Celtic Banter Archive February 15 2021

15 Feb 2021 20:49:25
Ed are you just having a laugh about Roy Keane? or is it true mate?

{Ed007's Note - I don't know if it's true, Pud but it's what I've heard.}

15 Feb 2021 22:25:23
I guess my hunch on Keane was right.

15 Feb 2021 22:51:59
Lol I took Keane at 20/ 1 earlier so I'm happy to hear this.

15 Feb 2021 23:09:44
What is this?

16 Feb 2021 01:41:58
hope not guy is an ass and would lose the dressing room within a couple of months as he is nothing but a bully.

16 Feb 2021 07:38:03
Ray1963, A bully? Why? Because the guy wants to win and some people don’t like truth? That’s an example of how times have changed from 10/ 20 years ago. If Roy Keane wasn’t the way he was Man Utd wouldn’t have been the club they were in the late 90’s/ early 2000’s. as Sm I saying Keane would be a success at Celtic? I’m unsure but I don’t think he is a bully, he is a winner and doesn’t take crap which is a fresh of breath air in this day and age. HH.

15 Feb 2021 21:57:34
Ed what about Keane for DOF? I think it would make more sense than as manager.

{Ed007's Note - I don't think Keane has got the skillset needed to be DOF.}

16 Feb 2021 11:59:15
Michael it is well known his style of management is verging on bullying and that is dinosaur management now a days.

16 Feb 2021 12:03:55
Pressed send by mistake.

Talking about what he done at Manchester United on the park is nonsense and has no baring on how he is as a manager.
Have a look at what the Ipswich players say about him, especially guys like Damien Delaney.
We already have a manager who was a winner on the park and takes takes no crap. How has that worked out?

15 Feb 2021 19:04:45
I get that everyone is getting impatient over the club taking their time in replacing Lennon, but the wheels are in motion. The fans wanted Lawwell to stop meddling in football affairs and now we have replaced him. It would make no sense at this point to Install a new manager untill we have appointed a DOF. It's key to our future successes that the new DOF and manager are aligned in the project going forward. The club should have replaced Lennon before the year was out but we can't change the past. I know ideally we would like a manager in so he can gey to know the squad and figure out what he needs but for the long term future the alignment of DOF and manager will be key.

15 Feb 2021 19:41:32
A sensible post SOS-BHOY.
Your right, the club should’ve made changes a few months ago.

15 Feb 2021 18:14:17
rangers players break lockdown rules going to partys and first thing SSB talk about is celtics statement and neil lennon still in charge haha for weeks that channel did a hatchet job on dubai.

15 Feb 2021 18:29:13
Give it up UI, I’m starting to think you are Reilly ( lennons agent ) . I agree sky are pro sevco but you must be in a group of one if you believe going to Dubai was a good idea. Even taking out the moral view that we shouldn’t have went, it cost us the chance to not only catch up with spare games but also we would have possibly have had another 5 points from the games we dropped points because of it . Add that to you’re faithful blind loyalty to Neil, are you his agent 😂😂.

15 Feb 2021 18:30:16
UI the guests at the party were a belly and big drum apart to maintain social distancing.

15 Feb 2021 17:11:49
Away from negativity as that's all that seems to be about just now I was just wondering if any other supporters on the forum maybe followed another club away from Celtic. Obviously Celtic being my one and only but I have actually followed Atalanta since 2001 and have been to Bergamo 14 times to see them.

I used to watch Italian football back in the day when it was on channel 4 and since then couldn't help following Atalanta since. I'm also going to include a video of the intro to Gazetta Football Italia from channel 4 that I'm sure some of the older guys on here will definitely remember haha!

Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe, HH.

15 Feb 2021 17:20:06
brilliant mate that's what made sundays. the Fiorentina team at that time were good batistuta rui costa repka toldo luis oliveria edmundo jorg henrich they had a great team use to like watching them.

15 Feb 2021 17:22:32
Atalanta are an exciting team to watch.
Italian football was famous for defending and securing 1-0 victories.
But the defending went out of the window for a few months,
When the pass back rule was introduced round about 1990.
It was good watching games finishing 4-2 and 4-3 on a Sunday whilst it lasted.

15 Feb 2021 17:28:03
Michael
I can also remember when the pass back rule was introduced,
The first time we played Rangers and everyone was expecting a classic with loads of goals,
Yes you’ve guessed it, a boring goalless draw at Celtic Park.

15 Feb 2021 18:23:29
Hey Michael, God that brings back memories - James Richardson presented the programme and had hair back then!
Some of the teams and players around that time were fantastic even apart from Milan and Juve.
Agree with UI, Fiorentina were class - big Battigoal banging them in from all angles.

15 Feb 2021 18:27:40
GOOOOAAAAALLLLLL LLLLAAAATTTTZZZZIOOOOOO.

15 Feb 2021 18:44:07
that doesn't half take you back i loved that show and the live games on 4 also i actually had one of the balls they played with and boots was it ullsport or something like that?

15 Feb 2021 19:09:07
Preferred gamesmaster myself 🤣.

{Ed007's Note - They're bringing it back mate 👍👍👍

15 Feb 2021 20:16:52
Agreed bhoys football italia was a treat some quality before scotsport with Archie McPherson and the gang came on and took it down a notch.

15 Feb 2021 20:49:25
There’s a stramash in the box!

15 Feb 2021 22:35:14
It was one of or the best show on TV gave you another reason to look forward to the weekend then off to the match after it on a Saturday morning.

