Celtic Banter Archive February 23 2020

 

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23 Feb 2020 21:02:20
I'm starting to feel a bit more comfortable with getting to nine. However, being the half empty, half glass full type of guy my mind is starting to turn to next season.

In essence I know we will lose a few players but will they be replaced with quality for 10.

No need to respond until the end of August and enjoy the moment.

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23 Feb 2020 21:50:15
I hope the only first team players leaving in the summer are Gordon, Bauer, Aranzi, Shved{possible loan} And maybe Hayes. Also those players currently considered first teamers on loan.
With a few youngsters released I would like to see some more reserve team players get a chance Welsh, Church and Dembele for one.
If we keep our fist choice players then i only believe we need add a left sided central defender and possibly a right back.

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23 Feb 2020 22:14:36
I think it depends if the Celtic board want it. I think that's it nothing else. Let's get 9 first but wait till it get mathematical possible then gloat.
Its up to the board instil want us to win on Thursday and compete for every trophy ye the league is top of the agenda but I'm greedy I want quadruple. So again if we get 9 in a row the board will watch what rangers do to stop ten if rangers don't virtually go bust to stop us then I'm not sure what the board will do. Yes we will sell our assets quite rightly so bet get replacements ready to take responsibility it's in our hands so let's see what happens. Thursday I want us to win and get to the last 16 it even sounds gd HH.

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24 Feb 2020 04:48:32
As long as we sign big fraz which should be priority here we go 10 n a row.

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23 Feb 2020 20:40:34
Callum McGregor WOW. Absolutely outstanding today. Completely controlled the midfield in Broonys absence. He 100% needs to be the deeper lying playmaker in the mould of Xavi. This kid is one of the best I've seen at Parkhead in many years ๐Ÿ€.

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23 Feb 2020 20:49:25
he was on another level today mate.

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23 Feb 2020 21:43:10
The vultures will be circling come may.

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23 Feb 2020 22:13:59
BR is already asking about him.

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23 Feb 2020 22:25:38
Didn't see the game today, but was the midfield more creative and fleet footed with McGregor in Browns place?

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24 Feb 2020 07:55:50
Had pretty much same amount of chances we always do.

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24 Feb 2020 13:23:39
Aindoh let it go your obsession can't be healthy mate.

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23 Feb 2020 20:30:05
Ed007 can i send u a video in!? Its fkn amazing haha

HH

Chris1888.

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{Ed007's Note - Post a link to it in but cut out the https part and I'll try and put it up.}

23 Feb 2020 21:30:00
Its been sent to my phone mate, can i give u through email?

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{Ed007's Note - Go for it, ed007@live.co.uk

24 Feb 2020 09:17:47
Are we seeing this video or is it not suitable.

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{Ed007's Note - I never got it lol.}

24 Feb 2020 12:42:35
Bet it was the photoshoot of wee Martine in the hoops, get it shared you ya greedy ยข**ยฅ.

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{Ed007's Note - ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

24 Feb 2020 14:14:06
I did post it lastnight mate. I'll try again and post it as a new thread haha

HH

Chris1888.

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24 Feb 2020 14:17:07
Posted in again ๐Ÿ‘.

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{Ed007's Note - Still nothing mate.............

24 Feb 2020 16:41:58
Wtf? I'll try again.

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{Ed007's Note - Got it, e-mails from my ed007 account weren't being forwarded to my main account, Ed033 will sort the video out now.
I see there's some e-mails from other posters there as well so I'll get them answered after I have my dinner ๐Ÿ‘

24 Feb 2020 18:28:39
Perfect mate! ๐Ÿ‘.

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{Ed007's Note - ๐Ÿ‘

23 Feb 2020 17:51:57
just got a clip sent to me showing Maradona in the dug-out.
Guy delivers a wee "note" and the rest of the technical staff stand up and block vision for a few second.
Now I know he has a reputation and it all looks suspicious but, during a game? lol
Sorry can't share as site only uploads pics.

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23 Feb 2020 18:41:42
I've seen it mate and that was a ยฃ1 note and some gear! Haha one of his staff pointed at the camera and 5 of them covered him like a shell so he could bomb a line ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

HH

chris1888.

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23 Feb 2020 17:23:55
The League is over in February God Bless Neil Lennon 1 year back in the Job and he has been MAGIC 9 in a row in the bag.

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23 Feb 2020 20:07:09
He's hardly put a foot wrong he's calmer for a start and his rotation if players is spot on well done Neil Francis Lennon ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€.

