Celtic Banter Archive March 13 2018

13 Mar 2018 22:44:58
What a wonderful excitement we can have if Football is played in right spirit . Rangers and Celtic shared 4 goals in the first half . Celtic mostly on top and committed very few fouls in opening half . Rangers fouled with impunity Referee Mc Collum pointed out his badge to show he was ref and might start refereeing at any stage . Not before Declan John, was laughing from ear to ear because he had committed two red card tackles that Willy didn't give a free for .
Second half the Tory MP, assistant on Sunday showed it wasn't only gypsies that he didn't like but also Celtic. Jozo was sent backing and Willy suddenly remembered that he hadn't given many fouls against Celtic and their first card was the red . From that to the finish he tried to give a free to Rangers and a yellow card to Celtic everytime Celtic went for a tackle .

13 Mar 2018 23:19:11
I posted after the game that Celtic should protest - or at least challenge - these biased/ incompetent officials as the video evidence is obviously damning of their piss poor performances and decisions.
I have lost count of the times guys like KT and Forrest have been blatantly kicked by opposing players, while blind eyes were turned.
Don't leave it to appear as sour grapes after defeat, but highlight it every time until there is no hiding place for the establishment.

13 Mar 2018 23:42:52
You are right, now is the time to make a loud complaint .
Last week I think it was Kev 83 who said Collum wasn't the worse .
I don't think I have ever seen as corrupt . He was at it every way, red card tackles from them, no foul given, pulling Celtic tops continuously without a free . Every time we challenged it was a free against us .
He even got in our face when we were celebrating a goal .

14 Mar 2018 07:49:07
Old man Collum isn't the worse not by a long shot. Dallas beaton and Madden are all worse than Collum
Collum is a very poor ref.
But the red card was a red card.
Some of the ones he let go were terrible yes
But everytime a ref is rotten we hear that's the worst I've ever seen.
That wasn't the worst by a long shot.

14 Mar 2018 12:08:57
I am sure a lots of older bhoys and ghirls out there remember Davidson from the 70s. MR stein would say we had to score to make it 0-0.

14 Mar 2018 16:21:41
Things like Johnny Doyle getting sent off for crossing the ball and hitting the ref
I was there went cadetes goal got chopped off and cost us big time
I was there when Vidukas goal got chopped off for nothing.
Was there when Dallas helped them win the league at parkhead
Then the dougie McDonald and assistants get caught lying when we played Dundee Utd.
The weekend was no where near the worse.

14 Mar 2018 23:03:25
Kev 83. I saw all that you have listed all 5 over a twenty or twenty five year period and to be fair you could have mentioned two or three times more over the same period of time and you wouldn't have mentioned half of them .
Those you mentioned does nothing to prove the incompetence or the bias of Willie Collum .
I have never trusted Collum since he gave a pen for a decision behind his back . The decision that he used the eyes in the back of the head .
You say Jozo deserved a red card . But did he, the first card that Celtic received in an hour, so a well descipliined team . In that space of time Rangers deserved at least 3 red cards . In the circumstances of the match Jozo was unlucky .
As soon as he sent Jozo off Collum went on the offensive against Celtic, every coming together was a free to Rangers and maybe a card . Collum knew the statistics didn't back up a card .
From start to finish Rangers through themselves to the ground diving and got away with it . Anyone Celtic fan who thinks Collum wasn't corrupt on Sunday mustn't been at the match in sound mind.

15 Mar 2018 07:25:36
I never argued that fact. What I argue that I have seen worse after you said you didn't think you had seen as corrupt.
I still don't think he is by the way. He is pish poor ref. But there IMO there are worse and real corrupt refs in our league right now. Mainly the 3 I named above.

15 Mar 2018 22:04:48
You are entitled to you point, but a historic review of refereeing decisions doesn't mean a lot . Are those three practicing corruption as referees in 2018 .?
If you want to make lists of corrupt referees you don't have to go into previous decades we. Have numerous current corrupt referees . I, almost doting, am not going to list all the current corrupt referees, but I will mention in no particular order Madden, Collum, Thompson and Dallas Og .
We hear the experts on TV say all we want is consistency and these refs and others are consistent in not awarding frees to Celtic and making decisions against Celtic.

