Celtic Banter Archive August 17 2017

17 Aug 2017 20:36:34
Dunno if its bn mentioned oan here b4 but that stan collymore is ah ryt TIM or just hates the fekn zombies lol his admiration for us is superb says it how it is. all we need him to do now is cup his ears 🤣

HH

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17 Aug 2017 20:51:52
He used to be a zombie mate! Guys a total baw bag! Him claiming to be a Tim doesn't make up for what he's got up to in the past! First class scumbag!

17 Aug 2017 23:03:16
We've all made mistakes in life some worse than others but seems like he's not the scum he used to be lh86.

17 Aug 2017 23:19:19
Well let me ask u a question Gordon, if he still supported the tribute act would u be sayin that? I think we know the answer there mate! The guys a lowlife, and no amount of mon the hoops on social media will change that!

{Ed007's Note - I think Collymore is good at what he does like a shockjock to get listeners and social media success but I can't stand him as a person and even less as a man. You can't take the moral high ground with washout jakey bums like Gazza, Goram and Bomber and our own wee reformed ned LG while sticking up for the likes of Collymore. There's a lot of Tims I can't stand, I've never liked Rod Stewart and went off Billy Connoly years ago when he became a pretentious knob, Kevin Bridges is in danger of going the same way - Frankie Boyle's more irritating than diabetic thrush as well.
Wasn't there videos of Collymore singing The Sash or Billy Boys back in the day?}

18 Aug 2017 00:17:20
To me he's no better than the tossers on that so called radio station talk sport! Spouts any old Shoite that he thinks is controversial! Just can't go the guy and he'll always be a scumbag to me ED! He's admitted he was a big sevco fan in the past now all of a sudden it's mon the hoops and all the rest off it! Bugger off ya half wit, don't want clowns like that associated with our club! And I'll give u frankie Boyle, who I detest by the way! And maybe billy Connolly but I can't agree about rod Stewart mate, to many childhood memories of his songs to ever dislike him 😜😜.

{Ed007's Note - It's his music that put me off him when I was a pup, I think you needed to be out partying in the 70's to appreciate the music - bit before my time ;) And any time my dislike of him wavers I just look at the pictures of him in Rangers top! Who's that other walloper Sean Connery supporting these days? Was Sheena Easton not a Tim as well? Give me big Viv Lumsden any day! Giggity....

18 Aug 2017 00:41:54
Ulrika would tell you what he is like.

18 Aug 2017 00:52:42
Hahaha aye the Hun top was a low point ED! What the hell was he thinkin! 😂😂 it was actually ma uncles that got me into his music mate, still love it! Lol. aww a cannae stand Connery! Now that is a baw bag! Is he no into Bahamas's united or some Shoite like that 😂😂😂😂 was Sheena Easton a Tim aye! She's tuned tae the moon now so god knows whit she's supporting now 😂😂😂.

{Ed007's Note - Aye she lost the plot after going out with that wee freak Prince.}

18 Aug 2017 15:14:44
Lh86 I'm not a fan of his im just meaning what has he done recently that has been bad he seems to have changed for the better but I don't care about him to be honest just saying.

20 Aug 2017 21:31:29
Sorry Lh, I don't agree. Everybody has the right to atone for mistakes they made. Stan followed the mnky lot when he was niaive and ignorant of their ideology and bigotry. He is one of us as far as I am concerned.

17 Aug 2017 19:31:39
ha ha ha my cousin from Boston is threatening to STAY in Scotland and not go back home on Tuesday, he was blown away by the atmosphere at Celtic Park last night, as he put it to me, it brought back to him memories of European nights in the old Jungle over 30-35 tears ago, he was very nostalgic. He LOVED the Green Brigade's songs, again it took him back to the "Jungle Bhoys Choir" all those years ago.
We arrived early to avoid rushing and to let him soak up the special European night atmosphere under the floodlights and after the game I could not move him from the Celtic Way all lit up with green and white lights, he just took pictures all night long to take back to Boston.
He told me he has a Celtic TV subscription back in Boston and also watches some games in his local Irish pub, but he said nothing compared to actually being at the stadium and soaking up the very special Celtic Park atmosphere.
It has been 25 years since he last visited Scotland, but he is already talking of coming back NEXT YEAR hail hail.

