Celtic Banter Archive July 15 2015

15 Jul 2015 22:50:17
Ciftci unlucky not to score tonight, Think he will be a top signing for us. As long as we go into the return leg focused and up for it we will go through with ease.

15 Jul 2015 23:02:46
I thought he looked a big lump but early days and hopefully he'll improve (he better)

15 Jul 2015 23:11:23
Not sure about " big lump " being fair
He showed good ability to hold the ball up and find a man
Biggest issue for me was his heading. looked like he was too anxious and jumping too early. he could/should have had at least 2 with his head.
Also his touch was a bit heavy and he seemed to struggle a bit with the pace of play
But overall, I see promise

16 Jul 2015 04:37:22
'A big lump' after one game?.wow! This from someone who thinks james Forrest is a good player. After about 7/8 seasons of not producing!. Wow!

16 Jul 2015 07:09:24
A big lump? really. Odd statement to say the least.

16 Jul 2015 08:18:02
Hd had a poor game. Willing to let him off because he wasn't the only one. Just going to put that down to a lack of sharpness. He should start putting those chances away.

16 Jul 2015 08:21:30
Thank you Jim, was starting to think I was the only one on here who had seen the game.

Guys if you think he had a good game against poor opposition and gave you inspiration, do share.

As I said was early days but didn't give me confidence and more than happy to be proved wrong ☺️

16 Jul 2015 11:36:33
He should have scored a hat trick. I wasn't overly impressed with the signing, anything positive I have to say about it is just hypothetical. And this isn't me saying after one game he's definitely going to be a flop, but last night was a poor show.

15 Jul 2015 21:49:34
A bit of a disappointing performance,I felt some were too far off the pace,Biton,Mulgrew,Johansson,were missing and off the pace for long periods,do not know what happened to GMS,no update on CTV, NOw we have to run the risk of injury,yellow/ red cards,etc,next week. The Green Brigade were the only Inspiration tonight,what a Sound, gives the heart a good feeling to hear them

15 Jul 2015 22:57:20
I thought tonight was ok, will be easier next week when they have to come out a bit. The tie is most definitely over.

On the comments about the wonderful Green Brigade, I find their chants really pretty boring. When I started going to games the fans sang real songs (the fields, hail hail etc) now it seems to be making noise and throwing Celtic in every so often. There are games when they are great but other fans would join in if there were words with some meaning!

15 Jul 2015 23:05:43
Supposingly he felt a tweak in the groin in the warm up more precaution than anything

15 Jul 2015 21:18:21
Can somebody tell those boring twats on Celtic TV to shut up.

It's a commentary nit a pathetic babbling conversation by the most embarrassing commentary team in the history of football broadcasting.

You should get paid to listen to these bores.

15 Jul 2015 18:20:34
As per JimTim

Tonight's match will tell us a lot. Has RD given the players sufficient confidence? Will they play like champions and favourites or will the occasion play them?

Tonight's opposition are hardly a household name and so we should be going at them from the first whistle and as RD says, play at a high tempo but in an organised and disciplined fashion.

We were turgid this time last year in Reykjavik and scrambled a 1-0 advantage and so tonight's game will tell us if we are any different mentally, psychologically and in other ways.

I hope we are quick out the traps and put 2 past them in the first 15 and then take it from there.

Hail hail and now on my way to the match

15 Jul 2015 14:57:23
Hi guys have previously been on the site but couldn't remember my log in details so have re-registered. Am currently in London and looking to see if anyone know any pubs I would be able to catch the game tonight. As its Celtic TV showing it I'm guessing it may be best to watch in an Irish bar? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

15 Jul 2015 15:43:36
Ring the hoops bar next to the oval, kennington. Used to play the drums down there a few times. Cracking place.

15 Jul 2015 17:03:12
Thanks jim Tim much appreciated apparently it's closed down from what I'm hearing down here off people

15 Jul 2015 10:25:35
Can't wait for the game tonight and our season is officially underway.

Just wanted to get peoples thoughts and expectations of RD and the bhoys over the next 10 months or so.

My target for the team is the league, naturally. One domestic cup - a treble would just be a bonus. And to actually get to the CL groups. This would be an achievable improvement on last season and quite simply shows progression.

Really looking forward (if we get there) to giving sides in the CL a right go as opposed to the sit back wait for a chance from a set piece mentality of managers gone by. Of course we will have to strike a balance between cautiousness and attack. I think our midfield with Brown, Johansen, GMS and Bitton, with Forrest and Commons off the bench if needed, will be the strongest in years.

My last hope is that, and this may depend on CL qualification, is that we negotiate a deal for a CL striker and an experienced centre half.

15 Jul 2015 12:26:34
Jim you are spot on M8 I still think we are still one maybe two players short of qualifying maybe a creative midfielder for the right side but good shout

15 Jul 2015 13:42:33
Agree with majority JimTim apart from forrest. Just don't rate him at all.

15 Jul 2015 14:28:45
Tony,

I would have loved to have seen a goalscoring wing forward brought in myself too bud. Really had hoped we got Jahanbakhsh or a few I could name myself. I think with Ciftci and Griffiths being able to play deep and an already abundance of attacking midfielders, an out and out striker is now our priority. Seeing this morning Reading are struggling to match £3.5m for Robert Beric. Mentioned him before on here and we should be all over that. But anyway, there's time yet and if we offload Stokes and Boerrigter then aye there's no reason we shouldn't be in for a more natural wide man to walk in the first team. Which brings me onto Forrest.

DN,

I think I rate Forrest a wee bit more than most. But I don't rave about him by any means. I would like to see GMS and somebody who immediately improves the team either side of Johansen. If we've got Forrest on the bench then we're quite simply stronger. If anything i've said before i'd like to see him as an 'impact' player really. His pace his his main, arguably only asset. And he's only ever effective with space infront of him. Doesn't have the feet like GMS to actually take it around his man. This to me means he'd be much more effective stretching a game coming on later. It's last chance saloon for him this season. Fortunately we've been told that he's at a level now he hasn't been at. So in his last full year, he needs to utilise that scope for improvement and show us more than he ever has done. He's going to need one hell of a season to get a new contract.

15 Jul 2015 15:50:41
@DN I don't think there is anyone on here who is a great fan of Forrest, but he does have his uses as Jim says. But let's believe in RD he says he was previously at 40%. Now on 60-70%. Its now up to RD to get the best out of him.If what he says is true we might just have some player on our hands. Time will tell. let's give credit to players that achieve, he at least got us thro to CL football with the winning goal against Kajagoogoo or whatever their name was lol. Remember Samaras used to get slaughtered on a weekly basis but usually came up with the goods in big games and he went to 2 or 3 world cups.

15 Jul 2015 08:49:53
The match is on Celtic tv.