Celtic Banter Archive September 13 2016

 

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13 Sep 2016 23:31:16
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The entire board of TRIFC were left shocked and amazed tonight that after the heavy defeat suffered by their arch rivals Celtic in Barcelona, NO TOILETS were wrecked by hoops fans after the match.
A spokesperson for the new club said" we have asked UEFA to double check the toilets again as we are at a loss to understand how visiting fans after such a heavy defeat WOULD NOT trash the home team's toilets".

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14 Sep 2016 00:26:37
my mate visited camp nou/ nou camp - and there's a museum.

in the museum there is a few old seats - and pictures of when a team played there and their fans smashed up all the seats. he sent me the pics.

any guesses who the visiting team was?

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14 Sep 2016 03:02:24
get the pics up here lad.

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13 Sep 2016 22:50:48
Fouls: Barcelona 9 Celtic 3

Tells you all you need to know. Stood off them, let them play their own game, didn't put a foot in, showed them too much respect.

This could be the way it goes for us in Europe under BR, his love for beautiful football could cost us. that's why we did so well under Lennon in Europe, he made sure every player got stuck in.

Wouldnt swap BR for anyone but hope he can change his principles or we'll get a hiding in every game.

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13 Sep 2016 23:19:40
Au don't think B R principles will get us a hiding in every game . This season so far we have had a hiding once and the team that we were trying to play against have often demonstrated their ability to get anyone who gets too close and puts in a tackle sent off We committed one foul within 25 yds of our goals and it created a goal
At least we haven't weaken our team for our next outing by having players sent off tonight.

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14 Sep 2016 00:09:53
LM67 not sure if you are aware, Lennons last CL campaign we got beat 6-1 off Barcelona at Nou Camp. Utter bollocks to suggest that Lennon would of done better tonight facing possibly the best front line in europe- Messi, Neymar and Suarez. Think a lot of better class teams than us will take a hiding this season off Barcelona. Are you going to write to them and say "Sign Lenny from Hibs? Great manager in europe! "

Also that season we gained 3 points from 18, scored 3 goals 14 against in a far easier group than we have now. Great campaign!

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14 Sep 2016 00:13:27
This is one of the softest Celtic sides I have ever seen right through the side and the defenders/ midfield almost have an 'after you Claude' way about them with few exceptions.
No one is asking for hatchet men or thugs like some teams prefer, but where's leadership of a McNeill or the Paul Elliot/ Bobo Balde stopper or the Brogan/ McGrain/ Boyd tacklers and the battling, grafting midfielders like Auld, McLeod, Aitken, Ledley or Wanyama. ( I could give more examples)
Scott Brown does at least a double shift when Bitton plays and I know Barcelona were scintillating at times but any of our goalkeepers in the past ten years would have saved at least a couple of them and possibly BR has made a serious mistake signing De Vries.
The back 5 was not working as a unit and the right side was particularly ineffective, but we persevered and got punished.
Obviously the heads will go down as we see when we roll over someone like that, but we should at least put up a fight and show some pride in that jersey and what it represents.
Seen a lot of heavy defeats over the decades that made me angry, disappointed, embarrassed or even distraught; but never felt as physically sick as I did watching us lose seven goals to zero.

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14 Sep 2016 00:30:05
so we kick them all over the park, get beat and pick up needless yellows - or even reds and get humped anyway AND have players banned for the "more important" games. AND our great rep gets tarnished as we kicked them all over the park.

I actually think the players accepted their fate and didn't kill themselves tonight - big game at weekend.

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14 Sep 2016 00:56:29
I was 11 in 67 so you would of been happy if it was 7-1 tonight? One of the worst statements i have ever heard! End of the day we had no chance tonight at Nou Camp aganist them. They are streets ahead of us and no matter who was captain, would not have made slightest difference.

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14 Sep 2016 08:47:18
I don't think anyone suggested that we should kick them up and down the park but let's put a couple of markers in to let them know we're there on the pitch. I was embarrassed how easily we capitulated in the second half and even more embarrassed how many people are willing to "take it on the chin". 7 nil for fecks sake!

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14 Sep 2016 09:13:24
DesH nobody likes getting hammered, but end of the day we were up against 3 strikers that scored 90 of their teams 112 league goals last season. That and fact they done this in a league far stronger than SPL that regularly destroyed teams at least 5-0 last season.

I get the impression you think cause we are in CL we are a CL standard team. We are not, We are Europa league standard. I personally think it won't be long untill scottish football loses CL place.

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14 Sep 2016 10:11:07
DN30; where and when did I say I would have been happy with a 7-1?
My point was our lack of fight, closing down, covering and tackling and the fact I had just watched my teams biggest ever defeat in my lifetime - while others are admiring the opposition and praising our capitulation - because it was Barcelona.
We have faced Europe's best many times and lost, but I have never seen a Celtic side stand off and surrender without any resistance.
As I said I have seen many heavy defeats in all competitions over the decades, but this seven goal thrashing hurts the most and there is no excuse or consolation that will stop me feeling this bad.

