Celtic Banter Archive February 10 2021

 

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10 Feb 2021 22:08:09
turn bulls ball to rogic tonight for christies goal was delicious.

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10 Feb 2021 22:24:28
Largely boring game but that wee 5 minute spell was devastating

Someone is going to get an absolute doing off us if we can do that for a full 90 mins.

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10 Feb 2021 22:42:31
Aye, but it was broony that started the move that led to the goal.

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11 Feb 2021 00:26:57
He is one of the few positives from this season.

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10 Feb 2021 21:20:59
Can't quite put my finger on it but Ajeti reminds me of someone. Last few seasons we've been taken almost to 'The edge of heaven' but this years been a 'Wham rap'. NL is still saying 'I'm your man' but should have gone 'Last Christmas'. The football is so boring now it's hard not to fall asleep. Hopefully someone will 'Wake me up when Lenny Go Go's.

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10 Feb 2021 22:02:46
“Don’t Look Back In Anger” SmkmeAkipper 😂.

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10 Feb 2021 19:53:59
Kamon bhoys we need to work hard at attacking tonight and hard to win and get the back back when we don't have it.

Enrico is settled with bottle of grape juice here we go my friends

💚🍷.

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10 Feb 2021 18:18:12
I was looking a bit into ajax, a club I feel prove that we'll run club in smaller nations can compete. I would normally say celtic can't compete with ajax financially. And looking they have spent 50mil a season for 4 years I a row on transfers. However, their wage bill is similar to celtics, intact seems to be slightly less. Even though they pay their "star players" more. Is this due to celtics approach of trying to buy players under 5mil, and ending up with a massively inflated squad?

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10 Feb 2021 19:08:59
Good post. Celtic squad is too big, too much average players on good wage. Ajax have very young talented squad with some quality experience players who earns more like you said. Ajax academy is far superior, every year they sell one or two top players for a lot od money ( De Jong, van de Beek, de Ligt) . Ajax also play the same style regardles who manager is which give them results on long term. Their B team which are in Dutch second tier plays the same way like Ajax first team, that's way is easier for young players to perform in their first team.
Celtic and Ajax revenue is very similar if you look at sponsorship, ticket sales, but when you include transfer sales they are a lot stronger.

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10 Feb 2021 23:02:02
Celtic's way of doing business is buy 3 or 4 players at £2-3m each and then pay them £10-12k each where we might end up with 1 good player instead of buying 1 player at £8m and paying him £35k.

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11 Feb 2021 00:30:02
They are a very up and down club and are regularly rebuilding. Would our fans accept that there will be lots of ups and downs, especially if sevco are winning? I think not.

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10 Feb 2021 15:07:02
No excuses tonight the pitch at St. Mirren looks perfect.

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10 Feb 2021 17:43:20
Absolutely agree, although Saints have just beaten us at Celtic Park; our fluctuating form and inconsistency has to stop somewhere?

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10 Feb 2021 19:32:38
St. Mirren are starting with 5 Irish players, plus ex Celtic youngster Marcus Fraser.

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10 Feb 2021 19:51:48
i don't want to come across to negative but teams know how to set up against this diamond and lack of width, this will be a real tricky one tonight.

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10 Feb 2021 14:54:37
If you showed buzz, s stats (pens, reds, etc ) to fans anywhere else in europe, the world it would be aye rite (in thier own lingo ) probably would not believe them hh.

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10 Feb 2021 16:19:50
You don't see or hear from the media that it's been 17 months since a penalty and a sending off was gave against them in the league yet they think their harshly treated. That must be some kind of record for them as i can't see many clubs as being as fortunate.

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10 Feb 2021 17:29:01
Don’t forget the record amount of penalties given. They think Tav is worth mega money with his exceptional goal scoring record.

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10 Feb 2021
New image uploaded to the
Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Those pesky green brigade bhoys

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10 Feb 2021 14:38:02
Parasites. Liars. Charlatans. Was that the Green Brigade?

