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24 Feb 2018 22:46:36
Said it before and will say it again, not trying to get McGinn was a mistake. He is better now than Kouassi, Armstrong and more reliable than Rogic and eventually could play the Broony role.
25 Feb 2018 11:26:05
I have seen nothing fae that bhoy that's says he will be anything more than a squad player.
25 Feb 2018 12:27:09
Agree Kev with McGinn.
24 Feb 2018 22:34:36
Other than Boyata do any of other players score from corners? We lose a few but rarely look like scoring, big guys like Ajer, Jozo, Moussa, etc but no threat in box from corners. Surely the must work on attacking the ball, but it doesn't look like it.
24 Feb 2018 22:58:59
I have to agree other than a few that's been pulled back for a strike although lustig can be good if a good near post delivery is put in.
24 Feb 2018 22:58:59
I have to agree other than a few that's been pulled back for a strike although lustig can be good if a good near post delivery is put in.
24 Feb 2018 22:58:19
We haven't had a threat from corner's for many a year. Its always pissed me off that this is never implemented n training.
25 Feb 2018 10:13:46
I agree. I never get excited when we win a corner. We invariably do bugger all with them. We usually win them when our final ball is pish and easily cut out. Then it’s the cheers for a corner that have been as productive as a teenage son told to tidy his room. Useless.
25 Feb 2018 08:20:09
We don’t look like scoring full stop chinks, I have real doubt about this afternoons game.
24 Feb 2018 21:49:03
Ed I'm not very good at these things a friend of mine has said to me GM has 37 points since taking over and BR has 35 in that period first of all is this true and secondly if it is and Celtic win tomorrow and make it 38 to 37 would you take much notice of it?
{Ed007's Note - I wouldn't take much notice of it, delete it's number and tell it you've got enough friends as it is but you'll get in touch if someone massacres every single other person you know or even might know.}
24 Feb 2018 22:54:39
Bit lost with them numbers there ed.
{Ed033's Note - Ed007 might be thinking that your friend is a Rangers sympathiser zombie thing so you should delete its phone number.
24 Feb 2018 23:07:30
Aaaa got it now ed lol so I take it its true then I won't take much notice although I was a bit surprised can't delete his number though he's a mate and a fellow celt.
{Ed007's Note - I've no idea if it's true but it'd be easy enough for you to check.}
24 Feb 2018 23:22:57
Yeah I caught that and posted ed033 but thanks mate.
{Ed007's Note -
24 Feb 2018 23:32:33
Ed007 I don't do stats nor do I look them up just thought you'd be clued up as you usually are I just go on as I see.
{Ed007's Note - Chances are if your mate said it it's true but off the top of my head I have no idea. I'm sitting in bed watching Bullseye repeats from 1984.}
25 Feb 2018 00:14:30
Ha ha Ed Bullseye repeats quality telly Keep out the black and in the red you get nothing in this game for two in a bed. 🐮🐮🐮Mooooooooooooo.
{Ed007's Note - It's honking man! All the contestants look like undercover FBI agents from 80's movies with their tinted glasses and dodgy moustaches. One of the prizes there was a kid's plastice pedal police car! They just said 'A set of pots for the Mrs there'... (rofl) You didn't have PC bollocks back then eh? I'm away down Strathy on the speedboat and you put they pots to good use.... :-D
24 Feb 2018 17:37:51
Think there's any chance we'll see Bain start tomorrow or Roberts in the squad Ed?
{Ed007's Note - I'll be surprised if Bain starts seeing as he's ineligible to play against Dundee and I can't see Rodgers drop de Vries tomorrow and then bringing him back in mideweek. And I don't think Roberts will be available after playing for the Development Squad yesterday, maybe Wednesday's game is more a realistic target for him.}
24 Feb 2018 21:10:23
Slipped my mind that Bain couldn't play against Dundee, hopefully we see both of them soon.
