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13 Sep 2017
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14 Sep 2017 08:41:40
He pled guilty yesterday and already has an interim banning order. I just hope the guy that punched him doesn't get one.
14 Sep 2017 09:03:26
Can't see how a guy that punched somebody is better than somebody who ran on a pitch to be honest.
13 Sep 2017 22:54:13
Hard shift watching that last night. Defeat not exactly a shock but for me too much respect shown them in first half although we got in their face a bit more in the second half. Why didn't we start that way though? Best team I've seen defensively for a long time though.
They were as good at the back as Barcelona were up front at their best. While we can't compete with the PSGs of this world still feel let down by the clubs lack of investment and ambition. Too little too late but Ralston and KT showed how to get in about them especially that fud of a boy Neymar. If being an arsehole was a sport that laddie would be a world champion.
Cheating, diving, twisted little baw bag that couldn't even shake hands. Right that's me I feel better now but the let's stand and admire the big boys needs to stop. As for the tosser that ran on to the park what an advert for being t-total. But to all the gloating Huns out there remember your pumping is coming at a stadium near you very soon. ☘️
PS: they were good, very good, excellent even but we're better than that and that's the hard part to take.
14 Sep 2017 11:01:52
jfp somebody was arrested for sticking one on the guy who ran on to the park lol.
14 Sep 2017 14:50:37
£400 fine for the guy who hit him, the judge said she hopes celtic let the guy keep his ticket, 61 the fella was.
14 Sep 2017 20:43:11
JB67 disappointing there was only one guy gubbed him. What a fanny! ☘️.
13 Sep 2017 22:55:15
great post about a great man mcgarvey67 don't let any pantie wetters put you off posting anything mate.
13 Sep 2017 20:12:13
Germains now looking to change the transfer window. Won't be long before uefa forces everyone to do it.
{Ed007's Note - There is a real ongoing push to eliminate the January transfer window again.}
13 Sep 2017 23:18:16
Never liked the January thing anyway. It gives clubs with the cash the opportunity to either strengthen and/ or weaken opposition midway through season.
I am also for the window closing before season starts to give managers a chance to have a team in place with no possible disruptions after a couple of games.
13 Sep 2017 19:53:32
"Neymar done something incredibly generous" . he gave a jersey that he didn't even buy to a charity . Will hardly put a dent in his 300k or what ever he's on a week .
{Ed007's Note - Try doubling it.}
13 Sep 2017 20:04:57
So, will the charity raise any funds as a result of the jersey donation?
13 Sep 2017 22:26:46
Hardly "increditly generous".
13 Sep 2017 22:56:09
Two thoughts (1) Hitler I believe supported many charities and (2) generosity is gauged not by what we give away but by what we have left. Neymar is a prize classless FUD!
13 Sep 2017 23:22:44
OK I get the Neymar thing.
But, how many Celtic players have donated shirts etc. and helped raise cash for charity?
The key word here is CHARITY.
The guy is a **** but he is very well known and very popular worldwide (outside of Parkhead) so his shirt will raise some cash to help some who might benefit. Considering our History, I think we can accept that is a good thing.
{Ed007's Note - Didn't he throw his shirt into the PSG fans after the game?}
13 Sep 2017 23:45:23
Well I always thought when I was younger, charity meant giving to the poor, maybe Calvalcanti
can help me with the etymology, or however you spell it, but now organised charity seems to be nothing more than a big business, and when you give money to save the children or whatever, the donation goes first of all to pay the ceo's quarter million pound salary or however much they decide to pay themselves, before it goes to actually saving any children.
{Ed007's Note - Now that we agree on mate, the wages and all round scams of these massive 'charities' needs looked at and sorted out.}
14 Sep 2017 08:02:34
I used to fairly despise Ronaldo, but the comparison puts wee fook knut in the shade. The man may have exhibited an arrogance on the park, but his generosity to worthy causes was exemplary. Same might be said about many of the German World Cup winners.
Aindoh: I think 'charite' was used in the first English Bibles to translate 'love' (before we came up with that monstrosity, in the 14C) . If ever there was a word misapplied to Nay Mare that's the one. :D.
13 Sep 2017 18:09:07
Not condoning the dafty that ran on last night. but can someone who knows these things tell me . how can you assault someone by attempting and failing to assault them.
13 Sep 2017 18:26:34
DRB It is the attempt mate, You can get done with attempted murder doesn't mean you murdered them
It's a stronger and bigger charge than the breach of the peace it's to try and stop the next numbnut from doing it not that it will (Y)
13 Sep 2017 18:30:51
He assaulted our honour by his non violent act.
