Celtic Banter Archive July 13 2014

13 Jul 2014 22:44:45
Since RD has said we need wingers what about a loan for gnabry from arsenal? Even if we qualify for CL we still won't get a decent transfer kitty! Yeah it's good to give our youth a chance but maybe 1 good loan a year young hungry players just on the fringes of European top clubs, gnabry being an example thoughts?

I would rather have Atsu from Chelsea

13 Jul 2014 20:19:17
Hi all can anyone shed any light on what is wrong with Louis Toshney, Marcus Fraser, Daniel Fisher Paul George and James Forrest would loved to have seen them all get a chance in pre season with Jackson Irvine, Tony Watt and John Herron

John

You have to earn it. Deila specifically said he wasn't going to give minutes away. Most of those guys have done nothing except Frazer who had a bad knee injury, some of the others were on loan and could hardly get a game for teams like Dundee/Hamilton in div 1 - hopefully Deila sorts this out because the level of kids we are bringing through is a disgrace, also some of them are about 21 now, and you should be a regular at that age.

It is inevitable that some of the better youngsters that we bought into Lennoxtown, are not of the same standard when they reach 20 years old old as youngsters of lesser ability .

13 Jul 2014 19:01:03
With Ambrose just coming back from the world cup, do you think Ronny Deila will start him, or go with O'Connell to start on Tuesday?

My defence on Tuesday would be Forster between the sticks, Lustig on the right, Izzy on the left then van Dijk and Mulgrew at CB.

{Ed007's Note - I'd have to go with that as well, playing Ambrose would be a bit of a risk.}

Aye I know mate, and we all know to well how Lennon's risk to rush him back after the AFCON paid off - a horror show against Juventus in the UCL Last 16 first leg that effectively buried our chances of progression after just 3 mins!

14 Jul 2014 14:05:34
I'd go with Matthews Lustig VVD Izza. I recall Lustig being CB for qualifiers last year or at least the Karagandy game and he was outstanding

14 Jul 2014 15:44:52
I'd go with Lustig there all season scotspur

13 Jul 2014 10:46:51
Did Fridjonsson feature at all in Austria? When he came across there were positive accounts of him but nothing since - is he a possible or another 'loan player'?

Was on the bench at least 2 games and never kicked a ball

Starting to think this was a panic buy to paper over the cracks that appeared in Stokesy's game at times last season when he couldn't buy a goal.

We can stick Fridjonsson in the same bracket as Stuart Slater, Tony Cascarino, Eyal Berkovic, Rafael Scheidt + Mo Bangura!

13 Jul 2014 01:28:41
Not celtic related just for banters sake was talking 2 ma da during the football the night about brazil and their team and talking about if we had the money of teams like man city, chelsea, psg so on would there be many players in that team you would take? i'm 28 so 10 years ago they had the team of ronaldo, rivaldo, ronaldinho, roberto carlos, cafu a proper brazil team who a loved watching then comparing it 2 the current squad the difference is night and day. Ma da said he would take thiago silva, fernandinho (looked good with man city) and willian that's it and couldn't really argue that point a don't rate any of the rest of that squad highly at aw same as him and they 3 would probs be the only ones i'd take aswel maybe ramires looks no bad with chelsea. So for the sake of a footballing chat is there any of that current squad you would take if u had the cash? Cheers folks

{Ed007's Note - I wouldn't take any of them, if we had the money we could get better players. Would anyone here swap VVD for David Luiz? Neymar is the most over-rated player in the world and the rest are very average, if the WC wasn't in Brazil they wouldn't have got out their group. Ask your dad about Zico, Socrates, Junior and Eder from Spain '82, GB.}

Was the original falcao who played with roma not in that team as well . By the way everyone talks about how great the 82 team were, so how good were the Italians who totally out played them then .

I actually felt sorry for their keeper -who I always liked at Inter, but that sums it up, it is a very poor Brazil team. I actually said to a friend last year during a Chelsea game that I thought Luiz/Oscar/Ramires were all very average, but they have this perception purely because they are Brazilian. I actually don't think there has been one truly great team at this world cup, plenty good players, but no great team. I think the German team are good, but rely heavily on Nauer/Lahm/Hummels/Muller, guys like Mertesacker/Howedes are also very average, and I think players like Goetze/Ozil are totally overpriced at £40 million. They have a great mentality though as we know, and as I have been saying on the other page, it's all about moving with the times - the Germans are great at this, like the great Italian teams, they aren't great technically, but with everything else they are at the forefront. I think Scolari is a bit of a dinosaur, and has been found out big time. Cheers

13 Jul 2014 12:27:31
Neymar is the most melodramatic player I have ever seen for feigning injury ( and nowt to do with the broonie incident ) If they can take retrospective action against players who have flung an elbow , head butted etc. how can't they take action against the drama queens?

13 Jul 2014 05:48:03
Ed most people would probs think i'm being biased but I hand on heart wouldn't swap vvd for luiz. Vvd will improve and get better but luiz won't that is the best he will ever get imo. Plus I think he would better as a defensive midfielder rather than a cb he's a bombscare waiting 2 happen which everyone seen against germany. Mourinho must have been laughing all the way 2 the bank. Aye ed ma auld bhoy loved socrates was his type of player. He actually preferred the 82 team rather than the 1970 team which we know poeple consider the best team there has ever been

I didn't realise how bad this Braziian team is . There are no players in this team that would give value for money .
I hear there are now over 600 Brazilian players now playing in something like 40 leagues in Europe . Less chasing the money and more playing in Brazil where traditionally they produced and played proper Brazilian football.

I heard today that robben has been named player of tournament.having watched last nights match I counted five times could have been more where he threw himself to the ground with little or no contact IMO the biggest cheat of the tournament award would have been more appropriate any one got any thoughts on this.killy.

13 Jul 2014 18:00:57
Player of tourney should go the Colombian that was kicked off the park against Brazil , JAMES , probably robben got it because boy above should get goal of the tourney and I think he is the top Scorer too! Agreed Robben ditto but not as bad as Neymar another feigner was Drogba always embarrassed me a guy built like a boxer did that atb JB7