{Ed007's Note - Unfortunately I think we'll see Paddy before we see Bain but I'll happily be proven wrong on that.}
24 Feb 2018 22:39:54
If Doris was to get injured against the sheep, who have we got left for the Dundee game with Hazard on loan? Mind you KT could probably do a better job than Doris😣😣.
24 Feb 2018 22:53:59
I thought Gordon didn't command his box well but DDV is worse and concedes a lot of shots you are surprised at, wouldn't mind seeing Bain start tomorrow or Roberts make the bench.
24 Feb 2018 22:53:59
I thought Gordon didn't command his box well but DDV is worse and concedes a lot of shots you are surprised at, wouldn't mind seeing Bain start tomorrow or Roberts make the bench.
24 Feb 2018 20:38:38
Anyone else think we are missing a real set piece taker from this Celtic team? S.
24 Feb 2018 21:15:17
All our set piece takers are out injured, Paddy, Griff, Armstrong and Hayes.
24 Feb 2018 17:47:26
Welshboy I wished I shared your enthusiasm or your carry oot about taking a few off the sheep and then pumping the Huns. We've not looked like we could pump up a blaw up sheep. And its all to be done with no goalkeeper. I hop Bain is a decent stand-in I haven't seen much of him. But Rodgers just can't can't feckn just can't play feckn Doris.
24 Feb 2018 19:09:47
yer welcome to some enthusiasm but the cargos mine :)
gotta be enthusiastic mate why not we are champions and the best in the league by a mile we just need to get back on track.
24 Feb 2018 20:05:20
JFP, you are one of the most sensible posters on here, your call on live chat etc, are are great, but dorus it is and dorus it shall be until the end of the season, so shut up, cross your legs, arms and keep your mouth closed in case anything goes in, We are Champions elect and we shall confirm that in the next 2 weeks. after that we shall see.
Time for all on here to start shouting COYBIG, and nothing else, The board is the board, but We, are Celtic, you and me, So onwards and upwards to the 10.
24 Feb 2018 20:40:23
Fair Do’s Malika 👍😂☘️ jfp.
24 Feb 2018 16:06:54
Would like to see this tomorrow:
Bain
Gamboa
Ajer
Jozo
Tierney
Forrest
Brown
Ntcham
Musonda
Rogic/ Edouard
Dembele
Hopefully roberts will get 20 mins at the end.
24 Feb 2018 18:09:24
Gamboa?
24 Feb 2018 18:21:00
Let’s hope we attack, play at a high tempo, score goals and win the match, something we’ve really struggled to do for a while, if it’s more of the same, sideways back the way, and we drop points, then we are in bit of trouble, trying to be optimistic, now we’ll really find out what we are made of.
24 Feb 2018 18:48:46
Ad play Raleston.
24 Feb 2018 18:55:47
Gamboa is the worst defender at the club would u not put Ralston in if fit.
24 Feb 2018 19:40:40
Is Ralston fully fit? Would be good to see more of him.
If not would rather have Gamboa ahead of Lustig. Has great pace and will give us more attacking power down that flank. To say he’s the worst defender at the club is a bit extreme given he’s hardly had a chance.
24 Feb 2018 19:47:50
Whoever we put in shouldn’t be the only choices to put in because none of them can cut it. Roll on the next window when hopefully our disastrous defense will be broken up and apart from KT and Ajer, different.
I can dream.
24 Feb 2018 21:16:47
Nc watch him he can't defend he's quick but that's it. or why's he not playing regular.
24 Feb 2018 23:02:11
I’d gamble on Ralston before Gamboa, not sure about Lord Lucan from RB Leipzig, wonder if he will ever appear, looks like we’ve signed someone in the mild of Jonas Tern Daniel Prodan Oleg Salenko etc that the huns used to sign.
24 Feb 2018 16:02:04
afternoon bhoys how we all doing? Ed youve had a busy few days let's hope we don't drop points tomorrow eh.
Well let's hope its all go from now to end of season could do with sending out a message to all those that think we can be caught. Take a few off the sheep tomorrow put Morton to bed and then humiliate the zombies on their own turf and things won't look too bad.