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14 Sep 2016 11:09:20
Ffs, we are at the show now, what does everyone expect? Did not expect us to get destroyed but it is what it is, we are where want to be.

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14 Sep 2016 13:33:41
Well your impressions wrong DH30. I am totally aware of our place in football and the Champions league isn't one of them. I'm amazed though how many people are taking this result so well. 7 nil for goodness sake in a major embarrassment in anyone's book. It doesn't matter that we were playing Barcelona. Far to much respect and hardly a tackle of any notice.

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14 Sep 2016 23:28:05
Des H *DN30.

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13 Sep 2016 22:39:00
I'm sure there will be a lot of comments about individual players but BR made the one comment I hate to hear and that's was about the players being tired after a hard game at weekend.
Load of garbage. They are professionals and it's their only job. Let's be honest, the weekend game was men against bhoys.
Tonight Barcelona just proved what so many on here have been saying for ages. we need a strong centre back. The spine of our team is weak without one.
Not many teams will live with this Barcelona team on this form so no shame other than for our money Men who should have used the pretty much guaranteed CL money to strengthen that defence. Still think third place is our minimum target.

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13 Sep 2016 23:10:55
Tinytim, we got pumped "royally" tonight (that word is for all the ex bears who will suddenly find the courage to come on our site tomorrow lol)
But I said before game to my tim pals that tiredness would play a part, we had a whole team flying all over the world last week then played a physically draining game against Sevco, then we were chasing the ball all night tonight which in itself is very tiring.
No what we do, dust ourselves down, the team takes a couple of days rest, then we go again.

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13 Sep 2016 23:25:28
Barcelona like Celtic played against a newly promoted team on Saturday .
The Barcelona manager was worried about the match tonight and didn't want his team to play two matches in about 75 hrs by resting 7 players on Sat .

If the Barcelona manager thinks that it is too much to play 2 games in 75 hrs who is B R to argue.

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14 Sep 2016 00:51:28
Old bhoy if we rested 8 players n heaven forbid got beat off sevco, then managed to keep the score down a bit, would u be happy? c'mon we horsed the rotten mob n took a hiding off the best team av witnessed in ma lifetime (34yrs) it's not all bad. Saturday will live with me forever, we're not the first to take a doing off Barcelona away n we won't be the last.

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14 Sep 2016 17:37:36
step bhoy I agree with you, we had to play a good eleven on Saturday . Barcelona decided not and took a lot of flak which only meant their fresh team were really gee'd up and destroyed us, we could not live with them and would not have done much different even if we had two £8 £10 m players playing, for Christ sake their strike force would be worth £300 m.

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13 Sep 2016 22:31:36
Well that was a tough night.
They are the best club side in the world BUT to ship seven goals is just not acceptable.
Keeper has displaced Gordon the last three games. He brings us nothing. bring back Gordon.
Too much giving the ball away cheaply in midfield. Brown and Biton in particular.
Putting the new guy at right back in tonight was a big mistake. he has not played in months.
Back 5 meant we never got the ball in possession for long enough to relieve the constant attacks.
Not sure what converting the penalty would have done but it could have given us some much needed confidence early in the game.
Only bright spots were Dembele despite the penalty miss and Sinclair.
Others on here slating Tierney. not fair. at least he turned up for the 90 minutes
Anyway. never expected to get anything out if this game. let's hope we learn from it.

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13 Sep 2016 23:06:25
Bring back Gordon? CG would have cost us 2-3 goals more, des made some big saves and at least had a hand on the ball, plus the d and more just stopped trying, so keeper was left out to hang.

They got the Barcelona treatment in that you can't touch Messi, the free kick by neymare should never been given and looked like 1 other goal was offside but it never showed a review of the line.

Still think we can take points off the other teams and think could get 3rd and still think a chance at 2nd (longshot) .

I just don't get how the players don't look for the cut back cause that's all Barcelona does to the traling/ late man in box, a lot of ball watching when they should focus on the players, when we were calm and composed (the dew times) we were able to break through but too much nervousness when Barcelona pressed.

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13 Sep 2016 22:15:15
Hope this is not a sign of things to come in the champions league!

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13 Sep 2016 22:40:25
When you think about it, ok its always easier with hindsight, but was it realy a good idea to play Gambola, who hasn't played many mstches not alone top level ones this year, and the same goes for Devries, Gordon has a lot more big match experience, and has played a lot more matches this season, I think this was a misjudgement on Brendans part.

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13 Sep 2016 22:47:55
I think the games at home to city and gladbach might give us a better indication of where how we are progressing I've stated before this euro campaign should be about our players and management gaining experience and progressing and improving unfortunately we've been handed a tough group but were not going to play Barcelona in 4th 5th gear every game in Europe i'm sure lessons will have been learned tonight aswell but remember who we played tonight and the players we played against we'll never be near this level for oh so many reasons so don't get to downhearted and let it take the shine off what has been a fantastic start to the season.