17 Aug 2017 20:11:16
Glad he enjoyed it Tim it was a special nite once again. And once again I kicked the arse out it, never got in till 2 this morning absolutely knackered the now. Still it was well worth it, so many positives and we weren't even on top form. Glad sinky got a couple of goals under his belt, he works his socks off even if he doesn't score. Griffiths was class again, can't see him giving up his place easily. Ntcham is going to be something else, him and broony dictated that game from the middle, forrest was great, what a finish. Bitton strolled it wae jozo. Green brigade were superb as we're the rest of the support, still buzzin. What a time to be alive, our kids are going to be spoilt watching this team, thing is a don't think they'll appreciate it the way I do, growing up watching celtic in the 90's wasn't exactly how it should've been in we were on a level playing field but it sure makes this all the more enjoyable. HH.

17 Aug 2017 20:50:04
Fantastic Timalloy. HH.

20 Aug 2017 21:19:43
I feel the same I was brought up on the tales of the lions and quality street kids, only to endure torid 90s. Nothing beats a bit of defiance to hone your support!

17 Aug 2017 18:24:24
Forgive me for my ignorance, but how are spartak, shaktar Donetsk and bendica in pot one? what have there respective leagues done in Europe?

17 Aug 2017 18:48:55
Leagues nothing but there teams do well in Europe year in year out.

17 Aug 2017 19:09:40
Winners of the top ranked 8 leagues go in pot 1. Who's Bendica though mate?

17 Aug 2017 19:20:02
Couldn't believe spartak are in pot 1! Can't recall what they've done in Europe lately! I'd gladly take them out pot 1!

17 Aug 2017 19:20:35
Il take them teams for pot 1 thank you.

17 Aug 2017 19:47:09
It's all wrong, apparently Everton have a higher ranking than we do. Everton!
It's the Champions League, everyone who wins their league should go straight through to group stage, the others should be made to play in the qualifying rounds.

17 Aug 2017 22:42:55
Doesn't Ben Dica play for Ragers? (take yer pick. )

20 Aug 2017 21:15:53
The winners of the top 8 leagues automatically go into pot 1.

17 Aug 2017 17:45:42
I couldn't be happier today, after half an hour last night I would have been happy with any sort of a win, but to almost certainly put the tie beyond doubt was just brilliant.
I see that there are some people in the press coming out with the tired old line that it isn't good for Scottish football that we are so strong, how Celtic being weaker is supposed to help things is beyond me.
What Celtic have done is what every other club in the league could do, they live within their means, they have hungry players who want to improve, and they have a manager who is able to actually make these players better.
I don't want to start the old "was he a good Celtic manager or not" debate, but you can see with Neil Lennon at Hibs what can happen when you have a manager who is not content to just bump along the bottom, he hasn't spent vast amounts there.
Instead of trying to belittle our success, the rest of Scottish football should be trying to copy us, they may find it enables them to have more than one club in European competition after June.

17 Aug 2017 18:27:54
The Scottish Media is as old an institution as the lodge and their knuckledragging followers who dress up in silly costumes and white gloves. They are inexplicably linked. Don't expect any huge praise for how we destroyed a team the same media thought we would struggle against. That didn't go too well for the sports 'journalists' who had probably already written there damning report on how we struggled to beat an Kazakhstani side.
The BBC English news covered our win better than the Scottish Biased Broadcasting Company!
Our print media and BBC Scotland are an absolute joke!

17 Aug 2017 18:38:56
Thanks Ed! Here's me thinking Azerbaijan was the capital of Kazakhstan! 😂😂😂.

{Ed007's Note - ;)

17 Aug 2017 18:53:48
The only people in Scotland who grudge our success or see it as a blight on the game are still in mourning for the club that died in 2012 and feel only regret, envy and anger.
There was a time in the 80's when Dundee Utd and Aberdeen were the best in Scotland and formidable in Europe and when I started watching football in the early 60's there were Dunfermline, Kilmarnock and Hibs putting up strong domestic challenges and European football.
None of these clubs had pots of cash or sponsorship, but hard working, skilful coaches and players doing their best.
Nowadays far too many players have poor attitudes and large wallets and should be using Celtic as inspiration.
Recently Aberdeen, St Johnstone, Inverness and a few others have faltered too soon in qualifiers against poor sides, but mysteriously raise their game a handful of times a season when it suits?

17 Aug 2017 22:48:58
was mentioned in commentary that the FA in Kazi postponed the game Astana have this weekend so they can have the ideal prep for the games.

meanwhile in Scotland we have EIGHT games in August. I know its early and we should be fit - but MD and LG were both injured and apparently we can't have 3 top class strikers here.

