quote us £10 million for him. We've already told the player he has no future at the Club and you reckon he's agree to a buy back clause?}

10 Aug 2016 14:27:54
I can't understand it at all but obviously RD and now BR have both formed the opinion that he should be playing elsewhere. He's looked very decent anytime I've seen him play.

10 Aug 2016 15:27:37
So technically every club should sell every player with a buy back clause because the player might turn good.

Transfer market is awkward enough without that carry on.

10 Aug 2016 17:41:47
Maybe somebody should mention the buy back clause to man Utd lol.

10 Aug 2016 18:33:43
Wasn't there a buy back clause in crossas contract with Barcelona.
Something to do with if someone makes a bid they had the chance to match it and get first choice to speak to him?

10 Aug 2016 19:19:21
Spot on kev there was definitely talk of Barcelona's clause at the time being able to match the highest bidder.

10 Aug 2016 12:27:03
A lot of players out or doubtful for tonight, am I right that O'Connell is only fully fit centre half? Tierney being doubtful too leaves us very vulnerable. Based on what I think is available, I'd go for Janko, Lustig, O'Connel, Izzy (KT if fit) Rogic Brown Armstrong Forrest with Sinclair and Dembele up front. Didn't realise we had so little available through the suspensions and injuries. Amount of injuries hopefully due to pre-season. Still a bit worrying though.

10 Aug 2016 14:08:56
I'll assume the disagree is for me not fielding a keeper.

10 Aug 2016 15:08:51
Just threw my own disagree on their too :)

10 Aug 2016 18:31:56
Daviebhoy, it's good to have the confidence to go without a keeper . Novel way of building up the keeper's confidence by keeping him off the pitch, he won't make mistakes .
I think if this game was of any importance more players would have been declared fit.

10 Aug 2016 18:48:41
It is of importance it's a cup game.

10 Aug 2016 12:13:57
My other half is a season ticket holder at Sunderland and Borini is lazy, injury prone and above all crap. He's rated even even worse than Fletcher was in the north east. He won't be coming anywhere near us thank god.

10 Aug 2016 15:07:04
Name anyone in the Sunderland team that had a good season? Borini is a top player normally with a good work ethic. I wouldn't imagine was provided with many chances at sunderland.

10 Aug 2016 16:23:21
seen the posters saying that borini, chamak etc are not good enough, hooper was mince in the prem and look what he did for us, stick them down in the championship or league 1 and they would get a few i reckon, its great tho that instead of the usual mince that we get linked with.

10 Aug 2016 18:35:45
As the Sunderland team were not noted for hard work Borini must be very lazy if the fans are so down on him . Imagine been described as crap by Sunderland fans.

{Ed001's Note - Borini is far from lazy, he is known for his workrate.}

10 Aug 2016 19:10:58
Have you heard down south Ed001 if any truth in this.

{Ed001's Note - well the original post is a lie. Clearly full of something brown and smelly as the one thing he is not rated as is lazy. Secondly, Borini fell out with Rodgers at Liverpool, so I would think it highly unlikely, as Rodgers refused to use him, even when all the other strikers were injured.}

10 Aug 2016 11:02:16
Not directly Celtic related, but does anyone else feel that the English are doing what they do best, wrecking everything they touch, now it's football turn, the money and wages they are paying bang average players is nothing short of scandalous, they have created an artificial playing field based on nothing but t. v. money, it's about time pressure. was put on sky to put things on a much more even keel, if fans in other leagues refused to pay into sky tv until they change the imbalance towards England, and have a much fairer share out of monies, after all we pay the same amount as the English fans do I know we are a much smaller fan base, but if you include Holland, Belgium, the Slovaks, Scandinavians, France, Ireland, Greece, etc, it's time for fans to stand up to sky, hit them in their pockets for a more level playing field, over 47m for stones,89m pogba total madness, might as well play the c. l with 6 or 7 teams. ok rant over., bring on the well.

10 Aug 2016 11:21:38
When I worked at sky many moons ago sky sports had 483000 subscribers and 300000 of them where from Scotland. So where was our share.

10 Aug 2016 11:21:51
Not just sky pumping billions in so do we stop watching tv or using phones broadband etc? It is ridiculous but a wee country moaning makes zero difference it will take English fans to stop this madness and reclaim a sense of reality at their clubs before anything happens and I don't see that happening any time soon sadly.

10 Aug 2016 12:17:52
Viva la revolution cancel sky/ bt sports, I have done this now saving over £40 p/ m. Now this money can go towards season book and buy direct form the Celtic store.

10 Aug 2016 14:27:53
I think part of this is that nobody buys a fake picture for a low price. The huge price persuades people it must be genuine. So with a lot of these multi million priced players. All about price, and less about value. A lot of money for some good players, but quite a few donkeys.

10 Aug 2016 16:00:23
The money that Sky put into football in England is so ridiculous that some club would probably pay around £40m for Efe Ambrose.
I heard on radio 5 the other day 2 pundits talking about the Pogba to Man Utd deal, and they were saying that despite selling him for virtually nothing 4 years ago, that now paying £89m to sign him back was really good business by Utd.
When the people involved in football in England are so out of touch with reality you wonder if football in England will ever come to it's senses.

10 Aug 2016 18:42:46
The fact that such a high % of Sky subscribers are Scottish, says more about Scottish Football fans love of the Anglicised game than their home game . If the English clubs wer relying on English only subscriptions, they wouldn't be paying outlandish wages . The Irish are even worse than the Scottish in their support for the EPL.

10 Aug 2016 09:02:27
Robbie Neilson is making himself look foolish.
Fair enough defend your players, but don't completely compromise your integrity.

Never a penalty so no need to get more publicity by engaging in a 'war of words'.

His team played well but; 8 yellow cards, diving for a pen, fans attacking players (allegedly) and we still won.

Hail hail.

10 Aug 2016 09:31:10
If the players were attacked/ assaulted, Celtic should be screaming for establishment to act. The bile-bowl has always been unsafe for fans and players alike - not to mention violence against managers.
Every time the ball goes out of play, you can see the morons lurching over the barrier, snarling all sorts of hate-filled abuse.
Of course we get stick and taunting at every away ground, but that mob are out of control and get away with it time after time.

10 Aug 2016 10:01:38
They're fans are far worse than rangers fans ever were in ma eyes. No been to a sevco game yet so can't comment on them yet😉.

10 Aug 2016 10:17:02
Typical of that lot! Can't stand that mob! Almost as much as sevco but not quite as much lol! Robbie neilson is a clown! An average player at best and the same as a manager! He sums up everything they represent as a club! And the rubbish he spouts doesn't surprise me in the slightest! Remember that big half wit Craig Leiven is his gaffer! Says it all!

10 Aug 2016 19:03:09
The hatred of the Hearts board, management, players and fans is akin to what the Rangers clubs have . Both Hearts and The Rangers don't deny their hatred of us .
When Lennon was attacked, the Hearts Board, reacted by reducing the Celtic fans allocation . The police and judiciary messed up and Lennon attacker got away lightly.

09 Aug 2016 23:40:53
I was out with my daughter at the seaside today and bumped into Celtic legend john hartson, what a lovely bloke he is and he talked to me for ages about Celtic football club.

10 Aug 2016 08:57:33
Big john was great, always looks through the green tinted glasses
Hail hail.