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13 Sep 2016 23:35:23
Aindoh, I agree playing new right back was a gamble and I would add playing Roberts from start was also a risk as he had hardly started a game all season . With the very valuable help of hind sight I don't think I would have started Forrest either but would have played Mc Gregor in a midfield three .
I admire Barcelona and their front 3 probably the best in world football but want I don't admire was their sneaky wee trip every time we tried to move forward with the ball.
Barcelona are good enough team without lowering themselves to sneaky professionally fouling and Rangers type diving if any of our players had the audacity to get tight on them.

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14 Sep 2016 00:19:35
It was always going to be down to scraping as manay points at home as we could, but heavy away defeats must take their toll on young players confidence and put doubt in their mind for the future.
I know we could not rebuild a whole side in the transfer window, but we are certainly well short of CL quality down the spine of the team.

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14 Sep 2016 17:39:53
We will never have top C L spine in our team, we can neither afford the players or attract players of that ability.

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13 Sep 2016 22:07:14
I honestly think Gordon by not been on pitch tonight has just nailed himself as #1. With no doubt.
I also think with us 1nil down to the best side in club football. Dembele should not b takn the pen, think captain or Senior man like lustig should of taking it.
Scott Sinclair, build a team around that lad what a talent that shUn out it that performance.
Gamboa I know it was his debut but you can see the defencive rust on him

Also when you play 5 at the back and 2 holdING mids we were never going to keep ball and we are always inviting them on to us. If you do not wan best strike force to score then starve them. Don't let keeper just lash ball up pitch and invite them on.

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13 Sep 2016 22:27:41
Totaly agree with you, the weakest part of Barcelona is their defence, by sitting back and surrendering the midfield is suicide, did Barcelona not get beat 7-0, by Bayern the other year, or am I getting mixed up.

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13 Sep 2016 22:38:02
Captain Hindsight.

100% guarantee if Lustig or brown take and miss that penalty, you're on here saying it should be attacking player, or Moussa as his confidence would be sky high.

He took it- he'd 2 from 2- and he missed. It happens. It'll happen again.

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13 Sep 2016 23:04:34
Don't give me captain hindsight shit. You could tell by his game tonight he wasn't in it. if a senior player toik it and miss it they can take the flax. But he's 20 and still trying to settle, on a high from scoring a hat trick against the huns and now he's sitting their after missing a big one. Yes if he scored he be superman, burst he missed at 1nil so do one with your if he, he didn't and now at twenty and still settling he has to deal with it. You try getting him in to a game for this weekend.

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13 Sep 2016 23:25:52
You're talking utter gash. Go have a word with yourself - your entire point is based in hindsight. If it wasn't, it'd have been up before 7:45 tonight.

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13 Sep 2016 23:29:55
even messi, neymar and suarez miss pens.

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13 Sep 2016 23:39:45
What a load off mince lol.

The guy who scored a hatrick at the weekend was always the logical choice to take it and the poeticpatient is spot on you would moan if broony missed or lustig.

The miss imo is completely irrelevant and we got shown up by a perfectly good team. We were all full of beans after Saturday about how great we are and that's true in the domestic front but in Europe we and Scottish football are miles behind.

And i am puzzled at the short term memories of some fans that have slated CG for long enough but now want him back in the team after the gk has played 3 games, kinda hypocritical but hay ho.
And i'm just waiting for tierney to start getting it which seems to be happening already.

The CL really brings out the worst in some fans and some need a reality check.

HH.

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13 Sep 2016 23:43:56
We haven't got players with enough ability to put Barcelona under pressure in their defence. In the first half we did get a couple breakaways that showed weaknesses .
I must say I counted 6 Celtic players in the Barcelona half once in first half .
We had to have a defensive mid-field covering our back line . We didn't do that well enough as Barcelona could run and slip the ball through our midfield and defence, leaving different players in our team not knowing what to do.
Let's hope we have learned, get some attacks going and protect our defence .

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{Ed007's Note - Iniesta coming on at half-time changed the game. I didn't think our first half performance was that bad, Chris but we just couldn't touch them in that second half.}

14 Sep 2016 00:38:50
You seem to be missing the point I'm trying to get across at 1nil and with a pen, a very important one to add, if it's converted puts all the pressure on Barcelona and alleviates ours. A senior man taking and missing yes if he misses can and will get abuse but can handle it. At twenty that was a pressure pen and he fluffed it, hope for our sake it doesn't get to him. I'm not for one min saying if he scored we win game but am saying it would be different game with us having more confidence on the ball
Ye ed iniesra bossed game when he came on.
Do you think ratikic knee into browns are was a reflection upon the game. We were breaking they still had good numbers in defence but chose to take one for the team, something we lacked that your not even getting go, it some up there whole ethic disrupt your play, keep our play goingames and never Chang our style, and it is some style.

