Celtic Banter Archive February 21 2021

21 Feb 2021 22:27:29
I've just read the lennon interview. Says he has done a rebuild before so wants to do it again next season. The goes on to say he hasn't been told otherwise.
Fair enough he might not come out and say he has been told he won't be here next season but it's starting to sound like he will be.

21 Feb 2021 22:39:24
Pk I think he will be.

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22 Feb 2021 00:33:06
Lennon also said that the first he had heard of the new CEO coming in was the morning it was announced but Brown said later that he had known that Lawwell was leaving for a few months.
I wouldn't believe anything Lennon says in the press, especially when he thinks we are still playing well and that this season isn't the nightmare that other people are making out that it has been.

21 Feb 2021 22:07:31
Lennon still thinks we played good and dominated the game and should of won. We deserved all we got ross county came with a game plan and it worked shocking performance no one of the players care even scott brown looks lost it's no like him not to be vocal and lifting the standards.

22 Feb 2021 02:18:26
Lennon puts me in mind of Craig Brown when in charge of Scotland, I can't remember what game it was but after Scotland lost he came out with "Yes but we won more corners"

21 Feb 2021 22:01:12
Well after that display of football knowledge how can the board possibly sack Lennon? Football genius that no one understands some one the board have had under there wing for quit some time a project that the board look forward to nourish. Some one that if the board are not careful will bring the club down no pack off cards needed when we have Lennon in charge.

21 Feb 2021 21:49:09
Another terrible result shocking how easy we have made it for rangers this season . looks to me it's all down to money in how much it will cost to replace Lennon and coaching staff will all probably be on bonus to deliver 10 will have to wait till it's impossible before they act.

21 Feb 2021 21:59:09
And yet the club received £9 million for Brendan and his staff.

21 Feb 2021 21:38:05
Just seen a stat that 43% of Celtic goal conceeded this season are from set plays. Shocking as saids it all.

21 Feb 2021 21:56:07
Would be interesting to know how many goals have been conceeded from left flank.

21 Feb 2021 18:44:34
what is lenny playing at we should be getting the team ready now for next year. soro needs games i don't get it soro is better than brown all over,

21 Feb 2021 21:05:44
Here we go again, Lenny must go now even if we rescue a draw from this we’re beyond laughing stock now.

21 Feb 2021 21:18:14
I predicted this one set piece one goal all season the same lack lustre team no surprise twice they done us.

21 Feb 2021 21:30:03
The board should of done the decent thing and paid him off last month at the latest, making the lad look foolish, why would he resign? I wouldn't if I knew I could get a lump sum for being removed from my job, he stepped in when we needed him, so again I'm blaming the board, they shouldn't of let this continue.

21 Feb 2021 21:40:30
It would seem Lennon is trying to build a team for the past 😳.

21 Feb 2021 21:56:53
Lenny won't be here next season. He shouldn't be allowed near the team rebuild. Look at the disaster he's done with this seasons. Let's make signings to play 3-5-2 only to abandon it and leave us short of width in the team with no RW backup.

21 Feb 2021 17:53:08
There’s been a late change of referee for our game tonight against Ross County.
Bobby Madden was the original referee and he’s now been replaced by inexperienced David Munro.
Celtic have only have Munro once and it was our 1-1 home draw against St. Johnstone this season.
I’m just surprised Wullie Collum isn’t the replacement referee.
Twice this season Wullie has replaced our original referee and in those 2 games, he gave our opponents 2 penalties and he also sent off a Celtic player.
Then again Celtic don’t have to wait long for the pleasure of Collum’s company,
Wullie Collum will referee Celtic V Aberdeen on Saturday.

21 Feb 2021 18:04:12
What's the reason for the replacement? C.V. related?

21 Feb 2021 18:16:03
Wyllie
I don’t think he’s self isolating due to C. V.
Madden and his assistants flew to Greece last week to officiate in the Athens Derby.
But I noticed one of his assistants was a linesman yesterday in one of our Premiership games.

21 Feb 2021 18:34:00
I wonder how good the referees eyesight will be tonight, he missed the assault on Davidson by Roofe when sevco were playing St Johnstone.

21 Feb 2021 19:17:46
The SFA are going to release a statement about Bobby Madden later tonight.
Rumours are spreading that he’s self isolating from his Jolly in Athens last week.
Which means his assistant shouldn’t have ran the line yesterday at Easter Road.