Fed up with this pish.
13 Sep 2017 19:00:46
Because in Scots law an Assault is defined as any attack directed to take effect on the body of another, whether or not injury is inflicted. There is no such thing as an attempted assault.
He may live to regret a kick out from 5 foot away if he lands up in jail.
On the other hand if it had been on Neymar.
13 Sep 2017 22:46:09
intent seemingly.
13 Sep 2017 23:02:40
Even if he missed him by 5 feet, Neymar would still be rolling around and waving an imaginary card.
13 Sep 2017 17:01:49
Everyone knows the gulf between us and PSG is massive so last night's defeat was no surprise. The two games against Anderlecht will be make or break for us. For all PSG were good we won't play as bad as that again and I'm confident we can take 4 points from them. I'm not too despondent as domestic dominance is our priority.
13 Sep 2017 20:35:21
4 points is doable and would likely be sufficient. I don't oht too much stock in our shambles last night and tend to think a point also from Bayern is not impossible. That outfit we played last night are capable of taking maximum points fro their games.
13 Sep 2017 16:11:47
Invade = conquer, capture, seize . HTF can some eejit with a buckfast too many invade a football field .
13 Sep 2017 17:04:04
Dead easy TTTS that is his intention mate not countering you but the police or the stewards are not catching an 18yr old whippet until he slows down and if he gets or bides his time he is off mate
Mark my words tomorrows papers will have the scoop on him and he will be a wee insignificant turd with previous for something else stupid!
13 Sep 2017 18:47:12
It's the invasion of the pedantists.
13 Sep 2017 19:23:22
The primary sense of 'invade' is 'to enter in a hostile manner, ' and, by extension, 'to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate (property, rights, liberties, etc) . The Latin root is vadere, to go, walk.
That enough pedantry, aindoh?
13 Sep 2017 19:49:21
Iraq, Syria, Palistine, Lybria come to mind when invasion is mentioned, not a sole drunk balloon . I'd imagine there's incidents like this every week at game through out Europe . what's the big fuss . He whos responsible will get his knuckles rapped in a court and will be lucky to get inside another soccer ground for a long time . SMSM bigging up an uno prick to tarnish 60k .
13 Sep 2017 21:14:12
More than enough, Cavalcanti, I was never much good at Latin, and not much better at English, and thank you for the explanation of the meaning of invasion, so the newspapers were right enough in using invasion to describe that bampots actions,
13 Sep 2017 22:41:52
Somebody on the banter page asked before the game what good would armed Police do? Well they could have plugged the plonker and saved us £100k. ☘️.
13 Sep 2017 22:42:25
on the subject of turds, who shat in the pool in carluke? lol.
13 Sep 2017 15:07:48
Bitterly disappointed with last night.
Too many players off form at the one time.
PSG looked fitter faster than us for most of the game, not buying a big centre half cost us 3 goals imo.
Was a real eye opener for me.
13 Sep 2017 20:08:39
I am thinking PSG could win the comp and could be dishing out more pumpings along the way. Europa league is our level at the moment and with our squad we could do quite well. COYBIG 🍀🍀🍀.
13 Sep 2017 14:02:31
Lads a spurs fan who has a massive soft spot for Celtic, last nights match was a bitter disappointment but lets, not forget their front 3 cost 380 million pounds alone and most big clubs in the champions league are going to get hammered by psg this year and i even think they will walk away with this competition this year. A club like Celtic with the money and resources hey have compered to the likes of psg, real Madrid are unreal and some fans need to wake up and get real that they can compete with them. I think Rodgers has been outstanding since he's been at Celtic and deserves some respect.
13 Sep 2017 16:03:27
Great post mate.
13 Sep 2017 16:19:01
Nice one Raver.
13 Sep 2017 17:07:36
well said mate and if you get a chance join us on the live chat sometime, some great banter and even the "Eds" sometimes funny.
Oh Oh that's going to costs a few cans of lilt. lol.
13 Sep 2017 17:53:23
Thanks Peter I will link up with the next live chat, I thought you lot were irn bru drinkers.
13 Sep 2017 18:41:16
Nice comments raver, all the best for tonights match, pochetino doing an equaly good job in my opinion.
13 Sep 2017 12:46:10
Now that the dust has settled on last night I still feel a tinge of embarrassment and frustration. Obviously perspective shows that we were up against the financial might of Qatar but the manner of the performance disappointed me more than the result. I think BR is one of the best managers our club has ever had but he has now overseen two of our worst ever European results in successive seasons. Maybe there has to come a point where your philosophy takes a back seat for a game or two rather than playing into our opponent's hands? I'm sure the team will learn from this and our main games will be Anderlecht but I'd like to see us shore things up a bit more against the big guns in future. It's not pretty but it's worked in the past.