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14 Sep 2016 02:29:02
I did get your point- I just thought (and continue to think) it's nonsense.

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14 Sep 2016 08:50:08
I got your point too we missed a pen and got skelped 7-0.
Your also a CG fan which is unusual but everyone is entitled and all that.

I think bhoys the harsh reality is Barcelona had another gear in them and we are out of our depth playing the elite.

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14 Sep 2016 12:57:51
we weren't playing the elite - we were playing the elite of the elite

we are thinking back to that brilliant night, at 1-0 up, watt broke free and we were 2-0 up against them. and held on at 2-1

what we should be contemplating is the last time we were there it was 6-1, we have improved greatly - but so have they!

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14 Sep 2016 13:19:04
Brilliant point Digi, and in addition:

The fact they are the elite of the elite is why that 2-1 result was spoke of (and continues to thought of) in such high regard.

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13 Sep 2016 22:07:13
Got to say I didn't expect much tonite but that was abysmal! All over the place from the 1st min to last! That really was a shambles! Think we need to face up to the fact we don't belong anywhere near this level! That was torture!

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13 Sep 2016 22:26:57
Thought the keeper could have done better on 1 or 2 of the goals but let's be real here this is probably one of the best teams in the world here and I'm sorry but we could never compete against them and anyone who thought we could is deluded.

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13 Sep 2016 23:47:41
Nobody could be surprised that Barcelona beat us with ease. Probably anyone of their players would cost more than our entire first eleven and probably most of their players are earning more individually than our whole team . One of them didn't even pay his tax but that's another story .

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14 Sep 2016 17:45:25
Ed 007 inesta coming on and Celtic players tiring and at the same time Barcelona players revelled in the space and unusual for most teams they didn't lift the foot and show- boat when 4/ 5 up. It could have been ten, but it shows where we are .
We will never be competitive against the very best teams in the world who are in full flight.

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13 Sep 2016 22:06:05
There tells the tale. The gulf is enormous. The europa would be a better stepping stone.
A harsh lesson but to be honest not surprising.
Can't fault the team. Just totally out of their league.

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13 Sep 2016 22:02:43
Well that was a bit of a football lesson tonight
But I am going to take the positives fae it.
Young Tierney looks like he can step up to this level and has no fear
The re-emergence of scott brown and to a lesser extent Stuart Armstrong
Yes we were smashed but by a team that's full of superstars
If you want to buy their strike force it would cost over 500 million and that showed tonight.

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13 Sep 2016 22:29:20
Tierney was constantly out of position, falling over the ball and didn't know what was going on.

Green tinted glasses off and in the bin. Off all the defenders he was the poorest.

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13 Sep 2016 22:30:10
This game came too soon for Gamboa, he was out his depth and this was exposed, especially in the first half. Not convinced by Dorus. Didn't make himself big enough for a couple of the goals and slow to get down. Agree that Tierney had a decent game all things considered. Sinclair looked a threat when he managed to get a hold of the ball. Broony had some decent moments and Biton is a poor choice when you have to defend, he doesn't know how to. Toure didn't do much wrong from what I could see. In hindsight would have been happier if we had lost playing our own game, playing to our own strengths. I understand why BR felt the need to play 5 at the back but how can you play 5 and still allow the oppositions wide players to receive the ball unchallenged?
If Rogic was fit he should have featured even if it was just to bring our possession stats up.

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13 Sep 2016 23:31:40
and we replace him with, Izzy?

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13 Sep 2016 23:57:34
Some people love to put the boot in . I cannot understand how a Celtic fan wouldn't have green tinted glasses .
I suppose some people like to regard themselves as MSSM reporters of the future but I prefer the vast majority of posters here who try to see the positives, OK young Tierney slipped and fell a few times but he never stopped getting himself up the field linking with S S and M D . K Tierney is a great example of the type of youngster who has come through our acadamie and doesn't need to be viewed through blue tinted glasses or whatever . He is young, playing in the Nou Camp v Barcelona in Champions League is a mighty experience for him, he will know himself he fell over, he doesn't need his nose rubbed in the dirt.

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13 Sep 2016 23:05:23
Men against boys.

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13 Sep 2016 21:51:13
I hope we are never subjected to seeing de vries in a Celtic shirt again. He is the worst goalie we have had since Ian Andrews in my opinion. As for starting things from the back, he has slowed it down and hit it long almost every single time. Appalling keeper.
Bitton was terrible as well.
All that said, Barcelona were unbelievably good.

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13 Sep 2016 22:12:02
He's shocking as a keeper, we were told he was brought in for his football skills, he just lumps it up pitch what's the point. #gordon#1.