HH.
{Ed007's Note - I'm hoping we see some kind of reaction from the players tomorrow, Welshy and we put a marker down for the rest of the season. It'll be interesting to see the team Rodgers goes with.}
24 Feb 2018 17:18:09
Welshy, I agree completely, I hope we can put the sheep to bed early, a good confidence booster. I do not want to mix everything up, but never mind Europe, the league for me is the most important thing, if didn't win the league there there would be no europe (if you know what I mean) so let's win again and back on track, Europe is great, I love it, seeing the big names at parkhead it's how it should be, but let us not forget that these teams have 30/ 40 times the spending power of us and that we still are able to Play our way into the CL, that is a great credit to us. Let us win the league again, I do not care if we win by ONE point, we still are Champions. COYBIG.
24 Feb 2018 17:21:50
Spot on Ed, we have to up and at them tomorrow. The Team need to give us a performance.
I said on a post a few weeks ago that the best form of defence is attack. This will certainly be the case against Aberdeen. If we can play the same as our last visit to Pittodrie then we’ll all be happy.
Moussa to score and a 2-0 win. 🙏🙏.
{Ed007's Note - I'd take that.}
24 Feb 2018 17:33:16
I want to see a same eleven start fir the rest of the season barring any further injuries
Chopping and changing this season hasn’t worked at any time.
If we lose to the Slugs XI then I will need to get some anger management classes in before I burst a blood vessel 😂😂😂.
24 Feb 2018 17:40:47
After the way we played the home leg against Zenit, I was hoping we would kick-on for the run-in, but the last two results have raised doubts about where the goals will come from?
Last season it was a question of how many we would win by each week domestically, with no doubts or nerves, but these days, due to injuries and lapses, I wonder what Celtic team will turn up?
However, the majority of our players have been down this road before and on our day can blow anyone away; just need to be on our day tomorrow and every game thereafter - until it's in the bag.
24 Feb 2018 18:27:24
no spl team below third place should be beating us or drawing with us, if our rivals can beat them 3 times and put 7 passed them then we know we have to match that if not better it. Did we slip up against lesser teams out of complacency, too many changes / rotation system, always said we have enough players and skill to get through this league at a cantor even with injuries, tired! don't get me started on tired, these guys are athletes, had a look at our last 6 managers only one was able to buy 6 million player, we might buy one again but we need to face reality, buy gems, polish them and sell them. business i suppose. o'neil did'nt have multi pound players, he was organised used the players strengths and shrewd playing away from home, plus team consistency. ( and luck ) , its win win win Sunday and the rest of the season. HH.
24 Feb 2018 20:32:45
Assume nothing. But if we play as good as we can its a win for us although if we play like we have in our last 2 league games then we'll just have to grind it out which we didn't do in the last 2 league games thing is we should be out of sight from that mob who started with pedro and are finishing with their u21 coach now's the time to flex our muscles and show who's the daddy Celtic.
24 Feb 2018 21:56:49
Let go out and put then under pressure and show our class from the start. We have better players, class manager, best club and amazing fans. It time we put a marker down and remind all just why we are champions. Hail hail.
23 Feb 2018 22:49:48
Ed any update on Compper and Boyata? Though they would've been back by now.
{Ed007's Note - There's no mention of a date for Compper's return and Boyata is out until next month.}
24 Feb 2018 15:10:12
Cheers Ed, what ever happened to Rodgers signing Boyata up to a new deal? Few months ago he was saying he wanted to keep him but still nothing.
{Ed007's Note - I doubt Boyata will sign any new deal as he told the Club last year he would be looking to move on this summer.}
24 Feb 2018 15:55:40
Good 👍🏼.
24 Feb 2018 18:18:54
Good bit of news hearing that ED! Hopefully Jozo and boyata are gone in the summer!
24 Feb 2018 12:30:18
Would like to see Jack Aitchison be promoted to the senior squad especially with Griff out for a few more weeks, he's 18 now and with the goals drying up he might be what's required at the moment. Remember him scoring for the senior squad in the last game of the season 2 years ago.