13 Sep 2017 13:57:12
Kev they were superb. Having daid that i sgree we should have done much better. The Lustig move to centre half is not the answer. It would not have mattered wjo played we would still get beaten by them but looking forward to Anderlecht or even a europa team our defence is not upto it. Griff was never supported. When we broke forward thefe was no support. We gave tbe ball away etc. In my opinion we sre no better than last season. So here is the worry. This team will not significantly improve with current personell. we spent £4 mill on a partner for Brown who gave tne ball away more than anyone. So even buying 5 or 6 £4mill players will not get us anywhere in Europe. In my opinion we have hit the European brick wall. I don't think we will get 3rd place. Dissapointed but alarm bells went after the 4-3 defeat in the final qualifying game. can't see where we go.
13 Sep 2017 14:28:18
I don't think that we can buy the sort of player that can bridge the gap, the sort of player who would make a difference are way out of our price range even allowing for the money we earn from qualifying.
We are in a situation where we really have to use our wealth to remain dominant at home and hope for the occasional better draw.
It's not nice getting thumped like that, but our main aim has to be to qualify, after that we need to get tore into these teams and put them off their game, we just haven't got the ability to go toe to toe with them.
Unless the rules change and the money gets shared out more evenly we will always be at this level, we just need to be a lot more streetwise against these teams and don't let ourselves get cut open so easily.
13 Sep 2017 14:33:50
I am afraid after last night the gulf between us and the top sides in the champions league is scary. I know that the celtic board and BR were talking about getting to the last 16. I am afraid that's never going to happen as the gap will only get bigger. It will only get harder for us and more of these night could happen. We simple don't have the quality to compete even near some of these clubs. The club's like ours that are in pot four and some in pot three are simple making up the numbers. I feel sorry for the players and BR as when u spend 4-5 million only and are expected to try an compete with a team that can spend €350 - 400 million on two players there is only going to be one result. I know even if we spent 20 million they are still miles better. It's just a fact that we can't compete at this level and it has become two league system with those who have all the millions and those who don't.
13 Sep 2017 15:01:14
There is a lot of sense being talked on this site. Gerry and oscar you are spot on. No one is demanding a new manager or £20mill spent. We all realise the financial gap is so so big £50mill won't get us a European trophy. We are where we ste and we need to accept our place which as kevbhoy says maybe is to dominate in SPL and use the CL funds to ensure that we do and see what happens over the next 5 years re European leagues and see if an opportunity falls out of that.
{Ed007's Note - A lot of the support have unrealistic expectations imo, Johnny. There's nothing wrong with that and I've been as guilty as anyone over the years but it's their reaction I find strange. Realistically what did people expect last night? I wasn't embarrassed to get beaten by PSG but I was disappointed with the scoreline, I don't know what the board, manager, players or support could have done to make any difference last night. PSG will beat teams better than us and will probably score more as well.
It's a lesson learnt and the players and manager will have learnt a lot from last night, it's time to put it to bed and move on.}
13 Sep 2017 15:15:28
This "the gap", is all codswallop, the gap had nothing to do with all the misplaced passes, the gap had nothing to do with Celtic playing badly, and that's what it was it was a bad day at the office, it was an off day, PSG were made to look better than they are, and their confidence grew as Celtics ineptitude became more widespread, Bayern will bring them down to earth, I expect the game in Paris to be a lot closer, and will probably put some money on an away win,
{Ed007's Note - That's a different game from the one I watched then. PSG done to us what we do to Scottish teams. They dominated us, outmanoeuvred and outplayed us all over the park.
Do all of Scottish teams just have a bad day at the office when they play us too?}
13 Sep 2017 16:05:44
Spot on ed was saying that to a pal that's how scottish teams and there fans feel when they play us.
{Ed007's Note - Sometimes you just need to accept things for what they are.}
13 Sep 2017 16:29:43
Biggest embarrassment last night for me was the wee turd that ran on the pitch even he never landed a blow for crying out loud
My biggest hope last night was that PSG had failed to gel / click with the new signing's bedding so to speak
After ten minutes I knew we were watching something special and chasing ghosts
We always seem to land the team that has just won it or are going to win it
People talking rightly so about our competition well Partick Thistle can't compete with Forest Green for wages so where will that leave us in five years our league is not appealing and Sky and even BT know they can pick us up for cheap as chips despite having great viewing figures
Unless the best of the Euro leagues like the dutch, Belgians etc who probably get rubbish league money too come up with an idea for a pan-euro league and we get invited
Ask yourself one honest question are we going to get closer or is the gap going to get wider? I know what one I plump for and in current systems / formats its not changing any time soon IMO (Y)
13 Sep 2017 16:33:53
So the misplaced passes were because.?