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13 Sep 2016 22:12:57
De vries does not look good at all. Sorry to say it but bring back Gordon? It was not as though he sold the jersey but no real benefit. At least Gordon can make some saves. Didn't expect a win anyway but we really got a lesson tonight.

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13 Sep 2016 21:45:38
Brown and Sinclair with pass marks. The rest were miles off the pace. Tierney needs dropped for a good few weeks. Really poor.

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13 Sep 2016 22:06:05
I thought the wee man did ok.
Was up down the park.
Right side was the problem for me.

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13 Sep 2016 22:08:48
Tierney really poor? Granted wasn't great but really poor? If he was poor what about bitton? What about that new right back? What about the keeper at the free kick? What about brown wondering away from messi after 3 mins? Think there was more stick out bad performances than Tierney's.

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13 Sep 2016 22:29:26
How many goals came down our left?

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13 Sep 2016 22:35:12
pass marks for Sinclair but not for Brown he gave the ball away too often.

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13 Sep 2016 23:36:05
tonights game wasn't about celtic, it was all about Barcelona - in their pitch, new campaign, after defeat at the weekend.

1-0/ 7-0 what's the diff - 3 points barca.

we still have to take points home and away from BMG to progress from this league

but again our priority is to win the league and qualify for CL2017/ 18 - perhaps with £50m and a better draw.

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13 Sep 2016 23:40:22
Tierney was slipping on his arse most of night. Been poor for a good few weeks. Love the guy but he was very poor tonight. As was the new full back. Bitton needs too much time in the ball. Something Barcelona don't give anyone. Still think brown played better than most.

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14 Sep 2016 00:01:20
How many goals came from the left side . How many times did our new right back gallop down the right .
Who linked up the most L B and S S. R B and P R.

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13 Sep 2016 21:44:21
Hindsight is a good thing but; I would much rather have shut up shop from the beginning than play wide men like Sinclair and Roberts. Lesson learned BR.

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13 Sep 2016 22:01:56
Agree totally Scotia. I don't see the sense of playing 5 at the back with 3 attacking players in front of them . Surely Rodgers never thought we could get something from this game.

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13 Sep 2016 22:09:34
Think there needs to be a further assessment of some of the players who are left. Bitton and Brown just don't do it for me, nor McGregor. The back four needs to be more solid but where the real surgery is needed is in midfield. It's ok buying lots of players but it shows that they have to be the right ones. Once the midfield pedigree improves then the likes of Sinclair, Roberts, Dembele and Griffiths will feed off the confidence of the unit.

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13 Sep 2016 21:42:30
That was hard viewing to say the least. Didn't think for a second we'd get anything from the game. The quality of the Barcelona team is unreal and a real joy to watch but not to be to critical but some of our defending was shocking. Neymar, messi, Suarez etc will rip apart most defences but I though we showed way to much respect instead of putting in a challenge.

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14 Sep 2016 00:06:41
Garryc any challenge that we would have put in would have led to a dive and a free kick to Barca. They showed what they could do with free kicks .

I know somewhere our goalie was blamed for the goal from the free kick, however goalie protected side of goal wall wasn't covering, ball sailed over the wall into corner . What could goalie do?
Over all I am not overexcited by either of our keepers.

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14 Sep 2016 06:50:27
Old bhoy, for me the goalkeeper was slow getting across the line and if u watch the goal again from the free kick the ball wasn't right in the top corner. As for any challenge would've resulted in a free kick? Come on, are u honestly saying there was not point in tackling the Barcelona players last night? Give us peace, someone posted a stat earlier Barcelona gave away 9 fouls to Celtics 3 . I'm not that daft to think we'd ever compete man to man with them but u can't truely believe we never showed them too much respect? I'd rather have given away a dozen free kicks trying to prevent them from walking through our defence than watch our defenders totally sleeping at times. I get its barca, I get they are the worlds best by a mile but my god mate go and watch all 7 goals again and analyse some of the marking / ball watching our defenders were doing.

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13 Sep 2016 21:14:04
I would like to see Tierney take a rest, the defence has struggled but this lad has been really off his game.

A wee rest before the games that matter against Borussia M.

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13 Sep 2016 22:01:47
Didn't think Tierney was bad tonight.

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13 Sep 2016 21:51:51
Agree izzy should be playing at this stage we all know how good he is. But we don't want to firstly burn him out secondly give him an ego as in I can play shit and still walk in to team.

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13 Sep 2016 22:07:32
Izzy is murder and has been since his second season
He can't defend
He can't cross
He can't tackle
He can't even shy a baw right.

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13 Sep 2016 22:30:06
How many goals came down our left?

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13 Sep 2016 22:37:39
Tierny needs a rest he was blowing out his arse tonight.

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14 Sep 2016 08:32:04
How many goals came down our left?

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13 Sep 2016 21:04:29
De vries like looks really dodgy if u ask me.

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13 Sep 2016 21:29:59
Thought he was poor for the free kick.