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10 Feb 2021 15:46:51
As far as I know JFB.

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10 Feb 2021 15:49:33
I think the board have put them selves between a rock and a fire place now not sure how they will rectify it. The longer it goes without a statement of a real plan for going forward the more fans will protest and risk not renewing season tickets. If they wait until the season tickets are going out it might still have the same effect with fans rebelling IMO the board have to come out now with a statement and plan really soon before it's to late.

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10 Feb 2021 16:05:00
The board might go to the Green Brigades headquarters assuming it was them and erect a big WALLOPERS sign.

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10 Feb 2021 16:16:41
It’s all too late now to do anything, the changes should’ve happened in November.
Nothing will happen until the end of the season.
It will now be a massive summer to try and get the club back to winning titles and competing in Europe.

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10 Feb 2021 18:03:13
Was that not the French half-back line in the 1990 World Cup?

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10 Feb 2021 19:52:37
I don’t think a lot of Celtic fans will welcome the Green Brigade back. Doing nothing but damage now, they have bought into the media spin. Do they just sit on WhatsApp chats what can we do next.

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10 Feb 2021 21:55:56
Cmac,
Is your post for real?
I for one welcome, approve and endorse the GB's banner/ response and furthermore believe they are speaking for most of the Celtic support.
Let's remember, it was Celtic that said they would complete a review and provide update for which they haven't.
You mention the damage the GB have done. Can you explain further please as the damage I have witnessed this season has come from Celticfc.

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{Ed007's Note - Where did Celtic say they would provide an update? At no point did they say results of the review would be made public.}

10 Feb 2021 22:44:49
Stret boy I will think you will find the majority of Celtic fans are getting sick of the nonsense that goes with them. I certainly am and they don’t speak for me. I think what they do has went to there heads. Let the guys that have given us a quadruple treble get on with it. As Ed said at no point have Celtic said about a January update. But the media have jumped on it. We are at the height of a C.V. and the Gb think let's make another banner and the media jump on it another negative bit of news for Celtic. The green brigade just need to stick to Supporting the team.

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11 Feb 2021 08:42:44
Created account just to reply on this, (been reading for years, Ed u do outstanding work on site and charitable work also. Don’t mind your Netflix recommendations either and love buzz stats) but this millennial GB self entitled bs is atrocious for the clubs image. It’s clear as day the club is working to make the changes from top to bottom and all the GB are doing is giving the rags negativity to print against our club. I’d absolutely hate to see how the would have handled the 90s. Being a Celtic fan doesn’t automatically win we win everything and unfortunately our recent years of success has given these people some sort of self entitlement that spills over into arrogance .

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10 Feb 2021
New image uploaded to the
Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Which EPL Manager Is This?

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10 Feb 2021 16:38:27
The invisible man 😁😁.

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10 Feb 2021 12:44:21
Guys Enrico thinking a lot today . What do you think of johnjoe kenny would you like to see him signed and how much would he cost? Enrico sees a good passing range in him and will to get stuck in. Think he could pair up well with wee jamesy when he returns to fitness.

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{Ed007's Note - Everton wanted £10 million for Kenny from EPL clubs in January - that's worked out with a premium of selling to/strengthening a rival - so maybe a £6(ish) million bid from us then would have been enough for Everton. Kenny goes into the last year of his contract this summer as well so that should keep the fee reachable for us if the player is keen on making the move permanent. He will have offers in England to consider.}

10 Feb 2021 14:07:41
Am with Enrico ed what I've seen so far I like the boy looks proper rb.

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10 Feb 2021 14:22:29
Too early for me to say tbh, like to see how he performs against the better teams.

Even though we kept a clean sheet against Killie they still had 3 or 4 really good chances to score but again it’s a new defensive combination that might just get better with game time.

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10 Feb 2021 14:35:03
To early just now. We have messed up big time by just jumping in. Duffy and a few others.
Let's get a win tonight a convincing win.