24 Feb 2018 11:46:58
For me tomorrow is a must win game we can't give any further encouragement to the pretenders to the crown. Celtic need to and in my opinion will put a marker down tomorrow. Brendan needs to pick his best 11 with no favouritism towards off form players. Should things not go our way this weekend then even the Nae sayers will be back tracking. Hail Hail.
24 Feb 2018 12:46:07
The thing is we don’t know what team will turn up. If they are on it then a win if the same as Thursday make an appearance it’s game on. Story of the season so far and not good enough. It will tell us all we need to know about our mentality tomorrow. And bottle.
24 Feb 2018 09:22:31
So is this potentially the most exciting weekend of the season? Where the new club can close the gap to 10 points and Aberdeen can show us that they are a real threat? Maybe? Is this the weekend where we lose the league, em I'm gonnae go out on a limb here and say that it probably isn't. Nothing to add about that game the other night but think that we're probably in a pretty safe position atm. Would really like to see a wounded Celtic go out and destroy Aberdeen tomorrow, as for the Jambos/ Tribute act match, I couldn't care less. Neither of them is anything like a threat to us.
24 Feb 2018 09:39:17
Sorry 6 points.
24 Feb 2018 09:53:13
Davie I don’t think we’ll lose the league but I don’t think it’s inevitable we’ll win it. I always think the goals for column tells a story particularly given I think we’d all agree Brendan is more adept at putting an attacking formation out rather than settling up a team to defend. Add to that we’ve lost a key part of our defence in Gordon and inherited a bomb scare in De Vries. Now to my point and before somebody tells me the league is won or lost on points I’m there with that one but facts are we’ve only scored ONE goal more than the Govanites who are also only 9 points behind. I don’t think you can conclude from that that the league is in the bag remarkable as that may be given both the current disparity between the clubs financially and considering the gap between both teams last year. PS: I’d play Scott Bain tomorrow before De Vries tomorrow.
24 Feb 2018 11:02:53
JFP I like you but the title is in the bag! We have lost two domestic games in 27 . We would need to lose three in Eleven! and then probably draw one
Then the other team would need to win ALL eleven, no other team in Scotland is that consistent . SIMPLES as a wee meerkat would say (Y)
24 Feb 2018 11:06:12
Totally agree on Bain tomorrow man and concede that it is not completely inevitable that we win the league. One caveat I’d put for their goal count would be the 5 gifts they got last week. I watched that game and Hamilton were a complete riot-the second goal making DDV look like De Gea in comparison but that shocking Hamilton still managed to put 2 past them. With PR and Griff hopefully back by the time we play them and Musonda finding his feet alongside MD hopefully starting to show even half his potential from last year, I’m expecting to see us move from strength to strength. In terms of whether points or goals are important, squads win leagues and our strength in depth is what has got us relatively unharmed through an injury crisis that would have sunk every other team in the land.
24 Feb 2018 11:45:37
J7 buddy as I said I don’t think we’ll lose it but we’re certainly doing our best to make it look possible. We should be out of site by now and have the rest of the season to play with nae goalie. He is pisher than the pishiest pish goalkeeper in the league. Plus unfortunate injuries. Plus a half a bus load of off form players. Plus Dembelle is aff running for Lent. Ah woe is me!
24 Feb 2018 08:48:23
We are all hurting but can i just point out the Zenit goals all came from mistakes. They never cut us up, there was never a siege on us and our passing, as i said in a previous post, was pretty good.
Cut out the stupid mistakes and a bit more thrust forward and it would have been different.
Before the if my Granny had arguments remember the age of the team. Some good additions and some returning from injury will see us all right. Next year will be, for me BR's biggest test. Surely the cash will be spent.
24 Feb 2018 09:06:38
I agree to an extent mate but am I not right in saying that's 4 transfer windows since Brendan's came in yet especially defensively we are watching the same dross? Your right aswell regarding the goals midweek but it's the same mistakes time and time again that's costing us these stupid goals. That's down to us not zenit.