{Ed007's Note - The PSG players were getting in the way.}
13 Sep 2017 17:13:42
Well I was only watching on the radio.
{Ed007's Note - I hate admitting it mate but they really did destroy us - the last team I seen being THAT outplayed was Astana at CP!}
13 Sep 2017 18:13:26
The misplaced passes were because psg were shutting down quick and putting us under pressure in possession. well that's how i saw it.
13 Sep 2017 18:26:45
Funnily enough ed the last team I actually saw at Celtic park tear us apart like that was PSG.
It was late 80s maybe with Rai in their team we cudnt touch them that night either don't know if anyone remembers exactly when it was.
{Ed007's Note - That was in 95 mate and the away leg was my first time going to Europe following Celtic. That PSG team had reached a European semi-final in each of the previous three years, do you know Stephane Mahe played for PSG at the time, along with Djorkaeff and Patrice Loko who turned out to be loco!}
13 Sep 2017 18:34:24
Ah aindoh an off day. We were playing against the best front three in world football at the minute. I know you are annoyed at the result like all of us are but they are miles ahead us. 29% possession tells it all at home. There are times where you just have to admit that we can't compete against teams like these and the money's they have to spend. Once they lost the ball they when to win it back ASAP. And we don't have the players of quality to keep the ball for long spells when under that pressure. The gap is just so big between the top sides and us.
13 Sep 2017 19:03:21
I bow to your superior kmowledge ed, but wtf how did we get trounced with Mahe in their team lol.
To be fair he was decent and he set up Sutton for the 6th in a famous victory lol.
{Ed007's Note - From memory of reading about it over the years, not from being there, Mahe played the whole game in Paris but didn't last long in the home tie. I can't remember if he was hooked or injured though, probably injured. PSG won the CWC that year too so Mahe has a European medal in his closet - there's a quiz question in there.
Away Leg:
13 Sep 2017 19:06:53
I think 3-0 was flattering them, never mind 5-0. We gave a better account of ourselves in the second half by all accounts. We must face the grim reality that the gap will continue to get bigger as long as states/ Sky fund some teams.
I think PSG will turn over far better teams than us this year, however I think the Bayern/ Madrids of this world will pump them. Which in turn makes me fear Bayern even more!
13 Sep 2017 21:59:55
Maybe I should watch a replay, but I can't be bothered, but it's the use of the phrase "misplaced passes", they used on the radio commentary, that is a lot different than getting shut down, I pictured passes going astray, or the wrong pass being made, or putting a team mate under pressure by giving the pass at the wrong time, by saying they were shutting us down fast and putting the passer under pressure, it makes them look good, where in reality the pass was hasty, hurried, panicky, and that's maybe what it really was, and that's because we played badly, I say again Celtic made them look a better team than they really are, I hope Moussa is fit for the Paris game, and I would play LG, in Roberts position, and I think we could get a result.
{Ed007's Note - You can't judge it on what you heard people on the radio said, behave yourself, until you've seen it yourself you're only taking their word for it while telling the rest of us we're wrong. If you didn't see it you can't really comment just to troll the site and be your usual negative self.}
13 Sep 2017 22:15:38
You said it yourself the psg players were getting in the way, now think about that, have a good long hard think about that.
{Ed007's Note - I'm not arguing a point with someone that listened to a game on the radio. You're basing your opinion on second hand information who were like you taking great pleasure in us getting the run around and everyone else is basing their's on what they saw. Have a good long hard think about that.}
13 Sep 2017 22:36:21
No, but you said the PSG players were getting in the way, not meaning to criticise you or anything, Ed, but that makes me think, the Celtic players were wanting to get rid of the ball pronto and taking unnecessary risks, because in their heads they were playing these superstars, but you are right, I will desist, is a bit stupid me arguing with you when I didn't even see the game, I will shut up.
13 Sep 2017 22:43:13
Spot on Ed just take it on the chin learn from it and move on. It highlited the point regarding a Centre half tho. Awe well Boyata Sviatchenko and Dembele will soon be back.
13 Sep 2017 22:53:25
For me it was 80% psg being on top form and 20% us being poor, that said i never expected a win but hoped we would have ran them closer, we have came ti almost expect to do well at home in the cl no matter who we play and admittedly have had some superb results against great teams over the years but them last night is possibly the best and certainly most expensive concentration of players in one team we have ever faced and as some have said previously we should probably have been set out to contain as much as possible even five at the back as our best chance would have been a goaless draw, gordon not realy ag fault lst night but progression for me will require a new gk and ch asap, 🇮🇪✌️.