21 Feb 2021 14:33:17
Do we have a sell on % for Frimpong on a future transfer?

21 Feb 2021 16:09:27
Most transfers involving young players do these days.
It think it will depend if it’s only on a percentage of any future transfer profit or a percentage of the full future transfer fee.
Everyone can be quite happy with the Frimpong transfer.
The player himself can test himself at a higher level and his new club are getting a promising youngster.
Celtic will receive £8 million for a player who only cost the club £350k and Man City will receive £3.5 million for one of their old Academy players.

21 Feb 2021 17:35:23
I don’t think it will matter a great deal as I’m not convinced he will ever go for much more than we sold him. That was one good bit of business the club did this year amid making a James Hunt of everything else. I wonder though did disillusionment have a part in his departure and under normal circumstances might he have stayed? Who knows.

21 Feb 2021 18:05:33
JFP - I think the days are long gone where players are happy to stay at Celtic long term - one or two will be there just like Calmac and Forrest.

Problem for me is playing the same muck 4 times a season. I’d much rather go back to playing each other twice in a bigger league. Who knows maybe other teams will come on leaps and bounds and go for the win instead of defending in numbers.

21 Feb 2021 13:02:55
Does anyone have any insight into our training?
As fans the majority of us don’t think we look as fit as we should, various clubs have said our players are lacking fitness when they sign . The club release videos of the team training, and to be honest most of it seems to be gentle jogs in between cones etc. None of it looks intensive training.

21 Feb 2021 14:19:39
Yes mate, our coaches are clueless when it comes to defending set pieces 🙃.

21 Feb 2021 11:53:39
Who would u rather have holy goalie or the Great Wall?

21 Feb 2021 12:08:18
foster by a long way ability wise for me.

21 Feb 2021 12:32:28
Definitely Forster.
Boruc was a good keeper when focused and in shape.
But he ended up a calamity, when his standards dropped dramatically.
Celtic have always struggled with goalkeepers in my lifetime (1970s) .
I was never a Bonner fan, he was overrated.
Craig Gordon was the best keeper I seen at Celtic until Forster came.
It was a massive mistake letting Craig go this season because Lenny’s teams don’t use the keeper with as many pass backs and Craig having the ball at his feet was his weakness.

21 Feb 2021 12:33:11
Boruc McGrain Elliot VVD Tierney.

21 Feb 2021 12:46:27
JFP, how about Forster and McNeil inplace of Boruc and Elliot?

21 Feb 2021 13:30:54
Ooh Artur Boruc
The Holy Goalie
He blessed himself at Ibrox
and Sevco went off their nut

Case closed 😋😋😋.

21 Feb 2021 13:45:26
Pedro

This will start keyboard warfare but I think ON HIS DAY in my humble opinion Boruc was the best goalkeeper I’ve seen at Celtic Park. Buzz Bomb is correct that's when he was focused and in shape but his standards as Buzz said fell by the wayside. But considering Boruc and Forster at their best I think Boruc was better.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt up until VVD Paul Eliot was the best centre half I’ve seen at the club. Dominant and lost nothing in the air exactly what we’re crying out for at the moment. If we’d had Boruc in goal and Eliot at centre half this season we’d be nearer where we should be despite all our other failings in a season which seems to be one long drawn out monumental act of self harm.

This is the bit I’m expecting a kicking for I think both VVD and Elliot were better than big Billy who I don’t think was in that class although he’d other attributes to compensate none more so than he was a leader. I grudge putting VVD and KT in there because of how short a time they spent at the club. Big Billy is a Celtic legend for me VVD and KT are not. I don’t remember him playing well enough but their are many fans who would have Tommy Gemmell another Celtic legend at full back before Tierney. He was once asked talk us through your goal in the European Cup Final to which he gave the classic response ‘Whit wan son? ’.

21 Feb 2021 13:50:06
He was a mad man tae boot. His John Paul 2 T-shirt was a classic. 😂.

21 Feb 2021 14:07:19
JFP, I always respect your thought's and views on here.
After all, that's what the site is all about.

21 Feb 2021 14:20:40
As pointed out we had never been blessed with good goalies.

Boruc was the first GK we had that turly impressed me (I'm going from 1980 to today) .

However, in answer to your question, I would take Forster over Boruc, just because he was more consistent in his time at Celtic but both are great keepers, so would be happy with any of them.

21 Feb 2021 15:51:05
Agreed LAW, loved big Packie (a Burntonport man) a good keeper but coming out for crosses was never his strength.