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10 Feb 2021 12:35:41
Hey Ed my friend Enrico is wondering what your thoughts are next season in the goalkeeping dipartimento.

Do you see any of the current goalkeepers being here still? If not do you admire any goalies elsewhere and do you envision any new recruits there?

Enrico watches a lot of bundesliga games and has had his eye on a keeper called Alexander Schwolow for a few seasons now. He is at hertha Berlin but maybe Celtic could go for him?

Just a thought my friend but Enrico feels the current goalies are not what we need.

Hail hail.

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{Ed007's Note - It's too early to call because we don't know who's going to be running things but I think that Barkas will be No.1 with Hazard No.2 and Bain will move on as he's too good to not to be playing regularly - but not at Celtic - while Hazard is still learning his trade. If we were looking for a new 'keeper I've always thought Sondre Rossbach from Odds BK would/could play at a higher level or what about WBA's Sam Johnstone? He will only have a year left on his deal and it looks like they will be relegated so he will be available and probably at a cheap(ish) price. Gautier Larsonneur from Brest is another young 'keeper at 23 but he is destined for the top.}

10 Feb 2021 13:33:03
Many thanks for your thoughts Ed.

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{Ed007's Note - No probs, Rico 👍

10 Feb 2021 12:03:20
I liked the video of Elhamed being greeted by his family at the airport in Israel. He had some good games for us and some not so good but you can see how much it meant to him and get an appreciation of how difficult it must have been to be so far away with no prospect of visiting.

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10 Feb 2021 12:41:27
Family comes first, it was really emotional video with his young boy.

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10 Feb 2021 12:55:28
It was great to see Elhamed eventually being reunited with his family.
Signing for Celtic has helped his International career.
Before his time at Celtic, he’d only managed to play 9 minutes for his country.
Now Elhamed is a regular for his country.
When he’s been fit Elhamed has played every single minute for his country since he’s been a Celtic player.
Elhamed was also a luck charm for Celtic.
Last season he was never on a losing Celtic side in all competitions.
Celtic have never lost a league match when Elhamed has started.
His only ever league defeat in a Celtic jersey came at Ibrox in January when he played the last 18 minutes with Celtic down to 10 men.
Celtic have only lost one domestic game when Elhamed has started and that was against Ross County in this season’s league cup.
Best of luck for the future big man.

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10 Feb 2021 14:41:33
I'm actually quite shocked by those stats Buzz. I'm also very impressed that you knew them.

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10 Feb 2021 15:05:36
Kev
I can remember it getting mentioned last season that Elhamed was our lucky charm.

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10 Feb 2021 07:01:30
Omg pass me the happy pills lennon wants to stay for 4 more seasons i think your on a loser there Neil you know you haven't reached the level we require and its over for you so take some pride and bow out as your clueless in Europe and tactics as we had the worst season in history under your team the crisis has hit rock bottom surley as a manager you must know that your done even a miracle couldn't save you Bow out now with your head high lawell employ in his hotel as a manager.

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10 Feb 2021 09:20:49
been a poor season for many reason and its not just all down to neil. show abit of respect and remember his achievements. were you celebrating winning our group in Europe last season with games to spare and our win on Italian soil for the firs time.

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10 Feb 2021 10:11:19
The players have let him down big time. eddy for instance has decided to start playing and it's the middle of Feb Griff we Al leave it there. but he has made mistakes and some of his statements leave you baffled. and don't get me started on his subs.

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10 Feb 2021 10:17:26
Well Said United Ireland, there are a load of parasites hanging around here too.
He started the run to the 10 with the first 3, he continued the run when the rat jumped ship and he was shot in the back by numerous lazy assed players who think they are too big for our club. Lenny has has faults but not everything bad n this horrible scenario can be put at his feet.
It’s not over yet.

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10 Feb 2021 10:49:46
United Ireland, celebrating his achievements? He has destroyed this team - last year he worked with Rodgers team and players and was lucky Sevco collapsed. Warning signs where there and this year is typical of Lennon.