13 Sep 2017 23:17:14
Aindoh i think that PSG were better than the Barcelona team that took 7 off us last season. don't think Celtic have progressed much compared to last year but very difficult to tell as you just don't know how good PSG really are. Last night they looked wonderful. It could have been 7 or 8 nill. We just don't have the players to compete at that level. Dissapointed with the result but as Ed says, what do we expect. In truth we were hoping for a miracle but this shows just how far behind we are and no manager is going to dramatically change that.
13 Sep 2017 11:13:46
the team we got beat off 5-0 last night beat Barcelona 4-0 last season and they are a much better team now with that strike force can see them destroying bayern in there next game.
13 Sep 2017 11:59:03
We have to put last nights game in perspective. 1 player Neymar earns in 1 week what our full 1st 11 earns . That's the money we are up against and these players are all international players . Analys it and move on .
This is not the team we are competing with, in the last 3 games PSG have scored 19 goals and that does not include our game .
13 Sep 2017 12:41:22
OK, we conceded 5 to a fantastic side, but in the previous CL game we conceded 4 against Astana.
Our preparation and recruitment has been lacking for the demands and requirements of group stage competition.
The injuries we suffered in crucial areas happened weeks ago and we failed to compensate, given the funds we had.
13 Sep 2017 11:06:42
PSG beat Barcelona 4-0 that is the reality of the task we faced last night and unless DD sells his shares to an Arab who is prepared to spend silly amounts of cash on world class players then this is the way it's going to be. Once in a blue moon we are able to compete against the best when we have 11 players playing out of their skins and the opposition has an off night. Sadly from the minute the ref blew his whistle we looked terrified scared to go forward uncase we left gaps at the back. That is the sad reality of where we are at this level. Players who look like superstars against the likes of Rangers and Hearts are no match for teams that cost near £700m to assemble. As great as it is being a well run club who buys cheap and sells for profit it works in the SPL but not at a higher level. We are a decent team but we are on a level with the likes of Ajax etc former giants now in the second tier of Europes elite. I'm not going to criticize the club the manager or the players we are where we are due to other leagues massive tv deals and foreign owners pumping in hidious amounts of cash it's always the way it's going to be if we continue to play in Scotland against dire opposition and clubs with no ambition. We have outgrown Scottish football yet we find ourselves stiffled and unable to get to the next level because of where we are. So what do we do we win the league each year and grab the £30m on offer and use it to dominate each year at home or as i said DD sells up and we run the club like most in Europe now and that is find someone who is willing to throw insane amounts at the club, something i don't think anyone would be prepared to do whilst we play in Scotland so realistically the only option we have is to do what we are doing now, accept we are big fish in a small pond domestically but small fish in a big pond when it comes to the CL and that is the harsh realities of a club our size playing in Scotland. Hope the creamola foam filled child who ran onto the pitch receives a life ban anyone who wears jeans that are tighter than a womans deserves it.
13 Sep 2017 12:16:35
100% Stan. Couldn't agree more wae that especially the lad that ran on the pitch. Never seen it cos a wasn't there but there's a difference between invading the pitch in euphoria and going on to attack opposition players.
13 Sep 2017 12:25:49
only thing I disagree with is that you think we are in the "second tier" - we are so much further down than that.
we could have been overturned by Astana, Happy Beer Shandies, teams of that level. 4th or 5th level I recon.
Sinclair was asked to more or less defend at left back more than he went forward - he doesn't do that 99% of the season - so why would he be able to do that - and well - against PSG. Catch 22 if we had played an extra defensive minded player instead of him (if we had one) - we couldn't have sneaked a win (which was what we all hoped) .
onward and upward, Anderleict here we come.
I think the fans will turn more if we don't use the next window to spend some of that 60m.
13 Sep 2017 23:22:35
Digibanger could spend all £60mill but that won't make any difference against teams who are spending £100/ 150/ 250million. Its not just one team. Man City spent £230mill. PSG spent £190mill on Neymar and agreed a further £166mill on mbape. The entire squad would cost £1billion si where dies £60mill get us?
14 Sep 2017 07:48:12
no wasn't meaning spend the 60mil to compete with PSG and the likes - that's just simply impossible.
Just spend some money to consolidate getting thru the groups.
Its not inconceivable with a mishap or 2 that we could have missed out on CL last year and this year - and if we don't strengthen we could miss out next year.