21 Feb 2021 16:01:23
Foster great shot stopper boric commanded his area better du? Both great on there day hh.

21 Feb 2021 00:50:54
In summary, it has been a horrific and terrible season for us when it should have been something special.
Thank you to the board for their lack of guidance.
Thank you to Lennon and his team for their lack of knowledge and motivation.
And thank you to the players for their lack of interest.
We won't remember any of you with fondness. HH.

21 Feb 2021 08:45:40
According to Lennon it's not been a unmitigated disaster this season. His quote. Then really has it been a good season for us Lenny? Have I missed something did we get a free pass to the final of the Champions league or something? Because what I am looking at is this instead of going down as one of the best if not the best seasons of the clubs history it's turned into one of the worst and guess what Mr Lennon you And the board are to blame for this IMO no unmitigated circumstance can hide the truly pathetic formations substitutions and tactics that YOU Mr Lennon have put us through this year alone is going to wash with me.

21 Feb 2021 09:18:10
Absolutely humiliated in Europe and to be honest humiliated domestically. the league over in Jan out of cup at home to RC but its not been a disaster. deary me. lennons statements are getting more bizarre.

21 Feb 2021 09:28:35
Mally I’m beginning to think Neil will be here next season too he certainly doesn’t sound concerned about his future and there’s nothing to the contrary coming from the club.

21 Feb 2021 09:57:28
Don't be too surprised if he is not the new dof.

21 Feb 2021 10:00:59
The positive 'spin' the club and manager are trying to sell is an insult to our intelligence, faith and financial backing.
We were used to lack of preparation and regular failure in Europe, but settled for domestic dominance; all the while the standards were slipping, while behind the scenes the manager was sitting on a powder-keg of malcontents and disruptive elements with neither the foresight, intelligence or man management to avoid or diffuse.
Of course CV had a direct effect on us - a lot more than others, but where previously we had a group of players who rose to the challenge and overcame hurdles and barriers, we saw a total collapse with a lack of ideas and positive decisions from Board room down to to dressing room and especially on the pitch.
If anyone at Celtic does not see this season as a complete, utter failure, then they should vacate the premises and get out of town on the Unicorn they rode-in on.

21 Feb 2021 10:54:26
Got to disagree with your parting shot there bestybhoy. This season, and the manner with which we all saw it unfolding while the club sat on its hands, is a sore one to take just now but the vast majority of personnel invothe last 9 or so years will be remembered extremely fondly.

21 Feb 2021 12:43:13
OAB2 - good post with the key points well summed up (if you don't mind me saying) .

A few times now on the site I've said that for a season that promised so much to have been squandered away so cheaply, there is every reason for the fans to have experienced abject disappointment, anger, frustration, even disbelief and much more.

If any good, any progressive change is to come out of this season and for the club to put in place solid foundations from which we can build future footballing success on, NOW is the time to do it.

In order to do this there are individuals at the club, who have been culpable for this seasons failure, specifically PL, NL and staff and first team players who should be removed from their duties, whether that is being sold, paid off, contract terminated, but nonetheless removed - gone.

Should the club choose not to do this then they will be treating each and every fan, supporter and follower of our great club with total disdain.

21 Feb 2021 12:59:19
Could you imagine if the made him dof and Kennedy head coach, the ultimate wind up to the fans. Been calling for a dof and a coach and they just move them around in their positions, then tell us they have given us what we want. 😂.

21 Feb 2021 13:06:06
Quinn I've been around long enough for NOTHING to surprise me.

21 Feb 2021 14:07:47
Lenny's comments about it not being a disaster, have been received in the same way people on-board the Titanic would as it was sinking, being told by the captain that tea and scones would be half price right up until it was fully submerged. Every time he opens h8s mouth it just gets worse. He's in denial and obviously deluded.

21 Feb 2021 15:01:06
Cheers Pedro; I can't believe the contempt and arrogance that has been oozing out of Celtic Park since the season started to falter. Supporters being out-of-sight-out-of-mind due to total restriction has clearly left Board, Manager and players in a 'fools paradise' were there has been a total a lack of focus, purpose, responsibility and accountability, with zero repercussions.
The protest after the Ross County game was born of frustration turning to anger because fans felt the club had lost touch and taken their eye not only off the ball, but lost sight of Celtic standards, expectations and professionalism; plus the chance to be immortalized.

21 Feb 2021 16:09:43
Absolutely.