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23 Feb 2020 17:07:07
I said 2/ 3 months ago that the rangers game is there cup final I don't care for it it's so over rated by the media I don't watch it. That game as I said in the past will not win either team the league but the difference is Celtic play high tempo every week which is one of the hardest things to do in any sport. To keep going and going at the level Celtic are at is the difference I'm not sure how the Celtic Bhoys keep going but we are in a great place and playing great attacking football every week.

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23 Feb 2020 17:25:49
Small club mentality mate. Only raise their game against us domestically.

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23 Feb 2020 17:31:35
We need to at least turn up the next time. Too many times its a canter for them.

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23 Feb 2020 17:41:14
Slippy will be away by the end of the season. He'll not want the sh! t thrown his way when he fails to stop 10IAR. Come to think of it - who'll want to be the manager of that mob when it doesn't happen. They spent a fortune to get 9IAR stopped - how much have they got left in the kitty to stop 10IAR?

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23 Feb 2020 23:09:50
They haven't even got the ยฃ10m they need to see out the season.

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23 Feb 2020 16:58:03
Brilliant again few clear cut chances missed, we need to score these it takes pressure if us. I never doubted we would win even 1.0 down the amount of times this has happened losing first goal then dominating. We frimpong run forward then run back he Def not Forrest lads a few on here have bugged him up just to much. He's one for next year. We need elhamed back asap. Calmac amazing but our forwards need to take these easy chances. Great win tho against a stubborn team who stole off us in the past but we seem to have a great believe and focus. I'm enjoying this lads.

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23 Feb 2020 18:12:13
Fitnessguruandy Iโ€™m enjoying it so much as will the majority of fans except for the constant moaners on this site. It just gets better and better well done Glasgow Celtic.

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24 Feb 2020 08:44:25
Trueoldkilly
They went nuts when Lennon got appointed all I could here WAS this name that name managers who can only win if spending millions and walk away leaving clubs in a mess etc that's not the way.
I was constantly urging everyone to believe in Lenny but some just don't like him.
When ed007 steps in I like that he's a Celtic fan full stop and understands moaning fans. I don't lols if we get beat we should try and get better that's it. I actually don't care about other managers or other teams we can't control what they do. But we can control what we do
As long as we keep winning and bhoy are we winning in style it won't matter what the rest do. We got a we bit off competition from them and some of our fans panic they seem to think Celtic have a given.
Celtic work there ass off to get where we are today including the board ye sometimes we think they are stubborn and tight but it's a business in the end and only there to make a profit I understand the history and to why Celtic started but now it's different actually everything around us is different now, but Celtic are still in parkheed and great memories from a we place like Glasgow which punches above its weight. Log live Celtic HH.

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23 Feb 2020 16:53:40
3-1 going on double figures. I can't see the league title going anywhere but the East End. If you listen carefully you can almost hear the pain. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ†.

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23 Feb 2020 16:38:40
Oh dear oh dear. Love watching sky only for the pain on bfkb face.

Weve only got 45 mins to save the earth. ha ha ha friggin ha.

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23 Feb 2020 16:43:27
His puss was a picture and on air eddy just made 2 . priceless made up for missing the game.

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23 Feb 2020 15:01:55
Any links for the game can't find any.

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23 Feb 2020 16:06:20
Iโ€™ve got square sausage here mate if thatโ€™s any good.

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23 Feb 2020 13:00:42
In prague. Anyone know any bars showing the game?

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23 Feb 2020 13:51:09
I know their is O'Brien Irish bar down towards the main square. They might have it.

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23 Feb 2020 13:00:06
Just reading some comments from John Kennedy there in The Sunday Post. It would seem that Lenny is taking more of the approach that Martin O'Neill did. Overseeing things, but not quite as heavily involved through the week - leaving the bulk of the coaching to JK and DD. But coming alive on a match day. I have to say, one of the things I had against Lenny as our manager/ head coach is that he doesn't have a great record of developing players. That said, it takes a big decision from a manager to take a step back like that and it seems to be paying off. Well done him.

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23 Feb 2020 13:19:05
It's a good system imo the players would be sick hearing your voice and face if your doing everything. if it ain't broke and all that.

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23 Feb 2020 14:29:07
Lennon is proving to be the right choice with each passing day๐Ÿ‘.

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23 Feb 2020 12:19:17
Slippy trying to tar lenny with the same brush as him about celebrating a win. he uses lenny last week at the dons but fails to say that lenny respectfully shook the dons backroom staffs hands, no swatting them away like him before going to the fans, and no screaming into cameras. the man has a lot to learn.