15 Feb 2021 12:45:50
How much time does it take to make a good decision? A lot slower than making a bad one it seems. Quote about Celtic won't be rushed into a decision about the manager RUSHED OMG they have had atleast 19 months of clues to make a decision yet they won't be rushed. Heaven help the finance next year when not all the season tickets will be renewed because the board will not be rushed.

15 Feb 2021 13:31:32
Tony that will be a major issue. i know quite few that ain't renewing under the present management. the club needs to communicate and tell fans what next season looks like.

15 Feb 2021 13:41:17
tony who would you bring in right now and why remember we play in Scotland and have a certain budget.

15 Feb 2021 13:52:14
I would like to see us go for someone like Diego Martinez, who has done a great job at Grenada and likes his teams to be solid defensively, which will help us in Europe. Roberto De Zerbi would be a good choice and plays the brand of football that would be appreciated by the fans.

15 Feb 2021 14:02:43
I am not saying to bring some one in right now although there is good managers without a job just now. And I can't see a permanent manager wanting to come in right now when we have lost the league but a more convincing statement from the board about the way forward should have been expected instead of the gray area that was in the statement. How is that going to renew the trust in the supporters that the club is going in the right direction? To renew their season tickets. The time to stand our present manager down was long ago but they never I am sure a lot of supporters are thinking will it actually happen at the end of the season or will they just fob the fans off yet again? That is why IMO the statement from the club should have been more clear as to the future the club was going. As far as the manager position is concerned.

15 Feb 2021 14:04:31
I agree Mally and it should have been done in that statement obviously not going into great detail but a clear indication as to where we are going.

15 Feb 2021 15:03:16
If I didn't know better, it would seem that this season was 'written-off' early-doors by the hierarchy after several warning signs were flashing brightly from August through to October.
European disaster, Unsettled/ unhappy squad, surrendering to Sevco at Celtic Park and failing at home to Ross County in the LC.
Most clubs would have taken emergency action after even a portion of what was going on, however, The Celtic Board did nothing and in the process, threw away the ten, another treble-chance and any respect and credibility, they had accrued in previous years.
I will never know how close NL was to being sacked (if at all) , but here we are playing for what pride the players have left, after some of them for one reason or another let themselves down.
It's imperative that wheels have been set in motion to address our failings and we have appointments and potential signings in place, ready to start, after the final whistle blows on our last game.
Sevco have a settled and confident side and although they are not a great team, they are where they are thanks to our incompetence.

15 Feb 2021 16:04:59
2 months for an update and we get a few paragraphs of hard done by due to C.V. again Quad Treble on repeat. So just sit back and send us your season ticket money.

15 Feb 2021 10:54:26
so over in tinsel town 4 player partying we where warned yet again players think they are better than us im sick of it.
Celtic have suffered due to being so stupid over C.V. safety and very naïve. they have suffered on the field and off it with poor performance and bad club moral, i was thinking maybe a few of the celtic players thought it was a bad idea to go to Dubai and maybe made it clear to management, as since boli boli maybe the inhouse bickering was caused with not everyone agreeing the Dubai jaunt but maybe really had no choice. the player have put the 10 in a row on the line just a thought, maybe its the players who are angry at the Celtic board and management as to the way this has been handled i know i would be pissed.

15 Feb 2021 11:15:05
The problems started long before Dubai.

15 Feb 2021 11:43:26
I know @bigbubs
It went down hill on the park after boli boli I think everyone was shocked. Makes me think players are unhappy with club and now unhappy playing for the club. They are Def unhappy with other players.
Corona C.V. will be here for some time. It's how we Deal with it mentally and internally. IMO we dealt with it all wrong and maybe a few of the players thought the same. Not everything is Lennon's fault.

15 Feb 2021 13:52:52
Yeah there was definitely an issue among the players. A lot of rumours that the French players led by Ntcham were causing unrest. Problem is no one will ever know. One thing for sure though is NL's time is over. A full rebuild is needed and he isn't the right man to oversee it.

15 Feb 2021 15:42:01
Spot on BigBubs.

15 Feb 2021 08:38:40
Celtic made a relatively small loss of just under £6 million in our half year accounts issued this morning.
It isn’t the disaster most people were expecting considering the circumstances.
The accounts show Celtic are still in the black with £20 million in the bank.
Our fans will be wondering why we didn’t spend a chunk of that bank balance, to try and secure more history.
It’s probably a blessing because our current recruitment team would’ve squandered that money also.

15 Feb 2021 09:35:28
Not forgetting the 8.5 Mill for frimpong and the future sale of ntcham to be added to the coffers buzz.

15 Feb 2021 09:45:04
and Edouard.

15 Feb 2021 09:59:28
Nice you Mally, I forgot about the money for Frimpong.
Celtic will also be due a small % of the Dembele summer deal from Lyon.

15 Feb 2021 10:06:53
They should save something on Lawells l bonus 😳.

15 Feb 2021 11:11:54
2nd half of the year is where the real damage to the finances will happen. We are in a better position than every other team but will be a major hit time summer comes.

15 Feb 2021 14:16:48
I think only the sale of Frimpong will be in the end of year accounts? And generally you can double the loss for end of the year accounts so I understand.

15 Feb 2021 15:43:12
We’d be in a better position if Lawell hadn’t gambled (and lost) with the potential CL entry money over the last decade or so. That’s ballpark £200 million ish 😬.