League is wrapped up, getting in the CL is the primary goal, secondary goal is in EU after Christmas, that's our path of progression. anything less would be a step in the wrong direction.
13 Sep 2017 10:58:15
First of all well done PSG their players are CLASS, even that fud Neymar with his diving (although he earned me a few bob with his booking lol)
As I am a glutton for punishment after coming home I watched the game again to confirm what I thought during the match at the ground.
Firstly, we lost the game in the TUNNEL, our players looked scared and caught in the headlights, this disappointed me as I at least thought we had players with a bit of character.
Secondly, although PSG were good and oozed class, we made it easy for them by giving them too much time and space on the ball.
Thirdly, our passing was ATROCIOUS, I lost count of the number of times we made unforced errors and tamely gave them back possession.
Fourthly, when we did come forward Roberts, Griffiths, Sinclair etc were isolated with no player bursting a gut to support them, compare that to PSG who hunted in packs of 3 or 4 and always had a player to pass to.
My Fifth point is Rodgers himself, for playing wrong tactics to start with and then after game meekly accepting the defeat, we want a manager who acknowledges the better team won, but then tries to fix where we went wrong as a team and is unhappy with a poor display which last night patently was.
13 Sep 2017 11:49:48
Spot on up to the last point. Rodgers did indicate the standard of play: under-12. That's a pretty scathing assessment.
13 Sep 2017 15:52:09
Tim sometimes in football there is nothing you can do. They are a class apart from us and it showed.
The game you are talking about would have taken a lot of luck and for us to score first like the Barcelona game, if we don't score first in these games we are done.
Cant believe the criticism on here, we have the best team we have had for years and playing the best football but unfortunately in that time the CL has gone onto a different stratosphere.
Teams are spending 300m and still can't win it, we could have spent 20m on 2 defenders and the outcome could a been the same.
In my opinion we are between a rock and a hard place just now, if you remove any of our first 11 and replace with better its going to cost 10m -20m at least unless we get a miracle like VVD or VW.
So its going to be very difficult to improve just now unless rules are changed.
Answers on a post card if u a have the solution lol.
13 Sep 2017 10:12:30
Charged again because of some ****wit of a fan, Closed doors beckons.
13 Sep 2017 10:38:42
Ya agree 100% with you Bhoywonder. After all the previous fines this could well be it for us. Won't be surprised if it happens.
13 Sep 2017 10:41:27
Celtic should start suing the people that do this for any money the lose.
This would show the idiot and eufa that we won't stand for it and are doing everything in our powers to stamp it out.
13 Sep 2017 12:51:04
I wouldn't be surprised if Celtic are handed a suspended partial ground closure as this had serious implications but most of the other fines are for trivial rubbish which merits fines no more imo. Ps do Celtic still need to pay the stewards fee as a fan running half the length of the pitch unchallenged straight after a goal must surely be a lack of professionalism on their part?
13 Sep 2017 15:36:04
Was thinking the exact same thing Kev, CFC should claim damages against the Cretan for what ever the fine (hopefully) is or the loss of revenue. Might make other twats think twice!
13 Sep 2017 22:39:57
you weren't on the park!
13 Sep 2017 22:43:30
Firstly how this clown managed to get over 3 rows of empty seats at the front of the Lisbon lions stand over the wall over the advertising boards and up to the halfway line without a steward getting near him beggars belief. Secondly if as I expect they shut the ground for next game we lose around 3 million pound gate money all because of one idiot.
13 Sep 2017 09:30:35
In over 50 years of watching Celtic in Europe, I have seen us go toe to toe with all the great, glamour clubs with us constantly punching above our weight.
We never won every game by any means, but at least we had a passion and belief that we could - on our day - beat anyone and CL nights at Celtic Park were the envy of all.
More recently, I have witnessed us losing by very heavy margins to Barcelona (twice) and PSG last night and it is now very clear that the gulf between us and the top teams is becoming insurmountable and instead of the players relishing the challenge and fight, the players are full of fear and doubt.
Obviously the economics and elitism that has encaptured this tournament is wrong and UEFA have created a greedy monster, where money means all and the tournament is now 'rigged' to suit the rich and powerful, aided and abetted by TV and sponsorship. However, we accept it as qualification means lots of cash and perks for the club, but what happens when the supporters -and players- stop enjoying this tournament because of repeated humiliating defeats?
We have heard that the players had learned lessons from last season and improvement had been made in preparation, but for 45 minutes we were totally ineffective due to playing a highly efficient side, but also because freezing and faltering stopped us doing what the manager had instructed and we gave them the same 'respect' we gave Barcelona 12 months previous and paid in full.