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23 Feb 2020 14:35:57
Am I the only one who doesn't think Gerrard's celebrations were anything to moan about. He had just won the derby and I pretty important game.

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23 Feb 2020 16:45:51
Kev he didn't even shake lennys hand he slapped it and bever went near Kennedy or duff and then grabs the camera and screams down it. if that had been lenny he'd have been slaughtered and that's just on here never mind anywhere else.

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23 Feb 2020 10:15:47
Two points not Celtic related but one shows difference between English FA and the SFA
Barnsley have been fined and told to "set up an action plan to stop discriminatory chanting" after James McLean was subject to Anti Irish and sectarian abuse. SFA over to you.
Second well done to our friends in Germany St Pauli who went to the home of Hamburg and won 0-2.

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23 Feb 2020 11:56:02
How many times has Neil Lennon and Steve Clarke, been targeted for Sectarian abuse in the past, what do the SFA do about it, the usual SFA.

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23 Feb 2020 14:45:18
As well as these personal attacks, there is a complete anti-Catholic repertoire of chants and songs from certain supporters, but it is apparently cancelled-out by a chorus of 'Cheer up Steven Gerrard' lol.

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23 Feb 2020 09:02:01
so watching MOTD last night and after the Chelsea v Spurs game the interviewer asks Mourinho about what looked like a bad tackle by the Spurs Player. "Did you think it was a red card? " "No, I don't think it was. "
Like the Player's manager is going to say (about one of his own players) "Yes, a definite red card offence by my player. "
What a dumbass reporter.

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23 Feb 2020 10:43:11
Reporter asked slippy g if he thought mcgregor stamp on ajer sfa was a red he said yes lucky to get away with it.

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23 Feb 2020 12:41:02
What a dumbass disciplinary panel then because according to them McGregor never touched Ajar.

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23 Feb 2020 13:55:21
Exactly.

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23 Feb 2020 14:26:24
The sfa are a shambles the boy Keating will prob get away with 2nd yellow and rightly so but they're making it up as they go along a bit like 3 yellows ๐Ÿ˜….

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23 Feb 2020 14:37:21
I've seen loads of managers say yes it was a red over the years.

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23 Feb 2020 08:09:12
I was reading the Celtic by numbers guy. I love all those stats and they are becoming more and more important in today's game. This was before we played Copenhagen BTW. What he was saying after doing all the stats for Lennon in Europe and Rodgers in Europe Was this. take out games like Barcelona and PSG as they could take 5 or 6 off anyone and focusing on all other teams obviously Lennon comes way out on top. The away results in particular blow Rodgers out of the water. But when analysing formations and player performances the massive thing that shone out was this. Lennon isn't particularly a better coach with better ideas in Europe. Lennon just has a Fraser Foster in Goals. He has been the difference in so many games we might have drawn or lost. Then I watched the Copenhagen game and that article came back to me as Foster saved the bacon again. And we owe him for the cup win this season. That said it could be argued that Lennon brought him to Celtic to do that so it is partly on him. Point being I suppose that he is crucial to us and becoming more so. Who thinks we will push the boat out and buy him and pay his wages? Even if as quoted he does take a drop in wages he is on 70k. would we pay 50k even? I would definitely push the boat out.

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23 Feb 2020 09:10:17
That's revealing, thanks Markie. We mustn't forget that for many seasons we tried to compete in Europe without a recognised back 4 also: Biton deputising, and Ajer learning the ropes. That's just daft: everyone can see what a difference Julien has made there too.

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23 Feb 2020 09:33:52
Your thanking foster which is probly right. The stats don't add up. Lennon has our team set up to attack and win which is working. Straight from the off this is happening that's not a Rodgers tactic. Check the budgets rodgers v Lennon.
Also goal stats difference. If u r going to talk about our goalkeeper saves what about sitters missed by Celtic against Copenhagen is Eduard, Griff, etc. I also think our mindset is different. It would have to be to keep this going I think it tougher for Lennon as the 10 is close and most teams will be doing everything they can to stop us. So it's harder now but we are still winning. If we win 9 this season as it's not over yet we wil need something different for 10 I don't mean a new manager, yes long may this continue how long can those lads keep this up that's why rotation of squad is so important, who we buy has to be better than what we have also and ready to slot in and up to speed straight away. Its Celtic to lose now and the board either react to get ten or they don't I think that's our major obstacle it depends how much the board want it.