24 Feb 2018 09:16:01
I think we all need a does of reality. There will never be big money spent at Celtic. BR has already said its going to get harder just to qualify for CL so the board are not banking on £30mill a year coming in. Without that money Celtic will at best break even as long as we sell a player or 2 for £7 or £8mill. Look at the accounts. The benefit of CL football means we are not reliant on selling players. So we have £31mill in the bank. You could spend all of it on 3 players and it would make no difference in Europe. We will win SPL without spending £30 mill so from the boards point of view there is no point in spending. I think most of the players we have bought are bang average. 4 or 5 decent players but the majority are no better than we have and they struggle for game time. So if we all realise now money won't be spent then that's the end of it.
24 Feb 2018 09:18:33
Agree, the Bayern game at CP was another example like that, we beat ourselves with daft error despite otherwise very strong performance.
24 Feb 2018 09:33:57
I get what your saying johnnymac and I don't think even the most optimistic person could see us spend £20/ £30 million on players but we've unearthed gems in the past that don't cost a fortune and I've got to believe there's a keeper, centre half's and a right back out there, with experience at a higher level than we currently have that we could target and get.
24 Feb 2018 11:11:17
But that's the difference at that level good players tend not to make big errors how many mistakes have led to goals from Gordon to jozo to boyata all at home but can u recall mistakes from the better teams again st us. I've said it before too many in our squad don't have the heart to go away in Europe and grind out a result.
24 Feb 2018 12:55:56
Harry when we unearth these gems they don't stay too long. 2 seasons maybe so the issue is that you nerd to keep unearthing them and we are not the only ones looking. So whilst we find dome good ones for £2mill on average we will sign 4 or 5 that won't improve us and need to be sold on so building anything is difficult.
24 Feb 2018 08:39:36
More pearls of wisdom from the idiot Adrian Dunbar Brendan should quit before sevco catch us so he hasn't got that on his cv. holy muck this guys talks some Jimmy white.
24 Feb 2018 07:17:12
Just read suttons article and he's hit the name on the head. 17 signings Rogers has brought in and only toure who isn't at the club anymore can be classed as a leader. Other than brown is there another genuine leader at the club? Yes tierney will get there but lacks experience. Also out of the 17 who actually stands out or has been a success? Dembele (who's lost it) ntcham and Sinclair (who's lost it also) Have I missed anyone? I'll not judge compper hendry or the lad at st mirren until I see them but that return is dreadful when you see the figures! What does lee congorton do as well? The signing policy needs seriously addressed along with replacing Kennedy with an experienced defensive coach. We can't compete with rich club's but these issues need addressed of we are to move to the next level.
24 Feb 2018 08:04:46
I'm all for signing the best young talent that we can attract. I also get there will be players who don't want to play in our domestic league. What I don't buy is this blindness in dealing with our shoddy defence and goalkeeping situation. Now let's start with the keeper. ED has been going on for more than a year on here about Gordon and him not being good enough. I'd actually be happy with him as a no2 with another better no1. De Vries was brought in by Rodgers as no1 and let's be honest he's woeful. Then there's the defence. Last year it goes without saying as a whole team we were magnificent domestically and they got all the plaudits they deserved and rightly so. This season especially the defence has been an absolute shambles with one calamity after another especially in Europe. Lustig ( who has been a good servant to the club) is done, No pace. Siminovic ( who I always thought could be good) god knows what's happened to him he's all over the place, then you have boyata, a guy who only 2 and a bit years ago struggled to even make our bench. These are the guys, all there under RD and are still here ( with the exception of gamboa who's a Rodgers signing) that are expected to push on and take us to the next level. Brendan has continually said it's about progressing in Europe etc, well for me as long as we've got Gordon, De vries, boyata, siminovic, svitchenko, gamboa etc, we can forget progress in a European sense. These guys have all been here the past 3/ 4 seasons and just aren't good enough at that level. I'm not suggesting for a second we get to the last 16 of the champions league or we can win the Europa league, what I call progress in Europe is actually challenging teams and competing. The other night wasn't and isn't acceptable. Zenit hadn't kicked a ball in anger in 2 months and yet after a great first leg performance we go there and hide? That's not progress for me. Brendan said after the game too many sideways and backwards passes? He said the exact same 2/ 3 weeks ago after the Killie defeat. It needs to be sorted. Either we need to start scouting better or the board need to dig deep and get the finger out. While I'm happy we're signing the best young talent we can ie hendry, Morgan etc. I'm sure Brendan will be screaming out for better experience to be brought in behind the scenes,
24 Feb 2018 09:38:03
I agree that our goalkeeping and defense problems have never fully been addressed - only papered over and signings like De Vries and Gamboa were never the answer; but there has been a big deterioration in the form of Lustig, Simunovic and Boyata (before injury) and we had to shunt in emergency cover with Ajer and Biton both midfielders - although Compper and Hendry are yet untested?