The defensive situation has been done to death and we failed to address it properly, but we had enough of the ball at times to test them and their keeper had a half dozen saves, while unfortunately ours had one. In other areas guys like Brown, Lustig and Armstrong - who were invaluable invincibles have hardly had a decent 90 minutes (between them) and need to find form soon.
Composure and confidence makes a huge difference at this level and hopefully this will surface in further games in the group? Anderlecht will be another difficult game and most of us thought this would be our best chance for points - they will be thinking the very same.
It was a sore one last night especially at home but hopefully with the injuries clearing and others finding some form, we fight on?
13 Sep 2017 10:02:18
The way I see it is Rodgers has changed our style of play and is trying to improve our players tactically and technically.
The upside of this is that we see more attractive football on the park and our players improve and therefore are worth more when it comes time to sell them on.
However, the double edged sword is it works well when you have the better players, as we do in the SPFL but when you come up against superior teams you get torn apart because you cannot go toe to toe with them.
So the decision we need to make is are we prepared to accept nights like last night will happen from time to time, while we try and improve our standard or do we want to resort to parking the bus and hope we can nick something on the counter attack.
With regards to Europe I am pragmatic about it. I always want to qualify for the CL as it means we generate more money and our players get the chance to improve by playing against better opposition. Each year we qualify for the group stage, we get stronger and if we keep doing it then we will slowly build a stronger team, which has more chance of competing in the CL. I realise where our club are in the pecking order and don't go into the group stages with high expectations, although I always have hope. This is probably why I am less disappointed than others who expect us to compete at this level.
13 Sep 2017 08:21:59
Last night was a sore one but in reality it's probably a measure of where we sit in comparison to the really top teams in Europe. I was hoping for a draw but to be honest I'm not at all surprised we took a bit of a drubbing. PSG are clearly a top team worth hundreds of millions and that's what you get when you have that money to spend.
We move on guys, that's all we can do and hope we get a bit more luck in the rest of the games. No shame in losing to PSG but the scoreline could have been a bit kinder to us. HH.
13 Sep 2017 09:14:09
If they needed 8 they would have got them. They were coasting second half and still scored two. The players will be gutted because they were spineless first half and showed they couldn't do the simplest things for fear of losing the ball.
I hope they are embarrassed with that first half. They should be. It was woeful.
13 Sep 2017 08:05:55
Thought young ralston was very good and showed some if the more experienced bhoys how to play especially against one of the world's great players who may have money but it doesn't buy you class thought neymar was a disgrace last night between the diving and then not shaking the young mans hand . absolute plonker.
13 Sep 2017 08:09:46
thought he done really well considering mate, getting sulky drawers to spit his dummy then laughing at him was funny for me, hope he gets an extended run, also people were crying for lustic to be moved in one, still think he's better at RB, id sell gamboa and use ralston tbh.
13 Sep 2017 10:05:38
He did OK considering but he made a lot of mistakes as he often got drawn to the man and left massive amounts of space behind.
By the way I am not blaming him for the result and I am sure it will be a good learning experience for him.
13 Sep 2017 06:42:47
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Premier League Transfer Window Assessment
13 Sep 2017 02:18:30
maybe that result will wake people up to this clown rodgers being viewed as some kind of messiah, stein, mcneill and o'neill's team's would never be beat 5-0 at home in europe.
13 Sep 2017 06:23:57
you don't half talk some pish.
13 Sep 2017 06:37:18
Jamesbhoy what could he have done? We are playing against some of the best players in the world PSG will be in the final we need a reality check there a great team yes we made them look better as Armstrong and Ntcham were missing we should have bought a centre half in the summer window but think calling BR a clown is a bit ott mate.
13 Sep 2017 06:51:02
Got to be the worse thing u've came out with to date Jb, what level did u reach playing the game?
13 Sep 2017 06:55:37
Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but some need a reality check! That was a strong, strong team that clicked lastnight.
13 Sep 2017 06:57:51
we've played top ranked teams many times and come away with our reputation more or less intact. Something went badly wrong last nite. I don't get how we failed to show in the first half. All too similar to away to Astana: we seemed traumatised.
13 Sep 2017 07:07:28
My god mate, what a load of crap! One duff result and you call him a clown? We were outplayed last night by a team who have spent millions of pounds to win this competition. Their movement was simply awesome some times and the Cavani goal was one of the greatest goals I've seen for years.
Get a sense of perspective Jb. Last night was like us playing Cowdenbeath!
13 Sep 2017 07:15:52
2 months of neymars wage buys us ntcham, that's what were up against.