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23 Feb 2020 10:02:21
All good points Fitness Guru. I must stress this is just me forwarding what an analysis guy is saying and how Thursdays game backed that particular view up. I agree there is differences in set up maybe in some other things. I think numbers guy has a very valid point. You can't deny that having Foster in goals has helped to get us results and gives us a far better chance in games as opposed to either of our other two keepers. But yes there is more to it agreed.

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23 Feb 2020 10:12:53
Don't think it's a good idea having to rely on a goalie to keep making fantastic saves, is it not better to concentrate on making the outfield better and just have a decent goalkeeper, rather than have a team that gets ripped to shreds but the opposition can't score because of you the goalie, I would rather have a good team and a decent goalie than a bad team and a fantastic goalie.

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23 Feb 2020 10:21:07
If it means ONLY buying ONE player during the summer transfer market with the budget NL will have and that player is Fraser Forster, then we should have enough in the squad to see us through to ten.

But, if teams come in for Eddie and Ntcham then that could offset Forster's fee and wage and have a good bit left over some left over for further strengthening.

Do we need Arzani, Bauer, Elyonoussi, Johnny Hayes and Craig Gordon? They're all out of contract at the end of the season. So is Jozo. If we keep Jozo then look at the wages we'll not be paying if the loanees go back and Hayes and Gordon are released.

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23 Feb 2020 10:40:44
I think it goes further than Foster. Lennon has strengthened us right across the back.

Someone will correct me, but I honestly can't remember Rodgers signing a standout defender at any club he has managed. I considered that a massive shortfall when he was with us.

Cluj aside, Lennon has also set us better in Europe. Rodgers stuck rigidly to his "philosophy" and put us on the wrong end of some hidings. Two record 7-0 defeats on his watch.

I was dubious when Lennon was reappointed but he has exceeded my expectations.

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23 Feb 2020 10:56:40
The only thing with that though Stengo is we would still have to replace Nchamp and Eddie which wouldn't be cheap. I get where your coming from though bro.

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23 Feb 2020 11:18:45
I think it is imperative we sign Forster in the summer.

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23 Feb 2020 12:21:59
nice one MARKIE
WE are talkie positive. I agree with your guys stats to a point.
Can't rely on FF for everything we just need to score more than the rest and big FF Doing a gd job for us which he's does.
Let get a win today as it's all up to us now the savages over the water are struggling every game. The Copenhagen game we should have been 5 up.

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23 Feb 2020 12:22:07
Lennon deserves more credit than having a good keeper.
Martin Oโ€™Neil holds the record for his Celtic team scoring in consecutive away games (10 games) .
Second most was Lennon first time around.7 games. (5 of those games were group games)
Joint 3rd most was Ronnie and Brendan ( 6 each)
Lennon second time around his current team have scored 7 away European games out of 8.Only Cluj when he played a weakened side didnโ€™t prevail or he could have been chasing MON record.
Surprisingly Jock Steinโ€™s teams are not included on the list. Probably due to the fact there were no easy qualifiers back then.

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23 Feb 2020 12:49:53
Quite simply, we didn't fork out for a 'keeper of his quality as a replacement. Gordon, De Vries, Bain, have all come through the door since, and all are sub-standard compared to big Fraz. See what Southampton want and offer him a deal as one of our top earners. See what he says. I think we'd have a good chance of him signing.

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23 Feb 2020 13:14:18
Also remember there's Conor Hazard and Ross Doohan. Four keepers apart from FF and what stage are we at with them? Gordon's contract is up at the end of this season, Bain is 2023, Hazard is 2021 and Doohan is 2022. Got a feeling we'll be looking for a decent back-up goalie in the Summer and punting maybe two. I think there's mileage with Hazard.

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23 Feb 2020 13:19:18
Foster was very static at the Copenhagen goal, would Gordon have done better?

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23 Feb 2020 12:50:18
Ed, what do you think Celtic will reslistically go up to per week for Foster? And is the 70k a week he is reportedly on close to the mark? Cheers.

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{Ed007's Note - Some places say that Forster is on ยฃ90k a week but that would make him Southampton's top earner by far, the ยฃ70k a week is more realistic. I'd imagine Celtic would go to around the ยฃ30k mark tops but it could also depend on the fee Southampton want, the less we pay them the better wages we should be able to offer and then there's the Lawwell effect of lowballing.}

23 Feb 2020 16:18:26
supposedly southampton players go onto half wages if relegated
hope this is true.

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23 Feb 2020 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 22nd February 2020

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