It’s some achievement going from being the best team in the league to being 21 points behind an average Sevco team but I forgot it’s everyone else’s fault never Neil’s.

All I will remember Lennon for is the man that lost 10 in a row.

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{Ed007's Note - If he was "lucky Sevco collapsed" how do you explain him winning 26 games, drawing 2 and losing only 2 all season - was that also luck? We still needed to win those matches and as usual that had nothing to do with TRIFC.
But are you seriously saying that TRIFC were unlucky not to win the league last year, because if we were lucky that means they were.....
Too many supporters look at Celtic and when they lose they're rubbish but when they win they're either lucky or like the Kilmarnock game it's "well it's only Killie".
It's just anything for a bit of negativity.}

10 Feb 2021 11:31:35
On that point I think the views on Eddy are ridiculous. He has had injury and C.V. problems this season. Maybe didn't quite get firing early on but he is the top scorer in the league and contributed in Europe. Everyone knows he is destined for a bigger league. We should enjoy his last few months with us.

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10 Feb 2021 12:09:11
I've said it before, the biggest problem we had this season was Lennon admitting there were players that wanted to leave who he then slated after the European lose and then he continued to play them.
I don't care who they were and what was at stake, if a player states that he wants to leave he should be sold and he should have played players that want to be at the club.

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10 Feb 2021 12:12:16
Under Neil Lennon Celtic won 33 games out of 36 domestic games.
From October 2019 after losing 2-0 away to Livingston until October 2020 when we lost the Glasgow Derby.
And 2 of those games were draws on the plastic pitches at Livingston and Kilmarnock.
Our amazing run started with a 6-0 home victory against Ross County and every player that started that game where still at Celtic when this season started with the exception of goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
An exceptional record like that makes these last 4 months baffling because Celtic added to our squad in the summer and we kept our best Celtic players.
Personally I think everyone inside Celtic Park has played a part in our collapse.
Our players have been rubbish this season, with ability and effort.
Neil Lennon has struggled with every system and his players look clueless which is hard to watch.
There’s been times this season when our fans can’t see what the manager and his coaching staff are trying to achieve. The players don’t know what they’re doing.
And we’ve continually struggled to defend cross balls all season.
And the board done nothing in November when we were down to our last chance saloon to save our season and make more history and that’s unforgiving.
In a nutshell this season has been a disaster.
But as a club we will move on with changes being made throughout the club and I’m sure we’re all looking forward to getting back to the games and supporting our club and I think that’s what’s also been missing.

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10 Feb 2021 12:41:40
Enrico agrees guys a number of things have not been so good you know? But people who continue to lash out at Lennon are a bit forgetful the man has done this club a great service for a long time.

Maybe it is time for change but Neil has always done his best. The C.V. players not at their best for whatever reason this cannot be blamed on Lennon.

Great player good manager and big supporter of Celtic he should be respected for his achievements for the club.

Enrico just heading to corner shop for some grape juice ahead of watching the bhoys reduce the points advantage this evening.

Hail hail 🍷💚.

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10 Feb 2021 12:43:27
If and I know it's a big if we can win two games in hand and beat Sevco twice gap is 9 points How costly January has been to us. 9 points dropped in 4 games 3 of which were at home We'd have been applying some real pressure We can only hope Sevco do collapse. A slither of hope. I am somewhere between United ireland viewpoint and Kev T2. viewpoint I want to try remain positive and I agree it's not all Down to just Lenny but In all walks of life the buck has to stop somewhere When failure occurs and it's difficult to see this season as anything other than epic failure Will be tuned in tonight Still hoping for 3 points tho Jim Goodwin done job on Lenny couple weeks ago let's see the response.

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10 Feb 2021 13:08:46
Well said Buzz, I honestly thought the board would have recruited better players in the summer. 10 would have been a walk in the park. They must have had a hint that some of our players would down tools when they wanted a move, if not, why not? . I don’t blame Neil Lennon, I blame the club for this embarrassing season 😒.