13 Mar 2018 18:45:03
Ed what is the situation with Edouard's option to buy? Is the figure actually £7m? Even though I like the player and think he will get better and better I think that would be a hell of a lot of money for a relatively unproven player! Even half that figure seems quite a lot. I reckon £2m-£3m would be a more realistic figure.

{Ed007's Note - £2-3 million when we've spunked £3 million on garbage like Pukki and both Stefan Scepovic and Bangura for about £2.5 million? It's PSG we're dealing with here, £2-3 million won't even cover what Edouard's contract with them. The fee is 8 million Euros but I wouldn't be surprised if Celtic try and extend the loan (and renegotiate the fee) for another season into summer 2019 and by then Edouard will be in the last year of his contract. Like Roberts at City, Edouard doesn't seem to have much future at PSG.}

13 Mar 2018 19:43:45
Yeah I get what you’re saying Ed. I know you get much for £3m these days I just don’t think that fee is justified for a kid that has not made many senior appearances. Another loan could be a good shout to see him progress further. On the subject of Roberts I think this summer it will be obvious he has no future at City. Do you think Roberts sees himself signing permanently with us or do you think he’ll want to move to a Southampton or Crystal Palace type premiership club Ed?

{Ed007's Note - Roberts still holds onto the hope that he can get a crack at the City first team so City will need to make it abundantly clear that his time's up or Roberts will just look for another loan. If Celtic can agree a fee with City I think we would have a great chance of signing him permanently. Winning trophies and especially playing in the CL is a big pull, add in playing for Rodgers in front of our fans and the fact there's no need to settle at a new club or city with new team mates etc, oh and KT's here :)

13 Mar 2018 19:47:50
I really like that idea ED; The big fella has really impressed me with what he has done with limited opportunities and although Roberts has had an injury ruined season, I would hope to see him stick around - as on his game, he is a great attacking option and entertainer.
I realize that the defense and goalkeeper is our priority in the summer, but if the rumours of Armstrong and Rogic possibly moving on and the usual speculation over Dembele, I would hope keep both forwards and add accordingly, if and when we lose player (s) .
Footnote:- Where do you see Christie's future as he has been away for two seasons now and I would hate to see him leaving for good?

{Ed007's Note - Rodgers has already said that Christie will be brought back in the summer and given the chance earn a new deal as his contract runs out next year.}

13 Mar 2018 23:20:05
I don’t see why people think £7m is so steep for Edouard. He’s shown flashes of real talent on an inconsistent basis, which is what you get with teenagers, otherwise PSG would be playing him and not forking our £150m on one of the few teenagers who are consistent at a high level. Dembele has shown inconsistency this season yet in January most of us ridiculed a rumoured transfer offer of £18m.

13 Mar 2018 23:47:57
I agree another loan makes sense if PSG are up for it .
I don't think if we want the player we should haggle too much, as it might set a good precedence that when we loan a player with a view to buying, we are reasonably good at keeping our word .
I would rather give the £7-8m for him than another young wiz kid who may not settle or perform up in Scotland . We know what we are getting.

13 Mar 2018 11:26:55
I know this has been said a lot but having watched the highlights of the game again and in particular the reaction at the end of the game there can be no doubt as to what Scott Brown means to Celtic and to his team mates. What is also apparent is that our club clearly means the world to him.

The way he rallied his team mates, delivery the instructions given by BR and the way he celebrated and encouraged his team mates to celebrate at the end was superb.

Take in his reaction at Aberdeen and the way his team mates reacted speaks volumes and I worry we won't see another of his like for some time.

This guy deserves the legend status and should have a role at Celtic in some capacity as long as he wants.

13 Mar 2018 11:39:32
I would think if Broony leaves it will be his decision. He does seem interested in the coaching side, maybe a tempting start in management? Years away if he keeps this form up.