Wonder if we will get free weekends when the Champions League fixtures are announced, you know to give us a chance to fly the flag, and put more money into Scottish clubs.

We got ragers 270k and they still haven't paid for the lavvies.

Its all wrong - another example of how good we have to be PLUS 10% on top.

17 Aug 2017 13:09:49
I didn't see last nights result coming. I thought we would win but 5-0. This despite us being at our best. I thought we were well organised and solid. Every member of the team done their job but not spectacularly. I believe the mindset was not to concede an away goal which meant everyone stuck to their task. Well done Brendan on these instructions. However, their goalkeeper was a joke, maybe should've saved 1-2 of the goals but whose complaining. Another surprise is possible Armstrong re-signing - Brendan can do no wrong in my eyes at present. long may it continue Hail Hail.

17 Aug 2017 11:48:40
Afternoon Ed,

Firstly Biton last night got to say was one that thought he would be our weak link lad never put a foot wrong

Ncham well someone said that they reminded him of Wanyama and having him back if Wanyama had had a first touch like that we would have got 18 million instead of 12!

Fair play to Ed he had them the opposition pegged to a tea no more threat than an SPL team 1 shot from out the box, 1 catch for CG and 1 gilt edged miss he was bristling with confidence last night either that or he over did the Fanta and it was the caffeine lol 😁 (Y)

{Ed007's Note - Nowt to do with any Fanta OD, it was superior knowledge and tactical awareness. :-D

17 Aug 2017 15:53:52
Fook sake Ed, Superior knowledge and tactical awareness? That must be some collection wee Yoda's scud mags to acquire that mate :-P.

{Ed007's Note - Hahahahaha Good yin.}

17 Aug 2017 12:07:02
First time post. Question. Is there still a chance we can enter Pot 3 in the group stages providing there isn't a total collapse over there next week?

17 Aug 2017 12:12:40
Aye mate if one of Liverpool Sevilla Napoli or Olympiacos go out we move up to pot 3! Our best chance is the Greeks, they scraped a 2-1 last nite and need to go to Croatia next week! Fingers crossed!

17 Aug 2017 12:32:50
If we get into Pot 3 we'll still end up getting somebody like RB Leipzig with our luck in these draws!

17 Aug 2017 12:42:46
What's the befit of pot 3? Does that mean we can be in a group without all the big gun's?

17 Aug 2017 13:02:10
Pot 3 allows us to potentially have a better draw, pot 1 and 2 are your CL regulars pot 3 is still full of good teams like Liverpool and pot 4 is the supposedly weaker teams from smaller countries so pot 3 gives us a shout at an easier group. I don't mind either way I think I e could surprise a lot of teams this year, I just hope For a different mix from Man Utd and Barca!

17 Aug 2017 13:54:48
Pot 3 gives us a greater chance of missing an EPL team an am fed up with that "Battle o Britain build up keek"

Can follow both trains of thought take the glamour and someone different

Take the easiest group and try and make what is a think our ceiling last 16 in CL (Y)

17 Aug 2017 13:58:58
Pot 3 gives us 2 games againdt the supposidly weaker pot 4 opposition. Should make it easier to get 6 points off them. Then you are in the mix for last 16 or at worse by finishing 3rd drop into the Europa after christmas.

{Ed007's Note - Would you fancy us taking 6 points off RB Leipzig who are already in Pot 4 and could be joined by Feyenoord, would we be able to win away to either of those teams?}

17 Aug 2017 14:40:33
Ed. yes. Why wouldn't we win, when we are playing a good attacking style of football. We must respect all the Teams in the Group stages. but not be overawed with past histories of these Clubs.

{Ed007's Note - RB Leipzig were only founded in 2009 and came 2nd in the Bundesliga last season in their debut season. If we get into Pot 3 drawing them from Pot 4 would be a nightmare for us. Honestly, go by their squad they should be in Pot 1 or 2 but their coefficient is awful because this is their European debut.}

17 Aug 2017 14:53:58
I can see us doing well this year in the CL when we sort out the RW, LB and a centre forward to complete the squad. You can't take it that we are going to take 6pts of any opposition but I can see us beating teams away this year of good opposition. I think the tide is turning and old stats don't count for the current regime!