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{Ed007's Note - When the transfer window closed were you happy with the signings and that we kept players like Ajer & Edouard? What "better players" did you say they have recruited.
Ntcham and Jullien were the only players that actively looked to move on during the summer and Ntcham's agent refused to put in a written transfer request so he couldn't have been that unhappy or was he scared of the £ he'd lose? Edouard & Ajer were happy to stay unless the Club got "an acceptable offer" putting the ball in the Club's court.
Apart from Ntcham I don't know who else you can say downed tools because they wanted out, as I said if things are that bad all they need to do is request a transfer in writing.
Players playing badly and losing form - a lot at the same time - the team generally looking unfit and not knowing what they're meant to be doing on the park isn't anyone "downing tools".
The players need to shoulder a lot of responsibility for the season but the downing tools talk is masking poor training & coaching methods and VERY poor man-management which is supposedly Lennon's strong point.}

10 Feb 2021 13:16:35
@kev. so he was playing with Rodgers teams last season every single player in our back line last season was a Neil Lennon signing except ajar.

last season Ryan Christie callum McGregor Edouard James Forrest all had there best seasons in a celtic jersey suppose don't give lennon any credit for that and last seasons great achievements winning our European group with games to spare. listen you are the utter toxic fan base who has plagued our club this season and contributed to the bad feel at the club away and stick your lollypop back in yer gub and gee us aw peace.

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10 Feb 2021 13:49:48
Hahaha toxic fan base because I’m sick of Neil Lennon.

Rodgers showed how a club like Celtic should be, winning trebles galore and even an undefeated season. Not always pretty football and some heavy defeats against the worlds elite but when you can’t buy big then that’s what happens in champions league football.

Neil Lennon failed time after time with this with embarrassing defeats everywhere especially in cup’s and Europe. He’ has no tactical knowledge what so ever, our players fitness levels are terrible.

Your part of the Deluded Lennon fan brigade, it’s everyone against us.

So if being Toxic means getting Lennon out then I’ll happily be toxic.

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10 Feb 2021 15:08:57
Since Lenny came back we have won two Scottish Cups and a league cup. One defeat to Ross County (as embarrassing as that was) hardly merits the embarrassing defeats everywhere. Although admittedly there were a few first time round.

I think we all agree that we need a new manager in charge for next season. It's also clear that Lenny will be here until the end of the season. When he does go he deserves to be remembered for all he has achieved as a player and a manager. It's not his fault he hasn't been sacked yet.

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10 Feb 2021 15:11:20
if you put it like that yes Rodgers dominated a league he should have dominated and yes he is a great manager. but let me tell you this he utterly embarrassed us in Europe with refusing to change his shape for certain opponents but he was still praised because of that invincible season he could do no wrong.

neil my not be every ones cup of tea and yes i feel change is needed but he has gave me some great memories in Europe and domestically. he gave me better memory's in Europe than what Rodgers did. things have not worked our for him this season and i thank him and are grate full for what he has done for this club and will get behind him till season is over as its clear he is here to end of season.


yes toxic mate we are trying to get back on track and its just toxic abuse everyday even on the twitter posts of charity efforts and new players coming in. Lennon is leaving regardless if you keep being toxic or not it will be the end of the season he leaves so why keep being toxic if he is going at the end of the season. as we know our club do things quietly and by the looks of it the ball is rolling for big changes and im excited to see how things are going to be we could be moving forward in a big way.

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10 Feb 2021 16:04:22
UI Brendan let Ralston play against Neymar. If that's not a great memory for you I don't know what is!

On a serious note let's hope we can find some more positives between now and the end of the season. Hopefully Welsh can continue to impress along with Soro and Turnbull. Would also be good to see Barkas make a save! Need to see more from Ajeti as well.

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10 Feb 2021 17:39:01
My embarrassing results are taking into account his whole tenure not just Ross County.

We are all fans and have our own opinions and expectations. I was glad he left the first time and utterly disappointed when he was appointed again but as we do we get on with it.

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