Then there was the injury to our injury-crocked goalie and even though he is not everyone's favourite - he was our only real first choice keeper and his absence has aggravated the problems.
Most of the defenders kept on under RD were consistent and solid during the invincible season and the loss of form and fitness through-out the team this season has certainly cost us - but fortunately we are still leading the table by 9 points, retained the league cup and have a quarter final of the SC to play.
I think considering all the major injuries (more than half a team) and the drastic loss of form of others would have destroyed other teams, but somehow we are still competing very well domestically - although Europe has been a low-point for all concerned.
I would also agree that although it's great to see young talent developing and thriving at Celtic, we do need more experience and quality in certain areas to take the strain off our magnificent captain, who sometimes carries the whole team on his back.
24 Feb 2018 11:46:25
Sutton is bang on. 17 players and if Gordon was fit only three start. 4 windows to make a defence actually worse when Dorus, his signing, plays.
It’s the same old story with Celtic. Go cheap and hope well, that policy has stopped us in our tracks. All the wages wasted on players he signed that never get a look in is a waste.
This summer we again walk the cl tightrope with a rubbish defence yet again. That is atrocious planning and preparation. We have needed to sort the defence for years. With Dorus in we are actually worse. That’s a shambles. The weakest part of the team gets weaker? Rogers can’t dodge that tragic truth and he needs to wake up and get it sorted. Thursday was another clear example that KT apart, we are a gift to oppositions.
£31m in the bank, feck all in defence. Good plan Peter.
24 Feb 2018 12:17:23
Maybe I am wrong but I think what we lack most is a truly creative player in midfield, someone who can hold onto the ball and take the pressure of the defence when needs be and who can create opportunities in the attacking sense, Dembelle might not be at his best, but he is not getting the service he needs, with a defence that leaks goals we need to be making more chances than the opposition, Armstrong is being missed, although he is not quite the type of player I was alluding to, think John McGinn would be a good addition to the midfield, and there is always Scott Allen and Ryan Christie to come back from loan.
25 Feb 2018 11:31:41
The thing with creative players is that they are reliant on others round them making runs off the ball to do there stuff. Once Celtic get to the final third teams are just shutting shop being more compact. The way to get round that is to be quicker and even be playing longer balls and we are just too slow at the moment. That's where we PR comes into his own he goes past players that's where Armstrong comes into it by this movement off the ball his energy to make things happen off the ball opening up spaces with his pace so the creative passers can find him in danger positions and that's why it's not so good the now.
24 Feb 2018 05:47:59
{Ed's Note - Tris Burke has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 24th February 2018
24 Feb 2018 02:07:42
Don't think this will happen but here's a team for Sunday?
Bain
Ralston
Ajer
Commper
Tierney
Brown
Musonda
Ntcham
Forrest
Dembele
Sinclair.
24 Feb 2018 12:42:38
Is Commper even fit? I doubt he would put him
in first game against the sheep.