13 Mar 2018 13:00:24
I watched the full replay yesterday as it's always good to get a less agitated view on proceedings. I watched in interest at some of the refereeing decisions made by Collum. Bizarre if you ask me. Jozo's was probably a red but certainly wasn't as bad as I first thought. If it was a straight arm would that useless we tool on the line still be jumping up and down like a wee kid shouting RED CARD! RED CARD!, probably. After that, Collum really did his best to penalise every tackle made by our players. Also, seeing Edouards goal again was a thing of beauty! Great game, one of the better ones in terms of competition. Just as good as it is to see us absolutely annihilating them, it's also good to watch a great battling performance with us winning against a much improved Sevco team. Makes it all the sweeter when the Orcs think their team is anywhere near us just to be reminded they're not!

{Ed007's Note - Did you notice the similarities between Edouard's goal and KT's against Aberdeen the other week? It was the same slide rule pass from Dembele to set both goals up. Beautiful!}

13 Mar 2018 13:10:57
Dembele's vision is sublime Ed, that's what makes him far more than just a striker. He reads the game like a boss. His hold up play is amazing to watch. He's a solid as a nuclear bunker and defenders hate playing against that type of player. I hate to say it but that Morelos guy is a great wee bullier as well, thankfully for us though he couldn't hit a Barn Door with a Tractor!

{Ed007's Note - Any time Morelos name is mentioned it's usually followed by 'offiside' though. I can't recall a striker getting caught offside so many times and he'll need to sort that if he's hoping to move on this summer.}

13 Mar 2018 13:29:32
Have done the very same Rab; as you say when you're watching live it's easy to get distracted and influenced with the occassion.
Collum had a quiet first half when he seemed reluctant to use a card although he and his officials did ignore bad tackles on Rogic and Forrest, but let the game flow especially when Broony was felled when he played that great ball through to Moussa for 2-2.
The sending off and reaction by the linesman and crowd, seemed to really unsettle him and he punished every singly Celtic challenge from then on, ignoring late tackles and niggles from the home team and giving them even more of an advantage than the extra man and a certainly more incentive.
However, the substitutions, reorganization and superior class told in the end and the celebrations by all involved showed how much it means to win against all odds, obstacles and establishment ploys.

13 Mar 2018 14:56:48
ED. That is morellos natural position. Offside.

{Ed007's Note - He's bloody good at it.}

13 Mar 2018 17:26:57
Evening Ed. Is there any truth about Louis Moult coming back to Scotland and celtic and huns are considering him.

{Ed007's Note - No.}

13 Mar 2018 21:04:42
Alex Ferguson said inzagi was born offside. Morellos even worse than that and doesn't have the class of inzagi to make up for it.

13 Mar 2018 09:58:13
Think Brendan deserves enormous credit for the win against sevco, not many managers would throw a striker on when your down to 10 men away from home, he absolutely bamboozled the tactical genius that is murty he was even praying for divine intervention at one point haha what a sight HH.

13 Mar 2018 10:30:30
I also saw him rotating his arms in a windmill motion repeatedly after we went down to 10 men.

13 Mar 2018 10:43:00
He's quite good at forward rolls as well raw very talented.

13 Mar 2018 15:02:58
Would've loved to seen murty doing that spaz head stand again! Guys a wizard 😂

HH

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13 Mar 2018 07:41:16
OK Bhoys/ Ghirls my first tips are up on the Football Rumours Horse Racing page, pop over either to have look or post some of your own Cheltenham tips.
Lets try and bash the bookies.

13 Mar 2018 08:14:00
Not a gambling dude Tim but out of respect going to give it a go today. A cheeky wee treble maybe.

13 Mar 2018 09:30:27
GJ, I do not want to encourage any non gamblers to have a bet.
It should be fun, my advice is start with a modest best and see what transpires, but please nobody try and chase their losses, Cheltenham can be good but can also be bad for the losing punters.

13 Mar 2018 08:46:15
How do you get onto that page Tim?

13 Mar 2018 09:17:25
I can’t fine the page Timalloy? Can u send a link or something please? I’ve got a few up my sleeve today but it’s hard not to pick a favourite, Gordon Elliot always seems to show up at the festival so let’s see what happens 💰.

13 Mar 2018 11:04:43
@Jenny and KenLikeEh at the right hand top of this page is a grey box which says "links to our talk pages" click on there and go to Football Rumours Bets, then click Horse Racing.

{Ed007's Note - www.footballrumoursbets.co.uk/horse-racing-tips.php

13 Mar 2018 13:01:14
Cheers guy's.