{Ed007's Note - There's no shame in taking a trouncing off Barca but 7-0 was a bit much. The draw away to City was a great result and so was the Monchengladbach draw in Germany but we let ourselves down at home against them, over the two legs they looked pretty average.}

17 Aug 2017 15:57:42
I'm expecting us to learn from last year and show the progression in Europe, we took 2 Pts of city which was progress, really feel we are close to going on a CL push the next few years we are a real team and that can over come a lot, rather than throwing money at it!

17 Aug 2017 09:10:28
Morning Lads, quick question for you all. if dembele goes this season do we bring in another striker to replace him? ( starter) , or do we buy someone to back up griff and give him the starting slot? . i think griff was outstanding last night and think he could do a job in the group stages, over to you bhoys.

17 Aug 2017 12:05:38
I think Griff is a great player but he needs competition to keep him at his best IMO so I would go for someone to replace Dembele IF he goes we are not that good to start thinking of back ups. Players we bring in have to be as good or better than the players we have just now.

17 Aug 2017 12:45:16
Dembele has a huge transfer tag. How much do you reckon Griffiths is worth?

17 Aug 2017 12:51:58
Still think we need to have 3 top strikers as we'll be competing on 4 fronts.

17 Aug 2017 11:21:22
Without wanting to count chickens before they hatch, I'm pretty confident we've done enough to start looking to the draw next thursday, For me best draws are as follows.

Glamour
Real Madrid
Paris St Germain
Liverpool
Celtic (assuming pot 4)

Qualifyable
Spartak Moscow
Spurs
Celtic (assuming pot 3)
Qarabag
(this almost looks like a europa league group! )

Bring it on!

17 Aug 2017 11:35:13
I would take the glamour all day.

17 Aug 2017 11:50:12
Gordo, the glamour just to get pumped? Take the other group all day long so we can compete and enjoy it rather than finishing bottom and embarrassed. Hate all this nonsense about wanting the best teams here just to say we were involved and have big name players say about the atmosphere. I want celtic to win and compete, not just to make up the numbers.

17 Aug 2017 12:33:21
I'd like two glamour teams (Real, Dortmund) and a team we can beat . Probably finish third but who wouldn't want to see Real at Parkhead or the amazing atmosphere of Dortmund. Then we just go and have a serious shot at winning the Europa league.

17 Aug 2017 13:01:37
Why get pumped?, this team is on the up, they can be carried along on a wave of growing confidence and team spirit, I would go for group full off the three other most 'glamorous 'teams, these teams are full of overpaid, overhyped, prima Donnas, they will expect to "pump", Celtic, I say bring them on.

18 Aug 2017 09:48:02
All this bravado is amusing. I think we need to recognise we are probably two transfer windows away from realistically taking in all the big teams in one group.

I would prefer a group this squad has a chance of progressing from. Building confidence and pocketing an additional £6m.

I fear Madrid, I think they could inflict a heavy defeat and why want that?

The main thing though for me always is to just fecking qualify. Anything else is a bonus.

My Hun mates are in a state of animated grief. I am doing all I can to help them at this difficult time. I told my pal that I think Brendan will allow young Henderson back to Hibs on loan pushing them into fourth place.

His face was a picture. I wish I had taken a photo. :)

18 Aug 2017 11:11:18
Have to say l agree with both gerrybhoy17 and aindoh here. Do you not want us to qualify for the last 16. Getting the big team like Madrid is the last thing l want. We got glamour group last year and look what happened. Thumped 7 -0 in barca. The bhoys don't need something like that again or a group as tough. The minute it was drawn we were playing for third place. Give me a group like Leicester got last year and then we can welcome a glamour tie to parkhead.

17 Aug 2017 11:05:02
Superb performance last night. Add a fit Dembele, Boyata and (hopefully) Paddy Roberts into that team, I'm confident we can get some good results in the group stages regardless of who we play!

If only we can find a way to get Griff and Moussa playing together.

17 Aug 2017 09:19:25
Great atmosphere last night with GB at the heart of it welcome back bhoys.

17 Aug 2017 00:58:54
Superb performance can now think about who we want in groups Madrid and and Liverpool sounds good the way Griffiths is playing, he's got to play every game even when dembeles fit the guy is quality.

17 Aug 2017 07:04:30
would like dortmund and liverpool maself.

17 Aug 2017 08:07:41
Would rather olympiakos got put out then we would be in pot 3 with liverpool.

17 Aug 2017 00:48:19
Glad we avoided an away goal 😂😂😂.