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13 Sep 2016 21:56:48
Don't rate him at all now, had questions about him. Was brought in because of he's good on the ball. All I can see in his few matches is hoofing it and maybe the odd touch back for defender to receive again and turn. I honestly think Gordon would of saving at least the free and maybe one more. Gordon makes himself big he does not. Most people that question Gordon question his judgement with balls in not his shot stopping.

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13 Sep 2016 22:09:55
Agreed Gordon does make himself big, De Vries seems to goto ground far to early making it easier for the attacker.

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13 Sep 2016 20:59:53
i thought Gordon was bad didn't want to be going into another transfer window looking for a competent gk.

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13 Sep 2016 21:07:18
Dont think I've seen de vries make a save in the 3 or 4 games he's played.

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13 Sep 2016 21:10:15
I know, but to be fair, we could have had 2 keepers and still be 5 down, definitely some team, if we'd scored that pen, we would have made them angry.

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13 Sep 2016 21:38:46
Gordon might make a mistake or two, but you can always rely on h to make 3 or 4 fabulous saves, if he had played tonight and made his usual blunders and then went on to mske 5 world class saves, his critics would say, 'he was only doing his job with those saves', but the score might have ended two or three nil, not seven.

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13 Sep 2016 20:37:24
Would like comments,
Biton does not track back has let Messi go for both goals.
Get him off now Thought De vries could have done better with the first goal
Felt sorry for Dembele he is young now perhaps he will learn and take long run up and smash theball into the corner every striker has missed penalties.

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13 Sep 2016 20:56:07
Id take Gordon before devries any day.

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13 Sep 2016 21:00:59
Not getting on Dembele's back by any means. But I always cringe when I see a short run up as well (yes, it has worked for him before) .

Tonight was always going to be difficult.

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13 Sep 2016 23:42:47
damned if you do and damned if you don't

team slaughtered for not coming out more - now sayin biton didn't track back - so he, brown, toure, erik, Tierney and lustig should have tracked messi - piquet would have got a hattrick then.

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13 Sep 2016
New image uploaded to the
Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, Lovely jubbly

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13 Sep 2016 19:20:40
Anybody else having difficulties with the Br sport app?

I can watch every channel with the exception of our match!

Tried on phone and iPad no joy!

Help.?

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13 Sep 2016 20:50:17
I had it as well mate - it started working around 8 bells.

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13 Sep 2016 21:27:40
I got mine going using the standard by sport viewer

Wish it didn't work lol!

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13 Sep 2016 18:39:54
near time now, good luck to the bhoys, hoping it ends 1-1 and hope we make it really dificult for them.

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13 Sep 2016 18:19:35
So very very difficult tonight, one of my ex bear pals has told me has £20 on Barcelona 5-1.
Saw Celtic were 28/ 1 so I put a wee £5 also £5 at 10/ 1 the draw.
But more realistic bets I like are BTTS and either team to win 11/ 10
BTTS 5/ 4, Celic +3 11/ 8 and new bet I am doing this season is Celtic +5 Corners at Evens
COYBIG.

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13 Sep 2016 18:37:35
Two changes Gamboa and Roberts in Rogic and Forrest out.

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13 Sep 2016 18:15:01
sure you probably all know this but

if you have an EE contract or Paid Sim - you can get BT Sport on your mobile for 6 months FREE.

Perfect for the upcoming CL Games.

I have a Samsung phone and smart telly, 1 click and the games on the big screen - plus the other 5 cl games and other league and PL games - for free.

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13 Sep 2016
New image uploaded to the
Celtic Player Sightings page entitled, why are rangers fans called 'huns'

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13 Sep 2016 20:17:02
Dig a bit deeper and there are several more reasons.

So we can assume the word is allowed on here now?

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{Ed007's Note - It was never not allowed, it just wasn't worth it all the Huns moaning about it. If you grew up in the West of Scotland the Huns were Rangers and their supporters.}

13 Sep 2016 21:06:31
I did, just for 2 years though Ed lol.

I've only ever used that word with the intention of meaning a RFC football supporter/ member. Probably should have mentioned that in my initial reply. Of course I can't speak for everybody.

I've just always wondered why, but I suppose that's fair play as far as you Eds are concerned (yes) .

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{Ed007's Note - We don't want the page littered with it and there's so many other names to pick from now lol.}

13 Sep 2016
The real time live chat page is open for today's Celtic match at the below link for you to talk to each other during the match
Celtic Live Chat page

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13 Sep 2016 17:03:50
1-1 is achievable tonight and would be a bigger result that beating them a couple of seasons ago. 4-5-1 sit in keep it tight, this is not beyond Celtic tonight .

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13 Sep 2016 17:36:35
Not beyond us by any stretch. Head says I'd take a draw now though.

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13 Sep 2016 17:45:28
I think this is the time when we all go nuts and convince ourselves we can do it. Right now I think anything less than a 3.0 defeat would be great.