13 Sep 2017 07:24:06
This was a quality team who well beat us . couldve been 8 or 9.they made us look look slow cumbersome and plain average last night. i won't criticise (although I think wrong selection was made and some of our players aren't euro level capable as some think ) anderlecht will give us a clearer picture of where we are in euro terms.
13 Sep 2017 07:37:41
nonsense jb
what we thought would happen is that they, as new players bought and put together, would take some time to find their feet and we would play out our skin and maybe catch them cold and get a result. (same way we played against man city last year) .
What happened is we saw what happens when an oil rich country buys a team and their transfer policy is a blank cheque. They player out of their skins - we played poorly = worst result ever.
Last night shows the world what £750m buys you. I think last night their opposition was irrelevant - they could have got this result against any Engerlish and Welsh Premier Leaugue Team - and probably will later in the competition.
Sad we didn't do better, annoyed we didn't make better signings, never ashamed of my team - ashamed at the nutter who ran on the pitch - what a tit. We are going to feel that worse than 0-5.
its as you were - need 2 results against anderleicht, same as we did before last night, nothing new.
The other 4 games, best we can hope is to see them as defensive lessons, learn from good teams attacking us as for 99% of the season we are the dominant team.
13 Sep 2017 07:49:27
also I didn't know much about the PSG team except for the forward line but I thought their goalie played very well, did everything he was asked, came for every ball and stopped a few shots but MoM for me was Rabiot. And then he was taken off for Draxler! says it all really.
13 Sep 2017 08:01:29
James has dangled a wee line bhoys don't bite they were as good as I've seen and will pump better teams than us.
13 Sep 2017 08:05:33
Maybe people are getting sick of the dangling mally, this clown never has anything positive to say, From his insider knowledge to his constant bitching, if you wanna dangle lines go fish.
13 Sep 2017 10:10:15
I did think Rodgers got it wrong tactically last night and while he was right to have a pop at some of the players for under performing, I think he should be man enough to accept that he played a part as well.
Perhaps the reason he got it wrong tactically was due to him having too much faith in what level the players are currently at.
13 Sep 2017 17:23:51
It seems JB is our very own Gordon Parks, just spouts whatever pish to get a reaction.
13 Sep 2017 19:08:08
Those you mentioned didn't have to face up against teams valued at the best part of £1b.
13 Sep 2017 22:29:12
we are celtic one of the biggest clubs in the world, not stenhousemuir.
13 Sep 2017 22:38:54
bbb209 how would you know what i post? i've never saw you on the page in my life, and i played to not a bad level, and bhoywonder what crap am i talking? last season we got beat with lincoln red imps and got thrashed with barcelona 7-0 you tell me when stein, mcneill or o'neill's teams ever got beat by they margins?
13 Sep 2017 22:35:45
digibanger we are not a run of the mill average english or welsh league side, we are celtic, former champions of europe sitting on a fortune and spending nothing.
13 Sep 2017 22:33:47
@jb67 - at last someone can see by the halo of the messiah / enigma that is Brendan.
Led Celtic to an invincible treble but.
Worst Euro defeat in Celtics history- Red Imps.
Heaviest away Euro defeat- Barcelona.
Heaviest home Euro defeat - PSG
Is he too good for Scottish football but not capable of taking Celtic forward in Europe?
Another poor transfer window where only Nitcham was signed to improve the team. The rest of the signings are Projects / squad players ( I haven't included PR as he was there last season ) . Never mind as is continually stated on here the £30 million will soften the humpings.
13 Sep 2017 22:42:56
clown? you want to look in the mirror bhoyblunder and you'll see a clown, i see you're still jealous of the TRUE info i get, and telling the truth in a blunt way is bitching is it? aye right!
13 Sep 2017 22:57:12
who cares what a team cost? it didn't stop jock stein's team thrashing the superstars of inter milan.
14 Sep 2017 06:51:26
Aw wee james llf, yeah jealous of your true info that never happened. personally think your just a wee daftie that wants everyone to agree with you, I was brought up to call bull when i see or hear it so that's what i've done, You change your mind and opinions more than a hooker wipes her snatch, Summed up perfectly with the petty you weren't there reply to other post, 2 pairs of socks today fella, itll be cold in the school playground.
14 Sep 2017 14:46:34
you're a clown mate, my info about the striker and the centre half was spot on as usual, if your not wetting your pants at something your not happy.
14 Sep 2017 15:34:57
Spot on lmao, yeah from celtic news a day earlier, your info is about as reliable as a plumbers estimate, just like musonda was a done deal, as was dembele to everton, its all there bud, just scroll back thru your mince, and if your going to reply ( as im sure you will ) start a new post, can't be arsed scrolling thru to see what pish you post.