Don't get me wrong after a few beers and a malt I will have convinced myself we can win 3.1 and actually believe it.

This is a real Test of how far we have improved. The defence is still dodgy, losing a goal to that pub team on Saturday shows we're still poor at the back.

Middle to front we can hurt teams, back line can hurt ourselves.

Where's ma beer?

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13 Sep 2016 18:01:37
Cannae wait! That magical time of possibilities:) Let's hope we have a great start, middle and end! COYBIG!

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14 Sep 2016 06:40:07
I thought I was being outrageous saying keep it to to no more than 3. :)

I was .

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13 Sep 2016 15:19:17
U19's playing Barcelona now on BT.

Currently 1 down.

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13 Sep 2016 16:25:29
Playing well until a defensive balls up let's Barcelona make it two.

A familiar fault. Shocking back pass by Archibald.

Holding their own up until then but suicide defending.

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13 Sep 2016 16:33:00
Great goal by Aitchison.

2.1

18 mins to go.

Looking good.

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13 Sep 2016 16:55:32
Oh magic pole you shouldn't of saying the saying the s word now you offended the rangers fans and let thme back up their pedestal. Tut tut. What were you thinking. Shame shame.

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13 Sep 2016 16:58:29
2.1 played really well, but Archibald made a terrible pass and looked weak with defending and passing.

One or two look like they might make it for the first team
Probably 8 won't although will play for other teams.

A great effort and so disappointing but defensive weaknesses cost Celtic dear.

Seems to be in our DNA.

If the big team show as much effort and heart and can avoid terrible defensive howlers I will be delighted.

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13 Sep 2016 18:57:26
Every attacking minded teams make defensive howlers . It may be the price you have to pay if you want to play the ball out of defence and start off another attack.

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13 Sep 2016 12:12:31
Talking of uneven handed policing. A story of the flip side of the coin.

A friend of mine is a polis down in a northern English town which had a rangers supporters club there . He has a very strong Celtic allegiance. Several years ago he was working on a Saturday morning and realised there was an orange walk planned that day. Knowing that most of 'ra peepul' would be drinking there and parking their vehicles on the double yellow lines there to go and March he headed on down to the club. He then dished out over 30 parking tickets and had 4 vehicles towed. The Bears were furious and reacted in a very aggressive manner. Back up arrived and a number of arrests followed.

Insult was added to injury when they saw his very Irish, very catholic name on the bottom of the tickets and charge forms!

A true story I promise and identity withheld to protect our brother with a true sense of decency! 😂😂🍀🍀🍀.

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13 Sep 2016 10:19:54
Lawwell is going to be live on TalkSport with Jim White in the next hour if anyone's interested.

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13 Sep 2016 10:45:16
What was said mate?

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13 Sep 2016 10:53:02
Return to CL and Barcelona game mainly, until he had to give a brief word on the club's potential action in the wake of Saturday after Oor Jim wouldn't let up on it. He had a wee dig at Sevco by saying that any action would be done quietly because our club like to maintain the highest standard possible in these circumstances instead of getting involved in the tit-for-tat. He was obviously referring to the rambling screeds from Sevco which I maintain could have been derived from a pen and pad being passed round the louden tavern after the game.

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13 Sep 2016 10:56:24
More likely a crayon and paper.

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13 Sep 2016 11:57:15
It's times like this that we could really do with a 'Big Jock' figure as even a scowl or a stare would have them quaking in their brogues. I know it's sometimes better to take the moral high ground with dignity, but sometimes these clowns need to be kept in line with assertive, factual debate.

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13 Sep 2016 12:39:50
Leave them to it 11 in 67. They're only embarrassing themselves and endearing themselves to the looneys who follow them. It's actually a masterstroke because it'll be a while before any of them ask about their missing £30M warchest!

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13 Sep 2016 15:59:51
Kevbhoy is totally right bhoys i would leave them to it.

They can make as many accusations as possible via the media and smash up all the toilets in parkead it doesn't change anything! They got smashed and smashed comfortably by a far superior team and club.

This is exactly why nobody missed them the last 4 years look at the mess they have started and they're only back 5 mins.

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13 Sep 2016 16:25:44
At the end of the day, there are those on both sides that continue to be matchday christians.

What I don't like about the people's claims, is the hypocrisy.

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13 Sep 2016 19:08:30
Exactly Jim Tim it's a vile fixture I was there and it was horrid as usual I actually came on here sat night and apologised for our behaviour but it wasn't just the rangers fans misbehaving which no one on here likes to mention, both sides are as bad as the other especially the younger ones just want to spout vile songs and religious hatred I support my club not a religion or politics.

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13 Sep 2016 09:31:52
Popped a fiver on celtic to win tonight at 25/ 1 can't see us winning but just in case. The bhoys will be hyped up for this game after a great result on Saturday . so COYBIG let's do our club proud and put my line up lol.

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13 Sep 2016 11:29:30
Was he asked why he didn't strengthen the team for the CL when the club are sitting on a fortune? i. e. a top class creative midfielder to hold on to the ball when we are under pressure, and can actually find one of our players with a pass keeping possession.

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13 Sep 2016 19:02:24
Good positive post on the day we set out on our Champion's League campaign
jamesbhoy67 . Maybe you should seek to be our next CEO, as you seem to think that you can attract even better stars to Glasgow than we did this summer.

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13 Sep 2016 22:54:49
I rest my case we were crying out for the very player i was talking about. What we've got is good enough to win the mediocre drosr SPFL but the duds bitton and brown couldn't pass their own water. Money talks you can bring any player you want to Celtic if you show some ambition and this clown lawwell should have been fired years ago for his ineptness, there's no chance of me getting the CEO job I HAVE TO MUCH AMBITION for the tories and lords who have mismanaged affairs on the park for the last few years. I WONT BE HAPPY OB UNTIL WE ARE BACK IN OUR RIGHTFUL PLACE AS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS, THAT'S HOW BIG WE SHOULD BE.

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13 Sep 2016 23:29:44
*dross.

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13 Sep 2016 09:13:12
I think we might see Tierney and Gamboa deployed as wing backs tonight with Kolo, Erik and Lustig finishing off a back 5. Thoughts?

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13 Sep 2016 09:21:11
My thoughts exactly although I can't see much bombing forward from them. May be pegged back. Is gamboa match fit tho.

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13 Sep 2016 10:47:09
Same. If Gamboa ain't match fit then it might be Forrest or Roberts at RWB. For me though it means Rogic or possibly Bitton drops out playing a 'back 5'.

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13 Sep 2016 11:10:13
Said this since we qualified Might be wrong.

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13 Sep 2016 15:55:35
I think so too. Gamboa in for forrest the only change from saturday.

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13 Sep 2016 16:18:47
Just hope they don't 'freeze' like some previous nights in Europe and cut out the silly mistakes. I'm very nervous about this group - even though we have started the season so well and confidence is high.

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13 Sep 2016 17:39:33
IWEISS,

There's no need to be nervous with this group, we really are the under dogs. As long as we don't take a humping anywhere, I'll be fine. Tonight's fixture is the worst of the lot.

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13 Sep 2016 08:18:37
Just like to say good luck tonight to the bhoys
Win lose or draw do your club proud as whatever the result the Scottish so called media will put a negative slant on it.
Jealousy. Greed. sectarianism that is all they know
We all know the celtic way that's what really matters
In brendan we trust.

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13 Sep 2016 05:56:24
Middle 5 appears to be only part of team that doesn't immediately pick itself for tonight. Even then Sinclair Rogic and Brown are musts for me leaving a question of who starts right and who sits. Could see Bitton starting with Forrest on right but hope Roberts gets at least 30 mins.

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13 Sep 2016 07:30:50
Forrest seems to have upped his game a bit, but Roberts is the better player still for me.

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13 Sep 2016 08:04:28
Forests final baw disease is still alive and well. Roberts all say long.

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13 Sep 2016 08:24:27
Totally agree, Roberts will be hyped up for this after only getting an hour on Saturday. Hope Bitton can put a shift in and keep his head.

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13 Sep 2016 08:25:36
The presence of Roberts is certainly making Forrest up his game and find some consistency, but we have to make use of Roberts talent for the short time we have as well, but it's a 'positive dilemma'.

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13 Sep 2016 09:23:21
We know their going forward ability. who can defend best will be the answer with the other coming on if it's tight ten minutes to go.

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13 Sep 2016 16:29:25
I would start Roberts, these r the games u expect your best players to play in n 4 me he's very like nakamura, on the bigger stage he can do the work needed n in games against Barcelona etc he plays it more defensive as that's how the team will need to play.
Roberts Also is more dangerous in a forward situation, better ability crossing n shooting than wee James 4 me although Forrest has been in decent form n like nakamura a player I believe to score when it really matters.
Can still see nakamura with that sublime free kick at parkhead against man u, van den Saar nowhere near as it hits top right corner, wonderful man, ah nakamura what a player. Any of you see the video where he fires the ball onto a moving bus? every time I watch it I'm just in awe, every angle they show it gets better n better 2.
Hail hail n come on you bhoys in green.

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13 Sep 2016 04:37:36
Big performance needed tonight by the goalkeeper, whenever we get a result or close to a result off of these kind of teams the goalkeeper has an outstanding game, which is why i would go with Craig Gordon tonight as he is a better shot stopper than DDV imo, would love to get a wee draw tonight!

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13 Sep 2016 08:05:16
How do you know. He didn't have a shot to save on Saturday.

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13 Sep 2016 10:16:39
just haven't been convinced by him yet, even his kicking wasn't great on saturday!

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